After Yuakihei and Anayama Nobumi arrived at the training ground, it was time for lunch. However, there are already many people around the three floors inside and three layers outside, and many Ashigaru people who should have gone to eat and rest are also surrounded there, and there are many villagers around.

Yu Qiuping could vaguely see that Amano Keitori was standing in the center of the group, and next to him stood the rider named Kohata Jiesheng. He was standing there dejectedly.

"What's going on?" Yu Qiuping and Anayama Shinshi dismounted and asked him. However, Anayama Faithfulness didn't have time to answer Yu Qiuping's question, but pulled Yu Qiuping and rushed into the crowd.

"Adults are coming, adults are coming!" Cave Mountain Faithfulness had an expression of inviting a rescuer, Yu Qiuping was confused, and the people around him also shouted: "My lord is here!" ”

After Yu Qiuping came to the circle, he found that it seemed that people were divided into two groups to confront each other. On one side were Amano Keitoku and his judges, and on the other side were Nakahide Omaezaki, Katsumasa Yoshioka, Yuto Ogawa, the cavalry riders, and a large number of ashigaru. Kohata Jemori stood in the middle, bowing his head and saying nothing. There are also a lot of people around. Naoe Tadahei and Fukushima Yasunari stood in the middle, trying to reconcile the persuasion. Honda Nabenosuke stood to the side with his hands on his chest, not knowing what he was thinking.

"My lord is here, look at what you are proud of!" After Mimasaki Nakahide saw Yu Qiuping coming, he immediately shouted excitedly, and looked at Amano Jingde with a provocative expression, it was obvious that "you" was referring to Amano Jingde, "My lord, you have to call the shots for the Jiesheng brothers!" ”

"That's it!" Yoshioka Katsumasa also shouted, "Brother Jiesheng is such a good person, Lord Amano must expel him from the army!" ”

"I think it's Amano-sama who should be fired!" Mimasaki Nakahide sarcastically said in a yin and yang weird tone.

Tianye Jingde ignored the two of them, but looked directly at Yu Qiuping, "My lord." He hugged his fists and shook the military law regulations in his hand, "I ask myself that this sentence is very fair and just, please rule on it." ”

"Why don't you tell me something first?" Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, "You guys have been talking nonsense for a long time, I don't know anything yet!" ”

"That's right!" Mimasaki Nakahide immediately spat and was about to start talking, but Yu Qiuping immediately stretched out his hand to block Mimasaki Nakahide's improvisation, and instead looked at the silent Kohata Jiesheng, "You say it yourself." ”

"My lord..."Xiao Ha Jiesheng swallowed his saliva, saluted Yu Qiuping, and then hugged his fists and said: "It is true that the military law has been violated in the next place, but in the next piece of kindness, I am willing to fight and punish, but I just hope that the adults will not be expelled in the next!" ”

"It's okay, you tell me what the specific thing is." Yu Qiuping said softly with relief.

"That's right." "There is a provision in military law: without permission, soldiers use military equipment for personal use outside of training, and those who are found will be expelled from the military. ”

"I know, I made it together with Naoe-sama and Amano-sama." Yu Qiuping nodded.

"Under ... Before the start of training this morning, the horses of the army were being fed. "Xiao Ha Jiesheng looked at the people outside the circle, "The old man suddenly ran out of the village with his son in his arms, saying that the child had been bitten by a snake and was in a hurry to find Langzhong. However, the Langzhong who cured snake venom was only available in the castle town of Sunpu Castle," said Kohata Jie Sheng in a low voice, "The child was in a very serious condition at the time, and it is estimated that he could not delay." I felt that I couldn't see death without help, so I hugged the child and rode to Junfu. ”

"The grass people can testify!" The old man and several relatives around him all knelt down, "I hope that the lord will see clearly, that military master is indeed here to save the children of the grass people!" ”

"How's the kid?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"Now I'm with my mother, in Junfu." The old man replied gratefully, "The doctor said that it was all right, but fortunately it came in time." A little later, I'm afraid the grass man's son will die! ”

"So, Jie Sheng, you are brave and brave, in order to save that child, did you use the horse privately?" Yu Qiuping looked at Kohata Jiesheng.

"Yes, sir." Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, Kohata said with some excitement.

"But Amano-sama thinks you've violated military law, so he's determined to fire you?" Yu Qiuping asked again.

"Yes, Amano-sama is so unreasonable!" Mizenzaki Nakahide shouted, "Why are you expelled from such a good brother!" ”

"That's it!" Yoshioka Katsumasa also shouted, "If it were me, I would definitely do the same!" ”

Amano Jingde didn't say a word, quietly watching Yu Qiuping. Everyone around also set their eyes on Yu Qiuping.

Yu Qiuping didn't speak immediately, but faced his subordinates, looked around, and asked, "Do you think that Lord Amano's judgment is wrong?" ”

"Yes!" The ashigaru crowd shouted in unison.

"Okay, then I'll announce." Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice: "Amano-sama's judgment is right, and he will expel Xiao Hatajie from the army!" ”

Yu Qiuping's words caused an uproar among everyone, if he wasn't the leader of this group of ashigaru benefactors, life-saving benefactors, and twice led everyone to defeat strong enemies, it is estimated that they would all rush to it.

"Are you all unconvinced?" Yu Qiuping looked at his subordinates who were blushing one by one, and shouted loudly, "That's right! I'm unconvinced! As he spoke, he slammed his ribs to the ground.

"But it's the law! If you are not satisfied, you must also execute! Yu Qiuping pointed to the military law regulations in Amano Jingde's hand, and said sharply: "At that time, the law was formulated and voted and passed in front of all the ashigaru before it came into effect!" Now Amano-sama has made a ruling based on the law, and each and every one of us must abide by it! ”

"But this law is not reasonable at all!" Ogawa Yudong uncharacteristically didn't drink today, and was very sober, "It's not necessarily that Brother Jiesheng didn't save him when he saw death, right?" Why should a righteous and courageous person be treated like this! ”

"I think he's doing a great job!" Yu Qiuping said again, "If he really dies and doesn't save him, although the law can't punish him, I will hate him very much in my heart." Yu Qiuping patted the bewildered little banner Jiesheng as he spoke, "Good brother, you have done something that makes me proud!" ”

"Then since he did the right thing, why did you want to fire him?" Anayama asked anxiously.

"Because he violated military law. Moreover, it wasn't me who fired him," Yu Qiuping looked at everyone, "it was military law that expelled him." ”

"What?" Everyone was stunned again, "What does this mean?" Didn't the adults fire him? ”

"You're mistaken!" Yu Qiuping explained, "It's not that I used military law to fire a ashigaru. Rather, military law requires me to expel a ashigaru, do you understand? ”

The crowd was silent for a moment, and no one immediately turned the corner.

After a while, Naoe Tadahei asked tentatively with some hesitation: "What do you mean?" Is it... Even adults are under the constraints of the law. ”

"Exactly." Yu Qiuping glanced at Naoe Tadahei appreciatively, "There is a saying in the Han family, called: The prince is guilty of the same crime as the people. No matter how prominent the status is, even the law-maker, once the law comes into effect, it is also under the constraints of the law. In other words, if I used the horse without permission this time," Yu Qiuping said loudly, "I will expel myself." ”

Yu Qiuping looked at the people who were a little dazed, and chuckled: "I know that you may not understand for a while, after all, in this era, the rights of rulers are always above the law, and the law has become a tool for rulers to maintain their rule." When the law is needed, the law is used to punish and reward and pretend to be just. If you don't want to use the law, you can throw it aside or even change it. These are all harmful things. ”

"The law itself exists to restrain the behavior of each of us and to maintain social stability." Yu Qiuping looked around and spread out his hands, "I'm no exception. If the ruler is independent of the law, then the law has no authority and his purpose of restraint cannot be achieved? One would think that today the ruler can not obey the law. So is it true that when I am in a high position, I can also break the law? Everyone looks at the law from a tool perspective, and if this is the case, society will not be in chaos. ”

"Without authoritative laws, what is the difference between us and the beasts of the jungle?" Yu Qiuping said loudly, "Whoever has the strength will listen to whom, the strong can wantonly bully the weak, the weak eat the strong, and the fittest survive?" Is this the kind of society you want? ”

"Today, I'm here to give you a demonstration." Yu Qiuping patted Xiao Ha Jiesheng, "This amazing brother, the brother I admire, was forced to be expelled from the army, which is the embodiment of the authority of the law. The law stipulates his sentence, and we must abide by it! ”

"Your Excellency!" Naoe Tadahei was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Then what should I do with this unreasonable law in the future?" ”

"Modify." Yu Qiuping looked into his eyes and replied, "After today's case is adjudicated, we will immediately revise the law. The punishment regulations were changed to say that if the misappropriation of military equipment was carried out for the purpose of selfish interests that did not involve major matters, they would be expelled from the military. ”

"Since adults know that the law is unreasonable? So why don't you change it now, and the Jiesheng brothers don't have to be fired? Jigang Shengzheng spread his hand and looked at Yu Qiuping puzzled, "Isn't this Chengxin going to pit Brother Jiesheng?" Brother Jiesheng is such a good person, or an old subordinate who has followed the adult since Zhili! ”

"It's also about upholding the authority of the law." Yu Qiuping explained, "In the future, an article that can never be amended will be added to the law. The judgment of any case must be based on the law at the time of the occurrence of the case, and the law must not be amended before the punishment is imposed. ”

"Now you think it's out of good intentions, you think you've wronged a good person, so you have to change the law." Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly, "Whether it is the original intention or the result, it must be good." ”

"But as soon as this case is opened, it will never be able to be contained in the future." Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice, "Everyone will want to change the law before they are sentenced in the future." The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, this must be changed, and that must be changed, what should I do? What's even more terrifying is that in the future, if a powerful person breaks the law, and he forcibly changes the law that is unfavorable to him before the punishment is given, how can he stop it? Isn't the law a dead letter? ”

"Everything is for the authority of the law, and the authoritative law can bind everyone." Yu Qiuping pointed to himself, and then to the circle of people around him, "Everyone must act according to the rules, and those who abide by the law do not have to worry about any adverse dangers." If someone breaks the law, he will be given a fair trial. ”

"This is the spirit of the rule of law that I want you to understand! I hope every one of you can have one! Yu Qiuping looked at the ashigaru and the people around him with satisfaction, and fell into deep thought. looked at Tianye Jingde again, "Especially you, a judge, must uphold the authority of the law with an iron fist, and you must not be soft!" ”

"As for Brother Jiesheng, I'm really sorry." Yu Qiuping looked at Xiao Ha Jiesheng, whose eyes were red, "There is a problem with the law this time, which has caused you so much inconvenience. ”

"It's alright, sir!" Kohata Jiesheng gave Yuqiu a standard military salute, "I was dissatisfied with it before, but now I am convinced, and I am willing to obey Lord Amano's punishment." ”

"I'll give you some money in a private name to support your family." Yu Qiuping hugged Xiao Wan Jiesheng, patted him on the shoulder, and said with relief, "Amazing good brother, next time I recruit soldiers, I will definitely wait for you!" ”