Chapter 93: For the Sake of the Overall Situation

"Since Shen Ancestor has said so, if I refuse, it would be bad. Thank you. We have a long way to go." Lu Fang accepted it happily.

Some things are too clear, but they are inferior.

Shen Kangbo nodded with a smile, his palms raised slightly, and the spiritual light of the Bagua dojo flickered, like a trench, forming an extremely complex array.

A white light flashed.

Lu Fang, standing in the center of the dojo, only felt dizzy for a few breaths. When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of the gate of Shangjing City.

Taihe Hall.

The Great Zhou Emperor sat on the dragon chair, holding his forehead, pressing his swollen temples hard with his thumb, listening to the reports of the ministers below, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Fan Sheng, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, bowed:

"Your Majesty, the national treasury cannot maintain the war on the north and south borders at the same time for a long time. The best way now is to stabilize the demon clan in the south border first, so as not to make the situation worse."

In the hall, besides Fan Sheng, there were Xiao Qi, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, He Fan, Minister of Literature, Xie Yifan, Minister of War, and Sima Yu, a Semi-Sage of the History family.

The 10th Prince and the 27th Prince were in the hall before, so these two were also there.

The Great Zhou Emperor was about to speak, but was stunned and said: "I didn't expect him to come back so soon. Hurry, announce the Marquis of Lord Wenguan to enter the hall."

Not long after.

Lu Fang walked into the hall and saluted the Great Zhou Emperor.

The Great Zhou Emperor said somewhat urgently: "Marquis of Lord Wenguan, how did the negotiation with Shen Kangbo about the popularization of the Great Zhou Literary Gazette go this time?"

Lu Fang smiled: "Everything is as expected. Shen Kangbo agreed to popularize the Great Zhou Literary Gazette in the nineteen states within half a year."

As soon as this was said.

The expressions of the people present were different, some were surprised, some were unbelievable, and some had ugly faces and frowned.

Before the Great Zhou Emperor could speak.

Xiao Qi frowned, stepped forward and saluted:

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that this matter is inappropriate. The situation on the north and south borders is so bad now. Using a large amount of silver to popularize the Great Zhou Literary Gazette is really superfluous."

"With this silver, it is better to support the north and south borders."

"The minister believes that if we agree to the demon clan's marriage, it is the best strategy for the Great Zhou to make sufficient preparations."

Lu Fang snorted and scolded: "Xiao Qi! Do you know what you are talking about? Agreeing to the demon clan's marriage is the best strategy? I think you want to trap His Majesty into being untrustworthy to the world!"

"Don't you know that His Majesty announced to the world three years ago that the Great Zhou will never marry foreign races?"

As the Marquis of Lord Wenguan, calling Xiao Qi by his name to his face was not inappropriate. If he had enough reason, he would have scolded this old thing on the spot!

Bullshit for the north and south borders.

Everything Xiao Qi did was to disgust Lu Fang.

The 27th Prince Ji Si smiled and bowed:

"Father, the Minister of Justice's words are not unreasonable. Just like the Marquis of Lord Wenguan said, the Great Zhou will never marry foreign races, but Lu Ling is just a folk woman and cannot represent the Great Zhou."

Lu Fang glanced at the 27th Prince. He had investigated the conflict with the Xiao family.

He knew that this 27th Prince in front of him was the grandson of Xiao Wanlin.

It's just that Lu Fang didn't expect that the 27th Prince would dare to take action on such a matter that might go against the Great Zhou Emperor.

Perhaps it was because the 27th Prince was eager to win over the Xiao family.

Perhaps he felt that this was giving the Great Zhou Emperor a step down. They thought that the Great Zhou Emperor would eventually loosen his mouth on the marriage.

Lu Fang thought of this and said expressionlessly: "Your Highness, are you trying to cover your ears and steal the bell?"

The 27th Prince shook his head bitterly:

"Marquis of Lord Wenguan, you don't have to be so aggressive toward me. Isn't what I said the truth? It is true that the demon clan named your sister to marry, but with one person, protecting hundreds of thousands of people in the south border of the Great Zhou, isn't it worth it?"

"No one wants anyone to sacrifice, but there is no way."

"Just now when you didn't come, the Minister of Revenue clearly said that the national treasury does not have enough silver to maintain the north and south borders. I hope the Marquis of Lord Wenguan can think for the overall situation."

"Think for the overall situation?" Lu Fang smiled and said: "Your Highness, is this the only way you can think of? With one sentence of thinking for the overall situation, you want to trap His Majesty into becoming an untrustworthy monarch?"

He could have avoided the current situation, but Lu Fang chose to make the 27th Prince look ugly in front of the Great Zhou Emperor and many ministers.

For enemies, kindness is cruelty to oneself.

If you want to humiliate me, then I will bet that you will never be able to be the Emperor in your life!

"Bold!"

Fan Sheng pointed at Lu Fang angrily and said: "Marquis of Lord Wenguan, how dare you speak to the 27th Prince like this? This is offending the superior."

The 27th Prince smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, the Marquis of Lord Wenguan is also worried and confused. After all, the marriage involves his sister. It is understandable that his language is a bit excessive."

Xiao Qi took the opportunity to say: "The 27th Prince is truly benevolent."

"Slap!"

The Great Zhou Emperor patted the table heavily, looked at the 27th Prince with an angry face, and snorted: "Absurd! Don't you see that the marriage proposed by the demon clan is just to humiliate the Marquis of Lord Wenguan, to humiliate me!"

"Don't think I don't know what you are thinking!"

"Unsuccessful thing, you really disappointed me too much!"

The 27th Prince lowered his head and bowed in fear. His body didn't know whether it was anger or fear, and he said softly: "Father, the plan I mentioned just now was also an expedient measure. I was really anxious when I heard the Minister of Revenue say that the national treasury was short of silver."

Xiao Qi hesitated and finally said:

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that the 27th Prince is not wrong, Marquis of Lord Wenguan..."

"Shut up!" The Great Zhou Emperor interrupted impatiently and said: "Isn't it just that the national treasury is short of silver? The Marquis of Lord Wenguan has already solved it for me after a trip to Wuyincheng."

The Minister of Literature and the Minister of War looked at each other, and both saw astonishment in each other's eyes. They didn't know how long they had been thinking about the silver.

However, the methods they thought of were almost impossible to achieve.

They also thought about letting Shen Kangbo spend some money, but even if the Shen family was emptied, it was impossible to raise enough silver.

The Marquis of Lord Wenguan went to Wuyincheng once and solved it all?

The Great Zhou Emperor walked to Lu Fang and patted his shoulder appreciatively and smiled: "My love! You have helped me a lot this time. Come, tell them what a commercial section is."

Lu Fang saluted in surprise, thinking that it was estimated that the Semi-Sage in the dark had just transmitted the sound to the Great Zhou Emperor and told everything.

To be honest, he was also unintentional.

It just happened to be a coincidence.

He Fan, the Minister of Literature, was anxious for once, and he hesitated:

"Marquis of Lord Wenguan, could it be that the commercial section is to let merchants in various places donate silver to raise military expenses for the north and south borders? If this is the method, I am afraid it will not work, and it is easy to cause resentment among the people." ===== CHAPTER 94 =====