Xun You's meaning, Li Zheng didn't think about it.

In the final analysis, apart from Li Zheng himself, the empire does not have the strength to resist an old transcendent cross-border civilization.

Unless Li Zheng rides alone and destroys that civilization.

Regardless of whether Li Zheng can do it, even if he can do it, he must not do it.

Just like Li Zheng thought at the beginning, there must be rules between the transcendent civilizations. To provoke the rules in such a reckless manner will definitely arouse strong hostility from a class, which is extremely disadvantageous for an empire.

After all, it was an old and powerful civilization, and they must have been deeply rooted in the class that Li Zheng imagined. And the Origin Empire, as a new civilization, without understanding the situation, is the best choice only to temporarily avoid the edge and develop with a dull head.

From everyone's point of view, Li Zheng is not afraid.

But Li Zheng is the master of civilization and the emperor of the empire, so he must stand at such a height and consider tens of billions of people.

Caution has to be taken.

Therefore, Xun You's words are very reasonable, and they are the safest way.

However, Li Zheng also considered that the elven civilizations of the alliance actually coveted all the resources of these civilizations. If nothing else, in the past two years, how many people have the civilizations of the Alliance imported into the empire? How much technology? Or even the literature?

All of these are what the empire needs to lay a solid foundation.

If you directly close the space-time channel because of that potentially powerful enemy, it is equivalent to giving up the alliance civilization directly.

That's a bit confusing.

Not to mention that it is an immoral act to abandon the civilization of the alliance so simply. After all, the alliance civilization has been supported until now, and the empire has always been regarded as a material supply base for them, once they are directly abandoned. I am afraid that their life will not be easy. It's like a stab in the back.

Of course, Li Zheng didn't care too much about this.

Civilization and civilization, state and state, where is there any morality in between? Profit comes first.

So what Li Zheng really considered was the benefits of the alliance civilization to the empire. Give them up. It's like giving up a piece of fat in your mouth.

After all, because of the outbreak of 'them', the life of the alliance civilization is getting harder and harder. According to Li Zheng's assumption, after a few years or decades, they will no longer be able to support it, and in the end, naturally, they will be annexed by the empire!

If the empire stabs them in the back at this time, it will not be so easy to annex them in the future. And also take into account the thoughts of the elves who have just immigrated.

After all. The number of immigrants was also quite large, and they were also an important part of the empire.

Moreover, Li Zheng even had the idea of other civilizations in the Qianshan Old Forest Mansion Domain!

It's not just the elven civilization of the alliance, such as the Shui Yuan civilization, the wizard civilization and other civilizations, Li Zheng wants to eat them in one bite!

Appetite is huge.

In peacetime, of course, this is not possible.

But because of 'them', it's possible.

Therefore, Li Zheng was really reluctant to close the space-time channel to the Great World of All Races, and it was for this reason.

He figured it out. When the many civilizations in the Thousand Mountains and Old Forest Prefecture could no longer hold on, the empire extended a helping hand. At the very least, they can also reap considerable benefits from the hands of these civilizations.

Li Zheng gave up all his thoughts, and Xun You and the others couldn't help but ponder slightly.

After a while, Xun You said: "Your Majesty is far-sighted and obedient. But I think. His Majesty was a little more complicated. ”

"There is no need for the space-time passage to be closed immediately," Xun You said with a smile: "First of all, it will keep the previous form unchanged, and only need to pay strict attention to the intelligence system of the security department in World No. 2, and divide part of its energy." Pay more attention to the relevant news. If there is some wind and grass in the wind, if there is some wind from that potential enemy, it is not too late to evacuate the personnel and close the passage. ”

"Your Majesty's concern should be that before the empire annexed the alliance elven civilization, that potential enemy appeared, resulting in a failure. Essentially, it's a matter of time. In that case, why doesn't Your Majesty be a pusher? ”

"Oh?" When Li Zheng heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up: "What does Gongda mean?" ”

"Hehe," Xun You said with a smile: "The elven civilization of the Alliances now relies on the empire more in terms of materials. If the Empire reduces or cuts off the supply of goods to them, then the time for them to hold out will inevitably be shortened! ”

Li Zheng's spirit was shocked.

That's a good idea.

Judging from the current situation, the situation of the elven civilizations of the alliance is becoming more and more severe and bad. Although these civilizations are not super powerful civilizations, they are quite profound. Each civilization has a few to more than a dozen subordinate plane worlds. In the early stage, there was no problem with their material supply.

But as 'them' erupted more and more violently, other subordinate planes of the alliance's civilizations were also attacked one after another.

They are devastating, and to attack a world is to annihilate all life in that world. And the elven civilizations of the alliance, the subordinate planes have been attacked, and the multi-front battle is already very embarrassing and difficult to resist. The world is being eroded and supplies are becoming increasingly scarce.

The dependence on the empire is getting stronger and stronger.

In particular, the supply of energy blocks is indispensable.

If the empire no longer provides material support, then the situation of their rout will be on paper!

"A stab in the back like this, tsk"

Li Zheng couldn't help but smile slightly.

"You don't need Your Majesty to do it personally," Xun You said with a smile: "Just give orders, Kong Ming will naturally be able to handle this matter." Your Majesty, isn't it a good reason that the empire has just swallowed tens of billions of people and that the consumption of materials has increased dramatically? ”

"You guys"

Xun Shuang and Cai Yong listened to the conspiracy of Li Zheng and Xun You on the side, and couldn't help but hurriedly walk away and no longer participated.

Li Zheng laughed and said to Xun You: "Gongda is a great good, so let's do it." ”

"Of course," Xun You said again, "I think that the master of the elven civilization of the alliance is not a fool. Those rulers should be able to recall this aspect, and the Government Council needs to be prepared. The empire should not passively wait for an opportunity to annex them, but should actively create an opportunity to annex them. Therefore, the negotiation must be on the agenda. ”

"It makes sense."

Li Zheng laughed.

"In addition," Xun You smiled slightly, and said, "Since Your Majesty also has ideas about other civilizations in the Qianshan Old Forest Domain, then you must also take the initiative." Send more diplomats to the Second World of All Races, so that the intelligence department can pay more attention to the situation of other civilizations. When a civilization reaches a desperate situation, why don't we take the initiative to lend a helping hand? Of course, maybe within your means. ”

"Your Majesty, although the empire is rich in materials, after all, it has just swallowed tens of billions of people, and the consumption of resources has increased significantly. We must ensure the reserve of basic materials, and we must not spread the stall too large. If resource consumption can't keep up with supply, and there is turmoil within the empire, the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"Great goodness!"

After some discussion with Xun You, Li Zheng made a decision in his heart.

When he returned to the imperial palace and had breakfast, he directly summoned Zhuge Liang, the assistant of government affairs, and Zhou Yu, the deputy head of military affairs.

In the Imperial Study.

The three of them sat opposite each other.

Li Zheng first sorted out the matters discussed with Xun You in the morning, and then said, "What do Kong Ming and Gongjin think?" If you have any opinions, put them forward, and we will improve them. ”

Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu listened and pondered for a moment.

Zhuge Liang opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty's plan is for the ministers to have no opinion. ”

"Seconded." Zhou Yu also nodded in agreement.

"Okay." Li Zheng smiled: "Then after the two of you go down, let's start to prepare." In terms of government affairs, it is ready to cut off the supply of materials to the elven civilizations, of course, the words are more pleasant, and the face must be passable. The other is to prepare for diplomatic negotiations. In terms of military affairs, the army of the No. 2 Ten Thousand Races Great World gradually shrank, slowly withdrawing to the territory of the empire, and finally maintaining the number of only one legion. ”

"Since the beginning of the 30th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the empire has carried out large-scale military training in the second world, and it has been about four years now. In the past four years, at least each regiment has experienced more than two large-scale wars, and the purpose of training should be initially achieved. Now the situation is more urgent, and there is another potentially powerful enemy, so the matter of training troops in World No. 2 can be put aside for the time being. ”

Li Zheng paused for a moment and said: "After the training, I have my own plans." ”

Zhou Yu nodded and answered.

"Now as far as government affairs are concerned," Li Zheng said to Zhuge Liang again: "The focus is on digesting the gains of the No. 4 world, it must be stable, and it is better to be faster, and I will not ask for anything else." ”

"Secondly, in terms of materials, especially energy reserves, we must increase our efforts."

Zhuge Liang saluted and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, over the years, the empire's energy reserves, the Government Council has never fallen behind. Now, not to mention the empire itself, the energy collection points of the first and third worlds have been set to a limit, reaching a collection efficiency of 1/100 million. Now, the establishment of the energy collection point of World 5 is also about to be completed, and the next thing is World 4. It will only take a year at most, and each of the worlds of each subordinate plane of the empire will not waste a single cent of spilled energy. ”

"Good!"

Li Zheng nodded approvingly: "Energy is the basic driving force for the development of the empire, without energy, the empire will not be able to move, this is the top priority." ”

Speaking of this, Li Zheng made a summary, saying: "In the next few years, it lasted until the time of the change, and the empire focused on internal development. Government affairs can be carried out step by step, striving to raise the level of development of each subordinate plane and integrate it with the empire itself. In terms of military affairs, the emphasis is on conscription. The total strength of the empire today is only three million regular troops. Such a number, one does not meet the hierarchical level of interdimensional civilization, and the other is that the current empire has a population of three or four billion and three million troops, the proportion is too low and inappropriate. After Gong Jin went down, he calculated and made a plan to expand the imperial army to 50 million before the change! (To be continued......)