In fact, what Shen Yu said was also the most obvious drawback of the other side's institutional system.
Like this, having an immortal, deathless Emperor whose abilities are extraordinary and whose original intention has never wavered, can indeed use absolute power to suppress the vast majority of drawbacks in the process of civilizational development, thereby ensuring the continuous forward advance of the entire civilization.
However, power and status must match ability.
Once everyone gets used to the Emperor's brilliance and might, when facing a crisis that concerns the entire Empire, the others are always prone to being constrained and hesitant, unable to grasp the overall situation.
Even if they have the ability, it's hard for them to have the audacity.
After all, this kind of thing is power that belongs only to the Emperor.
Let alone doing it, for others, even casually thinking about it in ordinary times is a grave disrespect to the Emperor.
