After the martial arts examination, the newly recruited martial arts entered the lecture hall and formed another class, called the Jinshi class. The two sides of the book network are clearly distinguished, and there is not much interaction between them. This is exactly what Sun Chuanting wants, only balance is a long-term plan, and the officers are all from one place, which will make the army guards too powerful, which is a situation that many people do not want to see.

After the martial arts, the imperial examination was carried out, and the reason why it was so long in advance was to facilitate some people to take the entrance examination of the Beijing Normal University Hall after they fell off the list, Ye Xianggao was the main exam, and Sun Chuanting was the deputy chief examiner, and a total of 213 Jinshi and Jinshi were admitted.

On the day of the release of the results, the candidates looked much calmer three years ago. Dongchang came to report, there were fewer people who cried without the exam, and there were fewer people who caught their sons-in-law under the list, and the cheers after the exam were still the same, but there were a lot fewer envious and jealous eyes around.

Zhu Youxiao is very happy, which shows that with the opening of the Beijing Normal University Hall, the scholars have more channels for promotion, and everyone will no longer squeeze the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination together. He knows that the biggest problem in a country is the consolidation of classes, and it is necessary to let all classes know that they can rise to a higher class, so that the country can be vibrant. Now it seems that his own school has played a very good role in this regard.

At the beginning of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the entrance examination for the Jingshi University Hall finally began. Because of the large number of students enrolled and the low reference qualifications, it is more lively than the imperial examination.

The enrollment of the Normal School and the Clerk's School is still the same as before, both of which have 1,200 students, the Research Institute is still 600 people, and the National Academy has 300 students. A law school has been set up under the clerk's school to recruit law students, recruiting a total of 600 people, and the president is Wu Rendu, the secretary of Dali Temple.

The Hanlin Academy has completed the repair of the "Da Ming Law" in accordance with the emperor's requirements, which is not a lot of work, but it has been revised in terms of the severity of the punishment, as well as the change of law enforcement agencies, and the type of punishment.

The punishment was abolished at times and at times, and the law enforcement agencies became Dali Temple and its subordinate courts at all levels, and the Criminal Department only had the power to investigate and arrest. The type of punishment abolished the flail penalty, but the confiscation of the army was retained, and the punishment of confiscation of more than 4,000 li was added, which was to prepare for the development of new colonies. The rest of the flogging, rods, imprisonment, streaming, and death sentences were retained, but it was stipulated that the death penalty was to be hanged unless there was rebellion, so that the whole body could be left behind.

Zhu Youxiao originally wanted to abolish the punishment, but was unanimously opposed by the ministers. Everyone believes that even if it is not used, listing this punishment in the "Da Ming Law" has a deterrent effect.

In the repair of the "Da Ming Law", the most satisfying point for the ministers is that whether it is Dongchang or Jinyiwei, the Independent Commission Against Corruption or the Economic Investigation Bureau, they all have the same power as the Criminal Department to investigate and arrest, which made Wei Zhongxian very dissatisfied, and complained several times in front of Zhu Youxiao, which made Zhu Youxiao very impatient, and finally had to scold: "You arrested a person and asked about the evidence of his crime, do you dare to exonerate him in Dali Temple?" Besides, there are some people who want him to die in prison, and that's not a matter of words. ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said: "The saint said so, the slave and maid understand, as long as the saint wants whoever to die, then whoever must die." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "Factory minister, you are very satisfied with me, even if you want anyone to die, you have to tell me first, it's up to me to decide, human life is at stake, don't let it become an excuse for others to attack you." ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Of course, it is the Son of Heaven who decides life and death, and the slave and maid will never dare to make their own decisions." ”

On the second day of the second month of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the Jingshi University Hall officially opened. Zhu Youxiao went to the law school to give an opening speech.

The law school's auditorium (actually the dining room) was already filled with newly recruited law students. When they saw the emperor and his ministers, they were about to kneel down and salute, but they were stopped by the brocade guards who maintained order. Under the prompting of Jin Yiwei, everyone bowed together.

Zhu Youxiao came to the stage, and when Wu Rendu announced that His Majesty the Emperor would speak, he came to the loudspeaker and said: "Fellow students, I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the head of the Jingshi University. In the hall of Jingshi University, everyone does not need to kneel and bow when they see me, and this will be remembered in the future. ”

"Today I am very happy that thanks to the efforts of the Ministers, our Law School has finally been established. In the future, all prefectures, prefectures and counties across the country will have professional case-solving personnel, and that is you. ”

"I have a few points to say today, the first point is that the law is rigid, it is the embodiment of the will of the imperial court, and it cannot be violated. In previous cases, we first considered emotion and reason, and then the law. This is not good, there is a saying that the law is not merciful, the law is cold, yes yes, no yes or no, there is no reason at all. When we become judges in the future, we must remember this point, and before the law of the Ming Dynasty is amended, we must handle cases in accordance with the law. I simply boil it down to these words: there is a law to follow, this is a matter of making laws, there are laws to follow, law enforcement must be strict, violations must be prosecuted, this is your business. As for the consideration of feelings and reason outside the law, that is my business. ”

"The second thing to emphasize is, what does the law do? Who is the law over? We have always believed that the law is for the common people, right? I think that whether it is right or not, the common people will also violate the law, and the law will govern these people, and the most important thing for the law is to protect the rights of the common people and prevent officials from embezzling the interests of the common people. Although the number of officials arrested every year is not as common as the common people, if we look at the examples, it is far higher than that of the common people. ”

"There is an old saying in our country that a prince who breaks the law is guilty of the same crime as the common people. This phrase is very popular, but how is it done? In ancient times, there was a strong order, and his story is still being told today. Does that mean that our country has done this? I don't think so, because the reason why the story of the strong order can be passed down for thousands of years is because there are so few such people, such things, and because they are rare, they are precious. I put forward a slogan, everyone is equal before the law. Including me, I must also obey the law. If I break the law, I will be judged by the law. ”

The students sitting below looked at the emperor with strange expressions, and slowly someone began to talk in a whisper. And the ministers behind Zhu Youxiao had solemn faces, although it was their ideal to limit the emperor's power, but the emperor suddenly said that he would also be judged by the law, so they didn't know what to do for a while.