After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 93 Are You Also A Scholar?

Hu Weiyong planned to beat the local gentry and celebrities at the 'Sacred Temple', and then let them take the initiative to pay for the emperor's words.As for the disaster relief, local officials have already done it, and they are doing it well, so he doesn't need to worry about it.As for the matter of favoritism and cheating, it has existed since ancient times.

At present, he only wants to get the 500 million taels of silver. Disaster relief is a small matter, but making money is a major issue.

"Master is going to the Holy Temple tomorrow?" Hu San, the servant and confidant next to him, showed a pleasant smile on his face, "That is the holy place for scholars all over the world. I wanted to go and see it for a long time."

"Are you also a scholar?" Hu Weiyong looked disdainful.

"Although the young man is not a scholar, he knows a few words and wants to pay homage to Confucius." Hu San said.

Hu Weiyong turned his head and ignored him, "Which one should I use for surgery tomorrow?" Instead, he thought about it in his heart.

He doesn't need to deliberately investigate who is the richest in the local area, those rich people will automatically send him to the door, just among the group of people who treat guests to dinner.Through several days of contact, he has seen that there are at least three or four families who can afford the emperor's word.

If it was an ordinary official, the kind of 'clean official' who would make a high-profile claim that he would never accept any bribes, he would never meet the real rich people in the local area, and he would never meet the real master.

Because the imperial commissioner arrived, those local snakes would not show up at all at first.They will send some pawns to inquire about the truth, to see if the imperial commissioner is not on the road.If they are on the Tao, they will come out to please them, after all, it is very good for them to get to know a Beijing official.Once a person is not on the road and flaunts his unselfishness, the local snake will secretly give him small shoes.

Don't show up at all, let the imperial minister be clean and honest.After that, the imperial officials will be constrained to do anything, everything will go wrong, and even if they are rectified, it is not known who is secretly making trouble.

So those high-profile officials who flaunt their unselfishness and talk about incorruptibility all day long cannot do anything for the common people.Such officials are not capable officials, they can only be said to be pedantic literati.

There have been many such officials throughout the ages, and the reputation has been gained, but the common people have not received substantial benefits.

They are not as capable officials as Hu Weiyong.

And Hu Weiyong was very good when he arrived in Shandong, and was even cited as a confidant by them.Therefore, all the local bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods, all took the initiative to show up, effortlessly.

"Who are you thinking about selling the emperor's words to?" Hu San immediately saw Hu Weiyong's intentions and said, "Yansheng Gong is the largest family in the area, why don't you sell the words to him."

"Confused!" Hu Weiyong immediately reprimanded when he heard the words, "Can Duke Yan be easily moved? Once this official moves him, scholars all over the world will regard me as an enemy, and spittle stars can drown my master and me."

"If you move Duke Yansheng, you can still not be scolded by the world, then you will show your master's ability." Hu San said.

"You're trying to push the master into the fire pit!" Hu Weiyong said, "Even if I have the ability, master, I won't do this kind of self-inflicted trouble. It's just pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth and playing with fire."

Having said that, Hu Weiyong was still a little moved.He is a very capable man, but also extremely conceited and daring.If you don't act recklessly, you won't plot against Zhu Yuanzhang in the future.

He wanted to challenge himself: "Maybe sir, I can give it a try."

"Haha." Hu San smiled naively.

"You still have the heart to laugh, sir, if I load it, you will also finish the game." Hu Weiyong said.

"I believe in the ability of the master." Hu San said.

"Master Hu!" At this time, a subordinate official, Zhongshu Provincial Member Wai Lang Zeng Huai walked into the lobby and reported to him, "Something happened on the disaster relief side."

"What's the matter?" Hu Weiyong asked.

"Many local officials are deducting the food of the victims, and the porridge in the porridge factories can be seen clearly. Even many local gentry from wealthy families brought their families and servants to pretend to be victims of the disaster to eat the porridge given to the victims by the court. The real victims of the disaster can't get it at all." Zeng Huai was filled with righteous indignation, "Those officials and gentry are really hateful."

Zeng Huai was a literate scholar, an honest official, clean-sleeved, always jealous of evil, and was Hu Weiyong's deputy.

He said bitterly: "They are used to eating delicious food from mountains and seas. They also like the gruel that the court gave to the disaster victims?"

"You don't know too much about those officials and gentry who are rich and unkind." Hu Weiyong said lightly, "Even if it is a little bit of benefit, they want to get it. As for the life and death of the people, they don't care at all."

"Such officials and gentry should be killed!" Zeng Huai said angrily, like an angry youth, "This official, will they never be allowed to act like this?"

"That's it, the disaster relief in all dynasties and dynasties is like this." However, Hu Weiyong didn't care and said calmly, "If we move the interests of those low-level officials and gentry, the disaster victims will be even worse."

"Master Hu, what are you talking about?" Zeng Huai said in a cold voice, "Do you just let it go when you see these fraudulent phenomena? We are decreed to help the victims, and we must always put the people first. Only in this way can we live up to the emperor. Well, I will live up to the people of Limin."

"It's hard to do at this time!" Hu Weiyong said.

"Why is it so difficult to handle?" Zeng Huai said in disbelief, "If you, the imperial envoy, personally intervene, and pick up a few examples and deal with them face to face, you will soon be able to stop this evil spirit."

"If you think it's easy to handle, then you can do it, and this official will hand over the power to you." Hu Weiyong said.

"Okay!" Zeng Huai was full of confidence, "I don't believe it, we are acting on the emperor's will, and we can't cure them?"

pedantic!Looking at the back of Zeng Huai's departure, Hu Weiyong showed a sneer. These scholars who only know how to read sages' books all day long and don't know the actual situation are sometimes more harmful to the people than corrupt officials.

……

The next day.

Hu Weiyong brought local officials, famous gentry, and scholars with above-mentioned fame to worship the Most Holy Temple and the sage Confucius in a mighty manner. The scene was spectacular.

Hu Weiyong's move has also won the appreciation of scholars all over the world.

In real time, Duke Yansheng was also present to accompany him.

In front of the statue of the sage, Hu Weiyong sighed: "The sage has been a teacher for all ages, and he has taught for all ages, and all scholars in the world respect it! However, the descendants of any aristocratic clan will inevitably have different good and bad, and some people even say, 'What should the father be to the son? After the words of the pro', openly disobeyed the hadith of the father and son of the ruler and minister. Later, there were even people who assisted Hu Yuan, scorned the etiquette, and attacked the rebel army..."

"Their hands are stained with the blood of the rebels. Later, His Majesty chased the Hu in the sky, so as to settle down in Zhongxia, and some people did not go to court because of illness. It's really ashamed of the ancestors of the saints!"

When Duke Yan heard the words, his expression immediately froze.

(End of this chapter)