Mencius said: There is a way to win the people, to win their hearts, and to win the people.

In fact, all those in power don't care much about this kind of thing, and the people's will is just a means that enables them to use the people, not the goal.

No matter how high-sounding it may be, the people will always be just fertilizer for those in power, no different from dung.

Manure can be used to fertilize the land, but it cannot be used directly.

The people can benefit the country, but they cannot be used immediately.

Whether it is to win the hearts of the people, or to intimidate the people, it is just a means and process that can drive the people.

Win the hearts of the people for a long time, and in the end, such as the arm commands, the people are frightened, and the effect is fast, but there are too many troubles, and the two complement each other, and the party is the avenue.

Li Chengjing has time, and he is not in a hurry for the people, so he will naturally choose the most appropriate method.

Rectify the rule of officials, be enlightened and Xuanhe, be kind to the people, win the hearts of the people, and use the law as a threat, so that the people know that they are frightened and dare not make mistakes.

It can give the court a kind of wrong information about virtuous ministers and good generals, and it is easier for the court to accept itself.

This is not to say that he wants to show the court how capable he is and what kind of pillar he is, but to give the court an attitude, he is not the same as those mountain cultivators.

As long as Emperor Daqing gets this kind of signal, even if Jiaolong can't touch his heart, but after that, he may not be able to hold back.

After all, Li Chengjing's metaphysical cultivation is his hope for immortality.

Niu Tu is a farmer in the Central Plains, his grandfather's generation came to the border with the army, married a wife and had children, and took root here.

As for the ancestral hometown, Niu Tu didn't know about it for a long time.

Now in his thirties, he has not married a wife and had children, and he is a well-known old bachelor.

Because of his honest nature, he is often bullied, so he lived in isolation, sold his family's land, cultivated grain in the wilderness, and worked hard for several years, and finally turned those few acres of wasteland into fertile land, and this year is a bumper harvest year.

Seeing that the good days were coming, he didn't expect that the gentry from the nearby village sent someone over, saying that he wanted to buy all his fields for ten taels of silver.

Niu Tu is honest, but he is not stupid, he wants to buy the fertile land that he has worked hard for three or four years to raise, how can he agree.

Although I don't know how much the price of one acre of fertile land in Guanzhong is, but in Yizi City, the market price of this kind of fertile land is twelve taels of silver per mu, and there is no market.

Ten taels of silver, it would be more appropriate to directly say that it was robbed.

In fact, that's what people mean, but Niu Tu's elm head didn't figure it out.

Naturally, he rejected it outright.

After this incident, Wang Yuanwai never sent anyone to come, and Niu Tu forgot about this matter.

With the autumn harvest, Niu Tu took the silver money in exchange for grain, and the silver that he used to save money to sell the field, exactly fifty taels, and was ready to go to the city to buy a ox to plow the land, although he was young and strong, but in the end he had a cow to be regarded as a decent farmer.

Moreover, if he had a cow, he might be able to marry a daughter-in-law.

After picking up the money, Niu Tu hurried towards Yizi City, and on the way found a fainted old man, dressed in rags and linen, lying in the shade of a tree, and beside him there was a cow grazing with his head bowed.

Niu Tu was wooden, but he also had a little kindness, and hurriedly went up to help, and soon the old man woke up.

After inquiring and learning that the old man was lonely, he felt that his limit was approaching, and he didn't want to die, and after the ox was unattended, he was ready to take the ox to the city and sell it, but he didn't expect to faint here, but fortunately the cow passed by and saved him.

The naïve Niu Tu patted his thigh, saying that he was going to the city to buy a cattle, and then looked at the cattle, and found that the cow was in the prime of life, and the most powerful time, so he asked the old man what the price of the cow was.

The old man said with a smile: "Don't say anything about money or not, the old man is about to be buried in the loess, and money has no meaning for the old man." The little brother is kind-hearted, if you are willing to buy, the old man is happy to sell, if you want, give me a tael of silver, and the old man will sell you, but you must promise me a condition. ”

"A tael of silver?" Niu Tu's eyes widened, thinking that the other party must be stupid.

Niu Tu is greedy for cattle I don't know how many years, I know the price of a cow, the lowest is twenty or thirty taels, and the highest even reaches three hundred taels.

Just this kind of good cultivated cattle in front of you, there are no seventy or eighty taels, and you won't be allowed to touch them.

"Uncle, are you confused, a tael of silver?"

The old man nodded and said, "They all said that I was about to die, even if you gave me a thousand taels, what was the use." As long as you agree, you will come to my house every three months to see me, and if I die, I will take care of my afterlife, and the old man will sell you the scalper for a tael of silver! ”

Niu Tu agreed without thinking about it, firstly, he had saved more than fifty taels for more than ten years, and he couldn't buy such a good cow at all, and secondly, he was afraid that he would not be able to marry a wife in the future, and he would end up with the same appearance as this old man, and he felt sad in his heart, so he happily agreed.

Sent the old man home, recognized the way, and dragged the scalper back to his home.

Just when Niu Tu fantasized that with the ox, he could reclaim a few more acres of wasteland, and the evil servant of the king's foreign family locked him up directly with the messenger.

The reason is that the cattle robbed the cattle of the king's family.

Niu Tu naturally defended loudly, but the evil servant of the king's foreign family lifted the inside of the ox's ear in front of Niu Tu, showing a small brand, which was a king character, and completely looked at Niu Tu stupidly.

Until he was imprisoned, Niu Tu still didn't understand what happened? Why did he buy the cow of the dying old man, and he became a member of the king's family.

There weren't many prisoners in the cell, but there were all kinds of people.

When there was nothing to do in prison, someone asked Niu Tu what had happened?

Originally, Niu Tu was a mess, but when someone asked, he told him everything that happened to him.

I heard the laughter of the prisoners in the cell.

"What are you laughing at?" Niu Tu was not annoyed, but just looked confused.

Even the jailers on patrol shook their heads helplessly, looking at Niu Tu's stupid appearance, they were kind.

"Let me ask you, is there a lot of wasteland outside of Yizi City?"

Niu Tu nodded and said, "It's a lot, why not a lot, it's everywhere!" ”

"Then why don't you think anyone is going to open up wasteland? Or do you think you're the only one who is hardworking and willing to work? ”

After saying that, the jailer said no more and turned away.

Leave the still confused cow soil.

A flower monk didn't understand the cow soil yet, and said with a sneer: "You fool, you dare to open up the wasteland without even figuring out the Tao inside?" ”

Niu Tu hurriedly asked, "The great monk taught me!" ”

"The poor monk asked you, before this incident, was there a gentry who bought your land at a very low price, but you didn't agree?"

Niu Tu was suddenly shocked and shouted: "Master is good mana, he can know the past and the future!" ”

"!" The flower monk was also amused by Niu Tu's stupidity.

said: "You still don't understand, you were tricked by the king, and the old man you met was deliberately arranged by the king, just waiting for you, a stupid person, to take the bait, and then frame you for his cattle, so as to occupy your field." Even if you don't take the bait, he has other means waiting for you. If it really doesn't work, if he is ruthless, he will directly hire a few strongmen and slaughter you directly. You have no relatives and no reason, and in the end he makes some money in the yamen, and the field is still his. ”

Niu Tu was dumbfounded and shouted, "Since he is so blind, he has no king's law!" There is no heavenly reason! ”

"Heavenly reason? Wang Fa? Amitabha, what bullshit King Law Heavenly Principle, in this world, the big fist is Heavenly Principle, he can kill you, it is the King Law! ”

Someone in the cell next to him said, "You're still a farmer, this kind of thing is common, and you don't even know it." If you live in the village, he still has a little scruples, you actually live in a remote place by yourself, and I can't help but get you! ”

Niu Tu sat in the cell dejectedly, only feeling that this day was dark.

He finally understood why the jailer said those words, and why Yizi City was full of wasteland.

It's not that there are no people who open up the wasteland, but no one dares to open the wasteland because they can't hold it.

After squatting in prison for seven or eight days, for such a long time, Niu Tu's originally strong body also collapsed, and he didn't think about it, and the whole person lost weight several times, looking like he had run out of oil and dried up.

Niu Tu's surname is Niu, his temper is also a cow, and he loves to drill the tip of the horns.

If he is an ordinary person, I am afraid that he has already thought about how to protect himself to the greatest extent, but Niu Tu is not, he thinks about why this world is so dark, why he has to suffer this kind of injustice, he is not convinced, he hates, he can't understand.

As long as he thinks, in a few years, he will be able to reclaim hundreds of acres of land, why do you have to use this kind of inferior means to rob yourself of these acres of land, what is the benefit?

He didn't understand, but no one seemed to think the way he did.

Today is the day of arraignment.

Niu Tu was almost unable to walk, and was dragged to the torture room by the officials of the Zhuang class.

In the torture room, he saw his own ox, and also saw a middle-aged gentleman with a righteous face and a high-spirited attitude, dressed in a brocade robe, which was very magnificent.

I heard the official next to him say that this person is a member of the king, and he still has a talent and fame.

It was Zhao Longhu who tried the case, and this kind of theft case basically couldn't go to the county master, and it was usually tried in the torture room.

In fact, there is no need to interrogate, Zhao Longhu, who knows the filth inside, just glanced at the situation, and understood what happened, the approximate beginning.

Before the trial began, Wang Yuanwai used the reason of being a scholar to chat with Zhao Longhu, approached Zhao Longhu, and handed over a silver ticket of thirty taels in front of Zhao Longhu in front of everyone.

said with a smile: "Please also ask Zhao Sheng to help me!" ”

Niu Tu watched the other party openly bribe in full view of everyone.

I only felt that my last bit of hope was completely shattered, and there was no light in the sky.

Just when Niu Tu was already in despair, something unexpected happened to him.

I saw Zhao Longhu glance at the silver ticket in front of him, slapped the table, got up angrily, and shouted: "You are bold, you actually openly bribed, left and right, lock this Wang Qing for me!" ”

Some people died, but not completely......