At three o'clock on the morning of May 29, Lin Feng officially sat in the hall for the first time, and received the former Shouzhou team as a state assassin, and received the former Shouzhou team who were engaged in the history liberation movement, the long history Wei Zongcheng, the Shouzhou Sima Changyan Fang, and the six members of the army, Si Cang, Si Hu, Si Bing, Justice, and Si Shi, plus the county commanders, county officials, chief bookkeepers, and county lieutenants of the five counties under the jurisdiction of Shouzhou, with a total of 30 participants.

When these people walked into the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion with trepidation, the scene layout in front of them gave them their first impact:

In the inner circle, five long tables are arranged into a square "mouth" character, and on the table are respectively folded into famous plates with white paper, on which are written the names of Xie Yun, Wei Zongcheng, Chang Yanfang and five county orders; In the outer ring, there are two rows of tables on each side of the east, west and north sides, which naturally leaves the rest of the participants.

And what made these bigwigs a little puzzled was that there was a black cloth standing in front of the tall stabbing table, which seemed to be covering something.

As soon as these bigwigs sat down, Lin Feng, who was dressed in a purple thorn robe, walked out of the back hall, followed by Xi Mucheng, Lu Jiang, Zhao Zanting, Zhao Tianba, Wu Qiao, Zhao Chengyu and others.

Lin Feng was full of smiles, walked to the north of the "mouth" table, bowed deeply, and said loudly: "Lin is here to salute and apologize!" A few days ago, Lin was sent to Liaoguo by the Holy Lord, and now he has finally completed his mission and rushed to Shouzhou. I can't meet my brothers for the first time, it's Lin's faux pas, and I want to compensate everyone! ”

"Lord Thorn Shi is polite!" The local officials attending the meeting did not expect that Lin Feng's first meeting was not as aggressive as he imagined, but rather an approachable appearance, and they were all stunned, and quickly got up and hugged their fists in return to the young Lord Thorn Shi.

"By holy order, Lin has decided to establish the Central Governor's Mansion in Shouzhou. From today onwards, the Central Governor's Office, the Assassin's Office, and the Tuanlian Embassy will work together. This is Shi Ximucheng, the governor of the Central Governor's Mansion, and Shi Lujiang, the deputy governor, ......" Lin Feng smiled sideways and formally introduced Xi Mucheng and the others to the local officials of Shouzhou present.

Although Changshi Wei Zongcheng and the others all smiled and clenched their fists and said non-nutritious clichés such as "look up for a long time, congratulations, congratulations", their hearts trembled: What does this mean, is Lin Feng going to directly replace everyone with these people? !

At this time, Lin Feng spoke: "Although the three governments are co-located, they will each take their own responsibilities and coordinate with each other. There are no outsiders here, Lin may as well say bluntly, the saint sent Lin to Shouzhou to perform his duties, and concurrently serve as the governor of the central capital, the main responsibility is to defend against the attack in the north, which will also be the most important task in Shouzhou this year and next year, and there is no slack. Therefore, the military of Shouzhou is mainly in charge of the Central Governor's Office, with the assistance of the Shouzhou Government; The civil affairs of Shouzhou are mainly responsible for the Shouzhou government, with the assistance of the Central Governor's Office; Lin himself was directly responsible for the regimental training embassy, with the assistance of the Central Governor's Mansion and the Shouzhou Mansion. Each of the three governments has its own priorities, and at the same time, each government can raise objections to the affairs of the other two governments, and can ask Lin to mediate. ”

Listening to Lin Feng's eloquent talk, Wei Zongcheng was already relieved to hear that Shouzhou Civil Affairs was in charge of Shouzhou Mansion, but when he heard Lin Feng's last sentence, his heart suddenly kicked off, and there was a lot of attention in this sentence.

Lin Feng was not in the mood to guess what these people thought, so he got up and said slowly: "The reason why Shouzhou has a bad reputation in the Tang Dynasty, the people's resentment is boiling, and the military is not strong, is only because the predecessor Liu Yanzhen has no people and the country in his heart, only personal desires and selfish interests!"

Shouzhou has accumulated disadvantages so far, in addition to the problem of Liu Yanzhen's personal quality, it also has a lot to do with the fact that there is no one in Yizhou who can restrain his behavior! All of you here, although they are all officials in Shouzhou, they are not able to exert any influence on Liu Yanzhen's actions of harming the people. ”

Don't drive the history of the liberation movement Hearing this, my heart was half cold, this Lin Feng finally showed his fox tail, and he still had to settle old accounts with everyone! However, Lin Feng's next words were beyond his expectations.

Lin thought carefully about this issue during the trip to Liao, how to ensure that an official really does things for the people and the country? Lin thought of the great success of the supermarket in Jinling City, and finally figured it out: although the self-cultivation and moral self-discipline of officials are an important factor, a fair, transparent and truly binding system is the most crucial point! Lin Feng stroked the wound on his ribs with his hand and slowly paced up the hall, attracting everyone's attention to him tightly.

"The reason why the An Fengtang incident can be concealed for many years, harming the people so far, and finally forcing people to die, forcing the people to go to Beijing to sue the emperor, is precisely because Liu Yanzhen covered the sky with one hand in Shouzhou, blocked the sunshine of justice, and made Shouzhou as dark as this! In the supermarket in Jinling City, all accounts are open and any shareholder can check them at any time; Any clerk can also make suggestions and complain about some misdeeds at any time, so the supermarket business can flourish.

Thinking from here, Lin thought that if major events such as Anfengtang's canal diversion and private sale of farmland could be placed under the sun and in front of the public in advance, so that the owners of the original farmland, bystanders, and those who made suggestions could all participate in it, openly discuss the views of all parties, and finally reach a consensus before implementation, would it be possible to prevent such bad things from destroying the public interest due to personal selfishness? ”

Lin Feng's words were not hurried, but they were like invisible thunderbolts that bombarded the hearts of the Shouzhou officials attending the meeting. Xie Yun stared at Lin Feng with wide eyes, which one are you singing?

Wei Zongcheng stood up and said loudly: "The major affairs of the official family have been carried out according to the law since ancient times, if the people interfere, wouldn't it be a mess of the rules?" ”

Lin Feng still smiled, and asked softly, "Then may I ask Lord Wei, what is the fundamental purpose of the laws and regulations?" ”

"This, regulate everything in the world and maintain social order." Wei Zongcheng hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth to reply. In fact, in private, Wei Zongcheng certainly knew that the real purpose of the imperial court laws was to maintain centralized power and stabilize feudal rule, but who dared to say that purpose publicly? !

Lin Feng's smile became heavier, and he asked, "If this is the case, does it mean that the purpose of the law is to ensure that each of us 'lives with integrity, does not harm others, and each gets what he wants'?" This is the legislative principle and creed marked by the ancient Romans in the "Law of the Twelve Bronze Tables", which was borrowed by Lin Feng casually.

"Yes...... That's how it should be. Wei Zongcheng replied even more hesitantly, Lin Feng's questioning was plausible, and he always felt that something was wrong.

In that case, does the law necessarily have a precondition? That is: everyone is created equal and has some fundamental rights that no one can take away? Lin Feng continued to ask.

"This ...... It's ......" Wei Zongcheng felt even more inappropriate in his heart, but he had to nod and admit it.

"Then I'm going to ask Lord Wei, why can Liu Yanzhen forcibly divert canal water, forcibly seize people's land, and wantonly deprive the people of the Tang Dynasty of their basic right to live because of his personal interests? Is it just because he is the assassin of Shouzhou, because he is an official? Lin Feng's words became fast and urgent, staring at Wei Zongcheng and asking, just like a lawyer in later generations, he lured the other party into his preset trap, and gave a sharp blow at the last moment.

"This ......" Wei Zongcheng, who had never experienced this kind of oppressive interrogation, was speechless, and unwilling to admit defeat, and then replied in a low voice, "That's because Liu Yanzhen's private virtue is worthy of the trust of the saint, but the saint is aware of everything, and Liu Yanzhen finally has evil retribution and is in prison." ”

"In this way, just because of Liu Yanzhen's private morality, in the past few years, hundreds of people under Anfengtang deserve to lose the land they rely on for their lives out of thin air? They deserve to be starved to death and driven to death?! Lin Feng's voice was fierce, his eyes were fixed on Wei Zongcheng, until Wei Zongcheng couldn't resist and lowered his head, then he eased his tone and said in a deep voice, "When Liu Yanzhen first started to divert water, maybe everyone couldn't see his true purpose clearly, but why didn't anyone come forward to stop him when he grabbed the people's land in the first year, and there was no mechanism or force that could make him unable to do this?" In the final analysis, if you want to be fair, you can't rely on a person's qualities, and you can only rely on transparent and effective monitoring and pressure mechanisms; Only transparency can ensure that a good deed will not be recited into his own sutra by a crooked-mouthed monk in the end! ”

Speaking of this, Lin Feng walked to the table and ripped off the black cloth.