"People, where is the bottom line?"

"Official, where is the bottom line?"

"Government affairs, where is the bottom line?"

Li Si sighed in a long slender voice.

Late at night, Yingcheng returned to the mansion after dealing with the affairs of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and Li Si came again.

Only this time.

Li Si obviously sighed slightly.

"All in all, this is a temptation, a temptation of honor, a temptation of officials, a temptation to change the law."

Li Si sighed: "The Tang clan in Hanzhong, a family that can't be on the table, may still have a few catties in Hanzhong, but in Xianyang, even the waves can't float." ”

"The grandfather of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Cheng, enlisted in the army when he was young, worshiped the five doctors, was injured and discharged from the army and received a pension, so he bought the Tang Ji Inn in Xianyang, and at the same time, his ancestral hometown of Hanzhong Zhongguan also made a fortune, tired three generations, and established the Tang family."

"Before Tang Cheng died, he gave the Tang Ji Inn to his most beloved grandson, that is, this Tang Zhong."

"The Dalu Mansion has set up a foreign official office, even if it is the prince's mansion, it must be granted."

"However, things have developed to this point, what courage does this Tang Zhong have to disobey the will of the court?"

"There is only one possibility, this Tang Zhong is manipulated, no matter who appeases him, he will not rent or sell, even if it is a sky-high rent, even if his status is high, he will not sell it."

"There is only one circumstance, the imperial court forcibly requisitioned the Tang Ji Inn as the temporary foreign official office of the Dalu Mansion."

Liston paused and said, "And this is the real reason why Zhang Shaogong came to the prison country." ”

"As a matter of fact, in the midst of this law change, many officials in the DPRK and China are governing according to the situation, because according to the provisions of the law change, there is undoubtedly a world with the law as the cornerstone and strict norms for all people and things, and such a world has extremely high requirements for officials."

"So, there was this temptation."

"If the prison state forcibly expropriates the Tang Ji Inn, then the will of the imperial court will be above the law, and then whenever such problems are encountered, the officials of all parties will have a benchmark for governance, and today the Tang Ji Inn can be forcibly requisitioned because of the establishment of the Foreign Officials Office of the Great Law Mansion, then tomorrow, there will be hundreds of Tang Ji Inns will be forcibly requisitioned."

"As for Xungui, he only needs to make peace with the officials a little, and it is easy to get a place like the Tang Ji Inn, which is something that even the law can't control."

"For, from a legal point of view, it is all a reasonable thing."

"It's like a local wealthy family seizing the people's land, all within a reasonable and legal range, and even the people voluntarily sell their fields, and they can't find fault if they want to."

said.

Li Si looked at Yingcheng slightly, he didn't know if Yingcheng had seen through the conspiracy, but Yingcheng's way of dealing with it was more and more in line with his appetite.

The will of the imperial court forcibly expropriated the property of the common people.

Although this is also for the strength of the Qin State.

But.

Once approved, it means that the imperial court is given the power to requisition the people's property unscrupulously, which is an extremely terrible situation.

Other words.

Only in some cases where this is absolutely necessary, the imperial court expropriates by means of forcible expropriation, can the purity of the imperial court be guaranteed.

On such an issue, there is a need to define a clear bottom line.

What is a must-have?

The Foreign Affairs Office of the Dalu Mansion, even in less than a month, can be anywhere outside the gate of Fusu Mansion, not the Tang Ji Inn.

In case of forcible expropriation.

It also means that the imperial court only needs to look at the people's property, find a reason, and requisition.

Then the Qin law is in chaos.

"One or two things may not affect anything, but we are the central court, and every move guides the bottom line of the world's officials."

"How great is the world, and how many are the imitators, and so many, and the dignity of the law is trampled into the dust."

Li Si sighed softly and couldn't help but continue: "Actually, over the years, the old minister has been in a high position, and he has gradually understood a truth. ”

"Let's put it this way, in the past, Wei Yan was the prime minister, in charge of the law, slightly lenient on the Qin law, advocating the reduction of the criminal law, similar to Lü Buwei, with the same idea of using the economy to balance the military."

"Under his rule, there was a lot of forgiveness, and at the same time, at that time, Wang Juan was forgiving, and the entire group of officials was also forgiving in the two people's government, which is not only forgiving to the people, but also means forgiving to officials."

"Among them, there is an extremely serious problem of corruption, killing one official is not enough to make officials afraid, killing 100 officials is enough to make officials keep silent."

"And officials themselves are special existences, there is no need to worry about no one available, there are many people who want to be officials."

"And when the superior is lenient, there are many benevolent officials gathered below."

said.

Li Si poured a sip of wine and said: "However, since the old minister was entrusted by His Majesty and became the Imperial Captain, His Majesty also intended to promote the Imperial Lieutenant from the Prime Minister's Mansion, the old minister has gained relatively free authority to control the laws of Great Qin. ”

"Since then, the ruling officials and ministers have not spoken, but the entire Legalist system of Great Qin has undergone earth-shaking changes."

"Because, the officials appointed and dismissed by the old minister are all officials who have the same philosophy as the old minister."

"Other old ministers don't dare to guarantee it, but among the entire Legalist county lieutenant-level officials, they are definitely loyal to the laws of Great Qin, and when it comes to His Majesty's prince, the old ministers only look at His Majesty's intentions."

"But since the old minister, the old minister doesn't care what Feng Quji's attitude is, if any county guard commits a crime, the old minister will pick him ten layers of skin."

"It is exceedingly strict in matters of the law."

"Because of this, a situation of cool officials has been formed, as the prison country said."

"It seems like nothing, but there is an absolute truth in this, power spreads from the center to the periphery, forming a network similar to the center, the center is wide, the center is wide, the center is cool, and the center is cool."

"Even, there is no need to change officials, people have many faces, they can be gentlemen or thieves, and these people will change themselves to adapt to the superiors."

"If you want to get close to power, you have to adapt to the center of power."

"If the Qin State is full of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, selling officials and lords, then this is definitely not a problem around us, but a problem in the center."

Listening to Li Si's words, Yingcheng couldn't help but nod and said: "Indeed, this is also a question I have been thinking about, in fact, when governing the country, it is difficult to say, and there are thousands of trivial things every day. ”

"But it's very simple."

"It is only necessary to ensure the correctness of the official class, the order of the Son of Heaven is respected, the order of the court is executed, and a pig sits on it, and there will be no chaos."

"Although this is just a description, the truth is obvious, governing the country is nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation, and countless industries have been derived from these four points."

"And among them, officials are at the heart of the problem."

He didn't pursue the matter of Tang Ji Inn, and he didn't even have the idea of asking who was guilty.

Because he understands.

At this time, there are countless temptations waiting for him in the Qin State.

He needs to send a signal of governance.

And this temptation is reasonable.

In the interview, the above must give a clear attitude, and the attitude must be fed back to the people below, and the people below will know what to do.

So.

In the handling of the problem of Tang Ji Inn.

It's simple.

As the owner of Tang Kee Inn, Tang Zhong has legitimate rights and interests, and if he does not agree to rent it, he cannot be forcibly expropriated.

It's for him.

It's just a trivial disposition, and it's not worth noting.

And the questions he needs to really think about are the same as the questions that Lees thinks about.

From the perspective of the whole world, we should think about the problem from the perspective of the group of officials, the group of nobles, the group of the people, and the group of all walks of life.

It doesn't focus on a particular family.

Even if there is an injustice in front of him now, he will not investigate it in person, but will only throw this injustice to the Tingwei Division.

And if the Tingwei Division determines that this is not an injustice, even if this is an injustice, he will follow the approval of the Tingwei Division.

And if there is a change in the future, what he needs to do is to hold Ting Weisi accountable, instead of running to find out whether this is an injustice.

When such a thing happens, he needs to think about the defects in handling the documents, the problems that exist among officials, whether this kind of problem is an exception or a common problem, whether the reason for such a problem is that there is a defect in the system, and how to improve it.

An injustice standing at the level of the Qin State is actually insignificant.

"Therefore, solving the problem of clothing, food, housing and transportation of officials, and solving the clothing, food, housing and transportation of officials' families is a problem that the imperial court needs to pay attention to, and I always believe that the treatment of officials must be improved, even if I have to bear a huge price because of this, I must also improve."

"Only in this way can the imperial court make more demands on officials, strictly discipline themselves, and ordinary people can degenerate, and even sleep for ten days and half a month in a row, which is allowable. However, officials are not allowed to fall, and the resolute elimination of the degenerate is the guarantee of the officials' public will. ”

"Only by ensuring the purity of officials and wholeheartedly governing the country, even if a situation of blockade is formed, it is also a guarantee of national stability."

Yingcheng paused and said: "No matter what form of rule, one thing is eternal, as long as the officials are public for the people, the people will not rebel." ”

"And among them, the law is the core of the core, the law is not chaotic, the officials are not chaotic, the people are not chaotic, and the world is not chaotic."

Among them, the imperial power is the core of the law, and it is certain to limit the imperial power, but in fact, the imperial power and officials are not indispensable...... Never mind! ”

Yingcheng saw Li Si roll his eyes, so he ended the topic and said: "And the matter of the law, it seems to be in a hurry, but it is not in a hurry. ”

"The law of the article, with the current output of the super workshop, within the Guanzhong, everyone can do it."

"However, the law is only a formality, and the real core is to let the law penetrate into everyone's heart."

"Know the law, use the law, and use the law, and do things within the law."

"What the law is, it seems to be an indescribable thought, but it includes all the order in the world, all the behaviors related to people and things, such as people's clothing, food, housing, and transportation.

"In other words, people are the power that the law gives them to be human beings."

Hearing this, Li Si nodded and said: "But among them, there is an ultimate problem, officials and laws, officials themselves represent the law, even if the three divisions are separated, for the entire official class, there is still legal power, and as long as the world needs to rule, this power will not disappear." ”

"This is back to the fundamental problem, officials, old ministers have also experienced all kinds of strange things, I remember that there is an official, filial piety, good reputation, that is also for the people's life, quite talented, and the world is even better."

However, his son was addicted to gambling and lost 100,000 yuan, and under duress, this person embezzled the imperial court funds in order to repay the debt and paid off the debt to his son.

100,000 yuan is not much, for this person, casually invest in a few workshops with the imperial court decree and then create the illusion that the workshop is unsustainable, in fact, it will be over.

However, this person's son gambled again, this time even more ruthlessly, losing 300,000 yuan, this person was helpless, so he embezzled it again, but when he used the money, the gap was too big to be blocked, and he was noticed by Tingwei, so he found out. ”

"After the old minister weighed it, he still punished his prisoner according to the law, and the more the old man thought about it, the more angry he became, the good minister was ruined, so he ordered the court lieutenant to clean up these gambling houses, arrested a lot of people, and cleaned them several times."

"If the prison has time to go to the gambling house, now those gambling houses have to show their identity certificates and registration numbers before they go, and they dare not let the relatives of officials enter."

"In fact, there are a lot of such cases, but some people are used to it, and they catch it to death, and they will settle down after a few times, and they are restless, that is not enough."

"People and beasts are actually almost the same, there is fear, it depends on how to do it, this is the reason why the old minister is extremely disgusted with the Confucian group of people, relying on leniency and benevolence, it is like feeding jackals, people eat a sheep and you don't kill a few, the next time people call the whole jackal pack to eat together, don't give it to rob, and even eat the owner of the flock."

……

Yingcheng inevitably agrees.

Although Li Si is a person, he is not good at critical moments, and he is a good hand at judging the situation.

But his view of the problem is still very vicious.

The conversation with Li Si can also create a lot of sparks.

Especially in dealing with things like corruption and malfeasance, he can't find fault with that, to be honest.

The state of Qin is also a country that has been inherited for 500 years.

The unification of the six countries can be said to expand the territory, but in the past, the territory of the Qin State accounted for one-tenth of the world, and there were many officials, but at least in Guanzhong, Shuzhong, Longxi, and Beidi, the people's livelihood was still stable, and there were few county and county-level officials who were greedy for a vegetarian meal.

And the officials of the central court, there are really few who are greedy for ink.

It is undeniable that this is actually more due to Lis.

Even.

Although forming a party for personal gain is derogatory, in this era, it is not derogatory, and it tends to be like-minded.

To a certain extent, like-mindedness is a form of selfishness.

In fact, it is more important to look at the benefits of self-employment.

If it is an investigation official, acting according to the law, fully implementing the law, forming a party for personal gain, or being like-minded, in fact, there is no difference.

It wasn't until late at night that Li Si left Fusu Mansion.

And after Yingcheng also communicated with Li Si, he fell asleep on the bed.

Following.

Early.

Li Xian prepared his outfit and gifts, and set foot on the road to the palace.

And Yingcheng.

Riding a tall war horse, he walked in front and walked towards Xianyang Palace.

There is no direct entrance to the palace, and you must enter the Xianyang Palace before entering the palace.