Chapter 839 Disgraced
Zhang Liang thought that he would not have a good life in Huating Town. According to Fang Jun's temper, it would be a miracle if he didn't cause trouble for himself. There are bound to be a lot of officialdom tricks such as evading others and taking blame, so you should be careful and careful every step of the way. Even if you are angry at the beginning, you have to endure it and try your best to turn defeat into victory in the future.
After all, this is Fang Jun's fiefdom, and he is the chief official. He even went south to the south of the Yangtze River first to build a reputation as a great leader, so he already had an advantage.
But he never expected that Fang Jun could play so hard...
Zhang Liang had seen blood on the battlefield. He had fought numerous small and large battles, and he could clearly feel the undisguised murderous intent among the soldiers in Huating Town. Zhang Liang is sure that these soldiers must have received Fang Jun's "Kill without mercy" order in advance. As long as his subordinates dare to make any move, the next moment thousands of arrows will be fired in a killing spree!
Zhang Liang glared at Fang Jun so hard that his teeth almost broke!
How could he dare to completely throw aside the rules of officialdom and make such an unrelenting show of force on the deputy's first day in office?
How could he dare to humiliate and bully a duke of the dynasty who had experienced hundreds of battles and had great military exploits?
How could he be so confident that His Majesty the Emperor would allow him to act recklessly and trample on officialdom rules in Jiangnan?
Of course, this is because he passed by the battle report that Fang Jun presented to His Majesty Li Er. It is not known that Fang Jun gave His Majesty Li Er five "rich gifts" worth a total of seven to eight million yuan. It can be said that with the existence of this "bribery", His Majesty Li Er will no longer be shameless in making the decision to take away Fang Jun while giving away the money...
But he didn't know that at this time, Zhang Liang was filled with anger, surprise, and doubt...
At this moment, he was facing Fang Jun with hard steel. Even if he didn't know in his heart that Fang Jun was just showing off his power or if he really wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to kill him, he could only bite the bullet and face him.
"How dare you?!" Zhang Liang's eyes widened in anger, glaring at Fang Jun without giving an inch.
Although he was unsure, he couldn't give in at this time. If he gave up, what would the people under him think? What do the workers watching at the scene think? What do people in the world think when the news gets out?
Fang Jun also didn't flinch. The hole was dug and the rabbit jumped in. How could he wither?
He took two steps forward, and Zhang Liang was almost audible. Their eyes met. Fang Jun gritted his teeth and said, "This is Huating Town, and it's someone's territory! It doesn't matter whether you are the Duke of the country or not. When you get to someone's territory, you have to guard it." Whoever breaks the rules will be killed!”
Zhang Liang's nose almost started to smoke, he glared and cursed: "Fart! They are just a group of slave slaves who work hard to make a living. I will beat and kill whenever I want. How have I ever broken the rules?"
According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, slaves were the most humble, and their legal status was no different than that of livestock. Even if it is a casual killing, if the owner pursues the case and takes it to the Yamen, at most it will be fined some money.
Does Zhang Liang care about this little money?
He now wants to go on a killing spree, slaughter all the workers on the dock, and then let Fang Jun shout out a number, and then he will throw the money in Fang Jun's face!
Damn it, I broke your rules by beating a few slave laborers?
Even if you want to give me a blow, you have to find a reliable reason, right?
He naturally thought that this was Fang Jun's fief, so those who worked in Fang Jun's fief were naturally Fang Jun's slaves...
Fang Jun looked serious and said loudly: "Who is a slave? Let's speak louder and tell this noble man from Chang'an, are you a slave?"
With his incitement, the workers suddenly became excited...
People were still lying on the ground, shouting one by one: "Who is the slave? You are the slave, and your whole family is the slave!"
"Listen up, you arrogant guy, I am not a slave, I am a commoner!"
"Yes! There are no slaves here, not a single one, they are all civilians!"
Zhang Liang suddenly changed color.
Are they all civilians?
Don’t have a slave status?
He felt a little weak in his heart.
The society of the Tang Dynasty was very hierarchical, and slaves were the most inferior, only slightly better than livestock. However, civilians, even most of them, lived better than slaves. After all, they had to bear all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. If there was a disaster, their families would be destroyed. That's normal. However, in terms of status, there is a world of difference between ordinary people and slaves!
This is due to the idea that Confucianism has always promoted - scholars, farmers, industry and commerce!
What is farming?
Farmers are common people!
Although powerless civilians are often the targets of oppression, in theory and in name, they are the second class after "scholars"! Even though the scholar class never took civilians seriously, everyone knew that the civilians who accounted for the vast majority of the world's population were the backbone of the country!
Without the support of the common people and relying only on the support of the gentry, can the country be stable?
Absolutely not!
Therefore, "indiscriminate killing of civilians" is definitely a serious crime. Even with a status like Zhang Liang's, he still has to live with it!
At the very least, the reputation is completely ruined!
Thinking of this, Zhang Liang couldn't help but secretly said that he was lucky. Fortunately, no one was killed. Otherwise, Fang Jun would have arrested him on the spot and escorted him to Beijing...
But even though there aren't many people around, it's not a problem to send troops to commit murder and beat up civilians!
Ordinarily, this kind of thing should not be brought to the fore. What kind of nonsense is it for a prince to beat up several prostitutes? But everything is afraid of getting serious! There are so many workers on the scene who are now fighting against themselves with the same hatred and demanding an explanation from themselves. If they cannot be appeased, it will still be a serious crime!
As long as Fang Jun incites him a little, he will at least be convicted of "disturbing people's hearts and committing crimes in a busy city".
what to do?
Let Fang Jun arrest his subordinates on the spot and interrogate them?
Then don’t lose your own skin!
Zhang Liang's face was uncertain and he didn't know what to do.
Fang Jun did not allow him to think too much and said aggressively: "Do you still want to stop someone from taking someone?"
Zhang Liang almost crushed the handle of the knife, his eyes were blazing with fire, and he said word by word: "Fang Jun, do you really want to fight to the death with me?"
Fang Jun suddenly glared and said with an upright face: "What did the Duke say? I just wanted to maintain law and order and frighten the little ones. The subordinates of the Duke were arrogant and overbearing, beating civilians in the street, in full view of the public, and the physical evidence is conclusive. This is exactly It is a great opportunity for the Duke of the country to exterminate relatives and promote law and order. Why not Handing over the bad apples under his command, allowing them to be severely punished by the law and taught a lesson, so that they can change their minds and turn over a new leaf in the future? Only in this way can we show that the Duke is fair and honest. Otherwise, will everyone in the world see that the Duke protects criminals? , Contempt the law? ”
Liu Renyuan and Xi Junmai's mouths twitched when they heard this. In the past, they only knew that this Marquis acted boldly and did not follow the rules, but they did not know that he was so shameless. You obviously dug the hole yourself, but you can still say such a righteous truth?
At the same time, he also secretly despises Zhang Liang. Doesn't this fool not know that he has a grudge against Fang Jun? Now that he has come to Jiangnan, he is clearly fighting for power with Fang Jun. How can Fang Jun let him get what he wants? The most unforgivable part is that Fang Jun has set a trap in front of the town office, waiting for Zhang Liang to cause an accident when he goes there. Fang Jun takes the opportunity to have an attack. Who knows that Zhang Liang, a fool, has just got off the boat and kills himself? Cause trouble and get the handle into Fang Jun's hands.
The "accident" arranged by Fang Jun turned out to be useless...
Zhang Liang finally understood that Fang Junming was trying to trick him, deliberately not coming to greet him and trying to anger him. As long as he was provoked and behaved wrongly, he would be grabbed tightly, but he was really fooled...
Don't talk about self-pity or anger at this time. The situation in front of you is extremely unfavorable to you. If you continue to fight to the death, God knows if this black boy has any more damaging tricks waiting for you!
Zhang Liang took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said expressionlessly: "Although you and I have old grievances, we are now colleagues and work for His Majesty. Why not give up the old grievances, turn the hostility into friendship, and jointly manage this great situation in Huating Town? ?”
He wanted to give it one last try, after all, it was too difficult to lower his head. And once you lower your head, it will be difficult to raise it in front of Fang Jun...
Fang Jun pretended to be astonished and said: "What did the Duke say? Since His Majesty can appoint you to Huating Town to assist a certain person in taking charge of the overall situation of Canghaidao, he has naturally seen that the Duke has a generous and broad mind. How can he return the favor?" How about keeping that little misunderstanding in mind? From this point of view, Mr. Guo, you are a bit in vain.”
Mother!
Also jointly explore Huating Town? What you think is beautiful!
(End of chapter)