Chapter 51: Into the Cloud Tower
"This official was going to take away your fame!" Zhou Zhixian said to Liang Wen in a cold voice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Late life is willing to be punished!" Liang Wenfu has nothing to say about this result, although he is kind, but it does not mean that good intentions can be exempted from punishment if he makes a big mistake, although depriving him of his fame is already a very serious punishment, but in Liang Wenfu's heart, even this cannot make up for his guilt.
Yu Jiusi ignored Zhou Zhixian's obstruction, and hurriedly pleaded: "County Zun, if you want to take away the fame of the late life, there is nothing wrong with Wenfu in this matter, if it weren't for the fact that the late life did not check himself, this matter would not have happened at all!"
Zhou Zhixian didn't care about Yu Jiusi, his sharp eyes stared at Liang Wenfu's face for a long time, and saw that his face did not show any dissatisfaction and resentment, so he nodded with satisfaction: "However, since the fault in this matter is mainly due to the official and Yu Jiusi, if I punish you too severely, I am afraid that the original intention will be misunderstood by fools and fools, and everyone will not dare to do it when it is time to do it when they see demons and evil spirits in the future." ”
Although Liang Wenfu is willing to be removed from his fame to atone for his crimes, since he can keep his fame, it is naturally better, not to mention, Zhou Zhixian's words are only half said this time, it is obvious that there will be other punishments below, and listen to what he is going to do.
Sure enough, I heard Zhou Zhixian continue: "So your fame is here for the time being, I have something to hand over to you, this matter just happens to use your ability, if you do it well, you are still a talent, don't blame the official for being ruthless!"
It turns out that the county's largest restaurant, "Iruyun Building", has been haunted many times recently, which has seriously affected business. In the afternoon, when Zhou Zhixian was appeasing the people who were disturbed by the tree demon in the city, he told everyone that if there was a demon at home in the future, he could go to the county office to find him, and Liu Yunting, the owner of the Cloud Building, mentioned the matter to Zhou Zhixian suspiciously.
Zhou Zhixian had promised to go to check in the next two days, but now he was busy with other official business, and he happened to have a headache about how to deal with Liang Wenfu, so he temporarily changed his mind and handed over this matter to him.
Yu Jiusi tried his best to make eyes on the side, asking Liang Wenfu to agree quickly, in fact, he didn't need to persuade him, Liang Wenfu would not refuse, and immediately agreed to Zhou Zhixian.
After Liang Wenfu and Yu Jiusi said goodbye and left, Zhou Zhixian stood in front of the window without saying a word, staring at the towering Taihang Mountain for a long time, and his mood was as undulating as the ridge of the Taihang Mountain.
"Is it really that the world will be chaotic and evil will come out?" Zhou Zhixian seemed to be asking Wei Wei Taixing, and seemed to be talking to himself.
In today's matter, in fact, there are some things that Zhou Zhixian can't say to Liang Wenfu and them: The righteousness of the officials in the world comes from the emperor's reward, and the emperor's righteousness is given by the legendary emperor of heaven! Whether the emperor will give the emperor righteousness and how much it will be determined by the strength of the country and the popularity of the emperor himself!
For more than 100 years, due to the gradual decline of Da Chen's armed forces, coupled with the rebellion of many cults headed by the White Lotus Sect, which posed a serious threat to the emperor's prestige, the emperor was able to receive less and less righteousness every year.
"If this is in the Taizu period, even if there are a hundred tree demons, they don't dare to step into the county seat, let alone dare to kill people in the city!" Thinking of the tree demons making trouble in the city today, Zhou Zhixian couldn't help but sigh.
Even the lieutenants guarding the city gates in every county town could be given righteousness from Taizu, and at that time, which demon dared to take a step closer to the world? However, since the national strength was declining a hundred years ago, only officials of the seventh rank or higher could be given righteousness.
Up to now, even many prefects and counties are unable to supply enough righteousness every year -- the current emperor is making great efforts to open up the northern frontier, so he has increased the supply of righteousness for the soldiers in the frontier. Under the condition that the total amount of righteousness remains unchanged, Gyeonggi and other places cannot be reduced, so they have no choice but to deduct from Yixian, a peaceful place in the interior.
It is precisely because of this that the emperor also has a tacit attitude toward the practice of deliberately concealing and evading his duties by the officials below -- this can at least save him righteousness! It is precisely because he knows this unspoken rule that Zhou Zhixian did not punish Liang Wenfu too severely.
Thinking of being the emperor who is strong and energetic this year, Zhou Zhixian's heart is full of enthusiasm: This battle must be won! My Da Chen Guowei has been depressed for too long, and after the victory in this battle, the emperor will gather the people's prestige of the world with the power of great victory, and then receive immeasurable righteousness from the Emperor of Heaven to wipe out the White Lotus Cult in one fell swoop, and then my Da Chen will be able to reproduce the glory of the time of Taizu!
Thinking about the upcoming prosperous scene, Zhou Zhixian's eyes were firm and fiery, just like the surging confidence in his heart, and he couldn't help but let out a long roar: "Born in this world, how can I, Zhou Zhengchuan, condescend to the land of a county? I must make an official statement, enter the cabinet as soon as possible to pay respects, so that I can personally participate in creating the next glory!"
The sunset fell behind the Taihang Mountain, and the shadow of the towering Taihang Mountain instantly enveloped the entire county seat of Yixian, but the heart of Zhou Zhixian was as fiery and blazing as the sun that had just fallen!
In fact, the reason why the emperor acquiesced in the concealment of righteousness by the officials below had a deep reason that even Zhou Zhixian didn't know: even if he was just a peasant, as long as he gathered enough popularity, he could get righteousness from the emperor, and when the popularity reached a certain level, the power given could even change the dynasty!
This is the secret of heaven that cannot be revealed! This is also the reason why the ancient saints, after receiving the mysterious power from the Emperor of Heaven, named this kind of thing the ethereal "righteousness" - in order to confuse the people as much as possible, so that they do not understand how to obtain this power from the Emperor of Heaven!
Taizu did not believe in the teachings of the saints, and he had to spread righteousness to the world, although for a time he created an unprecedented prosperity that had never been seen in history, but he soon understood what it meant to be "reckless and reckless", and later there were many cult rebellions, which was the bane that Taizu planted at that time!
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After staying in the county government for an afternoon, Liang Wenfu's spiritual power also recovered a lot, and he was not in the mood to eat dinner at this time, so he simply walked directly to the Yunlou located in the south of the city.
Although he did not receive any substantial punishment today except for money, but when he thought of Li Ergen, who died tragically, Liang Wenfu's heart was extremely uncomfortable, and the feeling of a savior who had just saved the whole city in the afternoon had dissipated with the cold wind blowing around him at this time.
Suddenly, an uncle on the side of the road bowed directly to Liang Wenfu to the ground, and his voice was excited: "Thank you Xianggong for saving your life, thank you Xianggong for saving your life!" Liang Wenfu took a long time to help him up. The uncle tearfully told Liang Wenfu how he was saved by him at noon and his gratitude......
Liang Wenfu wanted to explain but didn't know where to start, so he had to leave quickly.