But this idea that everyone is equal is nothing but a Buddhist illusion.

What's more, in the temple, the treatment of wealthy families and ordinary people is completely different.

Li Hanlin thought this way, and suddenly, his vision went dark and a heavy brick hit the back of his head.

He fell down on the spot.

There was only one thought in my mind: It's over, I was finally targeted.

You should take a sedan chair.

Then he thought that in this majestic Ming Dynasty, in this majestic capital, there were people sneaking attacks on important ministers in broad daylight. It was simply ridiculous!

Of course he doesn't know, what is the next dynasty?

In the middle and later stages, even inside the palace, outsiders and ordinary people invaded.

Not long after, Li Hanlin was dizzy and was lifted up by several people, hooded, gagged, tied with a rope, and then put into a sedan.

After twists and turns, he was finally sent to a remote courtyard.

"Is anyone awake?"

"Should wake up."

He heard several people with Jiangnan accents.

"Who are you?" He wanted to shout out, but couldn't.

"Let him talk."

"Yes, sir."

Soon Li Hanlin felt that the cloth in his mouth was taken away, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who are you? What do you want to do? I am an important official of the imperial court."

"The people arrested are important officials of the imperial court. Let me ask you, what do those people wearing, no, what do those southerners usually say?" A young man's voice sounded.

"You don't want me to betray the imperial secrets!"

"Very well, I just like strong bones. Please don't let me say that I still like your unruly look." The young man said calmly.

Then Li Hanlin received a beating.

"Stop fighting, I said, I said."

Once upon a time, he and his colleagues would often laugh at each other when he saw the officials in the previous dynasty who could not live up to the rules.

"If a person lives his whole life without a reputation, he is like a tree and grass. Why should he never die?"

Only now did he realize that many people thought it was the same thing, but it really hurt when hit.

The festival of death is not something that passes as soon as you close your eyes.

"I wish I had said no? So you people have no logic and no self-knowledge."

"We'll talk about it after we've been beaten. Isn't this beating in vain?" the young man laughed.

"Those southerners told us that only industrialization could save the Ming Dynasty. They also told us that the key to industrialization is equality for everyone." Li Hanlin said weakly.

"Hmph, everyone is equal, a bunch of hypocritical guys." The young man said disdainfully.

Hearing this, Li Hanlin suddenly felt the same.

Yes, can that Zhao Tiezhu really achieve equality?

He eats well every day, lives well, and rests when he is tired; but can those who work have the same treatment?

impossible.

"What this gentleman said is true. Those southerners are all cunning and hypocritical. They just use this rhetoric to deceive the people. They just want to use this kind of rhetoric to attack our country, the Ming Dynasty." Li Hanlin continued.

"Okay, but what he said makes sense. Without equality, there is no industrialization." The young man's name is Wang Shan.

He is also a time traveler.

But he is a time-traveler with a hang-up.

Yes, he came with a system, and this system is called "I counterattacked and became emperor in the Ming Dynasty".

Just by looking at the name of this system, you can understand why he knew that there was another group of time-travelers, but did not go with them.

Nonsense, we are all modern people. If you are the emperor, you can do whatever you want. What will happen if one day you take a liking to my family property?

Obviously, the biggest resistance and fiercest opponents to him becoming emperor were not even Emperor Jiajing, but these fellow time-travelers!

Now, Wang Shan's first task is to "own his own territory, or become a county magistrate."

The novice gift package is to have your own five clan companions, all of whom are loyal, plus a starting capital of 2,000 taels of silver, and an official status.

Since ancient times, there have been three ways to become emperor.

Starting from within, controlling the center, and usurping the throne of the emperor, the Cao, Wei, Jin, Sui, and Song dynasties are the most typical examples.

Start from the outside and conquer the world by yourself. Liu Bang and Li Shimin are the most typical examples.

The combination of internal and external affairs was like this for most of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Become a warlord first, and when the time is right, break the earth and become king, wearing a yellow robe.

The path Wang Shan chose was to combine internal and external aspects.

The advantage of this route, in his opinion, is that it is safer and allows one to advance and retreat easily.

Li Hanlin naturally didn't know Wang Shan's background. He just vaguely felt that Wang Shan was familiar with southerners.

Then he pleaded: "Sir, you and I have no grudges in the past. Just pretend that what happened today didn't happen. It's better to leave it alone and go home. I still have an old mother and young son at home."

"Oh, I have a mother and a young son, that's great. Just sign this document. You don't want anything to happen to your mother and young son, right?" the young man said calmly.

As he said this, someone handed him a piece of paper.

Li Hanlin was still blindfolded and did not know what was written on it, but he also knew that this thing should not be signed randomly.

Isn't this the same thing as in the Yamen, where you get beaten up and beaten?

He is so familiar!

"No, no, I won't sign. I'm just a small imperial official, not worth mentioning. You, sir, have a lot of people, so just let me go." Li Hanlin cried.

"Shame on you, a dignified Jinshi, with just such character? Let me tell you, if you sign today, you have to sign, even if you don't sign, you have to sign! Put your fingerprints on him!" the young man said fiercely.

Soon, Li Hanlin was fingerprinted on three notices in a row.

Then his hood was lifted.

Of course, he saw nothing but a notice left on the spot.

It reads:

"Jiajing Jiajing, every house is clean..."

Good guy, I directly copied the most sparse content in the world.

If this notice is posted, his home will be clean first.

Thinking of this, Li Hanlin quickly tore up the notice and looked around.

There was no one in the house.

This is an abandoned courtyard.

Although houses in the capital are expensive, there are some houses that no one dares to buy and no one dares to live in.

Only some beggars would gather in such a place.

He quickly walked out of the courtyard and looked around, but didn't see anyone there.

Who caught him?

They have nothing to do except get information about the Southerners.

But since I asked myself to sign the proclamation, I'm afraid there will be other things that come to me in the future.

Damn it.

He thought sadly, then stopped a four-wheel carriage on the street and took him back home.

This is also a change brought about by southerners.

This carriage is convenient and shows status. It is also safe and stable. It is very comfortable to sleep in. It is very suitable for some stewards who live far away to hire.

Many administrators have been hired on a monthly basis.

It takes half an hour or even an hour to go up each time, so you can sleep and work in it.

…

In a house.

Wang Shan looked at the proclamation in his hand.

"Brother, what should we do next?"

"Are you still going to take the imperial examination?"
To be continued...