Chapter 323 The Purpose of Discipline (IX)
"Father-in-law..."
Before Mr. Ding finished speaking, Mr. Luo's face darkened, "Brother Ding, are you going to make fun of me too?"
Mr. Ding said with a bitter face: "Brother Luo, please don't blame me. I have encountered a problem and I need your help."
After that, Mr. Ding told Mr. Luo about the fact that Mr. Ba had sent someone to seek the formula for the fire cap. After that, Mr. Ding looked at Mr. Luo's serious expression and quickly added, "If it were in the past, I could still see the emperor. But I can't see him recently."
Luo Xiucai shook his head and said, "My daughter can't help us with this. Brother Ding, you should report to the police immediately."
Mr. Ding shook his head in pain and lowered his voice, "If I could report to the authorities, I would go. This time it's a relative of Brother Chen..."
"Ah? Brother Chen...that Brother Chen?" Luo Xiucai was also a little surprised.
"If it weren't for him, I wouldn't care!" Mr. Ding replied helplessly.
Both sides grumbled for a while, and both felt that this was not the right way to do it. They thought that this matter might not be hidden. If the guy was caught, Mr. Ding would be punished more severely if he knew about it but did not report it.
Luo Xiucai was dragged into the water by Ding Juren, and he had no choice but to run. After listening to his father-in-law's words, Huo Chong smiled and said, "Now that our dynasty has restored the Jinyiwei, why not just find them?"
After hearing what Huo Chong said, Luo Xiucai asked tentatively, "Can the emperor issue an order?"
"The Imperial Guard is not the underworld. The Chinese Empire is a place that follows rules..." As Huo Chong said this, he saw his father-in-law, who was half a year younger than him, looking embarrassed. He smiled bitterly and wrote a handwritten note, asked someone to invite the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, and gave him the handwritten note.
"Father-in-law, I have invited the people. However, the Jinyiwei have their duties to perform, and you cannot avoid the questions they ask. I hope you will cooperate with the Jinyiwei's mission."
After listening to Huo Chong, Luo Xiucai sighed, "If you ask, I will definitely answer. Your Majesty, don't worry, I know this."
Seeing his father-in-law's awe-inspiring expression, Huo Chong felt less pressure. He couldn't help but say, "Thank you, father-in-law, for cooperating with my work."
When Mr. Luo heard this, he was stunned and felt something strange in his heart.
The Jinyiwei did not delay, nor did they treat Luo Xiucai differently because of his background. The interrogation was conducted very seriously, and Luo Xiucai also answered very seriously. In the end, Luo Xiucai even read the interrogation documents and pressed his fingerprints in several places.
Luo Xiucai's wife was upset. "Those people are just servants. How dare they ask you to put your fingerprints on them?"
Luo Xiucai also didn't like to press fingerprints, but when he met Huo Chong and heard what Huo Chong said, Luo Xiucai felt that Huo Chong didn't rely on the Luo family. In this case, Luo Xiucai didn't have the courage to show off.
A few days later, Mr. Ding, who looked a little haggard, invited Mr. Luo to drink after work. Mr. Luo didn't really want to go, but he was curious, so he went anyway.
After the questioning, Mr. Ding told his experience. Jinyiwei initially asked about recent events, and Mr. Ding told them one by one. Then they asked why Mr. Ding had such a deep connection with the Eighth Master. Mr. Ding did not hide too much, and said that he had been in contact with Huo Chong as the Eighth Master's man. But after he finished speaking, Mr. Ding felt a little regretful.
Luo Xiucai also nodded repeatedly. If he told such a thing, it would be inappropriate. If he didn't tell it, he couldn't explain it. He asked with concern: "Then what?"
"Then those people didn't believe it, so I said, if you don't believe it, you can ask the emperor." After saying this, Mr. Ding raised his glass and poured wine for the two of them. There were already some tears in his eyes. Wiping away his tears, Mr. Ding continued, "Unexpectedly, the emperor really wrote me a handwritten order, asking me to write the matter clearly. So I wrote it."
"Brother Ding..." Luo Xiucai asked nervously.
"Don't worry, I'm not ungrateful. I wrote about what happened. Yesterday, the Jinyiwei called me over and showed me the emperor's red-ink comment. The emperor wrote that after recalling, the part about his acquaintance in this article was true. I hereby approve it. Although the Jinyiwei still doubted me in their hearts, they didn't make things difficult for me. The matter is over now."
"Congratulations, Brother Ding, for being cleared of all charges. But, did Brother Ding put down his fingerprints?" asked Mr. Luo.
"Of course I did," Ding Xiucai replied. After that, he sighed, "They press the buttons all over the paper. I don't know who these people are guarding against."
"Who to release? Who do you think we should guard against, Brother Ding?" Luo Xiucai asked quickly.
Mr. Ding looked around to see that there was no one around, and lowered his voice to answer, "If you are so careful, it is because you are afraid that someone will tamper with the document. If you write three pages and only put fingerprints on the last page, what should you do if someone replaces one of the pages? Think about it, when we lost a few pages in the book last time, didn't we have to number each page in the end?"
"Oh! That's right!" Mr. Luo suddenly realized.
The two of them were drinking and talking about how the Huaxia Dynasty had only been around for a few years, but it had already become so strict. Even compared to the Qing Dynasty, which had accumulated knowledge for decades, it was already not much different. They were both in awe.
After the two men drank and went their separate ways, the Jinyiwei who was monitoring them went back and wrote a report and submitted it. They were ordered not to continue monitoring. This surprised the young Jinyiwei. Before the young man could ask, he said with a stern face, "There is something we need to investigate. Someone has embezzled money from the use of the court's oxen. There must be someone behind who dares to do this."
When they heard that someone dared to make trouble over the oxen, all the young Jinyiwei became excited.
The leader here sighed, "Last time, before we investigated this place, someone came out to make trouble. He also killed many of our people. This time, we must investigate thoroughly! Are you willing to catch those corrupt officials for the court?"
"We are willing to serve the court!" the young Jinyiwei responded in unison.
Since the young people were investigating with an enemy attitude, the contents were all revealed. Huo Chong did not take it seriously at first, but when he saw several contents being reported, he immediately put down his work and went to the Jinyiwei.
All the people who were handling the case were called back, from top to bottom. The young people only felt that their work was valued, but some older people did not think so.
Huo Chong first shook hands with the hundreds of people one by one, then went up to the podium, rubbing his sore wrist and saying, "Everyone has worked hard this time, and I am very happy. What I am going to say later is definitely not to deny everyone's efforts. In order to avoid ambiguity... that is, to avoid a situation where both sides are farting, I will ask my comrades a question first. You are working for the court, right?"
"Yes! We serve the court!" the Jinyiwei responded in unison.
"So when you serve the court, do you follow the court's rules or do things according to your mood?"
This question left the young people at a loss for words. Seeing the disagreement, Huo Chong stood up and asked, "The court established the Jinyiwei because it knew there were corrupt officials and people who would take advantage of the situation. Comrades, you also know there are corrupt officials and people who would take advantage of the situation. Are we on the same page about this?"
"yes!"
"We are loyal to the court."
The Jinyiwei immediately returned to a consensus state. Huo Chong continued to ask: "Then who is a corrupt official and who is a fisherman in troubled waters. Should the court decide this rule, or should you comrades decide it?"
At this point, the young man finally understood, and everyone immediately replied, "Of course it is the court that decides."
Finally, they reached a consensus. Huo Chong then sat back in his seat and started talking about the cases raised by the Jinyiwei.
The people of Village A did not have their own cattle, so they hired cattle and horses from the village to plow the land. Then the cattle gave birth to a calf, and the family that plowed the land bought the calf through some connections. Because the price was cheap and it was not an isolated case, the matter was reported to the Jinyiwei.
After he finished speaking, many of the Jinyiwei blushed, and some couldn't help but shout, "Report! I want to speak!"
Huo Chong waved his hand, "I can't let you speak first. Because I haven't finished speaking. I want to say, did they take advantage? Of course they did. But this time I want to tell you one thing, that is, who is our enemy and how to identify who is our enemy. If they took away the public calf without paying, it is stealing state property. It is a crime. If they just want to take advantage because they have no money or have connections, I think although it is disgusting, it is not enough to become an enemy-enemy conflict. The most important thing is that their behavior cannot be defined. It is really a matter of each having his own reasons. I will stop here first, and everyone can speak."
"Report, I want to speak!" The person just now immediately raised his hand and asked to speak.
After getting permission, the young man immediately said loudly: "Governor, isn't stealing called stealing?"
"I read your reports, and they all show that those who do this are families who don't have cattle or horses at home."
"Captain, several families there did this, and then they put the calves in homes with older cows to help them raise them."
"In my opinion, these people are probably overestimating their own capabilities. Raising cattle and horses is a very professional thing. Everyone who can get into Jinyiwei has gone through a lot of things and learned a lot. I think everyone is working hard, but not everyone in the world is like this. What I want to say is that many people want to live a good life, but they don't know how to do it. Now I ask everyone a question, if I give you a calf, would you dare to raise it?"
When these words came out, the young people below were stunned for a moment, and then many of them laughed. Huo Chong looked around and saw that although many people below were still unhappy, their expressions were no longer so clearly divided between us and the enemy.
After calming down, Huo Chong continued, "Everyone knows that they don't have the ability or are not suited for this. It's because everyone has knowledge. However, there are many ignorant people in the world. When they see an egg, they think about hatching it, and then the egg will lay a chicken, and the chicken will lay an egg. In this way, his descendants will be endless, and he will become a big chicken farmer..."
Perhaps because he intentionally used a light-hearted tone, the young people burst into laughter.
What Huo Chong feared the most was that the Jinyiwei were too eager to distinguish between the enemy and the friend, so in order to gain merit, they would not let go of small matters. If this happened, the contradiction would only be magnified quickly, and in the end, everyone would become antagonistic.
Seeing that young people still have the freshness and integrity of youth, Huo Chong felt relieved. "Comrades, it is not easy to learn something. The process is nothing more than imitation, learning, and structure. If they are bad people, they will keep doing it and keep learning how to turn other people's things into their own. What I am talking about is those ignorant people who want to imitate. Seeing that others have it, they think they can pay less money, and then if others have it, they will also have it. They think that in the end things will become the best result they have ever seen. This is imitation . And we have not only imitated, we have also learned. Now to analyze them is to deconstruct the world. That is to judge the good and evil in the world. Judging the good and evil in the world is a big thing, a very big thing. And everyone wants to decide the good and evil of others. I invite comrades back to learn and communicate with everyone, and make progress together. So that everyone has the ability to distinguish right from wrong and ultimately decide good and evil."
When the young Jinyiwei heard this, they all applauded. Huo Chong waved to everyone while looking at the silent adults sitting in the front row. Looking at the gloomy or cold expressions of these guys, Huo Chong didn't know whether they were worthy of complete trust.
But these adults must be used, and they must be used as well as possible. But Huo Chong already understood what it meant to be a great success. These old guys still had to be transferred out of the Jinyiwei at a certain time.
