Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

"You did a good job today." Li Xin looked at Zhao Ke and praised seriously.

"It's a maidservant's duty." Zhao Ke lowered his head and said.

Li Xin put down his chopsticks, and said: "I repeat, you have to remember, anytime something like today happens again, don't talk nonsense, just break the legs of those guys for me, and throw them out. If anything happens, I will take responsibility."

"Yes." Zhao Ke replied quickly.

"Also," Li Xin suddenly remembered something, and said, "You are in charge of the first floor, but you are not allowed to beat the gang at will, even if you kill or injure them. Although the family members of the prisoners are only slaves, But they are also raised by their parents, so if you can talk about it well, talk about it well, don’t mess around, and take care of things like meals, and don’t treat them badly, do you hear that?"

This time, Zhao Ke was silent for a while, then lowered his head and replied: "Yes, my subordinates will definitely do it."

Li Xin was careless, completely oblivious to the fact that Zhao Ke beside him secretly hid his face in the shadows. Her eyes are already red.

For a long time, Li Xin's perception of Zhao Ke was completely different from any nobleman she had seen before, and this difference was very difficult to describe in words. Until just now, she suddenly understood this kind of feeling from Li Xin's words. Where does the difference come from—he always treats "people" as "people".

It's a little confusing to say that. Aren't people just people? What else can a man be? But you must know that in the eyes of most people in Datang, "person" is not always "person".

They are all living people with two eyes and one nose, but in the eyes of different people, they are sometimes utensils and sometimes livestock. Take the goatee who almost beat Run Niang to death back then, did he ever treat Run Niang as a person?

However, Li Xin is completely different. In his eyes, a human being is always a human being, a creature that should at least retain basic dignity and rights.

Just now, the sentence he said inadvertently, "He is also raised by his parents", hit Zhao Ke's heart for no reason, and she was almost moved to tears.

Speaking of which, she hasn't realized herself as a "person" for a long time. When she was in the family before, everyone regarded her as a tool for carrying on the family line, and even she herself accepted this position unconsciously. Later, when she came under Li Xin's command, she decided to be a running dog, offering her loyalty in exchange for the right to live.

Just when she thought her future was just like this, Li Xin's words suddenly made her realize that he didn't treat her like a dog. In his eyes, she was a competent and trustworthy subordinate, and he treated even the families of prisoners with humble status equally and could not bear to be treated harshly.

If, before that, Zhao Ke only surrendered to Li Xin in order to live a better life, then at this moment, she respects Li Xin sincerely, even if she dies for him, she will never hesitate.

Although it is not so appropriate, if I think about it, if I put the phrase "a scholar dies for a confidant" here, it seems to be able to explain Zhao Ke's mood.

Besides Zhao Ke, Li Shimin was also slightly moved by Li Xin's words.

"What a father and mother," he said with great emotion, "If Xuandao sees you today, he will be very pleased." As Li Xuandao's younger brother, he knows Li Xuandao better than anyone else. Incomparable. Seeing Li Xin's benevolence not weaker than Li Xuandao's, he was filled with emotion.

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and even slowed down the speed of chewing food, secretly said: "What are you talking about? Did I say something wrong? Didn't they be raised by their parents or did they just pop out from the cracks in the rocks?" ?”

As a person from later generations, it is Li Xin's instinct to respect the value of human beings. He didn't feel at all what was remarkable or worthy of emotion in what he said, but felt that Li Shimin's reaction was a bit inexplicable.

What is even more surprising is that Li Shimin suddenly said to the eldest grandson empress next to him: "Guanyin maidservant, in my opinion, we have to see the virtuous and think like one." The "virtuous" in the words of course refers to Li Xin, It's just that in terms of tone, there is a subtle hint of ridicule.

Empress Changsun covered her mouth and smiled, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

"Let's do this. In the future, the palace will not be allowed to execute palace people at will." Li Shimin said, "The punishment of palace people must be submitted to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for review, and those who need to be executed must be approved by Guanyin's servant. How?"

Empress Changsun stood up and saluted, and said solemnly: "It is truly a blessing for all people in the world to be so merciful!"

The queen got up, how could Li Xin dare to sit still? He hurriedly swallowed the meat in his mouth, stood up and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty is holy! Your Majesty is holy!"

He didn't expect Li Shimin to immediately absorb a word he said casually. It seems that the emperor of the ages is not a vain name after all. When it is time to be benevolent, it is so benevolent that people can't help but want to worship it. Of course, when it is time to kill, it can also kill people's legs.

Li Xin has seen both sides of Li Shimin.