Chapter 186: Concealing the Upper and Lower Secrets
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Zhou Shixiang was very dissatisfied with Shouning County's practice of taking care of the thieves, in his opinion, this was indulging in evil, not persuading good.
The prodigal son's return to the gold may be a good thing, but it is not worth publicizing. Because a person who has done a lot of bad things, and occasionally changes his mind and does a good deed, he will be written a big book, which is very unfair to people who have never done bad things in their lives.
Shouning's practice of stealing households is very similar to the allusion that Zhou Shixiang's troublesome children had milk in his previous life. And the officials of Shouning are like the "mothers" who are breastfeeding, the sensible and obedient "babies" do not get the milk and attention of the "mother", but the noisy and crying ones do. In the long run, it is not only the hearts of the people that will be destroyed, but the country and the world.
There is no problem in this world that cannot be solved fairly, and if there is, then add an extra knife.
Zhou Shixiang issued a warrant, and Shouning's magistrate, the lord and the six-room difference were all locked, and he transferred his personal guard Yao Wenlong to Shouning as the magistrate.
Subsequently, a battalion of Taiping troops marched into Shouning, and the original stolen households were regarded as heirlooms, which became a reminder.
The doors of the thieves were kicked open, and the men were pulled out of their homes one by one, and then tied with ropes and taken to Zhoushan, Zhejiang. They will be sent to Liaodong to serve as husbands.
Yao Wenlong carried out a high-pressure order in Shouning, and all thieves who dared to gather crowds, regardless of old or weak, men and women, would be punished for plotting rebellion. Within half a month, more than 300 people were beheaded in Yao Zhi County, causing the word "thief" to become a word that no one dared to say in Shouning. The thief also became like a rat on the street, and everyone shouted and beat him.
The entire Funing Prefecture and even the entire Fujian Provincial Political Envoy Yamen are in operation, all the roads leading from Shouning to the outside world have been set up checkpoints, and the good people in Shouning County have also been organized to report and expose the thieves.
Facts have proved that the government has not acted, and the thieves are arrogant and arrogant, shouting fiercer than the sky. But once the government takes action, a few heads can make these thieves who compare themselves to the king of heaven and Lao Tzu frightened and scattered, and they no longer dared to make trouble.
"There is no crowd in this world that cannot be cured, and if no one is moved, it will cause local turmoil and chaos in the world. Our officials, first and foremost, should think about the court, not for themselves. The imperial court does need local pacification, but it is not for the local government to unconditionally compromise with the mob and the people. For the people, our parents and officials should also treat them equally. The palms and backs of the hands are all meat, and you can't favor one over the other. Those who will make trouble and will come to trouble must be severely cracked down, and they must not be connived at, let alone give in to these mobs for the sake of evaluation and promotion, and use the blood and sweat of the people to fill their greedy appetites. If equality is sought through struggle, equality is there; If equality is sought through compromise, equality is not there. In the future, the imperial court, provincial capitals, prefectures, and counties at all levels need to learn the lessons of Shouning's thieves and not make the same mistake again. In the future, we should take care of the good people who abide by the law and the martyrs, the families of the martyrs, and the people who have contributed to the country and the people. In addition, we will treat everyone equally and follow the rules. Whoever violates it will be brought to the capital with chains. ”
Shouning's theft was just an episode for Zhou Shixiang. He spent only three days on this matter, and after entering Zhejiang, he wrote a letter to the minister of the Southern Capital, who was also in charge of the Criminal Department, asking the latter to start perfecting the "Da Ming Law".
With the changes of the times and the change of reality, the original "Da Ming Law" has fallen behind to a certain extent, and some aspects of the law need to be revised.
The law is the foundation of a country, and no one is 100 years old, but the law can.
Zhou Shixiang hopes that what he will leave to China in this era is not only self-confidence, but also a new order. A new order that even after he died, China would still function the way he envisioned it, a new order that no one could change.
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Tang Xiaoxian, who presided over the Jiading Debt Clearance Division, got his wish and became the county governor of Jiading. Although it is only a county, Jiading is the essence of Songjiang, and the tax income is extremely rich, so Jiading Zhixian is really a fat difference in the eyes of many people.
On this day, Tang Xiaoxian was discussing with the people in the treasury in the yamen the list of households that should levy summer grain and exempt from taxation in the county.
As soon as he heard that it was an old friend visiting, Tang Xiao first hurriedly called someone in, and when he saw it, it was an old friend, but it was Yu Baien, who he had met in the former army.
Speaking of which, it has been more than four years since Tang Xiaoxian and Yu Baien parted ways, so he was very happy to meet again, and asked someone to sit down and invite Yu Baien to have tea. After saying something after many years of absence, Tang Xiao first asked Yu Baien why he didn't participate in the imperial examination, and if he wanted, he could settle in Jiading for reference.
Yu Baien thanked Tang Xiaoxian for his kindness, but said that his mother had just passed away, and he was now complying with Ding Wei and could not participate in this year's township test. Upon hearing that Yu Baien's mother had died, Tang Xiaoxian was shocked, hurriedly went in to change into auspicious clothes, arched into the back hall, and put wine on the table. Considering that Ding's mother had just passed away, the banquet was mainly vegetarian, which was very much in line with Baien's wishes.
The two were eating, and the lord Bo Ding Ladong hurriedly came to see him, saying that he had something important to discuss with Tang Zhi County. Tang Xiaoxian was unhappy that Ding Zhubo disturbed him and his friends for dinner, but he didn't reveal it, apologized to Yu Baien, and took Ding Zhubo to the side to talk.
"Why the hell are you in such a hurry?" Tang Xiao asked Master Ding Bo Dao first.
Ding Ladong said ashamedly: "But I offended the county honor." In fact, a few of the god's relatives prepared 50 catties of beef, and asked a master to beg me, saying that he asked me to be accommodating and allowed them to slaughter the cattle. ”
Hearing this, Tang Xiaoxian was immediately displeased, he knew that Ding Ladong was a person in the sect, so his tone couldn't help but be stern: "King Qi just issued a ban, now the ploughing cattle are very valuable, and it is strictly forbidden to slaughter the ploughing cattle in various places. ”
Ding Ladong also knew that what he invited was a bit abrupt, but the relatives begged him, but there were still wives and families in him, so it was really difficult to refuse, and he could only say hard-headed at the moment: "The county respects one or two, and my relatives said that they only ask the county to be a little looser, which is called 'hiding from the top and not from the bottom'." Send another fifty pounds of beef here..."
Tang Xiao listened first, frowned slightly, and motioned to Master Ding to go down first. Back at the banquet, he told Yu Baien about the matter and wanted to ask the other party to give him an idea.
Yu Baien smiled, shook his head and said to Tang Xiaoxian: "Brother Tang, Master Ding is very confused, you don't want to be harmed by him." You must know that this official only knows that there is a court, an emperor, and a king of Qi, so how do you know what kind of relatives there are? ... I think about the Hongwu years, that old Mr. Liu..."
Tang Xiao asked first, "That old Mr. Liu?" ”
Yu Baien said: "It's a shame." He was a Jinshi who opened the department in the third year of Hongwu, the fifth in the three sentences of "there is a way in the world", and later entered Hanlin. Hongwu went to his house privately, just like 'visiting Pu on a snowy night'. It just so happened that King Zhang of Jiangnan gave him a jar of side dishes, and when he opened it in front of him, he saw that it was all melon seed gold. Hongwu Sheng was annoyed and said, "He thinks that everything in the world depends on you scholars!" On the second day, Mr. Liu was demoted to the magistrate of Qingtian County, and he was put to death with poison. How is this! ”
Although Tang Xiaoxian said that he knew some words, he was not a scholar after all, and he didn't know so many allusions, and when he saw that what Bai En said, it was an exact allusion to this dynasty, so he couldn't help but believe it, so he asked him: "Then how to deal with this matter?" ”
Yu Baien thought for a while and said, "In my humble opinion, Brother Tang is famous in this matter. Tonight he was asked to serve, and tomorrow morning, he brought the old master in and beat him with dozens of boards, took a large flail, piled the beef on the flail, and issued a notice beside it, affirming his bold transgression. The boss visited and saw that Brother Tang was meticulous, and his promotion was just around the corner. ”