Chang Yuan felt that his body was trembling now, and his mouth was dry, so he could only quietly pinch his palm vigorously to make himself relax.

And Sang Jun and Chen Wannian, who were opposite Chang Yuan, were even more nervous.

Quietly glancing at the figure standing outside the door, Sang Jun picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and then said softly: "The interviewer is Chang Yuan, please sort out the official documents in front of you within a quarter of an hour......

This is the first question of the interview of Xinfeng Public Examination - to test the interviewer's actual office ability.

Chang Yuan looked at the bamboo slips on the table in front of him that had been disrupted, picked them up and looked at them, it seemed to be an official document from Xinfeng Township, talking about the winter water conservancy repair, but the order was out of order, and he needed to sort it out.

Of course, this was not difficult for him, and he quickly sorted out these official documents, and then bowed down and said: "The student has finished sorting out!" ”

When Chen Wannian heard this, he stepped forward to inspect the results of the other party's arrangement, and then nodded to Gong Yu and the others on the side, signaling the other party Chang Yuan to sort it out correctly.

Then, the evaluation team composed of Gong Yu, Wang Ji and Yang Wangzhi lowered their heads and recorded the impression score on the bamboo slips.

Sang Jun cleared his throat, and then randomly selected one of the questions listed in the bamboo slips in front of him and asked: "The fake duke is an official, he is ordered to catch thieves, and when it is nightfall, the thieves hide in the people's houses, why should the duke do it?" ”

The meaning of this question is very simple, and the translation is, what if you are an official and you are ordered to hunt down a wanted criminal, and you find the whereabouts of the other person at night, but at this moment the other person escapes into a private house?

This question, if it is in any dynasty in the later generations, is a point question.

But in the Western Han Dynasty, it is a big trap!

It is also one of the most popular topics in the interview process.

Chang Yuan pondered for a moment and replied, "Is there a lamp burning in the dwelling?" ”

Sang Jun smiled and said, "The ...... has been burned"

"Then I will guard his mansion, order the officials to surround it, and then report back to Shangguan, and at the same time make the owner of Xiaoyu's house, and his house will be a thief, and let him open the door to welcome the officials!" Chang Yuan Zhengse said: "If you find that the thief is holding the master hostage in the process, you will order the officials to raise fire and attack him!" ”

Sang Jun listened and nodded with satisfaction.

Even the Son of Heaven, who was listening at the door, nodded secretly and asked left and right: "Who is this son?" ”

Zhang Yue hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, it is said that this son is the son of the late Han Dynasty, Your Majesty is kind and righteous, raised in Shanglin Yuan, learned the art of civil and martial arts, and came to Xinfeng to participate in the public examination!" ”

When the Son of Heaven heard that it was said to be an orphan adopted by himself, he immediately smiled even more happily, and his face was full of pride.

On the side, Zhang Yue was also full of emotion.

The Western Han Dynasty is definitely an outlier in China's feudal history.

Not only because the Western Han Dynasty inherited the afterglow of the Qin Empire and belonged to the tail of classical China.

What's more, this dynasty has created a lot of originality, and there are no rules before or after.

One of them is called 'the sanctity of private homes'.

According to the provisions of the Han law: it is forbidden for officials not to enter the house at night to arrest people, and the offender is beaten in his room, so as not to enter the room for any reason.

This law was made on the basis of the records contained therein. According to Zhou Li's saying, 'All thieves, towns, and family members are not guilty'.

Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, specifically mentioned in his commentary on this article: 'If you enter people's houses and houses for no reason now, get on people's cars and boats, and lead people to break the law, you will not be guilty of killing at that time'.

This shows that this system, by the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was still being implemented, and it was implemented very thoroughly.

Amazing, right?

Isn't this system very similar to the Eagle Sauce family's law of 'trespassing on the house and killing'?

But you may not believe it, in this law of the Western Han Dynasty, even officials are not allowed to trespass into other people's homes after dark.

Otherwise, there may be something wrong with the death, but the injury is to admit that you are unlucky.

Therefore, when Han people describe a place as having good security, they often describe it as not closing their doors at night.

Why is it not closed at night?

Because there are no criminals, the people don't need to protect themselves by closing the door.

However, this law was only about 30 years old at this time.

Previously, there was no explicit rule, just an unspoken rule.

It wasn't until the Ram School came to power that it joined forces with the Legalists to come up with such a law.

The starting point is also very touching - the ram school believes that in the middle of the night, the officials who secretly run to arrest people must be trying to do something bad if they either have a ghost in their hearts.

A righteous man and a gentleman should be upright and upright to arrest criminals.

As for those guys who wander out in the middle of the night?

In the eyes of the Han Chinese, they are either thieves or robbers, and instead of being innocent, they should be commended.

This is to eliminate harm for the people!

Therefore, in the Qin and Han dynasties, the common people enjoyed unlimited self-defense rights in their own private territories such as homes, cars, and ships.

This is also the reason why the local wealthy and aristocratic officials and wealthy merchants of the Han dynasty loved to keep thugs - this is the same reason that the local tyrants of the Midi always like to store a large number of guns and ammunition at home.

But this law is too young.

Therefore, grassroots officials often ignore it in actual law enforcement.

Then, he was beaten into a pig's head by those who knew this law.

But by the same token, many people have also tasted the sweetness.

In the middle of the night, when the lights were blind, he went to the door of other people's houses under the banner of catching illicit wine, and extorted those small landlords who did not know the law and did not know the law, which has always been a means of generating income at the grassroots level of the Han family.

Zhang Yue is now in office, of course, he does not want this kind of humiliating and undisciplined thing to happen under his rule.

Therefore, the inclusion of this law as a topic for the interview is to strengthen the popularization of the law, and by the way, brush off some people.

The Son of Heaven is very satisfied with this setting.

Because this law was approved by him, and at the same time it was approved by him, as well as the proposal of King Wuqiu Shou to 'make the people armed'.

Together, they constitute the current trend of possession of bows, crossbows, swords, and other weapons in the Han society.

Now, people all over the world, even in Qilu, Wuchu, which has always been weak, are also families, with knives and bows, and wealthy families will even teach their children to use crossbows and mounted archery.

Relying on this system, the bravery of the people of the Han family is unsurpassed in ancient and modern times.

The Han army also has strong combat effectiveness.

Almost all non-commissioned officers have already learned how to use weapons before they join the army, and all the army needs to do is to let them learn discipline and know how to work as a team.

In the eyes of the Son of Heaven, Zhang Yue's use of this law as an interview question is obviously a manifestation of loyalty to himself!

You must know that in the Han Dynasty, the word 'loyalty' did not actually refer to unconditional obedience to the king.

That kind of foolish and loyal people, let alone scholars, even kings don't like it very much.

Loyalty, dedication.

The Han people believe that a loyal minister is to be dedicated to the king and to the country.

Then it doesn't matter whether things are done or not, whether the king listens or not.

And Xiao Liuhou has done his best to even test the laws formulated by himself in the exam questions, what is this not a loyal minister?