Luo Qianrou looked at Leng Xiyue questioningly, and Leng Xiyue nodded.
In this kind of diplomatic meeting, it is best for the two sides to keep the same number of people even when talking. Currently, Tendou's side is composed of three members of the royal family: Emperor Yukiye, Yuki Qinghe, and Yuxing Xing, while her side is composed of herself, Nishizumi Miho, and Tiandou. Dream, it happens to be relatively symmetrical, and the seats can be arranged reasonably.
However, Ning Fengzhi was obviously not because of the seat issue. After all, the 4v4 was not impossible to arrange. Obviously, Emperor Xueye wanted to use this meeting to talk to her about some more important things that even Ning Fengzhi had better not know about.
There were only six people left in the huge conference room at this time, and Xue Ye didn't say any polite words. The two parties sat directly at both ends of the conference table.
[In view of the general environment,
Leng Xiyue noticed that Xue Ye's originally kind face was now more solemn. Her eyes stayed on Leng Xiyue, as if she wanted to see some shortcomings in this young monarch that only young people have. Unfortunately, he failed.
Arrogant, cowardly, cowardly, rude, and arrogant, if he could achieve such an achievement at such a young age, Xue Ye would definitely be proud of it, and might even get lost in this huge achievement. But it's a pity that none of these can be seen in Leng Xiyue. From beginning to end, he always looks dignified and courteous without losing majesty. He has no feelings of inferiority towards himself, the ruler of a thousand-year empire, as if this is a person. Just like an ordinary thing.
After a long time, Xue Ye finally said: "Young emperor, I know that your friendship with us Tiandou is actually only superficial, because our conflicts have been difficult to reconcile since the beginning of your empire. Although the attitude is very enviable and it is an extremely bold attempt, it must be said that this kind of problem stemming from the foundation of the two empires is extremely difficult to solve - no matter how high-sounding you say it on the surface .”
Leng Xiyue thought that Xue Ye might talk about something unfriendly during this meeting, but these words undoubtedly hit the nail on the head, directly seeing through the fundamental contradiction in the superficial friendship between the two countries - class struggle.
As the saying goes, there is no room for others to snore on the side of the bed. With the Nine Provinces Empire's Pearl in front of them, many ordinary people in the Tiandou Empire have begun to wait for the opportunity to drag their families and families away, while the nobles are trying their best to prevent this behavior because they need these mules. Horses protect themselves and work for themselves, so they have to improve the treatment of ordinary people.
Probably from a beggar who can only guarantee enough food to an ordinary untouchable with a few complete clothes to wear.
On the other hand, the Kyushu Empire's propaganda intensity is increasing day by day. Since the Northland is vast and sparsely populated, even if it accommodates several million more people, it is probably just a matter of building a few more cities in suitable places.
These mules and horses that successfully entered the Northern Empire, after being educated and truly transformed into humans, had the same hatred as most of the native people in the North, that is, hatred of the nobles.
Under the influence of this trend of thought, although on the surface the Kyushu Empire is still vigorously exporting arms and weapons to Tiandou, hiding hidden dangers under false friendship, people like Xue Ye, who have been emperors for decades, are well versed in the ways of maneuvering. People quickly realize the essence hidden under prosperity.
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But is there any way he can stop it? No, because this is Tiandou's policy towards ordinary people at the lower level. Now just by raising them from mules and horses to untouchables, the tax revenue has been weakened a lot.
It seems that the improvement is not much, but it can be extended to the level of the entire empire. Giving one more steamed bun every day is a huge expense. The more resources the nobles spend on civilians, the more resources they can hand over to the empire or arm themselves and be defeated by the empire during war. The fewer troops are called into battle.
From Xue Ye's point of view, given his personality, he would actually like to see the treatment of ordinary people improve, but as an emperor, he could only assist the nobles in enslaving ordinary people.
Even so, with the propaganda of the Kyushu Empire, such treatment is obviously becoming more and more inadequate. Xue Ye knows very well that with the support of guns and cannons, the combat effectiveness of these ordinary people is not inferior to that of the Soul Master Soul Sect and the elites. Even compared to the Soul King and Soul Emperor, the more refugees there are in Tiandou, the stronger the Kyushu Empire will be, which is something he never wants to see.
Hearing Emperor Xue Ye's extremely oppressive words, Leng Xiyue didn't have the slightest waver and said it straightforwardly.
He admitted it and then asked, "Yes, I do not deny that I am advocating such a thing, but the solution to this problem is very simple, isn't it?"
Simple?
Very simple!
If you consider that the income of civilians such as farmers, ordinary workers, and military households is not only the same as the high welfare benefits of the Kyushu Empire, but even if it is increased to half to ensure a simple food, clothing, and housing, then who is willing to leave their hometown and travel thousands of miles to another country? An unknown land?
But can this be done?
cannot!
Improving the treatment of farmers sounds simple, but who will do it? Royalty? How can the royal family support the expenses of the entire empire?
Can it be left to the local king or local gentry or governor? How could they be willing to cede their interests to civilians? Rather than offering favors, it would be better to organize a meeting and publicly kill dozens or hundreds of mobs, and this group of unscrupulous people would be honest.
In this environment, the nobles brutally suppressed, and killing one person would cause the entire family and clan to resist. The originally obedient people would become rebellious after their brothers, wives and children were brutally suppressed. With the sale of firearms in the Kyushu Empire, Folk blacksmiths can also imitate an extremely crude musket.
But as a gun that can shoot, it is not a small threat to the team of soul masters supported by local gentry. After all, it is usually the armed forces of local nobles, that is, the great soul masters and soul masters.
Without weapons, the nobles who control the soul masters can naturally suppress them easily. This is why no one resisted before, but now that they can resist, he can often hear news about mobs gathering to rebel.
Seeing that Leng Xiyue neither denied nor gave in, Emperor Xueye knew that there was no point in dwelling on this issue.
There were three options before him.
First, bear the humiliation, maintain friendship, and form an alliance as much as possible to fight against Wuhun Palace.
Second, expel the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce and diplomatic missions to prevent them from causing trouble, thereby restoring order to the empire.
Third, let people directly capture Leng Xiyue here, and then start the war.
If you choose the second option, there is no doubt that this will completely offend the Kyushu Empire, and it will never be possible to achieve friendship again. Their infiltration activities will go underground, and they will become more unscrupulous and let a large amount of sophisticated weapons flow into the people, and they may even seize When Tiandou was relatively weak, he found a reason to start a war directly.
Ye Hua's heart is clear
