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Chapter 48: Convince Zhao Erye with Virtue

"Sima Zhao, you should not speak nonsense, you should tell the evidence." After a moment of stagnation, the virtual fire in the field rose again.

The gentry all looked like a mother-in-law. How could he confirm the charge of robbing the treasury? Moreover, most of them did not participate in the robbery, but their family had a large population and no one dared to say too much.

"Look, do I say I'm going to your place? Why are they all anxious?" Zhao Shouzheng curled his lips. Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard his words and said, "What about the shocking case of the tyrants from all walks of life and siege of the prefect? ​​Li's mansion is a fourth-rank official, representing the imperial shepherd party. The Governor's Office sent a large army to escort him to take office, but you dared to set up an ambush halfway, which made him still unclear about his life and death! Why did you say that one would kill one and two would kill one pair? Is this a rebellion? Let me ask who is the world of Chaozhou today?!"

Seeing that the accusation escalated to the level of rebellion, the big players were completely infuriated.

"Sima Zhao, don't slander people with blood!"

"We all have the imperial court's leadership, how could we make ill-intentioned plans to the prefect?"

"Yes, it's not what we did! We haven't done it before!" The gentry all blushed and had thick necks, and they wanted to eat him.

"Then who do you think did it?" Mr. Zhao asked with a guard in front of him and fearlessly.

"Yes... no, why should we tell you?" The big dog almost got fooled by him, quickly braked, but almost rear-end.

"Even if you didn't do it, you can't escape the information and not report it!" Zhao Shouzheng snorted coldly and quietly reduced their charges. He was not an imperial envoy, and investigating the case was not the purpose. It was just a means to subdue these local tyrants.

"..." No one refuted this time. The squires in this era generally had a big-tail wolf mentality, as if they had to master everything in their hometown. If there was something big that they didn't know or not, it would not only be embarrassing, but also mean that they had lost control.

So they would rather bear the blame for being unpainable than say that they didn't know anything.

"Don't think it doesn't matter if you know that it is not reported. You know that they are going to rebel, but you did not warn in advance, which made the magistrate missing when attacked. Afterwards, the government searched for the magistrate, but you still refused to provide clues. Whether it is judged according to the "Da Ming Law" or common sense, you can be accomplice to the theory!" Zhao Shouzheng glanced over everyone with a stern look, and suddenly turned around and asked Pan Zhongqi, who was once a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, and said:

"Duke Tianquan, the lower officials did not make random charges, right?"

The two Jinshi masters who followed Zhao Erye south this time were Pan Zhongyan and Pan Jixun.

The former was because he was reluctant to part with the old boy group, so he took over the task of establishing Phoenix Academy for Li Zhi and led more than a dozen disciples to the south to run a school.

As for Pan Jixun, he followed him to relax. At the beginning of the year, he had a conflict with Gao Gong due to the dispute over the river construction policy, and was dismissed from office on the grounds that "the cabbage ship was drifted away." Gao Huzi didn't even give him a chance to go to Beijing to defend, so he was dismissed from office in Xuzhou.

Due to this great humiliation, Pan Ji was so angry that he was so angry that he was so angry that he would shout and kill him at any time. Pan Zhongqi saw that this would not work. In the long run, his third brother had to become a patient with Gao Gong and his brother.

Then he tried to persuade and dragged his third brother to go south to relax.

In fact, the two brothers are not Zhao Erye’s aides at all. Zhao Shouzheng can’t be a deputy department-level cadre, so how can he need such a high-level team to assist?

However, it is still the only thing that can be said to be the question.

So Pan Zhongjian nodded in cooperation and said in a naughty voice: "Yes, based on my experience in the Ministry of Justice, such cases must be very good. If the prefect Li had a few mistakes, he would definitely start a prison and kill a group of people, otherwise where would the authority of the court be?"

"You old young man is here to exaggerate..." Some people don't like to hear it anymore, and they dare not directly criticize Zhao Shouzheng, and they dare not criticize him as a bad old man?

"Oh, isn't this Brother Tianquan?" Liu Zixing, who had always been alive, suddenly became excited, rubbed his faint eyes, and stumbled forward and said, "I just heard that Zhao Sima called Mr. Tianquan, and I felt familiar with him. I didn't expect it was you!"

"Haha, see Brother Hu, don't be fine." Pan Zhongqi also laughed happily.

Both of them were Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing. Although Pan Zhongqi was ranked fifth in the second grade and selected Hanlin officials of Shujishi, Liu Zixing was only a three-tier and Jinshi. However, he served as an official in the capital for many years, and his friendship was naturally extraordinary. Now he has been resigned for many years. He thought he would not meet again in this life, but he didn't expect to see him now. The joy can be imagined.

The old couple held hands tightly, and couldn't help but burst into tears, and others sighed for a while. This made the tense atmosphere that had just become much more harmonious.

"Brother Tianquan, haven't you heard that you are coaching at the famous Yufeng Academy? Why do you have time to come to our small place?" Liu Zixing couldn't help asking again. This question is very important, and it is related to his attitude towards Zhao Shouzheng.

"Hey, I want to teach quietly, but I can't resist the old parents' hard work." Pan Zhongqiu looked at Zhao Erye with a helpless look and said, "He said that Chaozhou's cultural education is a little weaker, so that the people will be unstable. He told me to help him build a college in Chaozhou and open a literary style in Chaozhou no matter what. My parents said everything about this, so why did I refuse? I had to take a team of backbones of Yufeng Academy to go south with him."

"Oh!" The big dogs immediately had their eyes lit up. The name of Yufeng Academy had already resounded throughout the country. Who wouldn't want their children to go to school to further their studies? Unfortunately, the academy quota was limited, and the scholars in Jiangnan were all over the country, so it was not their turn to Guangdong barbarians.

Now, Yufeng Academy is going to open a branch in Chaozhou. For the Chaozhou gentry who has been suffering from imperial examinations for a long time, it is like a drought that has lasted for ten years, and a widow that has met a hooligan who has been suffering from the imperial examinations for many years!

When they looked at Master Zhao Er's "leading the school" Mr. Sima, his eyes immediately became much softer.

Needless to say, if this "Sima, the school leader" is evil, the Chaozhou Branch of Yufeng Academy will definitely be a waste.

As the head of the gentry, Liu Zixing knew how much a super academy could improve the local area. After returning home, he also organized school affairs, but unfortunately Chaozhou is so chaotic that he could not attract famous teachers at all. Just relying on his third-class and Jinshi who could barely reach the top, how could he have the nerve to take charge of running schools? He then fell into this matter.

Now that the Super Academy takes the initiative to come to him, how could he let the opportunity slip away from his eyes? Liu Zixing grabbed Pan Zhongqi's hand tightly and said to Mr. Zhao Er with ashamed, "We are really biting Lu Dongbin - we don't know the kindness of good people. Zhao Sima just pretends that these guys were farting just now, don't take it to heart!"

"Hahaha, you are not only not aware of good people's hearts? You don't know gold and jade!" Pan Zhongqi continued to gild his face and said, "Our old parents are definitely 'a 'a rank for an official position and benefit the people'! Before he took office, 'beggar Kunshan' was the worst county in Suzhou and even in Jiangnan. As a result, after he took office, he built a long dike of hundreds of miles in just three years, making Kunshan not only a flood forever, but also a land of fish and rice. He also advised farmers and mulberry trees, encouraged industry and commerce, and made the people's lives step by step every year, and achieved food and clothing in three years. Kunshan also became the first county in the country!"

"He also attached great importance to education. In addition to Yufeng Academy, Kunshan County also built primary and middle schools. Not only did he train many juren and Jinshi, but he also educated the people and made great changes in the customs of the people. Not only did he have few lawsuits, but he also did not pick up the remains on the road and did not close his doors at night. It was a paradise..."

Mr. Zhao's face became hot when he heard this. It was obviously mostly due to his son. Fortunately, his son was his own...

Liu Zixing was also stunned. In fact, Zhao Shouzheng had the first place in the country for three consecutive years, so he knew it. But that ranking was too abstract and not very convincing. He was far from the one who listened to him. He told Zhao Erye in person about all the deeds, which brought great impact.

After praising Mr. Zhao Er, Pan Zhongqiu threw out another bombshell: "This time, my old parents came south and also came with the intention of benefiting Chaozhou. In addition to building a school, they also moved their younger brother to come and asked him to build water conservancy for Chaozhou to solve the chronic diseases of uneven drought and flooding and seawater flowing backwards here!"

Pan Jixun had a dark face and said nothing, but he still took off his bamboo hat and nodded reluctantly.

"Oh, Panbutang!" Liu Zixing naturally knew Pan Jixun. When he saw his black face, he was so excited that he fainted.

This Zhao Sima is simply a god who descends to earth. There are so many big shots who protect him!

It seems that the rumors that he and Mr. Zhang had children and relatives may be more than just rumors.

Of course, the rumors that he had an affair with the eldest princess must be just a rumor...

Pan Zhongqi also introduced the hospital and agricultural college that Zhao Erye was preparing to run. He drooled in the sound of Liu Zixing and the gentry behind him. Such a super-capable official could not be found even with a lantern. Compared with him, even the prefect Hou was much inferior.

Because the prefect Hou brought stability and hope, while the second master Zhao brought immediate leap and earth-shaking changes!

It’s like drawing a card without krypton. He first drew a four-star card, but it accidentally disappeared. He was so sad that he changed his hand and drew a five-star card. He didn’t hold it tightly in his hand and upgraded with all his strength. Could it be that he would even dismantle it?

So they all sincerely admitted their mistakes to Mr. Zhao, saying that as long as he does not care about villains, they promise to pay all their money, people, food and guns, and even if they ask them to go to the city to fight against the enemy!

"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay, those who don't know will not be guilty." Mr. Zhao Er was completely opposite to his son. He never knew what it means to hold a grudge. Of course, he chose to forgive them.

He also expressed generously: "And I made it very clear that I borrowed it from you, not for you to give it to you for free. I will repay it with the principal and the interest in the future."

As he said that, he asked Liu Zixing a smile and said, "See Hu Gong, how much is the interest here? Is it okay to go out nine times and return to thirteen times?"

"Oh, Sima, don't slap us in the face again." Liu Zixing said with a flushed face: "You are guarding the city for us. We have money to contribute money, and it is our duty to do our best to do our best. How can you repay it? If you mention this word again, I can only jump off from here and have no shame to see Sima and Chaozhou elders again."

"Yes, yes, this is our duty. Sima should not see you again, otherwise we will be stabbed by our fellow villagers!" The wealthy families suddenly became shameless together.

"I will express my opinion first, send 200 children and donate 5,000 taels of silver!" Liu Zixing took the lead.

"Our family has a clan of one hundred people and donated two thousand stones of grain." The rest of the people followed suit and reported.

"We also produced one hundred people and two hundred bird guns!"

"We have a cannon at home..."

Mr. Zhao quickly asked someone to write it down so that they could not refuse to admit it.

He also laughed at Wu Chengen and said, "It's not difficult to ask them to pay for people."
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