Who said "One penny a day, ten penny a day. A rope cuts off a tree, and a drop of water penetrates a stone."

It’s not Ban Gu

It’s Zhang Yong~

During the Song Dynasty, Zhang Yong was the county magistrate (magistrate) in Chongyang.

At that time, soldiers often insulted generals and petty officials offended their superiors. Zhang Yong thought this was an abnormality and was determined to rectify this phenomenon.

One day, he came down from the court, that is to say after get off work, he had nothing to do, so he was walking around the county government. Suddenly he saw a clerk walking hastily from the government treasury. come out.

Zhang Yong is very strange. After get off work, why is there still someone in the vault? So he shouted:

"Stop, come here and ask!"

The clerk followed the sound and saw that it was the county magistrate, so he came over.

Zhang Yong walked around the little official and found a penny hidden under his turban, so he asked where it came from.

The clerk hesitated for a long time before admitting that he had stolen it from the treasury.

Zhang Yong was furious after hearing this, and immediately ordered his attendants to take the minor officials to the hall and work overtime to hold the court.

When they came to the court, the clerk was very disapproving and looked at the county magistrate lazily.

County Magistrate Zhang asked:

"Do you know the crime?"

The clerk replied nonchalantly:

"Master, You are too funny and too serious. A penny is nothing. It is necessary to mobilize a large number of people and hold a trial. "

"A penny is nothing? This penny is also the court's money!" road. Immediately, he slapped the gavel suddenly:

"Drag this slave down and hit forty big boards again!"

After hitting the boards, Zhang Yong asked again: "Do you know you are guilty?"

The clerk was not convinced. He touched the painful buttocks and said:

"Master, for a penny, you are not wrong, right? It's true. You're unjustly beaten!"

Zhang Yong was furious: "You dare to say you're unjust, so I'll beat you twenty more times!" The clerk said sarcastically: "You can only beat me, how can you still beat me? Kill him?"

Zhang Yong was furious when he saw that this little official dared to contradict him like this. He wrote the verdict without hesitation: "One penny a day, a thousand days a thousand; The rope cuts the wood, and the water drops penetrate the stone. "

It means that if a person steals one coin a day, he will steal a thousand coins in a thousand days. Over time, the rope can cut through the wood, and the water droplets can penetrate the stone.

After the verdict, Zhang Yong threw away his pen, walked down the hall with a sword in his hand, and personally beheaded the arrogant little official.