Chapter 1888 Internal and External Troubles
"Who are you marrying?" Valova and the fat man spoke in unison, staring at each other with wide eyes.
"Don't listen to his nonsense!" Angelina hurriedly said, "I'm just talking about it casually." ”
"Angel also said that she was going to marry Prince Li." Xiao Chen said.
"The prince in a wheelchair?" Valova was surprised, "But didn't Your Majesty say that you will never marry again, and if you want to marry, you will only marry Xiao Chen?" ”
"Shut up, okay? Let's get down to business. Angelina's tense face turned red again, which made Xiao Chen's heart moved, and at the same time he felt quite guilty.
"The purpose of our coming here is to formally form an alliance with the Great Zhou, I know that the Great Zhou Emperor is very suspicious, so no matter how high-level the envoy is sent, it is useless, so I can only come in person." Angelina said, "I've heard that the English have declared war on the Great Zhou, so we also have a common enemy, right?" ”“
That is true. Xiao Chen said, "But something may have happened in their country, so this battle did not start, but it also made our emperor deeply worried, you came in time, I think he will be happy to form an alliance with you." ”
"If we form an alliance with the Great Zhou, at least I don't have to worry about any major changes in the situation in the east for the time being, and we can transfer the East China Sea Fleet and hundreds of thousands of cavalry to the west, where we have far more enemies than in the east." Angelina said.
"Angel, with all due respect, your Rus' territory is already large enough and enough for you to survive, why do you want to expand and invade?" Xiao Chen said.
"Hehe, you don't know yet, it's not us expanding now, it's the Westerners who are invading us, just in the past few years, we have lost a large part of the land in the West, and now it's a posture of shrinking defense." Angelina said.
"Well, maybe you can try to make peace with them, redraw the territory, and it is still cost-effective to exchange the lost land for a few decades of peace, and besides, the land does not belong to you in the first place...... What I mean by this is that you shouldn't always be aggressive, but you should vigorously develop the economy. Xiao Chen said.
"You still don't know." Angelina sighed, "Actually, the economic development of our Rus has been stagnant for many years, and the current treasury is also quite empty, and a few years ago there was a disaster, and many people starved to death...... The main thing is that we don't have enough fields. ”
Angelina had previously started a war to expand, but this expansion also consumed a lot of wealth, triggering an economic crisis at home.
The most direct consequence was that the people of Rus' were miserable, and they also complained a lot about her.
There were even civil unrest in many places, and although it was quickly suppressed, the real crisis was not resolved.
So now she can only relieve the pressure at home through the border war, although it is to quench her thirst, but she has to do so.
Previously, it was planned to send a large army to bypass the northern tribes and land at Shunfeng Harbor, and then occupy the entire Yanyun County and continue to encroach on the Great Zhou in the south on this basis.
But this strategic idea was completely disrupted by Xiao Chen, who was born out of nowhere, causing all the countless efforts she spent on it to go to waste!
So she said that she hated Xiao Chen, maybe it was true......
Now that Yanyun County has risen rapidly, and it has formed an alliance with the northern tribes to become a monolith, it can't go south no matter what.
It is only possible to refocus the strategic focus on the West.
However, the situation in the West was very bad, and the odious English, united dozens of large and small countries, launched different degrees of aggression against the territory of Rus' from different directions, which made it difficult for her to deal with it.
So the current Angelina is actually worried about internal and external troubles, and she is anxious.
If it weren't for Xiao Chen's Yanyun County for its strong support in recent years, especially a large amount of food support, their economy might be on the verge of collapse now!
But always relying on the support of Yanyun County is not a long-term solution, and we have to find a way to fundamentally solve the domestic crisis, so there is no other good way for the time being except for war.
However, if the strategic focus is on the west, the strategic situation in the east will be quite embarrassing, and once a large number of fleets and forces are withdrawn, it will not be easy to deal with them if the Great Zhou launches an attack on them.
If the Great Zhou Emperor is a waste, the problem is that this person is a heroic emperor, and now that he has basically pacified the Great Zhou, he may be able to target Russ next.
After all, the relationship between the two countries is not friendly, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are enemies, and if he learns that his eastern defense is weak, he may start a war.
Although the sailors of the Great Zhou were weak, their cavalry was very powerful, and if they launched a land offensive against Rus from Yanyun County and then combined with the Dongying people to attack from the sea...... The consequences are unimaginable.
In the final analysis, Xiao Chen, this kid is still swaying!
He actually left Yanyun and went to Fengyang City, and he lived there for more than half a year, what does this mean? If he changed his original mind and surrendered to the Great Zhou Emperor...... That would be terrible.
So Angelina came to Fengyang, first, to see Li Wanjiang, and secondly, to ask him face-to-face what the hell was he doing?
Before she came to Fengyang, she secretly went to Yanyun County to meet Chen Jisheng, Ye Baiqing, Zhuge Xiaosheng and others, these guys kept saying that Boss Xiao Chen had not changed his original intention, but Your Majesty, you have not figured out what his original intention was?
Of course, this is not your reason, we have just figured it out and are slowly understanding.
This matter is very simple but very complicated, and we can't explain it to you for a while, so your Majesty you should ask him personally, and he will definitely give you a satisfactory answer......
Last night, Xiao Chen made Angelina very satisfied, but she didn't answer, because she didn't ask.
The two of them were very careless and did some serious things, so that the sky was almost dawn, and Angelina couldn't stay for a long time, so she could only go back and talk about it, that is, now.
Anyway, my current situation is very difficult, not only do you not understand, do not understand, do not understand, do not comfort me, but you throw yourself into the arms of the Great Zhou Emperor, what does this mean?
"Actually, my meaning is very simple, if I don't come, then Yan Yun and Da Zhou will definitely go to war, and many people will die in that way." Xiao Chen said, "And my original intention has not changed, that is, I want world peace, I will not fight any senseless war, even if it is a war, it is for peace." ”
In fact, it's really that simple, it's just that Angelina can't understand it, and it's not to blame her, many people don't understand.
"Xiao Chen, your ideals are very noble." "But you also know it's impossible, right?" ”
"We have an ancient saying in China, which is called knowing that you can't do it!" Xiao Chen said, "As long as the ideal is correct, then it should be desperate to realize it." ”