PDLP Chapter 596 Cao Jin's Family
Chapter 596 Cao Jin's Family
My name is Cao Jin, and I come from the Cao family in the Wu region.
How should I introduce my family?
To put it simply, in the previous dynasty, no matter what my status was within the Cao family, I would have been treated with great courtesy throughout the entire Wu region as long as I went out.
Whether I like it or not, I'll be treated like a boss.
However, the Cao family at present is just a small family in Dantu County under the Southern Zhili, with no more than 10,000 mu of farmland.
You ask if 10,000 mu isn't enough? Can you call this scale a weak force?
All I can say is that the land beneath the feet of the ruler who now sits in the imperial city of Yingtian Prefecture, part of which once belonged to the Cao family.
However, none of the above is the main point.
Because the Cao family's past and present state have nothing to do with me, Cao Jin.
I, Cao Jin, was born into a concubine's family within the Cao family. I never had any status within the Cao family, and was even less than the maids of the main wife.
Therefore, I have never left the Cao family's sphere of influence and have never enjoyed any of the benefits of being a member of the Cao family.
My wife, children, and elderly parents all have to grow their own food by working in the fields. As a result, my children can only attend the welfare class that no one in the Cao family wants, and they don't have the time or leisure for that.
Even if my son gets a better future after the establishment of the Academy of Human Sciences, he will still go on to study agriculture.
The Cao family, or most families like the Cao family, only have eyes for the physics major at the Academy of Sciences.
They don't have the character to farm.
However, even though I am already so content, my days in the mansion have suddenly become inexplicably more difficult these past few days.
It was as if I had suddenly become the enemy of the entire Cao family, standing on the opposite side of the Cao family.
I, Cao Jin, have had to work to earn my daily food since I was a child. Do I have that much ability?
What did I do?
Finally, after much investigation, I discovered that all of this was because my son, Cao Qi, was too successful!
My son, Cao Qi, has performed exceptionally well at the Academy of Sciences in the capital and has been admitted to several classes that the Sage Zhao often lectures in!
I, Cao Jin, am happy.
The Cao family looked down on agricultural studies.
But the sage of the Zhao family personally taught agricultural science, something the entire Cao family combined couldn't match!
I, such a useless and incompetent man, have actually given birth to a son who could be a student of a saint!
Perhaps, this is the will of Heaven, something that exists in the dark.
Although I, Cao Jin, was born into the Cao family, I have never benefited from the Cao family's power. On the contrary, I have always been ridiculed by my so-called relatives, who treat me like a tiger looking down on a mouse.
So now, the arrogant tiger's son wasn't favored by the sage, but the mouse's son, who always endured hardship and remained independent, was favored.
Of course, all of the above is still not the main point.
The key point is that in this cannibalistic Cao family, I have many plots of land registered under my name, bearing the consequences of concealing taxes, but I am not qualified to actually own even a single plot.
Needless to say, there would be monthly wages, or even the right to share grain as tenants.
As a result, I now have a successful son!
However, they were told that for the sake of the family's interests, their son must withdraw from the Academy of Human Sciences, thus freeing up a place for the Academy!
It's not just about leaving that class! It's about leaving the School of Humanities!
For whom?
Was it one of the Cao family's sons, or was it an exchange of benefits?
I do not want to know.
All I know is that I've come to realize that the Cao family has never treated my family as human beings.
The Cao family is a man-eating beast.
But I, Cao Jin, have already been unfilial as a son, and as a father, I naturally cannot let my son live a life of dishonor!
This is a father's bottom line!
But the Cao family has all gone mad! They're all insane!
How dare they?!
"My dear wife! Don't worry! I will definitely protect our son!"
"Even if they threaten me with the crime of turning a familiar place into a wasteland, as long as I have a breath left, I will definitely find that clear sky for our Qi'er!"
......
My name is Cao Jin, and I have found justice to help me.
However, contrary to my dream, the Sage of Zhao's Mansion was far too busy and too few in number, so I was unable to find him.
Because I can't even leave Dantu County!
The Cao family are all lunatics. In order to make me "voluntarily" drop out of the Academy of Sciences for my son Cao Qi, they not only drove my wife to her death, but also put me under house arrest.
Unless I willingly sell my child to survive!
However, I have come to understand what kind of family the Cao family really is, and what kind of people they are.
Therefore, I did not reveal my wife's death in any way in my letters to my son.
Those lunatics can't do anything to me. They don't dare to hurt me, otherwise my son would definitely notice something is wrong.
With the Zhao family's sage residing within the Academy of Sciences, the Cao family lacked both the ability and the courage to interfere.
His wife is dead, and his son cannot suffer any more accidents.
I will fight them to the very end!
But I still didn't expect it...
......
"Cao Jin, the review of your past resume has been completed."
Cao Jin never imagined that one day, the Embroidered Uniform Guard would come knocking on his door.
Those are the Embroidered Uniform Guards, an entity that the entire Cao family dares not provoke in the slightest.
He never imagined that these self-proclaimed virtuous Jinyiwei officials would all be under the command of Zhao Shengfu and work for him!
What are the differences between the virtuous and upright Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) and other Jinyiwei?
Cao Jin couldn't understand it; all he knew was that, to him, as long as someone wore fine clothes, even a maidservant from the Cao family was considered a big shot.
Moreover, these people are from Zhao Shengfu!
Then he must be a good person!
It was also when he was approached and met other people, either from within or outside the Cao family, who had encountered similar situations to him.
He then realized that even Zhao Shengfu could suffer misfortune.
Therefore, he could not find the official in charge of Zhao Shengfu, which is why the official Zhao could not appear before him to make a decision for him!
But Lord Zhao still hasn't forgotten them!
Cao Jin then realized that many of the Cao family members he had previously slandered through connections were actually from Zhao Shengfu!
This time, Cao Jin's injustice was reported to the virtuous Embroidered Uniform Guard by those people!
No wonder, since the election system was clearly created by the Zhao family, how could they have selected such scoundrels?
So Cao Jin blushed when he saw those people.
He never considered that some of the people he had slandered were actually carrying the burden for people like them.
"I want to join too!"
Therefore, after his grievances were completely resolved, Cao Jin also developed a desire to do his part for others.
However, all he knows is farming; he doesn't even have the right to bear the burden or be slandered.
Is he qualified?
Finally, he got to know more and more people.
Among them were tenant farmers, fellow villagers who were victims like him, and even people he felt had suffered even more.
Cao Jin mustered his courage and submitted his application.
The amount of strength doesn't matter; what matters is the belief!
For the sake of the world, there are countless people still kneeling! And it's not just his family!
stand up!
......
"So, is there anything wrong with my thing?"
Back to reality, even though everyone around him was encouraging him and comforting him that everything would go smoothly, Cao Jin couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
"no problem."
"But there's one last hurdle!"
"why?"
The Imperial Guards responsible for the Cao family's moral conduct were no longer as gentle as they were towards the common people; all human touch had vanished.
Meanwhile, those who had cared for and encouraged Cao Jin in recent days also arrived at the scene, watching him and waiting for his answer.
Cao Jin felt even more uneasy. His palms were sweating uncontrollably, as if the calluses from years of working in the fields had turned into bloats.
He could only search for a pair of eyes, and finally, he found them.
That was the direction his wife was looking, and his wife was looking towards their son, and towards him.
"I, Cao Jin, am just a farmer. I've never had any special skills. If it weren't for this..." Cao Jin spoke more and more fluently.
"I suddenly realized that there are too many people like me. It's not enough to just protect our own homes, and it's not enough for us to just protect Dantu County together."
"Because such injustices can be encountered everywhere in the world. Just like my family, my family has always lived our own lives and has always been content."
"But when misfortune struck, there was nothing we could do but endure it."
“I even thought about going directly to be with his mother and making sure Qi’er never came back to the Cao family again.”
"But now I understand that patience and concessions are not the way to solve problems."