Bai Shan didn't hide his thoughts. After the guests arrived, he invited everyone to eat and drink, while talking about his life in Chang'an, and the emperor's preferential treatment for his subjects.
Nowadays, the generals and ministers who surrendered, even the nobles and grandchildren are given preferential treatment. As long as you have the ability, even if you were the grandson of his king, you can also rely on your own ability to become a marquis and become a prime minister, or even lead troops to guard one side.
These are precedents.
As long as they don't rebel to the death, even if they make mistakes, the emperor will treat them better than ordinary subjects.
There are also precedents.
Goguryeo is just a state of Shu in the Great Jin Dynasty. It occupies only two or three prefectures, and even one is much larger than it. So what future do you have here
Not to mention that your appointment as an official depends entirely on family background and power. If the head of the family commits any crimes in this matter, then the descendants will not have the opportunity to enter the power class again for several generations.
Unlike Dajin, unless the crime is extremely heinous, it will not harm the imperial examinations of future generations.
In addition to the imperial examinations, there are procuratorial examinations, and you can even spend money to buy officials. There are various methods. As long as you are talented, rich, or powerful, you can always find a suitable method to get ahead.
Do you have these in one of your vassal states
And why do people want positions of power
Isn't it for the life of glory and wealth
But how old is Goguryeo? It is also located in bitter cold, how can it compare to the vastness and wealth of the entire Jin Dynasty, after the surrender, the sky is wide and the sea is wide, and you can walk as you please, which is much more convenient than the entry and exit of the Jin Dynasty by the vassal subjects.
Not to mention, the generals and families who surrendered are naturally meritorious, and it will not be difficult at all to find an official position when the time comes.
Although everyone knew that Bai Shan had bad intentions and said these words just to persuade Jin to surrender, everyone couldn't help listening.
This is why Nusa does not want them to contact.
Everyone has selfish motives, so whoever says persuading surrender has to be done secretly
Bai Shan came here openly, wouldn't the listeners take it to heart
Of course not, no matter how righteous they are and how serious they are in arguing with Bai Shan, Bai Shan can still see the hesitation and entanglement in their hearts.
He didn't need them to reply immediately, he just smiled and didn't force him, but he just turned around and asked someone to prepare a different gift for them.
Bai Shan personally sent everyone to the door, and everyone gave a box, he said with a smile: "This is a native product I brought from Chang'an, it's not a good thing, take it back and enjoy it."
He smiled and said: "I am really thinking of you all, and I also really want to persuade the second prince to surrender. I also ask you to persuade me for a while when you see the second prince."
Everyone didn't expect him to say such words in person, and they said it in front of the guards at the gate, and they were speechless for a while.
But Bai Shan didn't stop, he said: "The ancestors have a saying that those who know the current affairs are the heroes. The general trend of the world is that it must be united for a long time, and the Liaodong area has been separated from the Central Plains for a long time. Why doesn't the second prince follow the trend of the times?"
He said with a smile: "With the ability of the second prince, how do you know that he will become the next General Ashina and leave his name in history?"
Everyone was silent again, and left after receiving the gift.
They didn't go to see Prince Gao Er immediately, but first opened the box on the carriage, saw the pearls/gems/spices inside, and looked away after only one glance, and fixed on the letter in the box.
Take it out and take it apart.
Some people's faces remained unchanged. After all, it was still the words he said to persuade them to surrender, but the higher-ups made a more straightforward promise. As long as they surrender, they will be granted official positions. If they can persuade the second prince to surrender, the promised Official positions will only get bigger.
The faces of Yuan Yi and the others remained unchanged, but they were pondering whether they should go home directly or turn around to meet the second prince.
However, Master Meng and the others who followed along the way changed their expressions, because the letters were written with their names on them. Not only that, but the persuasion words and promises in each letter were different.
Young Master Meng was also very surprised, "Father, we came here on a temporary basis, and he didn't leave halfway before. How could he write this letter of persuasion so quickly? Could it be that there are think tanks in their envoys?"
Master Meng stroked the words with his fingers, raised his hand to smell it, and then shook his head, "It's not just written, not even today, I'm afraid he already guessed that we will come."
"That… "
Master Meng lowered his eyes to think, and said after a while: "We don't have enough food in our family. The batch of food and grass promised to the second prince will be postponed first. When asked, he said that it is still in preparation, and there is really no more in the warehouse."
Young Master Meng was startled, and asked in a low voice: "What if...they use force?"
"Our Meng family has been operating in Anshi City for generations, and we are not vegetarians. When you go back, you will recruit all the shop assistants to your home and protect the yard. Second Prince, you have to wait. I think, this letter I must not be the only one who received it."
Master Meng sighed, "This white envoy has no scruples in persuading him to surrender in person. This is a conspiracy. It can be seen that Jin has a lot of confidence. The second prince should not have agreed to the generals coming to see him."
Young Master Meng: ... If the generals don't come to see him, they can't come to see him either.
General Meng sighed, "Time is fate, if we don't take this trip, we won't think about following the current situation."
Xue Gui stood one step behind Bai Shan, watching all the carriages out of sight with him, he asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid that they will go to see the second prince?"
Bai Shan said with a smile: "I am an envoy who came here to persuade the surrender, but what I'm doing now is just my job. I thought they could persuade the second prince for me. How can I be afraid that they will go to see the second prince?"
Under the watchful eyes of the guards at the gate, Bai Shan turned back to the courtyard, and only asked Xue Gui when he got back to the lobby, "Have you put the letters in according to their identities?"
"Yes." Xue Gui took out the remaining five letters, "There is no one from these families."
Bai Shan took it, beckoned, and when the guard brought the brazier, he opened the letters inside and burned them one by one, "It's a pity. But although there are fewer people than I expected, the number of people who came They are all important people, obviously, there are a lot of people floating around here."
Xue Gui: "Can you really bribe them to persuade them?"
Bai Shan: "Who knows?"
He said very bachelorly: "I have done my best, as for whether it will be successful or not, the rest depends on God's will."
Xue Gui: ... I feel so unreliable.
Daji came in and asked, "Okay, shall we leave?"
If this matter got to the ears of the second prince, he would definitely be angry, and he was afraid that he would be rude to Bai.
Bai Shan thought for a while and then shook his head, "No, if we leave now, those who just received the letter will lose confidence in us, no, wait a little longer, we won't run unless our lives are endangered."
Xue Gui felt that Bai Shan was quite courageous, he was worthy of being a person who could go to the battlefield, and he still had courage.