Although there were not many things to do at the Doge's Palace, it was almost a constant stream of people coming and going through the gates in the early morning.

Chen Letian walked around the yamen of the governor's palace and walked outside the back door, where he saw some beggars sitting on the ground chatting.

The guards by the back door did not drive them away, Chen Letian felt very strange, so he walked up, threw a few copper plates to the beggars, and pretended to be unintentional: "How dare you sit here, aren't you afraid that the governor's mansion will chase you?"

The beggars looked at each other, and one of them, who looked more clever, whispered: "The officials never chase us, and the Governor often passes by to give us silver. ”

Chen Letian heard it for the first time, nodded and asked: "Then you can go to the Shu Palace, there are more people there, you can ask for more silver." ”

The beggar shook his head again and again: "The King of Shu won't let us go, and the King of Shu said that if we go, it will affect the image of the King of Shu's mansion, saying that we are dirty and smelly... Chase us as soon as we go. ”

"I see, it's still the Governor. Chen Letian said and walked away. The beggars didn't dare to say bad things about the Shu Palace, and they didn't even dare to complain.

Chen Letian thought to himself, the King of Shu is also an acquaintance, this is a good way to protect himself. The court trusts so much and gives the king of Shu the greatest autonomy, if the king of Shu doesn't know anything and treats the people well, it will be a big problem.

Think with your head. The autonomy power of Shu is so great, except that there can be no army, taxes and everything are kept and distributed by Shu. In this case, if your king of Shu is respected by everyone among the people, then what does the court think? Does your king of Shu want to win the hearts of the people first and then rebel, or do you want to win the hearts of the people while preparing to rebel?

It's obvious.

Of course, not many people can see this problem. For example, those beggars, they will only simply feel that the king of Shu is not good to them, and they are not sympathetic to them, obviously the governor's palace allows them to sit there and enjoy the cold, but your Shu king's mansion has to work against the court, and the court will punish you sooner or later.

You, the king of Shu, have fun all day long, and you don't want to give us a way to live, Your Majesty will kill you sooner or later.

And this is precisely the King of Shu

The most needed life-saving thing.

Every generation of Shu kings can't lack this, once it is missing, it is a sign that the name of Shu King is about to disappear in this world.

To be good to the people is not to be good to the court, and this is the greatest danger to the vassal kings in the past dynasties.

This generation of King Shu has done a good job, at least from the small matter of attitude towards beggars, which proves the shrewdness of King Shu.

At least it can ensure that this generation dies safely and peacefully.

Chen Letian walked more than a dozen steps to the side, only to see a sedan chair slowly coming to the back door. The beggars stood up and gathered around.

The sedan chair stopped, and a middle-aged man walked out of the sedan chair, dressed in ordinary clothes, but the momentum was by no means ordinary.

Chen Letian couldn't help but stop and watch from afar.

I saw that the middle-aged man didn't like the beggars stinking, said a few words to them with a smile, and then took out a few copper plates from his arms, one for each person. Chen Letian thought to himself, he also looks like a nobleman, how can he be so stingy. But on the other hand, looking at those beggars, no one was dissatisfied, and even the expression on their faces was happier than Chen Letian giving several copper plates to one person.

The beggars with the brass plates watched the nobleman walk in, and then returned to the base of the tree.

Chen Letian walked back and asked, "Is that a big official?"

The beggar replied: "That's the Governor, I heard that the son with an accent is a foreigner, there are few people in Chengdu who don't know the Governor." ”

"That's right, I only got here the other day. The Governor doesn't seem to have any swagger at all, and he doesn't think you stink. As he spoke, Chen Letian laughed.

The beggars were not angry, after all, the boy had given a lot of copper plates. Given the silver, it's nothing to joke. Said: "The Governor is very good to us, and we often help the Governor to do it..."

An old beggar who had not spoken next to him suddenly interrupted and coughed a few times: "The governor has the people in his heart, and no matter how bad it is, it is the people under his rule, and he will not dislike it." ”

"It makes a lot of sense. Chen Letian nodded, thinking that this wave of beggars would occasionally help the Governor to do something to find out the news, and this old beggar was probably the leader, so he was not allowed to say it.

and in the Doge's Palace

After lingering outside the back door for a while, Chen Letian looked at a restaurant not far from the governor's palace, so he walked up and threw the little two or three coins of silver to ask for a private room on the second floor facing the street where you could see the situation in the courtyard of the governor's palace.

Xiao Er got the reward, and the face that was already full of smiles squeezed out more smiles.

Chen Lotian asked Xiao Er to serve the best wine and the best meat, and Xiao Er asked what wine and meat to serve. Chen Letian stood by the window and looked at the courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, where people came and went, and suddenly said, "Does the Governor usually come here to drink?"

Xiao Er immediately came to the momentum and said: "Your Excellency is right, the Governor will come here for a drink every half a month, and no one will accompany him, just one person, sit here for five catties of beef and three catties of wine for an afternoon." ”

Chen Lotian thought to himself that this governor drank a lot of alcohol, and his stomach was not small. Said: "Then according to the governor's lordship, oh no, on double, ten catties of beef and six catties of wine." ”

"Okay, officer, you'll be here in a minute. Xiao Er threw the white rag on his shoulder, and ran downstairs to prepare the wine and food.

Chen Letian stood by the window and looked at the courtyard of the Governor's Mansion for a long time, until the beef that came up was no longer so hot, and then sat down to eat and drink at the same time.

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The governor who returned to the yamen washed his face, took a long breath, and sat down on the chair, thinking about the Cao County Commander who was both an old friend and a subordinate in Bazhong City.

In the past few days, there has been a news in Bazhong City, Bazhong City and County have ordered bandits to collude with the Iron Head Gang for many years to jointly loot the people's property.

The first time he heard the news was told to him by a few beggars who had inquired for him all the year round, and the beggars said that not many people in Chengdu knew about it now. However, less than three days later, the beggar told him that Chengdu was already known to almost everyone.

The Governor didn't know if the news had spread so quickly, whether it had been deliberately done or if the news had already spread violently.

But no matter what the reason, this is not a good thing for the Cao County Order of Bazhong City.

The Governor has been friends with Cao Xianling for decades, and regardless of his friendship, just from the perspective of his superiors and subordinates, he doesn't want his subordinates to make the people's lives better and better day by day.