Chapter Seventy-Two: The Blade and the Ancient
"It turns out that the phenomenon of 'noble and lowly' in the Ming Dynasty has become so serious. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xiao Mu listened to Lin Yi's analysis, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "The troubled times are coming soon, and there will definitely be wars everywhere in the future, but the status of martial artists is so low, how can they have the heart to fight well?" β
"The phenomenon of being noble and cheap has been around for hundreds of years, and freezing three feet is not a day's cold, but this time it is really not the main reason." Lin Yi denied Xiao Mu's inference, and then enlightened, "If you want to pardon not Xu Xianchun but an ordinary general who once attached to the eunuch party, then this person will definitely not have such treatment as Xu Xianchun." β
"Huh?" Xiao Mu listened to Lin Yi's assumption, and naturally felt that she was right, but he didn't know where this sentence was true-in short, Xiao Mu also knew in his heart that Jinyiwei's status was very transcendent, and it was very different from ordinary military attachΓ©s. So Xiao Mu opened his mouth and asked, "Just because Xu Xianchun is a brocade guard?" β
"Yes, just because he was born in Jinyiwei, and he is also a Jinyiwei with a 'criminal record' and a 'bad record'." Lin Yi analyzed as a matter of course, "What do you think Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di set up the Jinyi Guard for?" Isn't it just to spy on those officials and find out if they have any rebellious actions at any time? β
"Shhhh Be a little bit, now it's the Ming Dynasty, dare to call the name of Taizu Taizong, don't you want to die? Xiao Mu was directly frightened into a cold sweat by Lin Ye's words, and hurriedly made a silent gesture, signaling Lin Ye to pay attention to the occasion and not to accidentally reveal his identity.
Xiao Mu immediately stood up again, went to the door to take a look, and found that there was no one walking around, and no one should hear Lin Ye's words, so he calmed down a little, made a reassuring gesture to Lin Ye, and went back to the room to sit down.
Lin Ye also knew that he was speechless after listening to Xiao Mu's reminder, and naturally he was a little embarrassed, not only did he say the wrong thing, but he was also reminded by Xiao Mu, who he had always thought was mentally retarded, which made Lin Ye feel even more faceless, and under the nervousness, his face seemed to be a little feverish.
However, Xiao Mu didn't feel Lin Yi's strangeness, and continued the topic just now: "So, compared to a cool official like Xu Xianchun, the officials want the members of the Jinyi Guard to be good gentlemen?" β
"Ahem." Lin Yi coughed dryly twice, trying to relieve his nervousness and forget about the embarrassing thing just now, before he continued, "Of course, isn't there such a sentence as chicken soup for the soul, saying that everyone has his own value, it depends on whether you have a pair of eyes to discover." Although Xu Xianchun is a bit perverted and cool in his heart, if you, the emperor, know how to make good use of it and fully use his skills to punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it will be a nightmare for those officials. β
"Recently (Xiao Mu is thinking about 2007 at this time) seems to have really risen a trend of chicken soup for the soul, but I didn't expect that more than three hundred years later, in 2333, there is such a thing as chicken soup for the soul." Xiao Mu's head was thinking wildly, and he asked, "So you want to say that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are afraid that the corruption they have done will be discovered by the shrewd and capable Jinyi Guard, so they don't want Xu Xianchun to survive?" β
"Yes, that's it." Lin Yi gave Xiao Mu a "teachable" look.
"It doesn't make sense logically." Xiao Mu was like a problem baby, and asked a new question, "Xu Xianchun is the leader of the eunuch party, even if I exempt him from the death penalty, it is impossible for him to go back and continue to be a Jinyi guard, in this case, why do the officials still have to take his life?" β
"Haven't you heard about the power of example?" Lin Yi was already completely convinced of Xiao Mu's elm head at this moment, and the eyes of the "teachable children" just now gave a mental retardation of "rotten wood cannot be carved" in vain, "Of course, Xu Xianchun is extremely evil, and it is impossible to go back and continue to be a Jinyi Guard, but for all officials, even if this is the case, he must not be allowed to live, because only a dead Xu Xianchun is enough to deter other Jinyi Guards with the potential of cool officials, and remind them that Xu Xianchun's Yin Jian is not far away, and don't have any thoughts that want to imitate." β
The truth of Lin Yi's analysis is actually very simple, and Xiao Mu completely reacted as soon as he said half of it, "That's true!" Look at my brain......"
"I'm not done yet, and." Lin Yi interrupted Xiao Mu's words again, "Moreover, if Xu Xianchun's life is released now, it will be tantamount to shoveling the grass without eradicating the roots, in case one day you, the emperor who 'purged the eunuchs', dies and is replaced by a new emperor who likes the eunuchs, or that you, the emperor who is 'pro-virtuous ministers and far villains', has become 'mediocre' and favors the eunuchs again." At that time, Xu Xianchun may be reinstated again, and continue to threaten the lives of officials. β
"Hmm..."Xiao Mu had to admit that Lin Yi's analysis was very reasonable, but there were still some things that he couldn't figure out, "According to you, Xu Xianchun's image seems to be brighter, and the officials above and below the Ming Dynasty don't seem to have a good person?" β
"Jinyiwei is like a knife in the emperor's hand, if you use it in a good place, it is a good knife, and if you use it in a bad place, you can't say that people are bad knives, the key is the person who uses the knife." Lin Yi once again patiently and meticulously preached to Xiao Mu.
"What you said is a little familiar, it reminds me of the texts I learned in middle school, what 'not me, no year', 'not me, soldiers' or something......"
"You're talking about "The Widow to the Country", is it "Mencius? One of the chapters in "King Liang Hui", didn't you memorize it with me a few days ago? "Lin Yi is worthy of being a Chinese department, and when it comes to literary classics, it is simply the first way.
"That day, I just briefly tested the golden finger, and I didn't go deep into the back ......," Xiao Mu muttered quietly.
"This chapter is also very early, and you will see it right away if you continue to read it that day." Lin Yi introduced another sentence, and then she also found that the topic seemed to be taken away, so she turned her face again and got back to business, "So, Xu Xianchun is the knife in the emperor's hand, and it is also a rare sharp blade, but the previous Emperor of the Apocalypse did not use it well, so the knife was stained with blood that should not be stained, so this knife was also abolished, and it is impossible for you, the emperor, who symbolizes justice and the mandate of heaven, to continue to use it." β
"But a sharp blade is still a sharp blade after all, and officials are still afraid of such a sharp blade." Xiao Mu also completely understood the meaning of Lin Yi's words, and said the latter words for her, "It's just that the officials above and below the entire Ming Dynasty are like this, so isn't the Ming Dynasty not far away?" β
"It's already very close to the country of death." Lin Yi asked with a knowing expression, and said as a matter of course, "At the end of the dynasty, it was normal for officials to be corrupt, even if there were two fair and honest officials, it would be useless. β
"I really want to arrest all those corrupt and incompetent officials, and then clean them up......," Xiao Mu sighed "looking up to the sky" and said with emotion.
"Don't dream, in that case, there will basically be no officials left in the whole country, and the Ming Dynasty will become anarchy." Lin Yi directly and without hesitation denied Xiao Mu's naΓ―ve thoughts.
"Then I'll start a science and choose a group of young people who are not polluted and let them fill these vacancies." Xiao Mu also knew that what he just said was just to think about it, but he was still unwilling, and he didn't want to die like this, so he continued to say as if he was angry.
"How many young people with high moral character can you take from Kaike, not to mention, aren't their teachers and gentlemen still those old fritters in officialdom?" Lin Yi still tried to convince Xiao Mu not to be so naΓ―ve, "And, in that case, what kind of amnesty policy are you still engaged in?" This is clearly an ideological contradiction. β
Xiao Mu realized that it was Lin Yi who "entered the play" too deeply this time, so he said: "Hey, I also know that these are just things that can be thought about in my heart, and they will definitely not be able to achieve it." It is said that I, the emperor, is the biggest in the Ming Dynasty, and it stands to reason that I should make a constitution, and the words I say are golden rules, and the courtiers below should implement them to the letter, but in fact, there are still many things that can't be done at all. β
Xiao Mu continued: "Moreover, there is not an idiom called 'people's hearts are not ancient', how can they travel to ancient times, but there are still so many officials who have read benevolence, righteousness and morality for half their lives, and they are all corrupt and corrupt? β
Lin Yi took over Xiao Mu's words: "I think about it, the idiom 'people's hearts are not ancient' seems to have existed before the Ming Dynasty...... Therefore, although you have traveled to the Ming Dynasty, it is indeed ancient, but it is far from 'ancient', at least at this time, people's hearts are no longer ancient. β
Xiao Mu listened to Lin Yi's words, and also knew that it was impossible to want everyone in the world to be a moral model, after all, if the whole country was an upright official, the Ming Dynasty would not perish.
"All in all, in a word." Xiao Mu made a final summary, "In order to understand Du Laoliu's case and find out the conspiracy of the people behind him, I still have to agree to Luo Yangxing's request for Xu Xianchun to cooperate in the trial." As for whether Xu Xianchun should be exempted from the death penalty, and in what way he should be exempted from the death penalty, that is all a matter for later, and it is still too early to study these issues, and it is not necessary to decide all at once. Moreover, whether Xu Xianchun can judge something valuable is still unknown. β
At this time, Wang Chengen personally came in with the decoctioned medicine, so that the discussion between the two people could be regarded as over. Seeing Lin Ye drink all the medicine brought by Wang Chengen, Xiao Mu left Lin Ye's dormitory with peace of mind.