The literacy rate in the Ming Dynasty was very low, and the cost of reading and literacy was very high. The literacy rate was expected to be only about one percent. In terms of the total population, if it were replaced by a large city with a large population like Guangzhou City, the literacy rate would increase several times. Before the People's Army captured Guangzhou City, it was estimated that the number of literacy in the city would exceed 10,000.

After the People's Army captured Guangzhou City, it searched many wealthy families and executed or demoted them to coolies to read. There are still thousands of literate people in Guangzhou City, including thousands of literate scholars.

In fact, after the People's Army captured Guangzhou City, it did not arrest too many literati scholars. It can be called literati. There is some literati's backbone and disdain to bully ordinary people. It may even think that taking action against the people is dirty, which can also be regarded as allowing them to escape.

The People's Army continued to defeat the Ming army. Even if the many gentry and merchants in Guangzhou did not recognize the People's Army, they would start to operate their own industries again due to the situation.

The vast majority of literati and scholars are different. They have read so many Confucian books. One of the Confucian thoughts is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. There are also many people who are officials, and they are still stubbornly loyal to Emperor Ming.

Of course, there are also a very small number of literati scholars who have the idea of ​​joining the People's Army for one reason or another. This situation has not been rare throughout history. After the peasant uprising army has a certain influence, it will attract a very small number of literati scholars to join, and even some literati scholars to join the foreign race.

Under the rule of the People's Army, the status of literati and scholars has dropped greatly. Ordinary people still respect literati and scholars, but in front of the People's Army, literati and scholars and ordinary people are treated equally and have no privileges.

Although the People's Army does not judge the crimes by words and deeds, if those literati scholars dare to scold the People's Army and the People's Army has evidence, they will definitely punish them. There have been many examples that have scared these literati scholars so that they dare not scold the People's Army in public, and even dare not speak nonsense during private gatherings. They are afraid that their friends will betray them, so they can only curse at home and vent their hatred.

The People's Army cannot be scolded, but these literati and scholars can criticize the People's Army's policies, but the People's Army will not convict people for these words.

For example, when the People's Army seized the matter of being a vicious family, some Confucian scholars criticized the People's Army for "destroying the foundation of oneself and taking death with the right way."

In the eyes of Confucian scholars, if a regime wants to rule the world, it must rely on scholars and landlords. Scholars can manage the world. The landlords have money and food, and even in front of the common people, the landlords' words are better than the words of officials.

Only by obtaining the support of scholars and landlords can the People's Army overthrow the Ming Dynasty. Now the People's Army massacred landlords and did not accept scholars, and would definitely be wiped out by the Ming army.

Of course, Confucian scholars were just mocking the People's Army for taking death with justice and did not have the idea of ​​joining the People's Army. They were still loyal to the Ming court and thought of becoming officials in the Ming court, but they just tried to mock and belittle the People's Army.

However, Confucian scholars dare not say this in front of the people. Some Confucian scholars once said similar words that were heard by the people, and then attracted several people to chase and beat them.

The reason for being chased by the people is very simple. The People's Army distributes land to the people. These land mainly comes from those rich families. If the People's Army does not investigate the wealthy families, where can the fields be distributed to the people? Relying on the shared fields, the people will have to live a good life and the people will support the People's Army wholeheartedly.

But if some Confucian scholars say good things to those landlords, the people would be so angry that even if they respected literati and scholars in the past, they would not care about chasing and beating Confucian scholars under the influence of anger.

Fighting incidents are not allowed under the rule of the People's Army, but the Confucian scholar would not sue the enemy, and he was beaten up in vain.

Nowadays, because of the simplified Chinese characters, literati and scholars continue to criticize the People's Army. In their opinion, the People's Army abandons traditional Chinese characters and uses simplified Chinese characters, which is destroying tradition.

Interestingly, a small number of literati and scholars who secretly made things aroused, had the idea of ​​seeking the People's Army. The People's Army defeated the Ming army so many times, and their confidence in the Ming court continued to decline, and they even felt that the world might be taken away by the People's Army. If they joined the People's Army at this time, they might be able to become founding heroes.

However, the People's Army's request to learn simplified characters was unacceptable. They have always used traditional characters and are unwilling to replace traditional characters with simplified characters.

"As long as we all oppose, the People's Army will definitely take back this order."

"The Ming court must listen to our voices, and the People's Army will do it. Without our People's Army, we will definitely not be able to overthrow the Ming court."

These are the thoughts of a very small number of literati scholars. They regard the People's Army as the Ming court in the past. The Ming court attaches great importance to the voices of literati scholars. They believe that the People's Army will also attach importance to the voices of literati scholars. As long as the literati scholars oppose it, the People's Army will withdraw the order to learn simplified Chinese characters.

It’s a pity that the People’s Army is not as they imagined. Under normal circumstances, the People’s Army does not need to reply to the voices of literati and scholars. However, Fang Nan was interested in debating with intellectuals of the old era, so he had the announcement in the name of the Grand Governor of the People’s Army.

Seeing this announcement, many literati and scholars couldn't speak immediately. Many sages have used simplified Chinese characters. This is indeed an indisputable statement, unless they do not recognize these sages, but is this possible?

Some Confucian scholars kept silent, some tried to make excuses, and a very small number of Confucian scholars finally made up their minds to learn simplified Chinese because of this announcement.

Not all literati and scholars come from wealthy families, and a small number of Confucian scholars come from middle and lower families to do their best to be able to read. They know the difficulties of the lower-level people, and they also think that one day they can make the lower-level people live a good life.

The People's Army's approach has been favored by Confucian scholars from middle and lower families. Even though some people still think that the People's Army is rebel, under the situation of the People's Army winning time and time again, some people quickly changed their minds and believed that joining the People's Army to overthrow the Ming Dynasty was a good choice.

At least the People's Army can share land for the people, so that the people can live a good life. However, under the rule of the Ming court, many people suffered so much, and the difference between the two is too big.

In addition, choosing to join the People's Army also means that this group of Confucian scholars will be separated from the previous Confucian scholars. Confucian scholars regard the People's Army as thieves, but some Confucian scholars surrender to the thief, which is betrayal.

Once the incident of seeking to the People's Army leaks out, I am afraid that the Confucian scholars who seek to seek to the People's Army will become the target of criticism of other Confucian scholars.

Fang Nan's idea was very simple for the intellectuals of the old era. These intellectuals of the old era had some effect on the People's Army. If they were willing to integrate into the People's Army, they would be better if they were willing to integrate into the People's Army. If they were not willing to integrate into the People's Army, they would be treated as ordinary people and live under the rule of the People's Army. If they violate the laws and regulations of the People's Army, they would be punished according to the law.
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