Ma Ban was born in a poor family in the countryside and didn't know much about slaves, so he replied truthfully: "I used to serve in the countryside, where there were no nobles, they were all poor commoners, and no one could support slaves. ”

"Later, I was transferred to Danyu City, where I was not long in the city, and the high officials never invited me to their house, so I never saw their servants. When I came to the palace, I saw some slaves from the ministers. ”

Solandale: "What do you think is the difference between a slave and a nobleman?" ”

Maban thought for a while and said, "The main thing is wealth, the nobles are rich, and the slaves are poor. ”

Solandale: "What else?" ”

Machi: "Status? The nobility is high, and the slaves are low. ”

Solandale: "What else?" ”

Ma Ban was asked for a while, speechless.

Solandale stared at the lights in the distance and said silently, "I probably know more about slaves than you do. Many of the servants around me were slaves, and I grew up in their ministry from an early age. ”

"When I visited Twilight a few years ago, I also briefly made a slave friend. When I get along with these people, I feel like you said, that slaves have different wealth and status from the nobles, but I don't see anything different other than that. ”

"But things are strange here, I have been taught since I was a child that slaves are animals, just like the cattle and sheep I raise, usually give them a little ration, they should work for me, work for me, and if they make mistakes, they will be punished, and if the slaves do something that makes me dissatisfied, I can slaughter them at any time, as if we were not born of the same species."

"In addition to the slaves, the commoners were the same, compared to the nobles, like people living in two worlds. And the most ridiculous thing is that it is none other than these people who build this kingdom. ”

Solandale pointed to the palace behind him that was shrouded in night, and said coldly: "Take the annual gifts you gave out today, the annual gifts you have received from the ministers over the years have been hundreds of catties of pastries, hundreds of catties of meat, hundreds of horses of silk per person... Where did all this come from? ”

"It was the peasants who planted wheat, the cooks who made pastries, the herdsmen who raised pigs, cattle and sheep, the weavers who weaved silk and satin, and was there anything in those years that the nobles had worked for themselves? No, it was all from the work of commoners or slaves. ”

"Speaking of wars, the military spending of the two major wars last year and this year was all from the state treasury, where did the money come from? Handed over by the aristocracy? The code stipulates that if there is an official at or above the level of the main city in the immediate family, the whole family can be exempted from the tax burden. ”

"I specifically looked at the statistics, and the tax revenue from the aristocracy in the treasury is only 7%, not even 10%! So where does the money come from in the treasury? It was all handed over by the people at the bottom. ”

"Ridiculous? The dignitaries and nobles with a lot of money don't pay for it, but let those who can't even eat meat during the Chinese New Year share the taxes of the whole kingdom! None of the things that the nobles usually enjoy, and the wealth they use, do not come from the exploitation of the bottom! ”

"That's why there must be a deliberate distinction between classes in the code, because the so-called classes are created to protect the aristocracy, and without this class gap, the nobility can no longer be on top and continue to enjoy this exploitation."

Ma Ban lowered his head and said silently: "But, Your Highness, have you ever thought about it, there is indeed a gap between people, some people are smart, smart, and can manage contacts, he can just rise to the top and become a master." And some people are simple and stupid, even if they give him a chance, they may not be able to get ahead for the rest of their lives. This objective gap cannot be ignored. ”

Solandale said heavily: "I know that there is a gap between people, and that there can be no absolutely fair world. Even if one day the wealth of the whole kingdom were concentrated and distributed equally among everyone, the flow of wealth would re-create a class gap due to the differences in abilities between individuals. ”

"Not to mention that now, even after hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, this class gap may continue to exist, and this objective fact is inevitable. But—"

Solandelle's words changed, and there seemed to be a raging fire burning in his voice: "If this kind of class gap is written into the code, and the official openly supports its existence, and deliberately distinguishes people into three, six, nine, and so on, it is not right!" ”

Ma Ban was shocked by Solandale's words, and was a little dazed for a while, and subconsciously said: "However, the classes distinguished by the code are the iron laws set by the Sun King, the "chief of the gods", himself..."

Solandale pointed to the sky, as if he also pointed to the existence above the heavens, and his voice seemed to penetrate the night: "What the gods say, must be the truth?!" ”

Ma Ban only felt a stream of heat rising from the top of his head, running along his back to his whole body, he looked at the person in front of him blankly, this figure stood at the highest place in the royal city, so petite, but suddenly it seemed to become more majestic than anyone else, and the lights of thousands of homes in the distance were dimmed.

Solandale put her hand on her heart, as if she was touching the artificial heart that did not belong to her: "I used to believe in the gods, and I felt that what the gods said must not be wrong. ”

"But the more people I met, the more I felt wrong. The slaves who were considered by the gods to be beasts, I found that they were not animals, but all flesh and blood and thinking people. ”

Solandale lowered her head, looked at the strip of rags that had been tied around her wrist for several years, and said deeply: "The slave friend I met briefly in Twilight City was a girl about my age, and she certainly didn't read as many books as I did, but her knowledge of the current situation, her understanding of various policies, and the depth of her thoughts were beyond my reach at that time. ”

"But it's such a person, when I have fine clothes and food all day long, she can only live in the slums, sleep with stray dogs, pick up garbage every day, drink raw water, and live a non-human life."

"Then she died, do you know why she died? Because she was hungry, she went to dig through the garbage cans that the nobles had placed outside the house, and the nobles thought she was dirty, so they sent guards to catch her and hang her alive in the streets. ”

Solandale was already red-eyed when she said this, and tears flowed from her eyes, and she said hoarsely: "The person who was talking to me half an hour ago was executed by the nobles on the street because of such a little thing!" ”

"When she was hung on the gallows, her eyes were deadly open, and the soldiers of the sheriff's office were chatting and laughing with the nobleman, and passers-by turned a blind eye to this, and no one asked why she died, and no one cared, just because the gods said that slaves are beasts, and they can be beaten and killed at will!"

"From that day on, I told myself in my heart - Solandelle, always remember this scene, you must not be like them. When you grow up, you must change the world and make everyone... can live with dignity! ”

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