Wang Guorui did not expect that these broken literati who could not lift their hands and shoulders and could not resist would be scolded in the newspaper when they lost their development prospects and their lives were getting worse day by day. But these scolding people can simply scold, and let them vent. However, if it has another purpose, it has another purpose, it is bought by those foreigners to smear the government and degrade the development of the country, and it has its own purpose. In particular, this kind of guy who accepts money from others to harm the motherland and disturb public opinion must be severely cracked down. Especially these broken literati, they all have a certain culture, although they are those literati in the past, but they are still so-called high-level intellectuals in the eyes of ordinary people.

One by one, they bear the name of the so-called Xiucai Juren, and the name of this Xiucai Juren has not completely faded out of everyone's sight at present, and everyone's impression of Xiucai Juren is still the situation of high-level intellectuals. Therefore, their status is still quite high in the minds of ordinary people, and this is the same as some people in later generations who came out to deceive with the name of this professor and that expert. This kind of so-called experts and professors are blowing nonsense, some people do not hesitate to talk nonsense for their own interest groups, or some guys who have received money from others are making up nonsense here, so that they are all nonsense one by one.

Because of the names of these people, they completely ruined the two words that should have been praised, experts and professors, but later they actually became "brick families" and "beasts", which shows that these shameless literati have not even disregarded the necessary moral integrity for the sake of profit.

Especially those who took money from foreigners, these guys are bastards one by one. Therefore, Wang Guorui doesn't plan to let them go.

Inside an inn, and then a few run-down literati met here.

"Hey, I don't know how much money we're going to get this time! Our days are not as good as a year. The new imperial court abolished our tax-exempt rights, and we could have lived well on the harvest of rice and land distributed by the imperial court. But now a large number of people have entered all kinds of government-run and private workshops and factories in the city, and they need a large number of manpower, and they have also taken away all the manpower we have there. Originally, we could have divided the land into low-pressed ones, and we could have gained a lot. But now, those mud-legged men dare to bargain with us. Not only should the score be high. Even give them all kinds of so-called benefits during the New Year, there is really no way to live this day. I had to dismiss most of my servants, and even betray my ancestral property! These are the inheritances of our ancestors, how can we sell them? What a heartache! ”

"Yes! Those mud-legged people are really getting more and more bold, they don't take us talents seriously at all, they are all here to bargain with us, what kind of system is this? If we don't agree to their terms, then they will just leave, and they will be needed to farm everywhere anyway. Nor did they worry about having no land to plant. ”

"Recently, I have also sold several acres of land, but now there are land sellers everywhere, and those who want to buy land are also waiting for the price to sell, and there is no hurry at all. The price of land has been falling, but they are still waiting and refusing to buy, hoping that the price of land will continue to fall. These lands were all bought by their ancestors in exchange for studying. Who understands the hardships in between? But now it's been sold cheaply, and even the capital of the year won't be returned. It's so sad. ”

These literati are complaining about their hardships these days, and they can't do their work even if they can't lift their hands and shoulders. And even if you do something else, it may be possible to write some articles, but the newspaper is such a big position every day, and it is impossible to set up so many places for these literati. In addition, those literati wrote articles one by one. But the articles written are the same, and there are no characteristics! These literati came from similar backgrounds, and what they learned since childhood was almost the same, and there was basically no difference. So the articles written are the same, so that those newspapers and various magazines are too lazy to choose. Therefore, whether these literati can get the so-called manuscript fee is also a matter of luck. And the manuscript fee may not be high, like this kind of ordinary literati who are not famous, it is only one or two yuan at a time, that is, it is enough for their living expenses for less than five days.

So most people are still having a bad time, so they are now complaining about Wang Guorui. complained that Wang Guorui had revoked the privileges of those who were scholars, and even more ruined their political future. Moreover, not only their political future has been ruined, but also their economy has been ruined.

"Hey, it's hard for us to find a farmer in the current land. And when we abandon the land, the court will not only not collect taxes, but will also impose additional taxes on the land, and the waste will not only not be reduced, but still increasing! So we had to give in to those mud legs, sad! ”

"Back then, the Qing Dynasty couldn't have treated us scholars like this! It's really bad etiquette, it's bad! ”

And after everyone began to denounce the so-called Wang Guorui's court, they continued to talk too much.

"I heard about it this time, someone gave us money! This time we published an article in the newspaper, and someone would give us extra money! As long as we publish those articles that criticize the new emperor and criticize the new court, then we can all get a lot of money! Moreover, they gave us more than five times the amount we received at the newspaper! In addition, they will give us living expenses every month to ensure that we have no worries about food and clothing. Such a good thing is really pie in the sky! Moreover, I heard that those people looked at our articles with mud legs, and they really had some reactions. We listed the data one by one, and those people found that the emperor actually spent countless times their monthly salary on the construction of the emperor this time, which made them feel too much. ”

"Yes! Those mud legs, they take their own money compared to the expenditure of a court, isn't this beyond their means? But they really think that this is a big construction, and they think that this is a waste of money. And the data we listed are all true, and basically they all believe us. All of them were also a little suspicious of the imperial court. ”

"However, when I heard about it this time, those people were very satisfied, so they planned to reward us! And we don't know now, what exactly are they coming from? If it's those who are in the Qing Dynasty, then it's okay to say. But if it's a foreigner, what should we do? If it's a foreigner, then it's hard for us to explain it! Someone still said worriedly.

But immediately someone said, "What are you afraid of?" What about us foreigners? What if we just write articles? We are just writing articles, can the court still do what to us? This freedom of speech, this is the right we should have, it is the right given to us by the Constitution. ”

If Wang Guorui listened to this guy's words, he would definitely spit on them fiercely, what kind of big-tailed wolf is this guy pretending to be here! They will also raise their hands and feet to agree with any policy that is beneficial to them, and they will not only not oppose it, but also support it.

However, if it is not conducive to them, they will definitely resolutely oppose it, and this is the backbone of these so-called literati. If there is any benefit that these literati have gained in Wang Guorui's new court, it can be said that the only benefit is that the relative freedom of speech is countless times greater. In the past Manchu era, how could they talk about the imperial court in front of everyone, let alone discuss the merits and demerits of the emperor? In the past, it was a sin to talk about the emperors of the previous generations, and it was even easier to lose one's head or even destroy the family when discussing the merits and demerits of the emperors of the current dynasty.

And now that there is freedom of speech, they don't talk about anyone, and it doesn't matter if they even criticize Wang Guorui, the emperor, as long as it's not personal attacks and malicious slander, then no one will care about them. Even if it's slandered, isn't it just a year or two in prison? Anyway, the times have changed now, and the days in prison are all better, not like the prison where rats ran everywhere in the past.

Therefore, the only benefit given to them in this new era is that they dare to speak, and even dare to say anything, and they are not afraid that they will be lost or even wiped out because of a word. Therefore, they may not support other policies, but they are very supportive of this freedom of speech.

"Yes! The emperor and the court have given you this opportunity for freedom of speech, but you don't really think about how to do things for the court and the emperor, but here in the name of freedom of speech, what you are doing is to harm the national court and slander the emperor's reputation, are you worthy of the court and the emperor? Someone said in a weird way.

"Who? Who's talking? Someone asked right away.

"Didn't I say that? Who is it? Someone asked, too.

"Smack!"

The door to their house was opened, and a man in his thirties walked in, and the literati all gasped, and then were obviously very frightened.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Hu Ling, and my position is the director of the General Administration of National Security, now please Ning come with me! You are suspected of accepting bribes from foreigners, and then writing articles for foreigners to smear our court and the emperor, so now we will arrest you for the crime of traitor. You don't have to quibble, if we didn't have the corresponding evidence, we wouldn't have used such a serious crime to talk about things, understand? Hu Ling said.

"The State Security Administration? Jin Yiwei? Everyone gasped. (To be continued.) )