Chapter 85 Enemy Invasion (200 additional chapters per subscription)

In the southeastern area of ​​the Da Ning Dynasty, there is a sea, which is called the East China Sea by people in the Shenzhou world.

The East China Sea covers an area of ​​hundreds of millions of square kilometers, leading to an unknown distance. It is said that the end is shrouded in endless cold winds and cannot be crossed at all.

On this vast ocean, there are many indigenous people. One of them is called the Sakura Clan, which is the indigenous race that has the most dealings with the Da Ning Dynasty.

However, people in the Daning Dynasty are accustomed to calling them the Stinky Tribe, or the Shit Tribe. The reason is that the people of the Sakura Tribe like to eat a fruit called Shell Melon.

This fruit smells really bad, like shit, and tastes really bad too, most people can't stand it.

But the people of the Sakura tribe like it very much, even to the point of being crazy.

Because they have been eating melon shells for a long time, the Sakura people also have the stench of melon shells on their bodies, so they are given the titles of the stinky tribe and the shit tribe.

Although the Stinky Clan protested in every way, there were too many people shouting at them, and almost no one called them the Sakura Clan.

So gradually the Stinky Clan gave in, and even the Sakura Clan themselves often called others the Stinky Clan and the Shit Clan.

Not only are the natives of the Stinky Tribe smelly, their actions are even more smelly. Many of them do not like to produce, even though there are many rich islands in the East China Sea where a variety of crops can be grown.

Not to mention anything else, the shelled melon alone is enough for them to eat endlessly.

However, most of the Stinky Tribe members thought that making money this way was too slow, and often preferred to plunder the surrounding islands. As the dynasty closest to the Stinky Tribe, Daning naturally suffered a lot of harassment.

To be honest, the Chou Clan is good at naval warfare, but not so good at land warfare, and the strength of the Chou Clan is not even one-tenth of that of Daning.

If we take it seriously, it won't take many years for the Chou Clan to be defeated and not dare to harass Daning at all.

However, the old emperor and Ning Zhongyu pursued the path of peace. Not only did they not teach these evil natives a lesson, but they also did business with them, just like they were monsters and demons.

This has also led to the indigenous people of the Stinky Tribe becoming increasingly rampant in recent years, and they have invaded the coastal areas of Daning from time to time.

Over the past half month, prefectures and counties in the coastal areas have successively reported the invasion of the Stinky Tribe indigenous people.

If Lu Changjing were in charge of the government, he would have ordered the Daning army to teach these evil natives a lesson long ago.

However, Cao Wenzhen, Zhao Jintian and others were too cowardly to go to war with the natives of the Xiu Clan. They repeatedly asked the coastal prefectures and counties not to conflict with the Xiu Clan, and even issued an imperial decree in the name of Ning Zhongyu, strictly prohibiting many prefectures and counties from going to war with the Xiu Clan.

Its servile and submissive attitude is simply disgusting.

Even though the royal secret treasury and the national treasury were out of money and could not raise military expenses at all, some prefectures and counties were willing to defeat the invading tribes without any money from the court.

However, he was still rejected by Cao Wenzhen and others, and they even coveted his stored resources and money. What is the difference between such behavior and that of a traitor?

In the eyes of the imperial court, Cao Wenzhen and others were peacemakers, but in Lu Changjing's view, there was no difference between the so-called peacemakers and the traitors.

His knees are weak, his bones are soft, and he is a servile person... He is simply unworthy of being an important official of Da Ning.

Even though Lu Changjing was just a fake emperor, he felt very aggrieved at the moment. He wished he could kill Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzhen, Zhao Jintian and others and let the Daning Dynasty stand up again.

No wonder more and more barbarians dared to bully the Daning Dynasty in recent years. With such old and young emperors, how could the Daning Dynasty survive?

No matter how many reasons there are, they cannot conceal the bad influence that the old emperor Ning Tianbao and Ning Zhongyu have brought to the Great Ning Dynasty. This matter was discussed in the morning court today.

Cao Wenzhen reminded Lu Changjing early in the morning to continue with the peace talks and not to agree to send troops no matter what happened.

Now is not the time to break off relations with Cao Wenzhen, so Lu Changjing can only watch and act as if he knows nothing about it. He keeps procrastinating, making all the civil and military officials in the court once again bear witness to the name of the Push-Push Emperor.

Because of this incident, the Minister of War and dozens of ministers of remonstration came forward and requested His Majesty the Emperor to do something, which was almost the same as an accusation.

Even the Grand Marshal Cai Chaoan, one of the Three Dukes, spoke out about this, which shows that many ministers in the court disliked the natives of the Sakura tribe.

Lu Changjing also discovered one thing. During the reigns of Ning Tianbao and Ning Zhongyu, there were many servile and peace-seeking ministers, but there were also many strong and stubborn pillars.

At least the three ministers were good people, except for the Grand Chancellor who was too smooth. The Grand Commandant Cai Chaoan and the Prime Minister Tang Chongzhi could both be considered loyal ministers.

There are also the Minister of War, the Minister of Works, the King of Southwest, the King of Heluo, etc., all of whom can be called famous ministers.

Perhaps it is because of this that, although the Da Ning Dynasty has suffered repeated losses in recent decades, it has still been able to maintain its basic territory.

Even though the royal treasury and the national treasury are now empty, the country remains stable.

If it were the ancient dynasties in the previous life, the emperors of both dynasties would have messed up the country like this, with demons and monsters causing chaos inside and many barbarians, indigenous peoples and dynasties eyeing them covetously outside. The country would have been on the verge of demise long ago.

Unfortunately, the Three Dukes did not have much real power. Among the six ministries that held real power, at least half belonged to the peace faction, including the extremely important Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of Justice.

The Minister of Rites could barely be considered a peacemaker, but he also had a good relationship with the war faction, so he was the type who could not offend either side.

However, if the emperor gave an order, the Minister of Rites would obey immediately, so most of the time he worked for the peace faction.

After a quarrel, Emperor Tui Tuo returned to the imperial study with a gloomy face. He had not made any decision, but he had basically made all the decisions.

It's still about peace talks, it's still about holding our ground, even if we suffer some losses.

The news quickly spread to the eastern coast and reached the ears of Qi Pinghai, the lord of Donghai Prefecture.

Upon receiving this news, several generals of Donghai Prefecture were furious and came to find Qi Pinghai one after another.

"Master Qi, the Sakura bandits have bullied us to such an extent. How can we let them continue to be rampant? We have a million troops ready to go. We only need Master Qi's order to send troops to the East China Sea to quell the Sakura bandits."

"Why should we be afraid of the Stinky Tribe? They are just a group of filthy natives. I don't understand why Your Majesty tolerates them again and again. Do we in the Daning Dynasty fear them?"

"Your Majesty doesn't need to send any soldiers, let alone any money or food. We can do it ourselves."

"These bandits are getting more aggressive if we continue to give in. They will go even further and then not just harass villages and towns, they may even send troops to attack the county town."

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Many generals in Donghai Prefecture rose up in opposition to the decision to negotiate peace.

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