Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 180 The inexplicable reversal of the situation

Chapter 180: An inexplicable reversal of the situation

Mr. Hu has not left the house for several days.

One of them is to accompany the concubine in the backyard who had a lot of resentment some time ago.

This woman is just like the land.

It needs to be turned over and watered from time to time.

Otherwise, not only will it become a dead place, but maybe some lush green grass will grow out.

Therefore, Mr. Hu has not been walking around at all in the past few days, and even Wanru and Rushi's charm cannot impress him.

He just focused on the concubines in the backyard!

Work hard and fight hard...

What stands out is the lack of effort.

After this back and forth, at least the atmosphere in the Hu Mansion's backyard was much better than before.

Another thing is the bustle at the entrance of Hu Mansion.

Good guy, a bunch of disheartened scholars who have no hope of passing the provincial examination don't know where they got the courage.

He actually blocked the door of Hu Mansion, slumped on the ground and cursed.

The content is nothing more than Mr. Hu insulting the saints and deliberately teasing the candidates by asking weird questions, so that they harm their future.

Hu Yi couldn't help but call the servants in the mansion several times, go out and twist the person directly and send him to Yingtian Mansion Office, but Hu Weiyong stopped him every time.

Swear!

If you don't scold me, how can we have a bad reputation among scholars?

If you don’t scold him, how will Hu gain fame in society?

Anyway, this question doesn’t have a correct explanation.

It's just that most people can't even think about what's behind it.

In other words, for some scholars, even if they know that this is actually a test of students' academic differences between Confucianism and Taoism.

But what they care about is the superficial offense against Confucius.

Corrupt Confucianism, rotten Confucianism, isn’t that what it is!

And for such a scene, Mr. Hu is of course... happy to see it happen!

Mother!

This is simply too good!

After staining, the reputation became smelly, but it was not the kind of smelly stinky that made taboos in Zhu Yuanzhang.

How great is this!

Originally, as his status became higher and higher and more stable, Mr. Hu was still a little anxious.

Now that I have used this trick, it’s done!

Anyone with a Confucian background who doesn't scold Mr. Hu now seems to be an academic traitor.

But what is the actual impact on Mr. Hu?

Hehe, except for the inconvenience of going out these days, there are no other effects at all!

This is actually the most suitable way for self-protection that Hu Weiyong finally figured out after pondering over it.

To put it bluntly, the reputation among the people and scholars is of no use to him.

However, people who tend to have a bad reputation among the people and scholars will have a good impression on Zhu Yuanzhang as long as they do not violate his taboos.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang feels that you have no threat.

After all, once your reputation among the people and scholars is bad, you no longer need to think about becoming a powerful minister in the future.

Then naturally there will be no conflict with Zhu Yuanzhang or even the royal family.

But there is a hidden point in it, that is, you cannot taint yourself with things that Zhu Yuanzhang himself does not like.

For example, raping women, taking bribes, and indulging domestic slaves.

If something like this happened, his reputation would be bad.

But if such a thing really happened, Zhu Yuanzhang would have already killed people first without waiting for his reputation to turn bad.

He was worried that there was no reason to kill several powerful officials.

But the current crime of "neither light nor serious" is very good.

Are you guilty?

For Confucian disciples, Mr. Hu is naturally a great sin. After all, Mr. Hu used the name of the most holy teacher Confucius to ask the question. There is no way to escape this matter.

In the eyes of the Confucian children, this charges are dead.

But what is the crime?

It seems...probably...maybe not that big!

To put it bluntly, this is just a question after all.

It is also a rural examination question that has at least nominally been reviewed by the Ministry of Rites and the Emperor.

No serious words were said in the middle!

What's more, this question still has very normal problem solving ideas, which proves that this question is really carefully prepared, rather than deliberately tossing people.

So, in this case, how much can you say that Master Hu is sinned?

At most, he could just mutter a few words or curse a few words, and his reputation would be a little bit bad, that's all.

And isn't this what Mr. Hu wants?

Because of this, when a student yelled and cursed outside the mansion, Mr. Hu not only did not restrain himself, but instead looked up to the sky and laughed a few times.

骂！

It’s so hard to scold!

If you don't scold me, how will our reputation spread to the outside world?

If you don't scold me, how will our reputation become bad?

The harder you scold me, the more comfortable our little life will be in the future!

Come on!

Support you in spirit!

Then, flowers are not as good as a hundred days, and people are not as prosperous as a hundred days.

No, Master Hu hasn't been happy for a few days.

Suddenly, not a single scolding student could be seen in front of the entire Hu Mansion.

After not seeing anyone coming to scold him for two days in a row, Mr. Hu felt something was wrong.

"Hu Yi, go and find out for us whether some blind person took the person away?"

"I don't want to get such a reputation for nothing, so hurry up and find out!"

As the housekeeper, Hu Yi's interests are naturally integrated with those of the Hu family.

Of course, he knew that if someone was reported to use Hufu to use the means to use the students in front of the house to get away or disappear, it would be much trouble for Hufu.

No, after listening to Mr. Hu's arrangements, he ran out in a hurry.

But just an hour later, he ran back with a speechless expression.

"Master, we've found out!"

"Well, tell me, how did you do it? Don't tell me that those students went back on their own!"

The corners of Hu Yi's mouth twitched in a rather twisted manner before he answered honestly.

"Master, they really went back voluntarily!"

"Huh? Why?"

"Because the news that our lady is about to become the crown princess has somehow spread throughout Yingtian Mansion."

"Those students must have heard the news too!"

"For now, let alone those scolding people in front of our house, even all the discussions about the master in Yingtian's house have stopped!"

When Mr. Hu heard this, he was immediately confused.

"No! Just because my little Yue'er is going to be the princess, they don't even dare to say it?"

"Damn it, where's their so-called scholar's character? Where's the scholar's integrity?"

"You dare to love me, the uncle of an unmarried crown prince, so that all the students in this city are scared to even dare to fart?"

"Bah! They're all a bunch of cowards!"

Mr. Hu is extremely angry!

He was prepared for his reputation to become bad, but you guys quit?

Isn’t this nonsense!

waste!

(End of this chapter)