The county magistrate Li Yi took a deep look at Gu Zhengchen in the yard, turned around and left.
Seeing this, Master Yan Bin had no choice but to step forward.
Li Yi clasped his hands behind his back, took a figure-eight step, and said leisurely: "Who would have thought that a small incident would alarm half of Teng County. This Gu Juren is not simple."
Yan Bin was puzzled and asked with confusion: "It may be understandable that the Liang family is helping, but Sun Bing is famous for being shrewd and stingy..."
Li Yi looked up at the southerly sun and said seriously: "Having Sun Bing walk to Dayan Village in person means that Gu Zhengchen can bring him great benefits. We don't have to guess what benefits they are. It's all over. The stone will come out on its own. Gu Zhengchen, on the other hand, is unpredictable, like an abyss with no bottom."
Yan Bin saw that Li Yi was interested in talents and took two steps forward: "Does the county magistrate want to support the younger generation?"
Li Yi's face became solemn, and he spoke after walking a hundred steps: "Gu Zhengchen is good at exploiting loopholes in camp laws and regulations. Whether he broke Wang Youcheng's bones or redeemed his punishment, he used the laws and regulations to reduce his crime or escape. Such a person It may not be a good thing to be an official in the imperial court. If someone asks for money to intercede with him, he may use the laws and regulations to help the wealthy gentry and wealthy families get out of trouble, and harm the good people."
Yan Bin nodded in agreement, and then said worriedly: "But the county magistrate, Gu Zhengchen has the city's scheming, frequent tricks, and is calm and calm in doing things. If you have a pure and kind heart, serve the people wholeheartedly, or dare to do something, you will be able to rule a peaceful place." , left a good story. Emperor Hongwu has issued an edict, requiring all prefectures and counties to inspect and promote talents and report to the court. I heard that Zouxian County in the north inspected and promoted nine people at one time, but Tengxian County has not done anything for a long time, which is very detrimental to the county..."
The imperial court suspended the imperial examinations, and the path for scholars to enter officialdom was blocked.
But after all, the Ming Dynasty was not founded for a long time, and the bureaucracy was in short supply. Without the imperial examination to select scholars, we could only rely on the imperial examination.
If the local county government officials failed to do their best and failed to provide talents to the imperial court, resulting in long-term and serious shortages of personnel in many places and the inability to manage them, Emperor Hongwu would be angry and feared that he would punish the local governments.
Li Yi clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said: "Zou County has nine people in the imperial examination, eight of whom are rich or from wealthy families, and only one is a scholar. A group of cunning and cunning people enter the court, are they for the common people or for the rich?" Gentleman and wealthy family? Are you serving the imperial court, or are you doing it for your own personal gain?"
Yan Bin sighed: "The emperor wants to promote scholars. If we don't promote them, or we promote them too little..."
Li Yi understood Yan Bin's worries and pondered all the way. When he reached one mile outside the city, he saw the Wang family accountant walking in front, followed by two people driving a cow.
Everyone in the Gu family has not dispersed.
Wang Fugui looked ugly, but couldn't walk away.
Liang Fengyang wanted to find out why Rich Master Sun helped Gu Zhengchen, but the fat man was tight-lipped and didn't reveal a word.
Sun Bing sat on a stool and fanned himself with a cattail leaf fan.
When Gu Zhengchen saw Liang Fengyang coming over again, he asked in a low voice, "Does Mr. Liang know about Li Shanmei?"
"Lee Sun Mi?"
Liang Fengyang frowned and shook his head: "Who is this person?"
Gu Zhengchen didn't know what to do when he saw Liang Fengyang, so he was quite surprised.
The idiot who dared to tease Lao Zhu and ask questions about things was very talkative. He didn't look like an unknown person. Could it be that he was an outsider who met him by chance?
No, he knows too much to be a new arrival.
"Here comes the cow, here comes the cow!"
Some villagers came running over and shouted loudly.
The people in Dayan Village suddenly became lively and ran out to watch.
I have heard of rich people taking away cattle, fields, and people, but I have never seen anyone take back cattle and fields from rich people. This is a big deal!
Gu Zhengchen watched an old scalper slowly approaching. Gu had already stepped forward and stroked the old scalper's head, crying with joy. Gu Qingqing put her hand on the cow's neck and whimpered.
Many people in later generations did not understand the importance of cattle to ancient people.
The Book of Changes says:
"When the sky is strong, a gentleman will strive to strengthen himself; when the terrain is weak, a gentleman will be virtuous."
"Excellent Kun Yuan, all things are living things. They obey the heavens, Kun is thick and carries all things, and the virtues are boundless."
Notes from "Shuo Gua Zhuan": Qian is a horse and Kun is an ox. Oxen can bear heavy loads and are gentle, carrying the earth that supports all things.
This shows how important the status of cattle is!
In fact, ancient dynasties have always adhered to the consensus: "Ox are the foundation of farming, respected by the people, they are of greatest use, and they determine the strength of the country."
In a word, cattle are a symbol of national power!
Throughout the dynasties, laws were enacted for cattle and the slaughter of farm cattle was strictly prohibited, whether in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.
Slaughtering a cow privately may result in a fine or a rod at the least, or imprisonment or exile at the worst. The Five Dynasties and the Later Tang Dynasty were even more stringent. The crime of privately slaughtering cattle was directly juxtaposed with the crime of murder. Killing a cow was no different from killing a human being...
Although Lao Zhu once killed a cow when he was a child to gain experience and gain a higher level, after Lao Zhu became the emperor, he was still strictly prohibited from slaughtering farm cattle and maliciously killing other people's cattle. The staff was seventy, which lasted for one and a half years; privately killing his own cattle , directly stick a hundred...
Those who watch Water Margin and always shout "Waiter, two kilograms of beef" are all nonsense. In fact, in various dramas and novels before Water Margin, Li Kui and other heroes went to the restaurant and shouted: Waiter, two kilograms of beef. Kilograms of mutton...
Cattle are a very important asset for people's families, and they are also the largest source of labor.
Mrs. Gu was very happy that her scalper was not wronged and came back well.
Gu Qingqing led the cow to the grass shed on the west side, and scratched the old cow from time to time.
Wang Quan, the accountant of the Wang family, took out the land deed. Mr. Sun took one look at it and immediately smiled. This is a land sale deed, which can be redeemed if you have money. It is not an absolute deed of sale, and there is no need to ask the government to seal it. You just need to find a middleman to act as a surety witness.
Wang Fugui felt a little sore in his flesh. He had been feeding a ox for two months!
There was also the ten acres of land, but the Wang family had watered it with water trucks for three days, and specially arranged for people to weed it. The wheat was growing well, and it was expected to be harvested in twenty-two days, but it was taken away by the Gu family again. Go back!
Damn, really hateful!
Wang Fugui had no choice but to sign the land deed and return it to the Gu family.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Wang Fugui, who was full of unwillingness, and said in a deep voice: "I took back the land. I don't want to see people from the Wang family appearing in the Gu family's land anymore."
Wang Fugui rolled up his sleeves and said, "Gu Juren, good means, let's go!"
Gu Zhengchen said coldly: "I won't send it away."
Seeing that the matter was over, Rich Master Sun shouted to the crowd watching: "It's okay, everyone should leave."
Zhang Shiping looked at Wang Fugui and his entourage leaving, turned his head to look at Zhao Yaer, and saw that she was staring at Gu Zhengchen with a trace of disgust in her eyes, and said to Zhao Yaowen beside him: "Brother Zhao, I suddenly remembered something, first of all Take a step."
Zhao Yaowen wanted to stay, but Zhang Shiping had already left in stride.
Aunt Zhang pulled Zhao Ya'er's sleeve, and Zhao Ya'er came back to her senses. She looked at Gu Zhengchen, who was chatting and laughing not far away. What lingered in her mind was Gu Zhengchen's determination that day:
"Remember, it's not that your Song family regrets their marriage, but that I, Gu Zhengchen, don't want you anymore. I would rather be flogged for fifty years than want you!"
Zhao Yaer raised her hand to cover her chest, lowered her head sadly, her eyes sparkling with tears.
am I wrong?
Before, I had only heard from my father how Gu Zhengchen was so talentless and incompetent that he had no chance of becoming an official. But the reality is not like this. The Liang family and the Sun family all came to curry favor with him, and the Wang family all lost to him!
But so what, it’s irreversible, irreversible.
Zhao Ya'er raised her head, bit her white lips, stepped forward and grabbed the fence. Just as she was about to speak, Zhao Yaowen pulled her back and shouted angrily in a low voice: "Are you crazy? Don't forget that your father is talking about an agreement between you and Zhang It’s a marriage at home, how can I talk to Gu Zhengchen again and come home with me!"
