Chapter 902 Releasing Military Power with a Cup of Wine

Ke Yan Dongge was the first to kneel, kneeling very firmly. The green bricks in the back garden of the old Marquis's mansion were cracked by his knees.

He had wanted to kneel long ago;

The former young master of the Ke Yan tribe, now the proper patriarch, the desert wind and sand had long washed away the innocence and romance from him;

The long migration, nominally treated as the "dowry" of the barbarian royal court, was actually a defeated party in the desert struggle who had been exiled and had to leave their homeland. It could be said that from the moment he arrived at Snow Sea Pass, it marked that he and his tribe had fallen to the lowest point.

Oh no,

Before that, when the tribe migrated to Snow Sea Pass and passed through Fengxin City, his father and the elders of the tribe were all detained by the Prince of Jingnan.

At that time, he was confused, and he was also fragile. The totem of the Ke Yan tribe was like duckweed without roots under a rainstorm, and it was likely to disperse like this.

And at the lowest point, it often means that the situation cannot get any worse. There is no way down, only up.

Being able to reach the position of General of Snow Sea Pass,

Of course, his barbarian origin played a role in the early days under the rule of the Prince’s Mansion; it was a reverse political correctness;

Snow Sea Pass in the north, and Zhennan Pass in the south,

One was him, and the other was Jin Suke,

Both were of barbarian origin;

This,

Was the foundation of the Prince’s Mansion in its early days!

It was the Prince’s Mansion’s foundation for establishing a fief in Jindong and threatening the imperial court. At that time, a blind man wouldn't feel at ease, and the Prince wouldn't sleep peacefully if Yan or Jin generals were stationed at these two strategic passes.

But aside from the factors of the opportune moment, Ke Yan Dongge's own abilities were also beyond doubt.

Several expeditions were the best examples of his ability to lead troops and coordinate.

In fact, when his subordinates reported that the Prince had entered Snow Sea Pass, he realized that something was wrong.

He wasn't stupid, not at all;

But a person's intelligence has never been absolute. Intelligent people are just intelligent more often, or they excel in certain things, but that doesn't mean they can be outstanding in everything;

Most of the time,

People habitually numb themselves and don't take things seriously. When they are suddenly awakened, they panic and realize what it means if the things they have done are really exposed and brought before the Prince, especially when they need to face the Prince themselves.

In front of the old Marquis's Mansion, Ke Yan Dongge actually wanted to kneel there.

But, as luck would have it, he happened to be inspecting outside the city today. By the time he arrived, a large group of Snow Sea Pass civil and military officials were already standing at the gate.

Everyone was standing there, obviously waiting for you.

If you were the first to arrive, or one of the first, you could kneel down generously, and no one who came later would dare to stand.

In this way, everyone would kneel together, even if they didn't understand why.

What's this called?

Exemption by mass participation!

But now, everyone is clearly waiting for you to go in together. If you kneel down last, then everyone will know what's going on. The basis of exemption by mass participation is that everyone is somewhat confused. Once there is an opportunity to draw a clear line, who would be willing to be publicly associated with you?

Therefore, Ke Yan Dongge couldn't kneel at the gate of the Marquis's Mansion. Kneeling would be an open admission of guilt, and everything had to go through proper channels to make a decision on the surface;

This was a loss, because although Ke Yan Dongge couldn't be considered one of the earliest direct descendants who followed the Prince, compared to those who came later, and the Ke Yan tribe he brought who joined at the most critical moment, he was actually considered a semi-old member of the Prince's Mansion.

With the sentiment of an old member, to foolishly take the "right path" to determine guilt, wouldn't that be foolish?

But,

Ke Yan Dongge, who harbored this kind of careful thought, felt a sudden "thump" in his heart when he saw Tiantian and Chuanye reading and classifying the memorials there...

There is an old saying in the Xia Dynasty, "No tears until you see the coffin";

Ke Yan Dongge finally understood the profound meaning of this sentence;

Only when directly facing the Prince's power,

Can you truly recall what kind of person your Prince is.

He,

Was actually still thinking about luck, actually still thinking about sentiment?

With the fall of the Shangjing City, even if the Qian-Chu alliance hadn't collapsed, it was powerless to actively launch another northward war against Yan. In this situation, the situation of Great Yan, the situation of Jindong, would be extremely stable.

In other words, the Prince could easily free himself to solve some problems that were previously inconvenient to solve.

And when Ke Yan Dongge saw the Prince himself standing in front of him,

The General of Snow Sea Pass, whose heart had already turned a thousand times,

When he heard the Prince's words "Give him a seat",

His mind,

Collapsed directly.

In the past, he had respect and awe for the Prince. In any case, the Prince was his Prince, and the Prince led everyone to fight wars, get promoted, get rich, and seize territory;

But when the veil of "our side" was torn away when he really faced the Prince,

Fear,

Filled his entire heart.

After Ke Yan Dongge knelt down,

All the civil and military officials behind him immediately knelt down:

"Your subject (this humble general) greets Your Highness, may Your Highness be blessed!"

"Rise, all of you," the Prince said.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Everyone stood up.

Only Ke Yan Dongge was still kneeling there.

In this situation, how could Ke Yan Dongge naively stand up with the crowd?

But among the crowd, there were seven or eight generals in armor, barbarian warriors ranging from the rank of Lieutenant General to Colonel, who followed the crowd and stood up, but then silently knelt down again when they saw Ke Yan Dongge still kneeling.

"Hiss..."

"Hiss..."

The civil officials present all gasped, and Prefect Wen was completely stunned.

Although the Yan people have always believed that barbarians are the embodiment of barbarism, a kind of beast, in fact, barbarians are not unintelligent, and there have never been few talented people among the barbarians. In the land of Jindong, there are several barbarian generals who are highly valued by the Prince.

But the problem is that under the overall rough customs, they really don't understand some rules and taboos, which is the so-called... straightforwardness.

The reason why the others present were so surprised was that it was almost obvious that the Prince was going to punish the General;

The General himself had also knelt down, waiting for his punishment;

Good heavens,

You guys stood up and knelt down again, what does that mean?

Gathering a crowd?

Demonstration?

Coercing the Prince?

Prefect Wen's "stunned" was different from the others. He had originally been happy to see the Prince punish Ke Yan Dongge. This oaf in Snow Sea Pass completely adhered to the Prince's habits back then, saying that he was in charge of the military, but in fact, he often interfered in the local affairs of his own yamen in an extremely rude manner;

He had also reported him to the Prince's Mansion more than once;

It was just that this guy really didn't know how to restrain himself. Now, the Prince had come to him, and he should have been looking forward to better days;

But if this guy behaved too directly and rigidly,

No,

If he was too idiotic...

Wouldn't that mean that he, a Prefect who couldn't even restrain such a partner and was suppressed everywhere, was even more of a useless piece of trash?

Ke Yan Dongge also heard the movement behind him,

Turned his face slightly,

Looked back,

And saw eight of his subordinate generals kneeling behind him, all of them barbarian.

Ke Yan Dongge: "I..."

At this moment,

Ke Yan Dongge wished he could jump up and slash at these idiots with a knife. Was he afraid that he wouldn't die fast enough!

"Hahahaha."

At this time,

The Prince's laughter came.

Ke Yan Dongge immediately lowered his head again, facing down, and said sincerely:

"Your Highness, this humble general is guilty, please punish me, I am willing to accept the punishment!"

No matter what, he had to show his attitude first.

Then,

Something even more deadly came,

The barbarian generals behind him, with the idea of sharing blessings and hardships, said extremely righteously in unison:

"We are willing to be punished for the General!"

"..." Ke Yan Dongge.

Now,

All the other civil and military officials of Snow Sea Pass subconsciously distanced themselves from these barbarians who were still kneeling on the ground.

These guys were forming a group to jump into the fire pit. They had to stay away, lest they get burned.

"Good, good, the superiors and subordinates are of one heart. Dongge, you have done very well. It is not in vain that this Prince has always trusted you so much. With you in charge of Snow Sea Pass, it will surely be as solid as a rock and foolproof."

"Your... Your Highness..."

"Come, get up."

Ke Yan Dongge didn't get up, but looked at the Prince with a very desperate and innocent expression.

"Get up!"

Ke Yan Dongge immediately stood up, standing up so fast that he almost fell down, but he managed to stabilize himself.

"Come here."

Ke Yan Dongge obediently took steps, walking towards the Prince somewhat staggeringly.

"Stand here."

Ke Yan Dongge stood in front of the Prince.

The Prince pulled the chair from behind and placed it behind Ke Yan Dongge.

"Sit."

"Your Highness, this humble general dares not, this humble general is guilty, but I have never..."

"This Prince tells you to sit, sit down!"

Ke Yan Dongge's body trembled, and he sat down.

Rather than sitting, it was more like he was squatting in a horse stance. His body went down, but his buttocks didn't even touch the surface of the chair.

A pair of hands from the Prince pressed on Ke Yan Dongge's shoulders.

Then,

They gently exerted force downward.

Ke Yan Dongge didn't dare to resist the Prince, so he had to really sit down.

"That's right, that's right."

The Prince stood behind Ke Yan Dongge, with a smile on his face;

And Ke Yan Dongge, the General of Snow Sea Pass, a barbarian who had seen the sand of the desert, eaten the snow of the snowy plains, and fought in countless battles, was now snotty and tearful, involuntarily dripping out, his appearance extremely comical.

But no one present would be in the mood to laugh at the General's demeanor at this time.

The more amiable the Prince's expression was,

The heavier the haze in everyone's heart.

"Come, everyone, join this Prince in paying respects to our new Prince!"

As he said that,

The Prince walked out from behind the chair,

Gently patted the sleeve of his python robe, and was about to kneel down.

"Pa!"

Seeing this,

Ke Yan Dongge,

Took the lead,

Sliding directly from the chair,

His whole body smashed heavily on the ground face down. At this time, he really collapsed and shouted:

"Your Highness, this lowly slave knows his mistake, this lowly slave knows his mistake, this lowly slave has failed Your Highness's trust, this lowly slave is a beast, a beast that deserves to die ten thousand times, Your Highness, Your Highness, this lowly slave is wrong, Your Highness!!!"

Ke Yan Dongge understood,

If the Prince really knelt down,

It wouldn't just be a simple gesture of this kind of posture towards the Prince himself, the fear in his heart;

The greatest terror came from,

As long as the Prince really knelt down,

It would be equivalent to the Prince being stained with dust, and in order to wash away this little bit of dust, the generals from the Ke Yan tribe would be purged next;

The Ke Yan tribe would cease to exist!

His wives and concubines, his children,

His tribesmen,

These,

Would all be wiped out.

"Your Highness, you must not, Your Highness!"

Prefect Wen immediately knelt down and shouted:

"Your Highness, this subject's crime, this subject's crime, please Your Highness cherish your body!"

"We are guilty, please Your Highness cherish your body!"

Everyone knelt down, and their foreheads were hitting the bluestone ground, no one dared to fake it.

This was no longer just Ke Yan Dongge's business, but in essence, it had already involved the entire Snow Sea Pass system.

The Prince's movement stopped.

He silently walked to the back, pulled the chair over, and sat down himself.

Ke Yan Dongge, prostrating on the ground, rubbed and turned over, placing his head against the Prince's boots.

Zheng Fan raised his foot,

Ke Yan Dongge took the initiative to crawl forward a little,

When the Prince's foot landed,

The sole of his boot, happened to land on Ke Yan Dongge's head.

This was a barbarian custom, where the weak showed the strong that they were willing to offer everything, including their self-esteem.

The afternoon wind,

Blew through this strategic pass on the frontier, and also blew into the somewhat desolate back garden of the old Marquis's mansion, blowing the clothes and hair of everyone here. Everything, everything was clearly moving, but it seemed to be frozen.

……

"Isn't he afraid?"

In the distance, in the flower garden, the sword maid looked at the scene over there and asked her master, who was standing beside her, curiously.

At this time,

Tiantian and Ji Chuanye had already hugged the memorials and sat down here.

The two children were also a little tired. The memorials were so heavy. Tiantian was fine, but Chuanye was really a little overwhelmed.

However, Chuanye was still very competitive in some aspects, especially when he was panting after hugging the memorials and sitting down, and the beautiful older sister cast a slightly disdainful look at him;

His weak self-esteem was gently pricked, so he spoke first;

"Father-in-law doesn't need to be afraid at all. What is there to be afraid of?

Is Elder Sister worried that the General named Ke Yan Dongge will directly lead his troops to surround this old Marquis's mansion?

Elder Sister,

This is Jindong,

This is father-in-law's fief;

When father-in-law crossed the Wangjiang River with a light cavalry, a royal order could summon the entire Jindi army to gather around him. How could he stumble in his own fief when facing his own direct troops?

Not to mention that this time, father-in-law didn't mobilize other large armies to approach Snow Sea Pass, and even the father-in-law's imperial bodyguards weren't mobilized into the city, because father-in-law knew that this Snow Sea Pass was father-in-law's pass, and the troops here were his troops.

Barbarians have ruthlessness. When Imperial Grandfather was alive, he once told me that the tenacity of the barbarians is not inferior to our old Yan people;

But he has to dare,

If he dares to mobilize troops to come over,

As long as father-in-law appears in front of those troops,

With a wave of his hand,

These troops will immediately defect!

Besides,

The memorials that Tiantian and I brought were collected and brought on the road long ago. The support of the merchant caravan when entering the city was also arranged in advance, proving that various places in the city had actually been taken care of long ago.

It can be said that,

When father-in-law returns to this old Marquis's mansion,

This Snow Sea Pass and its military and civilians will once again be under his control.

Hehe,

If this barbarian really dares to draw a knife,

Not to mention that there are no troops following him,

Even the seven or eight fools behind him who knelt down earlier probably wouldn't follow him in rebelling."

The sword maid turned her head and glanced at Ji Chuanye, and said:

"You talk too much."

Ji Chuanye retorted: "Because I've been thinking about it, I want to know what I would do if I encountered the same situation."

"What would you do?" the sword maid asked, "You are the Crown Prince."

Ji Chuanye narrowed his eyes,

Showed a childish smile and looked at the sword maid,

Said;

"Elder Sister, you are sowing discord."

The sword maid's face turned red, half because her thoughts had been seen through, and the other half because she felt ashamed that her mind had been surpassed by this brat.

Ji Chuanye then continued:

"Not to mention me, the Crown Prince, even if my Imperial Father were here, this barbarian, if he got ruthless, would probably even chop up my Imperial Father."

The sword maid was a little surprised and said; "Are you saying that about yourself?"

"Hey, Imperial Father said, the so-called imperial family is only an imperial family when others take you seriously. If you take yourself seriously, it's useless."

"Then your imperial family, compared to the Prince's Mansion, really has no face."

"Elder Sister, you're not sowing discord, you're just pulling things by force."

As he spoke,

Ji Chuanye reached out and hugged Tiantian's arm,

Said:

"Imperial Father has his elder brother."

Then,

Chuanye added:

"I have my elder brother."

Tiantian grinned,

Reached out and stroked his younger brother's head,

And comforted him:

"Good little brother."

…

The wind in the back garden had not stopped;

Everyone's hearts were uneasy. They didn't know how today's scene would end. Of course, it all depended on the will of the man in the white python robe sitting there.

"Dongge."

The Prince said.

"This lowly slave is here..."

Ke Yan Dongge's head was still under Zheng Fan's boots.

"It's this Prince's fault. It's this Prince's fault for leaving you here too early. It's this Prince's negligence in teaching that allowed your heart to grow wild."

"No... It was this lowly slave who was blinded, it was this lowly slave who was blinded. I have failed Your Highness's expectations. It is this lowly slave's fault, it is this lowly slave's fault..."

In fact,

There was a sentence that Zheng Fan didn't say,

And Ke Yan Dongge didn't say either,

That was that Ke Yan Dongge was just imitating Zheng Fan when he was in Snow Sea Pass back then. In fact, what he did was less than a tenth as outrageous as Zheng Fan back then.

But the problem was,

Back then, Zheng Fan's superior was the Prince of Jingnan;

And Ke Yan Dongge's superior was Zheng Fan himself.

Some things, you can do, but others can't.

"This Prince is worried that you have become too powerful to control."

When all the civil and military officials of Snow Sea Pass heard this, they were all stunned for a moment.

This,

These words,

Could they be said so bluntly?

Were even perfunctory words and excuses unnecessary?

"Your Highness..."

When Ke Yan Dongge heard this, he choked up with emotion. At the same time, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.

"The street in front of the Prince's Mansion in Fengxin City has always been dirty. The people who sweep it are not doing their best. This Prince plans to replace them. You choose a group of people you trust here and follow this Prince back to Fengxin City to sweep the streets."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace. This slave will definitely not fail Your Highness's expectations this time!"

Zheng Fan raised his foot,

But Ke Yan Dongge immediately reached out and grabbed the Prince's boot:

"Please, Your Highness, step on me a little longer, step on this slave a little longer, and this slave will feel at ease... this slave will feel at ease."

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