Chapter 353 No mercy
Zhao Xing took back his hand and looked at Shulan.
Normally Shulan is soft and weak, but now she looks a little bit annoyed, which makes her even more cute.
Shulan lowered her head uncomfortably when Zhao Xing looked at her.
Zhao Xing put his arms around her waist, and with a slight pull, Shulan fell into his arms.
"You look a little angry right now, but it's quite cute." Zhao Xing lifted Shulan's chin and smiled.
"I don't...well..."
Just as Shulan was about to explain, her mouth was blocked.
After being stunned for a while, he put his arms around Zhao Xing's neck and responded.
"Your Majesty, don't..."
Shulan's clothes were half untied, she held Zhao Xing's hand, and said with a hint of pleading in her eyes: "Sister Jing is still here, I will wake her up later."
Zhao Xing breathed heavily, regained some sense, and picked up Shulan.
"Then go to the outer room!"
Carrying Shulan to the outer hall, Zhao Xing sent all the maids away.
"Your Majesty, how can it be possible here, and it's still daytime..."
"It's okay, just support me. I told you that no one will come in."
Shulan didn't dare to refuse Zhao Xing, so she glanced at Zhao Xing with spring in her eyes, and turned away shyly...
Half an hour later, Zhao Xing left Shulan's bedroom feeling refreshed.
Speaking of which, the empty hall has a unique feel.
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Near evening, the palace examination was over, and the scholars left the hall in an orderly manner. The chamberlain came forward and collected all the answer sheets.
Han Zhang and others returned to Zhizheng Hall with their answer sheets.
"My lord, the official has set the question like this, how should we grade the test?" Hu Zhongyan frowned.
The other people also looked embarrassed when they heard this.
Although there are usually no standard answers in the palace examinations, they first look at the literary talent and secondly look at the core idea of the article, so there is always a criterion.
In fact, not only the candidates can guess the questions, but they, the marking officers, will also guess Zhao Xing's thoughts when marking the papers.
After all, Zhao Xing will randomly check the answer sheets for the palace examination.
However, the questions asked by Zhao Xing this time had no fixed answers, and there were several choices.
They didn't know what answer would suit Zhao Xing's wishes.
Han Zhang heard this and said: "You guys wait a moment, I'll go ask the officials for instructions."
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"Your Majesty, the Grand Prime Minister wants to see you!"
In the Imperial Garden, Zhao Xing was walking with Minglan when Sanshui came over to report.
"It seems that the palace examination is over. Let the Grand Prime Minister come over." Zhao Xing said.
"Your Majesty, this concubine will return to the palace first." Minglan leaned forward and said.
"Well, be careful." Zhao Xing nodded.
There isn't much government work today, so it's rare to have some leisure time.
Minglan bowed and left with Xiaotao and several personal maids.
Zhao Xing watched Minglan go away and sat down in a pavilion not far away.
After waiting for a while, Han Zhang came over under the leadership of Sanshui.
"I pay homage to your Majesty!" Han Zhang saluted.
"If the Grand Prime Minister doesn't mark the answer sheet, why do you come to see me?" Zhao Xing asked, waving his hand.
"Your Majesty, the questions in the palace examination are very different from those in previous years. I don't know what criteria should be used to determine the ranking." Han Zhang said.
"The Grand Prime Minister sat down and said."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Han Zhang thanked him and sat down. Zhao Xing smiled and said: "Master, if you were to answer the question I asked, how would you answer it?"
"Your Majesty, if I were to answer the first question, A's father was angry to death by his stepmother. If A killed his stepmother to avenge his father, he should be sentenced to exile." Han Zhang said.
"Why?"
"Although it is against ethics and a great act of unfilial piety for a son to kill his mother, the premise is that he is not his legitimate mother but his stepmother. A kills his mother to avenge his father. Although it is illegal, it is excusable. Therefore, he should not be sentenced to death!"
"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded, noncommittal, and said, "The Grand Prime Minister continues."
"The second question is, although the county official bent the law for personal gain, the county official does not need to bear the responsibility for X's death. He only needs to find out how much corruption he committed and there are no other similar things. He will be punished according to what he committed." Han Zhang said .
"Continue!" Zhao Xing said.
"The third question..."
Han Zhang explained his answers and reasons for each question one by one.
After Zhao Xing listened, he said: "The other questions, the Grand Prime Minister's answers are the same as what I thought, except for the third question, I don't agree."
The third question is about the death row prisoner who has no parents to serve him. Please serve his parents before he dies.
After the government approved it, while the condemned prisoner was serving his parents, it happened to coincide with the imperial court's general amnesty. This person was not within the scope of the pardon.
In the ancient general amnesty, except for the heinous ones, the rest were also pardoned.
Looking at it this way, it seems that this question is somewhat contradictory.
Not really.
This question does not explain the crime committed by the death row prisoner. The standard answer should be to first confirm whether the crime he committed is a "heinous crime".
If it does not belong, it is eligible for forgiveness; if it does, it cannot be forgiven.
But for this question, Zhao Xing dug another hole. The first question he asked was that there was no one on death row to serve his parents. Please serve his parents.
This situation existed in ancient times. In ancient times, the country was governed by filial piety, and the parents of death row prisoners had no one to serve them. Before the death row prisoners were executed, they would be allowed to return to serve as an exception.
However, necessary monitoring and guarding will be done.
Everyone has a heart of compassion, and the parents of death row prisoners have no one to serve them. This is in ancient times when filial piety was paramount.
When most people see this question, they don’t think much about it and answer that they can be pardoned, thereby ignoring whether the death row prisoner meets the conditions for ‘pardon’.
Han Zhang's answer ignored this point, saying that the death row prisoner had no one to serve his parents and should be pardoned.
In fact, Zhao Xing was a little dissatisfied with the answer to the first question.
These questions that Zhao Xing asked were not explained in detail in order to leave holes.
Question 1: A: Because my father was angry to death at the hands of my stepmother, I was so angry that I avenged my father.
But it didn't say whether it was the father's fault or the stepmother's fault.
In fact, the correct answer to this question is that Zhao Xing should clarify the faults of the two people before he can judge whether A should avenge his father.
But this answer was untenable in ancient times.
In ancient times, it was a serious crime to contradict one's parents, and if a parent beats his or her child to death, it would not be a crime if the child was accidentally killed, but it would not constitute a capital crime if it was intentional.
That's why he didn't say anything.
"I think whether this death row prisoner can be pardoned depends on whether the talisman complies with the law, not whether his parents have anyone to serve him." Zhao Xing said.
Han Zhang was silent for a while after hearing this, and said: "Your Majesty, the law is nothing more than human kindness!"
"What the Prime Minister said is wrong!"
Zhao Xing shook his head and said: "Law is nothing more than human feelings. It means that people's morality and emotions must be fully considered when specifying laws. Instead of formulating laws, other factors must be considered in the use process."
The law can never be absolutely fair.
In Zhao Xing's view, various factors need to be considered in detail during the formulation process, but during use, no emotional factors should be involved.
Once emotional factors are mixed in, there will also be room for people to take advantage of.
In this case, the law is almost useless.
To give a simple example, a person has committed a capital crime, but because his children's parents need him to support them, can he be released and allowed to make money to support his children's parents?
No matter how pitiful the death row prisoner's family is, it cannot offset the crime he committed.
Once it can be offset, the families of people who commit capital crimes in the future will probably all have this template.
"The rest will be based on the Grand Prime Minister's answer. The third question will be based on what I said. As for the answers, it is better to explain it more clearly." Zhao Xing said.
(End of chapter)