I saw Dian Shi (the County Lieutenant was abolished in the Ming Dynasty and was renamed Dian Shi, the previous article was incorrect and has been revised) straightened his clothes. He didn't care that the patriarch named Wu, who was the friend of eight worshippers, was being slapped in the mouth. He took two steps forward and knelt down on the ground.
, while kowtowing, he said: "Xiaguan, the magistrate of Zhuji County, came to see your lord, but he came late and let a countryman bump into you. Your lord is guilty."
The patriarch surnamed Wu was originally threatened to be beaten in the mouth. Although the corners of his mouth were bleeding, he gritted his teeth and held on, waiting for Dianshi to come to save him.
But he didn't expect to see this scene out of the corner of his eye, which instantly dashed his hopes. Moreover, the other person was an official who would have knelt down, and he was immediately frightened to death.
You must know that for Dianshi to take the initiative to kneel down and apologize, he must be at least a third-level official or above.
When the tea shop owner saw it, he felt relieved, it was finally the best ending he had expected.
But he was still a little strange in his heart. Although it seemed that the young man should be a high official, he was very kind to common people like himself, which was really rare!
Although Zhong Jinwei has been in charge of the army for many years, many people have died in front of him with just one order. But he does not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Now seeing that the patriarch has been slapped with blood all over his mouth, he waved his hand and let that person
The captain released the chief of the clan named Wu.
After receiving the order, the captain took the sword away from the clan leader's neck, put it back into the scabbard, turned around and walked back to his position.
The head of the clan surnamed Wu lost his legs and fell to his knees. He himself had a mouth full of blood, and his son's mouth was full of mud. They knelt there one after another, shocking all the villagers.
The patriarch, who was usually aloof and aloof, unexpectedly ended up like this.
Zhong Jinwei looked at Na Dianshi and saw that his face was filled with fear, and knew that he had probably guessed Dongchang's identity.
Zhong Jinwei didn't say anything, but just said to Na Dianshi: "These thugs were committing crimes on the concrete roadside where there are many people coming and going. They smashed their tea shop, and I happened to catch them."
Having said this, he turned around and pointed at Wu Moquan's family who were sitting with him, asking the Dianshi to look at the sufferer, and then continued: "Since you are the Dianshi of this county, you will be dealt with according to the law! I hope you will take care of it in the future.
Improve public security in your county and don't let things like this disrupt the order in broad daylight happen again."
Dian Shi glanced at Wu Moquan's family. He recognized that he was from Wujia Village. He knew that this man took the lead in disobeying the clan leader and forced his son to go to kindergarten.
He couldn't figure out what the relationship between Wu Moquan and this gentleman was, but he didn't have time to clarify this point, so he hurriedly answered: "Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely take care of the public security of this county."
Zhong Jinwei glanced at the clan leader surnamed Wu, and then ordered: "I heard that some clans force their people not to go to kindergarten. You must investigate this matter carefully. Going to free kindergarten is the favor of the court and the emperor's.
Your Majesty’s Grace. If you don’t want to go to kindergarten, forget it, but whoever dares to force others not to go to kindergarten must be punished!”
"I understand, I will investigate strictly." Dianshi did not dare to raise his head and could only agree repeatedly.
From the tone of Zhong Jinwei's words, he had already judged that this person's identity might be greater than he thought.
"Get up, let me ask you something again." Zhong Jinwei saw that he was still very smart, so he asked him to get up and talk.
When Dianshi heard this, he kowtowed again to express his gratitude, and then stood up and stood upright.
Among the villagers gathered not far behind, there were some smart people who had woken up by this time. They threw their objects back to avoid getting into trouble.
As a result, others quickly threw away their fighting tools, and the commotion suddenly became louder.
Zhong Jinwei glanced at it and didn't care about it. It was enough to deal with the leaders. There was no need to worry about these low-level people.
He looked at Dianshi and asked, "Do you know where the kindergarten teacher lives?"
"Your Majesty knows." Dianshi lowered his head and replied respectfully.
"Okay, you take me over to meet him. I have something to ask him." After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he stood up.
When Wu Moquan and his family saw him, they stood up quickly. After knowing that Zhong Jinwei was a higher official than Dian Shi, they became much more reserved.
Zhong Jinwei turned around to look at their family, and then said to Chang Jian: "Give them ten taels."
Yu Changjian agreed, took out the Nine Si Bao banknotes from his arms, counted ten taels, and handed them to Wu Moquan.
"No, no, no, ordinary people dare not accept it." Wu Moquan still had the guts to accept Zhong Jinwei's money, and it was still a lot of ten taels.
Zhong Jinwei smiled at him, looked at the little guy, and then said: "If you have some capital, you can start a small business and don't have to rely on the clan to make a living. Provide good support for your son to go to school. He is a very ambitious child, and maybe he will be successful in the future.
Not necessarily."
After hearing what Zhong Jinwei said, Wu Moquan mustered up the courage to take over for the sake of his son.
Then he took his wife and son and knelt down on the ground together. While kowtowing to Zhong Jinwei, he said: "Thank you for your great kindness, sir. I wonder which sir it is? The common people went home and set up a longevity tablet to worship their benefactor."
Zhong Jinwei smiled at the child, ignored Wu Moquan, and went out.
Dianshi really wanted to hear who this gentleman was? But he was a little disappointed when he didn't hear Zhong Jinwei's answer.
He glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, and then shouted to his men: "Take them all to the county jail." Then he hurried to wait in front of Zhong Jinwei.
Along the way, Dianshi stood next to Zhong Jinwei's horse and carefully explained to Zhong Jinwei: "Sir, this official is only with the clan leader because of tax collection and security inspections. Your Excellency, you also know that in this place,
We still have to rely on these squires to maintain..."
Zhong Jinwei waved his hand and interrupted Dian Shi's words. He knew that Dian Shi explained this way because he wanted to distance himself from the relationship with the clan leader, so as not to implicate him if he pursues the matter.
Zhong Jinwei lowered his head and looked down at Dian Shi and said: "In the local situation, we must distinguish the good and bad squires. Otherwise, if this place is handed over to such bad squires, it will destroy the prestige of the court. Do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, yes, your subordinates must pay attention." Seeing that Zhong Jinwei had no intention of pursuing the matter, Dian Shi breathed a sigh of relief and responded to Zhong Jinwei repeatedly.
But what Dian Shi said made Zhong Jinwei think of the clan again.
In this rural countryside, the government of the Ming Dynasty was entrusted to the management of local squires. The local squires were often figures such as the patriarchs of their own clans. They controlled the affairs of the village. In a sense, they could be regarded as
There is only one native emperor.
In order to implement Ming Dynasty's policies and maintain long-term stability in the countryside, the power of the local emperor must be dismantled.
But Zhong Jinwei knew that it was too difficult to disrupt the cohesion of the clan and destroy the foundation of the Tu emperor.