"Once at war with the Dongyi Kingdom, it will inevitably burden the entire nation. By then... it will be necessary to gather more provisions. As for the cities in the Yan Kingdom currently implementing the new laws of the Zhou Kingdom, Your Majesty, do you think... should we mobilize them?" Dong Qingping spread his hands. "If we don't mobilize... the Yan court will be dissatisfied! If we do... the people of the Yan Kingdom have yet to see the benefits of the new laws of the Zhou and instead have to surrender provisions, they will harbor resentment towards the new policies. In the future, will they still cooperate with our Zhou officials? Your Majesty... it's not worth the loss!"
