Chapter Seventy-Three: "False Benevolence and False Righteousness" Shi Ziyun?

Hearing Cangman's words, Yao Yun nodded thoughtfully.

Wu Zhu has a high status in this world, and when the people of Li encounter something, the first thing that comes to mind is that Wu Zhu, disaster elimination and blessing need to find Wu Zhu, and the lawsuit trial needs to find Wu Zhu, even if it is a major national event, the king will consult Wu Zhu's opinion, divination or something.

In other words, although Yao Yun is the lord of Xidu, his power is not supreme, and many times the power executed by the Wumiao is greater than that of him, the king.

In particular, many people are more convinced of the Witch Temple, and many things go directly to the Witch Temple, rather than him, the king, which is also the reason why Yao Yun is usually more leisurely.

This time, many people ran out of surplus food in their homes, and people did not look for him, the king, but went to the witch temple.

There are two reasons for this phenomenon, one is that Wu Zhu has a high status since ancient times, and the people are convinced, and the second is that he is still a young king, and the people have no confidence in him, so when something happens, they think of the respected Wu Zhu.

"Let's go back!"

Yao Yun shook the bamboo rat in his hand, and was about to go home, Yao Yun was somewhat disappointed about the differential treatment of the people, but he was relieved when he thought about it in a blink of an eye, after all, he suffered a loss from his young age, and he would be a long time in the future.

The group put the hoes into the flatbed truck, and then each returned to Xidu with one or two bamboo rats.

As soon as he returned to the palace, there were guards who came forward to report.

"Great King, the Second Elder of the Witch Temple has come to you to discuss matters. ”

"Well, Lone knows. ”

Yao Yun immediately turned his head to go to the Witch Temple, but he didn't put the bamboo rat down, but carried the bamboo rat to the Witch Temple to send it to the second elder, thinking that he hadn't eaten fresh meat for several days.

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In the witch temple, Wu Tong and the bald dragon sat in the house.

"That kid from the son of the world is really playful, and he went to the mountains again without making a sound, Wu Er, you don't care, hum, the elder brother said that the son of the world was born a god, how can Benlong think it's too exaggerated, which natural god is powerful and wants to go to the mountains to play every day, don't be ashamed!"

Wu Tong smiled noncommittally: "The second master naturally has a reason to say this, as long as you give the old man a hope, the old man is willing to continue, anyway, old age is death, and if you keep fighting, maybe you will become a god!"

The bald dragon did not answer the matter of life and death mortal gods, he is a dragon, as long as the dragon horns are majestic and the wings on his back have the hope of ascending to the gods, and he does not have to do something vigorous.

"Wu Lao Er, you still have to take care of the things in front of you, there are few people in Xidu, but now it's good, dozens of families and hundreds of people have run out of food, they are good at farming and skilled crafts, not only slaves who know how to steal and cheat, lazy and lazy slaves, what a pity to die. ”

Wu Tong was also embarrassed: "There is not much surplus grain in the treasury, but there should be a lot of surplus grain in the granary of the palace treasury of the king, which is enough to relieve the people, and the old man has already sent someone to find the king." ”

The bald dragon disdainfully pursed his mouth, and seemed to disagree with Wu Laoer's mother-in-law: "That kid has been kind-hearted since he was a child, and to put it mildly, it is the kindness of women, and there are some virgins, in this case, he will definitely agree, you don't need to ask, just go to the palace to move grain." ”

Wu Tong smiled bitterly: "It is necessary to obtain the consent of the king, the palace treasury is the king's private wealth, and it cannot be divided between public and private." ”

The bald dragon just said it casually, and didn't take it seriously.

"Then wait for the son of the world to come!"

"Uncle Long, Lone is here, why are you in such a hurry?"

While speaking, Yao Yun entered the house under the guidance of Wu Tong, and carried two chubby black bamboo rats in his hands: "I just went to the bamboo forest to dig winter bamboo shoots, Erha and the iron-eating beast caught a lot of bamboo rats, this bamboo rat tastes good, and I specially sent it to the two of you." ”

Wu Tong had a kind face, with a relieved smile on his face, and even the bald dragon, who had always been more angry, was quite relieved in his heart, of course, he was still very arrogant on his face.

Yao Yun asked again at this time, "Second Elder, what are you looking for?"

Wu Tong smiled, considered his tone, and then said:

"Farming depends on the sky to eat, there will always be some accidents in the year, every year there will be a lot of people in Xidu who run out of food, people are frozen and hungry, hey, in fact, this is also a helpless thing, in previous years, we were helpless, but this year the granary of the king's palace is not a lot of surplus grain, so the old man wants to ask the king to put food to save the people!"

The bald dragon also answered: "This year is just the right time, the son of the world, you have food in your hands, give them a bite to eat when the people are hungry and desperate, and you will gain the hearts of countless people at once!"

Yao Yun listened, first nodded, and then shook his head with a smile.

When the bald dragon saw Yao Yun shaking his head, his face changed, and he asked, "Shizi, what are you shaking your head for, it can't be that you don't want to give food to the people!"

Yao Yun nodded: "Yes, Gu doesn't agree to give food to the people!"

After finishing speaking, the jaws of the bald dragon and Wu Tong both dropped in shock, and in their expectations, the kind and gentle king would not be able to refuse.

But the result was beyond the expectations of the two, Yao Yun really refused.

The eyes of the two people looking at Yao Yun changed instantly, neither criticism nor appreciation, they just looked at Yao Yun in a daze, as if they were looking at strangers.

"Shizi (king), you have changed. ”

Yao Yun was stunned for a moment, and understood that he was halfway through his words, so he continued: "After listening to Gu, Gu said that he did not agree to give food to the people, but he did not say that he would not release grain, and Gu was ready to work for relief!"

"What do you mean cash-for-work?" Wu Tong asked with a sigh of relief, curious.

Yao Yun replied: "Cash-for-work is to hire hungry people to work for orphans with food, and indirectly help the people in the process. ”

The bald dragon was surprised: "Shizi, I didn't see it before, you kid is so stingy, and you have to oppress the last bit of coolie for the people who are about to starve to death, hey, but it's okay, at least it will help the people get through the difficulties." ”

"Uncle Long, you are wrong, you don't know what is at stake!" Yao Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"What's the matter, isn't it that you're stingy, you don't have to explain, Ben Long understands, and he admires you, the eldest husband should be like this, much better than your previous mother-in-law." ”

Wu Tong seemed to hear something, and then said, "King, I don't know what you mean here?"

Yao Yun nodded: "Well, Gu Da can directly release food to help the people, presumably the people will definitely be grateful to Gu Dade at that time, but there are hidden dangers in this behavior."

If it is a catastrophe, lonely nature unconditionally put grain for disaster relief, but this year the wind and rain are smooth, most of the people have a bumper harvest, they are just a few examples, this time the lonely grain relief them, next year they and even more people will have a fluke mentality in their hearts, there is no food The merciful king will help us, and then the people who lack food may be more

May I ask Second Elder and Uncle Long, what will we do then?"

Hearing this, Wu Tong and Bald Dragon's faces changed greatly, which they really didn't think about.

"When the time comes, we will have no food to help the people, and the people are expected to complain, they used to give food for relief, but now they don't release food, and when that moment comes, the gratitude of the past will turn into anger and dissatisfaction. ”

Wu Tong and Uncle Long looked at each other and wanted to refute it, but they felt that it made sense.

Seeing this, Yao Yun continued: "It's not easy to be a good person, it's even more difficult to do good deeds, Lone doesn't need them to worry about Lone's kindness all the time, Lone is just simply doing good deeds,

Cash-for-work is to tell the people that they can only get food by paying hard work and sweat, and only by paying can they get rich, and that they will get through the difficulties through labor today, and they will still work hard to cultivate in order not to encounter the embarrassment of lack of food in the coming year.

After Yao Yun finished speaking, the expressions on the faces of Wu Tong and the bald dragon were wonderful.

At first, they thought that they had lost their eyes, the benevolence of the prince was fake, and he was just a small family king in the mainland, but after listening to the words, they knew that they had misunderstood the king.

What makes them even more embarrassed is that the king has a strategic mind, taking one step and looking at three steps, not only focusing on the relief of the people, but also thinking clearly about the subsequent consequences, which makes them two old guys who have lived for dozens or hundreds of years embarrassed.

Wu Tong was embarrassed and ashamed: "King, the old man has really lived for many years, and he didn't even think of this. ”