Song Yaoyao: [Guagua, stop keeping me in suspense. Hurry up and tell me what's going on!]
Guagua: [All right.
Of course they set up the porridge stall in the busiest area to win themselves a good reputation.
Host, look at this street. It's full of jewelry shops, restaurants, cosmetics shops... Who frequents these places most? Naturally, the Capital's powerful dignitaries and wealthy people.
With the porridge stall here, everyone passing by would see the Second Prince's charitable deeds, including those dignitaries. Many of them are court officials and their families, and all would praise his benevolence and righteousness. When the time came to choose sides, that goodwill might even make them join him without hesitation. That would be a great help in his bid for the throne.
Another reason for doing this is to win the people's hearts.
There's a saying: he who wins the people's hearts wins the realm!
I hardly need to explain that principle!]
After a pause, Guagua continued:
[As for why they make people register, of course it's to investigate the backgrounds of those collecting porridge.
For a bowl of porridge, these people give away their addresses and everything about eighteen generations of their ancestors.
An Bingwen and his people sift through the registration records. Once they find people who meet their requirements, he goes straight to the listed addresses at night to seize them.
They especially like children with no parents and no one to rely on.
Even if those children disappear, no one will report it to the authorities, saving them a great deal of trouble.
Beggar children make up more than half of those abducted.]
In the video, after the porridge distribution ended and night fell, the steward had already picked out the children who met their requirements and handed the list to