The king's mainland talent plunder

Chapter 179 Invasion of the Wolf Banner

Zheng Qing and Jia Luo entered the palace very smoothly. It was already past 10 o'clock in the morning. Zheng Qing was very surprised when he was told that Empress Wu Zetian was still in court.

Why is Empress Wu Zetian so diligent?It's already 10 o'clock and it's still early morning?

Zheng Qing still wanted to wait outside, anyway, it was already 10 o'clock, so he could wait for two hours at most, and it would be 12 o'clock in two hours, so Wu Zetian couldn't skip lunch.

At this moment, the personal eunuch next to the empress came over, saluted Zheng Qing respectfully, and said: "Minghou, Your Majesty orders you to enter."

"Call me?" Zheng Qing pointed at himself in astonishment, "Is there anything important? I don't understand politics either."

Zheng Qing's scheming is not that deep, and he can't play these tricks, so Zheng Qing must be weaker than Ming Shiyin in terms of means.

"To tell you the truth, there is a problem in the frontier." The eunuch leaned into Zheng Qing's ear and said, "We who are villains shouldn't talk about government affairs, but the barbarians in the north are really deceiving people too much. They not only invaded us He Luo, even asked His Majesty to send the princess to marry him, it's just too deceitful!"

After listening to the eunuch's words, Zheng Qing thought about it carefully, the princess of the Tang Dynasty married, Zheng Qing only knew Princess Wencheng, but in the history of China, Princess Wencheng went to XZ to marry, and she was also a figure in the period of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. The era of Wu Zetian should not be Princess Wencheng.

Zheng Qing shook his head, threw all these messy thoughts out of his head, and continued: "The Heluo Empire is the first empire in the King's Continent, and it will be threatened by a small barbarian? Why doesn't your majesty send troops to destroy it?" he?"

"It's precisely because of this." The eunuch said with resentment on his face, "It's those civil servants who eat inside and out, what they say, watching the stars at night, saying that there will be a crisis in Heluo soon, and the people's living standards will plummet. The whole country is facing economic difficulties. It is precisely because of this that they oppose launching a war to exterminate the barbarians, saying that it will exacerbate the crisis, and the overall situation should be the most important right now."

Hearing this, Zheng Qing said: "It's 0202, why are there people superstitious? The overall situation is the most important thing. National security and sovereignty are not the overall situation, what is the overall situation? Jia Luo, wait for me here, wait for me to go in, and scold them Eighteen generations of ancestors!"

After speaking, Zheng Qing immediately entered the lobby.

In the resplendent hall, the camp of civil servants and military generals is clearly divided into two groups. The formation of military generals is naturally headed by General Cheng Yaojin, and Cheng Yaojin is naturally the main battle group.

Zheng Qing didn't know the civil servants, but he had a few familiar faces, those old guys, before Yi Xing played chess with the Fusang people, they said that Yi Xing couldn't win anything.

But at this moment, those old guys and the generals headed by Cheng Yaojin were arguing red-faced. If this goes on like this, they will probably not be able to breathe, and they will go to the underworld to see Lord Hades.

Zheng Qing naturally didn't like these old fellows, he swaggered forward, saluted Wu Zetian who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Aiqing!" Wu Zetian breathed a sigh of relief seeing that Zheng Qing was completely intact, "It's been two months, Aiqing, you're finally back, I'm so worried."

"Thanks to Your Majesty's love, I will be fine." Zheng Qing said beautifully.

"Thousand Cave City and his party, how is it going? Any news?" Wu Zetian said: "As a famous city in the world, Thousand Cave City has an extremely strong academic atmosphere. I want to build such a city in Heluo, but unfortunately Thousand Cave City has already disappeared. It was destroyed, and it is very difficult for me to build a similar city, it is really a pity."

Regarding Wu Zetian's words, Zheng Qing naturally wouldn't believe them, her words were basically just to make Zheng Qing happy.As the ruler of the empire, how could Wu Zetian not be aware of the impact of open-mindedness on his centralization of power?

If you want to concentrate power, you must concentrate your mind. A centralized society will never be open-minded. This is an eternal truth.

Zheng Qing said: "There are already clues, and I believe that Jia Luo will be given justice soon."

"Well, Jia Luo is a good child." Wu Zetian continued: "As the daughter of the city lord of Thousand Cave City, I am neither arrogant nor impetuous. After Thousand Cave City was destroyed, she worked hard to rule it. She is a woman who is worthy of a heroine."

"Your Majesty is absurd." Zheng Qing said.

Wu Zetian continued: "Aiqing, border troubles have appeared in the northern border of the Heluo Empire. The major tribes headed by the Wolf Banner have invaded the border of the Heluo Empire. What do you think should be done?"

"Of course we have to fight!" Zheng Qing expressed his opinion, "Empire Heluo is the first empire in the king's continent. If the empire Heluo really sent the princess to make a marriage, and exchanged the princess's life for the peace of the frontier, wouldn't this be an empire? The shame of Heluo? This is not peace, this is a national humiliation!"

"Imperial Heluo has national power, economy, and people that other countries do not have." Zheng Qing said: "Imperial Heluo's army is a mighty army. The economy of Imperial Heluo ranks first in the world. The people of Imperial Heluo are patriotic and loving. Family, in terms of comprehensive national strength, can Qi be compared to a small tribe?"

"If the empire Heluo sends a princess to marry now, the majesty and dignity of the empire will be lost at that time! At that time, what will other countries think of Heluo?" Zheng Qing said: "At that time, one princess will go to the east country, and one princess will go to the west country. , wouldn’t the empire become a lamb at the mercy of others?”

"What nonsense!"

At this moment, an old man with a long beard came out. He saluted first, and then continued: "I am watching the stars at night, and the heavens tell me that my empire Heluo will be in disaster! Soon the people of the empire will be in dire straits. We can't start a war with a broken economy, it's going to cost the treasury!"

"We still have time. Your Majesty, you should reduce military expenditures, reduce the expenditures of various ministries, and make overall plans to deal with the economic collapse in the near future!" He said: "The people's livelihood is the foundation of a country, Your Majesty! As the princess of the empire, the princess should For the sake of the people of the world! Sacrifice the princess alone in exchange for the peace of the frontier and the people of the entire empire! Which is more important, Your Majesty!"

Hearing this, Zheng Qing immediately said: "You are just talking nonsense! What kind of thing are you? What age are you still so superstitious? Let me tell you, the astrology in the sky is just the result of your divination. It’s just a random event, how can a random event determine the direction of future development? There is no scientific basis at all.”

"How can it be possible to use a random event to influence the outcome of a war, or even determine the status of the entire empire on the Continent of Kings?" Zheng Qing said happily.

As soon as Zheng Qing said this, he immediately got the support of the generals.

(End of this chapter)