With a first, there would naturally be a second.
Sure enough, Xue Beng stepped forward as well. "This son agrees too. Father is right. Spirit Hall's ambitions are plain for all to see; we must guard against them. Expanding the military is imperative."
Then came the third, the fourth... In the end, only Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Marshal Ge Long had yet to state their positions.
"Ge Long, what do you think?" Xue Ye looked at Ge Long.
"This subordinate does not understand affairs of state, but wherever Your Majesty tells us to fight, that is where we will fight." Ge Long did not give a real answer. He knew that pledging loyalty was the right move.
Xue Ye nodded in satisfaction and turned his gaze toward Ning Fengzhi. There was less arrogance in his tone and a touch more respect. "As an ally of the empire, what insights does Sect Master Ning have?"
Ning Fengzhi was naturally pleased to see the Heaven Dou Empire determined to resist Spirit Hall.
Hearing Xue Ye's words, Ning Fengzhi smiled faintly. "Spirit Hall's intentions are known even to passersby, and its current Pope is even more wildly ambitious. Expanding the military to resist Spirit Hall is naturally imperative. However, compared with excessively collecting taxes in advance and demanding too much from the people, Fengzhi would prefer that we stop providing Soul Master subsidies to Spirit Hall and use that considerable sum as military funding."
After speaking, Ning Fengzhi did not forget to signal to his disciple, Xue Qinghe, with his eyes.
At that moment, Xue Qinghe was deeply conflicted.
As the undercover agent chosen by Spirit Hall in the original work, he was naturally not like Xue Beng, a wastrel willing to disregard everything for the throne.
He was even a little