Two days later, Zhao Ji sent someone to deliver the news back.
There have indeed been unusual movements among the tribes west of the desert, and there seems to be little defensive force on the borders of the tribes west of the desert.
However, Zhao Ji judged that this was a trick of the tribes in western Mo.
Zhao Ji believed that the tribes in western Mo wanted to lure them into taking the initiative to attack in this way.
Zhao Ji suggested not taking any action and continuing to defend.
At most, they would send a small force to harass the tribes in western Mo.
Zhao Ji's suggestion was also supported by the vast majority of court officials.
A war broke out between Dagan and the Moxi tribes just last year. Although the war did not break out all-out, it cost everyone a lot of money.
Today, the tribes of the western desert are engaged in aggressive warfare and have once again taken the initiative to engage in a war with the Dayue Kingdom and the Northern Palace Army. The loss of national strength of the tribes of the western desert must be very great.
This is the time to work hard, bide our time and accumulate national strength.
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Wait until Da Gan’s national strength recovers to the level before the war with Bei Huan, and then compete with the various tribes in western Mo.
By then, we can gather the strength of the three vassal states in the south and make all the tribes in the western desert submit to us in one battle!
While the ministers were discussing heatedly, Yun Li's eyes fell on Xiao Wanchou and Xue Che.
Now, almost all the civil and military officials in the court agreed to wait and see what happens.
Xiao Wanchou and Xue Che are already alone and powerless.
Xiao Wanchou and Xue Che looked at each other silently and sighed at the same time.
After a long while, Xue Che finally spoke: "My colleagues are right. It is indeed not appropriate for our dynasty to continue fighting at this time..."
"Um."
Xiao Wanchou nodded gently, "Our dynasty should still focus on accumulating national strength! When the national strength of all the tribes in Moxi has declined, we will fight to decide the outcome!"
With Xue Che and Xiao Wanchou expressing their opinions, the court finally reached a consensus.
"Since all the adults think that we should wait and see what happens, then let's wait and see what happens!"
Yun Li was secretly satisfied, and said, "However, I think we can indeed send a small force to harass the enemy! In this way, it can also help relieve the pressure on my sixth brother from the side! No matter what unhappiness there is between the court and my sixth brother, we are family after all! When outsiders break in, we must help them! What do you think, gentlemen?"
"The prince is wise!"
Gu Xiu was the first to express his agreement.
"The prince is wise!"
Then, all the ministers spoke at the same time.
Regardless of whether Yun Li was sincere or not, at least there was nothing wrong with what he said.
Anyway, it's just sending a small force to harass, and it won't cost much money or food.
You still have to pretend when it’s time to do it.
"Then it's settled!"
Yun Li stood up and was about to announce the end of the court when the guards outside the palace suddenly trotted in, holding a letter in both hands, "Your Highness, urgent news from the Northwest Protectorate!"
Urgent news from the Northwest Protectorate?
Could it be that Xing'an Fort was conquered by the tribes from western Mo?
Or did that bastard Lao Liu die in the battle?
However, Yun Li quickly denied his guess.
That bastard has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, how could he die in battle so easily?
Yun Li took a deep breath and sat down again: "Quick, present it!"
Soon, the eunuch in front of the palace took the urgent report and delivered it to Yun Li.
Yun Li opened it and looked at it carefully.
The first half of the letter was normal.
Yun Zheng judged that the tribes in western Moxi would most likely lure the Northwestern Army into taking the initiative to attack, and suggested that the court wait and see, or send a small force to harass the tribes in western Moxi.
This is completely consistent with Zhao Ji's judgment and suggestions.
But after seeing the second half, Yun Li almost looked to the northwest and cursed Yun Zheng for being shameless.
The Dayue Kingdom united with the various tribes in western Mo, assembled an army of 200,000 and launched a strong attack on Lingzhou.
The Grand Protector of the Northwest Protectorate urgently asked Yun Zheng for help, and Yun Zheng had already assembled an army of 200,000 to provide support.
At present, the two sides are fighting fiercely in Lingzhou.
However, the Northern Army is short of money and food, so they request financial support from the court!
Yun Li tried hard to resist the urge to tear the letter in his hand into pieces. He handed the letter to the eunuch in front of the palace and asked him to read it out in court.
As His Highness' eunuch read out the contents of the letter aloud, all the ministers looked at each other in bewilderment.
How can there be such a shameless person in the world?
How dare you ask the imperial court for money and food?
Why didn’t he just ask Emperor Wen to give him the throne?
Seeing Yun Li's headache, Gu Xiu immediately reported: "Your Highness, don't worry. I think Your Highness can verbally commend the Sixth Prince and praise his righteous act! And directly tell the Sixth Prince that the court is also short of money and food and is unable to support him. Let him find a way to raise food and grass on his own!"
Headache?
I have a fucking headache!
Yun Zheng has no money and no food, even dogs won’t trust him!
He knew very well how much money and grain Yun Zheng had cheated him out of.
Just a while ago, the imperial court transported grain, fodder, gold and silver to Fuzhou.
How dare Yun Zheng say that he is short of money and food?
The reason why he felt uncomfortable was that he was simply disgusted by Yun Zheng.
This bastard is still fighting fiercely with the enemy and doesn't even forget to make trouble for himself!
"I don't have a headache!"
Yun Li tried his best to keep his face expressionless. “Whether Lao Liu has money or not, everyone in the court knows it. Doesn’t Lao Liu know that the court has no money or food to give him? He is just striking back at the court!”
Didn’t the imperial court say that the Northwest Protectorate was its territory?
OK!
He is now sending troops to help the court defend its territory. The court must give him some financial support, right?
"Your Highness, what you said makes sense!"
Xu Shifu agreed, "I think that the Sixth Prince is trying to force the court to put the Northwest Protectorate under his jurisdiction! He just wants to have a legitimate reason!"
Xu Shifu's words were also agreed by many ministers.
Although the Northwest Protectorate was actually under the jurisdiction of Yun Zheng, it was nominally under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
Yun Zheng now doesn’t even want to give this title to the court!
Yun Li nodded slightly and said sternly: "This title must not be given to him! Otherwise, in the future, the people of the Northwest Protectorate will only know him as the King of Jingbei, but not the court!"
"Your Highness is right!" Xu Shifu agreed. "However, I also think that we can still give His Highness a verbal commendation, which can be regarded as a response to his request for the Northwest Protectorate."
"That's it!"
Yun Li nodded, "Alright, let's adjourn the court!"
After saying that, Yun Li stood up and left the hall.
Not long after, Yun Li found Emperor Wen, who was playing mahjong with his concubines, with the urgent military intelligence report sent by Yun Zheng.
Emperor Wen asked a concubine who was watching to take his place, and then sat aside with Yun Li.
After reading it, Emperor Wen asked Yun Li calmly, "What do you think this rebellious son means?"
Yun Li replied, "Sixth brother wants to legitimately obtain the jurisdiction of the Northwest Protectorate."
"He wants more than just jurisdiction! He even wants the court to appoint him as the governor of the Northwest!"
Emperor Wen snorted coldly: "This rebellious son's appetite is getting bigger and bigger! It seems that all the officials sent by the court to the Northwest Protectorate may have been killed or abandoned by him!"
"yes!"
Yun Li said worriedly: "Even if the court does not appoint him as the Northwest Jiedushi, in the long run, he will be no different from the Northwest Jiedushi."
Emperor Wen nodded, slowly stood up, and paced back and forth.
It seems like I'm making a difficult decision.
Yun Li looked at Emperor Wen in confusion, wondering why Emperor Wen suddenly behaved like this.
After a long time, Emperor Wen stopped and seemed to have made a decision.
"Perhaps, I should go inspect the Northwest Protectorate..."
Emperor Wen looked towards the northwest and sighed solemnly...
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