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The first three days of negotiations were conducted with utmost formality. Even if it was just a performance, it had to be convincing. Both sides clashed fiercely over irreconcilable issues such as the punishment of war criminals and the surrender of authority.
The Tenmon Sect insisted on the pardon of the royal family and the preservation of its status and power. Only if the Daoist Order conceded this point could the talks proceed further.
But the Daoist Sect would never yield. The true root of Fenglin’s upheaval lay not with the Tenmon Sect, not even with the insurgent ronin, but with the royal family itself. To secure lasting peace, their influence must be stripped away, their divine status reduced to mortality. Without getting rid of the source, even if the Tenmon Sect surrendered today, rebellion would surely rise again.
One must treat the root of the problem to cure a disease and not just its symptoms.
On the fourth day, Zhang Qihan summoned Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu for a private audience.
Zhang Qihan gestured for them to sit and activated...
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