Chapter 401: Massacre
The fourth year of Taichu, late October.
Bai Qi, the killing god of the Qin Dynasty, came to Shangjing City.
In the palace.
Bai Qi knelt before Ying Yuan and said, "Your Majesty, I was delayed on the way. I am late!"
The latter personally helped him up and said with a smile: "It's not too late, everything is just right."
"Do you know why I asked you to come?"
Bai Qi said bluntly: "Kill people."
Ying Yuan asked curiously, "How did you guess that?"
Bai Qi clasped his fists and said, "On the way here, I met Mr. Guo Jia."
"He said that if I go, it is very likely that I will bear the infamy of the country for a hundred years."
"When I heard these words, I already had the answer in my heart."
The so-called infamy that Guo Jia mentioned actually refers to the fact that Bai Qi killed people and offended the powerful.
Ying Yuan sat on the chair and asked with a smile, "Since you knew you might be criticized, why did you still dare to come?"
On the way, even if Bai Qi said that he suddenly fell seriously ill, Ying Yuan could not do anything to him.
However, Bai Qi had no worries and came resolutely.
"If your majesty needs me, I will be there. It's that simple."
Ying Yuan patted his shoulder and laughed, "Bai Qi, I really wasn't wrong about you."
"Zhu Di's army will arrive soon. From now on, his 200,000-man army is all yours."
"I have only one request of you: eliminate all the noble families, merchants, and nobles involved in driving up prices everywhere, and exterminate all nine generations of their clans!"
"As for how many people are killed in the end, I don't care and I don't ask. I only look at the results!"
The noble families, merchants, and aristocrats, plus their nine clans, must number at least hundreds of thousands of people, or even more.
These people, after all, are just unarmed civilians.
And what about Bai Qi?
He is a man wearing armor.
If he kills those people, he will definitely be scolded.
It is even possible that this incident will be recorded in history books and become a scapegoat for Ying Yuan.
After all, in order to create a nearly perfect emperor, historians would not hesitate to let civil and military officials take the blame.
Of course, Bai Qi knew the consequences, but he still came.
The reason why Guo Jia wanted to intercept him halfway.
This is because Guo Jia felt that anyone could kill the nobles.
It doesn’t necessarily have to be done in vain.
Bai Qi's reputation in history books should be based on how many enemies he killed.
It's not just about adding to the story and killing so many people...
Guo Jia thought this was too unfair to Bai Qi.
But if you think about it carefully, among all the civil and military officials in the court, when it comes to decisiveness and speed in killing people, Bai Qi dares to claim to be second to none.
Perhaps, the emperor did this in order to settle the affairs of Jin in the shortest possible time.
I don't want to drag it on any longer.
If this is the case, no one except Bai Qi would be able to accomplish it if they came to Jin.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I will not let you down!"
Bai Qi knelt on one knee.
For him, it doesn't matter what kind of infamy he bears in this life for Ying Yuan and the Qin Dynasty.
Two days later.
Zhu Di's army arrived.
Ying Yuan ordered Bai Qi to be the chief commander, while Zhu Di, the King of Yan, became the deputy commander.
Attack the nobles and aristocratic families in various places.
Zhu Di was not surprised by this.
He sometimes felt that Bai Qi's ability to lead troops was better than his.
All forces were watching and wondering why the Qin Emperor suddenly mobilized troops.
In the end, it didn't take long before the capital city was engulfed in a bloody storm.
The Three Guards provided information about the aristocratic families, merchants, and nobles, and Bai Qi and Zhu Di led troops to suppress them.
For a time, the whole city was in an uproar.
There were wailing sounds everywhere on the street.
In just one day, tens of thousands of people died.
During this period, Zhu Di talked with Bai Qi.
"Since our last battle with Jin, I never thought that you and I could team up again."
"However, among the noble families, there are many servants who are innocent. Will the general kill even these people?"
The latter said in a deep voice: "If you still care about the life and death of others, then when will we be able to complete the important task entrusted to you and me by His Majesty?"
"It's better to kill ten thousand by mistake than to let one go. This is such a simple truth, the King of Yan wouldn't be unaware of it, right?"
The last Battle of Yanyun.
Bai Qi was the deputy commander-in-chief and Zhu Di was the commander-in-chief.
But now, only eight years have passed, and everything has changed.
Bai Qi suddenly transformed himself and became the chief commander.
Eight years has changed so many people and things.
However, the only thing that remains unchanged is that Ying Yuan's goal of destroying the country has not been achieved.
At this moment, Zhu Di also knew that what Bai Qi said made sense.
but...
With that order, more than 20,000 people might die just in the capital!
In the end, after a day and night of purge, all the wealthy merchants in Shangjing City were killed.
The total death toll reached a terrifying 27,000.
Those are capitalists who, on a daily basis, exploit the people's wealth and do all sorts of evil.
But, after all, they are all unarmed civilians.
It is really a waste of talent to let the armored Qin soldiers kill such people.
Ying Yuan stood outside a railing in the palace. He had not slept all night and did not say anything.
But his eyes were always looking outside the palace.
It seems that he wants to see the actions of Bai Qi and others.
Until the next morning.
Ding Baiying slowly came up to him, put a cloak on him, asked him about his well-being, and then told him about the end of the annihilation of the nobles in the city.
Ying Yuan was slightly moved. He looked up at the misty sky and couldn't help but sigh, "It's only been a short time, and winter is coming again."
Ding Baiying stood behind him and nodded, "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
Then, she wanted to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't utter them, as if she had something to hide.
It also seems like he is worried or afraid of something.
Ying Yuan turned around and saw her like this. He smiled and said, "Just say what you want to say."
Ding Baiying did not feel embarrassed when he saw through her thoughts. Instead, she felt relieved and said slowly:
"The casualties in the Battle of Shangjing alone reached tens of thousands. If the nobles of the entire Jin land were involved... I'm afraid the number would be as high as hundreds of thousands."
"Those are real lives. Your Majesty, aren't you worried that a hundred years from now, people will call you a tyrant?"
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that raising the butcher knife will cause panic among the people of Jin?"
Hearing this.
Ying Yuan felt somewhat relieved. He finally heard some bad things from other people.
"I have never said that I am a benevolent monarch. Even if people in the future call me a tyrant or a foolish ruler, I don't care."
"In this world, someone must do something to bring about a new beginning. For this, I am willing to bear the eternal infamy. Perhaps, if this is truly the case..."
"I will wake up laughing even in my dreams."
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