Half a year later, Jian Kang Imperial City.
In the court, the ministers were still fiercely arguing whether to move the capital south. Although the grassland tribes seemed not to have advanced further in the past six months, no one dared to risk the nation's safety on the hope of their benevolence.
More importantly, if the court decided to move south, it would mean a new shuffling of powers. Families already in the south would flourish, while those with influence in the north would find it difficult — but overall, the ministers supporting the move south were still in the majority. In their words, this was called regrouping and preparing for what's to come.
But to the young Tao Wuli, this was just an excuse, plain and simple, no one wanted to fight. Clearly, within these six months, the grassland tribes hadn't advanced because of some internal crisis; this was surely the best opportunity to recover lost ground by moving north, yet no one in the entire court wanted to fight.
