The next morning, it was a rare warm sunny day. After breakfast, Li Yuan took Peng Qingying to travel in casual clothes accompanied by several personal guards, and Li Yuan was going to take Peng Qingying to see the weather in the capital.

Walking all the way from the west to the east, Peng Qingying was not interested in the tall palaces or wealthy families in the city, just like when she was in Dongxi, this people-friendly "princess" was more interested in some ordinary courtyards and ordinary people. When Li Yuan said that most ordinary people like to visit Qingxifang in Dongcheng, Peng Qingying immediately asked to go to Qingxifang.

Li Yuan couldn't resist her, so she smiled and agreed, although every time she visited the Zhou Mansion before, she would inevitably pass by Qingxifang, but she really had never been in it before, and she really wanted to look around.

Although Qingxifang brought him the impression of teahouses and wine shops and Yingying Yanyan, Li Yuan actually did not have any special preferences for these things, but he did not know how many footprints he left in these spacious streets and alleys, and then evoked a good memory, at that time, after leaving the government every day, he habitually rode all the way to the front of the Zhou mansion, knocked on the door to ask to see Emperor Zhou E, and then handed those love poems that were carefully "created" (silently written) by himself to Qiu'er's little hand......

Entering Qingxi Fang, seeing the familiar door, Li Yuan deliberately touched the thick door a few times, and then walked along the wide street in the fang, Li Yuan whispered and Peng Qingying, who was snuggling up beside him, constantly pointed out the surrounding shops and houses, and introduced the words of the plaques of dragons flying and phoenixes to Peng Qingying one by one.

On the side of the fork in the road leading from Qingxifang to Jinling Mansion, Li Yuan saw a lively crowd of countless onlookers gathered in front of him, and immediately aroused his curiosity and pulled Peng Qingying closer to the past. I saw a long table in front of the tall mansion, two officials in green robes were sitting behind them, one kept looking up and asked the neat men in front of him one by one, and the other listened carefully and then wrote hard.

Dozens of soldiers in full armor were maintaining order with serious faces, and a large-character notice was posted on the stone board on the side, and they glanced at it slightly, it turned out that the palace army where they had been recruited was recruiting soldiers.

Li Yuan watched with interest for a while, and found that the treatment of the palace army is still similar to before, and the salary is far less than the generous treatment of the six armies of the forbidden army in six cents of silver in January, and it is still three cents of silver in a month, which is not much, but the function of this army is to guard the imperial city, and rarely go out to fight, which is both decent and safe, no wonder there are such people rushing to it.

Before leaving, Li Yuan looked around, a young man in a shabby cloth shirt inexplicably attracted his attention, only to see the man away from the crowd, leaning alone on the side of the tree trunk next to the fork in the road, this person's face was yellow, his expression was lonely, his eyes were full of unintentional confusion, and a pair of cloth shoes with several holes under his feet had already turned yellow and wrinkled.

Li Yuan stopped, he seemed to see his own shadow from the man in front of him.

This memory in his mind, should have belonged to Li Yuan himself, who was not possessed by the crossing, but it also moved himself, once upon a time he was the same as this young man, full of enthusiasm but suffering from a poor background, the only strength is some fists and feet, I feel that the future is bleak, life is boring, and finally under the encouragement of Liu Jiangsheng, we bid farewell to the Liu family and left the village, gritted our teeth and joined the army of conquering Chudi.

"Qingying, I was just like that man, wearing such shabby clothes, standing in front of the conscription proclamation and hesitating, not knowing where the future holds." Li Yuan said softly.

Peng Qingying smiled: "Haha, it's really hard to imagine, it's really hard for me to imagine Lang Jun you wearing such clothes, standing in this neighborhood in a daze and depressed. But Lang Jun, you are really not a thing in the pool, you are from a poor background but you can achieve today's achievements, I am really proud of you."

Li Yuan laughed and said, "You are from a big family, won't you look down on me because of this?"

Peng Qingying opened her eyes wide and said strangely, "Why do you want to look down on you? What years are it now, the world is in turmoil, there are many countries, since you are a hero, you can run a horse and a sword, why ask the source? There's a golden phoenix flying out of the hen's coop, hehe."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, but do you know that many people in this Tang Dynasty still look at people by their background, and those who are born poor are despised. Someone like me is a rare coincidence, but that's it

Even though I am now a Metropolitan Governor with a heavy army, there will always be people who look down on my origins."

Peng Qingying smiled: "Let them look down on them, who cares?"

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Well, that's exactly what I said. Wait a minute, I'll go talk to the man."

Peng Qingying smiled, "What are you talking about?"

Li Yuan didn't answer, slowly walked up to the man with confused eyes, and coughed lightly. The man was in a daze, and suddenly found a man and a woman standing in front of him, the man's face was handsome and majestic, the woman's appearance was as beautiful as a flower, delicate and lovely, like a pair of beautiful people, and there were several tiger-backed and bear-waisted entourage guards behind him. For a while, I felt ashamed of myself, and I hurriedly stood up straight and stammered.

"Two, two nobles, but is there anything you can help with? Could it be that you need to ask for directions?"

Li Yuan smiled and shook his head, "Are you from Jinling?"

The man hesitated for a moment, but he still hurriedly bowed his head and said, "It's from Jurong County, and it can be regarded as Jiangning Mansion."

Li Yuan nodded and said, "Are you also here to join the army today?"

The man replied weakly, "Fang, Fang, I have already enlisted."

"Oh? Why don't you go home when you've already enlisted? And wandering here?"

The man bowed his head, and Li Yuan smiled again and asked, "But you don't think you're satisfied with this errand?"

The man was stunned and hesitated, "It's ...... That's good. This guarding the imperial city, serving as a soldier and eating food, and not having to go out to fight, yes, is a good errand, but it requires only talents. I think it's a good errand."

Li Yuan shook his head and smiled, "Don't lie to me, you can see from your hesitation, in fact, you are not willing. Speaking of which, what's so good about this errand? Getting up early and being on duty late at night, having to be reprimanded, having little income, and most importantly, not being able to go out to fight, means that it is difficult to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and it is difficult to be promoted, and there is actually no future for the common people."

The man suddenly became a little vigilant, frowned, and said, "Does this noble person need help from below, if not, don't delay the next time."

Li Yuan smiled, "I said it to your heart, right? You also think that this errand has no future, and it is extremely boring. You're confused about your future, aren't you?"

The man's face turned red, and he hurriedly waved his hand again and again, muttering, "Be quiet, what's going on? Could it be that you are deliberately ridiculing me and trying to cause me to lose my errand? This is a good errand, don't come and talk to me, here to criticize the imperial court conscription, if others hear about it, it will be bad."

Li Yuan said: "It's bad, it's bad, what's the good of being a soldier in the palace army? Do you want to have a great future? I can help you."

The man walked away with his feet up, muttering, "What is this? I didn't provoke you, so why should I lose my hard-earned errand? In the future, the old and young in my family will point to the three cents of silver every month, and you will compensate me if I lose it? Hey, if you don't go, I'll be done......

As he spoke, the man quickly walked away and disappeared into the crowd, Li Yuan stood in place and sighed, muttering in his mouth: "In these days, how can three cents of silver feed a family? Not to mention anything else, if you come to my Wuping Army, you will have the same amount of money every month......

Peng Qingying smiled and said, "What, Lang Jun, are you very disappointed?"

Li Yuan said helplessly, "How do you know that I am disappointed?"

Peng Qingying stuck out her tongue and said, "You want to help him because you saw your shadow before, but this person is not you. But you're really, can you speak so directly without scaring people away?"

Li Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I didn't want to scare him."

Peng Qingying said softly: "Lang Jun, the reason why you have been able to go from poor Baiding to today's Metropolitan Governor and Temperance Envoy is because you are not only unwilling to accept the status quo, but also dare to take the initiative to seize the opportunity.

And this person, although he seems to be unwilling to accept the status quo from his expression, he lacks the courage to fight, and just wants to live in peace, so he is willing to be a soldier who does not need to go to the battlefield for a mere cent, accept an errand with no future, and finally accept the status quo of a mediocre life.

Many people are so confused, self-pitying, and old age

What is lacking in them is this desperate courage. This is the reason why Lang Jun has become today's Lang Jun, and they are still them. Everyone has their own ambitions, and no matter how hearty you are, you can't help those who are willing to accept the status quo."

Li Yuan looked at Peng Qingying in a daze, these bright eyes were as clear as the sun, only to see her tightly hugging Li Yuan's arm and smiling, "Oh, what are you doing looking at me? Am I wrong? Take me on."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "You're right, you are a lady who knows my heart well. Well, you know me."