章 976: Chapter 405: Debate at the Wei Palace_2

Yet now, having finally gained a land to call home, the Emperor does not think about recuperating and multiplying, disbanding the troops and ceasing warfare to restore the severely depleted national strength.

Instead, he's still considering raising a great army. Does he want Wei Country to follow in the footsteps of Zhou Country and be eradicated?

Can the Emperor not see that half of Wei Country's grain consumption is imported from Chu State, and that its lifeline is already grasped in the hands of others?

Can he not see that, five years ago, our United Army of three nations suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Liang army, and the nation's peril was imminent?

As a result, Liang, with its own lifeline of grain controlled by others, went through the misery of a food shortage after Chu State's betrayal cut off Jiangnan's grain supply. Wasn't it truly tragic?