The First Tyrant of Daxia

Murong Shunhua snorted coldly: "Are you behaving yourself now?"

None of the officials dared to say a word.

Murong Shunhua let out a breath of anger, then slowly opened the imperial edict.

"It is destined to be blessed by heaven, the emperor decreed..."

The content written on this imperial edict is not very complicated.

Because of the sudden defeat in the Southern Xinjiang battlefield, Qin Yun is now on his way to the Southern Xinjiang battlefield.

However, because Qin Yun does not have many troops at his disposal, he now urgently needs to mobilize the entire country's army to go to southern Xinjiang to resist the snake monsters and the White Armor Army.

This imperial edict mobilized 500,000 troops near Kyoto. As for the 500,000 troops in the south, Jinyiwei had already gone there with Qin Yun's imperial edict.

At that time, the armies from the north and the south will set out at the same time, and the army from the south will definitely arrive first.

However, the army in the north must also be dispatched at the same time. Otherwise, even if there is no combat power to fight with them later, it will be a very difficult task to completely defeat the snake monsters and the white-armored army.

The army in the south is in the hands of two highly respected generals who protect the country. Two tiger coins need to be merged to mobilize these troops at the same time.

The army in the north was mainly controlled by Xiao Jian, while the remaining troops were in the hands of the Minister of War Zhao Heng and the General of the Qinglong Guard Yan Zhong.

Therefore, the main purpose of this imperial edict was to mobilize the military orders in the hands of Zhao Heng and Yan Zhong, and immediately mobilize the northern army to the border.

"Your Highness Zhao Heng obeys my orders!"

"General Yan Zhong obeys your orders!"

Among all the officials, Zhao Heng and Yan Zhong immediately lined up to receive the imperial edict.

They are all officials that Qin Yun trusts, so it is naturally impossible for them to betray Qin Yun.

Qin Yun's imperial edict would naturally be executed immediately.

Murong Shunhua said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has ordered that after Zhao Heng and General Yan Zhong receive the imperial edict, they must immediately mobilize the army and head to Southern Xinjiang. There must be no mistakes!"

"Yes! I will dispatch them immediately!"

"Yes! His Majesty will see your loyalty." Murong Shunhua nodded.

After Zhao Heng and Yan Zhong thanked the emperor, they immediately withdrew from the court.

Because time is urgent and there is no time to wait until the court meeting is over, they need to act now.

When the officials saw that the imperial edict had been taken away, they immediately stood up one after another.

After all, they were kneeling to Qin Yun, not Murong Shunhua. Now that the imperial edict had been taken away, there was naturally no need for them to continue kneeling to Murong Shunhua.

However, at this moment, Murong Shunhua took out another imperial edict and said with a smile: "My Lords, you have risen too early, haven't you? His Majesty still has an imperial decree to convey!"

The civil and military officials twitched their lips for a moment, and immediately knelt down again after having just stood up.

Murong Shunhua opened the imperial edict and read it out: "In compliance with the will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."

After the imperial edict was read, officials in the court immediately began to discuss it.

Because this imperial edict was about opening up trade between the East and the West.

Only Gongsun Ruoshui and Su Yan were excited, because they knew that once the trade between the East and the West was opened, the economy of the Great Xia Empire would grow rapidly.

This will definitely bring more benefits than disadvantages to the Great Xia Empire.

But the officials in the court did not think so.

"Absolutely not!"

"If we open up trade between the East and the West, I'm afraid those Western countries will be unfavorable to us."

"My Great Xia Empire is the most powerful country on this continent! Why should we trade with them?!"

"Can't we allow merchants from Western countries to come to our Great Xia Empire to trade?"

“If we open these ports, what if the enemy takes the opportunity to attack from the ports?”

"You absolutely cannot do that! There has never been such a principle since ancient times. This goes against the precedent set by our ancestors!"

Many officials immediately voiced their opposition.

They are basically officials who have never left the Great Xia Empire. They believe that Western countries are just barbarians. What good things do they have in their hands?

There is no need to trade with them, but instead we should let these barbarian merchants come to the Great Xia Empire to trade.

Moreover, these officials also believed that if trade between the East and the West was opened, many unstable factors would appear in the Great Xia Empire.

What if a spy takes the opportunity to sneak into the Great Xia Empire?

What if the port is used as an attack platform by Western countries after it is opened?

These various issues made them talk about all sorts of things.

To sum up, the key point is that we must resolutely not trade with the barbarian merchants from the West.

They believed that the Great Xia Empire was already large enough at its current size and there was no need to trade with Western merchants. The Great Xia Empire only needed to proceed steadily and it would be able to do better.

However, they did not realize that the Great Xia Empire was, after all, just a country. No matter how vast its territory was or how abundant its resources were, sooner or later it would no longer be able to satisfy Great Xia.

If we can trade with Western merchants, we can obtain more resources and develop the economy better.

Besides, although the trade center is not set up in the Daxia Empire, the Persian region also belongs to Qin Yun and is the territory of Daxia. Opening a trade center in the Persian region is actually no different from opening one in Daxia.

The reason why these officials disagreed is that they believed that those who are not of our race must have different hearts.

Gongsun Ruoshui and Su Yan were of course very angry when they heard the arguments of these officials and immediately began to refute them.

Gongsun Ruoshui took out the things they brought back from the Daying District and let all the officials see what they had in their hands.

This is a work of art brought back from Great Britain, proving that Great Britain is not a barbaric land at all, and that Western countries are not without resources worth trading.

Su Yan even said: "The Western countries are a very vast land, which has many rich resources that the Great Xia Empire does not have."

"Their economy is also very developed. Some countries are even more developed than our Great Xia Empire. If we can open a trade center, the economy of the Great Xia Empire will grow rapidly."

"This is approved by His Majesty. The future economic strategy of the Great Xia Empire is of vital importance to the Great Xia Empire."

"Without a strong economic source, your majesty's many conquest plans cannot be launched! This is necessary!"

The court officials looked at the artwork in Gongsun Ruoshui's hands and listened to Su Yan's words, and each of them fell into deep thought.

Some officials were also moved by their words. If this was true, then the economic boom of Daxia would be just around the corner.

However, some officials still think that this is inappropriate and there is no need to do so. They can just develop steadily in Daxia.

This is a waste of time!