Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 206 The tide of family separation is in full swing! (seeking subscription)

Kill those who cry in the temple!

This order did not go through the Ministry of Punishment, but went directly to Jin Yiwei.

If you pass through the Ministry of Punishment, you will inevitably have to argue with those ministers and waste a little time. It is much easier to pass through Jinyiwei.

The establishment of the Jinyiwei organization originated from this.

Authorized by the emperor, special affairs are handled specially!
Jiangnan.

In a Confucian temple.

After some gentry and patriarchs came here, they grouped together and began to cry. Their reputation is not small, and they can easily incite many people. Under their instigation, some of the low-level people cried together with them, and others grouped together to appeal. , I hope the court will take back the order.

The crying temple with such a large number of people often attracts the attention of the imperial court, and it also causes headaches for the local government.

Once the officials of the government touched the interests of these gentry, they used this method to appeal, and over time, it even became a custom.

If it were any other emperor, he would be more or less concerned about the opinions of these gentry and common people, and would mainly focus on appeasement. After all, the law does not punish the public, so we can't arrest all the troublemakers, right?There are too many people involved.

However, this time, their expectations were obviously going to fail.

In fact, these gentry and aristocratic families also know that His Majesty is not such an easy-to-compromise monarch. It is very risky for them to do so, and it is easy to get angry.

But even knowing this, they still did it without hesitation.

It is really the court's decree that is too harsh.

The trick of separating the family directly hit their main artery. If it is carried out, these big families will fall apart!
In order to restore their previous power and status, these people will fight to the end regardless of the consequences.

At the moment, in this Confucian Temple in the south of the Yangtze River.

Crying voices were heard endlessly, and all kinds of sad words came out. These gentry and patriarchs who used to be aloof, are now like complaining women, madly complaining about the court.

They didn't dare to say it directly. If they said it directly, it would be treason. Of course they can't do this kind of thing. They wouldn't be so stupid, but it's okay to beat around the bush and even borrow the quotations of sages.

For example, that classic quotation from Mencius.

"If the king regards his ministers like brothers and feet, then the ministers will regard him as his heart; if the king regards his ministers like dogs and horses, then his ministers will treat him like a countryman; if he treats his ministers like dirt, then his ministers will treat him like a bandit!"

Just as these people were crying and complaining, suddenly a group of armored guards pushed aside the crowd and rushed in.

"Jin Yiwei handles the case, the idlers wait to get out of the way!"

When a team of Jin Yiwei broke in, the patriarchs who were crying and complaining were stunned, their eyes widened, and they panicked for a while.

"You... what are you going to do?"

Facing such a ridiculous question, Jin Yiwei's deputy commander Ji Zhengwu sneered, and said, "What are you going to do? You committed a crime!!"

"We are just here to pay homage to the sages and saints, without doing anything. Could it be that worshiping the sages and saints is also at fault? What kind of crime is this? Why do you arrest people?" Some people were still not convinced and decided to fight.

As soon as these words came out, there was an overwhelming response, and many people were filled with righteous indignation.

"Master Li is right! We worship the sages and saints here, are we still committing a crime?"

"Why are you arresting people??"

"Can Jin Yiwei arrest people at will?"

"Da Ming has the law of the king, you can't be so lawless!"

"We and the master are here to worship the sages and saints. We haven't done anything. You can't just arrest people!!"

These common people spoke to dissuade them one after another. If it is an ordinary official, it is really not easy to force things. If it provokes public anger, it is really difficult to deal with it.

But for Jin Yiwei, this is nothing at all.

Jin Yiwei's deputy commander, Ji Zhengwu, directly pulled out the Xiuchun knife, and killed the one who rushed over to push them.

A large human head was thrown into the air in an instant, and then rolled to the ground.

The person who was killed didn't even react, his eyes looked around incredulously, and he blinked. He couldn't believe that he was killed like this!
The rest of the body, the blood was like a fountain, sprayed for a while, and then fell straight to the ground.

And Jin Yiwei's deputy commander, Ji Zhengwu's knife, wasn't even stained with a single drop of blood!
What a quick knife!

No one saw clearly how the knife came out, and the man was already dead.

The death of this person made the crowd who were noisy just now quiet down in an instant. There was a complete silence for a while, and everyone was shocked. It was the first time for these people to see Jin Yiwei's ruthlessness, killing people directly at the slightest disagreement!
There are so many people, and what law does not blame the crowd, in front of these Jin Yiwei, it is nothing at all!
Even Mr. Li, who stood up to speak earlier, took a step back in fright.

Looking around at the crowd, Ji Zhengwu said indifferently:

"Let me say one more thing, Jin Yiwei is doing business, and the idlers wait to get out of the way!!"

As soon as these words came out, all the people scattered like a frightened bird, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Those gentry and patriarchs wanted to mix in with the crowd and leave, but they were directly stopped by Jin Yiwei.

The aura and temperament on their bodies, as well as their clothes, are completely different from those of the common people. If this can make them run away, then the Jin Yiwei will have nothing to eat.

"My lord, my lord..." Mr. Li, who was filled with righteous indignation before, stammered and asked, "What kind of crime is this?"

"Instigating the people, gathering crowds to make trouble, openly opposing the government's government orders, what crime do you say you committed?"

Ji Zhengwu said coldly, and then he didn't bother to say anything more. There is no need to talk so much with the dying person.

Ji Zhengwu waved his hand, and Jin Yiwei immediately took away these gentry and rich men from the crying temple.

Although these people will undoubtedly die, the procedures that should be followed must be followed. It is still necessary to arrest them in the Jinyiwei prison first, use the big memory recovery technique, let them know their crimes, and then issue the canonical punishment.

This time the Jiangnan Crying Temple case ended with the beheading of more than a dozen gentry and patriarchs. The imperial court proved its attitude to all the gentry and aristocrats in the world-if you want to resist regardless of family separation, then go to death!
After hearing this news,
Some people who were planning to follow the example of these Jiangnan patriarchs were suddenly grateful, but fortunately they didn't learn!
If you really learn it, you will die!

Although the division of the family for these country gentry and patriarchs is like cutting flesh with a knife, it is really painful, but as the direct line family, they can get a pretty good family property, and they can still live a good life, but not as good as before up.

With the precedent of these dozen or so unlucky patriarchs, not many people dared to join forces to resist. All of a sudden, family separation activities were staged in full swing all over the country.

Zheng Zhai Town.

Zheng's mansion.

Zheng Zhu is high above, sitting in the position of the patriarch above, and everyone below is from the direct line, and the faces of the big guys are all ugly at this moment.

If it belongs to their family property, it will be divided out!
How uncomfortable is this?
Someone couldn't help asking: "Father, is there no room for maneuver in this matter?"

"No, this is the result of the court's trial against us. To a certain extent, the wave of family separation that has unfolded across the country was caused by our previous incident with the Zheng family." Zheng Zhu smiled wryly and shook his head, somewhat Said helplessly.

He knew very well that the general situation was such that a small Zheng family could not resist.

The descendants of the descendants were still a little unwilling, and just about to say something, at this moment, the Zheng family, who came from the concubine line, approached and clamored to separate the family and get their own property!

The separation of the family is not too uncomfortable for the direct line, but it is a great joy for the concubine line. They are all going crazy with joy, without the urging and supervision of the court, these people take the initiative to start Negotiate with the main family to get a share of the family property that you deserve!
After seeing this group of people, Zheng Zhu was furious, and his lungs were about to explode for a while.

"Asshole! Asshole!!"

Angrily, Zheng Zhu pointed at these people with his crutches. He said angrily, "Have you forgotten the teachings of the Zheng family's ancestors? How did our family come to be? It's okay for the court to force us to separate the family, but you even took the initiative to chase them away." Come here to separate the family, don’t you really think it’s a good thing to separate the family?!”

"The reason why my Zheng family has been brilliant for so many years is because generations have lived together, huddled together, and never left, and this is where we are today!"

"All of you are really short-sighted people!"

The patriarch Zheng Zhu got angry, and those who clamored to separate the family suddenly fell silent.

However, some people still hesitated and said: "Patriarch, it is not that we want to divide the family, but this is an order from the court. Of course, we must complete the division as soon as possible. If we wait for the people from the court to come, we will divide the family under their supervision. Home, it seems that sincerity is not enough!"

As soon as this person opened his mouth, people immediately echoed him. Normally, as a descendant of a concubine, he would be naturally a head shorter than these direct descendants, let alone facing the patriarch, he dared not refute at all, let alone speak, but now it is different.

Now, with the imperial court backing them and standing behind them to support them, with such a big banner, even if they come from the same line, they dare to argue with the patriarch.

"That's right! Patriarch, Xiuqing and the others beat out the people in the office to cause this incident. It has nothing to do with us! But now we won't let the court see our sincerity and complete the separation ahead of time. What if you are punished again?"

"That's right, let's separate the family in advance so that the imperial court can see our sincerity, that's the way to go!"

"Yes, this is an order from the imperial court. Of course we are very reluctant, but there is nothing we can do about it!"

These people said with a sad face, but they almost laughed out loud.

Everyone's rebuttals made the patriarch Zheng Zhu silent. In the past, these people would not have dared to talk back to him, but now... their hearts are lost!

The imperial court's strategy to divide the family is really powerful to the extreme!
Zheng Zhu sighed helplessly, slowly closed his eyes, and then slowly said: "Then let's separate early!!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the direct descendants in the room were ashen, and the smiles on the corners of the mouths of the concubine descendants who rushed over could hardly be concealed, many of them pretended to be serious and covered their mouths with their hands.

However, there was still a junior who couldn't hold back and laughed outright.

How piercing this laughter was, all the direct descendants in the room stared at him with wide eyes.

"why are you laughing!"

"Don't get me wrong, I just thought of happy things." The junior quickly explained, but this kind of explanation seems to be getting darker and darker!
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With the division of gentry and aristocrats all over the country in full swing, the office set up by the imperial court can be said to have taken advantage of the situation and set it up just right.

Those gentry and aristocrats were patronizing internal strife, so they couldn't manage the disputes of the people. At this time, the office just happened to solve this kind of problem, which logically solved the historical problem of imperial power going to the countryside.

As the dominance of the imperial power penetrated into the countryside, Su Che would always order him to do anything.

The promotion of the private school for literacy was very smooth, and the pinyin that Su Che brought out has also become a sharp tool for literacy.

At the same time, Su Che also promoted simplified characters, which further reduced the difficulty of literacy.

When pinyin and simplified characters are used together, as long as you study hard, you can basically learn a lot.

It is not difficult to promote simplified characters in ancient times.

Because simplified characters are not unique in modern times, but have existed since ancient times, which can be said to have a long history.

Simplifying fonts is the general trend of history, and it is not something that has only been implemented in modern times.

Many modern simplified characters are simplified characters used by folks, and some are derived from cursive script.

At present, the earliest bamboo slips and silk scripts unearthed in Mawangdui tombs of the Han Dynasty, many of which are in simplified characters.

It is said that some simplified characters belong to the pre-Qin characters.

Some simplified characters appeared in the stele inscriptions of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and there were many simplified characters in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. This was quite common among the people. At that time, these simplified characters were called "vulgar characters".

Many simplified characters in use today actually existed in Sui and Tang Dynasties.

In the Tang Dynasty, Yan Yuansun's "Qianlu Zishu" and Wang Renxuan's "Publishing Absurdities and Supplements Qieyun" both collected a lot of vulgar characters (simplified characters).

After the Song Dynasty, with the invention of printing, simplified characters were transferred from inscriptions and handwriting to engraved books, which expanded the popularity of simplified characters and greatly increased their number.

The Ming Dynasty also contributed a lot of simplified characters, more than [-]% of them.

Eighty to ninety percent of modern simplified Chinese characters are Chinese characters that existed in ancient times.

Therefore, promoting simplified Chinese characters in ancient times is really not a fantasy, and it is not difficult.

As time passed day by day, Su Che was no longer in a hurry to come up with new decrees. The state machinery of the Ming Dynasty had been operating at high load for a long time, and it needed some time to rest.

These days, the literacy campaign has achieved great success. Simplified characters have been thoroughly circulated among the people. Even the official government has been affected, including the memorials received by Su Che, which are basically composed of simplified characters. This is what Su Che advocated, and everyone likes it. .

During this period of time, Su Che also took some time to revise some unreasonable parts of the Great Exhortation.

(End of this chapter)