"The right to self-preservation?"

Lin Xuanyuan said to himself in his heart, in terms of Lin Qingtian's identity, if he wants to retain the right to protect himself when he retires, this requirement is not a requirement at all, although the empire has not been founded for a long time, none of the previous figures who can sit in the highest position in the empire are mediocre, but all of them are eloquent people, which one does not try to maximize his influence after retreating?

Whether these people succeed or fail in their operations, they can at least leave their own footprints in history.

Since the founding of the empire, the greatest exertion of this influence has been Sun Lao, who is still alive but has gone to the United States to recuperate.

Decades ago, when Sun Lao was promoted to the position of the supreme head by the great man, both within the empire and overseas media, they all agreed that Sun Lao was just an excessive figure who stabilized the empire, but as time went by, Sun Lao's position became more and more stable, his wrist was old and spicy, ambitious, and he single-handedly promoted the current Chen family, seized the military power, and even attracted the Ye family to stabilize the securities, even Ye Zhonghua, the imperial prime minister of that session, was moving closer to Sun Lao, who had already retired.

This directly led to the retreat of Sun Lao directly suppressed the new supreme head of the empire, although Sun Lao retreated, but his every move is still easily affecting the empire, known as the emperor, and the supreme head's decree can not get out of the hidden dragon sea, has been suppressed for ten years, as a very limited.

It wasn't until the initial establishment of the royal family that Sun Lao's influence gradually weakened, but this did not mean that he had no power, on the contrary, as the Chen family and the Ye family became the core of the royal family, Sun Lao began to approach the royal family quietly, and now his voice can still be transmitted through the royal family, and then resounding throughout the empire.

Compared with Sun Lao, whose foundation was not stable at the beginning, Lin Qingtian undoubtedly has more advantages, supported by the strong foundation of the southwest faction, if Lin Qingtian wants to follow Sun Lao's half-retirement and control the military power in the first five years after Ye Nianlun took the throne, this is definitely not a fantasy.

It's just that unlike that time, this time the newly appointed Ye Nianlun also has a strong foundation, and it is absolutely impossible to be suppressed by his predecessor for ten years like he did decades ago.

In fact, if the succession battle can be said to be fierce, then after the great change, the fierce level of the battle between the royal faction and the southwest faction for controlling the discourse of the empire can be fully predicted.

And such a contest is already psychologically prepared in the hearts of many people in the empire.

The Wang family is at least ready to fight back against the southwest faction after Ye Nianlun and Chen Hualou take the throne, after all, they have just taken the throne, because of Lin Qingtian's influence, if they don't fight, they won't be able to carry out their work at all.

But just when most of the high-ranking official groups and wealthy forces in the empire who were qualified to participate in this game were gearing up for war, Lin Qingtian directly raised the white flag.

Throw in the towel!

Just protect yourself!

This is definitely an unacceptable result.

Especially for the Southwestern faction.

They were all ready for the royal counterattack, but their supreme leader suddenly issued an order saying that they were not to resist!

Such a decision is difficult to agree with, both in terms of personal sentiment and factional interests.

The royal family is different, Lin Qingtian admits defeat, gives up the initiative in the decision-making bureau, and gives up the initiative in the central plenum, which is equivalent to a change, and even without waiting for the change, the royal family has already controlled the situation in the empire.

The pressure from the Southwestern faction will be greatly reduced.

And in exchange, the return of the royal family, a huge merit that should have fallen on the heads of Ye Nianlun and Chen Hualou, would fall on Lin Qingtian's head as the capital for him and the southwest faction to continue to survive.

Once this deal is reached, the battle of the empire will be greatly reduced, and the pressure on Ye Nianlun and Chen Hualou will disappear for the most part, without constraints, under the full force of the royal family, ten years is enough time for the Shenzhou Empire to usher in a prosperous era again!

And the royal family can also use this decade to push Huang Fujun up again.

At least in the next twenty years, the royal family will not encounter too many strong challenges.

Such a deal, the Wang family really has no reason to refuse.

And Lin Qingtian, who regained territory for the empire, declared war on the United States.

Such an approach will undoubtedly make him the most controversial supreme head of the Shenzhou Empire in the future.

Regardless of the victory or defeat of the war, the Southwest faction and Lin Qingtian will be overshadowed by a layer of pathos.

Five points of work, five points of pass.

This will also become the capital for Lin Qingtian and the Southwest faction to protect themselves.

Lin Xuanyuan sat on the sofa indifferently, Lin Qingtian's choice to admit defeat was completely beyond his expectations, whether this approach was correct, Lin Xuanyuan was not in that position, there was no way to evaluate, but at least in his opinion, if Lin Qingtian chose a way to fight to the end, then the final result would not necessarily be worse than choosing to admit defeat.

"Why would he throw in the towel?"

After being silent for a long time, Lin Xuanyuan suddenly asked.

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched, wanting to say something, but in the end he remained silent.

"For the Empire. ”

Ye Nianlun answered Lin Xuanyuan's question, his easy-going tone was injected with a serious color because of these four words, the royal tycoon who had completely established the status of the prince looked at Lin Xuanyuan's disdainful expression, and said seriously: " Xuanyuan, you can disapprove of Lin Qingtian's personality, but you must not deny the efforts of any imperial leader for this country, a person who is selfish and only thinks about himself, it is impossible to achieve this position, Lin Qingtian may be cut by a thousand cuts in your eyes, but he can achieve this position, what do you think it depends on? Southwest faction? Indeed, the southwest faction has given him a great boost, but there are so many people in the southwest faction, why is only Lin Qingtian here? What he really relies on is actually himself, his methods are arrogant and insidious, all of this is just because we stand on the opposite side of him, everyone has different positions, there is no right or wrong, how to evaluate a real leader? How many people he has collapsed, can not really determine his quality or bad, only the most ordinary people, can the most correct evaluation of an official, a leader, from Tianfu Province, Southwest City, Nanyue Province, he has indeed done a lot of things for the people, even now, the people of Southwest City rarely say that Lin Qingtian is not good, Lin Qingtian has a nickname given by the common people in Tianfu Province and Southwest City, you know?"

Ye Nianlun's tone paused, looked at Lin Xuanyuan with a flat expression, and said with a soft sigh: "Lin Qingtian, in Southwest City, he is called Lin Qingtian by the common people, hey, Qingtian, this word, if he is just a bureaucrat who knows how to fight, how can the people regard him as the Qingtian lord in their hearts? And if Lin Qingtian really doesn't care about the empire, in the past few years, the empire will definitely not be like what you see." ”

The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other.

That's politics.

No matter how much the other party is an official or how many things he has done, as long as he has a different position, he must fight.

In order to minimize the internal friction of the empire, Lin Qingtian took the initiative to admit defeat and gave an explanation to himself and the empire.

This seemingly reluctant answer is the answer given by Ye Nianlun.

"Really?"

Lin Xuanyuan subconsciously looked at the emperor, and even he didn't know why he would ask the emperor for verification, but he did just that.

"Sort of. ”

The emperor smiled casually: "I'm not engaged in politics, the other party just needs to admit defeat, what is he for, what does it matter to me?"

Lin Xuanyuan laughed at himself, took out his cigarette and walked around, looked at Ye Nianlun and said lightly: "Uncle Ye, I understand your opinion, but I can't agree with it, if Lin Qingtian is really as patriotic as you say, he will not declare war on the United States, he should understand, what it means to declare war on the United States, and, you"

In the end, Lin Xuanyuan hesitated, took a big puff of cigarette, and did not continue.

"Silly boy, do you want to say that we, including the emperor, should not force Lin Qingtian to declare war on the United States? Because once there is a war, the empire is destined to be ruined, and this kind of thing should not be used as a bargaining chip in the political game, so you now think in your heart that not only Lin Qingtian, but even us are national sinners who ignore the life and death of the empire, right?"

Ye Nianlun scolded with a smile.

"Isn't it?"

Lin Xuanyuan asked rhetorically without hesitation, his eyes sharp.

"Of course not. ”

Ye Nianlun shook his head, his expression was still calm, and his tone was not high: "I said this with a clear conscience." ”

"War, you can't be afraid of the dead, if there was no war hundreds of years ago, where did the Shenzhou Empire come from today? Since the founding of the empire, it has always pursued a peaceful strategy, but it doesn't mean that we have no blood, we didn't fight before, it's just that it's not necessary, when necessary, we should also let the whole world see it, and the sword of the empire dares to be unsheathed and bloody!"

"The development of the empire has now reached a bottleneck, if you want to break the deadlock, you must use extraordinary means, our peaceful diplomacy has made the empire develop to the current point, now, the empire also needs a war to make the empire to a higher level, the United States in recent years openly and secretly suppressed the empire, sanctioned the empire, inhibited the development of the empire, the effect of the policy of peaceful diplomacy has become weaker and weaker, since this is the case, then why not change it?

"Our determination should be known to the whole world!"

Ye Nianlun's deep voice slowly echoed, but his peaceful tone gave birth to a solemn taste of Jin Ge Iron Horse!

"Although the country is big, the belligerent will perish! Although the world is peaceful, forgetting the war will be dangerous!"

Chen Hualou suddenly spoke.

The words are sonorous.