The alien world is too fierce, I will go back to reality to show my sanctity

Chapter 23 Brainwashing An Zisheng

Shangyang County!
Change the world!

The rebel team finally broke in.

As early as the day before, the county magistrate ran away, and a few hours before the rebel army was about to arrive in the city, those officers and soldiers turned into robbers and robbed the city wantonly. The property is out of town.

It was easy for the rebel army to take over Shangyang County. Compared with the last frantic plunder of the officers and soldiers, these rebel troops did not plunder the wealth of the people after entering the city, but maintained the order of the county.

After a day, the county finally settled down.

Lin Ye walked out of the room, walked to the study, opened the door, An Zisheng glared at him.

"Shameless, traitor, traitor..."

Lin Ye took the ball of paper from An Zisheng's mouth, and the guy immediately began to curse, the saliva was about to spray on Lin Ye's face.

"The rebels have entered the city, you can leave now."

When An Zisheng heard Lin Ye's words, his whole body was like a discouraged ball, and his energy was gone.

"Rebellion... The rebel army has entered the city, and the people of Shangyang County will suffer. I, An Zisheng, read the books of sages, and read the books of sages!"

An Zisheng murmured at first, but later he swears. He looked at Lin Ye with an even more cannibalistic look. Lin Ye felt that if he untied this guy now, this guy would jump up and bite him like a dog.

"One leaf blinds your eyes, you are indeed reading sage books in vain."

Lin Ye slapped An Zisheng on the back of the head very unceremoniously. An Zisheng felt the pain and looked up angrily with grievances.

"You think what you know is true, let me tell you, it is the officers and soldiers in your eyes who robbed the shops in the county before the arrival of the rebels, robbed a lot of money and left regardless of the people's life or death, and in your eyes the same as the robbers The same rebels, but after entering the city, order was maintained."

An Zisheng listened to Lin Ye's words and stared at him suspiciously, obviously he didn't believe what Lin Ye said.

"I don't even bother to lie to you. You can go out and see for yourself, and ask the people in the city if what I said is true."

Lin Ye untied An Zisheng from the rope, but An Zisheng did not rush towards Lin Ye, and said angrily, "I will ask. If I know you lied to me, I will make you pay even if I die."

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An Zisheng walked out of the courtyard, but was confused by the scene on the street at a glance.

He read books of sages and sages, books about the rise and fall of history, and whenever he mentioned rebellion, it described where the rebels went, the people suffered, and every house was closed.

But on the street in front of you, the people didn't seem to be in the slightest panic, walking in twos and threes, talking and laughing.

Did he lie to me that the rebels never broke in?
Yes, it must be so.

An Zisheng felt that his judgment was correct. It is very likely that the rebels changed direction and did not come to Xiangyang County, which is why the people are so relaxed.

Thinking of this, An Zisheng walked quickly to the street, stopped a passerby, and asked, "May I ask if the rebels have changed direction?"

The people glanced at him, and said angrily: "What rebels, they came to rescue us, if they hadn't come, the city would have been in chaos long ago, those green-skinned hooligans took advantage of the big officials and officers and soldiers to escape, and all of them took advantage of them to escape. They came out and robbed."

"The county magistrate fled. How is this possible? The county magistrate said that he would live and die with the county."

An Zisheng trembled all over. When he was studying in the school, the county magistrate came to the school to encourage these scholars and talk about the character of the literati. Later, when there was a rebellion in Sanhe County, he went to the county government to ask to see the magistrate. Tell him in good words that as a local parent official, he will live and die with Shangyang County.

"Coexistence and death are farts, reading is stupid, the county magistrate has already run away, and those officers and soldiers are worse than bandits, and they plundered all the shops in the city before they escaped. It is not a thing to make a set of one set.”

The passer-by took a sip and left, leaving An Zisheng standing there with a dazed and helpless expression.

Everything is different from what he imagined.

"No...it's not like that."

An Zisheng stopped another passerby. A few minutes later, he stood on the street in a daze.

"Do you know why? Because everything you know about the rebels comes from those gentry and dignitaries. For these people, the rebels are hateful, as inhuman as bandits, but for the poor and ordinary people Said that the rebels came to rescue them from being exploited by the landed nobles."

Lin Ye appeared behind An Zisheng, saw An Zisheng turned his head, and continued to ask, "Do you know why a dynasty can only last for a hundred years or at most a few hundred years?"

"Because the emperor lost his morals and the bureaucrats were corrupt, the common people were in dire straits. People with lofty ideals rose up and rebelled, and everyone responded, gathering from all directions," An Zisheng replied.

"Wrong, the real reason is that no matter which dynasty or emperor came to power, they failed to manage the bottom. The imperial power does not go to the countryside, and the officials and lords stay in the county government. The official is the chief."

"Isn't this always the case in all dynasties? The people in the country haven't read many books. It is most appropriate for the village chief and squire to take charge of the management." An Zisheng retorted, because that's what the book said, fooling the people, fooling the people, telling them what is in the book These people don't understand the truth, as long as the head of the village conveys the policy promulgated by the court.

"It is precisely because of this that no dynasty can last for a long time. It can only last for a few hundred years at most. The Jing Dynasty existed for 400 years. When it was destroyed, Emperor Wenzong was called a rare diligent and wise emperor. The Liang Dynasty existed for 360 years. The last Emperor Chengzong rectified the administration of officials, but he still failed to prevent the collapse of the dynasty."

Regarding the history of the different world, Lin Ye also read many history books during the time he was imprisoned, and he knew some historical deeds of the previous dynasties. He cited these two dynasties and the last emperor. As a scholar, An Zisheng naturally understand.

"Then can you tell me what caused it?"

An Zisheng asked back. So many great Confucian scholars in the past dynasties failed to explain clearly, so he didn't believe that Lin Ye could explain clearly.

Lin Ye smiled, Xiao Mian, if it were me, I would not be able to explain it clearly, but I stood on the shoulders of giants.

"Because the imperial power does not go to the countryside, because every dynasty has never really cared about the people at the bottom." Lin Ye thought of the research of a certain scholar he had seen, and directly copied: "Every dynasty prospered at the beginning, then It is because the war has just gone through, the population is small, and the land is large. Everyone has land to divide, and the common people will not go hungry. In case of disaster or illness, in order to survive, they can only sell their land to gentry landlords, and then become tenants.”

"From the royal family to officials, no one cares about the life and death of these tenants. Just like you scholars, you claim to read sage books every day, and you say that you are the people-oriented, but the people in your mouth are not the poor people, but the poor. Refers to those sages and gentry in the country."

"The reputation of an official is in the hands of the virtuous gentry of the village, because poor people have no access to officials, and the evaluation of officials by the imperial court is only at the first level, so the so-called parents and officials love the people like their own children. These sages and gentlemen from the countryside, the officials are always good to these sages and gentlemen for the sake of their reputation. The sages and gentry are desperately exploiting the low-level people and plundering their land, while praising the officials, the officials and the squires are very happy. No one will care about the life and death of the real bottom people."

"I want to refute me, but I think I'm wrong." Seeing An Zisheng opening his mouth to refute, Lin Ye sneered, and said, "Take you as an example, you are a scholar, and even if you haven't obtained any honors, your understanding of the rebels Only listen to those gentry, if you have achieved fame and become an official, surrounded by officials and gentry, it is even more impossible to listen to the voices of the people at the bottom, revel in the rivers and seas woven by the squires and landlords, and think yourself Good officer."

"It is because of officials like you who think they are benefiting the people, coupled with those corrupt officials, that all dynasties can only last for hundreds of years."

An Zisheng pouted, and wanted to say something a few times, but he found that he couldn't refute. He is a scholar, and he understood some truths as soon as he heard them. Scholars all over the world have never thought about it this way.

Because when they were studying, even if they were poor scholars, they were kind when they came into contact with the squires, and they even donated silver taels to them. Take his school, every year the squires donated hundreds of taels of silver for Given the expenses of buying the Four Treasures of the Study, how could it be possible for them to think that these squires are bad?
An Zisheng knew that if there hadn't been this rebellion, if he really got the honor and went to work in a county, because of his good impression of the gentry and the sages, he would really be deceived by the gentry as the person in front of him said.

Seeing An Zisheng doubting his life, Lin Ye was also happy. What he said was only the superficial reason. The actual reason was insufficient productivity. It's useless for an upright official to have peace in the world.

Once the world is peaceful, the common people will desperately give birth to offspring. When the population is too large and the land is not enough, conflicts will still erupt.

"Thank you for teaching me."

After a long time, An Zisheng suddenly saluted Lin Ye as a teacher, and said seriously, "If it weren't for Mr. Lin, I, An Zisheng, would not have realized this truth even if I had read sage books all my life."

Lin Ye accepted An Zisheng's gift sharply, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, now that you understand the truth, then do what you have to do, I still have things to do."

An Zisheng saluted again and turned to leave. Lin Ye looked at An Zisheng's back as he left. This scholar is indeed an interesting person.

(End of this chapter)