C144 The Name Moves Five Hundred Miles (1/2)

Inside the Imperial Palace's Imperial Study, the emperor, Ying Hai, sat on a large chair.

Two concubines, dressed in puzzled robes, were seated on both sides of his throne, attending to him.

While enjoying the service of a concubine, Ying Hai was reading a imperial report at the same time. His sickly yet slightly pale face revealed a rare smile.

The memo in his hand had been sent by the War Office.

It said that in just a few days, the number of troops in the country had increased by over a hundred thousand!

One must know that in the past, the entire year of Xia Country recruitment only amounted to this number.

But now, in just a few short days, he was able to accomplish it.

To the emperor, Ying Hai, this was simply inconceivable.

Ying Hai was excited, he felt that his Emperor's kindness was great, as it influenced the citizens of Xia Country, so he allowed them to join the army.

However, following the imperial report and a closer look, he realized that it wasn't the case.

According to the imperial reports, some of these 100,000 people had volunteered to join the army, while some of them were old parents of their families who had invited them to join the army.

They had joined the army for no other reason than a poem, ”Shimmer.”

Its author, was the head of the Dafeng City, Lee Bai!

”Death knows all things but sadness doesn't see us in the same place in the Nine Prefectures. Wang Shishi will be in the northern part of the Central Plains and my family will not forget to tell Nai on this day.”

The emperor, Ying Hai, had a smile on his face as he read the poem, but as he read, his slightly pale face, filled with excessive desire, started to wrinkle at this moment.

The poem was written very clearly, and Emperor Ying Hai had also read the patriotism in the poem.

It could be seen that those people who had joined the army had also been resonated with Chu Feng's poem.

However, for some reason, he felt uncomfortable.

Ying Hai raised his head, looked at the Old Eunuch in front of him, and said: ”Li Gao, you have seen the imperial reports before, for this poem, what do you think about the person who wrote it?”

Li Gao was a white-browed Old Eunuch, and also a Imperial Palace Steward of the palace.

His eyes were narrow and long, making him look like a cunning old fox.

He lowered his head, and used the voice that sounded like an old lady, and said to Ying Hai: ”Your Majesty, this Lee Bai, is the cause of this time's marriage selection test, and Dafeng City examination. The old servant came to understand that this poem was written by him during the written examination. ”

”Now, this poem has spread throughout half of the Xia Country. Lee Bai has become our Xia Country's patriotic poet. But this old servant thinks that this person has evil intentions. ”

Hearing that, Ying Hai said: ”Oh? Li Gao, what do you mean by that? ”

Li Gao said, ”Your Majesty, please read the last line of this poem, 'The family offering never forgets to tell the father.' It didn't matter if Lee Bai was an old man who was about to die. And yet, he is only sixteen years old. ”

”At this age of sixteen, the fur has yet to grow all. To actually write out such words, doesn't that mean that within a few decades, he won't be able to see our Xia Country unified? ”This person has ill intents, is a patriot on the false front, and is indeed a scoffer at the incompetence of the imperial government!”

Hearing that, Emperor Ying Hai opened his eyes and slapped the table, scaring the two imperial concubines beside him into jumping.

His pale face revealed an unprecedented fury.

”A mere little prick dares to use insinuations to scold me for being incompetent in politics! This person deserved to die! Li Gao, I order you, bring your army and capture this Lee Bai. The oligarchs want to behead him! ”

Ying Hai said loudly. He was the current emperor, scolding the emperor for being incompetent was equivalent to scolding him for being incapable.

Li Gao snickered, ”Calm down, Your Majesty. We can't kill him for now.”

Ying Hai looked startled, ”Can't kill him?”

”That's right.” Li Gao nodded and said, ”Your Majesty. This Lee Bai is now a patriotic poet of my Xia Country. Many people joined the army because of his poems. Speaking of which, he had made a lot of contributions to the country. If I kill him now, His Majesty will lose the will of his people. ”

Ying Hai felt that what the Old Eunuch said was reasonable, but he was still furious.

Although this poem made many people come forward to recruit soldiers and join the national army, as the emperor, he should be praised, but there was only anger in his heart.