After hearing what the neighbor said, Mr. Sun's face couldn't help but change, and he said in a trembling voice: "No...can't you pass the message to the Yamen?"
The neighbor knew that Mr. Sun came from the countryside. , may not know these situations, So he immediately explained enthusiastically: "If you think about it, you should know that this is definitely not possible. Who is guilty or not must be the magistrate who has the final say. If everyone uses power to pressure others and the magistrate succumbs, wouldn't it be unfair? Many people died, especially Jing? There are many rich and powerful people in the city, so it becomes even more difficult to do this kind of thing. Once you are found out, you will be imprisoned, exiled, and have your home confiscated, or your head will be lost. Seeing that the big boss of the family was beheaded, I am afraid that the matter is serious. , I heard that someone died unjustly, so I have to pay for it.”
The neighbor never thought that anyone would ask Mr. Sun to deliver a message to the Yamen. After all, as far as he knew, Mr. Sun’s daughter only had that status in the palace, and Mr. Sun didn’t have the ability. , taking over the lawsuit, no one will dump him.
So when I heard Mr. Sun ask this question, I just thought that Mr. Sun was just curious.
After hearing what his neighbor said, Mr. Sun couldn't help but look a little dazed, and then said: "Then if someone is bullied, wouldn't it be okay if others speak out for justice?"
The neighbor said: "How to distinguish between speaking out for justice and using power to suppress others? If A comes to deliver a message and says that he is speaking out for justice, the county magistrate must listen. B also comes to deliver a message. He really comes to speak out for justice, but others say that he What should we do if we use power to suppress others? Who does the county magistrate listen to? Is it up to the county magistrate to decide what is going on? If he listens to outsiders, then the county magistrate must do it. What.”
“Besides, the emperor’s feet are the best place. If you feel that you can’t explain it clearly in the county government office, then go to the government office and tell it, unless it’s something committed by a well-connected person. There may be someone with a big background behind it. If ordinary people commit crimes, they can almost figure it out in the government office. If they are sentenced, they won't be wronged anymore. If you go to the Beijing Yamen, there will definitely be no problem. After all, the master of the Beijing Yamen, maybe something happened to a rich and powerful person, and there is someone behind him. They may have to weigh the punishment. Basically, the things committed by the little people are basically It is impossible to make a mistake, and there are very few people who are wronged. After all, we are here in the capital. It is terrible that those big men make a mistake, and the common people will beat the drum and make trouble in front of the emperor. They can't afford to go around."
"Uh... Is there really no official who takes money and wrongs the people?" Mr. Sun doesn't believe that the officials here can be so honest. After all, he used to do it. All he heard was that the yamen door opened to the south and that no one could come in if they had a reason or no money. This was why he believed the person who asked for help and thought that his family was really being bullied, so he wanted to help.
The neighbor said: "Such things may happen in other places, but rarely in the capital. After all, if you can become a capital official, you have the possibility of climbing up. If you commit an unjust case for a small amount of money, once the other party If you keep complaining, it will reach the ears of the emperor, and it will ruin your future. It is not worth it. It is difficult for people from other places to sue the emperor. We in the capital want to sue the emperor. If the fuss gets too big, the emperor might hear it. In this case, who dares to bet?"
Master Sun has understood by now, that is, he. After being deceived, the person who came to ask him for help was probably not being bullied, but had actually done something bad.
So naturally I wouldn't do anything for that person right now.
Of course, even if the man was unjustly accused, when he saw the sixth-grade official on the opposite street being arrested and beheaded for doing this, Mr. Sun was also frightened and did not dare to do it.
Even if that person is unjustly accused, let that person sue him level by level. After all, according to neighbors, the judgments of officials in the capital seem to be fairer than those in the countryside. There will always be someone who will defend him. The one who made the decision, he didn’t dare to deliver the message to the Yamen anyway, it was so scary after all. So the man came to see Mr. Sun again and asked him to help write a post. When he submitted it to the county government in Beijing, Mr. Sun refused and said: "There is a sixth-grade man opposite me, just because he helps people do this." If you were dragged to be beheaded by the emperor, I wouldn't dare do it if you were really wronged. Yes, just go to the government office and file a complaint. The capital is a good place, and the county government should not be able to cover up the situation with one hand."
Master Sun did not hide his thoughts. He directly told the reason and also told this person what the neighbor said.
He didn't bother to ask whether this person was really wronged, or whether he had really done something bad and tricked himself into helping. Anyway, he would not dare to contact this person in the future. After all, this person probably knew that soliciting lawsuits would be bad - if he didn't know Regarding the matter of champerty, how could he Why let him submit a notice to the Yamen? Since he knows about champerty, he probably also knows that it is illegal. Knowing that it is illegal, he still asks for help from him. This person obviously has bad intentions. Since he has bad intentions, Mr. Sun will naturally not want to do it in the future. Don't associate with this person again.
Although Mr. Sun is an honest man, he is not stupid. There are some things that can be discussed as soon as he gets home and the whole family talks about them.
Knowing that this man might want to harm their family, how could Mr. Sun still associate with this man.
As soon as these words came out, the man couldn't help being dumbfounded. After all, what they said was reasonable and well-founded. There was a living example in front of him. Mr. Sun didn't dare to do it again for fear of harming the whole family. It was normal. .
Even judging from Mr. Sun's cold attitude towards him, Mr. Sun may have realized that he was harming him by asking him for help, so he looked down upon himself.
Now that man knew that if he suffered misfortune, Mr. Sun would no longer be able to help him. In fact, Mr. Sun was going to cause trouble for him because he was suspected of harming him. He didn't dare to continue to pester him, so he left immediately.
Later, when the masked man (actually Mr. Sun Er, when he was planning to find someone, he would not expose his identity, so as not to become a handle for others) asked him about his progress, he told the other person about this. .
Mr. Sun Er couldn’t help but be startled when he heard what this man said. He thought that his luck was too bad. Last time he encouraged someone to take Mr. Sun to engage in usury exploitation. That man was a drunkard. He fell into the water and drowned, and he didn't even have time to let the other person pick him up. They encouraged Mr. Sun, who was unwilling to lend money, to engage in lending; this time, someone encouraged Mr. Sun to contract litigation. As a result, the family across the street was arrested for contracting lawsuits, which made Master Sun know not to do this. This is such a coincidence, isn't it?
Why am I so unlucky that I failed twice?
Of course Mr. Sun and Mr. Sun didn’t know that the reason why the sixth-grade officer’s actions were exposed was related to Linlang.
It turned out that after Mr. Sun Er encouraged people to ask Mr. Sun to help some people who had done bad things to speak to the county government, Linlang began to search the middle and low-level officials nearby to see if any of them had committed such a lawsuit. I am going to give Mr. Sun a warning and let him know what the consequences of taking the lawsuit will be. (End of this chapter)