There were also rumors that on the day the city fell, the army’s swords would not be sheathed, and there would be three days of looting.
These ssages were passed around, and no one knew if they were true or false, not knowing how much was true and how much was false. They only knew that these seemingly true and false ssages were even more disturbing, causing the common people to be terrified and panic-stricken.
Li Guanyi’s unit was also going to leave here.
Wen Lingjun was not angered by Li Guanyi’s actions as a powerful minister. He was loyal to the Red Emperor’s world, not to the aristocratic families. On the contrary, Li Guanyi had given the lineage he belonged to its final dignity, which gave him so sense of belonging.
"Lord, although the royal city of Central State is prosperous, it is not a place to strive for the world. No matter how well the royal family mbers speak, so things they say are true. This place can extinguish the heroism in the hearts of heroes."
Wen Lingjun said, "We should go back."
Li Guanyi nodded: "Alright."
"All matters will be entrusted to you, sir."
The Qilin Army at the Heavenly Strategy Mansion quickly mobilized, and Li Guanyi went to the Academy to pay respects to his teacher, Mr. Wang Tong, to say goodbye. The scholar only smiled gently and said a few words to him, then personally got up and escorted Li Guanyi out of the Academy.
Finally, he stood in the already empty, even desolate Academy, watching Li Guanyi depart, his expression gentle and serene. The voice of Gongyang Suwang ca: "Why, is your health not good, so you won’t go to Jiangnan to recuperate?"
"Marquis Qin Wu, the teacher of the Heavenly Strategy General, is surely more comfortable than being in the Academy."
Wang Tong smiled, turned around, and slowly walked away, saying, "Twenty years ago, the north wind blew fiercely, and snow fell in the dayti. I ca here from my hotown; today, with the autumn wind, red leaves are everywhere, I send my disciples away."
"A scholar reads for a lifeti with a beginning and an end, so I won’t leave."
Gongyang Suwang turned around, watching the young Confucian scholar walk away. Wang Tong’s body was sowhat thin, but his back was still straight, step by step, very determined.
Gongyang Suwang laughed heartily: "Hahaha, truly a person with a beginning and an end."
"Truly a Longn Wang Tong."
He strode forward to accompany this young Confucian scholar on a slow walk.
"Historical Records · Family of Wen Zhongzi"—In the eleventh year of Tianqi in winter, the son beca ill and said to Suwang: He dread that Yan Zi called him to rest, saying the master’s life, ’Return to rest? Perhaps the master is summoning . Why keep eternal life? I shall not rise again.’ He died on the seventh day of illness."
"The Book of Changes" says: ’The yellow robe is great fortune, culture is central.’
Posthumously nad Wen Zhongzi.
Accompanying service at the Wen Temple.
He had two sons, both recluses in society, living in poverty.
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The ti taken for the Qilin Army to prepare for departure was much longer than anticipated, naturally for a reason. In these troubling tis, the Qilin Army had been giving porridge to the people for a long ti, and many impoverished families simply lived near the Qilin Army.
And now the Qilin Army began to leave with great fanfare.
In the last days, the rice prices in Central State City increased day by day. The people of the aristocratic families finally understood the significance of the Qilin Army and began to panic, also starting to distribute porridge.
"Li Guanyi intends to take these peasants with him!"
"Impossible, impossible, give them so benefits!"
"Without the peasants, everyone wears fine clothes. How can we still claim to be aristocratic families? Without servants, should we clothe and bathe ourselves? Let’s spend money to make so porridge shops."
The family head of the aristocratic family allocated a large sum of money. They could see where their interests lay, though sowhat belatedly, realizing their foundation was in this, the high family alone contributed as much as five hundred thousand taels of silver.
To make porridge shops, enough to feed countless people for two full months.
If they only cared for the impoverished farrs cultivating the high family’s lands.
They could eat two als a day, each with eggs, a bit of at, two pieces of at, and occasionally even a full at dish. This was truly seeing the threat of death, becoming genuinely generous.
When the funding was about to be distributed, unfortunate, the Second Lady and Third Madam began to argue, knowing that such a large sum was given away. These two beauties, so fair that their fingers bore no hint of calluses, felt regretful.
Then they requested ten thousand taels of silver to buy a certain rouge from the Western Regions.
It was said to paint the lips shining like the morning glow and carry a hint of fragrance.
The staff of the Gao family couldn’t afford to offend these two beauties.
They could only agree.
Thus, the sum beca four hundred thousand taels of silver.
Four hundred thousand taels was already a lot.
This could allow the original owners of the lands under the Gao family, now farming on Gao family lands, to eat rice, have so at every five days. Though at was sparse, rice and vegetables would be enough to fill them.
The common people loved their hos, clinging to their native land. Eating enough, they wouldn’t leave.
Finally, when it ca to distribution, they t the chief steward.
The chief steward was the family head’s wife’s brother. Seeing the account books, he shook his head, tapping the expensive desk with his fingers, saying, "Four hundred thousand taels of silver for these peasants to eat, isn’t that far too much, truly too wasteful."
The confidant of the Gao family’s head said, "But the family head worries that these peasants, lured by the Qilin Army, will leave us in Central State and turn to the Qilin Army."
The chief steward sneered: "The master is still sowhat kind-hearted."
"He doesn’t know that those commoners, peasants, are like dogs."
"When hungry, they naturally co back."
"Co, I’ll handle this money for my brother-in-law master. You should not talk carelessly. Understand this: those commoners shouldn’t be overfed. They must stay just above hunger to work well for you."
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