lcionline Chapter 614 The emperor adjusted the relationship between Bai Lu and Bai Yansong. After all, your ro
Chapter 614 The emperor adjusted the relationship between Bai Lu and Bai Yansong. After all, your ro
Bai Lu immediately avoided the tea that Bai Yansong handed to her, did not take it, and did not sit down.
She looked up at the emperor and saw that the emperor was smiling kindly at her, with a hint of guilt in his smile.
"Well, Bailu, I asked you to come here. There is something. Your father is here too, so...so you should sit down and listen together."
Bai Lu shook her head and said to the emperor in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, what is the matter? Please tell me quickly, I will not sit down. After you finish speaking, I must hurry back to the palace of the Queen Mother to see my seven children."
When the emperor heard the seven little moons, his brows relaxed and his expression softened instantly. He nodded and said:
"Oh, why are you in such a hurry? It's so tiring to stand and listen. Both of you should sit down."
"......Manager Zhang, go and give seats to Marquis Anguo and Bai Yansong."
"Yes."
Manager Zhang quickly stepped forward to arrange seats for Bai Lu and Bai Yansong, and personally poured tea for them both.
Seeing this, Bai Lu's expression relaxed a little, and she was able to accept the fact that Manager Zhang poured her tea.
Afterwards, the emperor said to Bai Lu:
"I asked you to come here... because I wanted to tell you that if you want to do business with the Western Regions in the next two years, you should give up for now."
"After a while, towards the end of this year, there will probably be a war."
Hearing the emperor's straightforward words, Bai Lu's expression changed:
"Ah, there's a war?"
The emperor nodded and said to Bai Lu:
"There is a high probability that war will be fought. If you are in Qingzhou, you will probably be affected. If you are in Liangzhou, you will not be affected."
"You shouldn't stay in Qingzhou at the end of the year. It would be better to go back to Liangzhou."
"As for Liang Province, because they fought a war before, people's livelihood is in decline. I will send people there to support them. It is precisely the mother's family of the Duke of Liang's wife is in Liang Province, and they will lead tens of thousands of troops to garrison there. I think there will be no war for a while, and it will be peaceful."
"You are the richest man in Liangzhou anyway, so just run your business in Liangzhou for two more years."
Bai Lu's face also darkened:
"That means... my children can't go to the Qingzhou Bailudong Academy either?"
The emperor thought for a while, nodded, and said:
"As for Qingzhou, it's better not to go there. But Bailudong Academy is not on the border, but in the rear area, so it will be safe if you go there."
"I think you should stay in Liangzhou and teach the children at home for a year. Let the great scholars teach them well. After the second year, let them go to Qingzhou. By then, the war will probably be almost settled."
As he spoke, his expression did not change much, and he said calmly to Bai Lu:
"This war...although it's scary, as long as we know the trend and whether we can win, it won't be that scary."
"You know, we in Dawu start a war every few years."
"Our country has become stronger in recent years, and the number of wars we have launched has decreased significantly. For example, when my father was in power... at that time, it was possible to launch ten wars a year."
Bai Lu nodded and said no more. She probably understood.
The world has always been turbulent, but I live in a peaceful era. Before, I have always been very happy in modern times, so I find it strange that there have always been wars in Dawu.
In fact, many wars broke out in various dynasties in ancient China. Before the country was unified, there were sometimes many wars in a year.
Dawu is a relatively powerful country. Bai Lu sighed and her eyes became a little sad:
"Waging war... is the most harmful to people."
The emperor also sighed, his eyes full of disappointment:
"Yes, starting a war is a waste of money and manpower, and the people are the ones who suffer the most. I'm afraid these people will be displaced for a while."
As he spoke, he looked at Bai Yansong.
Bai Yansong spoke at the right time and said to the emperor:
"Your Majesty, rest assured. Now it will only cost the people money, not the money. In previous years, when launching a war, the people would have to pay taxes and perform corvée labor. But now, my Bai family will pay for the military supplies with 200,000 silver coins. Now there is no need for the national treasury to pay, and there is no need to impose heavy taxes on the people."
The emperor was overjoyed. After hearing this, his expression became much better. He then turned to Bai Lu and said:
"Marquis Anguo, it's all right now! The Bai family has made great contributions."
Bai Lu nodded. Although Bai Yansong was hateful, the Bai family was the richest family in the world. If they could take out some money to provide military supplies to Dawu at this time, then the people's lives would indeed be better.
People like them who are in high positions and have great power should help the world if they can, so let them help the world.
Like some ordinary people, they can only take care of themselves in this chaotic time.
"..."
Bai Lu didn't react, so the emperor continued to say to Bai Lu:
"Your father has always missed you, and now you see... he is slowly getting better, and is now of great benefit to the people of the world."
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"I heard before that when you were in Liangzhou, you did a lot of good things for the people and distributed a lot of porridge and rice. The people were very grateful to you. So later, as the first female marquis and the first female official of our dynasty, the people of the world had nothing to say. You have a high prestige in Liangzhou. You are as kind as your father, and you inherited your father's roots."
"You know, for a girl... especially if she doesn't have a husband to rely on, it's better for her to find someone to rely on. After all, it's nice to be under a big tree."
"Your roots are in the Bai family. You should visit the Bai family more often when you have time."
Bai Lu was stunned when she heard the emperor's advice.
She glanced at Bai Yansong, then turned to look at the emperor and smiled.
So the reason why the emperor called me over today was to say these words to me?
It was to persuade myself on Bai Yansong's behalf to go back to the Bai family and take a look.
Why didn't the emperor persuade him before? Wasn't it just for the sake of the 200,000 silver coins? Haha.
I really feel disgusted.
Before... I actually liked the emperor quite a bit, but now I realize that these royal family members and powerful figures, in the final analysis, only care about interests.