Volume 1: Jiangzhou Chapter 37: People's Heart(1/2)
Free admission? Such exciting news spread throughout Jiangzhou Prefecture in an instant. Similarly, the Qingzhou Prefecture Office received the information the next day.
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The Qingzhou government office looked at the creed on the table with a livid face.
It’s Jiangzhou Prefecture again…
The Qingzhou government office gritted its teeth, what was he going to do?
Compulsory education, school-age children must go to school. Who stipulates this? Our Zhou Dynasty has not had this rule for more than 300 years. How dare he do this in a small Jiangzhou Prefecture?
"Come here!" Zhang Feng, the magistrate of Qingzhou Prefecture, was furious at this time. When Ling Xin'an found the spiritual vein but refused to report it, he felt angry, and then he massacred the wealthy and prominent families in Jiangzhou overnight, which made him even more angry.
Zhongfeng, now, actually introduced compulsory education, which not only made him feel ashamed and angry, but also made him laugh at himself.
"Go to Jiangzhou Prefecture's Yamen Ling Zhian to meet with me immediately," he shouted.
"yes!"
Soon, Ling Xin'an received a letter from Qingzhou Magistrate Zhang for an interview, and Duan Qing looked a little ugly.
He has been running the temple for many years. Generally speaking, it is rare for the prefect to ask the government officials below to meet with him. Either the imperial court has issued an edict, or something big has happened.
Obviously, Ling Xin'an's establishment of a school completely made the Qingzhou prefect feel that this matter was extraordinary.
Little did they know that at this time in the Jinling Palace in Kyoto, a secret report was quietly placed at the top of a group of secret letters. The black and gold pattern exuded a cold light.
A white hand picked it up and opened it gently. After a long time, there was a chuckle.
The next day, during the daily court ceremony, the officials of the current Zhou Dynasty stood respectfully on both sides of the hall, and with the sound of the emperor's arrival.
Everyone knelt down in admiration and shouted: "Long live my emperor!"
"Ping Shen!" As a peaceful voice sounded, everyone stood up one after another.
The current emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is sitting above him, with a pair of bright eyes as deep and vast as the sea. Sitting there, he seems to be there and in the sky. The endless aura fills the entire hall, and there is a silent pressure.
Dispersed in every corner, no one can raise their head and look directly at the current Holy One.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say." A man in his fifties stood up first.
"Prince Su, what are you going to do?" the chief supervisor's light voice sounded.
"I report to Jiangzhou Prefectural Government Ling Zhi'an that he acted recklessly, despised the imperial court, and taught privately. He even forced school-age children to attend school. I have here a memorial from Qingzhou Prefectural Government Office Zhang Feng, which describes in detail the Jiangzhou Prefecture Government Office.
Ling Zhian's various behaviors are not tolerated by the laws of our Zhou Dynasty."
"Accurate!" followed by the voice of the Ouchi manager.
The voice of Governor Su sounded: "Ling Zhian, the governor of Jiangzhou, despised the imperial court. He first massacred local prominent families, but spared the thugs who assassinated him. Then he secretly hid his spiritual veins, but was unwilling to contribute to the imperial court. Now he openly builds a school.
, destroying the centuries-old tradition of the Great Zhou Dynasty and offering free admission, please ask the Holy Spirit to judge this person and restore the purity of our Great Zhou Dynasty."
Su Jishi's words floated in every corner of the hall, and all the courtiers could hear them clearly.
Looking at him, there were some who agreed, smiled, thought deeply, and were indifferent. More people looked at a certain figure among the civil servants.
The hall fell silent. The Taifu at the front fell asleep again due to his age. The Taibao stood beside him, his head lowered and silent.
"My dear friends, do you have any objections?" The Holy Lord's light voice sounded.
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Of course, Ling Xin'an didn't know what major events were happening in the imperial court. He only knew that now he had to face his boss, the Qingzhou Prefecture's prefect Zhang.
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Magistrate Zhang slapped his angry palms on the table and chairs, and his chest heaved violently because of his anger.
"You, a Lingfu yamen, actually set up a school without permission. Do you know that this is contempt of the imperial court and disregard of the king's laws?"
"My lord, I wonder what crime this official committed?" Ling Xin'an said calmly.
Looking at Ling Xin'an, Magistrate Zhang didn't know why he was so angry. The other four states under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou Prefecture had always lived and worked in peace and contentment, and had never heard of any riots.
"To set up a school is to show contempt for the imperial court. In the more than three hundred years of the Zhou Dynasty, we have allowed private schools to be set up, but we have never allowed government offices to set up schools."
Ling Xin'an said calmly: "I have searched through all the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, and I can't find any laws that do not allow government offices to set up schools."
Hearing this, Magistrate Zhang's eyes widened and he was so angry that he couldn't say a word.
"The last time we massacred a wealthy family in Jiangzhou, why didn't you inform me in advance?"
"They assassinated Xiaguan many times and put him to death. They attempted to kill the imperial official. He should be killed. Xianguan did not feel the need to inform you, Your Excellency."
"Multiple assassinations?" Magistrate Zhang sneered: "Why do I only know that a mob attacked you that day, causing you to fall into the water, and then you healed for more than half a month, and then another mob surrounded the government office, and even alerted the garrison soldiers."
"It is true what your Excellency said. However, these subordinates found out that the mobs attacking the official and besieging the government offices were all from wealthy and distinguished families. The subordinate also investigated carefully and only after the evidence was conclusive, they all were arrested. As for the attack
The leader of Xiaguan, Xiaguan was also executed during the autumn harvest, your Excellency can go and investigate."
Looking at Ling Xin'an who was chatting eloquently, Magistrate Zhang's eyes revealed a hint of fierceness, and he pressed his palms hard on the table, revealing his veins.
Seeing this, Ling Xin'an said: "Master Zhang, could it be that among the wealthy and distinguished families who were killed by the official, there are relatives and friends of Master Zhang?"
Magistrate Zhang stared at Ling Xin'an for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said: "As the Third Young Master of Ling Mansion, I have seen it. Now that I understand it, I will wait for the Supreme Lord to decide this matter."
Ling Xin'an bent down and saluted: "I'm going to take my leave!"
After that, he slowly exited the gate of the magistrate.
Soon, Ling Xin'an's figure disappeared from sight, and Magistrate Zhang's expression was gloomy and uncertain.
Bang bang bang...
After he tapped a few times, four people slowly walked out behind him, and they all bent down and saluted: "I pay my respects to the prefect."
"No need!" Magistrate Zhang said: "Everyone, what do you think of Jiangzhou Government Office?"
The four people looked at each other. They were the current government officials of the four states. Among them, the Ezhou government official thought for a while and said: "Master Ling has the world in mind and benefits the people. This is a good thing."
The other three people also nodded.
"Hmph, killing wealthy families is also benefiting the people?" Magistrate Zhang said angrily.
The four of them immediately shut up.
Looking at the silent three people, Magistrate Zhang also knew that he was out of shape and said: "Everyone, please go back. I hope you will think twice about what Jiangzhou Prefecture did and not imitate it."
"I understand." The four of them replied immediately.
"Let's go back!"
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When he came here in a hurry, Ling Xin'an didn't pay much attention to the scenery on the road. On the way back, Ling Xin'an slowed down and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way, especially the beautiful scenery of the rippling blue waves on both sides of Jiangzhou, which made him intoxicated.
Looking at this pure natural beauty, Ling Xin'an almost cried.
This is the first time he has traveled far away since he came to this world for more than half a year. As a government official, he has no orders. Unless there is some important event, he can hardly leave his place of responsibility. In addition, as soon as he came to this world, he was busy
Standing firm and gaining a place in this world faster, he was so busy that he forgot that he could still enjoy the beautiful scenery.
The beautiful scenery along the way made Ling Xin'an almost cry. This world is so beautiful, so beautiful that people don't want to wake up. Only those who have experienced the harsh natural environment of another world and face such pure natural beauty here can
There is such emotion.
Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian looked at Ling Xin'an's expression along the way and couldn't help but feel worried. They had never seen Ling Xin'an in such an emotional state, laughing and crying at times.
When she was about to return to Jiangzhou City, Ling Xin'an finally calmed down. No one knew that along the way, besides being fascinated by the beauty of this world, Ling Xin'an was thinking more about her relatives in her own world.
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Now, we finally have to slowly and completely bury them in the depths of our memories and face the cruel reality of this world.
The issue of compulsory and free schooling has been spread throughout the streets and all the people are discussing it. Those who agree and oppose are more worried about the fact that women can also go to school. This has become a problem in the eyes of many farmers.
A shocking event.
As soon as Ling Xin'an stepped into the city, she was discovered. A voice came from nowhere: "Master Ling, Master Ling!"
Suddenly, the lively street fell silent for an instant, and then all eyes turned towards Ling Xin'an. Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian next to him were surrounding Ling Xin'an.
"Lord Ling, are everything you said true?" A commoner asked as he approached the three men on horseback. Soon, the surroundings were filled with people, and more and more people were rushing towards the three of them.
Ling Xin'an looked at him and said, "Of course it's true."
"Then the girl can also go to school?"
"This is true too!"
"Sir, why do you let girls go to school?" someone shouted dissatisfied.
"What's wrong with the girl? The girl is also a citizen of my country, why not?"
"But sir, it has been said since ancient times that it is a virtue for a woman to have no talent. Sooner or later she will get married. A married woman is like water thrown out by her child. Why bother?" someone else said.
Some even said: "Girls go to school, who will cook food for us, raise pigs, and work in the fields?"
Immediately, there were discussions all around, and many people nodded in approval.
Ling Xin'an looked at everything in front of her, as if she was seeing history, but the history of another world. When everyone's discussion became more and more intense, and when they were about to get into a fight, someone finally woke up. Master Ling was still on the horse.
Without saying a word, the whole street slowly began to quiet down, looking at Ling Xin'an, expecting his words.
To be continued...