Wu Xianling was stunned, and his vigilance was raised.

This is above the court, he is the lord of this county, and his county is under the rule of Ying Tianfu, almost any major and minor incidents happen, you can go straight to heaven, if you answer wrongly, you will laugh at it, then there is more than one Jiangning County.

He is the chief judge, he can not answer, but he is also curious, he wants to know the real purpose of this Qingzhou student's inquiry, and he has not yet figured out the identity and background of this person, if it weren't for Xia Xun himself, he wouldn't know that the other party is also a person with merit. This is Ying Tianfu, the water of Ying Tianfu is very deep, dragons and snakes are mixed, but anyone who does not know the details must always be polite, this is the general consensus of people who are magistrates at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

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Wu Xian Ling pondered and replied cautiously: "Well, the law, the law, is also a common scripture." Regulations, expedient also. Naturally, it is impossible to generalize, and if there is a conflict between the two, even if the regulations are compromised by it, the law should be upheld, because it cannot be temporarily expedient and destroy the foundation of the world. ”

Xia Xun smiled secretly: "I knew that he would answer like this, this era is not the same, there is a difference between the upper law and the lower law, the former is greater than the latter, the two conflict, and the principle of the former 1 should be maintained. ”

Xia Xun asked again: "Then students ask the county lord to protect private property, is this a common thing or a temporary convenience?" ”

Wu Zhixian said: "Protecting private property is a common sense that is not easy for the ages, and private property is not yet protected, how can the people of the world be at peace?" ”

He arched his hand to the sky and said, "Therefore, Emperor Hongwu set the "Da Ming Law" stipulating that anyone who enters someone's house at night without reason will have eighty rods. Whoever kills the Lord's house at the time of his death, do not count. Those who encroach on other people's fields and houses, one acre of land, less than one house, shall be punished with fifty lashes. Each field is five acres, three houses, plus one, etc.

Eighty years of rod and two years' imprisonment. Those who are officials shall be added two grades each.

If they contend with each other and have other people's fields and houses, or if they act in vain, or if they are obscure and give to the rulers and powerful people, and those who are with them, and those who receive them, they shall each have a hundred rods and three years' imprisonment. If it is forcibly occupied, he will be exiled for 100 rods and exiled for 3,000 li......"

This magistrate memorized a Da Ming law very well, and when Yang Yu heard this, he was already in a cold sweat.

Xia Xun turned a blind eye, and said: "Students ask adults again, is filial piety a common thing or an expedient measure?" ”

Wu Xianling's face turned straight, and he said angrily: "You are a scholar, do you still need to ask this official?" Zi said: filial piety, the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of the earth, and the deeds of the people; The line of a person is greater than filial piety; Teach the people to be loving, and don't be good at filial piety; Filial piety, the foundation of virtue, the foundation of benevolence, the reason for teaching, the three outlines and five constants, all of which are based on this, this is the truth that is applicable everywhere, and it is the truth that is applicable to anyone. If you don't practice filial piety, how is it different from a beast? ”

Xia Xun arched his hand and said: "Students are taught, the last question, adults think, is it expedient or common practice to protect the cattle?" Is it a one-size-fits-all approach, or is it something that everyone should follow? ”

"This" "Wu Xianling finally knew that he was asking one question after another, what was the purpose? But he had already answered the first two questions, and this question was too obvious to avoid at this time.

Therefore, Wu Xianling hesitated for a moment and replied slowly: "The imperial court ordered the protection of cultivated cattle, because agriculture is the foundation of the country, and ploughing cattle are the tools of labor. However, there is a difference in time and place, and naturally it cannot be generalized, such as the northern and western steppe deserts, where the land is not suitable for farming, and raising livestock for its meat, this cattle is slaughtered and eaten. Another example is the sea in the east, fishermen sail on the sea, rely on water to draft, and naturally do not focus on cattle. Or in the Central Plains, there may be better tools to replace oxen in the future, and there is no need to protect the cattle, so it is an expedient measure. ”

Speaking of this, Wu County Ling hurriedly followed again: "However, at this moment, in my Ming Dynasty, ploughing cattle is still very important, and it must still be protected by the law." ”

Xia Xun said: "The students know, so why do the students still kill the ploughing cattle angrily? ”

His voice suddenly doubled, and he returned to his hometown all the way, but was shocked to see that the ancestral house was changed to a pigsty and cattle pen, and the spirit of the deceased mother was swept off the corner of the wall, and the matter of contaminating filth was highlighted, and finally said impassionedly: "Encroaching on other people's houses, taking them for yourself, destroying and destroying them, is this a violation of the Ming criminal law?" ”

Yang Yu was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "The same clan and the same clan, what is invasion, what is non-negotiable?" The clan father and elder are also because you have not heard from your father and son for many years, mistakenly thinking that you have died in a foreign country, so they occupy your house, you have come back, even if you are dissatisfied, you can also detain the cattle and sheep, one by one, how can you blatantly kill the cattle? ”

Xia Xun said sharply: "The ancestral house was destroyed and demolished into a cattle and sheep and horse pen, how can my parents look at the spring?" The spiritual position of the first mother was swept off the corner of the house, and the spiritual position was covered with filth. Since ancient times, the hatred of killing one's father is not shared with the sky, eating the flesh of the enemy, drinking the blood of the enemy, and not understanding this hatred. How is Yang's humiliation any different? If Yang doesn't slaughter all those animals, how can this hatred be eliminated? How to be worthy of the spirit of the father and mother in heaven? How to snow this ancestral house into a pigsty, the shame of the soul of the deceased mother! If not, Yang Xu is a son of man in vain! ”

Xia Xun's words immediately resonated with everyone in the hall. At that time, the folk described people as doing all kinds of evil, and they were extremely bad, how did they describe his behavior? "Kicking the widow's door and digging up the grave" is the most deceitful and shameful behavior.

Since ancient times, the word filial piety has been used as the most common moral concept throughout the entire society at all levels, and on this basis, it has laid a variety of humanistic foundations. Shame on the ancestors, this is the most intolerable thing for a person, Xia Xun's practice not only has the legal prerequisite of others forcibly occupying the dwellings, but also conforms to the moral requirements of the whole society, which naturally resonates with all people, including the single county order.

Xia Xun continued bitterly: "The funny thing is that it wasn't until I went to court today and saw these papers, these so-called plaintiffs, that I knew that they were really my uncles and uncles, my own parents, so sad!" What is it to kill the animal that has taken over my house? I was going to ask for a letter to be sent to the adults and ask them to do justice to the students. Can...... But in any case, they are always my dear elders, so how can I bear to do what is happy for my relatives and enemies......

Yang Yu said angrily: "County lord, he is quibbling, he is looking for an excuse for his indiscriminate killing of cultivated cattle" Xia Xun slowly smiled at the corner of his lips, he knew that unless the Yang family already had the power to influence the government in the local area, and the sesame official at the feet of the Son of Heaven dared to be corrupt and pervert the law, otherwise this lawsuit would already be won by himself.

Killing cattle is certainly guilty, but compared with the invasion of private houses, it is insignificant, if the banner of filial piety is raised again, it is invincible, even if it is the emperor, he will never dare to make a decision on filial piety that makes the world question, not to mention that this cattle killing case will never appear on the desk of Zhu Yuanzhang, who is full of opportunities and is addicted?

However, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, on the side of the true dragon, how deep is the water?

"What do you say? Lost the lawsuit? Lost the lawsuit? ”

Yang Rong paused his crutches and shouted angrily: "Not only our Yang family, but all the people in our Moling Town, that is, how many people are watching now?" Yang Dingkun's incident has only been going on for more than ten years, and now it has been turned out again, and it is spreading everywhere, and it is very difficult to hear! Now that his son is back, he is dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, and his servants are like clouds, and there are twenty carts of fine belongings alone, which is a return to his hometown! ”

Yang Rong gasped and said, "Isn't this slapping me in the face?" Isn't that a slap in my face? At the beginning, I was against the people of the clan doing business, which is good, he also passed the entrance examination, and as soon as he went home, he gave the old man a dismount, killing cattle and sheep, beating the clansmen, and insulting the old man, which was to tie the old man's face in front of the big guys. This little animal, this little animal is to avenge his father and mother, and now the lawsuit has been lost, our hometown is local, there are many people, and we have lost the lawsuit, where do you let my old face go? You can't make a thing.

Yang Yu almost stuck his head into his collar, listened ashamedly, and didn't say a word.

At this time, a young man in a green shirt with handsome eyebrows walked in quickly, and as soon as he entered the house, he said loudly: "Grandpa, what happened at home, you want to call me back in a hurry?" ”

As soon as Yang Rong saw him, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, this young man was his most beloved grandson, Sun Yang Chong, the head of the Yang family, a student of Taixue, and the most promising descendant of the younger generation of the Yang family.

"Chong'er, come here, come to grandpa."

Yang Rong waved his hand to drive Yang Yu out, called his grandson to the front, and told him the whole story, Yang Chong listened to the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "How big is it for grandchildren, just for a junior who doesn't know how to advance or retreat?" ”

"Confused!"

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Yang Rong said: "The embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in the mosquito nest. Our Yang family is in Moling Town, which is not as poor as the border towns that are closed everywhere, is it easy to maintain this big family? Jump out of a thorn today, jump out of a thorn tomorrow, you have your idea, he has his idea, our family will fall apart sooner or later! ”

Yang Chong smiled disapprenously: "Grandpa, don't worry, grandpa won't let it appear in that kind of thing." Yang Xu? I still have a little impression of him, is that scumbag very promising now? ”

Yang Chong is the head of the children of the Yang family of the head of the long house, and he led the dolls in the clan to bully Yang Xu, he is of course the leader, he doesn't do it much, he usually just comes up with bad ideas, instructs others to do it, and every time he cries the young Yang Xu to bully him and go home.

Yang Rong said: "Yes, this little animal is out of luck now, just like you, he has been admitted to the student, of course, you are a student, he is only a student of Qingzhou Mansion, he is not as good as you, but at least he is famous." When he came back this time, it was clear that he was going to settle accounts with your grandfather for his parents. Hey! Yesterday, I killed all the livestock raised by more than a dozen of your uncles and uncles in one go, you smell, you smell, and now the whole town is still wafting with the smell of meat, three meals a meal, and your grandfather's old face is tied all the time.

Now, he has won the lawsuit again, and he is angry. Your grandfather...... is old, strong branches are weak, strong branches are weak, your grandfather has been worried about this all his life, Yang Dingkun ...... Grandpa was worried about such a day...... This time he is not good, if we can't suppress him, I'm afraid this day will ...... It's about to change. ”

"Grandpa, don't worry, Yang Xu, this wild seed, can't turn the sky upside down!"

Yang Chong smiled coldly, he is the eldest grandson of the Yang family and is respected, he has developed an arrogant temper since he was a child, and since he entered Taixue, he has no one in his eyes. Yang Chong sneered and said: "He won the lawsuit today, but he just took up a filial piety." In ancient times, there were examples of those who insulted their fathers and their sons were killed, and they were forgiven by the imperial court. What's more, it's just slaughtering cattle and sheep, so Jiangning Zhixian doesn't dare to make a big fuss about this matter. But is there really no flaw in his actions? Not really......"

Yang Rong perked up and said busily: "Chong'er, you mean?" ”

Yang Chong said: "We can't get rid of this article by encroaching on people's houses, but ...... The law does not blame the public, not to mention that there are more than a dozen families, and they are the elders of their own clan and sect, and they are different from the forcible occupation of outsiders. Well, as long as you find a competent person to mediate, it's not that serious. ”

Yang Rong said: "Of course, this is not serious, Jiangning County has not been sentenced heavily, the county lord's punishment today can be said to be fifty boards each, he is in harmony with the mud, and the matter is calm." The question is, if Yang Xu does this, if I don't rectify him, how will I raise my head in front of the clansmen in the future? Will anyone listen to what I say? ”

Yang Chongxin said: "You used other people's ancestral houses as pigsties, it's like riding on other people's heads to, and I don't understand my hatred when I come to kill people, why are you unhappy about slaughtering a few pigs and sheep?" ”

But he can only say this in his heart, and he also understands that his grandfather's oppression of Yang Dingkun's family was to nip in the bud the danger of trying to challenge the authority of his long house, and later connived at the clansmen's encroachment on Yang Dingkun's house, and also to shock other clansmen with living examples, in the final analysis, it was all for the interests and authority of their house not to be damaged.

He is the grandson of the eldest man of the long house, what his grandfather maintains, is exactly what he should maintain, he pondered for a moment, and said: "After all, killing cattle is a violation of the imperial court law. Those livestock belong to the elders of his own clan, even if there is something wrong, he should not commit the following crimes, does he have to slaughter them all to show filial piety? This filial piety is not only filial piety to his parents, but also to the elders of the clan. Hey, the way of the other 1 is to give back to the other, we can make a fuss about this. ”

Yang Rong said: "The Jiangning County Order has already been decided, can you overturn this case?" ”

Yang Chong smiled deeply: "Continue to sue, sue to Ying Tianfu." ”

Although Yang Rong is a local squire, he has never been to Ying Tianfu to fight a lawsuit, Ying Tianfu Yin is not an ordinary prefect, the place where the Son of Heaven governs at the foot, this prefect is connected to the six departments, and if there is something to go directly to the heavens, it is the close minister of the Son of Heaven, and when he goes to fight a lawsuit, Yang Rong is really a little stunned.

He hesitated: "Ying Tianfu? Such...... May I? ”

Yang Chong said: "Of course not now. I immediately went back to the city to find my mentor. He is a close friend of Yingtianfu Yin Wang Hongrui Wang, I will give this matter to the teacher, please ask the teacher to say a few kind words in front of the king, and then the grandfather will go to Yingtianfu to complain. ”

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Yang Rong said uneasily: "Your teacher, can you really speak in front of Lord Fu Yin?" ”

Yang Chong said proudly: "Grandpa, rest assured, my teacher is the first in the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the third in the palace examination, and the first in Tanhua." Awarded Hanlin editing, promoted to revision, moved to Chunfang lecture and reading officer, accompanied by the East Palace, teaching the grandson tired to improve, and now has been the official to Taichang Temple Qing and Taixue Doctor, surnamed Huang Zicheng, he is not only a friend of Ying Tianfu Yin, but His Royal Highness the current emperor is also obedient to him. He said a word, and it was full of weight. ”

Yang Rong was overjoyed, stood up and laughed: "Okay! Good! My good grandson, you know such a person, where are we afraid of him? ”

Suddenly hearing the good news, the old guy was in high spirits, gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Xu, you disobedient and rebellious little animal, with your sharp mouth, you are still bigger than the two mouths of the official family?" The old man must be so rectified that you can't survive, you can't die! ”