Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Zhao Xu looked weird when he heard Lin Yi's words, because Daxia had been doing this to strengthen the army.

Since the first contact with Western countries and the outbreak of war, Daxia has seen the gap between Daxia's army and the new Western armies.

After that, the three generations of Daxia monarchs all took the path of strengthening the army.

Even in Zhao Xu's generation, Daxia already had the title of the first fleet and the first army in the East.

But the result?

In that naval battle three years ago, Daxia still lost, and it was still the kind of complete defeat.

Since then, people within the Daxia court have begun to doubt whether the way to strengthen the army is the right one. Then in the imperial court, a voice suddenly emerged to become a diplomatic power.

What is a diplomatic power? To put it bluntly, it means sacrificing some of Daxia's interests, and then using these to please the Western countries, so that the Western countries can speak out for Daxia in the international arena.

It may be difficult to understand in this way, but if you put it in another way, it will be more clear, that is, Daxia will become a protected country of the Western countries and will no longer develop national defense capabilities.

The two opinions can be said to be very quarrelsome within Daxia, and it also gives Zhao Xu a headache.

But now, Lin Yi was above the court and suddenly said that he wanted to strengthen the army, which somewhat caught Zhao Xu off guard.

"Prince Rui! You are talking nonsense. Do you know that I, Daxia, have done this before to strengthen the army, but what happened in the end? I, Daxia, were still defeated!"

"This strategy of strengthening the army and the country is obviously unworkable!" At this time, Luo Chen suddenly mocked Lin Yi from the side.

"Master Luo! I don't agree with what you say!"

As soon as Luo Chen finished speaking, before Lin Yi could refute, a person jumped out from the side and said to Luo Chen.

"The road to building a strong army is the foundation for our country, Daxia, to settle down and live its life! If Daxia's national destiny is handed over to the Western countries, and we, Daxia, become their protectorate, how will we face the martyrs?"

The man first refuted Luo Chen, and then he turned around and cupped his hands towards Zhao Xu.

"Your Majesty, I support Prince Rui's strategy of strengthening the army!"

"Nonsense! Strengthen the army, strengthen the army! How much food does my Daxia invest in this every year? But what's the result? All destroyed in one battle! Is this the so-called strong army?" Another person stood up to oppose the strong army.

"No war? This matter has long been concluded. It was at that time that the Navy Minister Ding Xuanren misappropriated the navy's military pay. As a result, our Daxia Navy has not been able to add new ships for more than ten years, and even the battleships have not been fully overhauled. After the overhaul, he was rashly dragged into the battlefield."

"How can we, Daxia, be undefeated under such circumstances? Let me tell you, this time, we not only need to strengthen the army and the country, but also conduct inspections in various places to ensure that our military expenditures in Daxia will not fall into the pockets of certain people. inside!"

Lin Yi was stunned at this time. He didn't expect that just one word from him would cause these court ministers to quarrel again.

Some ministers were even rolling up their sleeves, as if they were planning to have a fight with the National People's Congress.

"I'll go, if the quarrel continues like this, when will it end? From now on, everything must be done after a quarrel, and the day lily will be cold!"

"No, I'd better not attend such meaningless court meetings in the future. It's such a waste of time!" Lin Yi frowned and thought to himself.

Zhao Xu, who was sitting on the throne, seemed to have had enough of the noise of these court ministers.

He slapped the imperial court in front of him hard, and then yelled angrily: "You are so noisy, when will it end?"

"If someone hits you right under my nose in the future, will I still be here to listen to your quarrel?"

Hearing Zhao Xu's anger, the officials immediately knelt down in front of Zhao Xu.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. I am guilty."

"Quit the court! If you want to quarrel, get out of the palace and then quarrel again! Don't be an eyesore in front of me!" Zhao Xu waved his hand in annoyance, telling everyone to get out.

When everyone heard Zhao Xu's words, they immediately stood up and walked towards the outside of the hall.

Originally, when Lin Yi saw Zhao Xu angry, he felt that asking Zhao Xu to agree to the new army today would be shelved.

But he had just taken two steps when he heard Zhao Xu say from behind him: "Yier, you stay with the prince!"

"Ah? Oh." Lin Yi stopped decisively when he heard Zhao Xu's words and stood there.

When the officials heard Zhao Xu's words, they also had different expressions. Some looked at Lin Yi with encouragement, while others looked at him with a warning.

Lin Yi knew very well that the encouraging glances came from those ministers who wanted to restart the strong army, while the warnings came from those weak ministers.

Whether it was an encouraging look or a warning look, he didn't care. In his opinion, he didn't need anyone else's guidance on what he wanted to do.

Seeing all the ministers leaving the hall, Zhao Xu looked at Lin Yi.

"Yi'er, tell the truth to uncle. Did someone give you some advice on what you just said?" Zhao Xu looked at Lin Yi and asked the doubts in his heart.

In his opinion, Lin Yi was just an idle prince who did not care about government affairs. Logically speaking, it was impossible for him to say such a thing.

He was worried that Lin Yi was being taken advantage of, so he talked about strengthening the army in the court.

When Lin Yi heard Zhao Xu ask this, he immediately guessed what Zhao Xu meant.

"Back to the Emperor, I thought of this myself." Lin Yi said slowly to Zhao Xu.

"How many times have I told you that you are my nephew. No matter what the occasion, you always call me uncle. How come you kid can't remember?" Zhao Xu said with some dissatisfaction.

"Ah? Oh, uncle, I thought of this myself." When Lin Yi heard that Zhao Xu disliked him for not calling him uncle, he quickly changed his mind.

"Well, that's right, but Yi'er, tell me, why do you think of strengthening the army? I remember you in the past, you didn't like to ask about these things." Zhao Xu was still a little curious.

"Uncle, people will always change. I used to be ignorant and couldn't share my uncle's worries, but now that I have grown up, I can't just wait for death, right?"

"Besides, Brother Xie is so young and he knows how to worry about the country. As Brother Xie's brother, I naturally can't lag behind."

"Oh, really? Uncle is very pleased that you can think so."

"Then tell your uncle what you think about your plan to strengthen the army." Zhao Xu looked at Lin Yi who suddenly knew how to share his worries, and was filled with joy.

"Uncle, it is imperative to strengthen the army. We cannot pin the safety of Daxia on the Western countries, because they do not want Daxia to become strong again."

"Relying on the Western countries, Daxia has never been able to get out of poverty and backwardness. If we want Daxia to return to the top of the world, we can only rely on ourselves!"

"And if you want to develop steadily, it is imperative to have a strong and reliable army!"

"Otherwise, both the western countries and the Sakura Kingdom in the east will inevitably launch a war after seeing the slight improvement in our country, Daxia, and interrupt our rise to power!"

"So, I think if you want to strengthen your country, you must first strengthen your army!"