After transmigrating into the villain's daughter, I lie down and win

Chapter 828 The whole family is a rebel (112)

"Report!"

"Great victory!"

"Your Majesty led the army deep into the enemy's rear, captured alive the Xiongnu Chanyu and the left and right wise kings, and 118 others, and killed 74,312 Xiongnu people..."

When the good news came, the whole world was shocked.

The ministers in the court were unable to recover for a long time after listening to this.

Who?
His Majesty?

Didn't they say before he left that he would only stay behind to stabilize the morale of the troops and would not personally go to the battlefield to kill the enemy? Why did he go behind the enemy lines and directly attack the heart of the Huns?
Some old ministers who had followed Xiao Ji from the north and always advised him not to be reckless before every expedition simply had their philtrum pinched, but more people were used to it.

A general on the battlefield may not obey military orders, let alone Your Majesty!

As the supreme commander of the empire, his words are imperial decrees. Who in the army dares to disobey his orders and force him to stay in the army to guard the rear?
He was untrustworthy, went back on his word, and fooled the court, but so what?
Didn’t he win the battle?

Didn’t he capture the Xiongnu Chanyu alive?

Didn’t it mean that the Huns’ effective forces were annihilated?

The most important thing is that all this happened within three days!
Who else but the Emperor could change the situation of the war in such a short time, completely destroy the enemy's defenses, eliminate the enemy's manpower, reduce our casualties, and save money and food for the national treasury?
The emperor has not yet returned, but the court officials have already found the most reasonable excuse for him.

Later, more good news came from the north. Although most of them were victories, their achievements were not as impressive as those of the emperor.

It was also at this time that many people who had once been skeptical and contemptuous of Xiao Ji understood why those battle-hardened generals pretended to be sick or even had broken legs when Emperor Chen issued an order to quell the rebellion.

It’s not that they don’t want to be granted titles and become prime ministers, or that they don’t want to make a name for themselves throughout China. It’s just that they can’t beat Xiao Ji, and they know that the outcome will not change anyway, so they don’t want to die!

This also explains why the city of Chang'an was captured overnight.

It’s not that I can’t defend it, but that I don’t want to defend it.

It would be unjust if the previous dynasty didn't perish!

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The war against the Huns entered its final stage. There was no more royal court in the northern desert. This also meant that the hundreds of years of Huns' invasion of the Central Plains had come to an end, and there would be no more major wars in the north.

In recent days, there has been a joyous atmosphere in the court. The prince has restrained his ruthless and ambitious side. The ministers are wondering whether he did this because when His Majesty is about to return to Chang'an, a person who rarely appears in the morning court has come into everyone's sight.

"Meet the prince."

Wang Wu was wearing casual clothes, looking a bit dusty. Those with a keen sense of smell could smell the murderous and bloody odor from the wind he brought.

unlucky.

It's bound to be bad news when this person comes!

Some people were thinking this, and then they listened to what Wang Wu said.

Everyone was stunned at first, but when they heard the words "secretly communicating with the Huns", "selling ironware", "aiding the enemy" and "causing more than 10,000 casualties in our army", some people were extremely angry, their eyes were bloodshot, and they wished they could kill these scums with their own hands.

Some people, however, turned pale, their bodies were cold, and they trembled. They thought they had done it perfectly, but somehow they were exposed, and Tu Wangwu got hold of important clues.

This day has finally come.

When Chang'an launched the "anti-traitor" operation, Jinyan also carried out a major purge in the north.

When she was a hostage in Chang'an, she gave her father the method of making saddles and stirrups. Later, the Mohist School joined forces with workshops in the north to equip all the cavalry with saddles and stirrups. This was not only to fight against the imperial court at the time, but also to prepare for the war against the Huns.

She did not say it explicitly in the letter, but her father knew it very well, so he did a lot of work to keep it secret. Later, when the emperor entered Chang'an to purge the corrupt officials, the cavalry played an indispensable role. When the army was rewarded, it was inevitable that it came into everyone's sight, and naturally there was a risk of leakage.

During this battle against the Huns, when Xiao Ji saw the stirrups under the Huns' feet, he had already thought of hundreds of ways to kill them.

These scums who betrayed the nation should be subjected to the most cruel and severe punishment in the world, and made to pay the most tragic price for their actions!

When the news reached the north, Jin Yan immediately ordered his personal guards to surround the workshop responsible for making saddles and stirrups. When the leader of the Mohist school learned the whole story, he immediately controlled all the disciples and investigated them one by one.

After much investigation, they found out that the culprit was a craftsman in the workshop.

The craftsman had an uncle who was a businessman and traveled in border areas all year round. One day, when he accidentally heard the craftsman mention a riding tool that could free the hands to the maximum extent, he began to have some evil ideas.

At first the craftsman was reluctant to sell the secret, but under the temptation of huge wealth, he wavered and finally revealed the method of making saddles and stirrups.

Although the Huns were unable to carry out large-scale production due to lack of time and materials, they had grown up on horseback and were very good at riding horses. With the assistance of tools, they were even more powerful. Although they produced and purchased fewer saddles and stirrups, they still caused damage to the army.

The craftsman knelt down and confessed, begging for mercy, saying that he was temporarily bewildered and committed such a treacherous act. He hoped that Jin Yan could forgive him, spare his family and relatives, and give him a chance to atone for his sins.

He knew that Jin Yan was kind and soft-hearted.

But he didn't know that Jin Yan's heart could be very soft, or it could be harder than anything in the world.

The craftsman died.

His family members and all the people who worked in the Northland workshop paid the price of their lives after a thorough investigation, and those friends and fellow villagers who had close contacts with them were also implicated and would never be employed again.

This is a lesson and also a warning.

Not only did it allow everyone to see Jin Yan's unknown side, but it also made them all realize the price of betrayal.

After this incident, Jin Yan did not show up for a long time. There were rumors that she was frightened by the tragic scene of the execution day. Because she killed too many innocent people, she was upset and fell ill.

But as soon as this statement came out, it was cursed and spurned by the general public.

What's wrong with killing a few scum?
They deserve to die!

And their relatives, don't they know how much money the workshop can pay them every month? Don't they know that the money they spend on food, clothing and daily necessities comes from very strange sources?
They knew very well that there was something wrong with the craftsman, but they pretended not to know, did not ask, did not stop, and did not report. They watched the craftsman go further and further down the path of making mistakes until there was no way back.

As they enjoyed the benefits, how could they be innocent? The innocent ones were the soldiers who could have survived but died because the Xiongnu had saddles and stirrups, and their parents, wives and children were waiting for them to return home.

The rumormongers did not get what they wanted. Instead of thinking that Jin Yan was cruel, the people praised her actions. Since they could not see Jin Yan, they expressed their position in this way.

What is right or wrong, the people have their own scale in their hearts!