Chapter 150 Eliminating demons and defending the way
Chapter 150: Exterminating Demons and Defending the Way
Hanlin Academy.
"Vicious, simply vicious!"
Huang Zicheng looked at the Yang Feng version of the peach blossom fan in his hand and said with trembling all over.
Above it is clearly Mr. Hou with the money rat tail.
The Hanlin officials around him all had copies in their hands, and they all had almost the same expressions, looking at the comic strips in their hands as if they were looking at heinous monsters...
In fact, although the Confucian scholars hated the previous Fulu Banquet, they only hated it. Even the civil servants deliberately sat back and watched it spread. After all, the core of the Fulu Banquet's attack was the feudal king, and of course the civil servants did not like the feudal king. Even if
Its content also seriously vilified civil servants, but since it was Yang Feng who did it, this was inevitable. Even digging the Yellow River was nothing. It was not a serious vilification. At least in the eyes of those civil servants, it was just a reckless method at best.
But the intention is good.
Since the rebellious people are suppressed, it is necessary to dig the Yellow River as a last resort.
What else?
Let these rebels succeed?
Yang Feng uses this to vilify civil servants because he doesn't understand the overall situation. Isn't he just a monster who uses heretical techniques to deceive the saints? What does he know about the overall situation?
Those civil servants who were vilified by him for digging the Yellow River are the ones who are truly mature and seeking the country.
But this Peach Blossom Fan is different!
It directly poked at the lungs of the Confucian scholars, and it also used extremely vicious methods to coax the common people to read it with a beautiful story that at first glance seemed to be about a talented man and a beautiful lady. In other words, if you don't read the second half, the Confucian scholars even thought that the story was not bad.
A group of suave young talents who insist on justice in a chaotic world where eunuchs and wealthy merchants are rampant can be said to be outstanding.
A group of handsome young men in troubled times!
It seemed to be the model advocated by Confucian scholars, but in the end, it suddenly took a magical turn.
The famous minister who threw himself into a lake because he thought the water was too cold, and then took the lead in shaving his hair to make him more comfortable.
The talented men knelt down in front of the Hulu horses, kowtowed one by one and shouted the Songs of the Eight Desolations and the Great Age.
The image of a groveling figure wearing a money rat's tail and following the Hulu with his plans to dig the Yellow River.
…
"vicious!
Everyone, I can't bear it any longer.
If this monster cannot be stopped, he will continue to publish one monster book after another, using these maliciously fabricated things to slander us. People are so ignorant after all. If he keeps publishing books like this, the people will eventually fall for him.
Confused.
If you tell too many lies, some people will eventually believe you."
Another Hanlin, Wu Yanxin, said sadly.
"What can we do? Your Majesty can't go and copy Mount Wutai after all. The Jinyiwei have tried their best, but they still can't stop these demon books. Instead, the people flock to them, especially after the walls were demolished, there are countless unruly people around Mount Wutai.
Many even wait for new books to be released, then take them out of the city and sell them at high prices in other places.
That Fulu Yan copy was found to have been reprinted by criminals in Suzhou."
Another Hanlin Xu Guan said.
Of course, his current name is still Huang Guan. He was originally named Xu Guan when he became the Minister of Rites next year.
What he said is true.
Suzhou really seized the pirated version of Fulu Yan.
Although it is a woodcut version, the quality is definitely not as good as Yang Feng's genuine version, but it is still popular among the people. After all, the number of genuine copies is small. In fact, as long as it is popular, piracy is inevitable. In the past, those who made counterfeit banknotes were worried about losing their jobs. They had the technology and channels.
It's nothing more than counterfeiting money in the past and pirating books now.
"Even so, we can't do nothing.
I'll go and play the Dengwen drum tomorrow."
Wu Yanxin said.
"I can just wait for the performance, why do I need to beat the drum?"
Huang Zicheng said doubtfully.
"How many people know about the memorial? Besides, why do you need me to wait for the memorial? At this time, this book is already in front of your Majesty. I am waiting to let the people understand the sinister intentions of this demon book, and to distinguish the true from the false in front of the people.
So that he could not confuse the public with this. Therefore, he wanted to beat the news drum, use this to make the matter bigger and spread it, so that all the Confucian scholars in the world would know, and everyone in the world would be loyal and righteous. He viciously slandered the clan, slandered the imperial court, and even insinuated the move of the capital.
I don't believe that the loyal ministers and righteous people in this world can endure it.
In this way, we use the power of loyalty in the world to help people distinguish right from wrong.
We cannot allow him to confuse the public with his evil words.
I don't believe that a few of his demonic books can rival the world's Confucian scholars.
One mouth of his can be worth as much as a mouthful of words!"
Wu Yanxin said angrily.
So we have to fight for the right to speak.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to raze Yang Feng's printing factory. This is for sure. Everyone understands that, but Yang Feng is not causing chaos now. He is just confusing the people and trying to control their thoughts...
This is the scariest thing.
Especially for Confucian scholars.
This is business grabbing.
Originally, as Zhu Yuanzhang chose Confucianism, their Confucian scholars had begun to educate the people. Over the years, they have worked hard to promote education and improve the imperial examination system. They have basically completed the top-down Confucianization of the Ming Dynasty. Especially their previous investment in Zhu Yunwen made them already
Seeing the emergence of a country controlled by Confucianism in the future, although Zhu Yunwen lost to Zhu Yunxi because of the emergence of Yang Feng, the Confucian education system of the Ming Dynasty had been completed by this time. Even if Zhu Yunxi succeeded to the throne, it would not change the fact that Confucianism was already controlling folk thought.
But what Yang Feng wants to do now is obviously to start from here.
These little picture books are dangerous.
Because he is instilling his private goods into the people in a simpler and more straightforward way.
This is more effective than the Confucian scholars talking about the Four Books and Five Classics.
After all, we cannot expect the vast majority of illiterate people to understand the Four Books and Five Classics, but even illiterate people can still understand his little picture books! In this way, he can easily penetrate into the people and instill what he wants to instill, and ultimately from
It basically erodes everything that Confucianism has just established.
vicious!
Really vicious.
"Everyone, this is the way to defend yourself.
Eliminate demons and protect the Tao.
What he brings is not just those miraculous skills.
My strange skills can be used to my advantage. In fact, it is not a bad thing. It can even be said to be a good thing. What he is pointing at is that even those tiger and wolf soldiers under Lan Yu are just bullets. Even if he really wants to kill Lan Yu, it will be the same.
A bullet. With these magical weapons, no matter how brave the general is, he cannot stop a bullet. Even a farmer or a scholar can kill an enemy of ten thousand people a hundred steps away with a magical blunderbuss.
of fierce generals.
There is nothing to fear from Hulu!
The warrior is not afraid!
But the heresies he brought are the most terrifying.
This is digging up our roots.”
Wu Yanxin said.
The Hanlin officials were all solemn, as if they were a group of great men deciding the fate of mankind.
"In this case, we have to ask Mr. Zhengxue to take charge of the overall situation. Tantanweng is old and has a lot of worries since the last incident. Only Mr. Zhengxue can take charge of the overall situation in this kind of matter. I went to see Tantanweng to see if I can put Zhengxue in charge.
Mr. Xue brings him back to the capital."
Huang Zicheng said.
Of course he was talking about Fang Xiaoru.
But at this time, Fang Xiaoru was still working as a teacher in the Shu Palace in Chengdu.
As for Liu Sanwu, he is indeed very low-key.
But the reason for keeping a low profile is definitely not that he is retreating, but that he is holding back to do something big.
After saying that, Huang Zicheng hurried out.
Later, Xu Guan and Wu Yanxin looked at each other.
"If you want to do this, you can do it. What's the point of inviting Mr. Zhengxue from thousands of miles away?"
Xu Guan said.
"Humph, he has relapsed!"
Wu Yanxin sneered.
They didn't notice that the clerk standing next to him was lowering his head with a strange expression...
after an hour.
Mount Wutai.
"This is indeed a relapse of an old illness. Without Lian Zining as a scapegoat, I want to find another one. No wonder Huang Zicheng can't do it. Just looking for a scapegoat in advance if he wants to become a big man will not work!"
Yang Feng sighed with emotion.
And the clerk, dressed as a farmer and wearing a square hat, was counting the money and leaving happily.
A stronghold of Confucian scholars like the Hanlin Academy, of course, has to bribe a few moles. With the current treatment of minor officials in the Ming Dynasty, it is too easy to bribe them. The nature of minor officials is also to serve as free prostitutes. However, many officials in the capital are
Foreigners, so we give them a salary of three or four dan a month, which is barely enough to support the family. With this salary, we will give them an extra five guan of banknotes a month. If they get valuable information, they will be given extra rewards depending on the situation, and they can bribe the inner ghosts.
Loyalty can be bought.
Not only the Hanlin Academy, but also every government office in the capital now has Yang Feng's moles.
It's nothing more than a few hundred pounds of additional expenses a month.
Then the major yamen can be one-way transparent to him.
"don't know!"
The little princess shook her head.
It is spring now, so she is wearing a dress with half of her calves exposed. At this rate of development, she will be able to wear her navel-baring dress in a few days.
Anyway, her dressing room is next to Yang Feng's office. If her father or Zhu Yunxi suddenly comes to Wutai Mountain, then change clothes quickly. As for her being with Yang Feng, everyone knows this. She even has her own room here.
Desk, she is the bank director...
It was sealed by her father.
Daxia Bank is a foreign investment, and the manager is indeed Yang Feng, but as a partner, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty must of course appoint a supervisor.
This director must be her.
So her desk is right next to Yang Feng, as if she has a female secretary.
"Huang Zicheng wants to fight me, and he also wants to make things bigger, but if things get bigger, you have to be prepared to withstand unpredictable consequences. For example, Lian Zining was there last time, but now there is no Lian Zining, so a new one is needed.
Lian Zining. Someone who can be coaxed by them to stand up as a banner, and then when the trouble gets out of hand, can choose to sacrifice himself for the overall situation, and can be their scapegoat. It is obvious that they think Fang Xiaoru is suitable.
So even if they could go and make a big fuss tomorrow, they still had to travel thousands of miles to find ways to get Fang Xiaoru here.
in case.
Obviously they still trust each other's Xiaoru's integrity.
I don’t know what Fang Xiaoru felt after understanding this: was he happy that his moral integrity was affirmed by the scholars or was he angry that they chose him as the scapegoat?"
Yang Feng said with a smile.
"Then you let them make trouble?"
The little princess sat on his desk and said.
"Of course, I like to make a fuss the most.
If they are willing to help me make trouble, that's all I can ask for.
They obviously don’t understand what hype is. In this regard, they are not as good as their younger generations. Do you know how your civil servants in the Ming Dynasty hyped up something? They hired people to post stickers outside, and then used the stickers to spread rumors to attack a certain political opponent.
, and then the censor heard about it and reported it to the emperor.
At the same time, the news spread throughout the country.
The Sixth Section and the local yamen all have people who are responsible for privately copying newspapers. The capital has become a business, so the content they fabricate will quickly spread throughout the country.
In the end it depends on the situation.
If the goal is achieved, then forget it.
If the goal cannot be achieved, then you can take advantage of the public opinion they create to create a stir in various places. For example, let the scholars go to the Weeping Temple. Anyway, the local literati like to be in the limelight. Find a few great Confucians to take the lead, and everyone will hold up the memorial tablet of Confucius.
, go to the Confucian Temple to cry in the temple and denounce the traitorous officials of the imperial court.
The local magistrate will play again.
This would put enough pressure on the court.
They can even force the court to surrender and finally achieve their goals.
If that doesn't work, there's something even worse.
Organize local scholars to go to the house of the political enemy they attack and smash it. Confucian scholars completely control the local discourse. Whoever the Confucian scholars say is a traitor is a traitor. Since it is a traitor, then we loyal people should express it.
Anger is reasonable, right?
During this period, some damage was caused, which was all due to righteous indignation and impulsiveness.
And it's impossible for them to do it themselves.
They all have slaves with them!
The local officials dare not take care of it, because whoever takes care of it will be the next traitorous official.
If that's not enough, then it's time to encourage the people to take to the streets, that is, a civil uprising. Sacrifice a few brave men who are highly rewarded, and take the lead in launching a civil uprising. Local officials will cooperate and report to the court. As long as the pressure is strong enough, it will be done.
Bring the court to its knees.
You go find your father quickly.
Tell him this routine and let him take a look if he is interested to see how far these Confucian scholars can make things happen. He thinks these people are under his control, so he will take a closer look at the abilities these people have.
He did have the ability to suppress these people while he was alive, but he didn't want to think about whether his descendants would have his ability after his death. Would they be able to fight against such a force that controlled the court to the local areas, from officialdom to the people?
He can hold a knife, and his descendants also have his ability and can hold a knife?"
Yang Feng said.
Indeed, it would be good to let Zhu Yuanzhang watch the show.
Also let him see what would happen if the Confucian scholars took control.
It is true that Confucian scholars today cannot reach the level that they did in the late Ming Dynasty.
But they are already very strong.
From the imperial court to local governments, most of them are now officials who came from the imperial examination. The imperial examination was reopened in the 17th year of Hongwu. It has been eleven years now. Thousands of Jinshi have been trained, not to mention that students who have been awarded the imperial examination can also directly become officials. Moreover,
Even if they are not Jinshi candidates and so on, even the officials recruited in the past are basically Confucian students. There are not many officials who are junior officials. And with the improvement of local school education at all levels, batches of new Confucian students have also
They have been cultivated long ago and formed a large group that has the right to speak locally. They are already strong enough to cause trouble.
It's just that he didn't dare to do so in the shadow of Zhu Yuanzhang.
but now……
Now it depends on whether they dare to try to break through Zhu Yuanzhang's shadow.
"Have to change clothes again!"
The little princess said angrily.
"Then you don't have to change and just wear this to see him."
Yang Feng said.
"Well, I don't want to get stuck."
The little princess quickly got off the table and got into her dressing room.