“Brother Jingyu, it’s good that you have such a kind heart, but as the sage said, ‘Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.’ Using gold to help them is not a long-term solution. Millions of people in Dayuan are living in dire straits. How many people can your gold help?” Ye Jingchen asked.
"Is it wrong for me to want to save them?" Ye Jingyu asked, puzzled.
He finally understood that his brother did not approve of him using gold to save people.
But no matter how dazzling gold is, it is still an inanimate object. How can it compare to the preciousness of human life?
He doesn't understand.
"Your desire to save them is not wrong, but your method is wrong. If you want to save a person with gold, you must ensure that you can save him for one lifetime and for every lifetime of his descendants."
"Why?" Ye Jingyu was even more confused.
"Human laziness is terrifying. If someone has tasted the pleasure of getting something for nothing, there's a conservative estimate that there's a 50% chance they'll never want to work hard again. In that case, would you be willing to support them for the rest of their life?" Ye Jingchen asked.
"Why should I take on the burden of someone like that for the rest of my life?!" Ye Jingyu retorted without even thinking.
“Then your help to him will only harm him,” Ye Jingchen said.
"Think about it, if you use gold to help others, there's a 50% chance you'll harm each person you help. So—would you still want to help others in such a simple way?"
Ye Jingyu shook his head repeatedly.
If that's the case, then wouldn't he become a scourge?
"Xiao Jingyu, you must remember that no one can completely bear another person's entire life, so never easily give in to pity in the future. The only people worth saving are those who are willing to work hard to survive," Ye Jingchen warned.
The Ji family might pay for Ye Jingyu's actions out of respect for Ji Wushuang, but such an opportunity will only come once.
We can't let such an opportunity be wasted on those who are lazy and only want to reap the benefits without sowing.
Ye Jingyu didn't quite understand what he was hearing.
However, he has one advantage: he knows who is good to him and is willing to listen to them.
In the future, before he wants to help others, he can ask his elder brother, the Crown Prince, first. Only if the Crown Prince agrees to let him help will he be able to do so without making a mistake.
“As long as we go back and tell Father about the situation in this village, he will naturally send people to investigate and bring all those who illegally levy taxes and seize farmland to justice. The land will be returned to the people here, and honest and upright officials will be appointed to govern it. Their lives will get better,” Ye Jingchen said.
"To be able to occupy such a large tract of fertile land near the capital, the person behind it must have considerable power," Wu Zemin warned.
"No matter how big, can he be bigger than Father Emperor?" Ye Jingchen retorted arrogantly.
After the Jiang family was gone, he was just wondering who to target, and now this opportunity has been presented to him!
If the charges of seizing farmland and levying taxes privately were not enough, adding the wicked men at the village entrance who were plotting something would definitely enrage the emperor.
Xie Chang'an put away his crossbow, jumped down from the small wooden stool, and put on a stern face.
"Brother Chang'an, aren't you going to keep watch anymore?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.
Xie Chang'an ignored him, unloaded the arrows, and put away the bow and crossbow.
"Give me back my birthday gift!" Ye Jingchen immediately asked him.
Xie Chang'an glared at him irritably and reluctantly placed the wooden box in his hands.
Ye Jingchen put it back on his back.
Seeing Xie Chang'an's reluctant expression, he was certain that the crossbow must have been given to him by Xie Shaoling!
One of the palace guards took Xie Chang'an's place and stood at the window, watching the outside world.
"I specially saved a longevity peach for you. Here—try it, it's delicious." Ye Jingchen handed the last longevity peach to Xie Chang'an.
"I won't eat," Xie Chang'an said coldly.
If he remembered correctly, this large tract of fertile land in the suburbs should belong to the Wang family.
Although the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and the Wang family are related by marriage, they don't have a close relationship. However, on the other hand, the grandmother is, after all, the younger sister of the current head of the Wang family. If the Wang family were to be harmed—
Would a father really harm his own uncle without any qualms?
Moreover, the Wang family is different from the Jiang family. Most of the Wang family's daughters married into noble and powerful families in the capital, and through marriage, they wove a large net that covered a large part of the court in Dayuan. They had deep roots and could truly have a ripple effect.
"Brother, if Xie Chang'an doesn't want to eat it, that's fine. I like to eat it, can I have it?" Ye Jinghe asked expectantly.
He didn't really want to eat the longevity peach; he simply didn't want to give it to Xie Chang'an.
But just as Ye Jinghe finished speaking, Xie Chang'an suddenly reached out, snatched the longevity peach from Ye Jingchen's hand, and stuffed the whole thing into his mouth.
He chewed for a while with his cheeks puffed out before finally swallowing the peach.
"I won't give it to you." After finishing his meal, he glanced at Ye Jinghe and said coldly.
Even if he doesn't want his things, he would never give them to the little madwoman.
"Brother, he bullied me!" Ye Jinghe looked at Ye Jingchen with red eyes and aggrieved expression.
"Young Master Xie, you're such a big—baby, bullying Jinghe, a four-year-old baby. You're really something!" Ye Jingchen abruptly changed his tune. He just couldn't understand it. Weren't Xie Chang'an and Ye Jinghe allies in the novel? Why did he like targeting Ye Jinghe so much?
Xie Chang'an was disgusted by the term "baby" and almost vomited up the longevity peach he had just eaten.
He snorted coldly and strode out of the room.
Watching Xie Chang'an's departing figure, Ye Jinghe revealed a smug smile. He had won again!
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