Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 659 Continuous Suppression
In the lobby of Cai's Academy, Liu Asheng, wearing a half-worn leather jacket, sat in the front row listening to Yuan Huan's lecture.

In front of him was a copy of Gongyang Zhuan, a handwritten version popular in the university town.

Suddenly the door was pushed open, and Yuan Huan turned his head to look with a bad expression.

Outside the door, snow was falling heavily. The school clerk who came in had a layer of snow on his turned-out dog-skin collar. He used a horsewhip to beat the snow off his shoulders and fur hat.

With several guards following behind him, he walked up to Yuan Huan and said, "Mr. Yao Qing, I have been ordered to arrest the criminal."

Yuan Huan frowned: "The school is a place that must not be disturbed."

"It is our duty and it is urgent."

The man responded, turned his head and looked at the more than 200 people listening to the lecture, his eyes fell on a dozen scholars who looked uneasy or lowered their heads, picked up a piece of paper and read: "Li Fu from Chenliu, is Liu An from Runan available?"

No one stood up for a moment, but the other scholars focused their attention on the two of them.

The guards immediately stepped forward and pulled the two men out from the crowd.

One of them twisted his shoulders and struggled to shout to Yuan Huan: "Mr. Yuan, save me! I am innocent!"

However, the guard beside him punched him hard in the waist and abdomen. Yuan Huan took a deep breath and said, "Is this what Lord Duan taught you?"

"Li Fu fled after injuring someone in a fight, and Liu An seduced and had an affair with the wife of a meritorious official. Is this the result of Lord Yuan's teachings?"

The school clerk asked back, gave the guard a look, and immediately turned around and handed the two of them over and walked out.

The school clerk called him back again: "Put on the hood."

The guards who came in later took out linen hoods and put them on the two soldiers. Seeing that one of them was not cooperating, he punched him again.

The scholars who were listening to the lecture stood up one after another and blocked the door, waiting for Yuan Huan's decision.

Yuan Huan asked back: "Isn't the poisoning case already concluded?"

"This is a new case. If Mr. Yaoqing thinks that I am cheating, you can go to the police station with me."

As the school clerk spoke, he put the copper whistle hanging around his neck into his mouth, as if he was going to blow it.

Since the five police booths were set up at the end of September, there have been many group conflicts with scholars.

Since the establishment of the university town, Black Bear did not appoint officials to manage it. He only sent people to count the population and cook porridge for two meals a day according to the population.

There were conflicts and disputes in the beginning, but when Black Bear was on patrol at that time, they were accompanied by Taoist priests who were good at healing injuries.

If you encounter this, if you can explain it clearly, close the case immediately; if you can't explain it clearly, just spank the person severely; it won't kill the person anyway.

After the case was fully understood and closed, new recruits began to appear at construction sites everywhere.

After that, things were basically left to their own devices, and any disputes were basically adjudicated by great scholars and lecturers.

During the period when Sanfu was first established, Black Bear conducted frequent patrols to deal with conflicts and disputes of this kind.

The handling method is simple, rough and efficient. As more cases are handled, those who dare to cause trouble in the city will either hurry up to do the work or choose to give in after weighing the cost and risk. As a result, there are fewer civil disputes.

Yuan Huan really wanted to finish the class, but he also knew that if he tried to keep the student and finish the class, the student would definitely blow the whistle.

The public opinions of these great scholars cannot affect the other party's promotion at all.

As long as the whistle is blown, the accompanying guards will definitely use force to disperse the intercepting soldiers.

After the fight, someone will be sent to treat the injuries.

Even if we defeat these people, the police will bring more people next time until we win.

It was impossible for Yuan Huan to just watch these people arrest someone and then pretend nothing happened and continue teaching.

All he could do was put his manuscript into a small suitcase and say, "I'll go with you. I want to see the details."

"it is good."

The school clerk put down the whistle and extended his arms to Yuan Huan in invitation.

Yuan Huan looked around at everyone and said, "Go and ask Mr. Song to take my place."

Several middle-aged scholars bowed and followed to see Yuan Huan off.

When they walked out of the school, they saw three or four hundred scholars gathered outside to watch. They could only watch these guards surround Yuan Huan and escort the two scholars onto the carriage.

After the five carriages were fully loaded, they drove towards the nearest police station.

Inside the carriage, the school official was quite distressed: "Mr. Yaoqing, only here do we need to mobilize so many troops to arrest someone. Elsewhere, two or three people can handle the case without any obstruction. The young and strong people in the neighborhood will also help to arrest the person."

"Hey...where is Mr. Duan?"

"Your Excellency is in the Zhongting, and I am in the Dongting."

"Please take me to Zhongting to pay my respects to Lord Duan. We will try these two people later."

Yuan Huan slowed down his tone and said, "I really don't care. God knows what I can find out from the interrogation."

Those who flee after a fight will only be sentenced to hard labor and a fine; those who dare to flee after a fight will be strictly interrogated and a group of people may be caught.

Another one was even more unlucky. The guards in the five police booths were people who served in shifts from the 100-household police stations near the university town. For cases like this, this group of people were even more ruthless.

In such a cold day, it is possible to take off all your clothes and take an ice bath.

In response to Yuan Huan's request, the school official smiled and said nothing, being very polite.

Yuan Huan was really exhausted from the capture of several scholars every three to five days. He had learned about the events in the Lantian camp and the plans to build primary schools in various counties.

Now it is obvious that the intention is to make trouble for the scholars in Chang'an, and he really has no way to deal with it.

You can't say that the Qinghua Guards are not clean. When they were selected, they were generally around fourteen or fifteen years old, and sixteen was considered old.

It's closed camp training again, so it's hard to commit a crime.

In the Central Police Post, Duan Wei was sitting by the fire reading Da Sima's newly compiled third-grade mathematics textbook, which were all crude products and were allowed to be distributed.

He planned to hire a group of scholars to copy it and send it back to the four counties of Xiliang, where he would hand it over to local officials and wealthy people for copying.

Although we cannot run a primary school, it is always a good idea to let the children from various families have access to it first.

Based on his understanding of Zhang Xiu, he knew that Zhang Xiu would also give his full support.

Perhaps part of the profits from Zhangjia Winery could be used as a regular practice to support local academic development.

The Four Counties of Xiliang are the only regions that have not yet conducted in-depth land inspections. Currently, everyone from the wealthy and powerful to the common people are actively having children.

Just wait for the land inspection and get as much land as possible.

Even the followers and servants of the wealthy and powerful hoped that the inspection would be implemented.

Once primary schools are built in various places, the land inspection and supervision power will be provided.

"My lord, Yuan Yaoqing of the State of Chen wishes to see you."

When the clerk came to the door to report, Duan Wei immediately closed the book in his hand and put it under the cushion: "Prepare the tea."

Having said that, he stood up and went out to greet him.

Yuan Huan didn't dare to show any displeasure. Even if Duan Wei didn't get angry on the spot, after a slight signal, his subordinates would catch the scholars from Cai's Academy, Chenliu, and the State of Chen and make trouble for them.

With a sad face, he followed Duan Wei inside, and after sitting down, he asked, "Mr. Duan, why are there so many cases suddenly and so frequently?"

"Before the police booth was established, the various museums mediated disputes and made big things small. Naturally, there were no cases that could concern Mr. Yaoqing."

Duan Wei said calmly, "Since the establishment of the police station, the officers and soldiers under my command are responsible for tracking down spies, but they are all from the common people, and they don't want the common people to be wronged."

Yuan Huan sighed deeply and asked directly: "Is it going to be like this from now on?"

"When the bad apples are brought to justice, peace will naturally return."

When Duan Wei saw his subordinates bringing tea, he said, "This is Lou's newly developed black tea. Sir, please try it."

Yuan Huan took the tea bowl from the clerk. It was covered tea bowl. He held the bowl holder, opened the lid and blew on the tea soup. There was no aroma of tea leaves, which was not to his liking.

Being used to drinking plain tea, he really couldn't get used to the smell of black tea.

He placed it on the table and asked, "When can we catch all the criminals?"

"That depends on the teaching methods of the great scholars."

Duan Wei picked up his tea bowl and took a sip: "I don't like dealing with trivial matters, but Your Majesty said that there is no trivial matter in governing the people. Therefore, I propose that the shogunate should set up another police station to directly manage the various capitals and road pavilions."

The five police booths in the university town are essentially just five city police booths, whose authority is even less than that of the city police booths. After all, they are not responsible for enforcing the curfew.

There is a curfew in every city, except the university town.

Seeing Duan Wei's perfunctory attitude, Yuan Huan said, "Mr. Duan, could you please make it convenient for me to sit in on the lecture?"

"It's not difficult."

Duan Wei agreed, but then said, "Originally, Your Majesty had high hopes for the university city. He thought that the scholars would be educated and law-abiding and virtuous. But now it seems that there are good and bad people. I will propose to the shogunate to assess the scholars in each academy. Those who are not qualified will only harm others and themselves if they stay here, and will also bring trouble to the upright people."

Yuan Huan felt that there was some truth to it, but weren’t the people with the worst quality in the university town the teenagers who came from various counties to eat for free?

According to their original fate, these people would not have the right to listen to lectures, come into contact with texts, or attend classes.

Although taking the initiative to clean it up now will reduce the influence of the university town, it will also make it much quieter.

Unexpectedly, Duan Wei said, "Auditors are not included in this list, so as not to discourage the pursuit of learning."

Yuan Huan asked in return: "According to Lord Duan, those who need to be examined are the scholars who have been admitted to the sect?"

"That's right. If they are not included in the gates, they are just idle people. If they break the law and are arrested by the police in the future, it will not harm the reputation of the halls."

Now Yuan Huan understood that this was to suppress them fundamentally.

The names of scholars would actually be written on the walls of each hall, and only after their names were registered could one be considered for admission.

Many scholars would register with multiple academies. After screening, the number of "legitimate" disciples in each academy would be greatly reduced. The vast majority of people would attend lectures as auditors, but would not be registered as members of the academies.

When they take up official posts in the future, they will naturally be free men, and I do not owe them anything morally.

The Grand Marshal allowed them to give lectures and also allowed others to attend as observers.

Dormitories, fuel, and rations are all provided by the shogunate. If you don't want to give public lectures, just leave.

If you gather in private to give lectures, don't blame the police in the future for catching you all and sending you all to the construction site.

Even now, the ownership of Cai's Academy still belongs to the shogunate.

(End of this chapter)