Chapter 519 The gentleman is far away from the kitchen
The afternoon was relatively leisurely, teasing Li Shu and feeding the fat pigs. Unconsciously, the sun slowly set in the west.
When it was almost time to prepare dinner, Li Shu, a naughty girl, went to her mother Chen to show off again. A spoiled young lady rushed to pick vegetables, wash and cut vegetables. She worked diligently and neatly, which made her very happy. Mrs. Chen couldn't help but praise again and again. As for Zhu Ping'an carrying two buckets of water to the kitchen and carrying firewood twice, Mrs. Chen ignored her.
Mother, do you only have Li Shu in your eyes? My son is a man who collects water and firewood. In the past, he would be praised for doing this kind of work.
Is it so difficult to get a compliment?
In order to show off his face in front of Mrs. Chen, Zhu Pingan took the firewood and sat in front of the stove to light the fire, but he still failed.
"Why are you joining in the fun, get out." Mrs. Chen saw Zhu Pingan preparing to light a fire, and drove Zhu Pingan out without saying a word.
"Young gentleman is far away from the kitchen~~ you'd better go and study hard." Li Shu had a linen apron hanging around her neck, holding washed vegetables in her hand, standing at the door of the kitchen and watching Zhu Ping'an, who was kicked out of the kitchen by his mother, Mrs. Chen, squinted his big watery eyes and spoke in a long voice, full of pride.
A gentleman is far away from the kitchen? !
Looking at Li Shu's proud look, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but shook his head, and said leisurely, "You said it wrong."
"What's wrong?" Li Shu pursed her lips, "A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen."
"A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. This sentence does not mean that a gentleman who does important things should stay away from the kitchen. You I misunderstood what Mencius meant." Zhu Pingan looked at Li Shu and shook his head.
In fact, it is estimated that most people have misunderstood Mencius's sentence "a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen" like Li Shu. In fact, Mencius really did not mean that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. The kitchen is a woman's world. Not so.
"Why not?" Li Shu expressed doubts about what Zhu Ping'an said. She had heard this statement for a long time, so how could it be wrong?
"This sentence of Mencius must be read in its entirety, 'A gentleman is like an animal: when he sees it alive, he cannot bear to see it die; when he hears its sound, he cannot bear to eat its flesh. This is why a gentleman stays far away from the kitchen.' When it comes to birds and animals, a gentleman cannot bear to see them alive; he cannot bear to eat their meat when he hears their voices. Therefore, a gentleman always stays away from the kitchen."
"To put it simply, the so-called gentleman stays far away from the kitchen. It just means that God has the virtue of living well and a gentleman cannot bear to kill. It does not mean that a gentleman does not go into the kitchen."
When Zhu Ping'an said these words, his eyes were constantly watching. Looking at Li Shu, this didn't seem like much, but his eyes were like a teacher looking at an ignorant child, which made Li Shu's teeth itch.
"You" Li Shu puffed up her mouth and hesitated.
Seeing that Li Shu suffered a loss, her mother, Mrs. Chen, stood up for her good daughter-in-law at this moment. She looked at Zhu Ping'an funny, holding a rolling pin in her hand as if she wanted to clean it up. He asked, "What Mencius said doesn't count. Does what the mother just said count?"
"It doesn't count"
Zhu Ping'an was immediately defeated as soon as Chen asked the question, which made Li Shu cover her mouth and laugh.
Unable to get his hands on the stove, Zhu Ping'an went back to the room, took out the two brushes his father had made, blanched them slightly with hot water, and then put one of them away. He took out a piece of rice paper and spread it on the table, grinded the ink, dipped the brush in the ink, and wrote eight words on the rice paper: Thieves comb the grate of soldiers, kill good people and take merit.
While entertaining the magistrate of Huaining in the morning, the magistrate of Huaining told Zhu Pingan the recent events in court, including the memorial that Zhu Pingan presented before leaving. Zhu Ping'an didn't expect that his memorial would cause such a big commotion. It was a coincidence that it happened to coincide with two memorials to impeach Yan Song. In addition, I didn't expect that Zhao Daying of the Hundred Households who killed good people and took credit was actually promoted by Yan Song. It is said that he had already taken refuge with Yan Shifan and became a disciple of the Yan family.
Of course, even if I knew about his relationship with Yan Song at the time, I would have impeached him. If such people are delayed for one day, the people will suffer one more day. If you don't make decisions for the people when you are an official, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. Therefore, Zhu Pingan has no regrets at all.
The magistrate of Huaining showed Zhu Pingan an issue of the Dibao at the banquet. It was urgently sent from the capital. The Dibao mentioned that Zhu Pingan should go to the Ministry of Punishment to make a complaint.
The magistrate of Huaining County is probably considered a neutral faction. He is neither a strict party nor an anti-strict party. He just wants to live out his term safely and not go out on business. Zhu Ping'an was from Huaining, and he won the top prize, which was an important political achievement for the magistrate of Huaining, so he still had a good impression of Zhu Ping'an.
The magistrate of Huaining even mentioned Zhu Ping'an, suggesting that Zhu Ping'an might as well get acquainted with Zhao Wenhua. Zhao Wenhua briefly served as the academic advisor of Nanzhili, and he happened to be in the position during Zhu Ping'an's election. , after all, Zhao Wenhua can also be regarded as Zhu Ping'an's teacher. With this relationship, it is not unexpected for Zhu Ping'an to join Zhao Wenhua's relationship.
In addition, Zhao Wenhua's reputation for being greedy for money is not a hidden thing in Southern Zhili or in the political circles of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course the most important point is the relationship between Zhao Wenhua and Yan Song. Yan Song is Zhao Wenhua's adoptive father. This relationship is much more solid than that of Zhao Daying. If Zhao Wenhua was willing to say a few words for Zhu Pingan in front of Yan Song, this matter would not be a big deal. No matter what, it's easy to solve.
Because of this, the magistrate of Huaining suggested that Zhu Ping'an go and explore Zhao Wenhua's relationship.
However, Zhu Ping'an was not prepared to have a relationship. He was not afraid of shadows. He had not done anything bad, so why worry about going to the Ministry of Punishment to express his feelings. Moreover, he was well-prepared at the beginning. His impeachment of Zhao Daying was not just a moment of enthusiasm. He had also thought deeply and made preparations.
Killing good people and claiming merit is not uncommon in history. It was most common in the late Ming Dynasty. Many of them went to the Ministry of Justice and even to the imperial court. Zhu Pingan has seen many such examples in modern times and learned a lot from them on how to deal with such things.
So, Zhu Ping'an is not worried about today's situation.
Is it relevant? Do you like kneeling before the Ministry of Punishment to redress your grievances? You are confident, right? Let me tell the story from the Criminal Department, right?
Haha, we'll see.
Zhu Ping'an sat at the table and slowly went through the examples in his mind of those who killed good people and took advantage of merit, and wrote down some of the key points on the manuscript paper. Especially those cases during the Chongzhen period were somewhat different from the current situation. It is similar and has great reference significance. Zhu Pingan focused on the analysis and recorded it.
By the time dinner was ready, Zhu Ping'an had written down three pages of rice paper, and was ready to go to the Ministry of Punishment to tell his story. (End of this chapter)