Originally, when Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning, was in the capital, Zhang Yanling, the Jianchang Hou, was not very conspicuous. No one expected that at this time, it was Jianchanghou who stood up.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at his brother-in-law, a little helpless.

His family knows his own family affairs, and what kind of goods his two brother-in-law are, Zhu Youzhu couldn't be clearer.

The two of them have been trained by their own sons to be more sensible in the past two years, although they are still unusable, but at least they won't get into trouble all day long.

Don't bully the good, don't rob men and women, in Zhu Youzhang's opinion, his two brothers-in-law have made a lot of progress. What's more, he also knows that he has made money, and every time he knows that he sends good things to the palace to honor himself and the queen, which makes Zhu Youzhu very satisfied.

Now seeing Zhang Yanling standing up and speaking for his son, Zhu Youzhu is even more satisfied, as for Zhang Yanling coming out to impeach his son, Zhu Youzhu didn't think about it in that direction at all.

His two brothers-in-law, who are his son's people, have followed his son to make money all these years.

"Jianchanghou, what do you have to say?" Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Yanling, with a calm face and a look of I don't want to listen to you.

In fact, Zhu Youzhu was very much looking forward to it in his heart, because he wanted to see Jianchang wait to kill this Yang Chongdao now. The only thing he was worried about was whether his brother-in-law could kill Yang Chongdao, if he didn't die and was killed by Yang Chongdao, then things would be difficult to do.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a few words I would like to ask Lord Yang." Zhang Yanling turned his head to look at Yang Chongdao and said with a provocative expression.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Yanling and said expressionlessly: "Yes." ”

After listening to the emperor's words, the expression on Zhang Yanling's face suddenly brought a smile, and he arched his hand at the emperor, and then said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Yanling turned his head to look at Yang Chongdao, and slowly asked, "Lord Yang, do you think the law of the Ming Dynasty is important?" ”

Yang Chongdao was stunned for a moment, but he chuckled in his heart, he knew that this was a pit, but you had to jump into this pit.

Do you dare to say that the laws of the Ming Dynasty are not important? Although there are no Legalists in this era, there are many people who are Confucianism and Confucianism. Especially this point is very respected by the emperor, do you dare to object?

The reason why the Legalist ideology did not fall was not because of how good he was, but because he was accepted by the emperor.

Legalism takes the monarch as the law, the monarch is the core of everything, the words spoken by the monarch are the law, and the essence of the rule of law is to obey the orders of the monarch.

This can be seen from the sentence "The prince broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people". Except for the monarch, everyone else is a courtier, and all should be treated equally, which is of course the idea accepted by the emperor.

"Important!" Yang Chongdao nodded, but he couldn't just give it up, and then retorted: "Only by being generous to the people and giving favors can you win the hearts of the people!" ”

Zhang Yanling nodded: "It turns out that Lord Yang also thinks that the law of the Ming Dynasty is important. Then Lord Yang, those people are traitors and criminals, and they are rampant and cause trouble to the place, shouldn't they be punished? ”

Regarding Yang Chongdao's nonsense, Zhang Yanling directly ignored it, who chirped and said this to you, it is true that he will bite to death and not let go.

"It should be punished." Yang Chongdao could only nod again. If none of these people should be punished, then who should be punished? The position cannot be wrong.

However, Zhang Yanling can't be allowed to ask this, Yang Chongdao continued: "Since those people have violated the law, then they should naturally be handed over to Yousi for punishment, how can they be punished privately?" ”

"The prince seized the property and sent them to the northwest, this is a random punishment, not to mention that these people are lawless, and An can implicate those who are officials outside? Those who are officials outside the country are loyal to the country, far away from their hometowns, and cannot be whipped, how can they be implicated because of the lawlessness of the people in their families? ”

This is the root of the problem, which is what they are afraid of, and as for other punishments, the civil officials do not care much about it.

In addition to human life, there are also subordinates who are guilty of the crime, and there are magistrates to protect them, which basically suppresses the matter.

Even if you can't hold it down, it's just a matter of finding someone to take the blame and punish some silver.

Raiding homes at every turn, and implicating officials who are in office, this is even the end of the nest, directly digging up the roots, and you can't do anything if you want to cover it up.

How could they not be afraid?

Zhang Yanling looked at Yang Chongdao and nodded: "What Lord Yang said makes sense. Then Ben Hou asked Lord Yang again, what is the basis for this official's family to run amok in the local lawlessness? Is it bullying? Or is it forbidden to use force? If the strong bully or the use of force to violate the ban, why do local officials dare not ask? ”

"Local officials are all supported by officials, and they can also mobilize the imperial army nearby in case of major events, are these people so strong that the imperial army can't control it?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Zhang Yanling, what they said was really ruthless, but this is what Zhang Yanling said? He still has these two hits?

"Lord Yang, you come to tell Ben Hou, who are these people holding?" When he said this, Zhang Yanling took a few steps forward and said loudly.

Yang Chongdao subconsciously took a step back, of course he knew that Zhang Yanling didn't dare to beat himself, but he didn't know how to answer. Could it be that these people hold authority brought by officials?

"Lord Yang doesn't say it, then Ben Hou will say it for Lord Yang. The people who hold these people are nothing more than someone in the family who is an official in the court; The magistrates don't dare to take care of it because some of these people's families are officials in the court, which is the protection of officials and officials. If the authority of an official can be imposed, why can't the criminal law be imposed? ”

"Your Majesty, those who want to be clear and virtuous in the world will rule their country first; Those who want to rule their country must first gather their families; Those who want to gather their families must first cultivate their bodies; Those who want to cultivate their bodies must first correct their hearts; Those who want to correct their hearts must first be sincere; If you want to be sincere, you must first know it, and you will know it in Gewu. Character and then know, know and then sincerity, sincerity and then heart, heart and then body cultivation, body cultivation and then family Qi, family Qi and then national governance, national governance and then the world is peaceful. ”

Zhang Yanling shook his head and stood in place, reciting a passage of "University", with a smug look on his face.

This appearance made all the officials present very uncomfortable, as if they had eaten a meal of flies.

Who is Zhang Yanling? Jianchanghou, who is notoriously unlearned, is now reciting "University", and it is still himself who is being criticized, how embarrassed is it?

"These people can't even do it, how can they talk about governing the country and leveling the world?" Zhang Yanling continued to fire with all his firepower: "So the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Prince's move is very good, and his family relies on official authority to run rampant in the township, which is a disaster for the place, so naturally he should be severely punished, but how can the official be innocent?" Without them, how can the family rely on them? ”

"Yes, the minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Prince's trip is not only without fault, but meritorious, and His Royal Highness the Prince's actions are also regarded as a permanent example, and all those who violate the law in their families will be seated together."