Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 934 To Conscience

  Wang Shouren looked very calm. Looking at Zhu Zaimo and his juniors was like looking at his own children.

  He said calmly: "There is a case here. It is the daughter of the Chen family who wanted to hang herself because she was bullied by a man next door...Do you have any impression, Your Highness?"

   "Yes." Zhu Zaimo nodded repeatedly.

Wang Shouren said: "In the past few years, Xishan has been regarded as a paradise under the governance of my mentor, but wherever there are people, there will inevitably be disputes, and naturally there will be unavoidable conflicts. His Highness tried this case and sentenced the neighbors. The man Wu Yue committed a serious crime, he was beaten with a cane thirty times, and he knelt in the yamen for two days in Dai Jia, and he was going to be sent to the army for three years, right?"

  Zhu Zaimo said indignantly: "This person is too hateful!"

  He showed a full sense of justice, and the other children also nodded. To be honest, they were very happy with the judgment.

  Wang Shouren glanced at Fang Jifan, then said with a smile, "But what's the truth?"

   "What?" The children were stunned.

  The meaning of this sentence...

Wang Shouren immediately took out a dossier, and said slowly: "Have you checked, Your Highness, this daughter of the Chen family was actually three years ago, oh, at that time, before their Chen family moved to Xishan, they were once because of someone They molested her and encountered disputes, and filed a lawsuit at the county government. The Chen family father and daughter are habitual offenders. They always look for an opportunity to slander others in order to swindle property. If the other party refuses, they will go to the government office. Not only Wu Yue, the man next door, but also three other men who were extorted by them according to the interview, but they all chose to swallow their anger and spend money to eliminate the disaster."

   "Ah..." Zhu Zaimo was stunned, his eyes full of surprise.

  He couldn't accept that a few days ago, a woman who was still crying in the courtroom, with a soft and weak attitude, turned out to be such a person.

  He couldn't accept it even more, he actually made a mistake.

Zhu Zaimo blushed. He never regarded himself as a child. He thought he was great. A child of the same age as Chen Pengju would be mentally retarded. If it wasn't for his good relationship with Fang Zhengqing, Fang Zhengqing would also be mentally retarded. .

But…

  The mouths of the other children were as big as eggs.

  Wang Shouren then ordered the people below: "Bring Wu Yue in."

   After that, someone carried Wu Yue in on a stretcher.

This Wu Yue was beaten with a cane for 30 boards first, and then wore a shackle for three days. His skin was already ripped apart, and his anger was as thin as a thread, but as soon as he entered here, he felt sad from his heart, and wailed: "You are wronged, the villain is wronged... The villain has been wronged...the villain has an old mother, an elder brother and younger siblings, and usually only works with his head down, just wants to subsidize the family, and never commits crimes...the villain has never molested the daughter of the Chen family...the villain is wronged..."

  He cried heart-rendingly: "I have never done such a thing, I have never... Whoever molested a woman from a good family will be struck by lightning, thousands of arrows will pierce the heart, the tongue will be pulled out of hell, and there will be no place to die!"

   Sitting on the side, Fang Jifan had always looked calm, but when he heard him swear, his face suddenly changed a little!

  Hey, you dog-like thing, you talk too much, you molested good women, provoked you, what do you mean by cursing like this, don't you know that there is another kind of molestation in this world, called good-hearted molestation? You bastard, you deserve to be beaten, you bastard!

Fang Jifan's face was flushed, and he opened his mouth to want this dog-like thing to get out quickly, so as not to dirty his ears. Fortunately, Fang Jifan took good care of himself, and in the end he sat lightly, with his legs crossed, still listening quietly and respectfully. look.

  But this mournful wailing sound was surprisingly harsh to the children's ears.

  The faces of all the children were slightly pale, a little panicked, with fear in their expressions.

   Wrong judgment?

   This is bad.

  Zhu Zaimo's face was extremely ugly. This case was judged by him.

  He said dejectedly: "I... I... He... He... Hurry up to treat his injuries, he will be given a heavy sentence, his case will be overturned, and... he will not be exiled for three thousand miles."

  He stuttered when he spoke. In fact, the child's heart is pure most of the time, except for Xu Pengju.

  Wang Shouren ordered someone to carry the battered Wu Yue down, then looked at Zhu Zaimo solemnly and said, "The sentence cannot be changed."

"what…"

Wang Shouren said: "The county magistrate is the local parental official, representing the imperial court, and the emperor. He governs one side. When he governs the county, he is like the emperor. Once the judgment is made, the possibility of changing the sentence is very small, because... there will be no one. Tell him that this case is wrong, and he will always only think that he is the master of Qingtian, so...Your Highness, you can't just change the decision just because senior brother reminded you, some people, he can be wrong by ninety percent Nine times, but if he did one thing right, he would be forgiven. But...Your Highness, some people, even if he only did one thing wrong, someone would lose their family and die because of it, and there would be an innocent person , life has changed. Not only can Wu Yue's case be reversed, but the daughter of the Chen family has a lot of criminal records, but because the county government has already sentenced them, they can still get away with it. Until the next time, someone refuses to submit, and they Report it to the yamen, these years, they have swindled hundreds of taels of money, which is enough for them to leave Xishan with this money, look for a place, and live happily for a lifetime."

   "I...I..." Zhu Zaimo's eyes turned red immediately, he sniffled, and wanted to wipe away his tears stubbornly. At this moment, he was full of annoyance.

  Fang Zhengqing on the side burst into tears: "I taught Senior Brother Zhu to sentence me like this, and it's all my fault."

Wang Shouren said with a straight face: "So, Wu Yue still has to be exiled for three thousand miles. Within three years, he will not be allowed to return home and become an exile. And their parents and brothers are already anxious. By the way, His mother is about to go blind from crying because of him... His younger brother, because of his crimes, probably no one will be willing to hire him in the future, and no one will even be willing to marry him in the future. Your Highness..."

  Zhu Zaimo's small body shook, he looked at Wang Shouren in disbelief, and then at Fang Jifan.

   "Teacher..."

  Fang Jifan said with a solemn face: "Okay, this case is over."

"But there is one more thing." Wang Shouren said with a smile: "Your Highness feels that there is not enough food in the county recently, so...encouraging the people to cultivate and plant potatoes is actually not wrong, but...Have you ever thought about...the many people in the county? , There is simply no cellar ready to store potatoes."

   "..."

Wang Shouren sighed, and continued: "Potatoes are different from wheat and rice. They are not easy to store. If you don't prepare enough cellars in advance, even if they are planted with thousands of catties per mu, they will be enough to eat when harvested. But in the next few months, these potatoes will all rot, so what will the common people eat in the next six months? These common people...will starve to death in a short time. At that time...everything will be over."

  Zhu Zaimo obviously didn't think about this issue, his face was pale with fright, and tens of thousands of people would starve to death, just because of his own decision...

  He immediately said: "Then...then let them replant..."

  Wang Shouren shook his head, smiled and said: "It can't be changed, the vernal equinox is about to pass, and it's too late to change it now."

   "But..." All the children were stunned, and all of them looked terrified.

   That's deadly!

   "And..." Wang Shouren spoke slowly, his babble was pleasant, and he seemed very calm.

  But these calm words made all the children immediately discouraged, which was more uncomfortable than cutting their flesh with a knife.

   "Do you still want to listen, Your Highness?" Wang Shouren looked at Zhu Zaimo with a smile.

  He likes this child, this child is just like himself back then, serious, pretending to be mature, studious and ambitious.

  Zhu Zaimo's tears were already pouring down... and he howled loudly.

  Ever since he was able to beat Xu Penglift, Zhu Zaimo seldom cried. This is a cowardly act, but now...he cried very sadly.

  Fang Zhengqing hugged him to comfort him.

  The other children were also pale.

"Now, Your Highness, do you know how difficult it is to practice benevolent government? Reading... To learn the way of a sage is to learn conscience. The first thing you need to do well is to read the Four Books and Five Classics. The wish of the world. But... this wish alone is not enough. After reading Confucius and Mencius, even if you memorize it thoroughly, it is absolutely impossible for His Highness to see clearly, let alone understand the essence hidden behind the superficial surface. Those who claim to be half of the Analects Your Highness, don’t trust those who can rule the world, or those who just talk about it after reading some books, because...they may do things worse than your Highness. If you do things with good intentions, if you don’t have enough ability, then...maybe Things are going to get worse in the end..."

"me…"

  Zhu Zaimo burst into tears, and suddenly, he fell to his knees on the ground.

  Wang Shouren saw him kneeling down, and quickly turned sideways, expressing that he was unwilling to accept the great gift from the emperor's grandson.

   Zhu Zaimo knelt in front of Fang Jifan.

  The other children also bowed down one after another.

They are at a loss and at a loss at this moment. After more than half a month of extremely exciting toss, they reflect on themselves at this moment, seeing their frequent mistakes, and thinking that they have harmed countless people. As children, the first The reaction was that it was time to find his own mother, even Zhu Zaimo was not immune.

  Fang Jifan graciously accepted their kneeling ceremony. He is Zhu Zaimo's uncle, uncle, and what's more, his mentor. Why is he kneeling? Who would not accept it?

  Fang Jifan said with a smile: "You read books and have seen the sufferings of the people, so you have a conscience, but now...you want to learn how to do things, don't you?"

  …

   Begging for a monthly ticket with tears in my eyes!

  (end of this chapter)