The two maids were slightly surprised, but they were not the same pampered maids as young ladies in the general clan mansion in the capital, they were assigned to Zhu Xiancai to serve her when they were in the southwest, and they also followed him over the mountains and mountains to see a doctor and collect medicine, and they could also ride horses, so they didn't say anything, put on their hats, turned over and followed the carriage.

"What is Your Majesty doing here?" Zhu Xiancai asked again.

"The Ying Tianxiang exam is about to be held, and the purpose of Your Majesty telling me is to come out and see the scholars who are preparing for the exam." Luo Yi said: "It's nothing, it's normal for Your Majesty to breathe in the palace." ”

But today, while he was breathing, he met with a merchant. This merchant is also very famous, that is, the merchant surnamed Xiao who took all the Nanyang slaves in the capital market. ”

"It is not surprising that His Majesty has always attached great importance to business." Zhu Xiancai said.

"But he said something at that time." Luo Yi whispered Yun Xi's instructions to Xiao Zhuo at that time.

"What do you mean?" Zhu Xiancai also thought of something first.

"People in the Southwest, too, can do this. In this way, they will have another way to make money, and they will not have to live as poor as they are now. ”

"Then send the news back immediately!"

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"Your Majesty, the minister heard that Ru Shangshu of the Criminal Department was sentenced to death and beheaded after the autumn, and His Majesty has not yet approved it back to the Criminal Department?"

"That's true. Dong Qing, when you suddenly mentioned this matter, why do you want to say anything to me? ”

"Your Majesty, it's about corrupt officials. The minister wants to ask His Majesty to exempt those corrupt officials from the death penalty. Dong Lun saluted and said: "On the 18th day of the first month of this year, Your Majesty sent many officials of the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple and other yamen to prison on charges of corruption, and then arrested several people with the confessions of these imprisoned people. In accordance with the provisions of the "Da Ming Law", Ru Shangshu of the Criminal Department sentenced them to death according to the amount of money and bribes they embezzled, and reported them to His Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty, these prisoners naturally violated the "Da Ming Law" and committed capital crimes, but the ministers had the courage to speak to Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to exempt the prisoners from the capital crime."

"Since the minister has been the secretary of the Ministry of Rites since February this year, and most of the corrupt officials arrested were also former officials of the Ministry of Rites, the minister was able to check the resumes of these prisoners. Many of them were promoted from the former minor officials of the Ministry of Rites to officials, although by His Majesty's decree they were sent to the Department of Rites of the Kingdom to be instructed to get rid of their habits of petty officials, and became officials of the Great Ming Dynasty; But after all, it is only three or four years, or even only two or three years of effort, and the habits of these petty officials are still difficult to completely get rid of for a while. The minister asked His Majesty to consider this matter. ”

"And if you look closely, many of them are diligent and conscientious in their daily work, and although they have bad habits, they have never delayed the errands assigned to them by the sect, and even if they don't count the merits, they have worked hard for the court."

"It was the ministers who asked His Majesty for permission to be spared the death penalty."

At this time, it was July 26 on the second day, and Yun Xi was going back to the Qianqing Palace to take a bath first, and then prepare the information needed to discuss the matters with the officials such as the Five Shangshu and the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, the Four Auxiliary Officials, etc., and the officials also knew Yun Xi's summer habits, so they all walked slowly in the back and walked to the Qianqing Palace without hurrying.

However, in February this year, Dong Lun, who had just replaced Zheng Yi, who had been demoted to the right minister of the Qin Domain, was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked a few steps forward and asked Yun Xi to pardon the death sentences of those officials who had been sentenced to death for corruption after the 18th day of the first month of the first month of this year.

Dong Lun's request to Yun Xi for this matter was not true, or it was not all out of the idea of civil and official harm, he decided after repeated consideration. Although Dong Lun is not a particularly close official to Yunxi, he served as an official of Zhan Shifu when Zhu Biao was still alive, and belongs to the second closest official faction after Yunxi himself was an official of Zhan Shifu when he was the emperor's grandson, and he was recommended as an official since Hongwu fifteen years, and he has been in charge of politics in many places across the country, and even was demoted to Yunnan as a county instructor, taught the barbarian leader, and has a very rich experience as an official, so Yunxi promoted him to the Ministry of Rites after he ascended the throne.

Therefore, Dong Lun has no less direct contact with Yun Xi on weekdays; At the same time, he and Xie Jin are friends, and it can even be said that Xie Jin's only friend - Xie Jin is too awesome and arrogant to people, and has few friends, even Jiangxi villagers don't have a good relationship with him - and can hear what Yun Xi says every day from Xie Jin, who is the winter assistant officer, so even if he can't understand why Yun Xi does certain things sometimes, his speculation about his mind is relatively accurate.

In his opinion, the reason why Yun Xi suddenly arrested so many civil officials on charges of corruption was to exile them to the Han Continent and fill the civil officials needed by the Han Continent, so although they were sentenced to death, they would definitely not be executed, and they would be pardoned before the arrival of October.

But it was impossible for Yun Xi to pardon them casually, so he consulted Yun Xi about this matter, and His Majesty just pushed the boat to pardon them, and everyone was very happy.

Even the words, methods, and places of his request for mercy were thought over and over again. Dong Lun knew that Yun Xi didn't treat simple civil officials very well, so he didn't mention their civil official status, but took the former junior officials as the starting point, focusing on their minor official identities and the hard work of running errands.

He did not use the method of admonishment but pleaded in person, and deliberately chose when there was no one around, in order to avoid making the emperor feel that he was inviting his name for himself and to avoid destroying the image in His Majesty's mind. If the emperor allows it, it will not be too late for him to make up for it.

Because of the above careful preparations, Dong Lun was very confident and believed that his request would definitely be granted. But to his surprise, "Dong Aiqing, I understand Aiqing's intention to intercede for the officials of his yamen as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but since they have violated the "Da Ming Law", they must be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the "Da Ming Law". Yun Xi said so.

Dong Lun guessed Yun Xi's mind well and was well prepared, Yun Xi actually appreciated his approach this time, but still rejected his suggestions.

Just kidding, although Yun Xi really wanted to exile those former officials who were imprisoned for corruption to the Han continent, he couldn't allow it because of Dong Lun's intercession or admonition. If the power of amnesty is exercised so easily, the majesty of the "Da Ming Law" will be swept away. This is not pretending to be confused and pretending not to know about the corruption of officials and not arresting them, but they have already been arrested and sentenced to death but they have been released, and they are pardoned so easily, who cares about the provisions on corruption in the "Da Ming Law" in the future? In the end, the country was like the Song Dynasty, and those who committed capital crimes tried every means to delay the time of punishment by clearing up the relationship, so as to wait for an amnesty that occurred every 18 months on average?

Yoon-hee had to exercise the power of amnesty only after something had happened that everyone considered important in this era, and it was not just against these officials, but to reduce the punishment for all criminals by one degree. In this way, the majesty of the "Great Ming Law" can be maintained.

Although Dong Lun guessed the emperor's first thought, he didn't guess the second thought, and after hearing Yun Xi's words, he wondered why his plea would fail.

But Yunxi didn't want him to delay his time on such a thing. "Dong Qing, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, what do you think of what Wang Shilang said in the court?"

"Your Majesty means? What did he say about 'what is a human being'? Dong Lun asked.

"That's what he said." Yun Xi said.

When Yun Xi went to court for the last time before the Chinese New Year, he asked all the officials a question before going down to court: What is a person? What kind of person can be counted as a human being?

This issue aroused heated discussions among all the literati in the Ming Dynasty during the Chinese New Year, and it was still discussed until the end of the New Year's holiday. However, the military reform carried out by Yun Xi replaced this issue as the topic of most concern, and later Yun Xi reformed the school again, and Keju, which had been renamed football, suddenly became popular in the capital, causing everyone to talk about it endlessly.

It wasn't until May and June, as those topics faded away, and the topic of 'what is a human being' became popular again, and the literati discussed it one after another, and through the discussion, they came to a relatively unified conclusion.

"Your Majesty, the minister agrees with what Wang Shilang said." At this time, Dong Lun replied: "The minister thinks that the appearance of a man should be divided into three classes, man, savage and beast. ”

"Only those who can talk to people, know etiquette, know good and evil, know morality, know history, and can learn writing can be counted as people; If you can talk to people and learn words, but you don't know etiquette, good and evil, morality, and history, you may be able to be counted as a savage and can be taught as a human being, but you can't be counted as a human until you know etiquette, good and evil, virtue, and history. ”

"If you can't talk, you can't learn words, you have habits like wild beasts, let alone know etiquette, etc., you can only be regarded as beasts. Even if they look like humans, they can only be regarded as apes, not humans or savages. ”

"As far as Aiqing knows, do all the officials in the court agree with what Wang Shilang said?" Yun Xi asked again.

"Your Majesty, as far as the ministers know, whether they are officials in the court or scholars in the opposition, more than ninety percent agree with what Wang Shilang said." Dong Lun replied.

"Okay." Yun Xi said this, and then said: "Regarding the concept of 'what a person is a human being', you will immediately write it down, and I will incorporate these words into the curriculum of schools such as Guozijian or Jiangwutang. His eyes were sparkling as he said this.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Dong Lun was a little strange: Is it necessary to pay so much attention to this? But still promised.

After saying this, Yun Xi didn't have anything to tell Yun Xi for the time being, let him go to the front hall of the Qianqing Palace with the other Shangshu to wait, go to the back hall by himself, take a bath first, then put on his regular clothes, spread his hair completely, and prepare materials to talk about things with the minister after a while while drying his hair.

After a while, when his hair was dry, and the eunuch was asked to tie his hair and wear a crown, he picked up the materials and walked to the front hall.

"What the hell is going on, you Aiqing is already clear, so how do you think Aiqing should revise the charter?" Yoon-hee asked. At this time, he was talking with the five Shangshu, the four auxiliary officials, and the imperial history of the left and right of the Imperial Procuratorate about Xiao Zhuo's two nephews, Xiao Tong and Xiao Yong, who learned yesterday, that they had taken advantage of the loopholes stipulated by the regulations to move their household registrations in order to increase the probability of being promoted and promoted to the rank of Jinshi.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that those two talents should be severely punished, and they will be sent back to their hometowns and will not allow people from this family to participate in the imperial examination for ten years." Winter Assistant Officer Xie Jin said. He has always been arrogant and arrogant, and he hates this kind of exploitation.

"I have made up my mind about the disposition of those two talents, and there is no need to discuss it at this time; All you need to do is discuss how the Articles of Association should be amended. Yun Xi said immediately. Since he had allowed Xiao Tong and Xiao Yong to continue to participate in the township examination in Zhili, even if it was wrong, it could not be overturned; What's more, as he thought at the time, the occurrence of loopholes is first of all the negligence in the formulation of rules, and it is not the responsibility of the person who exploits the loopholes; The impact of the two showmen participating in the township test is not great; Moreover, he also used Xiao Zhuo to give the Xiao family a grace that could prevent their family from resenting the royal family and serve the court even harder.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is only necessary to stipulate that if the people in the newly established state or county want to participate in the imperial examination, they must have lived within the boundaries of the newly established state and county for three generations." Li Ren, the secretary of the ministry, said.

"What Li Qing said is good, but I thought of something else." Yun Xi said: "According to the regulations, you must live in one place for three generations before you can participate in the imperial examination, but if a certain family originally lived in a certain place, but because of some things, they moved to another place to live, and after living in another place for two generations, there was an amazing and brilliant person, but because of this rule, they could not participate in the imperial examination, wouldn't this be a loss for the court and me?" ”

"I don't know what Your Majesty wants?" In this case, according to the current rules, you can't participate in the imperial examination in your current place of residence, but your place of origin will not want him to participate, and you need a certificate from the village governor to participate in the imperial examination, and you have not lived in your hometown for two generations, unless you take money to buy it, how can your hometown give you a certificate?

Therefore, such a person cannot participate in the imperial examination; But if there is really a particularly talented person in this situation, but he can't participate in the imperial examination, it is indeed a loss for the imperial court, so the officials present felt that what Yun Xi said was also reasonable, and asked.

"I believe that the rule of living in one place for three generations before participating in the imperial examination should be abolished. As long as a person is born in a certain county, and after birth, he or she is registered in this county, and he can participate in the imperial examination in this county. What do you think? Yun Xi said.

"At the same time, we revise the current household registration system. As long as a person has lived in a certain place for five years, has a livelihood and is not a homeless person, and has been married, has a wife and children, he can move his household registration to this place; If you marry a local, as long as you have a livelihood and are not a homeless person, you can immediately move your household registration here no matter how many years you live. ”

"But there's one caveat." Yun Xi continued: "In the former case mentioned by me Shicai, if the son of this person was born in his place of origin, and the son's household registration is registered at the same time as the household registration in this place, then the son of this person must return to his hometown if he wants to take the imperial examination. ”

"What Your Majesty said is very reasonable, and the minister has no objection." Qi Tai said first. As the head of the household department, the matter of household registration is within his responsibility, so he naturally has to answer first.

"The ministers have no objections." The other ministers present also hurriedly said.

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