Su Zhang was born in Ping Ling (now northwest of Xianyang, Shaanxi) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Andi was a virtuous founder, he was ordered by Wu Yuan. Shun emperor, successively Jizhou secretariat, bing secretariat.
When Su Zhang was sent to Jizhou by the imperial court as a secretariat, a blind old man accused Jia Ming, the magistrate of Qinghe County, of taking bribes and perverting the law, bullying the people and injuring the innocent. After reading the form paper, Su Zhang couldn't help shivering and muttered, "Is it him?"
It turned out that Zhang Su had a childhood friend named Jia Ming. In his impression, Jia Ming, like himself, had a great ambition to serve the country and the people since he was a child. At that time, the two of them were inseparable, reading and writing together, practicing martial arts together, and then coming out to be an official together. After you became an official, you wandered around and slowly lost contact.
It is for this reason that Su Zhang has been thinking after receiving this complaint: Is this Jia Ming really Gabimin? There are so many people with the same surname in the world that he doesn't want to believe it; With his childhood understanding of Jiaming's personality, he couldn't believe it. On the one hand, the case is serious, on the other hand, it involves "Jiaming". Su Zhang decided to investigate for himself and make a private visit first.
In fact, Su Zhang's worries are not unnecessary. This family name is really Gaby Ming. Since he became the magistrate of Qinghe County, this adult Jia has been in power, idle and rich, and gradually began to take bribes and run amok. As for the so-called lofty aspirations set by Su Zhang and Su Zhang when they were young, he had forgotten all about them.
There was a new secretariat in Jizhou. Jiaming knew about it, but he didn't know who the new secretariat was at that time. He was at a loss when he heard that someone was suing the government secretariat. He is mainly afraid that the arrival of the new secretariat will cause trouble to adults, and secondly he feels ashamed and embarrassed.
So Jia Ming asked his men to help him make suggestions. There are many strategies, including locking up the blind old man first, driving him out of Qinghe, and even someone offering to kill him, and so on. But what really works is not. The final consensus is: give some money to the blind old man, and then say something nice and soft to him, so that he can drop the lawsuit himself.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the qing he government office. Several officials tried desperately to prevent a beggar from entering the office; The beggar claimed that he was Jia's childhood friend and must go in and meet him. Jia Ming heard the voice outside and came out to see it. It turned out to be a beggar. He immediately told the chief to coax him away.
Jia Ming's subordinates acted according to their plan, trying to buy off the blind old man with money and good words, and let him drop the lawsuit himself, but the old man flatly refused. Not soft, but hard. The subordinate became angry from embarrassment and fought with the old man. At this critical moment, the beggar arrived in time, came forward to persuade, moved with emotion and understood with reason, and saved the blind old man.
Speaking of which, I think you already know that this beggar is none other than Su Zhang, the new secretariat of Jizhou. Through this incognito visit, Su Zhang not only learned that Jia Ming, the magistrate of Qinghe County, was his childhood partner, but also learned that what the blind old man told was true. That night, Su Zhang lay in bed lost in thought ... he tossed and turned, and stayed up all night.
At this time, Jia Ming also got the news that delighted him-the new Jizhou secretariat was none other than his childhood friend Su Zhang, and he couldn't help but drop a stone: Su Zhang came from a poor family and was often bullied, and was almost killed once, thanks to his timely rescue! So I think, in such a life-and-death situation, Su Zhang will never embarrass himself.
Thought of here, Jia Ming also breathed a sigh of relief. However, when Daming told his subordinates what he thought, they reminded him to be careful. Subordinate gossips, Jia Ming doesn't know what to do. Therefore, Jia Ming finally listened to the opinions of his subordinates and decided to prepare a generous gift to bribe Su Zhang in the name of catching up.
Besides, Su Zhang, after traveling incognito, has mastered the criminal facts of Jiaming, and he feels very painful in his heart-a childhood friend, who has not seen for many years, finally has a chance to meet now, but he never thought that as soon as he met, his friend would break the law. What should I do? Zhang Susi reasoned and finally decided to persuade Jia Ming to turn himself in.
The day after traveling incognito, Zhang Su came to Qinghe County with his director. On this day, Jia Ming prepared to go to Jizhou Prefecture to "catch up" with Su Cishi. Just as Jiaming got into the sedan chair and was about to go out, Su Zhang sent someone to invite Jiaming to his house for dinner. Jia Ming's face lit up with joy. He has really been a good friend for many years. How thoughtful!
Jia Ming came to Su Cishi's hotel. During the dinner, Su Zhang was very enthusiastic about Jiaming, urging wine and vegetables. Two people holding each other, chatting cheerfully about childhood fun and friendship, no one can see their own worries.
After Jia Ming had enough to eat and drink, he said drunkenly, "Brother Su, although you and I are not the same, our feelings are better than brothers. How nice of you to come to Jizhou now! To tell the truth, the hands and feet of officials are not very clean now. As my immediate supervisor, please forgive me if you find anything wrong with me! "
Who knows Su Zhang said quietly at this moment: "We are gathered here today. This is a private matter between you and me. We only talk about friendship and nothing else. " Let's talk about the rest later! "Jia Ming was confused by Su Zhang's words. Su Zhang unhurriedly continued: "From tomorrow, as the secretariat of Jizhou, I will formally handle this case! "
Jia Ming knew what he was thinking, but he didn't want to believe his guess. He said hesitantly, "I ... I don't understand what you mean." Seeing Jia Ming like this, Zhang Su deliberately asked, "You really don't understand?" Jia Ming still said hesitantly, "I ... I ... I really don't understand."
When Zhang Su saw Jia Ming, he said bluntly, "Don't play dumb again! Although I have just arrived, I have heard that you have been taking bribes and bending the law over the years and accumulated a lot of ill-gotten gains. If you want to fight for leniency, I advise you to confess yourself as soon as possible. " Jia Ming saw that Su Zhang had made it clear, so he mumbled, "You don't consider our friendship at all, and you insist on giving me a hard time?"
Su Zhang said earnestly at this moment: "It's not that I don't miss the friendship of that year, nor do I want to embarrass you. You know, I was sent by the emperor to punish corrupt officials. As long as corruption is not eliminated, people will suffer and the country will not be stable. If I protect you, not to mention that I can't deal with others in the future, it will at least violate our basic principle of being an official.
"To be a man or an official, the first thing is honesty. If I pretend that I don't know what you did, I don't deal with it, I don't report it to the emperor, I don't tell the people, then I am disloyal to the emperor, disloyal to the people, and dishonest to myself in the middle. If we are all officials like this, the court will lose faith in the people and the law will lose faith in the people.
We ourselves will lose confidence in the people. If this is the case, then it is not' the country is not a country'!
"So, you'd better turn yourself in. This is my suggestion. As you know, I always abide by integrity and act according to law. I will never break the laws of the imperial court in order to protect a friend, and I will never violate my basic principles of being a man. I'll say so much today, so you'd better go back and think about it! "
Jia Ming listened to Su Zhang, bowed his head and thought for a while, and then left in a hurry. At dawn the next day, he came to the hotel in Su Zhang again, voluntarily submitted a confession to Su Zhang, and withdrew all the stolen money. Su Zhang verified the facts of Jia Ming's crime and truthfully reported it to the court, so that he was duly punished.
Whether you are a man or an official, the first thing is to be honest and trustworthy and act according to law. Especially for officials, if they are deceiving their superiors and deceiving their subordinates, the law is not obeyed, the law is not strictly enforced, and even the law is perverted. The country loses its trust in the people, and the law loses its trust in the people. Su Zhang Qian acted in accordance with the law, without favoritism, and persuaded his friends to surrender, which is still enlightening.