This time, Your Majesty will resolutely support the Ministry of Punishment to come to power.
I just don’t know if the Ministry of Punishment will really maintain the fairness and justice planned by Li Xingchen after coming to power, or will it become a judicial maker like Zhang Tang in the Han Dynasty, who is nominally a lawmaker but is actually a cruel official.
In fact, the rulers of the past dynasties were not really unclear about the role of law. The Qin Dynasty used Shang Yang's reforms to dominate the world. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they also adhered to the ruling method of foreign Confucianism and internal law. However, it was difficult for the law to be implemented for a long time.
The reason why people talk about it and the court vigorously promotes it is because the law is often put together with cruelty and torture, which will only create panic in society.
Confucianism, which emphasizes gentleness and elegance, was able to stand out in the end because its advice was to be kind to others.
Nowadays, the Han Dynasty has not abandoned Confucianism. Confucianism is still one of the main contents taught in the Han Dynasty schools. Even the Yan family who presides over Yuelu Academy is a Confucian master.
But Confucianism is more like the flesh and blood of the Han Dynasty. The benevolence, morality, loyalty, etc. taught by Confucianism make everyone enriched and know why they live and work hard. Now that Li Xingchen has laid out the law, he obviously wants to
Use the law to serve as the backbone of the great man.
Before that, the backbone of this nation had been bent by years of civil strife, alien invasions and killings, and aristocratic families' struggles for power.
Li Xingchen wants to make the spine straight again, so that this nation, which has been baptized in blood and fire for three hundred years in troubled times, needs a kind of strength to stand up again and walk into the world again after experiencing wars, divisions and integrations.
top.
Following Li Xinchen for longer and longer, Xu Chang found that he seemed to be able to understand His Majesty more and more.
In this troubled world, there may be many ways to go from darkness to light, but His Majesty has resolutely chosen the one that is most beneficial to the vast majority of people in this era, but may be the most difficult one for himself.
of a road.
Xu Chang didn't know why His Majesty would do this, but he was certain that it would be better for him to follow such a person in his life than to live by the old system.
"You can go to Wu County for me these days." Li Xingchen said solemnly, "I plan to transfer Zhang Dabao to Xiangzhou to deal with the aftermath. The Wu County Sheriff cannot be left empty until I find a suitable candidate to replace you.
return."
Xu Chang was a little surprised.
At this time, Wu County was almost on the cusp of the storm.
Although the rebellion of the Lu family in Wu County has been calmed down, how to deal with these aristocratic families is actually what everyone around and all the aristocratic families are really concerned about. Once the punishment is severe, it will be tantamount to announcing that the imperial court has completely distanced itself from all aristocratic families;
But once the treatment is lenient, doesn't it mean that the court has to bow its head to the aristocratic family?
Anyone who handles this matter will definitely feel embarrassed, not to mention that the people who are qualified to make the final decision are actually Dai Cai, the governor of Jiangnan, and Zhou Fashang, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice. It is actually very uncomfortable for the prefect of Wu County to be caught in the middle.
There is no way to make a decision directly, but once the decision is finally made, as one of the officials in charge, he will definitely be targeted by enemies both overt and covert.
Xu Chang didn't know whether Li Xingchen wanted to distribute him or to train himself.
"Wu Jun is a hot potato, do you dare to take the next step?" Li Xingchen raised his eyebrows.
Xu Chang was shocked and solemnly raised his hands: "I don't dare to disobey!"
"Okay, you have to be so courageous to follow me!" Li Xingchen said loudly, and then reached out and tapped on the map, "If this matter in Wu County can be solved, then all the governors and court officials in the world will be indispensable.
"
Xu Chang was overjoyed: "I obey the order!"
Looking at Xu Chang's back as he strode away, Li Xingchen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Your Majesty, please have some porridge and rest. You didn't eat much in the morning." Lechang walked over slowly.
Li Xingchen gently held her hand, but didn't say anything.
Lechang whispered: "Your Majesty, if you have anything on your mind, you can tell me."
Li Xingchen raised his eyes slightly: "Aren't you afraid of any rumors? The last time you listened behind the curtain, there was already a lot of discussion in the government and the public. Some people even said that you were the reincarnation of Empress Lu. If I hadn't used the white robe to arrest you,
A few noisy people are probably still making noise now."
Lechang said calmly: "Those noisy people are not ordinary people, are they?"
"They are just sent by the aristocratic family to incite public sentiment." Li Xingchen shook his head, but they were just some common methods in later generations. Politicians often used these methods during elections, and Li Xingchen easily caught his tricks.
Lechang couldn't help but laugh and said: "Isn't this great? Since they didn't even stir up the public sentiment, and His Majesty was able to catch them clearly, what else do I have to worry about? At least no one of the ministers stood up and said
My concubine has done something wrong, isn’t she worthy of my mother’s respect for the world?”
"You are optimistic." Li Xingchen said with emotion.
"It's not that I am optimistic, but that Your Majesty has become more and more pessimistic recently, and even frowns all the time. These are all seen by the sisters in the harem, and they are anxious about it. Although I believe in Your Majesty, I can't help but worry about it."
Don’t say anything anymore.” Lechang squeezed Li Xingchen’s hand.
"Really?" Li Xingchen frowned, without even noticing it himself.
For a moment, he said helplessly: "Maybe it was because of the chaos in the aristocratic family that I suddenly realized that there is still such a force that cannot be controlled in such a large people. This morning, Mr. Gu and the others all entered the palace again. It is obvious that
Wanting to intercede for the Wujun family makes me even more suspicious. How many people are there in this court and under the sky who want to go against me? How many people are actually not worthy of my trust at all?
Even at that moment, I even doubted whether Xu Chang had betrayed me, so that I had to let him go to Wu County as a test."
Lechang stood behind Li Xingchen and gently rubbed his temples: "Your Majesty thinks too much, so naturally he feels too tired and feels that no one can be trusted. In fact, no one can be perfect in everything they do.
, it is impossible for me, and it is impossible for the others. Since there are deviations in things, there will naturally be things that make people feel unsatisfactory. If your Majesty cannot catch the slight mistakes of others, he will think that they want to betray or want to betray.
If you want to be lazy, wouldn't everyone in the world be guilty?"
Li Xinchen smiled and said, "Are you trying to teach me a lesson?"
"I don't dare," Lechang said with a pout.
"That's very cute." Li Xinchen reached out and touched her cheek, "Okay, I know what the problem is. I'm overthinking."