However, what surprised Yang Feng was that the counterattack of the civil servants began the next day.

Xuande Gate.

"I actually beat the drum?"

Yang Feng stood on the city tower and looked at Dengwengu on the west side of the Yu Street in front of the door with interest.

At this time, thousands of scholars gathered in front of the big drum that reached Tianting. Not only were they from Bianliang City, but also a large part of them rushed to support them from around Bianliang. After all, most of the scholars in Bianliang City who dared to oppose the national sect were still surrounded by the Taixue. The court located in Daxiangguo Temple was still interrogating and making judgments day and night, because there were too many, it would take ten days and half a month to finish the trial. However, those who had been reviewed before had already started to load ships to Hainan Island. According to Yang Feng's estimate that Hainan Island would be considered to be a huge crowd after this incident.

But the scholars around Bianliang were still very powerful, especially with the destruction of the Jin army, the holy religions that were originally trapped in Bianliang City began to spread rapidly around Bianliang, and then...

Then the conflict between the two sides intensified.

Although the Holy Church is based on Taoism, the idea of ​​equalizing the fields is directly poking the gentry's lungs. If it weren't for the boss of the Holy Church that was too terrible, I would have urged local officials to be wiped out. But even if the gentry hated them, under the suppression of the terrifying force of the National Master who killed nearly 6,000 Jin troops by himself, he knew that it would be a pity for him to jump out.

Just look at Du Chong to know.

The head of Du Zhizhou is still very fresh.

So those scholars from all over the country who were persecuting scholars in the city, as well as Li Gang and Zeng Mao's dismissal, became their means to show their strength to the national teacher, or they used it as a gun, and then the remaining people in Bianliang City, plus the scholars from recent counties outside the city rushed into Bianliang and ran to beat the drums to argue for Li Gang and Zeng Mao. It was useless to claim justice for Du Chong. Du Chong did massacre refugees in Cangzhou, and many of these refugees were originally from Cangzhou, but they went to Yanshan Prefecture a few years ago and then came back. Even so, a large number of them were killed by Du Chong as suspected of spies, and even the elderly, weak, women and children were killed. Even the history books added a word "Nothing" to him.

The national teacher did not wrong him at all.

Of course, he would not die if he was normal. Maybe he would be demoted to the top. After all, he was to prevent someone from being an insider for the Jin army.

The methods are a little cruel.

But for civil servants, this is understandable.

It is impossible for him to kill those gentry. Those who have something to do with the rich businessmen are nothing more than killing some poor people like grass. Even if someone sues it, it will be symbolic punishment, demotion to him and transfer him to another place to work. In short, this is enough. It is too exaggerated to ask him to pay the lives of those thousands of refugees!

After all, he was also a Jinshi.

The Song Dynasty only produced tens of thousands of pillars of such a pillar in more than a hundred years. How could it be killed just because of a small mistake?

But even this is not easy to argue with him.

The focus of these scholars is Li Gang and Zeng Mao. As for those who were killed on the guillotine and exiled, this is not easy to make a case of grievance. After all, they are involved in the case of rebellion, and the case of killing two emperors, and even involving the content of surrendering to the enemy and treason. It is a bit exaggerating to complain to these people. At most, the civil judges who tried this case have poor levels of judgement and ruling to kill too much, but calling for these people is politically incorrect.

"Gong-gong Li serves the king for thousands of miles, is loyal to the Song Dynasty. He once made the king love the people as his son, guarding the lonely city to resist the Jin captives. Why did he abolish it for a small reason? I will ask the Empress Dowager's official family to argue for the wronged two kings!"

A scholar shouted before climbing the drum.

"Yes, we ask to see the Empress Dowager's family make an appeal to the second prince!"

The scholars before him shouted in unison.

However, they were useless to beat Dengwen Drums, and Dengwen Drum Court was no longer there. Yang Feng used the excuse that the Four People's Congress and Dengwen Drums Court overlapped. In an extraordinary period, in order to save money and grain to protect the army, the Dengwen Drums Court temporarily revoked and sentenced the Dengwen Drums Court to still be in the Imperial Academy waiting for disposal!

It would be useless for them to knock again.

However, it is obvious that these scholars did not think of knocking out the Empress Dowager's official family. They used this to attract onlookers and create momentum. As expected, with their shouts, more and more onlookers gathered around. Because Yang Feng had already ordered the opening of the Imperial Street, and the Dengwen Gu itself was on the Imperial Gate, so this area is very suitable for crowds to gather, and it can be said that it is crowded. The scholars also felt the taste of the people who are esteemed to guide the country, and then the content of the publicity began to change, and they began to criticize some of the court's policies, and by the way they began to have bad comments on the national teacher. It is obvious that they also wanted to use this to expose the true face of the national teacher and keep the people in Bianliang City open their eyes.

"Master, will you drive them away?"

A disciple beside Yang Feng said.

"Turn away? No, we need to be tolerant, they have not violated the law!"

Yang Feng said casually.

He is tolerant, but it does not mean that there are ordinary people outside. More than 70% of the people in Bianliang City are his followers, which means that 70% of the people watching at this moment are his followers. These people are very enthusiastic about him. These scholars dare to criticize him, which is basically the same as when they call them a certain saint among some people.

At first, the onlookers just debated with them, but it was obvious that both sides talked about the same thing, and the scholars' ways of sages and their quotations of national teachers were completely inconsistent.

Debate suddenly turned into quarrel.

The argument suddenly turned into a push.

Pushing suddenly turned into fighting.

In a blink of an eye, there was a melee in front of the drum. The scholars and the believers of the surrounding national masters immediately wrestled together, and then the scholars were flooded in an instant. After all, they were at an absolute disadvantage in number. As for their combat effectiveness, they were not opponents of the believers of the national masters who had experienced the Bianliang Street Battle. They soon appeared on the wide imperial streets. These guys were beaten to the point of bruises, their clothes were crooked, and they were stumbled, and they were stumbled and cried. They ran away desperately among the believers of the national masters who were still chasing and beating. However, most of them were pressed down by the oncoming national masters and followers, and then they were beaten and kicked. However, these believers were all old and very sensible. The law of the Song Dynasty was considered to be injured when it was bloody. It was not a matter of bruises and swollen on their bodies. Don't break your nose, break your fingers and pull off people's hair.

"Haha, this is a unique scenery!"

Yang Feng said with a smile as he admired the battle in front of the Imperial Street.

"National Master, why is this?"

At this moment, a gentle voice sounded behind him.

"The Queen Mother!"

Then there was a tribute.

Immediately afterwards, a little luoli ran to him and watched the scene of the melee between Yujie and Street.

"The Queen Mother is just a private fight among the people, and the military police are going to stop it."

Yang Feng said to the Empress Dowager with a smile.

The military police are his Liujia soldiers.

The function is equivalent to the armed police, and in the future it will be promoted to various places, directly affiliated with various punishments, while the yamen runners of Kaifeng Prefecture are equivalent to police officers. The two families are jointly responsible for the public security of Bianliang City. However, the defense is led by the newly established Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards are organized into one army, with four brigades stationed in the outer city and one brigade stationed in the inner city. The other armies no longer belong to the imperial guard system of Bianliang, but become the Great Song National Defense Forces affiliated to the Commander's Office.

"This, aren't these Confucian scholars? How do they beat Confucian scholars?"

The Queen Mother said in surprise.

"Empress Dowager, can't Confucian scholars fight?"

Yang Feng lay on the railing and looked at her and said with a smile.

"Or, is there any difference between Confucian scholars? They are just literate. In the past, it was indeed amazing to read. After all, reading costs money and costs a lot of money. Books are rare. In the Tang Dynasty, books were copied by hand, and it was not possible for anyone to copy them. Only by being good and favorable, the collectors would not easily take it out. They had to be their own relatives or friends. Even if there was a bookstore for sale, it would be expensive and even some poor families could not afford them. In this case, ordinary people would not have seen a book like this, but even if they saw it, they might not have seen a book like this.

But what about now?

How much does a newspaper outside cost?”

Yang Feng asked his disciples.

"Return to Master, a single tabloid is worth a penny."

The disciple said.

“How many words are there?”

Yang Feng asked.

"It's hard to say, many of them are painted, but there are always hundreds of words in a picture."

The disciple said.

""You see, a penny can give a person the opportunity to learn hundreds of words, and how many words are often used? At most, thousands of words. As long as someone teaches and is willing to learn, any person can take the newspaper he bought with the money and learn to write hundreds of words. There is also paper. In the past, there was no paper, so the words needed to be written on bamboo slips or even on cloth. Although papermaking was in the Han Dynasty, the cost of paper was still very high. But now? You can buy a piece of paper with hundreds of words printed on it and a picture printed on it.

Technology progress has reduced the cost of studying to a level that an ordinary person can afford. As long as there are enough teachers, we can make everyone in the world literate.

So is there any difference between them?

They were indeed different in the Han and Wei dynasties, and even in the Sui and Tang dynasties, but by the development of technology in our Song Dynasty, the reduction in the cost of literacy had already brought the gap very close, and movable type printing made the cost of literacy almost low to the point where everyone could bear it. If everyone could read, would they be different?"

Yang Feng said.

The beautiful young lady and the queen mother looked thoughtful.

"Empress Dowager, you have to understand that as long as the people have enough food and clothing, they will not rebel, and they will not want too many things. But these people are different. Their thoughts are still stuck in their superior era when they think that the emperor and the scholars and officials rule the world together. They create all kinds of ropes to trap the emperor, and even dare to change another emperor for their own interests. Why should we continue to tolerate such people?

We have to let them know…”
Chapter completed!