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Chapter 318 - 318 315 A Fortuitous Encounter (Part 1)
Chapter 318 - 318 315 A Fortuitous Encounter (Part 1)
?Chapter 318: Chapter 315: A Fortuitous Encounter (Part 1) Chapter 318: Chapter 315: A Fortuitous Encounter (Part 1) All around fell silent. The scholars holding sheep-skin lanterns gathered in the direction of Mr. Guan Yongchong, their expressions earnest and reverent, as if they were listening to Mr. Guan Yongchong’s teachings on Confucianism.
Mr. Guan Yongchong, dressed in a long robe with wide sleeves, looked at the young faces of the scholars and spoke warmly and slowly, “By eliminating Xiliang’s main force, Xiliang will be unable to invade our Jin border for at least five years. Ensuring at least five years of peace for our Jin Kingdom’s border people was something the King of Zhen’s southern expedition could not achieve. Bai Qingyan inherited her grandfather’s will and achieved this with fifty thousand Jin Army soldiers and ten thousand Bai family soldiers. Though there was killing, who can say this wasn’t a great deed for the peace of the Jin Kingdom’s border people?”
The scholars of the Imperial College remained silent, looking at the literary giant with graying temples and a slightly hunched back. They nodded almost imperceptibly.
“I still remember the first time Bai Qingyan returned from the battlefield. I asked her what she had seen and heard during the war. She answered that the frontier battlefield was filled with white bones exposed to the wild, graves everywhere with no place to bury the dead, thousands of acres of farmland left uncultivated, corpses lying for miles with birds having disappeared. It was a horrific scene that could never be seen in this prosperous Capital. She was willing to dedicate her life to bring peace and stability to the people. She was only thirteen, with such broad-mindedness and compassion. As her teacher, I felt ashamed.”
Seeing Mr. Guan shaking his head and waving his hand, the scholars standing at the palace gate with lanterns had tears in their eyes. They had never thought a woman could have such broad-mindedness.
To dedicate her life and bring peace and stability to the people.
A thirteen-year-old girl had such lofty ambitions. How could these scholarly men stand it? How could the men who criticized Bai Qingyan maintain their dignity?
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