After rebirth, I became the stupid son of the Hou family

After everyone gathered together, Liu Huaian asked Jiang Chen for his opinion:

"Jiang Chen, tell us where our first stop will be, and I will follow your arrangements."

Jiang Chen said:

"I probably made a strategy when I came out. Now the climate is neither too cold nor too hot. We can follow this avenue and go to the countryside for fun. It's just in time for the autumn harvest. Let's also take a look at the harvests of the people here and inspect this place. How is the public sentiment?"

Liu Huaian looked at Jiang Chen and smiled, and said to him;

"You haven't even entered the official career yet, and you are already worrying about the country and the people. It seems that your ambition is really not that big."

Jiang Chen rode on the horse and said:

"Since ancient times, the people living at the bottom have suffered the most. Regardless of whether I can pursue an official career or not, I hope to help the people so that they can live a happy life."

Liu Huaian said:

"I'm very ashamed. I have never had the opportunity to go among the people at the bottom. I really don't know how they live."

Ah Fu heard two people discussing this issue and said to Jiang Chen:

"Master, if you want to understand these things, I can take you to our village. Once there, you will be able to understand how they struggle to survive."

When Jiang Chen saw Ah Fu saying this, he said to him:

"Afu, how far is your village from here?"

Ah Fu pointed forward and said to him:

"Master, it's not far away anymore. We'll be there in about ten miles if we go forward."

Jiang Chen asked him:

"Afu, in my memory, you seem to have never left me. So have you ever gone back these years?"

Afu shook his head and said:

"I have never been back. That is, at the end of the year, my father will come over and take away my monthly money for a year. They can't even support their families just by working part-time for others. What if there is another one? Those with serious illness or minor calamities can’t even afford medical bills. I have two brothers above me, and my father has to marry them wives. You don’t need to think about it to know how difficult life is at home. My situation , Madam knows that at the end of every year, whenever my father comes over, Madam will give me more money to support the family,"

Ah Fu's words deeply touched Jiang Chen.Ah Chan, who was behind, listened to Ah Fu’s words and said with deep sympathy:

"My mother sold me because my family was too poor to take the blame. This way our family would have one less mouth to eat, and our brothers and sisters would not all starve to death. My situation with Ah Fu is basically the same."

Jiang Chen asked her:

"Don't you have any land at home?"

Achan shook her head and said to him:

"Food is a problem at home. How can we still have money to buy land? My father rents land from a big family in our village, but in addition to paying food to others every year, if the year is good, there will be some leftover. If the year is bad, there will be some leftover. I couldn't even pay the rent, and the whole family didn't have enough food for the year. I saved my monthly money for several years and wanted to buy a few acres of land for my father. When my father fell ill the year before last, I bought all the medicine. He worked hard all his life and became ill. But in the end, he spent all his money and failed to save his life. In the end, he was still in debt. I am glad that they sold me. At least I can still have enough food and clothing. . But my brothers and sisters, who were at home with their backs to the sky and their faces facing the loess, could not even sustain their food and clothing."

Liu Huaian was very surprised after hearing what the two of them said.

A young man like him, who was born into a wealthy official family, has no access to such low-class life.

On weekdays, I open my mouth when food comes and stretch out my hands when clothes come.Who knew that there were still people in this world who couldn't even afford food and couldn't afford to take care of their illnesses?

If Jiang Chen hadn't brought up this heavy topic, he wouldn't have known from Ah Fu and Ah Chan that they were both living at the bottom of the family with this kind of family.

Thinking of this, he sighed and said:

"Jiang Chen, I know from books that these ordinary people have a hard time, but I never thought they would have such a hard time."

Afu said:

"Mr. Liu, it's not bad if we don't encounter natural disasters or man-made disasters. Once we encounter natural disasters and wars, the people will suffer even more. Anyway, they will never get ahead."

Just listen to Liu Yiyi behind you say:

"Since ancient times, no matter which dynasty it is, the common people are the cornerstone of the stability of the court. The prosperity of the country and the people are the criteria for the long-term prosperity of every dynasty. Once the people live in dire straits and the court does not pay attention to it, then the country will be in trouble. Jiji is in danger."

Jiang Chen turned his head and looked at Liu Yiyi. After all, she was a woman who had read books. In just a few words, she got to the crux of the problem.

Jiang Chen nodded at her and said:

"Miss Liu hit the nail on the head and hit the key to this problem. If the imperial court wants to be sustainable for a long time, in addition to guarding the country against foreign aggression, there is nothing more important than focusing on developing people's livelihood. If the people even have a problem with eating, They would not talk about the etiquette of kings, fathers and ministers. The change of dynasties often starts with the inaction of officials and the people's livelihood. The imbalance of social resources causes the rich to indulge in wealth and be unkind, while the poor have no food to eat and are homeless. If If there is no innovator who wants to eliminate this gap between the rich and the poor, and uses thunderous and iron-fisted methods to control this social evil, then this court is not far from decline."

Fan Yao listened to their conversation and said to Jiang Chen;

"Jiang Chen, you are right, but what the imperial courts of the past dynasties often lack are such innovative and stern figures. Once a person reaches a certain high position, he will consider a lot of personal gains and losses. To be such an innovative figure, that is He has to put his personal gains and losses and safety aside. There were people like this in the past, but in the end they still couldn't shake the interests of those nobles. Many of them ended in failure, so their talents were not enough for him to go. Change this unfair society. In the end, it ended in failure."

Liu Huaian also said:

"You are all right. Those in power in the imperial court only know how to form cliques and fight for power. They don't care about the suffering of the people. They will always stand on their own side and seek personal gain, but turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people. ."