The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 873: Volunteer
Chapter 873 Self-recommendation
Upon seeing this, Shen Jingzhong, the Minister of War, hurried forward and said to Bai Qing: “Princess Zhenguo, this man has always been like this. He didn’t mean it. I hope…”
“Your Excellency, there is no need to plead for me.” Before Shen Jingzhong could finish, the inspector of the Ministry of Revenue interrupted him, looked up at Bai Qingyan, knelt on the ground, and said with a look of fearlessness: “I, your humble servant, am disrespectful.”
Bai Qingyan looked at Wei Bugong, whose eyes were clear and bright, and said, “From now on, Wei Bugong is the Minister of Revenue. You will be in charge of the disaster relief work in Chongluanling and Shuijiang City. You are allowed to act first and report later. You must put the people first! This time, if you can save the people from suffering from hunger and cold, the position of Minister of Revenue will be yours!”
Wei Bugong’s pupils trembled and he was unable to react as to how the position of Minister of Revenue suddenly fell on him.
But Wei Bugong also understood that the Princess Zhenguo was saying that she would not allow the people to starve to death or freeze to death during this disaster relief! It was May and people would not freeze to death, but to prevent people from starving to death, the officials in charge of disaster relief needed to have strong means and be upright and iron-blooded to deter those officials below who intended to make money from the national disaster.
Therefore, the Princess Zhenguo cannot choose an official with an aristocratic family background to go to provide disaster relief. The relationships among aristocratic families are complicated and one move can affect the entire family. It will not work if you just rely on brute force and ignore the entire family. And Wei Bugong… is born in a poor family. Although he has nothing to take into account, he has no one to rely on. It will be difficult for him to do a good job in disaster relief!
The Jin Dynasty’s court had been corrupt for a long time, and those officials who were waiting to make a fortune from the national crisis were surrounding him like wolves. He was alone and had two hands… It was hard to say whether he could fight to the death.
The good thing is that Princess Zhenguo gave him the right to act first and report later. As long as he has an iron fist, he will risk his life this time… Once the disaster relief work is done, it will be considered as doing something for the people.
“Wang Xiping!”
Wang Xiping heard Bai Qingyan’s shout outside the door and immediately entered the hall: “I order you to take 30,000 soldiers and follow the Minister of Revenue Wei Bugong to Chongshanling and Shuijiangguan to provide disaster relief! All obey the orders of Lord Wei and protect Lord Wei’s safety. Lord Wei’s orders are my orders, Bai Qingyan’s orders. Anyone who disobeys will be executed without mercy!”
Wei Bugong looked up in shock. He had just been thinking that he had no one to rely on, but in the blink of an eye… Bai Qingyan gave him 30,000 soldiers to rely on!
“I obey your orders!” Wang Xiping knelt down and accepted the order, his voice echoing throughout the palace.
“Lord Wei?” Bai Qingyan looked at Wei disrespectfully.
Wei Bugong immediately kowtowed and accepted the order: “Wei Bugong accepts the order! I will not disappoint the Princess Zhenguo!”
“Time is running out. Arrange the grain transportation immediately! Tell General Wang Xiping if you need to mobilize any personnel!” Bai Qingyan said, without even looking at Wei Bugong, and started to deal with the rebellion of the prefect of Fenping. She walked down the high steps and handed the report in her hand to Lu Xiang. “This report evades the important issues and seems to accuse the prefect of Fenping of rebelling because of the death of his wife!”
When Wang Xiping and Wei Bugong came out of the hall together, all the officials passed the report around and the discussions in the hall became louder and louder.
Wei Bugong stepped out of the hall and couldn’t help but look back at Bai Qingyan in the hall. He was a little confused. In what capacity did the Zhenguo Princess command the officials? Princess… or… the emperor?
Wei Bugong had been suppressed in the Ministry of Revenue for many years because of his stubborn personality. He had always disobeyed orders from his superiors. But today, he was willing to obey the orders of the Princess Zhenguo. Although she was a woman, she showed the power of an emperor to kill and make decisions.
He pursed his lips, shocked by the words “imperial power”. He retracted his gaze and hurried down the steps with Wang Xiping to take inventory of the emperor’s private warehouse and prepare to transport grain.
Wei Bugong felt that it was because Princess Zhenguo said and did everything for the people, which made him admire her from the bottom of his heart, so he was willing to obey Bai Qingyan’s orders.
Bai Jinxiu was guarding outside the palace with her troops. Just when she learned that Ji Tingyu had taken people out of the city to chase Prince Liang and the Grand Princess and their entourage, she received a report from her subordinates saying that the Crown Princess and the little grandson of the emperor had been found. Prince Liang had sent people to kill the Crown Princess and the little grandson of the emperor, but they happened to be rescued by them. They had concealed the news and came to ask Bai Jinxiu what to do with them.
Bai Jinxiu pondered for a moment, lowered her eyes and said, “First, take them out of prison and arrange for them to live in a clean house. Don’t let the news leak out to the outside world. Tell the outside world that… the little grandson and the crown princess have been killed by King Liang.”
“Yes!” Bai Jinxiu’s subordinates took the order and left quickly.
Li Mingrui hurried forward holding the hem of his long gown and asked Bai Jinxiu to let him talk for a moment.
Bai Jinxiu stood with her hands behind her back, standing with Li Mingrui at a slightly off-center position at the entrance to the main hall, only to hear Li Mingrui say, “If the Princess Zhenguo wants to become the emperor, it must not be the Princess Zhenguo who initiates the proposal. Whether it’s threatening the officials or persuading them, it needs someone who has nothing to do with the Bai family to do it!”
Bai Jinxiu glanced at Li Mingrui and said, “Master Li…are you trying to recommend yourself?”
Li Mingrui bowed to Bai Jinxiu and said, “I am a humble man, but I want to save the lives of my entire family, so I am willing to help the princess.”
“Okay!” Bai Jinxiu nodded with a smile, “Then… let me see Master Li’s extraordinary abilities.”
“It’s not that I, Li Mingrui, have extraordinary abilities, but I know too well the nature of the officialdom and the noble families. They have been able to survive for so long… because they know how to go with the flow, just like the creepers on the corner of the palace wall. They never mind the name of the owner of the palace. As long as the owner can use the wall for them to climb, they will use it as a basis to grow… to become stronger! They will never do anything that will destroy themselves.” Li Mingrui looked at Bai Jinxiu’s attentive look and laughed again, “Of course, the Bai family… is not such a family.”
It was precisely because the Bai family was not such an aristocratic family, and because every member of the Bai family was upright and strong-willed, that they ended up with all the men in the family dying.
But it is precisely because the Bai family has such character that the Bai family has the current situation that other noble families around do not have.
“Then I will wait for good news from Master Li.”
As soon as Bai Jinxiu finished speaking, the dusty Lin Kangle, accompanied by a general wearing Liang State armor, hurried towards the main hall.
When Lin Kangle saw Bai Jinxiu, he raised his hand and bowed to Bai Jinxiu, then looked deeply at Li Mingrui who saluted him, and then led the general wearing Liang State armor into the hall.
“I, General Lin Kangle, and General Yang Wei, under the order of the Zhenguo Princess, led 30,000 soldiers to the Jiuchongtai and have rescued 480 children who were sent to the Jiuchongtai. The court has ordered the conscription of rebellious civilians to the Jiuchongtai within a certain period of time… or to rescue the children. When they learned that I and General Yang were sent by the Zhenguo Princess to rescue the children who were sent to the Jiuchongtai… and ordered the construction of the Jiuchongtai to stop, they all surrendered… a total of 792 people!”
The hall suddenly became silent.
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