Chapter 17 Harsh
However, she did not intend to tell the original owner about these considerations. The current original owner has been worried about meeting more strangers, and she also knows that she cannot hide in a snail shell all the time and face outsiders with a trembling attitude.
Even if Ling Xiao told her about choosing a place to live, she probably didn't have any ideas. After all, she had never been to the countryside and had no idea of the advantages and disadvantages. She should want Ling Xiao to make the decision.
After thinking about it for a while, Ling Xiao still decided to take her time, because she shouldn't be too anxious about the original owner, and the original owner was very excited now. This was the first time she really started traveling and really saw this diverse world.
Her previous memories did contain some of Ling Xiao's memories, but they were from a spectator's perspective, a state of substitution. But now looking at this side in person, it was a different feeling.
She was wearing men's clothing and looking at the outside world. Fortunately, some wealthy people these days like to have girls' feet bound. Before puberty, the difference in skin and voice between men and women was not big, so everyone just thought that the original owner was a boy or a girl.
I never thought that the original owner was a woman.
Along the way, the original owner felt a lot better and saw a lot of things. They didn't encounter many bad things along the way. Even if they did, they didn't let her see them. Therefore, the original owner lived a very happy life.
She also has a certain talent for painting. She has been practicing painting according to the information in some books over the years. After learning about it, Ling Xiao gave her some pointers on her painting skills and planned to find someone to teach her painting in the future. This can be regarded as a hobby. Of course,
It's more expensive, so she needs to learn how to make money, and she should develop these ideas slowly.
The original owner planned to record the beautiful scenery when she saw it. Ling Xiao did not stop her behavior. As a girl who is particularly independent, after some hard work, she finally had something she wanted to do, which was good.
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Ling Xiao specially rewarded the original owner and told her that if she did well, she could do anything, but the premise is: she must not violate her own conscience, let alone do anything illegal.
Of course, it is normal to make mistakes. Don’t be afraid if you make a mistake. Who doesn’t make mistakes? If she makes a mistake, she can just correct it. After she corrects her mistake, she will still be a good child. Don’t stop moving forward because you are afraid of making a mistake.
When encountering some problems along the way, the original owner was asked to make up his mind. If the approach was not very good, he had to explain why it was not good. There was a problem during the night break. The original owner happened to see a weak beggar and felt that he was small.
It's so pitiful that you have to come out to beg for food at such an age.
She thought for a moment and wanted to give the money in her sachet to the little beggar, but was stopped by Ling Xiao who was watching. Instead, she asked people to buy a lot of steamed buns with the money, which most of the beggars could eat.
Afterwards, Ling Xiao told him that sometimes he saw some pitiful little beggars. If someone threw a piece of silver, not only would it be bad for the little beggar, but it might even cause the little beggar to die.
Because the money given is too attractive, even if the amount is small, the little beggar cannot keep his own money, and more likely, his life. Other beggars may take it away, or even beat the little beggar to death.
Only then did the original owner realize that there were many things that he did not know about, and sometimes good intentions may not always lead to good things. Then it can be said that a lot of effort was wasted in order for the original owner to regain his self-confidence.
After experiencing many things, she gradually began to use her brain. The more she experienced, the more she realized that she didn't know many things. She began to prepare and study hard for the sake of her future.
Ling Xiao also paid attention to encouraging the original owner when her idea was right. When her idea was wrong, he analyzed the reasons and let her know why she was wrong, which gave her many new ideas.
The two of them could not read while sitting in the carriage because it was too rocky and there was not enough light. Ling Xiao would not let the original owner read because it would easily lead to myopia and he would talk about various books.
After these days of experience, the original owner also saw more books, which finally gave her the opportunity to examine her past life, and the ones that felt most wrong were those books about women's rings, so she raised this issue.
Ling Xiao did not answer immediately after knowing her doubts. Sometimes if the answer is too hasty, it may be considered too hasty. It is better to think more and let the original owner think for himself. Do you think this is right?
Ling Xiao, who grew up in modern society, has always believed that women should be self-respecting and self-reliant. However, this idea cannot be forced on the original owner. What is needed is her own approval. After all, the original owner has to walk her own path.
Another thing is that Ling Xiao doesn't want the original owner to go too far, because she is just a person, and being too dissatisfied with the world will only lead her to go against the entire society.
Ling Xiao has not done it herself, so how can she ask the original owner to do it? This is completely counterproductive. She hopes that the original owner will live well. People who think far ahead of this world often live in pain because she will turn a blind eye.
Watching everything slip away thinking about the point of no return.
It would be okay if the original owner was a firm-minded person, maybe she would leave some sparks in the world, but she has always been a simple child, and her family even ignored her and chose to forgive them, so why put the heavy burden on her?
On the shoulders of the original owner?
Ling Xiao thought very clearly, and he didn't want her to know anything more. However, he still reminded the original owner to pay attention to the situation when talking outside. Who knows that the situation in this world is indeed not very good, and someone might make a snitch.
, in case the defendant is in trouble.
We must know that in the later period of this dynasty, the officialdom became darker and party disputes intensified. The most famous ones were the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party, which was opposed to the Eunuch Party. It can be said that most officials in the imperial court joined the two camps.
Officials who have not joined must also join another group, otherwise there will be no good end. In many cases, the aliens are more hateful than their opponents. People from both camps will suppress those who do not join. It can be said that in many cases they are just like chicken feathers.
This is the situation even now. Of course, there is no eunuch party or Donglin party in the court at this moment. Most of those officials are around the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet. There are many factions among the cabinet ministers.
When the powerful ministers were still there, the faction of the powerful ministers was a giant, attracting the attention of most officials. The powerful ministers suppressed and won over others for their own faction.
As the opposition, they all wanted to get rid of the powerful officials. After the powerful officials fell, most of the people who relied on the powerful officials fell one after another, or were demoted to become minor officials. Some people felt very bad and started to change their families early.
The territory left by the powerful ministers has been divided up by those forces. They not only want to survive, but also want to become the next powerful ministers. This is true for each one of them. They want to be the chief minister and replace them.
Although they all want to rebel against the powerful ministers, in fact many of them want to become the next powerful minister deep down, want to control the government and become the emperor's favorite, but none of them have touched the emperor's itching point, so
He does not have the ability to become a powerful minister.
Of course, I don’t know who would think so. Anyway, the battles in the officialdom are very cruel, and opponents are not treated politely at all. If they get involved, ordinary people will definitely die.
The battlefield where those big shots are fighting is in the court. Although Ling Xiao doesn't like the original owner's grandfather very much, this man does not care about the original owner's status for his own benefit. He has become dehumanized after being an official for a long time.
But it cannot be denied that this man is a master of fighting in the officialdom. When fighting with powerful ministers, he paid attention to retaining his own strength. He pretended not to be able to see it. He and Mr. Yan were ministers in the same court for many years. How could he not know Mr. Yan's secrets?
Problem?
He had always known, but he also knew that the ministers who ranked first in the emperor's heart were powerful ministers, and Tai still could not compare with other ministers. In order to numb the carelessness of the Yan family and his son, he even gave his granddaughter to the Yan family's children as a concubine. This shows that
How humble, he bent his waist.
In private, he has been secretly contacting other officials to save his own life. The powerful ministers are also afraid of Mr. Xu. After all, they are all foxes with thousands of years. Who doesn't know that the other party is doing something secretly?
The two sides seemed to be very harmonious, but the powerful ministers never relaxed their calculations against Mr. Xu and looked for opportunities to get rid of Mr. Xu. However, Mr. Xu himself paid attention to everything and avoided danger time and time again.
After getting rid of the powerful ministers, Master Xu suddenly became the most powerful among the ministers and became the chief assistant. Ling Xiao knew that the Xu Mansion at this time should be the busiest place in the capital. Of course, this had nothing to do with the original owner.
Ling Xiao didn't even care about the situation of the original owner's family. The Xu family may have been prosperous for a while, but later they were ousted by another emperor and had to return to their hometown. After returning home, the Xu family bought a lot of land and went too far.
So much so that the Xu family overturned in the hands of the upright official Hai Rui, who allowed the Xu family to buy so much land, which greatly reduced the number of homesteaders and caused the Xu family to be exiled, so it was better to stay away from the Xu family.
Hey! Today there have been fourteen chief ministers, and few of them had a good end. Most of them died in a miserable way, because in order to suppress their opponents, the officials in the court were ruthless. Several former chief ministers
It was the chief assistant at the back who was pulled down, and another one was beheaded directly.
In addition, Jin Shang controls the Jinyi Guards, the East Factory and the West Factory. Those factory guards like to use torture to extract confessions, resulting in many people who were loyal to the emperor dying little by little during the torture. It can be said that the factory guard system is harsh, and many people
Once you enter, don't come out again. Many people died unjustly inside.
Ministers fell out of office one after another. Maybe an official was in high spirits when he went to work, but when he came home at night, he had turned into a corpse. Even if he survived, he would fall into the hands of factory guards.
This is one of the reasons why Ling Xiao wants to stay away from the capital completely. It is the headquarters of the factory guard, with the most rumors and many means of detecting people. The K puppet has been investigated after entering the capital. Fortunately, she
The preparation work was done very well and no problems were found.
But this shows that life in the capital is too harsh. I still remember that after Ling Xiao jumped into the river with the identity of the original owner, there were factory security personnel who specifically investigated, but because they knew too little about the situation, they did not find out.
Of course, it was because the matter was not very noticeable that he did not continue to investigate. Ling Xiao was a little surprised when he found out. Fortunately, Ling Xiao had used a puppet to investigate before, so he did not lose his horse.
She likes to live in a place with rules, but she really doesn't like the kind of behavior of arresting people when they disagree and using torture to extract confessions. You must know that extorting confessions can easily lead to unjust, false and wrongful convictions.
Therefore, after determining those circumstances, she did not want to live in a place full of factory guards, and there were especially many powerful people in the capital. It was too tiring to live as a commoner, so she still preferred to live somewhere else. Later, after leaving the capital
Later, she wanted to see Gungun, so she went to the Qinling Mountains.
The two people followed the convoy along the way. During this process, the original owner felt a lot of difficulties. For example, when he needed convenience on the road, he had to find a place to avoid people and pay attention to safety issues. Fortunately, there was always a puppet.
Accompany me, otherwise the original owner will not be able to go because he cannot accept it.
Even though she was very unpopular in her previous life, her most basic life was still very good compared to that of civilians. At least she didn't encounter the situation of going outside for convenience. This was too shameful, but this was the situation along the way.
In the end, she couldn't hold it in anymore and went to go to the convenience store, and gradually got used to it. After all, there were not many places where there were people on the road, and even if there were people, she couldn't go to other people's homes to go to the convenience store.
Ling Xiao saw that the original owner had gradually adapted to traveling thousands of miles, so he told her some of his plans. The original owner suggested living in a country. She also saw a lot of bad things during this time, and she felt that she really didn't like some places.
, she felt that a remote and deserted place was better.
Ling Xiao smiled slightly after hearing the original owner's words. Later, when the original owner broadened his horizons, he liked Tao Yuanming more, because many of his poems revealed a kind of romance. The feeling of picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains was too much.
Okay. After experiencing being abandoned again and again, the original owner became more fond of nature and less affectionate.
Ling Xiao naturally saw that she did not directly say that it was not good to pick chrysanthemums under the eastern fence. Instead, after leaving the convoy, she found a country where the original owner could experience life and experience what farming was like.
The original owner received this kind of education for the first time, just in time to harvest wheat, which allowed the original owner to fully experience the hard work of farming. When harvesting wheat, he would find that the wheat ears were extremely itchy and his hands would get blisters, but he had to do it because he was afraid of it.
rain.
After she moved into the village, she found that the sanitary conditions here were worrying. Not to mention public health, the people in the countryside did not develop good hygiene habits. They felt very unclean when eating, and there were many flying insects such as mosquitoes and flies.
People who are not from a powerful family will not receive any preferential treatment. Even if you go to the east, you must be very careful. If you don't do it well, there is a lot of possibility of falling into the manure pit. There will also be a lot of maggots, which looks disgusting.
The original owner simply couldn't accept this kind of experience, and she also knew that reality was often not as good as she imagined. She had no choice but to cut the wheat and leave that place. She finally realized that the so-called pastoral pastoral was just a dream.
After experiencing them one by one, I realized that life is not easy for everyone. She lived a very hard life before, but those people also lived a very hard life, and they didn't even have the chance to leave that place. After she recovered, Ling Xiao would return it to her
Chapter completed!