Chapter 1139: Court Debate!【3】

He Jin, standing below the great hall, wore a mournful face.

Only now did He Jin understand why Duan Yu had not firmly stood on his side.

Conferring a king!

This was conferring a king!

What promise could he give Duan Yu?

He Jin turned his head to look at Duan Yu, feeling absolute despair.

Yuan Kui on the steps frowned deeply, his fox-like eyes fixed tightly on Duan Yu, as if trying to see through the ambition hidden within Duan Yu's strong body.

The world all thought Duan Yu's personality was unyielding.

Yet Duan Yu had chosen Empress Dowager Dong at such a time.

One must know that it was Empress Dowager Dong who had previously issued the decree to arrest Dong Zhuo and the decree for Ding Yuan to block Duan Yu outside Hangu Pass.

If it were Duan Yu's previous personality, he would surely have turned Luoyang upside down.

But now...

Duan Yu had actually chosen to support Empress Dowager Dong.

Although being conferred a king was tempting.

But Yuan Kui was not stupid; he heard the subtext in Empress Dowager Dong's words.

Conquer the entire Western Regions.

Is this possible?

In the four hundred years of the Great Han, no one had been able to truly conquer the countries of the Western Regions.

There were dozens of small countries in the Western Regions, and the territory was vast, larger than any province of the Great Han.

Not to mention that there were super-powers like Wusun, with a population comparable to a province of the Great Han and hundreds of thousands of troops.

And there were the Northern Xiongnu to the north of the Western Regions.

Although the remaining dozens of small countries were weak.

If added together, it was not a small number.

Moreover, the terrain and landscape of the Western Regions were complex, and the supply lines were extremely long; how much grain and troops would it take to conquer the Western Regions?

This was an inestimable number.

When the Great Han was at its strongest, Li Guangli led thirty thousand troops and took three attempts to conquer Dayuan.

The money and grain consumed were countless.

The loss of troops was even more numerous.

Conquering the entire Western Regions and being conferred a king was almost an impossible task.

Even if Duan Yu was very capable in battle, Yuan Kui still did not believe that Duan Yu could conquer the entire Western Regions.

Delay.

Although Yuan Kui did not know who had thought of this strategy for Empress Dowager Dong, he still guessed Empress Dowager Dong's intention.

Delay Duan Yu.

Then the question also arose.

This was also the question Yuan Kui was concerned about.

Duan Yu was not a fool; to be precise, Duan Yu was very smart.

Since that was the case, could Duan Yu not see that Empress Dowager Dong was delaying him?

If Duan Yu saw it, why did he agree?

What was Duan Yu thinking?

In other words, what was Duan Yu going to do?

This was the reason why Yuan Kui frowned.

In the great hall, after a short period of silence, a buzzing discussion immediately erupted.

The Great Han had nurtured scholars for four hundred years; although the imperial court was now corrupt and weak, the Great Han had never lacked loyal ministers with iron bones who spoke straight and remonstrated to the death.

Just as the officials began to discuss, a court official had already stepped out from the crowd, holding a tablet and standing in the great hall. ===== CHAPTER 1141 =====