Chapter 650 Reproduce the style of 'Da Gao', arrest officials and enter Beijing!
Official position, resume.
What Qi Chao values most today is resume.
No matter whether you are a Jinshi or from a rural background, if you don’t have a resume from the grassroots level and you don’t have any impressive political achievements, how can you call yourself a great sage?
Huang Zunsu was a Jinshi in the previous dynasty and also served as a censor, but this needs to be added to the past.
Moreover, he has never actually held any local official position. Not to mention starting from a farm, he has never even served as the head of a county or a government.
But you can't blame him.
After all, Jinshi who entered the imperial court always started from the Hanlin Academy and worked their way up step by step. Only when they reached a certain level could they be released to the outside world.
But can that cultivate talents with real talents and learning?
What's the use of living in the court for half your life, talking about state affairs just by relying on books and predecessors' records, without knowing at all how the court operates and how the people live?
The student bowed to Huang Zunsu and saluted: "Sir, you need to govern the country from the ground up. You don't go to the countryside to see the lives of the people. If you just talk about the country's affairs and talk about running the country based on a few books and a few rumors, isn't it arrogant nonsense?" ?”
"If you have never been in charge of a political party and understand the people's livelihood and the people's wishes, how can you talk about the ills of national affairs? Master's book does not say that we and other scholars can only talk in vain. The saints even traveled around the country to visit the people's livelihood. Why is it that now, we scholars are not Can you rule the world by just reading a few books?"
"Are we better than the saints? Or have we really studied the meaning of the saints' scriptures thoroughly?"
"But countless sages throughout the dynasties have painstakingly studied the meanings of the sages' scriptures and have yet to fully understand them. Why do you think that books alone can govern the country and bring peace to the people?"
Huang Zunsu's face changed in anger: "False! Fallacy!"
"Don't you hear that in the early Song Dynasty, Zhongxian Gong ruled the world with half of the Analects? Zhongxian Gong read very little, but he could govern the world with only half of the Analects. How can the sage's principles and the way of governing the country in this book be despised by you?"
The student said: "In reply to your words, sir, we students do not dare to despise the meanings of the sages' scriptures and the principles in the books."
"However, Duke Zhongxian never spoke untruthfully about state affairs. Instead, he worked step by step until he was finally promoted to prime minister. After spending half his life traveling around various places, he was able to rule the world with the second half of the Analects of Confucius."
"Students dare to ask sir, why Zhongxian Gong is half of the Analects of Confucius?"
"Isn't it true that the classic meanings in the book account for half, and the personal experience accounts for the other half? After reading thousands of books, you also have to travel thousands of miles, and only by supplementing personal experience with the words of saints can you govern the country and the people. What you read on paper will eventually feel shallow, and you will never know this. Things must be done carefully, how can you forget the words of the sages?"
"Looking at the wise ministers and ministers of the past dynasties, how can the country be governed solely by the scriptures? If we really rely on the scriptures, we can govern the country and the people. There are countless scriptures in the past dynasties, but why are the people still suffering and the dynasties change? Our ancestors did not follow the scriptures and principles. If you look at ancient and modern times and apply them directly, is the experience from thousands of years ago really applicable today?"
"Why do you, sir, only tell half of everything? Why do you criticize the government, all based on their personal conduct and morality? May I ask what is wrong with the private conduct of Yuan Fu at that time? Sir, have you ever been to the north? Have you ever seen the people in the north living a happy life? , the family is happy, the people's livelihood is prosperous, everyone is fed and clothed, the elderly have something to rely on, and the children have something to learn and read?"
After saying that, the student bowed respectfully: "Sir, up to now, Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, and Practical Studies have developed to the Study of Mind. However, even the Study of Mind advocates studying things to gain knowledge and believes that everything must proceed from reality. Why is it now that only Is it all empty talk but no reality?”
Huang Zunsu opened his mouth. He wanted to say something else, but after looking at the students opposite him, he finally snorted and walked away. These people had all been brainwashed by Zhang Haogu and were no longer Confucian students!
In the eyes of the onlookers, Huang Zunsu's departure was not his own departure, but that he was refuted speechless by the students of Datong College. Therefore, the onlookers applauded one after another, and the surrounding students and scholars also kept applauding for these Datong College students.
The students cheered loudly.
Anyone who has been to the north and has truly seen the situation in the north cannot ignore Zhang Haogu's New Deal reforms. Nowadays, people in the north live happily and peacefully, families are harmonious and reunited, and three generations and four generations can be seen living under one roof everywhere.
What's more, now that the north is free of lijin tariffs and trade is cheap, many imperial policies encourage business development, and the encouragement of private business is unprecedented.
Nowadays, more than just ordinary people support the New Deal?
Businessmen, students, craftsmen, who does not support the New Deal?
Everyone has a chance to get ahead, but they are much better than before.
Now that the New Deal has spread to the areas south of the Yangtze River, merchants, common people, students, and craftsmen all support the New Deal. The traditional gentry and landlords are no longer able to stop this surging trend.
As the debate between the old and new doctrines continued, the knowledgeable people in the south of the Yangtze River started a fierce debate on the new and old learnings. A general trend sweeping Jiangnan and even the entire south was brewing. The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River and the old Confucian scholars
Everyone felt the coming storm.
Just like the waves caused by the old and new doctrines of the past dynasties and the great rituals of the previous dynasties, this storm is only still gathering strength. The vague atmosphere that leaks out has already made many people shudder. It can sweep the entire south and shatter countless people to pieces.
of terrible power.
Some students even publicly declared that the officials of the Ming Dynasty should be supervised by the people of the Ming Dynasty, believing that only officials under the supervision of the people can enforce the law and be honest and upright.
As soon as this statement appeared, many officials in the south sensed that something was wrong. People should supervise officials?!
Simply unheard of!
When did the government officials need to be supervised by the people?
However, there are many students who really agree with this opinion. They organize themselves spontaneously, form societies, and really start to monitor the governance of officials in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.
Facing these students, many officials have a headache.
First of all, they are all students, they belong to the common people, but they do not belong to ordinary people. They cannot be beaten or scolded. After all, if you, the dignitary of the county, really show your shame and attack these students, first of all, you will not be able to live with it, and secondly, people will
You will then wonder: Do you really have a problem? If you don’t have a problem, why would you attack ordinary students?
More importantly, it is a matter of public opinion.
There is no doubt that students are literate and have studied the classics and principles since childhood. Who is in control of public opinion in the world?
Are they the common people?
They are scholars among the common people, because they are literate and knowledgeable, and the common people respect scholars, so scholars can control public opinion.
Nowadays, the students of Datong Academy not only read and read, but can also teach common people's children on the farm, and they have a great reputation among the people.
If you suddenly attack these students, the public opinion of the people and the public opinion of other students will make you breathless.
No one would dare to attack a student without being forced into a hurry.
You can't hit, scold, or arrest. This is where it gets difficult.
You could say these students are obstructing official duties. They haven't broken into government offices yet. They are just supervising the actions of officials among the people. I won't bother you, but I will keep an eye on you. This makes it really difficult for officials who want to make some extra money.
For a time, the official atmosphere in various places in the south of the Yangtze River actually improved a lot. The officials who were stared at by these students had to stop temporarily and wait for the students' enthusiasm to pass.
After all, young people have many ideas. Right now, they are thinking about supervising officials. Maybe they will dissipate when the excitement passes. After all, students still have to study academics and take national examinations. You have been supervising officials and administration, so why not read the book?
Already?
Originally, many people thought that these students might just be passionate for a moment and would soon go on to do their own thing, and everyone would continue to be safe.
However, no one expected that the storm sweeping across Jiangnan would show its power for the first time through these students.
Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jintan County, County Magistrate Huang Mingdao has just finished handling government affairs. After returning to the back hall, he watched the servants serve tea, shaking the folding fan in one hand and holding the teacup in the other: "I have been really exhausted these days.
Already."
"It's really unreasonable for those students to neglect reading good books and appear to have nothing to do and come to supervise their own officials every day!"
The master on the side smiled and said: "Your Majesty, why bother with those students? They can stay popular for a few days, and when this trend passes, they will dissipate."
Huang Mingdao nodded: "Well, then just bear with them for a few more days."
"By the way, have you collected the money from Nanyan Village?"
The master said: "Those students have been keeping a close eye on me these days, and I can't collect the money from Nanyan Village. I'd better wait a few more days."
Huang Mingdao was a little dissatisfied, but he also knew that the whole Jiangnan was like this at the moment. Faced with the supervision formed by students from all over the country, it was really difficult for officials like them to make money for a while.
Huang Mingdao shook his fan rather irritably, holding back his anger and said: "These days, you can't move this or that. These students have caused me to lose so much money!"
"Seeing that the new policy of the imperial court is about to be implemented, if we don't make some money now, what will we do in the future?"
The master looked at the troubled Huang Mingdao and could only smile: "My lord, please bear with me for a few more days."
However, Huang Mingdao had no idea that all his actions were already known to others.
In a private house in Jintan County, a group of students gathered here to discuss the situation in Jintan County:
"The county magistrate Huang Mingdao is not a good official at all. He has never heard of extra allocations. Now, all parts of Jintan County have been squeezed by him and are selling their sons and daughters!"
"Hasn't the imperial court's new policy been implemented in Jiangnan? Doesn't Jiangnan Governor Wang Wenyan care?"
"Control? How to control it? Can he control such a large area in Jiangnan? I think we will have to take action!"
"But we have neither official status nor supervisory power, so how can we manage it?"
"Why can't you control it? Emperor Taizu issued a decree that everyone in the world can report corrupt officials. Now Huang Mingdao, the magistrate of Jintan County, is so blatantly exploiting the people and robbing people of their wealth and anointing. If we students turn a blind eye, wouldn't we be reading the books of sages?
"
"Yes! As students, we should complain for the people. Now Huang Mingdao is bullying the people like this, completely disregarding the court's laws. If we don't care, by the time the court sends people, the people here may not be able to survive long ago.
Got it!"
"Then we might as well rush into the county government office, capture Huang Mingdao, take him to the capital, and hand him over directly to the Ministry of Justice!"
"Can!"
"feasible!"
"But we also need to have his accusations. Now we go to various villages and towns to collect his accusations. Once we have collected them, we will capture him and send him to the capital!"
A group of students made up their mind and took action immediately. They first rushed to various villages and towns to collect the charges against Huang Mingdao from the people. Facing these students, how could the common people believe that they could punish Huang Mingdao? He was a county official. If Huang Mingdao was raped,
If Mingdao found out, wouldn't they simply be unable to survive?
Faced with the distrust of the people, these students could only act with emotion and reason, showing that they had the ability to send Huang Mingdao directly to the capital for questioning.
But even so, the people still refused to cooperate.
Huang Mingdao was squeezed so hard. With such a county magistrate on his head to do evil, how could ordinary people be willing to offend him?
Seeing that the people were unable to provide help, the students got together to discuss other methods. Finally, everyone split up again. Some went to the county government to ask acquaintances to see if they could get any clues, while others continued to mobilize the people to try to get the people.
support.
Seeing these young students working so hard for the common people like themselves, the common people were really touched: "These scholars really want to help us."
A student said: "Fellow folks, we can no longer let Huang Mingdao pressure everyone to do evil. The court's new policy has been implemented in Jiangnan, and he is still acting recklessly here. The court will not let him go."
"Now as long as we act together, we can catch Huang Mingdao and send him to the capital to face charges. Folks, we have made his charges clear and the court will not let him off lightly!"
An old man walked out slowly: "If you state his guilt, the court will not let him go?"
Seeing that there was something he could do, the student quickly said: "Yes, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, his fate will not be easy! Questioning and beheading are all lenient! Now as long as everyone lists his crimes, he will definitely die, and before he exploited
The money and food will be returned to everyone."
A commoner stood up and said: "Fight with Huang Mingdao! He asked us how much food we asked for, and all kinds of assessments and corvees were made to force us to pay. If we continue like this, we won't be able to survive anyway, so we might as well fight with him!"
"
"I know his guilt, let me tell you!"
The student was overjoyed: "Okay, you tell me and I will remember it."
After this commoner stood up, other people soon came forward. Everyone told Huang Mingdao's crimes. The student wrote them down one by one and filled several sheets of paper. Then the common people pressed their fingerprints to prove the crime.
of reality.
After all, the common people still have trust in the imperial court. After the various policies of the imperial court have been promulgated in the past few years, the people in the south are very envious of the north. Now that the new policy is coming to them, they know that the imperial court keeps its word and that it can punish these corrupt officials.
After corrupt officials, the people are willing to trust the imperial court for once.
With the instigation of the students, people in various villages and towns mentioned Huang Mingdao's crimes one after another. The evidence of guilt piled up one after another with full fingerprints. The thick stack made the students even more angry: "This Huang Mingdao has committed extremely heinous crimes! He is Qian Qian.
Cutting to pieces with a knife is not enough!"
Another student stood up and said: "We can't wait any longer. Let's mobilize the people. Let's block the county government together and find Huang Mingdao!"
"Yes, find it out!"
The students took action again and went to villages and towns to mobilize the people. After this news was discovered by Huang Mingdao, Huang Mingdao was completely confused: "What?! Those students are going to encourage those idiots to expose me?!"
"Those mud-legged people don't want to live anymore?!"
The officer who reported the news said: "County Lord, run away quickly. Those students have mobilized the people in every village and town. Now the people have come to the county to arrest you!"
Huang Mingdao couldn't help but his heartbeat slowed down a beat when he heard the news. Did those students really get their legs pumped up?
The panicked Huang Mingdao also realized that a big problem had arisen. He hurriedly said: "Quickly, gather people to protect the county government. We can't let those students attack the county government!"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but pace back and forth anxiously: "No, this is not enough!"
"Send someone quickly to inform the government that there is a mob rioting and attacking the county government office, and ask the government to send troops and horses to support!"
"Go quickly!"
Huang Mingdao's sudden outburst startled the government officials. Seeing that the county magistrate was angry, he hurriedly went down to report the news.
After the yamen officer left, Huang Mingdao had a twisted look on his face: "I shouldn't have waited, I shouldn't have waited!"
"How dare you attack the county government office just like a bunch of idiots?"
"Mob! Mob!"
Seeing Huang Mingdao who was no longer able to lychee, the master was helpless. He wanted to persuade him, but how could Huang Mingdao still listen to him at the moment?
Suddenly, there was a loud noise outside the yamen, and a yamen servant ran to the back hall in fear: "Master, it's not good!"
"There are people outside, and the county government office is surrounded!"
Huang Mingdao was frightened when he heard that the county government was really surrounded!
"Here, these mobs really dare to surround the county government? Do they want to rebel?!"
"Quick, close the door quickly, don't let those mobs in!"
At this time, even Huang Mingdao in the back hall could hear the shout from the front: "Huang Mingdao! Come out quickly!"
"Huang Mingdao, you are corrupt, pervert the law, and brutally harm the people, yet you still haven't come forward to accept your guilt!"
"Huang Mingdao, you ignored the laws of the court and harmed the people. You should pay the price!"
Listening to the noisy shouts coming from outside, Huang Mingdao was really scared. His whole body was trembling. He had always been able to control his muddy legs easily, and he could do whatever he wanted. Now he has become so strange?
Are these still those honest and docile idiots who let him exploit them?
The world has changed, the world has really changed!
The shouts from the front hall continued: "Huang Mingdao! Come out quickly!"
"Huang Mingdao, if you don't come out, we will go in!"
"Folks! If you open the door, you can't let Huang Mingdao go!"
Along with the shouting, the gate of the county government office was banged and creaked. The only government officials in the county government office could not stop these people from banging on the door crazily. Soon, the gate of the county government office was knocked open, and the people were screaming.
Under the leadership of the students, they rushed into the county government office: "Quick, go find Huang Mingdao!"
"Catch Huang Mingdao, don't let him escape!"
The shouts coming from the front hall were like gongs and drums urging death to Huang Mingdao's ears. His calves were trembling and he was paralyzed on the chair unable to get up.
Hearing the footsteps getting closer and closer, shouts of people trying to catch him sounded from all directions. Huang Mingdao looked around in panic, then got up and rolled around, trying to escape through the back door.
He can't be caught, he definitely can't be caught by these mud-legged people!
