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

Chapter 395 Touching! The craftsmen finally stood up! !
People's sympathy is based on the stage where these guys are at least useful to them.

But these guys in front of us can ignore others for their own interests.

Even wanting others to die.

The students of Imperial University are not saints.

So when they were wrongly accused and almost killed by this group of people, they were so angry.

They don't have an ounce of sympathy for these people.

Instead, it is full of resentment.

They are thinking about how we are studying hard, communicating hard, and developing our skills to a higher level.

Even in order to complete the requirements put forward by you civil servants within half a year.

We worked overtime day and night without thinking about resting, nor did we ask for the so-called improvement of our own value or increase of our wages.

We didn't even think about asking for wages.

Because we have received very good treatment at Imperial University.

So we never thought about that.

But what about you guys, how did you do it?

What you want to do is to destroy the stone bridge we just built.

Just because this stone bridge can be used by you to attack Imperial University, attack the Duke, attack Guo Feixue and Sophia.

For people like you, what reasons or ideas do you have that deserve our sympathy?
You people are not qualified at all.

People like you should be nailed to the pillar of shame by history.

You deserve to be despised by the people.

People like you who claim to be scholars have read so much that nothing has been done to them.

You don't have the awareness that we rural people have.

People like you should even go to the eighteenth level of hell.

The students of Imperial University were greeting their eighteen generations of ancestors over and over again in their hearts.

I don't know what kind of person can give birth to such a crap thing.

I have studied for my whole life but ended up like this.

It really looks like what others said.

Only these scholars are the most hypocritical and inhumane people.

Guo Feixue and Sophia saw how much the students hated them, and they also understood and continued, "Well, now we have won a big victory. This battle is finally over, and these guys have finally received the punishment they deserve.

Let’s not waste so much time on them and go back immediately to celebrate with all our students.

Tell them that His Majesty has now punished these damned people.

Let's have a good rest after we go back. Everyone has worked hard in the past six months."

There is nothing wrong with what he said.

In the past, in order to rush the work and ensure quality, everyone really ate, drank, defecated and urinated near the stone bridge.

Even in the experimental field set up by Imperial University, people were conducting various experiments and updating technology day and night.

Of course, they will also have to make a summary after they return this time.

Soon, Guo Feixue and Sophia led the students back to Imperial University.

Although Guo Feixue is not actually the leader of Imperial University, the real leader is Sophia.

But everyone was very clear about one thing. If Guo Feixue hadn’t gathered the brothers of the White Lotus Sect to wait by the stone bridge.

And in the past six months, we have been protecting them, helping them to connect with various businessmen, and arranging the purchase of various materials. In fact, it is impossible for them to complete it so quickly.

Therefore, the students of Imperial University not only celebrated themselves, but also invited a large number of brothers from the White Lotus Sect to come together.

Before, they had only heard that the White Lotus Sect was a cult and was not mainstream.

But it's different now.

Ever since the White Lotus Sect's headquarters was destroyed by the Duke in Shandong, and the Jiangnan branch was promoted to the White Lotus Sect's headquarters and absorbed into the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

The white lotus now has been reborn.

Originally, they were quite pitiful.

The White Lotus Sect is a folk religious sect that has emerged since the Song Dynasty.

To be honest, they have done a lot of things that benefit the country and the people.

Not only did they give alms, but they also gathered a large number of poor people and gave them enough food so that they could survive.

As for the so-called rebellion.

In fact, it was all because the officials forced the people to rebel.

Just take the days at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, how could people survive?

The uprising launched by the White Lotus Sect led to the development of the Red Turban Army.

The reason why Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was able to rise to prominence was that he first joined forces with Guo Zixing, a leader of the Red Army. Who was Guo Zixing?

He is a member of the White Lotus Sect, including the so-called Little Ming King, who are actually branches of the White Lotus Sect.

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang rose to power with the help of the White Lotus Sect.

However, after he came to power, Zhu Yuanzhang fully realized the appeal of the White Lotus Sect among the people and their harmfulness.

That is why they denounced it as a cult and launched a campaign to hunt it down.

This forced the White Lotus Sect to gradually degenerate into a small gang that could only rely on certain financial tycoons for survival.

Now Chen Han has integrated all these people together, giving them a fixed place to live and a way to facilitate their missionary work.

It ensures that they will not revolt at will, which is actually very useful.

The members of the White Lotus Sect come from all walks of life and are familiar with the forces of the underworld.

Just like this time, the reason why we were able to identify Lin Laosan as someone who used rotten water.

It’s because the White Lotus Sect knows these people better.

That's why we were able to stop these people from doing such things in time.

This time it can be said that the contribution was great.

If the White Lotus Sect leader hadn't recognized Lin Laosan and his men's motives;
If the White Lotus Sect leader had not recognized Lin Lao San, what they were using would have likely caused huge losses.

Although the students of Imperial University all came from the common people, they were still very familiar with these crooked ways, so they didn't know what the exact means were.

Sophia didn't know even more.

Once the investigation begins, if the people from the White Lotus Sect are not there, the evidence will be destroyed.

You can't even catch these people and find out what they are doing.

You can only say it's them.

But without evidence, we cannot arrest or kill people at will, right?

This will make the situation very passive at that time.

It is precisely because of the existence of people like the White Lotus Sect.

So now they can avoid a disaster.

The students of Imperial University of Peking are very grateful.

So Sophia invited Guo Feixue and others to the cafeteria of Imperial University of Peking.

We asked the canteen to prepare dozens of tables of sumptuous meals and held a celebration meeting here.

Sophia stood on the podium, looking at the students below who were looking at her with eyes full of joy, and said loudly, "Dear students, we must celebrate this hard-won victory here.

Our victory is not only about building a stone bridge that can withstand the impact of a century-long flood.

We should also celebrate this time, for we have achieved complete victory despite the pursuit and blockade of those civil servants who opposed us."

When Sophia said this, more than a thousand students burst into cheers.

Finally won!
Finally, complete victory has arrived!

They have been working extremely hard over the past six months; they have neglected sleep and food, all for the sake of this day.

When they learned that the civil servants were chasing them, everyone was actually worried.

After all, Imperial University of Peking had just been established and did not have a deep foundation.

Although the Duke is the biggest patron of Imperial University.

But I don’t have the time to go around Imperial University all day long.

The Duke has too many more important things to do.

The Japanese devils outside are invading Korea, a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

The Duke had no choice but to send troops to fight against the Japanese devils.

In front of us are the civil servants who were offended by the Duke's reforms.

It's really difficult for everyone to be caught in this dilemma.

I don't even dare to guarantee that I can build this stone bridge.

Everyone was crossing the river by feeling their way forward, and it took a lot of effort and even time.

Now everything has finally come to a good conclusion.

Everyone can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Finally, the opportunity has arrived to raise a toast to celebrate this victory.

Sophia stood on the podium, looking at Guo Feixue beside her and the students, her eyes filled with tears of excitement.

"Students, after half a year of hard work, we have not only proved that the Duke's reforms are indeed effective.

At the same time, it also gave a hard slap in the face to those civil servants who wanted to laugh at us.

From then on, the reputation of our Imperial University spread far and wide.

Everyone in the world will know that despite being blocked by civil officials, we were able to complete the construction of the huge stone bridge in just half a year.

This not only demonstrates the technology of our Imperial University.

It also shows that we, the craftsmen who were once at the bottom of the society, can also burst out with powerful strength.

Those diehards who regarded us as peasants, as the lower class, and as the dirtiest craftsmen have finally seen our power, and they should shut up! "

After hearing what Sophia said, the students were so moved that they burst into tears.

In fact, they have always felt aggrieved.

What are you aggrieved about?

What is unfair is that even if one's craftsmanship is excellent, one still cannot be recognized by the public;
The injustice is that even if you create something yourself, the product is beautiful, but it is still regarded as a gimmick and not worth promoting.

The ones who feel wronged are those scholars who are high and mighty, stepping on their heads and saying, "Look at you bunch of useless people."

What does it matter if what you make is good?
Can I become an official?

Can you become famous all over the world?

Can we be exempted from taxes like us?
Can we be like us and not have to kneel down when we see an official?
They have suffered countless humiliations over the years.

They have suffered countless cold stares over the years.

Even those who farm the land have not been very kind to them over the years.

As artisans, they were firmly locked into the household registration system.

This is the only kind of work you can do in your lifetime.

Being a bricklayer all your life, no, not only yourself but also your descendants can only work as bricklayers in the hottest weather.

A carpenter can only deal with adzes, chisels, axes and saws all his life.

A bamboo craftsman can only weave baskets and make frames all day long.

In those days, they endured discrimination from everyone and survived silently;

On days like that, they watched the procession passing by them, beating drums and gongs to celebrate the success of scholars in passing the imperial examinations.

They looked at those scholars, who were studying silently in their study on the first day, and were admired by countless people on the second day.

They are envious, jealous, and sometimes resentful.

Obviously they do more.

Obviously, without them, the sewers might be blocked;

Without them, even the basic furniture in people’s homes might not be perfect;

Without them, the tools used by the people would not have been possible.

But no one will remember them.

Everyone thinks that this is something only the lowest of people would do.

This discrimination runs deep in our bones.

In the end, they are the ones who take over those widows who can't get married, those ugly women, and those women with questionable character.

Because everyone thinks that they are the lowest of the low, and pairing them with such a lowly woman is a perfect match.

However, they have suffered so much injustice and have nowhere to appeal.

No one will pay attention to them.

No one will feel that they have been wronged.

So now after hearing what Sophia said, the students all lowered their heads and sobbed.

These are all great men.

They didn't cry while enduring those cold stares;
They did not cry when they endured discrimination from the educated people;
They did not cry while enduring the public's misunderstanding of them.

But when someone says that they understand nothing else, they collapse.

All the grievances and discrimination that I have endured over the years finally burst out at this moment.

Here they finally found understanding.

They are finally getting respect here.

Even as Sophia said.

They actually slapped the faces of high-ranking officials, not just ordinary officials, but high-ranking officials of the second or third rank.

They showed the world that we craftsmen are not incapable of anything;
We, the craftsmen, can let you see the power we can unleash;
The work we craftsmen have done can also be passed down through the ages;

The stone bridge built by us craftsmen can withstand the trampling of everyone.

It is because of us that you can now see such a perfect stone bridge.

Only then can you feel what impact is.

At this moment, every student of Imperial University seemed to have been sublimated.

They are no longer ashamed of who they are;
They no longer feel aggrieved that they are craftsmen.

Instead, it is pride and pride.

I even wanted to shout out to those common people who once looked down on me.

Did you see it?

You are proud of farming, but you discriminate against us craftsmen;
You are proud of your reading, but you look down upon us craftsmen;
You are proud of making money from business and look down on us for making less money.

But now we are turning around and telling you.

Thousands of years later, when the stone bridge still stands above the river, people will remember us, the immortal craftsmen.

And you will all become a handful of dirt under the wheel of history, and disappear with the wind.

But the stone bridge we built will show its majestic pride more and more in the wind and frost.

Just like fine wine, the longer it ages, the richer its aroma becomes.

The students slowly stood up, raised their glasses and shouted to Sophia: "Thank you, Miss Sophia, for giving us this opportunity. This glass of wine is in your honor!"

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(End of this chapter)