Xu Que's words immediately caused a sensation in the court.
Almost all the courtiers were unanimously opposed to Xu Que going to lead the expedition in person.
After these two years, Xu Que's prestige among the people has reached its peak.
Whether it is paper making and printing, or mining crops, they are all great things that benefit the country and the people.
If any other emperor had reached this point, he would have already started to feature himself in the history books, as a wise emperor through the ages.
With such an emperor who has ideas and can implement them, the ministers certainly don't want him to die.
"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. I hope your Majesty will consider it in the long term!" An old minister burst into tears. He even held onto Xu Que's thigh and refused to let go, regardless of his status.
"Fuck you... you old fool, let go now! Or I'll beat you to death with my fist!" Xu Que said angrily.
"Your Majesty, do it! Even if I die today, I will not let you, the Emperor, make this decision!"
"Damn it...you don't believe that I have this strength! Old Ding, please tell them how strong I am!"
Xu Que raised his hand and pointed, and everyone's eyes followed the direction of his finger and landed on Ding Yong, the Minister of War.
Ding Yong trembled and his face turned dark.
Damn... I'm hiding in such a corner, but you can still see me?
What a sin!
After pondering for a moment, Ding Yong stepped forward, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, fighting on this battlefield is not the same thing as fighting among civilians. For the sake of the Emperor's dragon body, I ask Your Majesty to take back his orders."
The implication is that the war cannot be won by being a reckless person. You should honestly develop the economy at home and don't engage in personal conquests.
Xu Que's eyes widened.
Well, Ding Yong, I have taken good care of you these past two years and spent all the money I had on you in the Ministry of War. Why don’t you support me now?
I didn’t expect that a guy like you, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would actually betray me!
Ding Yong, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, had no expression on his face and stood with his hands tied, refusing to react no matter how Xu Que glared at him.
Just kidding, the looks from his colleagues around him almost turned him into a sieve!
If he dares to stand up and support Xu Que at this time, he will be beaten by this shameless gang when he leaves the palace...
Seeing that there was no one to support him, Xu Que waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's talk about it. What good ideas do you have?"
When the wailing ministers heard this, they immediately put away their Sima expressions and began to play seriously.
"Your Majesty, we can surrender first and entrust it to the virtual snake. When the time comes, we can fight back hard!"
"What the hell! Your Majesty, give me half a million troops and horses, and I will definitely keep Qin's troops out of the border!"
"Your Majesty, if you ask me, let's bribe that envoy and let him be our traitor..."
Xu Que's eyes almost rolled to the sky. These trivial ideas were useless!
Do you really think King Qin is a fool?
He felt a little emotional, had he done too many things in the past two years, and had all these ministers become retarded?
Alas, as expected, being too strong is not good.
"Xu Que, I don't know what you are thinking, but I will never agree to your going on a personal expedition." Xuanyuan Wanrong tilted her head and lowered her voice.
Xu Que glanced at her and said with a smile: "You are so reluctant to let me go? Are you really falling in love with me?"
Xuanyuan Wanrong habitually ignored his breath adjustment and said calmly: "You said that we only need to wait here until the end of our lives. This is a common test for both of us. If you go to the imperial army to fight in person and unfortunately die on the battlefield,
,How can you guarantee that nothing will happen to me?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, don't make it sound like I'm going to abandon my wife and children... Oh, I forgot that you don't have any children." Xu Que shrugged, "But you should know very well that if I don't go to the battlefield, the entire army of the Eastern Tang Dynasty will be destroyed.
I can’t survive half a year.”
"Why do you think you have this ability?"
"It's just based on my intelligence." Xu Que raised his eyebrows. "It's been two years, haven't you seen my supreme wisdom?"
Xuanyuan Wanrong subconsciously wanted to refute, but thinking of the other party's achievements in the past two years, she fell silent again.
Xu Que's contribution in the past two years is indeed extremely outstanding, but making inventions, reforming and fighting are completely different things!
Xuanyuan Wanrong knew the military strength of the Eastern Tang Dynasty very well.
Although the policies put forward by Xu Que have greatly improved the overall strength of the country, the military strength is still weak.
What they lack most now is time.
If they could be given a few more years to recharge their batteries and strengthen their troops, they would not be as passive as they are now in the face of Qin.
There was a lot of opposition in the court. In the end, no result was reached after the discussion, so we had to withdraw from the court hastily.
But it was obviously impossible to let this matter go. Even though the envoy was arrested in the main hall, it was impossible for the courtiers to spread the matter around.
But in the end, the fire could not be contained. The Qin State also had many spies in the Eastern Tang State, and the news was quickly passed back.
Qin State, Imperial City Hall.
"You bastard! How dare you, son of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, humiliate me like this!"
King Qin roared fiercely, with uncontrollable anger in his sinister eyes.
An old minister whispered: "Your Majesty, calm down and take care of your body..."
When King Qin heard this, his eyes flickered a little.
Xu Que's guess was correct. The fundamental reason why the King of Qin sent people over to try to persuade others to surrender was because his body could no longer withstand the conquests.
In every battle in the past, King Qin would personally go into battle and find himself in danger many times.
Although he gained the reputation of being the most brave among the three armies, he was still suffering from injuries of various sizes in his body. If it weren't for Qin's strong financial resources and the ability to collect miraculous elixirs to treat his injuries, he might have been lying on the hospital bed now.
The best way to deal with it is for the Qin State to endure this situation, ally with the Eastern Tang State, and wait until the body recovers before embarking on an expedition.
This is the advice of the ministers.
But King Qin didn't think so.
He is the King of Qin. He has swept away all the countries in two years. He is a brave general who can't be matched and a king for eternity.
Now that he has been recuperating for two years, and seeing the eternal glory of conquering the Nine Provinces and dominating the world right in front of him, how could he give up?
"Preach my will and order the three armies to conquer the Eastern Tang Dynasty!"
On this day, the flames of war once again burned on this continent.
After receiving the news, the Eastern Tang Dynasty immediately began to prepare for war intensively.
Even though their national power is not as good as Qin's, they cannot sit still and wait for death.
When Xu Que learned about King Qin's words, he also expressed his response from a distance.
"King Qin, you are a fool, just wait for death. I will go to the border to kill you with my own hands now!"
When the King of Qin heard the news, he was furious and immediately expressed his intention to lead the expedition himself.
Therefore, amid the shock of the courtiers of the two countries, King Qin and Xu Que began their own journey of personal conquest.
Xuanyuan Wanrong and her ministers tried hard to persuade her to no avail. After two years of hard work, Xu Que had already firmly controlled all the ministries of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.
On this day, Xu Que directly summoned the three armies, took the troops and horses, and headed straight for the border pass.
"I want to become the Pirate King...not, the man who is the co-lord of Kyushu!"