The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 926: Cut the weeds
Chapter 926: Eliminating the Roots
Lu Jinxian quickly figured it out, raised his head and said solemnly to Bai Qing: “It’s just that Your Majesty, how to open a school, one school per county or one school per city, still needs a detailed plan, and the government needs to allocate silver from the Ministry of Revenue every year to open a school, so I’m afraid we have to wait for the Minister of Revenue to come back.”
Lu Xiang: “…”
“Then let’s announce it to the world during the coronation ceremony, and wait for the Minister of Revenue Wei Bugong to come back and implement this matter.” Bai Qingyan said and then looked at the Minister of War Shen Jingzhong, “Has Wei Zhong handed the person over to Lord Shen?”
When Bai Qingyan left Dadu City for Luohong City, he ordered Wei Zhong to take control of all the Jin Dynasty’s royal secret guards… and hand over half of them to the Minister of War Shen Jingzhong, for use in the newly established School Affairs Office.
After all, these royal secret guards are in the dark every day and rarely show up in public. Even the secret guards in the same team cannot be guaranteed to know each other. Moreover, they have all been separated from their biological parents since birth and raised by the secret guards. It is safest for someone with a stranger face and no worries to come forward.
Shen Jingzhong nodded: “Lord Wei has handed the people over to me. In addition… I have also gathered some capable people. After screening and checking, I selected another batch. Then, according to your majesty’s instructions, I dispersed the second batch of people to be sent to Yan State. If nothing unexpected happens… after the coronation ceremony, the third batch can also be sent to Yan State.”
Bai Qingyan had already sent a group of people before going to Luohong City. She once told Shen Jingzhong… Now that Yan State has just swallowed up Wei State, and the details of Wei State have not been fully understood, it is a good time to place people there. She asked Shen Jingzhong to hurry up and do this.
However, it is not so easy to select spies placed in enemy countries. They must be capable… and able to endure loneliness. Since this is related to the future unification, Shen Jingzhong is inevitably cautious, so the progress is slower than previously expected.
Bai Qingyan nodded, and then listened to Prime Minister Lu saying to her: “Your Majesty, there is one more thing… Before, the Guanghe Canal was halfway built, and then King Liang rebelled and fled to Luohong City. The Mr. Qin who was originally in charge of the canal construction went to Luohong City, and… As far as I know, Mr. Qin came from the Prince’s Mansion of the Jin Dynasty. Now that the Guanghe Canal is halfway built and left there, I wonder if Your Majesty has any instructions? Should we continue to use Mr. Qin, or change him?”
“Qin Shangzhi was brought back with the deposed crown prince this time. As for the canal repair… I originally wanted Qin Shangzhi to continue to be in charge. Before the coronation ceremony, I will talk to Qin Shangzhi. If Qin Shangzhi is unwilling, it is not that there are no more suitable people, but it will take some time.”
“Your Majesty knows what’s going on, so I won’t worry anymore!” Prime Minister Lu said with a smile.
Bai Qingyan pulled himself together and said and heard so much, he was already extremely tired, so he said: “I’ll trouble you all for the coronation ceremony!”
Having said this, Lu Xiang and others knew that Bai Qingyan was tired, so they quickly stood up, bowed and took their leave.
But this is the responsibility of a ruler.
If a king did not have a broad and tenacious mind like Bai Qingyan, who had the goal and ambition to unify the world, the ecstasy of sitting on the throne would soon be crushed by the burden that came with it because there was no goal and ambition to support him.
Of course, if one sits on a position but cannot shoulder the responsibility, and is as incompetent as the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, self-indulgent and unworthy of the position…then the country’s demise is inevitable.
Zhen Ming, who had been guarding the door and had not dared to go in to report the news, saw Lu Xiang and his party coming out, and hurriedly opened the curtain to salute. After ordering people to see Lu Xiang and his party off, Zhen Ming hurried in to tell Bai Qingyan that the ladies were about to arrive in the capital city.
Seeing Bai Qingyan resting his elbow on his hidden bag, his hand on his forehead, and seeming to be resting with his eyes closed, Zhenming hesitated whether to report to Bai Qingyan, and then he heard Bai Qingyan say: “Call Wei Zhong over…”
Zhen Ming saw Bai Qingyan with his eyes closed and a tired and haggard face. He pursed his lips and thought that it would not be too late to report to Bai Qingyan when his wife, the girls and the Seventh Young Master arrived at the gate of the capital city, so he replied: “Yes…”
Not long after, Wei Zhong hurried over. When he entered the room, he saw Bai Qingyan with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep. He bowed his head solemnly, but after a while, Bai Qingyan didn’t respond. He turned to look at Zhen Ming… Just as he was about to signal Zhen Ming to leave first, he saw Bai Qingyan let out a long breath, sat up straight, and asked Wei Zhong: “Is there anyone among the secret guards who swears to die rather than surrender, and is only willing to be loyal to the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty?”
“Your Majesty, yes… they have all been dealt with!” Wei Zhong said calmly.
“Except what was handed over to the school affairs office, how much was lost?” Bai Qingyan asked again.
“Your Majesty, the secret guards I handed over to the School Affairs Office… are all old ones. According to the rules of the Jin Dynasty, when a secret guard is over 30… they need to choose a successor to adopt as an apprentice and train him by their side. I know that the School Affairs Office is used by the master to gather intelligence from other countries, so I handed over those who are over 45. These people are older and although they are not as strong as young people, they are more stable as spies! Therefore… the new recruits to fill the secret guards have not actually lost much.”
Wei Zhong also has his own selfish motives. These people have worked hard all their lives and are still alive… Their physical strength can no longer keep up with young people. Wei Zhong wants them to have a good end and become spies… As long as they hide well, they will be no different from ordinary people, and the possibility of them dying in peace is much higher than being a secret guard fighting and killing all the time.
“How are the Crown Princess and the little grandson of the Jin Dynasty?” Bai Qingyan asked again.
Wei Zhong stared at the floor in front of him and said, “My lord, I am fine. Do you have any instructions?”
“Take good care of them, go…”
Wei Zhong frowned, disobeyed orders for the first time, and kowtowed to Bai Qingyan, saying, “Master, although the child is innocent, the new dynasty has been established, and we must root out the evil. Otherwise… if someone has other intentions and uses the crown prince of the Jin Dynasty or the young emperor’s grandson as a pretext, it will cause trouble.”
“I know what’s going on.” Bai Qing said in a tired voice, “There’s one more thing I want to entrust to you. From now on, you will personally lead people to wait at the city gate until the day of the coronation ceremony. If there are… children of the Bai family who come back, you will personally welcome them home! If there are those who can’t make it… and come back on the day of the coronation ceremony, you will bring them directly to the palace.”
“Yes!” Wei Zhong accepted the order.
“Go ahead…”
Wei Zhong responded, stood up, bent over and walked out.
After Wei Zhong left, Zhen Ming entered the room again. Unable to contain her excitement, she bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “Miss… the madam and the ladies are back. When you met Wei Zhong just now, the guards sent a message saying that they had entered the gate of Dadu. It was the Seventh Young Master… the Seventh Young Master who escorted the ladies back!”
First update! Keep begging for monthly tickets! It’s not easy to be an emperor… and it’s even harder to be a good emperor!