Zhao Xin looked at Yun Panpan with a half-smile, "Saint Yun, are you testing me?"
Behind him, a cold light flashed in Cao Xiong's eyes, and he looked at Yun Panpan with some hostility.
In his opinion, Yun Panpan was simply outrageous.
When the emperor was talking to others, even if you disagreed with what he said in your heart, you would not ask him a direct question like this.
The emperor said, if you don’t understand and can’t comprehend it, that’s because you are ignorant. It would be fine if you didn’t apologize, but you actually dared to ask back... Humph, you are indeed a troublemaker from the mountains!
"I dare not!"
Yun Panpan also realized that the person talking to her was not an ordinary person, but the emperor.
Although she said she didn't dare, she didn't show much fear. She just bowed her head slightly and said, "I am stupid. Please teach me, Your Majesty."
To say this is actually quite sharp. The word "guidance" sometimes depends on the context and tone.
Sometimes, when we say "give me advice", we are not really asking for advice, but rather a kind of provocation.
"Haha, please give me some advice..."
Zhao Xin chuckled and looked at her, but didn't continue to pester her.
As an emperor, doing it once is a deterrent, but doing it again and again is a loss of face.
Such a person cannot be subdued by just verbal threats.
"Yun Panpan, your insights are quite good in this era, but they are still too superficial.
But this is not your fault. It's not your problem. It's because you're standing too low, so your perspective is naturally superficial and limited to one aspect."
Zhao Xin said in a deep voice.
Yun Panpan's expression changed slightly, and she seemed a little dissatisfied, but she did not refute.
Just clasp your fists and lean forward again.
Zhao Xin smiled again, but his gaze turned slightly colder as he looked at her. He said softly, "You say it depends on my choice? Haha, but have you ever considered whether the natives can bear my choice?"
Yun Panpan's expression suddenly changed when she heard this.
But Zhao Xin didn't wait for her to speak. He suddenly raised his voice and snorted coldly, "You said it depends on my choice. What do you think I will choose? To win over you natives? To please you natives? To give you benefits in exchange for your so-called loyalty?
Um? "
Zhao Xin quickly asked a series of questions, followed by a heavy "hmm", and Yun Panpan's face changed again.
In her opinion, the emperor came here today to win the support of the natives.
If that’s the case, then of course we have to give them benefits…what else?
But Zhao Xin actually said this directly, and his tone sounded very unfriendly.
She couldn't help feeling uneasy and suspicious, and was a little confused about what Zhao Xin meant.
Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Xin snorted again, "Yun Panpan, you are considered a smart person, but you forgot one thing, I am the emperor.
I can give you benefits now, do you dare to take them?
I can agree to any conditions you ask for, but do you dare to ask?"
When Yun Panpan heard this, her face suddenly turned pale.
Zhao Xin sneered, "It depends on my choice. Then I might as well tell you that anyone in my position has no so-called choice.
Even if one day, the King of Qi's traitors really succeed, the first people to be eliminated will be you who have taken advantage of him.
There's a saying that goes, "I won't allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed." With your intelligence, you should be able to understand what it means, right?"
Yun Panpan's pretty face, which had turned a little pale, changed again, but the shock in her heart was even greater, and the slender hand in her sleeve subconsciously clenched.
Not to mention her, even the other people around her were quite moved.
Although the girl Xiaolan and other natives didn't quite understand, they roughly understood what Zhao Xin meant.
Because what Zhao Xin said was straightforward enough.
Simply put, it means: "You want benefits, I will give them to you, but I will definitely settle the score later. The more I give you today, the more you will have to pay in the future. Do you still dare to ask for it?"
In fact, this truth is so simple, but no one has ever said it to them so bluntly before.
But Zhao Xin said it now.
Even though they didn't understand very well and didn't know what "I won't allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed" meant, they could feel that Zhao Xin was not lying.
They didn't understand what this meant, but Yun Panpan did.
It is precisely because she understands that she despairs.
But after despair comes anger and unwillingness.
He couldn't help but look up at Zhao Xin and said, "Your Majesty is right, but is there no way for us natives to survive?
Since Your Majesty says that we, the natives, are also the people of the Great Qin, will you not allow us, the natives, a way out?"
Haha, now I am a citizen of the Qin Dynasty... Zhao Xin sneered in his heart.
His expression softened, and he said gently, "Who said there wasn't one? Didn't I come here to give the natives a way to survive?
Why do you think I told you so much? Was it to threaten you?
Or is it trying to deceive you?"
"no."
Zhao Xin shook his head slightly as he spoke, then glanced at Yun Panpan and the others, and said in a more sincere and gentle tone, "The reason I am wasting all this time talking to you is to give you a way to survive, to save you, and to prevent you from going astray.
Otherwise, I will come up to you and make you a lot of promises, and then give you a bunch of benefits, whether you want money or not, I will give you whatever you want.
Anyway, as long as I can coax you into obedience, I can find a good opportunity to take it back double when the time comes."
"But can I do that?"
Zhao Xin shook his head, asking himself, "Why? It's because you are the people of the Great Qin, and I am the Emperor of the Great Qin. Some people with ulterior motives can deceive you, but I cannot.
Because the people are loyal to the emperor, and the emperor is responsible for you.
Not only do we want to give you a way to survive, but we also want you to live a better life.
It's not just you, it's the same for all the people in the entire Great Qin. Everything I do is the same, just to make their lives better."
The girl Xiaolan and the others didn't say anything, but they had some doubts and disapproval in their hearts.
Yun Panpan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Because Xiaolan and others didn't understand what Zhao Xin said, they felt that it was all nonsense and empty talk.
But as a former Qin person, and with the intelligence to compete with the King of Qi, Yun Panpan naturally understood that what Zhao Xin said was actually a promise.
However, this promise also has a prerequisite, that is, the natives must fully accept the governance of the Qin Dynasty.
It cannot become a country within a country.
The relationship between the two parties must be that of monarch and subjects, not a cooperative relationship.
"Then I wonder how Your Majesty plans to govern the natives?"
Yun Panpan looked up and asked.
Zhao Xin couldn't help but laugh when he heard that.
Since Yun Panpan used the word "governance", it means that she has understood what Zhao Xin meant and is likely to accept it.
But it's at least possible.
Now the problem is once again placed before Zhao Xin. He must have an answer that can satisfy Yun Panpan, or be approved by her.
Then talk about other things.
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