How smart Luo Moyun is, he already knows it in his heart in a blink of an eye. He stretched out his hand to help Luo Yang, and said softly but firmly: "Second brother, you should know that I will not use the foundation built by the Luo family for several generations to give to the prince as a bargaining chip for this big gamble. ”

Luo Yang expected that he would not agree easily, and refused to get up with the strength of his knees, and only pleaded with his mouth, like begging his brother when he was a child: "Brother...... The crown prince has a benevolent heart, and if he succeeds to the throne, he will carry out benevolent governance, which is the blessing of the Liang country. I follow the crown prince, not for glory and wealth, but for him to bring blessings to the people and peace to the Liang country. In the past few years, he has been in and out with him, he often pretends to be an ordinary son to visit the people, every time he sees the people suffering, he will secretly cry and feel sad, he can eat and sleep with the people, share the same soup, do not care about his noble status, and do not look down on the poor and lowly people. He understands the suffering of the people, he understands!" Luo Yang said excitedly, tears in his eyes.

"When you are hungry, you will give food, when you are cold, you will be given robes, you will set up a free medical office, you will build an orphan academy, and you will be registered for the reclamation of uninhabited wasteland in the landless poor and widows...... He works hard every day, but also has to deal with the political affairs assigned by the saint, often only two hours a day to sleep, all he thinks about is the people, not a point for himself, he is now in trouble, turn to you for help, not for himself to be able to hold the imperial power, just to realize the ambition of the people to be happy. Brother, you and I saw the injustice of the world when we were children, and the weak eat the strong, and I never fantasized that one day we would build a new Liang country where everyone is fair and everyone is rich, the prince can, he is the hope, brother ....... "Brother Sheng, the voice is earnest, Luo Moyun has a clear understanding of the situation, but he can't bear to let Luo Yang's pure heart be cold.

His second brother, who was smart since he was a child, was enlightened at the age of four, entered the Taixue at the age of thirteen, and was selected as the prince's companion at the age of fifteen, and is now twenty-one years old, and is already the core figure in the prince's staff. However, all his experience comes from books, and he has the common problem of all scholars, although he is talented, he is inevitably blinded by ideals and ambitions, and cannot really understand the world. And Luo Moyun is different, he was designated as the heir of the Luo family at the age of ten, and he was led by his predecessors to learn and practice the wrestling between the rivers and lakes and officialdom, and to balance the forces of all parties.

Luo Moyun gently lifted Luo Yang up:

"Xiaoyang, get up and speak. He gently dusted off Luo Yang's slightly wrinkled robe, pulled him to sit down, and slowly persuaded him: "I only have a few faces with the prince, I don't know if he is really as benevolent and righteous as you say, but even if it is as you say, a benevolent and righteous person may not be a person who governs the country." To give food to hunger and robes to the cold, the lord of a city and a village may be benevolent, and the king of a country can only be said to be lost. ”

"A benevolent and righteous person like the prince is not suitable for a king, do you want to choose a person as high-flying and domineering as the fourth prince, brother, I didn't expect you to live in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and the competition has become so utilitarian, which is chilling!" Luo Yang looked excited, and his voice also rose.

"Hey, Xiaoyang, I'll take you to meet a few people tomorrow, maybe you'll change your mind. At this time, Luo Yang will not be able to listen to it, Luo Moyun will end this secret talk, he has a plan in his heart, and he will slowly persuade him when it is properly arranged tomorrow.

In the bustling capital, there is an urban village where the poor gather, where the three religions and the nine streams, the peddlers and pawns, the smokers and the warblers, and the children and beggars are mixed and live here. A long street separates prosperity from poverty. On the left are rows of densely populated slums, and on the right are mostly affluent homes with high-rise compounds. Luo Moyun parked the car in a secluded place on the side of the rich family, took out two sets of tattered clothes, one for himself, and one for Luo Yang. Luo Yang was puzzled, took a smell of sweat, and couldn't help but turn his head. Luo Moyun smiled slightly: "If you want to be a benevolent and righteous savior, can't you stand this pickle?" Luo Yang didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd, and he was stimulated by his words, so he took his clothes and changed them into anger, although he looked like a man in front of people, but in front of his brother, he still looked like a child. Luo Moyun wiped some black mud stains from nowhere on the faces of the two of them, they were originally thinner than others, and each of them had a bamboo pole and a broken bowl, which was like two beggars in distress. Luo Moyun couldn't help laughing: "My second brother, even if he is a beggar, is the most handsome." ”

"Brother, what are you doing here?!"

"Shhh, don't say anything for a while, just follow me to grab steamed buns and money. ”

......

Luo Moyun took Luo Yang into the slum and blended into a courtyard where beggars often gathered, the beggar leader wanted to bully his life, but when he saw that Luo Moyun's body and face did not look like a bully, he took his hand stupidly.

After a while, the Luo family's convoy came slowly, and the housekeeper Zhou Yi stood on the car headed by the Luo family, with the Luo family flag hanging on the car, and the word "Yishi" written below. It was followed by more than a dozen cars, carrying money, grain, cloth, oil, salt, etc.

The crowd surrounded all of a sudden, and some people called their families and friends to go back to report the news, and a bunch of crows and crows came in a few moments, but fortunately, Zhou Yi had already arranged for the children of the affiliated salt gang to mix in the crowd to maintain order, so that although there were many people, there was no chaos.

The Luo family has always been low-key, and Zhou Yi only lightly explained a few words, the righteousness is that the Luo family congratulated the little master on his birthday, and gave porridge for three days, and sent 3,000 yuan, 3,000 catties of rice and noodles, a few oil and salt, and all those who are in need of livelihood can come to receive it, a few adults, a few children, and so on. After saying that, he led everyone to maintain the order of the team and began to distribute them one by one.

Luo Moyun took Luo Yang to grab a few big white steamed buns, grabbed a small amount of money, and happily squatted at the foot of the wall to eat. Luo Yang glanced at him and teased him in a low voice: "Baba came to grab his own steamed buns, is it fragrant, are there fine pastries in the small kitchen." ”

Luo Moyun picked up a steamed bun and plugged his mouth, only to hear a poor man holding a few big steamed buns and hanging a small amount of money, with a few catties of flour hanging on his arm, he turned around with a shy smile and shouted at the Luo family from afar: "Master Xie Luo's grace, Master Luo's merits are immeasurable!" turned around, but muttered while chewing the steamed buns: "Such a big family business, just put a porridge and white steamed bun, can't you give a meat steamed bun, and earn a good reputation." ”

An old man on the side couldn't stand it anymore: "Zhang Er, people put porridge and money for no reason, it's already a great kindness, why are you eating other people's food and chewing other people's tongues." ”

"I'm sorry, you haven't seen the world, two steamed buns and a few small coins will take your soul, what kind of family is the Luo family, the entire salt farm of the Liang Kingdom belongs to theirs. Do you know that yesterday the Luo family held a banquet, and people who heard it say that the cost of that table is enough for us to chew for a year, you really think he is kind, he is called Huazi!"

Luo Yang couldn't help but want to get up and teach Zhang Er a lesson, Luo Moyun saw this and hurriedly took over the topic, he pointed to himself and a beggar and said with a smile: "Isn't that just a call for flowers." The crowd was amused by him and burst out laughing.

Luo Yang couldn't laugh.

Everyone who received the money and goods was grateful to the Luo family, and they couldn't help but say some auspicious words to congratulate the Luo family and the little master. In less than an hour, the items were distributed, and Zhou Yi led the entourage to count and sort out, and drove away.

The sudden good deeds made the people in the poor life very excited, they received the goods and did not disperse, but gathered in groups in the courtyard, some concentrated on eating, some counted the small money over and over again, and some compared the number of good and bad things they received, as joyful as a festival.

When the Luo family went away, everyone had no scruples and started talking about it like a pot.

There are those who envy the Luo family's wealth:

"My good man, I'm afraid I will give away thousands of taels on this day, and tens of thousands of taels in three days, how big a lot of business the Luo family has to have. ”

"Zhang Er, what you said is serious, the dishes at that table should be chewed and wrapped in a year? Are you afraid that you are not bragging, what kind of dishes can be so expensive?"

"The rich have a really good life, God opens his eyes, when will I be a Luo family for a day, and it is worth ...... death"

Loyal and grateful:

"I said you, people's money is earned by others, we don't bring relatives or reasons, people are willing to give charity, that is people's kindness, we have to think of people's goodness. ”

"Yes, yes, Lao Wang is right, you have to read people's good, or people won't do it next time. ”

Those who have grace will take revenge:

"I said you, even if people are poor, don't be poor, don't you have any bones, isn't all his money stripped from us? Now pretending to be a good person and spilling a few small dollars, he also wants to buy people's hearts? According to me, when is it good to mess up, let's divide him, originally everyone deserves it, why is the salt of the whole Liang country called his family, why are they living so well, the same father and mother are born, the same nose and two eyes, why do we have to suffer from poverty!"

Occasionally understood:

Over the years, I have never heard of the Luo family bullying the neighbors, but sometimes there are righteous acts of helping the poor and helping the poor. Besides, the salt industry of Liang is prosperous, it is the head of the four countries, and other countries dare not touch Liang lightly, and Liang has been losing money everywhere in recent years, if there is no salt industry to support, I don't know what to do. Isn't this the credit of the Luo family? Could it be that he should be considered good if he scattered all his family business and became a poor ghost like you? ”

And most people are numb and indifferent to the torture of life, only caring about how many days the items in their hands can last, and only caring about when the Luo family will come to distribute them again. Although they also understand the goodness of the Luo family in their hearts, and they also think a little bit of the good of the Luo family, compared with the weight of life, it is like a glimmer of light in the dark and dark, which flashes and cannot change anything.

All this is different from what Luo Yang imagined.

Whenever he went out with the prince to pay for his clothes, when he gave clothes and food, and when he did good deeds to help the poor, all he heard and saw was gratitude and eyes as if he had seen a savior, which gave them a sense of accomplishment and gave them the illusion that they could change the world. He was happy to be a part of it, and felt that it was a sacredness within reach.

And today, when he incarnated as one of them, what he saw and heard shocked him, the same group of people he wanted to pay for and save before, but it seemed that his face had changed, which made him strange.

Back in the car, Luo Yang didn't say a word for a long time. His frustration was expected by Luo Moyun, because it was also the cognitive setback he experienced during his adolescence.

"Xiaoyang, what you see today may not be what you imagined, but this is the true appearance of the people at the bottom, this is the real human nature.

What you see and hear is because you are in the high position of the giver, and they can only be the recipient of the low position of Thanksgiving. It's like a play, you have kindness, they have a livelihood. But have you ever thought about whether they want to be the recipients? Why did they become the recipients? That nasty remark just now is not good, but there is a sentence that I think is very right, the same father and mother are raised by the father and mother, and they are the same nose and two eyes, why can they only suffer from poverty and be depressed by their livelihood?"

"Have you ever wondered what they really want?"

Luo Yang raised his head and looked at this eldest brother who he had always thought only knew how to play games in the officialdom of the rivers and lakes, put profit first, and only wanted to expand the family business, Luo Moyun's deep eyes flashed with a light that he was unfamiliar with, making him feel unfathomable for the first time. Luo Yang asked in a snort, "Then what do they want?"

"Equality. An equal opportunity to put in the same amount of effort and get the same reward. ”

Therefore, a truly benevolent government is not to let his people become hungry and trapped beasts, and not to let his people become the recipients. Although Luo Moyun is only in his early thirties, he made his debut as a teenager, and has faced reality in the past few decades, crisscrossing most of the Liang country, and has the best understanding of the real situation of the people, and in his heart, he has a real and deep heart of concern for the people.

"Therefore, I watched coldly, in the past few years, the prince has made three major mistakes. "There were some things that I didn't want to say to Luo Yangyan, but now, I need a basin of cold water to wake up this dreaming brother, and Luo Moyun can only analyze everything thoroughly.