Many extraordinary people who claim to be traditional or old-school Confucianists will shout words like "the collapse of rituals and the collapse of music, the people's hearts are no longer what they used to be," all day long. But even the loudest wave of old-school Confucians don't know that rituals have collapsed and music has collapsed.
What was the world like before the destruction?
After all, at that time, the extraordinary system had not yet fully emerged, and there were not many extraordinary people who could remember the history. Even the Confucian sages were thousands of years away from that era, and could only guess the past events of that period of the Holy Kings through the classics handed down.
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However, this does not prevent later generations of Confucian scholars from yearning for this era. Whenever life is slightly unsatisfactory, they will lament that people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. If the political views they promote are not adopted, they will shout that etiquette will collapse, music will be destroyed, and the world will be gloomy, so they will return to the countryside and live in seclusion.
Never come out of this world.
Of course, complaining about the outdated world is complaining, and returning to the countryside is also a form of seclusion. However, as soon as the imperial court issues an edict, these Confucian scholars will respond quickly. Once the official positions and treatment given by the imperial court meet their expectations, they will take up their posts in the mountains. The so-called "return"
Hidden away from the world, it's just waiting for a price.
But there are exceptions.
Some Confucian scholars believe that the world is different from the world they envisioned in their hearts. They will not choose to escape from the world. Instead, they will go upstream, speak out, and take action to try to change the world. Regardless of the specific behaviors of these people, Su Wen still has a deep appreciation for their spirit.
Somewhat admired.
But...a few Confucian scholars behave a bit despicably.
These people...can't even be called Confucian scholars.
Just like Yu Chunfeng, the governor of Shannan Road, this is a typical example.
After discovering that it was not feasible to openly oppose the imperial decree, he changed his previous strategy, violated the policy openly and secretly, and even overcorrected, and his behavior was even worse.
In this way, policies that are clearly beneficial to the people will always change in his hands, and eventually turn into actions that abuse the people. However, he can keep saying that he is following the court's policy and intensify it, causing the people under his rule to complain about the New Deal.
, and he could use this reason to report to the court to express the people's dissatisfaction with the New Deal and demand its abolition.
Su Wen had seen too much of this kind of low-level red and high-level black practices in his previous life.
What Yu Chunfeng did was actually not very clever.
But this era gave him too many opportunities to manipulate. In fact, the court's management of the local bottom was not thorough. The imperial power did not extend to the county. The local area was maintained by the gentry, landlords and extraordinary people. Most of the people were illiterate. What did the government say?
They just believe whatever they want. Yu Chunfeng deliberately guides the people and officials to think in the direction he needs, and he can naturally do this easily.
Although the emperor has an internal factory for monitoring, the main business of the internal factory has always been on extraordinary people and various monsters. The supervision of officials is only incidental, and most of the time they are indifferent.
Therefore, if Qingshan Daily had not followed up and reported part of the peasant uprising in Shannan Road, the emperor might not have known the real reason for such great turmoil in Shannan Road.
"Then if Yu Chunfeng behaves like this...will there be no punishment from the court?"
Su Wen was very puzzled by this.
After learning about the various policies implemented by the current emperor, Su Wen clearly realized that the emperor was also seeking promotion, and the success or failure of the New Deal was the key to promotion.
Considering the tense relationship between His Majesty the Emperor and Qian Haoran, Su Wen can be sure that His Majesty the Emperor's extraordinary cultivation should already be Sequence Five, and he is taking solid steps towards Sequence Six.
But……
Once the New Deal was cut off from Shannan Road and met with opposition from all over the country, not to mention a huge blow to the imperial court, the emperor's promotion ceremony would also directly fail, with disastrous consequences, and a new emperor would have to be replaced.
Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor cannot be justified in not punishing Chunfeng.
"Who says there is no such thing... His Majesty issued a decree to remove Yu Chunfeng from the position of governor and bring him back to Beijing for trial, but..."
Shopkeeper Xu smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that Yu, the governor, has long since hung up his crown and left without knowing where he ended up."
"..."
After Su Wen inquired carefully, he learned that after the army suppressed the uprising, Yu Chunfeng immediately left the government office with his seal, and wrote a memorial stating that he would retire to his countryside and not care about worldly affairs.
"Is there such a good thing?!"
Su Wen was a little angry.
"The imperial officials were quite tolerant of this... They thought that since Yu Chunfeng had taken the blame and resigned, he had been duly punished. In the end, the three provinces decided to deprive Yu Chunfeng of his retirement salary as punishment." Zhang? sneered.
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"The imperial court treats officials really well..."
Sun Yehou also laughed angrily when he mentioned Yu Chunfeng's "punishment".
"Things shouldn't be that simple..."
Su Wen felt that the imperial officials might protect each other, but the emperor would never tolerate Yu Chunfeng's behavior.
If officials all over the world imitate Chunfeng's behavior, then that's okay! How can the New Deal be implemented?
Sun Yehou said: "It is said that there is action in the inner factory... However, this kind of news will not be accepted by daily newspapers, let alone reported. You are from the inner factory. Have you done anything against Chunfeng? You should compare it with
We know."
"..."
Su Wen was speechless.
When he came back from Guixu, half of his mind was still focused on the battle situation in Guixu, and the other part was occupied by the affairs of Qingshan Academy. And Nangong was also a good person, and matters related to the internal factory would basically not trouble him.
, At the moment, Su Wen just has a name in the internal factory and gets a salary.
Nangong didn't mention it, and he didn't ask. If he knew the inside story, it would be a ghost.
If the depression in Guyang Town hadn't caught Su Wen's attention, he wouldn't have even known that such an incident had happened in Shannan Road.
"There is news..."
Seeing that the three of them were chatting animatedly, shopkeeper Xu hesitated for a moment. Considering the attitude of the Xu family towards Su Wen and Qingshan Academy, he felt that there was no harm in telling Su Wen the news.
"It is said that after Yu was crowned the governor and left, he did not return to his hometown and live in seclusion, but instead fell into disgrace and became a bandit..."
"puff……"
Zhang?, who was taking a sip of wine, suddenly sprayed the wine in his mouth into shopkeeper Xu's face.
"Why……"
Shopkeeper Xu calmly wiped the drink from his face and sighed: "Gentlemen, don't be surprised. This matter...may be true."
The Xu family is a giant in the Ji Ran family, especially now that there are only two giants left in the Ji Ran family, the status of the Xu family is actually much higher than it seems.
It's just that Xu Bancheng is low-key and kind, and likes to appear as an ordinary businessman, making it difficult for people to associate him with a giant of a school. It is not surprising that the Xu family can obtain such secret and true information.
The location of Guyang Town is important, and Manager Xu can be appointed here, and his status in the Xu family is not too low. It is normal for him to know some inside information.
Su Wen thought for a while and said: "So... the reason why Guyang Town is so depressed is not only because of the rebellion of the bandits, but also because of the governor?"
"There is a reason for this..."
Shopkeeper Xu smiled bitterly and said: "Prefect Yu used to dislike merchants, especially our Ji Ran School. Our caravans have more places to take care of when entering Shannan Road, so..."
Although the Xu family's headquarters is in Jiangnan Road, the actual resources invested in Shannan Road are much more than in Jiangnan Road.
Despite this, the Xu family's business in Shannan Road can only be regarded as dismal and they did not get much profit.
However, a large amount of wealth has fallen into the pockets of Shannan Road officials at all levels. Naturally, the Xu family will know more about Shannan Road's official news.
Shopkeeper Xu is not qualified to know a lot of information, but the information he does know is enough to be shocking.
For example, the reason why there was a civil commotion on Shannan Road was the result of Yu Chunfeng's planning. Yu Chunfeng also thought of a way out for himself, which was to pull together a team and turn grassroots into bandits. They stayed on Shannan Road for a long time,
Jiangnan Province even harassed the imperial court, eventually forcing the emperor to give in and cancel the New Deal.
The emperor was naturally furious about this, but it was difficult to deal with it openly, so he just sent out internal experts to destroy it.
In the past two months, Yu Chunfeng has led hundreds of gangsters to deal with the extraordinary beings in the inner factory in the mountains.
Yu Chunfeng has been operating on Shannan Road for many years and is very familiar with the rolling mountains. The inner factory cannot grasp his location information at all, so the encirclement and suppression campaign does not go smoothly, and troops and generals are often lost.
However, Yu Chunfeng could often spot the right opportunity to strike back, and often harassed the surrounding commercial towns, so Guyang Town and some other places went from prosperity to depression.
"That's enough... As a court official, my thoughts are focused on harming the people. It's best not to let me encounter him, otherwise..." Zhang? Hearing these words, he was furious.
"What else?"
At this time, a cold voice sounded outside the door.
"Good guy..."
Su Wen was shocked.
Earthly Branch didn't even notice that someone was eavesdropping outside the door. The guy eavesdropping outside was a bit strong.
He suddenly had an additional thought in his mind... Could it be...
"It can't be such a coincidence!" Su Wen quickly shook his head and extinguished the thoughts in his heart.
At this time, Yu Chunfeng should be chased like a rabbit in the mountains by the people in the inner factory. How could he appear in Guyang Town?
"Dad! This person is Yu Chunfeng. He has a taboo that can shield his breath, and he has escaped my surveillance!"
The vigilant voice of Earthly Branches sounded in Su Wen's heart.
"Yu Cishi...so brave!"
In an instant, Su Wen's mentality was as normal and he said calmly: "You're here, why don't you come in and have a drink?"
"Yu Chunfeng?!"
Zhang Hu and Sun Yehou looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.
Manager Xu's face turned pale. Businessmen were originally afraid of the government finding trouble. Even if they were members of the Xu family, when they were outside, the Xu family's brand name was not very effective in front of an official position like the governor. If others were willing to give face, the Xu family was planning to do so.
If a big businessman doesn't give him face, then he is a cheap businessman with no dignity at all.
"But the great talent Su Wen?"
The door of the inn opened without any wind, and an imposing middle-aged man strode in. When he saw Su Wen, his eyes were full of admiration.
Listen to the voice, it's the one who spoke before...Yu Chunfeng.