There were constant shouting and cursing outside. Yang Dacheng grabbed a shovel and confronted the intruders in the courtyard. The hostess in the room was holding her child nervously. She couldn't help but look outside in fear, her face pale.
The child in the hostess's arms struggled out and wanted to take the broom in the room to go outside to help his father. The offended hostess grabbed it on her lap, slapped her, and then held her tightly in her arms, lest the child
I ran out and was bullied.
"Just stay in the house, I'll go out and take a look." Zhu Ping'an put down the bowls and chopsticks, touched the naughty child's head and comforted him, then got up and walked out. He wanted to help this family regardless of the circumstances.
"Brother, please don't go out. Be careful that they implicate you. These people are unreasonable." Seeing that Zhu Pingan was about to go out, the heroine couldn't help but persuade her. She couldn't bear to see Zhu Pingan being implicated for no reason.
"It doesn't matter, if you don't be unreasonable, you have to follow the king's law..."
Zhu Pingan shook his head slightly and walked out of the room.
"Hey" the hostess called out when she saw Zhu Pingan going out. She felt that Zhu Pingan was just a scholar who didn't understand the world. He didn't know that the world was dangerous and she was worried.
The naughty child in the hostess's arms stretched out his head to look at Zhu Ping'an as he went out, and wanted to follow him out, but he was held down firmly by the hostess and could not move.
Zhu Ping'an walked out of the house and saw Yang Dacheng confronting five idle guards in the yard. Behind the guards was a middle-aged man with a mustache in a satin robe. He looked quite wretched. He was holding a hand in the winter.
A folding fan seems to be intended to highlight his unusual status.
"Hey, where did this kid come from?" A police officer saw Zhu Pingan coming out of the house and tilted his head to look at Zhu Pingan.
Several other officers also looked at Zhu Pingan carelessly, and seemed to be surrounded by them.
"This is just a student passing by, don't embarrass him." Yang Dacheng said to several guards with a shovel, then turned to Zhu Pingan and said, "This little brother, please hurry up after dinner."
Seeing that Yang Dacheng cared so much about Zhu Pingan and was trying to protect him, these officers did not believe Yang Dacheng's words.
"Tsk tsk, Yang Laizi is quite righteous. I guess this is a relative of yours. I haven't seen him before. Oh, I remembered it. Your wife seems to have an incompetent younger brother who is also studying. Hahaha, I heard and read
After studying for ten years, your brother-in-law didn't even pass the first level of the county examination for boys, hahaha. This is it."
A police officer seemed to have thought of something. He laughed and looked at Zhu Pingan with special disdain.
Think about it, after ten years of studying, I haven’t even passed the first level of the Tongsheng Examination. Isn’t that incompetent? There are three levels in the Tongsheng Examination. I haven’t even passed the County Examination in ten years. Let alone the more difficult ones.
I have passed the government examination and the college examination. This is not the material for studying at all! This kind of scholar is truly useless, how can he not be despised?
"Haha, let me tell you. Stop studying. You are not that good at all." Another officer shook his head and mocked.
"But it's not hopeless. Have you seen our Huang Chandian? We Huang Chandian are a scholar and a celebrity around our magistrate. If you take our Huang Chandian as your teacher, you will get our Huang Chandian."
Just give me some advice. If you continue to work together, you still have great hope." At first, the guard said in a persuasive manner.
"Of course. We, Huang Chandian, are busy with official duties and we don't have everyone to give advice or help. However, if you and our Huang Chandian become relatives, it will be different. Hahaha, if Huang Chandian is your brother-in-law
If so, wouldn’t it be natural for a brother-in-law to teach his brother-in-law?”
The officer who spoke winked at Zhu Pingan, making people have the urge to kick him in the face.
"What nonsense are you talking about? This young man is just a student passing by." Yang Dacheng's face turned green with anger.
"Tsk, tsk, Yang Laizi is still as tough-talking as before." The guards laughed disdainfully, not believing Yang Dacheng's words at all, and firmly believed that Zhu Ping'an was Yang Dacheng's brother-in-law.
"What are you going to do? How can you talk like this? It's really insulting to gentlemen."
Zhu Ping'an stood next to Yang Dacheng and pointed at several officers, his face flushed and he looked like a complete nerd.
Zhu Ping'an's words and his nerdy appearance immediately made several officers look at each other with smiles and humiliation. This kid is completely a nerd who has become stupid in reading, and he is simply a waste among wastes.
"Occupy land for the people, and then it will be endowed and controlled by the king."
"Taizu once said that those who serve the people should know their share. Those who use the land to provide for the superiors have their share."
Not feeling too cold, Huang Chandian opened the folding fan and fanned twice. When he opened his mouth, he spoke in a classical and official tone, as if he was acting according to the rules.
"So, serving as corvee is a rule set by our Taizu. We also follow the yellow book. It's time for you, Yang Dacheng, to go to the Great Wall to serve. If you don't go, you are ignoring the law of the country, and the lesser of them will be served in prison.
, in serious cases, you will be beheaded."
Huang Chandian closed the folding fan, stretched out his right hand to touch his mustache, and looked at Yang Dacheng and said righteously.
Seeing how Huang Chandian was so skillful in quoting scriptures, far-fetched accusations, and then threatening, with such skill and without blushing or gasping for breath, Zhu Pingan knew that this person did not do this kind of thing once or twice, nor did he do it with a straight face.
It's been two years.
County officials are not as good as the current ones, and sometimes the dereliction of duty at the grassroots level is even worse! The harm is even greater!
Because their dereliction of duty and their abuse of power have a direct impact on the working people!
The corvee system must be changed! The official system must also be changed!
Zhu Ping'an looked at this scene and silently made a note in his heart.
"It's ridiculous. I only did the corvee work of digging rivers and dredging the rivers in the spring. Why did you ask me to serve on the Great Wall again in the winter? You are simply using your power for personal gain, and you are going too far! The service in the spring was framed by you and deliberately caused me to hurt my leg! Now it's
You want me to serve on the Great Wall, is there any royal method?" Yang Dacheng glared at Huang Chandian angrily, wishing he could go up and bite Huang Chandian into pieces in two bites. Isn't this scum targeting his own mother-in-law? This scum
, If you give in, you will be in vain!
"Wang Fa?"
Huang Chandian touched his mustache and let out a disdainful smile, "I'm talking about the king's method. Haha, you, Yang Dacheng, went north to the Great Wall to serve as a corvee. That's the king's method!"
I’m talking about Wang Fa!
The county official's classics and history are not well-known, and his savings are not even considered as hair. He dares to say anything arrogantly. I am talking about the king's law. It is true that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and he is tyrannical and unscrupulous!
"Taizu issued a policy of exemption from corvee. The nobles, wise men, capable people, those who serve in public affairs, the old, and the sick in the country should all be given up and recorded in his book according to their age. Brother Yang has a disability in his legs, so he belongs to corvée.
Scope of exemptions.”
After Zhu Ping'an heard what Huang Chandian said, he raised the corners of his lips and said.
After Zhu Pingan finished speaking, the courtyard was quiet for a few seconds. Several guards looked at each other, and then burst into laughter.
"This kid is really stupid at reading!"
"It's not like that. I really think that knowing a few words can guide the world."
"Hahaha, silly"
Huang Chandian also touched his mustache with disdain and smiled. He folded his fan and fanned it twice, and said righteously: "It is necessary to let go of the sick, but why should we let them go? How sick can we let them go?"
It's all decided by our household. Now that the Tatars invade the border, it's the right time to hire people. Yang Dacheng has a minor illness in his legs. He should put state affairs first and quickly go north to serve the country to repair the Great Wall."
"Did you hear that, our Huang Chandian is a scholar, not a scholar like you who doesn't have half a bottle of water can compare to you."
"Hehehe, that's it, what is it? It's really ridiculous to use a big sword in front of Guan Gong."
After Huang Chandian finished speaking, the officers began to ridicule Zhu Pingan unscrupulously. (To be continued)