Be a master through ancient times

As the saying goes, it is easier said than done. When the first issue of Education News was published, the time had already entered the end of May.

Because the content of this education newspaper is more in-depth, it is more suitable for students above the county test class, so Chu Ci decided that this newspaper should be published for each class below the county test class, and each student in the county test class should get a copy. After registering the number of people, the newspaper will be distributed according to the number of people in the future to avoid waste.

Chu Ci also sent a few newspapers to the people in the magistrate’s yamen. This time the education newspaper can be successfully released, and the support of the magistrate is also very important. After all, the imperial palace newspaper is only distributed to the magistrate’s yamen. Chu Ci had no choice.But since the incident at the dock last time, Zhifu Lu's attitude towards Chu Ci has improved a lot.Hearing that he came to ask for it in person, the prefect Lu agreed without saying a word, and asked the people from the Department of Education to come and copy it every five days.

On the second day of June, when the magistrate Lu learned that the people from the Department of Education had come to deliver newspapers, he was stunned for a moment, thinking that they really got it out.But he didn't think it was a big deal in his heart. When Chu Ci introduced it to him, he didn't listen carefully.He originally wanted them to deal with it, but he felt that since it was delivered now, it would be okay to have a look at it, so he asked someone to keep a copy.

Prefect Lu asked people to put the newspaper aside and read it after he finished his official duties.This process lasted all morning, and the prefect Lu had completely forgotten about that newspaper.When he went out to eat, he found that the officials under him seemed to be talking about something.Listen carefully, it seems to be related to some case.

Although the magistrate Lu is not at the level of being an official, he is not considered stupid.He thought to himself that the case that these people could discuss at the dinner table must be a big case.He recalled the official affairs he had handled these few times, and found that there seemed to be no major case reported, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry.

"What case are you talking about? Which county did it happen? Who is the county magistrate, what is the verdict, and why is it not reported?"

A series of questions made the adults who were discussing Zhenghuan confused. When they realized that it was Shangfeng who asked the question, they immediately explained: "It's not the case of Zhangzhou Prefecture, it's a fabrication."

When Zhifu Lu heard it, he felt very strange. Is a fabricated case worth discussing during dinner?

"Tell me about the fabricated case as well?" Zhifu Lu sat down on the table and motioned for his servants to serve the meal.

"Yes, my lord. This case says that a man named Zhang San heard a strange noise while he was sleeping soundly at night. It turned out that a thief, Li Si, was admitted to the hospital and wanted to steal. Zhang San got up, took a wooden stick in the firewood room and went out to prepare with him. However, Li Si was cowardly and ran out. Zhang San chased after him with a stick, but Li Si panicked and fell into a deep pit beside the road. He broke his neck and died. The next day, Li Si's family charged Zhang with homicide. The third time you go to court, how would you judge the case if you were the county magistrate?" The elder was eloquent and spoke out the case first.

"What do you guys think?" Lu Zhifu ate the story, which seemed quite interesting.

An adult in charge of the ceremonial room said: "Although Li Si intends to steal, he is not guilty of death. Zhang San is too fierce. According to the official's opinion, he should be imprisoned for three years."

"This is inappropriate," Mr. Hufang shook his head, "Although Li Si's death is indeed related to Zhang San, it is Li Si's theft beforehand. According to the officials, we only need to ask Zhang San to pay a certain amount of money. .”

"But Li Si didn't steal any property. Since he ran away, it proves that he has a heart of repentance. Shouldn't he be forgiven and forgive others? Zhang San pursued and beat him so hard that Li Si's life was lost. There are also wives and children in his family, so what is wrong with the living? How can it be settled with a few taels of silver?" said the pawn in the ceremony room.

"Isn't it considered stealing if you haven't stolen it? Then Li Sihui fell to his death because of a guilty conscience. How can Zhang San be blamed?"

These adults were discussing and discussing, but they didn't even eat.One side thinks that although Zhang San is guilty, but because he is chasing the thief, he only needs to pay compensation.On the other hand, it felt that Li Si had no serious fault but Zhang San forced him to death, and he needed to be dealt with according to law.

Sitting next to him while eating, the magistrate thought: Fortunately, none of these people were involved in criminal and prison cases, otherwise, there would be many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.The ancients said that there is specialization in the arts, and this statement is indeed true!

"My lord, what do you think?" The people below quarreled for a while, feeling as if they had neglected Prefect Lu, so they came to ask his opinion, both of them hoped that their ideas would be supported by Prefect Lu.

Governor Lu put down the bowls and chopsticks slowly, and said leisurely: "In this case, Zhang San should be judged not guilty. Li Si was admitted to the hospital for the theft first, and then for the wrong foot. What do you have to do with others? Li Si's family sued unreasonably, but I think it is the family of the deceased. , already heartbroken, so not punished."

As soon as these words came out, both sides were dumbfounded.Because no matter how much they argue, they all think that Zhang San is responsible, it's just how much responsibility he has.Never thought, is he innocent?

Looking at the great doubts in the small eyes of the adults, Lu Zhifu smiled and said: "If you don't understand, you can go to the punishment room for advice, he is specialized in legal provisions, and he will definitely be able to explain it to everyone. Clear. By the way, it is quite interesting who fabricated this case."

"This is the topic in the newspaper delivered today. Your Excellency is busy with work, so you haven't read it yet?"

After hearing this, Zhifu Lu ate a few bites of the rest of the meal, returned to the office under the pretext of handling business, and opened the newspaper that was left aside to read.

Seeing that Zhifu Lu had left, the officials who were left behind also finished their meal quickly, and then went to the torture room together, trying to find out what the prefect Lu's verdict was based on.

Lord You of the torture room just handled a case, and he is sitting in the office of the penalty room eating at the moment.He is a northerner, and he is eating pancakes with scallions and dipping sauce with great relish.

"Why are the adults here?" Master You was very puzzled when he saw that several colleagues who didn't usually meet came together today.

These people were smoked by the smell of scallions, and wanted to go out immediately, but thinking about the case, they stayed strong. "Master You, we have a case that we would like you to help solve. I wonder if you are free now?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"It's like this..." The official of the Ministry of Rites explained the case and the verdict, and carefully concealed that the verdict was made by the magistrate, for fear that he would affect the justice because of this reason.

Master You smiled after hearing this, and said: "I still said it was a difficult and miscellaneous case, isn't that clear? There is a saying in the law of the Great Wei that anyone who breaks into a house at night can be killed on the spot. Don't say that Zhang San just chased him out. Even if he directly beat Li Si to death with a stick, he would not have to pay for it. After all, who knows whether Li Siye broke into the house to steal or kill someone?"

"..." After hearing this, the adults fell silent.Master You can understand why they are not familiar with the legal provisions, because their responsibilities are different, they don't need to understand in depth.However, these adults were still stimulated, and each of them decided to take a look at the big law after returning home, so as not to be ashamed like today.

Not only the magistrate's yamen was discussing this newspaper, but all the students in Zhangzhou Prefecture who got the newspaper were also discussing it.

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On the same day, when Fu Xueshan received the newspaper wrapped in oiled paper, he hurriedly cut it open with a paper cutting knife.

As soon as the package was unpacked, the three words "Education News" appeared in front of my eyes.This was written by Chu Ci himself and engraved by others. The capitalized and bold handwriting looks very vivid and impressive.

Fuxue Shanzhang carefully pulled out a newspaper and read the first page first.This is written on the important news of current affairs, and then several numbers are listed below. The first news is about the recent cracking of the water bandit case in the capital of Southern Fujian Province.Below the headline, the process of solving the case and the final solution were introduced in concise language, which made Fu Xueshan's heart skip a beat.He had only heard about this matter vaguely at first, but he didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns in it.He shuddered at the thought of thieves killing local people and using their identities to lurk among them.

After reading the first article, he went on to read the next few articles.It contains all the major events inside and outside the court and the latest government orders. After reading it, the head of Fu Xueshan suddenly had a feeling of "knowing the world without going out of the house".

After reading the first page, he turned to the second page, which was a historical treatise - "Theory of Punishment and Reward".This is the five years of Chunde, an article written by Lin Zhiyuan, a Southern Fujian candidate, during the imperial examination. It was this article that allowed him to become the first number one scholar in Southern Fujian Province, and later entered the cabinet. .

The head of Fuxue Mountain is a branch of the Lin family. When he read this article, tears inevitably filled his eyes.He didn't expect that, besides the Lin family, there were people who could remember this article and published it in the newspaper for everyone to appreciate.He has always believed that the decline of the Lin family is only temporary, because their ancestors once proved that as long as they are willing to study hard, they will definitely be able to rise to the top!

Lin Shanzhang was eager to let everyone see this article written by the ancestors of the Lin family, so he called the teacher and asked him to go to each class and distribute the newspaper.

Unlike Shan Zhang, when all the masters and students got the newspaper, they first searched for the content of the third page.

Some time ago, the head of the mountain went to the meeting of the Department of Education, and when he came back, he introduced the newspaper, and asked the students to write articles and submit them, saying that they would contribute something.The selected article can be published, it is said that there will be any manuscript fee, and most importantly, it may be personally commented by the adults, this is an extremely honorable thing!

"Look, look! There are articles by students from the prefecture school, the first one is here!" A student shouted loudly, as if his name was on it.

Following his instructions, everyone found the first article. On the first line was printed "What is Xue Ye" in large characters, and on the second line was slightly smaller. Meng Daoyuan.As expected, this was written by a student from their government school!

Everyone carefully read the article written by this student named Chen Yuzhi, and couldn't help admiring in their hearts, no wonder he was able to be published in the newspaper, which is first-class in both writing and understanding of books.

After admiring, they went on.The following is the review, where the reviewer wrote a few big characters of Zhangzhou Fu Tixue Chu Ci. It turned out that they said that the master Tixue might review it in person, which was actually true!

This review first affirmed Chen Yuzhi's article, saying that he "writes smoothly and clearly." In addition, the adults also said that he "has a deep legacy of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it is amazing to write the present with the past."Of course, after the compliment, Master Chu pointed out several flaws in the article and corrected it, taught him how to choose words and make sentences, and recommended several books for him to read.

This comment made everyone envious. One must know that Chu Tixue is the number one scholar in the current discipline, or the first three-yuan winner in the history of the Great Wei Dynasty. With his guidance, how can he not pass the exam?

Of course, this kind of evaluation is just the result of everyone looking at the world with a filter.It's just that for the students who are evaluated, it does have a kind of enlightenment effect.Because he is a student of Class A of the Fu Xue, he inevitably thinks a little too high. He always thinks that the articles he writes are perfect, and there is nothing that needs to be corrected. In fact, it is full of flaws.There are some things that he and his wife have not noticed. If he does not find out and correct his bad habits in terms of words and sentences in time, it will definitely affect his test scores in the future, and it will be too late to find the reason. .

Thinking of this, Chen Yuzhi took out a pen and paper, and copied the revised article that Chu Tixue gave him.Read it again after copying, and it is really different from before!

He folded the piece of paper and put it away, took out another piece of paper, and began to write the article he wanted to publish in the next issue of the newspaper.There are quite a few people like him. Although they didn't make the list this time, it's hard to guarantee that it won't be their turn next time.