Chapter 19: The Border City
As beggars who have been squatting in this city all year round, even if their status is low, they have become an existence that cannot be ignored.
Beggars often have a fixed place, become a certain coordinate of the city, and gradually become the patron saint of the city.
Ivan naturally discovered the subtleties in this, and it can be said that the group of beggars has never seen such a large group.
You must know that around the Imperial Palace, within the Imperial City, and even in the cities adjacent to the Imperial City, it is not that there are no beggars, and there are.
But those beggars are all in twos and threes, and more often they will be chased by some rich people or ignorant children.
Even without them, the managers of the city bazaar would not allow them to appear around, which would indirectly affect the appearance of the imperial city.
You must know that there are some distinguished guests and friends who come from afar, often traveling to the palace and will take a break on the way.
If these people see beggars everywhere outside the imperial city, or even inside the imperial city, they will definitely feel that the country is not managed.
Not only that, but it is also a country with extremely low welfare benefits, not to mention any future, and related conjectures.
To avoid this, beggars were more often driven out of the city, not even near the surrounding cities.
They can often only flee in all directions, have no fixed place, and are displaced, which is really vividly reflected in them.
But there are also advantages, often as long as you are lucky enough to meet a kind person, you can solve the problem of food and clothing for beggars in a short time.
This is also in this border city, these beggars can't imagine at all, and the difference between the two can be said to be very big.
At the same time, the beggars on the border, although they went out to beg, Ivan always felt that they were secretly connected and took care of each other.
Even to exaggerate, they are more like invisibly, forming a gang of beggars that outsiders can't see with the naked eye.
It's just that this beggar gang doesn't have a leader, everyone is more to help each other, at least they can't let the begging peers starve to death and die of thirst.
It is different from the relief of those beggars who looked miserable in the previous city. Ivan has a different affection for the beggars of the city, who are more like a big family. A big family that loves each other and takes care of each other, how warm it is.
Thinking about it this way, Ivan even began to feel a little jealous, obviously the palace was full of half-brothers.
If they are all the children of the first emperor, they should be regarded as a big family, but they are driven by power and status.
As a prince, everyone can only become hostile existences, just like Ivan found the royal seal from the previous assassin.
Ivan was sure that the assassin had come from the Imperial City, and that he had been sent by the prince for no reason, and that he had searched for the body.
What made Ivan most disheartened, seeing the truth clearly, was that even if he was not in the palace, he had no intention of competing for the crown prince.
There will still be brothers who are worried about Ivan, as if they are afraid that his life outside will be too good, and they want to kill him.
But it didn't matter, Ivan was more focused on the city, studying its day-to-day patterns.
Even if the population of this city is very mobile, there will definitely be some fixed people who can be regarded as permanent residents here.
Both to those people and to these beggars, they knew each other so well that they could recognize each other at first sight.
Either way, it must have been the kind that had been seen many times, which made the beggars understand that those people could not be Assassins.
As for some of the people who can be said to be coming to this city for the first time, it can be said that it is almost every day, men, women and children.
There are people of all ages, occupations, and types, and it can be said that Iraq's borders are a country with very loose requirements in terms of foreign entry and exit. After all, Iraq and its neighbors have established diplomatic relations, and naturally relations are very good.
They can be regarded as very good allies, and Iraq has not been particularly strict with border cities, but this is not a good thing.
The large mobility of the population does not mean that Yi has given up on managing this city, on the contrary, the first emperor has different rules for this city.
It is precisely because the problem of mobility is not easy to solve, so in this city, whether it is the yamen or the head catcher, the quality is not low.
The flow is large, and the manpower required is naturally relatively more, and in terms of quantity, it can be regarded as a dedication.
It can be said that there are twice as many guards as some of the guards who are closer to the central imperial city, but this is also normal, after all, even if it is biased, it is fine.
The first emperor did not let it go, it was nothing more than that there were not too many requirements in terms of access restrictions, and more requirements were put forward in management.
But whoever enters the country of Iraq must submit to the administration of the country. If you do something bad and violate the laws of the country.
It doesn't matter how deep the relationship between this person is from a country with which Iraq has established diplomatic relations, or how virtuous and respectable he is.
It is not a reason for them to despise the laws of the country, all of them are dealt with according to the laws of the country, and the highest is naturally the death penalty, regardless of status.
It doesn't matter how high or low the status is, they will be punished relatively severely in Iraq, which is not a joke.
You must know that Iraq was also a big country at that time, whether it was in terms of strength or momentum, even if it was a fight, it was not afraid of anyone.
It can be said that there are few countries that can pose a great threat to Iraq in its heyday, unless they all attack together.
Of course, this is impossible, and no country will ignore its own country's development and only want to invade.
What they expect is naturally to establish diplomatic relations and cooperate with Iraq, so that they can also learn how to govern the country and have the mold of Iraq.
This is of course thanks to the fact that there is a Ming Jun in the country of Yi, that is, the first emperor, Ivan's biological father, and he may have caused great harm to many women emotionally. But it is undeniable that he really has his own talent in governing the country.
There is no need for others to intervene at all, and the overall situation is full of vision, and the first emperor and the prime minister can govern the country in an orderly manner.
I have to say that most of these are the merits of the first emperor, as future generations, they must enjoy it, but the heyday is often only a period.
Very few countries have been in their primeday for a long time, and it is very difficult to do so, and most of them have begun to decline after their heyday.
In order to prevent the Yi Kingdom from dying by himself, the first emperor gradually showed a trend of decadence in the later period, and he naturally had the highest requirements for the crown prince.
This also led to the fact that the crown prince was not established for so many years, and Ivan traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers and deeply experienced this brilliance.
Princes like Ivan are naturally able to enjoy benefits, even if they go to any corner of the country, they have the glory of the first emperor.
As a prince, it is a very noble existence, and it is precisely because of the first emperor that it can have such an effect.