People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 221 The ugly behavior of scholars! The officials and gentry were all on duty, and the former minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs died of exhaustion!

Those scholars who gathered in the Confucius Temple to cry reacted violently after learning about the edict issued by the imperial court.

They probably didn't expect that the imperial court would not tolerate them at all this time.

He didn't feel how precious they were, but simply abandoned them.

Since you are unwilling to take the Enke exam this time, it is very simple. Give the opportunity to others.

The edict even directly announced that scholars were not allowed to participate in this Enke exam.

Now some people were dumbfounded.

"How could this be?"

"How can you do this?"

"I have been preparing for many years. I failed in the imperial examination three years ago. I have been preparing for these years. I was very confident that I could become a high school scholar in one fell swoop, but now it all came to nothing."

As he said that, he grabbed the collar of the scholar next to him and said, "It's all your fault. It's all your fault. You bastard invited me to come to the capital with you.
If I hadn't come, I might still have a chance to take the Enke exam this time.

I am already forty-five years old and don’t have much chance. I have to wait for another three years.

You bastard, as my classmate and fellow countryman, can you be worthy of me? "

Another scholar, after hearing the news, knelt in front of the Confucius Temple and cried bitterly.

"The world is going to change, the world is going to change, this Chen Han is going to completely wipe out the roots of our generation of scholars.

Master Kong Sheng, if you want to be alive in heaven, you should quickly rain down thunder and kill this man. "

As soon as these words came out, Jin Yiwei happened to be monitoring the actions of the Confucius Temple.

When he heard this man slandering the Duke of Guo, he immediately came out and said, "You are so brave, you dare to call the Duke of Guo by his name, you are looking for death."

He was taken to prison immediately and interrogated strictly to see if he had any thoughts of rebellion. "

The scholar was so frightened that he cried out: "You are talking nonsense. I just called him by his name. How can I rebel?"

Jin Yiwei said helplessly, "Then it's not clear. We must undergo strict interrogation to find out."

With that said, he was taken to Jin Yiwei's most terrifying prison.

And the scholar was still saying that he was the most determined scholar just now.

But as soon as he turned around, the scholar knelt in front of the Jin Yiwei, kowtowing as if he was pounding garlic, without any dignity at all.

The Jinyi guards shook their heads and let him go.

"As the Duke said, scholars now have no dignity!"

However, such behavior frightened those scholars.

On the contrary, after the edict was issued in the capital, craftsmen in several surrounding provinces starting from the capital became happy and excited.

Especially those craftsmen with real skills were shocked when they heard the news.

"Isn't it true that only those who hold the imperial examination can take part in the imperial examination? Is it our share?"

The officers and soldiers who were beating gongs and drums to promote this Enke exam explained, "This Enke exam was set by the Duke himself. Any skilled and capable craftsman can try it.

However, the premise is that you can't do it in vain, that is to say, you are not allowed to waste the examiner's time by running around without ability.

If anyone is delayed, it will be up to him to decide on his own.

If you have the ability, go. After you go there, once you are admitted and study at Daming Engineering College, you will get a monthly subsidy of ten taels of silver, with free food and accommodation. "

The officers and soldiers carried a large sign with a copy of the imperial edict and publicized it along the streets.

There are people in small towns, small towns, and even villages to promote it.

Or to put it another way, money can make the world go round.

Chen Han spent a lot of money, and the intensity and effect of this publicity were still very good.

For a time, many craftsmen were eager to try it.

Those civilian scientists who are hidden among the people and have been criticized for playing with gunpowder and are very successful in research are also very interested in this Enke exam.

……

Chen Han only discovered it when he arrived at the disaster area.

The grain merchants in the capital are the same as the grain merchants in other places - hoarding. Why do most people hate business people?

Just because these business people sometimes do things that are really excessive.

A sudden heavy rain caused serious injuries to a large number of people's homes.

Not to mention that the food could not be brought out, some people were involved in the torrent and drowned.

In the face of such a tragic disaster, we should work together to overcome the difficulties.

These people just have no heart, they think making money is the first priority.

He doesn't pay attention to the suffering of the people.

Even the more they see the disaster and the number of casualties, the more excited they become.

The greater the disaster, the higher the price they can sell the food.

Although the local government forced them to sell at normal prices, they had a backer.

He didn't take Wanping County, the No. 1 county magistrate in the world, seriously at all.

Of course, Chen Han understood the cause and effect, and saw that because the people had no food to eat, they had no choice but to dig out food from their destroyed homes, which had been soaked by all kinds of dirty water.

And this is why plagues breed.

Whether it is water or food, after soaking in water, it will be soaked in water contaminated by the cesspits flushed out of the water.

Can you avoid getting sick if you eat this kind of food?

Can it not breed infectious diseases?
Most ancient plagues were caused by contaminated drinking water.

After Chen Han went there, he first pulled several grain merchants who were hoarding food to the washed-out river embankment, and cut off their heads with a dog-head guillotine.

Let the soldiers take their heads to the grain merchants in the city to show them around.

Beat gongs and drums to tell everyone that this is the fate of unscrupulous businessmen.

This is the result of daring to hoard in the face of disaster and thinking of making a fortune from the disaster.

The effect is very obvious, and some grain merchants are even willing to donate grain to the people.

After this problem was solved, Chen Han ordered that all people infected with the plague be isolated and the bodies burned immediately.

Although this was very unethical in ancient times, ordinary people believed that a person should die with his body intact so that he could be reborn into a good family in the next life.

But these people are all pathogens and should not be destroyed in such a centralized manner.

It is likely to be another source of plague.

So after Chen Han endured the pain and did this, some old people didn't understand and were so angry that they hanged themselves.

Chen Han had nothing to do.

And what happened next surprised him.

It turns out that the magistrate of Wanping County abided by his promise that day and implemented an integrated system of officials and gentry to pay the grain.
Since there were not enough people to build river embankments, the magistrate of Wanping County went to the homes of wealthy households and large landowners to mobilize, asking them to send servants and family members to build river embankments.

Some people saw that the Wanping County magistrate had mentioned Chen Han's name and did not dare to offend him, so they symbolically sent people from their families to build rivers and dams.

However, when I walked to the home of the former retired Minister of Civil Affairs, I found that his family's pedigree was very large.

The first time the magistrate of Wanping County went there, he was beaten with a black nose and a swollen face and came back.

What they mean is that we are a family of retired first-class officials, and a small county magistrate dares to rush work here. It is simply asking for death.

So after Chen Han went there, he was very dignified and caught the retired official minister on the river embankment.

He had to work on the river embankment for at least five hours every day before he could leave.

That old guy was in his seventies and was still well maintained and quite strong, but of course he was exhausted the next day.

However, this kind of deterrence was still quite sufficient. The officials and gentry worked together as errands to pay the food, and it became widely spread around the capital.

At the same time, thousands of scholars began to gather, and they wanted to find Chen Han.

But I don’t know what kind of accident will happen this time...

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