Chapter 210 Yes, His Majesty the Emperor

After leaving the palace, the Minister of Defense reported the matter to the Imperial Prime Minister Ning Fengzhi.

After Qian Renxue ascended the throne, her teacher Ning Fengzhi, who had always supported her, naturally received awards. Emperor Xue Ye had always tried his best to prevent Ning Fengzhi from entering the court. He was afraid that Ning Fengzhi would completely alienate the royal family.

Unexpectedly, he died so quickly, and passed away before he could teach his great son many things.

Qian Renxue, who no one mentioned, believed that Ning Fengzhi was a reliable person, so she directly appointed him as the prime minister of the empire and led the ministers, so as to contain Yu Yuanzhen and take the opportunity to regain it from the Blue Lightning Overlord Sect. military power.

The fundamental reason why the Qibao Glazed Sect was able to develop was because it had the empire as its backing.

Many ministers of the empire are inextricably linked to the Qibao Glazed Sect. It can be said that Ning Fengzhi is the shadow emperor of the empire.

Previously, Xue Qinghe was able to handle so many government affairs as the crown prince, which was also a way for Ning Fengzhi to evade Emperor Xue Ye's power.

Since Meng Shenji became the chief minister of the royal family, Emperor Xueye's power has only slightly expanded.

Ning Fengzhi also once planned to challenge Xue Qinghe to maximize his power so as to leave a way out for the Qibao Glazed Sect.

But after learning that Ning Rongrong was pregnant with Meng Yuan's child, Ning Fengzhi suddenly became interested in manipulating the court.

Meng Yuan's bloodline and Ning Rongrong's Nine Treasure Glazed Pagoda are enough for the Ning family to launch a wave of version optimization.

With the addition of Xiao Wu, the problem he was most worried about about the future of the Qibao Glazed Sect was solved.

In this case, it should be the same as what Emperor Xue Ye promised before.

Administrative issues belong to the Ning family, and military issues belong to the Yu family. The royal family only needs to be a mascot quietly and does not need to have much influence.

At least until the royal family has a real titled Douluo, it's better to maintain the status quo.

Ning Fengzhi's attitude has always been very flexible.

He believes that his responsibility as the Prime Minister of the Empire is to solve various miscellaneous matters that occur in the Empire.

As for his disciples, they only need to be the final distributor and mascot of the benefits. He will help solve all the difficult problems.

Now, her daughter Ning Rongrong is serving as an assistant to the Prime Minister. Ning Fengzhi also thought that his daughter could try to get in touch with some of the empire's internal affairs and see the essence of the empire's operation.

In the afternoon, Ning Fengzhi used the excuse to hold a cabinet meeting and took the opportunity to ask Defense Minister Xue Qinghe about the purpose of summoning him to the palace.

After he finished speaking, the cabinet ministers all looked at the prime minister of the empire.

There was a warm smile on Ning Fengzhi's face: "Our Majesty is a talented and strategic hero. In addition, in the two wars with Xingluo in recent years, the empire's combat power has not performed well. His Majesty the Emperor is very concerned about this. It’s normal.”

"but……"

"I fully support the fact that the military should be handled by dedicated personnel. Even if we need to reform, we must do so slowly."

"So, our Foreign Minister, can you tell us what questions His Majesty the Emperor asked when he summoned you to the palace?"

The foreign secretary complained: "It's a disaster, it's hard to imagine that this is your disciple."

"His Majesty the Emperor asked us to tell the Kingdom of Barak that we must make our attitude and position clear. The Empire has zero tolerance for those who sit on the fence. In addition, we must cancel subsidies and aid to dependent countries. God, I really can't imagine such an implementation. what happens!"

Ning Rongrong asked curiously: "But I think there is nothing wrong with His Majesty's thinking? If the subject countries cannot create benefits for the empire, what will the empire do with so many gold soul coins every year?"

The Foreign Minister looked at Ning Rongrong as if he were a monster, but due to her status, the Foreign Minister still explained to her in a friendly manner.

"Miss Rongrong, you know that a diplomat's job is to safeguard the interests of the country."

"The most important reason why we give so many subsidies to these vassal countries is to attract talents from these countries to serve in the empire. Otherwise, where do you think the enshrinement corps was recruited from?"

It is well known that the royal family is too good.

Generally speaking, talents from all over the world are collected by major sects. In order to support the royal family, subsidizing so many small countries is to let them send talents to serve in Tiandou.

These ministers are not all worms. They will naturally consider the interests of the royal family when they receive royal rations. Of course, the premise is that it does not affect the empire. The empire and the royal family are two different concepts. After all, the latter can be replaced...

"As for the Balak Kingdom, if His Majesty's suggestion is really implemented, I bet that Balak will definitely fall to the Star Luo Empire."

"Why? Aren't they afraid of the empire's attack?"

The Minister of Defense smiled and said: "The Kingdom of Barak and all neutral kingdoms know that the empire will never take the initiative to invade, and Xingluo really dares to attack them after their team."

"Is our military so unreliable?"

The Minister of Defense said seriously: "Our army is very reliable when it comes to defending the imperial city and recovering lost territory."

The Foreign Secretary continued: "Your Majesty is too young. In the past, emperors were close to fifty when they succeeded to the throne. They have long passed the competitive age, but Your Majesty is only in his twenties this year."

"We need to correct His Majesty's wrong decisions and actions. The purpose of our diplomacy is to try to keep the mainland in a state of long-term peace, while the purpose of His Majesty's diplomacy is to work towards the outbreak of war."

Ning Rongrong felt something was wrong: "Are we so afraid of war? Can't we take the initiative to teach Xing Luo a lesson?"

Hearing this, Ning Fengzhi smiled and shook his head.

All the ministers showed strange smiles.

"Miss Rongrong, is there any benefit to us from starting a war with Xingluo?"

"The Star Luo Empire is so barren. Even if we win, it will only be more useless land. But we will lose a lot of soul masters, money and development time. We are different from the poor people of Star Luo."

"On the contrary, if we lose, the price we pay will be even greater. The major sects will turn away from us, the vassal countries will no longer listen to our orders, and the neutral countries will be more biased towards the Star Luo Empire, and more importantly, the Martial Spirit The palace will become our suzerain kingdom!"

Then, the Foreign Minister wanted to say something else, but Ning Fengzhi coughed lightly: "Okay, everyone is doing this for the benefit of the empire. I know this. But after all, our Majesty has just taken office. His new decree, we As a minister, you must implement it.”

"If His Majesty wants us to do something, we should guide you. If you really can't guide us, just say..."

All the ministers said in unison: "Yes, Your Majesty."