It has been five or six days since Li Chengqian arrived in Qinzhou.
During these five or six days, he did two things in total.
One, wipe out the entire Zhai family.
Second, a group of second-generation military officers who committed crimes were arrested and pardoned.
In the days that followed, he stayed in the inn, doing nothing but spending the whole day with his wife.
Perhaps it was the feeling that the storm was about to come, so there were far fewer people wandering around the streets these days.
Especially downstairs of the inn, no one would pass by more than two hands in a whole day.
Seeing this scene, Li Yu noticed something was wrong.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Yu came to Li Chengqian and said bluntly: "There is no one outside now."
"Um."
Li Chengqian drank tea calmly: "I saw it."
"Saw?"
Li Yu's face was full of confusion: "Don't you think this is a bit weird?"
"Weird, so weird."
Li Chengqian still had an indifferent face, as if it had nothing to do with him.
At this time, Li Yu couldn't bear it anymore.
"By the way, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"If I remember correctly, you came to Qinzhou just to deal with corrupt officials, right?"
"Where have you punished corrupt officials?"
Li Yu said: "Just kill Zhai Wuzhong, and then appease the military households, and that's it?"
When Li Chengqian heard this, he remained calm.
He picked up the tea cup and blew on the tea foam on it: "From the moment an arrow pops out of the bow string, it takes a while to fly to hit the bull's eye."
"Let the arrow fly for a while..."
What he said is as mysterious as it is mysterious.
Li Yu didn't even understand a bit of it, and looked at Li Chengqian with confusion and confusion.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian shook his head and smiled.
"Because of my father's indulgence."
"Qinzhou has always been a very chaotic place."
"What about officials protecting each other and collusion between officials and businessmen? It’s almost the norm here.”
Speaking of this, Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Yu: "Do you know what normalcy is?"
Li Yu met his gaze and was stunned, but said nothing.
"Normality means that the people here are almost used to it."
Li Chengqian said slowly: "They are used to being bullied and used to seeing rich people taking detours."
"In other places, the people do not fight with the officials, and the people do not fight with the rich. This may be what the old people say to their children."
"But here, it has long been a social law that the people must abide by that the people do not fight with the officials and the people do not fight with the rich."
After a few words, Li Yu seemed to understand but not understand.
He looked at Li Chengqian blankly and said, "So?"
"So, we have to break this rule first."
Li Chengqian picked up the tea cup, looked at the tea leaves inside and said, "Some people say that tea leaves need to be boiled with onions, ginger and garlic."
"But I just like drinking brewed tea."
"Especially this Pu'er from Caiyunzhinan, it is simply the best of the best. After drinking it, you will never forget the taste."
Li Yu's brows twitched back and forth.
What is this guy talking about?
Why is it so baffling?
However, Li Chengqian ignored him and still said to himself: "But it's useless for me to drink it. Others still say that brewed tea is not as good as boiled tea."
"The teahouses in Chang'an City also focused on making tea at the beginning."
"But since my father also started drinking brewed tea, everything has changed."
Li Chengqian suddenly raised the corner of his mouth: "Teahouses have begun to make tea, and small teahouses that provide tea can be seen everywhere on the streets."
"Uncle Li, do you know why this is?"
"Why?"
Li Yu subconsciously asked.
"Because the rules have changed."
"In the beginning, making tea is the rule."
"But slowly, brewing tea became mainstream, and brewing tea declined."
Li Chengqian played with the teacup and said to himself: "When one day, people no longer believe that justice will defeat evil, evil will dominate the world."
These words sound mysterious and mysterious.
But in fact, his words all pointed to the same place.
Nothing more than these four words: social law.
It is never individuals but laws that dominate society.
This point has already occurred since Shang Yang's reform.
Shang Yang used laws to establish social order.
When a good social order is established, the country will naturally become stronger.
But whenever an era enters a certain period, it is no longer the court or the country that sets the order, but a certain person in power.
This is what Qinzhou is like today.
The order established by these people in power has overshadowed the imperial power.
Make the people fear like tigers.
As a result, Li Chengqian worked here for five days, and still no one came to seek redress for his grievances.
He did not believe that these people had not suffered.
He did not believe that these people had not suffered oppression.
But why didn't they say it?
In short, two words, dare not.
They don't have the guts to challenge authority.
Two more words will not work.
They didn't believe that Li Chengqian would really make the decision for them.
They only believe in the laws of society that they see with their own eyes.
Li Chengqian swallowed the tea in the cup and the tea leaves together.
"I know that there is no absolute fairness in this world."
Li Chengqian said slowly: "What I want is not absolute fairness, just relative fairness."
"However, it is relatively fair now, and it seems that it is gone."
"Here, I can only see oppression, oppression, and broken teeth." Li Chengqian looked at the empty teacup, sighed, raised his head and said, "This is not the world I want, and the world in my heart should not be like this."
After hearing this, Li Yu finally understood.
"Survival of the fittest, the weak and the strong, is an eternal truth."
Li Yu paused, pursed his lips and said, "Humans are always greedy."
"No matter how greedy you are, you should have some moderation."
"Their achievements are achievements, that is not the reason for their evil deeds."
"Today is the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty, not the Western Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago where they could break the earth and become princes."
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and held the tea cup tightly: "Whoever doesn't let the people live a good life will not live a good life."
Snapped!
The tea cup shattered into pieces in Li Chengqian's hand.
Li Yu was startled.
Looking at Li Chengqian's bloody palm, he quickly found something to bandage him.
"Uncle Li, don't worry about me."
Li Chengqian stood up slowly and said, "You should go downstairs to the inn now."
Li Yu was stunned for a moment: "What are you going to do downstairs?"
"I think."
"There should be someone in the corner watching us secretly."
Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Go and bring him up, let him be bolder, and say whatever he wants."
This time, Li Yu didn't understand even more.
However, he still followed what Li Chengqian said and walked downstairs to the inn.
Fu Laoliu stood guard at the door.
Seeing Li Yu coming, he immediately greeted him: "General Li, why are you down?"
"Come out and have a look."
Li Yu still kept a serious face, looked around and said, "Did anyone come here just now?"
"No."
Fu Laoliu shook his head.
Seeing Li Yu still looking around, Fu Laoliu couldn't help but ask: "Who are you looking for? How about I go find it for you?"
Li Yu said nothing, staring closely at a deep alley...