The Central Plains was known as the land of fish and rice. It had 72 cities and was very prosperous.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the meeting hall of the Central Prefecture Lord's manor was extremely heavy.
He Yu, the Marquis of Zhongzhou, threw a visiting card on the table.
"Everyone, this is a letter from the Northern Marquis. He will personally lead a delegation to visit our Central Plains in two days.”
"Lord Marquis!" A civil official dressed in scholarly attire said,""I heard that the Tianwu Dynasty wants the Northern Borderline to cede Northern Barbarian City. The imperial edict seems to be on its way. At this time, the Northguard Marquis personally led a team to visit.”
At this moment, a man in a general's uniform said,
"If the people of the Imperial Court don't know, how can we not know? The Northern Barbarian City was extremely important to the Northern Borderline. It was definitely not an easy thing to make the Marquis of Northern Battlefront cede the Northern Barbarian City.”
"I wonder why the Northguard Marquis has come to visit the Central Plains?”The Central Prefecture Marquis asked.
"The Northguard Marquis has always been prepared for a rainy day. I guess that the Northguard Marquis might want to go against the edict. Once he goes against the edict, he might fall out with the Tianwu Dynasty. At that time, our Central Plains might have no choice but to choose a side!”
"Choose a side? What side? We belong to the Tianwu Dynasty. Are we going to fight against the Tianwu Dynasty together with the Northern Borderline?”
The scholar sneered."Now, our Zhongzhou relies on the tea, silk, porcelain, and fruit industries of the northern border to develop very well. Once we fall out with the northern border, we will go back at least twenty years!
Besides, have you ever thought that our Central Plains would often be harassed by the Monster Race and Barbarian Race? Now that the Northern Borderline has risen, we only need to deal with the Tu Yue bandits occasionally. The stability of the Northern Borderline is related to the stability of our Central Plains…"
"That's right." " General Mo, don't forget that the Northern Borderline can intimidate the barbarians and demons…Their strength cannot be underestimated. This time, the ceding of territory will even affect our Central Plains!" Another scholar said. To us, the best way is to maintain the current situation and ask the empress to retract her order.”
"I can't take it back." The Marquis of Zhongzhou sighed,"The crusade army was defeated and many of the sons of important officials were captured…The court was almost one-sided in support of the northern border ceding territory…"”
"The empress is muddle-headed…She doesn't know much about the northern borders. As long as she doesn't target the northern borders, the Northguard Marquis will definitely help the Tianwu Dynasty guard the borders.”An old general said in exasperation.
"Lord Marquis, the Northguard Marquis has come to visit. What should we do?”A scholar asked.
"We can only wait and see." The Marquis of Zhongzhou sighed. He really couldn't make up his mind whether to side with the Tianwu Dynasty or the Northern Borderline…
On one hand, the Tianwu Dynasty was too big. On the other hand, the Northern Borderline and the Central Plains were closely connected.
"Lord Marquis, a wise man knows how to adapt to circumstances. Even if the Central Plains regresses, it's still better than the Central Plains disappearing. The Tianwu Dynasty has tens of millions of soldiers and countless experts…With a prosperous economy, it's impossible for us to stand on the same side as the Northern Borderline! Moreover, if he were to stand with the Northern Borderline and be accused of treason and stripped of his title…the consequences would be unimaginable!”
Finally, an old minister said earnestly,"
"It seems like the crusade failed and they had no choice but to cede the northern border. However, in reality, the Tianwu Dynasty might have deliberately suppressed the Northguard Marquis. After all, the Tianwu Dynasty has almost lost control of the northern border!”
" That's right. Although the Eastern Border seemed to have been defeated, it didn't really hurt the Tianwu Dynasty. The defeat this time was only because General Fei Li was fishing for fame. If the Tianwu Dynasty was determined to take back the Eastern Border, they could easily take back the Eastern Border by sending several times more troops.”
"Didn't the demon barbarians and dwarves in the eastern border only dare to occupy Wangdong City? Moreover, he even expressed that he was willing to return the 36 cities as long as he took back Northern Barbarian City! Didn't this mean that the barbarians knew that they couldn't defend the eastern border? So he used a scheme to conquer Northern Barbarian City?"
The Central Prefecture Marquis was silent for a long time before he finally uttered a warning.
"Everyone, I know."
"It's just that…the tragedy of Zhongzhou is that it's too far away from Tianwu and too close to the northern border!”
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