Chapter 374: Rebels
374 Rebels
While Jun Hua was facing her amazing grandfather, Soujin went to the palace and have a meeting with the other officials. The atmosphere in the hall was rather tense, and he could see that most of them have a grim expression on their faces. Yan and Ming Hui were not exceptions, despite them looked calmer compared with the other people.
He walked to the front nonchalantly and greeted the emperor respectfully before asking about the situation, "Is there any bad news happened?"
Yan nodded his head. He was currently posed as a 'perfect' emperor, so he cannot do anything rashly as usual. He pointed to the side and Shu opened the scroll to read the content once more.
"Inside Yuan Kingdom, there is a person named Zhao Da, who initiated a rebel against the Long Kingdom a few days ago. Based on the estimation, he managed to pull a lot of people into supporting his act because they feel discontent of Yuan Kingdom becoming a subordinate country of Long Kingdom.
Aside from Zhao Da, there is another group of people rebelling on the northeast because they found the new regulation reduces their profit. The number of slave traders that we caught during the past years increased, but the nobles found it hard to see that their profit reduces significantly because they had to pay their worker.
The size of the rebel becomes bigger because they have more money and people who support their decision. The one handling the rebel on the northeast is General Tou, but he requested help because he found the number to be extraordinary."
Soujin listened to the news calmly. His calm demeanor made the officials in the hall to be confused. Shouldn't this young general provide them with a way out or something like that? Why did he choose to stay silent?
"The rebel on the northeast, tell General Tou that he had to think for a way to handle them by himself," Soujin opened his mouth after a few seconds.
The moment Soujin answered, the hall turned into silence. The officials were all looking towards Soujin with bewildered eyes and hanging mouth. They can't believe that this general would say something like that. Shouldn't he come forward and help the old general to capture the areas back?
One of the officials braved himself and tried to ask, "General, don't we need to send people to help?"
Soujin looked at the person who had asked with a sidelong glance, clearly not giving that person much importance. That single glance was enough to send chills behind the person's spine. He can feel the coldness Soujin emanated just from that single glance to him. He understood. The young general was not that calm inside, but his demeanor would still stay like that because of his position.
"Send a messenger to Emperor Jun Qing. He will send reinforcements to the northeast," Soujin continued.
Yan nodded his head. That was a plausible option since Soujin's soldiers were busy in the west to take over the kingdom under the leadership of Fan Lanying and other generals. General Tou was using his own soldiers and part of Jun Hua's soldier whom she ordered to stay in that area and help General Tou previously.
"Do that," Yan ordered, and Shu immediately noted it down.
Ming Hui raised his hand, "What about the rebel on the Yuan Kingdom, General Soujin? Do you have any good solution?"
Soujin merely stayed silent for a moment before looking towards the other party. Seeing that gaze, Ming Hui had the feeling that he already knew what the other party wanted to say, but he didn't respond. He wanted to wait for the confirmation of his suspiciousness.
"What is the result of your discussion previously?"
"We wanted to send the reserve soldiers to help out. However, we are in a dilemma about which area we have to handle first because the two areas produced big problems," Lin Hong answered.
Not all soldiers were on duty during these times. There were some that Soujin put on hold or train on several locations. They were being held because he knew there might be some unexpected things happened, though they didn't think the matter would be in two places like this.
Soujin nodded his head, "Then send them out."
"Previously, we were in a dilemma because we didn't know who we should send as the leader," of the officials spoke out in an embarrassed manner.
From the way the other party was speaking, Soujin knew what they were implying. They wanted him to lead the soldiers to handle the rebels. The decision was not final because they knew that his wife was expecting and he wouldn't want to leave his wife to lead the soldiers to that faraway place. After all, he wouldn't know when he could return and see his wife again.
Yan put an innocent face in hope Soujin wouldn't notice that he too was thinking like that previously. He cannot think of anyone else in Ming City to lead the soldiers aside from Jun Hua and Soujin. With Jun Hua's current condition, he would be seeking death if he sent her, so he can only choose to send Soujin to the frontline.
Soujin shook his head calmly, "There is no need to discuss the matter that long. Prince Ming Hui is the one going to lead the soldier."
Ming Hui nearly dropped down from his chair when he heard Soujin told him to lead the soldiers. He was not a general but a doctor, how in the world does the other party want him to lead the soldiers? From the gaze that Soujin gave him, he did have this thought. However, he truly wanted to cry. He didn't have any experience to lead the soldiers well…
The officials have the same opinion as Ming Hui. Does this general already insane to send someone as weak as Ming Hui to the frontline? It's not like they were underestimating Ming Hui, but the opponents were all powerful fighters.
"The Yuan Kingdom will eventually be led by Ming Hui after the conquest of the leftover area in the west has been over. Although the force that will stay there would be the one led by Fan Lanying, the people should learn about the face of their new leader first, don't they?"
Ming Hui smiled wryly at Soujin's reasoning. He looked at Yan and nodded his head for he knew that the time has finally come for him to become the leader himself. Seeing his brother's acknowledgement, Yan announced the edict and discussed several other matters before dismissing the court.