Hearing Pan Feng's words, the other military officers also had some thoughts in mind.

Generals die in a hundred battles, brave soldiers return after ten years.

The military officers present were mostly from humble backgrounds, without any family connections. They were all people who had risked their lives on the battlefield, and their official robes were earned through fighting and bloodshed.

No one dares to confidently claim that they are a good person.

Even if they had any conscience left, it would have been extinguished long ago in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

These soldiers didn't have much interest in the imperial court or the Ming Dynasty.

They'll follow whoever has money and power.

This disciple of the immortal is now very generous and powerful, and he is also very polite to them, a group of military generals.

At least with them, unlike with other civil officials, they were met with utter contempt.

If we could really get in touch with this marquis and have him as our backer, then we would have a bright future ahead of us.

After all, the Yan Song case signifies that the power structure of the Ming Dynasty is beginning to be reshuffled.

Many important official positions are still vacant.

Originally, it had nothing to do with these military officers, but Li Chang'an's attitude towards them caused some ripples in their minds.

Li Chang'an and Yang Wenguang, among others, toasted each other, and as the military officers began to discuss, a smile crept onto his lips.

This banquet was well worth the money.

At the dinner table, Emperor Jianyuan kept having heart-to-heart talks with the other military generals, appearing to be a respectful and courteous ruler.

This brought tears to Yang Wenguang and the others' eyes. They kept saying that they were doing this for the Ming Dynasty and wished they could open their hearts to him on the spot.

This made Zhou Chao relax his guard.

He had been worried that Li Chang'an would try to win over military officers, but the banquet was already halfway through.

This immortal disciple was eating the whole time and barely paid any attention to the general at the table.

On the contrary, it allowed him to win over a group of people.

Looking at the grateful Yang Wenguang and the other generals, Emperor Jianyuan couldn't help but feel a little smug.

It seems this disciple of the immortals still has flaws.

After all, when it comes to winning people's hearts, it's not as good as doing it yourself.

Li Chang'an looked at the few people who were pledging their loyalty, shook his head and smiled.

Drink until you're seven-tenths drunk, act until you're moved to tears.

They're all ancient foxes, what are they trying to do with this ghost story?

A few words of heartfelt loyalty, free of charge, plus a few words of lukewarm comfort.

How could we possibly let these generals, who have fought so many battles, shed tears? That would be a joke.

When the banquet was halfway over and everyone had drunk quite a bit,

He took a flask of wine, stood up, and walked to the front of the military camp, to the high platform.

The three-meter-tall silly girl stood to one side and lit the torches on the platform, attracting the attention of countless generals.

Li Chang'an walked step by step to the highest point, looking calmly at the audience below.

As he watched, the discussions in the military camp grew quieter and quieter until they subsided.

"Silly girl, turn on the speech function."

"Silly girl, received. Start amplification function, activate speech function, and begin synchronized brainwaves."

"Synchronization complete. Interference has been established with the brainwaves of everyone present."

Li Chang'an nodded, poured a bowl of wine, and then raised it to the front, bowing three times.

Everyone stared at him, wondering what this disciple of the immortals was doing.

Li Chang'an spilled the wine from his bowl onto the ground.

"This cup of wine is a toast to the Chinese nation, and to every soul who died on the battlefield for the continuation of the nation."

His voice wasn't loud, but it resounded deafeningly in everyone's ears.

In the minds of all the military generals, a scene of mountains of knives and seas of blood appeared.

Countless soldiers fought on the battlefield, all to protect the people behind them.

Li Chang'an poured another cup of wine and said, "This cup of wine is a toast to everyone, for our Great Ming Dynasty's determination to fight and bleed."

Zhao Hu and the others stood up, holding their wine cups: "For the Ming Dynasty, for the people."

Then they drank it all in one gulp.

The others also stood up and drank it all in one gulp.

Li Chang'an finished his wine, then slammed the bowl on the ground and roared, "Fellow soldiers, this year is the thirteenth year of the Jianyuan era!"

"It was also the fifty-third year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. In these fifty-three years, the Han people built a huge country."

"We ended four hundred years of chaos and drove those foreign tribes out of the Central Plains."

"We have become the most powerful country in the world, making everyone tremble in fear before our Chinese nation."

"But in just over a decade, we have fallen into depravity."

"The swords of foreign tribes are once again at our throats. They rape our brothers and sisters, slaughter our compatriots, and run rampant on the border."

"And what were those corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty doing?"

"They're begging for peace, hahaha—"

"Fuck your mother, they're begging for peace."

"They are not only seeking peace, but they are also colluding with our enemies, those enemies who wantonly slaughter us, exploit the people, and amass wealth."

“We fought bloody battles on the border, and they not only withheld our pay, but also used this as an excuse to increase taxes.”

"Think about it, you fight and make meritorious contributions on the border, protecting them, but not only do you not receive military pay, your family members also have to pay increased taxes due to the war, up to seven or even eight out of ten!"

"If you don't have money to pay taxes, they will harm your parents and kidnap your wives and daughters to pay off your debts."

"Then this money was collected but didn't reach you."

Is this fair? Is this reasonable?

"This is unfair! This is unreasonable!"

Looking at the excited Zhao Hu and others below the stage, Li Chang'an solemnly said, "That's why I'm here."

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