my days with tyrants

Chapter 155 Conscience, we must talk about conscience

In the following time, the struggle between Confucian scholars and Yang Feng intensified.

Of course, it is not appropriate to speak of struggle.

To be precise, it was a dog barking at the tiger through the iron fence...

Opening the fence is obviously embarrassing.

After all, Confucian scholars would not dare to bark at Yang Feng in front of him.

What Confucian scholars can do is to perform themselves outside his claws, such as posting posters in cities and exposing Yang Feng’s evil nature to the people, such as organizing a group to cry at the Confucian Temple, or holding a tablet of Confucius , went to the local government office to petition, asking the local officials to speak to the emperor...

Ask the emperor to expel Yang Feng!
Expel this evildoer who troubled Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the magistrate will definitely not play, after all, everyone knows that if he can be expelled, Yang Feng will not be so rampant.

And Confucian scholars also know that this is impossible.

It's just acting.

Or it's just hype.

Their real purpose is to play bandits as Yang Feng said before, through this storm of expelling Yang that swept across the country to complete the formation of Confucian scholars, and Zhu Yuanzhang's connivance made them think they were good at it.

"Come on!
Don't look at the hustle and bustle now, be careful about making lists in the future! "

Yang Feng sat in the carriage, looking sinisterly at the Confucian scholars passing by in groups outside.

They don't even know that they are dying!
They thought that the end of the road was the glorious and prosperous age of the sages and ministers, but they didn't know that it was actually Zhu Yuanzhang's bloody mouth.

These Confucian scholars are still too simple, they think Zhu Yuanzhang and Xi Ni love them, but they are actually hurting them!As long as they still want to take the opportunity to form a party, His Majesty the Emperor is already sharpening his sword. Now that they are having more fun, they will die more and more. Zhu Yuanzhang is holding back his energy now, and is going to set a model for his descendants, a bloody model...

"Liu Sanwu recommended Fang Xiaoru to my father again.

My father has ordered him to come to Beijing.

As for the official position at that time, it's hard to say. He used to be just a professor of government studies. From a ninth-rank sesame official, even if he came to Beijing, he would be given a seventh-rank at most, probably a censor or something.

I don't understand why you care so much about this man?
He is somewhat famous among Confucian scholars.

In addition, after the criminal minister. "

said the little princess.

Now this carriage has been remodeled to be suitable for two people, and even a sofa is installed inside, so that there are spring shock absorbers underneath, and there are spring sofa cushions inside. It is already very comfortable to sit in, although it cannot be compared with modern times, but in this The era can already be described as extravagant.

"After the guilty minister?"

Yang Feng was surprised.

"His father was the prefect of Jining who was executed for being involved in the air seal case, but he had already been dismissed for embezzling official charcoal before, and was executed after the air seal case.

And his father has a good relationship with Hu Weiyong. "

said the little princess.

She is now somewhat of a secretary.

So Fang Xiaoru's father has gathered them all. As for whether he was wronged or not, it's hard to say. After all, the empty seal case is a carpet attack. This is Zhu Yuanzhang's thunderous method to completely wipe out Hu Yuan's legacy, which is a bit strict.There must be a lot of people who have been wronged, but strictly speaking, they are not wronged. Those who roll in the mire and say that they are clean are really fooling ghosts, like I have all kinds of poisons but I am a good person.The root of the empty seal case is that the corrupt officials in Hu Yuan's time were not cured, so it still continues here in Zhu Yuanzhang. exist.

There are indeed mild solutions, such as formulating more reasonable rules and improving the supervision system...

Well, not really.

These are useful!
History has already proved that these things are meaningless to these people. Some people use tricks to deal with them or even play badly.

Not to mention what reasonable rules can Zhu Yuanzhang's ministers formulate?
The monitoring system is even more useless.

They are all in the same group.

Or Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher knife is better.

"This person, I care about him precisely because he does not accomplish enough, but fails more than he does!"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Indeed, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru, won one person and lost the world. If there is such a person as the banner of Confucian scholars, it is difficult not to seek death.

While talking, their carriage stopped at Jubao Gate. Yang Feng picked up a roll of paper beside him, then opened the door and walked out. The little princess picked up the paste bucket next to him and followed. During the bustling time period, under the attention of countless passers-by, they walked together to the gate of the first urn city...

"I'm busy with you, I'm just here to post a post!"

Yang Feng said to the officer guarding the gate.

The latter quickly accompanied the smiling faces to salute Princess Hanshan and Ambassador Yang.

"Ambassador, is this inappropriate?"

he said cautiously.

Theoretically, it is indeed impossible, but now there are stickers everywhere in the capital, and Ying Tianfu does not care. After all, Ying Tianfu is with Confucian scholars. Since Zhu Yuanzhang has not intervened, they must help Confucian scholars.But since we don’t care about Confucian postings, we can’t interfere with the postings of the Great Xia embassy. They have extraterritorial rights, so they are not under the control of Tianfu, but this is a military facility, which is different from the houses in the city.

"Just tell me if you can post it!"

Yang Feng said.

The officer looked at him, then at the princess, who was obviously thinking of giving him the bucket of paste on his head, so he finally wilted.

"Ambassadors have extraterritorial powers, so the generals naturally dare not stop them."

He said.

"That's it!"

Yang Feng said.

The little princess next to her came forward with a bucket, and amidst the discussion around her, she began to brush the paste on the city wall. After brushing, Yang Feng opened the sticker, and the two of them opened it together, and then pasted the sticker on the city wall Yang Feng admired it with satisfaction, and then pointed with his hand...

"Secretary Record!

Reading the books of sages and sages every day, what is the promise?But if you make this move at this time, how can you face others when you are born, and how can you see the late emperor when you die?

I recently read the death of the Song Dynasty, and when I saw the words of the Empress Dowager Xie angrily scolding the ministers, I wondered for a while how many civil servants who read sage books surrendered to Hu Yuan when the Song Dynasty died. The imperially appointed Liu Mengyan, Huang Wanshi, and others are known.Therefore, today I am posting the post of Erchen Lu in order to collect the list of this generation. Those who know the folks can fill it in, and go to the embassy to introduce to the embassy what happened to him and the reproduction of his descendants. Who can add one person and confirm Those who donate [-] coins as a thank you.

Its status is subject to the following conditions.

First, people must be raised.

Second, Hu Yuan must be surrendered.

Third, you must be an official in Hu Yuan.

All three items must be met before they can be included in the Second Official Record.

There is no need for generals.

As long as someone who knows that these three items are met, tells me what happened next, how his descendants have reproduced until now, and it is verified that it is true, then there will be a reward of [-] guan.

Of course, there are also rewards for those who only know part of it, but it decreases according to the amount.

Even if you only know one name and can't be sure about others, there are rewards, five consecutive rewards. "

He said.

The soldiers and civilians who watched were boiling.

Five hundred guan!

Even if it is a seventh-rank official, this is the income of the past five years. One must know that a consistent banknote can buy two stones of rice now!Because of the extensive application of cement, the amount of glutinous rice used in construction in various places has dropped sharply. This thing is not only used for repairing city walls, but also for other similar constructions. After the replacement, of course, the food supply will increase greatly.And the monthly salary of a seventh-rank official is only seven and a half stones, which is three and a half guan, plus five guan for others, it is not bad. Now Yang Feng offers [-] guan, as long as this number can get one vote, it is basically equivalent to having the first one. pot of gold...

Besides, just knowing a name has five guans!

Why don't you act now?
"Of course, what's already on it doesn't count!"

Yang Feng said quickly.

The ones he knows are listed above, such as Liu Mengyan and Huang Wanshi, all of which were ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang to imprison future generations.

Huang Wanshi is the Jiangxi Zhizhi envoy, and he is tied with Liu Mengyan because his behavior is too disgusting. When he persuaded the anti-Yuan generals to surrender, the latter refused to listen, so he became anxious, and shouted in a very disfigured manner, "My official title is so many that it can be written on a piece of paper." I can't finish it, I surrender, why don't you surrender?

In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang liked to mention the imprisonment for generations.

After the demise of the Song Dynasty, civil servants did perform better than Ming civil servants, but this was not because they were more ethical, but because the Yuan Dynasty didn't pay much attention to them. Even if they wanted to work for the new master, at least they had to be asked for it.The ministers in charge of the Yuan Dynasty were not very interested in them. Even civil servants have Northern Confucianism, especially those from the noble family, so there are not many people who are prosperous in the world.But it is only a little less than at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the actual number is still large, so now it is time to mobilize the power of the people, dig deep into the roots, and find out these families. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang will not punish them, he still has to use this Chen Lu clarifies their image.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang may not really know how to do it, he is at most selective.

If this matter is really made a big deal, then a wave of public opinion will definitely form. On this kind of issue of loyalty and treachery, the emperor must have something to say, so he will still pick some bad behaviors, and then continue to imprison a group of descendants .

Family!
He also likes to hit.

What's more, it was in line with his appetite.

There is no need for generals.

This time, the family of civil servants was hit. After all, Yang Feng's real goal was Confucian scholars.

"Ambassador, the last general knows one."

The officer next to the gate came over and said.

"Who?"

Yang Feng said.

"Liu Sanwu, a Hanlin scholar, was a great Confucian in his ancestors. Considering his current age, his grandfather must have been a Song official in his generation. I don't know if he is a Jinshi, but his father is indeed Hu Yuan Hanlin, and he has several older brothers who are all An official of Hu Yuan, at least his father was born in the Song Dynasty."

The officer said with obvious ulterior motives.

"I think you can go and check carefully. You should have relatives and old relatives in the guard in Huguang. You can ask them to help you find out and distribute the money. It's nothing more than a few letters. We don't know about this kind of thing in the capital. It's nothing more than him. I said it myself, but people from his hometown in Huguang should know that if it is found out to be true, then the five hundred guan will be in their hands."

Yang Feng also said with ulterior motives.

This job is indeed the most suitable for these military households to do.

Because they have a long way to go.

The various guards are dispatched from their system. It is not difficult for officers like this to find some relatives and friends in the various guards. In this way, an internal investigation network will be formed, and Yang Feng can do it with a few letters. It takes a lot of effort to do it.

And the generals also like this kind of slap in the face of civil servants.

"The general understands!
The last general's cousin is indeed a hundred households in Chalingwei, so the last general wrote a letter to him, asking him to investigate the Liu family's ancestors carefully. "

The officer said with a smile.

Then the two villains laughed together.

Liu Sanwu is more than 80 years old this year. He was born in 30 in the Western calendar. He has several older brothers, so his father can basically be born at the turn of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. After all, he was only born for more than [-] years, and his grandfather Liu Yangzheng It is a great Confucian, and it is said that at the end of the Song Dynasty, he stopped the local army from killing several big clans, so he can be sure that he was a great Confucian with a certain prestige and maybe even an official position at the end of the Song Dynasty. It is hard to say whether he is a Jinshi.

But the possibility of raising people is very high.

And juren can be an official, as long as he has received the Zhao family's salary, according to Yang Feng's contract theory, he automatically signed a contract of loyalty with the Zhao family.

Then he has to be loyal to the Zhao family.

And instead of being loyal to the Zhao family, he became an official of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, a second minister.

Therefore, as long as it can be found out that his grandfather was a Juren of the Song Dynasty, he can be included in the Second Official Record. Liu Sanwu is the godfather of Confucian scholars.

What Confucian scholars advocate is loyalty!

Then Yang Feng will start from this, you a group of descendants of two ministers, what qualifications do you have to advocate loyalty?If they want to refute it, then they can refute it. This issue will lead to a comprehensive discussion. After all, among the current Confucian scholars, there are only a small number of Confucian scholars whose real ancestors are qualified to be included in the second minister.

Most are not eligible.

They will not destroy the foundation of Confucianism in order to protect these guys.

These people are not worthy.

Moreover, considering the style of Confucian scholars cheating each other, some people may take the opportunity to step on the upper positions of Confucian scholars born in these aristocratic families, so what was originally a private behavior of Yang Feng's malicious nature will eventually smoothly evolve into a big discussion that swept the country. Then it developed into a storm that could be said to dig graves for the Confucian families of the old Song and Yuan dynasties.

And this is what Yang Feng really wants to see the most.

but……

"It has to be the truth, you can't make it up for money!"

Yang Feng said to the officer.

"Don't worry, the last general is the most honest, how could he make up, but after all, it's been a hundred years, and the local people sometimes can't remember it clearly, there may be some inaccuracies, or there may be many sayings, this last general is not guaranteed to be accurate .”

the officer said with a smile.

"This is indeed unavoidable, and there have been many opinions over time, but we only need to act according to our conscience, as long as we have a clear conscience!

Conscience, we must talk about conscience. "

Yang Feng said very seriously.

"The ambassador's teachings will always be remembered in the end, and the end general must tell them to follow their conscience and never make up for money."

The officer also said very seriously.

(All Jiayang, except me)
(End of this chapter)