Chapter 48 Knock on the Mountain and Shake the Tiger (End)
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The oldest man was talking about what Wen Chou was doing to rectify Wen Ji: "Sir, as a son of the Wen family, Wen Jun did not take the interests of his clan first, but instead attacked him with power. Can it be regarded as a rebellion?"
"Oh? Why did you say that?" Jiang Cheng said with interest.
"The Wen family has always been famous in the village, and many people praised it. In recent years, although Wen Ji's lineage has a little bit of power and arrogance, it has also made many achievements in buying a property. Now, Wen Jun doesn't care about one or two and ordered all of them to return it, which is ruthless! It also damages the family's roots and can be said to be a rebellion!"
"Yes, my family doesn't even care about it. Besides, other tribes, who are mostly engaged in careers with gentry, how can he get the recognition of other tribes? Wenjun's purpose is to cut off the roots and cut off the woods and get water from the source! Alas, such a rebellious person will not last long!" The youngest young man spoke, very angry and disappointed, and blushed. If he had no teacher Jiang Cheng in front of him, he might not be able to control himself and slapped the table and shouted.
Jiang Cheng asked with a smile: "Why are you so angry, but very disappointed?"
"Sir, you have taught your disciples that 'establishment' should be 'When a person is strong and poor, he will rely on others to achieve his career'. After all, a person is strong and weak. Only when he strives to win the support of the majority can he achieve his career! Wenjun is a village with orders and controls thousands of households. I see that he is good at using people and has the intention to apply for it in the future, but he also sees that he cut off the roots and destroys the source, so he is disappointed and angry."
This angry young man obviously always pays attention to Wen Chou's every move.
Jiang Cheng asked several other disciples: "What do you think?"
One of them said: "Disciples think that although Mr. Wen's actions were a detriment to the clan's interests, they did not hurt Shenli. This shows that Mr. Wen also knew the importance of "clan", "a stranger who rebels" and "is not a career." The person who spoke was Chen Ning, the inner prison gate of Chenpeng. Last time Wen Chou came to visit Jiang Cheng, he met Wen Chou.
"Oh? What do you mean?" Jiang Cheng smiled with his eyes closed.
"Last time Wenjun came to visit Mr. Wen, and the disciple was fortunate to accompany him. He had a conversation with him. He observed his behavior and heard his words. He was not a person who did not understand the current situation, nor did he look like a short-eyed villain who could destroy the roots and the source of the disease."
The oldest man asked, "Why did he insult the benefits of Wen's clan, but for Maiji at the moment?"
"It's not just the word "establishing authority" is to 'knock the mountain and shake the tiger'!" Chen Ning said.
"Today he can cut the great feathers of the literary world to establish his authority, and tomorrow he can also threaten us to establish his authority! In the future, we can also become a mountain in our eyes!" said the older man in an atmosphere.
Chen Ning shook his head: "Since Jun Wen took office, no other person was convicted except this matter. Not only did he not be convicted, but he even paid money to his or her elders and died in his own family. The injured people thought they were pensions. All the people in the village were grateful and praised him and thought he was "parents". How could he be such a short-sighted person? In my opinion, after this, he would be kind to the city and to safeguard the people."
Several other disciples also joined the argument, some supported the older man, and some agreed with Chen Ning's words. After a while of argument, no one could convince anyone, and there was no result. As usual, they all left the seat and knelt down, asking Jiang Cheng for advice, and asking him to judge the right and wrong.
While they were arguing, Jiang Cheng hardly spoke, but closed his eyes to rest. At this time, he slowly opened his eyes, pressed his hand on the table, looked out of the hall, and after a while, he said casually: "Wen Zi filial to him, he has been filial since he was summoned by Du Jun in early March. In just over a month, he has been orderly and has been highly praised by the villagers. If you are an official, this may be effective?"
The disciples did not expect that he would not say anything right or wrong. When asked about this, they did not understand the meaning and no one spoke for a while.
Jiang Cheng asked his disciples if they could be as good as Wen Chou, just over a month after they were born, and they made the villagers praise each other and think they were parents. The disciples did not understand the meaning and were distracted for a while.
Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "Last time Wenjun visited, I saw that he was very heroic. Although he praised him for having left money to visit the people since he took office, he was kind, but to be honest, I really didn't expect that he was so kind and righteous! The reputation of 'benevolence and righteousness' is worthy of his reputation." The disciples and students who looked at the audience felt that no one could compare to Wen Chou. They brushed their sleeves and pressed the desk, stood up slowly, and said, "I have sat for a long time today, and my legs are painful, so I have to go back to the house to rest. You will all disperse. Remember, 'Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world', and they should not be used as a guide for outsiders."
All the disciples shut up and stopped, and once again took refuge in the seat and sent him away.
When he walked to Chen Ning, Jiang Cheng said, "Zhi Ming, the inner prison gate is a lowly servant, not a place for patriots. You will resign tomorrow and concentrate on studying under my disciples... In a few days, you can visit Wenjun at the Guan Temple in the village."
Chen Ning was both happy and strange. He was happy because he heard Jiang Cheng's intention, and he planned to formally take him to his disciple and change his "disciple" to "disciple". He was surprised because he asked him to visit Wen Chou. He raised his head: "Sir, you asked me to visit Wen Jun?"
"If you guys have any intention, you can also visit with Zhiming."
The oldest disciple, the younger one, and the other disciples who have been criticizing Wen Chou were all stunned and raised their heads together. Zhang Chi said, "Wen Chou is a stranger, not a person in my Taoism. Although he is a little brave and brave, the more courageous a person like him, the greater the harm he will be! Sir, why do you ask your disciples to visit him?"
Jiang Cheng sighed and said, "Last time Wenjun visited me and asked me about politics and how to manage my hometown. Do you know how I answered?"
"I don't know, please tell me."
"I said to him, 'Preparing the enemy to attack the people, hiding the wealth from the people, and suppressing the big surname'. You said that this is wrong, he is actually following my advice!"
"But sir,..."
Jiang Cheng interrupted Zhang Chi: "Tengyun, you are an upright and ambitious person. Your theoretical foundation is solid enough, but you cannot apply it flexibly. This is your weakness!
Jiang Cheng paused and said, "In terms of outstanding people, Wen Jun is a good person, but he is a good man of me. He has the courage, is brave, knows the general trend, is cautious, respects the elderly and respects the virtuous, and can also defeat the powerful. In addition, his family has always been famous, he will be able to rise to the top in time. I asked you to visit him because of your future future."
Zhang Chi and Chen Ning are all cold families in the countryside, and none of them are from wealthy families. Chen Ning, who has the lowest background, is even more in charge of the low-level prison guards. In today's world, it is very difficult for them to become officials. Even if they are lucky enough to become officials, it will never be difficult to rise to a high position, and they may end up in the position of a minor official who fights food for the rest of their lives.
After hearing this, Zhang Chi and others were very moved when they heard this, and they bowed to thank the teacher for their kindness. But they also knew in their hearts that Wen Chou was definitely a master of the moment, but their preconceived ideas still influenced their choice.
Jiang Cheng had no choice but to say, "If you want, you will go; if you don't want, you won't go. I won't force you." After that, he left the hall and went to rest indoors.
Because of different views on the matter of Wen Chou rectifying Wen Ji, Jiang Cheng's disciples and disciples had a dispute with each other. They had a fierce argument, but the focus was on the "process of Wen Chou rectifying Wen Ji", and the argument was "Whether Wen Chou did this right?", but he didn't seem to have much experience with the result of "Wen Ji's family's depravity".
The other big surnames in the "Land of the Great Family, the Rich Family" are different from them
They also pay attention to the "process of Wen Chou rectifying Wen Ji", but in comparison, what shocked them even more was the result of "Wen Ji's family's deterioration". With the son of Wen's family, he was still so cruel to the Wen clan. What if it were them, how would Wen Chou punish him?
Liu Family, Liu Family, one of the great surnames.
Liu Lan was sitting upright in the hall, and the well-known members of the Liu clan in the hall were among them, noisy and lively.
"Cough, how about it? Has the discussion come out?" Liu Lan coughed lightly and said.
The lobby suddenly became silent.
"How come you speak, why are you all silly?" Liu Lan said impatiently.
"Wen's son, this move is actually a way to shake the mountains and tigers! Although my family has a Dalang as an official in the county court, it is impossible to save the nearby fire after all. As for the Wen's son, he has been favored by the prime minister and cannot be touched!" The old man said a year old.
"What the third uncle said is that I also think it is not necessary to touch it. We should show it as a weakness, so that it will be a long-term solution!" Liu Lan thought for a while and said. Everyone in the hall nodded in agreement.
"In this way, I will send a young man to prepare some gifts and send them to the official temple." Liu Lan said calmly.
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Du Shiting, one of the great surnames, is the Du family.
That is, the family of Du Yi in the former village, whose clan leader was as worried and shocked as Liu Lan when he heard the news, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a gift and ask his nephew to send it to the official temple in person.
...
Wen Chou could guess the ideas of these big families even though he didn't know them.
Since Wen Ji has been rectified, the purpose of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger has been achieved. He adhered to the principle of "too much is not too much", and he was unwilling to put too much pressure on other big surnames to avoid deepening their fear, which would be unfavorable to future governance. Therefore, when the young man from the Liu family came to visit, he was gentle and treated each other with courtesy. If the ignorant person saw it, he would not have thought that such a humble gentleman would be a warrior who led the people to defeat more than 10,000 bandits not long ago!
The Du family is not as good as the Liu family. There is no background and there are no prominent officials in the clan. The people who come to visit are all younger generations of nephews. They are simple and have little knowledge of things. When facing the ugly face, no matter how gentle and polite he is, he still feels stressed and trembling. After talking nonsense for the first words, he then offered to say goodbye.
Wen Chou did not try to keep him, and left the gifts they brought, and sent them out of the hospital diligently.
Standing at the door, Wen Chang sighed, looking at the darkening world, thinking: "The suppression of the great surname has successfully taken the first step, and the road ahead is still far away!" ps: Someone actually gave rewards, moved, and the three thousand-word chapters will start. (The novel "Wen Chou in the late Han Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up!)
Chapter completed!