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

Chapter 375 Civil servants kneeling at the edge of a woman's skirt! !
Especially under the current circumstances, she has actually always gained a lot of Chen Han's trust in her.

How much only she knows.

Although she sometimes complained that Sophia had got such a good opportunity to preside over the Imperial University, she was still satisfied with her current life.

Especially the opportunities I have now.

Especially as Sophia said, he gained a lot in the process of managing the mansion. At least no one dared to say a disrespectful word to him in this mansion.

Even those old people must respect themselves when they see themselves.

This is because Chen Han had instructed before he left that the household would be managed by Guo Feixue while he was away.

Therefore, Guo Feixue is Chen Han’s full representative in this family.

When meeting those officials, Sophia also came along.

Sofia knew exactly why these officials had come.

When he first arrived at the Imperial University of Peking, he discovered that these guys' eyes were full of disdain for Chen Han and the Imperial University he built.

But in fact, his eyes were full of envy and jealousy.

This was especially true when they saw that the treatment of those craftsmen was more than a hundred times better than theirs.

Not to mention the subsidies, the monthly subsidies are almost as much as their salaries.

This was set up to take care of them while they were studying so that they would have no worries.

Another thing is the reward for patents. These people have studied all their lives and have only ever known how to work hard.

I have never thought about making a breakthrough in any technology.

They also look down on those so-called strange and clever tricks.

But one fact that they cannot accept is that their so-called strange and clever skills are, in Chen Han's eyes, powerful tools for developing the country.

Without these unique and ingenious techniques, the country might not have developed to the level it is today.

So he particularly respects such technical talents.

These people are also strongly encouraged to create more technologies.

Why gather together the world's top craftsmen?

Because they have rich experience, strong hands-on ability and the motivation to innovate.

If scholars were allowed to come to the Imperial University, they might become unable to cooperate because of their intrigues.

They are even more reluctant to give away what they have.

Chen Han understood very well that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, which has been passed down to the present day, is actually full of exchanges of interests.

In particular, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang granted exemptions from taxes in order to encourage more scholars to take the imperial examinations.

This privilege has indeed spawned many scholars, but it is also like a double-edged sword.

It gave birth to countless scholars, but it also made countless scholars no longer know why they were studying.

There used to be many scholars who studied in order to help the world and govern the country.

But what about the scholars nowadays? Even though they are full of knowledge and even though each of them is well-mannered and cultured.

But deep down in their hearts, their pursuit of interests has reached a fiery level.

They have long lost the desire to help the world.

They have long lost the will to speak up for the people.

At least ninety-nine percent of the time, no.

Instead, it is for the pursuit of profit.

On the contrary, in order to ensure that his family could be exempted from land taxes.

You can ensure that even if you pass the imperial examination, you will still have the privilege of meeting officials without having to kneel down.

They pursue these things.

The scholars of the past also pursued these things, but their enthusiasm was not as high as that of the scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

Because the privileges enjoyed by scholars in the Ming Dynasty were more than in any other era.

The thoughts of scholars in the Ming Dynasty were more distorted than in any other era.

As for the reading in the Qing Dynasty, it was pure slavery.

So Chen Han knew very well that in order to change these people's ideas and concepts, he had to use another group of people to impact their position.

At the same time, their privileges were abolished, allowing all scholars to return to their original state.

Let those knowledgeable people truly devote themselves to helping the world.

Although this is not conducive to literacy work, Chen Han will still open the branch of Imperial University full-time.

Let people all over the world enjoy the benefits of reading.

At this time, when Guo Feixue and Sophia stood outside the door.

We saw many officials, especially senior officials from the six ministries.

The contempt in Guo Feixue and Sophia's eyes was very deep.

Although the two people did not serve as officials in the court.

But seeing how spineless the Ming Dynasty officials were, he felt both angry and disappointed.

They finally understood why their master wanted to suppress these people.

In fact, these people's bones have been softened by interests.

How can such a person face the people of the world?

Guo Feixue spoke first: "My Lords, what's the matter?"

The officials represented by the Left Censor-in-Chief and the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture were still quite embarrassed at this time.

Especially since Zuodu Yushi is an old scholar, he still holds great power.

Moreover, ordinary officials would be afraid and terrified when they saw him.

However, when facing the two women, Guo Feixue and Sophia, he was a little unnatural and even a little timid.

This was the first time he showed such affection.

Maybe he had always looked down on women before.

But now they clearly know that Chen Han is not here and that he is fighting in Korea. They may not even know that they have come to the mansion to beg for mercy.

But they still come.

Why is that?
This is because they understand that if they don't come.

Then there might not even be a chance to surrender.

Now Chen Han’s woman can at least take charge of the overall situation and be able to act on her own.

There is no need for Chen Han to show up, but it can represent that Chen Han can do something.

In this situation, the best way is to please Chen Han's women. The gifts they prepared were either rouge and powder or jewels. These people were really rich.

Guo Feixue stood at the door and didn't mean to let them in.

He said, "My Lords, I will not invite you in now. It is because the mansion is full of women. It will be inconvenient for you to go in. Please forgive me."

How unreasonable this is.

Each of them is a second or third rank official, especially the Left Censor-in-Chief, who is on par with the six ministers.

At this time, he should have just shouted, "What do you little girls know?"
It is your blessing that I come to your mansion, but you still don’t allow us to enter.

I don’t care if there is a woman inside or not, I will go in and sit for a while.

But now the Left Censor-in-Chief has restrained himself a lot.

He thought he should just hold back his anger for now.

I know it's hard to bear this tone, but I can't bear it. What can I do?
I could only comfort myself that Chen Han was not inside, and there were only female relatives. It would be very embarrassing to go in alone.

Moreover, according to Chen Han's vengeful character, if he were to go and sit in a mansion filled with women, he would probably break his third leg.

So he stood up with the attitude of calming the situation and said, "Miss, we are mainly here to visit.

During this period of more than half a year, everyone has been in a tense situation.

We have opposed the Duke's reforms more than once. We are short-sighted and blind.

We have not seen how good the Duke's reforms are for our Ming Dynasty. Now we have come to our senses and would like to send you some gifts, hoping that you ladies can help us convey our goodwill.

We want to march in step with the Duke, jointly embrace reform and bring benefits to everyone.

We are no longer in confrontation, nor do we want to face the current reforms of the Ming Dynasty with the same attitude as today. "

After hearing their words, Guo Feixue and Sophia looked at each other.

There was surprise in his eyes.

Aren’t these people firmly resisting reform?
In their eyes, reform and change are just stealing their money, so how can they support it?

And now they are openly saying that they want to reconcile with reforms. It's really funny.

I don’t know what happened before, but now I have to think about reconciliation.

Reconciliation requires sincerity. Do they think that just by giving me these gifts and saying a few nice words to me, I should then mention these things to my man and say a few nice words for them, and then the two families will shake hands and make peace from then on?
It's not that simple.

You have to know that my master is now extremely disappointed with these civil servants and will never trust them again.

From then on, he concentrated on running the Imperial University of Peking, training all the craftsmen to invent more scientific and technological creations. He then set up a patent office and encouraged talented people among the people to take the initiative to invent things.

This allows everyone to see that the Ming Dynasty today is different from other times.

They will not be like scholars who turn so-called scientific inventions into weird and clever tricks and then suppress them blindly.

It is because of this awareness that Sophia supports Chen Han so much in doing this.

Because as a Westerner, after seeing the role of the implementation of the patent law in promoting a country's scientific and technological development, she understood.

Under such circumstances, if a Ming Dynasty version of the patent law were to be enacted, it would be extremely unfair to the large population and many talented people of the Ming Dynasty.

Once these talented people are included in the country's development plan, it will be a good thing for them and for the country.

She knew how big the Ming Dynasty was now.

Especially in the south, so many craftsmen are involved in various construction projects.

She saw too many craftsmen with excellent skills. If all these skills could be put to use, it would be a great blessing for the development of the court.

After seeing these officials like this, Guo Feixue smiled slightly and said, "Before, you and my master fought so hard that blood flowed like a river. Can you just reconcile as you said?
I believe that each of you is not convinced in your heart now.

Because your reconciliation is not what you want.

Instead, it was a compromise he made after realizing that he had no way to compete with my master.

You know, my master's attitude towards scholars now is different from that of any previous reformer.

Whether it is Wang Anshi's reforms or the reforms of Fan Zhongyan and others, they are actually the same in essence.

It's just top-down, just hoping to get the emperor's support and then carry out reforms and changes.

There has never been any real reform in terms of the system or culture.

Therefore, the reform only remained at the superficial level and no thorough reform was carried out.

But my master is different now."

When Guo Feixue said this, Sophia was really surprised.

I didn’t expect Guo Feixue to have such insight.

In fact, Chen Han told her all this, of course, after they had sex.

At that time, Guo Feixue also found it very magical.

I didn't expect that my master is so knowledgeable and talented.

She thought her master just liked killing people and liked to be straightforward.

I didn't expect that my master was actually very knowledgeable and knew how to quote from classics and discuss the present from ancient times.

Officials such as the Left Censor-in-Chief and the Governor of Shuntian Prefecture were even more shocked after hearing what Guo Feixue said. They did not expect that such a little girl could know about the two reforms of the Song Dynasty.

As Guo Feixue said, the reason why the two reforms in the Song Dynasty failed.

First of all, the current trend has not changed.

Whether it was the Baojia System or the Qingmiao System promoted by Wang Anshi, the people who promoted it still had to rely on the officials below.

However, in order to cope with the reforms, the officials below took advantage of the reforms to impose heavy taxes and levies, which led to the failure of Wang Anshi's reform.

But Chen Han is different now. Chen Han not only relies on the officials below to implement the plan, but also sets up a tax inspection department which was transformed from the Jinyiwei to investigate all matters at the grassroots level, and it can even be said that he supervises all reforms.

The reason why Chen Han was successful was that his swift and decisive methods shocked everyone.

Unlike Wang Anshi, he did not have the decisive determination to kill, nor did he have the conditions.

This is the first difference.

The second is Wang Anshi's reform, which mainly relied on the very scientific policies he formulated and wanted everyone to implement them.

But the reality went against his wishes. The people below did not take it seriously at all and they were not on the same page with him.

The reason why these people support him is that by supporting him they can get promoted and make money.

Their purpose is to get promoted and make money, and to use the reforms to accumulate political capital for themselves, so as to gain more benefits for themselves.

The determination and policies for reform and change are good, but they have been distorted by these individuals with ulterior motives. This is the real tragedy.

But Chen Han is different. Chen Han uses not only these officials, but more importantly, the Jinyiwei.

At the same time, he relied more on his murderous character to intimidate the officials below so that they dared not move.

Furthermore, the lessons learned from his own bloodbaths all over the country forced these officials not to try to fool Chen Han easily.

Because the fate of fooling Chen Han is to have his head chopped off...

(End of this chapter)