With a loyal army with strong combat effectiveness in his hands, and the hearts of a large number of low-level scholars who have passed the exam, coupled with the identity of the lord of the world, Chen Zilong suddenly found that if the emperor wants to do something, no one can stop him, even if the Jiangnan gentry unite, it is useless.

The gentry could rely on their status to collude with the government and annex land, enslave and bully the people, and collude with the court and local government to deceive the emperor. But now that the emperor has left the court and come to the people, it is impossible to deceive the Holy Hearing. Looking at the emperor's behavior, there is a plan to abandon the current officialdom and start anew, and it seems that the emperor is not afraid of the chaos in the world at all, so many of the gentry's previous methods are basically useless to the current emperor.

The prison army was still talking impassionedly, but Chen Zilong's heart was fluctuating, his heart was extremely complicated, he paid attention to observation, and found that many scholars who listened to the lecture actually showed excited expressions, it seems that many scholars actually agreed with what the prison army said.

In the end, they are some low-level readers, they haven't seen much of the world, and their minds are very simple, plus life is difficult, it is easy to resonate.

The heroic behavior of the Janissaries and Jiannu in the bloody battle made many young scholars think wildly, and the three sides and Liaodong divided the military fields to all the people, everyone had land to plant, everyone had food, and children could go to school for free, which sounded like a Datong society, and made many people yearn for it. is Chen Zilong, who also yearns for that kind of life, although he is an official eunuch and a big landlord.

Not all scholars are landlords and wealthy households, and most of the low-level scholars have a very difficult life at home, relying on their fathers, brothers, and wives to cut down on food and clothing to barely study, and they may not be able to pass the examination for fame after reading for a lifetime. This society is too unjust and too unequal, so most people have a natural yearning for fairness and equality.

Time passed, and a large number of scholars came to Zhenjiang every day, signed up, and then were brought into the camp for training and ideological education.

Many of the scholars struggled to adapt to the life of the camp, but some of them could not adapt at all, and even made trouble, and then were unsurprisingly expelled and disqualified from registering for the exam. The performance of all the soldiers was recorded by a special person in the camp.

For the sake of the thoughts in his heart, in order to be able to see the emperor, Chen Zilong endured it hard, and comforted Xia Yunyi who couldn't bear it many times. It wasn't until the fifth day that a person came to teach, which made him very moved.

This is a teenager, named Zhang Huangyan, only fifteen or sixteen years old, Chen Zilong knows his father Zhang Guizhang, and also knows that Zhang Huangyan is a young and intelligent young man, and he is a famous prodigy in Ningbo Prefecture. Unexpectedly, Zhang Huangyan did not take the imperial examination at a young age, and actually joined the emperor's Praetorian Guard!

"In front of you, I'm just a junior, I haven't even participated in the county exam, I've been studying for a few years, and my knowledge is still far behind, so I'm not qualified to say anything to your seniors."

Zhang Huangyan was very humble, and at first he put his posture very low, but then his voice changed, and his words became intense: "But I am also from an official family, and my father is currently a member of the Criminal Department. ”

"There are countless people in the world who read books, but most of them have a common problem, many people only know that they have a home but do not know a country.

After decades of hard study, he was able to make a name for himself in the exam, and suddenly became rich and became a master, so he thought that everything was what he deserved. Relying on fame to evade the taxes of the imperial court, accepting the donation and annexing of land, lending money and maliciously merging in disaster years, using tricks and flying methods to harm ordinary people, and doing everything in the fish and meat township. If you are an official once, you will be corrupt and take bribes, and you will be an official for thousands of miles just for money, who cares if the people live or die?

Gather crowds to make trouble at every turn, and are accustomed to forming parties and associations for personal gain! If there is a slight disobedience, they complain about the world, and they don't care about the people's suffering, and they don't know that the hardships of the people's lives in the world are a hundred times more than a thousand times that of them!

For example, in this camp, the training camp is just assembling and standing in line, just queuing up for food, and just taking care of their own life, and many people can't stand it and complain.

In my opinion, many people just used to live too rich and free! If you get you to dig ore in the pit for a while, if you get you to work in the workshop for a while, if you put a ploughshare on the ploughshare to plough the field for a while, if you are included in the army and live a military life, you will not have any complaints!

I can't even bear the slightest hardship, if such a person is an official, he will only harm the people, and Your Majesty doesn't need such an official!

I can tell you that even if you pass the exam, you will need to go through several months of military training, and you will be trained like a soldier. Only when you learn to obey, know reverence, and know the sufferings of the people can you be qualified to be an official!

If you can't stand this, you can leave the camp now without having to take the test!

Don't think that you can be an official if you are well educated, in my opinion, it is more suitable to be an official if you have a good character and know how to treat the people well! According to the law, being an official is actually the easiest thing in the world, but the real difficulty is to restrain the desires in your heart, whether you have a heart for the country and the people! ”

Looking at Zhang Huangyan, who made an impassioned statement, Chen Zilong was a little stunned, he didn't expect to be taught a lesson by his nephews. However, after thinking about it carefully, I felt that what Zhang Huangyan said was very reasonable. The scholars in this world, these talented people and even scholars, aren't many of them exactly like Zhang Huangyan said?

Zhang Huangyan's words were very ruthless, and the scholars present were in a commotion, but in the end, no one took the initiative to leave. If you can get the qualifications to be an official, what is it to endure some hardships?

Many scholars disagreed with Zhang Huangyan's words, but a considerable number of them listened to it. For example, Chen Zilong was very touched after listening to it. Thinking carefully about the actions of the scholars, isn't it exactly like Zhang Huangyan said?

I set up a few societies with other scholars and joined the Restoration Society, and it seems that a group of people get together because of the same philosophy, but many of the scholars who join are more to expand their contacts and stay together, and the purpose is not really simple.

As for the behavior of the scholars after winning the examination, they were all said by Zhang Huangyan. Take Chen Zilong's family as an example, since his father was admitted to the Jinshi examination, it has really developed and has thousands of acres of land. And a considerable part of these thousands of acres of land was donated by investment, and the rest was loaned in the famine year. And after a number of Jiangdong celebrities, the major families in Jiangdong are basically the same as their own.

For the first time, Chen Zilong was ashamed of his status as a celebrity and ashamed of his wealthy life. Because he knows that every grain and every tael of silver in his family is not so open.

ps: There is one more change in the evening.