Tiandou Empire, Tiandou City, Imperial Palace.

The old emperor was sitting on the throne, looking at the ministers who were arguing below with gloomy eyes, and the anger in his heart was growing.

Xingluo's army has now completely occupied the Principality of Barak, and is using it as a transit point to continuously increase its offensive against the Tiandou Empire.

Tiandou's army and Xingluo's army have already faced each other head-on.

Although due to the financial support of the Qibao Glazed Sect, the Tiandou army is fully equipped with weapons and supplies, and there are many people who are willing to transport supplies and supplies to the front line despite the heavy sums of money, so the Tiandou army does not have to worry about the loss of armaments and supplies.

However, the combat effectiveness of the army cannot be improved so easily.

War in the cold weapon period was like a meat grinder, which could easily leave people with missing arms or legs.

Most of Tiandou's troops don't seem to have enough awareness. There are a lot of soldiers trying to escape on the front line every day. Although most of them will be captured back to the barracks to continue fighting, this will also limit some of the military strength.

There are not many members of Wuhundian joining Tiandou's army, but there are not many who are truly powerful.

A powerful soul master can basically take the position of bishop or deputy bishop in the Wuhun Palace, and is the person in charge of a local branch temple.

Except for some located in the northern part of Tiandou, most of the bishops or deputy bishops have the same idea as the one in Soto City.

Only by not participating can we protect the captured people in war zones.

Therefore, except for the bishops in the north who believed that Star Luo would probably be unable to defeat it, most of the bishops near the war zone in the south did not directly participate in the war.

Of course, when faced with their soul masters who joined the resistance, they did not stop them, they just told them to pay more attention to their safety.

At present, with the help of the Wuhun Palace and the sect forces within the territory, as well as the early defense preparations and the home field advantage of the terrain, the Tiandou army and the Xingluo army can barely be considered a "stalemate".

At least, the marching speed of Xingluo army was slowed down a lot.

But this is not a long-term solution.

However, now in the court, ministers and representatives from all sides are arguing endlessly for their own interests, and the will of the entire empire cannot be condensed into a whole.

Some courtiers and nobles even hoped to use the Xingluo army to eliminate dissidents and put pressure on themselves, the emperor, to gain more benefits for them.

For the sake of profit, these so-called national leaders have no regard for the life and death of the people under their rule, and they even have no regard for their family and country.

One can imagine the anger in Xue Ye's heart.

Sure enough, there is something wrong with the system currently implemented by Tiandou, and it will definitely have to be changed in the future.

Xue Ye's eyes were gloomy as he watched many ministers below constantly making excuses and making false accusations. The noisy sound gave him a headache.

Giving a look to the attendant beside him, the attendant immediately raised the awakening stick in his hand and knocked on the ground of the hall:

"quiet!"

The old emperor was about to speak. For a while, the ministers in the hall became quite quiet, although there were still whispers.

"Everyone, today's palace meeting is not for you to chat. The Xingluo army is approaching fiercely. Even though our Tiandou soldiers fight bravely, they still cannot stop their advance."

"I want to know, what do you think we should do?"

The political system of Tiandou is like this. In many decisions, the emperor cannot make decisions with just one word and needs the support of his ministers.

In the past, Xue Ye was extremely envious of the emperor in Xingluo next door. He had full power and the entire empire had to surrender to his will. That was the real ruler of a country. How different was he...

"Your Majesty, I think maybe we can negotiate with the Star Luo Empire and ask them to stop their troops by paying tribute and becoming vassal. After we have a stronger army in the future, we can regain our dignity and lost territory. After all, we have strong financial resources in Tiandou, even if we lose

You can make some money back quickly."

The Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke like this. For him, war was not what he wanted.

Because this will cause normal diplomatic work to be affected, and his income will also be reduced.

Only when diplomatic activities are carried out and tribute foreign trade can they obtain sufficient and generous benefits.

As for the financial resources required to surrender to Xingluo... the Minister of Foreign Affairs doesn't care.

Because these money and goods are not provided by him, they are a problem for the empire and the Ministry of Finance.

"No, Xing Luo murdered the Imperial Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince, and is now invading our territory. How can we abandon the dignity of the empire and surrender to the inhumane invaders!? Even for Tiandou and Your Majesty, we should fight to the death with Xing Luo

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As soon as the Minister of Foreign Affairs finished speaking, Tiandou's Minister of Finance hurriedly retorted, with a serious face and fierce words. People who didn't know better might think that he was a fierce and loyal minister at first glance.

But anyone who knows the inside story knows that this is just an excuse for him to pretend.

As early as the night Xue Qinghe was assassinated, this "loyal minister" tried his best to send news to the outside world. Before the people could react, he asked his family members scattered across Tiandou to buy up Tuenju at extremely low prices.

Various daily necessities.

Then now that the war has begun, prices in Tiandou have skyrocketed. The Minister of Finance, who has gathered a large amount of supplies, drives up prices and slowly sells the goods in his hands at extremely high prices.

In other words, the Minister of Finance is making a fortune from the national crisis. The longer the war lasts, the more valuable the goods he has hoarded will be, and the more he will be able to gain.

Therefore, he is not really a staunch minister, he just hopes that the war will not stop before all his goods are sold out.

"Yes, we will fight to the death and vow to avenge His Highness the Crown Prince."

All the officials in the Ministry of Finance who had made fortunes following their own leadership and those who had been favored by Xue Qinghe were very supportive of the Minister of Finance's suggestion.

For a while, the war faction and the peace faction started arguing again in the hall.

"What do you think, Mr. An Guo?" Xue Ye's voice sounded again, pointing out the old man standing in front of many courtiers, closing his eyes and concentrating on the dispute.

As Xue Ye finished speaking, An Guogong's eyes opened, and the quarrels and whispers around him gradually subsided.

Both the emperor and Duke An Guo were at the pinnacle of power in the Tiandou Empire. When the two of them were talking, ordinary people would not dare to interrupt at will.

The nobility can restrict the emperor, but it is only a collective of nobles or a small number of dukes. If ordinary nobles with a relatively low status offend the emperor alone, there will be lights in the toilet.

"Your Majesty, I believe that this battle is related to the dignity of the empire and must be fought."

"But the empire alone may not be strong enough to face Xing Luo."

"The old minister suggested that we seek formal help from Wuhun Palace."
Chapter completed!