"Seek peace?" Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, turned around and exchanged a look with Luo Qingyan.
Luo Qingyan also laughed: "Didn't the lord express his desire to establish a friendly state with our Xia Kingdom when he came here for the first time? How can there be another peace?"
"Ming people don't speak dark words. Your majesty and empress have understood the meaning of what the king said. If you continue to pretend like this, it will be meaningless, right?"
Ling Ziyue sat up straight: "This king admits that the purpose of this king's coming here is indeed to inquire about the situation in this continent, and if he can eat it, he will send troops to attack."
"However, after getting along with His Majesty and Empress Empress recently, this king has already discovered that it may not be easy for You Yue Kingdom and Yi Hai Kingdom to attack Xia Kingdom."
"Leaving aside the fact that Youyue Kingdom and Yi Hai Kingdom have to travel across oceans to send troops, even if they don't need to carry soldiers and horses across the sea, Xia Kingdom is still a tough nut to crack."
Ling Ziyue raised his chin slightly: "In this world, there is not only this continent, nor only the country of Xia. Instead of spending a lot of energy trying to gnaw a hard-to-gnaw bone, and don't know the result, How about, why not choose another soft persimmon to handle."
Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan exchanged a look.
What Ling Ziyue said was very straightforward, and it seemed that every sentence was true.
Luo Yan smiled lightly: "My lord continues."
Ling Ziyue said again: "For this king, I don't like an opponent who is too strong, but I welcome a friend who is evenly matched. I have been in Xia Kingdom for many days, and I know the general situation on this continent. As long as the empress is still the queen for a day, your majesty is still the emperor for a day, and even your children ascend the throne in the future, I am afraid that they will always be friends."
"As for the Yelang Kingdom, which is under attack from both the Xia Kingdom and the Ning Kingdom, it may last for a while, and it will eventually become the spoils of war for your two countries."
"Once Yelang Kingdom falls, this continent will be ruled by Xia Kingdom and Ning Kingdom, just like our continent is dominated by our Youyue Kingdom and Yi Hai Kingdom."
Ling Ziyue's eyes are full of pride: "But if that day comes, Your Majesty and Your Majesty will soon find out that if they work hard, in the next few decades, maybe everyone in the Xia Kingdom will be able to have clothes and clothes. There is food to eat, but it is not an easy task to create a truly prosperous world. One is because there are so many people, and the resources on this continent are limited after all."
"The second reason is that it is difficult to achieve real development after all if you are blindly closed, do not go out, do not communicate with the outside world."
"If you want to truly create a prosperous world, there are only two ways to go. Continue to expand, expand the territory of Xia Kingdom, occupy more places, and rob more fresh materials on the mainland."
"The other thing is to really go out and have friendly exchanges with people on other continents, and exchange information."
Ling Ziyue raised his head slightly: "This king can help you both ways."
Luo Qingyan and Yunshang glanced over Ling Ziyue's face, lost in thought.
"What this king thinks is, let's go out first, find out how big the world is, and then make friends with powerful countries, attack weak ones, and seek common development."
"As for what the world will be like in the end, and whether there will be a bigger war in the next step after other weak countries are divided and eaten by us, that is at least something that will be considered in a few hundred years. It has nothing to do with us anymore.”
Luo Qingyan tapped lightly on the table with his fingers: "What Prince Mingyue said is very reasonable. However, I still need to discuss carefully how to do it."
Ling Ziyue was not surprised, he just stood up: "This king sincerely wants to call Xia Guo friends, to be honest, if this king has the intention to be an enemy of Xia Guo, even if it is this king If you die in Xia Kingdom, someone will lead troops to attack Xia Kingdom to avenge this king. At that time, although Youyue Kingdom and Yi Hai Kingdom may not be able to eat Xia Kingdom down, they will certainly be able to plunge Xia Kingdom into flames of war. In the midst of breaking the current prosperity and tranquility of Xia Kingdom, Xia Kingdom will never have a peaceful day.”
"Your Majesty and the empress should think about it carefully." Ling Ziyue's mouth curled up, "I hope your majesty will not make up my mind. It is not difficult for your majesty and the empress to want my life, but if your majesty and the empress really want to After taking my life, the consequences that will be borne next will definitely cause headaches for Your Majesty and Empress."
"This is the end of my king's words, so I will take my leave first."
Luo Qingyan asked Liu Wen'an to see him off, seeing Ling Ziyue and that Shan Xian leave the Taiji Hall, then turned to look at Yunshang.
"What do you think of Chang'er?"
Yun Shang pondered for a long time: "What Ling Ziyue said seems to make sense."
Luo nodded softly: "There is some truth. Ever since people from Youyue Kingdom and Yihai Kingdom came to Jincheng, I have already discovered that it is absolutely impossible to rest on our laurels. The gate of our Xia Kingdom will be opened sooner or later. Either open it yourself, or someone else will open it."
Luo Qingyan leaned back, raised his hand and rubbed his forehead: "Actually, I don't want it to be opened by someone else. As Ling Ziyue said, they might not be able to get rid of our Xia Guo directly. It disturbs the peace of our Xia Kingdom, but it is still possible."
Yun Chang hummed, lowered her eyes slightly, her eyes fell on the brocade handkerchief she was holding in her hand, and said after a while: "Your Majesty means... to comply with Ling Ziyue's wishes? First try to communicate with You Yueguo and Yi Hai country?"
"It's not impossible, but the conditions still have to be negotiated."
Luo lightly pondered for a moment: "I really want to send someone out to see what kind of world it is outside."
Yunshang and Luo Qingyan have been husband and wife for so many years, and after hearing what Luo Qingyan said, he roughly understood what he was thinking, and after a long while, he nodded slightly: "Alright, let's do it according to His Majesty's wishes. "
After a pause, he said again: "However, this Ling Ziyue can't be completely trusted. I'm worried that this is his plan to delay the attack."
"En." Luo Qingyan understood: "So, as I said just now, the conditions still need to be negotiated. I will look at the almanac when the time comes, choose an auspicious day, and call the important officials in the court to discuss carefully."
Now that Luo Qingyan had made up his mind, Yun Shang stopped talking, stood up and was about to leave, but saw a palace man hurriedly entering the palace: "Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, something happened to the Emperor and Empress Dowager..."