honor me as god

Chapter 569
"Enough!" Lan Xian was already sweating. Ma Ban was the person he promoted earlier. Now this guy is talking nonsense in the palace. He can be said to be sitting on pins and needles, and he snapped, "Danyu City officials are greedy for ink. The royal family didn’t know about it before, so instead of blaming the person involved, you actually pinned the crime on His Majesty the King, do you want to die?!”

Ma Madara looked fearless, and even took the initiative to stand next to a royal guard, stretched out his hand to signal the rope, and said calmly: "I am just speaking from the bottom of my heart, if His Majesty the King doesn't listen, please kill me. "

Perseus didn't react as much as Lan Xian, and he didn't get angry when facing Ma Ban's accusation. He just chuckled and said, "Kill you? Now kill you, and you will keep your name forever. You think well, my tyrant."

As Ma Ban's recommender, Solandelle was also present when she was summoned this time. Seeing that Ma Ban and her father were having an affair, she felt sorry for both parties, and hurriedly interrupted when she saw the gap: "Mr. It's getting cold, so let's talk about it after dinner."

Ma Ban's attitude is still tough: "I said, I'm not used to these things."

Perseus was also annoyed, and no longer pampered him: "If you can't get used to it, just take it out, throw it all out and feed it to the pig, and bring him two pieces of bread."

As soon as Ma Ban heard that she was going to feed the pigs, she quickly protected the food, opened her eyes and asked, "I don't want to eat it, you just keep it for others to eat, why are you feeding it to the pigs?"

Perseus said with a blank expression: "No one in the palace will eat food left by others. Even if you don't touch a bite, it's considered leftovers. Leftovers are always fed to pigs. What? You think you haven't eaten yet?" A pig is precious, would you rather waste food for pigs than make do with it yourself?"

The four words "wasting food" were poked into spots, and his face was flushed. When he thought of feeding such an expensive thing to pigs, he suddenly became angry, stretched out his hand to push the servant away, and sat down by himself. start eating.

When he just took the first bite, Ma Ban was stunned, the delicate chewing sensation rolled back in his mouth, the delicious taste full of surprises exploded on his tongue, and the unique aroma of high-grade ingredients even filled his nasal cavity. He used to eat They are all simple and light meals, where have they eaten such superb delicacies, plus the long journey into the king's city, hungry and full, already hungry, immediately gobbled it up, and the soup splashed everywhere.

The ministers kept shaking their heads like starving ghosts, Lan Xian didn't notice, turned his face away and frowned.

Not long after, Ma Ban ate up all the dishes on the table, with a bulging belly like a ball, sitting there and letting out a sigh of relief.

Perseus didn't care about his eating, but asked with great interest: "How is it? Compared with the bread you like, these are better."

Ma Ban is a straightforward person, and she didn't mean to be blunt on purpose, so she replied directly: "Since it's the royal meal, if I say it's not as delicious as bread, it must be a lie. These are indeed better than bread."

Perseus said lightly: "Then why don't you understand, the more delicious the food, the more expensive it is. Ministers are used to eating these delicious foods, just like you are used to eating bread. Is it difficult to understand?" ?”

Ma Ban wiped off the soup stains from the corner of her mouth, and said silently: "I can understand, but I think that the higher the position, the more people should resist their instincts. No matter how civilized, human beings have animal nature in their bodies. Greed for food and drink is a kind of evil. It's a performance of conforming to animal nature. If you can't even bear a few bites, how can you bear those things that are more tempting?"

These words made many ministers feel ashamed, and felt like they were scolding them by name. For a while, they didn't have any good feelings for Ma Ban.

Perseus didn't bother arguing with Ma Ban about these trivial matters, so he changed the subject: "Tell me about yourself, I heard from my daughter, because of your help, she found clues in the Danyu City granary, and what you did earlier. Those efforts are considered a great achievement. If there is any reward you want, you can mention it."

Ma Ban simply shook her head: "I did those things only out of the responsibility and mission on my shoulders, not for any reward."

Perseus said helplessly, "You accept the reward, don't whine about it."

Ma Ban still shook her head: "I really don't want it. I never did anything to increase my rank. Your Majesty, please take back the reward."

"It's wrong for you to do this." Suddenly, Solandelle spoke.

Ma Ban was stunned for a moment, and then choked back straightforwardly: "Why is it wrong? I just want to do practical things for the people, and I don't seek rewards for meritorious service. This is the case with the virtuous officials and pillars in ancient books. Why do you say I am wrong?"

Solandelle patiently explained: "Whether you are virtuous or not, and whether you are rewarded or not, are two different things. It is true that virtuous and capable ministers have always been free-spirited since ancient times, but the virtuous mentioned here refers to their original heart. There is only the long-cherished wish of praying for the people, without the ambition of being a great minister, so he is called virtuous."

"But whenever these virtuous people are rewarded, as long as the reward does not exceed the contribution too much, they will never refuse, because they cannot set this precedent."

"Throughout the ages, virtuous people who do not seek fame and fame are a minority after all. Many ministers and soldiers in the kingdom do their best to make meritorious deeds for the sake of rewards. This is due to common human nature."

"As far as the king is concerned, it doesn't matter what his heart is, and no man is perfect. As long as he can make great contributions to the kingdom, no matter whether this person is driven by righteousness or has selfish desires in his heart, his deeds should be supported. In this way A country that has the power to move forward.”

"If you make great achievements today but refuse to reward you, you will indeed be regarded as a virtuous minister by everyone, but at the same time it will also bring about a very bad influence-from now on, other meritorious persons will not dare to ask the king for it." Awarded."

"Because of your precedent, everyone will subtly feel that it is virtuous to do meritorious deeds without rewards. Dedicated meritorious deeds who demand rewards are ambitious people."

"With this kind of concept, in the future, everyone will not be able to ask for rewards for making meritorious deeds by default. Then who would dare to make meritorious deeds? How many people are willing to shed their blood for the kingdom?"

"If you do what you do today, you have gained a clear name, but you have also blocked the road of loyalty for future generations. Isn't that wrong?"

Ma Ban was stunned, her flushed face almost turned purple like a pig's liver, she stammered, but she was so stunned by Solandelle that she couldn't speak a word.

"Hahahahaha!" Perseus was overjoyed, gently patted Solandelle's head, and laughed at Ma Ban, "Ma Ban, how is it? My daughter is amazing."

Ma Ban scratched her head and scratched her cheeks, and finally didn't know how to refute. She lowered her head in shame and said, "Your Highness is smart, I...I can't beat her."

Solandelle covered her lips with a smile, and said friendlyly: "So, the king is going to give you a reward today, so you can accept it calmly, don't feel embarrassed, it's for your own good, and it's also for the good of the whole kingdom."

After hearing this, Ma Ban raised her head and said in a low voice: "Since I can't refuse, then I have a request. Please give me a reward according to your majesty's request."

It is not a strange thing to ask for a reward. In fact, when other civil servants and military generals have made meritorious service, the king will let them say what reward they want. As long as it is not too outrageous, they will generally be satisfied.

"Go ahead," Perseus said.

Ma Ban said without any hesitation: "Danyu City suffered from this catastrophe this year. Many families were destroyed, and countless families were hurt. Please obey my request and exempt the people of Danyu City from taxes for three years, so as to stabilize people's livelihood."

Perseus nodded slightly, with approval in his eyes: "Allowed."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Ma Ban knelt down in front of Perseus for the first time.

Perseus smiled and said, "You are a talent discovered by Lan Xian. The place in Danyu City is not very interesting. I don't think you should go back. You should stay in the palace from today and be Lan Xian's assistant."

It is already the dream of countless kingdom officials to be able to work in the royal palace. It is even more unimaginable to serve directly beside the king and serve as the assistant of the king's left hand!

Ma Ban also knew in his heart that if he wanted to display his talents and ambitions, he would not be able to be trapped in a corner. Of course, he would not be foolish to refuse such an opportunity, and he quickly agreed.

Seeing this, Solandelle smiled happily, but Lan Xian had a wry smile on her face. With such an upright and honest assistant, I am afraid that he will be busy in the future.

At this moment, a royal guard came from the side of the hall, sent a flying letter to Perseus, and whispered something in his ear.

Perseus opened Feishu and glanced at it. It was a report from the border guards, and the letter read:

"The emperor grandson of the Far East has entered the country recently and is heading to Twilight City."

(End of this chapter)