Just as the Henan gentry was connecting with each other and preparing to encircle Xing Jie, the Confucius and Mencius Knights arrived in Dongchang Prefecture and were welcomed by the same food and slurry.

Liaocheng Donglin Academy...

OK, this is also called Donglin Academy.

It is also an old academy, built by Geng Ming, a Jinshi during the Hongzhi period. It is currently the most important folk academy in Liaocheng.

At this time, academies were everywhere in various provinces, and these academies were becoming the core of the local area. Countless young scholars gathered in the academies, confidently giving guidance to the country, exchange academics, and even exchanging romantic affairs. Because diplomacy was prevalent in the late Ming Dynasty, many elegant things also occurred during this period, but they were mainly gathered together to criticize this chaotic world, and those incompetent old people...

They are all full of anger!

Although the provincial examinations in various places are actually the same as usual, it is useless to stop the examinations after all.

Instead, a large number of scholars who did not get a rise intensified the anger of scholars, but the provinces did not dare to stop these exams, otherwise the house searches would have begun to appear.

In the end, more and more new scholars were born.

It also made the scholar's anger continue to accumulate.

No wonder Yang Feng was so angry that he was almost ignorant when he heard this in Shandong.

Now the ignition is standing on the podium built in the academy. Around him are countless scholars from various prefectures and counties in Dongchang Prefecture, looking at him like they look up at their idols, and behind them are the knights of the Confucius and Mencius Knights. The Knights have long expanded to 500 people, because in Jinan and Dongchang, a large number of wealthy scholars have joined. The Knights have changed the irregularity of the time before. Now they have even unified uniforms and armor has also been improved.

Mainly, there is a mink lining inside.

In this way, you don’t have to wear it outside, and the outside becomes an improved version of jade-colored dark clothes.

After all, there are juren and scholars among the knights. If they wear their own uniforms, they will not be consistent enough. They all wear green round necklaces. Then the juren thinks that scholars are not qualified and all wear scholar's shirts. They are also in a loss, so they simply wear deep clothes in ancient style.

On the deep clothes, a sign showing identity was added according to the proposal of Captain Yang Da.

In fact, it is an abstract image of a Confucian scholar, with a bow and ritual. Behind this Confucian scholar is an abstract image of the Dacheng Hall, which is then embroidered on the chest of the deep clothes.

Very formal.

There is a big hat on the top of the head.

Although the symbol of Confucian scholars is a square scarf, because the square scarf was designated by Zhu Yuanzhang, everyone does not like it very much.

During the battle...

Bah, who would consider what kind of battle?

How to fight in deep clothes?

But when the verbal fight is played, this set of equipment is very powerful as soon as it is launched, so the Confucius and Mencius Knights mainly focus on verbal fight.

Five hundred wearing dark jade clothes, with signs on their chests and big hats, stood proudly around them like a Templar, folded their hands on their chests, holding their heads up, enjoying the admiration of the young scholars, as if they were really defenders of Confucianism.

"Everyone, we actually want to thank that monster!"

Yang Feng posed as a wise man and said to the admirers.

He also dressed up in this way and sat like an ancient man. The scene where the wolf explained the way of sheep as a sheep was also quite magical.

The worshippers were confused...

"If it weren't for him, wouldn't we have to endure those corrupt officials? Wouldn't we have to support those royal relatives? Wouldn't we have to endure those eagle dogs who use imperial power to plunder the wealth of the people? But now local officials have to listen to us, and the royal relatives do not need to raise them. The eagle dogs have disappeared. Isn't we thank him?"

Yang Feng said.

Then the scholars immediately smiled knowingly.

Indeed, this monster was not without its benefits. He first destroyed the imperial power. At this time, all the conflicts between the gentry and the emperor in the past no longer existed. The situation of the four-way cavalry was completely gone. All the arrogant eagles and big lords in the past were huddled, the vassal kings supported themselves, and the nobles and royal relatives in the capital were all honest.

The local gentry had the final say.

As long as an official is dissatisfied with the local genius, he can be expelled directly...

The old Taizu system!

Taizu said that corrupt officials can be tied up and sent, but we found that corrupt officials must of course be expelled.

Then nominate a new one from Xing Jie, who was handed over to the Ministry of Personnel in the capital to go through a formality. In fact, officials from all over the country have become local sages. However, they have not yet become officials in the province like the south, but they are exchanged by several provinces, such as Shandong people who are from Henan people who are from Shandong and Henan people who are from Shandong. After all, the north has surrendered to the imperial court in the capital before, and the last bottom line must be adhered to, but in fact there is no difference. Anyway, corrupt officials are honest.

The rest is all made by kneeling and making money.

Although it is actually no difference for the common people, and it is even worse. After all, compared with a tiger and a group of wolves, the latter obviously eats more, but for the gentry, it is really a prosperous era.

If it weren't for Yang Feng's chaos, none of this would have happened.

From this point of view, I really need to thank him!

"In fact, this is the real world of great harmony, this is the ideal country that the sages dream of. The people are the most important, the king is the least, and the country is the next. The people, or you and me, are the real masters of the country. The king is just the manager of the country, and even this country is just a brand. Since ancient times, many dynasties have changed, how many national names have changed, the dynasty has only been a few hundred years, or even the short-lived decades, the people are still those people, and those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who win the hearts of the people will be qualified to be kings, and those who win the hearts of the people will be qualified to establish the country.

If the king has the truth, follow it and be loyal to him. If the king has no truth, attack him.

We are the masters of the world!”

Yang Feng continued to bewitch people's hearts.

Of course, the meaning of this people is definitely not the original intention.

The scholars were talking a lot. Although what this guy said was contrary to the rules, the northern scholars mainly focused on Neo-Confucianism.

but……

He said it very well!

If it was before, everyone did not agree, but in recent years, the imperial power declined, and gentry from all over the country began to think about these issues, that is, why did they obey the imperial power so much in the past? There was nothing scary about the imperial power, why didn’t we have been like the present? In the past, in order not to pay taxes, we had to fight wits and courage with the imperial power, but now I like to pay or not, who can control it? In the past, we had to show off to the castrated dogs, and we had to be careful to serve the powerful and nobles, and we had to endure the blood-sucking of the vassal kings, but now I am the god.

Isn’t this the people are the most important, the king is the least important, and the country is the next?

The people are the most noble. Of course, this people definitely do not include mud legs. The king must have a way. Of course, this way is the way stipulated by the gentry, and the country is second...

The country that gentry gives to the king is the country.

If the gentry doesn’t give it, get out!

How perfect!

The journey of the great way is the public!

Everyone must be a gentry!

"It is obvious that we did not understand the way of sages in the past. We were too far away from sages, so we never understood the true meaning of the way of sages. In the end, the emperors deceived and used them and never realized clearly that we did not need to be afraid of imperial power, and imperial power should be afraid of us. Fortunately, this monster has finally awakened us. Now we are obviously building a great harmony in the ideal world of sages.

The virtuous gentry manages the local area, and virtuous ministers assist the wise monarchs, and we jointly respect the ways of sages and wise monarchs, and we accept the rule of a wise monarch with deeds.

This wise wise ruler will not appoint treacherous ministers.

If he really appoints a treacherous minister, we will not agree.

He would not favor eunuch slaves, but in fact he didn't have many eunuch slaves around him. The one who really managed the inner court for him was a virtuous scholar.

He would not force the people to support his useless clans.

These clans must support themselves.

He will not set up all kinds of heavy taxes, nor will he compete with the people for profit.

The emperor respects the Tao, assists the wise ministers, educates the gentlemen, and share the peaceful and prosperous era of all people.

When he came to Yongyong, he stopped being solemn and solemn. The emperor was the king of Pi, and the emperor was Mu Mu.

The age of great harmony.”

Yang Feng said with a solemn look on his face.

"He came to Yongyong, and he was solemn and solemn. The minister Wei Duke, and the emperor was Mu Mu."

The apologists recited solemnly in unison.

Along the way, they had already instilled a lot of such ideas by Yang Feng. These were the real elites among scholars, more than half of them were left names in history, and there were even a lot of later important officials. They just picked out the hopes of a county in the local area, and they were not really corrupt scholars. Pure corrupt scholars actually had no chance to take the imperial examination. The Ming Dynasty's imperial examination was not a slave, especially after the Yangming studies were rampant at this time, scholars had certain thinking ability.

Especially now, local gentry is already establishing a system close to autonomy, but these old people are limited to their thoughts and have always done so that the younger generation cannot enjoy their full enjoyment...

They are too conservative.

The steps were not big enough. In this era when everything was accelerating, their progress made the young scholars unbearable. They could obviously run and move forward, but these old men could only stagger there with crutches, and they were still standing in front of young people. For example, the scholars in Henan could not tolerate Shen Li. Emperor Shen always regarded himself as a loyal minister in Wanli. Local gentry could be self-governed, but they could not cross the line. They could expel local officials who did not like them and proposed a recommended candidate.

But ultimately, the appointment of the Ministry of Personnel must be accepted.

Even though the appointed ones of the Ministry of Personnel were not recommended by them, Emperor Shen would try his best to mediate from it and ask the Ministry of Personnel to appoint gentry to elect them.

but……

Gentlemen cannot overstep their authority.

It's all this way, and you're still holding this to the point, which really makes the young people unable to bear it.

Who doesn’t know that the Ministry of Personnel is just a decoration?

After all, it is the regime system under the control of the old people. Despite the progress, there is always a gap between what the young scholars expect.

It's very tormenting.

so……

Marshal Yang comes to speed them up!
Chapter completed!