Even the most radical Legalists only say that under the Son of Heaven, everyone is equal before the law. Even the enactment of the law gave the emperor the privilege of pardoning guilt.

Even if the Wang family is the emperor, the law of the Great Cadre cannot do it to this extent, and the Wang family can naturally restrain the descendants from breaking the law through long-term education, but they can't force the rest of the people.

After all these years of development, the Legalists have become aware of this problem, and now they are supplementing and revising the "Great Cadre Law" to plug this loophole.

For the 'Eight Pi', Wang Xin is ready to add some of these things.

Among them, the first to be added to the "Great Cadre Law" were the discussion of nobles and the discussion of merit. Meritorious service, that is, a person of outstanding merit; Yigui, that is, the three dukes and the nine kings and the people with great merit to the rank of marquis;

To be able to have a title is basically a person who has made great contributions to the country's territory. This kind of person who has made great contributions must be given some privileges in both reasonableness and reason.

At the same time, whether it is the three princes and nine ministers or the nobles with high titles, once the judicial department is given the right to adjudicate, it is very likely to cause serious consequences, and these people are involved in too many interests, and it is very likely that a large number of people will be implicated, and they will even become tools of political struggle.

The most typical is party strife. When party struggle develops, that is, the party is the same and fights against the different, regardless of whether it is right or wrong, and only looks at the camp. At that time, the major affairs of the imperial court will not be implemented at all.

How can an official of this level be brought before the judiciary? It can only be decided by the emperor, or after consultation between the emperor and several important ministers.

What was clearly canceled was the guest of honor, that is, the descendants of the monarchs of the previous dynasty were honored as state guests (the three dukes of the Zhou Dynasty, the descendants of Confucius in real history were also among them).

When King Wu of Bang Zhou conquered Shang, he divided the three dukes and two ke, and the descendants of Yin Shang were divided into the Song State and given the title of duke.

When Daqian was ruling the world, he also gave titles to the descendants of the sons of Bang Zhou, and even the descendants of several other princes and kings also had rewards. But giving these people judicial privileges, Wang Xin's brain did not cramp.

They are already people who have lost their country, they don't have their tails between their legs, and they dare to act recklessly, and this kind of person still wants judicial privileges? If you want to eat fart, you can cut it directly.

Next, Wang Xin vetoed the discussion of the ability, that is, the person with outstanding ability; Deliberation, that is, a person who is diligent and hardworking;

Discussion ability, refers to outstanding talent, this kind of people are basically smart people, but if they do not have a family and country in their hearts, the greater the talent, the greater the damage, for this kind of person, Wang Xin does not want to keep.

Later on the attendance, not to mention. People come to say that there is no merit and hard work, so that the emperor will also discuss his guilt, which will directly make a large number of noble officials and even Haoqiang take advantage of this loophole.

Yixian: that is, a person with high moral cultivation and a virtuous name outside (to put it bluntly, he is a celebrity); This one sounds good. On the surface, he is talking about people with high moral integrity, cultivated wise men, and famous men. Where are the audit standards for people who are highly respected, wise men, and famous people?

In real history, where did those so-called great sages, celebrities, and high morals come about? During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a special review. It is the family that the high family recommends some people to evaluate the people of the world.

The people who come out of this kind of evaluation are celebrities and wise men, or they tout their virtues through various ways of showmanship, so as to achieve the goal of high morality.

How to put on a show? Don't think that the ancients didn't know how to put on a show, in fact, when the ancients showed off, Newton's coffin board couldn't hold it down.

For example, lying on the ice and begging for carp, the story is very simple, Wang Xiang of Langya Wang, his stepmother treated him badly, once in winter his stepmother was sick and wanted to eat fish, he ran to the frozen river, lay on the ice, warmed the ice, and a carp jumped into his arms from the water.

Use your body to warm the ice? Not to mention a small child, it was a strong man who climbed up, and before the ice melted, the person froze to death. Because of this lying on the ice and begging for carp, Wang Xiang became a respected moral model.

Even if the Sima clan usurped Wei, what did Wang Xiang do later? He went from being the third duke of Wei to being the Taibao of Jin. True moral model.

You think that lying on the ice and begging for carp is over, and there is even more awesome crying bamboo shoots, which directly makes bamboo shoots grow in winter. Of course, maybe people's bamboo shoots are a mutated variety.

Virtuous and respectful, wise men, and famous men, these are all touted by those families to each other, and they may have real talents and real learning, but Wang Xin doesn't believe in the discipline of these people, so this discussion was directly canceled.

In the end, Wang Xin canceled the discussion and the relatives, and he hesitated for a long time and finally decided to cancel it.

The royal relatives usually have titles that can be used to discuss nobles, and the heirs of the Wang family basically will not do any heinous crimes, so they simply cancel it directly.

After some deliberation, 'Babi' was changed to 'Erbi' by Wang Xin.

But just as the king and his ministers were about to finalize the law, a copy of the book was delivered.

Wang Xin opened the song and looked at it, and his face became more and more ugly. Ordered someone to hand over the music to several important ministers to look at, and the faces of several important ministers were also not good-looking.

Wang Xin immediately said: "Zhao Fu bullied the market, killed the merchant, burned his goods, and his son avenged his grievances, but Luoyang Ling not only did not pronounce Zhao Fu guilty, but only fined money. Later, Zhao Fu actually dared to break the legs of the merchant's son. ”

"If the son of this merchant does not have friends in the palace of learning, and the scholars in the palace do not speak up for him, and the doctor of scripture does not go to the book, will there be no news of this matter?"

Wang Xin was furious and asked loudly, and several ministers in the hall hurriedly pleaded guilty.

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

"Forgive your sins! What sins to forgive! Wang Xin suddenly got up.

"Luoyang Ling is doing nonsense, are you also puppets?"

"I have just been about to exempt the emperor's relatives from the right to discuss crimes, so you will go and judge this case now!"

"Your Majesty is angry!" Seeing that Wang Xin was angry, everyone didn't dare to say more, so they had to retire and deal with the case first.

Wang Xin left the Qianyuan Palace angrily and returned to the Changyang Palace, and at this time, the Prime Minister Wang Hao came to ask for a meeting.

"What is Uncle Huang doing here?" Wang Xin asked.

"Your Majesty, please postpone the discussion of relatives." Wang Hao said.

Wang Xin's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said directly: "But the queen asked the imperial uncle to intercede?" ”

"The queen has not looked for a minister!" Wang Hao shook his head and said, "The minister is only here because the decision of the relatives is inappropriate. ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Xin said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, do you know why Zhao Fu's matter has become the current situation?" Wang Hao asked.

Wang Xin was a little surprised and said: "Isn't it that those officials bend the law for personal gain, afraid of their status and dare not sentence them?" ”

"Yes, but not exactly!" Wang Hao said: "In the past, there was no 'Eight Rules' in the Great Qianlu, so it was difficult to deal with it when encountering a relative of the emperor like Zhao Fu. ”

"That's why I canceled the council from the Eight Pits, and in the future, there is no clear provision of the law, and if there is a law, the officials will naturally sentence them!" Wang Xin said.

"Your Majesty, officials are also human beings, it is impossible for all officials to be impartial and selfless, they also have their own selfishness." Wang Hao said. Wang Xin, as the crown prince and emperor, often came into contact with the Wang family, but he didn't realize this, or subconsciously ignored it.

Wang Hao continued: "There was no eight pi before, so Zhao Fu committed a crime, and the local officials did not dare to try it, they were afraid of the queen's identity, and they were afraid that after the sentence, they would be hated by the queen, and they did not dare to sentence, and even helped them get rid of their crimes." ”

"There are too few people who really dare to ignore and sentence him, these people are indeed good officials, but the vast majority of people can't do it."

"Therefore, there is actually another meaning of the relatives in the Eight Pi, that is, the local officials dare not try it, so they report the matter to the imperial court, report it to the emperor, and then hand it over to the emperor for personal trial."

"In this way, local officials will not be hated by the emperor's relatives, they will naturally not hide things, and will report as required, instead of concealing and not reporting as they are now, to help them get away with their crimes."

(End of chapter)