Chapter 765: Welcoming General Liu in a procession
Murong Bingfan did not immediately deny it, but said conditionally:
"If you can stay with my brother and work together, can I consider it? Didn't General Liu say that there are also some female officials in the current imperial court? This kind of court is really different! β
"It's really unimaginable, above the court, when a woman wears an official uniform, what kind of situation will it be?"
Fan Bohou said softly:
"The king of heaven herself is a woman, she naturally will not reject women as officials, but the thoughts and concepts that have been cultivated for tens of thousands of years, there must be very few women who are really willing to enter the court, and women still choose to teach their husbands and children, and be a good wife and mother!"
Murong Bingfan muttered:
"I used to hear Buddhism say that 'all beings are equal', above the court, who dares to say that all beings are equal, but I didn't expect that the king of heaven not only dared to say it, but also really implemented such a concept!"
Fan Bohou thought for a moment and then said:
"The 'equality of all beings' mentioned by the King of Heaven is probably not the same as that of the Buddhas, which are more extensive, and the King of Heaven is mainly aimed at people."
"Moreover, this is just an idealized statement, how can it be possible to truly achieve the equality of all beings?"
"Above the court, there are still clear hierarchies, even among the people, they are divided into three, six, nine and so on, in this world, there will probably never be any real equality of all beings!"
Murong Bingfan thought for a moment and replied:
"The equality that the king of heaven said, is not absolute equality, but relative equality, compared to the previous court, now the king of heaven has at least achieved equality between men and women, there can be no absolute equality in this world, but in the face of opportunities, everyone has equal opportunities to compete, it is already very fair."
"In addition to the equality of men and women above the court, in all the properties of the Heavenly King, for those who work for her, the treatment she gives is also something that other nobles and merchants cannot do, in her words, that is, according to work, how much value your labor has, he will give you as much treatment."
"Nothing can be done in one step, if it develops step by step according to the vision of the Heavenly King, maybe one day it will be possible to achieve the greatest equality!"
Fan Bohou nodded and said:
"I'm looking forward to that day sooner!"
The two talked for a while before turning back to the house to rest.
Early the next morning, Liu Tingfeng took Bing Lan and led an army of three million to Ningle City, intending to continue to track Gao Xiujie and recover some surrounding cities by the way.
The area from Linghai City to Ning'an City and Dong'an City was originally controlled by Wu Changkong, and later controlled by Longxiao Kingdom and Beiyue Kingdom, and now Linghai City and the surrounding cities have been included in Mu Qianmei's sphere of influence, but the city from Ning'an City to Dong'an City is still under the control of Longxiao Kingdom.
However, the power of the Northern Moon Kingdom shifted to the northwest, temporarily controlling some less developed cities.
Ningle City is not far from Linghai City, and Liu Tingfeng's army arrived ten miles outside Ningle City in three days.
This is a mess, it is the place where the Longxiao Kingdom and the Beiyue Kingdom fought before.
The people living in this land, when the war broke out, they had already fled their homes to avoid disasters, the war had been over for a while, but they still didn't dare to come back, Mu Qianmei's army was not far from Linghai City, they were afraid that if the war continued again.
Looking at this dilapidated land, uninhabited, full of broken walls and ruins, what should have been fertile land is now barren, and the houses in the countryside have also been greatly damaged, some have collapsed and become dilapidated ruins.
Liu Tingfeng and Bing Lan climbed a small hill together, looking at the surrounding environment, Liu Tingfeng couldn't help but sigh and said:
"Alas, it's a ruin again, and I don't know how the people here are doing after they escape?"
Bing Lan replied in a cold voice:
"I heard that the people here are relatively wealthy, so it should be no problem to support them outside for a while!"
Although the war has made the houses and fields a mess, but now after all, it is the late spring and early summer, the mountains and forests are still green, the lake is still blue, the clear river is flowing slowly, if there is no war, this is indeed a picturesque land.
After looking at it for a while, Liu Tingfeng said leisurely:
"We want the people here to return to their homes as soon as possible, and then help them rebuild their homes together, so that production can resume here as soon as possible, and they can still live a prosperous and happy life in the coming year."
Bing Lan nodded and replied:
"It's easy to recover Ningle City, because the people of Longxiao Country have fled when they hear the news, we can directly settle in, as long as we take over Ningle City, the recovery here will be very fast."
"However, if you want to recover Dong'an City in the next step, it will be difficult, it is said that part of the advance force of the army of Longxiao Kingdom has secretly infiltrated Dong'an City."
"They have a total of 10 million troops, and we only have 3 million, it will be a tough battle!"
Liu Tingfeng couldn't help but say with a solemn face:
"Yes, compared with more than three times the number of troops, this war is really not easy to fight."
Last night, in front of Fan Bohou and Murong Bingfan, he said it very easily, but when he really had to face it, he found that the pressure in his heart was still very great.
In the face of absolute strength, no matter how good the tactics are, it is just their own wishful thinking, after all, tactics are such a thing, you think your tactics are very good, but the other party will not wait for you to play the same, just like playing chess, no matter how good your chess skills are, it is not necessarily foolproof, if the opponent's chess skills are not bad, as long as you accidentally take a wrong step, you may lose the whole game of chess.
Bing Lan didn't answer again, he was already not good at words, and he was discussing this kind of thing that he was not good at, so he had nothing to say.
After a moment of silence, Liu Tingfeng spoke:
"Let's go, let's enter Ningle City first, arrange the affairs of Ningle City first, and then discuss how to deal with the affairs of Longxiao Kingdom."
Outside the city gate of Ningle City, there were also five or six hundred people waiting, a small number of older ones, but most of them were teenagers, almost all of them were students from various academies in Ningle City.
Of course, there were also some lurkers sent by Magnolia City before.
Far away, there are a lot of onlookers, some time ago when there was a war outside the city, the city was also panicked, for fear that the war would spread to the city, but the two sides of the battle were very tacit, did not enter the city, it seems that they could not bear to destroy this prosperous land of smoke and willows.
In the midst of people's fears, in the end, the fighting did not spread to the city, and everyone was finally relieved.
Today, when I heard that a large army sent by the King of Heaven was going to enter the city, the people were also curious and came to watch.
Seeing a large army approaching from a distance, people were excited and nervous, and they couldn't help but talk about itβ
"The white-clothed general at the front must be the famous General Liuting Fengliu! Sure enough, he is a talent, and his bearing is extraordinary! β
"In the individual competition of Lingyun List, his ranking is second only to the Heavenly King, and he is a person who is both civil and military, and his bearing is naturally very incomparable."
"It's really a fight to become famous all over the world, and now in the whole world, countless teenagers regard him as the idol of life, this is the pride of our Xiyu Country!"
"What kind of impact will his arrival have on our Ningle City?"
"I heard that after General Liu's army entered Linghai City, the people there were overjoyed and extremely supportive of him, which shows that she is a person who loves the people."
"I'm afraid that after he comes to take over Ningle City, the people of Longxiao Kingdom will fight back, and will this place become a battlefield for them to fight at that time!"
"As soon as the people of Longxiao Kingdom heard that General Liu's army was coming, they immediately heard the wind and fled, where did they dare to fight back?"
"It's hard to say, I heard that when they retreated, they said that they would come back, because their 10 million troops are already stationed on the border of our country, and they can enter at any time."
"And under what name did they enter the country? In the past, it was said that we would help the people rebuild their homes, but now we have the Heavenly King to help rebuild their homes, and we don't need their help. β
"They want to assist a person with the surname Wu of the royal family to be our emperor, saying that the king of heaven is not surnamed Wu, and her behavior is like rebellion."
"The King of Heaven is not self-appointed by her, but also canonized by the imperial court, how can it be considered a rebellion?"
"The people of Longxiao Kingdom said that the person who canonized the Heavenly King is not the emperor, and such canonization does not count."
"Doesn't count yet? The emperor's jade seal is in the hands of the Heavenly King, and now she is the most justifiable Heavenly King of the Xiyu Kingdom. β
"I heard that the King of Heaven loves the people like a son, and in order to contain the homeless, he has temporarily built a big city that is no less than Linghai City!"
"Let's hope the rumors are true!"
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While people were talking, Liu Tingfeng's army had already come outside the city gate, and the leaders were Liu Tingfeng and Bing Lan.
Both of them are riding on horses, Liu Tingfeng is dressed in white, handsome and elegant, and the jade tree is in the wind, at first glance, it is not like a general, but like a champion of liberal arts.
Bing Lan beside him, dressed in blue clothes, with an indifferent expression and indifferent eyes, although he was also handsome, but whenever he was next to Liu Tingfeng, he was almost subconsciously ignored by everyone.
However, Bing Lan has long been accustomed to this phenomenon, and he is not a person who likes to be in the limelight, so it is just right to save a lot of trouble.
When they were still five hundred meters away from the city gate, the two of them had already dismounted and walked slowly towards the city gate together.
The people waiting outside the city gate were led by a middle-aged man, bowed together, and said in unison:
"Welcome, General Liu!"
Liu Tingfeng returned the salute with a fist from afar, and then said with a smile:
"Thank you, thank you for coming to greet you, you have worked hard!"
The middle-aged man in the lead immediately hurried up to meet him, and said as he walked:
"It's not hard, it's not hard, if you want to say it's hard, it's also General Liu's hard work, we only walked from inside the city to outside the city, but you are thousands of miles away, and you are rushing over with dust, which is much harder than us."