Chapter 120: 911 is a Topic We Can't Talk About

(In light of the forbidden knowledge in Chapter 119 touching upon some indescribable cosmic filtration mechanisms, I'm unsure when it can be released. The content of this chapter will be brief. I ask for the lords' understanding.)

"The matter of the Imperial Jade Seal has to start with the Joshua People's scheme to obtain the Northern Autonomous Prefecture back then."

"That year, the Joshua People petitioned the Imperial Court, pleading for relocation within the empire and expressing their willingness to pay a substantial amount of money for it. Initially, the court did not wish to entertain this, but due to the state treasury's shortage of funds, the great military expeditions to the west, and successive years of disaster in the North leading to reduced taxation from the provinces, the situation was akin to cooking without rice, leaving them no choice but to consider it cautiously."