"Your Majesty, the Tanghe people's envoy has been waiting outside the palace for a long time." The attendant quietly approached from behind and whispered to His Majesty the Emperor, who seemed to be still intoxicated by the rainy and foggy scene outside the railing. It seems inappropriate to choose Lensk's rainy scenery at this time. The autumn scenery in the garden should be more beautiful when the autumn air is clear. However, with the rainy and foggy appearance now, there is nothing worthy of His Majesty's concentration.
"I understand, has the Prime Minister arrived?" Philip V asked calmly without looking back.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived and is currently talking to the Tanghe people's envoy." The attendant shrank his head and answered cautiously.
"Well, in this case, you go and inform the Prime Minister and ask him to come here after his conversation is over. The Tanghe people's special envoy asked him to go back to the post house first, saying that I am not feeling well today and will not see guests for the time being." Feili Wu Shi thought about his words, "Please ask him to enter the palace tomorrow morning, and I will formally receive him tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The attendant quietly withdrew, leaving Philip V alone in the colonnade.
One wrong move could lead to a huge mistake. Philip V did not care about caution. This was already the second wave of envoys from Situ Tai. They urged the dispatch of troops and countless beautiful promises. This is what these envoys brought. There was nothing new, and there was a wry smile on the corner of the Big Five's mouth.
Walking around the stone benches of the colonnade, surrounded by delicate and beautiful small shrubs, they were lush and green. He did not feel chilled by the approach of autumn at all. There was already a hint of coolness on the stone drums, but Philip V felt that he was quite calm. Something sultry.
After finally getting some chance to rest and recuperate, it seems that the economic consolidation of the empire has obviously had some effects, and this year has turned over. The economic development momentum of the empire will definitely be better next year. Business exchanges with Western Xinjiang have significantly increased. Livestock products from the Tengger Grassland are also flowing in. Domestic mining, iron smelting and other industries have begun to grow on a large scale. The grassland ethnic groups in the Tengger Grassland are very interested in iron and steel. The demand for iron products is far beyond imagination. Now that there is a competitor in Western Xinjiang, according to Bokaninsky, there is no need to restrict the export of iron products to the Tengger Grassland. In turn, this can also greatly promote The development of these basic industries of the empire.
The food crisis has finally been overcome, although food production this season has not yet returned to normal. But it is much stronger than the season at the beginning of the year, and it is even more difficult than last year's difficulty. As long as the current situation continues to develop, and agriculture, industry, and business advance hand in hand, it is not far away that the empire can regain its former glory.
But, but, but, all these beautiful plans were disrupted by Li Wufeng's crazy offensive in the Tanghe Empire. Theoretically speaking, Li Wufeng's performance in the Tanghe Empire seemed to have nothing to do with the empire, not to mention that the people of Xijiang had signed an agreement with the empire. peace agreement. It also provided a large amount of cheap food to the empire to help the empire stabilize food prices. With emotion and reason, the empire should even support any actions taken by the Western Xinjiang side, as long as they did not harm the interests of the empire. But now the actions of the people in Xijiang seem to have nothing to do with the empire and the Liberian countries. If the Puer and Dodon people get involved in the Tanghe Empire's civil war, they are asking for trouble. Xijiang does not directly endanger their interests, but is this matter really that simple
The words of Special Envoy Situ Tai cannot be said to be unreasonable. A Tanghe Empire with ambitious and crazy expansion goals will be a disaster for the Tanghe nation and all ethnic groups and countries in the entire Eastern Continent, and Li Wufeng's brutal military force seems to be heading towards this goal. Moving forward, a great empire with a larger territory and more populous than the Tanghe Empire in the past is quietly being formed. Although Li Wufeng was nominally just a prince of the Tanghe Empire, and his jurisdiction was only the Protectorate of Western Xinjiang in the name of a local vassal, in fact Li Wufeng's control area had spread to most of the Tanghe Empire, and also included large areas of the original An area that the Tanghe Empire has never set foot in. Such as the mid-continent and the southern peninsula.
But can the intervention of the empire change the current situation? Philip V was skeptical about this. What's more, if Li Wufeng truly unified the Tanghe Empire, he would definitely need a longer time to digest the results he had obtained in a short period of time, three years, five years, or ten years. Even longer, it is easy to establish a new dynasty, but it is not that simple to stabilize the rule of this huge empire. After ten or twenty years, does Li Wufeng still have that ambition? What's more, the Machikhans in the south are still constantly challenging his authority. All this seems to buy the empire more time to prepare for development. Philip V believes that what the Liberians should do now is not to challenge Li Wufeng's authority. , but should actively make friends with Li Wufeng and gain more time to develop and strengthen himself. When Li Wufeng really wants to be enemies with all the Libo people, it is not too late to compete again.
"Your Majesty." The humble voice of his prime minister and friend came from behind.
"Sit down, have you sent away the Tanghe people's envoy?" Philip V waved his hand and motioned for his close friend to sit down.
"Well, Situ Tai is making a desperate move. The Kamans rejected their invitation to send troops. His only hope now is probably on us." Pokaninsky has never been very interested in military affairs, which also makes A strange pattern has formed in the government affairs of the Heathrow Empire, that is, most military matters are personally handled by His Majesty the Emperor, while government affairs are under the overall control of the Prime Minister. The two of them cooperate very well.
"Then do you think we should send troops?" Philip V asked back.
"Haha, Your Majesty has already made an agreement, so why come to ask the minister? Besides, haven't I already agreed with Your Majesty that I will not be involved in military affairs?" Bokaninsky said with a faint smile.
"Humph, old cunning man, how can we still distinguish military and political matters so clearly? Without financial support, I can't even fight a war if I want to." Philip V also laughed, "It is expected that the Kaman people refused to send troops. Things, they even messed up their own domestic affairs, so how could they have the mood to bother others. Now the southern nobles and northern nobles in their country are fiercely competing in the court, and it is impossible to form a unified opinion. Alas, It’s a pity that the Gomez era is over, and the glory days of the Camans will be history.”
"If Your Majesty is determined to go to war, I will try my best to raise military expenses for Your Majesty. This is my duty as a minister. Is it really necessary to fight a war that is meaningless and may even cause harm to the empire? "Although he said that he was not concerned with military affairs, Bokaninski's attitude against sending troops was fully exposed in his words.
"Hmph, you still said that you are not involved in military affairs, aren't you expressing your attitude in disguise?" Although King Philip V said this, there was no blame in his tone, and there was even a hint of encouragement, "Xijiang is in Our garrison in the south is indeed quite weak. If we send troops at this time, it will indeed cause a lot of trouble to Li Wufeng. However, I don’t think Li Wufeng is a fool. He will not fail to consider that the Sussians are ready to move in the north again. That’s not it. Li Wufeng's instigation? Using this method to divert our attention is not clever, but it is very useful."
"It seems that your Majesty has already made a plan, and I am overly worried." Bokaninsky smiled and nodded, "It may be necessary to teach the Saxons a lesson. These guys are always a disaster, and Li Wufeng has never stopped Absolutely support them, but since we have already made it clear in the agreement that we shall not interfere in each other's internal affairs, it seems that we do not need to inform anyone in advance about our military operations in our own country."
"Haha, you still know my heart. The Sykes tribe is not only a scourge, but also a scourge that needs to be dealt with early. Although these guys can't compare with the Dole tribe in the Kaman people, if you give them too much It’s hard to say what kind of growth space they will develop into. I feel that now, when Li Wufeng is unable to intervene, we will focus on sweeping and eradicating them with heavy troops. Even if we cannot achieve the purpose of eradicating the roots, we will at least prevent these guys from recovering within a few years, lest these guys When we are concentrating on developing the economy, we jump out and cause trouble again." Philip V has indeed already made a decision, and the attitude of his prime minister undoubtedly supports his idea, "By the way, although the scale of this battle will not be very big , but you have to be well prepared in terms of military expenditures. I am planning to send several corps into battle, both for war and for training."
"Well, don't worry, Your Majesty, the military officials will take care of this." Bokaninski could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Well, to be honest, what Special Envoy Situ Tai said did make me a little tempted at the time. Li Wufeng's rise is too fierce. Maybe he will really become a public enemy of our empire and even the entire Liberians in the future, but now we have to let him It is indeed a bit difficult for the empire to get involved. Although we can cause Li Wufeng temporary difficulties by joining in now, it cannot really change the overall situation. After Li Wufeng captured the southern part of the Tanghe Empire, he could no longer actually unify Tanghe. Block, and Situ Tai's power in the south of the Tanghe Empire is too weak, and that Situ Biao is not worth mentioning. In this case, our joining will only make Li Wufeng think that our Sisluo Empire is his biggest enemy and put him There is no benefit in targeting us first." A wry smile flashed across King Philip V's face, "I also want to contain Li Wufeng, but the situation does not allow it. I must first consider the interests of the empire."
"Your Majesty has thought deeply, and I deeply admire you. It is not the best time for us to intervene at the moment. We still need some time to develop. I hope Li Wufeng can give us some time and give the Libo people some time. I also plan to visit Libo as soon as possible." Countries in Asia, let’s exchange views on this, and hope they can accept our suggestions, preserve their strength, and avoid unnecessary sacrifices.” Pokaninski also had a look of regret on his face.