The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 920: militaristic
Chapter 920: Warmongering
Now that the new dynasty has been established, there are many things to be done. Especially since the previous emperor of the Jin Dynasty almost emptied the national treasury for the sake of a nine-story platform, is there any room in the national treasury for Bai Qingyan to fight a war?
Even if the national treasury can still support Bai Qingyan’s war… but the five princes with fiefdoms led the people from all over the place and vowed to fight to the death. Can Bai Qingyan kill all the people in these five places?
Isn’t she afraid of being known as a warmongerer? !
Having made up their minds, the five old princes of the Jin Dynasty royal family who had fiefdoms got together the night before Bai Qingyan returned… to discuss important matters.
In a hidden three-story house to the west of Dadu City, King Guang’an, King Baishui, King Hedong, King Anxi, and King Shuofang sat in a secret room and swore an oath of blood to reach a consensus.
“Since Prince Guang’an, Prince Baishui and Prince Hedong had reached a consensus long before we arrived at Dadu and had already secretly dispatched troops, Prince Shuofang and I naturally have nothing to say. I will send someone back to pass on a message, ordering them to lead troops to Dadu before Bai Qingyan ascends the throne on June 20th! If Bai Qingyan does not agree, we will rebel against her…” said Prince Anxi.
“But…” The 27-year-old King Shuofang clutched the fan in his hand, trembling with fear. Although he intended to follow the lead of King Anxi, he still hesitated, “This Bai Qingyan is not only invincible, but also holds military power, and they are all elite soldiers who have fought in Daliang. Our private soldiers… I’m afraid there is no way to resist!”
“What if we don’t resist? Isn’t the third prince of Liang a living example? He got the title of king… but he has no fiefdom, cannot raise an army, and cannot get involved in taxation! What does this mean… He just got an empty title and lives a life of idleness and waiting to die!” The eyes of the fifty-year-old King Anxi were gloomy.
“Our fiefdom and throne were handed down from our ancestors, and have been inherited from generation to generation until now… Our ancestors have lived on this fiefdom. If it is taken back from us now, what will our descendants do?” King Baishui looked at King Shuofang. “King Shuofang has just inherited the throne, and I am afraid he cannot understand the thoughts of us old people. When King Shuofang has a grandson, he will understand!”
“Whether it was the battle in Southern Xinjiang or the destruction of Liang in Northern Xinjiang, although we did not send troops, we did send food and supplies! Although the Grand Princess is gone now, Bai Qingyan must remember our contributions!” The calm King of Hedong lowered his eyes and stared at the clear tea in the cup in his hand, and said slowly, “I also believe that the Bai family… will not be people who don’t remember the old friendship. We dispatched troops to the capital just to be on the safe side. We may not really confront Bai Qingyan.”
“Yes, Bai Qingyan has not even dealt with the imperial relatives in Dadu who are within the five generations of the old emperor. We, the imperial relatives of the old dynasty who share the same ancestor with the emperor and live far away from Dadu, are just asking for a fiefdom to support our descendants. I think Bai Qingyan also understands the importance of pacifying people’s hearts.” The oldest Prince Guang’an fiddled with the Buddhist beads in his hand. “Bai Qingyan is a woman herself. It is not easy for her to become the ruler of a country. We are willing to make concessions. The new dynasty has just been established… She should also stop while she is ahead. Stabilizing the court is the key for her!”
The King of Hedong nodded with a smile, and placed the teacup in his hand on the corner table beside him. “Since Emperor Mingzhao of Jin, the emperor has only granted fiefs to our five ancestors, and since Emperor Wende, he has intended to weaken the power of us fiefdom kings. Emperor Wuxuan allowed the governor… to take control of the military power of a region to fight against us vassal kings, but he failed. Bai Qingyan is just establishing a new dynasty now… Even if she wants to weaken the vassal kings, the four words “stable situation” are enough to restrain her.”
“Okay, it’s settled!” Prince Guang’an paused in the movement of the Buddhist beads in his hand, raised his hand to touch his gray beard, and was about to stand up.
Prince Baishui hurriedly stood up and helped Prince Guang’an to stand up. Prince Guang’an continued, “Early tomorrow morning, Bai Qingyan will return to the capital. We will follow the officials to welcome him. When you see Bai Qingyan, you must put down your airs and be more respectful than you would to the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. You should be more humble and do what’s right.”
“It would be best… to marry into the Bai family, then it would be more secure!” The King of Hedong also stood up with a smile, shook off the non-existent dust on his robe, and smiled, “This Bai family… except for the second girl who married Qin Lang, the son of the original wife of the Loyal and Brave Marquis, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth girls are all of age, so the seventh girl can get engaged first!”
After that, the King of Hedong smiled and said to the other princes: “As for Bai Qingyan…if you have the ability and have a suitable son in your family, you may as well give it a try. If you have your own people beside the king…you will be able to get more information in the future. You must not be bound by the past view that men are superior to women. Now that the empress has ascended the throne…the dynasty has changed, and the world…is different!”
King Hedong knew clearly that Bai Qingyan should not be treated as a woman, but as an emperor, so… the methods used on emperors of past dynasties could be used on Bai Qingyan.
“What else does she want? Does she want to let women be officials? Even someone as arrogant as Queen Ji… didn’t dare to let women be officials! Xiliang is the same!” King Baishui frowned.
The King of Hedong smiled elegantly and said, “King Baishui, why bother to argue with me? I am just talking…If you want to listen, then listen. If you don’t want to listen, then just treat it as a joke.”
After the matter was settled, several people quietly left the small courtyard with three entrances in batches.
The King of Hedong finally walked out of the corner door of the courtyard, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and wondered in his heart…whether Bai Qingyan would risk the wrath of the world and let a woman serve as an official.
After all, he knew very well that… Bai Weiting never looked down on women, and taught his grandson and granddaughter in the same way.
I don’t know if it will affect the empress who is about to ascend the throne!
If Bai Qingyan dares, King Hedong thinks… he can do something about it. Only by making Bai Qingyan exhausted… will she have no energy to deal with these vassal kings.
Let’s not talk about the idea that men are superior to women and men are in charge of the outside world while women are in charge of the inside world, which has long been deeply rooted in people’s minds. As for the selfishness of human nature…it is already difficult for students in the world to take the imperial examinations and get promoted. If women are added to the list to take the imperial examinations and become officials, then more men will have no chance to succeed.
Don’t say that women are inferior to men. If that’s true… what about Empress Ji, the Queen of Xiliang, and now Bai Qingyan? In fact, all men in the world know that women are not necessarily inferior to men, so they come up with the saying that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world… and that men are superior to women.
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