Chapter 90 Why are you kneeling here?
Driven by public opinion, many fooled young people came to the gate of the prefect's residence. For the sake of their own "justice", they pointed inside and shouted without hesitation: "Zhang Zhongjing, haven't you seen the contents of the palace newspaper?"
"If a man does not know the past and present, he is like a horse or an ox; if a scholar does not know shame, he is like a dog or a pig in formal attire!"
"Why don't you look at yourself in the mirror and see if you can be the Marquis of Jishiting?"
"You relied on the profits of business and the clinic to get the emperor's approval and be awarded this title. This is not your virtue or your contribution. This is the contribution of thousands of doctors and countless volunteers who worked together. This is definitely not your contribution alone!"
"But you took advantage of the opportunity and took it for yourself, earning yourself the title of Ji Shi Hou. Don't you know that this is a huge joke?"
"I advise you to resign from your position as Marquis, so as to calm the public anger!"
The young scholar Xu Shien started cursing at the gate of the prefect's mansion. He had already prepared himself mentally to be captured by the soldiers and thrown into prison. However, for the ideals and justice in his heart, he was determined to do it and did not care about the oppression of authority at all!
On the contrary, if he was really thrown into prison, he would be hailed as a hero by countless scholars and would surely enjoy great glory in the future. He has already begun to imagine what will happen next.
The young man's insults instantly attracted a lot of onlookers.
The passers-by around saw this scene and accused the young man of being ungrateful. Are all young people nowadays like this? The world is really going downhill!
An old lady who was selling rice porridge on the street picked up a bowl of leftover rice porridge and threw it at the young man, "You are not allowed to slander Ji Shi Hou!"
"You!" Xu Shien turned his head angrily and was about to curse, but he saw that it was a grandmother in her sixties who was splashing water on him, so he immediately held back the curse.
As a scholar, if you insult an old man over 60 years old, even if the old man is a street vendor, you will still be "socially dead". In this era, disrespecting the elderly is a great sin.
Before Xu Shien could say anything, the old woman started to scold him: "What kind of books are you reading? What kind of learning are you seeking? Ji Shihou's Chengjin Bank has provided low-interest loans to countless poor people and saved countless lives. The miraculous medicines in Chengjin Clinic are sold at low prices. Even if you have no money, they will treat you. Don't you know that desperate people are being saved!"
"With these two things, Ji Shi Hou could have made a fortune and gained both fame and fortune, but he gave up the benefits in order to save more people. My life was saved by Ji Shi Hou's clinic."
"The price of the miraculous medicine that can cure human plague is set by Ji Shi Hou. Even a small vendor like me can afford it. Don't you really know the key?"
"Why did Ji Shi Hou save the people of the world and receive rewards from the emperor, but instead he has to be insulted by a bunch of pedantic scholars like you?"
"It is true that chivalrous people often come from butchers, and unfaithful people often come from scholars!"
Xu Shien was so incoherent and his face flushed by the old woman's words that he had no idea how to refute her. He stammered and kept saying weird things like "this is loyalty and righteousness" over and over again.
As the old woman continued to curse, the people around her also joined the battle, accusing the young man of being an ungrateful person. He actually cursed Ji Shi Hou like this. Did he really want to confuse right and wrong? He insisted that Zhang Zhongjing, who practiced medicine to save the world, was not worthy of being Ji Shi Hou?
Xu Shien was immediately overwhelmed by the accusations of the people around him, but he still insisted, "Even if there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!"
But the next second, a hand grabbed his hair from behind. Xu Shien was about to resist, but when he turned around, he found that the person grabbing his hair was actually his mother!
"Rebellious son! How dare you insult Ji Shi Hou here?" Xu Shien's mother was furious. She grabbed his hair and tugged it, then slapped him in the face. "This slap is for you, my rebellious son!"
Then he slapped her again with a loud slap. "This slap is given to you by my gang! I want you to embarrass yourself here!"
As she spoke, she slapped him hard again, angrily saying, "I gave you this slap for Ji Shi Hou! I'm telling you to lie here!"
"Mother, I'm doing this for moral reasons..." Xu Shien hesitated and wanted to explain something.
But Xu's mother didn't stop at all. She slapped him again in anger.
"What was the reason for this slap?" Xu Shien asked aggrievedly, covering his swollen face.
"This slap is for your own life. Do you know that your life was saved by the miraculous medicine of Cheng Jin Medical Clinic of Ji Shi Hou? If I had known you were such a person, I would have let you die of the plague! There is absolutely no way I would save your life again!" Xu's mother said angrily.
"Shien, Shien, do you still remember that your name is Xu Yi? Do you have any moral integrity?"
Then she pointed at Xu Shien's nose and said, "Kneel down!"
Xu Shien's legs went weak and he actually knelt down.
"Kneel here for a day and a night and don't leave! If you dare to stand up, just treat me as if I don't have a son like you!!!" Xu's mother said angrily, then turned and left, leaving Xu Shien dumbfounded.
He really didn't dare to disobey and knelt here obediently with his head down.
In this era where filial piety is the rule of the world, if you dare not listen to your parents, you will not only be socially dead, but your career will also be cut off and your future will be completely ruined.
So, Xu Shien had no choice but to kneel!
When the onlookers saw this scene, they couldn't help but look at each other. It seemed that they had found a solution to the problem.
Not long after, another young scholar, Yu Wen Ke, arrived at the gate of the prefect's residence. Seeing Xu Shi En kneeling there, he was stunned at first, and then subconsciously asked, "Is it Brother Shi En? Why are you kneeling here?"
Xu Shien raised his swollen face, just glanced at the man without saying anything, and then lowered his head.
"Is this a punishment by the government? How can this be?! He actually slapped us scholars in the face and made us scholars kneel here. Zhang Zhongjing is so arrogant! Who does he think he is? This is outrageous!" Yu Wen Ke said angrily, and then started cursing.
Soon...
When Yu Wen Ke and Xu Shi En knelt on the ground together, Yu Wen Ke said a little aggrievedly: "Brother Shi En, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Xu Shien rolled his eyes and said faintly, "I can't let myself be embarrassed alone."
Not long after, another young scholar named Bai Jilong came and saw the two men kneeling there. He was very surprised and asked, "Why are you kneeling here?"
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Dusk time.
Su Che had just put down his pen and stretched after dealing with government affairs for a day.
At the end of the day, he was extremely exhausted. The former prefect Gai Sheng really didn't do any serious work. Various government affairs were piled up like mountains. Even if he handled them as quickly as possible, he could not finish them in a day or two.
Fortunately, in the last simulation, Su Che had been the prime minister for five years, dealing with countless government affairs every day and accumulating enough experience, so he had no problem being a small governor of Nanyang County.
Suddenly, Su Che noticed something. His eyes seemed to be able to see through the layers of walls and see the scene at the entrance of the mansion. There were densely packed young scholars kneeling there. At a glance, there were at least hundreds of them!
"Why are there so many people kneeling at the entrance of my mansion?"
