After the case was solved, the magistrate of Chun'an immediately dredged the waterway on the river and restored water traffic.
Before boarding the ship, the magistrate of Chun'an specifically expressed his gratitude to Zhu Ping'an for his help in solving the case.
Of course, in order not to delay everyone's move forward in time, the magistrate of Chun'an simply thanked him, but Zhu Ping'an felt as if he had heard a thunderstorm, just like Cao Cao and Liu Bei were having a drink and discussing heroes, and Liu Bei dropped his chopsticks in shock. Until
After getting on the boat, Zhu Pingan's mood was still a little abnormal.
Hai Rui!
The magistrate of Chun'an County turned out to be Hai Rui!
It is the basic etiquette of ancient literati to call oneself by one's name and address one's character. Just now when Magistrate Chun'an expressed his gratitude, he called himself Hai Rui! The name Hai Rui can be said to be a business card of the Ming Dynasty.
I didn't expect that I would meet Hai Rui here. Now that I think about Hai Rui's patchwork official uniform, his arrogance and uprightness, and his style of not showing any favoritism or fear of power, I should have guessed that it was him. Especially...
Magistrate of Chun'an County, this is Hai Rui's first official appointment as a local official.
Although he had met outstanding people such as Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng before, Zhu Ping'an was still very excited when he met Hai Rui this time.
Hai Rui is an upright official who can be compared with Bao Zheng in Chinese history. He is a model official in ancient times and one of the few Qingtian Grand Masters among the people. Legends and stories about him are widely circulated among the people.
Of course, Hai Rui is also a controversial figure in history. There are also many writings about Hai Rui in unofficial history. For example, the story about Hai Rui forcing his 5-year-old daughter to starve to death. According to unofficial history, Hai Rui had a 5-year-old daughter.
, innocent and very cute, a male servant gave her a cake to eat. When her daughter was eating, Hai Rui found out and asked her daughter where the cake came from, and her daughter answered truthfully. Hai Rui was furious and scolded,
Starving to death is a small act of indiscipline but a big deal. How can a girl accept the bread from a male servant? If you know your shame and starve to death, you will be considered my Hai Rui's daughter. His daughter was so frightened that she cried and would never do it again.
If you are willing to eat, you will really starve to death.
If this wild history record is true, then Hai Rui is simply unreasonable! He is simply a sanctimonious, pedantic pervert and hypocrite!
However, when I think about it, this record is too nonsensical! Zhu Ping'an also checked the history books before, and there is no record of this matter in any official history of the Ming Dynasty. The story of Hai Rui's daughter starving to death has not been revealed until Wanli Wild Harvest
It is recorded by the editor, but this book is not an official history, but an unofficial history. Its author was only a nine-year-old kid when Hai Rui died, which means that it was at least twenty years after Hai Rui's death.
Unofficial records and the author also said that this incident was just what he had heard, and there was no confirmed rumor.
It is very possible that Hai Rui's daughter starved to death because of rumors spread by her political opponents.
Of course, that doesn't mean there's no possibility.
Modern people can't confirm it, but they can. I just met Hai Rui, which can be used to verify whether the official and unofficial records about Hai Rui are consistent with the facts. Who makes it difficult for me in this dynasty?
Hai Rui starved her daughter to death
First of all, Hai Rui must have a daughter. It seems that there is no record of Hai Rui having a daughter in official history.
Zhu Ping'an shook his head slightly and smiled, then collected his emotions and lowered his head to eat breakfast. This was the breakfast sent by the captain. It had four dishes and one soup. It was very rich, with fresh fish soup from the river and seasonal vegetables. It was delicious.
Because the ship owner knew Zhu Pingan's identity as a Hanlin official, he refused to let Zhu Pingan stay in the original cabin no matter what, and specially prepared a room with the best location and the highest comfort for Zhu Pingan to rest.
Breakfast has just been served.
Zhu Pingan declined the ship owner's kindness several times to no avail, so he had no choice but to accept it. This was the privilege of his status. No wonder so many people wanted to take the imperial examination to become officials.
Not long after breakfast at Zhu Pingan, Yingtian Mansion was very close. It took another two quarters of an hour to sail to Yingtian Mansion.
After the boat stopped, Zhu Pingan packed up his things and got out of the cabin. Outside, the captain was waiting on the deck with Zhu Pingan's horse, and he was very diligent in sending Zhu Pingan off the boat. After getting off the boat, the captain insisted on sending Zhu Pingan off.
Ping An's offer of 50 taels of silver was firmly rejected by Zhu Ping An.
Living in a first-class cabin and eating someone else's breakfast is already very satisfying. How can I accept money from others? I am not a corrupt official.
After getting off the boat, Zhu Pingan didn't want to stay in Yingtian Mansion for a long time. For the sake of etiquette, Zhu Pingan considered visiting his uncle and other villagers before heading north. The inn where his uncle and others stayed was not difficult to find. After thinking about it, Zhu Pingan decided
I went to the inn where my uncle had his last childbirth test. Sure enough, when I asked at the counter, I found out that my uncle and others were staying at this inn again this time.
However, I did not visit my uncle.
The uncle and some fellow villagers went to support a certain girl's latest school book. I heard that the uncle and others have gone out early in the morning in recent days and returned before curfew or early the next morning.
Well, this is my great uncle Zhu Shouren.
Just based on the uncle's behavior, Zhu Pingan had already predicted the uncle's outcome without taking a test.
Girls' school book?
what is this!
Exams should be like exams! Why are you studying in a girls' school? You really think this is a trip at public expense!!! You have never learned your lesson!!! If your grandparents knew about this, they would be furious!
Since the uncle is not here, forget it. Zhu Pingan is too lazy to go to the romantic place. The uncle and others are looking after the girl's school book, and Zhu Pingan is even more lazy to look at it, which is too eye-catching. In the lobby of the inn, Zhu Pingan left a note.
Then he said goodbye. He wrote a few lines on the note to let the uncle and others know that he had been there. Before leaving, he asked the store clerk to hand it to the uncle when he came back.
After leaving the inn, Zhu Ping'an rode all the way north.
During the day, he was traveling on the road and at night he stayed overnight, either in a post station or in a residential building, or sometimes in a temple. There were almost no people sleeping in the wilderness. Even if it was a little late, Zhu Ping'an would walk a few minutes longer to find someone to stay with.
There are many paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River and many dry fields in the north. Zhu Pingan has a deep understanding of it on the road. The further north you go, the fewer paddy fields there are. When staying with others or meeting farmers on the road, Zhu Pingan will always chat with the locals for a while to learn about the harvest.
There were also taxes and other issues, and people were not too wary of honest young people on the road. Along the way, Zhu Pingan also learned a lot about the lives of the people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
In the era of feudal rule, people's living standards had a great deal to do with local parents and officials.
Exorbitant taxes, decrees to resolve cases, etc.
Zhu Pingan wrote down what he saw and heard as well as the issues mentioned in people's chats before going to bed at night, and would study them slowly after arriving in the capital.
On this day, Zhu Pingan passed by a village called Majiazhuang. The village seemed to be an empty city. No one was seen. If it weren't for the barking dogs and the sounds of livestock coming from the village, Zhu Pingan would have suspected that he had arrived.
Abandoned village.
But as soon as he walked out of the village, Zhu Ping'an saw a huge crowd of people in front of him, loud gongs and drums, and a sea of people gathered around the river. It turned out that everyone in the village had come here. It seemed like something big had happened.
Judging from the posture, it seems that they are offering sacrifices to the river? To be continued.