The people of Baisha City all thought that there would be great chaos after the war, and even if there was no great chaos, there would be great disasters. But in fact, there was neither chaos nor disaster. Until the young prince left, there was still peace.
So when the prefect Jiang Wu ordered people to organize everyone to see off the young prince and express their feelings to the people of Baisha, everyone was happy to participate, not just for a few kilograms of soybeans...
"Xiao Chen, do you think the people came to see us off voluntarily?" Li Qiucai suddenly raised this somewhat embarrassing question ten miles out of the city.
"It's for the prince, but it's not for us either." Xiao Chen said with a smile. "I always feel that Jiang Wu arranged it behind my back." Li Qiu said. "Master, do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Xiao Chen said.
"Of course it's the truth!" Li Qiu said, "I know the truth doesn't sound good, but you didn't stop telling me!"
"This must have been arranged by Jiang Wu, otherwise how would the common people know that Your Majesty is setting off today?" Xiao Chen said, "Jiang Wu also asked me in advance, and I agreed, but he only said that he would come a few days ago. There are thousands of people, but unexpectedly so many people came, which shows that the people still really support the prince."
"Are you and Jiang Wu not kind? But you don't care whether I am embarrassed or not!" Li Qiu said.
"It's a good thing that the people love you. My lord, you should accept it calmly. What's the point of being embarrassed?" Xiao Chen said.
"You deserve it." Li Qiu said, "You said that we didn't do anything for the people when we entered Baisha City. Instead, we confiscated all the property in Baisha City and even Langya County. These people are obviously I don’t know, if they knew they wouldn’t give me away, it would be nice if they didn’t poke my spine!”
"My lord, you are wrong. What you copied was not the property of the people of Langya, but the property of Duan Fengnian. Even if these gold and silver are left in Langya County, will they reach the hands of the people?" Xiao Chen said.
"Then it's time to leave these gold and silver treasures in Langya. What if we take them back?" Li Qiu said.
"Everyone knows that Duan Fengnian's family fortune is rich, but no one knows how rich it is. If you take it all back, that's it. If you keep it, it will be unclear in the future!" Xiao Chen said.
"What's so unclear about this?" Li Qiu said, "Those left in the city have acknowledgment receipts, those given to the people have picture deposits, those who repaired the city walls have details, those who have provided relief to the victims have receipts..."
"So many people, so many cities, and so many officials in Langya County were sent by your prince himself? Can you know that those officials took money to line their own pockets and forged documents? You are the prince, not the governor of Langya County. Can you clarify the matter clearly?"
"And why do you allocate these assets? Just because you won the battle? Are you too proud to take credit? Or do you want to win people's hearts? You have seen the situation in Langya County with your own eyes, but the emperor and the court also know it. , they have their own reasons for what to do, but it’s not your turn to make the decision!”
"In the future, the emperor will definitely subsidize Langya County. These gold and silver will definitely be converted into copper coins or grain or other materials and then transported back to Langya County. But that is the emperor's grace, not your prince's grace!"
"Oh, I just complained to you, and you taught me a lot of lessons, but I understand it all." Li Qiu grinned after hearing this.
"This is not a lesson, it is a blunt remonstrance!" Xiao Chen said, "My lord, you cannot just understand it, you must take practical actions. You can't hand over all the gold and silver to the Ministry of Household Affairs. You have to keep it yourself." "Yes, I mean you can keep as much as you can. Otherwise, when you go back and people come to celebrate at home, are you too embarrassed not to reward me?"
Isn't this appropriate? "Li Qiu was stunned.
"It's inappropriate, but you have to do this. If you don't do this, if the emperor wants to scold you, punish you and beat you, there will be no excuse, right? Besides, if you are so noble and selfless, then before, King Fengyang and Are the two princes Jiangdong just greedy?" Xiao Chen said.
"Oh my gosh, there are so many ways in this!" Li Qiu's head was spinning. He had never been so confused during the war.
"If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and water without fish is stagnant water." Xiao Chen said, "It is better to fish in muddy water than stagnant water without any traces. Of course, this is not true, it is just the reality. If you want to change all this, then It’s never too late to think about it until you have the power to change everything.”
To put it bluntly, it’s not too late to wait until you become the emperor to think about this matter. Now, you’d better be the prince first!
"Listening to your words is better than ten years of reading!" Li Qiu sighed.
"My lord, you are wrong. There are only Golden House and Yan Ruyu in the book, but there is no such thing." Xiao Chen said with a smile.
"I suddenly don't want to be this prince anymore." Li Qiu said, "I'm so tired! Mainly because I'm tired..."
"What are you talking about?" Xiao Chen's face changed instantly when he heard this, "We all followed you out to risk our lives, charging, getting trapped, dying, injured, and crippled! We don't care about life and death, just to help you achieve success. This achievement is to lay a solid foundation for the future... Now you are saying that you don’t want to do it anymore, are you being ridiculous?"
I just said that..." Li Qiu was so scolded by Xiao Chen that he blinked his eyes.
"Don't say this again in the future, otherwise everyone will become cold-hearted!" Xiao Chen said, "Not only can't you say it, you can't even think about it!"
"Isn't this too overbearing?" Li Qiu muttered, "Isn't this just putting people on the fire?"
"By the way, I have to roast you, and it will take a hundred refinements to turn you into steel!" Xiao Chen said, "Where are you now? The fire will get bigger and bigger in the future, I tell you! Since you have become the prince, that is If you can’t help yourself and want to do whatever you want, that’s absolutely impossible!”
"Wow, wow, wow, I quit!" Li Qiu whipped the horse and galloped away.
"Come back, I haven't finished speaking yet!" Xiao Chen chased after him on Pegasus...
On a cold day with a biting wind, if you are sitting on a horse and walking, no matter how thick your leather robe is, it will be penetrated in less than half an hour.
But both Xiao Chen and Li Qiu insisted not to ride in the warm carriage, but to ride on horseback with the soldiers. If they felt cold, they would jump off the horse and walk with the infantry to warm themselves up. This is called sharing joys and sorrows.
Xiao Chen told Li Qiu that you can put on airs with anyone, but you can't put on airs with ordinary people and soldiers.
If you show off in front of the people, if the people don't say anything to their faces, they will definitely curse your ancestors for eight generations behind your back and break your spine!
If you pretend to be cool with the soldiers, they won't risk your life if a war breaks out. What's more, they will even shoot you in the back with hidden arrows, shoot you in the dark, or stab you with knives!
Just tell me, among the kings from ancient times, which one has not loved his people like his own son?
There have been so many famous generals since ancient times, and none of them loved their soldiers as much as their sons!
When Wei Qing was marching, when he encountered river water, he would not drink it until all the soldiers had drank from it.
Li Guang led the troops. If there was a shortage of food, he would never eat more than the soldiers. He would even go hungry to save a mouthful for the soldiers.
Wu Qi walked with the soldiers carrying burdens, and Bai Qi even personally helped the soldiers with malignant sores on their feet to suck the pus!
