Definition: Gou: to be sloppy, sloppy. Refers to doing things seriously and meticulously, not sloppy at all.

Allusion: During the Ming Dynasty, the emperor banned the slaughter of cattle, even those who believed in Islam.

One day, squire Zhang Jingzhai and Juren Fan Jin made an appointment to visit the governor of Gaoyao County, Tang Feng. Tang Zhi County served them wine. During dinner, an old man brought Tang Zhi County fifty catties of beef that he and several other Muslims had put together. Tang Zhi County has always been greedy and bribed, and he is also a Muslim, but there is a ban on it, so I don't know if I should accept this gift for a while. So he asked Zhang Jingzhai: "You have been an official, and it is time to discuss with you the prohibition of slaughtering cattle. Just now, a few Muslim people sent fifty catties of beef in order to lift the ban, and asked me to be a little more lenient with them. Do you think it is acceptable or not?" Zhang Jingzhai shook his head and said: "This must not be done. You and I are both officials, and we should only have the emperor in our hearts. How can we care about people who believe in the same religion? Remembering Mr. Liu (referring to Liu Bowen) asked by Hong Wunian; Hong Wu visited his house privately, and it happened that King Zhang of Jiangnan (referring to Zhang Shicheng) sent a vegetable jar., Open it in person and see that it is a jar of gold. The emperor was very angry, and the next day he demoted Mr. Liu to the governor of Qingtian County, and later poisoned him to death with poison.

Seeing that Zhang Jingzhai was right, Tang Zhixian couldn't help but disbelieve it, so he hurriedly asked for advice on how to deal with it. Zhang Jingzhai said, "Uncle Shi can make a big deal about this matter. Arrest the old man, beat him dozens of boards, and then use a large flail to pile the delivered beef on the flail, and put a notice next to it, explaining that they are bold and reckless and know how to break the law. If the boss knows that you are so meticulous in your work, then your promotion and wealth will be just around the corner."

When Tang Zhi County heard this, he nodded again and again: "Very reasonable."