On the second day, the princes from all walks of life still came to the Taiji Palace early.

Compared with yesterday, the princes are obviously much more low-key, and some of the princes are still yawning, obviously not sleeping peacefully last night.

The princes are already in charge of various places, and they rarely see each other throughout the year, and no one will trust anyone in the midst of the nine dark tides, and now the only focus is the emperor.

The emperor summoned the Pingxiang Marquis Moyang alone yesterday, which caused a burst of suspicion among the princes, the entire Nine You, the Pingxiang Marquis is the second force among the princes, except for the four princes, who dares to provoke, the emperor summoned, there must be a conspiracy, it is strange that they can be restless.

"Brother Mo, can you talk to my brother?" On the side, Zhang Shun smiled kindly, tilted his head sideways and leaned to Mo Yang's side.

Mo Yang glanced at Zhang Shundao, "What are you talking about?" ”

"Of course, it's about national affairs, why did the emperor recruit you yesterday?" Zhang Shun asked directly.

Mo Yang thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, do you have any ideas?" ”

"How dare you, I have always been loyal to the emperor, Brother Mo must not speculate." Zhang Shun laughed and said.

"That's good, forgive you for not having the guts." Mo Yang replied lukewarmly.

Zhang Shun was stunned in his heart, this old bastard Mo Yang actually looked down on him, put on a cold face, Zhang Shun sat back in place with a calm face, Mo Yang had a rebellious heart, he knew better than anyone else that if the emperor really reused him, he would really be a little blind.

If it really comes to the point of last resort, he has no choice but to protect himself and commit himself to safety.

"The emperor has arrived!" Gonggong Zhuang's sharp voice came from the apse, and Liu Xuan's figure walked out.

The princes stood up, and the hundred officials knelt sideways and bowed, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Liu Xuan sat on the dragon seat and glanced below, "Zhong Aiqing is flat." ”

"Your Majesty." The ministers shouted in unison.

Liu Xuan looked at the princes and said, "The second agenda item of this court meeting should be for me to talk about the future of the Nine Shadows." ”

Hearing this, everyone quieted down, this is the emperor's annual court meeting routine for the future planning, but the princes also guessed that when the emperor was alive, the annual court meeting was basically about the livelihood of the people and how to curry favor with foreign envoys and marriage plans.

Basically, when the first emperor was alive, the nine shadows were still stable, and the princes were also obedient, and they could basically complete the one-year plan, so that the first emperor was very satisfied, until the first emperor died

I saw Liu Xuan continue: "Before I start, I have a question to ask the prince. His gaze swept over the princes on the right, "Among the four surrounding countries, who can do it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the princes were shocked, did the emperor mean to prepare to expand the territory?

Listening to the emperor's tone, it didn't seem to be a joke, Mo Yang frowned, hesitated for a moment, got up and said, "Your Majesty, the four surrounding countries, in terms of national strength and financial resources, are stronger than our dynasty, if you rashly cause a war, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

The princes nodded, the other four countries are indeed much stronger than Jiuyou in every aspect, the emperor is in the palace, maybe he really doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick?

Liu Xuan nodded with a smile and did not answer directly, and at this time, a person stood up on Liu Xuan's left hand, "What Mo Hou Ye said is wrong." ”

Everyone was stunned, and followed the prestige, Hanlin District, who else could that person be if he was not Liu Yi.

I saw Liu Yi say with a confident smile on his face, "Of the four surrounding countries, the most powerful country is none other than the Western Daluo Empire, and the easiest to attack is also the Daluo Empire." ”

Everyone was stunned, Mo Yang on the opposite side of the eyebrows locked, looked at Liu Yi, and said, "Little Hanlin Bachelor, the tone is not small, do you know the population of Daluo, the financial and material resources, you dare to speak wildly, disturbing the audio-visual." ”

"It's really unbelievable."

"Arrogant."

The other princes immediately followed suit and ridiculed, they were all a group of princes with the oldest age and the most powerful background behind them, how could they look down on a little Hanlin Bachelor.

Liu Xuan nodded at Liu Yi with a smile and motioned for him to continue.

Liu Yi bowed, didn't mind the sarcasm of the princes, and said, "It's not too late to rank the princes and listen to the minister's words, the eldest princess married into the Li royal family of the Eastern Dahua Kingdom, and the second princess married into the Southern Great Shang Empire, and these two empires will not pose a threat to Jiuyou in a short period of time." ”

The princes calmed down for a while, and Liu Yi continued, "The land of the Northern Dayin Empire is fertile, the people's hearts are comfortable, and they don't like war. ”

Some of the princes pondered slightly.

"And in recent years, there have been constant wars with the Nine Shadows, only the Da Luo Empire is the most frequent, and the Western Territory has suffered a fiasco, I believe that in the near future, Da Luo will have a big move against the Nine Shadows." Liu Yi said.

The princes silently, the population of Daluo is the largest among the five major countries, close to more than one billion, and in terms of land area, it is not very large, only three or four times that of Jiuyou, such a populous country, the use of resources must be ridiculously high, if you want social stability, Emperor Daluo will also think that only war and plundering are the foundation of the country.

This not only reduces the burden of Daluo's population, but also strengthens the national strength and shows its ambitions.

In terms of military strength, Daluo has a population of one billion, and the number of troops on the surface is as much as 30 million, which is about three times that of Jiuyou.

Among the five countries, Jiuyou is the weakest one in terms of land area, population, or financial and material resources.

But there is only one thing that is remarkable, that is, the strength of the army, just because the comprehensive strength of the five countries is the weakest, so the emperor will even if the power of the princes is getting stronger and stronger, there will be a situation where all the people are soldiers.

Almost every man in every family has a person who is in the army, which makes Jiuyou a little weak in other aspects, the army spends a lot, the treasury is empty, and the financial resources are in deficit, and it is overwhelmed.

And at present, Jiuyou is facing such a bottleneck period on the verge of eruption, the expansion of the power of the princes, if it goes on like this, the Nine Shadows will be chaotic, after a long time, the princes may have already secretly set up their own ****, and he is an emperor of the Nine Shadows, and it is useless.

Therefore, he must release this Nine Shadows that are on the verge of collapse, and this tipping point is among the other four countries.

Hearing Liu Yi's words, all the princes looked at Liu Xuan's appreciative gaze, and their hearts were shocked, could it be that the emperor in front of him really had such great ambitions to annex the four kingdoms?

Such a big ambition even their princes were shocked, and the blood that had been silent for a long time was slightly hot.

Mo Yang's face changed a little, he didn't expect the emperor to ask such a question, if it was really as Liu Yi said, the emperor really had the intention of annexing the world, then in addition to exposing Liu Xuan's strong ambitions, this move also had a very attractive intention to give the princes from all walks of life a very attractive solicitation.

Compared with their civil strife, this feat of annexing the four countries and expanding the territory can be recorded in history, how can they not be shaken by the old ministers who have been fighting in the north and south all year round