The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 478 Student Petition
After staying in Jizhou for about a month, Dongfang Sheng let Zhong Yao continue to be in charge of the pursuit of the rebels, and returned directly to Peiping.

The entire city of Beiping was filled with a festive atmosphere. Dongfang Sheng returned with a victorious army, and the people in the city were extremely proud.

Dongfang Sheng rode the red rabbit horse at the forefront, always feeling a little uneasy.

Whether this sense of unease came from Sima Yi or something else, Dongfang Sheng was not sure in his heart.

But the rebellion is finally put down, so I should do what I want to do next.Dongfang Sheng looked up at the sky, and heaved a sigh of relief.

On the second day after returning to the city, Dongfang Sheng decided to reduce the agricultural tax, and it was decreasing year by year, and at the same time increase the commercial tax, but no longer restricted the travel, construction and clothing of merchants, and at the same time changed the status of merchants to ordinary people , instead of placing the merchants behind the artisans, they merged with them into the peasants.

As soon as such a decree came out, it naturally caused a sensation among countless people.

But Dongfang Sheng did not stop there, and then he issued another decree, that is, all important industries such as salt and iron must be controlled by the imperial court, and other people who want to intervene can only take over some insignificant processes by contracting .

This action hurt the interests of some gentry families, but Dongfang Sheng didn't take it back all at once, but gradually took it back a little bit, which gave these people a buffer time.

The flags and drums of the Qiguotang died down, and there was no news from the Assassin Alliance. All the powerful gentry and family members acted in a low-key manner, and the implementation of Dongfang Sheng's decree was extremely smooth.

Of course, this was not enough, and then Dongfang Sheng began to focus on knowledge.

This is the basis for those noble families to dominate the country. Knowledge is power. Although this power is invisible, it can manipulate people's thoughts, cause riots, and even destroy a regime.

It is definitely better to have this power in the hands of the imperial court than in the hands of the gentry. This is the case with stereotyped essays and scientific research in later generations. The purpose is just to master those scholars who are powerless.

The disciples of the emperor in later generations are nothing more than a means of mastering scholars.

However, as soon as the nine-year compulsory education was implemented, it encountered great resistance, and all the gentry and noble families united with the country gentry and wealthy families to attack.

Even though Dongfang Sheng is the Ninth Five-Year Master, and he speaks his word, but if the decree is promulgated, there is no way for the people below to obey it.

However, Dongfang Sheng was not discouraged and prepared to continue to implement.

It's just that something unexpected happened at this time. The news from the scout camp was that students from all over the country began to gather together to discuss government affairs, mainly because they were dissatisfied with Dongfang Sheng's nine-year compulsory education.

At first, Dongfang Sheng didn't pay attention to it, mainly because these things were not easy to deal with. If the imperial court banned it, it might cause riots among students.

But things are far more serious than imagined.

Because after a period of time, students from all over the country spontaneously recommended a representative to go to Peiping. Their slogan was to let Dongfang Sheng take back the order of nine-year compulsory education.

Knowledge is monopolized at this time. Once everyone has it, what should these students do?What they were originally proud of has become a commodity, and everyone is literate. Can they still be superior to others?

With such fear, all the scholars, no matter they were from rich or poor families, gathered together to protest against Dongfang Sheng's government order.

But at this time, Dongfang Sheng still didn't pay much attention to it. He just ordered officials from all over the country to take care of these scholars and not let bandits invade them.

As scholars from all over the world kept gathering together, the city of Beiping was also very lively. Students in robes and scarves could be seen walking everywhere on the street, shaking their heads.

These students often gather together to whisper and talk loudly, and even roll up their sleeves when they are excited, and splash their mouths.

Dongfang Sheng also made private visits in micro-services, but after seeing that these students were not too harmful, he ignored them. He only asked the northern captain of Beiping City to do a good job of law and order, and don't make any troubles.

And all this caused a big change after a student named Ma Si joined in. This man was eloquent and lobbied among a group of students who came and went from south to north. In the end, he was regarded as the ultimate representative, and his idea was Dongfang Sheng should return the government to Duke Shanyang.

This statement became more and more fierce among a group of students, and finally triggered these students to go to the gate of the palace to petition.

Headed by Ma Si, the rest of the students were carefully selected by Ma Si. They wrote an article called "Letter of Yield", and then asked all the students to sign it. At the same time, Ma Si brought the "Letter of Yield" in the palace Sit-in petition at the door.

At the same time, Ma Si threatened that if Dongfang Sheng did not agree, he would sit quietly at the gate of the palace until he died.

For these petitioning students, Dongfang Sheng has no good solution for a while, of course they will not agree to their petitions, and it is impossible to hand over the throne they have obtained.

And taking ten thousand steps back, even if Dongfang Sheng really abdicates, can Duke Shanyang be able to secure the throne?

What Dongfang Sheng can be sure of is that once he abdicates, Duke Sanyang will basically be a puppet-like existence, and princes from all over the country will immediately fight against the world. This is simply a matter of harming the people. Students' petitions will not be granted.

And Ma Si also started to fight a protracted war, and actually sat in a sit-in at the gate of the palace to petition not to leave.

For such a group of scholars whose fighting strength is five, Dongfang Sheng is really speechless. They cannot be beaten or killed, and they have to send people to maintain order, because every day some students from other places come to the gate of the palace to pay their respects to them. The "warrior" in his mouth seemed to be the same as Dongfang Sheng had killed Ma Si and the others.

And at this time, Ma Si would stand up and speak out his theory passionately, and at the same time let these new students sign the "Letter of Abdication".

In order to avoid Ma Si and the others, Dongfang Sheng always went out of the palace through the side door, in order not to get entangled with these students.

However, Dongfang Sheng's tolerance is not in exchange for gratitude, but for making progress. Just like Mr. Dong Guo and the wolf, the farmer and the snake, kindness may not always win the kindness of others, but may be a fatal blow.

Because after Ma Si and the others sat in and petitioned for a while, they actually started preparing to enter the palace.

After Dongfang Sheng heard the news in the scout camp, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes. He was really angry. Do these people really think that he dare not kill people?

(End of this chapter)