Episode 51 The Proposal for the Founding of the State
A month later, in the Shengcheng Hall, the four patriarchs gathered again to discuss important matters. The www.biquge.info of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion was different from the tense and oppressive atmosphere of the last meeting, this time, the faces of the four of them were a mixture of surprise, confusion, worry, and a little bit of joy, all because of a top-secret official letter on the table that had just been secretly sent from the Blue Star Autonomous Mission.
"What is a coalition government? What is this thing?!Why have I never heard of it!" Li Pei, the patriarch of the Li tribe, was full of confusion.
"They're crazy! they must be crazy!" Yan Hu, the patriarch of the Yan clan, shook his head first and sighed.
It turned out that the content of this secret letter from the Blue Star Clan was actually to establish a coalition government with the royal family and the Four Clans Alliance!
This coalition government will establish a state system in which monks and mortals are equal to each other, establish a unified constitution and laws, and the three major forces can form their own political parties and take turns in power by electing for elections.
The coalition government will also create a national army, which will be formed from the existing armies of the three powers. At the same time, the coalition government will appropriately retain the powers of the royal family and the four clans, and retain certain privileges, but only as permitted by the constitution and the law. In addition, the secret letter also put forward a series of suggestions on the construction of the national cultivation system, the allocation of national resources, the reform of bureaucracy, the reform of administrative regions, people's livelihood, industry, agriculture, and so on.
In the secret letter, the Blue Star Clan hoped that the four clans would accept this suggestion, and agreed to hold negotiations on the establishment of the state after ten days, otherwise, "a cruel war that could have been avoided will break out between the two sides." ”
"This must be a conspiracy! It is a conspiracy set up by the Blue Star Clan for us! Aren't they having a mortal enmity with us? Why would they make such a suggestion? This must be a trap to tempt us! A trap!" Li Hong, the patriarch of the Li Clan, had the greatest grudge against the Blue Star Clan, and immediately raised the most resolute objection to the Blue Star Clan's proposal.
"But they hinted that if we didn't follow their advice, they would declare war on us!"
"Hmph! Fight will be fought! Are we still afraid that they won't succeed?! Those Blue Star Soldiers thought that they had defeated the second-line troops of the Vietnamese army several times, and had defeated our clan's subordinate soldiers by virtue of their numerical superiority, so they thought that our Four Clans Alliance was easy to bully?! If there was really going to be a war, it was still unknown who would kill the deer!" Li Hong was worried that the other three would agree to the conditions of the Blue Star Clan and would resist to the end.
"Go to war, Li Hong, how sure do you think we will win? Do you think our strength can really resist the attack of the Blue Star Clan?" Mu Yan, the patriarch of the Mu clan, who had always been silent and silent, suddenly asked.
"Even if they can't be defeated, it will give them heavy casualties, force them to throw a rat trap, and make them understand that it will not be so easy to destroy us!" Li Hong shouted reluctantly.
Mu Yan shook his head and said, "Heavy casualties? If they suffer heavy casualties, I'm afraid we will wipe out the royal clan, right? If we really start a war with the Blue Star Army, we don't know how many clansmen we will have to sacrifice! Do you still want to see the younger generation of the clan rushing to the battlefield one by one and dying to their deaths?"
Hearing Mu Yan's words with a hint of helplessness, Yan Hu and Li Pei's hearts moved. Since the four clans declared their rebellion, they don't know how many clansmen have died in the battle with the royal clan and the blue star clan, as the head of the clan, the two of them are naturally heartbroken, but they are deeply helpless.
But Li Hong was still a little unwilling, and asked again: "Three, have you forgotten the purpose of our four clans to raise troops? Aren't we going to overthrow the royal clan and become the ruler of the Gui Kingdom? If we agree to the conditions of the Blue Star Clan now, won't our dream of founding a country never come true?"
Hearing Li Hong's words, Yan Hu and Li Pei immediately hesitated again. It was a very difficult thing for them to give up their original ambitions and accept the conditions of the Blue Star Clan, and Li Hong's words suddenly made them fall into contradictions and struggles.
But Mu Yan was not moved at all, snorted coldly, and said calmly: "Hmph! Thanks to a few of you who are still old monsters who have cultivated for hundreds of years, do you think we still have the possibility of founding a country now?!"
Hearing this, the three of them were stunned. Mu Yan said again: "Everyone, in fact, since the Vietnamese army withdrew, everyone knows very well that the situation of our four clans is precarious! Not to mention that we can keep the original territory, not being exterminated by the royal clan is the best result! To tell the truth, none of you three clans are secretly preparing to retreat, and are ready to let the elite children of the clan evacuate Gui in the event of defeat? You know very well in your hearts that we have already been defeated!"
Mu Yan's words were like a plate of cold water poured on the heads of the three of them, and even Li Hong, who insisted on the main battle just now, was immediately silent. In fact, the four of them were very clear in their hearts that the alliance of the four clans was the weakest of the three forces in the Gui Kingdom, and they would definitely not be able to defeat the royal clan or the Blue Star clan if their forces were greatly damaged, and this war began with the retreat of the Vietnamese army, which doomed them to failure.
"Then what should we do? Do we really just accept their suggestion and build a country with them?" asked Li Hong hatefully, his eyes full of despair.
"Of course not!" Mu Yan shook his head, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's fight with them first and see if they have the qualifications to let us negotiate!"