Chapter 548 Remembering the Past

The hall was completely silent, with only the faint crackling sound of burning charcoal. Then, Emiya, who had always been lazy and bored, became unusually serious and read a newspaper with great interest.

The reason why he was so serious was that he himself was not aware of it. To some extent, his concern for Xuan Xia even exceeded his concern for Goguryeo.

Of course, this is also largely because there is nothing else to pay attention to in Goguryeo.

After the tributary alliance, the various countries and tribes were intimidated by the threat of allied force under the alliance treaty and the majesty of Xuan Xia, the leader of the alliance, and no one dared to use force easily.

In addition, the trade system brought by tribute eased the survival conflicts among the tribes, and a peaceful scene gradually emerged within the alliance. At least for the time being, this peaceful scene showed no signs of collapse.

The external environment is stable, and internally all we need to do is to make the people work hard to produce and provide the court with what it needs for trade, and there won't be any other messy things.

With such stability both inside and outside, Emiya, as the king, only needs to enjoy himself peacefully.

In this situation, the most important thing for every tribe and small country in the alliance is not internal affairs, but to maintain a good relationship with Xuanxia, ​​the leader of the alliance. Only in this way can they obtain Xuanxia's industrial products in a stable manner.

Of course, even without a tributary alliance, the competition in the Central Plains would still attract external attention. Once a new dynasty emerged in the Central Plains, every force in the surrounding area would have to start thinking about what position they should take to interact with the new dynasty.

Now is the final stage of the competition. Although Emiya has always believed that Xuan Xia will eventually unify the world since he went abroad to study, when this day really approaches, he will still take this matter very seriously.

This must be a very important moment in history.

On the newspaper, there is Xuan Xia’s latest military report.

The Wu-Shu coalition forces in Jingzhou continued to confront the Yellow Turbans for several months.

During this long period of time, another battlefield, Chengdu, which had also been besieged by the Yellow Turbans for a long time, finally could not hold on and surrendered.

After several months without any support from the Shu army, Wei Yan realized that there was no point in persisting. It was not something he could do to fight the Yellow Turbans to the death when he did not have much sense of belonging to Shu Han.

Moreover, even if he fought to the death with the Yellow Turbans, he had no confidence that he could defeat them. The general trend of the world prompted him to make a truly smart decision.

When Wei Yan opened the gates of Chengdu, kidnapped the entire imperial court and Liu Bei's entire family and handed them over to the Yellow Turbans, the short-lived Shu Han was declared destroyed.

Even though the main force of the Shu army still retained its strength in Jingzhou, the Shu army, without the imperial court system and having lost its hometown, could no longer be considered a country.

As for Shi Xie of Jiaozhou, he also saw the situation clearly and made the right choice, so Xuan Xia easily obtained the land of Jiaozhou.

Looking around the world, apart from the Ma father and son in Liangzhou who are somewhat eye-catching, the only thing left in this land of China is the main force of Wu and Shu who are still struggling in Jingzhou. The great cause of Xuanxia's unification only has this last piece of the puzzle, and victory is just around the corner.

Upon seeing the reports about Genxia's southern expedition, Emiya felt mixed emotions.

As an international student who has lived in Xuan Xia for several years, he is very close to Xuan Xia. Seeing Xuan Xia's rapid progress, he can't help but feel happy.

But as the king of Goguryeo, he knew deeply that a powerful Central Plains dynasty was not a good thing for him.

"What will the future be like? Where will Goguryeo go?"

He sighed inexplicably, suppressed the vague uneasiness in his heart, and finally smiled bitterly. He knew that his thoughts were just groundless worries. In fact, no matter how he thought, Goguryeo had no choice in reality.

No one understands Xuan Xia's strength better than Emiya. This strength is already on another level, a strength that completely transcends the times. No matter what Xuan Xia wants to do in the future, there is no possibility of Goguryeo resisting.

Since whatever you think or do now will not help you in the future, why bother yourself with worry?
Either out of helplessness or because he was giving in, Emiya figured it out. Since he couldn't resist, he might as well lie down and enjoy it. After all, he was enjoying being a king, so he could do whatever he wanted in the future.

I am so happy here that I don't miss my country.

Shaking his head in self-mockery, Shirou turned the page of the newspaper. However, he was stunned by the report at the back.

The name that appeared in the newspaper was a familiar name in his memory.

All of a sudden, memories of my study abroad life flooded into my mind, and it seemed as if I was back in a trance to the carefree, happy life in the academy.

Zhou Liang went to sea.
Seeing this familiar classmate and roommate, Emiya was stunned for a long time. He never thought that one day he would see Zhou Liang's name in the Xuanxia Monthly News.

That dull and serious nerd has achieved something today.

"Come to think of it, this guy once said when he was in school that he wanted to go out to sea to look for new crops in the future. His dream really came true."

Suddenly falling into memories, Emiya was deeply touched for a moment. The appearance of the name Zhou Liang caused him to have more emotional fluctuations than the report on the Xuanxia war.

After all, Xuan Xia’s war was only a macro-level issue, and he himself was only paying attention to it from an outsider’s perspective. Although he was very concerned, he was only concerned for a moment.

Zhou Liang was different. That was a living person in his memory and a classmate and roommate with whom he had a very close relationship.

After coming to his senses, he read the entire report carefully. After reading it, he felt even more complicated, but he couldn't help but smile on his face.

Seeing that Zhou Liang is now the leader of the technical personnel in the seagoing team, Wei Gong couldn't help but be happy for Zhou Liang. If he can return successfully from this voyage, it can be foreseen that Zhou Liang will definitely have a bright future.

"This guy is lucky. He was born in a humble family. If he hadn't been in Xuanxia, ​​he would never have made a name for himself until his death."

Putting down the newspaper, Emiya muttered.

He was not only happy for his friend's success, but also admired Xuan Xia's open-mindedness.

Zhou Liang can be said to be a living example that he has witnessed with his own eyes. He went from being at the bottom of society in the true sense to being at the forefront of the times.

If this kind of thing happened anywhere in this era, it would be a mythical story, but it did not surprise Emiya in Xuanxia.

Although Emiya was the king, he was also a king who had accepted the systematic and advanced ideas of Xuanxia. He understood very well what kind of existence Xuanxia was, and was also clearly aware of the backwardness of Goguryeo.

After a long time, he put down the newspaper and smiled bitterly.

Xuanxia is about to become the new Central Plains dynasty. What should I do as a corrupt and evil king who oppresses the people?
What kind of fate will that man arrange for himself?
After a while, he said in a deep voice: "Come here, please invite Ambassador Xuan Xia here for me!"

(End of this chapter)