Chapter 140

Prime Minister Levi came quickly.

I haven't seen him for half a year, and the prime minister's appearance has not changed much, but his spiritual style has changed.

Since his succession, he has experienced the war between Eagle Yang and the Kingdom of the West throughout this winter, and he has become significantly more mature and steady.

Human growth is not limited by age, and this prime minister is in the prime of life at this time.

For half a year, he could be said to have been lamenting all night, after all, King Luke was young and not very intelligent, and the main kingdom presiding over still needed to rely on a team of officials left by the old king.

As one of the most functional ministers, the prime minister is rightfully tired.

However, at this time, Levi's face was not tired at all, but full of spirit.

This can be seen from the straight waist and the dragon stride when he entered.

Just as Zhang Xun said at the beginning, compared with the old Bolton, his prime minister is undoubtedly more military.

He walks and sits neatly, but he is not reckless, and most importantly, he always has a high enough respect for Luke.

This point makes Zhang Xun particularly appreciated.

"Your Majesty!"

Levi strode over, paused at the door of the study, and bowed deeply.

"Prime Minister, please take a seat. ”

Zhang Xun smiled, and the two monarchs and ministers glanced at each other, and they both saw the joy on each other's faces, so they immediately looked at each other and smiled.

Compared with Lancôme, who served Zhang Xun day and night, although Levi met with Luke a lot, he didn't know Luke's private personality very well after all, so he only felt that His Majesty's expression was a little more vivid today's arrival for Zhang Xun's arrival, and that's all.

Levi sat down respectfully, and then waited for Zhang Xun to speak.

Of course, he could guess what Zhang Xun wanted to say.

"The envoy from the west has arranged for someone to keep an eye on it. ”

Zhang Xun asked gently.

"Yes, there's been an eye on it. ”

"How's he doing? Speaking of which, I don't know the exact identity of this messenger. ”

Levi said seriously: "The envoy of the Western Realm is very honest, and he has not gone out within the demarcated range since he arranged to stay, and the peace negotiation team has a total of three people, but one of the three is the main one. ”

"Oh?"

"This envoy is not a stranger to Yingyang, of course, you should not have seen it, he has visited many times during the reign of the previous king, and he is a minister who is deeply trusted by the king of the western realm, I have not had any dealings with him since I took office, but I have gone to inquire about several ministers who have seen him, and they have a high opinion of him, that is, this envoy may not be easy to bully. ”

Levi said slowly.

Zhang Xun nodded, very interested in the word "bullying" at the end of Levi's, he rubbed the utensils on the table and asked, "Do you think we can bully them?"

Levi's answer was affirmative: "I think so." ”

"To what extent is it bullied?"

"This ...... I'd like to talk about it first, after all......" Levi was still cautious enough not to be carried away by the victory.

Zhang Xun interrupted him and asked, "After all, I am in the palace, not on the front line, and I don't know much about the specific battle situation ahead, I only know that we now occupy a piece of land in the western border, right?"

"Yes, thanks to His Majesty's strategy, not only did the territory not be lost, but the enemy area was occupied, which is extremely rare in the entire history of Eagle Yang!"

Zhang Xun was too lazy to listen to Levi's compliments, and besides, the prime minister's sycophant kung fu was really not at home, so he said: "What do you think is the biggest purpose of the King of the Western Realm sending someone to the peace talks this time?"

Levi did not answer immediately, but organized a word in his heart before he said slowly: "Your Majesty, although we have won the victory at present, there is one thing that we have to face up, that is, our national strength is limited after all, the defense is more than enough, and the offense is somewhat insufficient, although now our morale is winning, we should expand the results of the battle, but ...... After all, this war spanned the entire winter, lasted for several months, and the soldiers at the front were physically and mentally exhausted, and the consumption of money and food was really not small for months of fighting, so to be honest, we do not have the ability to continue to attack other mainland areas in the western border. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and looked at Zhang Xun carefully.

Although he was careful enough in his words, he was still afraid that Zhang Xun would be young and vigorous, and he would be carried away by the victory, and forcibly give the order to attack, and he was afraid that he would ruin the good form to greed for merit.

Zhang Xun calmly looked at his right-hand man, Luke's face was young enough, but Zhang Xun's age had passed the most impulsive stage, so after a little thought, he understood Levi's concerns, and couldn't help but feel relieved: "Don't worry, I understand all this, Yingyang is indeed unable to support the initiative to start a war at present, if there is anything, you can just say it." ”

Levi's heart was relieved, paused, and continued: "I mean, our army is unable to take the initiative to attack, we know that the Western Territory, as our old adversary, of course also knows that if they are forced to abandon the territory occupied by us because of the status quo, then this peace talk is not really necessary, and there is no need to be so solemn. ”

"You mean that the purpose of their peace talks is to regain that lost land?"

"Yes, no kingdom will allow its territory to fall, let alone the ambitious king of the western realm? They took the initiative to invade Yingyang this time, not only did they not succeed, but they lost their territory, this kind of thing, the king of the western realm could not accept it willingly, but since they took the initiative to initiate peace talks, it means that the western realm is also unable to continue to fight, in this case, if I guess, their request for peace talks is to let us withdraw our troops and then rebuild the border. ”

Zhang Xun was a little dissatisfied and said: "That's it, if you want us to withdraw the army, how can it be so cheap?"

"Of course, this will not be their bottom line, in any case, after all, the western frontier is a loser after all, after all, we are the victorious country, so it is impossible for the western frontier not to show some sincerity, I have discussed with your courtiers, and judged that the most likely thing for them is to spend some money to redeem that land, as for how much money is needed, it is what we mainly need to talk to them. ”

Levi said solemnly: "My opinion with the courtiers is to speak boldly, take advantage of the current situation, and take as many benefits as possible, so that we can not only weaken the strength of the Western Territory, but also use this money to refill our finances, and then recuperate as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Xun always listened to him quietly.

Seeing that the prime minister stopped talking, he waited quietly for a while, and made sure that Levi had nothing to say, so he shook his body, relaxed his muscles, and then stood up and walked to a bookshelf in the study under the prime minister's curious gaze.

Reaching out, he took a parchment scroll from the shelf compartment.

Zhang Xun spread it out on the table.

Levi was still puzzled.

This is a map, a map of the part of the border between the Eagle Yang and the western border.

At this time, there were many marks on the map that Levi could not read, the most obvious of which was an irregular circle drawn in red ink, which was the western territory that Eagle Yang now occupied.

Zhang Xun tapped the red circle with his finger, then withdrew his hand, sat down again, and then said, "Is this the opinion of the courtiers?

"We ...... That's what it means. Levi sensed that something was wrong, and couldn't help but wonder if he had said something wrong.

I saw Zhang Xun shaking his head, his face was a little hesitant, as if he was worried, but at the same time, his eyes were fixed on the red circle and he couldn't pull it out.

"Lord Earl. ”

"Your Majesty?"

"Look at it, this red circle, this land, it's really tempting. ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Xun suddenly licked his lips, a little hesitant, and a little nervous and said: "I like this piece of meat very much, since I have eaten it in my stomach, I really don't want to spit it out." ”