[1][2][3][4] Hadzhikonstantinov devoted all his life to the cause of secular public education, and he actively promoted the idea of enforcement of spoken vernacular in the schools and applying of modern pedagogical practices.

In January 1857, Hadzhikonstantinov was dismissed from the service under the pressure of the Greek metropolitan bishop of Skopje.

In 1861, when the Grand Vizier of the Empire visited Veles, the local bishop Benedictus accused Hadzhikonstantinov of spying and conspiracy with the Serbs and the Bulgarian leader Georgi Rakovski, whose prohibited in Turkey books and newspapers he had kept in his private library.

The Grand Vizier believed the allegations and had Hadzhikonstantinov exiled in Aydın, (Asia Minor).

On the way to Aydin Hadzhikonstantinov lost one of his eyes, and because of that he was called "The Jinn" (Джинот, Dzhinot).