It is said that after Guo Ziyi knew that Liang Xingfa was cut off from military affairs, he immediately went to the palace to ask Tang Suzong to restore Liang Xingfa's position.

Tang Suzong was a little embarrassed, after all, Liang Xingfa had gone too far, if there was no punishment at all, wouldn't it chill Cheng Yuanzhen's heart.

Guo Ziyi said to Tang Suzong: "What does it matter if Cheng Yuanzhen's heart is cold. The country will continue to live without this number of people. However, if there is no Liang Xingfa, I am afraid that the country will not be able to protect the country, and the emperor, your throne will not be stable. ”

Tang Suzong was surprised and asked Guo Ziyi, "Why does Father Shang talk like this?" ”

Guo Ziyi said to Tang Suzong: "The emperor may wish to think about it. Who can resist An Qingxu and Shi Siming's army of millions. Who can go and recover the eastern capital of Luoyang? ”

Tang Suzong looked at Guo Ziyi very sincerely and said, "Father Shang is talented, and I think you are the best candidate." I'm also relieved to hand over the army to you. ”

Guo Ziyi said to Tang Suzong: "Liang Xingfa's talent is ten times that of me. Why doesn't the emperor use the good ones instead of the bad ones? With Liang Xingfa, the country is as hard as an iron bucket. If the old minister is asked to guard the country, the old minister is terrified, afraid that he will become a sinner through the ages if he makes a slight mistake. ”

Tang Suzong said to Guo Ziyi: "I also know that Liang Xingfa is indeed far-sighted, and I don't want to waste such a good piece of material. But he was indeed wrong this time, and if he made a mistake, he should be punished. Otherwise, he won't have to go to the barracks for the time being, let him be a magistrate first, go to Qinggu County, and if he does well, he will return to the army as a marshal in the future. It's up to you. ”

Guo Ziyi thanked Lord Long En and then retreated. He pondered how to tell Liang Xingfa about this as he walked, I don't know if he would feel wronged, and what should he do if he refused to do it.

When Guo Ziyi was a little embarrassed, he told Liang Xingfa to ask him to go to Qinggu County to be the magistrate, but Liang Xingfa was very excited. He said to Guo Ziyi: "Being a county magistrate has been my dream since I was a child." For the benefit of the official for one term, I will go too, brother. ”

Guo Ziyi is very happy and thinks that Liang Xingfa is a person who understands the overall situation. So he personally sent Liang Xingfa to Qinggu County. The officials there, large and small, had all heard of the prestige of Liang Xingfa and Guo Ziyi, and all of them came out to welcome them.

said that Cheng Yuanzhen almost blew his lungs when he saw that the killers he sent out were all running back with missing arms and legs. He scolded these teary-eyed killers for being wine bags and rice bags, which they couldn't do well, but they were just killing a person, and they were people who didn't have a position, and what else could they do in the future, it was better to die.

The killers cried, first bitterly saying that they couldn't stand Cheng Yuanzhen, and then pitifully said that they would never dare to ask Cheng Yuanzhen for a bounty from now on, but hoped that Cheng Yuanzhen would be able to give some medical expenses and living expenses for the sake of their work-related injuries.

It's a pity that Cheng Yuanzhen, who has a lot of money, is not even willing to give this money, so he told them to go to the street to beg for food after dinner. When he heard that Liang Xing found out, not only was he not punished by the emperor, but he could also be a nine-rank sesame official, so angry that his hair was straight. So he sprinkled these anger on the killers who were gobbling up, and in the end, these killers who worked for him were driven away without even having a full meal.

Liang Xingfa happily went to Qinggu County to take up his post with his luggage. But where would Cheng Yuanzhen make him so happy, so he used a bad trick to disgust Liang Xingfa. He sent people to transfer all the big and small officials and officials in Qinggu County, and made Liang Xingfa a bare-bones commander. Cheng Yuanzhen has this privilege. If Liang Xingfa continued to do it, he would be exhausted to death.

Liang Xingfa didn't care at all. There was no errand and spanking, so he transferred the Songshan Seven Monsters and a few of his confidantes. It doesn't matter if the household department doesn't pay him a salary, anyway, the gift that Cheng Yuanzhen gave him before is enough for him to spend three years and five years.

As soon as Liang Xingfa came to Qinggu County, he started to build a legal system, and he called on the common people to understand and abide by the law. However, Qinggu County is a poor county, and the living standards of the common people are poor, and most of them cannot afford to go to private schools, so the illiteracy accounts for the majority. You can't ask people to read books on their own to find out what they can do and what they can't.

As a result, Liang Xingfa decided to popularize education while popularizing the law. He called on wealthy businessmen and large families to donate money to support education, opened a private school in the county, and several small schools in various villages, and stipulated that all children who reached the age of six should attend private schools. Mr. Teaching hires local talents. If there is not enough local, recruit from other places. These talents are all of good quality and low price, basically just have food and housing.

In the laws of the Tang Dynasty, there were roughly five types of punishment, namely beating with a small bamboo stick, a large wooden plank, a fixed-term imprisonment and exile, and finally the death penalty.

In order to let the people understand how to break the law, he asked those talents to write a book in familiar and easy-to-understand language, which recorded many cases, which is equivalent to a very vivid story, which the people will like to see, and will be used as a conversation after dinner. The Xiucai saw that a magistrate looked up to them so much, so they worked very hard, and it didn't take long to complete the task. The book is called The Law.

So, Liang Xingfa reprinted many copies of this book, and every household issued a copy to every household, and told them to be familiar with the classic cases in it. And the book should be put away properly. Because when you have sinned, you can take it out, and then the punishment will be reduced, and if you can't take it, the punishment will be increased.

Not long after the publication of this "Law" book, Liang Xingfa began to sit in court to try the case. At that time, there was no drum to sound grievances, so he asked the seven monsters of Songshan to put a big drum at the door of the yamen, and the common people could beat the big drum if they had contradictions and disputes. And everyone is welcome to come and watch.

Now Liang Xingfa is trying a theft case. The plaintiff, Zhang Ergou, said his neighbor Li Dahu stole two of his chickens. So Liang Xingfa asked the Songshan Seven Monsters to arrest Li Dahu and asked him if he had stolen Zhang Ergou's chickens?

Li Dahu said to Liang Xingfa: "Mine is not stealing, but taking." Zhang Ergou has a few chickens at home, but I don't have a single chicken at home, can't I catch two to eat? ”

Liang Xingfa said to Li Dahu: "How can other people's things be moved casually, if you have chickens at home, I will eat them all, are you happy?" ”

Li Dahu said to Liang Xingfa: "Of course I'm not happy." But I usually throw some rice for the two chickens of Li Ergou's house, and now I eat my own rice. ”

Liang Xingfa said to Li Dahu: "You are using strong words. It seems that it doesn't make sense to reason with you, and you can only use punishment to make you understand what is right and wrong. According to the provisions of the law, you should use a small bamboo whip in this case. Now I'm going to ask you, do you have a book called "Law" at home? ”

Li Dahu said to Liang Xingfa: "I don't have a single book at home. I can't read, so what do I need books for? I took the book that the government gave me last time to wipe my butt. Hey, I'll tell you the truth, wiping your butt with a book is really much more comfortable than wiping it with a bamboo stick. You can give me one more copy in the future. ”

Liang Xingfa said to Li Dahu: "Since you don't have a book, then you will be guilty of one more degree and spank with a big stick." After speaking, let the Songshan Seven Monsters hold Li Dahu and beat him hard. Li Dahu kept begging for mercy and said, "Isn't it okay if I'm wrong?" Before, you said that you used a small bamboo whip. But he soon became speechless and turned into screams. The people watching outside the door talked about the fact that it was good that the book in their house was not lost, otherwise they would have been beaten even worse. As a result, all the common people began to read books seriously. (To be continued.) )