Seeing this, Chang Chengren's mouth opened slightly, looking incredulous.

Are these scholars cheap bones?

Zhao Fu arrested them and put them in prison, let them write books, and didn't give them a penny, they were still grateful to Dade?

Fantastic! It's incredible!

Side.

Wang Zhi looked at the angry scholars, but his face showed a thoughtful expression, and he asked:

"How can Zhao Baihu be kind to you?"

A scholar said loudly: "Zhao Baihu gives us food, gives us drink, and gives us pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, this is kindness!" ”

When Wang Zhi heard this, he glanced up and down at the scholar.

The shabby caftan was white, his cheeks were sunken, he was skinny, and he looked extremely poor and sour.

In an instant.

Wang Zhi understood!

These scholars can't write good books because they don't want to write well at all!

As long as you don't write well, you can stay in prison forever.

And that's exactly what they want!

"A bunch of damn things who want to eat white food? It's not that easy! ”

Wang Zhi's eyes showed a touch of ruthlessness, looked at Zhao Baihu, and ordered:

"Zhao Fu, the person with you, with a whip, looks at these scholars, every two hours, spot checks, stealing and playing tricks, whip twenty!"

As soon as this remark came out.

The crowd was stunned.

If you can't write a script, you have to be whipped.

What kind of reasoning is this?

Zhao Baihu looked at the scholar, then at Wang Zhi, his face was embarrassed, and he whispered: "Factory father, this is not appropriate......

Wang Zhi looked at him and said coldly, "What? What we said doesn't work? ”

Zhao Baihu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, hesitated again and again, but after all, he still didn't speak, just arched his hand:

"Humble duty understood."

After speaking, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at the scholar.

Seeing this, Wang Zhi snorted coldly and scolded:

"You are still a hundred households, and if you are touted for a few words, you can't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest?"

"I've been in Dongchang for so many years, and I can't even understand the four words of coercion and temptation, let's see, when this matter is over, you should go home and raise pigs!"

When Zhao Fu heard this, he gritted his teeth and replied: "The humble position is hereditary. ”

"You dog! Dare to talk back! ”

Wang Zhi's eyes widened, he glared at Zhao Baihu angrily, and said sharply: "Someone! Drag this down and whip it twenty lashes first! ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The scholars were indignant again.

"Dog gelding! In addition to bullying others, what else will they do! ”

"The new emperor ascended the throne, and my great Zhou rivers are declining, because of the reuse of your group of dog geldings!"

"Zhao Baihu, don't be afraid of him! When we leave the prison, we will definitely correct your name! ”

Rao is Wang Zhi's good temper, and he was scolded by a "dog gelding", and his heart was also ignited with raging anger.

He glared at the scholars and said angrily, "You dogs, do you know who our family is!" ”

The scholars looked disdainful, took a sip, and scolded:

"It doesn't matter who you are, you're a dog gelding anyway!"

"The Emperor's lackeys! Bah! ”

Wang Zhi was very angry with them, and said angrily:

"A group of ignorant things, the Holy One ascended the throne, for the sake of you poor people, carrying the pressure of hundreds of officials to implement the new policy, I don't know how much infamy you have beared!

It's just that you don't appreciate Dade, and you even insult the saint, it's like a wolf's heart! ”

It's okay not to mention the New Deal.

At the mention of the New Deal, the scholars were even more angry.

One by one, their eyes widened, and with murderous eyes, they stared at Wang Zhi deadly, and scolded:

"You dog gelding, you still have the face to mention the New Deal!"

"Lao Tzu has been studying the scriptures for more than ten years, and finally has some results, and he can see that he will be able to pass the imperial examination in the coming year, and the results are good......

The new emperor ascended the throne and implemented the new policy, but he actually took the imperial examination and canceled the first subject of the Ming Classics! It's so bad that Lao Tzu is full of talent, and he has nowhere to display his ......"

Speaking of which.

The scholar's eyes were red, and he couldn't help crying, and said in a trembling voice: "I have been studying hard for more than ten years!" Once in vain, you say! Who do I want to reason with! ”

As soon as the words fell.

Another scholar then said: "The new emperor implements the new policy, and he does not dare to touch the acres of the gentry and the nobles, nor does he dare to touch the seniority of the nobles of the clan, it is all tossed by the people!"

It's the Seedling Law again, it's the Conscription Law again, and I recently heard that there is going to be a farmland water conservancy law!

Forcing the people to build water conservancy, the people contributed money and effort, and in the end, the repaired canals and the reclaimed wasteland all fell into the hands of the gentry and the powerful, you say! Whom to reason! ”

"And the Qingmiao Law, what does it say that the government can reduce the burden of the people by lending grain, but in fact?

The two-cent interest stipulated by the imperial court, when it came to the locality, the government set up all kinds of clever names to raise the interest, which was even higher than the interest lent by the gentry!

If this is the case, it is enough, the people borrow grain from the gentry, at least you are willing, and they feel that the interest rate is too high to bear, so they will not lend.

And after the implementation of this Qingmiao Law, in order to complete the task of the imperial court, the local government actually forced the people to borrow grain, and forced how many people's wives to be separated! ”

"And ......"

Almost all of those who were arrested and imprisoned were poor scholars who had given up the imperial examination.

As a member of the poor people, he naturally has a deep feeling for the suffering of the people.

Because he had read some books and knew some words, he had his own understanding of the reasons behind poverty.

It is not the number of the new deals, sentence after sentence, which is reasonable and convincing.

Wang Zhi looked at the scholars who were gushing in front of him, his bearded face turned red, and he was speechless for a while.

As the admiral of Dongchang, he knows better than these poor scholars about the drawbacks that occurred after the implementation of the new policy.

That's why.

He was annoyed.

If the Holy New Deal can be implemented properly, it will definitely reduce the pressure on the people and increase the revenue of the national treasury!

But the question is......

The New Deal was good, but it changed when it came to the localities.

The officials and gentry colluded, misinterpreted the new policy, intensified the looting of the people's fat and ointment, and threw the pot to the saint if there was a problem, what can the saint do with them?

After all, the Great Zhou Dynasty is "ruling the world with scholars and doctors, not governing the world with the people"!

Seeing that the scholars were more and more excited, the more they spoke, the more angry they became.

Wang Zhi could no longer sit idly by, raised his voice, changed the topic, and scolded:

"You! Saying so much, it is nothing more than thinking about excusing Zhao Fu! ”

"It's a shame that you still claim to be a scholar, and for three hundred taels of silver, you are extremely flattering to a hundred households in Dongchang, and the eagle dog in your mouth is extremely flattering! Disgusting! Cheap! Bah! ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The whole prison suddenly fell silent.

The scholars looked dazed and asked:

"What three hundred taels of silver?"

Side.

When Zhao Baihu heard this, unprecedented shame rose in his heart.

His face was flushed, his head was lowered, his toes were on the ground, and he wanted to find a mouse hole to get into.

Seeing this, Wang Zhi immediately realized something, turned his head to look at Zhao Fu, and asked:

"You swallowed all the money your majesty had bount?"

Zhao Baihu lowered his head and wanted to argue, but he really couldn't open his mouth, and was silent for a long time before he said:

"Humble, lowly also left them thirty taels of silver......"

"Thirty taels of silver!"

Wang Zhi's eyes widened, his breathing was short, and he felt out of breath.

The saint rewarded 1,000 taels of silver, but in the hands of the scholar, there were only 30 taels left!

This is still in the East Factory, under his nose!

If this matter is handed over to the Yamen of Jinyang Mansion to handle, one thousand taels of silver will be in the hands of the scholars, and I am afraid that there will only be three taels left!

Since when did the court rot like a dry country?!

"You! You guys! ”

Wang Zhi pointed at Zhao Fu and Chang Chengren with a trembling hand, so angry that he couldn't speak.

Side.

When the scholars saw this, they all understood.

It turned out that His Majesty's reward for them was three hundred taels, not thirty taels.

The two hundred and seventy taels were privately swallowed by Zhao Baihu in front of him!

"No wonder Zhao Baihu left in a hurry every time he appeared, it turned out that there was a ghost in his heart......"

Come to think of this.

The scholars all raised their eyes to look at Zhao Fu, their eyes were complicated, and they didn't know what to say.

At this moment, Zhao Fu lowered his head, and he could also feel the disappointment of his gaze, converging on his body.

recalled that these scholars had defended him in every way just now.

He felt like something was burning in his heart, tingling.

After more than ten years as an official, he felt for the first time that he was really not a thing.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Zhao Fu felt that every moment standing here was a kind of torment.

Finally, he could no longer endure this unspeakable torture.

Mengdi raised his eyes, looked at Wang Zhi, and said in a mournful voice:

"Damn it!"

There are no superfluous words.

In the next second, he suddenly moved and slammed his head against the iron door on the side.

Bang!

There was a muffled sound.

Zhao Fu fell straight to the ground and passed out.

In an instant, a large bag bulged on his forehead.

Obviously, the injury was not light.

When Wang Zhi saw this scene, he sneered in his heart and secretly ridiculed:

"A hundred households in Dongchang, an eagle dog in the imperial court, was touted by a scholar for a few words, and he couldn't recognize his position clearly, and he learned Qingliu to play the set of crashing into the pillar and dying, which is ridiculous!"

He snorted coldly, didn't bother to care about him, looked at Chang Chengren on the side, with ridicule in his eyes, and asked:

"How do you feel when you see this?"

Chang Chengren replied seriously: "Zhao Baihu is ashamed and brave, and he is really a model for his subordinates. ”

Wang Zhi took a deep breath, resisted the urge to slap him, and asked, "Then why don't you learn from him to hit the pillar?" ”

Chang Chengren said: "My subordinates are afraid of pain." ”

As soon as this remark came out.

Wang Zhi couldn't hold back any longer, went up and gave him a kick, and scolded: "Something like a dog!" Talk nonsense! ”

"Go and get a whip for our family, according to what our family said, look at these scholars, within seven days, they can't write a good book! We've cut off your head! ”

After speaking, he looked at the scholars with complicated expressions, and said loudly:

"We'll tell you the truth! This was originally to be printed by His Majesty in the Great Weekly Monthly! Whoever wants to write well will be chosen by His Majesty and will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver! ”

"The writing is a little worse, but it can be targeted, our family pays out of our own pocket, chooses three people, and rewards a hundred taels of silver!"

"As before, those who are perfunctory will not only have to be whipped, but also stripped naked and hung on a tree!"

"We know that you scholars, you have the best face, what to do, you weigh it yourself!"

"Don't think that our family is scaring you, our family is the commander of Dongchang, and the leader of the eunuch party in your mouth! Forcing our family to be anxious, our family can do everything! ”

After speaking, he glanced at the scholars present, waved his big hand, and turned to leave.

The scholars looked at his back and looked at each other.

After a moment, he sighed, sat back down, picked up the pen, and began to write.

It is said that human potential is unlimited.

If you don't push it, you never know how much talent you can use.

This sentence is very appropriate for scholars.

Just three days.

The scholars in the edict prison have written a lot of wonderful words, although they are still a lot worse than "Nie Xiaoqian", but they are printed in the newspaper, and there is no big problem.

The script was presented to Emperor Zhou.

He picked two and threw them to Hongbunkan.

Another three days.

The Great Weekly Monthly is officially launched!

Meanwhile.

Tang Yixue and Tang Rou came to Jiangyue Pavilion in Jinyang City.

Almost at the same time.

A newspaper printed with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" - "Jiangyue Tabloid" became popular in Jinyang City without warning.

............

Half a month later.

Jiangyue Pavilion, a certain wing.

The little maid Yu'er looked at the newspaper in her hand that was ready to be printed, her face was puzzled, and she couldn't help but ask:

"Young master, what is it...... Spread into acres? ”