As if he saw what Wen Zhao was thinking, Zhang Ji suddenly asked: "The father and son are tried in the same court, if in the end, the old father takes all the crimes and is sentenced." ”

But the son was spared from sin, and what will the world think of him? What's more, Li Laohan is old, what should he do if he dies because of exile? ”

Wen Zhao was slightly stunned, and then suddenly realized.

If Li Wen really let Li Laohan take all the crimes, he finally left unharmed, even if the property was really stolen by Li Laohan, the world would scold Li Wen for being unfilial.

Filial piety is extremely important in this era. You can be poor, you can even be extremely vicious, but you can't be unfilial.

Once Li Wen is labeled as unfilial, he will really be wasted in this life, and he will no longer be able to raise his head and be a man.

On the other hand, if Lee Wen had taken all the crimes, whether or not he had stolen the property, Lee Wen would have earned a good reputation for filial piety.

If the money was really stolen by him, and Li Wen could take risks to save his mother, this kind of thing would also be praised.

If the money was stolen by Li Laohan, Li Wen would have left an excellent reputation for his father's guilt.

In this way, even if Li Wen is really sentenced to exile, it will only be good for his future survival and development, and there will be no harm.

Even if he is now in exile for theft, he will be released from prison soon.

In this era, pay attention to filial piety first, and people judge whether a person is loyal or not, but also to see whether he is a filial son. As long as he holds the title of a filial son, Li Wen will no longer worry about his livelihood in the future.

It was with these in mind that Zhang Jicai was bent on letting go of Li Laohan and convicting Li Wen.

Although Zhang Ji's approach is inevitably too humane, he ignores the fairness of the law. But as he said earlier, the law and criminal law are only means, and the goal is to restrain people's behavior and persuade others to do good.

Zhang decided the case in this way, and it is precisely this kind of thinking that he adheres to.

The rule of law and the rule of man have their own merits, but their purposes are the same. After figuring out this, even Wen Zhao, who has always paid attention to governing the country according to law, was a little shaken in his heart.

Zhang struggled to smooth out the folds on his sleeves, and then said again: "Of course, today's case is just a special case. In the final analysis, the Li father and son are not the kind of people who like to work hard. ”

"Even if they steal other people's property, it's to save people, that's why I'm so tolerant. If it had been replaced by someone else who had the intention of making money, this kind of case would not have been pronounced in this way. ”

Wen Zhao sighed in his heart, got up and bowed again: "Mr. is really a great talent in the world, but he is so condescended to the position of county commander, don't you feel wronged?" ”

Zhang Ji laughed twice, and suddenly said loudly: "The phoenix soars in the heaven and the earth, and it is not a wu or a perch; If you can't find a real place to live, even if you are a county magistrate for the rest of your life, what's the matter? ”

Wen Zhao's heart moved, and he secretly thought: "It seems that Zhang Derong is not unwilling to go to Pusaka as an official, but at the beginning, I asked people to recruit at will, and he felt that he was not taken seriously, so he refused to go to Puban, but served as a county magistrate here." ”

Over the years, he's not so much waiting for his moment as he is looking for hope. Four years of political achievements three auxiliary first, as long as the ruler is not too mediocre, will begin to pay attention to Zhang Derong. ”

"If I haven't come to Xinfeng to invite Zhang Ji in person by now, I'm afraid it won't be long before he abandons Guanzhong and goes to the rest of the princes."

Thinking of this, Wen Zhao's back was immediately drenched in cold sweat, and he felt that he was almost about to lose a great talent.

Actually, Wen Zhao's guess was not wrong.

Zhang Ji himself, although he is very optimistic about Chen Xu's future. But if Chen Xu can't reuse him, Zhang Ji will stay in Xinfeng County for another year at most, and then he will hang up the seal and leave.

After all, after five consecutive years of hope, it is impossible for Zhang Ji's reputation not to reach Chen Xu's ears. At this time, if Zhang is not reused, it means that Chen Xu will not use people, and he is not the master.

At that time, even if Wen Zhao personally went to invite Zhang Ji, he might not be able to show up.

After calming down his mind, Wen Zhao suddenly said: "If there is chaos today, the dynasty is sluggish, and the princes are rising, I don't know who Mr. thinks, who can calm the four seas?" ”

When Zhang Ji heard this, he stared at Wen Zhao with a smile, and after a long time, he shook his head and sighed: "The situation in the world is changing rapidly, and the few princes left behind now are not easy to match. ”

"If the situation in the world does not change greatly, I am afraid that in a short period of time, I am afraid that there will only be a situation in which the princes will rise together.

Of course, Wen Zhao also knew this, but he still asked a little unwillingly: "Although it is not easy to unify the world, my generation should still rise up and help a Ming Lord end this troubled world as soon as possible." ”

"If you have an idea in your heart, it doesn't hurt to say it."

Zhang Ji looked at Wen Zhao carefully for a while, and then sighed: "Since the general insists on listening to Zhang Ji's words, how dare I disobey?" I just hope that after listening to it, the general will not laugh. ”

Wen Zhao's body was shocked, and then he said with a wry smile: "I don't know when I will show my feet, since I let De Rong know my identity?" ”

Zhang Ji smiled slightly and said: "I have some knowledge of "Zhou Yi", and I also have some understanding of the method of observing qi. When I first saw the general, I knew that the general was by no means a person. ”

"Whether it is the general's sharpness and domineering, or the aura brought by staying in a high position for a long time, it is not something that ordinary people can have."

"Of course, at first I didn't determine the true identity of the general, but when I was in the county office, when the people were dispersed, I found a big man with a double iron halberd, and ten plainclothes soldiers, and I already had doubts in my heart."

"General Dian Wei is different from ordinary people, and he is the commander of the general's own troops, and he is good at using double iron halberds. It's not easy to find out in Guanzhong, such two people who are similarly dressed. ”

"And those ten plainclothes soldiers, although they didn't seem to care about it on their faces, were actually scattered around the general, and the general was closely protected."

"If it weren't for your very high status, how would you have such treatment?"

When Zhang Ji said these words, he didn't have the slightest hint of boasting, and his tone was very flat.

He continued: "The great general just asked me who could clear the world, and the urgency revealed in his words, and the meaning of who else could not be possessed by one of the princes. ”

"Therefore, I affirmed the identity of the general."

In fact, Zhang Ji still didn't say a word, that is, he had been waiting for Chen Xu for a long time, and he had been raising hope for four years in order to catch Chen Xu's big fish.

Now that Chen Xu has come to Xinfeng County, how could he not be aware of it?

When Chen Xu heard this, he sighed: "De Jong's eyes are like torches, which is impressive!" ”