The essence of the step tax rate is actually to rob the rich and help the poor - to rob the wealth of the landlord and gentry class and to help the poor of the national treasury, so that the treasury can have more money to use in other aspects, such as education, people's livelihood, military, etc.

In addition, the most important role of the step tax rate is to slow down the increase in the gap between the rich and the poor through administrative means.

Therefore, the folk landlords and gentry and the future landlords and gentry, that is, the students of the Imperial Academy, will feel like they are in a bad mood.

As Du Deji said, there may be people who betray their own class, but there are absolutely no ones who betray their own class.

To put it simply, even if Chen Dong doesn’t jump out, there will definitely be Chen Xi, Chen Nan and Chen Bei, and then represent the landlord and gentry class to oppose the ladder and gentry tax rate, because the ladder and gentry tax rate has moved the cake of the entire landlord and gentry class.

Zhao Huan is naturally aware of this.

After a while of silence, Zhao Huan suddenly looked at Yang Shi and asked, "What a scholar? May Yang Aiqing teach me."

Yang Shi was a little confused. After coming to his senses, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Reporting to the officials: Scholars are things. Numbers start with one, and end with ten. Follow one and ten. Push ten into one to be a scholar. Scholars are things and are called affairs. Therefore, those who can do things are called scholars."

Zhao Huan nodded but said nothing.

Including many time travelers, whether because of their own ignorance or because of their own interests, basically no one has studied what "scholars" are going on-the-school.

In fact, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, only tax payments could be made "scholars", and from then on became a member of the nobles and had certain privileges. The so-called "millions of armored men" basically refers to one million taxpayers who can cut people with swords at any time, and the term warrior also comes from this.

It should be noted that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, "scholars" were the main force of war, and these people needed to go to the battlefield to fight their lives. Because they enjoyed the preferential treatment of "scholars", they naturally had to bear the obligation of "scholars". The common people were not qualified to go to the battlefield. At best, they only did some logistics assistance work, and they were not even considered military merit.

However, after the Han Dynasty, the meaning of "scholars" became uncontrollable and changed to "gents". Then these "scholars" inexplicably had the privilege of not paying taxes. Instead, the ordinary people who could not afford to eat a full meal became the main force of tax payment and were summoned to join the army. Just as Liu Bang said, "scholars cannot be charged without education", the "scholars" here no longer refer to nobles, but ordinary people.

Then the "scholar" class is like a naughty kid who has been spoiled by generations. She wants all kinds of benefits and wants to get involved in everything. Even if she sees others eating shit, she wants to rush to take a bite, but she doesn't want to bear any obligations.

The students studying at the Imperial Academy in the Song Dynasty were naturally of this kind, and Zhao Huan also asked Yang Shi what a "scholar" was.

In Zhao Huan's view, among the civil and military officials in the court, only Zong Ze, Li Gang, Zong Shidao, Yue Fei, and Yu Yunwen, who is now unknown, can only be regarded as "officials" or "officials" who are not well-known.

Because no matter how bad a "scholar" is, it must be similar to those scholars in the Han and Tang dynasties. At least it must have the ability to use a knife to cut people. They only know Ziyue's poems, and they always think about drinking the strongest wine, taking the most exciting medicine, becoming the most casual official and playing the most beautiful woman, so why should they be called "scholar"?

Just a borer!

Especially Chen Dong and those who have not yet become "gentlemen" can't wait to start talking about the "gentlemen" and saying that they are borers is a tympanium that insults the borers!

"Tai student Chen Dong and other students did not want to study and report their results, so they discussed the government affairs and privately vented the ban."

After a long silence, Zhao Huan shook his head and ordered with a blank expression: "The fame and reputation of the student Chen Dong of the Imperial Academy and those who wrote the letter together will be sent to the Shuntian Prefecture to escort back to their hometowns. From then on, the imperial examinations are prohibited within three generations, and the Shuntian Prefecture will be sent to escort back to their hometowns."

Yang Shi was stunned in the court immediately. Even Li Gang couldn't help but stand up and bowed and said, "I thought Chen Dong and others were wrong, but did such a punishment be passed?"

Li Ruobing also stood up and said, "I asked the officials to report to the officials. I think Chen Dong and others are unforgivable. Their feelings are understandable. Just turn their fame into a hometown. Why do you have to implicate three generations?"

Even Chen Hao, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, stood up and said, "I will report to the officials, but the Ministry of Justice will not dare to obey the imperial edict."

Zhao Huanqu knocked on the armrest of the dragon chair with his fingers and asked with a smile: "Why don't you dare to be called?"

"The official's journey, Chen Dong and others can be killed or evacuated, but they cannot be implicated in the three generations. There is no such article in the Song Zhengtong."

Chen Hao bowed and said, "If the official family wants to implicate Chen Dong and other three tribes, they can first revise the "Song Zhengtong" and add the laws and regulations that implicate three dynasties, and then the ministers can obey the imperial edict."

Zhao Huan looked at Chen Hao unexpectedly, then smiled, but said with murderous intent: "Although the Song Xingtong does not involve the three generations of laws and regulations that are not allowed to be enforced by imperial examinations, the Song Xingtong has laws and regulations that kill nine clans in the Song Xingtong."

"Does the official want to sin because of his words? Do you want to restart the disaster of the party and imprisonment?"

Chen Hao shook his head and said, "Chen Dong and others are not treason, nor are they planning a major rebellion. They are not in the ten evils. How can they kill their nine clans? If the official family wants to kill Chen Dong, they can be killed in half, they can be killed, and they can be slandered. If the official family does not want to kill Chen Dong, they can be scattered, but they cannot be punished. Only the nine clans cannot be punished, and they cannot involve three generations. If the official family insists on doing their own thing, ignores the laws and regulations, and works the upper and lower, they are afraid that the people of the world will be blocked in the future, so that the people of the world will dare to be angry but not speak out."

Zhao Huan nodded, and his eyes looking at Chen Hao finally calmed down: "Then follow Chen Aiqing's words. But..."

Before he could finish a sentence, the Dengwen drum set up outside the palace gate sounded pounding. The dull drum sound came to the hall from afar, trembling everyone's ears buzzing.

Zhao Huan's face suddenly sank. After casually asking Wuxin to send someone to inquire, he bent his fingers and knocked on the armrest of the dragon chair—

At this time, the Dengwen drum that has not been ringed for many years was beaten. It is really difficult for people to associate it with the tax rate.

...

Chen Dong waved the drumsticks in his hand vigorously, and then threw them on the ground after hitting them three times. He turned around and shouted loudly to the Imperial Academy students behind him: "When I heard the drum sound, I will have no way out! If you are timid, you can retreat quickly to avoid being implicated by me!"

Zhu Gongzhi, a young eunuch sent by Wuxin, saw Chen Dong standing in front of Dengwen drums, and a group of Imperial College students standing under the drum tower. His heart suddenly sank and shouted in a sharp voice: "What are you doing?"
Chapter completed!