“…”
The entire court hall was suddenly in an uproar.
"My fellow ministers, this is a court meeting, not a busy market. If you want to argue, go outside and do it."
Daji spoke slowly, and only then did the court hall quiet down.
Then she continued, "Can anyone tell me what His Majesty means?"
She was very puzzled by this.
The officials looked at each other, but no one stood up to speak.
It can be seen that they also cannot understand Ying Yuan’s decision.
At this moment, a man standing at the end of the queue of officials slowly stepped out and bowed deeply to Daji and Cao Cao, saying:
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, I do have some insights, but I don't know whether I should express them."
Hearing this, Daji looked at Cao Cao.
The latter bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this man is called Li Si, and he is an official in my Prime Minister's Mansion."
To put it bluntly, it's a secretary.
Logically speaking, officials are not qualified to attend court meetings like this.
But he was an official of the Prime Minister's Office after all, and he carried all kinds of state secrets with him. He had to provide some useful information at any time when the Prime Minister and the Emperor discussed state affairs.
Daji said bluntly: "Li Si? If you have something to say, just speak directly. I will forgive you."
"promise."
Li Si knew that it was time for him to perform. He did not know whether his guess was right or not, but he believed that this was what the Emperor meant.
"Your Majesty, this humble official is only expressing his personal opinion. If there is anything wrong with what I said, I hope Your Majesty and the other ministers will forgive me."
"Our Great Qin is so powerful and strong that we have the strength to invade other nations and conquer the world. However, we are still lacking one thing. What do you think it is?"
As soon as this was said, Zhuge Liang responded tentatively: "Public opinion?"
Li Si nodded, clasped his fists, and then looked at the officials and continued, "Master Zhuge is absolutely right. What our Great Qin still lacks is public opinion."
"All the nations view our Great Qin as a nation of tigers and wolves. If our Great Qin seizes this opportunity to attack the State of Yan, I am afraid the people of the nations will think that our Great Qin has been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time."
"By then, the image of our Great Qin among the people of various nations will be in shambles."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone snorted coldly: "You mean, our Great Qin can only passively take the beating?"
Li Si instantly shook his head and said, "No, Your Majesty made it very clear in the imperial edict: 'Peace should be valued, and we should not send troops to attack Yan.' What is peace? Peace means the two families are making peace."
"Yan has already sent troops. Does this mean peace? Obviously not. To achieve this goal, we cannot send troops. We can only send people to negotiate peace and use diplomatic means to force Yan to withdraw its troops."
One general said disdainfully, "Yan's ambitions are no less than Qin's. How could they withdraw their troops? No one would believe it."
Li Si continued slowly, "General, what you said is absolutely true. However, whether Yan withdraws its troops or not is not important."
"I have heard that Your Majesty has a very bad reputation in Jin, and has been called a tyrant by other nations."
"Let me ask you, our Great Qin is a nation of tigers and wolves, and Your Majesty is a tyrant. Without the support of the people, how can you possibly march eastward to pacify the other nations?"
"Ministers, please don't be so angry. The Queen just said that no matter what I say, I will be pardoned."
"Since we cannot win the support of the people, we will not be able to pacify the other states. Therefore, our attack on Yan State is doomed to fail."
"But even if Great Qin makes its stance clear to the other nations and constantly negotiates peace with Yan, it will still be unable to prevent Yan's army from trampling upon Great Qin's territory."
"By then, who will be right and who will be wrong among the people of all nations?"
"Once the Great Qin and Your Majesty gain a reputation for benevolence among the people and follow public opinion, will the day of our destruction of the State of Yan be far behind?"
After hearing his long speech, everyone was stunned.
They thought deeply about it and felt that it made a lot of sense.
Perhaps, Your Majesty really means this!
Your Majesty is so far-sighted!
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