Shiziqiao Dajinbian
Although Shi is poor, he is very witty. He is as evil as hatred, and he specializes in cracking down on rich and heartless rich people.
This year, a new county magistrate named Li came to the county. Li Million, the rich man, heard that the county magistrate was also surnamed Li, so he wanted to curry favor with him. He thought that with the county magistrate as his backer, he was not afraid of getting into trouble as a poor man like Shi.
Li Million went to the county government to give many gifts to the county officials, and also sent a gold plaque, which read "The tree is deeply rooted". When the magistrate saw it, he was so happy that he hung the gold plaque on the county hall.
When Shi knew about this pile, he ran to the county hall, swung his pole and hit it, and soon smashed the gold plaque.
When the county magistrate saw it, he was furious: "How dare you? Why did you break my gold plaque?"
Shi said to him, "Sir, this gold plaque is a sign of corruption and bribery, so I broke it. Why did you hang such a sign as soon as you took office? "
The magistrate was surprised: "How do you say this?"
Stone said, "Do you know the meaning of' deep roots'? We have a saying there, and everyone loves to say,' The shadow of a tree kills a hundred herbs, and the roots are deep and leafy'! "
Hearing this, the county magistrate cocked his goatee with anger and scolded, "Li Million, this boy is really brave. He dares to tease this official and ruin his reputation. You must give him some color to see see! " As he spoke, he gave an order to the officer: "Bring me Li Million!"
In a short time, Li Wan was tied up by police officers and taken to the lobby. The county magistrate gave him a good lesson.
[analysis]
Shi took the local people's argument that "the shadow of a tree kills a hundred plants, and the roots are deep and leafy" as an argument, and demonstrated the topic that "the gold plaque is a sign of graft". He used the axiomatic argument method.
Because Shi's argument is well-founded, his argument is very convincing, which makes the county officials believe the topic that "the gold plaque is a signboard of graft."
History is eloquent, explaining Li Million's "kindness" to the county magistrate as malice, thus punishing Li Million.