People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 548: Can craftsmen still go to school?

Many people are interested in such things.

The scholar just now has made it very clear that it is not something that can be changed by human power.

Human greed is the most difficult to eradicate.

To know the taste of power, only those who have enjoyed power will truly understand how much temptation it has.

But now what Wang Dahai and the others are saying here is that they must let everyone taste the same rights at that moment.

In fact, many people do not believe that there are no such good things in the world.

Even you, the Ming Dynasty, tell us that you have become so powerful through reforms.

Then you were able to come to us from such a long distance, and we don't believe that ordinary people can gain power just by relying on reforms.

This is really a bit ridiculous and seems a bit fake no matter how you look at it.

We, the common people, don't really understand the so-called economics and politics.

But we understand one thing, that is rights. Everyone likes this kind of thing, but it is impossible for everyone to try it.

If everyone has access to power, then power becomes less valuable.

If it's not that valuable, why are so many people fighting for it?
This is not quite in line with the reality.

So now that you say this, how can we believe it? At the beginning, we believed that what you said could be achieved. We were willing to accept that you killed all the landlords in Mandala City.

Now they have come to our door and told us that if we follow you to reform the law, we will be able to have a better life.

In fact, we were willing to accept these things at the beginning.

But now that you have said this, we find it a little hard to accept.

Why do you say such things?

Why do you think you can do it? Why?
If you can achieve it in an environment like that of the Ming Dynasty, can you also achieve it here?
The Ming Dynasty might just be different from us.

The situation here is much more complicated, so how can we generalize?

Even if this kind of argument is made public, everyone will think that it is just the nonsense of a child.

If you're the only one saying this, we'd like to believe it.

But you represent the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty has this attitude, we think you are not very reliable.

At this time, the scholars below also looked at Wang Dahai and Liu Baihu with a different look.

When Captain Liu first said that he was just a craftsman, he attracted the recognition and resonance of many ordinary people who were also craftsmen.

But now I hear them say that if based on the Ming Dynasty's reforms, their so-called Duke's reforms can allow everyone to taste power.

And the fate of future generations can also be changed. This kind of statement is really a bit sensational.

And whether this can be achieved is hard to say.

But the ability to fool people definitely exists.

Because if everyone thought at the beginning that these generals coming from the Ming Dynasty were saviors.

The purpose of defeating these landlords and tycoons in Mandala City was actually to free us, which is understandable.

But now when I hear them say this, I just wonder what the difference is between these people and the landlords in Mandala City.

It's just a new skin.

It was just some nice words.

In fact, they are essentially the same.

Since they are essentially the same, there is no need to talk so much about them.

So some people among the group started talking about it.

"Oh, I thought they were some good things, but they are all birds of a feather.

I didn't expect that. We are so naive. We thought that they were so righteous and wanted to make us better.

I didn't expect that these people actually look the same.

We will say anything to rule.”

"That's right, forget it, there's no need to stay here, I think we should have discussed this before we came here.

No wonder some people say, what is the difference between the current Ming Dynasty and this Mandala City?
Since there is no difference, we just obey. What else can we do anyway?

This is the fate of people like us. We are always just a piece of fat meat in the hands of others, and we can eat it whenever we want.

As for the so-called reform and change, as for the so-called letting us have a taste of power.

As for the so-called promise that our descendants will have the same rights as those landlords and tycoons, that is all lies. There is no real thing. We are naive. "

While they were talking, some people had already started to slowly retreat outside the venue.

Although everyone saw that the Jinyiwei were escorting the children of the landlords and tycoons and had not dispersed yet.

Especially the children of landlords and wealthy tycoons, all of them looked at the people of the Ming Dynasty with resentment.

But nothing changed. The people had already lost confidence in the Ming Dynasty.

Isn't this just empty talk to those landlords in Mandala City?

Those landlords in Mandala City sounded even better when they made their promises.

Don't worry about anything. Even if we capture you and force you to build the city wall, it is for your own good.

It is to prevent pirate invasion and to make you live more peacefully.

Since we need to save so many lives, it is reasonable to sacrifice a few people, and so on.

They spoke very nicely, but in the end, it was discovered that the ones who were really colluding with these pirates were these landlords and tycoons.

They collected their own grain through taxation and then sold it to the pirates.

The money earned by the pirates from looting grain ships and merchant ships on the sea returned to the hands of the landlords, who used the money to spend on wine and women.

As for me and others, we worked so hard to farm the land, but in the end, it was these people who benefited from it.

By then, haven’t you all suffered enough losses?
I have already eaten enough.

It's just that no one has the opportunity to say these words. Or maybe no one has the courage to say these words. They can only let this happen to themselves.

Thinking of this, everyone was already very disappointed with the Ming Dynasty at this time.

The reason for disappointment is why the Ming Dynasty also tried to fool me.

Seeing that some people were about to leave, Wang Dahai immediately said: "We know that saying these things here may seem like rubbing salt into your wounds. But there is one thing you must stand here and listen to.

I must tell you that this is a good thing for you.

Why are we carrying out this so-called reform in this place?

Why should you be allowed to enjoy the same rights as us?
Even though we are people from the Ming Dynasty and came to your country, Sanfuqi, why do we still have to help you build Sanfuqi better, make you happier, make you stronger, and give you the opportunity to overthrow our Ming Dynasty and regain power?

These may all seem strange to you, because from a normal person's perspective, if you want to occupy a place, the best way is to kill everyone there, then occupy the place, and finally move your own people here.

I think this is what any normal person would think.

But why didn’t we do this in the Ming Dynasty?
I’ll tell you a secret.”

As they spoke, everyone started to gather together again and did not leave.

Wang Dahai wants to master the rhythm in this way.

Although I know that these people don't quite believe it, or that they all think that Daming's visit this time may be no different from the landlords in Mandala City, I still have to say this.

Today's Ming Dynasty can indeed conquer one place after another relying solely on its navy's cannons and large ships.

But after conquering, if you still have to spend a lot of energy to carry out massacres over and over again before you can gain this land, the efficiency is too low.

It also does not fit the real purpose of the Ming Dynasty's occupation of this place.

After the Ming Dynasty occupied this place, it wanted to use it as a military port.

It is hoped that this place can provide logistical food and fodder for the Ming Navy, and that it can enable the Ming Navy to go further.

If this place becomes a war zone, a place where the Ming Dynasty needs to continuously invest military forces to suppress resistance, it would go against the original intention of the Ming Dynasty to occupy this place.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Dahai and Liu Baihu, as the elites of the navy and the Jinyiwei, understand very well what they should do.

What we need to do is to ensure that the people here agree with the Ming Dynasty's reforms.

We must ensure that the people here can live a good life.

We must ensure that the rule here is firmly in our own hands.

We must ensure that the people here can support the Ming Dynasty's rule, so that we can help the Ming Dynasty.

So when they thought of this, they were actually very envious of Chen Han for having such talent.

I envy Xia Yuanji for having such execution ability.

I envy His Majesty the Emperor for having such decision-making ability.

Wang Dahai looked at the indignant common people who felt that he was deceiving them and said:
“You only see that officials can form collusion and protect their power.

It can even be passed down to their descendants from generation to generation.

This is just your own subjective opinion.

But I didn't ask, is there no solution at all for the Ming Dynasty to come up with these reforms and make decisions to allow ordinary people to become officials?"

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately attracted the attention of the people present.

Those people who wanted to leave at first were stunned when they heard this, and thought to themselves: Do they have any other way?

After all, this is a huge combination of contradictions, and if you want to solve it, you need some tricks.

In particular, many educated people understand very well that once you have tasted power, you will never want to let it go.

This is a realistic problem. If this problem cannot be solved, power will be as pale as a piece of paper.

As for giving ordinary people the opportunity to taste the power, this is just empty talk, or even a fraud.

The people in Mandala City have tried or been deceived too many times, and they no longer want to be played like fools.

With this thought in mind, they stood there again, wanting to hear what solutions Wang Dahai could come up with in the end.

Wang Dahai said, "You only know that you can become an official only through education or family power, but you have never thought that craftsmen can also become officials.

Who says that capable craftsmen cannot be good officials? "

When these words were spoken, everyone below wondered if they had heard wrongly.

How could the impossible happen here?

If my ears are wrong, then everyone's ears are wrong?

Because they saw that many of the people present actually looked confused.

Who said that craftsmen can become officials?
Although Captain Liu's father was a craftsman, he had the opportunity to become an official because of his meritorious service on the battlefield, which was different from his own skills.

Although they were surprised that a craftsman could become an official, they could not believe that such a thing could happen to them.

Especially in this place called Mandala City.

So Wang Dahai no longer concealed it and said, "In fact, you don't know at all that in my Ming Dynasty, there is a Daming Engineering College established by the Duke. What is the purpose of its establishment?

The purpose of its establishment is to train outstanding craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty.

Because our Ming Dynasty now needs more outstanding craftsmen to emerge and help with its construction.

The Ming Dynasty needed such talents, for example, building roads, building bridges, and inventing things, which are things that require professional talents.

In the past, when civil servants were in charge of these matters, they always exploited the craftsmen. In order to put an end to such things.

And in order to encourage the emergence of more outstanding craftsmen, those outstanding craftsmen who graduated from our Daming Engineering College can be granted official positions."

Hearing Wang Dahai say this, many craftsmen present felt that this was just a fantasy.

Because in any era they had never heard that craftsmen could become officials.

I haven't even heard of it. How can craftsmen have the opportunity to be exposed to the public and go to school?

They had never heard of what the so-called engineering college was for.

But when you hear the word "college", you know that it is a school like a private school.

How is this possible?
How could a craftsman be qualified to enter such a place?

Is this simply a lie?
There is no way to cheat like this.

We are lowly and we are not qualified to stand on the stage.

But we are not stupid.

Can you fool us with such a poor idea?

You guys think we are too simple...

(End of this chapter)