Chapter 16 takes the rule of law above power

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Ren Jun thought that if he was the secretary of the criminal department of the Qing Dynasty, he couldn't live in the world, so he might as well go home and return to the field. As the second generation of farmers and the official generation, if he can't speak for his parents and peasants, then he will be a master of Shangshu in vain, and he will have no face to see his parents under Jiuquan! What's more, his way of being an official is to seek benefits for the people. However, in the face of the disputes between the courts, the Qing Dynasty was laid down by others, and no one can erase this kind of feat, they are arrogant, uninhibited, and occasionally debauchery, so what's the matter? In the past, no one dared to ask, dare to manage, but now I met Ren Jun, the Lord of Shangshu, and I really had to take the disciples of the Eight Banners to cut them off, they all had resentment, even Emperor Shunzhi couldn't help but have resentment towards them in his heart, after all, they are full of people with a "blood thicker than water" lineage, and the cold lips and teeth can only affect their nerves! But this is not a "family matter", family affairs are handled by the family, and if the law is violated, it is a state affair, the family has family rules, the country has national law, Ren Shangshu as the executor of the national law, he is not wrong, fair and just, you Manchu are people, and my Han people are also people! "Kill to pay for your life, apologize for debts and pay money," is justified! Ren Shangshu knew that if he did this, it would be in danger, because he directly hurt the "pain point" of the royal power, and they would secretly seek revenge on the people, a Manchu who never admits defeat will not be soft-hearted, and Emperor Shunzhi is also helpless, "There is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people!" "Besides, Ren Jun risked life and death to serve the Qing Dynasty! Emperor Shunzhi had no choice but to restrain the anger in his heart, and secretly instructed the royal family, the children of the Eight Banners to take good control of themselves, like Ren Shangshu to study and study, you see that Ren Jun worked so hard for the rights of their Han people! How can we, the Manchus, discredit ourselves?

Ren Jun knows that his power is only temporary, not a lifetime. Moreover, he is old, and with the recurrence of old injuries, he feels physically exhausted. How can we ensure that the Han people in the world have the same rights and interests as the Manchu people? He thought about it, in the Qing Dynasty, where the imperial power was domineering and the undercurrent was surging, he only didn't let the law sanction "power", and let the law be above everything, not power above everything! He asked the emperor to revise the "Qing Law Statute", and asked to add the "Ming Law" to it, so that the country will be able to rule the country for a long time! Emperor Shunzhi promised to revise it, and after several months of hard work, Ren Jun personally participated, and after a continuous adjustment process, the regulations of the Ming Dynasty Huidian were incorporated into the political activities of the Qing court! Although it is not perfect, after all, it makes Ren Jun's heart feel more relieved, and the people can have a law to follow from now on!

The revision of the Qing law made the people of the world happy, and made the Manchu ministers feel depressed, which is naturally understandable, so it restricts their arrogance and willfulness.

In the first month of the twelfth year of Shunzhi, Ren Jun said: "There are many laws that are not prepared, and the examples are added at any time, which is very compromised." In addition, there are many things in the Eight Banners, such as the law that the murderer arrives, and the case has a provision for righteous indignation to surrender and reduce the burial of the Lord, and there is a rule for compensating people. The thief did not get the stolen goods, and there was a rule for recovering the property and compensating the owner. There are five punishments in the law, and all of them are punished with a hundred lashes. There are so many of them, the laws and regulations are different, and the Manchu and Han are different from each other. The Emperor of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was appointed to work together, carefully selected the members of the division to discuss one by one, and those who were in doubt asked for a ruling, and those who could be changed by the law were allowed to be used in a quasi-law, and those who could not be changed were included in the law as an order. According to the law, never wait for the time, it is said that it will not wait for the autumn decision, and it does not mean that it will be recruited and not waiting for the repetition, that is, it will be executed. If there is a person who will not wait, the heavy prisoner will discuss it in detail, that is, the official will go to the trial and decision, and if there is still doubt in the decision, he can temporarily repeat the details of the person's life. In the future, those who are ordered to make decisions will still be tried and executed, and those who are outside should be reinstated and executed, and there will be no injustice. “

After reading it, Emperor Shunzhi was quite moved, and felt that he was loyal to the Qing Dynasty and sympathetic to the people, but he also took pity on him for being sick and exhausted.

On March 19 of the twelfth year of Shunzhi (1655), Emperor Shunzhi issued an edict to the Ministry of Officials: "Ren Jun, the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment of the Ministry of Justice, is declining in his years, and the affairs of the Ministry cannot be managed. Reading that he has served as an official for a long time, he returned to his hometown with the original official Zhishi, and the Ministry of Er made a quick push for talents and qualified people. “

Ren Jun told the old man to return to his hometown, he stood on the Yunxing Mountain in his hometown, his thoughts were scattered, his life was like a white horse passing through the gap, the vastness of the world, only the righteousness continued. He faced his hometown, let the cold wind blow his awe-inspiring body, his white hair fluttered, tears sprinkled to his hometown, if there is an afterlife, he will also seek the people's livelihood!

In February of the thirteenth year of Shunzhi (1656), Ren Jun died of illness at the age of sixty-two. When Emperor Shunzhi heard this, he was grief-stricken, and the special messenger went to Ren Jun's hometown to hold a "state funeral" ceremony, and gave him a couplet: "Xue Bo's family style, Dong'an Shize".

In addition to the grief of his friend Sun Tingquan, he wrote an epitaph for it that has been passed down through the ages, and finally expressed his condolences to Ren Jun at the end, "Riding the tail of the kei, saying that it is hidden; For the thunderstorm, Ze will be long. But the king and the text, what is the use; There is waste and prosperity, and the way of heaven is difficult to measure. Climbing the dragon and falling into the beard, I can't ask for death, and I am sad for me: I return to the clouds, and I am old and old, as if I am in the hall. For thousands of years, who looks at each other; And return to rest, the sun of the mountain. ″