Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 643 The Law of the State of Lu
Ouyang Li figured it out clearly, there were [-] people in this group, and nine of them were working in the city. Naturally, Ouyang Shuang and the others took care of it. Two!

When He Lu's two staff saw Ouyang Li striding over, they reacted quickly, turned their horses around, and ran back to the official road.

Ouyang Li laughed out loud. These two people are very interesting. It is still dark, even if they shouted their throats, no one will come to rescue them.He jumped up, like a roc, flew into the air, grabbed one with each hand, and tore them off the horse!

With two bang bangs, the two staff members of Prince Wu's Mansion were thrown to the ground.Ouyang Li yelled: "Grandpa wants the lives of you two now, but there is no rush. If you have something to say to grandpa, if grandpa is happy to hear it, maybe you will be spared. Listen clearly , only spare one person!"

The two staff members were thrown to the ground, their eyes staring at each other, their bodies in pain, and they couldn't speak for a while!

Ouyang Li smiled and said: "So you are good brothers, and you want to die on the same day, the same year, the same month, that's great, then I'll make it happen for you!"
Under the tremendous pain, Staff Lu was able to speak immediately, he said: "Grandpa hero, please forgive me, we are just passers-by, not sent by Prince Wu's mansion..." There was a sound of broken bones, and he was trampled by Ouyang Li died!
Ouyang Li said: "I really don't know good from bad, I don't want to give you a chance to live. Do you really think Grandpa wants to hear it? There are so many people, and they have said everything that needs to be said. Is it possible that you are still missing a confession!"

Staff member He was terrified when he saw his companion die. He never expected that someone would die. As the saying goes, a gentleman moves his mouth but doesn't move his hands... Well, this villain only moves his feet!He shouted: "Grandpa, please forgive me. If you want to ask anything, the little one will say, please be merciful!"

Ouyang Li snorted and asked, "There are 25 of you here, right?"

Staff member He said with a loud voice, "It's eighteen, not twenty-five. The little one never lied!"

He had a sudden change of mind, he had heard that many people had died in the Prince Wu's mansion, the poor people didn't know how they died, and they couldn't even avenge their revenge, he didn't want to end up in the same end now.It seems that if you tell the truth today, you will die, and if you don't tell the truth, you will die. Anyway, it is death.

In an instant, He's staff decided that no matter what, the letter was sent away by the post station. As long as the king of Wu knew the secret, he would definitely attack Wang Pingan in the future, and his vengeance would be avenged!

Ouyang Li didn't know that he had thought so much, and said with a smile: "Okay, you are telling the truth, there are indeed eighteen. I said let you live, and you keep your word, you go!"

Staff member He was surprised and delighted, this man is a fool, he didn't kill me to silence him, but he wants to let me go, isn't he afraid of my revenge in the future?I'm the best witness, I witnessed him murdering with my own eyes!

Before he had time to think about it, he got up, staggered and ran towards the mount, trying to escape on horseback!

Ouyang Li just looked at him and didn't try to stop him. He didn't pick up a stone from the ground until he got on his horse and started to run, and smashed it!

The stone hit He's staff member's back, and he broke his bones and tendons immediately, and fell off his horse.Staff member He couldn't stand to die for a while, he rushed to the back and said: "You, you, your words don't count..."

Ouyang Li strode up to him, and said hesitantly: "I always mean what I say. When I say let you go, listen clearly to let you go, not let you go on horseback. If you are disobedient, then you have to lie down and go away." !"

As he said that, Ouyang Li laughed loudly. If it is not destroyed, it must be a future trouble. How could he do such a thing that can't wipe his butt clean.He trampled to death the staff member He, threw the two corpses into the woods, jumped on one horse, pulled the other horse, and returned to Qingzhou City. Then he ran to a place ten miles away from the city, gathered with all his brothers, and went back to the city.

After returning to the city, he reported the incident to Wang Pingan, saying that Wu Meiniang was probably being targeted by Wu Wang Li Ke.Wang Pingan was startled and angry, then Li Ke was too restless, he had to take his own life into this way of playing tricks, no wonder Changsun Wuji wanted to kill him in the future, such an aggressive approach, let alone Changsun Wuji Avoid that temper, even if you change yourself, it's really unbearable!

Wang Pingan immediately asked Wu Meiniang to move into the Governor's Mansion, and strengthened the guards, but he didn't dare to have any more accidents. If any accident happened, he would really vomit blood!
After waiting nervously for half a month, there was no movement from Chang'an, and Wang Ping'an felt relieved, thinking that the matter should be over, and no one reported back.

After he was done with Wu Meiniang's business, he started to be busy with Da Cheshui's business again.The officials of the Ministry of Industry worked very hard, did not procrastinate at all, and had no bureaucratic style at all. In just ten days or so, they completed the survey of the topography of Qingzhou City and drew the blueprints for the canal repair.

This drawing is improved from the drawing of the former Sui Dynasty. There was no such tool as a large water wheel in the former Sui Dynasty. The depth and trend of the channels are somewhat different from those of the present, but the distribution of the channels is roughly the same. It can be used with some improvements. .

Wang Ping'an hung the drawings high up for officials to watch.The drawings of the canal are not only exquisitely drawn, but also marked in detail, which section of the canal should be dug how deep, the sequence of excavation before and after, where to install water trucks, how many should be erected, where to dig wells, etc., are very detailed ,very professional!

After looking at the blueprints, none of the Gyeongju officials could find any faults, because the drawings are too professional, and it would be good if a layman can understand them. If you want to find faults, it is too difficult, and you can’t just talk nonsense and make random picks Well, Wang Ping'an is very difficult to serve, and he can't explain why he picks on faults randomly, but he really wants to hit the board.

After two days of meetings, the plan for repairing the canal was finalized.Gyeongju officials started to take action, recruiting peasants, purchasing food, preparing tools, everyone had their own work, and they were all busy.Wang Pingan brought Di Renjie to the front line every day to supervise the progress of the project.

Another four or five days passed, and Wang Ping'an was about to leave the city early this morning when he saw Che Sitong coming.

After seeing the ceremony, Che Sitong said: "Lord Inspector, the project is progressing smoothly, but there is only one thing that I have to tell you now. If this matter cannot be resolved, the project will stop in three days at most."

Wang Ping'an naturally understood what he was talking about, and said: "You are talking about money, right? The Qingzhou government treasury is empty, but it is too empty. It has only been a few days, and the bottom is seen?"

Che Sitong bite the bullet and said: "Yes, it's bottomed out. Now the food can last for about ten more days at most, but the money can't support it. There is no money left. Even the salaries of the officials this month I can't send it out!"

Wang Ping'an was speechless for a while, and Che Sitong saw his ugly face, so naturally he didn't dare to say anything more.Di Renjie had been by Wang Pingan's side all the time. Seeing this situation, he whispered, "Brother, why don't you put it on the mat first?"

Wang Pingan shook his head lightly. It would be bad if he had to pay in advance when something happened. It would make it more difficult to be an official. Make officials more and more perfunctory in their work, so that they will treat difficult things passively and not take the initiative to do things.

Di Renjie was a little anxious, and spoke a little louder, "Brother, you have always been generous, why are you suddenly stingy now? Could it be that the more money you have, the more stingy you are?"

Wang Pingan waved his hand and said, "What nonsense are you talking about. You have read a lot, and you should have read the laws of the Lu State. How is the matter in Qingzhou today different from that in the Spring and Autumn Period? I used to do a lot of things and received a lot of praise, but why did the court But you still think that I don’t know how to be an official and need training, don’t you think about the reason?”

Di Renjie was taken aback for a moment, he had naturally read the laws of the State of Lu, Wang Pingan just mentioned it, and he understood that the current Wang Pingan must not advance the project funds by himself, otherwise there will be endless troubles, and it will definitely bring bad influence to the officialdom of Datang.

The law of the State of Lu is a matter of the Spring and Autumn Period, which is related to Confucius and his disciples.There is a law in the State of Lu that if a Lu citizen becomes a slave abroad, as long as someone can redeem them and bring them back to the State of Lu, the ransom can be reimbursed to the state. This is a great law.

But once Zi Gong, a disciple of Confucius, redeemed a native of Lu, but refused to ask the country for money, saying that he didn't care about the money and was willing to share the country's worries. He thought it was saving money for the country and it was a good deed.But Confucius called him an asshole and told Zigong that if you do this, countless Lu people will never be able to return to the country.

Confucius told him that fame and fortune are linked together, and it is a virtuous act for Lu people to save their compatriots, which can be praised by people, and their interests will not be lost.But you save people now, but you don’t want compensation from the state, which raises the standard of “virtue”. If someone saves his compatriots in the future, but still asks for compensation from the state, then others will say that he has a lack of virtue, which is far worse than you.But not everyone is as rich as you and can afford losses. They have done good deeds, but they will be criticized and their interests will be damaged. Then who will do good deeds again to save their compatriots? ?They tend to turn a blind eye and stop helping.

Sure enough, after Zigong raised the moral standard, the people in distress in Lu State could no longer get help. A good law of kindness became a dead letter, and countless people were not allowed to return to the country because of this!

On the contrary, Zilu, another disciple of Confucius, rescued a drowning man. The drowning man thanked him for a cow, and Zilu accepted it, asking for reward for his good deed.But Confucius praised him greatly, saying, Zilu, you did a good job, because what you did was a truly virtuous act, and because of this, if someone falls into the water in the future, others will take the initiative to save him!
Therefore, now that the water conservancy project in Gyeongju has encountered difficulties and the government has no money, if Wang Pingan pays the money in advance out of his own pocket, it will undoubtedly raise the standard of being an official.Not every official can do the same thing. If similar things happen in their locality and they don’t pay for it out of their own pockets, then the common people will definitely say that they are morally deficient, that they don’t care about the people, and don’t think about the country.

(End of this chapter)