Chapter 152: Mask
"These orphans may be cute and helpless now, but what about three years later? What about ten years later?
You won’t feel psychologically burdened when killing an adult, but killing a child will naturally feel sad.
But if this child is born to be an enemy of you, kill or not?" Li Yuan said coldly.
Of course, he didn't really want to kill those orphans in Linyi Kingdom, and he couldn't do this. Just like what he said, there was no burden to kill adults, but the subtle education of a man made him he instinctively he hesitate.
The Supreme Emperor is more inclined to bring these children into the lower class and spend several generations in the lower class. Can those hatreds be passed on from generation to generation?
But it is different for scholars.
The hatred of nine generations can still be repaid!
The paranoia of the Confucian Gongyang School is terrifying. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes Qi, King Ai of Qi, was executed by the Zhou emperor because the princes Ji, King Ji of the Zhou emperor. The descendants of Qi kept this hatred in mind until the ninth monarch of Ai, Duke Xiang of Qi, sent troops to attack Ji and eliminated Ji, and avenged this ninth revenge for the nine generations.
The hatred of nine generations and the virtue of a hundred years, and the descendants who have been repaid now, even those who have repaid do not know the reason.
Cultural people are not generous, and they have many things to hold grudges.
As the saying goes, “If you want to destroy a country, you must first go through the history!”
That's why the Supreme Emperor has this concern.
"Is this...can these children be ruined for a possible unquestionable reason?" Mu Baiyi bit her lip.
"But my soldiers killed their parents!" Li Yuan scolded angrily, pointing to the Tang army soldiers standing outside.
"The order is my own, and the massacre of the city is also my promise. Without the reward for the massacre, who will fight to the death?
Faith? How ridiculous!" Li Yuan smiled angrily.
"Baiyi, you are the real commander of the Jinyiwei. The information was collected by you. In other words, if you kill their parents, you... are also guilty!"
"I... am guilty too." Mu Baiyi was stunned. She looked down at her fair hands, as if covered with fishy blood.
Blood! Blood! Blood!
All are blood!
She hated her and felt pain in her quilt.
What is war for?
She is the butcher's knife in the butcher, and it is the sharpest butcher's knife. This blade killed people, but she said ridiculously to the butcher,
Are you wrong?
Is it really wrong???
She asked herself, what would she do if it were her? She could not conquer the city that she defended for a long time. Wouldn't she do nothing after breaking the city?
It seems that almost all warriors have not done this.
Massacre of cities and killing is common.
But she was a little bit slim and broke when touched.
"But they are children!" she explained pale and powerlessly.
"Indeed, they are children." Li Yuan was silent. After he broke out, he chose to remain silent.
Children are indeed innocent.
No matter how he quibbled, the children of Linyi Kingdom still watched all this with wide eyes and blankly.
National hatred?
Very home?
They don't know yet.
Li Yuan was confused. As a modern person's education, he would choose to raise those pitiful and innocent children.
However, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue would not allocate funds for the finances, and the ministers would not tolerate him to raise these barbarian children. Who knows if they would be resentful!
After all...kill their parents!
"I will think about this matter carefully." Li Yuan shook his head and sighed, and walked out slowly with his back hunched over.
He closed the door and took a deep breath, his mind was very dull.
He looked at the soldiers standing on the ward and asked, "I ask you, if the parents of a child are killed, will that child hate that enemy?"
"Your Majesty is joking. Since you are already an enemy, how can there be hatred or no hatred?" The soldier touched his head and said with a smirk.
"Yes, I'm already an enemy. Can I still claim to be my benefactor?" Li Yuan smiled with a self-deprecating smile.
It suddenly rained heavily outside and the wind roared.
Li Yuan stood under the heavy rain, letting the rain wet his dragon robe. There were soldiers beside him persuading him, but he was still standing there blankly.
The heavier the rain, the calmer he felt.
"My kindness is like these heavy rains. Although it is majestic, there is still dirt." Li Yuan smiled.
Orphans and they are indeed!
But it is also the enemy of the potential empire!
"On my decree, all the people of Chameng will be slaves, whether they are adults, women and children, old, weak, sick and disabled. All the people of Chameng must tattoo their faces and be slaves forever!
If anyone dares to disobey the will, he will be killed without mercy!" Li Yuan said coldly.
"Abide by Your Majesty's will!" Three hundred Jinyiwei half-kneeled in the courtyard, allowing the rain to wash away.
They are the most loyal minions of the empire.
The emperor who was loyal to the Jinyiwei always was the emperor, not the commander of the Jinyiwei, nor was the Mu Baiyi.
After saying that, three hundred Jinyiwei, carrying embroidered spring swords, left the courtyard like a ghost, and went to various places in Chameng to investigate how many Chameng people were.
There must be no mistakes in this matter.
In the house, Mu Baiyi heard the news and had tears on her face, her body collapsed on the ground, and she started crying in a low voice.
The emperor was furious and buried a million corpses!
She...had harmed those children instead.
Your Majesty is becoming more and more like an emperor, with iron blood and ruthlessness.
The rain is drizzling, and this night is destined to be an extraordinary night.
All the people in Champa were gathered together, and then the Jinyiwei had the tattoos on his face.
The tattoo has the word "sin" written on it!
Defeated is their natural guilt.
If you want to blame, you can only blame their Linyi Kingdom. Who makes... your fists are weak and you can't beat Ju Tang, and the losers should suffer more punishment.
This matter is absurd, but it comes from reason.
The Tang army had no objection to this, and the destruction of the country should be treated like this. In Champa, they might do beastly things that are worse than pigs and dogs, but when they return to their hometown, they have another face, honest...
The people of Linyi Country are not the same as them.
Chameng Royal Palace has a different architectural style from China.
The mural in front of him depicts God coming to the world and saving mortals.
This is the myth of Linyi Kingdom.
Li Yuan touched the face of the god-like man and gently stroked it, "Sometimes mistakes are another kindness. I am very kind and saved countless people, but I am another butcher, killing too many people.
God has only one face, either right or evil.
And the emperor must have countless faces.
Sometimes when I sit on the dragon throne, I will think of abolishing the feudal system and establishing a democratic republic, but after thinking about it, I will laugh. Who would personally take off his own actions? Even if I think about it, my descendants will not do it.
Even though you know that colonization is bloody, you still have to do it. Isn’t it better to be your Supreme Emperor safely?
I have to be a controversial emperor.
Some of me suddenly understood the First Emperor. Those who understood him said he was a wise monarch, and those who did not understand him said he was a tyrant, but the mask was not what I wanted to press on!"
Chapter completed!