Zou Qingyuan froze on the spot, his face turning red.
He originally thought that as long as he could handle this matter properly, the court would surely find his own benefits when they saw how well managed the Yulin Mansion was. However, he did not want the scene he had worked so hard to create to be in the eyes of His Highness the Prince.
It was actually worthless. Not only was it worthless, it was even a stupid move that ruined the overall situation.
"You were born in the first year of Tianyuan, the late emperor. I would like you to tell a story about the autumn of the sixth year of Tianyuan."
Li Chen said calmly: "When the Yellow River overflowed, seventeen counties in three provinces on both sides of the river suffered floods. There was a dam upstream of what is now Qingshui County. This dam was related to the life and death of a total of 300,000 people in the four counties on both sides of the Yellow River in that section."
"At that time, Qingshui County was a well-known local honest and capable official. He was ordered to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Yellow River Basin of the four counties at that time. At that time, Qingshui County was upstream of the dike, and the other three counties were downstream of the dike. In order to protect Qingshui County's 80,000
Despite the dissuasion of others, he forcibly opened the dam to release water, so Qingshui County was saved. However, the Yellow River burst its embankments and floods poured down, covering an area of ​​400 miles in the three counties downstream, and 220,000 people became unjust ghosts in the water.
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"The case caused a great sensation in the court at the time."
"Some people think that as the magistrate of Qingshui County, it is his bounden duty to protect the people within his jurisdiction. The people in other counties have nothing to do with him, so there is nothing wrong with opening the dam and releasing water."
"But more people think that the magistrate of Qingshui County, for his own benefit and to preserve his own reputation, caused the three counties downstream to become Zeguo, and 220,000 people were devastated, which is a heinous crime."
"After the incident, the magistrate was immediately dismissed from his post by the provincial chief envoy and imprisoned. However, the case was too big and the chief envoy at the time did not dare to handle it without authorization. He simply sent the person to the capital and imprisoned him himself.
The case went through six trials by the Ministry of Punishment, and was raised to court four times by the three divisions, but they were still unable to convict. Finally, the three chiefs had no choice but to go to the palace to meet the saint, and handed over the problem to the late emperor. You know the late emperor
How was it decided?"
Zou Qingyuan's face turned pale, and he lowered his head and replied: "Wei Chen has heard that the final treatment is...to be executed."
"yes."
Li Chen nodded and said: "Zhan Li Jue."
"But in Qingshui County, there are still people who secretly enshrine his tablet. Can you say that he is a bad official?"
"From the perspective of the 80,000 people in Qingshui County, he is the reborn parent. But in front of the souls of the 200,000 people, he has committed a heinous crime. In the end, the court will have to step in to provide relief and clean up the aftermath."
"This case not only shocked the government and the public at that time, but also the whole world was watching, especially local officials, because the final result of this case will directly change the administrative atmosphere of the entire Great Qin Empire, because it pointed directly at a fatal person.
The question is, what should I do as an official?"
"Being an official is like being a human being, but being an official is harder than being a human being."
"Back then, the late emperor issued an edict to behead him. There was this sentence in the edict: The husband is the foundation of government, and the well-being of the people in the world is the most important, followed by the country, and the king is the last. The ancestors were born in different regions, but they are all our great Qin.
The people are the people, and there is no distinction between high and low. Anyone who harms the majority for his own benefit is a thief."
After saying this, Li Chen stared at Zou Qingyuan, who was sweating profusely in the winter, and said: "What you did today is so similar to that of the magistrate of Qingshui County back then. Why did the imperial court ask for good treatment of the relocated people? Why did you make repeated requests to the local government?
You are not allowed to make decisions privately? It’s because once one person does this, the image of the government in other gathering points will plummet in comparison. The civil commotion will not only happen in your Yulin Mansion, but also in other gathering points. You are the culprit of this crime.
Chapter completed!