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Chapter 107 Different Choices, Dire Consequences

Those opposition members who were dispersed and resettled, living alone.

It is even possible that, under the subtle influence of the words and actions of those around them, they will gradually let go of their resentment towards the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army, and eventually wholeheartedly submit to them.

For example, aren't many scholars in the countryside already applying to join the agricultural cooperative, hoping to become village chiefs?

Perhaps, this army that saves the people can really take over the Ming Dynasty?

Those who haven't truly joined the system, or are still in the assessment stage of the agricultural cooperative, or haven't truly joined the agricultural cooperative and become its members, may still have many doubts.

However, once some of them actually joined the peasant commune, they immediately put aside their previous doubts.

This militia has even mastered supernatural powers; how could ordinary national forces possibly withstand them?

Therefore, after joining the agricultural cooperative, these people immediately and completely change their attitude, devoting themselves wholeheartedly to their work, hoping to become the village chief and then rise through the ranks.

Moreover, as educated people, they would inevitably surpass ordinary farmers in terms of knowledge and experience, and their consideration of issues would be more comprehensive.

Therefore, once they get serious and work wholeheartedly, they are indeed better and more methodical than those old farmers who have only learned a little bit of literacy when it comes to many constructive issues.

Naturally, under normal circumstances, as long as those scholars do not engage in any excessive behavior,

Local officials still prefer to divide and subtly influence them, and then recruit them.

Of course, there are some special groups of people who are not included in this consideration for the time being.

Those are the family members of those whose homes have been confiscated; they are required to undergo labor reform.

Whether they harbor resentment or have already repented, we'll have to wait until their labor camp sentences are over before making any decisions.

The area where they were located was basically covered by a large area of ​​gray and black mist.

Therefore, even in the area surrounding the capital of Lintao Prefecture, which is under the jurisdiction of a dynasty, there is still a considerable amount of gray and black aura, so there is really no need to make a fuss.

However, what is worthy of the dynasty's attention is naturally different.

With the implementation of various new policies, many privileges of scholars were removed by the dynasty.

This forced many scholars to take up jobs.

Of all these options, the one that most appealed to scholars was teaching in a private school.

Because they had to maintain the aloofness of scholars, they could only rely on tuition fees from the village to make a living, and their lives were actually very hard. Naturally, they had a lot of dissatisfaction with the rule of the People's Salvation Army.

As for charging more tuition fees
Aloof scholars would disdain such a thing.

As for not being high-minded
Why would I mind joining a farming community and becoming a village chief for a better life and a better future?
Inevitably, those aloof scholars and teachers will mix their own personal opinions into their teaching when instructing students.

In addition, most students are young children with blank minds, making them highly susceptible to external influences.

Even if the elders in the family strongly support the People's Salvation Army, their thoughts will still be skewed due to the influence of the teachers after spending a long time in the private school.

There were even many children who began to feel some dissatisfaction with the People's Salvation Army.

And that's what the dynasty wouldn't allow.

You scholars may be dissatisfied with the People's Salvation Army, and may even resent the dynasty.

However, one cannot pass on one's distorted ideas to those innocent and adorable children.

In fact, at the very beginning, because the private schools were scattered and fragmented, the dynasty didn't really pay much attention to them.

Later, after learning about the situation of these scholars running private schools, the dynasty had the idea of ​​establishing its own schools.

And we hope to actually implement this plan, in order to absorb these intellectuals into the Salvation Army system from another perspective.

The dynasty even covered part of the teachers' salaries, so that they wouldn't have to worry about making a living and could teach more diligently.

Indeed, some scholars did develop a degree of goodwill towards the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army.

While teaching, I started teaching normally, and even if I complained sometimes, it was within an acceptable range.

However, there were also some people who, despite receiving salaries and wages from the People's Salvation Army, showed no gratitude whatsoever.

When talking to outsiders or among themselves, they would even say that the dynasty still had a people's army to save the people, and that they were insulting the scholars with these filthy money.

However, in reality, they never missed a penny when receiving their wages, and they spent it with a clear conscience.

If they were simply teaching properly, the dynasty wouldn't care.

Just like in later generations, many ordinary people complained and were dissatisfied, but as long as their behavior was not excessive, no one would care.

The dynasty generally had this attitude towards disgruntled scholars: as long as you were doing your job and expressing your dissatisfaction, it didn't matter.

Even their complaints, grievances, and other negative emotions would be used by the dynasty.

However, the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army's lenient attitude of not restricting speech only emboldened them, and they began to spread anti-Salaryation Army rhetoric in schools.

Furthermore, it should be understood that the Salvation Army could not possibly establish schools in every single village.

A school is often built in the middle of several villages.

Although it may be a bit far from some villages.

However, the teachers' salaries were paid by the Salvation Army, while the tuition fees were extremely low, only one hundred coins per person per year.

In the past, one hundred coins would have been a lot of money, enough to cover the monthly expenses of a family of three.

But now, construction is underway everywhere in the territory, and one hundred coins is only enough for ten days' wages.

The vast majority of people still prefer to send their children to school so that they can become scholars in the future.

The traditional sense of superiority held by scholars has led Chinese people throughout history to aspire for their descendants to study and become scholars.

Many families even go to great lengths, selling everything they own, to support their children when they finally have the opportunity to study.

This is also one of the reasons why many scholars are unable to carry heavy loads, lift heavy objects, distinguish between the five grains, and are physically inactive.

After all, they put all their energy into studying, so they naturally lag behind in other areas.

Just like many scientists in later generations, weren't they also lacking in emotional intelligence?
If you focus your mind on one thing, you'll naturally be less capable in other areas.

It is precisely because of this desire among the people of the territory to have their children become scholars that, given the current circumstances, they would absolutely not mind spending a hundred coins to send their children to school.

Therefore, a single school often has hundreds of students, and this is after excluding girls. Although the Salvation Army's policies allowed girls to attend school as well.

However, in the late Ming Dynasty, women's status was not high.

Without substantial wealth, few ordinary people would send their girls to school.

Unless, of course, tuition is waived, and even food is provided.

However, at present, the People's Salvation Army, which also needs a lot of money and food, is basically unable to do this.

Even in the modern era, no country has fully achieved this.

Therefore, the dynasty did not make it mandatory.

When things are more stable, and both the militia and ordinary people have plenty of money and food.

He could naturally lower the tuition fees again, or even force both men and women to enroll.

With enough money and food to ensure a family's livelihood, even if some people are unwilling, they probably won't have much resistance.

Well, that's a story for another time.

Back to the present
Because the current school brings together children from several surrounding villages, the number of students is extremely large, generally dozens or even hundreds.

Therefore, the opinions of many school teachers who opposed or even maliciously slandered the People's Salvation Army had a huge impact.

In addition, when the children gathered together, they not only played but also discussed what the teacher had taught them.

Naturally, the idea that the People's Salvation Army was vicious and brutal, and that they were all bandits, began to take root in their minds.

In a typical historical world, one would probably only learn about these things when a dynasty suddenly appears at the school and happens to happen to be there.

However, the situation was different within the territory of the Dynasty's Salvation Army.

Not only a school, but also a patch of gray-black mist rose from it.

These teachers nowadays are no longer simply engaging in personal slander against the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army.

Instead, they are sources of pollution from distorted ideologies, which have transformed into social cancers that have reached the point where they must be removed.

The dynasty could not tolerate the existence of these people and truly wished it could slap them to death right now.

Therefore, the dynasty issued an order as soon as it discovered this situation.

"Somebody come!"

"leader!"

"Send someone to Gongchang Prefecture to inform the prefect that he should send people to arrest all those so-called teachers in schools who fabricate false information, maliciously slander my People's Salvation Army, and teach children distorted ideas."
Don't they think they're superior? Do they feel insulted by us paying them wages?
Then send them all to labor camps; those with particularly egregious offenses will be executed.
In addition, send someone to summon Chief of the General Staff Wang Sanshun and Prefect Wang Zhongyuan.”

"Yes!"

The newcomer's expression hardened, and he quickly and loudly accepted the order and left.

Before long, Wang Sanshun and Wang Zhongyuan hurriedly arrived side by side.

"leader!"

"leader!"

"Yes, you guys come and take a look."

Wang Chao waved his hand and pointed in the direction of Gongchang Prefecture.
Wang Sanshun and Wang Zhongyuan exchanged a glance, and then both looked toward the direction of Gongchang Prefecture.

Beneath a bright yellow hue representing the nation's destiny, there were patches of inconspicuous gray and black.

"This"

After observing carefully for a moment, the two looked at each other again, wondering what the difference was.

Throughout the entire territory of the People's Salvation Army, which prefecture or county was not in the same situation as Gongchang Prefecture?

"Heh, do you know where all that public resentment comes from?"

"Ah~?"

Both of them were stunned.

Wang Zhongyuan said, somewhat puzzled:

"Where else could it be? Aren't they the families of those wealthy merchants and landlords who were corrupt and whose homes we ransacked, and the scholars who were made stupid by their studies?"
The families of those wealthy merchants and landlords have all been sent to labor reform, so naturally they harbor a lot of resentment towards us.
Those scholars, having had many privileges stripped away by us, also harbored some resentment.
However, the situation is improving. Many scholars have begun to teach in schools, and many have even joined agricultural cooperatives or become village chiefs.
And even more people are applying to join the farmers' cooperative.”

"Hehe, that's true in some places."

A chilling glint flashed in Wang Chao's eyes as he spoke coldly.

"Has the situation changed? Or has a Ming spy infiltrated?"

Wang Sanshun's eyes flashed, and he frowned slightly, his expression becoming somewhat grave.

"Hmph, the old Ming Dynasty court is truly ignorant. They can't govern the country well, and the people are suffering. We've enabled the people to live a good life, yet they still come to cause trouble."
However, they probably didn't expect that we were able to observe the situation and interpret the circumstances.

Wang Zhongyuan gave a disdainful snort, which expressed both his disgust and disdain for the Ming Dynasty court and his contempt for their dispatch of spies.

The current territory of the People's Salvation Army is now a united front with the support of the people, and it also has the means to observe the fate of the nation and the grievances of the people.

While it wouldn't completely expose the spies, it would definitely make them realize something was wrong, and with further investigation, most of them could be found out.

After all, there was a dark aura of hatred rising nearby, and the person was a complete stranger, making such a precise and targeted investigation difficult.

They will be able to thoroughly investigate the ins and outs of their activities within the territory of the People's Salvation Army.

Whether it's harboring hatred towards someone or having ulterior motives, it's quite easy to tell.

If the hatred is directed at people, things, or other entities outside the territory of the People's Salvation Army, then it will not manifest as public resentment.

This is also a mechanism established by the dynasty.

After all, the purpose of a dynasty in shaping the nation's destiny is to have local officials govern their territories, and there is naturally no need to make a special effort to manifest matters outside those territories.

If necessary, the Shadow or even the Dynasty will personally investigate, which would be the use of other forces.

(End of this chapter)