The highest-level Guanglu Academy was established in Yangzhou. After being elected, Huang Zongxi became the chairman, and there were also twelve directors under it.

Since the institution has been established, the Guanglu doctor can't wait to devote himself to his work. Compared with the consultant power, the Guanglu doctors attach more importance to the right of inquiry. After all, according to the relevant laws that His Majesty the Emperor has approved the honor, once the Guanglu doctor raises the inquiry, the corresponding government, judicial and supervisory authorities must respond.

However, the Guanglu doctors who came from the imperial examination still felt very embarrassed. The one they wanted to question the most was Lin Chunhong, who was sleeping in Jingzhou. However, once they asked Jingzhou, wouldn’t they admit in disguise that Jingzhou was the center of the Ming Dynasty?

As a last resort, in order to exert their value, they sent a series of inquiries to the court.

Although the establishment of Guangluyuan was endorsed by His Majesty the Emperor, almost all officials, including His Majesty the Emperor, did not realize that they needed to respond to the inquiries issued by Guangluyuan. Some were even dissatisfied with the guys in Guangluyuan and complained.

Therefore, these inquiries fell into the sea and no one paid attention to them.

As for some other Guanglu doctors, they had no scruples and sent several inquiries to Jingzhou one after another.

For example, when Gui'an Mao Yuanyi asked the Jingzhou Governor's Office, the city walls of many major towns north and south of the Yangtze River were all destroyed, so why did the Governor's Office never organize the repair of the city wall?

Mao Yuanyi is not an ordinary person. He was once an aide to Yang Hao, the governor of Liaodong. Later, he was valued by Sun Chengzong. In the second year of Chongzhen, he served as deputy general and led the Zhou army to guard Juehua Island. After Juehua Island was trapped, he was convicted of guarding the border and later returned to his hometown. This time he was elected as the Guanglu Dafu.

The Governor's Office replied seriously: The war form has changed, and artillery has become the standard configuration of the current army. According to the previous construction methods of the city wall, it cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery. If you want to resist artillery, you must build a castle like Xiangyang.

However, building a bastion requires huge expenses. Given that there is no substantial threat to the north and south of the Yangtze River, it would be better not to build it.

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Huang Zongxi, Huang Daozhou and others felt that it was inappropriate to issue an inquiry to Jingzhou, so they issued a solemn warning to Mao Yuanyi and others. For example, Mao Yuanyi, Zheng Mengfan and others were very dissatisfied and argued that the court did not respect the laws and could not perform the duties of the central government. If they did not question Jingzhou, where would they ask?

The two sides quarreled and refused to give in.

Seeing that this was not a solution, Huang Zongxi, Huang Daozhou and others thought about it and proposed to ban the voting of inquiries to Jingzhou.

Although Mao Yuanyi and Zheng Mengfan were determined to vote, they could not think of a better solution, so they had to pinch their noses and approve the proposal.

There was no surprise in the voting results. More than 300 votes in favor and more than 100 votes against, and the proposal to prohibit inquiries to Jingzhou was passed.

After Lin Chunhong knew the voting results, he laughed it off and did not take it seriously. However, Huang Zongxi felt that the method of one person and one vote was very fair and could avoid endless quarrels, so he fixed the voting system and used this method for any controversial topics.

Wang Dajun was also elected as the Guanglu Dafu this time. With this identity, Wang Dajun certainly wanted to make full use of it. So Wang Dajun asked the court: The merchants in Tianjin were originally a descendant of the Ming Dynasty, but because local officials levyed heavy taxes, they used fierce measures. Since the merchants had agreed to pay taxes according to the rules, why did the court directly want to suppress them and then quickly?

At the same time, people all over the world believe that local reforms can increase the income of the court. Why did the court insist on not following it and insist on exploiting the people by adding door-to-door tariffs?

Wang Dajun's question was also sank to the sea, and no one paid attention to it.

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The court repeatedly despised the questioning of Guanglu Court, which made the highest Guanglu Court useless, and made Huang Zongxi and his gang anxious.

The situation of the Supreme Guanglu Court is becoming more and more embarrassing. I ask Jingzhou but not allowed; I ask the court and ignore it. What is the purpose of establishing the Supreme Guanglu Court?

Just when Huang Zongxi was at a loss, the Guanglu doctors Huang Daozhou, Ni Hongbao and Yang Tinglin left Yangzhou, took a boat north, and finally arrived at the capital.

These three people are called "San Hanlin", and their articles and character are well-known all over the world.

The three of them stood up with their heads raised and looked straight outside the right door of Chang'an, picked up the big drumsticks, and beat the Dengwen drum!

Dengwen drums have not sounded for decades. The rumbling drum sounds shocked the entire capital. Even Zhu Youjian's heart in the palace beat around with the drum sound.

According to the rules, the drums were heard, and the case involved was heard by the Censorate.

When the Censorate took the complaint from the three people, he couldn't help but take a breath. The three of them sued the Emperor of Ming and the Ming court!

This is awesome!

The Censorate detained the three people and immediately reported them to Zhu Youjian Office.

Zhu Youjian looked at the complaint and was furious. He was about to issue the three people to prison, but was stopped by Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun only said one thing: The emperor forgot about the imprisonment of Hai Rui in the Jiajing Dynasty?

Zhu Youjian suddenly realized and thought to himself: I was almost plotted by these famous and famous people! Zhu Youjian suppressed his anger and ordered the Censorate to release people, ignoring these crazy people.

Zhu Youjian thought that he had released Huang Daozhou for one code, but the three of them were not grateful at all, claiming that if the Censorate of the Censorate does not finish the case, they will never leave the Censorate of the Censorate.

The Zuodu Censor Wang Daozhi sniffed at the three of them and shouted sternly: "Since you and the three of you sued the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty's court for disrespect for the law, you should know where the righteousness lies, but why did you commit yourself to the traitors and go to Guangluyuan to serve?"

Huang Daozhou sneered and replied: "The emperor criticized the establishment of Guanglu Academy. How could we commit ourselves to the thiefs when we arrived at Guanglu Academy?"

Wang Daozhi was dumbfounded, and groaned for a while, and continued: "Since he has not committed himself to the traitors, he should not cause trouble when the court is in a difficult situation!"

Yang Tinglin retorted: "Son of the Emperor, the court should abide by the law. Since the Guanglu Court has been established, it should act according to the law, explain the inquiries and respond. How did we come to the Ming Dynasty?

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Wang Daozhi could not say "Three Hanlin" at all, and could not kill the three people away, so he had to report it to Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youjian was already unhappy with anger. After receiving the report, he wanted to make up his mind and ignored the reputation of future generations and directly imposed an edict on the three of them.

At this moment, Chen Qiyu asked for a meeting.

Zhu Youjian relied heavily on Chen Qiyu, so he had to suppress his anger and put the Three Hanlins aside in advance.

After Chen Qiyu came in, he tactfully explained to Zhu Youjian that some time ago, the highest Guanglu Court passed a ban on sending inquiries and proposals to Jingzhou. This matter is enough to show that Guanglu Court is devoted to the court, and the court can trust it or even rely on it.

Moreover, the Guanglu Courthouse was just asking questions, and it would be impossible for the court and local governments at all levels to respond to some matters.

Now, the "San Hanlin" is not afraid of punishment and beats the drum of the sound of the Dengwen. It is nothing more than just trying to establish the authority of the law and to use the law to trap Lin Chunhong, the wild horse.

The "San Hanlin" made plans for the long-term court, not only did not have the crime of despising the emperor, but was a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty!

Chen Qiyu's eyes were very vicious, and he suddenly saw the ultimate goal of Huang Daozhou and others, which made Zhu Youjian convinced him.

Although Zhu Youjian was impatient, he was not stupid. After Chen Qiyu finished speaking, he sighed and said, "I'm afraid the law can't hold the bridle, and he will eventually have to speak with his fists."

Chen Qiyu replied: "After all, it's a road. Let's try it out, it might work at a critical moment."

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On the second day, Zhu Youjian ordered all departments of the court to answer the questions from Guanglu Court seriously, and stipulated that any questions from Guanglu Court in the future must be answered seriously. If anyone shirks the responsibility, he will be severely punished.

The "San Hanlin" achieved the result they wanted and happily walked out of the Censorate and returned to Yangzhou.

As for the various departments to answer questions, there is no problem. The Ming government was not capable of doing practical things, but his ability to shirk responsibility was first-class. He pushed the blame to others in just a few strokes, and even to God.

The questioning did not require the officials to do what they had to do. As long as there was a reply, they could submit the job. What if the Guanglu doctors were dissatisfied?

Other questions are easy to answer, but Wang Dajun's question is the most special and cannot be given to any department, and it is eventually sent to Zhou Yanru.

The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, by chance, actually wanted to answer the thief's question. What's this?

As a Guanglu Dajun recognized by the court, he is located in a den of thieves. Is it because of the system of Guanglu Yuan? Or is it because the court made a mistake in the Tianjin merchants as thieves?

Zhou Yanru of course believed that there was something wrong with the Guanglu Academy system. So he did not answer Wang Dajun's inquiry, but sent a letter to Yangzhou, asking Guanglu Academy to cancel Wang Dajun's qualification as a Guanglu Academy and instructed Guanglu Academy to modify the system to ensure that such jokes will not appear again.

The Council of the Supreme Guanglu Court refused to give in, believing that the cabinet had no right to order the Guanglu Court, and stubbornly insisted that the relevant laws of Guanglu Court were approved by His Majesty the Emperor. If they were to be revised, more than two-thirds of the Guanglu Court's doctors would be approved by His Majesty the Emperor, and then they would be reported to His Majesty the Emperor for approval.

This already involves the issue of legislative power, which cannot be solved by Zhou Yanru. He replied that Wang Dajun was left alone.

However, this incident caused deep thoughts from a group of knowledgeable people such as Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu.

Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been no clear statement on the legislative power. It is ostensibly attributed to His Majesty the Emperor, but in actual operations, it is controlled by the administrative agencies. Moreover, the laws on the basic level of the country are generally decided by Taizu, Gaozu, Taizong and others, and it is difficult to change in later generations.

For example, the current "Ming Da Gong" was compiled by Zhu Yuanzhang himself, and the commonly used "Ming Da Gong Law" was also compiled by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Things change quickly, and the situation in the Ming Dynasty is completely different from that of Zhu Yuanzhang. Many laws are inappropriate, but they are still stubbornly adhered to.

Moreover, Huang Zongxi also keenly discovered that since Lin Chunhong's rise, the Ming Dynasty has changed almost three times a day. Except for some basic laws, the other laws are facing the problem of not being able to keep up with the times.

Lin Chunhong promulgated countless laws, almost all of which were formulated by the Supervision Office, and did not endorse the Emperor, and now it is very popular in the world.

This situation is obviously an emergency measure and cannot guarantee the long-term stability of China.

Huang Zongxi and a group of people began to think about who should be in the hands of the legislative power and how should we ensure that the law does not lag behind the times?
Chapter completed!