On careful consideration, Liu Hong's actions were likely aimed at managing the situation once the disaster victims' conditions worsened, intending to have the household servants and guards of the Noble Families and Clans defend the prefecture city.
Moreover, he could use that power to eliminate all dissidents in the chaos.
It was just that...
He mused, "No matter how brilliant a scheme is, it still requires capable hands to execute. He and those around him are simply too weak."
Judging by the outcome, Chen Yi was naturally entitled to think this way.
But if he hadn't intervened, Lv Jiunan, Du Cang, the Ji State Trading Company, the Five Poison Sect, and others would have been more than enough to plunge the entire Shu State into chaos.
—Liu Hong had quite a few cards up his sleeve.
Not long after, Chen Yi arrived outside the main gate of the examination hall and placed his scholar's basket on the table to be inspected by two government officials.
