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Chapter 30 - Deceiving Two Disciples
The two devils boasted about Europa, while Old Han Lin angrily smashed Hundred Blossom House. Such an interesting story only took one night's worth of effort to spread across the entire Beijing. Beijing was evil, there were no secrets that could be hidden, not to mention such a dramatic story, it was even more captivating.
”Masters, are you all drinking here?”Aiya, it's Master Gao. Good morning, you're so lucky …” Have you heard? Hanlin House's treasured blade has yet to appear in Hundred Flowers Tower when she destroyed Alone overseas … ”
”Aiyo, that Han Lin is so strong? Could it be that it is Wang Shizheng … Aiya, if it was him, it would be hard to avoid, who in the capital would bring up the Wong Lao-Han Lin, you can't pick on Big Bull … ”Have you heard? When Old Han Lin saw His Majesty, he returned the favor …”
”Tell me, do you think that Alone overseas Xiao Letian can continue to write this down? ”During this period of time, I've watched 'The Journey to the West' four or five times. Even if it's just a mythical act, I'm still thinking about the rest of the story …”
”Forget it, don't even think about it. I've already been appraised by Old Han Lin. This book can be considered to be completely useless.” ”It is said that old Han Lin has spoken. If a scholar dares to read this book, they must attend to him until he loses his official position …”
”Tsk tsk tsk, this book is really good enough. What a pity …” ”Aiyo, I forgot about one thing. I heard that Alone overseas said last night that they created a flying ball in the sky and a ship made of pure steel. They could even go underwater …”
”Yes!” Not only that, there were even the thousand mile sound transmission magic treasures and the machine guns that could fire tens of thousands of bullets in an instant … ”Aiyah, you really can live for nothing …”
Just as a few of the tea house's old men were drinking and talking loudly, a cold snort came from the table behind them. ”A bunch of countryside savages …”
A few of the old men who were happily chatting immediately stopped chatting at that moment. Who was the one who picked up on this? Come out and let me train … Aiyo, look at my blind eyes, I should have taken them off, isn't that Elder Liu! Lucky for you, please serve my fragrant tea. This is a proper Da Hong Pao! ”
The few men who were just about to get angry turned around and their faces immediately changed. At that moment, one of them kneeled down and took out some good tea from his bosom.
It turned out that the flagman's teahouse at that time was the same as some people's smoking habits in the future. If he went to the teahouse and all the old buddies met, then there would be no need to be polite and no need to dress up. However, all of them were holding tea leaves in their arms. If they really met a big shot, they had to quickly change their teas.
In Xiao Letian's previous life, there were also many smokers who kept two boxes of cigarettes, one for 4 or 5 yuan and another for 20 or 30 yuan. The reason was the same.
The one who was honored as Master Liu was not an ordinary person, but was Prince Kung Yi? The sixth wife and brother of the housekeeper! This relationship seemed to be a little complicated, but the moment he said it, he understood it immediately. The steward of the estate, as well as the younger brother of the sixth concubine, was none other than Lord Liu. Now, under the care of his brother-in-law, he was in charge of purchasing vegetables from the Prince's Mansion.
”Seeing that you guys are all rather respectful, let me tell you all the truth.” Don't look at how fierce Wang Hanlin and the others were. They were all corrupt and deceitful people who didn't understand the economy. What they said were all lies. This Alone overseas was a truly capable person. My prince hasn't slept a wink during this period of time, what do you know? ”It's just that I've watched and drank strong tea throughout the entire night …”
”Actually, I also don't believe that the earth is a ball, but I heard the prince say that the ocean people can only travel in one direction while riding a ship, and that they can return to their starting point. On this point, Xiao Letian did not lie to them. As for the other things in the book, I'm guessing that at least eighty percent of them are real … ”
”Aiya!” The teahouse was suddenly in an uproar. Master Liu was very proud of this feeling of being the center of attention, so he unknowingly added a few more sentences, ”Actually, what do those corrupt scholars know? The adults of our Great Qing have long believed what the foreigners have said, it's just that they don't say it on the surface. ”Even our empress dowager and emperor are reading this book …”
With a boom, the teahouse completely exploded. No wonder the Beijing didn't have any secrets, just based on the quick mouth of this bunch of old men, most likely the commoners would know what the His Majesty ate in the morning.
Although Beijing and the other leaders spoke very quickly, they were indeed talking about the current situation of the Great Qing Dynasty. Not counting the ordinary people who could not read, the educated scholars were now divided into two factions.
The first batch consisted of corrupt scholars like Wang Hanlin. They stubbornly clung onto the saint's classic and refused to let go of it. They did not even believe that the Earth was round and basic. This kind of people filled every county in the Qing Dynasty, and basically all of the lower literati were in this camp.
The other group was the powerful ones. For example, Six Yi, the devil who represented the Great Qing Dynasty to negotiate with the English and French? Although they were small in numbers, they held the power of the whole dynasty at the top, and they were able to accept Western ideas.
But for the sake of the stability of the state, and for political reasons, these leading authorities obviously accepted the knowledge of the West in their hearts, but adopted an ostrich policy and pretended that the problem did not exist, that it was neither certain nor negative, and pretended to be confused. In any case, he was still the head of the annual Imperial Examinations.
”An ancient empire, because of its unusually large body, any changes would be earth-shattering. ”Brother, I only wrote such an incomplete essay, yet I was attacked by a group of corrupt scholars. Do you think it is possible for the upper echelons to fully implement Western education?”
In the back garden of the Fan Manor, Xiao Letian set up a table for a feast and invited Luo Hao and Wen Xiu. During the conflict last night, Xiao Letian could tell that the two of them were truly able to accept his thoughts, and the majority of the remaining people were fence-sitters.