Under Cao Zhi's instructions, although Yang Xiu was unwilling, he still did as he was told.
Yang Xiu took off the boots under his feet, revealing his feet.
A thick layer of calluses could be seen on his feet!
When he saw this pair of calloused feet, even if Cao Cao did not believe it, he did.
The grain tax could be faked, but this pair of calloused feet could not be faked!
To be able to develop calluses, one must have been running around for a very long time. They were really especially concerned about the grain tax review and had to do everything themselves. Otherwise, they would never grow calluses.
When everyone present saw the thick calluses on Yang Xiu's feet, their mouths were also gagged for a moment, unable to voice any doubts.
To be able to grow such calluses, no matter how much they retorted, it was useless.
Especially Yang Xiu's father, Yang Biao, almost shed tears of heartache.
Originally, Yang Biao felt that his son had changed so much that he almost couldn't recognize him at first.
After reading the Luoyang results report that Cao Zhi had presented to Cao Cao, Yang Biao was also shocked, especially when he heard that this report was written by his son, who only knew how to play with words and ink all day long. When he heard that his son had walked through all the prefectures and counties around Luoyang and calculated it one by one, Yang Biao's eyes widened.
Impossible!
As Yang Xiu's father, how could he not understand his own son?
Just by relying on Yang Xiu's character of relying on petty tricks to slack off everywhere and never doing heavy work, more importantly, Yang Xiu had always looked down on these lower-class people who did manual labor. He often thought that they were the lowest social animals and were meaningless existences.
Although Yang Biao had tried, he had never been able to change Yang Xiu's abnormal worldview caused by his scholarly temperament.
Even back then, even when Yang Xiu followed Cao Zhi to Luoyang, Yang Biao found it unbelievable. Under this kind of concept, how could Yang Xiu possibly go and discuss wasteland cultivation with the lower class people? Reforming the garrison system? To do what Yang Xiu thought the lowlifes would do.
Yang Biao didn't even dare to think about it.
Now, Yang Biao couldn't believe that he had suffered so much and gone to so many places.
He wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death!
But all of this was completely believed the instant Yang Biao saw the thick calluses on Yang Xiu's feet.
He did not expect that Yang Xiu actually really walked through all the prefectures and counties surrounding Luoyang!
What kind of perseverance was this!
Previously, he had been staring at his son and wondering what had happened to him. How could there be so many changes?
There were no more luxurious clothes, no more gold and jade pendants, and no more fans filled with poems.
Shen Wen had a different feeling when he saw his son like this.
It was as if he had advanced from a sour scholar to a real scholar. Gentle and refined, neither servile nor overbearing, polite and polite, knowing when to advance or retreat.
Without the sourness of a scholar, there would be no petty tricks.
Even though Yang Biao felt gratified, the problem was, could such a son still be considered his son?
Not only Cao Cao and Yang Biao, but everyone present now looked at Yang Xiu with a different gaze.
Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu with a solemn expression. Although Yang Xiu had already put on his boots again now, his pair of feet that had just grown calluses were still unable to be erased in his mind.
After a long silence, Cao Cao sighed and asked Yang Xiu,""Why is Dezu like this?"
When Yang Xiu heard this, he also fell silent.
Yes, why did he do that?
It was as if he had changed at some point in time. He had started to seriously and diligently manage the Great Wei Academy. He had started to really think about these people whom he had originally thought were lowly peasants, no different from livestock.
Now that he thought about it, it was his understanding that had changed.
He understood that he had been narrow-minded back then, which was why he had made such a change in his voice.
Yang Xiu's gaze was firm as he replied,"Because I learned a lot here.”
"Oh?" Cao Cao and Yang Biao's eyes lit up. Cao Cao asked,""What did you learn?"
When Yang Xiu heard Cao Cao's question, he took a deep breath and swept his gaze across everyone. Finally, he calmed down and said,"I've only learned one thing in the many months I've been in Luoyang.”
Something? When everyone heard Yang Xiu's answer, they were all stunned.
How could he have such a huge change after learning only one thing? Looking at Yang Xiu's appearance now, how could he have just learned one thing?
"What is it?" Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked.
"That is, I understand what humiliation is!”
"Humiliated?"
Hearing Yang Xiu's answer, everyone was puzzled.
Humiliation? What was that?
Looking at everyone's shocked expressions, Yang Xiu calmly replied,""The monarch is worried and the officials are humiliated. The people are trapped and the officials are humiliated."
"If the king has something to worry about, it's because the officials are not loyal to their duties and can't share the king's worries. Therefore, this is the shame of the officials.”
"There are countless people in the world who are extremely poor. Their lives are extremely difficult. Their mother is seriously ill, but they don't have money to buy medicine to relieve her. They only ate two meals a day, and their stomachs were rumbling with hunger. Their clothes were ragged. Their pain was simply unimaginable to those who held high the imperial court and temples.
"We can't let the plight of these people improve as they should. Instead, the number of bones in the world will continue to increase, and the people will suffer. This is the shame of scholars!”
It could be said that Yang Xiu was really shocked.
This shock came from the bottom of his heart. It was a shock that completely overturned his worldview!
This was not the experience of the rich going to the countryside, nor was it the useless talk about the gap between the rich and the poor. Instead, it was a true and thorough experience of the root cause of the gap between the poor and the rich.
He had truly experienced the weakness and hatred of today's scholars, and experienced the hardships and hardships of being a commoner!
For the first time, he admitted that these villagers were humans.
They were not stupid, unruly, or lowly. They also had their own emotions. They could also learn to read through education. They could also eat, wear, live, and abide by filial piety and abide by human nature. They were the same as him.
After spending so much time together, a huge sense of empathy and countless questions were born.
They were not stupid, but why were they in such a difficult situation? They worked hard all day, but why were they still hungry? Why could they endure all this?
For the first time, Yang Xiu questioned his worldview.
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