Chapter 1125: The Inevitable Growing Pains

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A group of people looked at each other in dismay.

Why does this name sound like a Longyan?

Good heavens!

Following that, these people all took a deep breath one by one.

Could it be that the Young Master is already so powerful that he has extended his schemes and strategies all the way to America?

Powerful!

This is truly powerful!

"Beat Liu the Vice Minister to death!"

"Drive him out of Longyan!"

"Traitor!"

"The tragedy of Longyan, the tragedy of Longyan indeed!"

When the first Simplified Chinese edition of the "Three Character Classic" was released in Longyan, the atmosphere across the entire nation exploded instantly.

It was too fast.

It was truly too fast!

The implementation of this matter had not even passed through the parliament or the approval of the Cabinet.

This infuriated quite a few people; what happened to the promised fairness, what happened to the promised democracy?

Just like this?

Liu Zheng naturally had his own reasons.

Currently, the parliament and the Cabinet have not yet been fully established.

Therefore......

The matter of Simplified Chinese does not need to be passed by the Cabinet for the time being.

Moreover, the main body for this matter should be the Hanlin Academy, and Chen Qian came out at this time to bear the immense pressure.

"What on earth is going on with this Simplified Chinese?"

In the streets, people had already begun to discuss it.

The level of education in this era is such that even in the Capital, one cannot say that everyone is literate.

So, once this announcement came out, many people gathered together to watch and discuss.

An old scholar, hearing this, angrily rebuked: "Perverse and regressive, perverse and regressive! It is simply the tragedy of Longyan! A regression of culture, a collapse of civilization!"

This old man resonated with quite a few people.

As long as they were scholars, they all held this view.

Why?

In the entire Longyan today, how many people have studied hard for ten years in the cold window? Including this white-haired old man before them.

He is already over sixty years old this year, yet he still has not attained the life he wanted.

But.

At the very least, he is still a scholar!

As long as he is a scholar, his status is higher than those Commoners!

As long as he understands the Sage Books, and as long as he is better than others, he will have a meal to eat!

Seeing the implementation of the Imperial Examination, it gave them a chance to make a name for themselves! It gave them a chance to enter the hall and ascend to the room!

But now......

With Vernacular Chinese coming out, these people are opposing it in every way, criticizing it in every way.

And now you bring out Simplified Chinese!

Doesn't this mean that everyone can study?

If that is the case, what advantage do they, these scholars, have in this society!

How will they be able to act superior in the future!

How will they be able to rely on teaching to make money in the future!

How will they be able to use "zhi, hu, zhe, ye" with others to show their own extraordinariness in the future!

This impact is truly too great.

They have already seen that Simplified Chinese version of the "Three Character Classic"!

Let's put it this way.

As long as someone puts in a little effort, they will be able to read in the future!

"Absolutely not!"

This is absolutely not allowed!

Yet, among the crowd, those who were illiterate were amused.

What does that mean?

Does it mean that Vice Minister Liu invented a special kind of writing that allows them, people who have never studied, to understand the Four Books and Five Classics and the Sage Books?

"Damn, is that for real?"

"This......"

"Doesn't this mean that we can also study?"

"Hahahaha, Gousheng, you'll be a scholar too from now on!"

"Hahahaha, from now on I can write my own couplets?"

"That's right, no need to look at the faces of those sour, stinking scholars anymore!"

These people are, in reality, the main body of society.

It remains the same saying.

There are too many people who are illiterate.

Therefore, they expressed strong welcome toward this kind of script.

"Come, come, come, the Hanlin Academy is giving out books for free!"

"The Hanlin Academy is giving out books for free!"

"Anyone who is interested can come over and collect one!"

Following the issuance of the announcement, the Hanlin Academy also set up a table nearby.

They began to shout in various ways.

Free?

It doesn't cost money? At this, the people became even more excited.

Where else could there be such a good thing?

Copy after copy of the brand-new, Simplified Chinese version of the "Three Character Classic" was handed out.

The old people, women, and children on the street—as long as they were people, everyone got one.

They began to be full of joy.

"Put them down!"

"Put them down!"

"You bunch of Commoners, what right do you have to study! This is blasphemy, this is blasphemy, this is a blasphemy against scholars, a blasphemy against the old masters, a blasphemy against the Sage Books!"

Watching these brand-new books being distributed into the hands of this bunch of lowly people, these scholars could no longer restrain themselves; they lunged over like madmen and snatched those books from the hands of these people.

This gave these people a fright, their faces changed slightly, but they dared not retort.

Because in their upbringing and cognition, those who knew characters and could read were masters; when facing these people, they naturally felt their own status was humble.

Facing their anger, they were somewhat afraid.

Snatched away.

The scholars snatched all the books away.

"Waa waa waa..."

Some children who were unwilling to let go were scared out of their wits.

They were pushed to the ground.

But the expressions of these scholars had already become ferocious. They didn't care about whether you were a woman, an old person, or a child.

The scene went crazy.

Some people were beaten, some were pushed down.

Some were already covered in blood.

"Damn it! You bunch of animals!"

These honest people also began to get angry.

Everyone knew that the appearance of Simplified Chinese was originally a good thing. It could allow more people to become literate and learn, enlightening people's minds, so that the level of civilization could be greatly improved.

Why did you have to block it?

Isn't it just because it threatened the interests of you scholars?

Isn't it just because you can no longer bully people with the status of a scholar from now on!

Look at those faces of yours!

"We cannot let Vice Minister Liu ruin the country, Vice Minister Liu is ruining the country!"

"Look, these Commoners, these lowly people, they have all started, started to bare their fangs!"

The scholars were all enraged as well.

The old man from the very beginning even let out a loud cry, accelerated, and then slammed fiercely into the stone platform over there, dying on the spot!

Because he knew that if this Simplified Chinese came out, then his own life would be a completely failed one.

A failure for his whole life.

He hadn't caught up with anything.

He hadn't become an official, and the Imperial Examination hadn't changed his fate either.

But despite this, he could still manage to scrape by; he could still teach others to read, but what about now?

Sorrow.

Tragedy.

Once Simplified Chinese appeared, he had absolutely no way to survive.

Someone died.

At this, the scene became even more chaotic.

Those scholars, as if they had found a spiritual pillar, began to snatch books, tear books, and beat people.

"Vice Minister Liu..."

At this moment.

Not far away, inside a Horse Carriage.

Liu Zheng quietly watched the chaos at the scene.

It really is...

... a worry.

He had long known that this matter would be very unfair to some people.

Those who emphasize the class distinctions of "Scholar-Farmer-Artisan-Merchant" and have struggled their whole lives for them.

This is a malady of history.

To clear it away, growing pains are inevitable.

He took a deep breath.

"Call the Guard."

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