As soon as the prince entered the city gate, the people in the city suddenly became agitated. All the houses around the city gate were covered with people, and they rushed to see the prince's honor.
Although Zeng Shenjiang was not from the prince's family, he usually disapproved of the prince's actions and felt that the prince was too idealistic. However, when he witnessed the prince's prestige among the people, the sound of the mountains roaring and the tsunami, the sound of climbing high. Phew, the prestige of being followed by everyone really made his heart shake and he was heartbroken by it.
General Zeng was so excited that he came forward and knelt down and said, "General Zeng Guang, Commander of the Taiyang Army, comes to see His Highness!"
Zhao Hanqing stared at General Zeng sternly and scolded: "Did you just give the order to release the arrow?"
General Zeng Shen immediately had sweat on his back. How could he dare to take the blame? He immediately resorted to the magical skill of throwing the blame away and said: "In my humble position, I only obeyed orders. Please punish me, Your Highness!"
Although he is an old man with a vulgar personality, General Zeng is also an old man who is well versed in the rules of the officialdom game.
When superiors ask for help, if the guilt is confirmed, they must not deny it blindly, but they must not accept it all.
Zeng Shen threw the blame to Lord Li Tianli, the prefect of the city, and humbly begged for punishment to show his attitude of pleading guilty and submissive. Otherwise, if the prince thought that he was stubborn and stubborn, he would be doomed.
Sure enough, the prince raised his head and glanced sharply: "Who gave the order! Where is the governor in the city!"
The people around him all looked aside, but the prince saw a fat man standing not far away with trembling arms and a pale face. The prince stepped forward and asked sternly: "Did you order the arrow to be fired?"
The fat on Li Taishou's face twitched. He looked at the master with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks and said with a trembling voice: "Yes, it's him..."
The prince was furious and reprimanded: "You are the prefect of the city and the local official, sir! How do you actually obey a master in your every word and deed? How did you become an official!!"
The people who were listening outside were filled with resentment. When they heard the eunuch's scolding, they immediately cheered loudly: "Well said!!"
Everyone responded immediately, and the person who lost his family, relatives and friends after being ordered to shoot arrows by the prefect even screamed angrily: "Kill him!!"
At this time, the emotions of the people were instantly aroused, and the angry people roared and shouted: "Kill him, kill him!"
Under the roars and shouts of nearly 100,000 people, the entire Taiyang City was shaking. There was a roar in everyone's ears, as if countless thunder exploded, and the air seemed to be trembling. Their internal organs were shaken, from the skin to Every hair on his head trembles!
Prefect Li Tian knelt down tremblingly, his legs incontinent, and urine quickly flowed down his legs to the ground. He shouted loudly: "Your Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, please spare your life! I have no choice but to do this!"
But he opened his mouth and screamed loudly. Even if you stood one meter away from him, you could only see his mouth opening and couldn't hear what he was saying at all.
The prince was not complacent about such prestige and appeal. Instead, he glanced around with some vigilance, because he instantly remembered what his most respected Taifu said.
"The people are like water, the best is like water, and the worst is like water. If you drive them like a current, they will become a current. If you gather them into a circle, they will become a square circle. They must be controlled. Otherwise, water can carry a boat or overturn it. If you are a king, you can drive it. People, don’t drive them away!”
Translated, it means that people are like water. Water is the most virtuous thing in the world, and water is also the most destructive thing in the world.
The torrent in front of us is the best example.
And the current of the people drives them wherever they go, and they must be controlled. Otherwise, if you let the people do whatever they want, they will definitely overthrow you and drown you like a torrent. As a king, you should be good at driving your subjects, rather than being kidnapped and driven by the will of your subjects.
At first, the prince did not agree with his teacher's words. After all, he grew up reading the books of the sage. The sage said: the people are the most valuable, the country is second, and the king is the least.
The prince kept these words firmly in his heart, and from a very early age, under the leadership of the Taifu, he went deep into the fields to live with the farmers and understand their sufferings. Therefore, the prince has been compassionate and loving the people like a son since he was a child.
But the current situation made the prince unprecedentedly vigilant, because the anger and roar of countless people formed an extremely terrifying and terrifying force. Even the prince and Li Tian themselves felt that the person who ordered the order should be executed in languid chi.
But the prince is a superior person, and he needs to consider more things. This is also the overall view that the prince has been teaching him: he must not let his will be influenced by the will of the people.
Because the people are shallow and short-sighted, they only care about venting their emotions. They don't care about the consequences of killing the prefect in one sentence.
Zhao Hanqing naturally knew that if the people shouted to kill the lord of a city today, could they follow suit tomorrow and then climb up and shout to kill another high-ranking nobleman they hated
If so, wouldn't the world be in chaos
So what do you want them to do? What's the point of having a yamen servant? What use are the officers and soldiers? What’s the point of having a law
The prince looked stern. He originally wanted to execute the prefect Li Tian on the spot, but when the people made such a noise, he immediately changed his mind: Li Tian cannot die, at least not at this time! As the crown prince of a country, he must not be held hostage by the will of the people!
The prince raised his hands high and made a downward gesture. Everyone who saw his action stopped in unison. For a moment, the roaring sound between heaven and earth suddenly stopped, and Taiyang, which was still shaking just now, stopped. The city was instantly so quiet that you could hear a pin drop!
All the officials around the prefect were in awe and admiration. Even His Majesty the Emperor was far inferior to this prestige, and could only be compared to the Imperial Master Chang Yuan.
The prince said loudly: "Everyone, go back quickly. The orphans here will deal with it! Those who commit crimes will not be treated lightly, the injured will be supported, the dead will be buried, and the widows and orphans will be supported!!"
The common people were excited and had tears in their eyes. They completely forgot about what happened just now about killing Li Tian and then quickly. They raised their hands and shouted. Even those who were inconvenient on the roof struggled and knelt down. Some of them shouted loudly: "Long live the prince, long live the prince!!"
The common people didn't think so much. Some people followed and shouted, "Long live the prince, long live the prince!!"
All the officials in the city changed their minds for a while! This is disrespectful! !
There is only one person in the world who can say long live, and that is His Majesty the Emperor!
Although the prince oversees the country, he can only be called a thousand years old!
Even the prince's expression suddenly changed. He was a little frightened, but he didn't know how to refute. He was surrounded by this boiling crowd, like an out-of-control boat.
Xiao Zhuzi, who was held high by Su Yuehan in the crowd and stretched out his head to look, bent down and shouted in Su Yuehan's ear at the top of his lungs: "Sister Yuehan, is that His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Su Yuehan nodded and said loudly: "Exactly!!"
Xiao Zhuzi said with a smile: "He is so majestic!!"
Su Yuehan touched her head lovingly, and just as she was about to speak, the lady boss immediately pulled her down and scolded her sternly: "Quick, kneel down!"
Little Zhuzi didn't know why she was kneeling. When she saw people around her kneeling down and kowtowing one after another, she followed suit and knelt down obediently. But she turned her head and said to her mother: "Mother, why do you kowtow?" ah?"
The landlady pressed Xiao Zhuzi's head and kowtowed a few times, then said seriously: "Remember, that is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Only he can let us live a good life in the future and let us go home again!"
At this moment, Xiao Zhuzi understood that she had suffered a lot along the way. She saw that her parents also suffered a lot, and she even saw that Sister Su, whom she liked, suffered even more to protect herself. , she immediately clasped her hands together, respectfully, and bowed down with a milky voice, saying: "Guardian's protection, may His Royal Highness live a long life, let parents live a good life, and let little bamboo eat delicious food." Yes, let Sister Su marry a good man, thank you very much!"
This childish prayer was drowned in the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, and no one heard it at all. Xiao Zhuzi also bowed to the prince like everyone around him.
At this moment, it seemed that His Highness the Prince in front of him had ascended the throne and became the emperor, and everyone was paying attention.