Xiao Ling walked down. The lights in the basement were dim, and it was so empty and silent that you could hear the echo while walking.
After Xiao Ling went down, a figure hurriedly walked over. The other person lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's taken care of."
Xiao Ling nodded, "Bring the person up and have a look."
After a while, a person wearing a light blue skirt was brought up. This person was Zhao Jin'er.
However, if you look closely, you can vaguely see some differences with Zhao Jin'er. Zhao Jin'er is big-chested, brainless, and arrogant, while this man lowers his head and his attitude towards Xiao Ling is clearly respectful.
That's right, this person is the death warrior trained by Xiao Ling. How could Xiao Ling be able to sit in the position he is in today without having some power of his own?
Xiao Ling has long cultivated a group of dead soldiers. Most of these people are slaves and orphans. After being rescued by Xiao Ling, they work for him. This is actually the most elite part of Xiao Ling's power. They are spread across various fields.
Each identity has its own skills and abilities.
For example, the person in front of me is the best at disguise. Now she looks exactly like Zhao Jin'er. Even her demeanor and movements are the same. If you are not an insider, you will never be able to tell the difference between the two.
As for where the real Zhao Jin'er went, it is unknown.
In front of the envoy, some things are not convenient to do openly, but there is never a shortage of settling accounts after the fall.
Xiao Ling nodded, his face was hidden in the darkness, only a few rays of light shone on his face, and the straight bridge of his nose was half bright and half dark, a sharp contrast.
On the other side, Yuan Dai is about to leave the palace.
After all, this trip out of the palace was for national affairs, so besides her, there were two others, one was a military attaché named Kong Yang, and the other was accompanied by a military advisor named Zheng Chu.
Kong Yang was born in a grassroots age, but relied on his talents to reach where he is today. He was loyal and honest, and was her father's former subordinate. Therefore, he also took special care and respect for Yuan Dai. Yuan Dai and his party had his protection, and there were no safety issues.
big.
Zheng Chu was just the opposite. He was well-known, had read poetry and books since he was a child, was arrogant and often offended others, but fortunately he had some family background. Of course, he was also quite strategic, so he had made it all the way to where he is now.
But Yuan Dai could keenly feel that he was quite dissatisfied with her traveling with him.
In fact, Yuan Dai's feeling was not wrong. In Zheng Chu's eyes, this was nothing more than the Queen's sudden desire to come out to play. How could she, a person who had lived in the palace for a long time, handle these things?
They were on their way to do business, and they were afraid that the queen would go back tired after walking a few steps, which would delay the progress of their business.
However, Zheng Chu only dared to keep these dissatisfactions in his heart. After all, the other party was the empress. Before he came out, he had received an order from the emperor and must protect Yuan Dai.
The carriage bumped along the way and after leaving the capital, Yuan Dai gradually began to see some scenes that were different from the peace and tranquility in the capital. There were many refugees outside the city, most of them brought their families with them, and their common clothes were in tatters.
His complexion was sallow and dusty, and he was as skinny as a stick, with only a pair of big, bright eyes remaining, which looked unusually abrupt.
Most people's eyes seemed to be covered with dust and muddy. Only a few children who did not understand the world were left, and their eyes still glowed with ignorance.
Yuan Dai couldn't help but ask: "Who are they?"
Kong Yang on the side replied: "Go back to the Queen, these are refugees from other countries."
In times of war, there will naturally be many refugees whose countries have been destroyed and their families have been destroyed. Generally speaking, these refugees will not be accommodated. Even if they are accommodated, they will only be a small number, otherwise it will only increase their own burden.
"Then they can only choose death."
Kong Yang was silent for a moment and said: "That's the truth."
The refugees are driven away by everyone and have no place to go. They are destined to die or become slaves, but the status of slaves is low and they are equal to animals. They are no different from death.
Yuan Dai sighed softly.
Immediately afterwards, she heard a small cold scoff. The sound was very small, but Yuan Dai still heard it.
It came from Zheng Chu.
Yuan Dai could guess without thinking that the other person would definitely want to ridicule her in her heart again, but Zheng Chu's cold sneer was not wrong in a sense.
She has been living a luxurious life in the palace from time to time. She even feels that there is no big difference between ancient times and modern times except for the lack of entertainment methods. Even if she leaves the palace, what she sees is the scene at the feet of the emperor.
, she bought Yan Yangsheng out of sympathy at that time, but now that she thinks about it, even at the feet of the emperor, there are many poor people like Yan Yangsheng, let alone talking about other places.
But now, it wasn't until she truly saw the poverty of the people at the bottom and looked directly at the desolate situation of the people under the war that she realized that she was completely wrong. Yuan Dai felt ashamed of herself before.
She is indeed a bit obsessed with eating minced meat.
I also seem to understand why some people are trying to get into Xiao Ling's harem.
Good food and clothing, a stable life.
For people in this era, these are indeed things that are rare.
Yuan Dai and his party walked and stopped, resting at the inn for several days, and finally arrived in the north.
At that time, Yuan Dai had vomited several times on the road, and her face was as pale as a vegetable.
The scene in the north is obviously more desolate, and you can still see a lot of cultivated land in the south, while in the north there is a large area of desolation, with broken houses everywhere.
Yuan Dai, Kong Yang, Zheng Chu and others first disguised themselves to understand the public sentiment.
From the mouths of most people, they basically understood the reasons for this turmoil.
The reason is simple - I don’t have enough to eat.
People's demands are generally very simple, just enough to provide them with food and clothing.
If normal people couldn't survive, who would rebel?
Because the war ahead is imminent, many young and middle-aged people have been dragged into the labor force, while the old, weak, sick and disabled who are left behind have almost no ability to work and cannot farm. In addition, the natural environment in the north is not as good as in the south, which aggravates the situation.
this situation.
Yuan Dai couldn't help but think of the historical knowledge she learned in her previous life.
A dynasty often goes from prosperity to decline. In the beginning, everyone can provide enough food and clothing. However, with the development of society, landlords and nobles continue to annex land, and the living space of the people is constantly squeezed, and the rich get richer.
, the poor become even poorer, until they can no longer afford normal food and clothing, and then they start to revolt.
However, as an emperor, his status was originally supported by the landlords and aristocrats. If he wanted to quell the uprising, he could only get support from the landlords and aristocrats. Then the people were squeezed again, and the cycle continued in a vicious circle, which eventually led to the collapse of the dynasty.
destruction.
Even the richest Eastern European country is like this, not to mention other countries. I am afraid that the people are even more miserable.
In fact, when Yuan Dai was interviewing people, she really wanted to promote a wave of socialist theory to the other party, but obviously this idea of common prosperity was quite unrealistic in this distant ancient time, so she