"My lord, I am sincerely convinced and willing to accept the punishment."
Zhang Biwu cupped his hands and said.
Li Chen's eyes swept across the silent Hall of Supreme Harmony, focused on Zhao Xuanji for a moment, and said indifferently:
"I have carefully considered the North Korea's request to the Qin Dynasty to send troops. There are two disadvantages."
"First, with the continuous natural disasters in Great Qin, neither the people nor the court can withstand a high-intensity war."
"Secondly, the national treasury is empty, and soldiers and horses from all over the country are barely able to maintain military pay. When the soldiers move, countless real gold and silver are passed through their hands like running water, and people will die on the battlefield. It seems that it is useless to use our good men of Great Qin to fight for other countries.
Not wise."
His eyes fell on Zhang Biwu again, and Li Chen said indifferently: "Sir Zhang, the objections you just wanted to say, are these two points true?"
Zhang Biwu's face was livid and he said firmly: "Your Highness is very smart and has already thought everything through. It's my fault that I'm overthinking."
Ignoring Zhang Biwu's words of holding a gun and a stick, Li Chen said calmly: "But everything has two sides. This matter has two disadvantages and two advantages."
"First, Da Qin has become weak over the years, especially after the Yumen Pass massacre. The enemies on the border, led by the Liao Kingdom, seem to regard Da Qin as a soft persimmon. After that, Da Qin organized retaliation more than ten times, although they also killed
We killed some enemies, but it was a strategic failure, which led to the ridicule of the enemy and the shame of the countrymen."
"Sending troops to North Korea to fight against Japanese pirates can not only deter foreign enemies, but also use force to boost the confidence of the people. It can also gain the gratitude of North Korea, demonstrating that the power of our great Qin Dynasty is still as majestic as it was three hundred years ago."
"Secondly, North Korea has promised that once the Qin army moves into action, all logistics and expenditures will be borne by North Korea, and casualty benefits will be paid at double the standard. In this way, the pressure on the national treasury will be suddenly reduced, and there will be no worries."
Seeing that Li Chen had blocked out everything he wanted to say while asking and answering questions, Zhang Biwu became anxious on the spot.
But this time he learned the lesson.
Holding back his breath, he waited patiently until Li Chen finished speaking and the Hall of Supreme Harmony was quiet for a moment before Zhang Biwu said, "Your Highness, this is inappropriate!"
Li Chen looked at Zhang Biwu coldly and said impatiently: "You are the one who said that I am smart, quick and thoughtful, and you are the one who said that I am wrong. Why, you have to say all the things in the world by yourself? Good or bad?
You have the final say on whether it’s right or wrong!?”
Zhang Biwu's origin is slightly different from others. Although he also took the imperial examination, his family was originally from a scholarly family. All three generations of his ancestors were officials in the court, which can be said to be the standard three generations of officials.
Therefore, his official career went very smoothly.
Therefore, in his career ups and downs in the past few decades, he has mostly followed a paved road. When did he have his face rubbed against a wall like this?
Feeling that the anger in his chest was getting more intense, Zhang Biwu gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, can't you allow me to speak?"
"Rong De, everyone in the Taihe Palace can speak."
Li Chen sneered and said, "But I don't like to hear bullshit."
After saying that, without looking at Zhang Biwu's face, which was almost ashen, he raised his hand and said: "Chen Tong, bring me the Great Liang Longque!"
Outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Chen Tong, the deputy commander of the Dongchang Jinyi Guards, respectfully held a sword box that had been built overnight, bowed his head, and entered through the palace door.
Without squinting his eyes, he quickly walked to Li Chen with great solemnity, knelt down on his knees, and raised the sword box high above his head.
Li Chen opened the sword box, held the sword of Daliang Longque, and struck it with his backhand. He held the sword and stood on the Dragon Court.
Li Chen's eyes were majestic as he swept across the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony and said coldly: "In front of this emperor's sword, why don't you explain your so-called truth to me?"
