Chapter 1135 Only a benevolent monarch can govern the country
"Yeah." Mu Bai nodded.
The King of Northern Qin was indeed warlike. When he was in good health, his biggest hobby was to study how to occupy the cities of surrounding countries.
We have not had good relations with the Chu State, and now we want to take advantage of the fact that Her Majesty the Queen of the Southern Jin Dynasty is ill and Nanyang is fighting for power with the Queen to attack the Southern Jin Dynasty.
The result of making enemies everywhere was that he had to focus on military affairs, leaving farming and commerce behind.
Let me ask you, if all the strong men are recruited to join the army, who will cultivate the land?
What's more, war requires money and military supplies, and these must be burdened on the people.
As a result, people's lives became increasingly difficult.
And their military strength in Northern Qin was actually getting weaker and weaker.
The King of Northern Qin knew this very well, so he became even more eager to occupy wealthy cities in other countries and seize resources to save his own people's completely overwhelmed needs.
But fighting everywhere will consume more military supplies, and the people's lives will become even poorer.
In short, Northern Qin is now trapped in a strange circle, a vicious circle.
But the imperial capital is still so prosperous, and those in power are living a good life and don't care about the misery of the people.
They just need to grab more resources.
"The people here can at least have enough food and clothing, even if their lives are a little more miserable, but the people in those border cities are struggling to find even a winter coat at this time."
Qingge said nothing and followed him to a noodle shop, dismounted, sat down, and meditated.
I really didn't expect that Northern Qin had always been so strong and powerful externally.
Inside, it has fallen into such disrepair.
However, throughout the ages, how many warlike emperors can lead a country to prosperity?
What's more, it was indeed prosperous enough, but it slowly declined in the years of war. www.yshuge.
Only a benevolent king can govern a country, and a tyrant is always a nightmare for the people.
"Waiter, please bring two bowls of beef noodles."
Soon, two bowls of hot beef noodles were served.
Chu Qingge was about to start eating, but unexpectedly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a dirty child not far away staring at her beef noodles.
Looking sideways, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looking eager.
"This child..."
"What are you looking at? Get out! Don't hinder my business!" Before Qingge could finish his words, the store owner had already walked over and kicked him out viciously.
The child kept staring at the beef noodles in front of Chu Qingge, salivating and unwilling to leave.
During the tug-of-war, a middle-aged woman wearing coarse linen clothes rushed out from the back alley. It looked like she was washing the dishes just now.
The clothes on his body were still stained with moisture.
"Sorry, sorry, I'll take him away right now. I'm really sorry..."
The middle-aged woman finally took the little boy away. Looking from a distance, the two of them were washing dishes in the corner of the back alley.
The little boy squatted next to his mother, and on this cold day when winter turned to spring, he stretched out his frozen hands and mechanically helped his mother wash the dishes.
The shopkeeper walked past Chu Qingge, and Qingge suddenly said calmly: "Give them a bowl of noodles."
She glanced at Mu Bai.
Mu Bai took out a piece of silver from his pocket and placed it on the table.
But the shopkeeper shook his head and sighed: "Girl, sir, I am not a very evil person, nor am I really that cruel, but here..."
He glanced around.
On the street, there are countless people dressed in sloppy and dirty clothes.
