The rise of the prince

Chapter 216 Birdcage
Since the afternoon, the streets of Kaiyuan have been bustling.

Three or four groups of aristocratic children, gorgeously dressed, half-covered daughters and maids, neatly arranged food stalls, porters doing odd jobs, street performers, monkeys, and drums and lions in the distance .

A street is very lively from beginning to end, noisy and lively.

Yue'er was attracted by a performance that breathed out flames. She was too small to squeeze in, and she couldn't reach it with her feet outside. She still had to care about the candied haws in her hand.

Li Xingzhou laughed and asked the nurse behind him to help, and the two tall nurses stood over, and the onlookers saw it too. They couldn't see Yue'er because she was too young.

So she got out of the way, and the little girl finally got her wish.

On the other side, Qiu'er followed him, but her little face was not as happy as Yue'er's. She frowned slightly, as if she was worried.

"What's wrong?" Li Xingzhou asked the peddler next to him to roast some sweet potatoes, and then turned around to see the worried expression on the little girl's face.

"I still think it's not good. The son shouldn't go to the General's Mansion. It's too ostentatious." The little girl pinched her fingers and said.

Li Xingzhou laughed, and then told the vendor: "Put more honey, and I will give you more money."

"Okay, Lord, you have the final say!" The peddler said happily.

He blew on the first baked sweet potato to shake off the charcoal dust from the shell, and then handed it to Qiu'er. The sweet potato dipped in honey was very sweet and delicious.

Qiu'er didn't eat, just looked at him so directly, Li Xingzhou understood that this was a demonstration, if he didn't say anything, the little girl would stop eating, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, my Qiu'er has learned Threatened the son, hahahaha."

Qiu'er blushed slightly, but still looked at him, Li Xingzhou took the second sweet potato, dipped in the honey himself and said, "Okay, okay, my son will be lenient when he confesses, and strict when he resists, please be gentle with me, Mr. Qiu'er. "

"Shizi." The little girl blushed even more, and couldn't bear the strange gaze of the peddler.

Li Xingzhou said while eating sweet sweet potatoes: "Do you think I'm stupid? As the emperor's grandson, I was suspected of conspiracy, but I was blatantly trying to curry favor with the great general of the dynasty."

Qiu'er nodded, and added: "Your Majesty did not plot any wrongdoing."

Li Xingzhou patted her little head, and laughed: "Even if I have a conspiracy, it doesn't look like it to you."

Yes, he is a rebel, and Qiu'er will definitely feel that what he did is right. It is a great fortune to have one or two people who trust her without hesitation.

"Let me tell you a story." Li Xingzhou said and gave the remaining roasted sweet potatoes to the two nurses, and they were flattered.

"Xiao He was the Prime Minister of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty. After winning the world, Xiao He was the most rewarded."

Qiu'er nodded, indicating that she knew this.

"Later, after Liu Bang pacified the world, he tried to eliminate the power of the local princes, so he often fought outside, but even when he was away, he would send people back to the court to visit Xiao He from time to time, asking him how he was doing recently and if there was anything wrong. Xiao He was very moved. .”

As Li Xingzhou said, he accepted the last roasted sweet potato, which was reserved for Yue'er, and paid for it at the same time. According to the agreement, he gave him an extra [-] Wen for honey. The vendor was so excited that he thanked him repeatedly and asked him to come again next time.

Qiu'er tugged at his sleeve, meaning to let him continue talking.

Li Xingzhou went on to say: "But at this time, a member of Xiao He's family told him that you are dying and you don't know it. The emperor doesn't care about you, he is jealous of you, and he is afraid that you will rebel in Beijing, so he always sends people to check. visit you.

Xiao He was shocked, naturally he didn't believe it, he followed Liu Bang for half his life, he was favored for his high achievements, he didn't make any mistakes, and his reputation was good, how could Liu Bang suspect him.

But the doorman told him that because of your high position and authority, you can no longer be awarded, your reputation is very good in the mouths of the common people, you never make mistakes in doing things, and there is no fault in dealing with others, so the emperor suspects you.

Xiao He understood it, so he allowed his family members to invade the people's land and fields. The people complained a lot, and Liu Bang complained to him after he returned to Beijing from the expedition.

Liu Bang was very happy when he heard about this, so he called Xiao He, asked him about his fault with a smile, and imprisoned Xiao He for a few days, then he was reinstated and ordered him to solve the matter. "

Qiu'er looked up at him after listening.

Li Xingzhou pinched her cute face with a smile: "Now you can rest assured."

Qiu'er nodded, and the two agreed.

"Okay, let's have fun today, after today you will be busy again."

"Um"

This matter is actually very simple. Why are there always few honest officials and many corrupt officials in the world? Why do great people have taints, and most of those without taints can’t do great things without saying anything. Instead, they end up with a good end. The truth is actually very simple. As the saying goes, they are not clean , Eating is not sick, so is being a human being.

Don't flaunt yourself, this is the principle of Li Xingzhou's life.It is difficult to do bad things if you flaunt a good person, it is difficult to do practical things if you flaunt an upright official, and it is difficult to deal with all kinds of people if you make yourself clean, and it is easy to be suspected.

Because most of human thinking is inertial thinking, it can also be called birdcage logic.

Hang a beautiful birdcage in the most conspicuous place in the room, and within a few days, the owner will definitely make one of the following two choices:

First, throw away the cage;

Second, buy a bird and put it in a cage.

The specific process is as follows. If you are the owner of the room, as long as other people walk into the room and see the bird cage, you will not be able to help asking: "Where is the bird? Is it dead?"

You answer: "I've never had a bird."

People ask, "So, what do you want a birdcage for?"

And so on and on, and in the end, you have to choose between two options, buy a bird or lose the cage, because it's much easier than endless explanations.

This kind of inertial thinking that lacks logic is everywhere in people's daily life.

And the sad part is, it never really occurred to you to keep birds.

Therefore, when a person is incompatible, different, or has a clear logic, or has a different point of view, he will easily be forced into four corners by the birdcage effect.

Because of this way of thinking, people who are truly perfect and pioneers in theory are mostly likely to be isolated, attacked, and forced into the dead corner of birdcage logic.

Xiao He had a high status and a good reputation. From the perspective of the emperor, Liu Bang immediately thought that he would rebel.As Li Xingzhou is the emperor's grandson, and his residence is in the middle of Beijing, he bought more iron ore, everyone naturally thought that he was plotting something wrong.
How to deal with this kind of inertial thinking, Xiao He has given a perfect demonstration, that is, making mistakes makes the leader feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)