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County Magistrate Wu was taken aback, and immediately raised his vigilance.

This is above the court, he is the magistrate of this county, and his county is under the rule of Yingtian Mansion, almost any major event or incident can be directly heard by the heaven, if the answer is wrong and makes people laugh, then The embarrassment is not limited to Jiangning County.

He is the chief judge, so he doesn't need to answer, but he is also curious. He wants to know the real purpose of this Qingzhou student's questioning, and he has not yet figured out the identity and background of this person. If Xia Xun didn't say it himself, he would I don't know that the other party is also a famous person.This is Yingtian Mansion, the water in Yingtian Mansion is very deep, mixed with dragons and snakes, anyone who doesn't know the details should be more polite, this is the general consensus of those who are magistrates under the foot of the emperor.

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County Magistrate Wu thought about it, and replied cautiously: "Well, what is the law is often used. Regulations are expedient measures. Naturally, they cannot be generalized. If there is a conflict between the two, even if it damages the regulations, it will not be the same. When upholding the law, it is not possible to destroy the foundation of all generations because of temporary expediency."

Xia Xun smiled secretly: "I knew he would answer that way. This era is not the same. There are upper-level laws and lower-level laws. The former is greater than the latter, and the two conflict. The principle of maintaining the former should be the same as the ancient and modern."

Xia Xun asked again: "Then, is it a regular practice or a temporary advisable for students to ask the county lords to protect their private property?"

Wu Zhixian said: "Protecting private property is an eternal common sense. If private property cannot be protected, how can people in the world have peace?"

He arched his hands to the sky and said: "So I, Emperor Hongwu, stipulated in the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" that anyone who enters someone's house at night without a reason will have a staff of eighty. Those who are killed by the master immediately are ignored. One mu, less than one house, fifty whips. Five mu per field, three houses, plus one class.

Eighty sticks to stop crimes and two years to act.Department officials, each plus two.

If you will fight with each other for other people's property and houses, do what you have already done, or vaguely contribute to the powerful and important people, the giver, and the recipient, each with a hundred sticks, and three years.If it is forcible occupation, with a hundred sticks, you will be exiled for three thousand miles..."

The county magistrate had memorized a piece of Ming law by heart, and Yang Yu was already in a cold sweat when he heard this.

Xia Xun turned a blind eye, and said again: "The student will ask the adults again, is filial piety a common practice or an expedient measure?"

County Magistrate Wu's face straightened, and he said angrily: "You are a scholar, do you still need to ask this official? The master said: Filial piety, the scriptures of heaven, the righteousness of the earth, and the deeds of the people; there is nothing greater than filial piety in the deeds of people." "Teach the people to be dear, and there is nothing good at filial piety; filial piety is the foundation of virtue, the foundation of benevolence, and the basis of teaching. The three cardinal principles and five constant principles are all based on this. This is a universally applicable principle. The truth applies to everyone. If you are not filial, how is it different from a beast?"

Xia Xun cupped his hands and said, "Students are taught. The last question, adults think, is it expedient or common practice to protect cattle? Is it universal, or should everyone follow it?"

"This..." County Magistrate Wu finally knew what his purpose was for asking one question after another? But he had already answered the first two questions, so it was too obvious to avoid this question at this time.

So Magistrate Wu hesitated for a moment, and replied slowly: "The imperial court ordered the protection of cattle, because agriculture is the foundation of the country, and cattle are tools for labor. But there are differences in time and place, so naturally we cannot generalize, such as the north and the west. In grasslands and deserts, the land is not suitable for cultivation. Livestock are raised for their meat, and the cattle are slaughtered for food. Another example is the sea in the east. Fishermen sail on the sea and rely on water for water, so naturally they do not value cattle. Or In my land in the Central Plains, there may be better tools to replace oxen in the future, so there is no need to protect the oxen, so it is an expedient measure.”

Speaking of this, County Magistrate Wu hurriedly added another sentence: "However, at this moment, in our Daming territory, farming cattle are still very important, and they still need to be protected by laws."

Xia Xun said: "The students know, so why do the students want to kill the cattle in anger?"

His voice suddenly doubled, and he went back thousands of miles to his hometown, but he was shocked to see that the ancestral house was changed into a pigsty and a cowpen, and he told the story of the dead mother's spirit being swept into the corner and contaminated with filth. Mentioned, and finally said impassionedly: "Occupying other people's houses, taking them as their own, destroying and destroying them, is this a violation of the Ming Dynasty's criminal law?"

Yang Yu was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "Same family, what is invasion and what is not negotiable? The elders of the clan also occupied your house because they have not heard from your father and son for many years, and mistakenly thought that they had died in a foreign country. Since you came back, even if you are dissatisfied, you can arrest the cattle and sheep and claim compensation one by one, how can you brazenly kill the cattle?"

Xia Xun said sharply: "The ancestral house was destroyed and turned into a stable for cattle, sheep and horses. How can parents rest in peace under the spring? The spiritual seat of my late mother was swept down to the corner of the house, and the spiritual seat was covered with filth. How can a person live in peace? Since ancient times, the hatred of killing one's father cannot be shared with the heavens, eating the flesh of the enemy, drinking the blood of the enemy, one can't understand this hatred. How is the humiliation Yang suffered different from this? Yang did not slaughter those animals How can this hatred be eliminated? How can we be worthy of the spirit of our ancestors? How can we turn this ancestral house into a pigsty, and the spirit of our dead mother will be humiliated! Otherwise, Yang Xu is in vain as a son of man!"

Xia Xun's words immediately resonated with everyone in the hall.At that time, folks described people as evil and extremely bad. How did they describe his behavior? "Kicking widows' doors and digging up household graves" is the most deceitful and shameless behavior.

The word filial piety, as the most common moral concept since ancient times, runs through all levels of the entire society, and on this basis, various humanistic foundations have been laid.Shame on the ancestors is the most intolerable thing for a person. Xia Xun's actions not only have the legal prerequisite of others occupying the residence, but also conform to the moral requirements of the whole society, which naturally aroused the outcry including the county magistrate. The resonance of all personnel.

Xia Xun continued heartbroken: "The ridiculous thing is that I didn't know until I went to court today and saw these pleadings, these so-called plaintiffs, that they were really my uncles, my elders, my parents, what a pain! What is it to lose the livestock that invaded my house? I originally planned to send a pleading letter to the adults, begging the adults to uphold justice for the students. But... But no matter what, they are always my close relatives and elders, and I Why do you have the patience to do things that make your loved ones hurt your enemies...

Yang Yu said angrily: "Master County, he is just trying to make excuses, he is looking for excuses for his crime of killing cattle indiscriminately." A smile slowly formed on the corner of Xia Xun's lips, he knew that unless this The Yang family already has the power to control the government in the local area. The sesame officials under the emperor dare to corrupt the law, otherwise the lawsuit is already a sure thing.

Killing farm cattle is certainly a crime, but it is insignificant compared with the occupation of private houses. If the banner of filial piety is raised again, it will be invincible. Even the emperor would never dare to make orders on filial piety. What's more, this cattle killing case will never appear on the desk of Zhu Yuanzhang, who is busy with daily affairs and suffering from serious illness?

But, under the feet of the Son of Heaven, on the side of the real dragon, how deep is the water?

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"What did you say? Lost the lawsuit? Lost the lawsuit?"

Yang Rong paused with his crutches, and shouted angrily: "Not only our Yang family, but all the people in our Moling town, even the people from all over the world, how many people are watching now? The matter of Yang Dingkun only happened in the past. It has been more than ten years, and now it has been dug out again, and it is spread everywhere, and it is very ugly! Now his son is back, with fresh clothes and angry horses, servants like a cloud, and only [-] carts of small and soft belongings. Nah!"

Yang Rong gasped and said, "Isn't this slapping me in the face? Isn't this slapping me in the face? At the beginning, I opposed people in the clan doing business. As soon as I got home, I gave the old man a blow, killing cattle and sheep, beating the people, and insulting the old man. This is to tie the old man's face in front of the big guys. This little beast, this little beast is for him Father and mother's revenge is here, and now the lawsuit has been lost. We are local, with a large number of people, and we have lost the lawsuit. Where do you want me to put my old face? You are a worthless thing.

Yang Yu stuck his head almost into his collar, and listened in shame, without saying a word.

At this time, a young man in green shirt with a handsome face walked in quickly, and once he entered the room, he said loudly: "Grandpa, what happened at home, you want to call me back in a hurry?"

As soon as Yang Rong saw him, a smile appeared on his face. This young man is his most beloved grandson, Yang Chong, the eldest son of the Yang family, a student of the Taixue, and the most promising young man in the Yang family. epigenetic.

"Chong'er, come here, come to grandpa."

Yang Rong drove Yang Yu out with a wave of his hand, called his grandson to him, and told him the whole story. When Yang Chong heard this, his mouth curled up, and he said with a half-smile, "It's such a big deal for my grandson. For a junior who doesn't know how to advance or retreat?"

"Confused!"

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Yang Rong said: "The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the mosquito's nest. Our Yang family in this Moling town is no better than a poor border town that is closed everywhere. Is it easy to maintain this big family? Today, a thorny head popped up. A thorny head pops up tomorrow, you have your own ideas, he has his own ideas, our family will fall apart sooner or later!"

Yang Chong smiled disapprovingly: "Don't worry, grandpa, grandson won't let that kind of thing happen. Yang Xu? I still have a little impression of him. Is that wimpy good-for-nothing now?"

Yang Chong is the head of the children of Sun Yang's family, the head of the house. He led the children of the family to bully Yang Xu. He was the leader of course. Do it, every time he bullied the young Yang Xu and went home crying.

Yang Rong said: "Yeah, this little bastard is doing well now, just like you, he has passed the entrance examination. Of course, you are a Tai student, and he is only a student in Qingzhou Prefecture. He is not as good as you, but at least he is a student He has a reputation. He came back this time, and he made it clear that he wanted to settle accounts with your grandfather for his parents. Hey! Yesterday, he killed more than a dozen livestock raised by your uncles and uncles. You hear it, you Smell, now the whole town still smells like meat, three meals a day, and your old grandfather's old face is tied up all the time.

Now, he has won the lawsuit again, and he is proud.Your grandpa...is old, strong branches and weak stems, strong branches and weak stems, your grandpa has been worried about this happening all his life, back then Yang Dingkun... what grandpa was worried about was that such a day would appear... this time he was a bad comer , if we can't suppress him, I'm afraid this day... will really change. "

"Grandpa, don't worry, Yang Xu, a bastard, won't be able to turn the sky around!"

Yang Chong smiled coldly, he was the grandson of the head of the Yang family and was favored by others. He developed an arrogant temper since he was a child, and he was even more defiant after entering the Taixue.Yang Chong sneered and said: "He won the lawsuit today, but he took up a word of filial piety. In ancient times, there were examples of people who insulted their fathers and their sons killed them, and they were leniently educated by the court. Later, they thought it was better. What's more. It's just slaughtering cattle and sheep, so Jiangning county magistrate doesn't dare to make a big fuss about this matter. But his actions are really flawless? Not necessarily..."

Yang Rong cheered up, and hurriedly said, "Chonger, you mean?"

Yang Chong said: "We can't get rid of this rule of encroaching on residential houses, but...the law does not blame everyone, let alone there are more than a dozen families, and they are the elders of the same clan. Whether it is minor or serious, it depends on the mind of the judge. As long as you find a capable person to mediate, it is actually not that serious."

Yang Rong said: "Of course it's not serious, and Jiangning County didn't impose a heavy sentence. The county magistrate's punishment today can be said to be [-] slaps each. If I don’t punish him, how will I hold my head up in front of the tribe? Will anyone listen to what I say?”

Yang Chong said in his heart: "You have used the family's ancestral house as a pigsty, and you are simply riding on the family's head to shit. If I came to kill people, I wouldn't be able to forgive you. Why don't you feel unhappy about slaughtering your pigs and sheep?"

But he can only say this in his heart, and he also understands that his grandfather's oppression of Yang Dingkun's family at the beginning was to nip in the bud the danger of trying to challenge the authority of his eldest family, and later he gave the clansmen the occupation of Yang Dingkun's house and yard. Connivance is also for the purpose of shocking other clansmen with living examples. In the final analysis, it is for the interests and authority of their family not to be damaged.

He is the eldest grandson of the eldest family, and what grandpa defends is exactly what he should maintain. He pondered for a moment and said: "After all, killing cattle is a violation of the court's laws. Those livestock belong to the elders of the clan. Even if there is something wrong, he will Don’t commit crimes above, do you have to slaughter them all to show filial piety? This filial piety is not just filial piety to parents, shouldn’t he be filial to the elders of the clan? Make a fuss about this."

Yang Rong said: "The magistrate of Jiangning County has already made a verdict. Can you overturn this case?"

Yang Chong smiled deeply: "Continue to sue, go to Yingtian Mansion."

Although Yang Rong is a local squire, he has never been to Yingtian Mansion to file a lawsuit. Yingtian Mansion Yin is not an ordinary magistrate. The place under the emperor's footsteps is governed by the emperor. The magistrate is connected with six departments. If you have something to do, you can go directly to Datian. As a close minister of the emperor, Yang Rong was a little apprehensive when he went to file a lawsuit with him.

He hesitated: "Ying Tianfu? Is this... okay?"

Yang Chong said: "Of course not now. I will go back to the city immediately to find my mentor. He is a good friend of Mr. Wang Hongrui, Yin Wang of Yingtianfu. I will report this matter to my mentor and ask my mentor to say a few words in front of Mr. Wang. Then Grandpa Go to Yingtian Mansion and file a complaint."

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Yang Rong said worriedly: "Your teacher, can you really talk in front of Mr. Fu Yin?"

Yang Chong said proudly: "Grandpa, don't worry, my teacher is a great talent who ranked first in Hongwu's 18-year general examination, third in the palace examination, and ranked first in Tanhua. Studying in the East Palace, the grandson was tired of teaching and was promoted. Now he is an official in Taichang Temple and a doctor of Taixue. His surname is Huang and his name is Zicheng. , the portion is plentiful.”

Yang Rong was overjoyed, stood up and laughed loudly: "Good! Good! My good grandson, you recognize such a character, why should we be afraid of him?"

Hearing the good news suddenly, the old guy was so excited, he gritted his teeth and said: "Yang Xu, you disobedient elder, a rebellious little beast, with your sharp mouth, it's bigger than the official's two mouths? You can't survive if it's rectified, and you can't die!"! ~!