I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country - Chap 88

This is because I am afraid of hunger.

When the locust plague is raging and people are starving everywhere, food is the hardest currency and the most reassuring rock. General Xue felt sour and uncomfortable when he saw the victims of the disaster and the soldiers in northern Xinjiang like this.

Two months ago, when he stepped into the disaster area with military rations, he saw locusts covering the sky above his head, and corpses of victims who were starving and emaciated below his head. What is hell? Without seeing it with your own eyes, no matter how much others think about it, they cannot imagine what purgatory on earth is like.

People are irrational when they are extremely hungry. They can eat anything. Trees, grass, and even the soil under their feet can be eaten when mixed with water. However, if a person eats too much of this soil, he will die. After something is edible, people end up eating people.

This kind of tragic situation cannot be conveyed in words. In the excerpt written by General Xue to the Holy Emperor, he only wrote these four words: “Starving and dying everywhere.”

The first and most severe place where the locust plague broke out was women, children, and thin men. Not only were they hungry, they were also constantly worried about whether they would be eaten by others, whether their wives, and their young children who could only cry would be eaten by others. Will become food for others.

Even the most energetic scholar would be stunned by such a scene and be unable to pick up a pen. General Xue wanted to recount the serious situation in the disaster area one by one, but what should he relay? Everywhere is serious. After everything is serious, there is nothing left to write on my own.

When the Eight Hundred Miles Emergency News was sent to the capital, General Xue was still worried that the article he wrote would not be able to clearly explain the seriousness of the locust plague in the north, and whether the imperial court would take it seriously and send a large amount of rice.

It wasn’t until he saw the endless supplies of food and grass in front of him that he felt completely at ease.

The most grateful thing for a general is that when fighting on the front line, the emperor at the rear can trust him and support him with all his strength. This is difficult, not just as simple as it sounds, but the emperor has done it today.

The veteran was very excited, and laughed heartily when he saw Xue Yuan taking the lead, “My son, you came a little late!”

As soon as Xue Yuan’s face was revealed, the soldiers stationed in northern Xinjiang all year round exclaimed, “Xue Jiuyao!”

“Xue Jiuyao is back?!”

Xue Yuan sat on his horse and looked at General Xue condescendingly. He curled his lips and said, “I haven’t seen General Xue for several months, but it has gone through a lot of vicissitudes.”

He turned over and dismounted, walked to General Xue, saluted, and said loudly: “Xue Yuan, the lower official, has delivered the grain and grass by the order of the Holy One, and please ask the general to review it.”

General Xue couldn’t stop smiling, “Okay, okay.”

He patted Xue Yuan on the shoulder, and the corners of his eyes became moist for a moment, “The Holy One actually sent you to deliver food and grass. The Holy One really thinks highly of you.”

Xue Yuan grinned, “Of course.”

General Xue and several generals took Xue Yuan and said a few words, and then they went to check the amount of food together. Even though the person leading the team was Xue Yuan, General Xue also kept a clear distinction between public and private affairs. After the final inspection, they were shocked by the total amount of food.

“Can you eat this until after the new year?”

With so much food and tens of thousands of soldiers delivering it, General Xue thought it was not easy. He was about to call Xue Yuan for questioning, but was told that Xue Yuan had already brought all the generals to clean himself. It’s time.

General Xue glared, scolded you a bastard, and stopped thinking, “Unload the grain truck, don’t worry about anything else, let everyone have a full meal first!”

*

After Xue Yuan finished cleaning himself and came out of the room, he smelled the fragrant smell of food everywhere.

He wiped the water from his face, raised his eyes and looked at the white smoke floating everywhere, and slowly looked around the army. The new soldiers had heard of Xue Yuan’s reputation for suppressing bandits, and the previous soldiers knew of Xue Yuan’s reputation as a garrison in northern Xinjiang. When he went out for a walk, many people in the army knew that Xue Jiu Yao was back.

Xue Yuan’s name is really well-known to the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang. Many of them have followed him to and from the battlefield. Occasionally when Xue Yuan passes by them, they will respectfully say: “Young General.”

In the past when Lu Feng was in power, Xue Yuan’s reputation was suppressed by General Xue. Even after the Holy Emperor came to power, General Xue was cautious and worried and did not understand the temperament of the current Holy Emperor, so he did not show merit for Xue Yuan. Xue Yuan naturally did not hold the position of general when he was at the border, but he used to be unruly, so when others called him that, he accepted it openly and as a matter of course.

Now when he heard such a familiar name, Xue Yuan immediately thought of Gu Yuanbai, and suddenly felt lucky that Gu Yuanbai didn’t know about it.

Otherwise, this little heartless guy will definitely suspect that he has bad intentions.

Xue Yuan deliberately ignored his once ambitious thoughts of ascending to a high position and walked leisurely to General Xue’s camp. Just as the meal was being served, General Xue stopped his discussion with several generals and asked him to sit down and eat together.

At the dinner table, General Xue’s loyalty to the emperor was nowhere to be expressed. He could only keep asking Xue Yuan: “How is your Majesty doing now?”

When Xue Yuan heard this, his eyebrows were filled with gloom, “I haven’t seen him for more than a month, how could I know.”

General Xue didn’t know why his mood suddenly changed for the worse, “How are you doing, Your Majesty, before you leave?”

“The face is as soft as the clouds in the sky,” Xue Yuan paused with his chopsticks, not knowing what he thought of, “still thin, with only bones left in his hands.”

General Xue didn’t understand the first half of the sentence: “What does it mean to have a face as soft as the clouds in the sky?”

Xue Yuan didn’t hear his voice. He had sunk in completely, and his bones were itching. “I wasn’t there when he was born. In the past, when he got sick, he would get sick if he stepped on the white jade bricks beside the hot spring pool. He is so weak that he can only be carried by others. Now that I am gone, who can carry him?”

“Not necessarily,” he suddenly smiled, “I went to Jing Hunan for a month, and when I came back, I found that he looked better.”

“With so many people around him, who can be asked to carry him or not?”

General Xue listened in confusion, and said, “Xue Yuan, I’m asking how your Majesty is doing!”

Xue Yuan came back to his senses, glanced at him, and lowered his eyebrows impatiently, “It’s okay, you don’t need to care.”

“How could I not care!” General Xue was furious, “The Holy One cares and loves me so much and trusts you and me so much. How can I be so ruthless and unjust that I don’t even care about the Holy One’s dragon body?”

Xue Yuan: “I care about you.”

General Xue was stunned for a moment. His anger faded away in an instant and he became cheerful. “Okay, okay, my son must not forget this loyalty to the emperor. This is what we have to do as ministers.”

Xue Yuan touched his heart, curled his lips and smiled, with a deep smile in his eyes, “Then this loyal heart beats quite fast.”

*

In these days, the nomadic people who have been fighting with the border officers and soldiers are one of the eight Khitan tribes, and the leader is named Jilena①.

Xue Yuan brought soldiers, horses and food to the northern Xinjiang in a huge formation. After seeing this, the sentry sent by Jilian quickly rushed back to the tribe and told Daheng soldiers that they had sent military food to the border. leader.

When Rilian heard this, the beef jerky in the cloth belt no longer smelled good. He frowned and said, “How many people did Emperor Daheng send?”

The sentry rider solemnly said: “There are tens of thousands!”

“Hiss—” Ji Liana took a breath of air and asked, “Did you see who the leader of the army is?”

“They also have sentry riders to explore the road. We can’t get too close,” the sentry rider said. “Although I can’t see clearly who is leading the soldiers, I can tell that the leading general seems to be a young man.”

Rilian breathed a sigh of relief and laughed loudly, “Isn’t it because the Daheng court only has soldiers left, and there are no useful generals? Hahahaha, that old guy Xue Ping is getting old, does the court think that Just send a young man here? Don’t worry, for a general like this who has no hair at all, come and I will kill one of them! Kill them until these young boys are scared to shit when they see me!”

The subordinates gathered around also laughed loudly.

After laughing, thinking about the endless supply of food that the sentry rider said, greed flashed across Jilena’s face, “Our horses haven’t had a full meal for a long time. For so long, our soldiers have How many cattle and sheep have been eaten and dried, do you still remember the taste of Daheng women and the taste of Daheng grain?”

The subordinates looked fierce, “Chief, we have been beaten back by that old guy Xue Ping several times. This time a young man came, maybe a young man who has never been on the battlefield and never fought against us. Breaking through from him will definitely give that old guy a heavy blow!”

Rilian said with murderous intent, “You’re right, we must kill him with profit this time.”

Someone among the subordinates said: “That’s not all, leader. Now the leader of the eight Khitan tribes is about to die. If we can do something big before the leader dies, I’m afraid the next leader of the Khitan tribe will be you.” Yes.”

As soon as these words came out, Rilianna was tempted.

Yes, this is the time when the big leader is dying. If the leaders of the other tribes know about the arrival of a young man in the imperial court, they will definitely launch a plunder against the Daheng people in order to seize the credit. Knowing the news first, he was also the closest. Isn’t this the credit God wants to bestow on him?

That old guy Xue Ping was on guard, but now, there was a big hole in this iron plate. If Rilian didn’t take advantage of this loophole, he would regret it even if he died.

Kill, must kill!

We need to let these new recruits know what dangers are in the world, and let the general who leads the army know what nightmares are!