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At this moment, Bai Yian was asking them to give their all in a life-and-death struggle against the Chu army, which at the time was notoriously ferocious, invincible, and unstoppable. Was this a joke?
How much money has the court actually given me?
They expect me to abandon my home and business, to disregard my life, and to wager the foundation laid by my ancestors.
Are you dreaming, or am I the fool?
The high-ranking aristocratic families, accustomed to commanding others to fight and die for their slightest rewards, had lost the brave and bloodthirsty spirit of their forefathers that had fought for everything.
Faced with Bai Yian, who wanted to change all this and had encroached upon their interests, their instinct was to refute and resist.
And their reasons for rebuttal were quite justified.
