boyutpedia Chapter 148 Lost Face
Chapter 148 Lost Face
Instead of feeling ashamed, the officials thought the victims were ignorant.
It's not that they just don't care about them, but they want to place them more properly.
These people really don't know what's good for them. They act as if they are bullying the victims.
"Silence!"
The soldiers shouted like this, and a murderous atmosphere came towards them. The woman hurriedly hugged the child in her arms.
They can live safely until now, so naturally they cherish their lives very much.
Seeing that the victims were no longer making noise, Xie Linlang became anxious.
No, if that’s the case, what should I do with the preparations in the city and the houses I bought?
She put a lot of thought into helping the prince build up his reputation.
But she never expected that the victims could not enter Kyoto. Wouldn't that make her preparations useless?
The prince was thinking in his heart that since his father didn't want to accumulate prestige for him, he couldn't go too far, but some requests were still acceptable.
"Everyone, although the imperial edict says that the disaster victims can continue to move south, there are many women, children and the elderly among them. Can you let them enter the city first? Even if it's just to buy some food?"
The prince's words made the victims feel helpless. Asking them to buy their own food?
Prince Xian had asked each city to prepare along the way, but now that he has arrived at the capital, he has to spend money himself.
"Although what the prince said makes sense, if these disaster victims are suffering from the disease, I am afraid we cannot take responsibility."
Someone immediately used the epidemic as an excuse to stop anyone from entering the city.
"In that case, Your Highness, I will send someone into the city to buy some food and prepare for their journey south. That should be fine, right?"
When the prince said this, some people began to sing his praises.
"The prince is kind and virtuous. He deserves to be the crown prince!"
When Liu Rumei heard this, she almost laughed out loud.
Whether the crown prince is good or not is up to the emperor, why are you interfering?
“In addition, this prince has decided to select one thousand people to serve as servants in the East Palace. If you are willing, you can step forward now.
Don't worry, as long as you follow me, I will never let you go hungry again, and you won't have to work hard for the rest of your life!"
The prince said so, officials, take a look, this is also a solution.
In that case, they should also gather some people.
So the Lin family took the lead and said that they would give them a way to live. As long as they were willing to sell themselves into the palace as slaves, they could stay in Kyoto.
The people in the city were all praising the prince, saying that he was merciful and was trying to find a way to survive for the victims.
Xie Linlang was relieved when she saw this. No matter what, it was good enough to use the disaster victims to build up prestige for the prince.
Among these one thousand disaster victims, if they are trained a little, there will definitely be outstanding ones.
You don't need many, two or three will be enough. By then everyone will know that the prince can select and appoint the right people to the right positions and recruit talented people. This will be beneficial to the prince in the future.
This is what the prince did in the beginning, and he gained the support of many people and finally built up his own power.
Xie Linlang felt that although it was not perfect, it was not a big problem.
“If Your Highness wants to select people, then you must let them live outside the city for a period of time.
The epidemic after the disaster is hard to prevent. If something really goes wrong, the people of the entire capital will suffer greatly!
That’s why His Majesty has ordered that disaster victims not be allowed into the city. This is done out of necessity for the benefit of the people of the entire capital city!”
This person's words made it seem that the prince did not know the seriousness of the matter.
The head master of the Lin family couldn't stand it anymore and immediately said, "In that case, let's arrange for these 1,000 people to stay at the farm outside the Lin family city.
By the way, I will ask the doctor to take a look at them later and make sure that these people are not ill, so that no one will falsely accuse the prince of being ignorant of the seriousness of the matter!"
Liu Rumei watched the verbal battle below and couldn't help but eat some melon seeds.
Really, it’s quite lively.
However, they made the decision happily, but did the victims agree?
At this moment, the victims are also whispering quietly, what does this mean?
You just said you were not allowed to enter the city, but now you are allowed to enter?
But judging from what he said, this means they are being asked to sell themselves into slavery?
This... is not right, right?
If they were ordinary disaster victims, they would naturally be grateful if they now had a safe place to go.
But they were not ordinary disaster victims. They were brought back by King Xian and had never thought of selling themselves into slavery.
Why?
That's because Tang Mingchen used the same methods he used to govern the military to manage the victims. He found many capable people among the victims.
Each of them is in charge of hundreds of disaster victims, and they are well organized and work together.
Although Tang Mingchen is not here now, his people are here.
At the beginning, those who were in charge had revealed it early on that they would naturally not become slaves if they followed King Xian, but would rather live a stable life.
They were ordinary people before, so they definitely wanted land. Who would want to sell themselves as slaves?
Not to mention, the people in charge just told them quietly.
Other people’s houses are not sure how slaves live, but the prince’s house is certain that if a man is a slave, he must become a eunuch!
Hearing this, no one would agree.
They have their wives and children around them now, who would want to become a eunuch!
So when the prince's men came to register names, no one stepped forward!
This surprised the prince. These disaster victims really don’t know what is good for them!
The subordinates were also anxious. The prince was doing good deeds, but they didn't say anything. Wasn't this disrespecting the prince?
"After entering the palace, you will receive a monthly allowance of one tael of silver!"
Everyone: ...They don’t want to be eunuchs.
"If you do well in the future, you can get even more money!"
Everyone: ...They don’t want to be eunuchs.
"Your wives and daughters can come along, too. The whole family can be together, so you don't have to worry about being separated!"
Everyone: ...What's the use?
My subordinates are going crazy. What on earth do these disaster victims mean?
There are so many people watching, so many officials watching, he can't take the person away by force.
"You guys have to think about it!"
The prince's subordinates had grim expressions and threatening looks in their eyes. The victims retreated one after another. They didn't want to do that!
The prince's face turned pale and everyone lowered their heads.
This, this is really disrespectful to the prince!
They didn't dare to laugh, and it was really hard to hold back.
Liu Rumei was much happier. Every time she saw the prince being bullied or losing face, she was particularly happy.
"Look, what a disgrace! He thought he had done something great and wanted to buy people as slaves!
He didn't even bother to ask around. If the Prince's Mansion wanted to buy slaves from outside, each one would cost ten taels of silver.
He is so good, he didn't even bother to think about it, and he let people become slaves. He didn't even give me the money for selling my body. How stingy!"
Liu Rumei's complaint made Zhenzhu and the others laugh.
Although the girl's words were harsh, they were indeed the truth.
Tell me, you are not willing to give money, but you still make others work as slaves. This is quite unreasonable.
Besides, they also realized that the prince did this only for his own face. Could he really be sincere to the victims?
Unless you are stupid, you won’t make this choice.
However, Liu Rumei did not expect that these disaster victims would be so united.