Chapter 133 Answers

Because of the drumming incident outside Chengtian Gate, Lin Yuxiu became famous in the capital, and even the court officials heard about him.

During this palace examination, as soon as he entered the palace, everyone present looked excited.

Faced with all the eyes that were looking at him, Lin Yuxiu showed no fear. He raised his head and looked directly at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne, with a clear and righteous look in his eyes.

Ye Qinghuai did not give him a question, but asked him a question related to his answer sheet.

"Lin Sheng, I have read your policy review entitled "On the Ancients" in the first section of the Ming Dynasty. You wrote at the end: Future generations will grieve and fail to take note of it, which will also make future generations mourn again.

Also, I want to hear what you have to say, how can we learn from it so that we will not be mourned by future generations?"

Lin Yuxiu thought for a while and replied: "Returning to your majesty, the "Six Books" says: The people are the foundation of the country, and the country is peaceful this week. Students look at the past and present, and see that the downfall of dynasties is all due to civil strife. Civil strife is not due to the good of the people.

Chaos is caused by unclear official governance and harm caused by corrupt officials. Corruption is rampant because discipline and laws are not enforced. Therefore, students believe that if they do not want to be lamented by future generations, they should consolidate the foundation of the country, uphold discipline and observe discipline.

Officials govern."

Gu Shihai interrupted him and said: "There are 500 laws in Dajing, which are the most detailed and severe among the laws of the past dynasties. Last year, there were more than 3,000 people in the autumn battles in various states. If this is the case, we still need to improve the law.

It may be suspected of excessive legislation.”

"Mr. Gu Ge, the law should be strict but not violent. What the students said is that the laws are not good, not because the legislation is not strict, but because the law enforcement is not strict." Lin Yuxiu replied without being humble or arrogant, "No matter how perfect the law is, it will eventually have to be enforced. Student

I have secretly noticed that in recent years, legal rulings have often favored feelings and ignored the right and wrong of reason. The ambiguity can be called mediation, and the accommodation can be called good treatment. This makes our scene called the rule of law, but it is actually the rule of man."

"Since ancient times, judicial cases have focused on the compatibility of emotion, reason, and law. The law is nothing more than human relationships. Does Lin Sheng want to question the words of sages?" Gu Shihai's voice was already a little gloomy.

Lin Yuxiu, however, was not afraid and did not retreat. He looked directly at him and said: "Mr. Gu Ge is the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and has the right to interpret all laws. So students dare to ask Mr. Gu Ge. What Mr. Gu Ge said is that 'the law is nothing more than human relationships'."

Whose affection is the 'human affection' in '? Is it the affection of the rich and powerful? Or is it the affection of the common people in the world?"

His voice was calm, but like a sharp dagger, it pierced through all the hypocrisy.

"In the 25th year of Xingrui, our court promulgated the "Jinglu Shulu", which clarified that princes had the right to adjudicate on the purchase of vassal lands. In the 5th year of Shunping, the Ministry of Punishment revised the "Law of Arrest and Death" to stipulate that families who have enjoyed the title of nobility for generations can

Exemption from military service. In the 9th year of Junpei, the cabinet revised the "Official Regulations", stipulating that officials of the third rank and above were exempted from the death penalty for their first offenses, and the penalty could be fines, deprivation of official positions, and never being hired. Students would like to ask Mr. Gu Ge about the amendments to these laws.

, but what Mr. Gu Ge said about law is nothing more than human relationships?"

Dajing's laws have been improved and revised since the founding of the dynasty, but every revision in recent years has clearly tended to favor the powerful class.

Gu Shihai knew about this, the Ministry of Justice knew about it, and the court officials also knew about it. Even Ye Qinghuai had learned about it in Lu Yanchen's class, but no one had ever raised any questions.

Because there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this tendency.

"Lin Yuxiu, you got full marks for this subject's Mingfa, so you must have read the classic "Annotations on the Dharma Sutra". Do you still remember what the essence of the law is discussed in the first chapter of "Annotations on the Dharma Sutra"?

Is it a symbol of fairness? Is it a messenger of justice?" After Gu Shihai asked, without waiting for Lin Yuxiu's answer, he shook his head and said, "None of them. The essence of law is a tool of rule."

Lin Yuxiu's expression darkened and he said: "Mr. Gu Ge is right, the essence of law is a tool of rule. However, the students' understanding of this sentence is different from that of Mr. Gu Ge. Editor-in-chief of "Da Jing"

Mr. Wen Zheng'an, a legal scholar in the Laws and Regulations, once said, "What the people like is good, and what the people hate is bad. If a law cannot follow this, it is a bad law."

The same crime.' Our dynasty was the first dynasty to write this sentence into the laws and practice it. It is enough to see that the laws of our dynasty are not only used to respect authority, but also have an important function, which is to ensure that authority does not

As for becoming arbitrary."

What Lin Yuxiu said is well-founded and thought-provoking.

Standing in white in front of the most powerful people in the entire dynasty, he spoke for the people at the bottom of the country and fought for their most basic dignity and meager rights.

He has neither the cowardice of flattery nor the anger of resentment. He can see the suffering of the people, but he can also understand the difficulties of the rulers.

Therefore, from beginning to end, he was as calm as a bystander, calmly explaining a phenomenon and the crisis hidden under it.

There was a moment of silence in the huge Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Then, the emperor took the lead in breaking the silence.

"Go on. Strengthen the foundation of the country, uphold discipline, and regulate officials. How should we implement these three points you mentioned?" Ye Qinghuai asked.

"The foundation of a country is to make its people rich. If the people are rich, the country will be rich, and if the people are rich, there will be no chaos. But the current situation in our country is that the country is poor and the people are poor. Why is this situation happening? It is because there are people on one side.

They suck the fat of the people and cannibalize the national treasury at the same time. As far as students know, the wealthy gentry in Zhongzhou will be looked down upon if they have less than ten wives and concubines at home. Nowadays, it is popular for ladies in Beijing to use a thin silk yarn produced in Yingzhou to make shoes.

For decoration, one piece of this kind of silk yarn costs more than three hundred taels of silver, which is equivalent to half a year's tax revenue for a hundred-household county."

Lin Yuxiu sighed and said: "If the silk and satin produced by one hundred people is not enough for a rich man, then how many people in the world will have no clothes to protect themselves in the cold winter? One farmer works, but ten people get something for nothing.

, how many people in the world will suffer from hunger? These hungry and cold people cannot survive, and they will naturally rebel."

"Students believe that the root cause of this situation lies in the tax system of our dynasty. The most important revenue for our treasury is the tax collected based on the number of men. In other words, a poor person and a rich person have to pay the same tax

A lot. However, there is a huge difference in the cultivated land occupied by the poor and the rich. The same tax is a drop in the bucket for the rich, but may be a heavy burden for the poor."

"More importantly, the Ministry of Household Affairs collects taxes based on population, and the population is reported by various places. During the Xingrui period, the Ministry of Household Affairs launched three censuses across the country. The results of the three statistics had huge deviations, so Xingrui

Emperor Rui sent people to investigate and found that there were a lot of underreporting, especially among officials and wealthy gentry. By concealing the number of people in their families, these powerful people avoided a large part of the taxes. These taxes should have been paid in the first place.

The money in the national treasury. It is precisely because of this that we have the current situation of 'the blood of the common people is gradually running out, but the capital still feels empty'."
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