Siheyuan: Stab at Louzi at the beginning

There are two adjacent villages, one called Dawangzhuang and the other called Xiaowangzhuang, separated by a river.

Although they are called two villages, they are actually both farms of "Wang Beile".

And Prince Wang was a very good person, always being kind and friendly to the people.

For example, the monthly allowance of servants in his family was one or two taels more than that of other families. He also liked to rescue widows, widowers, and lonely vagrants. When he saw them, he would always send someone to take them to his farm and give them a piece of land to farm.

Dawangzhuang has always been his family’s farm.

Xiaowangzhuang is a village formed by the rescued widows and widowers. Since they cultivate the land of Prince Wang, they are naturally members of Prince Wang's family.

As long as you have land to farm and food to eat, what else can you ask for?

The two villages have always lived in peace.

Until one day, Prince Wang had a son in his old age. He was extremely happy, so he made a decision, that is, to ensure that all the farmers on the farm would not go hungry in the future.

A farm... can be simply understood as farmers renting land from the owner of the farm. If it is a reward from ancestors, then they will naturally rent the land for generations. Those who farm the land cannot be said to be slaves, but they can be said to be domestic servants. Once an agreed binding relationship is formed, they cannot leave easily.

Farmers have to pay rent to the owner. There is a fixed amount to pay every year. If there is drought or flood, the owner will be hard-hearted and will pay every grain of rice. There is nothing you can do about natural disasters, man-made disasters, or hunger. If you are kind-hearted and reduce the rent, you can be called a good person.

Prince Wang was very kind-hearted, so the farmers were naturally very happy and they all knelt down and kowtowed.

From now on, you can follow your master with peace of mind. You will be guaranteed a harvest regardless of drought or flood, and you will never starve.

Five years later, another drought struck, causing grain production to drop by 20%.

Thanks to the kindness of Prince Wang, and the grain saved for paying the rent, they could naturally get by safely.

At this point, he thanked the merciful Wang Beile in his heart.

But one day, Prince Wang suddenly sent someone over, saying that he was here to get some food.

The farmers were puzzled: "The prince said in the past that this year's drought has reduced production, so the land rent should be paid..."

"What Lord Beile said himself is of course valid, don't misunderstand..."

Food is our lifeline, so of course we have to make it clear.

After some haggling, I explained that we would use this year's new grain to exchange for the old grain in the warehouse from three years ago. We would keep enough grain for one month, and take all the rest away. After one month, we would return the old grain to you. It would only be early, not late.

"My Lord, do you mind the difference between new and old food? Do you also prefer fresh food?"

The following process went exceptionally smoothly. The policeman personally watched from the farm's granary as truckloads of new grain were loaded and shipped away, leaving only a month's worth of food.

He sent someone to bring the grain cart and ride away on horseback.

There was no doubt in everyone's mind.

But as time went by, the grain transport convoy never returned.

I became more and more anxious and started to inquire.

The result was naturally a bolt from the blue. The world was in chaos and Prince Wang and his family had already left.

No one could figure out whether it was Prince Wang or the familiar messenger who took away the grain and enriched himself during the chaos. The farmers who came to the city were just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, they knew nothing and of course they couldn't find the messenger who was responsible for transporting the grain.

He is obviously from Prince Wang’s family.

What follows is the ending of the two farms.

Will you starve to death?

The people of Xiaowangzhuang had been farming for Wang Beile's family for generations, and Wang Beile was such a good man that they naturally believed the words of the messenger unconditionally. The final result was that four or five out of ten people died, and those who died not only starved to death, but some also became refugees.

Dawangzhuang is a group of people who have experienced the hardships of society. Wang Beile is a good person, but because of the drought and poor harvest, they were still cautious. When threshing the grain, they did not thresh it cleanly and deliberately left some of the grain on top. Relying on this little bit of grain, they waited until the autumn harvest.

People starved to death in Xiaowangzhuang. Was it Prince Wang’s fault?

For Xiaowangzhuang, these questions will never have answers.

Such a long story actually means that everything is connected by one person after another. It is people who raise questions and it is also people who solve problems. The development of things seems to be the cause today and the result tomorrow. In fact, many cause and effect relationships, especially some major events, are due to different choices made by some people, resulting in different results.

The people of Xiaowangzhuang knew that they were suffering from a disaster, but they still unconditionally believed in and supported their employer. This was their choice.

He was just a messenger, just a long-time servant of the boss, and there was still nothing wrong with it. This was also their choice.

Dawangzhuang had to believe it. They knew the harvest would be poor, so they started making preparations in advance. They put the kindness aside first; the most important thing was not to starve.

In the final analysis, the beginning of everything is still a problem of "people".

As long as a person masters the art of knowing people, he is better than 95 percent of people.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Of course, everyone can have a different understanding of this story. The understanding will naturally be different depending on the perspective.

Xu Damao and Team Leader Li told this story which could barely be considered a story.

"What a messed up story you made up! You can even make up a story to persuade me, but you should worry about yourself. After listening to this story, I only have one thought: the ones who suffer are always those laborers who work diligently in the fields just to fill their stomachs."

Xu Damao:......

Team leader Li may have noticed something.

But he had no choice.

There is nothing anyone can do.

Authority, rectification, direction, modernity, improvement, and line can all be put aside for now.

Who has the final say?

This may be the root cause.

"So I am now working to benefit those people, starting with something as small as being able to eat eggs. I am working hard to improve my abilities. Team leader Xu, if you have nothing to do recently, please go to the management bureau and help me. I am in charge of such a large number of things now, and I am actually under a lot of pressure."

Team leader Li chuckled.

"Are you under a lot of pressure? Are you looking for someone to work for you? Not only do you want to slack off, but you also want to capture my men. Do you think you should be beaten or not?"

"You deserve to be beaten, you deserve to be beaten. I just want you to come and help me take charge, give me some guidance on the work, and supervise Yilin. I'm telling you, he's been looking at me with disdain lately, and he doesn't respect his leader at all..."

"If you can go to get off work and leave on time every day, then your employees will respect you."

"I have been guarding the demonstration farm for the past month. It takes three hours to drive back and forth. I have been working overtime voluntarily every day. I am leaving get off work early now just to make up for the time I worked overtime before. No matter who asks me, I will say that only voluntary overtime is allowed, and early leaving is not allowed? How can this be justified..."

Xu Damao began his argument, chattering non-stop.

Team Leader Li: “Get lost.”