Candide: chapters 1 to 6 - Labniz success satired

In the beginning of the book I found a lot of satire divided into many different categories. One of the most absurd parts I could see, occurred in the fourth chapter. After being kicked out of the castle, Candide was forced to be a beggar in the streets, but absurdly enough, he found Pangloss his past philosopher - tutor, in a worse condition than himself. How can a wise philosopher be in a worse condition than a young kid that just got thrown away from home? Other than absurd, this is even a little ironic. 

" 'Pangloss!' cried Candide. 'Can this be my beloved master in such a shocking state? 

What misfortune has befallen you? What has driven you from the most lovely of mansions? 

What has happened to Lady Cunegonde, that pearl among women, the masterpiece of nature?' " (pg. 28)

I also found some hyperbole amongst these chapters, such as the disease Pangloss had spoken of in the fourth chapter, and the way Pangloss and Candide are arrested in the sixth chapter. Voltaire exaggerated the disease completely by saying it tracked back all the way until Columbus' era. On top of this, in the sixth chapter hyperbole is clearly shown with the arrest of Pangloss and Candide simply for "speaking and listening with an air of approval." (pg. 36) All these small themes of satire can sum up to the target of the author within these chapters. I believe that in general Voltaire has the same target throughout the first six chapters: against philosophers and their success. I have heard Pangloss is really Labniz, a philosopher from the XVIII century that said everything is for a reason. Taking into account all the bad things that happen to Pangloss, and knowing he is really Labniz, I believe he and other successful philosophers are being targeted.