Many things, Wang Kaiyuan left unsaid; there was simply no need for explicit explanation.
Advancing into the Southwest East Ocean and attacking the Aus continent were indeed true reflections of the internal conflicts within the Empire.
However, many things were quite the opposite of what Bai Zhizhan had imagined.
According to Wang Kaiyuan's intentions, it was not the Grand Secretary advocating the deployment of troops to the Southwest East Ocean, but rather the military, and especially Situ Jingde of the Imperial Guard Army.
At first, Bai Zhizhan did not believe it.