"The people are the most reasonable group in the world." Zhuang Lexian also pulled out a chair and sat down, put his arms on the table, and said, "If you treat them well, they will treat you well."

Huang Yuchen nodded gently, and suddenly felt that he had not done enough to them. He began to think about how to make the people of Chikang City live more comfortable.

"However, as a superior, your purpose is not a small Chikang City." Zhuang Lexian changed his tone and said, "Don't be blinded by what is happening in front of you. Chikang City is optional for the entire Qitian."

Huang Yuchen felt something in Zhuang Lexian's words, so he couldn't help but look at him and asked, "What do you mean?"

"The desires of people's hearts change with the changes in the environment." Zhuang Lexian looked at Huang Yuchen and whispered: "You have sent them a pension now. They are grateful to you because they have never obtained it before."

"If they regard this as the norm, you will have to pay a pension every time something similar happens. If it breaks once, your gratitude to you will become complaints. How grateful they are to you now, how much they will hate you at that time."

"Hate me?" Huang Yuchen felt that what Zhuang Lexian said was like a fantasy. He was so dedicated to the people of Chikang City, how could they hate him?

"Yes." Zhuang Lexian nodded and said, "As a friend, I shouldn't have poured cold water on you when you are happy, but as your comrade-in-arms, I must remind you that kindness does not control the army, goodness does not accumulate wealth. If you want to achieve greater achievements, don't stick to these small gains and losses."

"What you did today is very good. After winning the hearts of the people of Chikang City, most of the people of Chikang City can recognize you. But have you ever thought that people's excitement will always pass and return to daily life. What should you do at that time?"

When Huang Yuchen heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable. He was just now happy, and Zhuang Lexian's words were like a basin of cold water rushing towards him. The excitement in his heart disappeared just now.

"How to do it, naturally, I want to find a way to improve their quality of life and make them feel more attached to Qi Tian." Huang Yuchen just thought about this matter again, and he had already had a direction.

Huang Yuchen really has many ways to make a small town like Chikang City rich. The documents and classics he had read before were not in vain, and he is still carrying a huge sum of millions of taels of silver.

"If you do this, you may eventually lose Chikang City." Zhuang Lexian solemnly said to Huang Yuchen: "Not only may you lose, they may also surrender to your hostile forces."

"Impossible!" Huang Yuchen glared: "What you said just now is the most reasonable thing for the people. If I treat them well, they will treat me well. Besides, the people of Kangcheng have been loyal and righteous for generations, and there is no such possibility!"

"Of course, but this principle has a premise." Zhuang Lexian ignored Huang Yuchen's loyalty and righteousness for generations, because this was nothing different to him: "The premise is that you must always be nice to them. They still have no requirements for you now. If you start to think about them now, they will have requirements for you later."

"You know in your heart that you can't stay in Chikang City forever. You have to go back to the imperial capital. When you leave Chikang City and go to a wider world, can you still treat Chikang City as well as you are now?"

"If you can't, you will definitely lose Chikang City."

When Huang Yuchen heard this, he was about to speak, but Zhuang Lexian waved his hand and said in advance: "And, in the future, your city will increase and the population will increase, and the area you manage will become larger and larger."

"Can you guarantee that you are so good to all the people?" Zhuang Lexian had a very calm mood and remained serious: "If you set a precedent, any city that surrenders to you in the future will regard Chikang City as a benchmark. If you can't make them the same as the people of Chikang City, then you will not get their hearts, and what you receive in your hands is just an empty city built of stones."

"Once such a thing happens, as more and more cities under your command, more and more uncertain things will be more and more. There will inevitably be rumors among the people. How do you deal with it?"

"If you don't deal well, these cities that surrender to you may rebel. Then you will not regain Qitian, but give them a better reason to rebel."

"How can the prince not treat everyone equally? How can he guarantee that the emperor can treat everyone equally? Since they cannot treat everyone equally, their future is better than put on you."

When Zhuang Lexian said these words, his eyes were deep, and he changed his previous carelessness. The things he said hit Huang Yuchen's heart, causing the warm feeling he had just disappeared quickly.

Yes... Can you treat everyone equally?

This is obviously impossible. Huang Yuchen does not have that much energy or so much financial resources to take care of all the people in Qi Tian.

A Chikang City has only a few thousand households and a population of only tens of thousands, and cannot even catch up with any of the twenty cities of the Eastern Prince's Mansion. It is naturally easy to manage and satisfy the people.

There are hundreds of people and different shapes. Small towns with tens of thousands of people are still in remote areas, and how can they compare to big towns with hundreds of thousands of people in the hinterland of Qitian?

If these big cities join Huang Yuchen's command, how should he manage them?

Huang Yuchen suddenly realized that he was far apart from his brothers, and he was not at the same level as the four city lords of the East Prince's Mansion.

He originally thought he had known the principle of returning to the world, but now it seems that it is just the principle of children playing house at the door.

He is still far from governing the world and ruling the world.

Thinking about what happened to Emperor Yongning, who was in charge of the twenty cities of the Eastern Prince's Mansion under the Emperor Yuanwu Order, and his population was millions.

Huang Yongning was able to handle these things easily, and Huang Yuchen could not compare with this point alone.

Seeing Huang Yuchen stunned, his previous smile gradually disappeared, and Zhuang Lexian knew that he had listened to his words.

At this moment, the shopkeeper of the wine shop personally brought two plates, and each plate contained three dishes and a pot of wine.

He walked into the room and placed the wine and food in the dining plate on the table. Seeing that Huang Yuchen was a little silent, he didn't dare to ask more questions. He bowed gently, then stepped back and closed the door gently.

After a while, Zhuang Lexian said, "What, have you figured it out?"

Huang Yuchen crossed his fingers and placed them on his lips, frowned slightly, looked at Zhuang Lexian, and said, "How do you know these principles?"

"You will know after you have lived for a long time." Zhuang Lexian looked at Huang Yuchen, laughed, and then picked up the wine pot beside him and poured wine for himself. While eating and drinking, he said to Huang Yuchen: "So, are the things you are considering one-sided?"

"Are you being hasty?" Zhuang Lexian looked at Huang Yuchen, and his signature teasing smile appeared on his face again.

Huang Yuchen had no choice but to nod.

Because he knew that what Zhuang Lexian said was right and nothing was wrong.

If you want to rule a vast territory and countless civilians, what you need to think about is definitely not as simple as treating them.

You should know that Qitian has a vast territory, and its people are more than a billion, far from comparable to the Eastern Palace, nor can it be compared to a small Chikang City.

"Learn slowly, I told you that it is not that simple to do what you want to do." Zhuang Lexian grabbed a piece of meat and threw it into his mouth, saying, "The road is long and long, so please search for you slowly."

Today, Huang Yuchen really gave Zhuang Lexian a lesson.

No, I have taken several lessons.

Zhuang Lexian has always been in a state of crazy in Huang Yuchen's impression. His cultivation is profound and unpredictable, but his mind is clear. He will have an inexplicable sense of trust when he is with him. This is also the reason why Huang Yuchen is willing to tell Zhuang Lexian something.

But he only realized today that Zhuang Lexian's energy was much greater than what seemed.

This crazy man who seemed like a neurotic, didn't know what he had experienced, but he actually saw things so thoroughly.

Compared with Zhuang Lexian, Huang Yuchen felt that he was really like a child in front of him.

Picking up the wine pot, Huang Yuchen also poured himself a glass, and then drank it all in one go.

A spicy feeling came immediately. He couldn't help but grin, quickly picked up a few bites of the dish and put it in his mouth, and then suppressed the spicy feeling.

"I really can't understand what's good about this wine." Huang Yuchen looked at the wine pot at his hand. He smelled the wine inside. He didn't know at all that this smelled disgusting thing, why so many people couldn't live without it.

"That's not knowing the cruelty of life, nor the sufferings of the world." Zhuang Lexian poured himself a glass, and drank it all in one go. He also grinned. He wiped the corners of his mouth and said, "It's much more spicy than this wine that you have to face every day."

Huang Yuchen didn't understand Zhuang Lexian's words very well. After drinking a glass of wine, he felt a hot breath in his belly, making his whole body warm.

"I have seen the sufferings of the world." Huang Yuchen whispered: "I also know that many people live in water and fire. My wish is to rescue them."

"Have you seen it?" Zhuang Lexian looked up at Huang Yuchen, suddenly smiled and said, "Young master, you don't see the sufferings of the world, you're saying that you see others suffering."

"If you want to truly experience the sufferings of the world, unless you give up everything you have now and truly enter the people and walk around, then you will know what sufferings of the world are."

"When you have experienced what hunger is, what is cold, what is stumping a hero with a penny, what is dependent on others, what is separation from wives and children? When you know what is the meeting of enemies and hate, what is the inability to ask for, and what is separation from love, you know what is suffering in the world."

Zhuang Lexian drank the full wine again, then looked at Huang Yuchen and grinned: "Prince, life is like this, the life of others, I advise you not to touch others, nor to say anything to save others, and do what you want to do."

"Just..."

Zhuang Lexian narrowed his eyes, and Huang Yuchen felt confused.
Chapter completed!