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Zhang Jiuling is actually a very stubborn prime minister, and this stubbornness is actually a kind of temperament that is very common among Chinese literati. In fact, it was also true, even when he argued with the emperor, it gave people a sense of aggressiveness, a bit like the stubborn old antique. It is true that he was a famous great talent in the Tang Dynasty, and he had a kind of romantic feelings of a literati in his bones, but he was a little less applicable when facing the law. The law must be higher than the moral standard, but for Zhang Jiuling, the moral standard in his eyes may actually be higher and more important than the law.
In the nineteenth year of the new century, a local official Zhang Zhensu was actually corrupt and perverted the law, and this matter was stabbed in front of emperor Li Longji, who was very angry at the time, and he immediately appointed the inspector Yushi Yangwang to thoroughly investigate this matter. Yang Wang simply brought some people with him on the way to Lingzhou, but he did not expect to cause an uproar. Originally, Yang Wang was planning to secretly visit the truth first, but his sneaking into the city was known to Zhang Zhensu's subordinate Dong Yuanli, who sent troops to surround Yang Wang, and directly killed a person who reported Zhang Zhensu in front of him, and Yang Wang was also coerced into writing a song to help Zhang Zhensu say good things in front of the emperor. When Yang Wang was uncertain, the rescuers came, and Yang Wang was spared.
Then after that, Yang Wang went on a song, of course, this song will not speak for Zhang Zhensu, and I have been threatened by you, this is directly a crime plus a first class, it was just a corruption and perverting the law, now this is against the imperial court, even if it is a rebellion, it is the crime of the Nine Tribes, and soon after Zhang Zhensu was beheaded, and all the money and wealth of the whole family were confiscated. Zhang Zhensu had two young sons who did not escape this disaster, but were also driven to the border and exiled, and since then the seeds of hatred have sprouted in the hearts of these two children. To be fair, Yang Wang's punishment was somewhat excessive, that is, the crime of treason should not be used to define Zhang Zhensu's crime of embezzlement and perverting the law, because when it comes to treason, it is an extremely serious crime, and the people in Zhang Zhensu's family have almost been executed, and the two younger sons have been exiled.
Four years later, Zhang Zhensu's two sons, Zhang Huang and Zhang Xiu, had fled back from Lingnan, and they had come back specifically to take revenge, they had directly found Yang Wang and killed him, and then tied a copy of the song book to an axe and left it at the scene, which was written to complain about his father's grievances. This practice shows that the brothers not only want to avenge their father, but also to avenge their father,Of course, they know that they will expose their identities, so the brothers have the next plan to go south of the Yangtze River to avenge Yang Wang's accomplices, and as a result, the brothers were captured halfway through. After four years, Zhang Zhensu's two sons were arrested and caused a sensation, and it was originally a murder case that was actually very simple, executing the murderer according to the law. But this matter is very complicated, and it is very big, and everyone in the whole world knows the hidden plot. The brothers were arrested and thought that they had only avenged and failed to help their father clear their grievances, but what they did not expect was that the public opinion in the world was actually one-sided, and everyone was indignant about their father's wrongful death, so people were excusing the brothers, saying that the two children were young, and they did not care about their own lives at all to avenge their father's grievances and should be forgiven, of course, this is only the direction of public opinion.
But when the matter was placed on the table of the three prime ministers, they encountered different judgment opinions. Zhang Jiuling was very sympathetic to the brothers, and at the same time believed that the guilt of the two brothers could be forgiven, after all, there was a reason for the matter, but the other two prime ministers, Pei Yaoqing and Li Linfu, did not agree, they believed that Zhang Jiuling's approach would affect or even break the law. Because from the perspective of these two people, they are more responsible to the emperor, and the laws that have been set cannot be easily violated. In fact, it is a question: Is it the Fa or the Great Love? In fact, this issue has been very easy to disagree since ancient times, and some people will think that the law does not tolerate mercy, if everyone relies on themselves to solve their personal vendettas, when will they repay each other for their wrongs. But looking at this matter from another perspective, the son's revenge for his father is also a reasonable thing in itself from the perspective of a traditional human society that Chinese.
There was a dispute between the three prime ministers, so naturally the final decision had to be decided by the emperor, the emperor was the ruler of a country, the law was a means of ruling, in order to maintain the rule of the country, then the emperor still chose to side with Pei Yaoqing and Li Linfu. The emperor already had a conclusion here, and in the end the two brothers were sentenced to death, and Zhang Jiuling was unable to save them after all. However, from this process, it can be seen that in Zhang Jiuling's mind, the morality and ethics of the law have the upper hand, and in order to carry forward this spirit of filial piety, he will even approve of such a practice, he believes that such killing can be allowed, but what is not taken into account is that if such a thing is allowed, it will undoubtedly break through this bottom line of the law. Therefore, the reason for Zhang Jiuling's thinking is that the readers mentioned earlier have this principle, in fact, it can be said that it is a kind of integrity, the Four Books and Five Classics, ethics and morality, and the cold window for ten years, and the impact on them is really too great.
From a historical point of view, Zhang Jiuling is a very appropriate reader who meets the standards of ancient times, and has talent, integrity and feelings. In fact, people's judgment of many things, in fact, have their own unswerving values, in their hearts the first is definitely that principle, and in Zhang Jiuling's heart of the principle is the so-called benevolence, righteousness, wisdom and faith, other things can be sidelined, then many times, this is a very praiseworthy character, but in the official field, or the implementation of the actual is indeed sometimes not a good code of conduct.
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