Our coffers are now empty, the state's finances in disarray. The people grow restless under the weight of risi…
Our coffers are now empty, the state's finances in disarray. The people grow restless under the weight of rising taxes. In the North, they have grown too strong to be resisted; the annual tribute bleeds us to the core. Our only path is to profess loyalty on the surface, while secretly girding for war. We must forge new paths to prosperity and bide our time to counterattack. The Tang Coin stratagem is still a worthy gambit. To that end, the Aureate Pavilion has sent the "God of Avarice" into Kaifeng Prefecture to orchestrate our designs from within.