The first poisonous scholar in Daxia, starting from the abdication of the prime minister

Chapter 80: You feel uncomfortable if I don’t bother you for a day, right?

"A general's success is built on the sacrifices of thousands of men. The old general has fought on the battlefield his entire life. I wonder how he felt when he saw his soldiers being carried back home."

When Li Ye heard this, a look of indignation flashed across his face, but when he thought of the dead soldiers, he felt sad again.

Gu Jingzhi said: "If it is to defend our country and recover our homeland, our soldiers will fight on the battlefield. Even if they die, they will have no regrets and die for a good cause..."

"But if the imperial court is not prepared for war and yet sends those lives to the battlefield, it will be a mistake on the part of the generals!"

"I have never said that our dynasty is afraid to fight. If our country is in trouble, let alone a soldier, even a weak scholar like me would take up my sword and fight! Currently, our northern border troops are more defensive than aggressive. If we force an attack, it will inevitably cause incalculable losses!"

"Now we have the opportunity to take back the Five States without any sacrifice. Our dynasty only needs a few years of diligently cultivating the northern lands. One day, there may be a chance to take back all of our Great Xia territory!"

Li Ye fell silent upon hearing this.

There are opportunities for war now, but the DPRK does not have the strength to support a major war.

It was true that Beili was attacked from both sides, but as a world-renowned general, how could Nangong Shouyi be so easily defeated? If we couldn't find an opportunity to annihilate a large number of his manpower, the war would only become a stalemate.

How long would the fight last? No one knew.

But just because he could understand it didn't mean others could understand it too. Look, someone else jumped out.

"Does Master Gu think that such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will come just as it pleases?"

Song Pu's lackey, still that 'sleazy' gentleman, jumped out and asked.

Gu Jingzhi perked up when he saw this guy. "Sir, I don't have the final say on when this opportunity will come, but who says this is the golden opportunity?"

"Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Beili troops stationed in the north of our border, just Li Yue... do you really think they have good intentions?"

Gu Jingzhi sneered, then turned and bowed to Emperor Xia. "Your Majesty, since the diplomatic corps arrived in the capital, there has been a murder and two assassinations. Upon investigation... all of these were secretly orchestrated by Prince Xiao Li of Beili! His goal was to provoke conflict between our dynasty and Beili..."

"It's full of nonsense!"

"Wicked" shouted, "Is Chang Wei a member of the Liyue Envoy? Prince Beili was assassinated. Was he the one who set it up? And..."

Halfway through his words, he suddenly lost consciousness and asked stupidly, "Isn't this just one assassination? How can there be two?"

Gu Jingzhi pulled a memorial from his sleeve. "Your Majesty, this is a report of an assassination attempt that occurred last night at the Beili Mission's inn. The murderer, Guan Canghai, intended to assassinate Beili Prime Minister Baili Gongshu. Fortunately, the Inner Guards protected him, and the Prime Minister escaped unharmed. The assassin has been apprehended and is currently being held in the Inner Guards' prison..."

"What?"

When the officials in the court heard this, there was another uproar.

This is just a negotiation, why are there endless killings and assassinations?

The eunuch guarding Emperor Xia hurried over to take the memorial and handed it to Emperor Xia. Emperor Xia opened it with a sullen face and soon threw the memorial heavily at Song Pu's feet.

Song Pu was so frightened that his heart twitched.

"What a Liyue Nation, what a Xiao Li! Is he treating our Great Xia Nation as his own backyard?"

When the officials in the court heard the anger in Emperor Xia's tone, they were immediately silenced.

Song Pu slowly picked up the memorial, opened it, and began to read. Gu Jingzhi glanced at him, then said to Emperor Xia, "Your Majesty, Prince Xiao Li of Liyue is convinced that Great Xia will beg for an alliance with them, which is why he has such a wicked ambition."

"Let's not even talk about who our dynasty will choose to ally with. If Beili can't even guarantee his life when he goes to our dynasty, then he will only bring shame to our Great Xia!"

"How can you be sincere in forming an alliance with someone like this?"

Song Pu was reading the memorial and listening to Gu Jingzhi's words, feeling irritated.

He also didn't expect that Prince Li Yue would be so unruly that he would allow a gangster to assassinate the prime minister of a country, which was the capital of his Great Xia.

Thinking of the assassination, he was suddenly stunned and asked in confusion, "Isn't Guan Canghai Beili's number one swordsman and a retainer of Beili General Wu Tianyao? Why would he obey orders from Prince Liyue? Is this confession a trick used by Lord Gu to confuse the public?"

When Gu Jingzhi heard this, his eyes narrowed.

This old dog is always thinking about finding fault with me. Can he mess around with the memorials to the emperor?

If I really do this, can I bear the crime of deceiving the emperor?

He said coldly, "This confession has been reviewed by me, the Beili envoys, and the Internal Guard. Yet, Lord Song keeps saying that we are trying to confuse the public. I would like to ask you, Lord Song, you have no trust in your colleagues, yet you keep protecting Li Yue. Are you the Prime Minister of Da Xia, or the Prime Minister of Li Yue?"

Ga?

Looking at the two people confronting each other, the officials who were watching the show were once again... dumbfounded.

They suddenly realized that every time Gu Jingzhi met Song Pu, he couldn't help but say a few disgusting words to him.

Song Pu, too, has been harassing a minor official from the sixth rank all day long. It's really a bit disgraceful. You are the prime minister, why are you picking on a minor official in the court? Doesn't this just make you look narrow-minded?

After Gu Jingzhi disgusted him with this, he turned to Emperor Xia and said, "Your Majesty, on the day we received the envoys into the city, I saw the Northern Li Sword Master Guan Canghai hiding among them. To avoid assassinations, I asked the Internal Guard to investigate him!"

"Mr. Baili's delegation has a thousand guards, so why would they need a mere swordsman to protect them?"

"Although I was suspicious, I didn't speculate until later when Chang Wei murdered someone and confessed that Nai Guan Canghai had hinted at him. I then became curious: why would a retainer of the Northern Li general do something so detrimental to the Northern Li?"

"After interrogation, we learned that Wu Tianyao, the great general of Beili and one of the most famous generals in the world, had been secretly in contact with Li Yue for a long time..."

"Wow..."

There was an uproar in the court.

General Beili was actually flirting with the enemy nation, this...

Li Ye said solemnly, "Does Master Gu have any evidence to support his words?"

"Chang Wei and Guan Canghai's confession can both confirm this! Beili has already verified it. Otherwise, why would Beili give up the Five States?"

Gu Jingzhi turned to look at Li Ye and asked silently, "Duke Yingguo, you are a veteran of the battlefield. If Wu Tianyao betrays Beili, how long will it take Li Yue to capture the Beili capital, given his prestige in Beili?"

"As Li Yue, a member of the same clan, if they destroy Bei Li, how much resistance can they face?"

"After annexing Beili and strengthening Liyue, will they still hand over our state land as promised?"

"The northern border of our dynasty has been replaced by the powerful Li Yue. Can we still maintain peace in the north?"

"May I ask, is the aging Bei Li a greater threat to our border, or is the ambitious Li Yue a greater threat to our dynasty?"