From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 325

The situation was still as Zhou Yuan expected. When the news of disaster relief spread throughout the land, more refugees flocked to the area, forming a mighty torrent.

The Fifth Army Camp moved even slower and was forced to stop at noon to set up porridge tents and provide porridge to the refugees.

Zhou Yuan even went to the scene in person to comfort the refugees.

"Don't rush, don't grab. Although we don't have much food, there is enough porridge. At least everyone can get a bowl."

"Your Majesty has ordered that disaster relief is not a face-saving project. You can't take or deduct. You must distribute food to everyone."

While speaking, dozens of teams around who were receiving porridge were in full swing.

With food, the faces of the victims were less numb and more smiling.

"Thank you, General! We kowtow to you!"

"Your Majesty is wise. You still remember us villagers."

The victims knelt down one by one and kowtowed to Zhou Yuan stupidly.

Zhou Yuan's expression was not good, and he even felt a little sad.

Because he knew that these people would only have a few days to eat, and the army would leave soon, and their fate would still depend on fate.

This is why a merciful army cannot be used!

If you can't be ruthless, you will miss important things, and life will be even more difficult for the people.

Staying here is nothing more than lingering.

Every person who holds power is controversial, because they can never protect the interests of everyone.

Who has ever commented on the merits and demerits of the ages?

The final verdict will be made in the future.

"Let Liu Fang... do it!"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said this heavy word.

Li He took the order and left, and soon, there was a commotion.

Thousands of peasant soldiers, wearing cloth clothes, wearing headscarves, holding knives, came from afar, with a tremendous momentum.

"Kill! Kill the court's lackeys!"

"Robbed their food! Thrown their porridge! Smashed their pots!"

Liu Fang rushed forward first, scaring the refugees to flee everywhere.

"How dare the rebels of the Kaidai pseudo-dynasty rebel against the court? They deserve to die!"

Xiang Yong shouted, "My fellows, follow me to stop the rebels and protect the villagers!"

The war started immediately, and it was in full swing, but there were no casualties.

The people didn't understand that, they only knew that there was a war and they had to run quickly.

So the food was robbed, the porridge was thrown, and half of the pot was smashed.

The "rebels" left, leaving only a mess on the ground.

The porridge on the ground was still warm, and countless refugees were like pigs and dogs, lying on the ground to grab food, with their mouths full of mud and rice.

There were no tears in their eyes, only hideous faces.

In life and death, human nature has long become animal nature.

Li Yu'an took a deep breath and whispered, "Zhou Yuan, you are really cruel. How could you do such a thing?"

Zhou Yuan said, "Zhang Bailong is a very powerful opponent. I dare not hesitate because of my conscience, otherwise the world will only get worse."

Li Yu'an sneered, "I suddenly feel that these people will not be so miserable if they fall into Zhang Bailong's hands."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, if Zhang Bailong can really get the world, I may not help him."

"But what I know is that even if I don't fight him, he can't get the world."

"The policy is beyond the times, beyond the support of the economic foundation and productivity, and cannot be recognized by the gentry class. In the end, what we get is... the officials of the big families open the city gates and welcome the Eastern Tartars into the Central Plains."

"Do you think Zhang Bailong wins? If I win the Jin Dynasty, can I win the world?"

Li Yu'an said: "At that time, he led a million soldiers. Who in the world dared to rebel against him?"

Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes and said: "At that time? At that time, Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Jinmen were well-defended. The gentry and nobles led the Eastern Tartars into the pass and occupied the world."

"Zhang Bailong had nowhere to escape and was defeated in the end. From then on, the country changed hands, the Han people became pigs and dogs, and my Han children were servants and slaves for generations!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan said sternly: "Do you think you are the only one with conscience? Do you think you are the only one who understands the suffering of these people? Do you know how many years we will lag behind if we are ruled by foreign races? How much blood do we need to shed before we can slowly revive?"

Li Yu'an opened her mouth and refuted without words. She felt that Zhou Yuan at this moment was not like Zhou Yuan at ordinary times.

He seemed very angry. He was not easily angry, but at this moment he was full of unknown and excited emotions.

Zhou Yuan said in a deep voice: "I don't believe in foreigners, nor do I believe in gentry and nobles. I only believe in myself."

"I want to keep power firmly in my own hands. I want to persuade my senior sister to reform from top to bottom, open up the sea and the country, learn from foreigners, and finally catch up with the trend of this world."

"I don't want to see humiliating history again! I want this land to complete the reform independently, andIt is not awakened by external forces. "

"This is my real ideal!"

"Zhang Bailong is just a pretty good opponent on this ideal road."

Li Yu'an was stunned. She basically didn't understand what Zhou Yuan was saying, but she saw Zhou Yuan's eyes glowing, which contained an indestructible firmness.

"But... these people may not be grateful to you, they will only hate you."

Li Yu'an finally found a point of rebuttal.

Zhou Yuan said softly: "I am not a saint, and I don't care what history books say about me. I only do what I think I should do."

He looked at the people around him and shouted: "The Kaidai rebels are inhumane. They even robbed the food for disaster relief and the food for saving lives. They are not human!"

"This general has decided to fight them to the end. Go a hundred miles south and distribute porridge again!"

"Tomorrow at noon, everyone will come to get porridge! "

Li Yu'an's face changed and he said, "How many times are you going to humiliate them like this? Just because they hate Zhang Bailong so much?"

Zhou Yuan said coldly, "They are hundreds of thousands of people. Even if they are hundreds of thousands of pigs, they are enough for Zhang Bailong to drink a pot."

Li Yu'an said, "But the victims are as easy to deal with as pigs."

Zhou Yuan said, "Zhang Bailong is a smart man, of course he would think so."

"It's a pity that there are wolves in addition to pigs among these victims!"

Li Yu'an sighed, his eyes dim, and said softly, "I know why you dared to say that you would send troops to Goryeo within five years when you were in Lin'an Prefecture..."

"Because you are too cruel, Zhou Yuan, you make me feel a little scary today."

"Although I am the Holy Mother of No Life, I also kill people, but I can't do such an insulting thing."

Zhou Yuan said, "Every social change will experience great pain. If you want to change the world, you must be as hard as stone. "

"If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. Do you think this 'weight' only refers to external forces? Of course, there is also a test of conscience. "

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan said lightly: "The joys and sorrows of the heroes are not the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, but the joys and sorrows of the times."

"But to be honest, I don't feel very good either."

After speaking, Zhou Yuan walked into the carriage and didn't want to come out again.

Li Yu'an thought for a long time, and suddenly an idea came to his mind-if I really take back Goryeo, am I capable of being the emperor?

It turns out that the pressure borne by the Queen of Dajin is much greater than I thought.

Alas, I am not as good as her...