The prince is most afraid of being known as "buying people's hearts".
Even the fourth prince spoke, and everyone naturally knelt down: "Your Majesty, although I am not talented, I am still willing to do my best."
"Exactly, I am willing to follow His Highness and do my best."
Many things require an opportunity, and these veteran officials all know this very well, and now... is that opportunity.
After everyone returned home, they immediately bought rice and grain, and instantly became very active. Starting from that afternoon, porridge shops outside the city were set up one after another, giving out porridge and clothing, creating a busy scene.
On the outskirts of Fuyuan and around the entrance of Zhuangzi, the people gradually left.
The matter seems to be resolved.
But in fact, some people are still full of resentment, thinking that other people can have porridge without using anything, but Yuefang still has to work!
Yan Shiyue would directly explain to such people and drive them out if they found out! It was really because she felt like the food was too cold to eat, so she was not used to these people's bad habits.
But they are really about to be driven away, but these people are determined not to leave. They are not stupid. Of course they know how difficult it is to have a place to stay in today's situation.
Yan Shiyue continued to make disinfectant powder with the fourth prince, and made the finished product. After testing, he asked people to send it to the disaster area as soon as possible, and then kept a batch to be sent to the Forbidden Army for use in water supplies outside the city.
disinfect.
The two of them went on to make the next batch.
At this point, the craftsmen have become more mature and she no longer needs to do everything. However, she has been in a bad mood recently because of the disaster relief work, so she simply finds something to occupy herself, so she runs here day by day.
After the second batch of materials also entered the aging stage, they could take a short break. Yan Shiyue and the fourth prince were talking and leaving the construction site when they were suddenly blocked by a group of people.
There were more than a dozen people in this group wearing the robes of the Imperial Academy students. The first person with thick eyebrows and big eyes was Shi Lei from the Osmanthus Club that day.
Everyone came together to greet him.
Yan Shiyue's first reaction was that Yan Shitu wouldn't beat up his classmates, right? Then he felt guilty and said politely: "Is something okay, everyone?"
Shi Lei said seriously: "Your Highness! We have something unclear and would like to ask Your Highness for advice."
"What's the matter?"
Shi Lei said loudly: "Your Highness is the blessed empress praised by everyone, why do you act like this..." He paused and chose a gentler word: "Weird?"
Yan Shiyue said: "Why did Shi Xiaolang say this?"
Shi Lei said: "Those victims have left their homes, their wives and children have been separated. They have already experienced human tragedies. In addition, most of them suffered from injuries and illnesses along the way and are extremely weak. Why do you still exploit them like this? Why do you still ask them to work?
?It is said that even women and children are not spared... Is this really what His Highness means? Or is it that the slave below is acting behind your back? None of us believe that Empress Fu is such a person!"
The fourth prince raised his eyebrows and was about to speak.
Yan Shiyue stopped him, took a small ingot from his arms, and threw it directly on the ground: "Go pick it up and bring it back, I'll reward you!"
Shi Lei was stunned, surprised and embarrassed: "Your Highness! Your Highness, you..."
His eyes were full of hurt: "Although Shi Lei is just a scholar, he is not a slave who allows His Highness to order him around! Isn't His Highness's move too, too frivolous?"
Yan Shiyue bent down slightly on the horse and looked into his eyes: "Shi Lei, a gentleman does not eat what he has received, and a man of lofty ideals does not drink water from a stolen spring. If you feel humiliated and unwilling to take it from my 'frivolous' charity, then, you
Why do you think that others are willing to eat porridge from charity?"
Shi Lei was stunned.
He stared at her blankly, and then he suddenly realized: "So that's it! So that's what His Highness thinks! So His Highness wants to choose those worth saving from the victims! Isn't that right?"
The fourth prince said coldly: "Fuyan once said to me, 'It is not advisable to get things by begging. If a person's spine is bent, he will never be able to straighten it again, so I would rather call them a fool."
To employ workers, they must also be paid for their work.'"
Shi Lei was stunned, and everyone was also thoughtful.
The fourth prince said: "Fuyan called people to do work, and they were all simple jobs picked from the workshop. Eighty percent of the things these people made were unusable, and they also cost work materials. In addition to preparing the house, every day
Three meals, there are many things that are much more difficult than giving out porridge! It also takes a lot of effort!"
The students were even more surprised and asked one after another: "Is this so?"
The fourth prince continued: "If you think about it differently, a person who has nothing to do all day long, just looking forward to a mouthful of porridge that will disappear at some point, is better than having something to do, a place to live, food to eat, and medicine when he is sick.
Which one is better for making money? Don't you read the books of sages in vain and don't even understand such a simple truth?"
All the students were ashamed for a moment.
Yan Shiyue felt that the fourth prince was really a helper.
When she did these things, she never thought about paying back.
But she is not a kind person who shows kindness without expecting repayment. In this situation, if she doesn't say anything, those fools will really think that she has taken advantage of her.
But she really didn't know how the fourth prince knew this?
She asked: "Fourth brother, how do you know that 80% of what they made cannot be used?"
The fourth prince said matter-of-factly: "I went to see it and saw that your people were burning those materials. They said that 70% to 80% of them were unusable, and most of the rest needed to be polished, which is almost the same as making a new one." He glanced at her and said: "
It’s really thankless for you.”
Okay, let's bow to Fourth Master's sincerity. Fortunately, she is not pretending to do good deeds. If she is fake, she will be caught immediately by Fourth Master, who has sharp eyes and golden eyes.
Yan Shiyue smiled and said: "Fourth brother, good people will definitely be very happy to make friends with you, but bad people, especially hypocrites, will definitely be extremely unwilling to make friends with you."
"Why make friends? I don't have time to make friends." The fourth prince had the style of a feudal ruling class: "Besides, even a hypocrite can be used, as long as we can distinguish first whether he is a true gentleman or a hypocrite."
It is said that Shi Lei and others returned to the Imperial Academy, and Fan Zhengyi was reading a book. When he saw them coming back, he put down his book and said, "Can I ask clearly?"
Shi Lei said shamefully: "I've asked clearly."
He recounted what happened, and Duke Fan nodded slowly: "Your Highness has a great heart."
They went through the dining hall, and it was not just Fan Gong's group who went there. When the disciples went back, they naturally told the teacher.
As a result, this matter quickly spread throughout the Imperial College, and most of these Imperial College students were officials, second generation, second generation, etc., so they naturally took them back to their families.
Different from the civil and military officials in the court, most of the students from the Imperial College are young and energetic, and they have always admired His Highness Fuyan. Especially the participants in this incident, they spontaneously stood up for her without anyone having to say anything.
explain.
The wind direction in the capital has quietly changed.
One day later, something big happened again. (To be continued)