Chapter 21: The Beginning of Turmoil
When Situ Zheng was still in retreat in the cultivation room, a major event had happened in the Lingyu Continent.
According to the practice of previous years, both the Spirit Feather Empire and the Winter Landing Empire would give some food support to the Burning Sun Empire in the name of war.
And although the Spirit Feather Empire is the weakest of the four kingdoms on the surface, it has the richest territory on the Spirit Feather Continent.
Therefore, every year, the Spirit Feather Empire gives the most food to the Burning Sun Empire, but this year, the Spirit Feather Empire is unusual.
This year, the amount of grain "plundered" by the Burning Sun Empire was less than half of that of previous years, which also seriously damaged the balance within the Burning Sun Empire.
You must know that although the Sun Empire is strong, it occupies the most barren territory, and the Sun Empire will definitely be dissatisfied, and may even start a real war.
The food support given by the Winter Advent Empire and the Spirit Feather Empire to the Burning Sun Empire was to maintain the balance between the Three Kingdoms.
The Lieyang Empire was already a little embarrassed because of the food problem, and the Red Prison Emperor, as the leader of the Lieyang Empire, was also a little sensitive to the fact that food was controlled by others.
However, it can get a certain amount of food support every year, which can be regarded as stabilizing the hearts of the people of the Burning Sun Empire, and it can also maintain the combat effectiveness of the army through small wars.
This situation has also been maintained for thousands of years, and there is some tacit understanding between the three kingdoms, but this time the behavior of the Spirit Feather Empire has broken the balance.
Because of the food problem, the Sun Empire launched three medium-sized wars against the Sun Empire, and the armies of the two countries suffered far more casualties than in previous years.
Even so, the Spirit Feather Empire was still resolute, without the slightest intention of giving in, and the Ling Sky Emperor of the Spirit Feather Empire also said that he would not give any more grain.
The Burning Sun Empire did not continue to attack the Spirit Feather Empire, but died down and fell silent.
The Spirit Feather Continent has returned to its former calm at all, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the calm before the storm.
The Spirit Feather Empire's move is to provoke a war, the Sun Empire was originally a bomb, and the Spirit Feather Empire seems to want to ignite the fuse of this bomb.
The White Solstice Emperor of the Winter Feather Empire once came forward and wanted to mediate this matter, after all, this matter also affected the interests of the Winter Advent Empire, and even the peace of the entire Spirit Feather Continent.
However, the Emperor of the Sky didn't buy it, as if he was determined to break the current pattern of the Spirit Feather Continent.
However, the Ziyin Emperor of the Canglong Empire did not say anything about it, although this matter would not affect the interests of the Canglong Empire on the surface, but in the long run, once a war broke out, the Canglong Empire would inevitably be involved.
Politicians from various countries also smelled the unusual nature of this matter, and the attitude of the Canglong Empire was indeed unpredictable.
The most important point is that the Holy Land, which is known as the guardian of the Spirit Feather Continent, cannot make any statement, and the future pattern of the Spirit Feather Continent is also a little confusing.
In the Winter Empire, in the Winter City, in the Imperial Palace, the White Solstice Emperor held a conference of ten thousand dynasties, which was the highest-level meeting of the Winter Empire, and the officials in the Winter Empire, the county kings and county lords of the counties in the summer solstice will participate.
Meetings of this magnitude are rarely held, unless there is a major event on the road that could affect the pattern of the continent.
Above the court, all the officials who participated in the meeting had serious faces, even Situ Yu changed his previous indifference, and Emperor Bai Zhi frowned.
After a moment of silence, Emperor Bai Zhi finally spoke: "Everyone, I think you know the reason why I convened this Ten Thousand Dynasty Conference, and I want to hear your opinions on the actions of the Spirit Feather Empire. ”
Emperor Bai Zhi's words fell, and no one spoke, in fact, everyone understood in their hearts, including Emperor Bai Zhi himself.
After a long time, Bai Qitian was finally the first to speak: "Great Emperor, I think the Lingyu Empire just wants to provoke a war on the entire continent, so let's just unite with the Burning Sun Empire first and give them some color." ”
Bai Qitian seems to be rough, but in fact he is thoughtful, he wants to drive the atmosphere of the court, otherwise everyone will not say a word, and Emperor Bai Zhi will be furious.
When everyone heard Bai Qitian's words, their faces changed, and they were even a little nervous, and a county king couldn't help but speak.
"Great Emperor, General Bai's words may be a little radical, it is not a trivial matter to unite with the Sun Empire to launch a war against the Spirit Feather Empire."
Indeed, as the county king said, the Spirit Feather Empire is not as harmless to humans and animals as it seems on the surface.
You must know that although the Spirit Feather Empire seems to be the weakest of the four countries on the surface, everyone on the Spirit Feather Continent knows that the Spirit Feather Empire was once the sole ruler of the Spirit Feather Continent.
As can be seen from the name, the reason why the Spirit Feather Empire can have the same name as the mainland is because of its former status.
Thousands of years ago, the Lingyu Empire was the only country on the Lingyu Continent, but because of a major event, the Lingyu Empire's national strength weakened, and the three major forces in the country broke away one after another and set up their own doors, which led to the situation of the later four countries.
This is also the reason why the Spirit Feather Empire can occupy the richest land on the continent, but only a few people know the secret of the decline of the Spirit Feather Empire back then.
As the county king answered, more and more officials began to express their opinions.
Most of the officials opposed Bai Qitian's statement, after all, no one knew what the Spirit Feather Empire's strength was to provoke turmoil.
But Situ Yu never said a word, his face was gloomy, and he was pondering something.
Similarly, the old man Xingyun, who was the national teacher of the Winter Empire, was also silent and did not say a word.
Emperor Bai Zhi also noticed Situ Yu, he felt normal that the old man Xingyun didn't speak, but in the past, as long as Bai Qitian spoke, Situ Yu would inevitably raise objections, but this time Situ Yu didn't say a word.
So Emperor Bai Zhi turned his gaze to Situ Yu and said, "I don't know what Prime Minister Situ thinks?" ”
Hearing Emperor Bai Zhi call himself, Situ Yu slowly raised his head, his eyes flickering.
"Emperor, I don't think this matter is urgent."
Situ Yu's words raised the interest of Emperor Bai Zhi, after all, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the mainland might be about to change.
"Oh? Then you can tell me, why not rush? ”
Hearing Emperor Bai Zhi's question, Situ Yu calmly replied: "Great Emperor, the Spirit Feather Empire has indeed broken the balance of the continent, but even if it develops into a full-scale war in the future, it will take at least twenty years, and during this period, we only need to prepare for war, and we don't need to participate in the friction between the Spirit Feather Empire and the Burning Sun Empire. ”
After listening to Situ Yu's words, Emperor Bai Zhi also fell into deep thought, and after a while, Emperor Bai Zhi waved his hand to signal Situ Yu to continue.
"The Burning Sun Empire has stopped its war against the Spirit Feather Empire now, but it is certain that the Divine Empire has begun to prepare for a bigger war against the Spirit Feather Empire, and during the period before the Burning Sun Empire started, the four countries still maintained a superficial peace between them, and the Holy Land has not spoken yet for this incident."
Seeing that Emperor Bai Zhi didn't speak, Situ Yu continued: "We just need to be prepared, if the war really breaks out in the future, it is not too late for us to choose a side depending on the situation, after all, our Winter Empire is not afraid of war." ”
After Situ Yu finished speaking, Bai Qitian surprisingly did not refute, in the face of major rights and wrongs, they were still very measured.
After Situ Yu finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Bai Zhi, after all, Emperor Bai Zhi was the final decision-maker.
At this time, the old man Nebula also spoke.
"Emperor, the old man also agrees with Prime Minister Situ's words, we just need to pretend to be the same as before, so that we can also appease the people, so as not to make the people of the Donglin Empire uneasy all day long."
Bai Qitian also said bluntly: "I also agree with Prime Minister Situ and the national teacher's views. ”
Hearing Bai Qitian's words, Situ Yu glanced at him, but there was no previous provocation in his eyes.
Bai Qitian did not respond to Situ Yu's eyes, his eyes were still on Bai Zhi's body.
At this time, there was silence again in the court, and everyone was waiting for Emperor Bai Zhi to make a final decision.
After a long time, Emperor Bai Zhi stopped thinking, raised his head, swept his gaze over all the officials, and then spoke: "Then as Prime Minister Situ and the national teacher said, everyone will return to their positions and do their own things, as usual." ”
Emperor Bai Zhi paused for a moment, and then continued: "As for the issue of war preparation, General Bai and the county kings will first discuss a plan, and then refine and implement it in the future. ”
Emperor Bai Zhi also finally made a decision and affirmed Situ Yu's opinion.
"Okay, let's do it for this conference, there will be a banquet in the palace tonight, you don't have to hurry to leave today, and then leave by yourself tomorrow."
After retreating, Old Man Xingyun returned to his residence, his face sank, and he muttered to himself: "It's really a disaster, it seems that this catastrophe will be even more terrible than the last time, I hope the so-called holy land will not disappoint me too much......"