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After Du Qi heard this, he looked at Liu Zhengxi and ordered, "Mr. Liu, please arrange for someone to go back with Kun Da and explain the matter clearly. Well, if you have to pay, you will pay. In short, redeem him and let him pay for it." Become a free agent and be able to enter the mansion to do things."

Liu Zhengxi said: "I understand the humble job."

Immediately, Liu Zhengxi called the assistant who was beside her now, and asked the assistant and Kun Da to deal with the matter together.From Liu Zhengxi's point of view, this is a trivial matter, after all, the palace transfers people, and not many people dare to be enemies with the palace.

Du Qi simply stayed here in the morning and waited with everyone.It's just that after discovering Kunda, there were no outstanding ones after that. Du Qi even transferred the information of some personnel who passed the preliminary review, but was greatly disappointed after seeing it.

Because these people who passed were too ordinary, and there was nothing outstanding about them.

After lunch, Du Qi left.

It's useless to keep it.

In the afternoon, Du Qi stayed at the mansion, because Liu Zhengxi, Guo Xiaozheng and everyone else were going to be in charge of opening courses to obtain scholars, so Du Qi was free here, and there was nothing troublesome.

In the evening, when Du Qi was eating, an attendant came in to report that Liu Zhengxi had come.

Du Qi immediately invited Liu Zhengxi in and asked Liu Zhengxi to eat together when he learned that Liu Zhengxi hadn't eaten.While eating, Du Qi asked: "Mr. Liu, tell me, what's the matter?"

Chapter 699 The Slave Problem

slave question

Liu Zhengxi opened his mouth and said, "Your Highness, I am incompetent in a humble position."

Du Qi waved his hand and said, "There's no need to talk about such things. Just tell me what happened."

Liu Zhengxi said, "It's about Kun Da."

Du Qidao: "What's wrong?"

Liu Zhengxi said: "When you met Kun Da earlier, you knew that Kun Da was a slave. At that time, the humble official arranged for someone to go with Kun Da to the Bard's house where Kun Da was. The assistant proposed to release Kun Da in front of Bard. Da’s slave status, and at the same time give some compensation.”

"However, Bud directly refused, without even the slightest room for negotiation."

"After listening to the official's words, the humble official went there personally to find out the situation. However, the humble official was at Bud's house, but he was shut down. The servants of the Bud family said that Bud had something to leave and was not at the house. Can't see me."

A cold look flashed across Liu Zhengxi's eyes, and he said, "In fact, Bud is already in the house, and this is what he did on purpose. Bud's intention is that he doesn't want to release Kun Da."

Du Qi asked: "When Bud refused, he once said why he refused."

"Never!"

Liu Zhengxi shook his head and said, "Bud refused directly without giving a reason. After refusing, he drove him away."

Du Qi asked: "Since Bard refuses to release Kun Da, do you know anything about the situation of Bard's family? Under normal circumstances, the people in Yiwu City will not be our enemies."

Liu Zhengxi said: "His Royal Highness, the Bard family is a relatively famous family in Yiwu City, and their strength is not weak. There are thousands of slaves in the house, and Kunda is just one of them. The financial resources of the Bard family are also quite large. It’s not weak. Although it’s not as big as a big family like Governor Luo, it’s still quite famous.”

Du Qi's mind turned and he thought quickly.

After a while, Du Qi said, "What do you think is the reason why Bard refused?"

Liu Zhengxi said: "Your Highness, I think there may be three reasons."

"First, Kun Da is Bud's slave, and now a slave, he took the initiative to participate in the matter of obtaining a scholar, and wanted to get rid of Bud's family, so Bud became angry from embarrassment."

"Secondly, Kunda is indeed talented and capable. Kunda stays at Bard's house and plantes crops for Bard. Then every year, the fertile fields in Bard's mansion can harvest countless. Once Kunda leaves, this person will be gone. .”

"Third, Bud is worried about the Kunda incident in his heart. One Kunda will be released today, and another Kunda will be released tomorrow. It will not be good for the family if such people leave one by one."

Liu Zhengxi said: "These are the three most likely reasons, please learn from your Highness."

Du Qi nodded and asked along the way: "Your analysis also makes sense. So to deal with this matter, what do you think is the most appropriate way to deal with it?"

Liu Zhengxi frowned suddenly, and said: "Your Highness, I think Kun Da's matter is rather difficult. The reason is very simple. It is legal for slaves to be in the Western Regions."

"Kun Da is originally a slave of Bard's family. It is reasonable for Bard not to let him go. What's more, it is impossible for the palace to force Bard to release him. Otherwise, after the news spreads, the palace may be criticized. People will say that His Highness is bullying others."

"Even if Bard releases Kun Da in the end and makes Kun Da work in the palace, if the news spreads, His Highness will lose his credibility and the foundation of his foothold in Yiwu City."

"This is the most restrictive point."

"Furthermore, from a legal point of view, whether Bud releases people is entirely voluntary. It can only be said that Bud is too unreasonable this time, and he is not willing to let people go."

Liu Zhengxi explained: "After all, what happened to Kunda this time, the palace didn't take it by force, it didn't directly recruit people, and it has agreed to give compensation."

Du Qi said: "Mr. Liu, your opinion is inappropriate. It is tantamount to restricting one's own hands and feet. This is the reason why a gentleman can deceive him. You act too squarely and hinder things everywhere. Okay. On the contrary, you have no scruples, and there are countless ways to deal with Bud."

Liu Zhengxi said solemnly: "At this time and at that time, His Highness had no fiefdom before, and the area he was in was within the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so you can handle things freely. But now Yiwu City is where His Highness stands. The common people are His Highness's people, if His Highness's reputation is damaged, it will be detrimental to His Highness."

This is Liu Zhengxi's starting point.

Du Qi shook his head.

Liu Zhengxi's thinking was terribly wrong and wrong, he had too many worries, instead he tied himself to death, and instead let the bad guys get their way.

Du Qi said decisively: "Mr. Liu, my consistent view is that bad people are very

Bad, you have to be worse and more ruthless than the bad guy to deal with him.Otherwise, you are feeding tigers and conniving bad people.It's obviously inappropriate for you to handle this matter, and you shouldn't do it. "

Liu Zhengxi argued: "But Your Highness, once this case is opened, it will be a very bad start for the palace. It may not be a good thing for the palace in the long run."

Du Qi shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

After a pause, Du Qi continued: "In the final analysis, these are two concepts, which determine different methods. Forget it, this time, I will leave it to the king to handle it. You arrange someone to go to Bard's house to send an order, saying This king invited Bard to the palace for a talk."

"Yes!"

Liu Zhengxi responded directly.

Liu Zhengxi knew Du Qi's disposition. Once something was decided, it was impossible to change it.

Now that Du Qi gave the order, he could only follow the order.However, Liu Zhengxi was a little worried in his heart. If he followed Du Qi's way of thinking, if the situation got out of control and lost the hearts and minds of the people in Yiwu City, it would be bad.

Worrying is nothing but worrying, it’s better to answer.

After Liu Zhengxi and Du Qi had finished eating together, they left to arrange for someone to send a message.

Not long after, an attendant came back and reported to Liu Zhengxi that Bud was ill, and his condition was quite serious, so he could not come to see Du Qi.

Liu Zhengxi was furious after hearing this.

He shook his head more secretly.

The patriarch of a big family in a county in Bud, but he was against Du Qi, it was his own death.

Do not live by committing sins.