The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1189: Kunpeng’s ambition
Chapter 1189 Kunpeng’s Ambition
Of course, they also knew that…if they didn’t admit that they were once the citizens of Yechengguan, they would not be able to get their houses back after entering the city!
But if I don’t enter Yecheng Pass, I will lose my life!
Since I had already abandoned my house when I left Yechengguan, now that I have lost my house in order to survive, then I have lost it!
The people who had stayed in Yechengguan all the time felt more and more relieved when they saw their familiar neighbors coming back, but they didn’t even dare to ask for their own houses in order to save their lives. They had to write an IOU to the government to get a new house. They felt that they had made the right decision not to leave and to become the people of Dazhou.
Bai Qingyan and Bai Qingyun both knew that there must be many people who left Yechengguan in the past among the refugees, but they did not expose it…
Her original intention was to get people, and there was no reason for her to really turn away the people of Yechengguan.
She did this just to let all the people who came to the Great Zhou know that once they came to the Great Zhou and became its citizens… the Great Zhou did not accept and care for them unconditionally, they always had to give something.
The easier it is for people to get something, the less they value it. Only by putting pressure on them can we make them turn pressure into motivation, work hard, and pay off the grain owed to the government and the silver for the house as soon as possible, so that they can pay less interest.
In this way, by next year… Yechengguan, which has already been exempted from taxes, will not need the court to allocate disaster relief food and wages. Not only will it be self-sufficient, but it will also be able to give back to the court.
With Bai Qingyan’s method, she thought that the Minister of Revenue Wei Bugong would not come to her to protest or cry poor.
The Xiliang spy who was mixed in with the people saw Bai Qingjue leading his troops to Deyang for reinforcement again. He also heard that the Great Zhou army had arrived at the north gate of Yechengguan again. Looking at the flags… it turned out to be the Zhao family army that had surrendered to the Great Zhou. Hearing that 50,000 Zhao family soldiers had entered the city, the Xiliang spy quietly left the team and went to report the news to the Xiliang army.
Bai Qingyan brought Yang Wuce to personally welcome Zhao Sheng and the Zhao army into the city. Zhao Sheng had been itching to do so. In the beginning, Zhao Sheng had followed Bai Qingyan in order to conquer the world with Bai Qingyan. However, this time when they came to destroy Xiliang, Bai Qingyan brought Yang Wuce but did not let him come with them.
Later, good news came one after another from the battlefield in southern Xinjiang. Just when he was feeling anxious, he received a secret letter from Bai Qingyan, asking him to lead the Zhao army to Yecheng Pass.
At that time, Zhao Sheng thought that Bai Qingyan would let him join up with the Bai family army, and then attack Yecheng Pass, the most difficult place to attack in Xiliang, together.
Who would have thought that when Zhao Sheng had just led the Zhao family army to Wengcheng, he heard that the Bai family army, led by Bai Qingyan himself, had captured Yecheng Pass in just two days.
Zhao Sheng’s head was buzzing at that time, and he inexplicably thought of the battle at Qingxi Mountain Pass in Daliang.
In fact, at the beginning, Zhao Sheng felt that Jin State had more luck than strength in taking the Qingxi Mountain Pass, but now… Yecheng Pass is more difficult to take than Qingxi Mountain Pass. There are high walls and fortifications on the mountains on both sides of Yecheng Pass, but Bai Qingyan and the Bai family army took it down in just two days… two days!
Zhao Sheng was stunned. While he admired Bai Qingyan and the other sons of the Bai family from the bottom of his heart, he also felt quite regretful that he rode at full speed but failed to catch up with the battle at Yechengguan.
After Zhao Sheng saluted Bai Qingyan, he looked at the energetic Yang Wuce and said, “It was me who persuaded you to surrender to the Great Zhou and conquer the world with His Majesty! But what happened is… His Majesty led you to capture Yecheng Pass, but I was not able to participate in this battle!”
Yang Wuce was so happy when he saw Zhao Sheng’s appearance. He laughed loudly while holding the sword at his waist and raised his hand to hit Zhao Sheng’s chest: “Look at you, you look so resentful like a woman! His Majesty said… His Majesty will not participate in the next battle, and you will fight! I will guard Yechengguan for His Majesty! You will fight in the future battles. Are you satisfied?”
“No battle can compare to the battle of Yecheng Pass!” Zhao Sheng looked at the high walls of Yecheng Pass and couldn’t help but sigh, “It’s such a pity that I didn’t make it!”
Bai Qingyan’s eyebrows were full of smiles, and he whispered: “If it weren’t for pacifying the world, I actually don’t want to fight. If the general leads the troops out overnight, the people will suffer life and death for several years!”
If someone else said this, Zhao Sheng might still not believe it in his heart, but if Bai Qing said it… Zhao Sheng believed it.
This time in the capital, he heard… Bai Qingyan was once attacked by students of the Imperial College. Bai Qingyan’s mentor, Mr. Guan Yongchong, once said that when Bai Qingyan returned from the battlefield for the first time, he asked Bai Qingyan what he felt.
Bai Qingyan replied, “There are mountains of bones exposed in the wilderness, graves everywhere with no place to bury the dead, thousands of acres of fertile land left uncultivated, and corpses lying across thousands of miles without a single trace of bird.”
That was a tragic scene that you would never see in a prosperous capital city.
Therefore, Bai Qingyan is willing to do his best, even at the cost of his own life, to return a peaceful country with calm and tranquil waters to the people.
It is said that Bai Qing was only thirteen years old when he said this. His broad mind and compassion for the world were so great that even Mr. Guan Yongchong, a teacher, admitted that he could not surpass him.
Zhao Sheng believed that the emperor who could say such words really cared about the people and was willing to return peace and prosperity to the people.
Zhao Sheng bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “I was wrong. I understand your majesty’s meaning! If it is not necessary… your majesty is not willing to raise an army! Next… Zhao Sheng will do his best to pacify Xiliang as soon as possible and let the people suffer less!”
“Bai Qingyan would like to thank General Zhao on behalf of the people!” Bai Qingyan bowed to Zhao Sheng with a smile.
Zhao Sheng quickly moved aside to avoid Bai Qingyan’s greeting and said, “By the way, Your Majesty, Mr. Cai Ziyuan also came with me this time, but Mr. Cai parted with me at Wengshan and went to Fengxian. He said he was going to see the implementation of the new policy and would come to see Your Majesty in two days to report to Your Majesty in detail.”
Bai Qingyan didn’t expect Cai Ziyuan to come as well: “Isn’t Mr. Cai in Hancheng, helping Qin Lang implement the new policy?”
“The new policy has been implemented very well on the old land of Daliang. When I was in Hancheng, your Majesty’s brother-in-law Qin Lang had already taken charge. I heard from Mr. Cai that… your Majesty’s brother-in-law was worried that your Majesty and Fuguojun didn’t have enough manpower here, and was afraid that Gao Yijun would not have Mr. Cai to advise him, which would make your Majesty and Fuguojun worried, so he took the initiative to let Mr. Cai rush from Hancheng to Nanjiang!” Zhao Sheng walked under the city wall with Bai Qingyan, smiling and said, “Of course, Mr. Cai, like me, didn’t want to miss the battlefield of pacifying Xiliang, so he asked the Queen Mother for permission and followed me here!”
Bai Qingyan nodded. She knew that Mr. Cai actually had great ambitions.
“In fact, it’s not just me and Mr. Cai. When I set out before, many generals were jealous. This is a battle to destroy Xiliang! Who wouldn’t be excited to hear that?”
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