"But Your Highness, if I leave, what if you encounter danger?”
Ye Gucheng was a little worried. After all, Li Zhi had no one by his side and he was the only one protecting him. Although they had been traveling around the various state capitals for the past few months and had not encountered any trouble.
However, no one could say for sure if Li Zhi would encounter trouble the moment he left.
"Alright, this matter is of great importance. If the magistrate of the Spiritual State is really bullying the people and deceiving the monarch, we must deal with him!”
Li Zhi said coldly. After what he had seen and heard during this period of time, he clearly knew that the lives of the people in ancient times were really very difficult!
For example, newborn babies. In ancient times, the death rate was terrifyingly high. It was precisely because there were no complete medical facilities and medical knowledge that caused many children to die prematurely in this era.
Even the royal family was like this, let alone the people.
If one didn't come out personally and see it with their own eyes, one would never be able to feel the suffering of the people just by listening to what others said.
"Alright, but Your Highness must be careful!”
Ye Gucheng was still worried, but he had to follow Li Zhi's orders.
"Go quickly. As long as you come back quickly, I won't be in trouble.”
Li Zhi said.
Ye Gucheng nodded and disappeared. As a legendary expert, his lightness skill was naturally extraordinary. He could even fly in the air, so it was quite fast for him to rush to the camp.
Ye Gucheng would be back in two days at most.
"Damn, I forgot to ask Gucheng for money.”
As soon as Ye Gucheng left, Li Zhi slapped his forehead. Looking at the countless refugees and beggars in the city, Li Zhi was really worried that he would not be able to get food!
That's right, Li Zhi had indeed been begging during this period of time. Because it was a system request, Li Zhi still had to abide by it.
Li Zhi walked forward aimlessly. Along the way, everything he heard and saw made Li Zhi exclaim that he had never seen anything like this before.
According to the refugees, the Spiritual State had been suffering from famine for three years!
However, what Li Zhi knew was that the weather in the Spiritual State was good and the country was peaceful!
"Damn it, is the magistrate of the Spiritual State really that bold? One had to know that this was the Inner Pass! It's not very far from the capital!"
"If even this place is like this! What about the places further away? What about places further away from the center of the imperial court?”
For the first time, Li Zhi began to doubt the so-called golden age of the Great Tang.
Perhaps, the so-called golden age was just a general one. For example, in the eyes of the other countries, the Great Tang had a strong army and vast lands!
The life and death of the commoners at the bottom of the hierarchy might not be in the eyes of those at the top.
However, Li Zhi still needed to know more. Since the magistrate of the Spiritual State dared to do this, he must have his own backer.
Otherwise, he, a mere magistrate, would never dare to do such a thing that would deceive the emperor.
"Hurry up! Miss Liu is giving out porridge. Everyone, go and ask for porridge!”
"Hurry, hurry, hurry. If you don't hurry, it'll be gone. I didn't get to eat it yesterday.”
In front of them, a group of beggars and refugees were running in a direction in a panic. At this moment, there were many beggars and refugees running in that direction.
Hearing their conversation as they ran, Li Zhi roughly figured out some information.
It turned out to be a young lady from a wealthy family in Kaiyang County of the Spiritual State who had opened the door to give out porridge.
"Hey, brother, what's going on?”
Li Zhi was also very hungry now. There were too many beggars here, and the competition was too great. He didn't get any food just now.
"Little brother, are you new here?”
The person who was questioned by Li Zhi glanced at Li Zhi and said.
Li Zhi nodded. He had indeed just arrived at Kaiyang County.
"Sigh, you don't know! The Spiritual State had been suffering from famine for three years, and the people were in dire straits! Three years ago, the streets of Kaiyang County were filled with people and merchants.”
"But as you can see now, this is not what a big county should look like. Perhaps it can't even compare to a small county in a remote place.”
"The entire Spiritual State is like this. Many people have become vagrants and fled to other places.”
"Only people like us are nostalgic for our homeland and haven't left. Usually, he would go up the mountain to pick some wild vegetables and beg for food from the rich families.”
Li Zhi nodded. At the same time, he frowned. He couldn't believe it! There was actually such a thing within a thousand miles of the capital.
"The Liu Clan is the largest merchant in Kaiyang and even the Spiritual State. Ever since the famine, this Liu family's young lady would give out porridge in front of her house almost every day.”
"That's why there are so many refugees in Kaiyang County. Otherwise, we're not fools. Since we can't stay in the Spiritual State anymore, we might as well go overseas and ask for a living!”
"This Miss Liu is really a living Bodhisattva!”
As he spoke, the person hurriedly ran forward. He was probably worried that he would not be able to eat porridge later.
Li Zhi looked at the refugees and beggars who had gathered in front of him, and his eyes were filled with admiration.
"I didn't expect this! There was actually such a thing under Tian Zi's feet. When this prince was in the capital, he had never heard of this matter. Even Gu Cheng's investigation in Beijing did not have any information.”
"From this, it can be seen that this matter should have been sealed by someone! It seemed that this time, it wasn't just the Magistrate of the Spiritual State who had a problem. Many people in the Imperial Court had problems as well!”
Li Zhi suddenly thought of many things. The entire state capital was in famine, and the people were homeless. This was definitely not something that a magistrate could hide.
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