Lin Xu did not refuse this time. He nodded and started to read the poem: "Sow a grain of millet in spring, and harvest ten thousand grains in autumn. There is no idle land in the world, and farmers still starve to death!"
Yan Ning was stunned!
Although the theme of the two poems is the same, compared with the previous poem, the concept of this poem is more profound, and even sends out a torture of the soul: Since there are no idle fields in the world, and since the harvest is so rich, what exactly causes it?
The farmer's death? Why is the farmer's life so difficult?
And Xiaoying couldn't help but blush!
Because she couldn't help but think of her family. When she was still young, all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were already very strict. Coupled with the serious banditry, their family worked hard from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, but they reaped nothing.
At least 80% of the food was taken away by the government and bandits, and the little food left was not enough to fill the stomachs of the family!
Her mother and her sister became ill over time just because they were reluctant to eat, but their family couldn't even afford to pay for a doctor, so they could only watch them die miserably!
Her father really had no choice but to find a way for her to survive, so he had no choice but to sell her to Yaxing for two hundred cash when she was seven years old.
Later, after many twists and turns, she was bought by the Yan family and trained as a dead soldier. Later, she was favored by the young lady and became her personal maid. From then on, she lived a good life without worrying about food and drink. She was even regarded as a maid by the young lady.
Treat like a biological sister...
After she grew up, she also went back to look for her family, but her small yard was already dilapidated, and her father and brother were missing. No one knew whether they were dead or had become refugees.
.....
"Sir, he cares about all the people in the world. This kind of broad sentiment makes Yan Ning admire him very much!"
Yan Ning bowed solemnly to Lin Xu and said in a deep voice.
Although Xiaoying didn't say anything, the look in her eyes when she looked at Lin Xu was full of complicated emotions!
"Ning Ning, why do you think farmers still starve to death even though there is no free land in the world?"
Lin Xu asked in a serious tone.
"The imperial court is corrupt, officials are corrupt, banditry is serious, and wars are everywhere!"
Yan Ning said these four points without thinking, because this was a question she had already thought about seriously.
"The imperial court is corrupt, officials are corrupt, banditry is serious, and wars are everywhere!"
Lin Xu repeated the four points mentioned by Yan Ning and sighed: "You are absolutely right. These four points are indeed the ills of the current world! And the corruption of the imperial court is the root cause of these problems!"
"So, sir, how should we solve this problem?"
"reform!"
"reform?"
Yan Ning frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand.
"That's right, the imperial court has reached this point. If it still wants to continue its reign, it must carry out a profound reform from the inside out! Otherwise..."
Lin Xu did not finish his words, but his meaning was obvious!
"Then, sir, how should we carry out reforms?"
Yan Ning asked.
"I'm not a politician, let alone a reformer, so I don't know how to reform."