Kyoto, the ordinary-looking courtyard, was once again crowded with guards, and this courtyard was the place where the heads of the Nine Gates met and the decisions that led the entire empire were issued from this courtyard.

In the last Blue Sky Incident, only six family heads were present, but this time there were eight people sitting in the room.

Shang He, the first vice president of the Warrior Association, and Zhong Jiong (gui), one of the three giants of the Warlock Association, appeared at the top of the long table.

The eight old men did not speak, as if they were still waiting for someone.

A moment later, the door opened lightly, and an old man with an old face, but full of majesty, walked into the conference room with the support of a beautiful woman of heavenly beauty and sat on the main dragon chair.

The eight heads of the family, except for Jiang Heng, who was in a wheelchair, all got up and bowed, raised their hands flat in front of their foreheads, folded their five fingers together and folded back and forth, and their thumbs were facing each other, which was the courtesy of Daqin's standard courtiers.

Great Qin has abolished kneeling for nearly a thousand years, but other rituals cannot be abolished, even if they are the heads of the Nine Sects.

The old emperor nodded, and the heads of the family returned to their seats and closed their eyes.

The emperor is actually not very old, less than a hundred years old, but because the Great Qin Emperor is not allowed to be a warrior or a warlock, the lifespan of all emperors is very limited, and even not as long as ordinary people.

This Great Qin Yuan Emperor can live to be more than 90 years old, which is already considered a long life, and he looks the most old, but in fact, more than half of the old people present are older than him.

After the heads of the family took their seats, the gorgeous woman standing behind the emperor spoke: "Your Majesty just wants to ask if Hongmeng is going to war, and if so, then this year's military spending needs to be doubled." ”

Although this noble woman looks like she is in her thirties and her skin is shining, she is actually in her fifties, she is a martial artist in the realm of martial arts, and she is the eldest princess of Great Qin.

There is no saying that a woman cannot be an emperor in Daqin, if it weren't for the fact that this eldest princess is a martial artist, she is undoubtedly the best candidate for the successor.

As soon as the eldest princess said this, it means that the main topic of this meeting is the issue of military spending, but there are too many implications behind this issue and it also needs to be discussed.

"Vice President Tang, I haven't returned yet, I'm afraid it's already more auspicious, this time our association has suffered heavy losses, the chief warden Akiyama, and the nine wardens are all masters of our martial arts association." Shang He, vice president of the Warriors Association, spoke.

It is said that the vice president has a lower status than everyone here, but the president of the Martial Arts Association has not asked about the world for more than ten years, and Shang He has always managed the association, not to mention that he represents the Martial Arts Association, so he is naturally confident.

Speaking of force alone, the Martial Arts Association is the strongest, and the game of this trial also contributed the most, and the losses were also the worst, not to mention the martial arts sect of Akiyama, Tang Baiding is the number one master below the president of the Martial Arts Association.

After saying this, he looked at Song Zhiyuan, the head of the Song family, and this trial was promoted by him. At that time, the reason why all the family heads agreed to this situation was because Song Zhiyuan said that there was accurate information that proved that forces other than the Hongmeng were involved in the Blue Sky Incident.

Now only two old opponents, Hong League and Killer Alliance, have been fished out, although they have not said anything on the surface, but they have already carried the meaning of accountability.

"The nine doors are in the same breath, it is not necessary to lose more than the loss, who has no elite children to die in the trial, and it is a top priority to still be in the island state at the moment." Song Zhiyuan pretended not to understand.

"There's nothing to say, Hongmeng hasn't moved for hundreds of years, the last blue sky incident, this time the island state is a big move in the past few hundred years, it must be going to war, actively prepare for war." Baili Hongtu said loudly.

Di Wanqian shook his head, "It shouldn't be so arbitrary. I can't figure out why the Hong League did this, and there is also the Killer Alliance, this time it has joined forces with the Killer Alliance, which requires us to pay extra attention. ”

"The Killer Alliance has risen suddenly, and we still don't have accurate information about this organization, we thought we could give the Hong Alliance one more opponent, but now it seems that the two have united."

"This is not like Hongmeng's style, and I really can't find out what the purpose of Hongmeng's move is, that place in Daozhou is where the chicken ribs are."

Di Wancheng's words also made the meeting fall silent again.

Soon after, Song Zhiyuan spoke, "I agree with Brother Di's point of view, this matter is full of strangeness, have you forgotten that even if the Hong League wants to go to war, it should be sixteen years ago, and there was no war under that circumstance sixteen years ago, why now?" The one from the Hong League always healed his head? Or did the Killer League give them the confidence? ”

"There is a strange thing, we should not rush to the war, the conservatives of the Hong League 16 years ago could suppress the Hong League, and they still can, we should not continue to exert pressure, history tells us countless times that the greater the pressure, the more united the Hong League, and the more tenacious the vitality."

"The best way at the moment is to secretly increase intelligence efforts, find out more information about the trial in the island state, and at the same time secretly mobilize public opinion, so that Hongmeng will once again fall into infighting."

Wang Changli, the head of the Wang family, said in a deep voice: "I agree with Old Man Song's point of view, why make efforts if you can save trouble, what do the two presidents think?" ”

Shang He's expression seemed to be displeased, the Martial Arts Association suffered the greatest loss this time, according to his original intention, he was to severely punish Daozhou and maintain the dignity of the Martial Arts Association by violent means, but he also had to admit that Song Zhiyuan's statement was the best option at present.

He was silent, acquiescing to this view.

Zhong Jiong, who was silent the whole time, had a gleam in his eyes, "Finally it's my turn to speak?" ”

He glanced around, "I don't care about the world in the association, and the reason why I am here this time is to warn you, I don't care what you think of me as an old man, but if you make a move on my apprentice, don't blame me for turning my face." ”

All the heads of the family have displeasure on their faces, and who and who have not had a holiday between each family, but the heads of the family have identities and will not mention this kind of thing on such occasions.

"It's a blessing that my apprentice didn't have an accident this time, and it's also your luck, otherwise Kyoto would have been in chaos a long time ago. I don't care about anything else, so I take my leave. After saying that, he got up and left the room, and finally forgot to give a salute to Emperor Yuan.

This time, only one person from the Warlock Guild participated in the trial, and it was all his apprentice, and all this was carried out during his retreat, and when he came out, he learned the news of the rest of his apprentice's life.

In a fit of rage, he directly expelled the two elders in charge of the trial. Grumpy to grumpy, he knew in his heart that those two elders didn't have the courage to do this, and the only ones who had the courage to do so were these people here.

This is the scene of the nine-door meeting where one of the three giants who never asks about affairs slaps his face.

When Zhong Jiong left the scene, Baili Hongtu said gloomily: "The danger of this old guy is getting higher and higher......"

All the family masters, including Emperor Yuan, who had been closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, all frowned, it could be seen that Zhong Jiong was indeed tricky for them, but they didn't know why a warlock at the peak of the Great Magician would give Jiumen a headache.

"Elder Jiang, don't you say a few words?" Song Zhiyuan asked.

Jiang Heng had a gloomy face from beginning to end, "The affairs of the island state can't just be settled, cut off the resources of the island state, and let them fend for themselves." ”

They can also understand Jiang Heng's anger, his heart meat Jiang Asakusa was ruined by a mysterious master named Zhang Sanfeng in Daozhou.

In fact, Jiang Heng is the one who knows the inside story of Island State the most, and for some reason, he didn't share the information, especially about Liu Zhengjing.

Everyone nodded when they heard this, which was also the original idea of many people.

The reason why the island state is weak is not only because it is difficult to govern, but also because the island state is not self-sufficient, and the resources such as fresh water, grain, fruits and vegetables have to be transported from the mainland, and the financial revenue created is even worse than the annual support given to them by the mainland.

Now that the island state prison, which is the greatest use, no longer exists, there is no need to continue to provide for it, and they need to let the world know that there is a price to be paid for rebellion.

As for how many innocent people there are on the island, they don't care, if they want to blame, they blame the Killer Alliance and the Hong League.

Seeing that the tone had been set for the meeting, the eldest princess spoke again, "The Song family's share of support this year will be increased by one percent. ”

The faces of the heads of the family remained unchanged, and Song Zhiyuan was not surprised by this, and nodded directly.

The royal family basically does not participate in political affairs, but it supports the only warrior army in Great Qin, and the money mainly comes from finance, that is, the Nine Gates.

So the first question of this meeting is about military spending, now that the meeting is basically over, military spending will not increase, and the eldest princess directly asks for it, which is also expected by everyone.

This trial has suffered heavy losses, and someone must be responsible, and Song Zhiyuan is the main driver of this matter, so the Song family must bear it.

Song Zhiyuan naturally knew it, so he had no other objections, I don't know how many times this situation has occurred in history, and it has long been conventional.

This time, only four of the hundred disciples of the Nine Sects survived, Qin Zhi, Jiang Qiancao, Jiang Zhan and Hu Zhe, which is already the worst loss of the Nine Sects Trial in the past thousand years, and someone must give an explanation.

This statement is not only about military spending, but also about the concessions of other interests to the other eight gates.

……

The second day after the end of the small meeting room.

The Great Qin Assembly held a general meeting, and after the meeting, a shocking news was announced, there was turmoil and chaos in the island state, thirteen prisons were destroyed by rioters, all the police officers were killed, and the empire posthumously crowned all personnel as martyrs.

In response to the turmoil and turmoil in the island state, the conference decided to cut off all material supplies to the island state until the mob in the island state surrendered again.

As soon as this announcement of the parliament came out, it quickly detonated the entire Great Qin, and this has only happened to a vassal state for thousands of years, and this is the first time in a thousand years that such a serious incident has occurred in a dependent state of Great Qin.

Cutting off all material support proves that Great Qin has lost control of the island state, which is equivalent to the island state has rebelled.

For a time, there were all kinds of remarks, and some experts pointed out that the empire's move was very benevolent and could achieve the surrender of the army without a fight.

At the same time, many anti-war activists stood up and called for severe punishment of the rioters in Daozhou, which was a provocation to peace, a destruction of the peaceful life of the people of Great Qin, and a sinner in history.

It's just that in the mouths of the people, there are various voices that are difficult to unify.

An undercurrent of public opinion that the heads of the Nine Gates did not expect appeared, "Isn't Daqin not so permanent, after all, there is already an island state......

Qin Zhi, who returned to the palace, looked at the various information at hand and smiled lightly, "The world has been suffering for a long ......time."

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