Chapter 647 Filial Piety
Chapter 647 Filial piety
His whole body was full of iron-blooded aura that even men could not defeat, majestic and solemn.
"Princess Zhen Guo rest assured to ask for the imperial decree. Before the imperial decree comes down, Liu Hong will definitely protect these surrendered soldiers!" Liu Hong clasped his hands to Bai Qing with a firm tone.
Bai Qingyan nodded: "Please, General Liu!"
Bai Qingyan wanted to bow to Liu Hong, but she couldn't lift her arms anymore. She turned her head to look at the surrendered soldiers under the tower and looked up at her, then turned and walked down the tower.
Eighteen thousand soldiers, they are just following the orders of the superiors, and the superiors are playing games... They are all fighting with their lives!
Since they are soldiers, they should die on the battlefield and die to defend their home and country!
Soldiers... is a country, the last person who should be the victim of conspiracy and tricks.
The emperor doesn't want these people, she wants them!
These 18,000 soldiers, let them go to the southern border...or go to the northern border! Even go to the Eastern Border, to the Western Regions, to fight the enemy! In short...you must not die at Yongdingmen in this imperial city! You can't die in... the vortex where King Liang and King Xin are vying for the throne, and you can't die in the emperor's anger.
"why did you leave?!"
Someone saw that Bai Qingyan seemed to be leaving on the high wall and shouted loudly.
"Princess Zhenguo! You are the one who said to disarm and not kill!"
"Princess Zhen Guo!"
"Bah! Damn...all lied to us!"
Hearing the commotion downstairs, Liu Hong was afraid of causing chaos, and shouted to the soldiers downstairs: "Princess Zhen Guo has gone to ask for an order, please forgive me! The archers have already collected their arrows! Be safe and don't be impatient!"
Seeing this, Liu Hong's subordinates also shouted: "Princess Zhen Guo wants to protect you, and she will definitely protect you!"
Liu Hong turned his head and looked at his subordinates. Originally, Liu Hong didn't want to say this to the dying soldiers below. After all, he knew how determined the emperor's murderous heart was.
Seeing Liu Hong looking at him, the subordinate hurriedly took a step back, and pleaded guilty: "General, if you don't say that, it would be a little wrong to let these soldiers continue to hit the door... You can't explain to His Majesty!"
Liu Hong clenched his fists tightly, he only hoped that Bai Qingyan could really convince the emperor!
Not to mention the 18,000 soldiers of the Nandu Army, just how much money and how many years it took to train these forbidden troops.
Those 18,000 soldiers were really killed, and it was Jin who lost.
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The prince had just waited for the emperor to take the medicine and handed him a teacup to let the emperor rinse his mouth, when Gao Demao came in with small steps and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, Princess Zhen Guo has something to see."
The emperor covered his lips with his hands and spit out the mouthwash into the spit pot, took the silk handkerchief handed over by the crown prince, wiped his mouth, and said, "Let Bai Qingyan come in!"
Gao Demao responded and went out to spread Bai Qing's words.
Seeing Bai Qingyan who had already changed his clothes but was drenched all over, the prince was quite surprised to put the silk handkerchief used by the emperor into the gold-painted black lacquer square plate held up by the servant girl: "Princess Zhenguo, this is..."
After Bai Qingyan paid respects to the emperor, he said, "Your Majesty, Bai Qingyan is here to ask His Majesty for mercy, and to ask His Majesty to spare the eighteen thousand surrendered soldiers from dying."
The emperor, who was leaning on the Minghuang hidden pouch, squinted his eyes, his eyes were full of hostility, and he looked at Bai Qing quietly and said, "Why, do you think it's too cruel for me to do this?"
"Most of the Forbidden Army and the Southern Capital Army rebelled against the country. They attacked the imperial city with the intention of forcing the palace to usurp the throne. It is not a pity to die! But... the battle in southern Xinjiang last year and the battle in northern Xinjiang this year. Right now, Jin is short of soldiers. There are no new recruits. At least half a year of experience is not enough to go to the battlefield!"
On the way here, Bai Qingyan had already thought about how to talk to the emperor. It was useless to talk about friendship with the emperor, it had to touch the emperor's interests.
The emperor withdrew his gaze, stared at the flickering candle not far away, and pondered Bai Qingyan's words carefully.
"Bai Qingyan understands His Majesty's wrath...Hate! Your Majesty dare not use these soldiers who betrayed His Majesty again! Your Majesty can send them to the southern border...Northern border, or to guard the border between Jin and Rongdi , or guard the border between Jin and Dayan!" Bai Qingyan looked up at the emperor, saw that the emperor was thoughtful, and continued, "The Wudemen rebellion has seriously injured the vitality of Jin. If Your Majesty Order General Liu to kill 18,000 soldiers of his own family, and the spies from other countries will learn that if they don’t keep them in order, they will be ready to move, and the state of Jin is in danger!”
Bai Qingyan did not give specific suggestions to the emperor, in order to avoid the emperor's doubts. The suggestion on where to send the eight thousand can only be communicated to the emperor through the mouth of the prince.
"Your Majesty, they are all soldiers of the Jin Kingdom! Since they are enlisting in the army, if they are going to die... they should die by the swords of the enemy on the battlefield, not by the arrows of their own comrades!" Bai Qing said emphatically. The emperor kowtowed.
The emperor's hand on the bed tightened slightly, instead of dying under the arrows of his own robes...
The emperor suddenly thought of all the men from the Bai family who died in southern Xinjiang, and his heart was a little moved.
What Bai Qing said is not without reason.
It's just that if you don't kill all these traitorous bastards, it's hard to vent the emperor's anger.
Seeing that Bai Qingyan looked up at him, the prince signaled him to intercede with the emperor. The prince lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, thinking of the Bai family army far away in southern Xinjiang.
Now that the Bai family army is considered to belong to the prince, what good is it... He naturally wants to miss the Bai family army.
"Father, my son thinks what Princess Zhen Guo said is reasonable, no matter how you say it...Since you are a soldier of the Jin Kingdom, receiving your father's military pay and eating your father's military rations, even if you are going to die, you should die well! If your father is true If you don't worry about keeping them by your side, you can send them to southern Xinjiang. If Xiliang is ready to move again, you can let them be the pioneers, it can be regarded as... Father has not raised them in vain all these years! They will definitely be grateful to father Your kindness! Make a change from now on."
The emperor glanced at Bai Qingyan, who was kneeling and bowing his head, and then at the smiling prince. For this son... After this palace change, the emperor trusted him even more.
The prince could not enter the palace originally, but he still entered the palace to save himself, which shows his filial piety.
Perhaps it was because the emperor was old and lost his son-in-law, Xin Wang, and his heart softened, and he nodded to the prince: "I have already handed over the government affairs to the prince, so let the prince decide this matter! I am tired... "
The prince hurriedly helped the emperor to lie down, and covered the emperor with a quilt, and said in a low voice: "Father, rest well, and the ministers will definitely handle the political affairs well. If there is any doubt, please come to ask the father for instructions, so as not to let the father worry about it." .”
Serving the emperor well, the crown prince and Bai Qingyan came out of the emperor's bedroom together. The crown prince asked Quan Yu to get a cloak for Bai Qingyan to put on, and said: "You don't know how to cherish your body, you know that your body is not good enough. Well, why go to the rain after changing into clean clothes."
Bai Qingyan heard the prince's words seemed to be tentative, and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, Yan's health has improved a lot these days."
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