"They're going to dream!" These days, Wei Zhixian has been too deep into the play, and he is already a little unable to extricate himself, only to see him shoot the case and shout: "This official will not bow to them!" ”

"Dong Weng, after all, you have to talk about the rules," Sima begged this sweat, and said with a wrinkled old face: "You have to give them a face......

"Sir, it's not a matter of face." Wang Xian was finally invited to the internal signing room, and there was no need for Sima Qiu to pass the word: "Just like this fight, it is not the ownership of the autumn grain, but this Fuyang County, who has the final say!" He paused and said: "If your subordinates don't listen to anything, the time, place, and people are not on the master's side." When people unite, they are not afraid of the seal handle in the master's hand at all. If you want to suppress them, there is no other way but to be ruthless and hard enough! ”

"Well said! This official thinks so too! Wei Zhixian clapped his hands and praised: "If you want to talk, you have to come to the county office, according to my rules, otherwise you don't need to talk!" ”

"Dong Weng, it's too late," Sima Qiu was about to pull off a few wisps of mouse whiskers, and said anxiously: "If this play continues to be performed, it will not be easy to recycle, if they just don't get set, we will be difficult to ride a tiger!" ”

"Uh......" Wei Zhixian looked at Wang Xian and said, "Who is that, do you have a way to end it?" ”

"It should work." Wang Xianxin said that it was really difficult for the leader to remember him, and after so much effort, he was still 'that who'.

"Well, then go ahead!" Wei Zhixian seems to be addicted to acting.

"Ugh." Sima Qiu looked at the young Zhixian and the younger Wang Xian, and sighed secretly in his heart, there is a generation gap, there is a generation gap, there is a generation gap, there is a generation gap, there is ......a generation gap, there is

Three days later came the beginning of winter.

According to the regulations, every month, that is, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the county magistrate must personally lead the county officials to preach the holy message to the people in front of the ya, so that the county people can often listen to the holy precepts and understand the holy will, so that they can be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, and be deeply educated.

Today is another day to preach the holy message, and before the hour comes, the streets in front of the yaqian are crowded with people. Here, there is an old man in Lijia who must come to listen to the lecture so that he can go back and convey it to the villagers; There are county residents who come to join in the excitement and see the scene; There were also some squire households and grain chiefs from various districts who came on purpose, and the number of people was more than twice as large as usual.

This is because there are rumors that the old man will go crazy today!

As for the content of the madness, the little people naturally don't know, but this makes them even more curious. And the squires who know some inside information are in a worried mood to see if the people of Zhixian really dare to lift the lid!

At the end of the day, the squires and people on the street in front of the yamen saw the yamen slowly open, and the three classes of officials lined up in two lines, standing every few steps, holding water and fire sticks on guard, until they came to the high platform set up in front of the word wall, and the two teams just copied their hands.

When the officials lined up, the heavy ceremonial music played, the noisy voices were quiet, and the instrument door slowly opened. The six soap subordinates played the cards of 'silence', 'avoidance', and 'Qinming', and each walked in front. Immediately afterwards, there were four soap subordinates, playing the title of the master, and wrote "Yiyoujuren", "Bingxu Jinshi", "Fuyang County Zhengtang" and other flower heads to highlight the seniority of the master.

In the past, Wei Zhixian, who was dressed in a red Luo court uniform and wearing a two-beam crown, walked out of the county office with his head held high.

Behind him, he was followed by Jiang Xiancheng, Diao Shu, Ma Dianshi, and county school teachers and instructors who also wore court clothes. After that, it was the ticket green shirt officer, and Wang Xian was also among them. Looking at this majestic scene, Wang Xian couldn't help but feel envious, grandma's, this is whether the corner is good or not, I, an inconspicuous little official in green shirts, can't even be considered a supporting role......

On the platform in front of the word wall, a square table has been set up, and the table is covered with yellow silk, on which the "Holy Message" and "Edict" of Emperor Taizu are placed. The county officials of the county and the county officials stood in turn in front of the word wall, and the ceremonial officials who served as the master of ceremonies sang loudly:

"Bow down to the oracle!"

So everyone followed Wei Zhixian and bowed to the "Holy Message".

"Xuan-Divine Oracle-——" As everyone got up, the priest of the ceremonial chamber sang again.

Wei Zhixian walked up to the podium, held the oracle in both hands, and recited aloud to the people: "Emperor Taizu's six oracles, filial piety to parents, second, respect for elders, third, harmony in the township, fourth, teach children and grandchildren, fifth, each in peace, sixth, do nothing!" You need to remember day and night, and you must not violate! ”

"Yes!" Under the leadership of the gentry, the people responded with a bang.

After a pause, Wei Zhixian said again: "This time, I will preach the sixth article for you, don't do anything wrong!" ”

"I have always taught the people, trained the children, the party, the party, the moon, and warned people to know self-love, and did not dare to make mistakes." Wei Zhixian then opened Emperor Taizu's "Edict", and said in a deep voice:

"Don't do anything wrong requires not to do what is forbidden, let alone to do anything illegal. For example, the Hadith of Taizu says: 'All scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants are allowed to speak out, but not the living!' If there are any words or suggestions, they will be punished for violating the system and being punished. The students themselves are concerned about their own affairs, and the Xu family reports that they do not do their own things, so they go in and out of the yamen to stop the loss and retreat. If you gather the crowd to carry the gang, scold the gang chief, ask the leader, and do your best for the people! ’”

There was silence in front of the ya, the common people could not understand the words, and the squires fell into shock...... They never imagined that the people of the county would find a basis for punishing those students from the old-fashioned "Edict"!

Jiang Xiancheng explained to the people in the vernacular: "The Sunnah of Taizu stipulates that scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants can put forward opinions on state affairs, but students are not allowed to do so. As long as you put forward an opinion, you will be expelled and punished for violating the ancestral system. If it is a matter of personal concern, family members are allowed to report it. If he does not do anything for himself, but enters and leaves the yamen, he will be resigned from the disadvantage. If you dare to gather in the public court and roar at the officials, the leader will be punished for the crime, and the rest will be the people! ”

Now even the common people understood, and the old man really began to go crazy, and this first knife slashed at those who complained!

There is no secret in this Fuyang County, let alone such a sensational thing. Ten days ago, more than a dozen county students beat drums to file a complaint, demanding that the county recall and punish the officials who went to the countryside to collect taxes. The county lord didn't want to agree, and he didn't want to offend them, so he wanted to delay it.

Who knew that this group of students was so bold that they actually surrounded the master, forcing him to recall his subordinates first and conduct a review.

The common people have different opinions about the actions of the students, and some people feel that they are too lawless, and they don't even take the county lord in their eyes. But more people are still on their side, after all, the students are under the banner of 'Xie Limin's upside down', and in the eyes of the family, they are speaking for the people......

Now I know that the actions of the original students violated the laws formulated by Emperor Taizu, which made the people embarrassed. Because Emperor Taizu is too high and too high in the hearts of the people, the people regard every word he says as a golden rule, and they are absolutely unwilling to violate it.

But on the other hand, due to various reasons, the government has stopped preaching the "Message" for several years, and the people feel a little strange. And how difficult it is to take the exam to be a show, just say a few fair words for the people, and you have to get rid of other people's reputation, isn't this retaliation? .

"Han Jiaoyu, did you deal with the thirteen students who went to the yamen to complain that day?" In front of the people of the county, Wei Zhixian asked in a deep voice.

"Not for the time being," the county school teacher hurriedly said: "If the county school does not have the right to open students, it needs to be reported to the school!" ”

"It needs to be reported as soon as possible, and the county will also mention the Tao of learning, and severely punish the students who blatantly violate the ancestral system!" Wei Zhixian said in a deep voice: "It's not that the county is unkind, it's really the ancestral system that is difficult to violate, and these people also deserve it!" Even if there is no ancestral system, this county will punish them for their sins! ”

The crowd was in an uproar, this is too frankly, right......

"Do you know the truth, why did Emperor Taizu be busy compiling the "Edict" to educate the officials and the people?" Wei Zhixian changed his words: "It's after the 'Guo Huan case' happened!" ”

"What kind of case is the 'Guo Huan case', and why did it make Emperor Taizu make up his mind to write the "Edict"? Listen to me. Wei Zhixian's gaze swept over the crowd, paused for a moment on several grain chiefs, and said:

"This is a large-scale corruption nest case, the Ming Dynasty from the household servant Guo Huan, down to the small grain chief, colluded, friends are treacherous, conspire to loot the people's money, and embezzle court taxes!" The word wall has an echo function, which makes the voice of Wei Zhixian deafening:

"When Emperor Taizu heard that there were corrupt officials exploiting the people, he immediately ordered someone to investigate thoroughly, and as a result, there were more and more problematic officials, and the amount involved reached 24 million stones! Emperor Taizu couldn't rub sand in his eyes, and he was ruthless, and ordered the execution of 30,000 corrupt officials, corrupt officials, and bad grain chiefs across the country! ”

When these words came out, the people were in an uproar and killed more than 30,000 people, so they didn't kill all the officials and grain chiefs across the country?

"It's just that after killing all of them, they swept away the poison of Mengyuan, curbed corruption, made the country's politics clear, and the national strength was thriving. Wei Zhixian was leisurely fascinated, and said with an expression of eagerness to 'come again'.

"Yes...... people over forty years old nodded their heads one after another, and remembered: "There were indeed no corrupt officials when my grandfather was there, and the taxes were much lighter, and life was much better than now." ”

"How did they embezzle so much money?" Some people asked curiously.

"They are 'immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers'! First of all, let's talk about the grain chiefs around you. It is said in the "Edict" that when they collect taxes and grains, they kick the tip of the shower, stand up for fame, and arbitrarily levy taxes! There are many kinds of names for its addition, such as water foot money, car foot money, mouth money, treasury money, pu basket money, bamboo basket money, god and Buddha money, etc.......

Wei Zhixian didn't finish speaking, and the people were in an uproar again, because these money-making projects are now resurrected!

"Now there are more people who are doing evil, I really should ask my grandfather to come back and kill a batch of corrupt officials again!" The people hated it.

The grain chiefs can't wait to get into the cracks in the ground, how can they still see people?

"But this is just a small trick that can't be used on the table, and there are real tricks!" Wei Zhixian said in a deep voice: "It is said in the "Edict" that the imperial court and the local government collude, and the officials collude with the grain chief and the Li Zheng to make trouble on the yellow book, which has achieved the goal of 'collecting more and solving less'! For example, the autumn grain in western Zhejiang in the tenth year of Hongwu should be 4.55 million stones, but only more than 2 million stones were released to Taicang, and the remaining 255 stones were privately divided by them! (To be continued)