When the county priest heard that the two adults had come to inspect the county school, he hurriedly wiped his face with a wet cloth, put on his official uniforms neatly, and then went to the middle hall to greet him and invited the four of them to their seats.

"Recently, my husband has been disturbed by foreign affairs and has been unable to concentrate on teaching, which is really hard. It just so happens that Supervisor Chen is here today, and you don't have to say anything to him. The prefect pointed to his comrade Chen and smiled gently.

After hearing this, he straightened his beard and looked at his comrade Chen with an extremely embarrassed gaze: "Master Supervisor, since the edict of the Holy Lord, the yamen has urgently ordered officials to prepare for the expansion, and expand the number of students, intending to admit more students to enroll; However, after discussion, the squire who managed the school field did not agree, saying that this would cause the cost to rise sharply, and that the land rent would not be enough to maintain the operation, and finally the county lord personally intervened, but it was useless, so he could only delay, and was even ready to compromise with them. Today, with the order of Yan Xiang, you will definitely be able to make a conclusion for the next Ming Xuan. ”

Comrade Chen rolled up his sleeves, coughed twice, and seemed to be ready to answer, but was suddenly interrupted by two clerks: "Don't worry about the teachings, Yan Xiang has already given a clear order, telling me to wait for death to carry out the new policy." Lord Chen, deal with these stubborn villagers, be merciful, give them some color and take a look, and they will all be settled! ”

Fellow Chen glanced at everyone's faces, and then smiled: "Teaching, you see, the two secretaries are fully supporting you, what else do you have to embarrass about?" Futai, please call all the squires, I want to hear their explanations. ”

The prefect of Jinan's face suddenly became gloomy, he hurriedly lowered his head, and only replied 'yes', but his head was cranky.

There are two squires who were appointed to manage the study field, one is named Hu Zhizhang, who is a member of the imperial court of Zhishi, who is 67 years old this year, and his family is very wealthy, and he has countless fields, but he has always respected scholars and restrained villagers, which can be described as a local village sage. The year before last, in order to give himself a good reputation, he donated more than 40 acres of fertile land under his name, and managed tenant farmers for it, levied rent rice, and also reaped some benefits as a reward for himself.

Compared with it, the other one is much inferior, just a fallen talent, surnamed Yan, named Laifu, who has not much practical learning, relying on the ancestral business left by his father, and being a rich man in the countryside. Because he saw Hu Zhizhang donating land and gaining fame and fortune, he was very angry, so he sold 40 acres of land to the county school, and was also appointed by the local government to manage the rent of this piece of land.

The two of them came to the hall one after the other, and the two clerks stared at them with angry eyes, and without even blinking, they watched them sit down on the circle chairs; Yan Laifu noticed their demeanor and rolled his eyes unconsciously.

"The villain is a village man, and he doesn't know the truth of the country," Hu Zhizhang said cowardly with a wooden crutch, "I only know the water and soil of one side, and I have never measured the grace of heaven." If the new policy is really beneficial to students all over the world, I should give up my hands and obey orders; If not, we will not be able to comply. ”

"I said Hu Laocai," the clerk glanced at him, "What do you mean, Yan Xiang still wants to harm the students of the world?" Less of this! The new policy is the emperor's policy, and if you want to oppose it, it is to resist the holy decree! ”

"Two adults, I am an unofficial person, I dare not resist the decree, but I am afraid that there will be villains to cover Shengcong, and I will use the power in my hands to shout five and drink six, and make a good national policy into a miasma!" Hu Zhizhang didn't raise his eyelids, just gasped for breath and shouted angrily.

"Okay, everyone has their own opinions, everyone has their own opinions, this is a good thing, why attack each other?" Comrade Chen looked at both sides and said, "Besides, a few mouths can't get any results, everything has to be evidence." Take out all the books in the ledger and make sure you understand them. ”

The priest immediately went to the compartment and took out the account books, and placed them one by one on the round table in the middle for everyone to see.

Comrade Chen held up one of them and said: "The rice collected every month is calculated as sixty-eight taels of silver, and the school's monthly expenditure is only nineteen taels, and there are forty-nine taels left, which is very profitable." According to the reasons mentioned earlier, the cost problem is actually not big. If you build four or five more schools, plus a few dormitories, the cost is completely affordable and there is no pressure at all. It's even as big as Fuxue. ”

After hearing this, Hu Zhizhang's face turned a little pale, and he looked at Yan Laifu face to face.

"How about it, do you have any excuses?" The clerk asked, pointing to their noses.

Fortunately, Hu Zhizhang's mind turned faster, he immediately thought of an excuse, and replied: "The old man was afraid of dealing with trouble with the government before, so he found a reason to prevaricate. I'm afraid that after you expand the county school, you plan to start with social studies and righteous studies, and at that time, if you recruit so many peasant children to go to school, you won't be cultivating anymore, and sooner or later the fields will be wasted! ”

How did we ever mean that? All...... It's all your conspiracy and speculation! The clerk blushed and said, "We will pack a ticket for you, and we will point to this new policy until the end, and it will not offend your interests!" ”

"What do you mean by our interests?" Hu Zhizhang's crutches slammed on the ground twice, "As a local gentleman, the old man should stand up for the sake of the people of Qufu!" There is a distinction between learning and farming, and if you want to make all the peasants enroll, wouldn't it be a reversal of the order! When the time comes, all the fields and acres of the world will be wasted, and the state will be more and more exhausted, can you bear this responsibility? Dare to take it? ”

Yan Laifu saw him pressing step by step, and at this time he also came to the momentum: "No matter what, as a local squire, we should take the responsibility of protecting the people, if we want to kill, we will kill, if we want to chop, if we want to kill, we will not live, and we will fight for a hundred generations!" ”

A scrivener was so anxious that he slapped the table and swept down the table full of account books: "We are here by order, do you want to resist the order and disobey it?" Such a serious crime is enough to behead you all over! ”

"What about copying and copying homes?!" Hu Zhizhang was so angry that his hands kept trembling, and he looked at the book office with angry eyebrows.

"Everyone, let's dissipate our anger, dissipate our ......" The prefect, who had not spoken all this time, spoke, he had no interest in the scolding of these people, and secretly glanced at his comrades Chen - he understood that only this person could decide the current situation.

"You're all not very rational anymore," Comrade Chen smiled as if nothing had happened, "and he spoke in a hurry. It's better for me to go back to the house to discuss it first, and then talk to you tomorrow. Let's calm down. ”