Such a war, of course, will become poorer and poorer the more it is fought, and the treasury will be empty. On the other hand, the Xiyun Kingdom is getting richer and richer the more it fights, so the Xiyun Kingdom has developed a belligerent habit.

The Xiyun Kingdom coveted the wealth of the hinterland of the Central Plains, and the emperors of all dynasties wanted to annex the fertile land of the Central Plains. However, the strength does not allow it, so I can only see the opportunity and continue to encroach.

When Gu Shao checked the information, his face was solemn. With all kinds of data complete, he was extremely shocked in his heart. Previously, Li Yuanqing said that the biggest reason for the demise of the previous dynasty was that the national strength was consumed by the Xiyun Kingdom.

When the data was counted, Gu Shao's hands trembled and his eyes turned red.

The comparison of the war consumption between the Great Zhou and the Xiyun Kingdom, as Li Yuanqing estimated, the Great Zhou was twice as large as the Xiyun Kingdom. The population is about the same size, and the consumption varies greatly.

Even if the Great Zhou can hold on now, if it does not have a strong regime, it will soon be dragged down and declined, and then follow in the footsteps of the Great Qi.

Gu Shao walked up to Li Yuanqing and bowed to Li Yuanqing, "General Li is very good!" ”

Seeing this, Li Yuanqing smiled, "Lord Gu, don't be polite, as a citizen of Da Zhou, this is what Li should do." I called all the way to the northwest, and I didn't understand the twists and turns of the capital and Wenchen, so I asked Lord Gu to take care of it later. ”

Although Gu Shao knew that Li Yuanqing was humbling himself, he did not shirk, "Gu is duty-bound!" ”

The two of them took two sorted materials and met Emperor Zhou Ping.

Emperor Zhou Ping was also restless in the past three days, especially when he was in the last dynasty, as soon as he heard that those ministers were full of benevolence and morality, treated the prisoners of war of Xiyun Country well, and accepted the surrender of Xiyun Kingdom as soon as possible, he wanted the guards to directly pull these people out and cut them down.

It is because of these people that the strength of the Great Zhou Kingdom has been gradually consumed, and it is more hateful than the Xiyun Kingdom. After all, Xiyun Kingdom is an enemy country, but these people are courtiers of the Great Zhou. It was the Great Zhou's Yulu who received it, and what he did was the behavior of the enemy.

After Emperor Zhou Ping received a secret letter from General Zhao, Emperor Zhou Ping paid more attention to Xiyun Kingdom's residence in the Great Zhou Capital Li Domain. After the Xiyun Kingdom mission entered Beijing, it sent a lot of people to pay attention to everyone who came into contact with the mission.

Including not only the officials and businessmen of the Great Zhou, but also people from other countries.

Neiwei Zhen investigated some people who ate inside and outside and spread this kind of news in the capital.

This time, just waiting to get relatively accurate data, Emperor Zhou Ping was ready to change his previous strategy against Xiyun Kingdom.

When Gonggong Liang saw Gu Shao and Li Yuanqing coming, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "The two adults have worked hard, wait a while, and the miscellaneous family will enter the palace and report to Your Majesty." ”

"There is Lao Liang's father-in-law." Gu Shao returned the courtesy, his eyes were blue, but his eyes were sharp.

Li Yuanqing was energetic and high-spirited, and he did not become depressed because he stayed up late.

Emperor Zhou Ping was in the imperial study at this time, looking at the folds, and he couldn't wait to burn all these folds now. But soon, he thought that some of them had taken the benefits of Xiyun Kingdom, so he wrote it well.

The evidence is conclusive, coupled with the twists and turns, without cutting off a few heads, things can't go smoothly.

Gonggong Liang knew that Emperor Zhou Ping had been in a bad mood for the past two days, and at this time, he sat motionless in his chair for nearly an hour, "Your Majesty, Lord Gu and General Zhenwei ask to meet." ”

Emperor Zhou Ping immediately stood up, walked around the imperial table, and walked out, "Please come in, two Aiqing." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liang Gonggong should go down and quickly withdraw.

After a while, Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao entered the imperial study.

Before Li Yuanqing could speak, Emperor Zhou Ping had already walked over, "No need to be polite, have the two Aiqing sorted it out?" ”

Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao were about to kowtow, but when they heard this, they excused themselves and presented the information in their hands.

In Li Yuanqing's hand is the data on the use of troops by the Great Qi of the previous dynasty against the Xiyun Kingdom, and in the hands of Gu Shao is the data on the use of troops against the Xiyun Kingdom in the centenary of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is very detailed.

Father-in-law Liang took it and examined it carefully before putting it on the table.

Emperor Zhou Ping sat down and read carefully.

The more Emperor Zhou Ping looked at it, the darker his face became, and his heart was pounding.

Although he tried his best to suppress it, after seeing the respective consumption of troops by Xiyun Kingdom and the former dynasty, he believed Li Yuanqing's words even more.

The demise of the Great Qi of the previous dynasty has a great deal to do with the frequent offenses of the Xiyun Kingdom.

Looking at the Great Zhou again, although the consumption ratio is less than that of the previous Great Qi, it is still one to two times. If this goes on for a long time, the Great Zhou will indeed be consumed by the Xiyun Kingdom.

Emperor Zhou Ping raised his head, it was already half an hour later.

He believed that Gu Shao and Li Yuanqing were both cautious people, and these two materials were recorded and summarized based on real information. Even if it's a bit of an error, it's not big.

"Liang Bao, call me all the courtiers above the third grade now." Emperor Zhou Ping said in a deep voice, not wanting to wait for a moment.

Gonggong Liang looked at the sky, "Your Majesty, in half an hour, it will be dark outside." ”

"It's about the foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not to mention that it's about to get dark, even if it's late at night, you have to enter the palace." Emperor Zhou Ping didn't want to wait for a moment, he wanted to let those courtiers understand that what they insisted on may not be wrong, but it really harmed the interests of the Great Zhou, which was being consumed by the Xiyun Kingdom step by step.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liang's father-in-law responded, then turned around and left, and instructed the attendants outside to go to each house to pick up the adults into the palace.

Emperor Zhou Ping saw that although Gu Shao and Li Yuanqing were in good spirits, the blue and black under their eyes and the bloodshot in their eyes were enough to prove that the two of them had not rested in order to sort out these materials.

Emperor Zhou Ping was very pleased, "Li Aiqing, you said before that you used your strengths to attack others' weaknesses, which is indeed a good idea. These data, based on facts, are better than those articles that are written in a flashy manner. The two of you have had a hard two days, and you haven't had a good rest. Now that the materials have been sorted out, you can go back and rest first. ”

Li Yuanqing bowed, "It is also an honor for Wechen to do his part." ”

Emperor Zhou Ping nodded, and then looked at Gu Shao, "I will invite those ministers to discuss these data later, there will be arguments." Not letting you stay here is also to protect you. In any case, tomorrow morning will be decided. At that time, there will be two Aiqing to carry it out. ”

Li Yuanqing responded, "Yes, Your Majesty." To deal with Xiyun Kingdom, Weichen has a way, whether it is in the capital or in the northwest battlefield, he can achieve victory. If you want to talk about it, you can talk about it, and if you don't talk about it, you will fight. ”

"Good!" Emperor Zhou Ping was excited when he heard Li Yuanqing's bold words, he liked such young and energetic courtiers, and hoped that those old-fashioned old ministers, when would they be able to achieve Zhongxing?

Gu Shao also bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this time, you will definitely take off a layer of skin from Xiyun Kingdom." ”

"Good!" Emperor Zhou Ping nodded, "You have done a lot, and then you go back and have a good rest, I will definitely make the old ministers realize their shortcomings." ”

It's not that they don't want Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao to participate in the discussion, but these old ministers are stubborn. Out of protection for Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao, Emperor Zhou Ping did not let them stay.

Emperor Zhou Ping specially ordered Liang Bao to send Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao out of the palace.