The people at the bottom are the most reasonable, and as the ruled, they naturally don't care about the government.

But they know that whoever makes them live better is more qualified to be their ruler.

Yan Xiucai's attention made the villagers here suddenly become supporters of Zhu Youzhen.

At this time, Donglin Academy in Wuxi County, Changzhou Prefecture, Nanzhili, also became a student because of his social studies teaching position, Gu Lin shouted indignantly to his group of classmates:

"Everyone, look at what these gentlemen in the court are talking about, they actually scold me for not knowing the etiquette and law, not knowing the holy grace, and slandering the government indiscriminately! And this Yue Liu Zongzhou, I respected him in vain, but I didn't expect him to be so shameless for the sake of authority! ”

Although Gu Lin is a social studies teacher, he has been a wealthy businessman for generations, and his teaching status is only bought from the government, so naturally he does not need to teach in social studies, but he occupies a place for a student in vain, so as to get a place for the township examination.

I have to admit that Zhu Youzhen's policy of encouraging scholars to engage in teaching issued by the Ministry of Rites has given many officials and eunuchs and businessmen a loophole to exploit because of the corruption of some officials.

Of course, this will not be mentioned here for the time being, and it will inevitably change the flavor of a policy when it is implemented below.

As long as a local official carries out the will of the imperial court, it can be regarded as a matter of benefiting the country and the people.

Gu Lin, a person with a wealthy family, naturally would not be a newspaper reader, earn that little money, and be too lazy to contact the low-level people who had never been looked down upon by him, and naturally would not say this to the people like Yan Xiucai, who was born in a poor family, and naturally only his classmates and friends would interact with him.

These classmates and friends of his are also the children of official gentry and businessmen, who are already dissatisfied with the collection of commercial taxes by the imperial court, coupled with the regional disputes that have been difficult to eliminate since ancient times.

Now that Gu Lin said this, Liu Zongzhou naturally responded, and Zuo Jinmao also sneered: "There are a few officials in the court who are good, and they have always only valued the friendship of their fellow villagers in their election of officials, and they do not ask the virtuous and foolish at all, otherwise the court and the central government can all be Yue, Qi, and Gan people!" ”

"Look at what the princes of the court in this Guanghua Daily are talking about, saying that commercial taxes are beneficial to the country and the people, and even saying that the opening of Songjiang Mansion is the first virtue policy in Chongzhen's nineteenth year, but it is just to take the benefits of the people to fatten the faint officials of the imperial court", Gu Lin continued to say indignantly.

"That is, everyone, from the perspective of someone on the left, today we might as well form an association here, revive the former Donglin Restoration Society, take Kuang Zheng Chaogang as our own responsibility, and revitalize the Shilin atmosphere as our mission, how about it?"

As soon as Zuo Jinmao shouted like this, most of the other beings echoed.

Gu Lin smiled at Zuo Jinmao and said, "In that case, how about we re-establish the Duanwen Society under the Donglin Academy of Gu Duanwen Gong (Gu Xiancheng)?" ”

"Good!"

Most of these students responded, and for a while, Gu Lin ordered someone to take out the prepared roster book and let the sentient beings write down their names and join the society.

Some of the students were from the same rich gentry as Gu Lin, Zuo Jinmao and others, and they were dissatisfied with the government of the DPRK, and they were even more dissatisfied with most of the officials in the DPRK who were not affiliated with the Nanzhi, so they all came over to sign in a positive response.

But in fact, most of the students have to choose to obey because of the local power of these people, or they instinctively stammer and tend to the flames.

And there are also students who quietly leave here, unwilling to form associations with these people to criticize current affairs.

Even at this time, there was a famous student named Tang Ying who directly chose to refuse:

"I'm sorry, friends, Tang has always been poor, but he was promoted by the great grandmaster, and he was taken from the field as the head of the case, and he should have been determined to learn;

But Tang can't get used to some people behaving here today, Tang wants to refuse to join the Duan Literature Society today, and even report to the court that you and others are gathering people here to make trouble, intending to influence the government!

Tang only asked Gu Friend one sentence today, how did the increase in commercial tax and the opening of Songjiang Mansion win the benefits of the people?

The mother's family is the fishermen of Huangpu, Shanghai, and so far I have not heard the slightest voice of public grievances, so how can I take the benefits of the people!

Although we are all scholars and should care about the country, as readers, we must pay more attention to the word sincerity! Since you care about current affairs, how can you say anything!

Seventeen years ago, Chongzhen was full of thieves, and the prisoners wantonly plundered the pass, resulting in the loss of the land and the loss of the northern capital.

If you are at peace today, when the Northern Expedition has not started, you have to act like this again, where is this abandoning the country!

If you are dissatisfied with the corrupt officials in the current court, you can go to the capital to sue the emperor!

Why bother here to be unashamed to correct the Chaogang, don't say that the Chaogang is not chaotic, and if the Chaogang is chaotic, it is also because of your random association! ”

"Farewell!"

Tang Ying said that he was going to throw off his sleeves and leave.

But he was stopped by Zuo Jinmao:

"Friend Tang, please stay, you are just a low-level military background, and your mother's family can't think of it is even more humble, but Yuhu Er, the great grandmaster takes you as the head of the case, and the government will give your mother's family some favors, you will naturally admire the kindness of the imperial court."

But do you know that dozens of official gentry homes in Songjiang Mansion were wiped out in a month, and the young ones were even sent to the east as slaves!

Although we must not disobey our father, these officials in the court and the central government are so cruel to us Wu people, do you turn a blind eye! “

"These are all pirates, the government has already explained, Your Majesty is going to send a large army, even the people of Songjiang Mansion say so!"

Tang Ying hurriedly replied.

And Gu Lin sneered: "What did the pirates do? Friend Tang wants to believe that it was done by pirates, we have nothing to say, the way is different, do not conspire with each other, classmates, since you are not willing to join the society, we don't have to force it, but from today on, you and I will cut off the robes and break the righteousness, let's go! ”

"Farewell!" Tang Ying gave up.

"I also say goodbye, although I am a child of a businessman, but if it were not for the imperial court to levy commercial taxes, my family would not have been able to borrow money from the Central Bank of Daming this year, and let my sister finally fortunately did not come to your Gu family to be an aunt! Phew! ”

At this time, a hyperplasia named Wei Hewei also said a few words, and hurriedly chased after Tang Ying.

Gu Lin was a little red-faced, his family's seven ancestors were so insulting to girls, he also knew, even the things that harmed the Wei family, he also knew, and if he hadn't helped at the beginning, the Wei family's sister would have already fallen into the clutches of his seventh ancestor, so now seeing that Wei Hewei was about to leave, he was also a little angry:

"It's in vain that I helped you with everything in the first place, white-eyed wolf!"

Some students who didn't want to participate in the rights and wrongs of the imperial court or who didn't dare to agree with Gu Lin and other political opinions also began to leave one after another at this moment.

Seeing this, Zuo Jinmao walked up to Gu Lin:

"Among the fifty-four students, thirty-seven have signed, seventeen have left, and the others don't matter, but this Tang Ying is a person valued by the great grandmaster, and he is the head of the court examination, and he has a very high status in the county's Shilin, and Nawei Dawei has also become a huge rich party since the successful loan in the Daming Central Bank, and he is quite influential in the county and even in the Songjiang Mansion Shilin, these two people do not join the Duanwen Society, it is a pity, and what is even worse is that this Tang Ying actually threatens to expose me and us."

"If he wants to sue, he naturally wants to tell the great grandmaster, don't forget how the prefect of Songjiang Mansion, the prefect of Wu, died, there are so many outlaws in these years, and the violent death of two living people is nothing!"

Gu Lin smiled coldly.

(End of chapter)