Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, feudal imperial power has been greatly strengthened, and the people have more trust in the rulers. The ruler is always right, and the reason why he does something wrong is because some treacherous ministers deceive the holy hearing. Therefore, the tragedy of the Yang family generals is entirely Pan Renmei's behavior, Zhao Zhe is also a romantic incident, and Zhao Gou killed Yue Fei was bewitched by Qin Hui. In this environment, when ordinary people encounter unfair things, they can only pray that their local parents are a honest and honest master of Qingtian. If they encounter bad officials, they can only pray that the emperor will be unlucky and will dismiss the wrong dog official as soon as possible to investigate. No one has thought about why the emperor is so wise and still has such dog official. Today we are mainly talking about a story about Master Qingtian.
This story is recorded in " Stories from a Chinese Studio " written by Mr. Pu Songling of Liaozhai. During the Ming Dynasty, there was a county magistrate in , Wuxian, , in Jiangsu. Because of the age of time, no one remembered his name. This county magistrate is upright and serious. Don’t be afraid of the powerful, no matter whether you are a poor person or a noble young man, as long as you do something that is not legal, you will get the judgment you deserve if you treat everyone equally. It is very good among the local people. Everyone said that this is a real master of Qingtian.
Among the customs of Wu County, the one who respects the most is City God . Local people will specially use good wood to carve a statue of the City God, and then put on brocade clothes on the City God. In this way, a lifelike City God was born. Every time it comes to the birth of the City God, the local people will enthusiastically donate money to hold a sacred gathering. That day, the people would pull the statue of the gods in very gorgeous cars and then parade on the streets. I saw people on the streets wearing flags of various colors and many ceremonial guards, and then lined up in neat rows, and walked forward all the way. The roads were filled with the fun, and they came year after year. This became a local custom. Once every year, no one dared to neglect it.
One day, the county magistrate had to go out because of business, and that day happened to be the birthday of the City God. In this way, the county magistrate met the team that was working in the Gods Association. The first time the county magistrate saw this kind of celebration, he asked the parade to stop and ask: "What are you doing?" People told him the reason for doing this. After the county magistrate knew that this god would need to consume a lot of manpower and material resources, he was very angry and pointed at the statue and shouted: "As a county city god, if you are a stubborn and confused ghost, it is not worthy of worship; if you have a spirit, you should know how to cherish people's livelihood, how can you do this!" After that, someone pulled the statue to the ground and then beat the twenty big boards. Since then, this custom has been broken.
The county magistrate is an honest and upright official, just one thing, because he is young, he is very playful. After being an official for a year, the county magistrate saw a bird's nest on the eaves of his government office, and immediately found someone to build a ladder to climb up. As a result, he fell down and broke his thigh and died soon after. From then on, people passing by the Chenghuang Temple often heard the sound of the county magistrate shouting in anger. When they heard carefully, the county magistrate seemed to be arguing with the Chenghuang. It didn't stop like this for several days. The people of Wu County have never forgotten the kindness of the county magistrate. The people in the city gathered in the City God Temple to mediate for them, and then established a sacrificial hall where the county magistrate was enshrined. From then on, the City God Temple became quiet. Later, the county magistrate's sacrificial hall was also called the City God Temple. People would worship it on time in the Spring and Autumn Period, which was more effective than the old City God. To this day, there are still two City God Temples in Wu County.
Since ancient times, the people have not had a high favorability for being officials. There is "The yamen has been moving south since ancient times, so don't come in if you have reason or money", and there is "Three years of Qing Dynasty prefect, 100,000 snowflake silver ". It is the tragic and unjust cases that created the embarrassing situation in ancient times when ordinary people were hurt and had to report to the officials. Therefore, an honest and honest official is naturally loved by the people.So, the story about Wu Ling is here first, see you next time.
