Lord Yunzhong in Douluo

Chapter 407 The Meeting of Nobles
Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City, all officials descended.

What happened today can't be said to have exceeded the expectations of the ministers. After all, they had anticipated the start of the war on the night of the prince's wedding.

Although some officials did not want a war, because war would cause turmoil in society and the country and reduce the wealth flowing into their hands, more officials did support Xue Ye's decision.

Some of the people who supported Xue Ye's decision to declare war were to avenge the prince Xue Qinghe, and to repay the kindness of knowing him in the past. Xue Qinghe also promoted many talents back then.

There are still some people... there are other ghosts...

In the afternoon, at the intersection of night and night, a man wearing a cloak that concealed his figure avoided the sight of everyone on the street, and entered the mansion through the side door of An Guogong's mansion.

Led by the servants of Duke An's mansion, this man walked left and right, and finally reached the door of a rather secret room deep in the mansion.

The Duke deserves to be a Duke, this mansion alone is more than two points bigger than his Marquis Mansion, not to mention the jewels in it.

Entering the room, the person who came lifted off the hat on the cloak, revealing his own face, this person is Wen Yuanhou of the Heaven Dou Empire, Peter Wen.

Looking at everyone in this room who seemed to have been waiting for a long time, Wen Yuanhou smiled and cupped his hands, and then said:

"I'm sorry, I'm late, so I asked everyone to wait."

A man with glasses who was playing with a Tai Chi ball in his hand shook his head, and said casually: "There is no need to apologize, everyone present knows that your mansion is close to the imperial palace, and it is normal for you to be inconvenient. Duke An unexpectedly invited you over."

Wen Yuanhou looked at the expression on the man's face with a smile, and sneered in his heart.

The man with eyes playing with the Tai Chi ball is also a marquis of the empire, Ding Linhou, an old opponent of Wen Yuanhou.

"Hehe, why An Guogong invited me here is naturally due to the Duke's considerations. I didn't expect that Dinglin Hou's mansion is close to the Forbidden Army Garrison, and you can come here so quickly. It really surprised me."

Facing the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two marquises, the other uncles in the room watched coldly, but they were doing their own things, and no one wanted to adjust.

The nobles of Heaven Dou themselves are a group of people who like to unite and betray because of their own interests. Although there are family friends who have really deep friendship and have been allied for a long time, most of them are fellow travelers who are calculating each other.

Xue Ye was able to control the government for so many years and gradually strengthen and consolidate his imperial power because he was able to find out the interests and needs of the nobles, and use this as a breakthrough to build a multilateral system of mutual checks and balances, and make the imperial power the most influential one.

And Marquis Wen Yuan and Marquis Ding Lin...

They should be regarded as people under Xue Ye. In order to gain more trust from Xue Ye, one of them chose the mansion closest to the imperial palace, while the other chose the mansion closest to the Forbidden Army Garrison, just to show Xue Ye that His unreserved loyalty.

But now...

Heh... Maybe most of the Heaven Dou nobles don't have much loyalty in their bones.

After all, a royal family that relies on tactics rather than power to control the empire, how many people can really be loyal to this continent that respects power and respects strength is still a question worth exploring.

While Wen Yuanhou and Ding Linhou were still taunting each other, the locked door of the room was opened from the outside.

An old man with crutches in a coat came in from the outside.

Although the old man's face was already covered with gullies, what surprised many people was his shiny black hair that was still as shiny as a boy.

Everyone in the house stood up very consciously after seeing the old man who entered the room, just like they saw Xue Ye and the former Xue Qinghe.

This old man with crutches is the main envoy who invited many of their lords to come here this time, one of the only two dukes with different surnames in the Tiandou Empire, An Guogong Han Zhaolin.

Seeing everyone standing up, An Guogong nodded, and then pressed his palms to signal everyone to sit down.

"Cough cough..."

Sitting on the main seat in the room, An Guogong looked at the dozen or so imperial marquises and earls sitting on the round table in the room, and coughed twice.

The earls who were still whispering at the round table immediately stopped biting their ears and sat upright in their seats, waiting for Duke An to speak.

"Today, everyone must have heard His Majesty's speech in the hall, right? The battle between Tiandou and Xingluo is about to begin."

After An Guogong waited until the room was quiet, he started today's topic.

Everyone at the round table nodded, but no one spoke first. They were all curious about what Duke An wanted to say through this, and what they could gain from it.

As for the thoughts of these nobles with different thoughts, An Guogong naturally knew it well. He didn't explain anything first, but went on to say:

"Regarding military strength, everyone knows the gap between us and the Star Luo Empire. Even with the financial support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, we cannot beat the Star Luo Empire in terms of hard power."

"Moreover, war is always an opportunity to reshuffle the cards. If you are not careful, maybe after this war, someone who used to be humble and dusty will take your place."

After glancing at the nobles on the round table, Duke An said calmly, "So one of the most important purposes of this meeting is to reach a real alliance and destroy all rebels who try to impact our order."

"As far as I know, the forces of those principalities intend to use this war as an opportunity to intervene in the Heaven Dou City that we lead."

An Guogong took a few glances at the nobles in the round table, and said in a low tone:

"I know that some of you have already had contact with people from several major duchies, but I think that you should only want to expand your family power, rather than being squeezed out of your position in Tiandou."

"Everyone should be aware of the difference between being chained to others and being chained by others."

An Guogong tapped one finger on the round table, and the tapping sound was the same as the words just now, and entered the hearts of all the nobles present.

Some of the nobles in gorgeous clothes even seemed to want to say something to An Guogong after hearing this sentence, but they stopped their words after noticing many other people around them, and hesitated to speak.

"What the Duke said makes sense. Even if we can't go out, we must ensure that our share will not be taken away by others!"

A white-haired old man in a purple-gold ceremonial suit nodded in agreement.

The other nobles also quickly expressed their agreement.

But soon, someone raised concerns:

"My lord, although we can prevent people from inside the empire from entering the imperial city, you also said that we can't beat Xing Luo... What should we do if Xing Luo gets ruthless and directly hits us? "

This is indeed a question that needs to be considered. Although they hold the power of the empire and can control Tiandou, they cannot control and manage Xingluo next door!

If the Star Luo Empire wants to fight against Tiandou... then what's the point of dividing power here?

A cold light flashed in Anguogong's eyes, he took a deep breath, and responded: "The Star Luo Empire cannot really destroy Tiandou. Wuhundian will not allow this period of disrupting the balance to happen. At present, the two empires are mutual The pattern of checking and balancing doubts is in the best interest of Wuhundian."

"So at the end of the war, Spirit Hall will definitely take action to tie up the crazy Xingluo and drag it back to the south."

"As far as the empire is concerned, the most affected by the war is only the southern provinces and duchies. For us, the loss will not be too great."

Speaking of this, An Guogong greeted the waiter next to him and distributed a document to every nobleman present.

"I have to say that the Great Library of Wuhun City is really a good place, and my people found some good things from it."

"After the war, the power of the heavens will decline, the army will be disabled, and the imperial power will decline, and Xue Ye, who started the war, must be responsible for this. And we can use this to get what we want and establish some systems that are beneficial to us... ..."

"For example, this one I showed you... I think it's very interesting..."

"It's called a constitutional monarchy."

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(End of this chapter)