After finishing a brain-consuming lunch, Tang Jin took Fang Xiaoer to refuse the carriage of the second prince, and the two walked like the prince's mansion. Along the way, Xiao Er wanted to speak many times, but he didn't know how to speak.

"Just ask if you want, don't grind." While randomly selecting goods at the stall, Tang Jin said without looking back.

Fang Xiaoer was slightly stunned, then nodded, and said curiously: "Shizi, I think the second prince seems to be threatening us?" ”

"With you? I've seen it for a long time. ”

"Then why did you promise him? If this had been before, you would have copied the guy and him, right? How do you feel the capital...... You just ......" Fang Xiaoer hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't say that word.

"You mean to say I'm cowardly, aren't you?" Tang Jin turned his head to look at the other party. Fang Xiaoer didn't admit it, but the expression between his eyebrows was obviously acquiescing.

"You're right, I did coax it." Tang Jin didn't blame him, but admitted it unabashedly, "Xiao Er, let me ask you, let's ...... now Where is it? ”

Fang Xiaoer was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Tang Jin meant, but he still scratched his head and said, "Beijing, it can still be that." ”

Tang Jin sneered, sighed slowly, and said, "Yes, in the capital, not in the Eastern Regions." So...... You have to be cowardly. Here we are rootless duckweed, whether it is wealth, power, or force that can easily crush us, if I am still as arrogant as in the Eastern Regions, what do you think will happen to us? I guess there will be two more corpses in that empty alley tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, right? ”

Fang Xiaoer was completely frozen in place for a while, "Can ...... Are we being bullied like this? ”

Tang Jin turned around and glanced at him inexplicably, "That eye of yours saw that we were being bullied?" ”

"Just now, the Shen family is obviously our ally, and now they are divided in half for no reason, and they don't know what the other party is going to do, isn't this being bullied?" Fang Xiaoer said as a matter of course.

"Is this called being bullied? Oh, I wish he would take more, if it weren't for the fear that he would be suspicious, I would like to give him the entire Shen family. Tang Jin rolled his eyes and said.

"Why? The Shen family has so many connections and reputation, which is of great use to us. Fang Xiaoer was puzzled.

"There is a use for a fart...... Tang Jin slapped his forehead helplessly, "Let me ask you, where is the Shen family's connections and fame?" In the court, in the people, right? ”

Fang Xiaoer nodded when he heard this. Tang Jin continued: "Then you say, what is the basis of the rule of the imperial court? ”

Fang Xiaoer was stunned for a moment, not knowing why Tang Jin suddenly jumped to such a problem that couldn't be beaten by eight poles, but he still thought about it patiently and said, "It should be kind to the people and appoint virtuous people at the same time, right?" ”

"Wrong

！ Tang Jin mercilessly denied, "The basis of the rule of the imperial court is military strength!" It's military power! As long as you have an army in your hand, as long as your army is strong enough, even if you implement harsh governance, even if the Manchu Dynasty is corrupt and corrupt, this court and this country can still sit steadily. On the contrary, no matter how much you win the hearts of the people and how you appoint the wise, as long as you do not have military power in your hands, there will always be people who pick bones in their eggs and rebel. The kindness of the weak is worthless, but the cruelty of the strong is integrity. ”

"This ...... Can...... What about the people? ”

"The people? It's simple, just make sure they don't starve to death. For the people, a court that can feed them is a good court, and they don't care whether the law is just or not, and whether the officials are clear or not. In this world, most people only care about themselves, as long as the disaster does not befall them, they can live in peace, and even make time to watch the fun. As for what befalls on oneself...... Life is gone, how can you think about that? After speaking, without waiting for Fang Xiaoer to speak, Tang Jin continued: "At the beginning of people, nature is evil. It has always been easier to persuade people to do good and to persuade others to be evil. It is difficult for the wicked to become good, but it is very simple for the good to become evil, arouse the greed in the heart of the person, and then satisfy him, and at the same time curb the development of greed by force. It is not too easy to rule the people. ”

"But if that's the case, won't the world be in chaos? At that time, thieves were rampant, and murderers were everywhere......" Without waiting for Fang Xiaoer to finish speaking, Tang Jin directly waved his hand to stop him.

"If everybody thinks it's right to kill, it's wrong not to kill. A normal person is thrown in a hundred crazy people, and that normal person is a crazy person. It is never the thing itself that determines right or wrong, but what most people feel is right or wrong. ”

After speaking, Tang Jin ignored Fang Xiaoer, whose worldview was gradually collapsing, and walked towards the palace by himself. What he just said, ordinary people obviously can't accept it, but in a sense, this is the truth, and other methods are just to add good-looking decorations to this fact, and the essence is the same.

"Heh, this kind of thing can be said by you, say it on the street, you are not afraid of being listened to by someone with a heart, and then go to the emperor to see you?" At this moment, a slightly dilapidated carriage crossed in front of Tang Jin, and a rather familiar voice came out.

Tang Jin was slightly stunned, then a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he opened the door curtain and went directly into the carriage.

"Hey, private carriage, did you pay for it?"

Before Tang Jin could sit down, the voice sounded again. Tang Jin followed the prestige, and saw Tang Xu, who was dressed in pale yellow brocade, sitting in the car, looking at Tang Jin with a mocking expression.

Seeing each other again after many years, Tang Jin found that he had not changed much, and what he wanted to say was that he was darker and taller, and his appearance was still the same as before.

"What

Is the time come? Tang Jin smiled

"I just arrived, and I was looking for you in the Prince's Mansion, but I met you halfway." Tang Xu also smiled.

"How's it going over there?"

Tang Xu rolled his eyes violently, "You, don't ask me how I am, but care about my career first." Don't worry, okay, Khan Erduo has fled, I don't know where to go, now the Khan Meng tribe is basically under our control, and they have established a complete industrial system, if we don't consider further development, we can completely let it go. ”

"That's good, they are already developing at a very high level now, and they have to wait a few more years to develop, otherwise they won't be able to digest it." Tang Jin touched his chin and said.

Tang Xu nodded thoughtfully, he had the most right to speak on this point. At the time of his arrival, the Khan Mon tribe was in a period of saturation of development, and although he was still able to come up with all kinds of novel blueprints, it often took more time to put them into practice, but the results brought far less improvement than the effort spent. In Tang Jin's words, this is "holding on", and it takes a lot of time to slowly digest the existing technology, which is why Tang Xu has time to come back.

"Okay, don't talk about this, just came back, did you eat?" Tang Jin patted Tang Xu's shoulder and said.

"Do you think there's food in my car?" Tang Xu glanced at him and said.

"It's just right, I didn't eat enough just now, let's go, Drunken Immortal Building, I'll treat you and pick you up." After speaking, he lifted the door curtain and pulled Fang Xiaoer, who was stunned outside the carriage, into the car, and the group headed towards the Drunken Immortal Building.

Returning to the Drunken Immortal Building, Tang Jin ordered another table full of dishes in the shopkeeper's puzzled eyes. I just had a whole meal with Tang Yun, and I basically didn't eat anything, but now I have to eat a good meal. Tang Xu obviously didn't know what had just happened, but when Tang Jin really hadn't eaten, he waited with peace of mind.

Just as the two were waiting for the food to be served, there was a sudden noise outside the box, accompanied by a series of piercing screams. Tang Jin and the two glanced at each other, slowly walked to the door, and before they could open the door, the door was kicked open from the outside.

I saw that outside the door, a man in black flew in, carrying a headless corpse in his hand, glanced at Tang Jin, threw the corpse violently, and at the same time took out a bamboo tube from his arms, splashed the smelly blood on Tang Jin's body, and then quickly escaped with a show of his body.

Tang Jin, who didn't expect such a scene, subconsciously took the corpse thrown by the other party, and at the same time was splashed with blood. However, before he could react, he suddenly heard another sound of neat footsteps outside the door, and then a group of officers and soldiers wearing official uniforms flew in, one of them was obviously the leader of the man, without looking, he pulled out the long knife on his waist, pointed at Tang Jin and said, "Catch it!" ”

(To be continued)