After running for another morning, Wei Zheng also felt very hungry, so he simply walked to the official who distributed the food and asked for a bowl of millet rice. What caught the officials off guard was that this big official, who had an extraordinary bearing at first glance, forcibly stuffed him with a few copper plates after the meal, saying that it was the money for the meal.

A bowl of rice and a spoonful of broth, you don't need so many copper plates!

Li Chengqian had already seen Wei Zheng's arrival, although this one deliberately put on a shabby official uniform in order to mingle with the homeless, but the goldfish bag hanging from his waist betrayed his identity. I don't know what's going on with this one, I didn't know how to put everything at home, so I entered the Qinling Mountains.

Squatting beside the prince, Wei Zheng thought for a long time before he spoke: "Your Highness, this bet, the old man will admit defeat now." ”

After saying this, Wei Zheng began to eat.

A large bowl of millet rice, poured with broth, looks pretty good, but only those who eat it know how disgusting it is.

If another official came over, he might not be able to eat this meal, but when it was Wei Zheng's turn, this guy ate with relish. There is even leisure to chat with the surrounding homeless people.

The displaced people who left the mountains were originally apprehensive, but after they really settled down, their expressions of being satisfied with the status quo were a kind of tranquility in themselves.

Man has evolved from the ranks of wild beasts, and since the formation of primitive social societies, small groups have been destined to move closer to large groups.

Without considering weapons, only humans can live in groups and gain the ability to dominate the world.

Now, no one is talking about the harsh taxes, only about how to renovate the house, and it is better to pull out the grass and burn the land this year, otherwise it will take a lot of effort to pull out the grass next year. Although it is autumn now, the weather is not too cold, plant some cabbage or something, maybe you can harvest a little, the long winter of the province, there are no greens to eat....

After the meal was over, the conversation was over, and the displaced people who had left the mountains and breathed the air of the town were rejuvenated, and they had not been idle since they arrived. The owner of each house is repairing his own house. As newcomers, they are busy making their mark on the land.

Everyone left, only Wei Zheng's meal was not finished.

Quietly waiting for Wei Zheng to finish eating, Li Chengqian said, "Doctor Wei, are you too anxious to admit defeat now?" This is the second day of the gambling contract, and the homeless people in Qinling are not waves or two. ”

Putting the dishes and chopsticks on the ground, Wei Zheng sighed and said: "Weichen is not a person who can't afford to lose, it can be seen from the attitude of the displaced people in the past two days that they firmly chose the prince among the two of us." There are still people in the Imperial History Observatory who suspect that His Royal Highness used the prince's personal lead to make the displaced people out of the mountain in a threatening way, but now it seems that this is not the case. ”

Standing up, Wei Zheng flicked the soil on his clothes, and gave a respectful salute: "His Royal Highness the Prince, can you tell Weichen, what is the reason?" It is impossible for the exiles not to understand the gap between the two of us, and the name of your crown prince may not be able to offset the gap between harsh taxes and free fees. The ancients said that there must be brave men under heavy rewards, but it is clear that the conditions offered by Weichen are free, why is no one taking risks? ”

Because it was a question, Wei Zheng's salute was very solemn, and he bent down to achieve ninety degrees as much as possible.

Standing up and helping Wei Zheng up, Li Chengqian smiled and said: "This reason, you can't say it in front of the public, the lonely carriage is nearby, why don't you go inside?" ”

Wei Zheng naturally went happily.

In the carriage, in addition to a small coffee table, there are also teapots and cups tightly stuffed by wooden stoppers.

After pouring two cups of tea, Li Chengqian said: "This problem is very cruel, even if you are lonely, you are not willing to talk about it easily." Doctor Wei, if there is anything wrong with Lonely, don't be angry. ”

Wei Zheng nodded, and as a result, the tea handed over by the prince was ready to listen to the long story.

"If we want to talk about why the displaced people choose to bear the harsh taxes and abandon the free option, we must first talk about the people's views on the government. Doctor Wei, whether you admit it or not, the people have never regarded the government as a patron saint or anything. No matter what the government releases, they are always used to speculating about the meaning of the government with the most vicious minds, and they are always on guard against being deceived. This is still the case for ordinary people, not to mention the homeless people who are tormented by life in the mountains.

When they first came into contact with the homeless people, Liu Yang, the head of the camp, said that they knew that they were guilty. I'm afraid he's not the only one who has this idea, otherwise, why don't the displaced people who went into the mountains want to go out of the mountains until now? It is because they know that they are guilty, and they are afraid that after they go out of the mountain, they will live worse than in the mountains.

Although Lone understands the suffering of the homeless, and unites Wei Bull Gong and Li Shi, it is not Lone's original intention to treat the homeless with heavy taxes. No matter how you look at it, anyway, Lone believes that people are servile. Especially ordinary people, who are accustomed to the oppression of the government, the gentry, and the landlords, will never think that the imperial court will be kind, provide them with houses and land for free, and give them free naturalization.

Because of this, Dr. Wei, your conditions, in the eyes of the homeless, are the same as deception. If you offer them such conditions to get out of the mountain, they will only think that you are coaxing them, and they may even fantasize that they will be captured and forced to do hard labor or something after leaving the mountain. In contrast, the conditions of heavy taxation are easier for them to accept. Twice the tax, although heavy, is not enough to make them unable to live. For twenty years, they felt the equivalence, the equivalence between sin and atonement.

And the 'good performance will reduce the number of years' is actually the last insurance. Gu has already instructed the Lantian County Commander that after all the displaced people have left the mountain and settled down, no matter what means are used, even if it is used as a reason for whose children have grown taller, the punishment of everyone must be reduced to less than five years as soon as possible, until there is none.

In this way, believe it or not, the displaced people can settle down quickly, and they will be grateful to the imperial court after they are familiar with the life of returning to the Tang Dynasty. Isn't this how the so-called popular support is obtained? ”

After speaking, Li Chengqian picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Opposite the coffee table, Wei Zheng was already sluggish.

He could never have imagined that this was the reason why the crown prince emphasized the need to increase taxes. Because of this, he didn't directly stand up to support the prince.

Yes, on that day, only the officials of Dali Temple and Yushitai did not stand up to support it.

After a long time, Wei Zheng came out of his guilt and respectfully bowed his hand to the prince: "I can't think of His Highness's arrangement, it turns out that this is the reason." Weichen blamed the prince by mistake, and looked forward to His Royal Highness Haihan. ”

Li Chengqian shook his head with a smile, after all, this old stubborn is also for the outcasts, and he won't mind because of this.

"Doctor Wei, Gu has already met the Lantian County Order, although this guy is a little suspicious, but when he treats the homeless, it is still quite good. When it comes to the resettlement of displaced people, Gu will no longer interfere more. The crown prince also has the responsibility of hunting wild beasts and defending the fields, so you will take over the rest of the work. With so many officials in the Imperial History Tower, you can't go back empty-handed, right? ”

Wei Zheng nodded ashamedly.

He could see that the prince really didn't care about reputation or anything. At this time, he even directly asked the prince to withdraw and leave a lot of credit to Yushitai.

After taking care of the displaced people, Li Chengqian was ready to return to Chang'an.

Although the Hundred Cavalry Division began the "sea fishing" of Sun Simiao, the world is still very big, even if it is the Hundred Cavalry Division, I am afraid that it is only temporarily monitoring the major cities. It is really a bit difficult to find a designated person in the territory of Datang. Mobile.. /

After sending Wei Zheng off the car, Li Chengqian patted the car board and asked the groom to go back to other villages to have a look. Especially Liu Yang's village, no matter how you say it, there is also a relationship, let's take a look before leaving.

Unlike the new village, which had just left the mountain, Liu Yang's village was no longer monitored by the officials, and after distributing daily necessities and food, the officials hurried to the new village. With limited manpower, they were tired of this majestic position in the countryside for the first time.

As soon as you enter the village, you can see villagers mowing grass on both sides of the road.

These villages are deserted because they are uninhabited, and it is not a matter of a day or two to restore their popularity.

On the hill behind the village, you can still vaguely see the villagers working, and there are even old people with Hao Shou.

I was finally able to live a life outside the mountains, and the sky above the whole village was filled with joy.

All morning, I'm afraid these guys were toiling, as you can see from the fact that they have just started eating.

Living in the mountains for a long time has made the villagers cherish food very much.

When the government took care of the rice, they made millet rice for them, but after handing over the grain to them and letting them cook by themselves, they invariably handed over the grain together, and then ate the big pot of millet porridge together.

Although he started a new life, some habits in the village still did not disappear.

Like Qinlingli, Li Chengqian brought half a cart of steamed buns as gifts.

Seeing the appearance of the prince, Liu Yang was overjoyed and led the villagers to put down their jobs and kneel to greet His Royal Highness the prince. From the mouths of the officials, they learned that they were able to obtain fields, houses, and civil registration, all of which depended on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

But when Liu Yang raised his head and recognized the appearance of the prince, he was suddenly shocked and speechless, and stretched out his hand to point at Li Chengqian in a particularly rude manner: "You.... You...."

Li Chengqian laughed and stretched out his hand to help Liu Yang: "Old man, the leader of the team at that time was not Niu Jinda and General Niu, but Lonely." If you hadn't personally entered your stockade and knew the hardships of your life, how could Lone play the role of the emperor and appease you homeless people? ”

Liu Yang burst into tears, he never thought in his life that he could be treated like this by a noble person like the crown prince. It is estimated that this incident is enough for him to use it for the rest of his life.

With a wave of his hand, let the guards send the bun down. This was originally the dry food led by the prince, but seeing that there was still a surplus after the distribution, Li Chengqian simply brought them to these displaced people.

Lantian County distributed to them all millet seeds, although the displaced people had no complaints, but seeing that they kept eating millet seeds, Li Chengqian was still a little unhappy.

The newly steamed bun is still very soft, and many children get it, and they rush to stuff it into their mouths without waiting for adults to scold them.

The children who grew up in the mountains were obviously stunted, and they were all thin and small.

Seeing the adults tearing off a small piece of bun and stuffing it into their mouths, and stuffing the rest into their children's hands, Li Chengqian was congested for a while.

I am used to seeing the children of later generations who don't want to eat steamed buns and want to eat hamburgers and fries, in comparison, the children of the Tang Dynasty are really sensible and distressing.

They were all children less than a meter tall, but many of them carried hay and firewood on their backs.

The moving lasted not long, and when he heard an exclamation, Li Chengqian was startled.

Following the prestige, I saw a black and thin little boy, holding his throat and out of breath.

The child's father was ferociously patting the child's back, but no matter how hard he tried, the child just couldn't cough.

"Get out of the way, you can't shoot hard, and you can't drink water!"

Just as Li Chengqian was about to step forward to stop the child's father, a voice sounded.

It was a Taoist priest in a tattered robe.

The Taoist priest still holds a small pillow for the pulse in his hand, and it seems that he still knows how to heal.

Walking to the child's side, the Taoist priest did not directly pat the child's back, but put the child on the ground in front of him, and then squeezed the child's back hard.

But after several presses, it still didn't work.

Seeing that the child was about to faint, Li Chengqian couldn't care about anything else, so he rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward.

Picking up the child and letting the guards help him up, he went around to the back, and Li Chengqian reached out to hug his abdomen.

"Wrap your arms around your waist and abdomen, make a fist with one hand, press the center of your fist inward between your navel and ribs, and press the other hand into a palm on top of your fist, and squeeze your hands inward and upwards with both hands, repeating until the blockage is spit out."

While chattering, Li Chengqian strangled the child hard.

After just two strokes, the child coughed up a piece of bun and successfully resumed breathing.

All this happened so fast that many people didn't even react.

But the closest thing is to see the whole process.

When the child's father saw that the child had regained his breathing, he cried loudly, knelt down in front of the Taoist priest and the prince with his hands folded, and thanked him again and again.

Seeing that what he had learned had finally come in handy, Li Chengqian was also afraid for a while.

Damn the company, there is still a time to bet on the right one.

At that time, when he took the first aid self-help class, he still felt that the company was purely superfluous. What kind of first aid do delivery people learn! They deliver food, not drive ambulances.

But today's events made him involuntarily thank the company.

The middle-aged Taoist priest saw that Li Chengqian's face was covered with sweat, and he couldn't bear to disturb him.

It was only when the crown prince breathed a sigh of relief that he asked: "Your Royal Highness the prince, you have been practicing medicine for many years, and you have seen many methods of treating people and things, but this is the first time you have seen such a technique." ”

Li Chengqian, who came back to his senses, turned his head and asked, "What is the name of the Taoist chief?" ”

The Taoist priest replied: "Poor Taoist Sun Simiao...."