10 Short Stories from Sui and Tang Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties

Two ministers of Wu Zetian, Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen, were famous brutal officials at that time, and thousands of people died unjustly at their hands.

On one occasion, someone secretly accused Zhou Xing and Qiu of conspiring against each other.

Wu Zetian sent ministers to hear the case and set a deadline to judge the result.

Lai Junchen and Zhou Xingping have a good relationship and feel very difficult.

He thought hard and came up with a plan.

One day, Lai Junchen deliberately invited Zhou Xing, and they had a drink and chatted.

Laijunchen pretended to be sad and said to Zhou Xing, "Alas! Interrogation of prisoners has always been fruitless recently. Ask brother, I don't know what's new? " Zhou Xing, who has always been good at studying instruments of torture, proudly said: "I have just invented a new method recently, and I am not afraid that prisoners will not confess.

Use a big urn with a red-hot charcoal fire around it, and then put the prisoner in.

No matter how stubborn a person is, he can't stand the smell. "

Hearing this, Lai Junchen ordered his men to bring a big urn and burn it with charcoal fire according to the method Zhou Xing just said.

Lai Junchen suddenly stood up and lowered his face and said to Zhou Xing, "Someone accused you of rebellion, and the Queen Mother asked me to interrogate you. If you don't confess honestly, I'll have to invite you into this big urn! "

Zhou Xing was terrified and knew that he was born to die, so he bowed his head and pleaded guilty.

Dry your face.

This story happened in the period of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty.

Teacher Lou's talent was appreciated by Wu Zetian and attracted many people's jealousy. So when his brother was released as an official, he said to his brother, "I am appreciated by your majesty now, and many people slander me in front of your majesty, so you must be patient when you are an official outside this time."

His brother said, "Even if someone vomits on my face, I can wipe it off myself."

Teacher Lou said, "That's not enough. If you erase it, it's against the wishes of others. If you want others to get rid of anger, you should let the spit on your face kill you. "

Song: Laughter is clearer than river water.

Bao Zheng was a native of Luzhou (now Hefei, Anhui) in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The inkstone in Duanzhou is very famous. In the past, in order to please the boss, in the name of tribute, the well-known people collected dozens of times of inkstones at will.

After Bao Zheng arrived, he ordered that only the number of tribute courtyards should be built, not more, and the burden of ordinary people was suddenly lightened.

When he served as the agreement of the three ministries, once the Khitan gathered troops at the border, the border counties were nervous, and the court sent Bao Zheng to Hebei to dispatch rations.

Bao Zheng said, "The land around Zhanghe River is fertile, but the people can't cultivate it. There are 15 thousand hectares of private land in Xingzhou and Zhaozhou, but they are all used for grazing horses, so we demand that all of them be cultivated by the people.

"Benefit the people of Hebei.

When Bao Zheng was appointed as the magistrate of Kaifeng, it was difficult to manage because Kaifeng was the capital.

According to the previous regulations, people should write a complaint first and then ask government officials to pass it in.

Bao Zheng broke this rule and left the door wide open, allowing people to come directly to the class to make statements, leaving officials at their wits' end.

Once, there was a flood in Kaifeng, and the water could not be discharged.

Bao Zheng made an investigation, because many dignitaries built many gardens and pavilions on the dredged river.

Bao Zheng ordered them to tear it all down.

A powerful man refused to tear it down, took out a title deed and said the land was his.

Bao Zheng made a detailed inspection and found that the title deed was forged.

Bao Zheng immediately tore down his garden and beat Emperor Injong.

Then the flood receded.

Because of Bao Zheng's selflessness, Kaifeng was rectified in one year.

People with power and influence exercised a lot of restraint, and they were afraid when they heard Bao Zheng's name, saying that it was more difficult to see Bao Gong's smiling face than to see the Yellow River clear.

The people liked him very much and said, "If you can't reach the joint, you will die."

Fall into Sun Shan.

During the Song Dynasty in China, there was a talented scholar named Sun Shan. He is not only humorous, but also good at telling jokes, so people nearby call him a "funny wit".

Once, he and the son of a fellow villager went to Beijing to take a juren exam.

When the list was released, although Sun Shan's name was ranked first from the bottom and was still on the list, the son of the fellow villager who went with him didn't go in.

Soon, Sun Shanxian returned home, and fellow villagers came to ask if his son had been admitted.

Sun Shan embarrassed to say it directly, it is not convenient to hide. So, he casually read two poems that were not poetic: "The best place to solve the name is Sun Shan, and Xianlang is outside Sun Mountain."

There seems to be no Ming and Qing dynasties.