Chapter 109.
Zhou Kang’s heart was not free of complacency.
He had even begun to think about how to draw up a ventriloquist’s draft to properly talk about his political achievements in Shangyuan County.
Zhu Di is not slow and easy to look, and even people have become much more courteous.
It was just that Yilungha subconsciously leaned his body towards Zhu’s other side.
He doesn’t guarantee what will happen ……
Zhu sipped his tea, and then said, “The monks and laypeople in the county, are they living well?”
Zhou Kang heard, busy said: “Today’s world, is a peaceful world, and His Majesty Yun Wen Yun Wu, love the people like a son, I for a place of the parents of the official, is also considered to be conscientious, so, under the rule of the people also live in peace and work happily.”
Zhu Di said, “There is a surname Huang, called Huang what what Huang Renyi, I heard that this person …… also has some reputation.”
As soon as he heard Huang Renyi’s name, Zhou Kang’s heart felt sorry.
He and Huang Renyi were acquainted and had dealt with each other quite a bit on a regular basis.
It wasn’t that Huang Renyi had stuffed Zhou Kang with silver.
Rather, as a local parental officer, and is the origin of the readers, in fact …… he and the county of those officers, there is no way to communicate, that are pariah officials, as for the other Zuo official, everyone up and down the relationship, the heart also have their own hooks, some things are also inconvenient to say.
The ordinary people, needless to say, when Zhou Kang said the words, the other party might only be able to blink their eyes and look confused.
The person who could paint, recite poetry, and write for pleasure with Zhou Kang and still have a good conversation was, of course, someone like Huang Renyi.
Not to mention the county to urge food, build bridges and pave roads, school governance, in fact, it is also less like Huang Renyi, such as the township sages funded.
Without a single Huang Renyi, Zhou Kang’s position is not secure.
Therefore speaking of Huang Renyi, Zhou Kang’s eyes were a little red, saying, “Your Majesty, I heard last night that Huang Renyi was killed, this person …… this person …… was killed by thieves, and on weekdays… . on weekdays ……”
Zhu laughed again, “Weekdays what?”
“Weekdays he week to help the people, everyone praised, this person is the local village sage, the official account of the matter, he is also traditionally willing to contribute generously, I was shocked to hear the bad news, so far as fish in the throat ……”
Zhu Di seemed concerned and said, “He was victimized by thieves?”
“Yes.”
“Shangyuan County is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and there are still thieves at the foot of this Son of Heaven?”
Zhou Kang was shocked, and suddenly woke up as if he had made a mistake, and was busy remedying the situation, “Perhaps it is the thieves who are roaming here, and these thieves …… ministers must be eliminated in one go.”
Zhu nodded and said faintly, “You come up?”
Choukang was puzzled.
Then he rose tremblingly, while bowing forward.
Zhu said, “Closer.”
Choukan moved a step forward.
Zhu added, “Closer.”
Zhou Kang inexplicably felt a little nervous, but continued to move.
Zhu Di looked at Zhou Kang, who was near his eyes, and his expression remained flat as he said, “Do you see me as a thief?”
Zhou Kang: “……”
Just as Zhou Kang was puzzled, not knowing why His Majesty asked this question.
Zhu Di violently copied the tealight on the table, then ruthlessly smashed at Zhou Kang’s head.
“Into your mother!”
Snap ……
Zhou Kang only felt a numbness in his head, his eyes blackened violently, and he had gone down paralyzed.
At this time, Zhu Di has ridden on his body, picking up the ground broken half of the tealight, continue to smash at his head.
This sudden occurrence immediately surprised everyone in the building.
Only that Yao Guangxiao was still in meditation.
But also lost Ha has long backed away from some, although still lowered eyebrows, but as if to say: you see, you see, we know.
Zhang Anshi can be said to be watching, poor him close, did not also lose ha foresight, then saw that Zhou Kang’s head soared blood, splashing on his body, Zhang Anshi reacted dramatically, lifting his leg towards the back of the bounce.
Zhu is practiced.
The most ruthless thing about the practitioner is that he hits very hard, but on the contrary, every place avoids the person’s vitals.
So …… Zhou Kang killed a pig with a howl, struggled hard with his hands and feet, and cried out under his breath, “What is my crime, what is my crime.”
Xie Jin several has been stunned, busy kowtow: “His Majesty rest, His Majesty rest, His Majesty …… what is the meaning of this?”
At this time, Zhu Di finally stood up, and calmly threw the blood-stained half of the tealight in his hand on the ground again.
The tealight had shattered in response.
Zhu Di said, “Do you still dare to call me a thief now?”
Zhou Kang’s head full of blood, but the person is still alive, wailing on the ground, at this time heard this, the body pumped, but reacted to what: “Your Majesty …… Your Majesty ……鑷�………………. …鑷�……”
Zhu Di drank coldly, “You dare to scold me?”
Zhou Kang had long been scared out of his wits, but still said, “Your Majesty …… why ……”
“Why?” Zhu said, “Only because this man is harming the people!”
He characterized it all at once.
“As for you!” Zhu Di deadpanned Zhou Kang, “You are in cahoots with this person, working in collusion, do you think I can tolerate you?”
Zhou Kang was greatly shocked, not caring about the painful feeling on his head, and hurriedly kowtowed, “Wrongfully accused, wrongfully accused …….”
He’s actually different from the others.
What makes Zhou Kang different is that he has always considered himself a good official.
It can be said that it fully meets the standard of a good official.
At this time suffered Zhu Di brutal beating, he was sad and angry, but in his heart there are thousands of grievances.
Zhu Di, on the other hand, stared at him with a deadpan expression and said coldly and mockingly, “Wronged, is it me who has wronged you?”
Zhou Kang heard, at this time, although the fear to the extreme, but also aggrieved to the extreme, he vibrant words: “Your Majesty indeed wronged the minister, I ask myself in office, both sleeves clean, love and cherish the people, depending on the people as sons and nephews, the past few years, it can be said to be conscientious, the Shangyuan County so great governance, this your majesty this kind of insult to the minister, the so-called king wants the minister to die, the minister had to die, but the minister by no means think that himself wrong.”
As he said that, he actually raised his head and faced Zhu Di with awe.
“I am a scholar, I still know the moral integrity, Your Majesty called me a thief, I dare not accept, but Your Majesty, there is a thief beside you, brutalizing the people, but Your Majesty is still unaware of it, I dare to ask Your Majesty, does Your Majesty really not care about how the people of the world look at the court? If Your Majesty treats me as an outcast and insults me at will, I am willing to be killed, but there is justice in this world, and justice lies in the hearts of the people!”
His words made Zhu Di furious.
This makes Zhu Di thought of the first time, when that Fang Xiaoru escorted to the front of him, out of the top of the words, opening is the righteousness of the ruler and the minister, is the so-called living people.
Seeing Zhu Di shivering with anger, Zhu Di then clenched his teeth, and then his eyes fell on the understanding of the three Jin people, cold face and said in a deep voice: “The three ministers also think so?”
The three didn’t respond.
Zhu Di said angrily, “Speak!”
Xie Jin said, “Right and wrong, I still ask Your Majesty to be clear about it.”
Hu Guang was silent for a moment, then said: “How about the case of Huang Renyi, sent three departments of the trial, when the natural water falls out, own public opinion.”
Yang Rong, however, seemed to have sensed something, and he simply didn’t say anything.
Zhu Di laughed loudly and said, “Right and wrong, have their own public opinion, so that, what I just said, is a joke?”
Xie Jin busily said, “I am absolutely not this intention.”
Zhu Di coldly smiled, turned his head to look at Zhou Kang: “A good iron bone, a good copper heart and iron gall of the board swings of the minister, it seems …… that I am wrong.”
The blood on Zhou Kang’s head was falling to the ground drop by drop, which was particularly harsh.
But he is still not convinced, he said, “I read the holy books, these years, for the court service, exhaustion, since taking office, but also do not dare to accept goods, I do not dare to say that the minister has any great merit, but these years, for the sake of the people is also counted as a dedication to blood!”
“But what about His Majesty? His Majesty treats his ministers as grass, and beats them at every turn, is this something that someone who is the father of a ruler would do? Hundreds of officials in the court, dare to be angry about this, but today …… Chen said!”
He exclaimed, “Over the years, His Majesty has appointed eunuchs and gotten close to foreign relatives, so how has he ever cared about the people of the world? His Majesty only remembers military achievements, and a large amount of the court’s money and grain, instead of going to help the people, is taken to feed those military generals in the border towns.”
“His Majesty is so pleased with himself that he has supervised the construction of so many ships and ordered eunuchs to go to the sea, touring Japan this year and talking about touring the South Seas next year. His Majesty’s heart and mind, to create the line in Beiping, how much manpower and resources spent? I dare to ask, if these money and grain, if a little bit of relief for the people, my Ming people, which will not praise His Majesty’s benevolence? But what about His Majesty? Has His Majesty ever cared for the people of the world?”
Zhou Kang spoke louder and louder, he seemed to have given up.
I such a great Qing official, love the people like a son, since the emperor you so insulted, today simply say a painful.
At this time, Zhou Kang continued, “Zhang Anshi, who is by His Majesty’s side, isn’t his infamous reputation known to all? How many people have come to Shangyuan County to sue him, saying that he kills and harms the people. Your Majesty, the people are the most important thing, and the gods of the earth and grain are less important, how can …… Your Majesty trust such a person? He sold the book, sold three taels of silver, he earns this kind of black hearted money, which is full of the world, which is not abuse? I dare to ask your majesty …… if you don’t want to give up this ancestral kingdom? Your Majesty’s behavior in these two years, and that Sui Yang emperor and what is the difference?”
“Your Majesty, the root of ruling the world lies in light labor, lies in selecting the wise and employing the capable, if Your Majesty is indifferent to this, that is the misfortune of the country and the world’s people, Your Majesty if you do not agree with what I said, I have nothing to say, I’m flesh and blood, how can I withstand Your Majesty’s thunder and fury? Now your majesty loathes me to the extreme, I am willing to lead my neck to be killed, only wish that your majesty …… if you still have half a bit of the thought of the country’s mountains and the gods of earth and grain, then you can repent, then …… I also counted the death of a good thing.”
These indignant words, all of a sudden touched the depths of the heart to understand Jinyin, although he knelt on the ground, buried his head, but also can not help but for Zhou Kang’s righteousness and marveled.
District Shangyuan County, there is this sage, I should have known, should have promoted it into the Hanlin training.
Zhou Kang’s words are very loud, this inn outside, Zuo official and a lot of township sages and gentry can hear a roughly, at this time actually can not help but everyone tear up.
Zhou Gong is deeply righteous!
Chu: “……”
In fact …… Zhu Di found …… that he seemed to be facing Fang Xiao Ru again! In addition to letting Fang Xiaoru vibrantly swear at him, he was actually unable to refute.
Zhu Di laughed coldly, “Do you want me to kill you now and become your beautiful name?”
“I don’t dare to have such words.” Zhou Kang austere and upright: “Just a gentleman has something to do, something not to do, I know that today’s words will die, the person who will die, his words are also good, the heart has a feeling, so sobbing blood to inform your majesty only.”
Zhu laughed out loud.
After the laughter.
Instead, he heard many sobbing voices from outside.
Zhu Di said, “Who is crying out in mourning?”
Not long ago, this Shangyuan County’s many zoogonists and township sages and gentry came in, and all fell down and said, “The subjects (grasshoppers) were in no shape to startle the holy emperor, ten thousand deaths.”
Zhu sized up this one individual and said, “Are you also in league with him?”
Seemingly infected by Zhou Kang, one of the township sages boldly said, “Since Duke Zhou took office, the people have been living in peace and contentment and praised up and down the land, Your Majesty, Magistrate Zhou is a good official.”
With that, someone whispered in agreement, “Yeah, yeah.”
Zhu laughed again.
Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but look at Zhu Di sympathetically at this moment, he felt that Zhu Di was smiling reluctantly.
Zhu Di turned and said, “Zhou Kang is a good official, then I am a dim king! Good, very good, I’m good and happy, I don’t have the wisdom to recognize people ……”
He paced back and forth, killing Zhou Kang now would be a fulfillment.
As that Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Di knows better than anyone, now under this sky, many people are mourning him, mentioning Fang Xiaoru, said that this person is the seed of the readers.
So the more Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became.
But at that moment, someone suddenly said, “This dog official! ”
This voice came out, but it broke the silence at once.
Zhu looked up, toward the source of the sound.
But a man appeared from the back kitchen.
Just now Zhu Di and the others were having tea here, when many people suddenly came outside, saying that they wanted to welcome the emperor.
Those who drank tea and ate …… were all astonished, and it was only then that they realized that there was such an honorable figure in this inn.
Just this outside …… came so many people, everyone did not dare to go to the front door, so they all hid to the back door.
The less daring diners, of course, would have been on their feet long ago.
There are also some bold ones who have never eaten such a big melon before, so they hide in the back kitchen, not daring to probe.
One of the hans, at this point, popped up.
Zhu eyed the black-faced man and was also a bit confused.
This hanyou, however, showed his teeth and cracked his eyes in anger.
Zhu turned toward the man and said, “Who are you?”
“Villain Song Jiu.” The hanyou said.
This Song Jiu was at a loss for words and didn’t even have basic etiquette.
Zhu Di strangely surveyed the man, “What did you just say?”
Being asked about this by Zhu Di, Song Jiu’s eyes seemed to be spitting fire, “Say this dog official.”
“Who’s the dog officer?”
As if Song Jiu had made up his mind, he said with a determined face, “Of course it’s this county magistrate Zhou Kang.”
When Zhu Di heard this, he suddenly revealed a meaningful look and glanced back at Zhou Kang.
Zhou Kang, however, put on a look of disdain for Song Jiu, in his opinion, he could not possibly recognize Song Jiu, nine times out of ten, it is His Majesty or that Zhang Anshi, just a tool to plant evidence to frame him.
It is just that Zhou Kang now has no desire, life and death have been put aside, and thought of so many people to speak for themselves, at this time has nothing to care about.
Zhu Di said, “Why did you call this person a dog official?”
Song Jiu gritted his teeth and said: “The year before last, I …… my family has been a tenant in the Shen family’s estate, I have a brother …… because of the rent owed, was arrested by that Shen family to go into the mansion to beat up the night, the second day when sent back I have a brother …… who was arrested by the Shen family for owing rent and beaten in the mansion for one night, and when he was sent back on the second day, he died of gas, and after that, he caught my niece and said he wanted to use her to pay off the debt, and my sister-in-law, who lost her man and daughter, hanged herself that night, and there was no one left in the family. I dozens of boards ……”
This man’s eyes are red, will teeth clenched cackling: “My brother and sister-in-law …… and so far do not know the whereabouts of the niece, all gone, I was also beaten to death, fell all the disease, back to go, the Shen family and want to come to find vengeance, they had to flee, if not the Shen family is gone, I’m afraid that small dare not Come back to the countryside …… Your Majesty, you say this person is not a dog official! ”
When Zhou Kang heard this, he was furious: “Nonsense, you unruly people, you believe what you say.”
Han said: “Yongleyuan year open spring, that a pile of Song family and Shen family case, have you forgotten? You also said …… that my brother was not killed, although there are injuries on the body, but also is not the result of a misstep, but also said that my sister-in-law hanged, is a woman of the people’s ignorance, not by the Shen family’s hands, and my niece, said that rent arrears repayment of money, the natural order of things, the sale is also deserved, this is not what you say? ”
If one were to look closely at Zhou Kang, one would realize that at this moment, he was a bit flustered.
He remembered the case by and large.
Of course, he had so far thought it was no big deal.
He is only impartial law enforcement, and that Shen family …… is really benign on weekdays ……
But at this time, facing this Song Jiu’s nonsense, but taught him some disgrace, as if the white jade flawless, more than a tiny bit of flaws.
So he laughed coldly and continued to look disdainful, “You this unruly people, but just want to take the opportunity to cause trouble, blackmail people money, like er this kind of people, this official has seen a lot.”
Song Jiu almost fainted from anger when he heard this.
In fact, he had long ago not expected to seek revenge, in the face of such a thing, he simply did not have the ability to resist, the so-called arm twisted the thigh, and today is just coincidental opportunity.
Just his words, but the diners hiding in the back kitchen to get angry, many people cursed unceasingly, and even some people even boldly stood out: “When this ferry is still Shangyuan County, the field tax in the Hongwu years, it is three liters per mu, three and five spoons. Waiting for him to take office, but then to amortize the loss, the result of three liters into six liters ……”
“At first, my family had a few acres of fields! Because of this, really can not afford to pay the field tax, had to sell the field to the local gentry, but later I realized that the gentry’s field, in the Hongwu years also have to pay the tax, but to his office, but simply do not need to be on the agricultural tax, said to treat what people. But this is a good treatment, my family heirloom a few acres of land, but to him good treatment is gone.”
Zhou Kang: “……”
“This dog official in the time, the past levy Ding repair embankment diversion of water, once was a month of corv茅e, to his hands but into two months, an extra month, but let us dig ditches to diversion of water to irrigate grain fields. But this water, are to the county’s Li family, Shen family, Wu family, Huang family four surnames of the land lead, the results of our out of gas, their fields into a fertilizer field.”
There was a moment of outrage.
Zhou Kang saw the situation, was shocked, if one or two would be fine, but the eyes …… of these unruly people are actually more and more.
He continues to feel self-conscious about what he is doing and is not ashamed of it.
But now he was being pointed at and scolded by the unruly people, which made him feel that he had lost his integrity.
Zhu Di’s face has also become more and more gloomy, in fact, at this time, has long been angry.
With great difficulty, he pressed down his violent temper, Zhu Di said, “Come to the people …… This Zhou Kang is not love the people like a son? Then call his people, all of them, to me, let him see for himself, how his sons …… are favored by him.”
Zhou Kang’s heart was indeed a bit chaotic, and for a moment he was a bit at a loss for words, busily saying, “Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… This is all unruly people, unruly people with no manners, and most of all, they are greedy… …”
Zhu Di suddenly looked at Zhou Kang with a strange look, “What, is this Shangyuan County of yours filled with unruly people except for a few township sages and gentry who are good friends with you?”
Zhou Kang was momentarily speechless.
On the other hand, many people are making a lot of noise.
Originally, these people are tolerant, today someone opened the head, there are people crying father and mother, there are also people loud and furious, some people mouth is not smart, hiding in the crowd kept cursing: “into this dog official mother, into his mother ……”
Zhou Kang was also a little scared for a while, body like sieve chaff, in fact, he may not be afraid of death, but to this point, if the emperor really killed him, so he will do the second Fang Xiaoru, at least leave innocence and good name on earth.
But as he watched the men open up to him, he began to get jittery.
Even Jie Jin a few, at this time also silent, they are dumbfounded, looking at the situation has been chaotic, a word can not speak.
Some of the zookeepers and townspeople who had followed the party were also scared to death, for someone had already begun to count their sins harshly.
Word of what happened at the inn reached the outside world, and there were people running around outside.
In an instant, there were victims suddenly wailing and running this way, cursing under their breath, their faces grim, looking like they had accumulated countless grievances and anger.
Yishooha had begun to give the forbidden guards a wink.
The forbidden guards understood, and one by one, they were carefully on guard and silently surrounded Zhu.
Seeing this, Zhang Anshi immediately came to Zhu Di’s side, seemingly hoping that while they were protecting His Majesty, they would also protect him in the process.
Just as Zhou Kang was about to argue, a stone suddenly snapped and hit him in the head.
Zhou Kang was shocked, busy is to raise his head, but I do not know who smashed, he was already full of blood, at this time the injury on top of the injury, pain showing teeth, mouth wailing, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty …… how can you indulge the unruly people so humiliate the subject!”
Zhu Di became even more furious and drank, “You love the people like a son, how could your son humiliate you?”
Zhou Kang said, “The people are also different, there are always unruly people ……”
Zhu Di coldly smiled: “That couldn’t be better, come on people, will Zhou Kang this thief tied up, give me to go to Shangyuan County parade public, and see that the people of Shangyuan County is how to look at him this parental officer.”
Zhou Kang heard, violently body trembling, at this time to see the countless people hate their own teeth, eyes flashed panic. This was still in the narrow inn, if it was let out, hell knows what would happen.
He then wailed, “Your Majesty ……”
Eyes are getting worse and worse.
Zhu Di at this time also roared loudly: “You see for yourself, look at the good things you do, Fang those so-called living people’s words, but also you this dog general thing to say, you are not to effect that Fang Xiao Ru?”
“Fang Xiaoru bold and you as big, but fortunately, he finally did not do the parents of the government, but also too late to do things that brutalize the people, as for you, you’re this harm to the people of the thief, even want to do Fang Xiaoru, good very good, come to the people …… I’ll try to fulfill his wish, put him to death of three clans, I cracked the car, which cracked the place, on the Selected in the Shangyuan county town, I want to see how many people, for you Zhou Kang aggrieved injustice!”
Zhou Kang plummeted, his face miserable.
Extermination of the three clans ……
Car crack ……
He never expected that there would be such a severe punishment, and was scared out of his wits, and saw many of the dilettantes laughing at the news.
Some people even fell to the ground in droves, “Your Majesty is wise and has done right by us.”
“Long live the Emperor!”
That one voice that was so joyful that it could not contain itself was by no means what Zhou Kang wanted to hear at this time.
He hoped that countless people would be running around sobbing at this time, and that many would show their regret.
At this moment, he only felt that his eyes were so dark that the various voices of praise hit him like a muffled whack on the heart.
“Your Majesty ……” Finally, Zhou Kang used up all his breath and let out a wail, “Your Majesty spare my life, spare my life ah, my parents are in the hall, I still have a young son at home.”
Zhu Di at this time only think he is ridiculous to the extreme, eyes through the ridicule, said: “Er home still parents, wives and children, why the destruction of the family broke the family, do not think about it, these ‘unruly people’ the tragic situation?”
Zhou Kang at this time can not care about what, busy saying, “They …… they are different from my …… ministers, my …… ministers have read the books of the sages, my ministers are the clear Things ah, how do they know about the Spring and Autumn Great Righteousness, how ……”
As he spoke, his words failed him.
Only feel like a fish in the throat, a moment choked, let out a loud cry for a while, before hard to say, “Minister …… minister ……”
He continued with difficulty, “I am different from people after all, please forgive me, Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… ”
He started snotting.
Zhu, however, suddenly felt an indescribably funny and ludicrous feeling.
“I see you and they are not different, death is imminent, do not also know the pain? They know to cry, know the bitter, you just tasted today, do not also cry bitterly, today I if you allow you, then these people, will not be able to comfort their dead relatives, you now go to me in front of say these, only let me feel ridiculous only.”
Zhu Di actually spoke warmly and did not storm out, he took a few steps forward, “Be a good person in your next life.”
When Zhou Kang heard this, he only felt a terrible fear, so it turned out that when real death was right in front of him, it was so terrifying.
He thought …… that he could be as calm as the ancient sages, but now …… he realized that not only is death frightening, but there are many things in this world that make it difficult for him to part with, not to mention that he even had to die so suffocating.
He then desperately coughed and said soulfully, “If Your Majesty executes the minister, I am afraid that I will lose the hearts of the world scholars, Your …… Majesty This is to shake the foundation of the country ah.”
He howled and actually hugged Zhu’s thigh at once.
Zhu Di was furious, kicked him over, scolded angrily: “into your mother, I immediately get the world, today you take a few readers, to be my national capital, you also deserve?”
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