Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Yier, what do you think about this matter?" Zhao Xu looked at Lin Yi and asked.

Everyone present, including the ministers, Lin Yi, and Zhao Xi, were all stunned when they heard Zhao Xu's words.

What do you mean? The emperor asked what to do with that useless prince? What does this useless prince know?

In the eyes of the courtiers, if they ask Lin Yi, which restaurant in the capital has delicious food or which brothel has good music, maybe Prince Rui can answer it?

Now if you ask him about such a major matter concerning the life and death of the country, how can he know anything about it?

Some ministers wanted to speak out to stop Zhao Xu, but they made Zhao Xu unhappy after they stood up.

So, for a moment, these ministers stood there, not knowing whether they should say something or not.

Zhao Xi actually wanted to stand up and ask Zhao Xu not to embarrass Lin Yi, because Zhao Xi also thought that Zhao Xu was a bit reckless.

After all, this is Lin Yi's first time going to court, and many things are unclear. Asking Lin Yi what to do at this time is not equivalent to embarrassing Lin Yi?

Zhao He now wondered whether his father had fallen ill because he had gone out this morning without taking medicine.

His father usually takes good care of his elder brother, so why did he suddenly change his gender?

Could it be that someone was instigating it to deliberately make Zhao Xu dislike Lin Yi?

Thinking of this, a cold light suddenly flashed in Zhao Xi's eyes. He felt that this was the only way to explain Zhao Xu's sudden change in attitude towards Lin Yi.

"Don't let me find out about you, or I won't beat your shit out, even if you shit it clean." A certain sinister prince secretly cursed the non-existent mastermind in his heart.

As for Lin Yi, he was a little confused at first, but then he thought that this was an opportunity.

He originally planned to wait until after the morning court to go to Zhao Xu privately to discuss the new army.

But he also knew that there was a high possibility that Zhao Xu would not agree.

This is not to say that Zhao Xu is suspicious of him or does not trust him, but simply reluctant to let him go to the army to endure hardships.

Lin Yi sometimes feels that being too favored is not a good thing. At least when you want to do something big, someone will find it hard and won't let you go.

But it's different now. It's the morning court, and Zhao Xu asked in front of all the officials. If he said the matter more generously, Zhao Xu would more or less consider the feelings of the courtiers.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi already had a plan in mind, and he immediately stood up, fearing that Zhao Xu would regret it.

"Your Majesty, I believe that this tariff matter must not be agreed to!" Lin Yi said in a strong tone.

As soon as Lin Yi said his words, all the officials present looked at Lin Yi with strange eyes.

In the eyes of the ministers, Lin Yi was a useless second-generation ancestor. Although he was arrogant and domineering on weekdays, he was begging for mercy when facing foreigners.

I always talk about the good things about foreigners, but why did you change your gender today and still have such a tough attitude?

On the contrary, Zhao Xu became interested after hearing Lin Yi's words.

In fact, Zhao Xu felt quite bitter in his heart. He knew that Daxia had become fearful of the Western countries due to its successive defeats.

Although Li Fu didn't say it clearly just now, Zhao Xu could also feel that Li Fu wanted to agree. Otherwise, he would not have reported this to him in the morning.

As an ambitious emperor, Zhao Xu didn't want Daxia to continue to rot. He hoped that someone would stand up and support him at this time.

But what he didn't expect was that the only one who stood up to support him was Lin Yi.

"Yi'er, please continue talking, why can't you agree to lower tariffs?" Zhao Xu looked at Lin Yi, hoping that Lin Yi could give him a satisfactory answer.

"Your Majesty, there are two reasons why I feel that I cannot agree to the two countries' request to lower tariffs."

"First, tariffs are a country's internal affairs. It is me, Daxia, who has the final say whether to lower tariffs or raise tariffs, not John and Gaul, who threaten us to lower tariffs by force."

"To put it bluntly, this is about the face of my country, Daxia. If John and the two countries of Gaul succeed with this threat, then in the future, they will use force to threaten others, then will I, Daxia, agree or not?"

"Second, tariffs are now one of the important sources of tax revenue for our country. If we reduce tariffs, our finances will be in trouble."

"Although the tariff reduction requested by John and Gaul now is only more than 30 silver dollars, which may not seem like much, but what if other countries know about this?"

"But when Frankie and Hans in the west, Rakshasa Kingdom in the north, and Sakura Kingdom in the east all come to ask for lower tariffs, will I, Daxia, agree or not?"

"If you agree, my tax collection in Daxia will be reduced by at least several million silver dollars. If you don't agree, you will still be unable to escape a fierce battle."

"In this case, why do we agree to John and the two countries of Gaul and let other countries look down on me, Daxia?" Lin Yi said righteously and righteously now in the court.

When Zhao Xu heard Lin Yi's words, he actually burst out laughing in his heart. He really didn't expect that his nephew, who looked naughty on the surface, could actually say such a thing.

Zhao Xu felt relieved in his heart.

"Prince Rui, you have always said that you will not negotiate tariffs with John and Gaul. Do you dare to ask Prince Rui, is there a way to persuade John and Gaul to give up reducing tariffs?" At this time, an old courtier suddenly stood up. He came out and asked Lin Yi.

Lin Yi looked at this veteran minister. He thought he didn't know him either. How could he talk like a knife and a stick?

As if he could see that Lin Yi had some doubts, Zhao Xu, who was sitting on the throne, came to Lin Yi's rescue and said: "Yi'er, this is the Grand Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, the Crown Prince Shaobao, and the Minister of Military Aircraft Luo Chen."

When Lin Yi heard Zhao Xu's words, he finally understood.

Even though Lin Yi was not very involved in state affairs, he still heard about Luo Chen's name.

To put it simply, he was the one who took the lead in opposing Zhao Xu to grant him the title of Prince Rui two years ago. Zhao Xu wanted to kick this old guy out of the court at that time, but Luo Chen, as a veteran of the three dynasties, had too deep a foundation in the court, even if Zhao Xu couldn't touch him at will.

It is also worth mentioning that Luo Chen was the one who signed contracts between Daxia and Western countries more than ten years ago.

Therefore, Luo Chen was very afraid of Western countries. To put it simply, he was beaten to the point of losing his courage by the big powers and wanted to kneel down when he saw foreigners.

In Luo Chen's view, since Daxia cannot defeat the Western countries, it should obey the requests of other countries honestly. Only in this way can Daxia survive forever.

Lin Yi looked down upon people like Luo Chen from the bottom of his heart.

If everyone were like Luo Chen, then Daxia would really be doomed.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi's attitude towards Luo Chen also changed, and he was full of disdain for him.