The clouds are light and the wind is light, and the sun is very sparse.

This small village, covered by numerous vast forests, seems to be almost vibrant.

Maybe it was after last night's party, and many people got up very late this day.

It is also a beautiful and quiet moonlit night, and the harvest of different people is naturally different.

Some people have met a close friend who can be trusted for a lifetime from the activities of the dragon and lion dance and dragon lantern at this party, some people meet another him or her in their life when guessing lantern riddles and buying lanterns, some drunkards die suddenly in the pond in the middle of the night, and some are still studying hard in the cold window in the dead of night.

There are all kinds of things in the world.

"Tell your lordship, everything is ready, just wait for your arrival!"

The patriarch himself came to greet Runchi and many of the officials at the place where they lived.

After Runzhi and Li Xianling had already washed up, they would eat breakfast, and at this moment, seeing the patriarch, the three of them happened to go to the small square in the center of the lake, that is, the place of execution.

"Master Li, what do you think of these two pairs of men and women?"

"Tell the lord, the subordinate is stupid, for this matter, presumably the lord must have a high opinion, and the subordinates dare not speak falsely."

"Don't lie" is the mantra of Buddhism, and it is also one of the eight precepts of Buddhism, "don't lie", also known as "monks don't talk nonsense", which refers to the monks who are not sure about not saying things, not telling lies, not deceiving people, not saying unnecessary words, not saying what is necessary, not boasting, boasting.

It is not surprising that such words came out of Li County's mouth, after all, Master Li was a disciple of Buddhism from the beginning.

From Haozi and other subordinates, Runzhi naturally had already heard about Li Countyling's background, so he just smiled slightly at what Li Countyling said, "I dare not say anything".

"It's okay, you just say it, the official shouldn't be serious"

"Then, the lower official will be reluctant to say it, I hope the adults don't blame it."

"It's okay, you say it, if you say something bad, I'll just take it as a joke for everyone, hahaha"

Li County Ling originally thought that this governor of the three provinces must be a very serious and majestic person, otherwise how could he climb to the position of such a big official as the governor of the three provinces, after these few days of in-depth contact, Li County Ling changed this view, in fact, this is just an ordinary man, but also a flesh and blood person.

In this world, whether it is the government or the opposition, or the people who live on the streets, they are all ordinary people, and the only difference is that the position is different. ----- blood poured into it

"In fact, it is up to the officials to see that these two pairs of men and women are legal according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, no matter how the patriarch disposes of them. However, the patriarch handed over to our government, and according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, men can be sold as slaves, and women can be used as official prostitutes or official slaves, and all dispositions will be subject to our county order. If the patriarch does not handle it properly, such as not dealing with it and is denounced by the clansmen, it is generally directly handed over to the government for disposal, in which case most of them will be sold into slavery, and the silver obtained will be returned to the imperial court."

This Li County Order is worthy of being a person who has read a book, so for such a Qing Dynasty law, he is also familiar with it.

"Actually, don't hide it from your lord, the lower officials look at these two women, they are also as beautiful as flowers, beautiful and delicious. If the patriarch is not properly handled, or if the adults are not satisfied with the patriarch's disposition, we can also directly order him to be handed over to the government. At that time, these two women who steal men will definitely sell them to big families for a good price, and they will also increase taxes for the imperial court. It's not good, staying as an official, slave and prostitute is also beneficial and harmless to our yamen, so in fact, if it is directly hosted by subordinates, it will be directly handed over to these two pairs of dog men and women."

"Indeed, my lord, in this way, although death is avoided, but it is a lifelong slave, it is indeed a lifelong lesson, if the two adults sympathize, the old man is willing to hand over these two pairs of dog men and women, no, two pairs of prisoners to the local county government"

"Wait, it's not appropriate for the time being, if these two pairs of dog men and women sneak back to us to harm people while they are slaves, what can we do?"

The old patriarch seemed to have thought of something, and after saying the previous words, he suddenly expressed his denial again.

Obviously, the old patriarch actually didn't want to add trouble to the clansmen deep down.

After all, in this world, almost no one is born with a love of trouble.

In fact, since ancient times, people have liked convenience, and the reason why Guan Zhong chose to take refuge with Qi Henggong back then was because if he didn't, he would be in trouble, maybe he would have to face a sacrifice in vain.

Back then, King Zhao Xiang's head was short-circuited, and he actually chose to hand over the 400,000 army to Zhao Kuo, who was talking on paper, but he was actually afraid of trouble.

After all, King Zhao Xiang from so many people, it is indeed not a very easy thing to choose a general to replace the veteran Lian Po, there is such free time, with the character of King Zhao Xiang, he would rather be with the concubines of his harem in a drunken and drunk, drunken dream, and gentle dream, rather than face the angry and annoying general who wears armor all day long.

Of course, these are all due to the intrigues and tricks of the Qin State, and this mastermind is Li Si.

Li Si asked people to deliberately release the news in Zhao State, saying that the Qin army was afraid of Zhao Kuo, and made up the so-called "Zhao Kuo out of the horse, the Qin army will be defeated" and other nursery rhymes spread in Zhao State, and Zhao Xiang King himself did not have great ambitions, but just a person who was also a cloud of people, so he actually fell into the trick and chose to let Zhao Kuo replace the veteran Lian Po, which led to the Battle of Changping, where the Zhao army's 400,000 troops were besieged by more than 300,000 Qin troops, and then the whole army was annihilated.

In fact, this just shows that the importance of public opinion to an empire is absolutely no less than that of any of the most elite armies in the empire, and even the role it plays will far exceed that of the army. Hassle-free

And behind public opinion, in fact, the dominant ones are the elites of various empires.

A small group of elites cooperate tacitly and secretly command a large group of ordinary people, so as to achieve the effect of mentally disintegrating the enemy, dividing the enemy, dividing the enemy, and messing up the enemy.

In other words, the contest between Zhao and Qin had actually started before the war began.

Whether it is the monarch's talent or the military generals under his command, King Zhao Xiang is far inferior to Qin Shi Huang's victory, so the victory or defeat of the two has long been divided.

This is just like back then, before Zhuge Liang had an accident, as early as in the thatched house, he had already planned the world, and then the world's major events really followed Zhuge Liang's expected direction, but people are not as good as the sky, Zhuge Liang still did not complete his mission out of the mountain after all, that is, to unify the three kingdoms.

"You can rest assured that if this is handed over to the government, there will be no matter in your clan. The official planned to use these two young and beautiful women as official prostitutes, specially teaching them some singing and dancing, and using them to entertain officials from all over the world who came from afar in the post station. These two men, sold as slaves, can also make up for the deficit of your county government"

"That's okay, but I don't know what the governor thinks? It's all up to the adults! ”

"In that case, let's do what you two have discussed!"

The patriarch listened, and continued:

"According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, criminals who are handed over to the yamen can also be punished in advance. It's better to really immerse these four people in the pig cage for the time being, but we will control the pig cage and tie ropes on them. It is a little more meaningful to immerse these four people in the pig cage, so that these four people can really experience it underwater for a while, and then we will rescue the four of them, so that we can not only achieve the effect of curing the disease and saving people, but also give these four people a hard lesson, and there is no need to directly immerse the four of them in the pig cage to death! ”

The old patriarch has long studied the laws of the Qing Dynasty very deeply, so he can also say a few words in an orderly manner.

"In this way, it is best to hand over these four people to the yamen! Then follow the discussion between the two of you, Li County Commander and I will watch your command throughout the whole process, you don't have to worry, just do your own work."

"My lord is wise, then we passed by this time, but we can just do this private investigation, supervision and inspection. As the saying goes, "no official has a day to spare, and no official is light", which is the world, but all officials, no matter where they go, should be the place where they work. Either it can be used to learn from other people's experience, or it can be used for private interviews, listen to the voices of the people, feel the living conditions and folk sufferings of the people in different places, find out the different problems that exist in various parts of the society that are worth improving, and ask for advice from many people. Even if it is a seemingly relaxed conversation for a moment, as an official, it is done with a research mentality, and any moment of inspiration or discovery or strategy may become a very friendly official announcement that the people are very keen on in the near future."

"Indeed, this shows that you are a good and conscientious officer. Some officials, who think that they are serving the imperial court when they are in the yamen, do not know the uniqueness of their identity, and are destined to be observers, managers, decision-makers, executors, and improvers of society, and are born to be the common servants of all ordinary people. The common people, who have never come to the thick pockets, have come together to see how many of our officials have fed us. If we officials do not fulfill our responsibilities, love and dedicate ourselves to our work, work hard, and work diligently, how can we be worthy of the trust and expectations of the people, and will we not live up to the people's entrustment! ”

"My lord is really reasonable, among the officials of the Qing court, there are indeed many officials, who just want to complete the work assigned by their superiors all day long. These people see work as a burden, a burden, but they don't know that it is a heavy responsibility, an opportunity to contribute to many people that millions of people have never dreamed of. Although those people arrived at the yamen on time and left on time, these people often did not have enough to cope with the work at hand most of the time. The only thing they worry about is that they are too high-profile and make mistakes, as long as these two things are done well, the rest is actually not a problem for these people."

The sun is very bright and bright, shining on the pavilion in the center of the lake, the crystal clear lake surface, because of the gentle pouring of the sun, it seems more clear and rippling, lovely.

There are two mandarin ducks on the water, swimming around freely, combing each other's feathers, and they seem to be very cheerful, showing affection and sprinkling dog food on the water.

On the tree, two colorful unknown birds stood on the same branch, which looked so small that it could carry these two large birds that seemed to have plump wings, which made the careful observer very curious about the bird's knowledge.

"Master Li, have you thought about it, do you really want to accept these two pairs of men and women?"

After listening to some discussions between Runzhi and Li Xianling, which seemed to have nothing to do with the matter for a while, the old patriarch asked almost presumptuously when neither of them started again, as if they were resting their mouths for a moment.

"That's natural"

"These two pairs of men and women, in fact, have a great use value, why not accept it, the male is used as a slave, so a little higher one, I heard that the high people, the life span is generally shorter, so it is more suitable to help the big families near the yamen to do heavy work, all physical work, dirty work and tiring work are let him do, this kind of slave, the general price is relatively high. And the scholar who is not tall or short is said to be more industrious and knowledgeable, so he can be sold to a large family as a slave who manages accounts, and if he doesn't get it, he may become a housekeeper of a large family in the future. ”

"Then what if these two people become slaves, and they still have an ambiguous relationship with the female relatives of the master's family, and even are caught and raped in bed again? Didn't you get into a lot of trouble in vain? ”

"You don't care about this, you don't know, in this society, the vast majority of women, in fact, like to choose their other half according to the appearance and status of men, wealth and knowledge, that is, cheaters, most of them also look at status, if the status difference is too much, most of them can not be combined, and slaves are almost the private property of these big families, if this is the case, the master family was killed by mistake, then it is also deserved!"

"I see, I have heard people talk about the outside county, and it is true that this is the case, but we are just a small mountain village, so it seems very dilapidated, but it is also very poor, and there have never been any big families, everyone is all kinds of food, each weaving their own clothes, self-sufficient, for this big family and slaves, but also heard relatively little"

"Today, the grass people have seen again!"

"Hahaha, there are too many opportunities for you to grow your knowledge in the future, you are too closed here, and you need to communicate well outside!"

"Obey the teachings of the adults, the grass people will pay attention to this matter in the future, and soon send people out to study more."

"Uh-huh, that's right"

Li Xianling and the patriarch talked very speculatively, and almost put Runzhi aside.

Runzhi carefully observed the two lovely birds not far away, as if they were frightened by something, these two birds suddenly spread their wings together and soared in the vast blue sky.

Exactly, the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high for the birds to fly!