Chapter 11: What I Heard
Ivan had heard someone before, in this world, except for his biological parents, no one would take his life as his life at all, and even many people would not take themselves as a person, but this sound like something too absolute.
When Ivan first heard this, he still agreed with this, after all, his parents are the ones who give him life.
Every Rao birth may have some intentions, but more of it comes from the love of his parents for him.
This is a fact that no one can deny, but it was only later that Ivan discovered that this truth was limited to certain parents.
As Ivan gets older, the more he discovers the gap between people, which is often unimaginably large.
For the time being, not those big families, or very wealthy families, those who are fathers and mothers, will want to give the best to their children.
At the same time, they also hope to be able to train their children to become dragons and phoenixes, and give them the best resources.
This is a matter of course in Ivan's self-perception, after all, there is one thing at home, so why not tilt the resources.
Even if your own children are reluctant to give the best education, is it possible to take all the money on the street and scatter it everywhere?
It's just that what Ivan didn't expect was that in some less wealthy families, many children simply did not have the right to choose by themselves.
If it is a son, of course, he will learn to ride a horse and archery, or learn some common skills such as civil and martial arts.
Although these may sound like the kind that everyone will do, if you want to be an official in the city in the future, you still have to know a little.
Some of them can't even just know a little, that's not enough, these are more like some basic parts, every male has to learn.
At the same time, in the eyes of some households, or poor families, it seems that only being an official is a productive thing.
It seems that only being an official, or having some status, is something that can be done in the future and can be shown off in front of others.
Even if it's just a good martial arts, going to the yamen to be an inspector and catch heads or something else, it sounds like an official.
Anyway, these are the most common, and the most common ones should be those who want to change their lives by gaining fame.
On the way out to play, Ivan had seen many young people rushing to the imperial city, and they had put their life's work and dreams on this matter, and even more exaggeratedly, they were more like they were gambling with their lives on this outcome.
However, you must know that there is never only one best choice in life, there are too many choices in life.
It can only be that this is the best one, but how can we use utilitarian things to judge whether it is something that everyone deserves, or should pursue? These are not normal, more like being brainwashed by others.
Everyone has the right to choose, the right to choose the life that suits them, the life that suits them, and the life that suits them.
It's just that more often than not, they don't even realize it, they just want to listen to it, they just want to obey.
It seems that obeying others and listening to other people's experiences is the kind of life that is more suitable for you and the best.
These are also some of the people Ivan met on the road, and after seeing a lot, the ideas that came to him were considered personal opinions.
Most of these so-called pillars of the state, the men in every ordinary family, do not have much power to choose.
But this is not bad, at least no one will oppress them, whether they are successful or not in the future, they are still free.
Even the most unfortunate men in poor families can support themselves by farming.
The difference between him and the others is nothing more than that he repeats the previous life of his father's generation, and he cannot change it for the rest of his life.
It's not that some people are born farmers and have to be farmers all their lives, and there are many opportunities to change, but they can't be realized.
So when Ivan looks at these things later, he will be much more optimistic, because they have also had the opportunity to change.
Young and frivolous unwilling to succumb to reality, unwilling to change the status quo through their own abilities, no one else is to blame.
This group of young boys may seem to be a life that is more in line with the public's perception in the future, so it can only be so.
But some young girls are really sad, they will be divided because of their appearance from birth.
Most of the girls who are not so good-looking, or who are very ugly, are sold to big families to be maids.
For the rest of the ones who are a little better-looking, the family will cultivate some hobbies similar to those of the ladies from the beginning.
Some, and perhaps most, of them are not things they like, but are forced to do so.
This is more to be able to be photographed by others during the draft, and smoothly reach the next step and be selected into the palace.
Even if it is just a palace maid, it will be a great honor for some ordinary family people to come.
It seems that being a palace maid in the palace is simply something that I dare not think, but you must know that being a palace maid is not a royal relative.
Other girls who are very good-looking, outstanding, or very lucky may be selected by the emperor because of their superior conditions, which is a thing that can make their ancestral graves smoke, and they can be called glorious ancestors.
Even if it's just a general promise, or a nobleman or something, it's enough to make this girl enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth.
These are the lives of young girls outside who can't even think of it, but this is only a very small number of lucky people.
It is not possible to understand or solve the fundamental problem, plus Ivan has lived in the palace for so many years, and he understands some things.
Naturally, I understand that some palace maids who came in the draft later became concubines, and they are really rare.
It's more just an ordinary palace maid, even if she is chosen as a concubine, she is in the emperor's harem.
The emperor's harem is really a place where every step is frightening, and there are calculations everywhere, and it is not too much to be a cultivation ground.
If you don't have a high enough IQ and EQ, when you are favored, you will be hurt in the deep palace.
Relatively lightly, the end is no longer favored, and the change is that the emperor listens to the other concubines chewing the root of the tongue.
So even if it is a concubine, it is very normal, and some girls may not be able to stand that kind of gap, and they can only get used to it slowly.
The heavier one should be that during her pregnancy, she was targeted by other concubines, which led to her final miscarriage and the loss of the child.
Or the fetus dies in the womb, it is very likely to happen, you must know that for a woman, the child is her life.