Of course, the more wars fought, the poorer the country became and the national treasury became empty. On the other hand, Xiyun Kingdom became richer and richer as it fought more, so Xiyun Kingdom developed a warlike habit.

Xiyun Kingdom coveted the wealth in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and emperors of all dynasties wanted to annex the fertile land of the Central Plains. However, their strength did not allow it, so they could only wait for the right opportunity and keep encroaching.

When Gu Shao was checking the information, his face was solemn. With all the data complete, he was extremely shocked. Previously, Li Yuanqing said that the biggest reason for the demise of the previous dynasty was that the national power was consumed by the Xiyun Kingdom.

When the data was compiled, Gu Shao's hands were shaking and his eyes were red.

Comparing the war consumption between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Xiyun Kingdom, it is true that as Li Yuanqing estimated, the Great Zhou Dynasty was twice that of the Xiyun Kingdom. The population and land area were almost the same, but the consumption was quite different.

Even if Da Zhou can still hold on now, without a strong political power, it will soon be dragged down and fall, and then follow in the footsteps of Da Qi.

Gu Shao walked up to Li Yuanqing, bowed his hands and saluted Li Yuanqing, "General Li is so kind!"

Seeing this, Li Yuanqing smiled and said, "Don't be too polite, Mr. Gu. As a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this is what Li should do. I called you all the way from the northwest, and I don't care about the twists and turns of the capital and civil servants."

I understand, please take care of me later."

Although Gu Shao knew that Li Yuanqing was being modest, he did not refuse, "Gu is obligated!"

The two men took two compiled documents and met Emperor Zhou Ping.

Emperor Zhou Ping has been restless for the past three days, especially when he went to court. As soon as he heard those ministers talking about benevolence, justice and morality, treating the prisoners of war of Xiyun Kingdom well, and accepting the surrender letter of Xiyun Kingdom as soon as possible, he wanted to let the guards directly

These people were taken out and chopped up.

It is because of these people that the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty was gradually depleted, making it even more hateful than the Xiyun Kingdom. After all, the Xiyun Kingdom is an enemy country, but these people are the courtiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty. They receive the salary of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they work to benefit the enemy.

Behavior.

After Emperor Zhou Ping received the secret letter from General Zhao, Emperor Zhou Ping paid more attention and paid closer attention to the residence of Xiyun Kingdom in the Lifan Yuan in the capital of Zhou Dynasty. After the Xiyun Kingdom's delegation came to Beijing, they sent many people to pay attention.

Everyone who comes into contact with the mission.

It included not only officials and merchants of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but also people from other countries.

The inner guards really investigated and found some people who were cheating and spreading this kind of news in the capital.

This time, waiting to get relatively accurate data, Emperor Zhou Ping prepared to change his previous strategy towards Xiyun Kingdom.

When Eunuch Liang saw Gu Shao and Li Yuanqing approaching, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Thank you for your hard work, sir. Please wait a moment. The Za family will enter the palace to report to Your Majesty."

"Thank you, Eunuch Liang." Gu Shao returned the courtesy, his eyes were green and black, but his eyes were strong.

Li Yuanqing was energetic and high-spirited, and did not become depressed just because he stayed up late.

Emperor Zhou Ping was in the imperial study at this time, looking at the memorials, and wished he could burn them all right now. But soon, he thought that someone among them had taken advantage of the Xiyun Kingdom, so he wrote the memorials.

The evidence is conclusive, coupled with the memorial, unless a few heads are chopped off, things cannot proceed smoothly.

Eunuch Liang knew that Emperor Zhou Ping was in a bad mood these past two days, and he sat motionless on his chair for nearly an hour. "Your Majesty, Mr. Gu and General Zhenwei want to see you."

Emperor Zhou Ping immediately stood up, walked around the imperial table, and came out, "Please come in, my two beloved ladies."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Liang responded and quickly exited.

After a while, Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao entered the imperial study.

Before Li Yuanqing could speak, Emperor Zhou Ping had already walked over and said, "No need to be polite, have you two ladies sorted it out?"

Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao were about to kowtow in salute, but upon hearing this, they refrained from doing so and presented the materials in their hands.

Li Yuanqing has data on the military use of the former Qi Dynasty against the Xiyun State, and Gu Shao has very detailed data on the use of troops by the Great Zhou Dynasty on the Xiyun State in the century after the founding of the Zhou Dynasty.

Eunuch Liang took it over, checked it carefully, and then put it on the table.

Emperor Ping of Zhou sat down and carefully

The more Emperor Zhou Ping looked at him, his face became darker and darker, and he was frightened.

Although he tried his best to suppress it, he believed Li Yuanqing's words even more after seeing the military expenditures of Xiyun Kingdom and the former Daqi.

The demise of the former Qi Dynasty was closely related to Xiyun Kingdom's frequent invasions of the border areas.

Looking at Dazhou again, although the consumption ratio is less than that of the previous Daqi, it is still one to two times. If things go on like this, Dazhou will indeed be exhausted by Xiyun Kingdom.

Emperor Zhou Ping raised his head, it was already half an hour later.

He believed that Gu Shao and Li Yuanqing were both prudent people. The two documents were summarized based on real data. Even if there was a slight error, it was not big.

"Liang Bao, please call me all the court officials of third rank and above now." Emperor Zhou Ping said in a deep voice, not wanting to wait any longer.

Eunuch Liang looked at the sky and said, "Your Majesty, in half an hour it will be dark outside."

"It is related to the foundation of the great Zhou Dynasty. Not to mention it is getting dark soon, even if it is late at night, you have to enter the palace." Emperor Zhou Ping did not want to wait for a moment. He wanted to let the courtiers understand that what they insisted on may not be wrong, but it was really damaging.

In order to protect the interests of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty was being consumed by the Xiyun Kingdom step by step.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Liang agreed, then turned and left, instructing the servants outside to go to each house to pick up the adults and bring them into the palace.

Emperor Zhou Ping saw that although Gu Shao and Li Yuanqing were in good spirits, the black spots in their eyes and the bloodshot eyes were enough to prove that they had not rested in order to sort out these materials.

Emperor Zhou Ping was very pleased, "Li Aiqing, you said before that using your strengths to attack others' weaknesses is indeed a very good idea. These data, based on facts, are better than those glitzy articles. You two have been working together for the past two days.

It was very hard and I didn’t get a good rest. Now that the information has been sorted, you can go back and rest first.”

Li Yuanqing bowed and saluted, "Wei Chen is honored to be able to do his part."

Emperor Zhou Ping nodded and looked at Gu Shao, "We will invite the ministers to discuss these data later. There will be arguments. I won't let you stay here to protect you. No matter what, there will be a conclusion tomorrow morning. When we arrive,

When the time comes, I still need two dear friends, please carry it out."

Li Yuanqing agreed, "Yes, Your Majesty. We have many ways to deal with the Xiyun Kingdom. Whether it is in the capital or on the northwest battlefield, we can win. Talk while talking, and fight without talking."

"Okay!" Emperor Zhou Ping was very excited when he heard Li Yuanqing's heroic words. He liked such young and energetic ministers. When did he expect those old and conservative ministers to achieve ZTE?

Gu Shao also bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this time, we will definitely peel off a layer of skin from Xiyun Kingdom with all the profits."

"Very good!" Emperor Zhou Ping nodded, "You have done a lot. Now you go back and have a good rest. I will definitely make the old ministers realize their shortcomings."

It wasn't that he didn't want Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao to participate in the discussion, but these old ministers were stubborn. To protect Li Yuanqing and Gu Shao, Emperor Zhou Ping did not let them stay.
Chapter completed!