I Shall Use Great Wei's National Fortune to Help You Become a Heaven-and-Earth Grand Confucian-Great Wei Declares War!

The Capital of Great Wei.

After the Female Emperor's Imperial Edict was announced, Xu Qingxiao walked out of Shouren Academy.

Xu Qingxiao learned of the Foreign Races' response at once.

It was entirely within his expectations.

These Foreign Races wanted to turn him into the fuse that would force Great Wei to send its armies to war.

Because they knew Great Wei could not possibly dismiss him.

What surprised Xu Qingxiao was that they had actually gathered 121 nations to impeach him.

If they dared to impeach him, they were already prepared to break away.

Previously, Xu Qingxiao had been uncertain whether the Tuxie Dynasty and Chuyuan Dynasty were lurking behind this affair. Now, however, he could say with complete certainty that their shadows were behind it.

Indeed.

Great Wei's national strength was declining. It was only natural that these vassal states looked down on it somewhat, but contempt was one thing; Great Wei was not as weak and helpless as they imagined.

They dared to take such an enormous risk, even openly coercing the Female Emperor with threats of secession. Their methods were truly fierce.

If someone claimed there was no one backing them, Xu Qingxiao would sooner believe Scholar Peng was a good man.

Yet this response made Xu Qingxiao understand one truth profoundly: Chen Zhengru was right.

Great Wei faced an unavoidable question.

To fight or not to fight.

This question had not been caused by any individual. It was an inevitable progression of history.

Great Wei's seven Northern Expeditions had emptied the National Treasury and left its people struggling to survive. Whose interests did that serve most?

Naturally, those of the Tuxie Dynasty and Chuyuan Dynasty.

Great Wei had once been a colossus. The Tuxie Dynasty and Chuyuan Dynasty had needed to join forces merely to