I, Emperor Ursus!

That was exactly what Leonid assured that he heard it right. What he heard now was that Nicholas was about to call for war, and he wanted to go to war with Salin, who signed the peace agreement, because of a small fight.

"Your Majesty, no, you must not start a war at this time!"

And hastily knelt down again and said, Hearing what Nicholas said, Leonid was really panicked, he was terrified of what Nicholas said, and his anxiety was beyond words.

"Your Majesty, the country is now at a critical stage of reform. Even if Your Majesty eradicates the oligarchs and signs an agreement with Longmen to promote the development of the Ursas national economy, the current treasury of Ursas is not very rich! If there is a war now, Ursas will Sass' reforms in many aspects are likely to be terminated, which is contrary to His Majesty's original intention!"

What worries him is not whether Ursas will lose if he goes to war with Sarin, but only one thing, and that is the money needed to start the war. As Ursas’s financial speaker, Leonid undoubtedly knows the recent Ursas Don't look at how much Nicholas's reforms sound like benefiting the people one by one, so he's consuming all the money. If it weren't for the eradication of the oligarchs, Ursus would not even have the capital to reform to a certain extent.

And compared to Nicholas' reform, Leonid understands that the most expensive thing in the world is war. A round of ammunition made of special rough stones costs 200 Ursas coins. How many such ammunition will be fought in this war? Thousands!Not to mention a series of logistical expenses such as cannons, armor, and military appeasement, Leonid's scalp tingles just thinking about it.

Even for Ursus, one of the big countries in Terra, this would be an extremely huge consumption. It is impossible to fight wars while reforming. Besides, the territory of Sarin is complicated. Difficulty, this is the reason why Sarin was not occupied in one go when Peter the Great defeated Sarin. The terrain is really easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Leonid knows it very well.

We must not just sit back and watch Ursas and Sarin open, otherwise, Leonid concluded that Nicholas' reforms would be ruined because of this, and he, who is the speaker of Ursas, cannot sit idly by.

"Don't get excited. I just said that I want to start a war with Saleen, but I don't really want to start a war with Saleen. Let's talk about it after I finish talking~"

Little did he know that Nicholas laughed even more when he heard it, and patted Leonid's shoulders a few times to signal him not to panic. What kind of behavior does the seemingly absurd behavior make.

After all, the emperor is also a human being, and he will definitely be misplaced when he is born. When he misplaced, Nicholas didn't think that none of his favorite ministers would dissuade him. It has fully proved that Leonid is a person who dares to speak irony and can distinguish right from wrong.

"Yes, Your Majesty..."

Leonid quietly breathed out and replied standing upright, he finally relaxed his mind, and quietly waited for Nicholas' instructions not to say more, as long as Nicholas didn't go to war.

"The reason why I did this is that I can't tell you because it involves a lot, but you have to listen to me slowly about what to do next, and you can't ask my mother to know. Don't worry, I don't want to fight against my mother. I know behind the scenes that it will be very difficult for me."

Afterwards, Nicholas gave a sermon with a chuckle, not forgetting to mention this so that Leonid would not think too much, and by the way, he explained the reason why Leonid was summoned instead of other speakers, and the speaker who was completely loyal to him There are only two people in the hall, one is Bangla Lev and the other is Leonid, whoever thinks these two are the same as Nicholas, but the former is very busy these days, and Nicholas doesn't want to add more redundant burden.

"In short, the first thing I want you to do is to spread this matter in all aspects, and continue to use public opinion to raise this small conflict to the level of national humiliation, so that the people of Ursus all over the country feel extreme towards Sarin The anger and dissatisfaction of the Ursus people inspired the loathing of Sarin."

Immediately afterwards, he explained to Leonid what to do, one of which was to increase the seriousness of this matter. A country like Ursus, which advocates force, is more sensitive to the dignity of the country, and for this Ursus folks will categorically condemn such a nasty border conflict. The new and old accounts will be settled together and Sarin will be required to pay the price, which will arouse the anger of the Ursas people and trigger an offensive against Sarin in the public opinion.

"And when the time is right, I will increase troops to Salem and create more conflicts. At that time, you must do your best to support the expenditures of the people in the military department on the increase of troops. It is better to give more than less. Prioritize the supply of funds evenly, and unintentionally spread the news that the Central Bank of Ursas is going to issue war bonds, so many people think that I will wage an all-out war with Salem!"

The second is that Leonid, who wants to manage finances, cooperates with himself. He uses his authority to mobilize the army, and Leonid provides financial support to jointly create the illusion of war in front of everyone who does not know. The more you act, the more you act the better, and you believe in the war between Ursus and Sarin.

In Nicholas's mind, there is only one intention, and that is to paralyze Tallulah, and also to paralyze the clans of officers who help Tallulah, so that Tallulah can have the confidence to take advantage of the opportunity of Ursus' troop deployment to start a revolution , no matter what Tallulah and the officer clan are thinking, it is difficult to change the fact that Ursus' army is dispatching to Sarin.

However, dispatching is dispatching, and how fast it is depends on the actual situation. Maybe the troops near Chernobog will be quickly mobilized to Sarin, but the troops from other remote places may not arrive quickly. What Nicholas knew was that the troops in some remote areas would not be dispatched to Salin, but to Chernobog, the city where Tallulah wanted to start a revolution.

The real intention is to suppress the rebellion of the integration movement. This is exactly Nicholas' idea. The dispute with Sarin's territory is the most appropriate reason. It can easily arouse public anger. Sending more troops to Sarin for legitimate reasons would not make the officer clan too suspicious.

At that time, the integration movement will no longer face only a small number of local troops and armed police as in the plot, but the Ursus army rushing here. It only takes a few hours. They will go to Chernobog to fight against the reunification movement. In front of the official army, the reunification movement is just a group of vulnerable scumbags. They will collapse if they attack, and Tallulah can't even evacuate.

The premise is that he can block Tallulah for a few hours, otherwise he will also fall there. The biggest advantage he has, Nicholas understands that it is not the emperor himself, it is he who knows when the natural disaster will happen, and the stock speculator Knowing in advance when the market will fluctuate is like being able to use limited resources to play the most perfect cards.

Suppress the integration movement, fall into evil... Defeat Tallulah, he is bound to win!

"Do you understand, Leonid, go down if you understand, and do it now, whatever means you want."

Nicholas confided coldly that he had already said what should be said, and the rest was waiting for Leonid to start first, and he followed up immediately.

"I have already understood what His Majesty means, and I will definitely follow His Majesty's orders."

Leonid bowed and said in a low voice, and slowly retreated out of Nicholas' room, thinking in his heart that something big would happen to Ursus soon, but he dared not speak.

Deliberately create a posture of developing with a country, and no matter how stupid people are, they can see how deep the water is inside.

[Ursus, for a period of time, I'm afraid there will be no peace...]

Leonid thought to himself.

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Chapter 169 Chapter 120: Yan Kingdom's ambition

After completing the tasks assigned to Leonid, Nicholas rolled over to the Smolny Palace and walked into the hall prepared for Ursus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is always so busy. Many employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are busy with their work in various places. Kov's office, I clearly remember that Gorchakov approached him yesterday and said he had something to report, but he was not there at the time and the matter did not come to fruition.

"...Your Majesty, you are finally here. I just wanted to go to find you, but I didn't expect that His Majesty would also come to see you by such a coincidence."

So, as the door was pulled, Gorchakov, who saw Nikolai coming, immediately said in surprise from his seat, and bowed deeply towards Nikolai, and the joy on his face quickly changed. To be serious, it was obvious that there was something important to tell Nicholas.

"Let's talk while sitting down, it would be too tiring for me to talk with you while standing~"

But before Gorchakov could speak, Nikolai interrupted his words with his palm, and said with a friendly smile. Nikolai took the lead in sitting on a sofa in the office, and did not forget to pat the sofa next to him. Gorchakov, who saw it, was slightly taken aback.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for granting the seat. In addition, for the momentary loss of etiquette, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Then he immediately reacted and bowed. Gorchakov sat on the side of Nikolai and couldn't help being a little ashamed. Only then did he realize that he didn't even say goodbye just now, and he forgot about it under excitement.

"It's okay, it's just some etiquette. I don't care too much about it. Tell me, what do you want from me? I want to hear what you have to say."

Nicholas replied with a slight smile, he didn't care about Gorchakov's impoliteness at all. As he said, what he wanted to know was what Gorchakov, the foreign minister, asked him in private yesterday. I remember that the world of Terra has been very peaceful in recent days. Except for Colombia, another attack was launched against Bolivia, but it was successfully repelled by the Bolivian government forces.

"Your Majesty, recently, Pei Shiju replaced the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Yan Kingdom, and just yesterday, Pei Shiju visited the Guishuang King of the Pashtun Kingdom, and also met with other kings of the Pashtun Kingdom, Abdali Patriarch Ahmed, Durrani, Barak and others met one after another, which was the most grand occasion for the Yan Kingdom to go to Fergana as an envoy."

As a result, Gorchakov's flat words were immediately ushered in. The moment he finished listening, the smile on Nikolai's face suddenly froze, replaced by a solemn frown on his brows.

"Who is this Pei Shiju? Let me tell you." Then, the voice full of laughter was instantly indifferent, and Nicholas directly asked about the new foreign minister of Yan Kingdom, instead of visiting Pashtun. country.

"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the investigation of the minister, Pei Shiju of the Yan Kingdom was diligent and wise when he was young, and his writing was gorgeous. He served as the secretary of the marshal's office. I went to the Pashtun country, it seems to be on the way, but I don’t think so.”

Gorchakov's sermon with a dignified expression showed that Pei Shiju was a man who later expressed his own opinions simply, which attracted a strange look from Nikolai's deep eyes.

"You might as well say it clearly, I don't mind."

Nicholas continued in a cold voice, and naturally understood that Gorchakov made it on purpose. After all, in terms of diplomacy, speaking means doing something for what he said. If too much is involved, That is a very troublesome thing, and it may cause disasters.

What's more, it is a big country like Yan Kingdom, every move behind it must have its deep meaning, not to mention what Gorchakov thinks, in Nicholas's cognition, it must not be underestimated, otherwise this country will jump one day. He stepped on Ursas's head, squeezed Ursas slowly, and then gnawed away.

Even if it is a new layer of skin, it is a feudal country, but the connotation of this country has not changed much from Nicholas' impression.

The 'real dragon' in rabbit skin eats not grass at all, but living meat!

"Actually, I feel that the Yan Kingdom is very likely to annex the Prash Kingdom to complete the integration of the eastern and western continents of Terra."

Afterwards, Gorchakov followed up with solemn words, which instantly made Nicholas' heart heavy, and the thoughts in his mind happened to coincide with Gorchakov's.

"Yan country dare? Gorchakov, you also know that the Plash country is a tough nation. Countless countries have occupied it but have not conquered it. This country is fundamentally a mess. Going to govern its Western Regions, will it also conquer the Prashi country?"

It’s just that when Gorchakov said it, Nicholas still couldn’t help asking questions. It’s not that he didn’t know that the Prash country is the famous imperial cemetery in the world of Terra. The gap in regional development is obvious, how could this country of Yan be more fond of aggression than Ursus?

unless…

Thinking of something in an instant, Nicholas widened his eyes.

"But Your Majesty, sometimes you don't need to use force to conquer a country, and you don't have to use force to occupy the country." Then, Gorchakov looked at Nikolai and said softly, with a calm and natural expression.

"As long as the leader of the country is a puppet, then your Majesty, everything in this country will still be manipulated, won't it?"

At the same time, he bowed his head and clasped his hands bluntly to express Nicholas' heartfelt words, which can be said to awaken the dreamer. Regarding this imperial cemetery, Yan Kingdom never thought of conquering it by force, but wanted to conquer it in Pashtun. The country supported the puppet and shaped the kingdom of Pura as its own satellite country.

"In addition, Your Majesty may not know that the situation in Pashtun Kingdom has been on the verge of turmoil recently. The current king of Pashtun Kingdom, King Guishuang, has no longer been as diligent and virtuous as when he first succeeded to the throne. He is addicted to women and fun all day long. The current three most powerful kings in Tu Kingdom, Ahmed, Durrani, and Barak, are growing stronger and stronger, and they are constantly recruiting troops to expand their armaments, and their intentions can be seen."

This is the real motive for why he visited many kings. He wanted to see who was the most suitable puppet of the Yan Kingdom, to test the attitudes of the kings towards the Yan Kingdom, and then to find a suitable agent to replace King Guishuang. The continuous recruitment of soldiers and horses can only explain one fact. Under the enjoyment of King Guishuang, the three kings have already plotted against King Guishuang, and they all want to ascend the throne of Pashtun Kingdom.

Its other motive is the real insidiousness. Under the strange political situation of the Plash country, it is obvious that it is going to show the major political forces in the Plash country to visit various kings. All the political forces in the country are suspicious of each other, doubting whether the other party is seeking the support of a big country to accelerate their actions, and will never allow the other party to take the lead.

Yes, the country of Yan is accelerating the political turmoil in the country of Pash, accelerating the process of the civil war in Pash!

As for its intention, Nicholas thought, it might not be as simple as just creating a satellite country.

At this moment, Nicholas, who was thinking about something, subconsciously shook the thumb of his right hand that was placed on the armrest.

"...Gorchakov, you mean..."

Afterwards, he asked in a calm tone, Nicholas' eyes flickered, and he had already thought of the worst answer.

"Your Majesty, Yan Kingdom may want to completely annex the eastern continent of Terra and complete the integration of the eastern and western continents of Terra!"

While maintaining the same posture of crossing his hands, Gorchakov raised his head and said an astonishing conclusion without hesitation. He looked into Nicholas's eyes with piercing eyes, which meant that he did not agree with him. Nikolai has the nature of a half-joke. A big country wants to annex the land of a 'state' in the Terra continent, which can be said to be appalling.

But is it possible? Nicholas knows that it is possible. There is no colonial war in the Terra world. This kind of embarrassing country is also xenophobic due to religious factors, but since the world of Terra, many countries in the eastern land of Terra yearn for and favor the Yan Kingdom, which is a well-known fact.

The centripetal force of culture is like this, not to mention the centripetal force of economy. Today’s Yan Kingdom is indeed implementing a semi-open and semi-closed policy. However, under the stability that it has not fought against any major country for a hundred years, Yan’s foreign trade has been growing rapidly. Expanding, most of the necessary supplies such as Southeast Asian countries are imported from Yan State, and economically they have completely become a vassal of Yan State, and Prashi State is no exception.

Therefore, there is no need to annex the imperial cemetery by force. Nicholas thinks that the Yan Kingdom may really be able to do it, and it will drive the various political forces in the Prash Kingdom to fight internally. It is exactly the same as the annexation of Fergana, and induces the leaders of Fergana. The civil war, after the exhaustion of Fergana's national strength, eroded it one by one and forced it to take the initiative to merge into the Yan Kingdom. Without spending a single soldier, the clan relied on the two sharp weapons of economy and culture to expand its vast territory.

Even after the Yan Kingdom successfully annexed the Plash Kingdom, Nicholas knew that this would be the pinnacle of Yan Kingdom’s authoritarianism in the eastern land of the Terra world, and the first step to control the trade bridge between the eastern land and the western land of the Terra world. At that time, the Yan Kingdom will definitely attack other unsubjugated countries such as Brahmin and Rem Billiton in the eastern land of Terra until it completely controls the dominance of the commercial exchanges between the eastern and western lands of the Terra world.

Kjerag will undoubtedly be the second target of the Yan Kingdom, either to be merged or become a vassal. Nicholas can already imagine that in the palace full of beautiful things to see, the silver gray in formal attire faces the queen of the Yan Kingdom on one knee Kneeling down, seeing Yinhui's outstanding beauty, the queen of Yan Kingdom slowly lifted Yinhui's chin, Manrou bent her waist, raised the corners of her lips as if admiring a work of art, and then...

No, the silver ash belongs to him, and no one is allowed to touch it! ! ! ! ! ! !

To move Yinhui is to move him!

"Gorchakov, obey!"

Immediately afterwards, he stood up decisively and said, Nicholas looked at Gorchakov with a gloomy face, and the tone of his voice became sharp and sharp, and the deep voice spread into Gorchakov like a bell. Cove's ears.

"Chen is here!"

Gorchakov knelt down from his seat immediately after hearing this, and said that he would not be negligent. He could not help but feel joy when he realized that Nikolai attached great importance to this matter and believed his guess.

After all, if the Yan Kingdom really unites the Eastern Continent of Terra, Gorchakov understands that the Yan Kingdom, which is already invincible in the Eastern Continent, will naturally focus on the north, and in the north of the Yan Kingdom, there is only one country, and that is Ursus, the only country that can stop Yan Kingdom from going north.

At that time, Gorchakov was sure that the Yan Kingdom would exert influence on Siberia and the Yuzi region of Ursus. When Ursas was strong, it might stop a little, but if Ursas fell, Yan Kingdom would definitely There are unreasonable ideas about Siberia and Yuzi in Ursas, and at least they will split Ursas, and at worst they will be directly annexed.

As a foreign minister, Gorchakov could not sit idly by. He always regarded Yan Kingdom as the primary enemy of Ursus, and it never changed.

There will be a battle between the two countries in the future, and who will be the overlord of the eastern land of Terra World!

Gorchakov decided in his heart, but did not tell Nikolai, thinking that now was not the time.

"I ordered you to go to Plash Country to visit all the princes as soon as possible, and report any time if you want to move. Even the Plash Kingdom's kings will know that the empire in Eastern Terra is not only Yan Kingdom, but also Ursus! If you want to stand in line, give me some consideration, otherwise don’t blame me for being ruthless! And after the visit, you remember to visit Brahmin and Rem Billiton, if they both value this matter, they can cooperate with each other.”

Then, Nicholas ordered in a stern voice, to issue the latest instructions on the actions of the Yan Kingdom, to remind the princes of the Plansh Kingdom in good faith, and to contact other countries around the East Road to jointly give advice. The Yan Kingdom exerted pressure, believing that it was impossible for only one country, Ursas, to know about it.

Yan Kingdom is a country that will not easily use troops, and peace is always the most important thing.

But Ursas is not, whoever provokes Ursas to be unhappy, he will destroy whoever, in a certain way, it is more of a military threat than the Yan Kingdom.

Yan Kingdom will never be asked to take the first step to monopolize Terra East and West Land, let alone give up the silver-grey friendship to Yan Kingdom's empress!

If you want to play tauren with him, get the hell out of here!

He, the pure love warrior, comes uninvited, one shot at a time!

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Gorchakov clasped his fists loudly, and chose to agree without hesitation. At the same time, Nikolai also walked out of Gorchakov's door. He stopped disturbing Gorchakov and asked Gorchakov Husband has plenty of energy to prepare.