Chapter 371: Shaving Your Hair to Sue (Subscription Requested)
Li Xian learned about it and found that the officer was an officer at the level of deputy company commander, and he was brave in battle, but after entering Guangzhou, he was blinded by the prosperity and quickly corrupted.
Not to mention, his temper also became bigger, and he began to bully people under the banner of the army, and at that time, he also saw that there were people picking and choosing in the place where he was cooking, so he began to argue, and finally his head was hot, so he took out a rifle bayonet and stabbed people to death.
The fact that such a simple case has become such a big thing shows more that there is an undercurrent surging in the city of Guangzhou, and at the same time, it also shows that there are many problems within the army.
Of course, Wang Jiuxuan, who failed to suppress the case in the first place, also bears some responsibility, but in terms of the current delicate situation, Li Xian cannot directly criticize Wang Jiuxuan.
Li Xian felt that this matter had to be handled as soon as possible, so he decided to start the trial of the case on the second day of entering the city and conclude the case as soon as possible.
In order to give an explanation to the citizens of Guangzhou, Li Xian deliberately made a public judgment on the case, found a particularly large courtyard, invited some so-called gentry and businessmen with high moral integrity to observe, and also allowed ordinary people to come in and watch.
The deceased's child's relative, surnamed Zhang, led the scholars and ordinary people to demonstrate outside the yamen every day, and gained a lot of fame in Shilin.
When the boy came to the front of the hall and knelt down and raised his hands high, Li Xian stared at him for a long time before speaking.
"We, the Huaxia Liberation Army, take it as our responsibility to improve the morale of the people, and we don't kneel down, so the scholars should get up and speak.
By the way, there are quite a few people here today, so why don't you read it out so that everyone can hear what is going on. ”
When Zhang Tongsheng heard this, he had an idea that was exactly what I wanted, and hurriedly got up, first politely bowed his hand, and said: "Since Li Shuai asked for this, the student should be respectful and obey his fate." ”
Although this boy was praised a little fluttering during this time, he understood that he was the general leader of the rebel army in front of him, and his prestige and rank in the army were higher than Wang Jiuxuan, and he had defeated the British army and the six princes.
Then, Tong Sheng read aloud, portraying the arrogance and unreasonableness of the officer and the innocence of the deceased, and said that the deceased had old parents, a wife and children in his family, and he was waiting to be fed, and he had no ability to make a living after the death of the head of the family, and his life was extremely miserable, so that the listeners wept and smelled sad.
Then, starting from the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, he said a variety of famous allusions, and even said that the three chapters of the covenant of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, stated that according to the reason or the law, the officers who committed the crime should be executed, and the people of Guangzhou should be returned to Lang Lang.
It seems that this child's appearance has worked hard, the writing is excellent, and it is easy to understand, so that the people who are watching can also understand it, and they can't help but cheer for this child.
Li Xian himself was like water, and did not say a word, and finally asked a guard to come forward, take the form, and put it on the desk to read it carefully.
After looking at Weiyi, I looked up and glanced left and right, and saw that the gentry who were watching were more scrutinistic, but the officers of the Sanyuanguan army next to me were indignant, and even the officers who were originally from the escort team also had unbearable intentions, and this position was obvious.
Li Xian didn't say a word after reading the situation, but seemed to be thinking about something seriously, and the ordinary people who were watching were shouting loudly and cheering, but after a while, they also felt that something was wrong with the situation, so they all calmed down and stared at Li Xian.
When everyone was silent, the whole scene became quiet, and Li Xian held it for a full ten seconds before breaking the silence.
"This scholar, your writing is good, but something is missing. Li Xian then pretended to speak.
"I don't know what is missing, but please let me know. Tong Sheng asked respectfully.
To tell the truth, his original status as a child was not very good, and he had to be high up in any show, even if he was more respected than him among the same children.
It was when he encountered such things that he rose to prominence among his peers and became a spokesperson for the people, even people like Wang Jiuxuan and Li Xian could speak.
It's just that in front of a ruthless man like Li Xian, who can defeat even the prince and arrest the governor and the governor as prisoners, Zhang Tongsheng also feels fear in his heart.
"Our Huaxia Guangfu Army takes the expulsion of the Tatars and the restoration of China as its own responsibility, since you are under the rule of our Huaxia Guangfu Army, you still have to sue the officers of our army, so it is also appropriate to shave your hair and change clothes.
I see that you still have long Manchu braids, which is very bad, but for the sake of your first offense, I don't care about you, so I will give you a chance to correct it, and then continue to sue people when the braids are cut. Li Xian said, took out something from his side, and threw it directly in front of Zhang Tongsheng.
The thing was made of iron, and when it hit the ground, Zhang Tongsheng looked at it, but it was a pair of scissors.
It turned out that after Wang Jiuxuan occupied Guangzhou, the army had already shaved off its braids and swore to rebel and fight to the death with the Qing court.
However, the common people have a lot of resistance to changing their hairstyles, and even some seventy or eighty-year-old people are like mourning when they hear that they want to cut off their braids, crying to death, and banging their heads against the wall.
As a scholar, this child naturally belongs to the most stubborn category, and he still has braids at this time, and his black braids are left behind his head.
Hearing Li Xian speak at this time, Zhang Tongsheng suddenly understood that the big boss in the lobby meant that if he wanted to sue the officers of the Huaxia Army, he had to cut off his braids first.
"Asking students to cut off their braids is difficult to obey, and I hope that the adults will take back their lives. Zhang Tongsheng was in a hurry, and immediately knelt on the ground.
"Why? You want to avenge your relatives, this is in line with the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, and Ben Shuai also intends to fulfill it.
I don't ask you too much, I just want you to cut off your braids and then sue, can't you meet this request?" Li Xian looked at Tong Sheng with interest.
"This body hair and skin are given by parents, how easy to damage, this is not in line with Confucian principles. Zhang Tongsheng hurriedly said.
"I think I didn't leave any braids when I was in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of bad customs were only after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the Ming sages didn't know how many people died for this.
Anyway, I don't embarrass you, I won't ask you to cut off your braids, just loosen it down, and how about coiling it up like Daming?
This Ming hairstyle is not inconsistent with the general principles of Confucianism, right?" Li Xian asked with interest.
"I beg your pardon... Student... I can't obey my fate..."The boy who was still impassioned seemed to hear something terrible, and fell to the ground, his body trembling like chaff, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.