The day after the family got together to lick each other's wounds, another disaster struck, although it did not befall their family, but it was also closely related to them. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was Zhang Geng who had an accident, and Zhang Zhaohua actually knew about it.

In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, when Zhang Geng went to return to Dezhou instead of his father with the summer tax, it coincided with the governor's 55th birthday, and the governor instructed him and another grain chief in Ningling County to escort the grain, and apportioned them to each household, and gave a name called "food money", and the governor who received the money was transferred to other places soon after, but he didn't think that 12 years later, this matter was noticed by another official who had a disagreement with him, and then poked out.

Zhang Zhaohua knew a lot about this matter, and she heard it clearly outside the window of the grain chief's house. She remembered that Zhang Geng said that he didn't dare to apportion, but took out a shop and scraped together 800 yuan to hand it over, but the grain chief in Ningling County was apportioned to the jurisdiction.

But since this case has been issued, the governor's political enemies want to bring him down, who cares if Zhang Geng is innocent, Zhang Geng is just a pond fish that was affected by the fire at the city gate, and since his governor has been convicted, Zhang Geng will not be verified even if he appeals.

After Zhang Geng was taken away by the officials, the Li family was devastated. Because the dynasty used heavy canons, and the punishment was to adopt the system of joint sitting, Zhang Geng was originally to pay grain on behalf of his father, and the grain chief system at this time was hereditary, the father was the grain chief, and the son would also be the grain chief. Zhang Congshu's eldest son, Zhang Ji, is in Guozijian and is now serving as an assistant teacher, so it is naturally impossible for him to return to inherit the position of grain chief; the second son, Zhang Geng, can naturally replace the duties of grain chief.

Therefore, if Zhang Geng had an accident, the grain chief would bear the brunt of the crime, and Zhang Ji, who was an assistant teacher in the Guozijian, would naturally be questioned.

Sure enough, only three or two days later, an official official came to the door and began to copy Zhang Ji's house. The Li family is worthy of being a woman from a big family in Nanjing, and on the day Zhang Geng was arrested, he asked Zhang Zhaohua to take the Wang family out and find another place to live - saying that it was to avoid being implicated.

The so-called house leak happened to rain overnight, and the clouds and blessings were unparalleled and the disaster was not a single line, Zhang Zhaohua knew it, and the truth was really unbreakable. They are too busy to take care of themselves, and they have no solution to their own troubles, let alone help others.

Nanjing May is the plum season, rainy days, Zhang Zhaohua several rushed to look for a temporary residence, all of them were sick, has not found a suitable residence - fortunately, there are well-wishers to remind, said that Tianxi Temple has a guest house to borrow, specifically to help the homeless, Zhang Zhaohua to ask, sure enough, just copy the scriptures every day and offer thousands of words to the Buddha piously, you can borrow the money.

Zhang Zhaohua They are grateful to Dade, there is paper and pen Zhang Zhaohua naturally transcribes quickly, more than 1,000 words a day is not a problem for her, her handwriting is upright and beautiful, and there are few fallacies, and the monks who specialize in copying scriptures in the temple also said that it is very good.

However, the Buddhist scriptures could not calm down the volcano in Zhang Zhaohua's heart, but on the contrary, there was a tendency to erupt more and more -- she had to go to Yingtianfu Yamen twice a day, in the morning to inquire about her own case, and in the afternoon to inquire about Zhang Geng's case. Because the officials of the government are on duty in the morning and afternoon, these days, almost every warden knows her.

The verdict in Zhang Geng's case came down very quickly, and fortunately, Ying Tianfu's handling of the case was indeed fair, and he was convicted of "coercion and obedience," which was coerced and coerced by his superiors, rather than taking the initiative to collect and appropriate him; he was sentenced to exile in Yunnan because he was sentenced to exile in Yunnan because he was sentenced to exile in Yunnan because he was sentenced to exile for the first evil.

When I think of the grain chief who is seventy or eighty years old, I am afraid that I will not be able to return if I go to Yunnan, Zhang Zhaohua's heart is like a knife, and he can't wait to replace him with his body. This is also the first time she has made an unwilling voice, why can the Zhou Wangfu fish the people at will, why can the official level force his subordinates to do things for him, all this is unfair, why!

Finally, one day, she saw a new scripture compiled by the Huangjue Temple in Zhongdu, which was not a Buddhist scripture in the traditional sense, but a book of praise for the merits of the emperor who had been a monk there. She carefully watched it more than ten times from beginning to end, she saw that when the emperor was a child, she saw the officials doing evil and oppressing the people, and she hated it very much, and after becoming the emperor, she treated the officials strictly, gave them the most meager salary, gave them the least vacation, but let them do the heaviest work, tried the case with shackles, and killed a group of undesirable people without paying attention, and the punishment was particularly cruel, the car was split, the five horses were divided, the skin was peeled and the grass was filled, and tens of thousands of officials were executed every year with such terrible torture, and the bureaucracy was dealt with in a drastic manner like killing chickens and sheep.

Why can Zhu Yuanzhang be like this -- because he is at the center of power; he is power, and he has the power of life and death that is legitimate, reasonable, and justifiable, and no one can resist it.

Similarly, why can the second prince of King Zhou do evil and wanton *** because he is also in the power class. Human society has classes, and the higher the level, the more power over the life and death of the lower.

They are now living such a precarious life, just because they are at the bottom and have no power to resist. Therefore, it is said that since ancient times, it is useless to have a boy, and it is useless to give birth to a girl! How many good men have been forced to have no choice, and naturally become angry, and the most fortunate thing is that there is a way to get angry -- those who study to become officials and those who practice martial arts have gone to the battlefield of meritorious service, just like the emperor today who has directly rebelled after pulling the banner! As soon as he turns back, he is no longer a family at the bottom, and he is no longer exploited and abused by others, but he exploits others.

Exploiting and exploiting others, although Zhang Zhaohua is very disdainful of the latter, if she is asked to choose, she naturally does not hesitate to choose the latter.

I only hate that I am not a man! This article cannot be seen in modern times, and at this time it is an insurmountable chasm, which makes Zhang Zhaohua look up to the sky and sigh, he can't make meritorious contributions, he can't be elected and conferred officials, and he can't have the opportunity to change the fate of himself and his family!

"Nu Tanyue, beware-" A fat-headed and big-eared monk next to him reminded, "Your scriptures are about to burn." ”

Zhang Zhaohua woke up like a dream, looked down, and saw that the pages of the book were almost rubbed against the flame of the lamp.

She lit a few more lanterns in front of the Buddha, and the monk looked at her with a smile, and Zhang Zhaohua saw him smile and barely laughed.

"It's not good to laugh," said the monk, "but don't laugh if you have sorrow in your heart." ”

"Master Mingjian. Zhang Zhaohua said: "I am worried, I really don't know what the future holds, I only feel that life is bleak, even in front of the Buddha, I can't calm down." ”

"Yes, yes," the monk said with a smile: "Those who come to the temple to pray for God and worship the Buddha are all asking for something, and after worshipping, they think that the fragrant flowers and fruits are offered, and the Buddha will be able to do what he wants, so he goes happily." Only the female Tanyue, whether she worships or can't be quiet for a moment, it can be seen that either she is deeply sad, or she doesn't believe in Buddhism in her heart, or it's both. ”

Zhang Zhaohua had to admit that this monk was really right.

"Why did the master teach me?" Zhang Zhaohua asked.

"But no," the monk patted his huge belly and said, "I only know that all dharmas are formed by the combination of causes and conditions, some of which have already been formed and cannot be changed, and some of which cannot be changed as long as you have the heart." ”

Zhang Zhaohua felt that what he said was in a fog, so she couldn't catch it and didn't understand.

However, the next day, she received a letter from Yongcheng, which was brought to her by the chief of grain before he was exiled to Yunnan.

Zhang Zhaohua opened the envelope with tears in his eyes, only to see two big words written on it-

Official election.