Su Xu's words were immediately convinced by everyone present, because he very cleverly attributed this series of battles to a change in the system, rather than human fault.

In other words, everyone is innocent because he feels that it is inevitable, as if he is going to urinate after drinking water.

However, this is a fact, in this window period of handover, power is blurred, any system has become blurred, this is not the docking of officials and officials, there is a set of detailed rules and regulations, Guo Dan's handover with the government is actually very rough, that is, the government withdraws, he settles in, which of course will cause a lot of contradictions and conflicts.

Changing the law in ordinary times will cause a lot of contradictions, not to mention directly changing a set of systems.

This is human nature.

You force people to drink a large pot of water in a place where there are no latrines within a radius of twenty miles, and then you tell the person that it is immoral to defecate everywhere and that you will be fined five cents, which of course is not okay.

Based on this fact, then all those involved in this case are naturally innocent.

If you really want to talk about right or wrong, it is first of all the fault of the imperial court, the county system that has been in place for thousands of years has suddenly become a contract system, and it is difficult for anyone to adapt, even if it is beneficial to you, it can be said that you cannot adapt.

Moreover, today's literati were very fond of criticizing the imperial court, commenting on current affairs, and then showing their own extraordinary. One of the meanings is, the emperor, you want to ask me to be the first assistant, and any problem will be solved, but if you really give him the first assistant, he can't do anything.

So everyone was convinced by this

This also includes Jiang Yinglan, and he agrees with it very much, because this is exactly what he thinks in his heart, but he didn't think of a suitable reason to explain all this at that time.

And now Su Xu gave him a very perfect reason.

So he found Dong Ping and Guo Dan to discuss, he decided to pardon all the people involved in the crime, but ordered them to return the stolen items, and at the same time he and Huang Daxiao would take on the whole thing and write to the court to explain the reason.

In ancient times, the rule of man was still emphasized, not the rule of law, and the law was only a criterion for punishment, but whether they were guilty or not mainly depended on the judgment of people, and Jiang Yinglan and Huang Daxiao were originally science and technology officials, and they themselves had the power to "correct the prison", and from the perspective of the system, they were not considered to be violated.

But by doing so, they take the blame on their shoulders.

But then again, it's a responsibility worth shouldering, and it boosts their prestige, because the people will support the verdict.

As for whether the imperial court will investigate it, based on the fact that the ministers are the same enemy, if they want to deal with Guo Dan, they will definitely not be held responsible, and they still have a reasonable explanation, maybe they will be praised.

Of course Dong Ping is also willing, he was forced to come here, he does not seek merit, but he seeks no fault.

Although Guo Dan has contracted Kaifeng Mansion, he is still restricted by Jiang Yinglan and Huang Daxiao, even if he is unwilling, he has no right to refuse.

When Jiang Yingliang and them announced the verdict, the scene was applauding.

There was a lot of support for the verdict.

This is indeed the best outcome as well.

However, for Guo Dan, he has no time to care about the quality of this result, he is more puzzled, for him as a manager, the result is only secondary, the most important thing is whether the whole process is going according to his script.

Apparently not.

When he returned to the mansion, Guo Dan immediately found Aunt Xu and expressed his doubts: "Layman, I think there are many strange things about this matter. ”

Aunt Xu asked calmly, "How do you say this?" ”

"Because after the whole case was tried, the biggest beneficiary was not me, nor Huang Daxiao, nor those gentry, but the old man named Su Xu. After this incident, I believe that everyone in Kaifeng Mansion knows Su Xu, if the whole thing was planned by him, and he is the one who benefits the most, then ...... ”

Guo Dan spread his hands, as if to say, this answer is self-evident, it is not what you said at all, Su Xu is not for Huang Daxiao, but for himself, there must be something greasy in this.

As a businessman, he pays attention to the interests of the whole time, and the biggest beneficiary of this case suddenly became Su Xu, this answer is too unexpected and he does not want to accept.

Aunt Xu sighed lightly: "I'm really sorry, I was also deceived by him." ”

Guo Dan frowned and said, "In other words, the layman has also realized the problem?" ”

Aunt Xu nodded and said, "I also realized it after I saw Su Xu stand up, but it was too late, and I couldn't stop him." ”

"Why?"

Guo Dan asked confusedly, "Why did he do this?" What is his purpose in doing this? ”

Aunt Xu said a little frustrated: "His purpose has never changed, it is a private college, and he is also here for a private college." ”

The more Guo Dan listened, the more confused he became: "What does this have to do with private colleges?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "We have always focused on Huang Daxiao, the imperial court, and Kaifeng Mansion, and ignored a very important fact. ”

"What facts?" Guo Dan asked.

"It's the region."

Aunt Xu sighed lightly: "When Your Majesty decided to only allow the establishment of private colleges in Kaifeng Mansion, Zhangde Mansion, and Huaiqing Mansion, we all just thought that the people of the world would be very happy to accept it, because it was completely forbidden before, which is at least a kind of progress." But if you are a Jiangnan person, you will definitely think, why not in Nanjing, not in Suzhou, but in Henan Province.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, most of the Jinshi have come from Jiangnan, and the style of the academy is also the most prosperous in Jiangnan.

In Shilin, there are one school and two regions, if Su Xu is only here to talk about the Tao, then he is just a guest, if there is a dispute with the local literati, it is most likely a school dispute, but if he plans to live here for a long time, it will evolve into a regional dispute. Now that everyone's attention is focused on you, this has not yet been revealed, and once the Jiangnan scholars are concentrated here, it will definitely cause regional disputes.

Because the literati of the entire Henan Province will never be willing to give up their territory easily. ”

Guo Dan frowned and thought for a while, and said, "In other words, he did this to boost his prestige in Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Aunt Xu shook her head slightly: "He Su Xu has long been famous, if he is for himself, he doesn't need to do so many things at all." ”

Guo Dan was surprised: "Then what is he for?" ”

"He did this to crack down on the gentry of Kaifeng Mansion, as well as to provoke contradictions between the people of Kaifeng Mansion and the gentry, and then reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Aunt Xu said: "If he is just for Huang Daxiao, he doesn't need to wait until Dong Ping and the others have interrogated those prisoners before standing up, he actually just needs to tell Huang Daxiao and Jiang Yinglan to force Dong Ping to investigate the case first, and then the two of them will bear it, which is enough to establish their prestige, but Su Xu waited until the middle of the interrogation before standing up."

Its purpose was to use the mouths of those people to attack the prestige of the gentry of Kaifeng Mansion, so as to lay the foundation for Jiangnan scholars to settle in Kaifeng. After this incident, the contradiction between the people and the gentry in Kaifeng Mansion is completely open, the people will no longer trust the gentry, and the gentry no longer have local advantages, so the future will be to compete for knowledge and virtue, in this regard, the advantages of Jiangnan scholars are very obvious. ”

The literati are light.

The literati fought for everything, knowledge, thought, region, and so on.

And in it, the region is innate and unavoidable.

There is a saying that strong dragons do not suppress the head snake, but now Wanli ordered that only private colleges should be built in Kaifeng, Zhangde, and Huaiqing, and he also dispatched Jinyi Wei to inspect various places.

In the past, it was completely forbidden, so the literati tried all kinds of ways to build academies, and that was it, but now they have given you a window, and if you still knowingly commit crimes, then it is your fault.

At present, the strongest cultural aspect is the Jiangnan region, and the champions, jinshi, and shoufu are the most in the south of the Yangtze River. It's not that the dragon is not a river, they definitely want to occupy Kaifeng Mansion, and they can't accept being subservient to the Kaifeng literati because of geographical reasons.

"I see."

Guo Dan rubbed his forehead and said, "This is really unguardable!" ”

He was counting about money every day, where could he think of such a far-reaching thing, and he didn't know the twists and turns in it at all.

Aunt Xu said with guilt: "I'm really sorry, I am indeed a little self-conscious in this matter, so that we were toyed with by him." ”

"You can't blame the layman."

Guo smiled lightly: "The layman is more concerned about a fairer system, while Su Xu is considering his own interests, from this level, we are not losing, at least the penalty is very fair." ”

Aunt Xu smiled bitterly: "Anyway, he does see a longer term than me, and while he is helping Huang Daxiao regain his prestige, he also takes into account the future regional disputes." Moreover, we are afraid that we will have to reverse the previous decision, and we must not let them serve as gentry, because this will further exacerbate regional contradictions. ”

Guo Dan nodded.

At this time, an attendant came to the door, "Uncle, there is an old gentleman named Su Xu outside who asks to see you, saying that he wants to talk to you about the academy." ”

It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!

Guo Dan and Aunt Xu were all stunned.

Guo Dan suddenly reacted and said with a wry smile: "We seem to have overlooked a point. ”

Aunt Xu said, "It's you." ”

Guo Dan nodded and said: "If he comes here to build an academy, the first thing is to suppress me, after all, I am the man who wants to build the first private academy in the Ming Dynasty." ”

So saying, he said to his attendant, "Let him in." ”

The entourage hesitated, and then said, "The old gentleman also said that if the Wusi Jushi is also there, I hope that my uncle can let the Wusi Jushi avoid it for a while." ”

Guo Dan looked at Aunt Xu in surprise and said, "You know each other?" ”

"This is the second time I've lost at his hands." Aunt Xu smiled bitterly, stood up, and said, "Lost company." ”