However, Zhu Youxiao's next sentence shattered his illusion: "The law governs the imperial power, and it should become a reality in twenty or thirty years." I must first transform the Ming Dynasty according to my wishes, and after the transformation is completed, it is not too late to implement it. ”

Although it is impossible to see the imperial power restrained in his lifetime, at least there is hope. The current emperor is indeed smart and pragmatic, much stronger than his grandfather, under the rule of such an emperor, everyone's life is also good, and the power of civil officials is gradually increasing, and if this continues, the final ruling power of the country will always fall into the hands of civil officials.

In fact, the reason why civil officials want to limit the imperial power is, of course, because they want power, and the more important reason is because the emperor is virtuous and foolish, and if an unreliable emperor abuses his power, the loss to the country is too great. Now that the emperor is able to listen to his ministers, and has a set of views on all aspects of the state that now seems valid, the demand for a limit on imperial power is less urgent.

The Emperor's speech at the Law School was published in the weekly newspaper, and the paragraph that the Emperor was also subject to legal trial was deleted from Ye's request to the higher authorities. Even so, there is a lot of debate.

There is little controversy about equality before the law, but many people in the other three areas have written to express their different views. The most common thing is to come up with legal principles that are nothing more than human feelings, and think that the law should not be cold, but should have a certain degree of flexibility. There are also many people who think that if you are a bad person, you should be sentenced severely, and if you are a good person, you should be sentenced lightly.

So Mr. Xiao Qi wrote another letter from a reader, in which he believed that the so-called legal principle is nothing more than human affection, and it is necessary to understand that this human favor should be a human favor that pursues fairness and justice, and a human favor that gives mercy or forgiveness. And this favor can only work in the final sentence, and should not be used in deciding guilt or innocence.

He gave the example of an official who had committed the crime of embezzlement, and his family was not in a good condition, with an old mother and a weak child. Then his family conditions cannot be used as the basis for sentencing, and he should be sentenced how he should be sentenced. This is what it means that the law is rigid.

But if the official is sentenced to exile, due consideration can be given to keeping him in exile closer to his family, so that it is easier for them to visit. This is the principle of law, which is nothing more than human feelings.

As for the question of the flexibility of the law, he believes that this is absolutely not possible, because if the law is flexible, where should the flexibility be? For whom is it resilient? With flexibility, then officials at all levels will have the opportunity to exercise their power, maybe the same case, if two officials come to adjudicate, because of the difference in flexibility, the two judgments are very different, in this case, what dignity does the law have, isn't it the same as a joke? And it can lead to a lot of corruption.

In the end, he emphasized that the law punishes things, not people, law and morality are not the same thing, and good people and bad people are moral standards, and morality cannot be used to replace the law. The law is the bottom line of morality, and the requirements of morality are higher than the law.

Mr. Xiao Qi has become a more influential figure in the attention because he often publishes letters from readers in the weekly newspaper. After the publication of his letter, many people began to think carefully and seriously understand the meaning of his words, and many people wrote to say that they had realized something after reading Mr. Xiaoqi's letter.

Zhu Youxiao also knows that it is difficult to change some of people's ideas, and it may never be possible to change them. But this is the Ming Dynasty, not the later generations, the scholars are still willing to think independently, what you say makes sense, they will also be convinced, at least not like the later generations, directly "I think what is good, what is bad", there is no need to put a reason.

At this time, the situation in Liaodong has reached the most critical time. In the winter of the fourth year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi sent an envoy again, still on the same terms: to retreat beyond the border wall, give up Liaoshen, and call the ministers to pay tribute, hoping that the imperial court would give a certain amount of rice and grain. This time, a condition was added, that is, the army would be disbanded as soon as he got out of the border wall, and stated that because Nurha was naked and seriously ill, it was impossible to have much time to live, and he hoped that the body would be handed over to Daming after his death.

These words were tragic, which made some ministers a little unbearable. Zhu Youxiao summoned Huang Taiji and handed him the letter of surrender from Jianzhou. Huang Taiji said with tears streaming down his eyes after seeing it: "Sheng, the Ming Dynasty governs the country with filial piety, and the criminal ministers hope that the Holy Lord can give the criminal ministers a chance to fulfill their filial piety in front of their father Khan. ”

A minister stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that this matter can also be done, anyway, Jiannu has no way to turn the tables, let him go back, you can know that I treat the barbarians with kindness, if he has half of the heart of knowing the kindness, he will surrender with the whole division." ”

Zhu Youxiao looked at it, but it was Cao Yubian, the right attendant of the ministry. I thought to myself, are some of the people in the Donglin Party stupid or stupid? I was moved by such a simple method, but I have never seen you so merciful to the people of the country.

He didn't make a sound, just glanced at him, and then looked at Ye Xianggao. Ye Xianggao scolded his mother in his heart, but this time it was Cao Yubian who was scolded. Are you eating, speaking for Jiannu at this time.

He came out and rebuked: "The barbarians are afraid of power but not virtuous, and they are cunning and untrustworthy. Huang Taiji, the four great Baylors of Jiannu, let him go at this time, that is, let the tiger return to the mountain. Do you want us to sacrifice more of our comrades? Woman's kindness, where are the sages you read? There are a lot of poor people in the world, if you think about the people without grain who were killed by Jiannu for no reason, those people are really pitiful, and they don't retreat quickly. ”

Huang Taiji laughed miserably: "The criminal minister has been captured for a long time, even if he goes back, he will never have the opportunity to lead the troops again." Besides, the guilty minister has always read the books of the sages, and he has been in the capital for many days, and has been influenced by the saints and the sages, and he has long had the heart to be obedient, so how can he be recognised after he returns? ”

Sun Chuanting smiled: "If you just say the flowers, we can't let you go back." This is not a matter of human relations, if the slave chief is dead, you go to the funeral, but you can discuss. ”

This was said viciously, but Huang Taiji's face was as usual. I thought to myself, if my father really dies, you have a new excuse, and then you will let me go back. But if they really want to let me go back, how should I rectify the state? Yue Tuo should listen to me, that generation of good can be fought for, Mang Gurtai is a reckless man, and this guy Amin is a little difficult to handle, so join forces with Dai Shan and Mang Gurtai to deal with Amin. Then reuse the Han people and compete with the Ming Dynasty, although they don't want to replace the Ming Dynasty, but it should be no problem to occupy the land of Liaodong.