Xu Qing looked at Xu Sima... Xu Sima in the past and now his criminal minister Xu Jiandao: "Up to now, you still think that you are where you are today because of me?"
Xu Jian gritted his teeth and said with a stern face: "Xu Qing, you are just a businessman. If you hadn't somehow found yourself on such a high tree as His Highness the Crown Prince, you alone would have been eaten up by our Xu family without even leaving any bones! Why don't you?
Is it your turn to scream here? I was so blind that I went to the Su Mansion to apologize to you!"
Xu Qing looked at Xu Jian and snorted coldly: "You are really stubborn! Have you never thought that you are here today because you have done too many evil things and you should have had this day? Now that you are in prison, you have nothing to do with it.
You still feel remorseful and blame others?!"
Xu Jian sneered and said: "I have done too many evil things? Haha, the yamen has two sides. Don't come in if you have reason or no money. Don't say it's me, it's the governor surnamed Qi. Do you dare to say that he must be clean? It's just now.
It's just that you didn't show your flaws. What's wrong with corruption? There are so many corrupt officials in the world, but in the officialdom, good and evil can be measured by right and wrong? How ridiculous! You just have a bigger backer than the Xu family. You are so proud.
What?"
Xu Qing looked at Xu Jian and said solemnly: "How many families have been destroyed by your Xu family, don't you have a trace of guilt in your heart!? Do you know how many lives that is!? It's not me who took you to jail.
! But them! Even without me, your actions will be punished sooner or later!"
At this time, Xu Jian suddenly grinned and said: "Xu Qing, you look so much like your former boss!"
Xu Qing said expressionlessly: "Does it look like someone like you? Then I am really unlucky for eight lifetimes."
Xu Jian fiddled with the chains on his feet, sat down cross-legged and said: "When I first entered the officialdom, I was just like you now, just as naive and stupid! Every day I think about redressing the grievances of the people.
, with the world in mind. Tsk tsk, I was ranked sixth on the B list at first, and was given the post of editor of the Hanlin Academy by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. My official career was smooth. Later, I met a pariah who offended the Yongding Marquis Mansion. At that time, I
I innocently fought for his injustice and helped him redress his grievances all the way."
"What's the result? The Yongding Marquis Mansion is supported by His Majesty's eldest son, King Qi, but on the 15th day, the Japanese official received the order to be demoted and was transferred to a remote small county as the county magistrate. Haha, I am ranked sixth on the B list, Hanlin Academy
Xiu Zhuan was reduced to the position of magistrate of a remote small county..."
The chains on Xu Jian's feet and hands jingled as his arms and legs swayed slightly from time to time, as if they were accompanying him.
Xu Jian coughed several times, picked up the bowl on the side and drank several times of water before he stopped.
Just listen to Xu Jian continue to say: "Even though I was demoted from the capital, I was thinking that maybe the court would soon give me justice and transfer me back so that the real sinner would be punished... It's a pity...
People were still singing and dancing in the capital. At that time, I understood that in the officialdom, black and white, good and evil are not important at all! What is the most important? Money! As long as there is enough money, it is not good, and if there is little money, it is good.
It’s not good either!”
"How much effort did it take for me to climb from the county magistrate of a remote small county to the position of Sima of Yongzhou? What did I rely on? Did it rely on my performance in punishing evil and promoting good?! I relied on my admiration for Shangguan all the way.
His face, flattering and flattering me all the way! It depends on the money I stuffed with you! What do you think is officialdom? This is officialdom!"
"Xu Qing, the reason why I am reduced to this situation now is just the same as the reason why I was demoted from the capital. I don't have a strong backer behind me, but you have the biggest backer in Dachu, Prince Xian's Mansion, behind you! Untouchables have always been
Untouchables can't influence the officialdom. It's not them who really made me look like this! It's you! It's you who climbed into the palace of the Xian Prince!"
Xu Qing couldn't help but clenched his fists when he heard this: "You!"
Xu Qing wanted to speak, but found that he didn't know what to say.
Xu Sima snorted coldly: "You can't say anything, can you? I didn't expect that Xu Qing, who was sharp-tongued in court, could be silenced in prison because of the words of a criminal like me.
It’s really unbelievable! Do you know why you can’t think of any words to defend yourself?”
Xu Qing looked at Xu Jian and asked, "Why?"
Xu Sima snorted coldly: "Because what I said is the truth! And the remarks you just made are just the childish words of young people! Xu Qing, don't be proud, one day you will become like you are now
Like me, your naive ideas will not go too far in the officialdom! Sooner or later, you will be eliminated one day!"
Xu Qing looked at Xu Sima and said: "Perhaps it is as dark as you said above the court of Da Chu, but this does not mean that there is no spark in this darkness."
Xu Sima listened to Xu Qing's words and sneered: "Spark? You are right, there really is such a spark in the court of Dachu. Your father-in-law is an example. In order to save the untouchables who were affected by the disaster, he even sent his wife who was seriously ill at home.
I don’t even care... It’s a pity that a spark is always a spark and will be swallowed up by darkness sooner or later.”
Xu Qing also smiled and shook his head and said: "You are wrong. Sometimes, a single spark can start a prairie fire."
After saying that, Xu Qing turned around and left without looking back, saying as he walked: "Mr. Xu, you have two days to go before you are on your way. A mistake is always a mistake. If you make a mistake, you must accept the punishment."
Xu Qing, who walked out of the state prison, took a deep breath, damn, I was almost brainwashed by this old boy!
Xu Qing had reservations about whether people in the imperial court were all corrupt officials as Xu Sima said.
But one thing is certain, the officials in the Chu court must be big liars per capita! Professionals in brainwashing! Talkative little experts!
The wise king is like this, and so is the Yongzhou Secretary...the former Yongzhou Sima!
But fortunately, I have been influenced by advanced ideas that are two thousand years ahead of theirs, otherwise I would really be able to be bypassed by them.
You should stay away from them in the future!
However, I really feel a little surprised. Is my cheap father-in-law as good as Xu Jian said? A breath of fresh air in the officialdom of Dachu? He must take good care of it. There are not many good people like his father-in-law in the officialdom of Dachu...
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Yongan County Government
The sneezing Magistrate Su rubbed his nose and murmured: "Who is scolding me behind my back?"
When Xu Qing walked to Qingxue's study, he found two servants hanging red lanterns at the door of Qingxue's study, and Xiao Ruxue was still giving instructions.
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Xu Qing asked in confusion: "Why did you hang up the lantern?"
Xiao Ruxue said matter-of-factly: "Because the Chinese New Year is coming soon! With lanterns, it won't be dark at night!"