Think about the most prosperous period of the Ming Dynasty. The grain chief could directly meet the saint, and the farmers could also tie up corrupt officials and escort them to Beijing. At that time, the Ming Dynasty attacked Mongolia in the north, had peace in the south, traveled to the West and traveled around the world, and its national prestige was so great that no one dared to match it.

But now, the people are no longer just ordinary people, but also untouchables. No matter how hard you work, you still have no clothes and no food to eat. Instead, those evil and fierce people cling to the powerful and show off their power. The big families don't know how to show mercy.

The common people who created their wealth regarded them as cattle or horses and exploited them ruthlessly. They even killed and punished their slaves out of anger.

These are signs of troubled times.

The old patriarch shook his head repeatedly: "The world is like this, and you can't resist like this. You must know that it is easy to break through, and you will suffer a lot one day. The common people are the common people, and we can only work and farm.

Things like changing the world are not something I can do."

"But I have no choice. I can't convince them anymore. Even if I convince them, there is nothing I can do if they don't change. The only thing I can do is to use brute force to do things and let them see the methods of ordinary people. It's easy to break the hard way.

But that's not because I don't want to use other means, it's just because I have this only way." Li Yi said distressedly.

"Why are you so stupid!" The old patriarch was exasperated, "Do you plan to stay in Anxin and Baiyangdian like this for the rest of your life? Your children are different from us. If we could become officials, we would all struggle.

But you just want to be a common citizen, and you also want to lead everyone to be a happy common citizen. Everyone sees it and knows that you care about us, so we are all very grateful and call you our little benefactor.

But that's not just because you gave us food and shelter, but because a great man like you only wants to think about us small people, not yourself.

But the common people will always be the common people. No one can save us except the virtuous emperor and ministers. If you remain a common people, you will not be able to save us. No matter how powerful you are, everyone will eventually die in this troubled world. So.

, even if it is for us, you must study hard and learn to be obedient. Only in this way can you become an official, a minister, and even an emperor. When that day comes, people will listen to what you say, and the lives of ordinary people can be transcended.

The better, that will really save us."

After the old patriarch finished speaking, he wiped his red eyes, looked at the lights in the distance and said: "Stone, you have to remember. Reality is always cruel. Since you have no power to change everything now, then learn to use reality to

Accumulate strength until you are able to change before you can fully be yourself. Otherwise, you will be like us in the past and can only become numb after the pain."

Li Yi lowered his head, and after a long time he nodded with difficulty, "Grandpa Patriarch, I will study hard to understand these principles."

The old patriarch smiled: "It doesn't matter, you don't need to understand all the books, and you can't completely understand it. As long as you can read and write, and know morality and etiquette, you are already a good person. If you want to be more knowledgeable, you can understand

We Han people have a lot of knowledge, but not all of it is good. Relying on this knowledge to govern the country is sometimes useful and sometimes useless. Why is this? That’s because all officials are from the imperial examination.

, but they have learned a lot after studying all their lives, but they only have knowledge. Being an official is easy, but they don’t know how to use this knowledge, or they use it in the wrong place. Some officials can write a good article just by picking up a pen.

But they either can't do anything, or they can only do bad things and harm the people. This is because it is easy not to do things or to do bad things. To do good things, they still lack one thing, which is to do more. Whether it is caring about national affairs or doing something for the people,
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