At this time, the court of the Tiandou Empire was already in chaos.
"Your Majesty, I think that all the lands that your predecessor seized from the Xingluo Empire can be returned. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Family have been destroyed one after another. Now the people in the empire are in a state of panic. Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, so this war cannot be fought."
A minister walked out of the team, bowed and said.
The Tiandou Empire did not have an iron-blooded monarch like the Xingluo Empire, and the number of pro-war people in the entire country was obviously less than that of pro-peace people.
However, the voices of the war faction continued to be heard. A general in silver armor stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I think we should seize this opportunity to capture the three cities bordering the Star Luo Empire and the Barak Kingdom. As the saying goes, the Star Luo Empire took this opportunity to attack us. We will defeat them now and make them cede land and pay compensation. For Your Majesty, this will undoubtedly be a good story that will be passed down through the ages."
It is very important to have a legitimate reason to start a war. The Spirit Hall destroyed two of the three major sects, but because they had no legitimate reason, they could only resort to soul hunting to clear themselves of suspicion.
The Xing Luo Empire is likely to send troops this time under the pretext of recovering lost territory. This is equivalent to the trap that the Spirit Hall set for them in the first place. The lost territory returned by the Xing Luo Empire is undoubtedly a powder keg.
The Xingluo Empire can send troops under the pretext of recovering lost territory, and the Tiandou Empire can also declare war on the Xingluo Empire in the name of defending its territory.
Furthermore, if a war breaks out in these cities, the emotions of the people of both countries will also be aroused.
However, Xue Qinghe was not in a hurry to draw a conclusion. He was just a puppet emperor, and he was still waiting for the response from the Spirit Hall as to whether to fight or retreat.
"My dear ministers, Marshal Gelong is still on the way. I need to ask Marshal Gelong's opinion on whether to fight or not." Xue Qinghe stopped everyone in their tracks with just one sentence.
The ministers all knew that Xue Qinghe was a humble person who was good at listening to other people's opinions. But when Marshal Ge Long returned, it would be fine if there was no war. But if there was a war, the empire's army would have no time to rush to the border in such a short time. By the time they arrived, the Xingluo Empire might have already occupied many cities of the Tiandou Empire and built fortifications.
If we fight again then, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties.
At this time, Duke Weiss advised: "Your Majesty, Dean Han of Canaan City, Duke Dugu, and Dean Litian are all Titled Douluo. If Your Majesty decides to fight this battle, you might as well seek the help of Dean Han and others."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the ministers began to talk about it.
The role of a Titled Douluo on the battlefield is not insignificant. It is no exaggeration to say that the deterrent power of a Titled Douluo is comparable to that of a 100,000-man army. Especially a Titled Douluo like Dugu Bo who is good at group attacks, as long as he appears on the battlefield, he is enough to match the million-man army of the Tiandu Empire.
However, these connections belonged to Qian Renxue, not to him as a substitute. He went to find Han Yu, and although Han Yu would not drive him away, he basically could not reach an agreement.
Furthermore, he knew that Han Yu was a high-ranking official in the Spirit Hall. If the Spirit Hall issued an order, he would then be paired with Han Yu. For him, there was no need to do this. In fact, his substitute knew nothing about politics. He was only chosen because he imitated Xue Qinghe's behavior the most closely.
Of course, letting a substitute become the ruler of a country is a very dangerous thing, and the Spirit Hall will not let a smart person do it.
Once it gets out of control, the Spirit Hall will be at the center of the storm. By then, everyone will attack it.
Xue Qinghe turned around and sat back on the dragon chair. "I have heard of your proposal. But Dean Han is not in Canaan City recently. When he returns, I will go to visit him."
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At the same time, the Spirit Hall was also not idle.
After getting the exact news, Bibi Dong immediately started the seminar.
The Spirit Hall's external relations have always been handled by the Pope's Hall, so this matter does not require the opinion of the Worship Hall.
All the elders gathered in the Pope's Palace. Han Yu, who was in seclusion in Canaan City, participated in the meeting remotely through the communication soul guide.
This meeting is not only about dealing with the war between Tiandou and Xingluo, but also about the next deployment of the Spirit Hall.
"Everyone is here, Your Holiness, the meeting can begin." Yue Guan said.
Bibi Dong took over the conversation and said, "First of all, I welcome the Eighth Priest to participate in this meeting. I hope the Eighth Priest can provide valuable suggestions."
Then, she expressed her thoughts: "The Xingluo Empire provoked a war on the continent. I think the Spirit Hall can stand on the side of the Heaven Dou Empire in the name of maintaining the stability of the continent. And once the war starts, the spirit master corps of my Spirit Hall should rush to the battlefield immediately."
"I believe you all know the most important mission of the Soul Hunting Operation. That's right, Xue Qinghe of the Heaven Dou Empire is a puppet of our Spirit Hall. If we can protect the Heaven Dou Empire, the Spirit Hall will be able to act legitimately in the Heaven Dou Empire in the future."
Bibi Dong's proposal was supported by most people, especially Ghost Leopard Douluo, who even volunteered to go to the battlefield. Now that his cultivation has not yet broken through, he is eager to gain merit again in order to get guidance from Pope Bibi Dong or the strong men in the Worship Hall.
Of course, not only him, even Jue Wu Douluo also urgently needs achievements to prepare for his own soul power breakthrough.
The three of them were all level 95 Title Douluo, and whoever could break through first would undoubtedly earn enough face for himself. It was for this reason that they were competing with each other openly and covertly.
The other elders also tactfully stepped aside and had no intention of stealing the credit.
Bibi Dong thought about it for a while, and she was definitely more inclined towards Jue Gui and the others. After all, even if these two people had a breakthrough in strength, before she abdicated, they would still be her subordinates, but they would only have the title of worshiper.
Just as she was about to make the decision, Han Yu said, "Your Holiness, there is nothing wrong with your arrangement. But the benefits that our Spirit Hall will gain will be too little."
"To be able to take down the Tiandou Empire, Elder Snake Spear and Elder Thornblood spent more than ten years, and countless bishops and deacons of the Spirit Hall poured in their efforts. I think it's not worth it."
Since returning to Wuhun City, Snake Spear and Bloodthirsty have been transferred to the Worship Hall and are now Qian Renxue's capable subordinates. If Qian Renxue becomes the Pope, they will replace Jue Gui and the others.
Even though Jue and Gui are still elders, the resources they can obtain are more than those of the elders in the Elder Hall.
Qian Renxue had devoted more than ten years of her life to the Soul Hunting Project, but it was obviously not worth it just to make it easier for the Spirit Hall to do things in the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Eighth Priest, why don't you tell me your suggestion? With everyone's brainstorming, we can definitely come up with a perfect solution."
In the communication soul guide, Han Yu nodded slightly and expressed his thoughts, "King Kundla of the Barak Kingdom is Xue Ye's cousin. He holds a grudge against Xue Qinghe for killing Xue Beng and Xue Xing. Although he is not going to rebel, he intends to become a strategic partner with Wuhun City behind the scenes."
All the powerful people above the level of elders in the Spirit Hall have already known about this matter.
But they didn't understand how Han Yu's saying this at this time had anything to do with the war that was about to break out in Xingluo Tiandou.
Han Yu continued: "Everyone, let me mention that Ning Fengzhi brought Bone Douluo and the remaining disciples, and Tang San brought the members of the Power Clan. They all went to the Xing Luo Empire and just left the country not long ago."
"If Xue Qinghe falls, the most likely person to inherit the throne is this Kundera. Ning Fengzhi and the others may not have thought of this person now, but over time, they will definitely understand Kundera's role."
"And he conspired with our Spirit Hall only to protect himself from being purged by Xue Qinghe. If someone whispers in his ear at this time, the probability of him rebelling is very high."
"Eighth Priest, do you mean to smooth things over?" Ghost Leopard Douluo asked in confusion.
Han Yu shook his head clearly, "No, this war must not start. It's only a matter of time before Kundela wavers in his heart, and Ning Fengzhi will never be willing to lose to the Xingluo Empire. He will definitely find a way to fight back. At that time, he will only support Kundela in starting a civil war. Once the war between the two empires begins, regardless of whether he wins or loses, it will never be a good thing for a newly enthroned emperor."
"Since the Tiandou Empire is at our disposal, our best measure is to consolidate Xue Qinghe's rule. When the time is right, we can use the power of the Tiandou Empire to annex the Xingluo Empire and unify the Douluo Continent."
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In the original time and space, when the Spirit Hall declared war on the two empires, the Barak Kingdom immediately sided with the Spirit Hall. Kundela was definitely unwilling to become a lackey of the Spirit Hall, so the only condition for him to support the Spirit Hall was to help him ascend to the throne of the Tiandou Empire. It can be said that whether it was Xue Qinghe ascending the throne or Xue Beng ascending the throne, Kundela was very dissatisfied in his heart.
However, in the original time and space, Bibi Dong possessed great power herself and only wanted to lead the Spirit Hall into the abyss, and did not care about his conditions at all.
But nowadays, Bibi Dong has to treat it with caution.
"Unification!" The value of these two words is extremely high.
All the elders, including Bibi Dong, were undecided for a moment.
Completing the unification of the continent would definitely be celebrated for thousands of years. However, if it is not handled properly, it is very likely to lose the support of the people and even lead to the decline of the Spirit Hall.
"Eighth Priest, according to your opinion, the Spirit Hall should mediate the war between the two countries? But even if it is settled this time, if the Heaven Dou Empire declares war on the Star Luo Empire in the future, if we do not mediate, won't the outside world think that our Spirit Hall is biased towards the Heaven Dou Empire?"
"Besides, I really can't think of any reason that the Tiandou Empire should use to declare war on the Xingluo Empire."
The two questions raised by Bibi Dong are the two hurdles in the blueprint constructed by Han Yu.
“Don’t forget, the Haotian Sect supports the Xingluo Empire. Now that the Haotian Sect has come into the world, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex Family have been destroyed first, and we in the Spirit Hall really do not have the ability to take action against the Haotian Sect.” Yue Guan raised an important question.
In the Tiandou Palace Incident, it was clear that the Haotian Sect was tricked by Xue Qinghe; it is not impossible that they will support the Xingluo Empire again.
Before Han Yu could speak, Ling Yuan Douluo took the lead in proposing a solution to the first problem. "The purpose of Xing Luo Empire's sending troops is to recover the land that has been lost in the past few years. Your Holiness the Pope, Eight Priests, how about this? We let Tian Dou Empire hand over these pieces of land to our Wuhun Hall for development."
"In this case, if the Xingluo Empire continues to go to war, it would be equivalent to declaring war on both our Spirit Hall and the Tiandou Empire. Yesterday, the envoys of the Xingluo Empire hoped that our Spirit Hall would remain neutral. It is obvious that Dai Tianfeng does not want our Spirit Hall to end up like this."
Bibi Dong thought for a moment and agreed: "When we first set up the spirit tickets, we were going to use them to build fortifications that benefit the people. In this case, we might as well use the charity spirit tickets to build cities on the border to absorb those refugees who have lost their homes due to the war."
Canaan City is also taking in refugees, but Canaan City is far away from the border, and the refugees here may not be able to reach Canaan City and will starve to death on the road.
Bibi Dong's move undoubtedly killed two birds with one stone, as it not only solved the first problem but also avoided Yue Guan's assumption.
"Your Holiness is wise. By using the name of charity, our Spirit Hall will surely win the support of the people. At the same time, if the Xing Luo Empire dares to take action, they will probably be greatly condemned by public opinion."
"As the saying goes, a righteous man has many supporters, while an unrighteous man has few supporters. No matter how stupid Dai Tianfeng is, he is not stupid enough to attack the refugees."
Although this proposal is different from Han Yu's idea, it is undoubtedly a good idea.
After thinking for a while, he added: "We not only take in refugees from the Tiandou Empire, but also refugees from the Xingluo Empire."
"Good idea." Bibi Dong nodded, and then he arranged: "Elder Ghost Leopard, Elder Spirit Kite, thank you for taking the trouble to make this trip. You will temporarily serve as the sheriff of the newly built host city."
"Yes, Your Holiness."
Ghost Leopard Douluo Ba had to make more contributions, so how could he refuse?
As for Jue and Gui, since they don’t have to participate in the battle, Bibi Dong has new tasks to assign to them.
"As for how the Tiandou Empire will declare war on the Xingluo Empire in the future, this is not that difficult." Han Yu said confidently: "I have always been aware of Ning Fengzhi's whereabouts. I didn't take action against them and let them go to the Xingluo Empire just to let them disrupt the structure of the Xingluo Empire."
"Compared to supporting Kundela to become the emperor, Ning Fengzhi would definitely choose Dai Mubai to become the emperor of Xingluo Empire if he had a choice."
Kundela is very cunning, Ning Fengzhi may not be able to control him. But Dai Mubai is not necessarily the same. How can Ning Fengzhi not handle a guy in his early twenties? Moreover, the national strength of Xingluo Empire is stronger than that of Tiandou Empire. Supporting Dai Mubai to come to power, Ning Fengzhi can do a lot of things in the future.
Since their movements are under Han Yu's control, he can completely control how things develop.
(End of this chapter)