Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

"I won't force you to eat those things that you can't finish."

"Just take off the official hat on your head when you leave, because you don't deserve to wear it!"

After speaking, Li Shimin shook his sleeves and left, retreating.

The other officials came to the corridor outside the hall in doubt.

The relatively good breakfast in the past has only become a pot of white porridge like what the refugees eat today.

Not to mention eating it, just smelling the porridge made from brown rice is a bit pungent.

Here, the guards and eunuchs in the palace have already been arranged.

A full bowl of porridge was filled for everyone, and the amount was the same for everyone, so there was absolutely no mistake.

Officials like those generals are okay.

He has a strong body, and during the war, he ate and slept in the open, was injured and bled, and suffered far more than this bowl of boiling hot porridge.

So they just felt that the taste was really not very good when they took the first sip, but it was nothing, so they continued to drink, and quickly drank up a large bowl.

But when it came to those civil servants, the situation became completely different.

They are all of gentry origin.

Not to mention the golden branches and jade leaves since childhood, but it is definitely pampered.

Not to mention such porridge, they usually don't even know how to eat coarse rice and coarse salt.

Their daily eating habits are so exquisite that they are almost demanding, how can they bear this hardship.

Therefore, when many people take the first mouthful of porridge, they feel that the smell is pungent, and the taste is so hard to swallow that they spit it out.

At this time, the chief eunuch in charge of supervision shouted loudly, "Your Majesty has an order that anyone who vomits porridge will be fined one month's salary and an extra bowl."

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Upon hearing the eunuch's words, the group of ministers almost felt like crying.

This one-month salary is nothing.

After all, none of them who came from the gentry would care about that little money.

But this extra penalty of drinking a bowl of porridge is simply killing them.

I don't know how to swallow this bowl right now, but I have another bowl.

Some of them, when they knew that they had to drink another bowl, immediately lost their temper.

He just took off the official hat on his head, and said with a soft snort.

"It doesn't matter if this official doesn't work, at worst, I will go back to the countryside with Mr. Pei Ji!"

Even though they said this, they still had confidence in their hearts.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty were all from the gentry.

If I am like this today, it is nothing more than a demotion and a change of yamen.

It doesn't matter to him as a fifth grade.

But by doing so, he can show his courage and determination, and please Pei Ji, Feng Deyi and other leaders of the noble families in the world.

Once he is favored and appreciated by them, he may not be able to overcome the bottleneck of the fifth rank in the future, and he may even go a step further.

In the long run, it might be a good thing.

But what he never expected, at this time the chief eunuch shouted directly: "Your Majesty has a decree that anyone who resigns from office and takes off his hat will be expelled from Chang'an and will never be hired."

As soon as he heard this will, that person immediately became stupid.

Then even if he wanted to save him, it was useless, and he was directly driven out by the guards in the palace.

After seeing such a scene, the group of ministers finally understood that His Majesty was really cruel this time.

It seems that this bowl of porridge, they have to drink it, and if they don't drink it, they have to bite the bullet and drink it!

Among them, the one who feels the most terrible is the elder of the three dynasties, Feng Deyi, who is over 60 years old.

He has been rich and well-fed all his life, how has he ever eaten such disgusting food?

This is simply like pig food, hard to swallow.

As for him, fortunately, he was also cunning and cunning, and he hesitated until the end before walking forward.

It can be regarded as avoiding the two big pits in front.

But in the end, no matter what, he had to finish the bowl of porridge.

……

After half an hour passed, this group of pampered nobles and gentlemen retched one by one, with tears coming out of the corners of their eyes.

While lamenting, he walked outside the palace gate.

"Ugh……"

"Where is this something that people eat!"

"We are the gentry in the world, and the family has been passed down for hundreds of years. How can your majesty tell us to eat the same food as the refugees?"

"My stomach, I want to vomit but I can't vomit."

"When I think about eating such a bowl of food, I feel sick in my heart..."

Hearing their complaints, Feng Deyi also felt extremely uncomfortable. He was supported by others, shook his head and comforted him and said, "I tell you all, you have already eaten this porridge, so don't complain anymore."

"Be careful that this wall has ears. It was sent to His Majesty by some villains, and you will lose your hat again."

"You have all seen it today, even Boss Sikong has been demoted and returned home. What did we do?"

"Master Pei Ji's demotion, and this white porridge, are all good deeds done by that merchant, Li Qiu!"

"Our Majesty, you would rather pamper this merchant than trust us gentry."

"Oh, it's really chilling..."

Hearing Feng Deyi's words, everyone nodded one after another, all of them bared their teeth, their eyes showed fierce looks, and they put all the blame for today's debt on Li Qiu.

On the other side, in the Furong Garden.

After breakfast, the prescription prescribed by Sun Simiao has already started to be boiled in a big pot.

Then one by one sent to the hands of the sick people.

"Come on, drink the medicine."

While talking, A Ke handed a bowl of medicine to an old woman.

Then he turned around and took another bowl, and handed it to another person.

What she said was, as usual, emotionless.

However, in the past few days of contact with these refugees, she seems to have said more than the sum of the previous years.

At this time, the old lady, as well as the surrounding women and old people, took the medicine respectfully, and kept expressing their gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.

"Miss Ake, you are really a good person in the world."

"Not only is he beautiful, but he also has a heart like a bodhisattva with great compassion..."

Hearing their gratitude, A Ke's whole body seemed to be petrified there.

She, from birth, was destined to be a machine that lurks in the dark and lives exclusively to kill people.

On her hands, on the sharp blade at her waist, there is no telling how much blood has been stained.

How many lives and souls have been harvested.

Even if you say she is a devil, a cold-blooded devil, A Ke will not be surprised at all.

But now, she is called a good person, a merciful bodhisattva by these weak and weak people.

This huge contrast had a huge impact on A Ke's heart.

At this time, the servant on the side smiled and explained to everyone.

"Now the one who delivers the medicine to you is not an ordinary person, but our Princess Yunzhong of the Tang Dynasty."

Upon hearing their words, the refugees in the entire hall immediately panicked.

Hastily got up and knelt down to A Ke, "So Miss A Ke is Your Highness the Princess?"

"We lowly people, how can we let Her Royal Highness deliver the medicine for us?"

"We can't afford this no matter what..."

Seeing them like this, A Ke helped them up with her own hands.

"In this Hibiscus Garden, there are not so many rules."

"Look, Li Qiu over there is the prince; Luo Kexin is the daughter of Luo Cheng, Duke of Yue, and the adopted daughter of Princess Pingyang; Miss Wu Jue is the daughter of Duke Ying and Minister of the Ministry of Industry."

"Aren't they all doing the same?"

"Take medicine well, get well soon, and take care of your body, that is the greatest reward for us."

After finishing speaking, A Ke rushed to the next palace.

At this time, looking at the background of A Ke gradually leaving, looking at Li Qiu, Luo Kexin, Wu Jue and others who are busy in the distance.

The people here, with moist eyes, are constantly grateful: "Prince Li Qiu, Princess Ake, Miss Kexin, Miss Wujue, they are all the greatest good people in the world."

"If I don't die, I am willing to pray to the gods and Buddhas every day to protect their well-being."

"We were born in troubled times, and we can only blame the invading Turkic Hu people for the war."

"And we are still alive thanks to being born in the Tang Dynasty, having His Majesty and Empress, Prince Li Qiu, Princess A Ke, Miss Kexin, and Miss Wu Jue."

"Now that they've helped us like this, if we can't get through this winter, we'll feel sorry for them..."

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in the next few days.

Most of these refugees have recovered from their illnesses.

His physical condition is also much better than when he first came here.

The statistics, inventory, and classification of their household registrations have also been completed.

So Li Qiu, Zhang Yungu and others gathered most of them together.

When the personnel arrived and the venue kept quiet, Li Qiu looked at them and said slowly, "From now until next spring, there are still a few months to go."

"To tell you the truth, if all of you continue to stay in this Furong Garden, stay around this Chang'an City."

"The food transferred by His Majesty and the relief food I tried my best to help you raise are still far from enough."

After hearing Li Qiu's words, none of the nearly ten thousand refugees present were emotional or dissatisfied.

They just sighed and said: "My lord, what you, Your Majesty, and those grown-ups have done for us, we have seen and remembered everything in our hearts."

"We also know that we have too many people."

"Our Tang Dynasty is still fighting the Turks, and we are short of food."

"Actually, even if you don't tell me, my lord, we won't stay in your Hibiscus Garden forever, and continue to cause trouble for good people like my lord, Princess Ake, Miss Kexin, and Miss Wujue."

"Wait tomorrow, we will all leave here."

"I just hope that you can show mercy and take those poor children in."

"We people, if we die, we will die, but for those children, it would be a pity to die."

Listening to what they said, Li Qiu made a gesture of pressing down, signaling for them to be quiet.

After a while, Li Qiu smiled and said to them very seriously and sincerely: "There is one thing I hope you can remember."

"No matter when, no matter what kind of predicament we encounter, I won't, and neither will this Tang Dynasty, leave you alone."

"Of course, staying around Chang'an City is not a long-term solution."

"So, there is one thing I want to discuss with you, and talk about my plan and the arrangement for you."