Chapter 1500 Five Years of Pingsu
Lu Zhi looked at the ministers with burning eyes.
At this time, she was completely acting like a feudal old queen.
Dignity, solemnity, complexity... there is a hint of rigidity and decay.
Other than her appearance, which is still the same as when she was young, Wen Rensheng could think of the photos of Cixi in her previous life with just one glance.
Wen Rensheng was completely unable to connect her with Hei Changzhi, the former middle schooler who soared to the sky and wanted to destroy the universe and restart the world.
"What can you do?" she asked coldly.
The Seventh Chief Assistant silently held the fountain of youth in his arms for reincarnation. He had developed this good habit since he was almost captured and chopped by horse bandits in his reincarnation.
"After the Empress Dowager was informed, the old minister thought that he should send a telegram immediately and order all the coastal passes to be strictly guarded, organize military affairs and forts, recruit brave men, prepare food and fodder, and hold on until the imperial court purchases new warships. Try to counterattack again." The Minister of War made a bold statement.
This is not a good idea, but it is the safest way at present.
The ministers who can stand here, if nothing else, at least have a correct stance and are willing to consider the court.
After all, the imperial court is gone, and their fountain of youth is gone. This is the greatest consensus of interests.
The power of other properties is just a cloud. After several reincarnations, they are all looked away from.
As long as the court is there and the Queen Mother is there, everything is fine.
“Any other suggestions?” Of course Lu Zhi was not satisfied with this turtle plan.
When will the new ship be launched? It is absolutely impossible without three years of hard work.
The newly purchased warships cannot become combat effectiveness.
"I am telling the Queen Mother to use barbarians to control barbarians, and teeth to control millet. I have long heard that the Daya people and the Daya people are fighting at sea, but the Daya people are running out of military expenditures and have shown their decline. If we send troops at this time We have contacted the Daya people and hired their troops and fleets. I believe they are willing to contain the Daya people for us. Of course, this is just a temporary measure. The fundamental solution is to build our own new navy." Cifu said.
“Yes, I’ll leave this matter to you.” Lu Zhi nodded.
Isn’t it just about selling thousands of bottles of cyanide?
She doesn't care.
If it weren’t for the fact that Maoqiu was too lazy and unwilling to go abroad, she would have wanted to expand her business all over the world.
We were richer then.
The spring of youth is only effective on the land of the Eastern Imperial Court. This is very evil.
But everyone can also understand that the royal family will definitely impose restrictions on these potions.
Just like other people will die after drinking it, the Queen Mother will stay young forever after drinking it.
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Money can make all the difference. As soon as the money comes out, the ambassador of Daya Ren in Beijing will come to see him immediately.
It was a grand ceremony of three kneels and nine kowtows.
In front of money, there is no etiquette at all. It is nonsense to say that you can only kneel to God and not to the king.
It's just that people find you too weak. People can just come in and steal your money, so why do you have to kneel down and beg for food?
Now the imperial court still has enough strength.
"Big-Toothed Messenger Andrew, I have met the Queen Mother, long live the Queen Mother." The red-haired and blue-eyed Big-Toothed Messenger Andrew V knelt on the ground respectfully and shouted.
He has lived in the capital for five lifetimes, and it is estimated that he will continue to live there.
In fact, many rich people in Daya live in the imperial court.
The property and body are no longer in Daya. If you think about it, you will know why Daya failed.
If all the wealthiest people in a country are gone, where will the military funds come from?
"Get up, Ai Jia asks you, what can you do if barbarians like the Su Kingdom invade our border?" Lu Zhi asked directly without any nonsense.
“It’s simple. As long as the Holy Empire issues an order prohibiting the sale of spring water of youth to the Su people and prohibiting the Su people from living on the territory under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, their parliament will immediately be in chaos, and someone will propose a bill to temporarily Stop the war against the Holy Dynasty." The Big Tooth Messenger proposed a completely new angle.
Feudal bureaucrats have long understood the strategy of trade embargo. For example, to deal with the grasslands, iron and salt must be embargoed. However, these are long-term strategies and cannot be effective in a short time.
It's just that they don't understand the Western power operation model, so they fail to grasp the root cause and only respond according to traditional war strategies. "I see." Lu Zhi suddenly realized that there was no need to panic at all, because she held the biggest card in the world.
No, it’s impossible for the Suzhou people not to know that they would embargo the Fountain of Youth, so why would they still fight against themselves?
"Envoy, don't the Su people know that if the war breaks out, they will be embargoed by the Fountain of Youth? Why do they dare to offend Tianyan?" At this time, the Minister of Rites asked this question.
"This, this..." Big Tooth Messenger was a little embarrassed.
"But it doesn't matter, the Aijia will pardon you."
"Actually, it is because a Dun family scholar appeared among the Su people. After rigorous chemical analysis experiments, he believed that the Fountain of Youth you sold to the outside world is a A poison that seals the throat after seeing blood is not an elixir at all. The person who takes it can be reincarnated and retain his memory. There is another reason why they actively support the war. On the surface, it is for trade and commerce. In fact, these big shots hope to gain freedom from heaven through war. Find the real fountain of youth inside," the Big Tooth Messenger lowered his head.
That’s it.
Lu Zhi suddenly realized.
The Su people have made rapid scientific progress, made great progress in chemistry, and have cracked the essence of the fountain of youth.
And because they couldn't solve the mystery of reincarnation memory, they thought that what the Celestial Empire was selling were fake fountains of youth.
The true fountain of youth was only found within the imperial court.
Using ordinary methods will definitely not work, hundreds of years have proven this.
The only way is to fight until the court has to admit defeat and hand over the real Fountain of Youth.
This is their real motive for war, or for Westerners to understand Westerners.
"So that's it. These hypocrites are just like the people in the Ministry of Rites! They speak grandly every time, but they always ask for money." A minister suddenly said.
The Minister of Rites glared at the guy fiercely.
Lu Zhi knew completely in his heart that the other party had grasped the truth of the problem.
It’s not bad to have kept it secret for nearly four hundred years.
However, she will continue to hide it.
"Damn it," she said with an angry expression, "Whoever makes the Ai family unhappy for one day will be unhappy for the rest of their lives! Don't they want to get their hands on the divine objects? Then let them do it!"
" Is there any lover who is willing to fight for this beast for the Ai family? "
As she said this, she was shaken up, and a feminine power spread throughout the court.
Everyone was fighting, almost wanting to leave first.
Well, instead of scaring the Westerners, I scared my own ministers away first.
After a while, a soldier from the military department raised his head and said, "Quizhuang, I'm a humble minister, but I'm willing to earn a living for five years!"
Lu Zhi looked at him and pulled out an earplug in his ear. .
No one can see her actions through the curtain.
[The Queen Mother is very angry and she can be promoted if she speaks big words. Opportunities like this are rarely found. 】
【No, it is said that the Queen Mother can see through people's hearts. 】
[I, Yan Feng, the ninth generation, am devoted to the Celestial Empire, to the Queen Mother, and to the Lord Minister. 】
After hearing this, Lu Zhi looked grim, but for the first time in his life, he did not draw his sword.
“You have changed.”
Maoqiu said quietly in her arms.
"Puch".
Furball was stabbed.
(End of this chapter)