Goldfinger of the Heavens

Chapter 35

Three years ago, Lai Junchen joined forces with the Neiwei Mansion to falsely accuse Di Renjie of treason and arrest him. In fact, many ministers have enjoyed this kind of treatment. Many ministers will be framed by the cruel official Lai Junchen. I don't know if I will be "sneak attacked", so when I said goodbye to my family, I said, "I don't know if we can see each other again?"

Di Renjie's treatment was higher than that of other courtiers. He was falsely accused by Lai Junchen and Neiwei.

In the history of the original world, there was no such thing as an inner guard. As soon as Di Renjie entered the cell, he simply admitted to rebellion and avoided a severe beating.

But in this world, Di Renjie was first beaten and questioned by the inner guards, but he couldn't ask anything, so he was handed over to Lai Junchen for handling. The situation after that was not much different from the previous world history. He confessed his crime, which spared him some torture.

Of course, Di Renjie also has his own integrity. The judge Wang Deshou once said to Di Renjie: If he is willing to report that Yang Zhirou also participated in the conspiracy, it will be regarded as a crime and meritorious service, and his sentence can be reduced.

Di Renjie sternly refused, and was forced to slam his head on the stone pillar, his face was covered in blood. Wang Deshou was so frightened that he could only apologize to Di Renjie and dared not bring up the matter again.

Later, Di Renjie wrote his experience on a turban, hid it in cotton clothes and sent it home. Only then did his family take this letter to the emperor. After many twists and turns, Wu Zetian interrogated Di Renjie himself.

During the conversation, Wu Zetian believed that Di Renjie was innocent, so he pardoned his death crime. However, this matter was also used by Di Renjie's political opponents to make a fuss, and Di Renjie was demoted as the magistrate of Pengze County. He asked Wu Zetian to kill Di Renjie, but Wu Zetian refused.

If it was in the history of the original world, just this year, Wu Zetian would use Di Renjie again, but in this world, it is probably impossible.

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Hongze County.

"Di Renjie deserves to be Di Renjie, amazing!" Walking on the street in Hongze County, Huang Chong said with emotion.

Not to mention the well-developed agriculture and the happiness of the people in Hongze County, Hongze County is no less prosperous than Hongzhou, the Taoist government in the south of the Yangtze River. This alone can show Di Renjie's ability to govern.

In the TV series, Di Renjie once said that he has three criteria for inspecting officials - first, he has the heart of patrolling for the emperor and appeasing the people; second, he advises on farming, mulberry, and water conservancy; Litigation, understand the people with reason, those who have all the three are high-grade, those who have two of the three are middle-grade, those who have one of the three are low-grade, and those who have none of the three will be dismissed from office.

According to this standard, Di Renjie is definitely a top grade official.

"Huh, is there a crowd to watch?" Huang Chong found a group of people gathered in front of the county government gate. Usually, there is a crowd to watch. The group of people who eat melons has existed since ancient times.

Relying on his agility, Huang Chong easily squeezed into the crowd and came to the front. Huang Chong originally thought that Di Renjie was in court and he could see the detective in advance, but it was not. Arguing over ownership of a donkey.

Through the narration of others and the debate between the two men, Huang Chong roughly understood the cause and effect of the whole incident. The matter is actually a bit old-fashioned. The two men were brothers, and their father died not long ago.

The father made a will before his death and distributed the property to his two children. I don't know if it was because he was sick and confused, but he even forgot about this donkey. In ancient times, donkeys were also extremely important tools.

A donkey, how do two brothers divide?
They couldn't convince anyone, so they went to the county government, hoping that the county magistrate would make a fair decision.

Unfortunately, today Di Renjie went to the state government to report on his duties, and he was not in the government. Although the county magistrate was in charge, the county magistrate's ability was limited and he couldn't come up with a solution that would satisfy both of them. The two brothers quarreled in front of the county government office.

After Huang Chong understood the cause and effect, he thought in his heart that this is really a godsend opportunity, just for him to show off, maybe he can hook up with Di Renjie in advance.

"Brothers, Mr. County Prime Minister, I don't know if I can listen to the next thing." Huang Chong stood up and clasped his fists and said loudly. He used some skills, and his voice was loud, covering up all the noise, and everyone's eyes naturally Focus on Huang Chong.

"Oh, does this gentleman have a good solution?" Seeing Huang Chong's extraordinary temperament, the county magistrate hurriedly asked. Because of Di Renjie, the officials in Hongze County are more kind to the common people.

Huang Chong nodded, walked to the side of the donkey, and said to the two brothers: "In my opinion, the most fair division of this donkey should be half of each person. What do you two brothers think?"

"That's true, half of one person is the most fair, but you can't kill this donkey, right?"

Huang Chong smiled and said, "Of course, but this is quite simple. One of your brothers will pay for the other half, so that you don't have to kill the donkey."

"How much is the bid?" The county magistrate asked.

In fact, the county magistrate had already mentioned this proposal just now, but the two sides could not agree on the price. Those who want money naturally hope to sell it at a higher price than the market price, while those who want a donkey hope to sell it at a lower price than the market price, so this brother The two quarreled again.

As the saying goes, "it's hard for an upright official to decide on housework", the county magistrate also has a headache.

Originally, he could also force the two to calculate according to the market price, but the county magistrate wanted to show his ability so as to get Di Renjie's appreciation, so he didn't want to use coercive measures to solve this matter.

Ordinary people don't know, but as the county magistrate, he knows very well that even the emperor calls Di Renjie "the old man of the country", so don't look at Di Renjie being demoted to Hongze now, but Di Renjie's words still have weight. If he can be appreciated by Di Renjie, Thinking about it makes me a little excited.

So things became what they are now.

"This is easy to handle. Let the two brothers bid separately, and how much they think the donkey should be worth. The average price of the two bids is the price of the donkey, but there is a premise that the two highest bidders will I want to buy this donkey."

"This?"

Hearing Huang Chong's suggestion, everyone immediately began to calculate in their hearts.

"Good idea." The county magistrate was the first to react and applauded.

In this way, neither of the two brothers dared to make the price too outrageous.

Once the bid is too high, the price of the donkey will be increased, and because the person with the highest bid wins, it means that the person with the high bid will spend a lot of money to buy the donkey, which is obviously not worthwhile.

And once the bid is too low, the price of the donkey will be lowered. In this case, the other party will take advantage, and the donkey can be bought for a small amount of money.

The final result will obviously be close to the market price, because that is the most reasonable.

(End of this chapter)