Compared with the prosperity of Qingdu, this place can be said to be dilapidated.
Villagers stood on both sides of the road. Most of the men were shirtless, while the women were in ragged clothes. Many of them included children and the elderly.
These people were looking at the soldiers along the way and the prince's chariot with very curious eyes.
After all, for them, this kind of scene is absolutely rare.
You know, this is only a hundred miles away from Qingdu. Even though it is a village, it should receive special care from the surrounding officials.
It can only show that the seemingly prosperous Daqing actually has a bunch of indifferent officials.
It's really hard to imagine what kind of life the lower class people there are living in a place further away.
"Lieutenant Qin, tell Bai Qi to stop the troops and bring out the supplies to these villagers."
Qin Wei obeyed the order.
After a while, a group of officers and soldiers walked up to the silent people and distributed food to them.
The common people did not know that the person sitting in Luan Jia was the prince, but they knew that it was the soldiers he commanded who distributed the food to them.
Facing the direction of Luan Jia, the people knelt down and begged, expressing their gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.
Looking at this scene, Liu Qi had mixed feelings in his heart.
He knew that all he had done was just a drop in the bucket.
There are more than tens of thousands of villages in Daqingguang. Along the way, he might see a lot more, and all he could do was this little effort.
"Your Highness, you only used a small favor to make these people so grateful. It can be seen that the requirements of these people are not high."
After hearing what Lu Liang said, Liu Qi's expression did not change at all.
He sighed softly and fell into deep thought.
Yes, all they want is to have enough to eat and wear warm clothes.
But today's seemingly prosperous Daqing cannot even satisfy them. Can this still be called true prosperity?
When I came to this world, I originally thought that as long as I kept my position as the prince, I could be high-spirited and realize my ideals and ambitions.
Until he saw these people, he suddenly felt that this was not an easy task. It could even be said that it was a hundred times more difficult than his fight for the position of prince.
"Alas, people suffer when they rise, and when they die, people suffer. In all dynasties, have there never been kings who truly allowed the people to live a good life?"
Hearing Liu Qi's sigh, Lu Liang took a deep breath.
"Your Highness, the people of Zhenjue are so important?"
Hearing Liu Qi's words, Lu Liang, who had always been calm and gentle, couldn't help but be moved.
As a businessman, traveling all over the world, I can say that I have seen too much.
In the eyes of many countries, including the dignitaries in Daqing, these so-called lower-class people are nothing more than a group of dispensable ants.
Who really cares whether these people live or die?
I'm afraid, I just haven't even thought about it!
Because their suffering or health have almost no connection with the officials' political achievements.
"In the eyes of the world, these people at the bottom are just unarmed and hungry people who need relief from the state."
"Some people may even think that they are holding back the country's progress."
"But everyone knows that it is the thousands of people at the bottom who create the glory of a country."
"No matter how powerful this country is, as long as it truly forgets these people, that will be the beginning of its decline."
"Kings of all dynasties, don't you know that the people are the foundation? They can make a country strong or make a country suddenly perish."
As a modern person, Liu Qi not only read a lot of history books, but also realized that the people are the foundation for the prosperity of a country.
"His Highness's words are really deafening to me, and my heart is trembling!"
Lu Liang was excited from the bottom of his heart. It was an unparalleled shock.
Since ancient times, the rise and fall of dynasties has been normal, but everyone attributes it to the emperor.
And this was the first time I heard from a person, moreover a prince, that these people were the foundation of the country's prosperity.
When Lu Liang looked at Liu Qi again, he couldn't help but feel a little more reverent.
Traveling all over the country, I have met so many royal nobles and emperors.
But this is the first time that someone can think this way.
Perhaps, many people think that Liu Qi is just a prince with a very deep palace.
All he did was just to control his position.
But Lu Liang didn't think so.
At least judging from the words he just said and the little things he did, what he really wanted was not just for himself.
"Your Highness is so lenient that ordinary people have never heard of it. If you can always have this idea, it will be a blessing to the people."
Listening to Lu Liang's praise, Liu Qi smiled slightly.
"It's not that I am lenient. It's just that among all the countries, there is only one who truly treats the people as subjects. He just thinks that they are just tools that can be productive and contribute to the prosperity of the country."
As he said that, the carriage started to move, and Liu Qi talked as he walked.
"In my opinion, the demise of any country is not accidental."
"You just saw how miserable the people in these villages are. But in fact, it is this group of people who really caused the country to perish."
Lu Liang was slightly confused.
"Your Highness, how do you say this?"
"Haha, it's very simple."
"A single spark can start a prairie fire!"
Just eight words, but like a bolt from the blue, Lu Liang's face became dull.
"A single spark can start a prairie fire......"
Lu Liang kept chanting these eight words in his mouth, and his expression kept changing. It was obvious that these eight words had an unprecedented impact on him.
"Anything for the people will be longed for by the people!"
Seeing Lu Liang's shocked expression, Liu Qi added one more quote that he had deeply remembered in his previous life.
As soon as these words came out, Lu Liang's eyes suddenly grew larger, and his body even trembled a little.
He stared blankly at Liu Qi in the car, his breathing quickening.
Such words can be said to have improved the status of the people unprecedentedly.
There are many princes and many emperors in the world, but one can say such shocking words.
Liu Qi should be the first person!
This is not just a sentence, but no ruler would think this way.
The people are not for the prince, but the emperor is for the people?
This is simply confusing words.
At this moment, Lu Liang couldn't help but secretly feel happy that he could follow such a master. At the same time, he was also afraid that if he had been more arrogant, he might have missed the prince.
"Your Highness, you are truly the Lord!"
Just when Lu Liang was sighing, he heard a burst of sound and Bai Qi galloped in from a distance...
