Chapter 1067 - 342: Everyone’s Target, the Reward_4
Later, the Crown Prince ascended the throne and, with thunderous measures, executed over a hundred corrupt officials. No one called him cruel. Even when he took the initiative to send troops to attack the restless neighboring small countries, people praised him for having the spirit of the great ancestor, and there were no accusations of overzealous militarism in the historical records.
Qi Nan brought back three hundred veteran soldiers, more than half of whom were over fifty years old. This group of old men had experienced the most difficult conditions on the frontier. They were aged and weak and couldn’t do heavy labor. A large portion of them had suffered severe injuries in their early years, leaving them with hidden ailments that sometimes confined them to bed.
If it weren’t for the other veterans who could barely make ends meet often helping them, these stubborn old men, who refused to accept further aid from the Court, would have probably died of hunger or illness a long time ago.
The remaining half of the veterans varied in age, including young men who hadn’t married yet and were seventeen or eighteen, and men in their forties. All had been injured on the battlefield: some lost an arm, some a leg, and others had severe internal injuries with their days numbered.
Mo Yan had anticipated this situation and, thick-skinned, invited all the doctors from Du’s Medical Hall, including her master, to come over to check the veterans’ health and provide medical treatment.
Everyone knew that these people had little capacity for labor. Saying that they would work for the Mo Family to support themselves was just a way to let these men, who had sacrificed for their country, let go of their burdens and live out their final years in peace.