Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 448 Resistance
At the beginning of March, great progress had been made in the revision of "Daqin Xingtong". Dou Yi submitted the revised opinions to him in general, and Shi Congyun read it for several days.

Generally speaking, most places are good, and many improvements are satisfactory. However, the laws and regulations on the protection of the fairness of the imperial examination are still not strong enough. Most of them still hold the same attitude towards the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Shangshi was very dissatisfied with this point, this matter was not serious enough, and they all held the previous mentality, he needed to change this point, so he summoned officials from Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment to come over, and spent a whole afternoon carefully Explained it to them.

Emperor Shi attaches great importance to this matter. First, he cannot turn back the wheel of history. Moreover, as society progresses, if he does not delegate more power, he may be backlashed.

Second, he also needs a balance of power.Before, the southern generals and officials were used to balance the northern generals, and then it was time to gradually promote low-level talents to balance the power of these important officials who followed him to conquer the world.

Although the words are ruthless, reason makes Emperor Shi very clear-headed. Any long-term dynasty has such a process. For example, in the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang and Empress Lu killed princes and kings with different surnames; Great family; Zhao Kuangyin in the Northern Song Dynasty drinking wine and releasing military power, etc.
This law has hardly changed. Chinese moral theory likes to shape saints, but the bloody fact is that no one is perfect, and no one can maintain himself in the face of power, wealth and desire.

However, in a country with a huge composition of personnel and a huge organization, if you think of governing the country by gambling that there is no one saint in a million, you can hardly be said to be naive, but you are looking for a dead end.

Political mediation is the most beneficial means for oneself and the whole country. Although people often see the bloody political struggles, such as the political struggles in the early Han Dynasty, the political struggles in the early Tang Dynasty, and the political struggles in the early Song Dynasty, they will bring themselves into The dignitaries and dignitaries felt the same, and were filled with righteous indignation.

But in fact, from Shi Congyun's point of view, this in itself is a very strange angle. For him, no matter how bloody and cruel the high-level political struggle is, only a few people will die, which is ten million times better than war. For the people at the bottom, it is the best.

When the truly incompetent high-level officials turn political struggles into uncontrollable wars, it will be a hell for countless civilians. Blood flows in the oars, lives are burnt, bones are exposed in the wild, and wars with thousands of miles of uninhabited people are the most terrifying.

In order for the regime to transition smoothly and power to be balanced, Emperor Shi must start thinking now, relying on more opportunities, more fair civil examinations, military examinations, and industrial examinations, to train more poor children without roots, and in the next few days In ten years, let them gradually restrict the civil and military officials who gradually surrounded the emperor.

This is a long-term plan in his heart. Of course, he will not tell anyone about this matter, but he is just going to use the most stringent laws to ensure the fairness of competition.

Therefore, the newly formulated "Da Qin Xing Tong" is much more lenient than the laws of the Tang Dynasty, not to mention the Five Dynasties.

Some capital crimes that required casual execution before were changed to exile, and many corporal punishments that required beheading, limbs, and noses were changed to hard labor and stick punishment.

It has become more civilized, which also conforms to the law of historical development, because from Qin to Han to Tang to Song, the penalty has been continuously reduced, and many cruel and inhumane tortures have been continuously eliminated.

However, under the premise that all punishments have been lightened, only the emperor's legal history about the imperial examinations went against the trend of the Tang Dynasty, and on the contrary it was aggravated.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the punishment for cheating candidates was generally deprivation of one or several admission qualifications, and the guarantor was implicated, and the implicated guarantor would be demoted.

Dou Yi and other officials of the three halls believed that the Tang Dynasty's handling was very reasonable.

However, Shi Congyun knew that punishment of this magnitude could not stop fraud at all, and loose punishment would also lead to the complete monopoly of this upward channel by bureaucrats and aristocrats, which would lead to the disaster of subjugation of the country over time.

So they were forced to amend the law on the imperial examination on the spot, which specifically emphasized that if they participated in fraud and helped candidates to cheat, both participants and candidates would be executed, and the invigilators would also be punished.

Many officials were taken aback when they heard this.

Many officials objected on the spot, saying repeatedly that this was too harsh, and asked the emperor to take back his order.

Shi Congyun glanced at them, how could he not know their little Jiujiu.

Among these people, there must be many officials who originally wanted to give their nephews a back door, seek connections, and let the invigilators make a difference. This kind of thing was done by Tao Gu a few years ago.

At that time, he bribed the invigilator officials to find an official position for his eldest son, but the news was disclosed to Shi Congyun by officials from the court and central government.

He sent someone to investigate, and it turned out that this really happened. Emperor Shi was furious and scolded Tao Gu, but the law had not been amended at that time, and the biggest punishment for Tao Gu according to law was to be demoted. It's not easy to get angry in my heart, so I just put him idle in the Imperial Academy and no longer reuse it, and dismissed the invigilator at that time.

What happened a few years ago is still vivid in my mind, but now these officials are all against it. Obviously, many people have their own little calculations, and many people want to be the second Tao Gu.

The situation like Tao Gu's before was just demoting officials. If this law is enforced, it will be dead.

Facing a large group of officials below begging to take back their orders, and using benevolence, righteousness and morality as reasons to speak out, Emperor Shi, who used to like to listen to the opinions of ministers, was particularly tough this time, and said directly: "There is absolutely no possibility of discussing this matter. Back off, all."

Everyone looked at each other, wanting to say something, Shi Congyun glanced over the crowd sharply, then fell silent, and finally no one spoke,

Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment could only stop talking one after another and then retreat.

Only Dou Yi and a few officials left very straightforwardly, but Shi Congyun did not give any conclusions or conjectures for their reasons, which is unpredictable.

After that day, the promotion of the new law began to enter the implementation stage, but Emperor Shi felt a little uneasy, because he had taken a lot of bureaucratic cakes.

Half a month later, the newly revised "Da Qin Xing Tong" began to be announced by Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and Yushitai, with the emperor's seal, and then announced it to the world, and issued it to all states and counties, requiring it to be implemented from June this year.

As for what kind of reaction it will cause, it will take time to test.

He is not afraid of the general direction, and what needs to be paid attention to now is the reaction of the court. After all, this new law is a virtuous policy for the people, but it is not for many officials.

During this period, Emperor Shi thought about it, and asked Fu Zhaoyuan to increase the number of imperial guards in the palace a lot, and then asked Wang Zhong to train the troops directly in the inner palace.

In late March, Fan Ruobing was escorted by Huainan troops and entered Daliang along the Bian River.

Emperor Shi didn't meet him immediately, but let him be placed in a post in the capital, and then sent eunuchs around him to reward him with some money, and then informed him to write down his strategy of crossing the river. The drawing is better, give him five days, after which the emperor will personally meet him.

Because Tian Shi Congyun has been busy with the new law these days, and he can't get away from it. At the same time, he doesn't know if Fan Ruobing has real talent and learning. Give him time to prepare, and if he doesn't have it, he won't waste time.

On March 27th, the spring breeze was warm, the sky was bright and clear, and Shi Congyun finally found time to meet Fan Ruobing, who had come from the Southern Tang Dynasty, at the Privy Council Office in person.

(End of this chapter)