The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1514: the foundation of the country
Chapter 1514: The Foundation of the Nation
“Doctor Hong, you are old, you must not neglect your health. Grandfather is gone… You are the elder of our brothers and sisters, you should look after us for our grandfather. How can you leave us and go to Yan State? If something goes wrong, my elder sister and I will not be able to explain to the elders at home!” Bai Qingjue comforted Doctor Hong to sit down, and signaled Yin Shuang to bring Doctor Hong a cup of tea, “Yinshuang, I want chrysanthemum tea, it can clear away heat and reduce internal heat!”
“Oh… Seventh Young Master!” Doctor Hong was forced to sit down by Bai Qingjue, and simply looked at Bai Qingyan and said, “Miss, the Bai family are all military generals, so when there is a war in the country, the Bai family must be the first to fight! I am a doctor, and when there is an epidemic in the country, I should be the first to fight. Why can the girls and boys come to this battlefield, but I can’t go to the place where the epidemic occurs? What’s the reason? Is it the reason?”
Doctor Hong was anxious. After all… the sooner he could get in touch with the patients, the sooner he could develop a medicine to fight the disease.
Bai Qingyan was silent for a moment, then said, “In that case, I will go with Doctor Hong!”
“Eldest sister?!” Bai Jinzhi’s eyes widened. “Eldest sister, how can you go? What if… No way! Absolutely not!”
“Yes, elder sister, the queen mother of Yan is crazy. What if elder sister goes to the city in Yan that was ceded to the Zhou Dynasty? Wouldn’t that be dangerous!” Bai Jinse also disagreed.
“That’s right! The young lady is the ruler of a country and the foundation of the country! How can she take risks as easily as an old man like me!” Doctor Hong also disagreed.
“Before I came to see you just now, I read the report sent by Shen Tianzhi. The epidemic in Yan State is coming fiercely. Shen Tianzhi chose to seal off the city, but the shortage of medicinal materials cannot be replenished. The people are uneasy and it is inevitable that civil unrest will occur.” Bai Qingyan looked at Doctor Hong steadily, “Doctor Hong, you said you are a doctor… When there is an epidemic in the country, you should take the lead, but I am also the king of a country. They are the people of my Zhou State. As their emperor, wherever there is a disaster or a hardship, I should share the joys and sorrows with the people! I trust your medical skills, so let’s go together!”
Although there has been an epidemic in the cities around Yan State, it would be risky for Bai Qingyan to go there now, but… it is a good opportunity to win the hearts of the people of Yan State.
Bai Qingyan is confident that the Great Zhou will win after the gambling country, and the two countries will become one country. What if the people in Yan State don’t want to cause trouble again and again? Do we have to send troops to suppress them every time?
Bai Qingyan thought this was a bad idea.
The best strategy would be to take preventive measures from the very beginning and take advantage of this natural disaster to win the hearts of the people.
Furthermore, now that Shen Tianzhi has sent the patients to the treatment center and the city gates have been blocked, the people are in a panic. They are afraid that the government will seal them off in the city, and if the epidemic cannot be controlled in the end, they will be killed. After all… there have been such precedents in ancient times, so it is no wonder that the people would resist so violently. Coupled with the fact that some people are inciting the people, it would be strange if there is no chaos.
But if Bai Qingyan, the Emperor of the Great Zhou, is willing to be with the people, the people should feel much more at ease.
“I understand what elder sister means. The people are in a panic now that the city is sealed off. The reason why elder sister wants to go now is to stabilize the people’s hearts.” Bai Jinzhi clenched his fists. “If that’s the case, why don’t I go! I’m elder sister’s younger sister, the King Gaoyi of the Great Zhou, and I can go!”
“Eldest sister went there to stabilize the people’s hearts, and to win the hearts of the people of Yan State, right?” Bai Jinse raised her eyes with shining eyes, “It was Yan State that first started the epidemic, but the Yan royal family was afraid that they could not avoid it and hid in Yandu. The emperor of our Great Zhou went to the cities of Yan and Zhou in person to share the hardships with the people. The superiority and inferiority will be immediately apparent, and the people of Yan State will be more willing to cooperate with Shen Sikong to implement the new policy! In the future, the two countries will be united as one country. When the people of Yan know about this, they will definitely not reject Great Zhou!”
An emperor who could risk his noble life for the sake of his people, an emperor who would not abandon any of his own people. When everyone wanted to escape, she went there to stabilize the people’s hearts. What an encouragement that would be for the people.
Although Bai Jinse was young, when she went to southern Xinjiang for training, passing through Fengxian and Fengcheng, she heard that the people regarded the Bai family army as saviors and their eldest sister and the Bai family members as gods, and she understood this truth.
So this time, Bai Jinse supported her eldest sister to go.
“Xiao Qi is willing to go with my elder sister and Doctor Hong!” Bai Jinse said, “My elder sister can only stay in one city, and I can go to another city to stabilize the people’s hearts!”
“Xiao Qi is too young and his physique is not as good as mine. I’d better go!” Bai Jinzhi said hurriedly.
“You two little ones, don’t let the elders at home worry. I’ll go with my eldest sister!” Bai Qingjue said and looked at Bai Qingyan, “If my guess is correct, the fifth brother will lead the troops to escort the herbs and doctors to the border of Yan State. He must have the same idea as my eldest sister, to enter the epidemic city to stabilize the people’s hearts.”
Bai Qingyan nodded. Based on her understanding of Ayu, Ayu would definitely go.
No matter whether the people in those cities still consider themselves as the people of Yan State, in their eyes… since the cities are designated as the people of Great Zhou, they are the people of Great Zhou, and Great Zhou… will not give up any of them.
“Now that the decision has been made, don’t delay. Make a list of the herbs that Doctor Hong can use. Ajue and Xiaosi, you two should start collecting the herbs immediately! Afterwards, Xiaosi, Xiaoqi and Cheng Yuanzhi will accompany Princess Hancheng to bury the King of Hancheng in the imperial mausoleum, and then lead the army back to the capital city, taking back half of the compensation from the Dongyi Kingdom. Tell your third brother, General Lu and Wei Bugong that this half will all be used for the prevention and treatment of this epidemic. We must not let the epidemic spread to the territory of the Great Zhou!”
“Yes! Xiaoqi complies with your command!” Bai Jinse straightened his back and clasped his fists in response.
“I’ll go back and write the list right away!” Doctor Hong stood up and bowed to Bai Qingyan, then went to the side room to write down the medicinal materials he needed.
Bai Qingyan nodded.
“I’ll go tell General Cheng and the others to make early arrangements to return to the capital, but…” Bai Qingjue looked up at Bai Qingyan, “This time, my elder sister is only bringing the Anping army to Yan State, not the Bai family army?”
Bai Qingyan had not mentioned Liu Pinggao, but Bai Qingjue knew that his eldest sister was going to lead the Great Zhou Anping Army led by Liu Pinggao to Yan.
“It is said that the Bai Family Army is the direct descendant of our Bai Family. As the emperor, I must take the Bai Family Army with me wherever I go. This time… I will take the Anping Army with me to let the soldiers know that in my eyes, they are all the same. All the soldiers of the Great Zhou are direct descendants!” Bai Qingyan rested his fingers on the table and said after thinking for a while, “You don’t have to rush to talk to General Cheng. Gather the generals together and let them choose whether to follow me to the State of Yan. If Liu Pinggao and the others choose to follow me like Cheng Yuanzhi, you can convey my words to them.”