Your Majesty, please beg for mercy. The prince's rebellion was successful.

Zhou Zheng took Gong Tan and kept things simple all the way.

Keep going north along the official road.

He left Uncle Fu to take care of the Prince's Mansion, and he didn't have any elite guards to follow him, so it seemed a lot easier.

You can see the prosperity of the Zhou Dynasty from the car window, but the further north you go, the more obvious the decline of this prosperity becomes.

The further away from the imperial capital, the more Zhou Zheng could see the true secular side of the Zhou Dynasty.

It had been three hundred years since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. Although the country's power had been greatly improved in Zhou Tian's hands, the treasury was full, and there were many soldiers and generals, it still did not change the people's livelihood.

Zhumen's wine-meat-smelling roads froze bones to death. This phenomenon was seen from time to time as Zhou Zheng continued to travel to the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The clothes are in rags and there are many refugees.

This is the real life of the people at the bottom of the Zhou Dynasty.

"I didn't expect that His Highness the Crown Prince would have a compassionate heart."

Gong Tan, who was in the carriage, saw Zhou Zheng sitting up straight and saw the complicated look in his eyes, which was also very meaningful.

Along the way, Zhou Zheng did not take advantage of Gong Tan, but the way Zhou Zheng felt sorry for the people at the bottom surprised Gong Tan.

"The people are the most important weapon of the country."

Withdrawing his gaze, Zhou Zheng fell into deep thought.

In this life, he originally just wanted to live his life quietly, with no worries about food and clothing.

But in the battle for the rightful son, Zhou Zheng was forced to get involved because of his father's disregard for him and even a hint of disgust towards him.

But now that he saw the suffering of the people, Zhou Zheng felt something strange deep in his heart.

"Your Highness, do you really think the people are so important?"

Hearing Zhou Zheng's words, Gong Tan, who had always been indifferent, raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell directly on Zhou Zheng.

As the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department, Gong Tan has met many dignitaries and even had some contact with the emperor's family.

She knows better than anyone else that these so-called people are nothing more than ants in the hearts of the rulers.

Who really cares about the lives of these people?

Not even the slightest sense of compassion!

"The world only knows that the whole world is not the land of the king, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers."

"As everyone knows, the rise and fall of a dynasty depends on the people."

Sighing, Zhou Zheng has lived through a lot of history, seen a lot of military tactics, and understands the aspirations of the people, which is what makes a country prosperous.

"Please give me your advice, His Royal Highness."

At this moment, Gong Tan was completely shocked.

Since ancient times, the rise and fall of dynasties has been normal, but everyone attributes it to the emperor.

This was the first time she heard from a person that the key to the rise and fall of a dynasty lies in the people!

Gong Tan's eyes looking at Zhou Zheng were no longer what they used to be.

If Zhou Zheng only recited poems and composed poems, he might be regarded as a talented man in the eyes of the world, but Gong Tan didn't care about this at all.

Useless is a scholar.

No matter what level of poetry and painting he has reached, if he is full of talent and only knows how to write and write, in Gong Tan's eyes, he is just a talker.

Seeing how serious Gong Tan was, Zhou Zheng couldn't help but become interested.

"I can't speak of advice, but the thoughts deep in my heart have never been able to be vented."

"The world doesn't understand me. Seeing Xiaotan being so interested makes me feel a sense of sympathy in my heart."

"It's a long road, we might as well talk about it together."

Zhou Zheng said as he approached Gong Tan.

Inadvertently, he gently placed his palm on Gong Tan's thin hand.

Feeling the tenderness and freshness of the tentacles, Zhou Zheng's heartbeat accelerated a lot.

After waiting for so long, I finally touched Gong Tan's hand.

He wanted to run his fingers across the green and jade-like hands of palace sandalwood, but Zhou Zheng forcibly suppressed his inner impulse. As the so-called water flows slowly, he just wanted to moisturize things quietly and slowly.

"In my opinion, the relationship between the people and the king is the relationship between water and boats."

Worried that Gong Tan would notice that he had gently covered her mutton-fat jade hand, Zhou Zheng had a serious look on his face and said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

"Water can carry a boat and capsize it!"

Just eight words, but like a bolt from the blue, Gong Tan was stunned in place.

"Water can carry a boat and also capsize it..."

Gong Tan kept chanting these eight words in her mouth, and her expression kept changing. It was obvious that these eight words had an unprecedented impact on her.

"The people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the light."

Seeing that Gong Tan was completely shocked by his point of view, Zhou Zheng quickly struck while the iron was hot and said something more weighty!

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Gong Tan's eyes grew suddenly, her little cherry mouth opened completely due to the shock, and even her body trembled.

She looked at the serious Zhou Zheng in front of her, her breathing quickened.

Such words have raised the status of the people unprecedentedly.

This is a situation that countless people dare not even think about, and it is also a situation that the king will never allow.

But unfortunately, these words that were enough to shock the world came from the mouth of this pervert who was an out-and-out pervert in her eyes!

At this moment, Zhou Zheng's status in Gong Tan's heart became even higher!

"Your Highness, do you really think so?"

Gong Tan's voice kept shaking, and the thin hand covered by Zhou Zheng even grasped Zhou Zheng's generous palm.

Today, there are many countries in the world, wars are endless, and the people are in dire straits.

The emperor of the Zhou Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence, practiced benevolent government, and benevolent. He was already a sage king in the eyes of the world.

But even so, he never truly governed the country from the standpoint of the people.

But it happened that Zhou Zheng said these seemingly treasonous words!

"That's right!"

"What I care about has never been the supreme imperial power, but the happiness of the people in the world."

"That is what I pursue in my life."

Realizing that his palm was tightly grasped by Gong Tan, Zhou Zheng nodded quickly.

"It's a pity that this road is too difficult. It's too lonely for me to walk alone."

When the conversation changed, Zhou Zheng lowered his head, frowned, and sighed softly.

"I know you are different."

"Because I can feel that Xiao Tan has great love in your heart."

When it came to the emotional point, Zhou Zheng exerted a slight force on his arm and pulled Gong Tan towards his arms.

"Your Highness..."

However, just when Zhou Zheng was ready for the beauty to fall into his arms, Gong Tan's palm gently fell on Zhou Zheng's chest, keeping a distance from Zhou Zheng.

"Oh shit!"

Seeing this, Zhou Zheng was secretly unhappy. He knew that it seemed that the method of quietly building a plank road to infiltrate Chencang in secret would not work, or Gong Tan might have discovered it.

Then he smiled and consciously let go of Gong Tan's palm.

After all, the tall image that was finally established just now cannot be easily defeated.

Otherwise, it will not be easy to do it again next time.

"If His Highness can really do this, my subordinates are willing to follow you to the death!"

However, just when Zhou Zheng was thinking about how to continue deceiving Gong Tan next time, he saw Gong Tan take a step back, straight in the carriage, and kneel down towards Zhou Zheng!

"Follow me to the death!?"

"What labor and management want now is your body, not your loyalty!"

Zhou Zheng didn't react, but the corners of his mouth were already twitching.

The evil fire in my lower abdomen was rushing around, but my heart was half cold!