Dashun State, since the founding of the country, has a history of 500 years, Emperor Zhou Shimin is the fifteenth monarch, to the military to determine the country, to the culture of the country, and the implementation of light and thin labor, to rule the world with benevolence.

Although there are 3,000 beauties in the harem and several princesses have been born one after another, Zhou Shimin has a soft spot for the virtuous and virtuous queen Shen Biyun and loves him very much, but he is such a loving couple, but he has no children under his knees.

Queen Shen Biyun felt guilty, and came to Tiantai Mountain to worship incense and pray for blessings. conceived in October and gave birth to a son, named Zhou Tianci, with a cute appearance, but there is a red birthmark the size of a grain of rice on the left side of his face.

The whole country was jubilant. Only in the Flower Moon Palace, Concubine Li, who has the appearance of a closed moon and a shy flower, is unhappy at this time. Thinking that he entered the palace with the queen, now, the queen is happy with the prince, and the emperor will definitely be more favored, and he has not yet had a man and a woman.

Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, Zhou Tianci is five years old. On this day, in the school palace, a prince was teaching a group of lively and lovely royal children to read the "Three Character Classic", only to see them shaking their heads one by one and reading aloud with all their attention. The master recited it a few times, and then asked them to get up and recite it.

Some memorized, some memorized half, when the Taishi asked Xiao Tianci to get up and recite, I saw that Xiao Tianci had a red birthmark the size of a copper coin on the left side of his face, and his little face was swollen red, and he was struggling for a long time, and he didn't recite a word. The classmates grimaced one by one and laughed at him, and the Taishi had no choice but to let him go back and recite it well.

After school, the students rushed out of the classroom, running in groups, laughing, when they saw Xiao Tianci walking out alone, at this time, the son of Fang Zhennan, the Marquis of Dingguo, the little Marquis Fang Zhuohui, said to Shangguan Saifeng, the daughter of the prime minister, and a few other partners: "Look! The ugly and stupid pig has come out!"

I saw Fang Zhuohui muttering a few words in the ears of several partners, and when Xiao Tianci came over, Fang Zhuohui's several partners shouted loudly together: "Big stupid pig, it's really stupid! I can't memorize the "Three Character Classic", shame! shame!

"You are not allowed to bully the emperor's brother!Otherwise, I will tell my father!" the imperial sister, Princess Changle, walked out of the school palace and saw that Tianci was being bullied, and said to protect Tianci.

Fang Zhuohui and his gang grimaced and dispersed.

"Brother Huang, ignore them, Sister Huang will go back with you!" Princess Changle stepped forward and said with a hand from heaven.

"Thank you, Sister Huang!" said Tianci gratefully.

Xiao Tianci returned to the queen mother's bedroom, only to see a beautiful woman with a little fat powder on her face, her eyebrows and phoenix eyes, her hair pulled into a fan-shaped high bun, a phoenix hairpin obliquely inserted, and a lilac long skirt, who was engrossed in embroidery.

At this time, Xiao Tianci threw himself into the arms of the queen mother with an aggrieved face, crying that his partners were bullying him, and the queen mother listened to it, stroked his head, and said to him with a kind smile: "A man stands up to the sky! Don't cry your nose! Quickly wipe away your tears! Come on! The queen mother believes that one day, the emperor will definitely become the smartest child in the world!"

Tianci listened to his mother's words, suddenly felt his strength doubled, nodded his head in confusion, and wiped away his tears.

The Dragon Boat Festival arrived, the school palace had a day off, and the queen mother saw that Tianci was unhappy during this time, so she decided to take him out of the palace to play, and Xiao Tianci was very happy. The mother and son dressed up in plain clothes and came to the lively street outside the imperial city, only to see a bustling crowd, some selling, some shopping, some juggling, and some selling rock sugar gourds......

Tianci looked at these and felt very curious. Pull the queen mother to look east and west. At this time, I heard a cry of "Get out of the way!" and saw a group of officers and soldiers on horseback escorting a prisoner, and the crowd hurriedly gave way.

Suddenly, a woman with unkempt hair dragged a pair of children, knelt in the middle of the road, fell to the ground, and cried loudly: "Lord! My father-in-law has been wronged!

"Get out of the way!" roared a general on horseback in front.

But as if she had not heard, the woman stood in the way, and cried out in a loud voice, "Wronged, wronged......"

At this time, the general drew a bright knife and forced the woman to leave, but the woman refused to live or die, only to see a flash of cold light, and heard an "ah" sound, blood splashed, the woman lay in a pool of blood, and a pair of children cried miserably, "Mother"!

Frightened, Tianci closed his eyes and hid in the arms of the queen mother.

When the officers and soldiers escorted the prisoner over, Xiao Tianci said timidly, "Queen Mother, why is the uncle on the horse so cruel to kill the eldest aunt?

The queen mother pulled Tianci to a corner where no one was around, and said, "Little child, Uncle is handling the case! You don't understand!" But she was sad and indignant in her heart, as an official of the imperial court, she killed innocents so indiscriminately!

After the queen mother finished speaking, she pulled Tianci and continued to walk on the street.

When passing by a shop selling steamed buns, Tianci was so hungry that he growled, and the queen mother bought him two steamed buns, and Tianci took the steamed buns, and was about to eat them, when an old man in ragged clothes came to him with a dirty little girl, stretched out his thin hands, and said: "This sister-in-law, you can do well! Give him two dollars! My poor little granddaughter has not eaten for three days!"

"Old man, why don't you have anything to eat?" Shen Biyun asked puzzled, looking at the pedestrians on the road, there were still many begging people.

"This sister-in-law! You don't know anything! We used to farm for a living, but this year's severe drought has reduced grain production, but the government's tax revenue has not been reduced in the slightest, but has increased! We have forcibly expropriated what little harvest we have! We have no choice but to wander and beg!" After the old beggar finished speaking, he left a line of turbid tears.

Shen Biyun was sad for a while, and hurriedly took out five ingots of silver from his pocket and gave it to the old man, and the old beggar said thank you, and took his granddaughter to leave. But the little girl's eyes stared at the bun in Xiao Tianci's hand and swallowed her saliva.

When Xiao Tianci saw it, he hurriedly handed the two buns in his hand to the little girl, who quickly grabbed them, put them in her mouth, and devoured them.

Then the old beggar and the little girl left. Xiao Tianci walked all the way with his mother and saw many such poor people.

"Queen Mother, why are they so pitiful when the palace is full of delicious food and drink, and everything that can't be eaten is thrown away?" Tianci asked puzzled, looking at the scene just now.

"Because the palace is full of princes and generals, and they are just ordinary people!" Shen Biyun replied helplessly.

"But the princes, generals, and the common people are all human beings, why is there such a big difference between people?" Tianci asked with some puzzlement.

"This ...... Mother will tell you later!" Shen Biyun had no answer, only prevarication.

Thinking that the two buns that Tianci had just given to the little girl, Shen Biyun came to an old man's stall selling baked cakes, and was about to buy two baked cakes for Tianci to satisfy his hunger.

At this time, I saw an evil young man, a group of people behind him hugged back and forth, came to the baked cake stall, picked up the baked cake, gnawed it, and threw a dozen baked cakes to the entourage, and then walked while eating, the old man shouted: "This son, you haven't paid yet?"

"What? what did he say?" the evil young man pretended not to hear, and deliberately asked the entourage beside him.

"Young master, he said you didn't pay! I see that this man has eaten the gall of a leopard!" replied one of the attendants.

The evil young man turned his head, pointed at the old man, and said domineeringly: "Young Master Ben is on this street, and you never have to pay for the things you like!

The old man said with a sad face: "This son! Although I am a newcomer, it is only right to spend money on things! How can you do this? Besides, it is not easy for me to start a small business! My child is still sick and needs money to be cured!"

"Yo he! What's the matter? What my young master said, don't you understand? Let me tell you! My master is a patrol lord! And he is also a relative of the emperor! This is all my young master's territory, and my young master can do whatever he wants!" said the attendant bullyingly.

The evil boy said "Let's go!" and swaggered away. A few followers were like pugs, hugging back and forth and following the evil boy away. An entourage who walked at the back kicked the stall fiercely.

The old man sat on the ground and wept.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Tianci clenched his little fist tightly, was indignant, and said to his mother: "Didn't the Taishi teach children in the "Three Character Classic" that at the beginning of man, his nature is good! Why is the eldest brother so fierce? Could it be that his father is an official, can he buy things without spending money?"

"That's right! People are born with kindness, but with the later environment, the eldest brother relies on his father as an official, of course it is not right to buy things without spending money!

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In the early days of this day, the emperor Zhou Shimin was on the Jinluan Treasure Palace, listening to the start of the Ministry of Civil and Military Affairs.

Zhou Shimin also asked the Marquis Fang Zhennan, how is the recent war on the frontier? Is there any invasion by the enemy?

Fang Zhennan returned to the emperor, and the morale of the border generals was high, and they bravely killed the enemy and repelled Beidi and Shanrong. The enemy army is afraid and flees, which is really happy!

Zhou Shimin asked Prime Minister Shangguan Fei again, is the people peaceful, and are the people healthy?

Shangguan Fei Qi to the emperor, the emperor is sage, the folk wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and they have no worries about food and clothing!

After the words ended, the other civil and military officials echoed the voice, which is really gratifying! This is the emperor's wisdom and good governance of the country!

At this time, Tianci ran out of the apse happily, ready to tell his father that he had finally memorized the "Three Character Sutra", but Tianci happened to hear the words of the ministers, and said loudly: "Father, they lie!"

"Go down!" said the emperor sharply. Queen Shen Biyun hurriedly ran over and pulled Tianci away.

As he walked, Tianci shook off the queen mother's hand, and asked with a puzzled and unhappy face: "Queen mother! Why don't they tell the truth, but they want to lie?"