042 [The Prestige of the Second Generation of Officials]
"The guards of Sizhou sent people to the post to insult Mr. Xiang. The barbarians were unjust and they beat and humiliated him together."
According to this record, the prefect of Sizhou sent someone to insult Wang Yangming, and he was beaten by the students attending the lecture.
The "Sizhou Shou" mentioned here is actually Wang Zhi, the governor of Guizhou, not the real prefect of Sizhou. Many people in later generations who made up the story and successfully learned how to sell money got it wrong.
If the prefect of Sizhou was still alive, he would definitely accuse him: "My administrative office is hundreds of miles away from Longchangyi. There are mountains all along the way. It takes more than half a month to ride a horse. I am so full that I send someone to insult me."
Wang Yangming!"
Historically, Wang Yangming came to Longchangyi and thought hard for half a year before finally realizing the truth. Then he wrote to his fellow villager Mao Ke and asked him to help with enrollment promotion. When Wang Zhi made trouble, there were only a few serious students.
However, due to Wang Yuan's unintentional awakening, Wang Yangming's enlightenment time and enrollment time were directly advanced by half a year.
As a result, the person making trouble in front of him was not facing a young student, but a serious student student!
Among the students, there are children of chieftains, children of Weisuo, and children of the Hope clan...
"stop!"
"Let's see who dares to demolish it!"
"Are you looking for death?"
"I just have itchy hands!"
"Azhong, take my young master's sword!"
"..."
All the students came out of the huts one after another to confront the troublemakers, and those who liked to curse began to spit out sweet scents.
Wang Yangming seemed to particularly favor Wang Yuan and said: "Wang Erlang, go and reason with them."
Wang Yuan liked to reason the most. He walked up to the people and asked: "Who are you? What rank and rank do you have, and what position do you currently occupy?"
The leading subordinate said: "Master Futai has received a report that someone is deceiving the public with evil words in Longgang Mountain, tampering with the meaning of the scriptures, and slandering the saints. We are here to punish him severely!"
"Futai?" Wang Yuan pretended to be confused, "But Wei Zhitai?"
"It's Wang Futai!" the subordinate emphasized.
Wang Yuan suddenly realized: "Oh, I only know about Wei Zitai, but it turns out there is also Wang Futai."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The students couldn't stop laughing, and the subordinate officials turned blue.
The governor and the governor are both called governors, but the former seems to be larger.
The governor was in charge of at least two provinces, and sometimes several provinces. In order to suppress the rebellion, Wei Ying, the governor of Guizhou, even had the power to coordinate the garrison in Huguang.
As for governors, a province may have several governors.
Wei Ying came to Guizhou to fight as governor, and Wang Zhigui knew that he came to be governor or something.
After the subordinate official was ridiculed by Wang Yuan, he suddenly became angry: "I see who dares to disobey Wang Futai's order, but if there is any abnormality, I will kill him without mercy!"
"Miscellaneous!"
The people brought by the subordinate officials all drew their swords and faced each other.
Wang Yuan immediately said nothing and silently retreated into the thatched hut, taking out his steel knife and bow and arrow. All the students followed suit, and soon they came out fully armed, and those without weapons came out holding wooden sticks.
Wang Yangming smiled and said nothing. He wanted to see how Wang Yuan would resolve this matter.
Wang Yuan suddenly asked the students: "Dear classmates, has any of you read "Da Ming Law"?"
Zhan Hui, a new classmate who just arrived today, immediately stood up and said, "I know a little bit about the law."
Wang Yuan asked with a smile: "Brother Zhan, these people held open fires with the intention of burning down people's houses and robbing the Yi Cheng's money. What crime did they commit?"
Zhan Hui replied: "For committing the crime of banditry, any robber who has committed the crime but does not get the money will be killed by a hundred people and flee for three thousand miles. But those who get the money will be killed regardless of their leader!"
Wang Yuan asked again: "Can we, the righteous people, as members of the army, stop such banditry?"
"The direction of justice," Zhan Hui raised his wooden stick and pointed at the subordinate officials, "is to kill them all, and then they will have meritorious service and no guilt when they get to the government."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Wang Yuan immediately raised his bow and arrow, took a step forward and said, "Everyone, listen to the order! The archers formed a formation on the spot, and the sword and stick men surrounded the two wings. You must know that the mission of eradicating evil is over, and no one can be let go."
There were only a dozen rioters, but the total number of students and their followers was more than thirty.
Moreover, half of the health center is staff. These children of military families have been exposed to it since childhood, and even learned the military skills passed down from their families, and they have a vague sense of being in the army when running around.
The subordinate official suddenly panicked and said with a stern expression, "You must know that killing an official is a serious crime!"
Wang Yuan asked again: "Brother Zhan, what's the crime of pretending to be an official?"
Zhan Hui sneered: "Anyone who pretends to be an official will be killed! Anyone who pretends to be a official and arrests people will be punished for one hundred years and three years."
Wang Yuan cocked his arrow and pointed at the subordinate: "Did you hear that?"
The subordinate official was so panicked that he lost his temper and explained: "We really sent someone here on the order of King Futai."
"Since it is an official mission, can there be dispatch documents?" Wang Yuan asked.
The subordinate official was immediately speechless.
They have a shitty paperwork!
During the Zhengde period, the governor had no soldiers to use because the imperial court did not grant additional military titles. There were not even assistant officers, only a few officials and clerks to assist with daily work. Moreover, if the governor at this time opened a mansion, although the imperial court would not hold him accountable
, but will not really allow it - the governor has the power to command the pacesetters and the power to open the ceremony. That was after the Japanese pirates rebelled in the Jiajing Dynasty.
In a nutshell, although Wang Zhi is the governor, all civil and military officials in Guizhou are his subordinates. But whether the officials will give him face or not depends on the governor's face. Even if he disobeys official orders, Wang Zhi can only
Report it to the Inspectorate to file a complaint.
Around Wang Zhi, only a few officials are regular workers, and the others are all temporary workers recruited by himself.
It’s okay to go to other provinces. What kind of people can he recruit when he first arrives in Guizhou?
Wang Zhi hired a local master in Guizhou, and this master also attracted a group of relatives and friends. The subordinates in front of him were relatives of the master, and they specially ran errands for Governor Wang. This time, all the people he brought with him were street gangsters.
When Wang Yuan saw that the other party was silent, he immediately sneered and said: "All the thieves here should put down their weapons, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"
The subordinate clerk's face was full of sorrow and he didn't know what to do. He was afraid of death if he stayed to cause trouble, but he left directly because he was afraid of being scolded by the governor.
Of course, life is still precious.
Just when these people were about to surrender, Li Ying said disdainfully: "What nonsense are you talking to them about? They'll all be chopped to death. I don't believe that Wang Futai dares to come to the Commander-in-Chief to cause trouble for my Li family!"
Capital Command Department?
Li family?
The subordinates and gangsters were immediately dumbfounded.
The governor changes every few years, and may even leave in a few months, but the Li family has been famous in Guizhou for hundreds of years.
Li Ying pointed at Tang Ji again: "His surname is Tang, and he belongs to the Tang family."
Then Li Ying pointed to the crowd again: "He is from the Zhan family, he is from the Yue family, he is from the Chen family..."
"Puff puff puff puff!"
A series of weapons fell to the ground, and the subordinates and gangsters were all frightened.
The subordinate even knelt on the ground directly: "This villain doesn't know your masters' faces, damn it, damn it!"
Li Ying said with a smile: "Let's all lie down on the ground and get a good meal and a beating. This matter will be over."
More than a dozen gangsters immediately got down, and some even took off their pants on their own initiative.
"Be bold!"
Song Ling'er was so angry that she shot out an arrow and pierced the leg of the gangster who had taken off his pants, narrowly missing the vital point.
All the students were shocked and felt a chill in their crotches, and they unconsciously tightened their legs.
Wang Yuan was completely speechless and thought to himself: You second-generation officials are so awesome, I've been wasting my time talking.
Seeing that he was about to hit someone, Wang Yuan turned around and bowed to Wang Yangming: "Sir, please handle it properly."
Wang Yangming didn't want to make the matter bigger, after all, it was the governor who was causing trouble. And although his students were all second-generation officials, few of them had the right to speak, and it was impossible for their respective families to step forward to help.
"Let's all go back." Wang Yangming waved his hand.
The subordinate officials and gangsters kowtowed to Wang Yangming one after another as if they heard the fairy voice.
Wang Yuan suddenly shouted: "Leave the weapons!"
How dare subordinate officials and gangsters disobey?
They all threw down their weapons and ran down the mountain with their lives seized.
Even if this matter is resolved, these gangsters will not dare to come back again.
Historically, Wang Zhi wanted to cause trouble for Wang Yangming, and then went to Liu Jin to claim credit. As a result, the Miao people beat up the gangsters. Wang Zhi was extremely angry and wanted to lead his people to Longgang Mountain himself.
Mao Ke, the deputy envoy of Tixue, was timid. While appeasing Wang Zhi, he wrote a letter to Wang Yangming and asked Wang Yangming to go to Guizhou City in person to apologize to the governor.
Wang Yangming replied in a letter of refusal, with tactful but sharp words. This letter was called "Reply to Mao's Vice-Constitution".
Facing all the students, Wang Yangming said: "Wang Yuan did a good job in today's matter. In everything, a teacher must have a reputation. If he can refute the opponent speechless from the perspective of law and reason, he can defeat him from the heart.
Defeated. Li Ying, you are acting too arbitrarily and are suspected of bullying others. If you leave Guizhou and your Li family's power is no longer there, how can you still be so relaxed?"
Li responded: "I'm not stupid. If you can take advantage of the situation, take advantage of it. If you can't, find another way."
Wang Yangming shook his head and said: "But if you develop the habit of bullying others, it will be difficult to correct it in the future, and you will easily panic when things happen."
"That's the lesson, sir." Li Ying cupped his hands and said.
Wang Yangming added: "Taking advantage of the situation is a good way to make things easier for people. But at any time, you must put yourself in a straight position. Only by being upright can you be justified. Those people just now did not send out documents, and what they did was disturbing the people and harming the people."
If we do this, reason will be on our side. But reason alone is not enough. If I were alone today, I am afraid that the hut would have been burned down. Therefore, we need to be flexible in our actions. If we understand it with reason and use force to force it, we can
Rotate freely."
Everyone bowed and accepted.
Wang Yangming said to Wang Yuan again: "Follow me!"
Wang Yuan handed the bow and knife to Song Ling'er and followed Wang Yangming into the house.
The master and apprentice faced each other in silence.
After a long time, Wang Yangming suddenly smiled and said: "You look very much like me when I was young."
"Ah?" Wang Yuan was puzzled.
Wang Yangming recalled: "When I was fifteen years old, I had read a lot of military books and wanted to imitate the military strategists of all dynasties and personally inspect the geography outside the pass. So I took a sword and a bow and rode out of Juyong Pass alone. This was an illegal act.
Outside the pass, I soon saw two Mongolians. Indiscriminately, I rushed up and shot an arrow. I chased the two Mongolians for several miles on horseback. I couldn't catch up, so I let out my voice.
Laughing loudly, I feel that I have become a hero of the Ming Dynasty."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "I didn't expect that my husband was also very naughty when he was young."
Wang Yangming continued: "Actually, ordinary Mongolian herdsmen are no different from the people of the Ming Dynasty. I lived with the Mongolians for a month, and participated in their tribal competitions and won first place in archery. They are very hospitable and simple. But
If the Mongolian nobles send troops to block the border, they will transform into tigers and wolves, with blood on their hands. Why do you think this is?"
Wang Yuan thought for a while and said: "The four bandits whom you inspired were talking and laughing while farming. How could they not have blood on their hands when they robbed merchants?"