The people of Chang'an City's sense of Li Sanlang was declining rapidly.
Because they are the most down-to-earth people, they can’t even afford to eat, so who cares whether you are a wise king or not, and what kind of prosperity you have created.
Li Sanlang allowed the powerful eunuch families to sell grain at high prices, draining the last copper from their pockets.
But here Li Yunze is giving out free porridge to people who can't survive.
Of course, everyone has their own opinions on which one deserves more respect.
"It's my incompetence that makes you suffer."
In the porridge soup factory, Li Yunze, who looked sick, walked among many people, looked at the porridge bowls in their hands, and expressed his apology to everyone.
"Prince."
"Your Highness."
"Thank you, Prince, for giving my family of five a way to live~~~"
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Everyone expressed their gratitude to Li Yunze. In these days of soaring food prices, if it weren't for the porridge factory provided by Li Yunze, I don't know how many people would have starved to death.
While he was talking, a handsome man wiped his tears and fell in front of Li Yunze, kowtow and salute.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I would like to express my gratitude to Your Highness the Crown Prince for your life-saving grace~~~"
"Ahem." Li Yunze, who had a pale complexion, coughed twice. He stepped forward with trembling hands to help him up, but he had no strength in his hands due to illness and couldn't pull him up. He could only say repeatedly, "Quickly." Please get up, there is no need for this. As a prince, it is your duty to love and protect the people."
"Your Highness~~~"
The six-foot-tall Wang Gui man indeed kowtowed and bowed with tears in his eyes, "Xiaomin's family is a family of six, and both parents have died of starvation. A few days ago, my wife went out of the city to the village to sell grain, but she was patrolled. The yamen servant was beaten and rushed back. The family couldn't afford a doctor, so they left within a few days."
Wang Gui's words aroused the sympathy of the audience around him, and the sounds of sobbing could not be heard.
"Your Highness."
Wang Gui wiped away his tears and his expression gradually became resolute, "I wanted to take a pair of children and follow my parents and my wife. Fortunately, His Highness came to rescue us and we were able to survive."
He straightened his chest and patted his chest vigorously, "Your Highness! Wang Gui's humble life belongs to His Highness from now on! The common people are willing to go through fire and water for His Highness, no matter what!"
Infected by the emotion, many people around him also expressed their willingness to die for His Royal Highness, Li Yunze.
"No need to be like this, no need to be like this~~~"
"Ahem~~~" Li Yunze, who was coughing continuously, wanted to say some words of comfort, but he was too coughing to say anything.
Gao Jinzhong on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Your Highness, it's time to go back to the East Palace to take medicine. The imperial doctor has said that His Highness is not suitable for going out because of his illness."
"Go away."
Li Yunze pushed Gao Jinzhong and scolded sternly, "I want to be with the people of the Tang Dynasty. A mere illness is nothing. I want to see them eat and drink well, cough~~~"
Everyone was extremely moved and saluted and begged Li Yunze to return to the East Palace to recuperate. The scene was very lively.
After being persuaded by everyone to get on the carriage, the carriage slowly moved forward towards the East Palace. Li Yunze turned around, sat in the car and closed the window, and then said in a calm voice, "The person you arranged is good, reward him well when you get back."
"Your Highness."
Gao Jinzhong, with a grimace on his face, hurriedly explained, "That Wang Gui was not arranged by Xiao Xiao. He was preempted by Xiao Xiao before the manpower could come out."
"oh?"
Li Yunze raised his eyebrows slightly, then nodded, "Follow the planned plan, not only to let everyone in Chang'an City know, but also to let the entire Guanzhong and the entire Tang Dynasty know!"
"only."
"By the way." Li Yunze seemed to have remembered something. "Li Siye wrote a letter some time ago saying that the men he recruited will soon return to Chang'an City. When those border troops come back, they must be taken to Haosheng to see this place. everything."
Gao Jinzhong saluted deeply, "Wei~~~"
The story of the Tang prince sacrificing his life for the common people spread very quickly.
And it was not only spread among ordinary people, but also famous officials and scholars knew about it.
The ethics of the famous officials and scholars of the Tang Dynasty were really higher than those of some beasts.
They were also very moved when they heard about this and saw with their own eyes how Li Yunze, despite his illness, kept running to various porridge factories inside and outside Chang'an to care for the people.
Not only Li Bai, Du Mu, Meng Haoran and others wrote poems praising Li Yunze, but famous calligraphers such as Yan Zhenqing also stayed up late one after another, copying these poems in large quantities, and then asked their friends to pass them on in all directions.
Painters such as Wu Daozi also created paintings for Li Yunze such as "Prince Giving Porridge", "Prince Blessing", "All People's Gratitude" and so on.
When Li Yunze used his hype skills in the Tang Dynasty world, the effect was undoubtedly sweeping everything.
Especially when Li Siye and others returned to Chang'an City with the recruited border troops and witnessed everything here with their own eyes, these border troops who felt the same way quickly returned home.
You must know that the families of the Tang Dynasty border soldiers also lived a very hard life.
It is common for people who fought hard on the frontier to have their families plundered and despoiled them, leaving them with no place to stand, and even became tenants, and even starved to death without food.
The experiences of the people in Chang'an City can easily resonate with them.
The big players don't care. They feel that this has been the case for many years and it will eventually pass.
And I also think that the prince is nosy, and you stand in the way of the big guys making money. Do you really think that you can do whatever you want when you become the prince?
Speaking of the most angry person, it was naturally Li Sanlang.
In recent days, Li Sanlang's temper has become worse and worse. Not only have many people around him been punished for no reason, but even his beloved toys have been smashed a lot.
He originally wanted to let the big players regain their blood, and when they had almost made enough money, he would step in to open a warehouse and release grain to alleviate the problem.
But under the current circumstances, even if he gives all the food in the warehouse to the people, no one will say good things about him. They will only say, "It is all thanks to His Highness the Crown Prince's efforts to save the common people like us." The time to pray for survival. '
When had Li Sanlang ever done such a thankless thing?
Since you like the prince so much, then go and drink the prince’s porridge all the time!
"You like to win people's hearts and help the people, right?" Li Sanlang, with a dark face, told Gao Lishi bitterly, "Let Zhan Shifu cut off the supply of the East Palace!"
"His Majesty."
Gao Lishi was taken aback and hurriedly tried to persuade him, "In this situation, if the supply to the East Palace is cut off, it will probably cause heated public opinion."
“Isn’t it already that public opinion is boiling!?”
The angry Li Sanlang roared, "My reputation has been ruined by that treacherous son. Are you still going to support him and fight against me?"
The angry Li Sanlang began to criticize Li Yunze for "having evil intentions and actually daring to recruit soldiers from the border army!"
Gao Lishi said in his heart, "Your Majesty said it yourself, why should a mere soldier care about it?" '
"Recruiting talents, all famous officials and talents are entering the East Palace. Do they still have me as the emperor in their eyes?"
Gao Lishi continued to ventriloquize, "This is what your Majesty agreed to." '
"They framed Erlang and the others and killed each other for the crown prince's position. Their hearts are like poisonous scorpions!"
Gao Lishi lowered his head and counted the ants on the ground. "The one who deposed the prince and the others, or even killed the prince and the others, was your Majesty yourself." '
"You have hooked up with the ministers of the court, made friends with the palace officials, and deceived me. Do you really think that I don't know anything?"
Now Gao Lishi stopped complaining, because this matter was indeed true. The ministers and servants in the palace cooperated with each other to cover up Li Yunze. It was indeed impossible to keep this matter hidden forever.
Li Sanlang may not know the details inside, but the general context cannot be hidden from him.
"I just want to enjoy family happiness. This traitor is guarding me like a thief. How long has it been since I saw the Crown Princess?"
Gao Lishi simply went into invisibility and said, "You have ill intentions towards someone else's wife, why don't they allow her to be on guard?" '
"This traitor!"
Li Sanlang became more and more angry as he spoke, waving his sleeves heavily, "Don't he like to raise those Guizhou heads? Okay, now that winter is coming and his supply is cut off, I want to take a look. How to feed the East Palace and feed those Guizhou leaders. They are all a bunch of white-eyed wolves. They agree to the meal when they are fed. Once the supply is cut off, they will immediately fall out. I want to see how this traitor ends!"
The emperor cut off the supply of the East Palace, and naturally the news spread.
Of course, he would not directly say that the emperor wanted to deal with the prince. Of course, he had a high-sounding reason.
Firstly, it means that the emperor felt that the lives of the people in the world were becoming increasingly difficult, so he reduced the expenses in the palace and saved property and supplies to support the people.
As the crown prince, Dong Gong should set an example.
Secondly, they simply pointed it out directly, saying that Dong Gong had made a lot of profits when he implemented the Hebian method before, and since there was no shortage of wealth, he could just support himself.
As soon as this incident came out, the people in Chang'an, Guanzhong, were even more disappointed with the emperor.
No one is a fool. The emperor likes to have fun and spends more than hundreds of millions on it.
It was said that the expenses in the palace were to be reduced, but the people of Chang'an City saw it clearly. There were constant banquets in the palace, and the lights in the pear garden were brightly lit every night until dawn!
As they became more and more disappointed with the emperor, the people valued the prince even more, and everyone was waiting to see how the prince would respond.
The prince's response was simple. He announced that the porridge factory would continue to open and would provide porridge to people as long as they came to drink it.
At the same time, special stoves and coal were provided to the people of Chang'an City to keep warm in winter.
That's right, it's the sealed stove and briquettes he used in Zhenguan World.
We have already talked about the use of coal, and it is about how to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
As long as this problem can be solved, large-scale use of coal for heating will naturally not be a problem.
That's not all. Before the New Year's Eve, Li Yunze even took the initiative to distribute wine and meat to the people in Chang'an City so that everyone could have a New Year's Eve with wine and meat.
This incident really shocked many people. You must know that the people who received wine, meat and coal from Li Yunze were not just a few people, but hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City!
This must be such a huge expense. Everyone is wondering where the Crown Prince got these things from.
Amidst all the commotion, it was finally the day for the New Year's Eve gathering of the royal family.
This time, Li Yunze did not let Yang Yuhuan pretend to be sick, but took her to the palace for the banquet in a generous manner.
(End of chapter)
