Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 281 Corporal Li Xian
When did Emperor Father start reading this kind of book?Zhu Houzhao knew that his father used to read Confucian classics. It seems that his father has made progress!Flipping through the booklet, Zhu Houzhao smiled. He naturally knew what his father meant by giving him this book.The old man felt that it was time for him to practice the art of becoming a king, but many emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not taught the art of being a king.

In fact, Han Feizi has seen it, of course, not in the previous life, but in this life, the more I look at Zhu Houzhao, the more I feel that the old ancestor is really powerful, and those brilliant sparks of thought are really worth learning from later generations. And inheritance, such as the Bei Nei Chapter in Han Feizi, Zhu Houzhao was really impressed.That article said that as an emperor, you can't trust anyone.

Later, it is emphasized that the emperor cannot cede power to his courtiers, so since the power cannot be surrendered, and the courtiers cannot be trusted, what should we do?Nature is the rule of law, so Han Feizi is a master of legalism.Many of Han Fei's theories are placed in later generations, and they do not lag behind. He requires "abolishing the teachings of the former kings" and "taking the law as the teaching".He emphasized that once the "law" is enacted, it must be strictly enforced, and no one should be an exception, so that "the law is not noble", "the punishment does not avoid ministers, and rewards do not spare everyone".

These thoughts are the later generations' "laws must be followed", "violators must be investigated", and "enforcement must be strict". Although there may be omissions in implementation, it is a general direction.

There is a very famous saying in later generations, that is, you can't punish a doctor, and you can't treat a common man with courtesy. In fact, this sentence comes from the "Book of Rites·Qu Li", which was written in the Western Han Dynasty.The original saying is that the emperor caresses the style, the doctor does it, the doctor caresses it, the scholar does it, and the courtesy is not inferior to the common people.The punishment does not go to the doctor, and the criminal should be treated fairly regardless of whether he is on the king's side or not.

Zheng Xuan's note in the Eastern Han Dynasty said: Punishment does not respect officials, no matter if a fool breaks the law, if he breaks the law, he should be punished by the judicial department, and all of them are in the punishment book.

Of course, even if it is an execution, it still needs to save face. For example, after being convicted, instead of using the criminal law of mutilating limbs, first choose or persuade him to commit suicide in order to sharpen the festival; at court).If nobles with the same surname are guilty, they will be executed by Dian Shi, who will be secretly assassinated in the countryside (see "Zhou Li Dian Shi").

This is also the reason why later generations often saw the emperor execute his courtiers, basically giving white silk, or giving poisoned wine.

It's just that this sentence was misinterpreted in the end. It reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, directly sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and basically seldom killed people. No matter what kind of crime, it was basically demoted or released.This is also because the scholars were very rampant, and the imperial power declined very badly. Zhu Hou took care of Han Feizi, and he was looking at the law.

As for the emperor's mind, Zhu Houzhao doesn't look at it very much. In Zhu Houzhao's view, it is a small way.

But Zhu Houzhao also has his own experience, that is why the Legalists can't do Confucianism, because the Legalists pay attention to the law, that is, there must be rules in everything, no matter what your status is, you must respect it.Such a theory will never be supported by the ruling class, and this ruling class is not only the emperor.

Whoever sits in the seat of the ruling class wants to have fewer restrictions, and no punishment for mistakes. How can legislation be allowed?

Confucianism is different. They want to be decent, not to be punished by high officials, and not to be inferior to ordinary people. They think so, and they do it the same way.The most terrible thing is that the emperor also thinks so, because in this way, the emperor also has to be decent, and there is no law in the world that can restrict Confucianism. Of course, this is not about Confucianism in the Qin and Han Dynasties, but after the demonic reform later.

The Confucianists in the Qin and Han Dynasties all mounted their horses to lead the army, dismounted their herdsmen, and held high the great unification and great revenge. They were all strong and fierce theories and Confucian disciples.

With his hands behind his back and holding the Han Feizi that his father gave him, Zhu Houzhao staggered back to Xianyang Palace. As soon as he arrived at Xianyang Palace, Zhu Houzhao saw Liu Jin walking over.

"His Royal Highness, Yang Yiqing, Lord Yang is here." Liu Jin bowed and said after seeing Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and said, "Let him in!"

Regarding Yang Yiqing's perception, Zhu Houzhao has always been good, but his ending is not very good. Being able to convince the eunuch Zhang Yong to get rid of Liu Jin together with him, and he succeeded, shows that this person is resourceful.When Zhang Yong was punished by Emperor Jiajing, he interceded for Zhang Yong to seek stability, which proved that he was a believer.

In addition, Yang Yiqing was also a talent as an official. He was hailed as a child prodigy when he was young. He took part in the provincial examination at the age of 14 and was recommended as a Hanlin scholar.Ming Xianzong ordered the cabinet to select a teacher to teach him.In the eighth year of Chenghua, he was a Jinshi in the Renchen Division and was granted the title of Scheeren of Zhongshu.It can be said that Yang Yiqing has been favored by the emperor since he was very young, and he can be a man and an official.

Many years later, Yang Yiqing was promoted to Shanxi's procuratorial envoy and inspector, and was changed to Shaanxi deputy envoy inspector. He served in Shaanxi for eight years and inspected frontier wars in his spare time.After that, he entered the court, served as the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, and entered the Qing Dynasty of Taichang Temple in Nanjing.In the 15th year of Hongzhi, on the recommendation of Liu Daxia, he was promoted to the left deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and served as the governor of Shaanxi, responsible for supervising the horse administration of Shaanxi.

This is a man capable of writing and martial arts. In the original history, when tens of thousands of Mongolian troops invaded Guyuan, Cao Xiong, the commander-in-chief, refused to send troops to assist him.Yang Yiqing then led light cavalry to march from Pingliang day and night to resist the invasion and launch a surprise attack to repel the invasion of the Mongolian army.Such a talent, how could Zhu Houzhao not be under his command?This is the talent Zhu Houzhao asked for from his father.

Zhu Houzhao has been eyeing him for a long time. This time he was transferred from the governor of Shaanxi to the governor of Liaodong in order to cooperate with Zhu Houzhao's military reform.

Hearing Yang Yiqing's arrival, Zhu Houzhao laughed immediately, and said directly to Liu Jin, "Let's go, I will go to greet you in person."

Zhu Houzhao has long been familiar with the practice of being a corporal, and he is now the prince. He will only be praised for doing so, so he doesn't feel embarrassing at all when he does it.You must know that there are really many people who surrendered to Cao Cao, and they relied on two tricks, releasing their bonds personally, and burying them with tears. Of course, Zhu Houzhao didn't need these two tricks, but Zhu Houzhao could take them out in person.

Cao Cao greeted Xu You with bare feet, which was to express his importance. Zhu Houzhao naturally followed suit, but there was no need to go barefoot, just pick it up.

As Zhu Houzhao walked out, he soon saw a thin middle-aged man standing not far away. Although he looked thin, he was very energetic, with a sword on his waist.Although the literati's saber is nothing new in this era, the saber is mostly an ornament, but Zhu Houzhao can tell that Yang Yiqing's saber is really a sword that can kill people.

(End of this chapter)