Chapter 10
You're walking around on dirt all day, why worry about it breaking down? "The man was finally relieved when he heard that the land would not collapse.

"Worries" come from this story.Someone who worries about things that don't need to worry about can be said to be "unfounded".Unnecessary worries can also be said to be "worries".

swagger
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius once served as the great commander of the State of Lu, but he was alienated because of disagreements with those in power.So, Confucius led his disciples to Weiguo to promote his political views.

At that time, Wei Linggong, the monarch of Weiguo, received Confucius very warmly.Wei Linggong's wife is Nanzi, who is very favored by Wei Linggong.She was very curious about Confucius, so she sent a message to Confucius, saying: "Gentlemen from all over the world, who want to make friends with our monarch, will come to see me. This time I want to see you." Confucius didn't want to go, but if he didn't , Offending Nanzi may affect the promotion of his own governance strategy.There was no other way, so Confucius had no choice but to go to see her, go through the motions, and perfunctory.When he entered the palace to meet Nanzi, he saluted north through the curtain, and left in a hurry.Zilu, a straight-tempered student, was not happy about this and complained that the teacher should not see such a woman. Confucius swore anxiously: "If there is anything wrong with me, God will reject me! God will reject me!"

A few days later, Wei Linggong and Nanzi took a car, and asked Confucius to follow behind in a car, ostentatiously passing through the market, attracting many people to watch.Confucius felt insulted, and made a famous complaint: "I have never seen anyone who loves virtue as much as she loves sex."--I have never seen anyone who loves virtue as much as she loves sex!Then he left in a huff and led his disciples to leave Weiguo and go to Caoguo.

The idiom "swaggering through the market" is derived from this story. People often use it to describe deliberately bluffing and showing off in front of everyone in order to attract people's attention.Pass, pass through; city, street market.

Hide out
Keeping a low profile means that in an unfavorable situation, use the method of hiding your edge to avoid unfavorable situations, preserve yourself, and wait for opportunities.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes, and his power was very powerful.Although Liu Bei was the emperor's uncle, he was single and weak. In order to prevent Cao Cao's murder, he had to grow vegetables in the back garden of his residence and water it himself, thinking that it was a way to hide his strength and bide his time.

One day, Liu Bei was pouring vegetables, Cao Cao sent someone to invite Liu Bei, Liu Bei had to go to the mansion to meet Cao Cao together in fear.Cao Cao said, just now I saw the green plums on the branches in the garden, and I remembered an incident in the past. When I saw this plum today, I had to appreciate it. It happened that the wine was being cooked, so I invited you to the kiosk for a while.Liu Bei followed Cao Cao to the small pavilion, and saw that all kinds of wine vessels had been set up, and green plums were placed on the plate, so he put the green plums in the wine bottle and boiled the wine. The two sat opposite each other and drank happily.

When the wine was half drunk, the cloud suddenly covered and heavy rain was approaching. Cao Cao talked about the character of the dragon, and compared the dragon to a hero of the age. He asked Liu Bei, please tell me who the hero of the age is. Liu Bei pretended to have no ambitions and said Several people were all denied by Cao Cao.Cao Cao wanted to inquire about Liu Bei's mental activities at this time, to see if he wanted to rule the world, so he said: "Heroes are those who have great ambitions, have good plans, have the opportunity to hide the universe, and those who have the aspirations of the world." Liu Bei Ask, who can be a hero?Cao Cao said bluntly: There are only two heroes in the world today, you and me!When Liu Bei heard this, he was taken aback, and the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground unknowingly.It just so happened that it rained heavily suddenly and there was loud thunder. Liu Bei had an idea, and calmly got down to pick up the chopsticks, saying that he dropped the chopsticks because he was afraid of thunder.At this time, Cao Cao reassuredly said, is a man also afraid of thunder?Liu Bei said, a sage would lose his composure to thunder and gale, so how can I not be afraid?Liu Bei's cover-up made Cao Cao think that he was a mediocre person with no ambitions and cowardice. Cao Cao never doubted Liu Bei again.

The person who has studied the knowledge of keeping a low profile in ancient and modern times is Liu Bei.In front of Cao Cao, he is not exaggerated, ostentatious, arrogant, and does not count himself as a "hero", which reassures Cao Cao.His growing vegetables, his counting heroes, restrained and concealed his true behavior, so that Cao Cao did not guard against him, and thus he made a comeback in the future and divided the world into three parts.

law enforcement
In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a well-known "strength order" Dong Xuan.He was an upright and honest official, enforced the law impartially, and was not afraid of power. He not only won the trust of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and dared to appoint him boldly, but was also praised by the people at that time.His deeds were written into the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and have been passed down to this day.

Dong Xuan, courtesy name Shaoping, was born in Chenliu Junguo (now south of Qixian County, Henan Province).He is knowledgeable, upright, shrewd and capable, and is highly valued by Da Situ Houba.Hou Ba recommended him to Emperor Guangwu.After Dong Xuanying was recommended to be an official, he made remarkable achievements and was gradually promoted to be the prime minister of Beihai (the vassal state of the Han Dynasty, west of Changle County, Shandong today), equivalent to the prefect of a county.After Dong Xuan took office as Prime Minister of Beihai, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu attached great importance to impartial law enforcement.

At that time, Luoyang, the capital, was the most difficult place to govern in the country.The relatives of the royal family, the heroes and dignitaries living in the city often indulged their children and servants to run rampant in the streets and did all kinds of evil.The imperial court changed several Luoyang orders one after another, but they still couldn't control the situation.In the end, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu had no choice but to appoint Dong Xuan, who was 69 years old, as Luoyang order.After Dong Xuan took office, the first thorny problem he encountered was to deal with the murder case of Princess Huyang's domestic slave.

Princess Huyang is the elder sister of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu.Relying on her relationship with the emperor's siblings, the princess raised a group of vicious domestic slaves, who acted like a domineering, evil, and unscrupulous servant in the capital.One day, the princess's servant killed someone in the street, and Dong Xuan immediately ordered him to be arrested.However, this evil slave hid in Princess Huyang's mansion and could not come out, and the magistrate could not go to this forbidden area to search and arrest, so Dong Xuan was so anxious that he could not sleep or eat.There was no other good way, so Dong Xuan sent someone to monitor the residence of Princess Huyang, and ordered that as soon as the murderer came out, he would try to catch him.

After a few days, Princess Huyang thought that the new Luoyang order was just a posturing and bluffing.So one day, Princess Huyang took this murderous slave on a trip, and was discovered by people sent out by Dong Xuan on the street.The little official sent out immediately came back and reported to Dong Xuan that the murderer followed the princess's chariot and horse team and could not do anything.As soon as Dong Xuan heard this, he immediately led people to Xia Lanting in the city and stopped the princess's carriage.Sitting in the car, Princess Huyang saw the rudeness of the white-bearded old man blocking the road, so she asked arrogantly: "Who are you? How dare you lead someone to stop my car?"

Dong Xuan stepped forward to salute, and said: "I am Luoyang Order Dong Xuan, please hand over the murderer!" The evil slave saw that the situation was not good in the horse team, so he quickly climbed into the princess's car and hid behind the princess. .When Princess Huyang heard that Dong Xuan asked her for someone, she raised her eyebrows and said nonchalantly: "How many brains do you have, dare to stop my chariots and horses to arrest people? Are you too courageous?"

However, she never expected that the little Luoyang Ling in front of her was so angry, her eyes widened, she suddenly pulled out a sharp sword from her waist and swiped at the ground, and asked her sharply, as a member of the royal family, why not Observing the laws of the country?Princess Huyang was overwhelmed by this awe-inspiring uprightness, stunned and at a loss.

At this time, Dong Xuanyi said sternly: "The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, let alone a slave of yours? As the Luoyang order, I will be the master of all the people in Luoyang, and I will never allow any criminal to go unpunished!" Dong Xuan gave an order, and the officials of Luoyang Mansion rushed forward, dragged the criminal who had committed many crimes and killed innocent people from the princess car, and beheaded him on the spot.

Princess Huyang felt that she had suffered a great humiliation, her face turned purple with anger, and her whole body trembled.She was not very sad about losing a servant, but how could she swallow such a big loss of face in the streets of Luoyang City!She didn't care about arguing with Dong Xuan, turned the car around, and went straight to the palace.

When Princess Huyang saw Liu Xiu, she cried and made troubles, so she had to ask Liu Xiu to kill Dong Xuan to vent her anger on her behalf.Emperor Guangwu couldn't help showing anger when he heard his sister's crying.He felt that Dong Xuan despised the princess so much, didn't it mean that he didn't take him seriously as the emperor!Thinking of this, he shouted: "Catch that Dong Xuan quickly, I will beat him to death with a stick in front of the princess!"

After Dong Xuan was captured and brought to the palace, he kowtowed to Emperor Guangwu and said, "Please allow me to say a word first, and then execute me!" Emperor Guangwu was very angry, and said, "You are dying, what else do you want Speak!"

Dong Xuan burst into tears at this time, but said very seriously: "Thanks to your majesty's sageness, the Han Dynasty has once again had a happy situation of ZTE. Unexpectedly, today, the royal family slaves are allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately and harm the people! Some people want to use The Han Dynasty has been in harmony for a long time, strict laws and regulations, restraining the powerful, but it will end up being beaten to death. It is easy for me to die, but I really don’t understand. You keep saying that you must use culture, education and laws to govern the country. Now Your Majesty’s Relatives are slaves and murderers in the capital, and His Majesty does not discipline them, but puts to death the officials who follow the law. What is the use of the laws of this country? How can His Majesty govern the country?"

Emperor Guangwu was not a muddled monarch. Dong Xuan's upright and loyal words, as well as his upright and strict law enforcement actions, deeply touched his heart.He was surprised and regretted, and then said: "I think you are thinking about the country, so I won't punish you anymore. However, you have to give the princess some face, kowtow to her, and apologize!" Dong Xuanli said confidently Said: "I am not wrong, and I can be compensated for being rude! Therefore, this head cannot be kowtowed!"

Emperor Guangwu had no choice but to wink at the two young eunuchs, signaling them to bring Dong Xuan to the princess and kowtow to apologize.

The two young eunuchs complied.At this time, Dong Xuan, who was nearly seventy years old, supported the ground with two arms, stiffened his neck, and refused to kowtow to confess his guilt.The two little eunuchs pressed down on his neck hard, but they couldn't do it no matter what.

Princess Huyang knew that she was wrong, but she was still brooding on her heart. She panicked and asked Emperor Guangwu with a sneer, "Hey! They don’t pay much attention to the government when they harbor fugitive criminals. Now that you’re an emperor, why don’t you even dare to control a small Luoyang Order? I’m really blushing for you!” Emperor Guangwu answered wonderfully: "It is precisely because I am the king of a country that I should discipline myself and strictly enforce the law, instead of doing things like I used to when I was a commoner. Are you right?"

Emperor Guangwu turned his face and said to Dong Xuan: "Your strong command, the neck is really hard enough, don't hurry up!"

From the bottom of his heart, Emperor Guangwu liked Dong Xuan's fierce and bullish spirit of enforcing the law like a mountain, rather than bending.In order to reward and encourage him, he specially sent someone to give Dong Xuan a reward of 3 yuan.Dong Xuan gave all the bounty to his officials and government servants.

From then on, the prestige of "Strength Order" spread all over the country, and there is no one in the entire Luoyang City who is not afraid of him.After governance, the social order in Luoyang has been improved.According to historical records, there was a folk song in Luoyang at that time that said: "The drum drum does not sing Dong Shaoping." The drum drum is the police drum in front of the government office, and Shaoping is Dong Xuan's character.It means that when Dong Xuan made the Luoyang Order, no one dared to break the law and mess around, so no one went to the government gate to beat drums and complain.

Dong Xuan served as Luoyang Order for five years, and died in office at the age of 5.Emperor Guangwu was very sad, and sent someone to mourn the funeral, only to see that Dong Xuan's body was covered with a rag quilt, his wife and children were crying, and there was nothing in the house except a broken car and a few stones of barley .The envoy came back and reported to Emperor Guangwu. Emperor Guangwu sighed and said: "I didn't know Dong Xuan was so honest and honest until after his death. I am ashamed, ashamed!" .

The story of Qiangqiang Ling has left a typical example in history that only truth and justice are obedient.For the sake of truth and justice, Dong Xuan can defy the emperor's will and give up his life, which has inspired countless future generations to focus on the truth and not the supremacy.His deeds have been integrated into the awe-inspiring righteousness passed down from generation to generation of the Chinese nation.

In fact, this kind of awe-inspiring righteousness is the backbone of the nation, the life of the nation.

(End of this chapter)

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