This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 4 Volume [-] The Age of Proud

After leaving the palace gate, Li Chengqian took four of his personal guards and wandered aimlessly in various squares and cities in Chang'an City. The purpose was to hear what the people of Chang'an City thought about his wine making.

It sounds like I have heard some things. These days, it is common people's pleasure to arrange the affairs of the emperor's house.But what surprised him was that along the way, whether it was a trafficker or a beggar begging along the street, when it came to his buying grain and making wine, they were all laughing and joking.

For this reason, he specially bought some steamed buns and put them among a bunch of beggars, and asked: "I just heard that the crown prince wasted a lot of food to make wine, don't you think it's a pity? If the food can be shared with you, no matter what happens It makes you hungry, doesn't it?"

"You are so rude." The older beggar said, "Why do you give us what others have? We are hungry because we are incapable. What do you do with others?"

After finishing speaking, the beggar took a bite of the steamed bun in his hand.

Li Chengqian was taken aback by his words. They were so hard-nosed. He smiled, and Li Chengqian continued: "Look, I'm just giving it to you? Want..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the beggar who had just swallowed the steamed buns in his mouth said: "Young master is in trouble now, you gave him a steamed bun, and young master remembers your kindness. As for His Royal Highness, he is willing Of course I want it, I'm not stupid, he can ask for it if he doesn't give it to me, isn't this a chance encounter?
However, you can't say that His Royal Highness is not good just because His Royal Highness hasn't given it to me, isn't that right?He didn't spend one of my eldest sons on wine making, he can spend his own money as he wants, if he really violates the laws of the Tang Dynasty, of course his emperor Lao Tzu will take care of him, what does it have to do with us beggars? "

"Brother is right. If others are willing to give it to us, we will take it. That is kindness and kindness. If we don't give it to us, we can find a way to find food on our own. We can't blame others." Another beggar yelled while eating steamed buns .

The other beggars also nodded. If it wasn't for the fact that the steamed buns in their mouths were not swallowed, they would probably have to say a few words.

And their few words really shocked Li Chengqian.

After careful consideration, he finally had a preliminary understanding of the Tang Dynasty.

Don't brag or criticize, the Tang Dynasty was indeed an era of openness, tolerance and eclecticism.

This is not a posture from the top down, on the contrary, it is a kind of confidence from the bottom up, or a kind of pride after the influence of a thousand years of civilization.

No matter how much he tossed about in the East Palace, and no matter how much the civil and military officials in the court felt sorry for his behavior.

But the people in Chang'anfang City have no complaints about his actions except envy, even if some of them can't eat enough to eat, but Li Chengqian is wasting food and brewing wine, maybe wine is nothing but greed for a while in their eyes Huan, it's no use anymore.

But even so, Li Chengqian still didn't hear any complaints.

The reason is simple, because this is a proud age.

People disdain to pin their hopes on other people's charity, they want to rely more on themselves. As for whether others waste food to make wine, or indulge in money, for them, it is just a story for bragging after dinner.

As for other people's extravagant lives, in their view, either they have worked hard or their ancestors have worked hard. No matter who they are, isn't the purpose of hard work just to make themselves and their children and grandchildren live a better life?

Envy is okay, but resentment is not.

This is the mind of Datang people, and it is also their pride.

"Taught." Li Chengqian cupped his hands and got up to leave.

Just two steps after he walked out, the guards who had been protecting him all along followed him.

"Liu San, are all the people in Tang Dynasty like this?" Li Chengqian asked.

Liu San, one of the four personal guards, was originally the third in the family, so his father simply gave him such a name.

"That's right, it's all like this." Liu San was a little at a loss, what's wrong with this?

Li Chengqian nodded, but did not speak.

Most of the civil and military officials in the court felt that what they did was not good for the country, and one or two were writing about their own impeachment, but in the eyes of these ordinary people, it seemed that this was not a big deal.

Perhaps this is the so-called failure to seek success without being in one's position.

With a wry smile, Li Chengqian said: "That's right, Ashina Simo was captured and surrendered last year, and now he has become the king of Huaihua County. This damn Tang Dynasty is really inclusive..."

All of a sudden, he was a little irritable. With Datang's inclusiveness, if the person he traveled through was not a prince, how could he be thinking about running away before he was able to make a living in this land?
Just when Li Chengqian was feeling these things.

The mansion of Li Ke, King of Shu, is quite lively at the moment.

Li Ke, the third son of Li Shimin.

Because his mother was Concubine Yang, the princess of the previous dynasty, this also made him, who was born in the blood of the two dynasties, naturally become the closest object of those old survivors of the previous dynasty.

"His Royal Highness, this is a good opportunity." Someone said.

Although these veterans of the former dynasty did not mean to reproduce the Sui Dynasty, it is indeed appropriate to support Li Ke, who has the blood of the previous dynasty.

Li Ke was actually happy in his heart.

Although this matter is not enough for Li Chengqian to be abolished, it is indeed a good opportunity for Li Chengqian to lose points.

As the saying goes, freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

Of course, I thought so in my heart, but there was no expression on my face.

Even though Li Ke is only 13 years old this year, but he grew up in the emperor's parents since he was a child, and his mind is definitely not comparable to that of a 13-year-old child in later generations.

"There is no opportunity, the prince is just unethical occasionally." After Li Ke finished speaking, he ordered, "Don't worry too much, just do our own thing, you are not officials."

When the former survivors heard this, they immediately understood.

This is not only the case in Li Ke's mansion, a similar scene is also being staged in the Yue Wang Li Tai's mansion.

Li Tai was already favored by Li Er, and he was indeed talented, and he had a large group of people around him.

This gave him the idea that he should not be replaced.

There was such a big trouble in the East Palace this time, he just wanted to see how his prince brother would end up.

At the same time, there were quite a few people thinking about the recent behavior of the Eastern Palace. At the moment, the civil and military officials all over Chang'an were either writing furiously, scolding His Highness the Crown Prince for wasting food and seeking pleasure, or they were watching the Eastern Palace's every move.

There is no way, this is how much everyone attaches importance to Prince Chu.

When Li Chengqian returned to the East Palace, the city of Chang'an was already undercurrents, and there was a sense of the wind and rain that was about to come.

(End of this chapter)