After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Buying such a thick book on law is ten times more expensive than the Four Books and Five Classics.

As a result, many poor students chose to give up studying laws and regulations and focus more on the main subjects of the Four Books and Five Classics.

Among ordinary people, apart from lawyers and legal advisors who make a living from this, there are very few people who can know every legal provision so clearly.

Moreover, when a couple fights, it is almost impossible for the case to go to court unless someone dies.

Over time, many people did not know that this law had been revised more than a hundred years ago.

The reason why Zhenniang knew this law was naturally because Chen Qingzhu had personally witnessed a case of a wife beating her husband and being acquitted during the eight years he was wandering as a wandering soul in his previous life, which was why he gave Zhenniang this idea.

Some scholars who read a lot of miscellaneous books have heard about the case of Princess Qingyang of Emperor Zhongzong beating her husband and causing him to become disabled.

Seeing the large volume of laws written in black and white placed before their eyes, and seeing Zhenniang's well-reasoned arguments, the morale of many people suddenly wilted.

"The case of Princess Qingyang beating her husband has had the law changed? What should we do now?"

"The world is deteriorating, and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be!"

If there were no laws to follow, how could they compete with the wealthy merchants?

Ran Shichu personally saw the tearful letter for help written by Teacher Qiao.

In his heart, Mr. Qiao is a poor man who is oppressed by the big businessman Yue family and his wife, who is a Hedong lion. Only he can save their family from the disaster.

Even though there were no rules to follow, he still did not back down:

"Even if there are no laws, your evil deeds as a shrew are morally punishable by everyone! Beating your husband every day, aren't you just relying on your family's wealth to oppress your husband and your in-laws?"

Zhenniang had known that there would be such accusations, and she immediately acted out when she heard it. She seemed to have suffered a great injustice and a blow, and said:

"I really didn't expect this! I did everything for his good, but I was considered to be bullying him and everyone could kill me?"

She looked at the group of scholars with red eyes and asked:

"You all accuse me of beating my husband, but do you know why I beat him?"

Seeing her so aggrieved, someone couldn't help but ask:

"Why?"

"Because he forced me to go to my mother's house and take out a huge amount of money to bribe Master Zhang, the teacher of this year's provincial examination, to accept him as his apprentice! I refused, so he threatened to strangle me to death to threaten my father! This matter caused a big fuss at the time, and the surrounding neighbors can all testify!"

As he said this, he looked at the neighbors who had come out to watch the fun:

"Uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, you can testify to this matter, right?"

Upon hearing this, the neighbors stood up and said:

"Yes! We can testify!"

"Yes, we saw it with our own eyes!"

The incident happened not long ago, and the neighbors are still impressed by it.

Although the Qiao family used sweet words and made up all kinds of excuses to slander the Qin family, everyone is a smart person and everyone knows that it was the Qiao family who used the dowry of the rich businessman's daughter and turned the tables on them.

After that incident, everyone privately said that the Qiao family was heartless, ungrateful and cunning, and that everyone must be more careful when dealing with his family in the future.

Zhenniang is kind and polite in her daily life, and she doesn't have the airs of a wealthy merchant's daughter or a scholar's wife at all. The neighbors have a good impression of her.

Everyone felt very sympathetic towards her for having the misfortune of marrying such a husband.

Now that they found out that someone was instigating the Qiao family to cause trouble for Zhenniang, the neighbors naturally felt obligated to stand up and testify for Zhenniang.

The dozens of scholars were greatly surprised when they heard these words.

They had only heard from Ran Shichu that Qiao Shiyou was locked up at home by the merchant Yue family and was beaten every day by his wife who took advantage of her power to bully others. They were all filled with righteous indignation and wanted to seek justice, but they did not expect that there was such a secret.

Regardless of the character of these people, as scholars, they appear to be indifferent to fame and fortune and regard money as dirt.

Some people secretly envied and were jealous of Mr. Qiao, who was lucky enough to marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman and whose family suddenly became wealthy.

As a result, many of these scholars who originally came to seek justice for Teacher Qiao showed contempt on their faces.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Qiao, who appears to be a noble person, is actually such a person behind the scenes!"

Seeing that the attitudes of these scholars had softened, Zhenniang also softened her expression and said loudly:

"Everyone present here is a sensible scholar. Please judge for yourself. The Spring Examination is less than half a year away, but my husband doesn't put any effort into studying. Instead, he spends all day trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful. Is this the right path?"

"Of course it's not the right way!"

Someone answered loudly.

The others did not refute.

Even if one has the same idea as Teacher Qiao, who would dare to admit it openly?

Zhenniang continued to ask:

"If someone like him can become the examiner's apprentice by dirty tricks, do you think it is fair to other students who study hard?"

Even if the scholars present here have slightly better family backgrounds, who can be so good as to have the opportunity to become the chief examiner of the provincial examination a teacher and rise to a high position in society?

Most people hate the rich, and this issue resonates with these readers from the bottom of their hearts.

"No fair! No fair!"

They raised their arms and shouted.

Zhenniang looked at Ran Shichu who was still unconvinced:

"I don't know what my husband said to you in the letter, but I beat him to teach him to study hard and follow the right path. Is that wrong?"

"His parents didn't teach him well, and if I, as his wife, don't take care of him anymore, if he passes the imperial examination and becomes an official, wouldn't that mean the court will have another sycophantic official who only knows how to curry favor with the powerful? Wouldn't countless people be ruined by such corrupt officials with evil intentions?"

No matter how important the moral principles between men and women are, can they be more important than the country, the nation, and the family?

Ran Shichu was speechless and his face turned red.

Zhenniang's reasons are so righteous.

At the end, she still looked aggrieved and said with red eyes:

"I know that my husband and my parents-in-law will definitely blame me for being cruel and hate me for being harsh and ruthless to my husband. But I believe that one day, they will understand my painstaking efforts!"

After hearing what she said, from now on, everyone would praise Mr. Qiao’s wife as a noble and upright woman of extraordinary character.

Perhaps in the future there will be an allusion to "Qiao's wife teaching her husband" passed down.

No one accused Zhenniang of beating her husband anymore, and many people even praised her for her magnanimity.

After all, although Teacher Qiao treated her like that, she did not harbor any resentment. Instead, she tried her best to guide her husband to be a good person and urged him to study hard, even if it meant temporarily causing discord between the couple and causing her to be blamed by her parents-in-law.

What a remarkable mind!

The scholars who were instigated by Ran Shichu left the Qiao family with full of praise for Zhenniang.

Including the initiator Ran Shichu, he felt guilty for blaming Zhen Niang without knowing the truth, and apologized to Zhen Niang before leaving.

Only Teacher Qiao, who was tied up and gagged behind the gate, was gritting his teeth in hatred with a distorted face.