Chapter 198: Disobedient literati are not as good as dogs

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the governor was of high power and was in charge of the military and political affairs of a province. The inspector's position was not high, and generally only had the sixth rank and the seventh rank. However, since the inspector was directly responsible to the Central Censorate, he was known as the emperor's inspection of the emperor, and he was involved in all aspects of officials, crimes, money, security, archives, schools, agriculture, sewerland, water conservancy, customs and people were hidden. The chief executives of all provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and county were all subjects of their inspection, but they were of great power.

In the 11th year of Jiajing, the provisions of: "There are civil and military prosecutions, re-executions, unjust punishments, officials' decrees, and merits and rewards. Those who are the Censors of the Inspectors are solely dedicated to the Inspectors, and the Governors shall not intervene." Every year, the political achievements of the Chiefs of the Governors and the Governors in various places shall be investigated by the Inspectors. When the Governors, the General, the Central Office, the Three Offices, and the County and the County officials have mutual complaints, the Inspectors are also investigated by the Inspectors.

Generally speaking, the governors, generals, etc. are local powerful factions, and the inspectors represent the central government. In the prosperous times, local officials did not dare to offend the inspectors sent by the central government.

Therefore, after receiving the news from Governor Yang, Huang Laifu did not dare to be negligent and came to the Governor's Office. When he arrived at the lobby, he saw Governor Yang talking to Liu Bingbei. The three of them greeted him. Huang Laifu said, "What is the origin of this Governor? We want the three of us to wait?"

Governor Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Although the Shanxi Inspector is of a small grade, it is sent by the Censorate to serve as a visitor and inspect Feng Xian. We should not offend us easily!"

The three of them talked for a while, and a horse came and said, "Censor Li is here!"

At that moment, Huang Laifu and Governor Yang stood up and went to the second gate to welcome him. The Li Xunzhang was protected by a group of Ningwu officers and soldiers, and brought the clerks and three members with them. When they arrived at the Governor's yamen, they dismounted at the front gate and entered from the side gate. When they arrived at the second gate, everyone met and exchanged greetings to welcome him into the hall. When they arrived at the hall, they all bowed to each other and talked to him about Bi Lishu. Governor Yang sat in the middle of the lobby, and Li Xun sat on the left side. Huang Laifu sat on the right side. Liu Bingbei sat on the lower head.

Huang Laifu saw that Li Xunzhang was nearly fifty years old, with long beards and mature behavior, and had a very stern look. It seemed that in him, he was just doing business and not thinking about going to the back door on him.

Yes, every time the inspectors arrive, the inspection is one year. If the court does not have a special approval, they will not be allowed to inspect again. There is no time to collude with the local government. In addition, their expenditures are independent, and all the expenses are provided by the Central Censorate, so the local governments cannot make things difficult for them in terms of funds. Therefore, every inspection is concerned about their own reputation, hoping that when inspecting the local constitutional rules and regulations, they can catch several big fish, so that they will have their own prestige in the clear stream.

Li Xunzhang glanced at Huang Laifu intentionally or unintentionally and said, "I will check the gains and losses of officials in various places in Shanxi, correct the traitors, and ensure that the local people and political affairs are safe. I came to Ningwu and ask all the great masters to cooperate and take a copy of the documents of the Ministry of Commerce for me!"

Huang Laifu was inexplicably seen by Li Xun, and Governor Yang smiled and said, "Of course, Li Xun came to Ningwu Pass to review the case files and the officials asked questions. We will definitely not refuse!"

Li Xunzhang nodded with satisfaction and looked at Huang Laifu and said, "When I went to Shanxi Town to inspect the officials and governments, politics, religion and people's conditions, I heard that someone impeached Huang Junmen to compete with the people in various places for profit and oppression of business and people?"

Everyone was shocked. The visitor Li Xun was not kind. Governor Yang hurriedly said, "This must be a villain's life. He is jealous and slandering the Huang Junmen. Please ask the visitor Li Xun to investigate!"

Huang Laifu was in a bad mood today. Hearing this, he said disdainfully: "Who is slandering me? Stand up for me!"

Li Xun looked at Huang Laifu in a steady manner, snorted, and said, "Huang Junmen is so arrogant. He is entrusted by the emperor to investigate the shortcomings of officials in various places, and whether each official has committed any illegal or dereliction of duty, so as to eliminate the source of arrogance. Huang Junmen is so domineering in front of me, you can imagine the suffering of Shanxi's merchants and people. Whether Huang Junmen competes for profit and oppresses merchants and people. I will know after an open and secret investigation. I hope that Huang Junmen will not avoid asking questions at that time!"

Huang Laifu was furious and stood up and pointed at his nose and shouted, "Rareless, you are a small official of the first seventh rank, so what if you are from the central government? The Constitutional Ordinance says that a general guard is appointed by the court to prevent evil and insults. Feng Xianguan must be respectful when meeting him! Even if the general guard has committed serious violations, he must also understand it with his physical knowledge, refer to the truth and submit an order, and do not be humiliated without authorization. You are just a story and have no definite evidence, so you are so contemptuous to me. You are sensational and frustrated with your own personal gain. I want to impeach you to the emperor!"

Seeing that Huang Laifu dared to point at the nose of an inspector and censor, the three clerks and escorts behind Li Xunzhang all changed their faces. Huang Laifu was so arrogant that they all shouted, and Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei were also busy to smooth things out. However, while Liu Bingbei was trying to smooth things out, he was also secretly excited. Huang Laifu was indeed domineering and could do this to the inspectors, which shows why he used to do that in the past. Although he was now a lee on the same rope as Huang Laifu, he was still happy to see that Huang Laifu could endure some hardships.

Li Xunzhang's face turned pale and sneered: "Does Huang Junmen have oppressed the merchants and the people? You will know then, please do it yourself!"

As he said that, he waved his sleeves and stood up, and at the same time, his heart was in a state of enthusiasm. Huang Laifu was so arrogant and domineering that it showed that the military and civilians in Shanxi Town must be in dire straits. If he could defeat Huang Laifu, the general of the town, he would have been famous in the Ming Dynasty and won praise from Qingliu. Maybe he could be promoted to the position of the chief censor.

Governor Yang hurriedly stood up and said, "Prince Li, I am a pleader who is preparing for a dinner party. Please don't refuse!"

Li Xunzhao said lightly: "No, the Constitutional Ordinance is determined. Wherever the Censor goes, the Censor will not be allowed to hold a banquet, have few friends and have no selfless visits. I will appreciate the kindness of the governor!"

As he said that, he left, Huang Laifu said to him: "A good man is a man!"

Li Xunzhang paused and followed him again. Only his three escorts were furious and wanted to turn around and scold Huang Laifu, but when he saw that the adults had gone, they had no expression and they were busy following him.

The rest of Governor Yang and Liu Bingbei looked at each other.

After a few days, Li Xunzhang was at the Ningwu Pass's patrol, and he followed the lawsuit and copied the documents. He didn't know what he was busy with.

This inspector's office was built by various prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty. It was specially built by the inspector's Censor to handle official duties and retain offices. Idle people were not allowed to approach. Even Governor Yang, Huang Laifu and others were not allowed to enter without permission without the permission of the inspector. After the inspector's inspection of Shanxi, the local governments were not allowed to use it separately, but should be left for the next inspector.

According to Huang Laifu's news, Li Xunzhang reviewed case files in the capital every day and asked officials. He also reviewed various litigation cases every day. He went outside the streets to inspect political, education and people's conditions, and investigated farmland and water conservancy, etc. He was very diligent. He was also very frugal in his work. He ate noodles and vegetables every day, and only bought meat every few days. However, such people were also terrible. He was stubborn and wanted to gain fame. It was unrealistic. He was not on the same path as Huang Laifu.

Huang Laifu couldn't care so much about Li Xun's command and didn't take it seriously. News came from Dazhong, Tianjiang, saying that some merchants and literati of Wuzhai Fort were ready to move and complained more about Huang Laifu. This issue was a big deal. At that time, Huang Laifu returned to Wuzhai Fort in the name of inspecting military affairs.

April 20, 23rd year of Wanli.

After Huang Laifu arrived in Wuzhai Fort in the 17th year of Wanli, after six years of development, the changes in Wuzhai Fort have been very big. The villages outside the city are endless, with workshops and shops gathered in the city. The streets are filled with neatly decorated military and civilians, full of vitality. In a few years, Wuzhai Fort has changed from a small fort, thousands of households to the current Wuzhai Guard and a prosperous city.

Not to mention the Wuzhai Fort and Ningwu Pass, there are thousands of troops with Wuzhai Fort registered military households and their families. Among the 30 farms in Wuzhai Fort alone, there are nearly 10,000 strong men. These people have Wuzhai Fort registered military households and tens of thousands of them. There are also many merchants and workers who come to Wuzhai Fort to operate their work, which has made the crowds on Wuzhai Fort Street prosperous. Compared with a few years ago, this change can only be described as amazing.

The army and Zhuang Ding are the most loyal groups to Huang Laifu. Some workshop workers and some merchants who benefited from the development of Wuzhaibao are also on the same line as Huang Laifu.

However, there are also some large merchant families, official merchant families, and some literary people who come to Wuzhaibao, who are also enjoying the development of Wuzhaibao, but they are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Huang Laifu.

In the evening, in a restaurant near Dadong Street, Wuzhaibao, some people dressed in literati were talking a lot. Judging from their appearance, they knew that these people were the gentlemen of Wuzhaibao Academy. After the Wuzhaibao University Hall was opened, it was renamed Wuzhaibao Academy a few years later. Huang Laifu believed that this name was more generous and was more in line with the customs of the Ming Dynasty at that time.

Seeing these people, the local diners all looked respectful. First, in the Ming Dynasty, scholars were relatively respected by all kinds of people, and they were all inferior, but only to study in high school. Second, in Wuzhaibao Academy, the gentlemen were treated well. Even ordinary teachers also had monthly salary of 2 taels of silver per month, not to mention those higher-ranking professors. This made many soldiers and garrisons of Wuzhaibao envious. However, everyone thought that such treatment was appropriate. After all, they were scholars, and the high salary was understandable.

Wuzhaibao Academy now has more than 2,000 students, with low, medium and high age, and dozens of classes. There are more than 50 teachers and professors, as well as many officials, Zhaifu, Shifu and others. This scale was considered huge in the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that children from all over Wuzhaibao attended Wuzhaibao Academy, even students from some nearby prefectures and counties also came to study.

At this time, these literati were talking big. Most of them were teachers of Wuzhai Academy. In addition to some of them, some of them were down-and-out literati and account rooms in Wuzhaibao, some of them were teachers and professors who had changed jobs from Weixuezhou School in various places, who were greedy for the treatment of Wuzhai Academy.

Compared with the teachers who were upgraded to down-and-out literati, these professors who have changed jobs from Weixuezhou schools in various places have a stronger sense of superiority, but they are less careful in teaching. Because many teaching concepts of Wuzhai Academy are not suitable for them, they adopt the method of lip service to disobey.

"Although Huang Junmen is a general in the border town, he is a military man. How can he serve as the chief of the academy and let Siwen sweep the floor?"

"As a military general, Huang Junmen can only focus on guarding the border for the country. What academy he is a warrior. What is his intention? Brother Jiang, you were once the teacher of Weixue in Kelanzhou. Of course, you should be the chief of the Wuzhai Academy!"

"That's right, there is also the professor in the academy, which is even more ridiculous. Who is that Wang Qinian? He is just a pig and sheep raising. How can he teach and educate people?"

"It's so great, let's see what we teach in the academy every day now? Not only do we need to shoot the emperor every day, but we also need to teach some peddlers' skills, agricultural skills and commercial goods. It really ruins the face of us scholars!"

All the words were full of anger. Huang Laifu asked to teach agricultural technology, business, military and other knowledge in Wuzhai Academy, which made these literati extremely dissatisfied.

At the same time, some people looked around and said with a voice: "Not all this, look at Huang Laifu, who is bullying merchants and competing for profit in the fort. He heard that his Wuzhai Fort commercial tax reached 50,000 taels last year. What is this not the cruel exploitation of merchants and citizens?"

One person said again: "That's the most. After Huang Laifu arrived at Ningwu Pass, he instigated local soldiers to kill local good-mining mine owners and took all the income from the local mine owners to his own. He also heard that he wanted to set up checkpoints and taxes on the way from Wuzhai Fort to Ningwu Pass. It was really angering!"

One person "kindly" reminded: "Brother Qin, be careful of his words. The surrounding areas of the Five Village Fortress are blindly followed. He regards Huang Laifu as if he is more careful and be careful of the villain's rumor!"

The man said proudly: "What I say is sincere and conscience. What is the villain's report? I heard that the inspector will come to the Five Village Fortresses in the future, but I will talk to him."

However, his words became smaller, and he flashed across the faces of two silent teachers at the table. In recent years, Huang Laifu's prestige in Wuzhai Fort has become increasingly important. Many ordinary military residents have set up Huang Laifu's temple at home to show that they should not forget who brought his good life over the years. If they hear that they are biased towards Huang Laifu, the consequences will be unpredictable, which is also one of the reasons that makes them angry. A well-educated man is not as famous as a martial artist.

Two silent teachers were over 40 years old, wearing cloth shirts, square scarves and wrinkles on their faces. The man was named Zhang Chengde. The other person was about thirty years old and was his friend Yang Dongping. Before they became teachers, they worked in accounting rooms in various workshops in Wuzhaibao. Especially Yang Dongping, who was from Kelanzhou, had no hope of passing the imperial examination, so they made a living everywhere. These scholars have always been incompetent and did not distinguish between grains. Where did they get a good position?

At first, a friend asked Yang Dongping to serve as a tutoring schoolchildren, three dou of rice per month, plus three cents of vegetable and silver. How could he raise a family of people? The children often cried so hungry that they could only rely on their wife and mother to make some girls to live. Later, after Yang Dongping got a position in a workshop in Wuzhaibao, he slowly fed up. Later, he took the position of a teacher at Wuzhai Academy and started to have food and clothing. Soon after, he took his family and his wife to Wuzhaibao.

Now Yang Dongping’s plan is to find a Wuzhaibao military household registration for himself, because in this way, his family can truly live a stable and prosperous life. After all, with the Wuzhaibao military household registration, there are many benefits and guarantees. In recent years, the Wuzhaibao military household registration has become increasingly difficult to handle, which is in sharp contrast to the ordinary escape of military households elsewhere. Fortunately, he is a scholar, so there is no problem with this matter.

His friend Zhang Chengde also has the same background and situation as him. After hearing everyone's words, Yang Dongping felt that these people were talking nonsense. Everyone saw the changes in Wuzhai Fort over the years. Everyone also saw the good days of Wuzhai Fort military and civilians, otherwise why would everyone rush to make a living in Wuzhai Fort? It is something that Yang Dongping is not ashamed of.

He couldn't help but say, "Are you all serious? How can Huang Junmen oppress the merchants and civilians in Wuzhai Fort? Why haven't I heard of it? The good days of the military and civilians in Wuzhai Fort are not what everyone dreams of? Otherwise, how can you come to Wuzhai Fort again? There are no refugees, no beggars, and everyone is well-fed and well-fed. How can you find such a kind general like Huang Junmen in the military fort in northwest Shanxi? As for commercial taxes, merchants should naturally pay taxes. This is a matter of course. As for teaching agricultural technology and commercial affairs, it is also for the sake of students' future. You must know that every year, there are only a few scientific examinations, and Huang Junmen is also for everyone's sake. I wonder why you complain?"

Zhang Chengde also saw that these people were disagreeable and said, "Brother Yang said that Wuzhai Fort is leisurely and rich, the military and civilians are happy, there are no people who are cold and hungry on the streets, nor are there no one who is noisy, widowed, widowed, orphans and sick, and they are all raised. Where can I find such a place among the forts in the border town of Daming? According to me, it is not an exaggeration to call Wuzhai Fort the Land of Taoyuan!"

Those people looked at each other, and one of them sneered disdainfully, saying, "Huang Laifu competes for profit with the people, and good goods become remote. Is this the right thing? Emperor Taizu Gao once said that he would take one for 30 business taxes, and the purchase price was less than 40 taels and the price was tax-free. Even the important places in Jiangnan, the prosperous places, the commercial tax of a government is not as good as the five village forts. If Huang Laifu had not bullied the merchants and the heavy taxes were drawn, the commercial tax could reach 50,000 taels in a mere fort?"

One of them also looked at Yang and Zhang and said, "Brother Yang said so much. Not to mention that Huang Laifu bullies the merchants and the people, even if he serves as the chief of the academy as a warrior, he has ulterior motives and is insulting his ethics!"

Everyone stood up and said, "Let's go, two brothers, why bother to talk to some trendy villains!"

As they said that, the people stood up and left, leaving even the bills for Yang and Zhang to buy them.

Zhang Chengde and Yang Dongping sneered at each other, and Zhang Chengde said, "Huang Junmen once said that he picked up the bowl and ate meat, put down his chopsticks and cursed his mother. Are they referring to these people?"

Yang Dongping said disdainfully: "A bunch of villains, they kept saying that the Huangjunmen oppressed the merchants and the people, and looked indignant. In fact, it was not for themselves. As far as I know, many of these people's families do business in Wuzhaibao. If they have to pay the commercial taxes, they naturally feel extremely distressed! They make money every day and receive silver every month, but they are still greedy. I don't know, if Wuzhaibao has no Huangjunmen, can these people still operate safely?"

Zhang Chengdedao: "The short-sighted people don't need to pay attention to them, we drink ourselves!"

On the second day, in Wuzhai Academy, for the first time, there was a tense atmosphere here.

Although Wuzhai Academy is a private school, all the fees are paid by Huang Laifu, like the surrounding Weixuezhou School and other official schools, there is also a archway with "virtue and virtue to the world", a Minglun Hall where teachers work, and a study such as De De, Yiren, Youyi, etc. The buildings everywhere are also blue bricks and blue tiles, and a solemn area.

This was once a holy place in the minds of the entire Wuzhaibao. The military households sent their children here to study, hoping that they would learn knowledge and have a good future.

However, at this time, many Laifu camp servants entered the Wuzhai Academy, covered in armor and were armed. Because Huang Laifu came here to inspect, there were Jiang Dazhong, Wang Qinian, Zhou Wendong and others.

On the bluestone field outside Zhidaozhai, many students wearing blue shirts were gathered from afar, and in the venue outside the door, all the teachers of Wuzhai Academy were standing here. In addition, there were the school's sect (management of the sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial s

Wang Qinian is a professor in the academy. Apart from Huang Laifu, he is the biggest academy. He is usually responsible for lectures in some academys, analyzing doubts for his students, and also managing the affairs of some academys, such as opening the museum, welcoming and seeing off the mountain leaders, managing students, funding and expenditure, and house repairs.

At this time, he was mindful of a list of teachers. From next month, the number of people who read this list will increase by one or two taels. Anyone who joins the Wuzhaibao military household registration as he wishes can join. There are more than 20 people on this list, Zhang Chengde and Yang Dongping, both received a salary increase reward.

These people were naturally very happy, and the remaining thirty teachers who were not read on the list all looked bad. Among these people, those who were on the list of Huang Laifu in the restaurant yesterday were among this group of people. Most of them were also teachers and professors who had changed jobs from Weixuezhou schools in various places. They have always been dissatisfied with the teaching of Wuzhai Academy and are mostly dissatisfied with Huang Laifu.

One of them whispered: "Brother Jiang, what does Huang Laifu mean?"

The man said with a gloomy face: "Brother Qin, I don't know either. Let's just wait and see what happens!"

After Wang Qinian finished reading the list of teachers who were rewarded, he looked at Huang Laifu. Huang Laifu nodded and said lightly: "Teachers who have not been rewarded, go to Professor Wang to receive a month's silver and you can leave the academy!"

The group of teachers immediately made a surprised voice and said, "What, what does this mean?"

"Is it because we were broken? Why?"

"Yes, yes, why is this?"

The teacher surnamed Jiang was once the teacher of Weixue in Kelan Prefecture. He was the leader of this group of people. A group of people even recommended him as the chief of the academy. At this time, he sang: "Huang Junmen, why is this? This is considered to be a revolution. We have to give a reason, right?"

Huang Laifu said lightly: "You don't concentrate on teaching, you are obscene to the commander of the mountain, and you are spreading rumors and confusing the public, and your intentions are sinister, so I will rebel you. I will receive more monthly silver for you for one month, and it is considered that I, Huang Laifuren, have finished my righteousness! From today on, get out of the Five Village Fort!"

Huang Laifu looked at the details of these people for a long time and took action today.

The teacher named Qin suddenly stood up and shouted: "Huang Laifu, you are restraining your remarks, and we are different from you, so you will attack them. This is a villain's behavior. I know that you oppress the business people, compete with the people for profit, and impose heavy taxes. Because the Censor of the Inspector wants to come, you will open us up, you..."

Before he finished speaking, he screamed. It turned out that Jiang Dazhong had snatched a soldier's bird gun, swung the round gun holder, and hit him in the face. The man immediately had bloody hair, describing it as a shrill. Jiang Dazhong used the gun as a stick again, hitting him a few times, shouting: "Grandma's bear, how dare you scold my young master?"

Everyone present was shocked. The man screamed loudly, with an extremely hatred look in his eyes, and shouted sadly: "Huang Laifu, do you dare to insult me ​​in public? Do you want to be enemies with scholars all over the world?"

Huang Laifu snorted disdainfully: "What scholar?"

He raised his voice and shouted sternly: "For those scholars who are upright, respectful, obedient, and dedicated to teaching, I respectfully call him a gentleman. For those scholars who are disobedient, spread rumors and cause trouble behind their backs, and suffer from personal morality, in my heart, even a dog is worse than me! I will beat them all out!"
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