Chapter 195 The Kong Mansion must get rid of Chen Han, this evil obstacle!
Originally, these scholars were all arrogant and thought that they were the truly knowledgeable ones.
But I didn’t expect that if I stand up and wear a short jacket, I am obviously a working-class person, and I dare to argue with a scholar like me who wears a long gown. Isn’t that looking for death?
So when he said this, the face of the long-robed scholar was full of resentment.
He pointed at the young man drinking tea who had just spoken and cursed, "A despicable person dares to come to such a good teahouse to drink tea.
Who is the boss here?Call him out! "
As he spoke, he rushed to the tea waiter who was pouring tea.
The tea waiter was just watching the fun, but he didn't expect that he would also suffer a disaster.
The scholar in blue gown cursed: "People like this should be kicked out. What qualifications do you have to drink tea here and be equal to us?"
Unexpectedly, the craftsman burst into laughter: "What a big show, why we can drink tea here is all because of Mr. Chen's gift.
Mr. Chen hired us to build the road. We got paid to drink tea here. We are better off than some individuals, but we have always been able to eat and drink at home for free.
I've been studying hard, but I haven't seen any achievements.
The euphemistic name is that Han Chuang studied hard for more than ten years, and once he became an official, he could stay at home and eat well and drink spicy food.
In fact, you didn't think that after becoming an official, you would use corruption to exploit poor people like us. Unfortunately, your calculations were wrong.
Mr. Chen has already reformed the tax system before you became officials. Now, everyone who owns the land will pay more taxes.
Also, even you, who are officials, have to pay taxes and serve as slaves, so you hate Mr. Chen to the core.
Don’t think that we craftsmen don’t know these names.
So what if we are craftsmen? During our breaks, there are also many students from the School of Engineering promoting our accommodation. "
After the young man wearing bunts said this, the young people at two or three tables in the corner all applauded. It turned out that they were all co-workers.
The scholar in the long gown snorted, "No matter how much money you people make, you are just a fool.
Can you compare to us?Even if we still have to pay taxes, when we become officials in the future, we will have to run the country safely.
We are the mainstay of the world, but what about you?My whole life is just a craftsman's life, and I only know how to do hard work.
Now he, Chen Han, has some power, but he, Chen Han, cannot live forever.
You will still have to return to being slaves to us people in your next life. "
When he said these words, his eyes and expression were particularly arrogant.
He even called Chen Han by his first name.
In fact, this was already a big taboo. Chen Han was a Marquis, and he violated official taboo by calling him by his first name. He should have been arrested directly.
But now the teahouse is noisy, and the craftsmen don't know the taboos involved.
The scholars knew it, but they were very angry with Chen Han, so no one said this.
When it comes to this, many scholars express their feelings.
"This Chen Han won't be arrogant for long, just look at his muddy legs.
Because Chen Han is so arrogant now that he is in power, you will have something to look at in the future. "
"You're right, we scholars will always be officials."
The young man in the bunt snorted, "Even if you become an official, you are also a corrupt official, an honest official who truly makes decisions for the people. What people think is that reforms like Mr. Chen's are very good and can make the people live a better life." .
Only you people think that when Mr. Chen no longer serves as an official, you can resume your previous corruption.
It seems that His Majesty the Emperor wants to kill people like you. "
These words immediately aroused the anger of the scholars here, "What did you say, you idiot?"
"Just what fart?"
"When we become officials in the future, we will also be good officials."
The craftsmen refused to admit defeat and fought back: "Ha! What a good official? A good official will talk nonsense here and say bad things to ordinary people like us?"
"How about being an official? You guys with campheads and rat-like eyes must have become officials in the future and are thinking of intensifying their efforts to exploit us."
The scholar was furious: "If nothing else, after we become officials, we will beat you sharp-tongued craftsmen who are not like craftsmen, and scholars who are not like scholars!"
The craftsmen shouted: "Come on, come if you have the ability, are you afraid that you will fail? You are a bunch of scum! Even if you have read a book, you are still scum!"
The scholar was anxious: "My dear, who are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about you! You're still a scholar, but you're full of shit!"
The two groups became more and more excited as they talked, and the more they talked, the more obscene they became.
Later, I directly greeted the eighteenth generation ancestral women.
Everyone was so noisy that their faces turned red.
I don’t know who made the move first.
Anyway, the people watching will see it.
After the commotion inside, cups, bowls, dessert plates, plates, tables, and chairs started flying around.
After all the things were thrown away, the two groups of people struggled together.
Originally, these craftsmen should have the upper hand.
But not necessarily.
In fact, in ancient times, people said that those who practiced martial arts had to be wealthy to be able to afford it.
Because people who practice martial arts consume a lot of money every day, and they must take in some nutritious things to have the strength to practice.
But the same is true for reading.
Really hungry skinny guys, it's hard for him to read for a long time.
Sometimes you have to do physical labor, and you have to walk for a month or two to catch the exam. If you have this kind of physical strength, you are not an ordinary person.
Even if the craftsmen had the upper hand for a while, there were twice as many scholars as they did.
And everyone is in pretty good health.
As a result, these scholars gradually gained some advantages.
However, the craftsmen brought a lot of adzes, chisels, axes and saws, and when they got anxious, they started to pick off the guys.
Anyway, when the censor patrolling the streets led the soldiers and horsemen to arrest these people, many of them were more or less injured.
Several craftsmen had bruises on their noses and faces.
Some of the scholars had their gowns torn, and some had nosebleeds on their faces, but they didn’t look good anyway.
But what's strange is that after the patrol censor came, he asked the scholars why, and then put the shackles on the craftsmen indiscriminately.
It was the young man in the bunt who had a black face, but he was still not frightened. Instead, he shouted: "My lord, why are we all in shackles, but they are not.
And don’t think that we don’t understand the law. If we fight, the most we can get in court is ten slaps, or even ten slaps each. How can they not punish us at all? On the contrary, it’s us, right now Just use shackles, why? "
The censor patrolling the street did not talk to the young man but laughed, "Why? Who are you? I am a scholar who came to the capital to take the exam. You are just a bunch of people who came to the capital to build roads. Yes. He got a few coins and came to drink tea, but he actually dared to fight with the scholars.
I see you are quite courageous.
If all these scholars are admitted, they will become officials after being elected. If they are admitted to the Jinshi, they will be from the seventh rank official position at the beginning. How have you ever seen the seventh rank official position in your life? What's the barking of the dog still here?I didn't lock you up on the spot and take you to prison, which is pretty good.
Now I just want you to go to Bingma Division to have tea. "
When the censor patrolling the streets said this, the scholars immediately held their heads high and their chests high, but the young man was not convinced: "I know you are also a scholar and a censor, so you should know better.
Master Chen's reforms now look at us craftsmen in a different light. We have never thought of being on an equal footing with you officials.
But you should be fair to us. You don’t even ask why we are fighting. If you fight first, you will handcuff us whoever strikes first.
It would be unfair for you, the censor, to only listen to their side of the story. "
The short-term young man dared to stand up to the censor patrolling the street, which made the censor extremely angry.
Originally, the street censors were sent to the streets and were at a lower level than ordinary censors.
They simply can't compare with various censors, let alone most officials.
In the bureaucracy of the capital, they may be regarded as the lowest rank, and they may even only hold official positions such as the ninth rank and the eighth rank.
That's why they are quite polite to these scholars who already have the reputation of being scholars.
Because you don’t even know what the future will be like for these people.
He himself was just a civil servant. Later, he got some connections in the family. He also knew that he had no hope of passing the imperial examination, so he became a small patrol censor.
He is most afraid of others saying he is unfair.
He is also the most cautious on weekdays. When he is an official in the capital, if he lays a piece of tile from anywhere, it may be the residence of a high-ranking official. What can you do? He can only grovel and follow the crowd.
Unexpectedly, I was taught a lesson by several craftsmen today. If it were more than a year ago, which craftsmen would dare to talk to them like this.
When you see them, you have to kneel on the ground to greet them politely.
It was because of the tax reform and commercial reform after Chen Han's arrival that the status of those doing business and craftsmen was raised.
As a result, these people dared to contradict themselves.
However, he also had venomous eyes. He could tell at a glance that there were no dignitaries or yamen in the area around Sanshanmen Street.
So he sneered: "If I hadn't been in a good mood today, would you still be able to stand here and talk to me today?
This is what I am doing today, what can you do? Someone come and pull them all down! "
This farce ended like this, but the faces of the scholars who were watching did not have much joy of victory. Instead, they all fell into deep thought.
On the second floor of a better teahouse opposite.
Several distinguished scholars were watching this scene from the windows on the second floor.
After the patrol censor took the people away, they closed the windows.
Then he walked to the private room and sat down at the tea table.
He looked at the middle-aged man opposite, who was about 34 years old and about [-] years old, with a fair face and a plump figure.
The middle-aged man was full of jewels, especially the ancient jade from the Warring States Period hanging on the jade belt around his waist.
That is a jade.
Jue has its flaws, and ancient sages liked to match it with jade. They compared a gentleman to jade, which means it is gentle and flawless.
As for the jade ring, it is something that some so-called people with great virtue like to wear. The jade ring is actually a missing hole in the jade ring. It is done deliberately to warn people not to be complacent or too proud.
But even though this middle-aged man was wearing such a precious piece of jade, the proud look on his face did not change at all.
After the two middle-aged scholars closed the windows and sat on the left and right sides of the fair-faced middle-aged man, the fair-faced middle-aged man took a sip of tea and said calmly: "How?"
He didn't speak much, but he was calm and had a sense of irresistibility.
The two middle-aged scholars replied: "My lord, as you expected, some changes have indeed taken place in the capital today."
"Oh!" The fair-skinned middle-aged man stopped holding the tea bowl.
"My lord, it seems that Chen Han really has some skills.
Just for these craftsmen to dare to refute the patrol censor so boldly, it can be seen. "
The fair-skinned middle-aged man said: "The reason why I came to Beijing early was to see what Chen Han was like.
I never thought that he would be a difficult opponent. It seems that my Confucian family has met an enemy. "
It turns out that this person is none other than the famous Yanshenggong Kongne.
As Prince Zhu Biao said, the reason why Kong Na came to Beijing at this time was not entirely to preside over the provincial examination of the Zhili subject.
But to go to Beijing to find out the details of Chen Han.
It was precisely because he also felt that Chen Han was a difficult opponent that he had to go to Beijing so early.
Now he went deep into the market and came to the entrance of Sanshanmen Street where merchants and ordinary people gathered, just to take a look at the customs and customs of the capital.
He has been in Beijing for more than three days.
During these three days, he went to Confucius Temple, Chang'an Street, and Sanshanmen Street.
He had this feeling in all three places.
First in Chang'an Street, he found that there were many optimistic and noble people there, but this was a high-ranking official, and everyone was more or less restrained.
After arriving at Confucius Temple, I found that the scholars here were always depressed and aggrieved.
After arriving at the intersection of Sanshanmen Street, he found the reason.
That's because with Chen Han's reforms over the past year or so, all the mud-legged people have known that even if you want to be an official in the future, you don't need to study for anything. You can go to the engineering college founded by Chen Han.
Even if you are a craftsman, even if you are doing business, as long as you have the ability, you can still be reused.
There, as long as you graduate, you can become an official.
So who really takes the imperial examination path so seriously? After Kong Ne saw this situation, he already felt that Chen Han was bound to become a huge obstacle to their Confucianism.
Kong Ne listened to the words of the two middle-aged scholars while drinking tea, and sneered, "It seems that this evil obstacle is really necessary to get rid of."
The two middle-aged scholars also said, "Otherwise, how could I have asked you to come here in person?"
The two scholars were quite excited about Kong Ne's arrival in the capital.
Kong Ne smiled and said, "I came to the capital this time. Firstly, I wish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's birthday. Secondly, I must trample this Chen Han under my feet. I must not let such evil obstacles destroy the thousand-year foundation of my Confucianism.
After coming here for the past few days, I have seen some things I want to see, so I can announce that we have entered Beijing.
I also sent him a message to Chen Han and asked him to come to Confucius Temple to discuss the matter.
I want to see how capable Chen Han is? "
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(End of this chapter)