"Of course I'm worthy!"
Lin Beifan chuckled." In this world, there is no one who is more worthy of His Majesty, the people, and the soldiers who died in the border areas than me!"”
Mo Rushuang looked at Lin Beifan in shock.
She had never expected such words to come out of his mouth!
You've already betrayed your country, and you're still worthy?
Lin Beifan wrote as he said,""Let me ask you, is an annual compensation of three million a lot for Doro Country?”
"More!" Mo Rushuang nodded without hesitation." As far as I know, Doro Country is just a small country on the edge of the Great Martial Empire. Its land is barren and its resources are scarce. It has a population of more than ten million, and its annual treasury income is only eight million taels of silver! If there was a famine, the profits would decrease! The compensation of three million yuan had already taken up half of the national treasury's income!”
Lin Beifan nodded. Then let me ask you again, how do you think Doro will raise this huge sum of money?”
"First, allocate funds from the national treasury!" Mo Rushuang said without hesitation. If there was not enough silver, they would collect it from the people through taxes and fees to make up for it!”
" I'll ask you again," Lin Beifan asked." Do the people of Doro Country suffer?"”
"Of course!" Mo Rushuang nodded. Their conditions were too harsh. It was even difficult for them to farm! The commoners of Dawu can barely solve their food problem by farming, but they can only rely on the heavens!”
"If we get three million more every year, do you think it'll be hard?" Lin Beifan asked.”
Mo Rushuang nodded again.”
"What would you do if you couldn't survive?" Lin Beifan asked three times.”
Mo Rushuang did not hesitate.”
At this moment, Mo Rushuang was stunned!
Lin Beifan smiled." Look at you. Even if you can't survive, you will resist. What more the citizens of Doro Country?" If they wanted to resist, who would they hit? Naturally, it was Da Wu, who had made them bear a huge burden and destroyed their hopes for life!”
Mo Rushuang was speechless.
"So, this compensation is actually a declaration of war!”
Lin Beifan sighed." The people of Doro Country can't take it anymore. They'll definitely rise up and settle scores with our Dawu!" There would definitely be another war at the border! This time was estimated to be no more than three years!”
"The peace that we exchanged for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, this hard-won peace, is ruined for a mere three million taels of silver every year. Do you think it's worth it?”
"Not worth it!" Mo Rushuang's voice weakened.
"Of course it's not worth it, and it's not worth it at all!”
"The amount of resources and silver used to start a country war is definitely in the tens of millions! This was the loss of benefits that could be seen. What could not be seen behind it would be even greater and have a far-reaching impact!”
"And the number of people sacrificed is in the tens of thousands! Countless families were destroyed, and countless people were homeless!”
"It will also cause national unrest and social instability, affecting the people's food, clothing, housing, and transportation in all aspects!”
"Dawu is already chaotic enough. It can't be any more chaotic!”
Lin Beifan shook his head. Therefore, I have done my best to abolish this compensation at all costs! For His Majesty, for the country, for the people!”
"Let me ask you, am I wrong?”
"You're not wrong! You did the right thing!" Mo Rushuang lowered her head in shame.
"Well, you finally said something human!”
Mo Rushuang was speechless.
"But why did you open a trading port to allow merchants from both countries to do business?" If we send scholars to teach them, wouldn't that be equivalent to strengthening their national strength?”
"What if they turn around and attack us after they become stronger?”
"You're just one of them. You don't know the rest!”
Lin Beifan shook his head." Trade between the two countries is beneficial to both countries. It's even more beneficial to Doro Country!" Because they have people, but they lack a lot of resources. We can use resources to exchange for their labor!”
"To put it simply, we give them food, silver, and everything they need, but they have to work for us!”
"If that's the case, the people of Doro will be forced to work. Do they still have the energy to go to war? Moreover, after obtaining our resources, their lives will be better, and the people will live and work in peace. Do they still want to fight? Once the war starts, their lives will be beaten back to the past. Do you think they will still be willing?”
Mu Rushuang shook her head.”
"That's right! As for teaching…"
"It's to educate them about the rites of Confucius and Mencius, the path of the saints, and to make everyone educated and reasonable! When there was a conflict, everyone could sit at the negotiating table and reason with each other instead of using their fists!”
Lin Beifan spread out his hands." You see, I'm putting forward this condition to avoid a war that will last for decades or even a hundred years! It was equivalent to saving tens of millions of families and civilians, laying a solid foundation for the long-term peace between the two countries, and creating favorable conditions for the long-term peace of the Dawu Empire!”
"Tell me, did I do anything wrong?"
"You…are not wrong!" Mo Rushuang lowered her head in shame.
"Since there's nothing wrong, why should we talk about betraying the country?”Lin Beifan shouted.
"I heard it from the commoners…" Mo Rushuang panicked.
Lin Beifan said disdainfully," Most of the commoners are short-sighted and narrow-minded. They only care about short-term benefits and don't consider long-term benefits. They're not good enough!”
"If I really betrayed my country, wouldn't all the officials in the court be able to tell? Could Her Majesty not tell? You are the smartest group of people in the world. The long-term stability of the country cannot be separated from them! If they didn't object, why couldn't they think about it properly? Why didn't they object? Would the entire imperial court be stupid as well?”
"Yes! You're right!" Mo Rushuang said resentfully.
"So, when you encounter such a thing in the future, you must think about it carefully. If you can't figure it out, you can ask more knowledgeable people. Don't just follow what others say. Otherwise, you won't even know if you're sold!”
"But, it seems like you also took money from the envoy of Doro Country…"
"What's the big deal?"
Lin Beifan was agitated." I've done so much for His Majesty, for Dawu, and for the people. Can't I just enjoy it?"”
Mo Rushuang shrank her head guiltily.
Lin Beifan continued to be agitated." Look at me again. I've done so many good things, but I still have to bear so much infamy. Don't you think I've suffered? Don't you think I've been wronged? If he didn't compensate him with some benefits, where was the justice? Where's the justice?"
Mo Rushuang was scolded.
He felt so ashamed that he wished he could dig a hole and hide in it.
"Young Master Lin, I know I was wrong. I'm sorry! I'm going back to my room to rest!”
Looking at the fleeing figure of the other party, Lin Beifan chuckled.""Little guy! You're much easier to deal with than those old foxes in the imperial court!”
She lowered her head and continued practicing her calligraphy.
"Husband, Yan Wo is here! Drink the bird's nest first before you write!"
"Good!" Lin Beifan nodded.
He put down the brush and walked over. He sat down next to Exemplary Lee and took a sip of the bird's nest.
"It doesn't taste right!" It wasn't you who cooked it, and it wasn't Little Cui who cooked it!”
"This was indeed not cooked by Little Cui and me. It was cooked by Miss Rushuang!”"I know about what happened between you two. She felt bad, so she specially made bird's nest to apologize to you!"”
"Yes." Lin Beifan nodded and continued drinking the bird's nest.
"Husband, you're magnanimous. Don't blame her!" Li Shishi smiled. Actually, if you hadn't told me back then, I wouldn't have thought that there was such a far-reaching consideration behind this compensation! Among all the civil and military officials in the court, only you can see far! You are the only one who truly cares for the people of Great Martial!”
After saying that, he looked at Lin Beifan with admiration and infatuation.
She only felt that the person she married was the best and most perfect husband in the world!
Lin Beifan couldn't help but laugh. If I was angry over such a small matter, I would have been angered to death by someone else! You have to know that there are too many people in the world who misunderstand me and hate me. How can I explain it? I'm just doing what I think is right. I only want a clear conscience! What does the thoughts of others have to do with me?”
Li Shishi grabbed Lin Beifan's hand tightly and said emotionally,""Husband, no matter what the outside world thinks of you, no matter what happens in the future, I will go through life and death with you!”
Lin Beifan's mood was extremely agitated!
With a wife like this, what else can a husband ask for?
Lin Beifan finished the swallow's nest in two or three mouthfuls and hugged Exemplary Lee.
"Wifey, it's already late at night, let's quickly rest!”
"Yes, please take pity on me, husband!" Li Shishi blushed and lowered her head.
The two of them quickly returned to their rooms and fell asleep without even lighting the lights.
On the other side, Mo Rushuang could not fall asleep for a long time.
Thinking about how she had the guts to question Lin Beifan today, she felt so ashamed that she used her pillow to save face.
"I'm really stupid!? I didn't think clearly and questioned Young Master Lin. He must have thought I was stupid, right?”
The more she thought about it, the more ashamed she felt!
However, she did not regret it.
Because of this, she finally saw the truth of the matter. At the same time, she also saw Lin Beifan's true colors, which made her mood suddenly improve.
"Young Master Lin is not a traitor. He has never betrayed the country!”
"Everything he said was for the sake of Dawu, for the sake of the people! However, the people outside did not understand him, causing him to bear a lot of infamy for no reason!”
"Although he's greedy, he's greedy for the money of corrupt officials. He doesn't let go of the common people!”
"He's greedy for money, but he's not without principles…"
At this moment, Prince Ha Mu, who was far away in Doro Country, suddenly sneezed.
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