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

Chapter 435: The Hatred of Scholars
The reason why Guo Feixue did not get entangled with the people here was mainly because she really wanted to create a mysterious atmosphere.

After all, Guo Feixue is no ordinary person today. She represents the Duke's Mansion. This time, she is here on behalf of the Duke's Mansion to build a new official road that will benefit the people of Ningbo and even the people of the entire Jiangnan region in the future. Therefore, she has a sense of gap in status.

She couldn't let a man like the scholar set his sights on her easily.

This phenomenon is actually very strange. When the top officials are very approachable, the people have no sense of propriety.

Just like that scholar, Guo Feixue before behaved very friendly, making everyone feel that the saint was so approachable, so I could easily make friends with him and even complain to him.

But when there are more people like this, when Guo Feixue really wants to do big things, people will instead feel that Guo Feixue is not mature and stable enough.

Therefore, sometimes it is necessary to keep a certain distance from the people, letting them know that they can approach the saint but cannot blaspheme her.

At first, Guo Feixue was quite resistant to this kind of game. He thought that people should live freely without being bound. But today he realized that what Princess Ning'an taught was right.

Sometimes people really don't know their limits.

Only when she behaves more indifferently will the people be in awe of her.

Sure enough, the news of how Guo Feixue dealt with the scholar soon spread throughout Ningbo City through word of mouth among the people.

Before Guo Feixue arrived at the Ningbo Guild Hall where she was going this time, someone had already spread the news.

A teahouse.

It was still the same people and the same scene.

After a few scholars sat down, they began to express their feelings.

"I knew that bastard was impulsive. Look, he almost made us lose our heads."

"I think this kid is in trouble this time!"

Seeing these people gloating over someone else's misfortune, the scholar surnamed Yang, who had supported that scholar at the beginning, sighed: "Brother Li, rest in peace. It's such a pity for a talent like you. The court is losing out by not using a talent like you."

Everyone became unhappy when they heard Mr. Yang speak like this.

"I wonder why you are still so stubborn. You almost rushed out just now. If we hadn't stopped you, you would have lost your head now, don't you know?"

"That's right. You're not grateful to us for saving your life just now. You even treated us with contempt all the way. Are you so ungrateful?"

"If it were you, I should have arrested you and Li Jiang together."

Facing his friends' accusations, he did not feel that he was wrong at all. Instead, he said, "You are all saying how Li Jiang was wrong, but have you ever thought about what he said? Isn't there any reason at all?"

These people are all scholars. Although they have the spirit of scholars, we have to admit that they are more thoughtful and can think more than ordinary people.

The people are simple. We will trust whoever gives us enough food to eat.

But these scholars are different, their goal has always been to realize their ambitions.

Moreover, he passed the Tongshi and had the status of a scholar.

During the exam, they were asked to answer questions from the perspective of governing the country. Because of the influence of this kind of thinking, they have now grasped some of the thresholds of being an official in governing the world, and know how to make the people abide by the law within the concept of health.

As for what Li Jiang said just now, some parts of it really made them all admire him.

Although Li Jiang is a bit crazy, he is determined to marry the saint home.

But for this purpose, or even to make a splash, he really put in a lot of effort, retrieved the information about Deploy Ao, and personally experienced a lot of things.

Although Guo Feixue described Li Jiang as a stinky rat in the gutter in front of the people, some of Li Jiang's words still made sense in their eyes.

The scholar surnamed Yang said: "If it is really as Li Jiang said, all officials are like Chen Han, using their power unscrupulously, yes, Chen Han has definitely not done anything bad now, and in essence he has done good things, but who can guarantee that Chen Han will not become a corrupt official one day?
We are just making assumptions. Of course, we can see now that Chen Han does not have such thoughts. That is because Chen Han is determined enough and he is powerful. But what if he changes one day?
His power has now reached an unlimited level, and he can kill officials without any trial, just based on his likes and dislikes."

What the scholar surnamed Yang said really left his companions present speechless.

For a moment, the entire small box fell silent.

These are all scholars.

They have a level of thinking that ordinary people do not have.

So what they say now is more profound than what the people think.

The people don’t care whether what Chen Han is doing now is in compliance with the law, but only care about whether it makes our lives better.

No one can find fault with what Chen Han is doing now, it is indeed very good.

It is perfect from any angle.

Whether it is punishing corrupt officials, or abolishing those princes who only know how to persecute the people, they must even kill those scholars who obstruct the reform at all costs, and kill the pedantic Kong family who use the name of Confucius to make money.

These things are really gratifying, but what happens next?
After punishing these people, there was still no one who could supervise his power.

Even the emperor now trusts Chen Han unconditionally.

To be honest, what is the difference between Chen Han now and the emperor?
It's just missing a code name.

But is it really okay to continue like this?
If this continues, Chen Han will definitely become the biggest villain.

This is what these people are most worried about.

I have to say that these scholars are really worried about nothing.

They had no idea of ​​the situation that the Ming Dynasty was facing now.

Of course you can't blame them.

After the scholar surnamed Yang finished speaking, everyone else was silent.

Although he wanted to refute what the scholar named Yang said, he didn't know why the words came to his lips and he suddenly didn't know how to say it.

Refute him, it seems like what he said makes some sense.

I won't refute him. I always feel that even though the status of scholars is not as high as before, life at home is sometimes indeed better.

Although he no longer has the help of his status, it seems that life at home has not been affected and his parents are happier now.

Especially when the family’s savings are deposited in the bank, a considerable amount of fixed interest can be obtained every month.

Seeing more and more traders coming to Ningbo, the old couple could also sell their local specialties on the street. Seeing that with more and more traders, goods circulated faster, competition was greater, and prices were getting lower and lower, he felt that this seemed to be the life he and others had always wanted.

Some people always worry unnecessarily and think, what if he changes one day?
But don’t think about it, the Duke is now not just a lowly official, but is above all other officials. With such a status, what good will it be if he becomes a bad person?
What good will it be if you become bad, other than being cursed by the people?
And now, even if it doesn’t go bad, you can still enjoy it.

The people would not think that it was a bad thing that Chen Han lived in a good house in the capital and had many women.

I even feel that after giving so much for the people, what's wrong with enjoying myself?
Even a scholar like him, who had the most stringent requirements for being an official, had no objection in this regard.

From this we can see that even if Chen Han does not change anything, he can still live a life of wealth and glory.

If that's the case, why should he become bad and bring himself to bear a bad reputation?
After thinking about this, someone among the group of scholars quickly understood what the scholar named Yang was thinking.

In fact, the idea of ​​people like them is very simple, that is, Chen Han must be honest and upright, and no flaws are allowed.

It is necessary to kill corrupt officials, and all processes must meet the requirements.

At the same time, you must accept supervision from everyone.

Especially the supervision from those scholars.

Because these scholars will become officials in the future and accept their own supervision, which means that power will still return to the hands of us civil servants in the future.

This is what this guy really thinks.

After realizing this, the scholar began to look down on the scholar named Yang when he was listening to him.

He looked down on those who wanted to dominate the market alone, and he looked even more down on those who were sinister and suspicious of others.

He was especially suspicious of Chen Han. He only understood after he listened to what Guo Feixue said and what the people on the side said.

It turns out that I am the kind of person who really has a petty mind and judges others by their own standards.

You have to understand that Chen Han is now fighting on the battlefield, and Chen Han is a person who has truly made great contributions to the people.

They are young, yet they have sacrificed their lives and shed their blood in the front line. I don't ask you to remember them, but you can't doubt them for no reason.

Some people even use things that have never happened to make groundless speculations, saying that he might become a bad person in the future.

If everyone makes this guess, who can truly be like a saint and not make any mistakes?

If you really want to point out the mistakes, don't say that you can find countless faults now.

Even in the future, countless faults can be found.

If that's the case, why be so aggressive?

This scholar even threatened that no one could supervise Chen Han's rights.

However, who are those who really want to supervise Chen Han’s power?

Those people didn't want to supervise Chen Han's power, they wanted Chen Han to obey their orders.

Those people were the ones harboring evil intentions after Chen Han exposed their true faces.

Everyone then realized that these people were the real protectors of corrupt officials, and they themselves were even the beneficiaries of corruption and bribery.

For example, the Governor of Zhejiang Province, he shouted so fiercely before.

They kept shouting, saying that no one could supervise Chen Han's power and that we in the Southeast must unite.

Just because Chen Han is now an imperial envoy, he cannot trample on the law at will.

The Ming Dynasty laws are there, and they must be used to restrain Chen Han's behavior.

But the facts soon slapped him in the face. It turned out that although the Zhejiang Governor was from Shanxi, his family had already moved to Hangzhou Prefecture. They had already been involved in the business of Hangzhou Prefecture and even colluded with overseas Japanese pirates. They used their power to embezzle and accept bribes.

They even engaged in smuggling with Japanese pirates overseas, using their power to know what actions were being taken by their superiors, so that they could know the next steps in advance.

During the years he served as an official in Zhejiang, he embezzled and accepted bribes of several million taels of silver, and his family made several more million taels of silver from smuggling.

However, it was these people who were clamoring at the beginning about how to restrict Chen Han's rights.

Are they trying to restrict Chen Han’s rights?
No, they wanted to prevent Chen Han from investigating them.

However, Chen Han broke free from all the restrictions and, under the strict blockade, caught all these people in one fell swoop, restoring peace to the entire Zhejiang and southeast.

However, even if the facts are laid out before them, they still won't believe it.

He even still felt that Chen Han had just run into a bad luck.

Even the scholar named Yang thought that what Li Jiang said just now was correct, that is, how to restrict Chen Han's rights.

This is just an excuse. Those who truly do great things all hold great power and can concentrate their efforts to accomplish great things.

Do we have to wait until certain people gain power and then hinder others before we are willing to promote capable people and give them power?
After thinking this through, he immediately began to refute the scholar named Yang, "What you said is bullshit."

The scholar named Yang probably didn't expect that he would suddenly say this about him, and he was very angry for a moment.

"You are also a scholar, why do you say such dirty words? Is this what the sages taught you?

After listening to what Guo Feixue said, did you immediately deny all our conclusions? "

But unexpectedly, even though the scholar surnamed Yang said so, the scholar did not give in at all, but instead said: "Don't use these things to accuse others, and don't use these things to confuse right and wrong.

You should understand very well what the Duke is doing now.

You should understand what is going on in the current officialdom. You are just envious and jealous."

The scholar named Yang probably didn't expect that this scholar's rebuttal would be so sharp, but to be honest, he really had such an idea. Why?

Because now he always felt that it was because of Chen Han's obstruction that scholars like them were no longer respected as before.

If it weren't for Chen Han, who would dare to show off in front of them like this?
He even believed that Chen Han was a man who deserved to be put to death. Without Chen Han, everyone would live a good life, especially scholars like them.

Because of Chen Han's so-called reforms, all the scholars were affected...

(End of this chapter)