Jin Feng really didn't expect that Princess Lu Jie would come out of the blue like this.
Because before the plateau envoy came, Princess Lu Jie had been secretly fighting and refusing to negotiate. Why did she suddenly become so proactive now?
Jin Feng realized that the situation of the Eastern Barbarians might be more difficult than he imagined.
"Your Highness, get up quickly!"
Princess Lu Jie was still injured, and Jin Feng wanted to help her up.
But he stretched out his hand and took it back again.
It's summer now, and it's a bit stuffy in the hut. Princess Lu Jie was already wearing thin clothes. She was lying on the bed before, covered with a sheet, but now she's in a kneeling position, and she's still on the bed. From Jin Feng's perspective,
In the past, it was almost like having no clothes on.
Jin Feng did not dare to call himself a gentleman, and he had never wanted to be one, but he would never take advantage of Princess Lu Jie when others were in danger.
So he quickly turned his head away and looked at Bing'er Shuang'er: "Hurry up and help your Highness!"
However, the two of them remained motionless as if they had not heard Jin Feng's words.
This was the first time that Bing'er saw Jin Feng so helpless. Although he stood still, the corners of his eyes were slightly bent.
Jin Feng saw that Bing'er and Shuang'er didn't listen to him, so he went to see Zhu'er again.
But Pearl turned her head and did not meet his eyes at all.
The three of them obviously had no hope, and Princess Lu Jie was injured. She couldn't be left kneeling like this, right?
So Jin Feng could only turn around and help Princess Lu Jie.
However, Princess Lu Jie was unwilling to get up at all and remained kneeling like this.
"Lu Jie, don't be like this. If you want to talk, get up and have a good chat. If you don't want to talk, I will go back." Jin Feng said helplessly.
Princess Lu Jie might be really worried that Jin Feng would leave immediately, so she straightened up after hearing this.
Jin Feng heard the movement behind him and turned around.
"Mr. Jin, since you said we can chat like friends, I won't hide you. You have never been to the grassland and don't know what it looks like now.
In the past few years, there have been constant natural disasters on the grasslands, and the herdsmen could not survive. The last time Yuguan City failed, you captured Shan... you captured Yeluxiong, and the tribes fell into melee, and the herdsmen's lives became even worse.
It’s sad, I don’t know how many people die every day.
It’s still summer, and in winter, more people will die!”
Princess Lu Jie seemed to have found a channel to vent her anger. She knelt down on the bed and said a lot with red eyes: "Mr. Jin, I know you are very dissatisfied with the Eastern Barbarians' southern expedition and the siege of Yuguan City before, but those were all caused by Yeluxiong."
What they lead has nothing to do with the herdsmen!"
"How many times have you Eastern Barbarians launched a total of southern expeditions over the years? How much property did you plunder from the Central Plains in each southern expedition? Do you know how much more taxes the people of Dakang have to pay every year in order to collect the annual 'rewards' for you?
How many people are forced to death every year?”
When talking about this issue, Jin Feng became a little excited: "If it weren't for you, would Dakang have fallen to this point? Now the responsibility is put on a captured Shanyu, and you want to expose the matter lightly? How can it be so?
Easy thing?"
"Mr. Jin, even without us, do you think the lives of the prosperous people will be better than they are now?" Princess Lu Jie asked.
Jin Feng was silent for a moment after hearing this.
Yes, the most fundamental problem in Dakang is not caused by the Eastern Barbarian parties, but by land annexation.
Chapter 1700 Frank Talk (2 / 2)
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The powerful, wealthy and landlord class are too greedy and have been sucking the blood of the common people.
In fact, this problem is an issue that all feudal dynasties cannot avoid.
When a dynasty is first established, it is often more peaceful and the people's lives will be easier.
In addition to the fact that the emperors of the new dynasty were more diligent, open-minded, and enterprising, it was also because the new dynasty had just been established and there were not that many powerful people.
As time went by, the powerful began to spread their wings. During the beginning of the dynasty, a prime minister would marry two or three wives, have more than a dozen children, and each child would have more than a dozen children... It would take several decades to reproduce.
A big family of hundreds of people came out.
No matter how honest the prime minister is, he cannot watch his children, grandchildren, and grandchildren go farming. He will definitely find a way out for them.
In the feudal era, the business environment was poor and the status of merchants was low. These people would definitely not go into business and could only become officials.
This is how the gate valve is formed from generation to generation.
These people want to suck the blood of the people, and land annexation is becoming more and more serious.
It may not be a problem for more than ten years or decades, but Dakang has been founded for hundreds of years, and the wealthy class in the country is like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and the number of people it has accumulated is too many.
No matter how much blood the people have, they can't bear to be sucked like this!
If you encounter a fatuous emperor again, such as Chen Ji, it will be even more doomed.
Chen Ji cannot be said to be tyrannical, but he lives deep in the palace and has long been completely separated from the people. His understanding of the people can only come from memorials.
The people were living in dire straits, but Chen Ji still felt that the world was peaceful. Every year, officials presented him with flowers and stones, and he was overjoyed.
Land annexation and the greed of powerful families were the fundamental reasons for the demise of Dakang. Even without the invasion of foreign tribes such as the Eastern Barbarians, Dakang was destined to be destroyed.
Although this is the truth, you definitely can't say this to Princess Lu Jie now.
So Jin Feng was filled with righteous indignation and said: "Dakang does have many problems, but those are also our own business. Because of your greed, it has seriously increased the burden on the people of Dakang. This is an indisputable fact!"
This time it was Princess Lu Jie's turn to be silent.
Yes, without the continuous plundering of the Eastern Barbarians, Dakang would not have perished so quickly. Even if it perished, it would have nothing to do with the Eastern Barbarians.
The conflict between the two parties lasted too long.
It started before the birth of Princess Jin Feng and Lu Jie. It can be said that for so many years, the Eastern Barbarians have been sucking the blood of Dakang to survive. Without Dakang's annual tribute to support the powerful, the Eastern Barbarians would have been in chaos long ago.
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The damage caused by time can only be healed slowly over time. It cannot be smoothed over in one or two conversations.
Princess Lu Jie can't do it, and Jin Feng can't do it either.
Relatively speaking, Princess Lu Jie has done very well.
Including this time, she did not threaten or even mention the incident of saving Jin Feng yesterday. Instead, she repeatedly lowered her stance and tried to negotiate normally.
I have to say that Princess Lu Jie’s decision was very correct.
If she comes up and talks about saving Jin Feng's life, Jin Feng probably won't even talk to her.
But not everyone has the consciousness of Princess Lu Jie, such as standing