Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 740

"Ran Yong was born as a commoner, so he paid great attention to the cultivation of his own morality, and the sage also guided him morally."

"He asked Confucius what can be regarded as benevolence, and Confucius replied: When serving the people, you must be cautious and careful. If you do something that you are not willing to do, then don't force others to do it."

"Dare to ask, gentleman, if you were robbed suddenly while driving on the road, wanted to rob you of your wealth, wanted to kill your friends, and let you starve to death in this wilderness, would that be your wish? "

Zhang Bu pursed his lips and looked at the burly man in front of him in surprise.

"no no."

Strictly speaking, Zhang Bu is not considered a thief. In the Central Plains, because of the intensity of the temple attack, the thieves had nowhere to hide, and most of them were cleaned up. Zhang Bu is a well-known ranger in Qi, leading more than [-] people , to make a living here, usually they will take jobs, and those rich people will hire them to do some shady things, and if they can’t get jobs, then they will come here as thieves, robbing those who have never lived in the station. Merchants of Sheri.

They dare not touch the post house, the risk is too great, and it is easy to attract the cruelest pursuit. Back then in Guangling, a group of thieves broke into the post house and robbed the people living in it, resulting in four Dozens of counties in the county joined forces to hunt down and kill the leader. The others were also given the cruelest punishment, and none of them escaped.

But this time, their luck was really bad.

He actually met his accomplices, and they were a group of accomplices who were somewhat mentally ill.

In this era, the repetition rate of names is very high, such as Busu, Bu, Ying, Meng, Buhai, etc., are all very common names. Among these names, the name Bu is relatively popular. Because cloth and silk symbolize money at this time, cloth is probably equivalent to later wealth, prosperity and so on.

Zhang Bu's intestines are remorseful at this moment, he would not have come out to rob passers-by if he had known earlier.

When they rushed out, what they saw was not panicked merchants running around, but a large group of colleagues who were eager to try and looked inexplicably excited. These people looked more like bandits than themselves. Will help my group deal with those people!He has been engaged in half thief and half ranger for five or six years, and he has never encountered such a situation. These people are obviously big bandits. Compared with amateur thieves like them, these people even have strong crossbows. Killing clan.

When they pulled out their crossbows, Zhang Bu shot.

They couldn't afford to offend this group of professional bandits at all.

The leader of the opponent is a big man who looks extremely vicious, and he is accompanied by two assistants. One of them looks like a military adviser who advises him, and the other is a Lianjiazi with extremely long arms. He knocked down four or five of his best players.

As expected, this big man killed several of his younger brothers who clamored for cruel revenge, and then forced him to ask where the wealth he had looted over the years was, killing and robbing.

But when the other party killed someone and robbed property, he suddenly sat in front of him and talked about the story of Confucius and Ran Yong.

Zhang Bu was stunned.

Liu Bo said seriously: "Look, you don't like being killed or robbed by others, so why did you come out to rob other people?"

"This is not an act of benevolence!"

Zhang Bu had heard the great truth countless times before, but he had never heard it so deeply as this time. He really listened to this truth.

"You are right. Please spare your life."

Liu Bo said again: "This is just one of the reasons, and there are many other reasons. You can all sit here and listen to me explain to you in detail."

Not far away, Han Anguo stared at this scene dumbfounded, and asked suspiciously, "Has Mr. Lu always been like this?"

A doorman replied: "My lord will take the initiative to look for thieves and illegal rangers everywhere, wanting them to go on the right path, and persuading them with Confucian principles."

"That's really what a saint did, but is it useful?"

"Score situation."

"I dare not hide it from you, we used to be similar to this guy, and we were bandits in the local area."

Zhu Meng asked curiously, "Why did Lu Jun do this?"

"The lord thinks that we all went astray due to helplessness, and we can redeem our sins. He said that he will take us to Daiguo in the future, where he will cleanse himself of his crimes."

Han Anguo narrowed his eyes, Dai Guo
He thought about it, but didn't say much.

Liu Bo slowly talked about his ideas of doing good, benevolence and righteousness, and loving others. These rangers were confused, but they didn't dare not listen.

"After what happened today, what do you all understand?"

"You can't plunder and kill."

"anything else?"

"Can't you just rush over to the bonfire when it's dark?"

"anything else?"

"When you see a crossbow, kneel down and beg for mercy, and don't try to turn around and run away"

Liu Bo looked at the crossbow bolt stuck in the ass of the ranger who said this, and asked with a smile: "What else?"

But Zhang Bu said with some doubts: "Don't do to others what you don't want yourself to do to yourself?"

Liu Bo clapped his hands happily, "You're right, that's the truth!"

"I'm willing to give you a chance to turn over a new leaf. I wonder if you are willing?"

Zhang Bu and the others looked at each other, and hurriedly knelt down to Liu Bo, "We are all willing to join the gang!!"

"Ok??"

"Willing to study!!"

Seeing them like this, Han Anguo frowned, "It's so inappropriate."

But those few doormen looked very calm, obviously this was not the first experience, Liu Bo was very happy to hear that they were all willing to reform, stood up and said: "If you have the heart to reform, that's good." , I will take you to meet the officials here, when the time comes, you must confess your sins sincerely, and I will speak for you, as long as you sincerely repent, you can reduce your punishment, go in for reform, and behave yourself in the future."

When the rangers heard this, they were immediately outraged.

Zhang Bu asked even angrily: "You still want to send us to officials? Then why do you have to play tricks on us? You just kill us!"

Liu Bo said solemnly: "When I saw you rushing to kill, I knew that I must send you to the officials, because you never covered your face with cloth, which shows that you usually kill all the people who are robbed. Death, no one will stay, so I am not afraid that they will see your face, and your actions have also proved this point. When you rushed to kill, you were not aiming at property, not trying to scare us away, but coming straight to us , just want to kill."

"And I look at your clothes and manners. You are not poor and poor, you are not from bad backgrounds, you are not forced to help but greedy."

"If you are not punished and you are directly pardoned for your crimes, how can you be worthy of the people you killed?"

"Most of the disciples behind me were like you in the past, but the difference is that they would not kill indiscriminately. Several of them were persecuted by traitors and had no livelihood. I will give them a chance to atone for their crimes, and I will take them to the battlefield in the future to wash away their shame, but your crimes cannot be like this!"

"Don't you admit what you have done? What are you men?!"

When Liu Bo asked such a question, Zhang Bu was also angry. He stood up and shouted, "I admit these things! But you shouldn't play tricks on us like this!"

"How do you say it's a joke? I want to let you know my mistakes, so I will tell those truths. Don't you think these truths are wrong? If so, I would like to listen to your opinions. If you don't teach, you will be punished, yes Not benevolent, I just want you to know your mistakes, if you are willing to correct your mistakes, even if you have made a big mistake, you will have the opportunity to make up for it in the future!!!”

Liu Bo's voice is so loud.

Zhang Bu looked at him in surprise, he had never seen such a person.

Zhang Bu smiled wryly, "Why didn't you come to us earlier?"

"It's not too late, it's never too late."

"Oh, we won't hide it from you, we are indeed of good background, but because we refused to work with the county magistrate, offended the county magistrate, and couldn't find a job, that's why we became like this."

"We are guilty. You can kill us directly, but don't hand us over to the county captain. He will humiliate us to death."

Liu Bo shook his head, "You can rest assured that His Majesty has commuted a lot of corporal punishments and is carrying out large-scale projects in various places. If you sincerely plead guilty, you may be able to avoid the death penalty and be sentenced to lifelong service. This is also a way of atonement. When working as a corvee, if someone has outstanding performance, the criminal law can be reduced. I know a person who saved six people in an accident during a mine explosion. His sentence was changed from life to 15 years. .”

"I'm afraid we have no chance, but since it is in your hands, we have nothing to say. You are right. Those who do evil things will suffer retribution. We are all willing to confess .Please send us there."

The rangers no longer had the idea of ​​resistance, Liu Bo was very happy, and escorted these people to the local county government.

Along the way, Liu Bo also told everyone about his thoughts and some truths from time to time.

Whether it was the gatekeepers or the rangers who were captured, they all listened quite seriously.

Zhang Bu smiled wryly and said, "I really never thought that before dying, what I listened to the most was Confucianism."

Han Anguo and others walked with Liu Bo, and Han Anguo suddenly asked: "Why does Lord Lu want to teach these people everywhere?"

Liu Bo said with a smile: "It's like this. First of all, I have seen many people who were forced to do nothing. These people are poor people. They became thieves when they had no choice. I want to give them a chance to let more Second, it is also for personal reasons. You don’t know, I have a younger brother who is useless. This younger brother has always given me a headache, and where he lives, there are many thieves and the like. I don’t know why. The place I’m going to be in the future is very close to him. I think I can help him in the future, educate more people in his country, and strengthen our relationship. Although his people are arrogant, they are very Can fight, if I am in charge of teaching and he is in charge of commanding the battle, then he can protect our big brother and do a lot of things well.”

Han Anguo thought for a moment, and suddenly realized, "Oh, that's right, indeed, Mr. Lu, you are generous and sincere. If you go to your own place in the future, it will be able to play such a role. At that time, your family will definitely It is very reassuring that the brothers are working together, which is the best."

Liu Bo nodded with a smile.

Ju Mong was at a loss, "Why can't I understand?"

Han Anguo said calmly: "It's okay, after reading more books in the future, you will naturally understand, Meng, I see your performance these days, you don't need to learn too deeply the principles of Confucian Huang Lao. He was quite alert when dealing with bandits, relying on his instinct to surround them and block their way of escape, it would be better to find some tactics."

"Ah?? Art of War? But what am I doing studying Art of War? Who would reuse someone from a ranger background like me?"

Han Anguo said with a smile: "Naturally it is useful, if you learn it, you can learn it!"

"Exactly, I have a book here, but it is a gift from a nobleman. I can't pass it on to you, but I can show it to you. If there is something you don't understand, I can also explain it to you. You should read it carefully. In the future, the two of us will make a big career!"

"what??"

Ju Mong was still confused.

Before they approached the city, they were stopped by the local pavilion chief. Of course, after Liu Bo's explanation and the identity he gave, the other party quickly relaxed his vigilance and led them to the county, and they also saw the local The county lieutenant.

The county lieutenant smiled unscrupulously after seeing these rangers.

"Hahaha, Zhang Bu, you have today too?"

"It finally fell into my hands, right?"

But Zhang Bu was not afraid of him, and scolded: "Are you cleaner than me? The wicked will have their retribution in the end! You won't be too arrogant for long!"

The county captain smiled grimly and asked someone to take this guy into the prison, but Liu Bo stood in front of him expressionlessly.

"County lieutenant. If you have a personal grievance with him, it's best to let the county magistrate judge it."

"Who are you?"

"My name is Lu Zhong."

"Lu ha ha ha, okay, what Lu Jun said makes sense! Of course, the county magistrate should investigate."

Taking advantage of the time when the county lieutenant sent someone to hold a banquet, Liu Bo took the opportunity to ask Zhang Bu about the county lieutenant. Zhang Bu said very angrily, "When this fellow was not a county lieutenant, let me Killing the former county lieutenant who investigated his crimes for him, I left here as long as I dared to do it. Later, when I heard that the county lieutenant died unexpectedly, he pushed many cases on me. I couldn't stand, so I had to do When it comes to rangers, you have to be careful with this man, he is a thief."

When Liu Bo heard this, he frowned immediately, and soon appeared in front of the county magistrate.

The county magistrate was also a little surprised when he saw the black and white group of people in front of him.

Hearing what Liu Bo said, the county magistrate also smiled wryly.

"Mr. Lu, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, the confession of the bandit cannot be used as evidence. How can we listen to the bandit's words to investigate the county lieutenant? This is unreasonable!"

"Then just ignore it?"

"Of course you can't ignore it. I will send someone to investigate him, but you can't interfere in this matter."

Zhu Meng was very angry, and asked: "The Lu family is the Zhong family in the world, why can't they intervene?!"

The county magistrate immediately put on a serious face, "Your Majesty just recently issued an order to prohibit the big clan from interfering in government affairs, otherwise they will be pulled out and dealt with. Don't you know?!"

Several people were speechless, Han Anguo looked at Liu Bo who was frowning tightly, and suddenly sighed and said: "The children of the rich family can't intervene. If there is a delay, the evidence of the crime will disappear out of thin air. If there is a formal official It would be great if you came forward, as long as you are not in vain, you can naturally have the right to submit a letter, and it is not illegal."

Liu Bo's eyes lit up, "You guys wait outside first, I have something to say to the county magistrate!!"

Everyone waited outside the door, Zhu Meng was a little surprised, "Could it be that Mr. Lu wants to spend money to please this county magistrate? I heard that the Lu family is very rich."

Han Anguo laughed, "It's hard to say who wants to please."

Soon, the county magistrate and Liu Bo came out, only to see that the county magistrate no longer had the arrogance just now, and was bending over at the moment, his face was pale, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked at Liu Bo. Fearing, he kept nodding his head, "You are right! It is necessary to strictly investigate! The post of county lieutenant is the top priority, how can we not strictly investigate?! It must be strictly investigated!!"

"Please don't worry, I will handle this matter now, absolutely can't let a villain get away with his crime!!"

Liu Bo said calmly: "I'm not sure whether he is really guilty, but we still have to check carefully and never let the bad guys escape."

"I know, I know. Please rest assured Da Lu-jun!!"

"Please be sure to say a few good words in front of the nobleman. I have only been in office for two months, so it can't be regarded as my negligence, I"

"Don't worry, I think you are quite diligent and the people under your rule are also very rich. I will not slander you with words."

The county magistrate sent them all the way out of the house, Zhu Meng was amazed, "It must be how much money was paid to the county magistrate to let him treat him like this."

Liu Bo laughed, didn't answer, and went to find those rangers again.

Han Anguo looked at Ju Mong helplessly, "Don't you think there's anything wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

"This Lu Jun said that he has four brothers in his family, and he is the second. Four men and one woman. He can even recognize that your saber belongs to Ji Gong. He just opened his mouth for some unspoken secrets. I can even name some lost legalist classics and this figure, this appearance, this majesty."

Han Anguo thought that what he said was obvious, but Ju Mong still tilted his head with a dazed expression.

"Lu Zhong doesn't fit these circumstances at all. Their family is three brothers, and the elder brother died young."

Ju Mong paled in shock, "I know!"

"You mean that Mr. Lu is a thief pretending to be?"

Han Anguo patted himself on the forehead suddenly, "Forget it, let's find a place to rest first, and I'm going to visit Duke Fu later."

ps: I have to settle down later. The medical insurance in Xinjiang cannot be used here, and the monthly expenses are too high. I need to settle here as soon as possible so that I can get medical insurance for my child and save a little money. So the first The second watch will be later, but there will definitely be one today.

(End of this chapter)