1310. Chapter 1310 What Is Tianfei?
Ye Zhen captured ten cities in a row. Before attacking the city, she had ordered all the soldiers not to loot the people's things. Those who wanted to stay and submit could still live their lives, and the food and grass she needed would be exchanged for money. , will not rob the people of a grain of rice. The people of Dongqing Kingdom have been increasingly taxed in the past two years. Because the emperor is useless, they have to pay tribute to Beiming Kingdom every year. There is also the oppression of war. When Ye Zhen heard It was ordered that they could be tax-free for three years, and no one wanted to leave.
For the common people, whoever becomes the emperor is the same. As long as he can give them a stable and prosperous life, he is a good emperor. They don't care whether the emperor of Dongqing State is named Li. It doesn't matter if they are asked to pay such heavy taxes every year. Having said that, just requiring strong men to join the army is unbearable for them.
Nowadays, someone is willing to exempt them from taxes and eliminate the need for strong men to join the army. This is a good emperor in their minds.
Ye Zhen stood on the city wall and looked at the people who had returned to normal life. They didn't seem to be sad at all about the change of rulers. They still farmed at sunrise and returned at sunset. Even the number of people walking back and forth on the street did not decrease. .
"Li Heng has lost all the hearts of the people." Huangfu Chen came behind Ye Zhen at some point.
"From the moment he decided to abandon the Jin Kingdom, he has already lost people's hearts." Submitting to the Beiming Kingdom will not be as easy as forming an alliance with the Jin Kingdom. What kind of person is Beitang Yu? He will definitely put forward many harsh conditions. , it can only be said that Li Heng's vision is too short-sighted. He thought that the Jin Kingdom was bound to lose, so he was unwilling to send troops to help and instead defected to the Beiming Kingdom. He brought this fate on his own.
Huangfu Chen said, "Then why don't you go to war?"
"Continuing to fight will only lead to more innocent soldiers dying. Wouldn't it be better if Cui Yang could surrender to us?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile.
"You want to persuade Cui Yang to surrender?" Huangfuchen thought she was just waiting for Ye Chunnan, but he didn't expect that she still had such thoughts in her heart.
"What I want is Dong Qing and Li Heng. I don't want the lives of these soldiers. Dong Qing has no troops to continue fighting with us. The only victims are the innocent people who were forcibly dragged to join the army." Ye Zhen Whispered.
A faint smile appeared in Huangfuchen's eyes. Even though she already had 100,000 elite soldiers, her kind nature has not changed.
"What if Cui Yang refuses to surrender?" Huangfu Chen asked.
Ye Zhen said, "Then I will issue an order and all those who are willing to submit to me will be allowed to be free."
"Yaoyao, if you are a man, you must be a benevolent and righteous king." Huangfuchen glanced at her.
"Some things can't be done by men." Ye Zhen blinked and said with a smile, it's not because it hasn't happened before, it won't happen in the future. There were no women who led troops to seize the country before, but now she leads the troops to seize Dongqing. Is it possible? Can't she take charge of the entire Dongqing Kingdom by herself? There are no absolutes in everything in this world, it just depends on whether you want to do it or not.
Huangfu Chen nodded gently, "You are right."
Ye Zhen looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late, I have to go back. Mingxi and Mingyu have been getting more and more naughty recently, and they can't wait for a moment longer."
Speaking of the two children who were almost two years old, Huangfuchen's eyes darkened slightly, "Have you asked someone to tell A-Zhan?"
Hearing Mo Rongzhan, a smile flashed in Ye Zhen's eyes, "No, but he should know."
"Are you still angry with him?" Huangfuchen chuckled helplessly.
"I'm not angry with him, really." She has been gone like this for two years, and she has no anger left.
Not angry, but refused to tell Mo Rongzhan when he came back?
Huangfu Chen wanted to ask again, but he saw Shui Yichen coming from under the city wall.
"General." Ye Zhen looked at him with a smile. She had heard Shui Miaomiao talk about how powerful Shui Yichen was in fighting with his troops, but she had no idea until she saw with her own eyes that Shui Yichen could capture the enemy with 20,000 elite soldiers. After ten cities, she finally understood how powerful the so-called power was.
In ten cities, they suffered less than 500 wounded soldiers.
"A letter from Doumenguan, asking to see you." Shui Yichen glanced at Huangfu Chen indifferently, and looked at Ye Zhen with his deep dark blue eyes.
Ye Zhen nodded, "Is it Cui Yang?"
"Do you want to meet?" Shui Yichen asked in a low voice. He actually did not agree with Ye Zhen's tolerant attitude, which would give the Emperor of Dongqing the wrong impression.
"Master, I'm going to the military camp first." Ye Zhen turned around and said to Huangfu Chen, then followed Shui Yichen to the other side.
Huangfuchen raised his eyes and looked at her back, feeling an inexplicable feeling of depression in his heart.
Ye Zhen didn't realize that Huangfu Chen was still looking at her from behind. All her attention was on what Shui Yichen said, "Don't you think I should see Cui Yang?"
"If you haven't taken the initiative, they will think they still have a chance to defeat us, and your kindness will harm more people." Shui Yichen said in a low voice.
"What do you mean?" Ye Zhen was stunned for a moment, how could she harm more people?
Shui Yichen said, "If you give them a chance to surrender, the emperor of Dongqing Kingdom will not think so. They will only think that you are still afraid of you and think that you are not strong enough. Li Heng will order to recruit troops from other places and pour them all over the country." Use your power to deal with us. By then, even if you get the Dongqing Kingdom, it will only be a ruined country with its people displaced and their families scattered."
Ye Zhen was stunned. She had never thought about this problem before. She had to say that Shui Yichen's words were right.
"I'll see Cui Yang first. If he refuses to retreat and surrender, we will attack the city again." Ye Zhen said in a low voice.
"Then I'll have someone bring him to see you." Shui Yichen said. In fact, he still had a lot to ask about her identity, and the Emperor Jin Guo who had never appeared before. She was among them. She never mentioned anything in front of her. She was obviously the Queen of Jin Kingdom. Now that she had come back, why didn't anyone go to Jin Kingdom to say something?
In fact, so what if I asked, he didn't even know why he became her general here. Although he said it was to protect his sister, only he knew in his heart that it was more than that.
Probably... he hopes to lead troops to fight more than a businessman.
"Shui Yichen." Ye Zhen looked at Shui Yichen who was about to turn around and leave, "If we send troops, how long will it take to reach the royal capital?"
"I'm not familiar with Dongqing Kingdom, but according to what Jiang Dachuan told me, we will be able to conquer the capital in less than three months. Do you want to force Dongqing Kingdom to abdicate?" Shui Yichen asked.
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "He will definitely abdicate, I just don't know who can relinquish his position to."
"You." Shui Yichen looked at her with burning eyes, "Don't you know what Tianfei represents?"
"Isn't he the god of Baoxiang Kingdom?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile.
Shui Yichen shook his head lightly, "She was the queen who once lived on the islands in the sea."