The story of the farmer and the snake must have been heard by many people, the old farmer put the snake on the chest in order to save the snake that was about to freeze to death, but the snake woke up and bit the farmer back, which eventually led to the farmer's poisoning and death. This story warns the world that not everyone can save, but to know how to distinguish between good and evil in the world, and that goodness that is not through thinking is likely to get the opposite result.
The world knows that Li Mian, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was a fair and honest and good official, and he did a lot of good things and contributions to the country and the people throughout his life. But Li Mian also mistakenly saved the bad guys, and he almost killed himself because of his kindness. Perhaps Li Mian had never thought of his own kindness to rescue him, but what he got was revenge for others.
1. Be an official with integrity
Li Mian was a famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, who held an important position but was never arrogant and arrogant, and had always been diligent, honest and upright, deeply liked by the emperor and deeply loved by the people. Li Mian was full of history books when he was a child, and when he first became an official, he was appointed by the emperor as a lieutenant of Kaifeng County, which was very difficult to manage at that time, the local residents were chaotic and the roads were impassable, but Li Mian managed the place very well.
He even arrested the wicked gentleman many times, which won the praise of the local people. In 756, Li Mian was promoted to the position of inspector of imperial history, and at that time, because many meritorious servants held their own merits and worked hard, they completely disregarded the etiquette of the monarch and sat on the floor of the court. When Li Mian saw this, he advised the emperor, and Emperor Suzong of Tang praised Li Mian for giving him the rank of knight, and Li Mian was promoted to the rank of Si Di Lang.
In 757, Tang Suzong almost killed more than a hundred prisoners of war, but fortunately Li Mian persuaded that he could not kill good people by mistake, otherwise it would cause a greater uprising, and Tang Suzong finally released these prisoners of war and saved them from a disaster. Li Mian not only saved more than a hundred people, but also helped the Tang Dynasty reduce a war, and Tang Suzong also trusted Li Mian very much and felt that Li Mian was a useful talent. After that, Li Mian was promoted several times until he was promoted to prime minister.
2. Grace will take revenge
Li Mian has done many good things in his life, and most of the people who have been helped are grateful to Li Mian, but he has also almost killed himself because of his kindness. It is said that when Li Mian was an official in the early days, once in a case trial, there was an extraordinary-looking man who desperately cried out that he had been wronged, and always said that the imperial court had wronged him. He also asked Li Mian to retry the case and not to kill a good person by mistake.
Although it is normal for prisoners to shout wrongs normally, in this man's real expression, Li Mian feels that things are not so simple. After some thought, Li Mian decided to give the man a chance to live. If he is really a good person, even if he can save the right person, if he misplaces a bad person, it is okay, and I hope that he can change his ways in the future.
So the criminal was acquitted. At this point in the story, everyone may think that this criminal will definitely be grateful to Li Mian. In reality, this criminal is indeed very grateful to Li Mian, and he has also thought of repaying Li Mian, but in the end, why did he buy the killer to kill Li Mian? It is said that after Li Mian released the criminal, the criminal returned to his hometown and spent the days of peace with his wife.
At first, they were all very good together, but everything changed and they met again. Li Mian happened to meet this man when he was relegated to Hebei, and at first the man was very excited and wanted to thank Li Mian. So he invited Li Mian to his home, planning to make a good dish to entertain Li Mian.
However, when Li Mian really came to this man's home, he made the man feel worried. The man and his wife discussed planning to send Li Mian some gold and silver treasures or Aya luo silk as a thank you, but the wife did not agree much, but instead instigated that the more he sent, the less it was easy to satisfy Li Mian, and there were not so many things to send at home, it was better to kill him, so that no one knew that he had done something in prison.
At first, the man was also hesitant, but in the many encouragements of his wife, he decided to kill Li Mian. Fortunately, the conversation between the husband and wife was heard by the servants of the family, and the servants also felt that Li Mian was a good person, so they secretly told Li Mian the secret that the couple wanted to murder him. After Li Mian knew, he was very panicked and ran away all night.
Li Mian ran to an inn to rest, because the behavior was panicked, the owner of the inn asked Li Mian what happened. Li Mian then told the story back and forth. Just when the innkeeper was sympathizing with Li Mian's experience, he rushed into a man in black outside the house, startling both the innkeeper and Li Mian.
The man in black and Li Mian said that they were originally the killer sent by the man to kill Li Mian, but they had just heard from Li Mian that Li Mian was a righteous person, and it was the criminal who would take revenge. He was very angry, saying that he would not kill Li Mian, asking Li Mian to rest assured, and saying that he would kill the criminal husband and wife. The next day, the black dress really killed the two couples and raised their leader to see Li Mian.
Fortunately, Li Mian met a killer with a sense of justice this time, otherwise his life would be in danger. Of course, Li Mian did not get bad rewards every time he did good deeds, and most of the good things he had done before were repaid gratefully by others.
Third, life is a good thing
Li Mian is also very righteous in his usual conduct. Once, while he was visiting Kaifeng, he met a sick scholar who asked Li Mian to bury him if he died, and all his remaining money and silver could be given to Li Mian. Li Mian also buried Shusheng Haosheng in accordance with his promise to Shusheng, but did not take away the money and silver left by Shusheng.
On the contrary, Li Mian handed over all the money and silver of Shusheng to Shusheng's family. At that time, people were still relatively feudal and superstitious, and some people once prayed for health in order to help their sick father go to evil, and listened to the words of those wizards to carve the names of local county officials on puppets and bury them in the ground to help their father get rid of evil spirits. Someone told Li Mian about this, and Li Mian did not pursue it because he knew the person's intentions.
There is an old saying that it is better to kill a hundred by mistake than to spare one person, but this sentence is the opposite on Li Mian's side. Li Mian has always been concerned about the people and does not kill people indiscriminately. Previously, the Mixian lieutenant Wang Xi was almost executed by the imperial court because he was framed for a crime, but it was Li Mian who learned of Wang Xi's grievances and kept reporting the case to the imperial court for retrial, and finally saved Wang Xi's life.
Li Mian was also very incorruptible as an official, and did not like luxury. When he was an official in Guangzhou, his daily clothes were very simple and not rotten and would not be changed. When the people found out, they all praised Li Mian as a clean and honest official, a good parent official.
summary:
Li Mian has always been upholding justice and honesty, and has always served the people for the imperial court. He did many good things in his life and was loved by many people. Although he has also mistakenly saved the bad guys and put himself in danger, he has always chosen the righteous side. In the end, he also got a good reward, and even the killer who assassinated him gave up pursuing him because of his justice.