Before Li Guanqi crossed over, that is, during the original reign of Mu Zong, the frontiers of the Great Qian Dynasty were actually relatively stable, except for the Western Turks, other neighboring countries basically maintained a non-aggression relationship, not because of the strong military strength of the Mu Dynasty, but because Emperor Mu Zong was willing to spend money to buy peace.

For powerful countries such as the Eastern Turks and Tibetans, in addition to being friendly, they also paid a large amount of money and goods to others every year; For ordinary countries such as Tuyuhun, Tiele, and Gaochang, opening the door to trade is actually buying people's surplus goods at a very high price; For weak and small countries such as Dali, Goryeo, and Baekje, a large amount of money and goods are also rewarded every year.

The surrounding countries fancy that the Great Qian Dynasty has money, and they beat you to ask for money, since Emperor Muzong obediently gave the money to others, they also saved their troops. Therefore, when Muzon was in power, the surrounding countries were still relatively polite.

Now that Li Guanqi has been replaced to sit on the throne of the Great Qian Dynasty, and he has been on the throne for half a year, he has not yet publicly expressed his position on foreign policy, so the surrounding countries are also a little unable to hold back, and the Eastern Turks and Tibetans are the first to take action. In fact, what they think is very simple, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he definitely doesn't want to continue to nest, so we will beat you and continue to nest.

Of course, Li Guanqi didn't want to continue to implement Mu Zong's foreign policy, not to mention the pocket, even from the money, it was a little unbearable, there are so many surrounding countries, each country has to give money, where can the big cadres get so much money? And this kind of thing of using his own money to fund the enemy, Li Guanqi will not continue to do it.

But what makes Li Guanqi a headache is that if he doesn't give money, war will come, and now it is the Eastern Turks and Tibetans to fight, if these two countries win, then other countries will follow one after another to get a piece of the pie. At present, the chances of winning the Great Qian Dynasty are very slim, because in the 100 years since the founding of the country, except for Li Guanqi's grandfather, Emperor Wuzong, who has won a few battles, all other foreign wars, without exception, have been lost.

And the common people do not miss Emperor Wuzong, because during his reign of more than ten years, although the foreign war was very exciting, but the price was also huge, he consumed the treasury savings of the previous two emperors for 50 years, and the money was gone, so he had to increase taxes to the people, and the war was to die. Ordinary people don't care what the prestige of the country is or not, what they want is a reunion and the court to collect less taxes.

Li Guanqi sometimes didn't want to think about these things at all, because since he became the emperor, he had found that the Great Qianqi Dynasty was a bit too big for him, too big to preserve, like a building that was about to collapse. Even if he wants to take a tough stance against his neighbors now, he is powerless, because the treasury has long been empty, and there is no money for war.

But once he shows weakness in his diplomatic attitude, the ambitions of the neighboring countries will become more and more inflated.

So Li Guanqi could only choose not to express his position.

People who don't know why think that the Great Qian Dynasty has the broadest territory on the mainland, a population of tens of millions, and an army of 4 million, and it can be regarded as a strong country, at least on the surface. As a matter of fact, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government and the vast number of military and civilians are indeed proud of their country's vast land and large population.

But in fact, this is not the case at all, a country of 30 million households has an army of 4 million, and on average, eight households have to raise one soldier, what a deformed status quo? With such backward productive forces, Li Guanqi doubts that the country will last for a few more years.

Those who are truly knowledgeable should have seen the hidden crisis of the Great Qianchao in front of them a long time ago. Thinking of this, Li Guanqi remembered Lu Yunhai again, that was the first person to see the hidden dangers of this empire after he crossed over, I don't know what happened to him in Lingnan?

The others, including the young men in front of them, were still fully optimistic, but in fact, they were only blinded by the superficial prosperity of this empire.

It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business. In the face of the crumbling Great Qian Dynasty, Li Guanqi really has no spare time to be a carefree emperor, because although he does not want to be a generation of heroes, he is never willing to be the king of the dead country.

To be honest, the small half year since Li Guanqi became emperor should be said to be very successful. He not only succeeded in getting rid of the prime minister of the country, Zu Donglai, and stabilized the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, but also smoothed all government affairs, and the reform of the law was also carried out in an orderly manner.

However, the threat of the surrounding countries must be faced after all, although he has been deliberately not thinking about it, but today he heard it from these young people outside the palace.

"It seems that this disarmament matter cannot be postponed any longer, although there are risks in rushing disarmament, but the more it drags on, the more serious the problem becomes. In addition, Zhao Zheng must grasp this person, if he can be allowed to research firearms, then he can have a greater chance of winning in foreign wars, even if it is a firearm that can only be used to defend the city. Li Guanqi secretly made up his mind in his heart.

"Brother Mingdao, Brother Mingdao." Xie Chen discovered Li Guanqi's unstoppable spirit.

"Oh. I'm sorry, I'm a little tired today, so I'm a little distracted. Li Guanqi confessed.

"In that case, then I'll just disperse." Xie Chen proposed.

"Well, farewell!"

"Farewell!"

After Xie Chen and the others left, it was already dark, the shops on both sides of the street had begun to close in twos and threes, and the pedestrians on the street were gradually thinning. Thinking that if he didn't go back, the palace gate would also have to be keyed, so Li Guanqi made an order to return to the palace.

He Bijun still pouted, muttering that she hadn't bought anything she wanted to buy. Li Guanqi couldn't help but shake his head slightly: Hey, women, maybe the greatest pleasure in their lives is shopping.

Just a short distance away from the bustling area, He Ziming suddenly stopped and said, "Something is wrong, everyone be careful." ”

"Guard He, there's nothing around, what are you fussing about? I've seen you all the grass and trees tonight. He Bijun was in a bad mood, so she lost her temper at He Ziming.

"I didn't notice anything, but I felt something was wrong, even though I couldn't tell what was wrong." He Ziming replied while looking around intently.

"Aren't you a cup bow snake shadow?" He Bijun said angrily.

Li Guanqi stopped He Bijun's nonsense and said softly: "Yun Jing is right. It's nighttime now, and it's too quiet. ”

Jiang He Bijun's brows furrowed even tighter, "At night, there was no sound at all." ”

ps: From September 18th to September 26th, I participated in the activities of the Provincial Writers Association, and I could not guarantee normal online during the period, but the daily guaranteed update has been set to be automatically updated. If there is a change, it will be made up in time. It is hereby clarified.