In the evening, more than a hundred people had rice, and there were four dishes and one soup in front of them. In each person's bowl, there was a golden and shiny chicken leg.
"Wow! I have never had such a sumptuous meal in my life!"
"Woo! I haven't had a few bites of meat since I was born. Today I ate so much at once and got such a big chicken drumstick. It's so touching!"
"Brother Xu, as long as we work here, can we eat chicken legs every day from now on?"
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A group of people were crying like children and kept stuffing food into their mouths.
Xu Xingdao: "Today's chicken drumsticks are specially ordered by the teacher. However, it is right for you to have this configuration for every meal. As for the chicken drumsticks, it depends on the performance."
"It's so touching! We are very touched to be able to eat so many dishes!"
"Four dishes and one soup, and two meat dishes, great! This dish is so delicious, wow... no, I can't eat these chicken legs. I want to take them back to my wife."
"You reminded me, I want to give these chicken legs to my children. I will put them away first. If any of you dare to steal my chicken legs, I will fight you to the death."
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Many people with families hid the chicken legs. Xu Xing watched their actions and said: "As long as you work hard in the future, not only can your wives and children eat chicken drumsticks, but they can also eat them often."
"Brother Xu, don't worry, we will definitely work hard in the future!"
A group of people all shouted excitedly.
Soon, word spread that Lin Fan's farm fertilizer factory had recruited a group of Confucian, Mohist, and military disciples as workers, and many great Confucians in the court were shocked.
"Shameful! It's really shameful! I, a Confucian disciple, am actually making a big mistake!"
"Not only were they picking up excrement, I heard that they also jumped directly into the cesspit and mixed the excrement. They actually did such a shameful act!"
"For a chicken leg, these people actually cried and vowed to work there properly. If I were their ancestor, I would definitely break their legs!"
"What Marquis Wu did is really abominable. This is to rub the faces of us scholars on the ground. I must go to His Majesty to complain and let His Majesty make the decision for us!"
The official from the Ministry of Rites said angrily.
The academicians of the Hanlin Academy were also very dissatisfied. Emperor Chongzhen received hundreds of letters impeaching Lin Fan in one day, all of which were related to the same thing.
"Nonsense! Fan'er is just looking for trouble. You are short of workers. What kind of people can't you find?"
Why do you have to go to those scholars?"
"Don't you know that these people are lazy and do nothing all day long?"
Emperor Chongzhen was furious.
Wang Chengen said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter is actually easy to handle. Just call His Highness the First Prince and ask him to drive those people away. That will be all."
"Hmph! If you drive them away, this matter can be put to rest. However, those rotten scholars will still make a fuss about this matter, and I will lose all my face?"
"That's all, go and send an order for Lin Fan to come see me as soon as possible."
Emperor Chongzhen said coldly.
Wang Chengen hurriedly went to Lin Mansion to find Lin Fan. Lin Fan, a newlywed, was having an affair with Nalan Yanran when Wang Chengen pulled him into the palace.
"Your Highness, I will see your Majesty soon. You must follow his instructions. Today, your Majesty has received hundreds of memorials to impeach you."
Wang Chengen said.
Lin Fan was speechless, what did he do again?
Who impeached himself again?
"You're impeaching me again. I haven't raided anyone's house recently."
Lin Fan said.
"Ouch! You even mentioned the matter of confiscating the house. You almost caused chaos in this court some time ago. Fortunately, Your Majesty settled everything for you."
"This time, you have caused big trouble again. Hurry up, His Majesty is at Qianqing Palace."
Wang Chengen said.
Lin Fan followed Wang Chengen into the Qianqing Palace. Emperor Chongzhen looked at the book in his hand and became angrier. When he saw Lin Fan coming, Chongzhen didn't look good.
"Your Majesty, I wonder what happened again?"
Lin Fan asked.
"I'm here to ask you, have you recruited a group of scholars to work in your farm fertilizer factory?
And let those people jump into the cesspit to stir up the excrement?"
"You! You added chicken drumsticks to others, which made those people cry! Look at the good deeds you did!"
Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he almost trembled.
Lin Fan was speechless. No matter what he heard, it seemed like he was praising himself, but why did his face look so ugly?
"Your Majesty, this is what I should do. Those people are also pitiful people who fail the exams many times. With me, at least they have a job to earn money."
"You don't need to praise me. If you really feel sorry for me, just give me a few million taels of silver from the treasury."
Lin Fan said.
"You! You really think I'm praising you! Those are all scholars. Now, the great scholars in the court, the Ministry of Rites, and the Hanlin Academy are very dissatisfied with you!"
"Do you know that by doing this, you are humiliating scholars?
If I do anything wrong, I will be scolded by the scholars!"
Emperor Chongzhen said.
"Is this a matter of face?"
Lin Fan said speechlessly.
"What do you think? How else can we say that those people are rotten scholars?
In their eyes, face is more important than anything else."
Emperor Chongzhen said.
"However, those people voluntarily worked here for me, and I didn't come to them, they came to me on their own initiative."
Lin Fan said.
"I don't care. When you get back, drive those people away. I'll deal with it at Chaozhong Daru's place!"
Emperor Chongzhen said.
Unreasonable!
This is totally unreasonable!
Lin Fandao: "Your Majesty, this is unreasonable. Those people have done a good job here. Just after they accepted this job, I drove them away. This is so unfair to them!"
"Besides, doesn't Your Majesty know the benefits of doing this?"
benefit?
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan and said, "Why don't I see the benefits?
I see that the great scholar in the court is going to cause trouble for me!"
"Your Majesty, don't you want the world to be peaceful and everyone in the world to be able to read and write?"
Lin Fan said.
"Everyone in the world can read and write, what do you think?
Do you know how much money it costs to hire a teacher?
Ordinary families simply cannot afford to learn."
Emperor Chongzhen said.
"Your Majesty, the workers here now are all scholars, working with shit, and they all accept it. If you give them the same salary and let them teach, do you think they will agree?"
"People in the world don't need to be highly talented in literature. They just need to be able to read books. In other words, you don't need to master some difficult words, you just need to master most of them."
"As long as our court supports some scholars, opens schools, and allows children from poor families to go to school for free, in less than ten years, how many people in the world will be able to read and write? Has Your Majesty ever thought about it?"