Taipingchun

Xu Yang looked at him turning around and looking disgusted at something, feeling very strange.

The old scholar beside him said: "Sir, what's the matter with the master, the whole person is like a firecracker, it will explode as soon as you touch it."

The old scholar shook his head and was puzzled. Xu Xiu usually seems to be very light-hearted. Why is this so?It's very weird.

Xu Xiu listened to their whispers, her face became serious, she knocked on the table exaggeratedly and said: "This plum blossom must be arrested!"

The old scholar and Xu Yang looked at each other, both puzzled by the seriousness of the other party.

The lazy dragon laughed secretly in his heart, and asked knowingly: "My lord, this is the case."

"what!"

Xu Xiu hugged her head and thought painfully, ever since she was kissed by Yizhimei that day, that terrifying mask with ferocious fangs and that delicate and handsome face appeared together, the more she thought about it, the deeper the memory, and the deeper the memory, the more neurotic she became. It's not a big day and I made another mistake.

When he was having a headache, the grievance drum outside the door was sounded.

Xu Xiu raised her head, her eyes were slightly bloodshot, and she said, "Beat the drums to cry out for injustice? You will be promoted."

It is inevitable that he will not be promoted, as long as the drum of grievance is sounded, the county magistrate will not be able to refuse to be promoted. Of course, it is also a historical necessity that it will become more and more formal. Individuals can beat it, and do all the trivial things , adults can't stand it.

Putting on the black gauze hat and seventh-grade gown, Xu Xiu's spirits improved a lot. Perhaps after being stimulated by Yizhimei, the only way to alleviate the two pictures that appear alternately and with great contrast is to break the case and hit the board. Face it.

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"mighty!"

Seeing two people standing in the hall, the one on the left is a bit older and dressed like a farmer, and the one on the right is dressed as a scholar whose eyes could roll up to the ceiling, Xu Xiu couldn't help being upset for a while.

"Snapped."

The sound of the gavel became more and more beautiful the more he listened to it, and the sound of hitting the board became more enjoyable as he listened to it. Xu Xiu herself knew that she had a quirk, and she might have fallen in love with these two things.

Said: "Who is next to stand? Don't wait for the court to complain. Why are you beating drums and complaining at this time? You will come out."

The proud young man kicked the farmer next to him, and the farmer said helplessly, "Young man Liu Da, this person stole the money of the little man, so he came to sue the officials and asked his parents to uphold justice."

Xu Xiu didn't slow down in one breath. Since the stolen goods were obtained together, you can just wait for the court to sue or go directly to the torture room to arrest and arrest him quickly. Why bother to beat such a drum of grievances?The hurt Laozi hurriedly changed his clothes, thinking that there was some big lawsuit in the county under his rule.

But it was not easy to get angry, and said to the proud guy with a straight face: "Why doesn't the respondent criminal kneel?"

The man cupped his hands and said casually: "Students are not criminals responding to the lawsuit, and they must kneel if they are criminals."

In the Ming Dynasty, it was not accurate to say that no matter who entered the court, everyone had to kneel down. In this yamen trial and litigation, only the suspects had to kneel down to respond to the lawsuit. Generally speaking, if it is just a civil complaint, most of the cases are Do not kneel.

No matter how the posterity evaluates the knees of the Ming Dynasty, the fact is that they are very valuable.The so-called strong Ming Dynasty is a very realistic and factual comment, whether it concerns the emperors and nobles or the common people.

Judging from the details of this non-criminal and non-kneeling, isn’t it possible to draw a logical derivation process from just Mingzhi? It can be explained. It should be noted that the saying that a man has gold under his knees only began in the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Xiu is in a bad mood recently, and she doesn't like anyone. The oppression of the two princes before is fine. At that time, she desperately suppressed the anger in her heart, but such a guy didn't say that he had fame, nor did he Thoroughly stated that there was no suspicion, but still dared to be arrogant in front of him, and immediately said: "Kneel down."

Hearing the elder's order, the yamen servants hit him on the leg with a stick, and he had no choice but to kneel down.

Human rights are relative, aren't they?

Xu Xiu's face darkened: "Who is the last name, where does the family live, and whether the plaintiff's statement is true."

I saw that he was eight feet tall, about 30 years old, with a Chinese character face, willow eyebrows, bright eyes, high nose and wide mouth, which is a good appearance.

The man said with a smile: "My surname is Zhang and my name is Cong, from Yongjia. Everything the plaintiff said is true, but so what?"

The Su fan opened in an instant, blocking her expression, Xu Xiu touched her forehead slightly and secretly said: What a Zhang Cong, yes, the beneficiary of the great etiquette case appeared.The age is right, the place of origin is right, and now it is right even without fame, that's it.What does this person want to do?

Although you are a historical celebrity, Xu Xiu has seen a lot of historical celebrities, so you don't pay much attention to them, but you are so blatantly stealing other people's money, and you don't know how to repent when you enter the county government. Don't you despise this official?Xu Xiu, who was so tormented by Yizhimei, really wanted to vent.

Taking advantage of the situation, he slapped the gavel and said: "You gangster confessed to the truth, so here is the law of the country, come here..."

Zhang Cong raised his arm and said loudly: "My lord, please slow down."

Seeing that he had something to say, Xu Xiu said, "What's the matter?"

"My lord, what is robbery?"

Xu Xiu said disdainfully: "The crime you committed, you don't know about stealing people's property, can you say it's not stealing?"

Zhang Cong touched his nose and said, "Then, as the elder said, how could I become a robber? In the humble opinion of the students, the magistrate is a robber."

Xu Xiudao: "Confucian scholars?"

"Yes."

Xu Xiu felt a pain when he said this, and he already had goosebumps when he was called a student by someone much older than himself, and now he said that he was a robber, Xu Xiu was very upset, picked up two wooden sticks, and nodded Buyu said coldly: "Fight me."

When Zhang Cong saw that he was going to be serious, he hurriedly said: "Master, play slowly, let the students explain."

It is Xu Xiu's habit to give everyone who is involved in a lawsuit a full right to speak. Hearing what he says, he will follow him even if he is in a bad mood.

"allow."

Zhang Cong gestured with his fingers, stared at Xu Xiu and said, "Students have three arguments. For one, adults have learned to be thieves since they were young. Look at this teacher who takes part in the imperial examination. Which one is not good at archaeology and modernism, and pays attention to the relationship between heaven and man?" Dao, with a heart of managing the world and benefiting the people, trying to serve the country and benefit the people? However, parents and mentors taught them, relatives and friends encouraged them, and hoped that they could hold that power in their hands as soon as possible, so as to seek these personal benefits. Status and money are used to glorify the ancestors, this is not a student robber, what is it?"

Hearing what he said was interesting, Xu Xiu couldn't help laughing, Zhang Zong was also worthy of the eloquent and opportunistic person, he may have one set of principles, but I'm afraid his own behavior is not in line with the standards of the scholar-bureaucrats of this era. There is still a big gap.

Seeing that Xu Xiu didn't respond, Zhang Cong cupped his hands and continued: "These two, the adults are blatantly stealing. Once the candidates for the exam are listed in the dragon gate, they will be elected officials. At that time, the villagers and neighbors will be envious. Relatives and friends will also come to congratulate. What is this envy and congratulations? It’s not that the adults are rich. You wear official clothes made of expensive silk, hold ivory carved jade wat boards in your hands, and sit high when you enter It is majestic, and subordinate officials stand on both sides of the line, and when they come out, they will come out in chariots, horses and sedan chairs, shouting in front and hugging in front of them, and they are as honorable as the emperor of heaven."

Seeing him pause, Xu Xiu, who was listening with gusto, couldn't help saying: "Why don't you talk, keep talking."

Zhang Cong said with a smile: "Officials come from profit, and government is made by bribery. When you are an official, you can be a thief in an open manner. These three, the adults use theft to protect the thief. There is a nobleman named Guo in Jiangning County. He killed people in the daytime and robbed them in the street. Minnies, once the bribes arrive, not only are they not punished, but they still eat and drink with you officials and grown-ups every day, carry out drinking orders, and visit the Goulan courtyard, so where is this gloomy law? Where is the majestic law? Can Mr. Xu please? To clear up doubts for the students?"

Xu Xiu frowned, and said to the old scholar, "Is there such a thing?"

The old scholar nodded, then shook his head, seeing him like this, it must be difficult to explain clearly here.

Zhang Cong said again: "this money has power, but it has no light in the daytime. Now this Guo Haoshen is still complacent and tyrannical in the countryside. Who dares to provoke him? I wait for poor people, who have no money and no power. As soon as they enter the yamen, they will be punished." Punishment, severe punishment, selling houses and land, even pawning wives and children, going through fire and water in order to pay off official debts as soon as possible, but what is it like for officials to protect thieves with thieves? I am afraid that both gods and men will be angry."

Xu Xiu was a little annoyed, now I'm the one in charge, I haven't done any of the shitty things you're talking about, so I couldn't help but say, "Don't scare me."

Zhang Cong nodded and said: "Jin Ling Si Tian, ​​Qian Shen Zhuo Di, the reputation of officials and lords can be built with money, not only there are high-rise houses and courtyards to live in, but also there are singing, dancing and Nanxi opera at home. Like ants, wives and concubines gather in groups to honor their families and flaunt themselves in the market, this is the great thief in the world!"

Xu Xiu pouted. Although what he said was a bit exaggerated, he really controlled a county, but he dared not deny it. What he said was largely true.

Zhang Cong said again: "My lord treats us petty thieves, just because he stole a penny, he will be punished as a robber, but your lord sits on a big case, surrenders at will, and plunders thousands of dollars, and he will not lose his reputation." Official reputation. Well-dressed thieves don’t ask crimes, but only us petty thieves? Isn’t this the one who steals the hook and the one who steals the country? Or maybe the adults are caught by the robbers because of their shortcomings?”

Xu Xiu had already seen that there was something in Zhang Cong's words, so she frowned and said, "Explain it to me."

Zhang Cong said solemnly: "Please forgive the students for deceiving their parents and officials about the fake money theft, but in fact they want to sue Guo Jun for killing people in daylight, a crime in the fish and meat village."

That Liu Da knelt down on his knees, kowtowed and said: "My lord, please forgive us for our pretense, so that the parents and officials will soon punish Jia's crimes."

"Snapped."

Xu Xiu looked at the two people below indifferently, although there are laws and regulations for falsely reporting grievances, but the law is nothing more than human feelings, and since things happen for a reason, they cannot be avoided.

Said: "Do you have a warrant?"

Zhang Cong lifted his robe and said, "Here is the pleading paper."

Seeing him transcribing the pleadings in the skirt of his clothes, he couldn't help wondering, maybe this person is not the political speculator?But do you really want to seek justice for the villagers?

Xu Xiu walked down a few steps, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but frown more and more. This is really a very challenging thing.

Seriously said: "Talk to me in detail."