章 1698: Secrets of the Empire

Hao Ren found it challenging to understand how a vast kingdom like the Dragon Empire managed to remain efficient and stable. The direct rule of the long-lived species over short-lived species could produce many hidden dangers as well as troubles. If the emperor had really inherited the soul of the dragon and become immortal, his way of thinking would inevitably tilt toward that of the long-lived race. He would accumulate tremendous wisdom and incredible experiences, but that was precisely the reason why an insurmountable gap appeared between him and the short-lived people.

Take for example when an eternal ruler decided to implement a millennial plan for the benefit of his people, who would only live a hundred years at most and no one in the first ten generations would get to see the benefit of the plan. How could people understand and support the idea?

Hao Ren had not personally seen such a thing, but similar examples were aplenty in the database.