Chapter 211: Unable to be named the King of Learning
Qingpu student member Hong Daotai came home to see his parents, wife and children, and then rushed to Lu Mansion. Only then did he learn that the first battle against Dong had been fought, and said: "I'll go see those Dong family slaves later."
Some of the twelve Dong family slaves and Daxingqingshou had bruises on their noses and faces, some had broken heads and bleeding, and some had broken arm bones. They were tied under the door wall, wailing and screaming in pain, and in a miserable state.
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Hong Daotai went to identify them one by one, and suddenly shouted: "I know this guy, he has a wart on his nose." He found a wooden stick, and beat him again and again. Hong Daotai was a weak scholar and had little strength, otherwise he would have been beaten with the stick.
If you go down, you'll beat someone to death.
Zhang Yuan and others all know that Hong Daotai was fed horse manure by Dong Zuchang. This Dong family slave must have participated in the horse manure filling. He has a sarcoma on his nose. Hong Daotai remembers him. If they bump into him today, he will naturally beat him up. Yang Shixiangdao
: "Brother Hong, let's gather people separately to seek justice from Wang Xianzun today. Dong's family slaves and Daxingqingshou blocked the door and insulted me, Qingpu student member, but the county Zun did not listen. We will ask for justice today."
Let’s see how Wang Xianzun deals with these Dong family members.”
As the leader of the Qingpu students, it was necessary for Yang Shixiang to take this opportunity to let County Magistrate Wang see the power of their Qingpu students. When Wang Shanji took office, he had to make every effort. In the late Ming Dynasty, the local students gathered in groups and voted.
It is very common to issue ultimatums, control superior officials, and influence government affairs.
At the end of the day, more than 20 students from Qingpu gathered at the Lu Mansion. After discussing for a while, they went to the Qingpu County Government in groups. The Lu family's slaves pushed and pushed the twelve Dong family slaves and Daxing.
Wang Shanji, who had only been appointed magistrate of Qingpu County for more than a month, listened to the reply of Bantou Deng in the county government office. He learned that Zhang Yuan, the Shanyin talented man who beat Dong Zuchang, was also in Qingpu. He frowned and said: "So Dong Zuchang
It was this Zhang Yuan who beat up the people of the surname. He is a Shaoxing scholar who came to our territory of Qingpu to beat people. When he comes, the county will question him and see how he responds!"
Deng Bantou said: "There are seven or eight students gathering in the Lu Mansion. The county minister should pay more attention to them."
Wang Shanji had served as an assistant officer in Nanjing before, but he had never been an independent officer. He did not understand the meaning of Deng Bantou's words. "I looked at the county's money and grain list. The future of the state and county officials all depends on the name of Qiangu Xing," Wang Shanji said.
, Wang Shanji was determined to make some political achievements in urging the scientific competition. About half an hour later, he heard the noise coming from the Jingshan Pavilion. The sound was getting closer, and it seemed that a large number of people had gathered. Wang Shanji closed the book.
, asked loudly: "Who is making noise in the square?"
A class servant rushed to the hall and reported: "Your Excellency, a group of scholars have arrived, as well as a large number of people, hundreds of them."
Wang Shanji stood up and said, "What are so many people doing here!" When he walked out of the Sunrise Hall and stood under the eaves, he saw dozens of students at the head, followed by a large number of people, shouting, "Please make the decision, the county magistrate, and punish severely."
The evil slaves and bachelor thugs of the Dong family who insulted the students of this county!" People's sentiments were fierce, and the people's anger was boiling, and they came at a faster pace.
Wang Shanji was taken aback and asked hurriedly: "What happened? What happened?"
At this time, several subordinate officials had gathered around Wang Shanji. Leader Deng said: "Your Majesty, these are all students from this county. There are more than twenty people. The young scholar in Huluo shirt on the left is
Zhang Yuan.
Wang Shanji looked intently and saw that Zhang Yuan had a gentle and elegant look. Although his steps were long, he was still calm and did not shout like other students. He seemed to be here to watch the fun. Wang Shanji did not want to think too much about this group of students.
He and other people had arrived in front of the Rijian Hall, led by Lu Tao and Yang Shixiang. Lu Tao bowed and said, "My disciple Lu Tao has met the county magistrate."
Yang Shixiang, Hong Daotai, Jin Bozong, Yuan Changji and others also bowed to Wang Shanji and reported their names. There were more than 500 students in Qingpu. When Wang Shanji took office, he summoned all the students in the county school to give lectures, but he could not remember them one by one. He only recognized them.
Yang Shixiang, one of Lu Tao's few students, and Wang Shanji asked: "Yang Sheng, Lu Sheng, what are you doing here?"
Lu Tao then told the story about the Dong family slaves and the gangsters who broke down the door, threw stones and harassed the house. Yang Shixiang said at the side: "Your Majesty, the Lu Mansion is a dignified Xiaolian Mansion, and the Lu family is our own.
A well-known and wealthy family in the county was forced to be humiliated by lowly slaves and bachelors. We, all living beings, are not angry and ask the county magistrate to severely punish these vicious slaves. Update quickly."
Wang Yi said kindly: "It turns out this is the reason for it." He said: "It's common for Mr. Lu to not repay money or goods he owes people, and it's common for creditors to come after him. How can this county protect Mr. Lu?"
Zhang Yuan had been looking at Magistrate Wang with cold eyes. When he heard this, he immediately knew that this person was not a sophisticated person, so he said loudly: "Your Majesty Wang is so distinguished, and the Dong family of Huating sent Lu Yangfang to participate in gambling, which caused him to owe a lot of money."
He gambled six thousand taels of silver and was forced to use 600 acres of double mulberry forest in Yushan to pay off the debt. However, the Ming Dynasty law stipulates that all gamblers and casino operators, once caught, will be punished with an eighty-point stick regardless of the size of the stolen goods.
Now the Dong family has sent domestic slaves and thugs to the door to collect gambling debts. Isn't it contempt for the laws of the court, contempt for the majesty of the county magistrate, and trampling on the dignity of the Qingpu gentry?"
This remark was sharp, and all the students and people in the hall began to clamor, demanding severe punishment for Dong's slaves and the beating of young men.
Zhang Yuan's words were very provocative. Wang Shanji was secretly annoyed and said with a sullen face: "Bring those people up."
Neng Zhu, Feng Hu and Lu's servants pushed Dong's group into the hall. Wang Shanji saw that they all had blue noses, swollen eyes, and blood on their foreheads. He thought that if they were beaten like this, they would be punished severely. What Wang Shanji didn't know was
, before coming to the county government, these people of the Dong family had to undergo plastic surgery, otherwise they would look even more embarrassed. Wang Shanji said: "Everyone has also seen that these people have been beaten and severely punished. They should be put into prison first, and you can all disperse.
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Lu Tao cupped his hands and said, "Please ask the county official Lou Renbitang to review the case."
Yang Shixiang and other students said in unison: "Please ask the county magistrate to review the case in court." The sound shook the roof tiles.
Wang Shanji wanted to refuse sternly. He was a magistrate of the seventh grade. How could these scholars handle the case? The Qingpu County magistrate came over and whispered: "Your Majesty, please don't offend the public. This group of students has gathered so many people."
The people here are obviously well prepared. If the case is not heard in court today, I’m afraid it will be difficult to deal with.”
Wang Shanji pondered for a moment and said: "Open the court to try the case." He turned back to the Rijian Hall and sat high up. The county magistrate and the chief registrar were sitting on both sides. Two teams of yamen servants stood in the verandah holding water and fire sticks. Twelve directors
The servants of the family and Da Xingqing were kneeling on their hands and knees. The three Zhang Yuan brothers and more than 20 students from Qingpu stood in front of the hall, watching the trial. Lu Tao, the plaintiff, stood close to the front.
The whole story is actually very clear. It just depends on how Wang Shanji handles the Dong family. Wang Shanji coughed and asked, "Are you all family members of the Dong family in Huating?"
The Qingke of the Dong family, who had a blue nose and swollen eyes, shouted: "Your Majesty, our student Bu Shicheng is a scholar from Shanghai and was recruited in the 30th year of Wanli. I would like to ask your Majesty to allow the student to stand and answer."
Wang Shanji asked the yamen servants to loosen the bonds of Bu Shicheng, and used the topic to play with it, asking Lu Tao: "This Bu Shicheng is a student, with the same fame as you, why did you beat him so badly?"
Before Lu Tao could answer, Zhang E said loudly: "I was the one who hit him. I wanted to enter the Lu Mansion and this man blocked the way, so we started fighting. He couldn't beat me. Please tell me, Lord County Master."
Zhang E's dandy attitude was so strong that Wang Shanji asked, "Who are you? Are you also a student in this county?"
Zhang E then bowed and said, "Student Shan Yin Zhang E."
Yang Shixiang on the side added: "My lord, this Young Master Zhang Yanke is the direct grandson of Mr. Zhang Suzhi of Shanyin. His father, Mr. Jiasheng, is a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River."
Needless to say, Zhang Rushuang's reputation is also very famous in the south of the Yangtze River for Zhang Jiasheng's collection of calligraphy and paintings. Wang Shanji and Jingzhong once had a relationship with Zhang Jiasheng. Since the two students were fighting each other, it was not easy for him, the county magistrate, to deal with it.
He then said: "You are all talented people who have read the books of sages and sages, how can you get into a rough fight?"
Nabu Shicheng had two of his front teeth knocked out, and his speech was slurred. He shouted: "Master Wang, it was not a fight, it was this man and his slaves who beat the students, and the students did not fight back."
Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "I know I am wrong and do not fight back when I am beaten. I still have a good conscience and know some sense of shame."
Everyone in the hall laughed.
Wang Shanji was shocked and shouted: "No noise and laughter are allowed in the court." Ignoring Bu Shicheng, he continued to interrogate the Dong family slaves. The Dong family slaves did not admit that it was a gambling debt and said that Lu Yangfang was a prostitute and drank alcohol.
The money owed...
Zhang Yuan sneered: "Did the Huating Dong family also open a brothel? That would really make a lot of money."
All the students in the hall and the people in Qingpu below burst into laughter again.
Bu Shicheng argued: "It was Lu Yangfang who borrowed the money from me, Mr. Dong. There is a written receipt and a guarantee drawn by Lu Yangfang."
Wang Shanji said: "Submit the IOU to the county."
Bu Shicheng hesitated and said: "The IOU is in Huating, and the student has not brought it."
Zhang Yuandao: "You dare to lead the gangsters to surround the Juren Mansion, smash the door and throw stones based on empty talk. The Dong family of Huating must not take the Qingpu gentry seriously."
The crowd was furious, and everyone present asked Wang County to punish these Dong family slaves and thugs. The Qingpu people in the hall also shouted, "Severely punish the evil slaves of the Dong family, severely punish the thugs."
He was ordered not to make any noise, but he could not suppress it.
The county magistrate and the chief registrar came over to discuss with County Magistrate Wang. The people of the Dong family would not be angry at this situation unless they punished them. Anyway, they were just a few Dong family slaves, each with twenty sticks, and they should be deported back to Huating.
Wang Shanji thought to himself: "That's all we have to do. I will write two letters later to explain the matter to Magistrate Huang and Dong Hanlin."
When Zhang E heard the sentence of twenty canes for each of Dong's slaves and Daxing Qingshou, he thought the sentence was too light and shouted for a heavy sentence. Lu Tao, Yang Shixiang and other Qingpu students also expressed dissatisfaction, and Wang Shanji was unable to cope with it.
Based on the experience of this situation, the sentence had to be changed to forty canes for each person. After this incident, the county magistrate and the chief registrar felt that the king's county magistrate was only capable of this, and they seemed to be able to take some power. Bu Shicheng, the Dong family's Qing guest, stood aside and watched.
The accomplices were frightened by the cane. Listening to the sound of the cane and the screams of pain that filled the hall, their faces turned pale with fright. At this time, they were glad that they had a turban and were spared the forty cane. They had also been spared the forty cane before.
He came here many times to press for debts, but Mr. Lu always closed the door and gave in. He never expected that this trip would turn out to be so miserable. Cheng Xin said: "I have to rush back to see the second young master immediately. This picture was originally from Qingpu. As soon as I arrived,
Go against Dong"
The solid forty sticks were struck down, and everyone's buttocks were opened. These evil slaves and thugs had already been beaten severely in front of the Lu Mansion. Now they were beaten with forty sticks, and some of them were beaten half to death.
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Wang Shanji ordered leader Deng to lead a few officers to escort the twelve people to the Dahuangpu Pier, and asked them to return to Huating. When they arrived at the south port of the city, they saw Zhang E waiting here with a dozen healthy servants, shouting:
"Wait a minute, there is still one person who has not been punished by the rod, how can we let him go?"
When Bu Shicheng heard that this was directed at him, he shouted incoherently: "I have the honor of being a member of the army, I have the honor of being a member of the army."
Bantou Deng stopped him and said: "This Mr. Zhang has been sentenced by the county magistrate, so he is not allowed to be tortured any more."
Zhang E glared and said, "Aren't you a policeman from Qingpu? Haven't you seen these evil slaves from Huating bullying Qingpu people!"
Leader Deng knew that Mr. Zhang had a good background and did not dare to offend him. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, please forgive me if you have to. The people of the Dong family are already bruised and bruised. Why should Mr. Zhang embarrass the little people?"
Zhang E said: "I, Zhang Yanke, like to do things to the extreme. You five government servants, I will give you one tael of silver each as a embarrassment for you. You just pretend not to see it." Bribery can't be so shameless. I didn't wait for Deng.
The squad leader said a few more words. Neng Zhu and Feng Hu had already rushed over, grabbed Bu Shicheng and pushed him to the ground. He opened his robe and recorded his skinny butt. Zhang E took the hand of a Lu family slave.
Li took an eyebrow-high stick and carried out the execution himself. While beating Bu Shicheng, he said: "Do you think you can become dominant by joining Dong Qichang? Do you think no one will dare to beat you because you have a square scarf?"
After beating him with more than ten sticks, a strange stench spread out, and it turned out that Bu Shicheng had lost his shit and urinated. Zhang E threw the eyebrow-level stick into the Huangpu River, covered his nose and retreated, laughing and cursing: "This guy is a weasel."
You still have the skills, that's all, let's go." He walked away.
A yamen servant said to Squad Leader Deng, "You haven't given me any money for this." Before he finished speaking, Neng Zhu came back, handed the five taels of silver to Squad Leader Deng, and said, "My young master is true to his word.
"Several government officials were overjoyed, and ordered Dong's men to quickly set up Bu Shicheng and get on the boat to leave Qingpu quickly.
Zhang Yuan, Lu Tao and the students from Qingpu returned to Lu Mansion, but Zhang E was missing. Lu Dayou said: "Master Yan Ke went to the south dock of the city. He said he had something to do and took a dozen people with him."
Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai couldn't help laughing when they looked at each other. They knew Zhang E's temper. Last year in Shanyin, Zhang E led a group of strong servants to chase Dong Zuchang, but failed to catch up. Zhang E was very angry.
Ping, this time he must have rushed to beat Bu Shicheng, the Dong family's Qingke. In fact, he had beaten him severely before, just because Bu Shicheng was not punished with the cane in the court. Zhang E couldn't help but rushed to beat him again. Lu Tao entered the inner house to report to his father, Lu Zhaokun.
Lu Zhaokun, who was paralyzed today, patted the armrest of the armchair with his right hand and said repeatedly: "Good fight, good fight.,...
Mrs. Liu on the side was worried: "Will these people beat Yangfang in revenge when they go back?" Lu Tao said: "The second brother is in the Songjiang Mansion Prison and not detained by Dong, and there are people from my Lu Mansion taking care of it there.
, the second brother will not suffer." Ms. Liu nodded and said: "As a mother, you are most worried about your brother. You have to find a way to rescue him as soon as possible. Spending money is a trivial matter, saving people is the first priority.
Lu Tao said: "Don't worry, mother, my son will understand." Lu Tao returned to the front hall and Zhang E came back. Talking about the scene on the dock, everyone laughed wildly and praised Zhang E for his chivalrous spirit.
Zhang E said: "Then Captain Deng said that people should be spared and spared, but I will not let anyone go and never forgive them." Two students from Huating, Weng Yuansheng and Jiang Shiqiao, said: "Today is really very satisfying. Look at it.
The reason I came here is to unite all the students to put pressure on the government."
Zhang E said: "I have just punished a few Dong family slaves, which is very satisfying. I will beat Dong Zuchang until he excrements and urinates to relieve his anger." It was already dusk, and more than twenty students from Qingpu stayed at the Lu Mansion for a dinner.
After drinking for three rounds, Liu Jingting said: "My lords, I have compiled a record of Dong Huan's evil deeds into a narrative, and I will tell it to you first."
Everyone calmed down and listened to Liu Jingting's story. During the five days on the way from Hangzhou to Qingpu, Liu Jingting often pondered alone on the "Record of Dong Huan's Evil Deeds" written by Zhang Yuan. Today he finally completed the adaptation and memorized it all.
At this time, the illness was severe, and he stammered out the brutality of Dong's father and son and the slaves, and the injustice and anger of the victims. It was so emotional that it penetrated into the bones and made people feel angry.
After scolding Dong Qichang, the students in Huating, Weng Yuansheng and Jiang Shiqiao, were filled with indignation. They said to Zhang Yuan: "Brother Jiezi, we will go back to Huating tomorrow to contact the students. When you arrive in Huating, we will jointly accuse the Dong family to the prefect and demand that Dong Zuyuan be punished."
"Dong Zuchang and a group of Dong's evil slaves" Zhang E asked: "Why didn't you mention punishing Dong Qichang?",,
Weng Yuansheng said: "Dong Qichang is a Hanlin official who has become an official. It is difficult to punish his crimes. It would be good to punish his two sons and a bunch of evil slaves."
Jiang Shiqiao said: "Dong Qichang is already sixty years old and will not live for a few more years. Let God take him in." Zhang Yuan thought: "Historical records indicate that Dong Qichang lived for more than eighty-two years. He is only sixty years old now and has two more years to live."
It's been a good life for more than ten years." He said to Liu Jingting: "Brother Jingting, you don't need to mention the names of Dong Qichang and his son as a storyteller. You can hide their names and talk about another world. This can save you unnecessary trouble."
Zhang Dai nodded and said: "Meson is right. Anyway, as soon as the specific incident is told, the audience will know that it is the scandal of the Dong family and his son. There is no need to mention the surname clearly."
Liu Jingting knew Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Dai was trying to protect him. Zhang Yuan and the others had the honor of being a member of the military, but he, Liu Jingting, was just a storyteller wandering around. If Dong Qichang sued him for slandering the gentry, he would suffer, but Liu Jingting did not
He was afraid that the worst he could do would be to hide his name again and go somewhere far away. However, Zhang E was upset that the names of Dong Qichang and his son were not mentioned directly in the story. Zhang Yuan explained to him: "This is just like "The Plum in the Golden Ping" is about the Song Dynasty. In fact, the customs, customs and world conditions are all different.
All of them point to the Ming Dynasty after Jiajing."
Zhang E loved "Jin Ping Mei" the most and said happily: "So that's how it is, wonderful!".