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Chapter 961: Chapter 400 Earthquake and Sea of Fire_2 Chapter 961: Chapter 400 Earthquake and Sea of Fire_2 In such a situation, even though Northern Zheng and Jin Country had temporarily submitted to Tang Xu, playing the role of puppet emperors,

it was impossible for the Two Countries to easily devour Yuzhang.

The only way for them to consume Yuzhang was to imitate Wei Country.

With overwhelming strength, they would gradually nibble away until all forces within Yuzhang were eliminated, achieving the goal of taking control of Central State.

Currently, Northern Zheng and Jin Country’s submission was merely to stabilize the two strong adversaries in The North temporarily, removing the threat to their own northern borders.

At the same time, they sought to use the opponent’s power to actively attack Nanzheng in the south, to gain more living space and strength.

Then they would turn around to face the two strong adversaries in the North in a decisive battle to the death.

The contradictions between Both Sides were irreconcilable.

Tang Xu wished to conquer the whole of Yuzhang as a foundation for their future survival.

The Three Nations of Yuzhang, on the other hand, wanted to defend their bases, to prevent being swallowed by outsiders.

The contradictions and positions of Both Sides in this aspect made it certain that coexistence was not possible.

They were each very clear about this, and the so-called puppet emperors and cooperation at this moment were nothing more than mutual use, to see who had the more clever means.

This entanglement originating from Yuzhang, involving the alliance and confrontation of the Five Kingdoms, was destined to be the main theme of the future.

Perhaps, after all these conspiracies and machinations, Northern and Southern Zheng might reconcile and reunify as they did a Thousand Years ago?

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Or maybe the Two Zhengs and Jin Country would form an alliance, choosing to jointly resist the great enemy in The North?

The world is unpredictable, everything is possible.

In this chaos, with the Five Kingdoms restraining each other, it was very difficult for any of them to Completely eliminate another.

What Lu Yuan did not want to see happening in Qingzhou was now being played out within the territory of Yuzhang.

Having reached such a balance, it was almost impossible for Yuzhang to achieve unification.

It was precisely this point that Sun Siwen saw, which led him to say that from This Battle forth, conflicts in Yuzhang could drag on indefinitely.

Without external forces intervening, just relying on the current factions within Yuzhang, indeed, it seemed like the war would never end.

Zhou Qing, who was beside him, agreed with this view, only to hear him say, “The Prime Minister is correct.

Given the situation in Yuzhang, it is beyond their ability to resolve.

A Hundred Years’ War might not break this deadlock.”

Having spoken, he gave Lu Yuan a bow: “Your Majesty, since Great Chu has no intention of directly intervening in the affairs of Yuzhang, then why not place our pieces amongst these Five Kingdoms, stoking their conflicts and letting them fight to the death.

In this way, after they have fought for decades and Yuzhang becomes a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, they will weaken themselves.

Once their enmities become too deep to unravel and mutual suspicions too high to reconcile,

when Great Chu marches eastward, which nation in Yuzhang could stand against us?

It would be no more than a breeze sweeping away fallen leaves, annihilating them in one fell swoop.”

As a military officer, Zhou Qing’s strategy was undoubtedly much more ruthless.

He advocated provoking chaos among the Five Kingdoms of Yuzhang, leading them to a bloodbath of vengeance with no room for reconciliation.

But it must be admitted, if this could indeed be achieved, then even if the predicament of the Five Kingdoms of Yuzhang was set, they would no longer pose a barrier to Chu State’s unification of Central State in the future.

For by then, they would have exhausted themselves with incessant warfare.

Even when Chu State finally came for them, the wise men of each country in Yuzhang would see the crisis.

Limited by past grievances and the contradictions in their own interests, they would be unable to unite against the threat.

And as long as the opponent was not united as a whole, a single country or two, for Chu State that had accumulated strength and was prepared to unify Central State, would be trivial.

Wouldn’t this be like a breeze sweeping away fallen leaves?

“The Grand General speaks sense,”

Hearing Zhou Qing’s words, Lu Yuan nodded, waving his hand and said, “In that case, let Great Chu proceed with this strategy toward Yuzhang.

We will stimulate conflicts among the Five Kingdoms as much as possible, so as to prevent unity and wait for the day Great Chu sweeps through Yuzhang.”

Having said this, Lu Yuan looked towards Sun Siwen and Zhou Qing, adding, “Prime Minister, Grand General, this matter will be left to you.

Discuss with the Cabinet and Privy Council on how to execute this strategy.”

In recent years, with the stability and development of Chu State, various systems within the kingdom have also been slowly established and improved.

Now, it had been officially confirmed that government affairs would be handled by the Cabinet, while military matters by the Privy Council.

The court, through these two major institutions, managed the running of the vast mechanism that was Chu State.

To provoke the Five Kingdoms of Yuzhang into chaos, it was inevitable to use a mix of economic, military, diplomatic, and other means.

The departments and supplies to be mobilized would surely be extremely enormous.

Thus, the collaboration of both the military and political departments was unavoidable.

“Your servant obeys the decree!”

Upon hearing the command, Sun Siwen and Zhou Qing exchanged glances, each seeing the bitter smile in the other’s eyes.

They were well aware that their friend (Master) was once again shirking his duties, playing the laid-back shopkeeper.

But as friends (apprentices) and with the responsibilities they bore, as well as their devotion to the shared cause of Chu State, they could not shirk these obligations.

Fortunately, Sun Siwen and Zhou Qing were old friends, with decades of friendship and perfectly in tune with one another.

There were no instances of civil and military discord or mutual undermining that might occur in other empires.

Working together, then, was not difficult.

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“Let’s settle the matter this way then.”

Seeing that his friends and apprentices had no objections, Lu Yuan nodded in satisfaction, content to play the laid-back shopkeeper, and stood up saying, “That will be all for today’s session.

If there’s nothing else, the court is dismissed.”

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As Chu State continued to pursue a policy of fortified peace, the turmoil triggered by the changes in Qingzhou and Yuzhang did not cause much of a stir in Jiangnan and quickly subsided.