The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 277 You're Unworthy

Putting on their casual clothes, the two of them set off with their guards, taking a carriage from Chang'an North all the way to Chang'an South.

The scenery on the road changes very obviously, from the rich and powerful families living in the northernmost, to the high-walled compound where the rich live in the middle, to the low and crowded houses where the common people live in the south.

Environmental sanitation also presents three scenes, the north is clean, the middle is chaotic and orderly, and the south is dirty and messy.

It should be the first time for Li Tai to come to this kind of place, carefully avoiding the puddle of sewage on the ground, and said with disgust: "What are you doing in such a filthy place?"

Chen Jingke stopped, pointed around and said, "Look, this is the reality in the world. Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine out of 1 people live like this..."

"No, I was wrong. Beggars in Chang'an live better than ordinary people in most places."

"The place you regard as filthy is already a paradise that most people can't reach."

"Everyone laughs at Emperor Jin Hui, but most people are not as good as him. At least he is really stupid, and many people think they are smart."

Li Tai's face was a little ugly, and he didn't know whether it was because Datang's ugly face was revealed, or because he was ridiculed as Emperor Hui of Jin.

At this time, several common people passed by, and when they saw their group, they walked away from it.

Although several people were wearing ordinary clothes, their most ordinary clothes seemed too gorgeous for common people.

What's more, there are several vicious bodyguards with knives and guns around, and they are not ordinary people at a glance.

Chen Jingke pointed to those common people and said, "Compared with them, compared with countless people who are not as good as them in the whole Tang Dynasty, what right do you have to be dissatisfied?"

Li Tai finally couldn't help retorting: "I am the prince, they are just commoners, what qualifications do they have to compare with me?"

Chen Jingke sarcastically said: "The nobles use this reason to mock the royal family as nouveau riche. It seems that you agree with their logic."

"You..." Li Tai's face turned red, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Chen Jingke said: "Do you think I brought you here to prove that you are better off than most people, and advise you to calm down?"

Li Tai asked back: "Isn't it?"

Chen Jingke said: "No, it is impossible for a person like you who comes from a noble family to find empathy from the poor."

"In your hearts, they are just ants, consumables, and livestock. There are so many people in the world, if one dies, more people will be born."

"As long as the country is still there, you will always be the masters, and you can enjoy the glory and wealth."

Speaking of this, Chen Jingke changed the subject, glared at him and said, "Is this really the case? If the people are really ants, then where did the Qin Dynasty go? Why did the Han Dynasty perish?"

Li Tai couldn't help trembling in his heart, and couldn't help but think of a sentence that his father said on his lips:

The king is a boat; the people are water, and water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it.

"Entrepreneurs have experienced great hardships in exposing the frost and cutting thorns, and they also know the real situation of the people. Therefore, even if they win the country, they are cautious, lest the people will not survive and change the dynasty."

"However, most of the kings of the later generations grew up in the deep palace, and they did not eat the fireworks of the world and left the people at the bottom. The people are hungry and cold, but they still think that the prosperous age of martial arts and martial arts is coming."

"It has only been more than [-] years since the fall of the former Sui Dynasty. You are a prince whose heart is higher than the sky. You think you are qualified to be an emperor, but you don't know the real face of the people."

"I can already imagine your situation after becoming emperor, and I can see the virtues of the heirs you have cultivated. So don't say in front of me that you are unwilling or unwilling, you are not worthy."

Li Tai clenched his hands tightly into fists, trembling all over, and there seemed to be fire in his eyes: "Don't go too far."

Chen Jingke was not provoking him, but said: "Come with me, I will take you around this real world."

After speaking, he walked towards the alley first, Li Tai looked at his back angrily, and followed him unwillingly until he was about to disappear.

They didn't stop at any particular place, they just walked through the alleys at a leisurely pace, and met all kinds of people on the way.

There are old people with white hair and heavy loads, and children who help their families with labor;

Slowly, the anger in Li Tai's heart subsided, and the environment, which he felt dirty at first, became pleasing to the eye.

But he still didn't believe that most people in Datang would not be as good as these people in front of him.

Chen Jingke also knew that it was not so easy to convince him that he deliberately took him to the place with the worst environment, so the further he went, the worse the surrounding environment became.

Originally a serious house, it gradually became a variety of shacks.

Li Tai saw with his own eyes that a family of five or six people lived in a so-called house surrounded by straw mats, and he was surprised: "How can there be a refugee camp in the city?"

Chen Jingke shook his head and said, "This is not a refugee camp. They are all residents of Chang'an City with household registration. This is the home where their ancestors lived for generations."

Li Tai said in disbelief: "How is it possible? How could there be such a place in the most benevolent capital under the feet of the emperor?"

Chen Jingke sighed: "Do you think they are suffering? Then let me tell you, at least they still have a shack to live in. There are many poor people who don't even have a shack."

Li Tai murmured: "Impossible, under the rule of Yeye, the world is peaceful, and the people live and work in peace...how could it be like this?"

Chen Jingke said: "Because at least one-third of the people will never appear in the imperial court's report, they do not exist for the imperial court."

"There are still millions of people who are lowly and legal slaves, and their life and death have never been considered by the court."

"There are less than 400 million people who can be called common people in the imperial court's report. The so-called peaceful people in the world are well-fed and well-fed, and they are also referred to."

It wasn't the first time Chen Jingke said these words, but it was obviously the first time Li Tai heard it. He said in disbelief, "How is it possible, doesn't Aye know?"

Chen Jingke said: "Of course Your Majesty knows, but who do you think these people are hiding?"

Li Tai said without hesitation: "The nobles are powerful."

Chen Jingke showed a sarcastic smile, and said: "There are also nobles who are regarded as the mainstay by the court, so last year His Majesty ordered a population check and there was no gain."

"On this matter, the nobles and the gentry are on the same side. They joined forces to prevent the court from checking the population."

"In the future, when you, King Wei, go to the fiefdom, you will hide some of the people as your slaves just like them."

Li Tai subconsciously wanted to refute, but he opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word, because he knew it was the truth.

(End of this chapter)