I am engaged in construction in ancient times

Chapter 89 Making Trouble

As early as when Duan Shubai sent troops to Yuanzhou, those scholars who saw the situation was not right and were committed to being loyal to the emperor and patriotic had already left Yangzhou. As the saying goes, people with different ideals cannot work together. Duan Shubai did not force them to stay. If they wanted to leave, he did not make any difficulties or persuade them. He sent them away peacefully.

No matter how talented they are, if they cannot be used for their own purposes, it is meaningless to keep them. It may be like marrying off a daughter. They may become enemies after staying.

This is Xinyang City. To be honest, Duan Shubai does not like those conservative scholars who stay here.

It's a pity that the talented people who can write poetry and songs are not as good as the craftsmen who are good at building water conservancy and digging ditches, the farmers who work hard in the fields, and the porters who move bricks and cut wood in the mountains.

Only in the prosperous times can these people who are good at poetry and songs play their role of being rich and idle and chanting merits.

What he needs is the kind of young scholars who travel around, understand the people's sentiments, have broad knowledge, and can do practical things.

If they are full of "empty talk" about benevolence and righteousness, send them away early.

The man who was arrested was named Zong Zhonghai. He was arrested from Mao Changlin's home. He was arrested because his words were too inflammatory, as if he was going to hold a rally in Xinyang City to overthrow the rule of the city lord Duan Shubai.

It's a pity that no one listened to him. Zong Zhonghai was too emotional, and he felt that he was the truth. He was the clear stream in the muddy water. It can be said that the whole world is muddy and I am the only one who is clear.

Mao Changlin was sweating profusely. He shouldn't have invited this good friend to come. He originally wanted Zong Zhonghai to come and see the current situation of the people in Yangzhou. They live and work in peace and prosperity. Their lives are many times better than before. He hoped that he would stay in Yangzhou and be loyal to the general together.

However, Zong Zhonghai was stubborn. His purpose of coming to Yangzhou was to incite him to rebel and ask him to go to Rongzhou to be loyal to the little emperor, restore the royal orthodoxy, and be loyal to the emperor and the country.

Mao Changlin was a good friend of Fu Qianxi. After Zong Zhonghai was arrested, Fu Qianxi ran to Duan Shubai to intercede for him: "Zong Zhonghai has some reputation in Xuanzhou. If he is detained by force, it may lead to gossip and arouse dissatisfaction among students."

Duan Shubai nodded and smiled, "I don't plan to keep this young angry man. Didn't he say he wanted to go to Rongzhou? I'll give him some money and send him to Rongzhou to serve the court."

Duan Shubai looked at Fu Qianxi in front of him and suddenly felt lucky that he had met this man before. Although he was a little unconventional, he had a lot of friends and knew all kinds of people. More importantly, he was not pedantic.

If he waved the flag to rebel, he would support him with drums and gongs behind him. People he knew also had this idea.

This solved a lot of troubles for him.

Yangzhou is located in the southeast, and people here don't have much loyalty to the emperor. The further north you go, the more the imperial power restricts people's thoughts, so that the rebels in the north want to create a puppet emperor to appease the people. Nie Kun in Rongzhou wants to dominate, and he also wants to coax the fleeing emperor who lost the capital and start a rebellion in his name.