"Yes, it is impossible to rescue the victims first, because someone must rescue the people, and the one who rescues them must be an official!" Li Jinglong said solemnly, "But, from the emperor to me..." After saying that, Zhao Shitou nodded.
, "People in our circle must say that we must save the people first, do you understand? Even if the truth is that officials must be saved first, we must say that we must save the people first. Not only must we say this, but we must also do it!"
Zhao Shi was silent. He was not a young man who didn't understand anything, but compared with an old fox in officialdom and a human spirit like Li Jinglong, he still seemed very immature, innocent and simple.
"As Meng Sheng said, the people are the most precious..."
Li Jinglong smiled and interrupted Zhao Shi, "Meng Laoer's words are also deceiving people!" He said, suppressing his smile and said, "It sounds nice to say it, but what Li'er does won't work! If the people do it,
Noble, why are there nobles in the world? You and I are both nobles, how noble are we compared to the nobles of the people?"
"The nobility of us lies in our status, and the nobility of the people lies in the fact that the water can carry or overturn the boat! Our nobility comes from all the people. If all the people are safe and obedient, the world will be peaceful. If the world is peaceful, all the people will obey and fear it. Only you and I are noble.
"
"This is why I said just now, why we all know that we must save the officials first, but we must save the people first! Many people are not as valuable as you and me. Their value lies in the power in their hands. If a big disaster comes, we will save the people first.
Such noble people can be seen as ignoring the common people. The common people's noble people will definitely destroy our noble people!"
"This is how it is in our family, our country, and our world!" Li Jinglong sighed and said in a muffled voice, "This is how things in the world are too!"
The topic seemed a bit profound, which made Zhao Shi feel upset for a while, as if there was something in his mind and he didn't have a clue.
"The people are valuable, they are valuable to all people, not to one person!" Li Jinglong looked at the victims below the city who were cheering for the rivers of blood shed by corrupt officials, and continued, "The value of the people lies in the fact that the people are not afraid of them.
Just die!"
"For people in our position, righteousness is the slogan, thunderous tactics are commonplace, and compassion cannot be exposed casually. In everything we do, we must consider the overall situation, and we will not be merciful when it comes to sacrificing who should be sacrificed. We may even treat someone as a scapegoat, or even know who is innocent.
, but we must also kill him painfully!”
"People in our position, no matter what they do in private, must be trusted by the people. People who believe in us put the people first!"
After the words fell, Zhao Shi fell into deep thought again and asked, "We?"
"Yes! Let's!" Li Jinglong turned around, smiled gently, pointed at Zhao Shi, and then nodded at himself, "We!"
Zhao Shi waved his hand quickly, "How can the boy be so virtuous...?"
Li Jinglong understands what we are talking about. It is probably describing the small group of people in the Ming Dynasty who compete for the top and most powerful people in the world!
"Do you still remember your identity?" Li Jinglong smiled and rubbed his hands, "You are the uncle of the state! The brother-in-law of the current Long Live Lord and the biological uncle of the Crown Prince. In the future, whether you are an official or a rich and idle person
No matter what, you are all in our circle!"
"Since you are in this circle, you must put yourself in their shoes and think about how you can maintain this circle. Maintaining this circle means maintaining the Ming Empire and the emperor. Since you are a person in this circle, you must think about things like what I just told you.
think."
"You can't be extreme, you can't be emotional, you can't be emotional, you can't be soft-hearted, you can't be too selfish, but you can't be too selfish. Say the right words at the right time, do the right things, meet the right people, and get the right money...
....”
"I really want to kick you under the city wall and let the victims tear you apart!"
Deng Zhen, who was on the side, listened to Li Jinglong's talk and felt angry in his heart, "You have to take this good kid into a ditch!"
At this time, Li Jinglong's words came to his ears again, "Otherwise, you just don't get along, you just can't stand..."
These words immediately stunned Deng Zhen, who had just been cursing in his heart. After a while, he secretly said, "Actually, what he said is right. If someone taught me this way in the early years, how could the Deng family be in the situation they are in now?
"
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"We!?" Zhao Shi thought about the word again, and then waved his hand fiercely, "Your Majesty, this is serious, it's too flattering, I...I..."
"Ha!" Li Jinglong smiled, "Uncle Guo, there is no need to be self-effacing. You will have many opportunities to practice in the future! You can remember what I said today and slowly understand it in the future!" As he said that, he patted the other party's hand again.
Shoulder smiled and said, "You are still too young. When you grow up, you will understand what I said!"
At the same time, he thought to himself, "Praise you? I am afraid that I will underestimate you!"
Li Jinglong saw the emperor's love for his brother-in-law and kept it in his heart.
In addition to this personal relationship, this uncle is a new force that the emperor will deliberately cultivate and slowly establish in the court that cannot be ignored.
This process may take twenty years, but the emperor is still young and Zhao Shitou is still young. As long as Zhao Shitou makes no mistakes, in twenty years he will definitely be one person lower than ten thousand people.
As for relatives not being allowed to interfere in politics, that depends on who becomes the emperor. Even if the emperor is fatuous, if the relatives of the Ming Dynasty want to cause trouble, the civil servants will tear them to pieces.
Twenty years is short or long, but more importantly, the prince has grown up twenty years later.
The biggest shortcoming of the prince is that there is no one in his mother's family. And the reason why the emperor deliberately cultivated Zhao Shi was to find a helper for the prince?
Of course, no matter how prominent Zhao Shi and even the Zhao family are.
Considering the emperor's character, he must have it in his hands, and his life and death are under his control.
At the same time, his Zhao family will also be a living target!
It is a living target that others are jealous of and want to knock down and stomp on a few more times!
But, that is something that should be considered twenty years later.
What Li Jinglong has to consider now is what role he will play in the next twenty years when Zhao Shi is about to develop.
At this moment, footsteps came from behind Li Jinglong.
"I am lowered to the rank of Hu Lian, and I am here to see you, Lord Duke!"
Li Jinglong turned around and saw a middle-aged official whose tired official uniform had lost its color and whose face was full of weathered weather was saluting him.
"Oh, Mr. Hu, how can this happen!" Li Jinglong hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and Langxeng smiled, "You, you have been beside the imperial envoy these days, assisting him in relieving the victims. Thank you for your hard work, Li
How can I accept your great gift when I see it all in my eyes?"
Hu Lian was very moved by this polite courtesy to Corporal Xian. He cupped his hands and said, "Master Xin sent me here to provide relief to the victims!" As he spoke, he licked his dry lips and said, "The grain storage in Huai'an has been exhausted. The warehouse
There are particles in it. Lord Xin means, is it the military rations brought by the Duke..."
"There is still food in Huai'an!" Li Jinglong said with a smile, "The military rations of the Huai'an Guards will be released first and given to the victims. The Guards will make a book of accounts. You will also make one later, and then someone will make a book here to distribute rations to the victims.
When the time comes, someone from the front who will handle it will make a copy!"
After saying that, he paused and said, "The four parties will gather the accounts, and the accounts will not be wrong!"
"This..." Hu Lian was stunned and cried in his heart.
They knew exactly why Li Jinglong came, and almost the military warehouse had nothing to do with civil servants like them. But now Li Jinglong obviously wanted to directly poke holes in the military warehouse in the name of the disaster.
He smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, how do we have the right to use the Huai'an Guard..."
"I have the right!" Li Jinglong smiled and looked at Deng Zhen, "Are you going?"
"It's a matter of official rank!" Deng Zhen's eyes twitched twice, his eyes a little ferocious.
At this time, another noise suddenly came from behind.
"Your Excellency, I want to see Duke Cao, Lord... please save me. I once helped the old man lead the horse. I once shed blood in Shangdu City!"