I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 186 I would rather argue with the King of Hell all night than argue with Su Jingming

Suburbs.

The hot summer wind made the hut at the registration office of Baijia College rustle.

More than three hundred scholars all bowed their heads and remained silent.

At this moment, they could no longer look directly at the glorious t-shirt on their bodies.

In the past, it was a symbol of scholar status.

At this time it has become a fig leaf.

The scholars standing here are all here to "step on Su Liangbo's reputation."

They thought they were reprimanding Su Liang and Cao Yi for the sake of the dignity of scholars in the world.

Never thought.

The dignity that he was proud of was severely trampled to the ground by Su Liang.

If you are good at learning, you will become an official. There is nothing wrong with it.

But without learning, he only wants to become a scholar and is unwilling to do other things.

Eating soft food, loving fame and wealth, being vain, and doing nothing every day will be destined to be useless and achieve nothing.

Historically, celebrities have always earnestly encouraged scholars to learn.

Su Liang was persuading them to give up studying.

Su Liang is not preaching the theory that reading is useless.

But in the current Song Dynasty, there are more than ten million scholars, and only a few hundred people can win the exam every three years.

It's not the material, the one who can't bear the hardship.

There is no need to deceive yourself and others, hide in your own illusions, and waste your time.

this moment.

Not only the scholars, but also the people watching on the sidelines understood Su Liang's words.

In a word.

"If you don't have the ambition to study hard and don't have the talent to get on the list, it's better to take off your shirt and find another way out."

Although Su Liang's words were unpleasant, they were true and directly hit these people's weakness.

The leader Liu Dong lowered his head.

How could he not know the level of his own poetry?

He just wanted to try his luck.

Maybe someone recommended him for an official position because of his willpower to "write a thousand poems in five years".

Su Liang shattered all his illusions at once.

at the same time.

Some tabloid writers later compiled Su Liang's words.

Among them, a writer from Liu's Bookstore drafted all the titles.

It's called: "Su Liang Encourages All Students to Abandon Learning".

Su Liang looked at the scholars and asked, "Do you want to argue again? If you think what I said is wrong, you can prove to me that you are not a waste."

The word "waste" hurts people to the core, but there is nothing they can do.

Su Liang was qualified to scold them like this.

They were able to talk eloquently in front of a group of illiterate people, but in Su Liang's eyes, they were useless.

Even if they had a poem or an article that became famous, they would not be humiliated like this by Su Liang.

Some scholars were still unconvinced, but had no words to refute.

Immediately.

The scholars turned around and walked back to the city.

Seeing the scholars walking away, huge cheers came from the interviewers around them.

Cao Yi, who was lying on the horse, looked at Su Liang with admiration on his face and murmured: "If I had such eloquence, how could I receive such a beating from the stick!"

……

Early the next morning.

A tabloid titled "Su Liang Encourages All Students to Abandon His Doctrine" was selling like hot cakes in the streets of Bianjing City.

People were rushing to buy, and it was very lively.

As far as the common people are concerned, they are most disgusted with this kind of idle and unlearned scholars.

Posturing is of no use to the country or the people, but they still show off at every turn, pretending to be scholars who have read poetry and books, and looking down on the people at the bottom.

For a time, this type of scholar was almost like a street rat, and everyone looked down upon him.

The entire Bianjing city also began to discuss this matter.

"What a beautiful scolding! They are useless scholars. They are talking about those useless scholars who have no chance of passing the exams and waste their family's money. Some of them are even just prostitutes wearing t-shirts!"

"It makes sense. Those scholars drink tea in teahouses during the day and go to restaurants to have banquets at night. They have no time to study. They should be scolded! If these people are officials, they must be black sheep!"

"I would rather argue with the King of Hell all night than argue with Su Jingming."

"Haha... These scholars are really stupid. The students in the Imperial College can't even scold Su Jingming. They dare to go to Su Jingming to cause trouble. They really don't know how to live or die."

"What a scolding. They are just a bunch of liars who cheat on women by cheating on them. They just use t-shirts to disguise themselves as scholars!"

"I would rather fight with the Khitan thieves than quarrel with Su Jingming."

"My silly sister, you should sever your relationship with Liu Shimei tomorrow. He is taking advantage of you and flirting with other women. He is using you!"

……

The impact of this tabloid was huge.

At noon that day, some long-term scholars at the inn packed their luggage and prepared to return home.

This group of people did not qualify to take the provincial examination next year.They just held on to their illusions and were addicted to the extravagant life of Bianjing City, but after reading Su Liang's words, their mentality completely collapsed.

Of course, there are also those who disagree with Su Liang's words.

They felt that Su Liang had ruined their livelihood.

There are also scholars shouting: Don't bully young people into poverty, and then study hard.

……

This tabloid quickly spread to various government offices in Bianjing City.

It even spread to the palace.

After reading it, Zhao Zhen felt very happy.

The current young scholars in the Song Dynasty are indeed too comfortable, and he is happy to see these people have a sense of crisis.

Su Liang's scolding was justified.

Nowadays, the number of officials in the court is serious, and the number of officials will definitely not be expanded in the future.

If all scholars are chasing the iron rice bowl of the imperial court and do nothing else, it will be a huge loss for other industries.

Su Liang's move actually saved a large number of scholars who "had illusions and insufficient knowledge."

This group of people returned to their hometown.

Being a scrivener or a shopkeeper is actually much better than the average person.

As for the officials in Bianjing City, they admired Su Liang very much. Originally, the saying "a useless scholar is a scholar" could easily arouse the rejection of scholars and scholar-bureaucrats all over the world.

But Su Liang's explanation convinced everyone.

Su Liangzhi's words offended some scholars, but won the hearts of the people.

Xia Song was so angry at home that he threw away more than ten pieces of porcelain.

Su Liang has now become synonymous with "the wise minister of the Song Dynasty".

Officials are praising it, Taiwanese admonitions are praising it, and the people are praising it, and they are almost praising it to the sky.

The higher Su Liang's position and reputation are.

Xia Song felt that he was getting closer to the time of release.

He had been in court for decades, and for the first time he felt so helpless and helpless, being crushed by a young man in all aspects.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu, Su Liang's biggest fan, wrote an article with a stroke of his pen.

It's called "On Persuading You to Take Off Your Shirt".

This article starts from the current overall situation of obtaining official positions through the imperial examination, tells the tragedy of the lower-class scholars who "cannot change their official clothes all their lives", and persuades some scholars who have difficulty in entering the official career to find another way out.

"Don't cover your shame with a letter, don't deceive yourself with a robe. A scholar has no bones and has no worries about the country and the people. He is not a man."

"There is only one chance of getting an official position through the imperial examination. Don't regard it as the only one you can get in this life."

"If you know that white clothes are with you for the rest of your life, it is better to abandon your literary career and find another career. If you enter an official career for power, wealth and sex, it will be like facing an abyss. It is better to abandon it..."

……

Ouyang Xiu's article is quite high.

After Zhao Zhen read it, he directly issued an edict, ordering Kaifeng Prefecture to publish this article in the Kaifeng Prefecture Newspaper, and ordered all prefectures to print and reprint it.

If Su Liang's "Education on Encouraging All Students to Abandon Learning" is regarded as the popular attitude, then the "Education on Encouraging People to Take Off Their Tie Shirt" published in the government newspaper belongs to the attitude of the imperial court.

The meaning is completely different.

This means that the imperial court is also aware of this abnormal situation among the scholars and wants to rectify the scholars in the world.

……

In the next few days, the scholars in Bianjing City became honest and diligent.

The best proof of this.

In the Goulan tile houses, restaurants and teahouses in Bianjing City, there are obviously many fewer customers.

The few who were missing were the group of scholars who were scolded by Su Liang.

Some repented and began to study hard; others packed their bags and returned to their hometowns.

Also.

Su Liang's scolding also brought some negative effects to him.

Some people who knew Su Liang met him on the street and did not dare to answer him, so they just turned away and left.

Because some people spread rumors.

Su Liang patrols the streets to discover problems in people's lives. Once he finds that some people have bad habits, he will yell at them.

What’s even more funny is——

Some common people will mention Su Liang when coaxing their children.

"Stop crying. If you continue to cry, Su Jingming, the beheaded censor, will come over and scold you!"

As soon as these words came out, the child immediately stopped crying.

There were even some beggars who made a jingle that described Su Liang, "I would rather quarrel with the King of Hell all night than argue with Su Jingming" and sang it on the streets.

This made Su Liang dumbfounded.

In Xixia, he got the reputation of beheading the censor, and he was also known as "swearing officials and scholars" in the eyes of the people.

I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of this "notorious reputation" in this life.

……

And the following days.

With Su Liang's scolding, the recruitment of Baijia College became very popular, and several very good prospects were obtained.

This made Su Liang and Cao Yi very happy.

When the Baijia Academy is officially launched, they will surprise everyone around the world.

(End of this chapter)