I clearly wanted to be a tyrant, but how did I become the greatest emperor of all time?

Tang Xiaoren said: "I think the best way is to contact Bodan and force them to ensure the safety of the Silk Road."

"Using Botan as a barrier against Turkey is the best choice."

The ministers nodded one after another.

Tang Xiaoren continued, "The middle strategy is to maintain the status quo, give up the Silk Road income, and not open up the Silk Road."

"The worst option is to ally with Turkey and attack the Bodan Empire."

"If that happens, we must be on guard against the infiltration of the Turkish Empire and prepare to fight this western enemy."

The cabinet and the six ministries quickly reached a consensus.

Written by Tang Xiaoren, it marked the three strategies of best, medium and worst, and was sent to Li Tianyu for his review together with the letter from Turkey!

What? There is another big country to the west of the Silk Road?

Li Tian saw the memorial submitted by the cabinet.

Overjoyed!

OK!

These days, Beimang's national strength is gradually declining.

Now, every time Dong Liao submitted a memorial, Li Tian felt very heavy.

Beimang, you have to stand up!

Isn’t it said that Beimang has no rivals?

How could he be in such a bad state?

How can I ruin the country's destiny?

After the Great Zhou marched into the Lanwu grassland, it immediately built bastions along the Lanwu River.

The princes also built a shipyard on the Lanwu River so that large ships could support each other.

Beimang also launched several attacks at the beginning, trying to harass the Great Zhou territory in Lanwu Grassland.

However, facing the bastion equipped with artillery, Beimang suffered heavy losses.

Moreover, the situation quickly took a turn for the worse.

Ever since Li Cheng established a mercenary group and tried to capture the Beimang tribes on the grassland, it was the Great Zhou that took the initiative to attack and wipe out the Beimang tribes.

Now that the wave of industry and commerce is rising in the Great Zhou, the demand for slaves is huge.

The price of slaves in Beimang has skyrocketed.

Even the mercenary group had to go to very deep areas to sweep and capture enough Northern Mang slaves.

Dong Liao fell into a slave-catching frenzy, and a strange scene emerged.

Experienced veterans have become popular.

Some businessmen directly hired these veterans and purchased weapons and resources for them.

Then the veterans recruited people in Dongliao and formed a mercenary group.

The people of Dongliao would also invest their money in these companies.

Once Northern Mang slaves are captured, those merchants will have priority in purchasing them, and then share the profits according to the proportion of their investment.

Dong Liao even had a special trading market.

This side is full of vitality, but Beimang is in trouble.

In the area opposite the Lanwu grassland, the Beimang tribe was completely wiped out.

No matter how much Chinuchi shouted in the rear, the tribes at the front began to retreat.

As a result, the slave-catching mercenaries began to have families, and often had to cross several grasslands to capture the Northern Mang people.

The situation on the front line has reversed, and the situation in Beimang is also unstable.

Although Qinuchi annexed the forces of the other four tribes of Northern Mang through conspiracy, he finally realized his original dream and became the only Great Khan of Northern Mang.

He changed the Five Tribes of Beimang into the Five Banners of Beimang.

But that's about it for his merger.

Although Qinuchi's violent merger gave him control of these tribes, and he also let his son become the leader of the five flags of Beimang, the annexed tribes were full of resentment.

Qinuchi wanted to select elite troops from the five flags of Beimang to form a special training team.

The order was pushed back by Wuqi as soon as it was given.

Qinuchi wanted to take over the financial power of the five banners, but failed.

Qinuchi scratched his head. He didn't understand why it was so easy to reform the Great Zhou, but so difficult for him?

Although Chinuch had great ambitions, he was already in his fifties.

On the grassland, this is an age when one may die at any time.

After his ambitions were thwarted by the Great Zhou, his internal reforms suffered setbacks one after another, and this time Qinuchi's ambitions were completely wiped out.

Chinuch simply started playing.

He began to hunt all day and all night, and would not stop even when his son advised him against it.

Chinuch was also addicted to drinking and often got drunk.

Qinuchi's temper began to become more and more irritable.

When drunk, he often beat his trusted subordinates, and even spared his concubine and son.

A few days ago, Chinuch was drinking, and a trusted general went to persuade him, but he was actually beaten to death by Chinuch!

Now, all the close associates around Qinuchi were in a panic, fearing that they would be shot.

Beimang is caught in a vicious circle.

After repeated defeats in the game with the Great Zhou, many nobles stopped training and started to eat, drink and enjoy themselves.

The strangest thing is that some medium-sized tribes close to the Great Zhou actually captured small tribes around them and sold them to the Great Zhou as slaves in order to make money.

This trade of capturing slaves from Beimang actually started to bleed Beimang continuously.

The population of Beimang was originally small, and now it has suffered several defeats and been bled by Dongliao, and is now becoming increasingly weak.

Seeing Beimang being so lame, Li Tian stamped his feet in anxiety.

If Beimang is really finished, how can we improve the country's fortune?

At this moment, the Turkish delegation appeared!

I'm so sleepy, please pass me a pillow!

Li Tian's eyes were filled with tears!

See the three strategies proposed by the cabinet: best, middle and worst.

The best strategy is to urge Bodan to ensure the safety of the Silk Road and support Bodan in fighting against the Turkish Empire.

No, if we use the best strategy, Da Zhou will make money again and won’t have to go to war with Turkey!

No, absolutely not!

The middle policy is to continue with the status quo, no!

In this way, my country's fortune will be ruined!

Definitely not!

Worst option!

Seeing the worst plan, Li Tian's eyes lit up!

This is the strategy that best suits Li Tian’s interests!

First, unite with Turkey, attack the Bodan Empire, and boost the country's fortunes!

After we destroy Bodan, maybe there will be another war between Da Zhou and Turkey!

Wouldn’t that be a huge loss for the country’s fortune?

Li Tian was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling!

Just choose this strategy!

"Little Weizi!"

"The slave is here!"

"I want to summon the Turkish envoys."

"As you command, Your Majesty!"

"Also inform the cabinet that I want to form an alliance with Turkey to attack Bodan together!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When Xiao Weizi conveyed Li Tian's order to the cabinet, everyone was shocked.

Tang Xiaoren didn't expect that Li Tian would choose the worst strategy.

Is there any deeper meaning behind this, Your Majesty?

Tang Xiaoren thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what Li Tian meant.

But since His Majesty has issued the order, the Cabinet has no choice but to carry it out.

The Welcoming Office immediately notified the Turkish envoys that the Emperor of the Great Zhou wanted to receive them.

The emperor of the Great Zhou?

Sudaman immediately became interested when he heard this.

Sudaman learned about the legendary emperor of the Great Zhou through Turkish merchants in the Great Zhou.

This emperor was about the same age as himself, but he had already been the monarch of a great empire.

And Li Tian has a firm control over this empire.

This also made Sudaman envious.

After the emperor ascended the throne, he defeated his old enemies in the north and eliminated the disrespectful vassal states in the south.

He even established an invincible naval fleet to conquer South Asia.