People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 566 There are bad people among the crowd!

After the scholar finished speaking, many of the common people present were amazed.

They had heard that the fee was going to be levied before, and if that fee was really levied, it might cost everyone their lives.

This is especially true for those who rely on entering Mandala City to do small business.

Because they have always been doing small business, if this fee is levied, they will have no profit at all.

So when everyone heard about this incident, they were all worried.

This is especially true for those who are in urgent need of money.

Just when everyone was worried, news suddenly came out that the money would not be accepted.

This surprised many people, but also made them feel relieved.

But at that time no one knew why the money was not collected.

At that time, everyone was talking about it, saying that the government of Mandala City was just playing around, with the same temper as a child, they would collect things when they said they would, and not collect things when they said they would not, and no one knew what these people were trying to do.

But today they finally understood what was going on.

It turns out that these scholars actually did some work in this regard.

In fact, the common people's imagination seems to be correct. If there was a city gate fee to enter the city gate, and if there was also a foot fee, then the price of the things they sold would definitely be increased.

Although no one would buy it if it were sold, those who delivered vegetables and food to the landlords' mansions would definitely add this money to the money.

Although the landlords were rich, this was not a small expense over the years, so they cancelled the collection of this foot tax.

They originally thought that it was the kindness of the landlords, but after listening to the scholar's explanation today, they finally understood that it was impossible for those landlords to be kind at all.

At this point the common people began to discuss the matter.

“We also heard about this incident at the beginning. We were so angry that we thought our life was over. We even planned to move away and live somewhere else, but at that time we didn’t have the money to do so.

We were also afraid that the government would arrest us and force us to repair the city wall because of this, but we didn’t expect that the scholars were the ones doing the research behind the scenes. This was really unexpected.”

"Who said it wasn't true? We used to know that these scholars only knew how to help the landlords exploit us, but we didn't expect that there were some kind-hearted people among them who could speak up for us.

The most important thing is to persuade those disciples not to accept this money, which is really a meritorious deed."

"But it's a little weird to think that it's those scholars who are doing this. Most of those scholars are helping the landlords to exploit us, and it feels a little strange that they suddenly do such a good thing."

"But I didn't expect that after today's explanation, I finally realized that there are good and bad people among these scholars."

As soon as these words were spoken, many ordinary people present were immediately filled with emotion.

The reason why they think that those scholars, especially those in the landlords' mansions, are bad people is because those scholars often help the landlords come up with bad ideas and exploit the common people.

But today, suddenly there appeared such a kind-hearted scholar who once helped ordinary people to reduce their travel expenses, and they were a little uncomfortable with it.

Or in other words, the common people actually hope to list the majority of people as opponents. Of course, many of them are not honest.

In fact, the reason why these ordinary people say this is simply because they are thinking about their future children and grandchildren.

Why do you say that?
A very simple truth.

Now they heard that the Ming Dynasty was coming here and would immediately set up a so-called private school.

In the future, with the establishment of private schools, more children will be able to go to study in those schools.

Those scholars just asked if it was possible to teach them separately from the children of ordinary people.

They are just afraid that the children of ordinary people will compete with them, and they are afraid that they will not be able to compete.

And ordinary people actually think so.

They are even more afraid that their descendants will not be able to compete with these scholars.

They don’t know that the so-called books of sages that scholars study did not actually come from the Ming Dynasty at all.

They are simply superficial books in the hands of second-hand dealers and cannot be compared with the books from the Ming Dynasty.

But common people don’t know. They only know that they are educated and they have more advantages.

If compared with one's own descendants, others have greater advantages.

Therefore, they are even more afraid that if they can now establish these scholars as the opposite, more people will reject these scholars, and more people will hope that these scholars will disappear from then on.

In this case, studying will become a privilege for the descendants of ordinary people in the future.

Wouldn't that way you would have fewer competitors and your children could win at the starting line?

So these ordinary people are actually not that simple people, each of them is very smart.

The reason why this issue has to be raised at this time is to portray these scholars as the opposite.

It was also because I heard that the Ming Dynasty would soon set up a so-called private school here, and then let future officials come out of the private school.

In this way, their lives will get better and better in the future, and after monopolizing the privileges of being an official, they will be able to do evil things like the previous officials, even committing crimes.

Even though ordinary people seem to hate officials nowadays, there are still many people who dream of becoming such officials one day.

They always think that if they become officials one day, they can have the same glory as others.

In fact, they have always been jealous of those who hold official positions, it’s just that they themselves cannot hold official positions.

Once they become officials, some of their behaviors may be worse than those of previous officials.

Both Captain Liu and Wang Dahai knew that this would be the result, because they could see from now on that their common people had been exploited by those scholars who were officials.

Therefore, they have long been particularly envious of the privileges enjoyed by officials.

Not to mention the common people here, even those in the Ming Dynasty, who could resist the temptation of becoming an official?

No.

No one. So Captain Liu said, "You see, those common people are not simple either."

Wang Dahai also said, “Although we two have not personally come into contact with them and have not personally witnessed it, these ordinary people may become even more aggressive once they become officials.

However, now when ordinary people hear about the establishment of private schools, their children can go to private schools, take the imperial examinations, and become officials after gaining fame.

The shining eyes of the common people showed that they would definitely educate their children in the future:
After becoming an official, you can enjoy the same glory as the officials before.

You don’t know how powerful those officials were in the past. They didn’t need to farm, bask in the sun, or get wet in the rain. They could get money, women, and respect from everyone in such a comfortable environment in the government office.”

Wang Dahai spoke in the tone of the common people.

In fact, he was also quite helpless.

Because whether it is the people in Mandala City or the people in the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, all the people think this way.

Once they become officials, they will immediately turn into greed machines.

They will immediately fight for their own interests regardless of their own safety.

The reason why officials in the Central Plains can exercise restraint today is not because of the high moral character of each of those officials.

It is because the Duke is now slaughtering those corrupt officials on a large scale, killing them all and causing great suffering everywhere.

His Majesty the Emperor had also killed them once before, and the Duke took this as a basis to kill the Kong family, which was considered a sage family in the eyes of scholars.

The so-called sacredness of the Confucius family was destroyed, so that the status of scholars would not always be high and mighty.

It is precisely because the Ming Dynasty had people like His Majesty the Emperor and the Duke, who killed scholars and caused widespread grief, that those scholars did not dare to easily place themselves above the common people.

Otherwise, those scholars will still be arrogant, still think they are the chosen ones, and still think they are the chosen ones.

But now it is different. Those scholars no longer dare to claim that they are the only choice.

Now, the Duke has even established the Daming Engineering College in the capital.

Even the Crown Prince's son entered the Daming Engineering College to study.

Even the princes from various places sent their sons to study at the Daming Engineering College.

It is telling people all over the world a very simple truth, that is, from now on, if you want to become an official, you can do more than just study.

You can also study at Daming Engineering College and then become a professional official, which is also a path.

There is no need to worry even about money.

If you have mastered a unique skill that is powerful enough, you can apply for a patent for your invention.

With this invention patent, you can live a life of ease. In the future, no matter what project it is, as long as your invention patent is used, you can get a certain subsidy.

This subsidy will not make you rich overnight, but it can be passed on to your descendants, just like a golden medal of immunity from death, which can be passed down from generation to generation.

In this way, countless craftsmen were inspired to move forward courageously.

The common people here obviously realized that this was a step forward, but they did not want to give the original scholars a chance to survive.

Because the scholars before them were so mean to them.

So much so that now when they hear about such a good thing, they instinctively want to get rid of those scholars and monopolize this benefit for themselves.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with their choice. At that time, scholars rarely did good things.

There are very few scholars like the scholar who just spoke and said that they have settled the issue of collecting foot fees.

Most of the educated people are profit-driven and will do anything to gain a little benefit for themselves.

Especially those scholars living in the landlords' mansions.

Even though they are now saying that we have no choice, we can only obey the orders of those landlords and do things.

In fact, it’s not that we are too bad, but that we have no choice.

But in fact, the situation is not like this at all. It is because those scholars took the initiative to offer some strategies one by one, just to please the landlords, just to gain more favor from the landlords.

In fact, those are the ones who deserve to die.

Now that the common people have seen through this, they hate those so-called scholars to death, and are also afraid that their descendants may not be a match for the scholars in the future even if they enter private schools.

So they also wanted to eliminate these scholars in advance.

When Wang Dahai saw the looks of these common people, he thought of what Captain Liu had said just now, that all he needed to do was throw out a bait to get these scholars and common people to start fighting each other.

Because they are always fighting for so-called interests, but even if these interests are invisible and intangible now, they still want to fight for them. This is human nature, and human nature cannot be changed.

At this time, the common people finally felt that something was wrong.

Those two people, Liu Baihu and Wang Dahai, who should have been the protagonists at this time, were standing on the high platform and didn't seem to speak.

Instead, he was watching the scholars and the common people quarreling with each other.

Although we must fight for it at this time, it is really embarrassing to make a fool of ourselves in front of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Finally, someone shouted, "What are you arguing about now? The two generals haven't said anything, but you are all so impatient. Can you make the decision?"
Even if a private school is established in the future, we still don’t know who will be able to enter. It is simply a joke to get so anxious about something you don’t know about.”

The person who was speaking was an old man. Although he had been harmed by landlords instigated by scholars, he was relatively sensible and reasonable.

Now the most important thing is for the people of Mandala City to work together so that the people from the Ming Dynasty will not look down on them and others, and so that those people from the Ming Dynasty can give them more benefits.

After thinking about this, the old man actually understood.

Liu Baihu and Wang Dahai just threw out some empty promises, which were heard but not actually realized, and caused the common people and scholars to suffer heavy losses. This is really embarrassing.

After hearing this shout, the scholars and common people came to their senses and realized that it was indeed the case.

I hadn't noticed until now that the two generals had only spoken briefly and then didn't say anything, waiting for me to start arguing...

(End of this chapter)