In the second year of Xiande, the three passes of the north and the Yijin pass.

From February to July, the road from the Lion City to Yijin Pass has been repaired, and the rest of the road has been almost completed.

In the construction of these mansions, Liu Feng invested a large amount of money and grain, and repaired them all the way, and many villagers along the way were employed, and they earned wages to support their families at the door of their homes, and they were happy.

The construction of cement roads has greatly facilitated the circulation and walking of military and civilian businessmen, and also facilitated the rapid transmission of military posts. In the past, it took at least two days to walk from Yijin Pass to the Lion City due to the bumpy road, but now in the second half of the day, you can travel from the Lion City to Yijin Pass.

In the past, the official roads were maintained by the states and counties along the way, but for the newly built roads, Liu Feng and Deng Junliang and others discussed and decided to set up a new road construction department in Yucheng, which was managed by it.

It takes a lot of money to maintain the road every year, especially the newly built road, which is built from the cement of this era, although it is formed quickly, but the road surface is prone to expansion cracks, uneven settlement, etc., or it will have to be renovated in a few years.

And the maintenance workload is quite large, the annual money and grain expenditure of the maintenance road workers is not a small amount, so the fresh toll booth came into being, not a tax, just the maintenance cost of the road, although this move makes the merchants have a lot of complaints, but they are still willing to take this newly repaired road.

The smooth flow of roads, the convenience of trade and the prosperity of commerce, so that there is a post office affairs in various places, which is a private post station, in several places, on behalf of people to send letters and parcels, collect a certain fee, on behalf of the person to exchange money, collect a certain amount of remittance, etc.

Liu Feng was still a little strange, but after investigation, he found that he was a little lonely and unheard, the post post has existed since ancient times, and the official transportation and communication organization set up in ancient times was mainly used to deliver official documents and receive past officials. In some cases, small quantities of goods needed by the government are also transported. There are different names in the past dynasties, in the early days, it was called Chuan, Xuan, post, place, etc., and in the Han Dynasty, it was called the post station, and there were still pavilions, houses, halls, shops, etc., all of which were part of the ancient transportation system.

In major cities, there are special private postal services, and when Liu Feng has not been involved, these affairs have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and they have come out consciously.

How could Liu Feng not participate in such a big amount of money, not to mention, the current post post is very non-standardized, and he has not mastered the key place of mailing.

And another business in Fanyang Mansion that has been carried out for a long time is now a little half-dead, and it has not fully reached Liu Feng's ideal situation, that is, the mansion of Fanyang Mansion.

Liu Feng, who came back from Gaocheng Port, found that there were still many things that he needed to do himself, and he needed to participate in it so that he would not lose his shape.

With the maturity of movable type engraving printing, Liu Feng also began to focus on the tongue, and the propaganda tongue at that time was nothing more than the reputation of the villagers and the official newspaper.

And both of these are controllable, Liu Feng deeply knows the greatness of the power of propaganda, the greatness of the power of the media, and the power that can control people's life and death in later generations.

It is necessary to control public opinion and propaganda, but it is also difficult, such as those old Confucian professors in Fanyang College in Yucheng, who are dissatisfied with Fanyang Mansion's measures.

But in today's Yucheng, scholars do not account for the majority, and it is not only scholars who have status, soldiers, big businessmen, giants, and old farmers are all people with very high status.

Sergeants, craftsmen, tenant farmers and even merchants formed the most solid foundation of the villagers in Fanyang Mansion, but there were still some people, such as the big merchant families, the official merchant families of the northern region, and those literati who came to Yucheng, although they also enjoyed the peace brought by the new system of Yucheng, but they became more and more dissatisfied with Liu Feng.

It was night, the moon and stars were scarce, and in the Fenglou of the Wushen Restaurant on the main street of Yucheng, some people dressed as scribes were talking, and looking at their appearance, they knew that these people were Mr. Fanyang Academy.

Even though there is a new hierarchy in Yucheng, the diners in the restaurant still respect these scholars, although there is no one at the moment, "everything is inferior, only reading is high!" Such remarks.

But it seems that since ancient times, scholars have been a step above others, and it seems that learning and excellence are a prerequisite for this, not to mention that these are the great Confucian gentlemen who made Liu Feng from all over the north and south.

At this time, the scholars who were talking about it were not the great Confucians invited back by Liu Feng, but the ordinary teachers of Fanyang College, and most of their teachers were taught and taught from various state and county schools.

Compared with the original teachers of the down-and-out literati, these professors who jumped from state schools and county schools in various places have a sense of superiority, but they are not very attentive in teaching, because many teaching concepts of Fanyang College are not suitable for them, and they are unwilling to give up such a favorable treatment, so they act against the yang.

"Academy! Academy! When it is a place to teach and educate people, how can martial artists, businessmen, and even old farmers take the stage to teach!? ”

"Yes, what is taught every day at the academy today? Military training, agricultural technology, commercial goods, and even the study of fiddling with livestock, but there are also people who teach them! It's a shame for us readers! ”

Liu Feng's demands and measures at Fanyang College finally aroused the dissatisfaction of a large number of foreign scholars, especially the teaching of agricultural technology, commerce, craftsmen, military and other knowledge, which made these literati extremely dissatisfied.

And more people, but they are dissatisfied with the high commercial tax of Fanyang Mansion formulated by Liu Feng, although Fanyang Mansion is peaceful and there are no other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but the weight of commercial taxes ranks first in the north, even so, it does not affect the prosperity of Fanyang Mansion in the slightest.

Fanyang Mansion's commercial tax last year was nearly 200,000 taels, but Liu Feng's measure of collecting road maintenance fees was still resisted by the merchants in the north.

Maybe it was because of the drinking that these unruly scribes were a little less jealous, and they counted the inappropriateness of Liu Feng's various measures one by one, and even brought in classics to verify their statements.

Although the surrounding drinkers were dissatisfied, some even blushed and wanted to come up to argue, but because of their lack of knowledge, they didn't know where to argue.

But within these scribes, they are not all completely disagreeing with Liu Feng's measures, some local scribes in Fanyang Mansion have created such a situation in two or three years for their envoys, and some are just admiring, hearing that their envoys have been humiliated, that Kenyi, naturally want to get up and debate.

One of them was in his forties, dressed in a sackcloth shirt, wearing a scarf, and his face was full of wrinkles, and he was one of the few scribes in Liujiabao, and he was also the kind of scribe that the scribes looked down upon, and he was the bookkeeper of the Liu family.

After getting up, he straightened his clothes, coughed lightly, and said in a straight voice: "Judging from a certain point, everyone is serious!" How did Fanyang Mansion get to the current situation? How did you get here? There are no homeless people, no beggars in Yucheng, and everyone is rich in food and clothing! ”

"And in the entire Northland, what is produced in Fanyang Mansion is eagerly purchased by all military towns, isn't this the credit of the craftsmen? And in teaching agriculture, technology, business, and strategy, it is precisely to teach students according to their aptitude, what is inappropriate? ”

After speaking, a group of drinkers also applauded him, although these words are not classic, but they are very practical, not as much as those who care, but also ask everyone's hearts.

Seeing that the scribes seemed to be offended by the anger of the people, they snorted coldly, but without refuting it, they all stood up and walked away.

The rest of the drinkers were toasting to each other, as if they were celebrating the victory of the debate just now, especially the scribe who justified Liu Feng's name, and was surrounded by the surrounding drinkers to toast some wine.

As for the scene in the Fenglou, Liu Feng heard it the next day, and Liu Feng was a little disdainful of the talk of those scribes in his heart, but he couldn't ignore it.

The next day, Fanyang Academy ushered in their envoys.

However, with Liu Feng, there are also officials of Fanyang Mansion, Deng Junliang, Feng Dao, Pei Tai, Guo Chongtao, etc., who gather students, teachers, and Confucians of the college on the cement square of Fanyang College.

Niu Xiji is now managing the affairs of the college, opening and releasing the hall, welcoming and sending off the mountain chief, student management, fund receipts and expenditures, building repairs, etc., at this time he is thinking about a list of teachers, and the candidates who are read are undoubtedly expelled from the academy inside and outside, and among them, there are also some learned scribes.

Liu Feng does not advocate a competitive academic atmosphere, but he has a kind of disgust in his heart for these literati who do not compete in academics, but just stick to the old ones, especially for those teachers who disobey the yang and the yin.

What he advocates is to put the issue on the table to debate, there is a way to argue without reasoning, of course, even if they win the debate, Liu Feng must act according to his own ideas, but he will never allow it, eating his food, enjoying his good, and scolding him, such a person, Liu Feng will not give him a good look.

Of course, there are also some people who disagree with Liu Feng's measures, or admonish more, such as Niu Xiji, who manages the affairs of the hospital, is a person who is dissatisfied with Liu Feng's measures, but he is diligent and sincere in the affairs of the hospital.

The expelled teachers should not be convinced: "Your Excellency, why is this? Even if we are dismissed, there must be a reason! ”

For such a stupid question, Liu Feng was not interested in answering, until Niu Xiji calmed down and said fiercely: "You don't concentrate on teaching, you disobey the orders of the mountain chief, and you spread rumors behind your back to confuse the public, with sinister intentions, so the academy is open to you!" ”

Niu Xiji was angry and annoyed in his heart at the moment, angry that these scribes acted like this, without a trace of the style of a scribe, but he was also angry that Liu Feng acted so decisively and left no room for anything, but at this moment, he was powerless, because Ouyang Jiong, Pei Tai and others also agreed with Liu Feng's move.