After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

Although the assistants who traveled with Pei Jiaoran were not powerful in Jianghuai, they were more or less related to the wealthy families in Longxi, Shandong. The wealthy families in the north despise the wealthy families in the south. This has happened since ancient times. The relationship between the two parties, which started when they crossed south from Yongjia, could not be considered harmonious.

Therefore, when Pei Jiaoran spoke up, the Ministry of Industry officials echoed with special force, "Having no consideration for the people's sentiments, disobeying government orders, and using public affairs for personal gain should be punished by Wei law!"

More and more people agreed with his words, and the people passing by also stopped to look at the group. Pei Jiaoran looked calm and suddenly sighed. She used the hands of her assistants to create momentum. As for what will happen next and what she will say, it all depends on whether these people can understand her meaning.

He rode his horse again and ran in the direction of Zihua Temple. Compared with the bustle before, the temple now looks much deserted.

Gu Xun and Lu Rui, who were following behind, looked at each other. When Lu Rui shook his head, Gu Xun's eyes showed worry. Although no one from the Gu and Lu families currently holds office in the three provinces, they still know a little bit about the trends in the DPRK and China. After thinking about it carefully after going back that day, I also understood the motivation behind Pei Jiaoran's words.

He had expected the group today, and she was not satisfied with their attitude. The attitude of each family is ambiguous, and no one has actually sent anyone to the post house. Although she invited them again, he still didn't understand what Pei Jiaoran thought of them. However, Pei Jiaoran's question just now made him see some flaws.

So Gu Xun looked at Lu Rui meaningfully, "It seems there is no way to escape."

"It's difficult..."

As if he heard their words, Pei Jiaoran's eyes fell on the two of them, and his thin lips slightly raised.

Zihua Temple is deserted. Even the so-called divine envoy in the temple stood lazily at the door. Hearing the movement, he opened his eyes and saw a huge team standing in front of him. He stood up to greet them with smiles on his face.

Avoiding the envoy at the door with a look of disgust, Pei Jiaoran chuckled and said, "I'm not here to worship God Zihua." Then he turned to look at the people behind him, "Does any of you or your family worship God Zihua?"

Zihua God has followers all over the place, and its temples are no worse than Buddhist temples. Most of these obscene temples were built with funds raised by local people, or financed by powerful township parties or even aristocratic families. The completion of every obscene temple is accompanied by the desolation of the land. The uncultivated land fell into the hands of powerful families, and the landowners became landless. Therefore, some powerful families, even if they have no interest in the gods enshrined in the temple, still pretend to believe in them.

Now Pei Jiaoran is trying his best to destroy the temple of obscenity, but it is difficult to do so due to different conditions in different places. Coupled with the vague attitude of these people, who knows whether they will defect in the face of battle.

After hearing this, Gu Xun stepped forward and said: "In the declining world, people tend to believe in ghosts, and fools like to seek blessings. Now is the time of peace, and a gentleman should keep the right path at heart."

After speaking, Gu Xun quickly looked at Shen Yunzhou. I just hope he can take the next words. Everyone relies on Jianghuai for survival and has been here for hundreds of years. Although we have seen imperial officials abolishing obscenity temples with great fanfare in the past, as long as local officials support them, obscenity temples will slowly revive again. Anyway, the death of people in disasters is just a few words in the history books. Preserving one's own strength is the most important thing. After all, having land means wealth, and wealth can support one's connections. Only with these can we build the foundation of the family's strength.

However, just as everyone was thinking about it, they heard Pei Jiaoran sneer and said loudly: "The chariots and horses are accompanied by slaves, and they are all in strange shapes. The gangsters are doing it, and they are afraid of them. They walk in fear of others. The big one is a cow with spine; the second one is a pig, and the small one is like a pig. Dogs, chickens, fish, and squid are not recommended. Drinking wine and sacrifices are not enough for the family, but not for God. If you are not slack in the court, misfortune will follow, and the children will tend to the chestnuts. Sickness, death, and mourning, and the gangsters will not be able to eat. That’s the time! If you confuse yourself and live your life, return it all to God.”

Pei Jiaoran paused at this thought, frowned, and then said: "The gods in these temples are all made by the people, but they fear him and respect him, even if they do not hesitate to wrong themselves, and they do not lack the supply of clay sculptures and wood carvings. Respect. There is nothing wrong with heaven and earth. What is sad is that the people do not know that this thing can only be rewarded, not blindly believed. How can it be worthy of their sacrifice?" After saying that, Pei Jiaoran turned to look at the crowd, with determination in his eyes, but his tone was quite easy-going, "It takes a hundred years for Wei Wu to come out. I don't know how many people are willing to follow Wei Wu for the country today? How many people are willing to be ignorant people."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone frowned and said nothing, as if in deep thought.

What Pei Jiaoran just recited was the essay "Wild Stele" written by the former poet Lu Guimeng. The whole poem not only disdains the wood carvings and clay sculptures enshrined by obscene priests, but also satirizes the civil servants and generals who had their corpses in the late dynasty. She had just recited the second paragraph. At the end of the first paragraph, she satirized the poet and laughed at himself. He erected a monument for the wild temple not because of virtue, but because of sadness. The people tried their best to worship the wooden and clay statues of the wild temple. .

However, although Lu Guimeng came from a bureaucratic family, he relied on farming as his occupation. Although he called himself a hermit, he also had the world in mind. It is precisely because of this that he was able to mourn the people and use wood carvings and clay sculptures as salvation in "The Wild Stele". He also saw clearly that the officials in the previous dynasty were worse than the wood carvings and clay sculptures.

The aristocratic families present all know the dangers of the obscene temple, but they also know the huge benefits behind it. Because the idle land of the prostitutes can be taken into their pockets, the people are displaced. Even if they have self-knowledge, as long as they move around, the household registrations seen by the court may not be true. And the land they own will become more and more abundant.

They had wavered a few days ago, but today they wavered even more.

The court has no other intentions. Your Majesty just wants to carry out the obscene sacrifice. The obscene temples harmed the people and poisoned their lives, which are recorded in history books. Those in the Six Dynasties who had selfish agendas have been completely crushed by the cruel world. It just so happens that there is such a good opportunity now. Are they going to do what they did before and put themselves on the road to death just for the sake of temporary gains?

Pei Jiaoran's question just opened the door of the noble family. They suddenly discovered that there was a people-first principle behind the suppression of obscene priests. And this line was dug out from the depths and appeared naked in front of them. They have to look directly at this concept that every dynasty and every generation must follow. Giving up the maintenance of the obscenity temple, no longer being ambiguous in attitude, and safeguarding the interests of the people are not only facts they need to face, but also the political beliefs and symbols they need to understand if they want to have a smooth career in the future.

If they still disdain this, then they will be no different from those wood carvings and clay sculptures with corpses lying bare.

Shen Yunzhou in the crowd wiped the sweat from his forehead. He originally thought that Pei Jiaoran was treating others as pawns, while he was a bystander. Never thought that everyone present today would be pawns on her chessboard, and that the object of her game was not here, but in distant Chang'an. Today, everyone has a chess game in her hands. How to play this move, where to play it, and whether it can surround the opponent. It was never something they considered.

Pei Jiaoran knew that these people had their own thoughts. It is not an easy task to unify the ideology and create a common concept for such a group of people. But if she doesn't do this and doesn't let them express their attitude, then these people will stab her with their knives in the future.