Huangzhuang, outside the south city of Chang'an, welcomed a group of unfamiliar Confucian scholars today. These Confucian scholars seemed polite and told the village elders that they and others were going to open a school near Huangzhuang to study the children in the emperor's village.
The village elders of Huangzhuang were considered people who had seen the world. They knew that it was a great thing for children to study, so they received them very warmly, giving them fruits and snacks, and setting up a banquet to entertain them.
The Confucian scholars refused to accept it, and finally refused and offered to spend money to buy it.
The old man who went to the countryside was unhappy and said, "You are obviously not ordinary people at first glance. You are so lucky to come to our countryside to teach. How can you charge money for something from the countryside?"
The leading Confucian scholar said: "My father-in-law is serious. Teaching and educating people is our lifelong belief. As the saying goes, no reward will be given without merit, but it is not easy to accept gifts from me. If I don't accept money, we will die of hunger and thirst."
I won’t eat what you give me.”
Seeing the resolute expressions on the faces of these Confucian scholars, the village elders were afraid that they would offend them and eventually stopped teaching the children to read, so they carefully collected some copper coins.
The Confucian scholars then started to smile and started eating snacks and fruits.
Seeing this, the village elder smiled, and then asked tentatively: "But I don't know how many bundles of repairs you gentlemen will charge, so I can ask the village to prepare them."
The leading Confucian scholar shook his head and said, "Don't worry, old man. We are sent by Master Fusu. We don't charge you any fees. All expenses will be borne by Master Fusu."
The village elder immediately praised: "Master Fusu has a kind heart and is indeed a model of a benevolent gentleman."
When the leading Confucian scholar heard the village elder's praise of Fusu, he immediately answered: "My father-in-law, just because of your words, we have decided to be the first to open a school near your Zhuangzi, and ensure that the children of your village have priority in studying."
The old man's old face almost turned into a chrysanthemum with laughter, and he said quickly: "Thank you, gentlemen."
The leading Confucian scholar said with a steady face: "My father-in-law said something wrong. I have to thank Mr. Fusu."
The old man said to himself: "Look at the old man's mouth. He can't speak. Gentlemen, please don't take it off. Thank you Mr. Fusu for your kindness."
The Confucian scholar then smiled kindly and said to the village elder: "It's okay. As long as you support Mr. Fusu, you are our friends. We will fully support Mr. Fusu to succeed to the throne and become the next generation of the Qin Dynasty's wise king."
When the Confucian scholars behind heard this, they all agreed: "Support Mr. Fusu to succeed to the throne and become the next generation of wise kings in the Qin Dynasty."
The village elder was startled. Why did he yell when he disagreed? Seeing all the Confucian scholars staring at him, the village elder had an idea and immediately shouted: "Support Mr. Fusu to succeed to the throne and become the next generation of the Qin Dynasty's wise king."
The leading Confucian scholar said very happily: "Just because I support Mr. Fusu so much, in three days, we will start teaching the children of your village in three days."
The old man was so happy that he smiled almost crookedly and thanked him again and again.
At this time, a young Confucian scholar behind said: "Teacher, please don't talk nonsense. This village doesn't even have a school, so how can we teach?"
The leading Confucian scholar's face froze, and he said to the village elder with embarrassment: "I'm really sorry, I just didn't think well. This school hasn't been built yet, so it's really inconvenient for teaching."
The old man who went to the countryside was in a hurry. How could he just fly away after agreeing to come and teach? "Sir, don't be anxious, it's just a school. Sir, I will see which room is suitable in the village, and the old man will make it available for you immediately."
The leading Confucian scholar did not answer, but the young Confucian scholar behind him muttered: "Do you think my Confucianism is that kind of wild school? I have never worshiped Confucius, so how can I start classes casually?"
The leading Confucian scholar's face darkened, and he reprimanded the young Confucian scholar: "Say less, no one will think you are dumb."
When the village elder saw that something was wrong, he immediately said: "What kind of school is needed, sir? Just tell me, we will build it right now, and we will ensure that you are satisfied with it."
The leading Confucian scholar said with a cheerful face: "Don't worry, old man. Mr. Fusu also funded the construction of the school. It's just that the team building the school is in the north of the city and has not come here yet."
After speaking, he asked the young Confucian scholar: "Did Master Zhou say when he would build a school here?"
The young Confucian scholar thought for a while and replied: "Master Zhou said that the school in the north of the city will be completed. It will not be here until next summer, and the construction will take time. It is estimated that classes here will not start until next autumn."
The leading Confucian scholar nodded after hearing this, and then bowed to the village elder and apologized: "I was in Menglang, and I made random nonsense. Please forgive me."
The village elder waved his hands repeatedly: "Sir, you don't have to be like this. You and others are all good people, but why can't we find more people to build schools?"
The leading Confucian scholar explained: "Currently, Mr. Fusu has been asked to build the school. The number of people is limited, and there are many places where the school needs to be built, so we cannot arrange it for the time being."
The village elder immediately asked: "Is it expensive to build a school? Or is it difficult?"
The leading Confucian scholar shook his head: "It doesn't cost much. A school costs only two hundred gold. It's not difficult at all. It just has to be built according to my Confucian standards."
The village elder showed joy on his face: "So, as long as we raise enough two hundred gold and get the guidance of all the gentlemen, we can build a school?"
The leading Confucian scholar nodded: "It stands to reason that this is indeed possible."
The village elder said to the leading Confucian scholar: "Sir, please wait for me for a moment. I'll be back as soon as I can." After saying that, he returned to the village and gathered people together with gongs and drums, and told everyone about the school affairs.
After all, the villagers in the village were also people under the emperor's feet, and some of them had also gone out to see the world. They quickly reached a consensus: everyone should contribute this money collectively to earn a future for their children. So they all took out the money and soon collected it.
Two hundred gold.
One of the villagers had some grievances with the village elders and suddenly said: "Maybe you want to make this money yourself."
The old man immediately threw the money away as if he was insulted: "Old man, I'm a lot older. What am I doing with this little money? Can I still take it to the coffin?"
When other villagers saw this, they all criticized the person who was talking nonsense, and then told the village elder that everyone trusts you.
It's just that the village elder felt in his heart that he had tried every means to seek development for the village, but he was so insulted that he refused to accept any more money.
At this time, someone had an idea and said: "Since the village elders are unwilling to accept the money to avoid suspicion, why not just give it to the gentlemen outside? We will pay and let them build it directly."
After everyone thought about it, they all felt that it made sense. They took the money to the door of Zhuangzi and put the money into the hand of the leading Confucian scholar.
The leading Confucian scholar was full of astonishment: "Fellow folks, what does this mean?"
The village veteran explained the situation, and the Confucian scholar quickly pushed the money out and said, "Absolutely not. It has been agreed that Mr. Fusu will fund the construction of the school, so how can I accept your money? Everyone just needs to wait patiently."
Everyone disagreed, and who knew how long they would have to wait, but it was just a small sum of money to allow the children to study in advance, which was a huge profit, so they all persuaded the leading Confucian scholar to accept it, but the Confucian scholar was determined not to accept it, and they just froze there.
When the village elder saw that this was not a problem, he came up with a plan and said to the Confucian scholar with a sincere face: "If you don't agree, sir, I will kneel down for you." After saying this, he made a gesture of kneeling down.
The Confucian scholar hurriedly helped him up, and finally said with a helpless face: "I agree to your request. Since you sincerely support Mr. Fu Su, I will try my best to build this school within seven days."
The village elder was immediately overjoyed and shouted: "We fully support Mr. Fusu in succeeding to the throne and becoming the next generation of Mingjun in the Qin Dynasty."
Others in the village were unaware of the situation and shouted: "We fully support Mr. Fusu in succeeding to the throne and becoming the next generation of wise kings in the Qin Dynasty."
In the end, everyone in the village enthusiastically sent the Confucian scholar and his party away with sincere smiles on their faces, and soon their children were able to read.
In a place where no one in the village could see, the group of Confucian scholars moved to another village and used a similar trick to get another two hundred gold.
Not long after, another group of Confucian scholars came to Zhuangzi, and the village elder said enthusiastically: "You guys are working really hard, running around to build a school."
The Confucian scholar was surprised and said: "I must have admitted the wrong person. We are not the ones who built the school. We are telling everyone to support Mr. Fusu."
The old man suddenly said: "Oh, you are not together, but it's okay. You are all Mr. Fusu's subordinates. Don't worry, Mr. Fusu has a kind heart and thinks about us ordinary people. We will definitely support him."
The Confucian scholar was also very happy that Zhuangzi supported Fusu so much. He then told Hu Hai that he wanted to compete with Fusu for the throne and not to respond to his conscription. The village elders wholeheartedly agreed.
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As the days passed, the people who built the school could not be seen in the distance, and the village elder's heart became more and more heavy. Especially the villagers in the village came to him from time to time and asked him when those gentlemen would come to build the school and start classes.
Until seven days later, the villagers' criticism became louder and louder. The village elder was so angry that he vomited out a mouthful of blood and screamed to the sky: "You are a bunch of liars. Even if I die, I will make you pay the price." After saying this, he fainted.
passed.
When his family revived him, the village elder's first words were: "Take me to the Chang'an County Government Office. I want to file a complaint."
The family also heard about the village elder and were aggrieved. Now only the government could help wash away the injustice and anger of the old man, so they took the village elder to the Chang'an County Government Office.
After receiving the report, the magistrate of Chang'an County saw that the case actually involved Prince Fusu of Da Qin and did not dare to deal with it. While comforting the agitated village elders, he handed a memorial to Emperor Qin.
After seeing the memorial, Emperor Qin turned his face aside and ordered: "Order Li Si to immediately arrest the Confucian scholars in Huangzhuang outside the city who are deceiving the public with their monstrous words. If there is resistance, kill them."
Then the black-clad guards of Tingwei Mansion once again went out in large numbers, and immediately arrested the Confucian scholars who were in Huangzhuang. In three days, more than a hundred Confucian scholars were arrested, and Chang'an was shocked.
Zhou Qingchen quickly wrote a letter to plead guilty, explaining to Emperor Qin that it was only the behavior of some Confucian scholars, and begging Emperor Qin to forgive those Confucian scholars who had been wronged.
At the same time, representatives of other sects in Chang'an also wrote: Confucianism made mistakes, but Confucianism has always been loyal to the Qin Dynasty, please show mercy.
After reading the results of Li Si's interrogation, Emperor Qin issued an edict: All the captured Confucian scholars were exiled to Lingnan. From now on, no sects were allowed to set up private schools without the government's permission. Violators would be killed without mercy.
Since then, other sects have been dissatisfied. Of course they did not dare to target the Emperor of Qin, but they were dissatisfied with Confucianism. They came out just to promote the school's ideas and recruit students. Confucianism is the only one who has many things to do and hastily participated in political affairs. Now everyone can't open a school.
, really a sinner of hundreds of schools of thought.
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By the Wei River, Lin Ze was distributing a stack of gold tickets to a group of people. If the village elder were here, he would definitely recognize that these people were the Confucian scholars who went to their village that day.
That day, the leading Confucian scholar said with a face full of joy: "Twenty thousand gold is right, thank you for the reward, young master."
Lin Ze explained seriously: "After you took the money, just hide somewhere else. Don't get caught by the government."
The man who looked like a Confucian scholar said nonchalantly: "It's okay. I, Li San, have been living in Chang'an for many years and I won't be caught. Master, please come back to me if you need anything in the future. I'm the best at deceiving people." After saying this, he said with a smile.
The boys turned and left.
Lin Ze nodded toward Qingfeng and couldn't help but sigh: "Why do some people have to seek death?"
Qingfeng flashed out, pushed his palms sideways, and a powerful burst of true energy spurted out from his palms, hitting Li San and the others. A "bang, bang, bang" sound was heard. Li San and the others had no time to spit out a mouthful of blood.
He fell to the ground and died.
Before he died, Li San looked at Lin Ze with eyes fixed on his face, as if asking him: Why did you go back on your word and kill us?
Lin Ze said to himself: "I only promise to give you the money in full. If you are satisfied and leave Chang'an and remain anonymous, you may not be able to live a prosperous life for half your life. But you have to seek death and want to stay in Chang'an, so I have to give you away."
They are on their way, Elder Qingfeng, tell them to throw them into the Wei River."
Listening to Lin Ze talking to himself, Qingfeng couldn't help but tremble in his heart: No wonder he became the young sect leader. It turns out he is the same pervert as the sect leader.