Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 155: You should have a ruler in your heart

"Do you know what you are doing? Beating the imperial official is tantamount to ignoring the imperial court. You are slapping the imperial court in the face!"

Although Li Jin was beaten and his body was in pain, he still endured it and spoke loudly.

Seeing Li Jin lying on the ground like a dog and being beaten, Lan Ping felt a sense of joy in his heart.

After listening to Li Jin's words, Lan Ping was even more happy.

He walked forward directly and kicked Li Jin in the body.

"Hitting you means hitting the court in the face?"

"Who gave you the face to say such a thing, that you, a low-ranking official from the sixth rank, can represent the imperial court?"

Lan Ping's face was full of ridicule, and he waved his right hand and said: "Don't you have enough food? Beat me, beat me hard. Beat this guy until he has no strength to speak."

Another attack like a storm.

At first, Li Jin, who was lying on the ground, could still scream in pain, but as he went to the back, his voice became quieter.

The sons of the Lan family who were responsible for beating people were also a little panicked and couldn't help but stop their movements.

"Master, if the fight continues, I'm afraid someone will be killed. Master has told me." One of the sons bravely stepped forward and asked.

"Are you using my father to pressure me?"

"Little, little don't dare."

Lan Ping glanced at him coldly, then turned to look at Li Jin, who was wrapped in a sack and fell to the ground.

Sure enough, he didn't move much.

"All stop."

After receiving the order, these servants all stepped aside obediently and gave up their positions.

Ah!

Lan Ping walked up to Li Jin, spat at him, and then said viciously: "Don't worry about things you shouldn't care about, and go back and be your number one scholar!"

After saying this, Lan Ping made a gesture to the servants.

The servants understood and took advantage of the dark night to pick up the sack and throw Li Jin at the gate of the county government office.

This was not because Lan Ping had good intentions, but because he was afraid that Li Jin would die immediately if he left him in the wilderness.

And in doing so, it also has the meaning of demonstration.

It can also be seen from this that he is really used to being domineering in Dingyuan County on weekdays, even doing such things as openly defying the court.

The next morning.

The yamen servant who came to work at the yamen saw the sack at the door of the yamen and rescued Li Jin, who had already fainted.

When Li Jin woke up, he found that he was lying in the inner courtyard of the government office, and sitting next to him was the sad-faced magistrate of Dingyuan County, Lu Tao.

Upon noticing that Li Jin had regained consciousness, Lu Tao's face showed joy. He quickly stepped forward to check and asked with concern: "Master Li, are you okay?"

At the same time, he shouted to his subordinates and asked them to bring the doctor over.

"Water, water!" Li Jin's weak voice came out.

After hearing this, Lu Tao quickly got up and poured water for Li Jin, and soon came over with a glass of water himself.

Carefully feed Li Jin a mouthful.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"You drink slowly, the doctor will be here soon."

Lu Tao said while patting Li Jin's back with his hand.

After a while, Li Jin finally recovered.Lu Tao took the water cup and put it on the table aside. He turned around and looked at Li Jin with a complicated expression. He sighed softly and said, "Master Li, why are you doing this? I said, this water is It will drown people.”

In this realm of Dingyuan, Lu Tao could think of someone who dared to attack an official of the imperial court.

Blue House!

The act of putting Li Jin in a sack and throwing it at the gate of the county government office was not only a demonstration, but also another warning to Lu Tao.

"This time, you just got beaten. Next time, what if those people are really pushed into a panic and they use the knife?" Lu Tao advised.

"You only have one life. A gentleman cannot stand behind a wall, Mr. Li."

After listening to Lu Tao's words, Li Jin smiled, but because of the impact on the wound, he could only frown in pain.

He could naturally tell that Lu Tao really cared about him, and it was for his own good.

As Lu Tao said before, go down the river, you are good, I am good, and everyone is good.

Although Lu Tao admired Li Jin's behavior.

But in his opinion, this was stupid.

It's totally asking for trouble.

Wasn't Li Jin just trying to complete the task of clearing his father-in-law's land assigned to him by the imperial court?
As long as we cooperate with squires like the Lan family, this work can not only be completed smoothly, but also completed quickly and beautifully.

They can guarantee that Li Jin will go back with a beautiful report card, and the court will be happy when the time comes. If the Holy Heart is happy, Li Jin will be able to be promoted to a higher rank.

Lu Tao didn't understand why Li Jin would refuse such a good thing.

I had to bite the hard nut of the Lan family, but now I'm fine, I guess it'll be bloody.

In Lu Tao's opinion, Li Jin should be afraid now.

Lu Tao recalled that he had already compromised when a few slaughtered chickens were put in the place where he lived the next day.

It is very rare that Li Jin has persisted to this point.

But what Li Jin said next was far beyond Lu Tao's expectations.

"I, Li Jinming, am here. If they dare to take it, just take it."

Li Jin looked at Lu Tao, and then said: "Magistrate Lu, what you just said is not only wrong, but also completely wrong."

"If I do as you say, the Lan family will be better, you will be better, I will be better, but the people will not be better!"

Lu Tao said: "Each household can only gain one or two more acres of land, but it will not survive."

"Can't die?!" Li Jin looked at Lu Tao until he was so scared that he finally spoke. "Master Lu, how long has it been since you went down to take a good look at the lives of the people under your rule?"

"Don't talk about adding four or five acres of land out of thin air. Even adding five acres of land will be the last straw for the people. How can you grow five acres of food from four and five acres of land! Mr. Lu, you Have you ever thought about it?!”

"The one or two acres of land you talk about so lightly is like one or two big mountains to the people!"

"But the situation is stronger than the people." Lu Tao blushed at Li Jin's words and said. "We have no choice but to make the people suffer a little longer."

Li Jin looked at Lu Tao with disappointment in his eyes.

If there was still a glimmer of expectation and hope for Lu Tao before, when I heard him say these words, the last glimmer of expectation was shattered.

"Suffering the common people?"

"Master Lu, our people in the Ming Dynasty are not afraid of hardship or tiredness, but we are afraid of not having a way to survive. Now the new tax reform has finally given the people a way out, but it has been ruined by you."

Li Jin said: "The person I respect the most once told me that a scholar should have a ruler in his heart to measure the world and determine the rules. I can't do what he does."

"All I can do is live by the rules he sets."

The person that Li Guiguo respected the most was none other than Yang Xian.

(End of this chapter)