At the gate of Jinling City, Anima was watching and waiting alone. Suddenly she heard the sound of horse hooves behind her, and turned around in shock.
"Your Majesty! Mr. Tang! Commander Li!"
Anima looked at the grand carriage with shock and disbelief. On it stood the emperor in dragon robes. Then the horses carried Tang Huo and Li Renjie, and behind them were the newly defected craftsmen of the Yuezhi.
The imperial army opened the way and a group of ministers from Shangfang Mansion followed.
Is Your Majesty going to welcome distinguished guests? With such a huge fanfare, could it be some prince?
When Zhu Youde was stunned, he stopped behind him and yelled with pretended anger: "Why didn't you inform me when you were welcoming the guests? Wouldn't it be ruining my reputation as a great leader if you came alone?"
Anima, who had just reacted, was confused again. What did His Majesty mean... was he coming to greet the Yueshi craftsmen?!
No, impossible!
Not to mention that they were all fleeing strangers, even if the local officials from Daliang came to Beijing, they would not have such a battle.
But behind the queen were the newly defected Yuezhi people...
Anima gasped, and her brain was buzzing. According to His Majesty's generous character, maybe he can really do it! After all, if you hold him in your arms and drink when you first meet him, and when you meet him again, you can directly confer him the title of Minister Shangfang. Everything is possible!
"Anima, why don't you thank me quickly?" Tang Huo reminded, to verify his guess.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I'm scared, I'm scared!" Anima gave up her bow and knelt down directly: "Your Majesty led the ministers to welcome the Yuezhi refugees, and I thank you for the Yuezhi people!"
"Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!" The newly defected Yueshi craftsmen also dismounted and thanked him.
Zhu Youde waved his hand to stand up, and smiled after speaking comforting words. He really had to thank Zhang Yuanhai for winning people's hearts. If he hadn't learned the tactics of power from him, he might not have been able to win over these people.
The imperial army cleared a special passage just to wait for hundreds of Yuezhi people to enter the capital.
With a stick of incense, Anima saw the motorcade in the distance, and Anima specially borrowed the carriage from Tang Huo.
When the Yuezhi people looked at Jinling City from a distance, they were shocked and frightened. Why were there so many densely packed Imperial Guards? Anima was at the front waving to them, and the man behind him was wearing a dragon robe...
Dragon robe?!
Emperor Liang!
The carriage stopped, and hundreds of craftsmen did not dare to move forward. They all had the idea that they had been deceived, Anima was bribed by Emperor Liang, and he was invited to get rid of them!
They could only think of this possibility. Otherwise, why would the Emperor of Liang come in person, the imperial army clear the way, and the ministers wait quietly?
"What should I do? Run away?" Some people are determined to give up.
But there was no time to think, Anima had already arrived with the imperial army.
"Everyone, welcome to Daliang! Follow me into the city quickly..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of swords being unsheathed. Hundreds of craftsmen and soldiers pulled out their weapons, eager to fight to the death.
"Anima, why did you betray the Yueshi and throw yourself into the beams! Are you trying to trap us?" someone shouted loudly.
Anima's smile froze, and she was stunned in place, not knowing why, I'm here to greet you!
He glanced around, suddenly realized, and quickly asked the imperial guards to put down their raised swords: "Everyone, your swords should not be pointed at your own people."
Then he turned sideways, pointed at the emperor at the city gate, and explained in a low voice: "Your Majesty thinks highly of me and has come to greet me personally. The Imperial Guards are waiting for you. Will you all follow me into the city?"
The people of Yuezhi are all stupid, the people of Daliang are so good at bragging? Anima was infected after only half a month in office?
The emperor personally welcomed the refugees from the enemy country?
No one dares to believe it, but it is true!
Zhu Youde even stepped out of the carriage and led his ministers ten steps forward to greet him: "I am even happy that you have come to Daliang after a long journey. Please come with me to the city to rest!"
"Are you really the Emperor of Liang?!" someone asked in disbelief.
"It's guaranteed to be replaced if it's fake!" Zhu Youde waved his hand nonchalantly, not angry.
Anima still couldn't believe it when she saw her companion, so she hurriedly stood up and said: "The Emperor of Daliang is a holy king, not a faint king or a tyrant as rumored. Although I didn't greet him personally when I entered the city before, at Shang Fang Mansion..."
He told about the past of eating meat and drinking together, and several newly defected Yuezhi craftsmen also testified.
Hundreds of Yuezhi people all gasped, and after a while they all knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Long live your Majesty, may your Majesty live forever."
Thinking that this was the end, they finally felt relieved when they entered Shang Fang Mansion to have a meal together - Zhu Youde ate meat and drank wine with an unknown craftsman in his arms, and communicated in Yuezhi dialect from time to time.
Yuezhi's words were given to him by Anima, in order to quickly close the distance. It was just as he thought, and it only took one meal to mingle with hundreds of Yuezhi craftsmen.
As for the Yueshi general, he asked Zhou Heng to take him to the school grounds to rest.
"Your Majesty, I would like to thank you on behalf of the Yueshi refugees!" Anima knelt down and touched her forehead to the ground: "Thank you Your Majesty for accepting us refugees. We will work hard to serve the great beams!"
Just a moment ago, the Yueshi craftsman was scolding Anima for defecting to Daliang, but now she surrendered regardless of being slapped in the face.
They did not get corresponding respect in Yuezhi's land, and they were always on tenterhooks every day for fear of offending their superiors. On the contrary, they all felt it in Daliang - the emperor personally greeted them, and the imperial guards and ministers waited quietly, even when the prince entered the capital, it was nothing more than that.
"We are willing to serve His Majesty!"
"Long live my emperor..."
Zhu Youde enjoyed the support of everyone and felt that the time was right. He put down his wine glass and said very peacefully: "The people of the world are one family. I am a harmonious person by nature and do not want to see the world in war and the people are miserable. However, the country is weak and has nothing to do, so I can only do simple things..."
"Alas..." He sighed and his acting skills came to the fore: "I'm just pitiful about the other Yuezhi refugees, I can't protect them!"
When Anima heard this, she understood what His Majesty meant: "If Your Majesty is willing to accept refugees, I would like to invite you to surrender!"
The rest of the Yuezhi people all made similar sounds.
Under Zhu Youde's superb acting skills, this group of Yuezhi people put aside their past grudges and cried to show their loyalty.
"In this case, I will set up counties and counties on the border and send ministers to assist in the administration, so that the suffering Yuezhi people can move to Daliang and receive protection."
The crowd cheered and shouted, Holy Lord, Ming Lord.
Zhu Youde looked up to the sky and smiled. With this group of people as the foundation, the news that Daliang was willing to protect the Yuezhi people would spread further and further, and soon the Yuezhi people would come to submit to him.
Given time, why can't we assimilate Yuezhi?
Blind war will only cause disaster, and conspiracy is the true nature of an emperor!
Leaving Shang Fang, he headed to the school grounds.
Craftsmen and soldiers accept different environments. Compared with craftsmen who only need a little favor to appease them, soldiers who have been on the battlefield for a long time need to receive both kindness and power.
Zhou Heng entertained the Yueshi soldiers in the school grounds, and he was not stingy with the wine and meat.
"Eat and drink! My compatriots have had a hard journey, and now that you have come to Daliang, you will have a good time and cultivate yourself! Your Majesty will definitely love you!"
Just as he was talking, Zhu Youde, wearing a dragon robe, came over and said, "Are you still used to the meat and wine in Daliang?"
The Yuezhi soldiers wanted to stand up and salute, but they saw Zhu Youde sitting down, grabbing the mutton on the table and gnawing at it.
"Eat, don't look at me!"
Movie Emperor Zhu Youde possessed him and reused the tricks he used in Shang Fang Mansion. This was a favor. He also took them to the school grounds to watch the Forbidden Army drills and weapons demonstrations. All firecrackers, repeating firecrackers and other equipment appeared. This was a demonstration.
Dozens of soldiers were deeply shocked by the combination of kindness and power, and called His Majesty the Ming Dynasty to be strong and powerful.
"Alas, I feel ashamed of the people of the world. The country of Liang is too weak to protect all the people who are suffering. I feel guilty..."
The soldiers of the Yuezhi looked at me and I looked at you, and they were stunned for a moment. They all marched in the highest etiquette: "Your Majesty, we are willing to obey your Majesty's orders!"
Zhu Youde told the news that he wanted to establish counties on the border, and then they all expressed their willingness to go.
"With your help, Yuezhi can have a good relationship with Daliang!"
He temporarily placed these people in the school field to practice together and learn the advanced tactics of Daliang. After more Yuezhi soldiers surrendered, they formed an army and sent them to border counties to participate in independent management.
After handling the affairs, Zhu Youde was about to return to the palace when he received a report from Li Renjie - a letter from the Western Region Caravan...