"Human Emperor! Human Emperor? "A man in the hall raised his voice and couldn't hide his surprise.
Following this voice, the hall became like a wet market and became chaotic.
"Silence!" Su Qing, who was over 40 years old, had a beard, a golden crown, and a golden robe embroidered with a fierce lion-like beast. He looked calm and dignified, if one forgot his surprised expression just now.
"Do you have any objections to honoring my Empress as the Human Emperor?" Liu Hua looked calm and curiously at Su Qing, the emperor of Dayao.
After all, he led a group of people to split the originally powerful Great Xia into two. No matter how one looked at it, he could be considered a legend.
"Princess Wuyang, you'd better be more respectful." A few bearded generals glared at Liu Hua.
Liu Hua sneered, ignored the officials, and just looked at Su Qing.
He slowly continued, "Honoring Dayao's empress as the Human Emperor and Dayao as the nation of Dayao is what you should do. Unless you don't know your own strength and want to challenge the majesty of Dayao. "
Of course, this was all nonsense. Liu Hua knew the whole story best.
It didn't matter.
In fact, it was just a reason for them to pay tribute every year.
Following Liu Hua's words, the originally aggressive crowd suddenly became like ducks being strangled by the neck, and all their voices were strangled.
Su Qing gave Liu Hua a strange look. He wasn't like those idiots from the Chen Nation. Moreover, he had met Ren Baqian and Qi Zixiao when he was young and had some understanding of them.
Moreover, as far as he knew, the center of gravity of these two people was now in the south.
After the martial arts competition that year, the existence of foreign races was no longer a secret to some people.
Not to mention, the disappearance of so many Spirit Wheel experts in Great Xia was equivalent to the disappearance of all the super-rich people on Earth. It was very difficult to pretend that they didn't know.
Therefore, after the surprise, he immediately felt that there was something wrong.
Su Qing chuckled and said with some reminiscence,
"Back then, the crops of Dayao saved the lives of many people. Since our uprising, there have been high-yield crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes. Although there was chaos in the past few years, not many people starved to death. Everyone in Dayao is very grateful to you.
No matter what, you've saved countless people.
What's more, your technology is developing very quickly, and you're starting to make this world completely different from the past few thousand years. You're walking ahead of everyone else.
Dayao is currently the most powerful nation in the world, and Qi Zixiao is the most powerful emperor. Furthermore, both of you are doing great things that are worthy of respect.
All the countries will respect Qi Zixiao as the Human Emperor. I agree. "
Su Qing's words were beautiful.
Now that Hua Dou was here, he had already spoken his mind. If Hou Yan dared to reject him, then he could only wait for the battle to begin.
Moreover, it was a battle where a bunch of experts descended. It was the kind of battle where adults fought against children.
He was well aware of the difference in strength between the two of them. There was no way he could refuse.
However, if someone forced Qi Zixiao to be the Human Emperor, then he would lose a lot of face. His dignity as the Emperor of Hou Yan would also be swept to the ground.
The common people would look down on him, and the people in the imperial court would inevitably be resentful.
However, when this matter came out of Su Qing's mouth, it first became gratitude for Dayao's high-yield food that had saved countless people. Then, he praised Dayao's technology for changing the world.
Dayao was now the most powerful nation, and Qi Zixiao was a top expert. He then pointed out the matter that many people vaguely knew, that Dayao was currently fighting against the foreign races in the south.
At this point, there were fewer objections when he mentioned the common respect for the Human Emperor.
In fact, everyone knew that they didn't have a chance to object. They just needed an excuse.
At least they could save their face.
Su Qing's words saved everyone's face. Even if outsiders found out, Su Qing would have something to say in the future.
Most importantly, Su Qing agreed readily, which made Hua Dou feel that he was a good person. At least, he was smart and decisive.
Hua Dou saw that everyone looked conflicted, but there was no objection.
Then, he said, "Since we respect the nation, you guys don't have any objections to paying tribute every year, right? One billion silver notes every year. "
This was the main topic.
Su Qing's face froze. Silver notes were Dayao's currency. One billion silver notes was equivalent to 100 million taels of silver.
In the past, Great Xia's annual treasury income was only slightly more than 100 million taels of silver.
Even the once prosperous Yun Nation's treasury income was only 7,000 to 8,000 taels of silver.
"Of course, since your nation pays tribute every year, Dayao will also show its appreciation and provide you with some technology and equipment," Hua Dou added.
As soon as he said this, everyone's expression changed back to normal. The expressions of all the officials in the imperial court changed back and forth like a lantern.
However, everyone felt much more at ease.
Dayao had too many technologies that people coveted. If they could provide them with some support, even if they didn't raise taxes, they could use these technologies to set up factories just like Dayao and earn back the money.
After hearing this, Su Qing agreed in his heart. He wanted to see what kind of technology could be provided.
However, Su Qing felt a little strange and asked, "Is Dayao short of money now?"
Over the past decade, Dayao's products had been sold all over the world. From the lowest grade canned food and vermicelli to all kinds of spices, glass, mirrors, cotton products, and some advanced clocks and watches, there were also phones and vehicles.
The annual profits from these things could be said to be massive.
Furthermore, Dayao's military strength ensured that Dayao's products could enter any country and receive the lowest taxes.
Under such circumstances, how could Dayao be short of money?
However, the annual tribute of one billion taels of silver showed that Dayao was indeed short of money. Otherwise, they wouldn't have resorted to such means.
After hearing Hua Dou's words, Su Qing understood that the real highlight was the one billion taels of silver.
He had studied Ren Baqian and Qi Zixiao for many years. If the two of them really loved fame and were really that ambitious, the Chen Nation wouldn't still exist. It wasn't impossible for them to swallow Hou Yan and Great Xia together.
Wasn't swallowing all the other countries and becoming the greatest emperor in history better than revering the human emperor?
Dayao had the strength to do so because there were too many experts in Dayao.
Putting himself in Hua Dou's shoes, he definitely wouldn't be able to resist this temptation.
However, the other party hadn't made any moves for so many years. Suddenly, they proposed to revered the human emperor and asked all the countries to pay tribute every year. The meaning behind this was clear.
It was for money.
"Could it be that the war with the foreign races is too intense?" Su Qing guessed.
Hua Dou rolled her eyes. She didn't know what Su Qing was thinking. Even if she knew, she wouldn't be bothered to refute.
It had nothing to do with the intensity of the war.
The main reason was that the investment was too large. Dayao's army was indeed tyrannical, but it wasn't easy to maintain such a strong army.
Furthermore, there were all kinds of studies.
More importantly, the investment in infrastructure over the years was the real bulk of the money.
In recent years, the infrastructure outside had begun to slow down. However, in a place that others couldn't see, the Sixty Thousand Mountains, was the real money-hungry place.
To lay a kilometer of railroad tracks in the Sixty Thousand Mountains, the cost was more than ten times that of the outside world.
It was a black hole that could only be entered and not exited.
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