The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 681: disappear into thin air
Chapter 681 Disappeared
Otherwise, with Jin now surrounded by other countries on all sides, it would be very difficult for it to dominate the world, especially if Jin waited for Dayan to destroy Wei, it would be even more dangerous.
Today, the Yan royal family is focusing on the whole world. In contrast, the Jin royal family has an emperor obsessed with the art of elixir, and the prince acts entirely by guessing the emperor’s mood, rarely having his own opinions. However, he is still arrogant and regards himself as a powerful country.
In contrast, the decline of the powerful State of Jin was understandable.
However, Bai Qingyan is from Jin, so he should give advice to the prince… and he has to give advice.
Jian Chuntao came in with a black lacquered food box with gold decoration, saying that Second Madam Liu had sent some red dates and black chicken soup to Bai Qingyan, and asked Bai Qingyan to drink more to replenish his blood.
She asked Chuntao to put the soup bowl on the small table in front of them, and then said, “Send someone to call Xiao Si over. I have something to tell him.”
“Hey! I’ll go right away!” Chuntao responded, pulled open the curtain and left the upper room, then sent someone to call Bai Jinzhi.
Bai Qingyan sat on the couch, opened the lid of the soup bowl, and took a sip. It was cooked by Second Aunt herself, with plenty of red dates…
The corners of her lips curled up slightly, and this spoonful of soup warmed her heart.
Bai Jinzhi arrived quickly. Bai Qingyan had just finished drinking her soup when she arrived: “Sister, what’s wrong? Are you worried that I haven’t packed my things yet and will delay my trip tomorrow? Sister, don’t worry, I’ve already packed them! I don’t have much stuff in the capital anyway!”
Bai Qingyan wiped the corner of his lips with a handkerchief and said to Bai Jinzhi, “I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you to go to the Prince’s Mansion.”
Bai Jinzhi sat upright: “What’s wrong?”
“Go tell the prince that we cannot allow Daliang to seize any inch of Dayan’s territory and threaten Jin this time. Once a war really breaks out… we cannot stop the war as we did last time after winning. This time… if Daliang refuses to return the city that it agreed to cede to Jin and insists on going to war with Dayan, then we must defeat Daliang so hard that he can never get up again and will no longer have the ability to provoke Jin! In the future, he can only shrink back and protect himself!”
Even… destroying Daliang is not impossible!
Bai Qing’s voice was serious, his eyes were dark and calm, and it didn’t seem like he was joking at all.
Bai Qingyan did not say anything about destroying the country because he knew… the prince did not have the courage to do so.
But even if we cannot destroy the country temporarily, we must weaken its military and national strength. If Jin wants to destroy Liang in the future… it will be easy.
Now, Dayan is facing Wei. If Dayan destroys Wei at the same time as Jin destroys Liang, only Southern Rong, Northern Rong and Western Liang will remain. These three countries will have difficulty gaining power, and there will be no tendency for those who destroy other countries first to be attacked by all.
There is no need to worry about the Southern Rong with A Yu around. The Northern Rong and Western Liang are weak. If they really form an alliance to fight against the strong, they will be more cautious about destroying Southern Yan first… and then destroying Wei, and suddenly rising Dayan after years of hiding its power, rather than Jin which has always been a strong country.
Bai Qingyan’s heart was surging with emotions, and the thought of destroying Liang surged up like a tidal wave, uncontrollable.
“If… Daliang surrenders the city, Jin will have no reason to start a war, so we can wait… wait until Daliang forces Yan to ask for help, because Yan is no longer the weak country it was before, otherwise it would not dare to send troops to help! Jin can wait until Dayan asks for help, and then ask for benefits, justified… Use the excuse of helping Yan to send troops to Daliang, and defeat Daliang until it is no longer able to compete with Jin. If the prince is ambitious, he can wait until the world is in chaos and destroy Liang.”
If Dayan came to ask Jin for help, it would definitely not be able to destroy Wei alone. That means Wei and Liang have not yet run out of luck and are waiting… until the right opportunity to destroy them.
“Have you remembered all of this?” Bai Qingyan asked Bai Jinzhi who was reciting silently.
Bai Jinzhi nodded: “Don’t worry, elder sister, Xiao Si has remembered everything! We will go to the Prince’s Mansion right away!”
At this moment, the lights in the Prince’s Mansion were on. When Bai Jinzhi was talking to the Prince in the study, Old Fang, Qin Shangzhi and Ren Shijie were all there.
Mr. Fang nodded, agreeing with Bai Qingyan for the first time: “Your Highness, the Princess Zhenguo is right. If Liang gives the land it promised to cede to Jin, then the alliance will take effect…but our country also has an alliance with Yan. Only Yan asks for help from Jin, and Jin sends an envoy to act as a peacemaker. If Daliang still insists on attacking Yan, then…it won’t be too late for Jin to send troops.”
Qin Shangzhi pondered over Bai Qingyan’s words again and again, and when he suddenly heard what Old Fang said, his brows raised. He felt that Old Fang had misunderstood Princess Zhenguo’s words. What Princess Zhenguo said… was to defeat Daliang until it had no strength to gather troops to invade. Old Fang had misinterpreted it.
Ren Shijie still sat there drinking tea and did not express any opinion.
Qin Shangzhi bowed to the crown prince and said, “Your Highness, what the Zhenguo Princess said… is that she hopes that Your Highness will send troops to Daliang under any pretext. This battle must defeat Daliang so that it has no power to fight back, laying the foundation for the unification of the world in the future! Daliang is in an extremely advantageous geographical location, with the sea at its back and Jin and Rongdi to the south! If our Jin can obtain the land of Daliang, we will not have to worry about being attacked from both sides in the future. Therefore, Daliang… is the land that we must fight for before our Jin begins its great cause of unifying the world!”
“Now that the forces of various countries are intertwined, there is no opportunity to destroy other countries. Our Jin State can only take this opportunity to weaken Daliang and prepare for the future!” After Qin Shangzhi finished speaking, he looked at Bai Jinzhi.
Bai Jinzhi briefly thought about the geographical location of Jin State and nodded: “Mr. Qin’s words make sense!”
“I dare not agree with what Princess Gaoyi and Mr. Qin said.” Elder Fang rolled his eyes at Qin Shangzhi, cupped his hands, and said directly to the prince, “Now that His Majesty is seriously ill, he has handed over all government affairs to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince because he values His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s steadiness! If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince goes to war with Daliang at this time, not to mention how much military funds will be spent, will His Majesty be unhappy? Years of war… can the national treasury afford it? Your Majesty is determined to build the Nine-Story Tower, but the Ministry of Revenue can’t come up with money. Can the Ministry of Revenue come up with money for a war?”
“I have never seen the Ministry of Revenue have silver!” Bai Jinzhi couldn’t help but say, “The Ministry of Revenue has no silver every year. When the Bai family army asked for military pay, the Ministry of Revenue also said that there was no silver. Prince cousin should investigate carefully. Silver is such a good thing… where did it go?”
What Bai Jinzhi hates most is the Minister of Revenue, who cries poor every year, big or small. Does it mean that the taxes paid by the common people… just disappeared out of thin air? !
The prince was no longer surprised to see the Minister of Revenue complaining about being poor.
However, the prince felt that what Mr. Fang said was very right… His father was determined to build a nine-story terrace. When he entered the palace a few days ago, his father mentioned it intentionally or unintentionally. If silver was needed for a war at this time and there was no silver to build a nine-story terrace for his father, would his father be angry with him?
“Your Highness, the Nine-Layered Terrace can be built at any time, but this opportunity… is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. For the long-term, the battle in Daliang… must be fought!”
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