A good dad is better than a rich dad

Chapter 48 6 Don't Kowtow to the Princess - Dignity

"Dad, I don't want to go to school tomorrow, can you ask for leave for me?"

"Is it because you are not feeling well?" Dad was puzzled by the child's sudden request, but he looked at the child as if he was sick.

"No."

"Why is that? Wronged at school?"

"Well, I was late for math class, but the teacher asked me to stand outside. Many teachers saw me, and I was ashamed to see them again."

"Do you feel that your self-esteem has been hurt?"

The child lowered his head and said nothing, and the father didn't say anything. Let the child release some sad emotions first.

After dinner, the child and father were watching a TV series about the history of the Han Dynasty. During the commercial break, the father suddenly thought of a story that happened in the Han Dynasty and told it to pass the time with the child.

During the time of Emperor Guangwu, the law and order in Luoyang, the capital, was very difficult to manage, because the locals were all relatives of the emperor, officials and dignitaries, and their retainers bullied others, but when they were investigated, someone from above spoke for them. Still can't control the situation.In the end, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu decided to appoint 69-year-old Dong Xuan as Luoyang Ling, that is, the mayor of Luoyang.Soon after Dong Xuan took office, he encountered a difficult case-the murder of Princess Huyang's domestic slave.

Princess Huyang is the elder sister of the emperor, and her slaves have been doing evil in the capital for a long time.One day, a servant of the princess killed someone in the street, and Dong Xuan immediately ordered his arrest.But this evil slave hid in Princess Huyang's residence and couldn't come out, and the local officials couldn't go inside to search for it. Dong Xuan was so anxious that he couldn't sleep or eat.

A few days later, when Princess Huyang went out, there was the murderer among her entourage.Dong Xuan immediately led people to stop the princess's carriage and asked the princess to hand over the murderer.Of course the princess wouldn't make friends easily, she reprimanded Dong Xuan loudly, and didn't take this petty official seriously.

"Even if the prince breaks the law, he must be punished the same as the ordinary people, let alone a slave of yours, the princess? I will never allow any criminal to go unpunished!" So he sent someone to arrest the slave and executed him on the spot.

It was the first time for Princess Huyang to lose such a big face on the streets of Luoyang City.Angrily, she went to her younger brother, the emperor, to make a judgment, and she added some bad things about Dong Xuan, and let the emperor make the decision for her.The emperor believed his sister's words and asked Dong Xuan to kowtow to the princess and confess his guilt.

When Dong Xuan saw the emperor, he was not in a hurry to defend himself. He said to the emperor calmly: "I really don't understand. The emperor kept saying that culture, education and laws should be used to govern the country. Now some people are committing crimes. Your Majesty will not discipline him. What is the use of the laws of this country when the ministers of law enforcement are put to death?You'd better execute me. "

After hearing Dong Xuan's words, Emperor Guangwu was surprised and regretted. Dong Xuan was indeed right, but how could the emperor explain to his sister? So, the emperor asked Dong Xuan to kowtow to the princess, which was a reconciliation.But Dong Xuan said: "My rudeness can be compensated! This head cannot be kowtowed!" The two young eunuchs wanted to help Dong Xuan to the princess and kowtowed to apologize.Dong Xuan, who was nearly seventy years old, supported the ground with two arms, stiffened his neck, and refused to kowtow no matter what.

Emperor Guangwu said to Dong Xuan: "Your strength order, your neck is really hard enough, back down!" In fact, Emperor Guangwu really admired Dong Xuan from the heart this time.They also specially sent someone to send 3 rewards.Since then, the law and order in the entire Luoyang City has not been so bad.

"Dong Xuan is really amazing!" The child couldn't help admiring after hearing this.

"It's amazing. What I admire the most is his courage in refusing to bow his head. Even if the emperor asked him to kowtow, he would not kowtow if he didn't think it should be done. But how many of us do what others tell him to do. He feels uncomfortable after saying a few words... Sigh."

"Dad, you want to use this story to educate me." The child immediately became alert.

"I'm not educating you, just sharing my experience with you. But when it comes to educating you, I also thought about your request when you came home today. You are late, and the teacher asked you to stand outside to let you remember Don't be late again, it's also for other students to see that no matter who is late, you will be punished. You should be punished if you made a mistake first. Just don't be late again in the future. As for what other teachers think of you Actually, it doesn’t matter. If a person is always based on other people’s ideas, then his self-esteem will always be hurt, and self-esteem must be maintained with actions. Just like Dong Xuan, if he insists on the right things, others will not be able to embarrass him. If you move quickly in the future, the teacher won't have the chance to criticize you, right?"

The son didn't say anything, just stared at the TV in silence, and the TV series continued, but the father could feel that the child was not as involved as when he watched it just now.After seeing half of it, the child said that he was going to go into the house to rest.Dad said goodnight to him, and the next morning, when Dad got up and saw his son packing his schoolbag, he smiled and said good morning again.In this way, the child moved towards a new day.

(End of this chapter)