Chapter 644: The Law of the State of Lu

Ouyang Li calculated clearly, there are a total of eighteen people in this gang, nine of them are running errands in the city, naturally Ouyang Shuang solves them, seven have been solved on the side of the road just now, and there are still two fish that have slipped through the net, and there are exactly two in front of him!

He Lu's two staff, seeing Ouyang Li striding over, their reaction was not slow, they immediately turned their horses' heads and ran back to the official road, shouting that there were robbers as they ran, and they wanted to recruit help.

Ouyang Li laughed, these two people are very interesting, now that it is dark, even if they shout and break their throats, no one will come to save them. He jumped up, like a roc bird, and flew into the air, grabbed one in one hand, and tore them off his horse!

With two thuds, the two Wu Wangfu staff members were thrown to the ground. Ouyang Li shouted: "Now grandpa wants the lives of the two of you, but he is not in a hurry, what do you have to say to grandpa, if grandpa is happy to listen, maybe he will spare your life." Hear clearly, only one person will be spared! ”

The two staff members were smashed to pieces, their eyes were full of stars, and their whole bodies were in great pain, and they couldn't speak for a while!

Ouyang Li smiled: "It turns out that you are good brothers, and you want to die on the same day, the same month, and the same year, very good, then I will fulfill you!" As he spoke, he stepped on the head of the Lu staff, and exerted force under his feet!

Under the great pain, Lu's staff was able to speak immediately, and he said: "Grandpa Haohan spares his life, we are just pedestrians passing by, not sent by Wu Wangfu...... The sound of broken bones sounded, and he was trampled to death by Ouyang Li!

Ouyang Li said: "I really don't know what to do, I don't want to give you a chance to live, do you really think that grandpa wants to hear it, so many people, everything that should be said has been said, is there still a confession for you alone!" ”

He was horrified when he saw his companion die, he never expected that someone would die, as the saying goes, a gentleman doesn't move his hands...... Well, this villain moves his feet! He shouted: "Grandpa spare your life, whatever you want to ask, the little one said, please be merciful!" ”

Ouyang Li snorted and asked, "A total of twenty-five of you came, right?" ”

He staff sighed and said, "It's eighteen, not twenty-five, and the little one never lied!" ”

His mind turned sharply, he had heard that many people had died in King Wu's mansion, but he didn't know how those people died, and he couldn't even revenge, and he didn't want to end up in the same fate now. It seems that if you tell the truth today, you have to die, if you don't tell the truth, you have to die, anyway, it's a death, then even if it is death, you have to pull a few more cushions, at least someone will avenge yourself in the future.

In an instant, He Staff's staff decided that no matter what, he could not tell the matter of the letter being sent away by the post station, as long as King Wu knew the secret, he would definitely take action against Wang Ping'an in the future, and his great revenge could be avenged!

Ouyang Li didn't know that he had thought so much, and said with a smile: "Okay, you are telling the truth, it is indeed eighteen." I said let you live, talk about it, you go! ”

He staff was surprised and delighted, this person is a fool, if he doesn't kill me, he wants to let me go, he is not afraid of my revenge in the future? I'm the best witness, and I've seen him kill with my own eyes!

Before he had time to think about it, he got up and staggered to his mount, trying to flee on horseback!

Ouyang Li just looked at him and didn't stop him, until He Staff's staff got on his horse and started running, he picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it on the ground!

The stone hit the back of the staff, and it immediately smashed his bones and tendons, and he fell off the horse. He staff couldn't stand up for a while, he rushed back and said: "You, you, you don't talk ......"

Ouyang Li strode up to him and said hesitantly: "I always count when I speak, I said let you go, and I heard clearly that I was letting you go, not letting you ride a horse." If you don't obey, then you have to lie down and leave! ”

Saying that, Ouyang Li laughed, when it can't be extinguished, it will be a trouble, this kind of thing that can't wipe his butt clean, how can he do it. He stomped on his staff, threw the two corpses into the woods, jumped on a mount, pulled the other, and returned to Gyeongju City.

After returning to the city, he reported the incident to Wang Ping'an, saying that Wu Meiniang was afraid that she was being targeted by Li Ke, the king of Wu. Wang Ping'an was shocked and angry, that Li Ke couldn't help but be too unstoppable, he did it like this, he had to put his own life into it, no wonder the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to kill him in the future, such an aggressive approach, don't say that the temper of the eldest grandson Wuji, even if he changes himself, it is really intolerable!

Wang Ping'an immediately asked Wu Meiniang to move into the Thorn Mansion to live, and strengthened the guards, but he didn't dare to have any more accidents, he would really vomit blood if there were any more accidents!

After waiting nervously for half a month, there was no movement in Chang'an, Wang Ping'an was a little relieved, thinking that the matter should pass, no one went back to report the news, Li Ke should not have expected the matter in Gyeongju, it was over.

After finishing Wu Meiniang's business, the big car and water began to keep him busy again. The officials of the Ministry of Industry worked quite hard, did not procrastinate at all, and had no bureaucratic style at all, and in just 10 days of effort, they completed the survey of the terrain of Gyeongju Fortress and drew up the drawings for repairing the canal.

This drawing is an improvement from the drawings of the former Sui, there was no such tool as a large water wheel in the former Sui period, and the depth and trend of the channel are somewhat different from now, but the distribution of the channel is roughly the same, as long as it is improved, it can be used.

Wang Ping'an hung the drawings high for officials to see. The drawings of the canal are not only exquisitely drawn, but also detailed, which section of the channel should be dug how deep, what is the order of excavation before and after, where should the waterwheel be erected, how many frames should be erected, where the well should be dug, etc., very detailed and professional!

After reading the drawings, none of the Gyeongju officials could find fault, because the drawings were too professional, and it would be good for laymen to understand them, and they wanted to find faults, but it was too difficult, and they couldn't talk nonsense, and they couldn't pick and choose, Wang Ping'an was very difficult to serve, and he couldn't find a reason for it, he really wanted to shoot people.

It took two days of meetings to finalize the plan. The Gyeongju officials began to take action, recruiting people, procuring food, preparing tools, and each with his own work, and they were all busy. Wang Ping'an took Di Renjie to the front line every day to supervise the progress of the project.

Four or five days passed, and early in the morning, Wang Ping'an was about to leave the city, but saw the car coming from Sitong.

After seeing the salute, Che Sitong said: "Lord Thorn Shi, the project is progressing smoothly, but there is only one thing, and now I have to tell you, if this matter cannot be solved, at most in three days, the project will be stopped." ”

Wang Ping'an naturally understood what he was talking about, and said: "You mean the matter of money, the Gyeongju Treasury is empty, but it is also too empty, and it has only been a few days, and it will see the bottom?" ”

Che Sitong stubbornly said: "Yes, it's the bottom." Now the food can be supported for about ten days at most, but the money cannot be supported, there is no money left, and even the officials' salaries this month cannot be distributed! ”

Wang Ping'an was speechless for a long time, and Che Sitong saw that his face was ugly, so he naturally didn't dare to say anything. Di Renjie has been following Wang Ping'an's side, and when he saw this situation, he whispered: "Big brother, why don't you put on the mat first?" ”

Wang Ping'an shook his head gently, if you encounter something, you have to pay for it yourself, it will be bad, it will increase the difficulty of being an official, if a routine is formed, not only will not improve the enthusiasm of officials, but will seriously bruise, will make officials more and more perfunctory, so that they will be treated negatively when encountering difficulties, and do not take the initiative to do things.

Di Renjie was a little anxious, his voice was a little louder, and he said: "Big brother, you have always been generous, why are you suddenly stingy at this time, is it possible that the more money you have, the more stingy you are?" ”

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "What nonsense are you talking about." You have read a lot, you should have read the law of the country of Lu, what is the difference between the events of Gyeongju today and the Spring and Autumn Period? I used to do a lot of things, and I got a lot of praise, but why does the court still think that I can't be an official and need to be honed, don't you want to think about the reason? ”

Di Renjie was stunned, he naturally read the law of the Lu Kingdom, Wang Ping'an only mentioned it, and he understood that the current Wang Ping'an must not pay for the project by himself, otherwise there will be endless troubles, and he will have to bring a bad impact on the officialdom of Datang.

The Law of the State of Lu is a matter of the Spring and Autumn Period, and is related to Confucius and his disciples. There is a law in the state of Lu, if the people of the country of Lu are enslaved abroad, as long as someone can redeem them and bring them back to the country of Lu, they can reimburse the ransom to the state, which is a great good law.

But once Confucius's disciple Zigong redeemed a Lu person, but refused to ask the state for money, saying that he didn't care about this money and was willing to share worries for the country, in his opinion that this was saving money for the country and was a good deed. But Confucius scolded him for being a bastard and told Zigong that if you do this, countless Lu people will never be able to return to China.

Confucius told him that fame and fortune are linked, and that it is a virtuous act for the people of Lu to save their compatriots, which can be praised by the people, and their interests will not be lost. But if you save people now, but you don't want compensation from the state, so you raise the standard of "morality", if someone rescues your compatriots in the future, but still asks the state for compensation, then others will say that he has a loss of virtue, far inferior to you. But not everyone is as rich as you and can afford to lose, they have done good deeds, but they will be blamed and their interests will be damaged, so who will do good deeds again to save their compatriots? They tend to turn a blind eye and stop coming to the rescue.

Sure enough, after Zigong raised the moral standard, the people in distress in the Lu country could no longer be rescued, and a good good law became a dead letter, and countless people were not allowed to return to China for this reason!

On the contrary, another disciple of Confucius, Zilu, rescued a man who had fallen into the water, and the man thanked him for a cow, and Zilu accepted it and was rewarded for doing good deeds. But Confucius praised it and said that Zilu you did a good job, because what you did was a real virtuous deed, because of this matter, if there are people who fall into the water in the future, then others will take the initiative to save you!

Therefore, now that the water conservancy project in Gyeongju is in difficulty, and the government has no money, if Wang Ping'an pays the money out of his own pocket, it will undoubtedly raise the standard of being an official. Not every official can do the same thing, if they encounter similar things in their localities, and they don't pay out of their own pockets, then the people will say that they are morally wrong, do not cherish the people, and do not think about the country.