Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 592

How to deal with Zeng Dian?

Faced with this sharp question raised by Qingji, the officials above the court did not dare to express their opinions casually.

As Zeng Dian's benefactor, Kong Qiu had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, Zeng Dian was the governor of Lujiang County. During his tenure, he obeyed the law and obeyed the law.

"When Zeng Dian was escorted back to Jinling, the tens of thousands of Li and Shu in Lujiang County bid farewell to each other with tears in their eyes."

"It can be seen that Zeng Dian was in Lujiang County and won the popularity of the people!"

"In order to ask Your Majesty Yu Zeng to exonerate him, Li Shu of Lujiang County even published a book of ten thousand people. I wonder if Your Majesty has read it?"

Hearing this, Qingji chuckled lightly and said, "The book of Wanmin, I have already read it."

"The widow admits that during Zeng Dian's tenure, he has achieved outstanding achievements and is a competent sheriff. However, this is not the reason for Zeng Dian's innocence!"

"The widow will not let a bad person go, nor will he wrong a good person."

"Wu's justice must be fair!"

As soon as this remark came out, Kong Qiu couldn't help lowering his head.

All the ministers in the state of Wu could see that Qingji intended to enforce the law impartially when dealing with the issue of Zeng Dian, and was unwilling to cover up Zeng Dian for personal gain.

However, since Qingji has brought this case to the fore, discuss it with the officials.

This proves that Qingji needs the ministers and officials to give himself and Zeng a step down.

Take it easy!

Everything is possible, it's just unpredictable!

Qingji glanced at the officials under the majesty's platform again, and said in a slow voice: "It is true that he was once a great talent and made contributions to the country. However, because of his mistakes, the rescue of the flood was not timely, and thousands of people died. It is true that hundreds of thousands of Li Shu suffered a lot from it!"

"A merit is a merit, and a fault is a fault."

"The two should not be confused, they should be generalized!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The officials followed the mountain and shouted.

Qingji is using this matter to warn the ministers that merits and demerits cannot be offset!

Even if they are like Sun Wu and Wu Zixu who have made great contributions to Wu, once they commit crimes, Qingji will not punish them lightly.

At this moment, Young Master Heng, who was determined to show himself in front of Qingji, stood up, bowed to Qingji who was on the platform and said, "Father, my son thinks that if the law is enforced impartially, Zeng will be guilty and not die! "

"Different positions, different angles!"

"As the sheriff of Lujiang County, Zeng Dian is the governor of a place, so he naturally wants to protect the interests of Li Shu in Lujiang County."

"Before my father's edict arrived, I had a dispute with the guard orders of Yuzhang County and Jiujiang County. I fought hard according to reason, and I was unwilling to dig the embankment and divert the flood into the Lujiang River. This was to protect the rights and interests of the local Li Shu. There is nothing wrong with it!"

"It may be insignificant to everyone, but it is a mountain of kindness to Xiaojia!"

After a pause, Young Master Heng said loudly again: "For Zeng Dian's reason, Li Shu of Lujiang County thanked him and sent a letter to thousands of people, in order to ask his father to forgive Zeng Dian!"

"After Zeng Dian received his father's edict, he personally led the officials and the people to dig the embankment day and night, and finally led the raging flood into the Lujiang River. It is a crime!"

"Father Wang Mingchao please!"

"I was once guilty, but the crime is not enough to die, so I should be demoted or exiled as a punishment!"

Regarding Gong Ziheng's proposition, including Qingji, the officials in the court could not help but nod their heads slightly in agreement.

Young Master Heng is trying to exonerate Zeng Dian, and at the same time, he is trying to win over the Confucian ministers headed by Confucius, Zeng Dian, and Zilu.

The intention is quite deep!

"Father, my son thinks what Brother Heng said is true!"

Gong Zihong followed and said: "Those who mark righteousness will be burdened by righteousness!"

"Those who cherish fame will be deceived by fame!"

"Because of cherishing feathers, Zeng Dian suffers from righteousness and reputation, and he sacrifices everyone for a small family!"

"It's really wrong, it's indeed a crime! But why can't the father make Zeng point atonement and give him a chance to reform himself?"

"good!"

Qingji pointed at Young Master Hong who was standing under the majesty's platform, and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha! Second and third son, did you see it?"

"This is the widow's son, the son of Da Wu!"

"It's a good sentence, 'Those who mark righteousness must be burdened by righteousness'!"

"Young Master Hong's words have the spirit of a benevolent man!"

"..."

Qingji praised Young Master Hong like this?
Isn't this unfair to Gong Ziheng?
Young Master Heng, who was standing on one side, remained calm and lowered his head, but a glint of gloom flashed in his eyes.

His fists were tightly clenched and hidden in his sleeves.

He didn't understand, why did his father favor Young Master Hong so much?
This is clearly the proposition I put forward first, why does the father insist on putting all the credit on Gong Zihong?
"Since Young Master Hong and Young Master Heng have pleaded for you, Zeng ordered..."

Qingji thought for a while, then narrowed his eyes and said, "The widow asked you to be the governor of Nanhai County, do you have any objection?"

"Thank you for your grace not to kill!"

Zeng Dian hurriedly knocked his head on the floor, and said gratefully: "I must be working hard to govern Nanhai County for the King of Wu. If I fail to make Nanhai County rule, I will never return to Jinling for the rest of my life!"

"good!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Faced with the verdict made by Qingji, all the ministers expressed no objection.

Qing Ji cherishes the talent he once cultivated, and considering his reputation, it is understandable to make such a judgment.

In addition, Zeng was not even guilty of death.

This time the flood disaster caused the three counties of Wu State to suffer, nearly 1000 people died and tens of thousands were injured.

But wouldn't they suffer without the delayed delay?
No, it will be the same!

Therefore, from the very beginning, Qing Ji did not intend to execute Zeng Dian, just to make others aware of it.

Qingji demoted Zeng Dian to Nanhai County as the governor, which is a small punishment and a big punishment.

After all, Nanhai County is developing extremely fast now, maybe in a few years, it will be able to catch up with the counties in the north of Wu State.

……

When Wu State suffered a rare flood in a century, a civil strife also broke out in Jin State in the north.

The cause of the incident was that Zhao Yang asked [-] slave families who had been housed in Handan to go to Jinyang, and Zhao Wu, a doctor in Handan, expressed his willingness to obey the order of the suzerain.

After Zhao Wu returned to Handan City, he planned to deal with the immigration, but was opposed by his retainers.

According to the plan of the retainers, Zhao Wu asked Zhao Yang to delay for some more time.

As a result, Zhao Yang was furious when he heard the news, thinking that Zhao Wu would rebel against the Zhao family because he was related to the Zhongxing family and the Fan family.

He immediately ordered Zhao Wu to be recruited to Jinyang by the order of the suzerain.

When Handanwu (Zhao Wu) entered Jinyang, Zhao Yang imprisoned Handanwu and executed him soon after. He told Zhao Wu's entourage, Shebin, that the Handan family should stand on its own, and let Shebin return to Handan.

Shebin returned to Handan full of grief and indignation, and everyone was excited about Zhao Yang being so "insensitive".

The Handan family planned to avenge the former lord, and publicly elected Zhao Wu's son, Zhao Ji, as the new Handan doctor.

After everything was ready, Zhao Ji and Shebin launched a rebellion in Handan, and the Jin civil war broke out...

(End of this chapter)