People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 452: Land is like a dog leash!

I have to say that this scoundrel is actually very smart.

It turns out that no one who is capable of being a rogue has a problem with his brain.

His logic is very clear, that is, others must be plotting something against us, but we just can't see it clearly.

What he subconsciously wanted to say was that we are not as good as others, not as smart as others, not as capable as others, and not as methodical as others.

So even if someone is plotting against us, we can't see it.

He used this method of changing the concept to tell every wavering villager present.

Don't forget the fact that you may be taken advantage of just because of such a small benefit.

Sure enough, the common people, who were already very strong, became cautious one by one after hearing this.

Their caution did not mean that they were unwilling to believe it, but that they wanted to see what these gangsters who came to spread the word could say to refute the words of that scoundrel.

If they can't refute it, they will definitely scatter.

But if they could refute it, for these villagers it would strengthen their trust in the government.

Sometimes the villagers are very smart. Their cleverness lies in the fact that they know they are tongue-tied and cannot possibly compete with those who have been around the world every day and have seen the world.

But some people can, like that scoundrel who roams the streets with a lot of bad friends.

If you want to gain a certain status among this group of bad friends and have a meal, you must be good at speaking.

The common people just used these people as substitutes and hid behind the scenes to listen quietly.

Once something happens that is unfavorable to them, they retreat immediately.

Once they find an advantageous position, they rush forward immediately.

This is true wisdom. Although this wisdom seems to be so simple, this is real life.

Especially the common people who were able to survive in ancient times, they were actually very smart.

It's just that most people can't see their cleverness.

I always feel that these ordinary people have not seen much of the world, so they must not have any wisdom.

This is totally wrong.

Although ordinary people have not seen the world, they still have to struggle to survive even in the same place.

Different from the life-and-death struggle in official circles;

Different from the competition for profits in the business world;
It is also different from the bloody struggles of fighting and killing in the underworld.

The struggle between ordinary people may be limited to the issue of releasing water from one field to another.

It's only about the fertilizer in your house, whether it can be left in my house.

This only applies to the question of whether the beans planted on the ground will grow to your home.

It's very small, but it has a big heart.

In order to maximize their own interests, they can also use their brains and come up with many ways.

It's not just about saving face. After all, we live in the same village. We can't fall out with each other or offend too many people. Otherwise, if something really happens in the future, no one will help you.

At the same time, you cannot lose face. If you fail in this argument, those people will really treat you like a soft persimmon.

People will not feel pity or sympathy for you, but will think that you are a pauper and a soft persimmon, and they will want to kick you again.

This is the real problem.

In fact, there is no essential connection between human wisdom and knowledge. Often, the smaller the place, the more intense the conflict.

Because the smaller the place, the more it has to fight for those little resources if it wants to survive. The wisdom generated by the constant fighting for these little resources is no less than the wisdom of mediating in the face of major issues.

It's just that everyone has overlooked this point. They always think that those who fight and compete for major issues are the ones who are truly wise, but what wisdom can those ordinary people have?

They spend their whole lives staying in that small mountain village, just growing some crops and vegetables. If people like them are wise, then everyone is wise.

But on the contrary, people who can survive in barren places often have extraordinary wisdom.

It’s just that their wisdom will not be used in business, in studying, in officialdom, or in fighting in the underworld.

Instead, it is used in every aspect of life.

If you want to live a decent and clean life at home, you must have both emotional intelligence in terms of speech and the skills to curry favor.

The common people are not simple, there are really masters among the masses.

Just like now, they actually heard that Guo Feixue wanted to compensate them when the road was built, and they were very moved.

But can it be expressed so directly?

No.

What you show means that you are different from most people.

In fact, most people are just waiting and watching, after all, they have not secured their profits.

If you show it, are you representing the attitude of the entire village?

If you are the first to speak out, and if this matter fails to satisfy the interests of most people in the future, you can just wait, someone will definitely come to you and ask you why you expressed your stance in the first place.

At that time, you will become the enemy attacked by everyone. Even if everyone knows about this matter, in fact, everyone already knows it, but there must be a scapegoat.

The reason why they dare not express their opinions is that they have families to support.

We all have to live in this village, and we may have to live here for a long time in the future.

If you offend someone in the village, you might really die here.

You never know when you might be poisoned, and you never know when all the food in your home will stop growing.

After all, you will offend everyone, and the more they think about you, the more they will hate you, so it will be easy for them to kill you.

This is extreme. Even if it is not so extreme, if someone rolls their eyes at you on a normal day, and everyone gathers together to bask in the sun and chat, but you run over and everyone disperses, how would you feel?
Living in such a depressing place for a long time will lead to mental collapse.

So everyone's caution is forced out.

The reason why the scoundrel dared to be the first to act was because he had no property and he was not like those honest people who stayed in the village every day.

He wandered the streets without a fixed place, so he was not afraid of what others said about him.

He is even a tough guy and you can't win if you try to be a rogue with him.

Therefore, it is most appropriate for such a person to ask such questions on your behalf.

All you need to do is step back and this scoundrel will reveal his most scoundrel side.

How could the people in the underworld not know what the common people are thinking?

Although they know that the common people are actually very excited at this time, they are very restrained, which is in line with their character.

So after hearing this scoundrel say such things, and hearing others echoing him, it was clear that this scoundrel was now being used as a substitute by these very savvy people. Even if this scoundrel offended the government in the future, it would be his own business.

And if he asked the question that I wanted to ask the most, wouldn't it make myself and others very proactive? This is a very clever way.

After Jianghu people understood this, they smiled slightly.

Then the leader of the gangsters discussed it with the people around him.

"It seems that the opponents we are facing are very smart and not so easy to fool, so we still have to put in some real effort."

Everyone laughed.

In fact, before coming here, Guo Feixue had reminded them that if the people didn’t understand, then let them understand.

If the people are acting like scoundrels, just give in to them. This is how the people are.

Among us who are in the underworld, everyone has encountered this situation.

Since you know this situation and still argue with ordinary people, it means you don't have the morals and magnanimity of a gangster.

So after the gangsters laughed, the leader of the gangsters made a living by fortune-telling, so he was very eloquent.

He speaks in a very tight manner, making it impossible for others to say anything.

But this time he listened patiently to what all the villagers said. Even though the scoundrel's words were helpless and unpleasant to the ear, the blind fortune teller knew very well that these were the deepest thoughts of the common people.

In that case, let's clear up their confusion for them.

So the blind man picked up his bamboo stick, and with the help of his two colleagues, he sat on the stone chair under the big locust tree and waved his hand, "If you want to listen, can you listen to me talk a few words?"

Ordinary people generally have a natural fear of fortune tellers.

Because I always feel that they can see through my heart.

I always feel that they have a mysterious power.

Subconsciously, you will feel that you should respect such people.

And if someone is talking to you with a smile, can you reach out and hit that smiling person?
The common people are also very simple.

So since the fortune teller sat down and spoke nicely to his people, he would naturally speak nicely.

The promotion just now was just mechanical, following the work flow, and no one was very satisfied with it.

Now, wouldn’t it be great if I could let this fortune teller tell me everything in detail?

So everyone found a place, squatting, standing, or sitting on a wooden stake, and began to listen to the fortune teller explain everything.

The fortune teller knocked on the stone table, then leaned on his cane with his chin on his hands, and glanced at the people present with his blind eyes, as if he could see them, and said slowly:
"Since ancient times, when the emperor came into being, we, the common people, have known that the whole world belongs to the king. If we cultivate the emperor's land, we must pay taxes, so that the government will not make things difficult for us. This has been the truth for thousands of years.

At the same time, it is also a fate that ordinary people like us cannot escape.”

When it comes to this, many people sighed.

Everyone says they farm the land, but in fact the land belongs to others, not themselves, which makes one feel so lonely and helpless.

Even though the common people have been making a living by farming for generations, they always feel uncomfortable because they have to return things they borrowed from others.

The common people have been making a living by farming for generations, and they always feel that this is how the people should be.

Is this really how the people should be? Should they be exploited for the rest of their lives?

Should I deserve to have those people above me step on my neck and shit on me?
So the common people are suffering, but they dare not speak out.

Other classes at least have a channel to vent their anger, but the common people have been farming all their lives and have never left the village, so where can they talk and who would dare to listen?

So in fact, it is very unfree and very cowardly.

After the fortune teller said this, everyone began to resonate with it.

I also heard the fortune teller say: "We honest people grow crops, pay taxes, and the little food left can support us for a year or half a year, which is still good.

If God is not kind to us, and it rains less this year and more next year, or if it is a little drier this year and a little windy next year, our lives will be difficult.

That's why we rely on nature for our livelihood.

We, the common people, are tied to the land, but are treated as slaves by the land.

Everyone is reluctant to part with that soil and they both love and hate him. I don’t know how to explain it, do you think so? "

How could the common people not think so after hearing this?

This piece of land provides food and clothing for his family, but because of farming this land, it feels like a rope is tied around his neck, and he cannot live without it for the rest of his life.

When you leave, the land may be cultivated by someone else, but you still have to pay the taxes.

Now that we have caught up with the reform and legal reform, the tax on farming has been reduced a little, but our ancestors in the past decades or even generations were all tied by the neck like a dog leash.

I feel sad when I think about this.

Is the reason why we ordinary people live such a miserable life simply because we are not hardworking enough?
No, why should I, a blind fortune teller, come out to tell fortunes?

It was because twenty years ago, I became blind and had to sell my land at a low price to pay for my medical treatment. Since then, I have been wandering around and my life has been miserable.

Look at my face now, it's all weathered, guess how old I am?"

Everyone was looking at the old blind man below and making guesses.

"You look so old, so you should be around seventy, right?"

"Not really. He should be over sixty years old."

"Sixty-five! I guess sixty-five!"

"I guess seventy-two."

Everyone guessed that he was over 60 years old, and the lowest guess was 65.

The blind man laughed and said, "It seems that you are not mistaken. I am 45 years old this year."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

I never expected that a 45-year-old's face would have the vicissitudes of a 70-year-old.

It can be seen that he has suffered a lot during these years of wandering around.

The blind man smiled and said, "Of course, it is rare for a person to live to be seventy. To live to be seventy is a gift from God. I dare not ask for it. But you can see that I am forty-five years old, but now I look like an old man who is about to be buried. Do you think it's fun to wander around the world?
I've been exposed to the wind and sun so much that I, a man in my forties, look like I'm in my seventies to you. It's obvious that if we lose our land, we will lose stability.

Are you all so safe and secure in the same way? Without the Duke's reforms, it seems that no one would be able to live well.

But what if I tell you that the reason why we common people have ended up here is because of this land, because we have no means and no skills, and more importantly, because we eat, drink, defecate and urinate on this land.

If you don’t plant this year, what will you eat next year? But if there is a road that can be built to the gate of your village, if you don’t plant this year, I can set up a stall at the gate, and maybe I can solve the problem of food and drink for the day.

I believe you have all been to the market and know very well that some small traders may not seem as stable as you, but their daily trade is enough to harvest what you harvest from farming for half a year."

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(End of this chapter)