Outside the county government office, through the two students from the Wen Daoyi School, the onlookers heard almost every sentence and sentence of Zhang Shou in the hall. Although they could not understand some of the literate words, they could not quite understand them.
The people who came to see the excitement today were not just ordinary people, there were scholars, and even scholars who had passed the examination.
Under their explanations, even illiterate people who knew nothing could understand the meaning of every sentence. For example, Ge Yong's words originated from Lao Tzu. Before he could explain, an old scholar shook his head and spoke in simple terms.
To comment on the words, no one would laugh at him for dropping his book bag at this time. People would even have to be distracted, listening to the students of the Daoyijuku while listening to others' explanations.
When Ge Yong explained again, the old scholar immediately shut up. Mixed in the crowd, Little Peanut, who was initially so nervous that he clenched his fists, now burst into tears because he learned that Xian Yunhe did not have to die, especially after hearing that
When Zhang Shou said that his crime should be punished and his mercy was pitiful, he couldn't help but grab Old Xianyu's arm and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, what do you mean by this?"
Although Old Xianyu took over three spinners from Ah Liu whose houses were burned down like the ones in Xian Yunhe, but Ah Liu rescued and resettled them elsewhere, and brought people here this morning to build up momentum, he still didn't feel that way in his heart.
Determined how Zhang Shou would be sentenced. He had just heard that someone had taken the easy way out and fixed the final punishment on being beaten with a cane and exiled from the army. He was also as excited as Little Peanut.
However, after he finally listened to Zhang Shou's words and found out that he had actually adopted his suggestion of planting trees, a big stone fell in his heart, and then he laughed and said: "His crime deserves to be punished, and his kindness is pitiable."
According to their crimes, they deserve to be put to death, but according to the reasons and circumstances of their crimes, they deserve mercy."
He has already realized that Zhang Shou cleverly reversed the sentence "their feelings are pitiable, but his crime deserves to be punished", and the verdict is no longer cold and rigid, but more compassionate. Even if the previous verdict has arrived
It may cause an uproar in the DPRK, but these eight words may be enough to impress some officials.
But no matter what, he really owes a huge favor to him! Perhaps only by giving out the last thing he treasured can he repay Zhang Shouning's kindness of offending a lot of people and saving Xian Yunhe's life!
Other spectators on the side understood Old Xianyu's explanation, and seeing that he was not wearing a scholar's t-shirt, they couldn't help but praise: "Brother is awesome, can you understand such literate words? Then what can you say?
Say, this is the Qiongzhou Prefecture of the Confederate Army...Which corner of the Qiongzhou Prefecture is it? Could it be that people did not die in Cangzhou, but died outside?"
Seeing that many people were waiting for his answer, Lao Xianyu was silent for a moment, and then he smiled. His serious demeanor just now disappeared, replaced by his usual exaggeration.
"The place of Qiongzhou Prefecture is the southernmost place of the Ming Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the southernmost place. During the Song Dynasty, Dongpo layman was demoted to Qiongzhou Prefecture, and there was an allusion to the end of the world. It was more than 100 kilometers away from Cangzhou.
Thousands of miles away, the climate is hot and humid, and there is no winter all year round, which is completely different from Cangzhou..."
Before he could finish his words, the man who had just asked the question widened his eyes and said, "Is it really so far away? However, it is a great place with no winter all year round. Here we have to wrap up in cotton-padded jackets and leather robes every winter.
Moreover, if you can’t afford charcoal for heating, it will be too cold to sleep at night, how much more will it cost every year! Speaking of which, how many beggars freeze to death every winter!”
"If this were Qiongzhou Prefecture, at least we wouldn't have to worry about the cold weather, right? Heat is better than cold!"
Although Little Peanut hasn't lived with Old Xianyu for a long time, he still knows his uncle's temper very well. As soon as he heard what Old Xianyu said just now, he knew that Qiongzhou Mansion shouldn't be a bad place.
.At this time, the man who asked the question was already talking about hot being better than cold with great interest, and he couldn't help but murmur a little.
Couldn't this guy be a partner specially hired by my uncle to fool people? But he also had a hand in doing errands before, and he was often with the expressionless sixth brother next to Dr. Zhang. Why didn't he notice this?
people?
He glanced at this unexpected guy a few more times. Then, he heard Old Xianyu tut and said, "Isn't that right? Most of the time over there in Qiongzhou Prefecture, you only need to wear a pair of pants. When it's cold, most people
It’s just a single shirt and a pair of trousers, which really saves the boss money. Moreover, there are few people there..."
Even Little Peanut didn't know that in the past, Old Xianyu traveled through Japan and Korea, and had never traveled the Nanyang line, so he had never been to Qiongzhou Prefecture. At this time, this old man was talking endlessly based on the rumors he had heard.
Jedi said, and when he saw more and more people gathered around him because Zhang Shou had concluded the case, he spoke even more energetically.
When he had enough freedom of expression, Old Xianyu smiled and said: "But speaking of it, Qiongzhou Prefecture is actually a good place to grow cotton. Just the old-fashioned spinning wheels and looms. You think they are slow now, but if
A hundred or two hundred years ago, it was the most powerful thing, and only people in Qiongzhou Prefecture knew how to use it."
"I think if Huang Daopo hadn't brought back better textile equipment from Qiongzhou Prefecture, where would there have been so many people growing cotton, spinning and weaving in the Central Plains? The ones they still use there are broken and slow, and they can't spin much in a long time.
Yarn is not enough to weave old cotton cloth. Moreover, I heard that the weather and land in Qiongzhou Prefecture are the most suitable for growing things, and rice can be harvested twice or even three times a year..."
Although not everyone who grows cotton knows about Huang Daopo a hundred or two hundred years ago, as long as someone has heard of it and discussed it in twos and threes, they will understand what kind of place Qiongzhou Prefecture is. As for not growing cotton or spinning yarn,
People from cloth... have heard of the rice that southerners love to eat. Many people have already salivated when they learned that it can be harvested twice or even three times a year.
Of course, the four words "leaving home" are indeed a hurdle that most people cannot jump over in today's era, so people just admire them. Some are envious, and naturally some are unconvinced: "I've heard of that
Isn't Dongpo layman the same Dongpo as Dongpo Meat? If this is so good in Qiongzhou Prefecture, how could he be sent there?"
"Of course it's not all good." Old Xianyu shrugged and said sadly, "Every year from July to October, there are sometimes sudden strong winds and heavy rains there. In addition, there are many bugs, humidity and heat, and there are always people.
They are acclimated to the climate, so most people really can't stand the weather there, and if they are caught by the miasma, they really have to resign themselves to fate!"
miasma!
Almost instantly, people who were still somewhat curious and longing for Qiongzhou Prefecture were frightened and immediately retreated. Northerners may yearn for the warmth and harvest in the south, but they are absolutely insensitive to those potentially fatal diseases.
. So, in an instant, the rumor that Qiongzhou Prefecture was full of miasma and prone to bad diseases spread faster than before.
And since they heard that miasma was rampant in Qiongzhou Prefecture, most people no longer had any interest in asking about Qiongzhou Prefecture. In addition, when they heard that no executions were being carried out in the county government today, people scattered and left. But they couldn't hold it in any longer.
Little Peanut immediately rushed forward, grabbed Old Xianyu's sleeve, and asked in an anxious voice: "Uncle, there is a miasma running rampant over there. What if Uncle Yunhe goes there..."
"fool!"
Old Xianyu was so angry and funny that he flicked Little Peanut on the forehead with his finger. At this time, the number of people at the gate of the county government office was gradually dwindling, and it was too conspicuous to stand here anymore, so he dragged the little guy back to his place in the water in a hurry.
Shops in the street.
When he arrived at a place where there was no one around, he whispered: "Think about it, Yunhe and the others are being exiled, and they are not allowed to enjoy the blessings. If Qiongzhou Mansion really has no winter all year round, is warm and comfortable, even if it is thousands of miles away,
Do you think this can still be used as a place of exile? Even if there is a miasma, since the early years of my reign, there have been very few exiles in Yunnan, Guizhou, the southwest border, or Qiongzhou Prefecture."
The places where most criminals are exiled today are Liaodong, Gansu, Kowai, and various places that require manpower to fight against the Northern Barbarians. Of course, now that the Northern Barbarians have been defeated again, perhaps those places are no longer suitable as places for the exile of criminals.
Already...
Little Peanut's eyes lit up at this moment: "Uncle, what do you mean, what you just said about the miasma that is rampant is all false?"
"Nonsense...it's all true!"
Old Xianyu flicked Little Peanut's finger hard again. When he saw the person covering his head and looking at him in astonishment, he sighed and said: "That disease is actually called malaria. It's not just found in Qiongzhou Prefecture, but also in the south."
There are hot and humid places with many trees. And I also experienced it once when I traveled to Haidong. That time it was falciparum malaria. There were 20 to 30 people in a boat, and eight people died."
Six of them died of illness one after another, but the remaining two did not. At that time, many people on the ship were infected with that kind of falciparum malaria. If they hadn't bumped into the "prophet" from the Ming Dynasty, they would have died.
Fortunately, they saved their lives. They got a precious medicine called cinchona, but even this precious medicine could not save everyone's life.
Two people died in the end, and two others almost lost their sight because of taking medicine... However, compared with what he had heard about that after contracting falciparum malaria, the captain had to abandon people on some small island to their fate.
It's really much stronger.
Precisely because he still had this medicine in his possession and was sure that he could get the seeds, he had just made the outrageous request to Zhang Shou to plant trees in Qiongzhou Prefecture.
If rubber trees can be planted in Qiongzhou Prefecture, then cinchona trees can also be planted in Hainan, right? If possible, he might be able to ask Zhang Shou to present this kind of drug that can treat falciparum malaria to the emperor, which can be regarded as a small favor on his part!
As for the risk of Xian Yunhe going to Qiongzhou Prefecture, compared with losing his life, getting sick is nothing. Furthermore, compared with the distant Haidong, he believed that Qiongzhou Prefecture should be more livable, otherwise the imperial court would not have set up facilities in Qiongzhou Prefecture.
It covers three states and ten counties!
Little Peanut certainly didn't know that Old Xianyu had thought so much in just a short period of time. His face turned pale and he wanted to continue asking whether the falciparum malaria could be cured, but in the end he received another heavy punch on the head.
"Anyway, don't ask, kid. You know, I first proposed the idea of planting trees in Qiongzhou Prefecture to Dr. Zhang."
Little Peanut was stunned for a moment and did not ask further. But then he suddenly remembered another more important matter and immediately became nervous again: "By the way, uncle, Uncle Yunhe and the others still need to receive a hundred canes."
, can they bear it? Why were they not executed on the spot just now? Will they go back and make a fuss about the torture stick..."
"Can Yunhe's current body withstand a hundred sticks?" Old Xianyu snorted, and then said calmly, "People will be transferred from the palace to Cangzhou County Yamen, and those people in Ruiqi camp will not be able to do it anymore.
Revenge tortured him."
Of course... Zhang Shou might even offend the soldiers at Ruiqi Camp because of this!
In this sense, his cinchona tree is still flying somewhere, and the so-called cinchona frost only has a small weight. If he really wants to repay Zhang Shou, it may not be enough.
In the Changlu County government office, after the two cases were concluded in a short period of time, just as Old Xianyu said, Zhang Shou did not immediately order the execution of the cane, but instead ordered the officers to take Xian Yunhe and others to prison.
Regarding this unexpected scene, Du Heng suddenly frowned and couldn't help but ask again: "Why, the eight people of Xian Yunhe are no longer detained in the palace?"
Seeing that Zhu Tingfang smiled but did not respond to Du Heng's question, Zhang Shou was not in a hurry until the new batch of guards from Zaoban escorted Xian Yunhe and others away. Although Du Heng looked very ugly, he had no substance.
Sexual obstruction, he explained with sincerity.
"Before, detaining prisoners in the palace was originally a matter of urgency, not a long-term solution. The county government had been cleaned up repeatedly before. From the third shift of government servants to the six-room clerk, the gaps were very large. In addition, there were still many people in the county government cells.
Because of Xu Cheng's bad government, many people are imprisoned, and without screening, there will be no way to free up the cells."
He paused and said with a smile: "As for now, thanks to General Zhu's unremitting efforts to clean up the prison, all the unjust, false and wrong cases in Cangzhou have been clarified, and the cases that have not been resolved for a long time have also been resolved, so the county
The prison is already more than half empty. There are only eight of them, so they can be locked up. And the most important thing is..."
This time, Zhu Tingfang said: "The third class of government officials has been replaced by a new group of people. Those who used to deceive the superiors and deceive the inferiors, bully the market, and extort have all been wiped out and replaced by the ones recommended by various martial arts schools.
He is a son with a clean family background and good martial arts skills. Since the defense of the county government is no longer a problem, there is no need to bother Rui Qiying to do the work of the prison camp."
Prison camp? Is this sarcasm, or is it just a statement of facts? Du Heng suddenly raised his eyebrows. He had just prepared to retort, but he couldn't say it. Especially Ge Yong, although he didn't speak, he just sat on the side with a smile.
, but this old teacher’s qualifications, popularity and status are all there, and he is completely unable to compete.
So, he could only stand up with a sullen face and said: "In this case, it seems that there is no need for the soldiers and horses of the Ruiqi Battalion in Cangzhou City. Then I will report to the emperor and request to return to the capital."
What he said was not so much an attempt to retreat in order to advance, but rather an expression of anger. But at this moment, he only heard Zhu Tingfang ask very abruptly: "General Du used to be the commander-in-chief of the Linhai Camp of the Navy. According to you,
From what I can see, Linhai Daying is branched into Cangzhou, is this feasible?"