The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

The soldiers were once again completely bewildered.

Search the family of the murdered, looking for anyone who isn't quite dead yet?

How did General Ren know that someone was not dead?

No, it's a good thing they're not dead, so why would we find them again?

Judging from what General Ren said, he would definitely not bring it back to the camp to comfort the troops; it was clear that he intended to... eliminate them completely!

Everyone's heart skipped a beat.

Is this... not a good idea?

But military orders are absolute, and no one dared to disobey them.

They all had their heads down, rummaging through the pile of corpses.

Instead of finding a living person, other problems were discovered first.

"General Ren, these are members of the Li family of Huaiqing."

Deputy General Wang Ming reported and handed over the clues he had discovered.

It turned out to be a can of tea.

"They must have crossed the border to sell tea to the barbarians. This is something their family does regularly, and there has never been any risk involved."

"That's probably why they let their guard down. This time they probably brought all the tribespeople with them, hoping to broaden their horizons."

"I just didn't expect the barbarians to be so uncivilized this time."

"We attacked them, intending to plunder the gold and silver treasures they had acquired, but you, General, were wise and resourceful in anticipating our attack, and that's why we failed."

Ren Tianye took the tea canister, opened it, and the aroma of tea was overwhelming; one sniff and you could tell it was top-quality Pu'er.

His already cold and austere expression grew even colder.

He asked in a cold voice, "Is the Li family of Huaiqing a government-run tea company?"

Deputy General Wang Ming clearly stated, "General, they are not government-run businesses, but private tea merchants. However, their ancestors have been selling tea for generations, and they have quite a reputation in our Great Yu."

"Privately owned?" Ren Tianye's voice grew colder. "A privately owned tea shop—who authorized him to sell tea to the barbarians?"

"Don't they know that the barbarians have a huge demand for tea, and that using tea to control the barbarians is a policy of our Great Yu Kingdom?"

The barbarians lived on the grasslands for a long time, and their diet consisted mainly of beef, mutton, and dairy products, all of which were high in fat and protein. Therefore, they needed to drink a lot of tea to relieve the greasiness of the meat and the heat of the barley.

It can be said that tea was essential for the survival of the barbarians.

For this reason, the sale of tea from the Central Plains to the barbarians has been strictly controlled since ancient times.

The Central Plains dynasties needed to control the barbarians through tea, and they could also use tea to exchange for the warhorses they needed.

After Ren Tianye transmigrated, he occasionally flipped through an ancient book while in the military camp. It clearly stated that only fifty catties of tea were needed to exchange for a warhorse from the barbarians.

The exorbitant profits in the tea industry are self-evident.

The importance of tea to the Central Plains dynasties in ruling over barbarian tribes is self-evident.

But now...

How could a privately owned Li family dare to openly and brazenly sell tea on the grasslands?

Who gave them the audacity?!

"General, General..." Deputy General Wang Ming stammered, "After His Majesty ascended the throne, he declared to the world that he would forever be friendly with the barbarians, and gradually relaxed the control over tea."

"Now……"

"Now anyone can go and sell tea to the grasslands."

Empress?

Ren Tianye was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

I laughed in exasperation.

Every year, the barbarians would raid southwards, treating the Yu people like sheep, burning, killing, looting, and committing all sorts of atrocities. Countless families were destroyed and countless soldiers were buried on the battlefield.

can not see?

We also want to forge a lasting friendship with the barbarians of the grasslands?

Leaving aside the five thousand years of history that Ren Tianye has read, just looking at this world, countless dynasties in the Central Plains have clearly taught their descendants through blood and tears: those who are not of our race will surely have different hearts!

And they even have allied with foreign countries!

When dealing with barbarians, the only solution is to exterminate them!

Either incite them to fight among themselves!

Either you have to mow down the weeds, or you have to give them a good beating every now and then.

This empress is quite something; she even took the initiative to send them the tea they needed. No wonder the Great Yu army is so powerful, yet the threat from the grasslands can never be stopped; on the contrary, it seems to be getting worse.

The root of the problem lies with the Empress!

No, how could a reign of peace and prosperity exist under an empress who is so obsessed with stand-in literature and has absolutely no brains?

Is this the strength of female-oriented content?

Whether it's reasonable or not, I'll conjure it up for you first and then we'll talk.

Just then, a soldier nearby shouted, "General Ren, there's a survivor here!"

Ren Tianye immediately turned around.

He knew that the enemy was definitely not completely dead and would seek revenge on him twenty years later, ruining his reputation and even killing him.

I strode over and saw the soldier helping up a young man who looked about eighteen or nineteen years old. The young man had obviously been knocked unconscious by something heavy, but now he was slowly waking up after being splashed with water.

"Father, Mother..."

The young man had just opened his eyes when he screamed in terror. His deputy, Wang Ming, immediately went over to comfort him and blocked his view with his body to prevent him from seeing the horrific scene.

However, it had little effect. The young man still managed to see clearly through the gaps in the human wall, then suddenly stood up and rushed out, throwing himself onto the corpses and bursting into tears.

"father……"

"mother……"

"elder sister……"

"Brother-in-law..."

He cried so bitterly that his deputy, Wang Ming, couldn't bear to see him like this and went over to comfort him, saying, "Young Master Li, please accept my condolences."

"The barbarians who attacked you have been killed by our border troops. We have avenged you, so you can rest assured."

"us……"

He glanced at Ren Tianye and saw that Ren Tianye was turning around to get something from the horse, so he quickly said, "We will help you bury your parents and clansmen."

"Don't be too sad."

Deputy General Wang Ming was soft-hearted and originally wanted to sincerely apologize. After all, guarding the border was their duty, but now the barbarians had crossed the border and killed the Yu people. No matter what, it was their dereliction of duty.

But when I spoke to Ren Tianye just now, he realized what I meant.

The route the Li family of Huaiqing took back to Dayu was not the main road they were guarding. They obviously chose a narrow path to avoid customs duties, which led to the disaster.

That's none of their business as border troops.

In fact, if the family hadn't all died out, he would still have been obligated to demand customs duties from the only remaining young master Li.

—Customs duties are the economic lifeline of their border troops!

"Are you border troops?"

Young Master Li suddenly turned around, staring intently at Deputy General Wang Ming.

"Yes, we are border troops from nearby areas," Wang Ming explained. "General Ren's sentries discovered barbarian movements, and General Ren realized the barbarians might be planning something, so..."

Before Wang Ming could finish speaking, Young Master Li roared, "You are the border troops, yet you allowed barbarians to slaughter my Li family right under your noses?"

"You bunch of useless trash!"

Deputy General Wang Ming's expression immediately changed.

"Young Master Li, what do you mean by that?"

The soldiers who were still engrossed in searching according to Ren Tianye's orders also stood up and looked over.

His eyes were filled with anger.

However, the pressure from the more than twenty border soldiers did not seem to calm Young Master Li down; instead, it made him even more irritable and furious.

He pointed his halberd at the crowd and cursed, "You bunch of good-for-nothings! All that tax money you collected and enjoyed, did it all go to waste?"

"You can't even protect the lives of my Li family members, what's the point of us paying taxes to you?"

"If you're not trash, then who is?"

"You are the most worthless pieces of trash!"

"Useless trash!"

……