When Zhao Ning heard this, he immediately became interested.

Is this topic actually necessary to discuss?

"How can I get in?" Zhao Ning asked.

"Who is the official's name? If he knows the owner of this garden, or knows the owner of today's meeting, it would be great."

"We are naturally the owners of this garden..."

Gao Qiu was about to speak when he was stopped by Zhao Ning. He said, "Can Bai Guan go in?"

Those few people were stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Official, the tickets are not expensive, only 20 cents per person, you..."

Zhao Ning looked at Gao Qiu and said, "Give me money."

"Oh." Gao Qiu reacted and immediately took out the money from his pocket. He took out ten 10-guan notes and said, "Here."

Those people were stunned again. Is this really true?

100 strings!

100 Guan is 100,000 Wen.

A ticket only costs 20 yuan.

"Can we go in?"

"There are a lot of people inside today. If there are just a few officials, it's not too many, but the officials had better not cause any trouble."

"Don't worry, we are all good people." Zhao Ning said shamelessly.

After saying that, Zhao Ning led the people and walked inside.

There were indeed many people inside, mostly young people, but also some middle-aged and old people.

Judging from the clothes, there are no poor people here.

Everyone is either dressed beautifully or behaves elegantly.

"Officer, I will go around to investigate the situation first," Gao Qiu said.

"Go ahead."

Gao Qiu led the others and walked in first.

Walking through the corridor, the view in front becomes wider.

There is a lake there, with pavilions and pavilions in the lake, decorated with white snow, giving it a more cold and aloof feeling.

The lake was like a mirror, now frozen and covered with a thin layer of snow.

Beside the lake, people gathered in the pavilions, where there were fires and banquets.

Zhao Ning did not expect that Wang Zonglio actually built such a garden in the capital.

Of course, it is no secret that officials and wealthy people in the Song Dynasty loved gardens.

It is said that Luoyang City, like Bianjing, is full of gardens, which were basically built by retired officials.

After some gardens are built, not only can they be enjoyed by themselves, but they can also be opened to the public to make money.

This is enough to show that the original Song Dynasty had a very high enthusiasm for business, probably the highest in history.

Successive Zhao officials did not restrict this kind of thing, they just built a garden.

The people in the pavilions were already discussing.

There was no strict formation, many people even sat on the ground, some stood, and some were drinking and listening attentively as part of the crowd a little further away.

This kind of atmosphere reminded Zhao Ning of some interesting activities in the university in his previous life.

The Song Dynasty was still very good in terms of freedom of speech.

Not only people with high status like to discuss politics, but also scholars like to discuss it.

Zhao Ning walked over and found a place to sit down.

I saw a young man in brocade clothes standing up at this time. He walked to the center of the field, bowed to the people around him, and said: "I am Chen Biqing, a native of Hongzhou, Jiangnan West Road, and a student of the University of Tokyo. Just now, Brother Akagi said, corrupt officials

, it is wrong to say that he should be punished severely and not be punished."

As soon as he said this, people around him immediately started talking.

"Brother Chen, what do you mean by this?"

The speaker's name is Li Mengbo, whose courtesy name is Akagi, and he is also a student at the University of Tokyo.

Chen Biqing said: "I want to ask Brother Li, what is a corrupt official?"

"Corrupt officials are naturally motivated by their own selfish interests, greedy for money, or prey on the common people to line their own pockets."

Chen Biqing added: "It is natural to be guilty of embezzling public funds for one's own selfish reasons, but corrupt officials will definitely prey on the people?"

Li Mengbo said: "Corrupt officials may not directly prey on the people, but the money embezzled by corrupt officials is the country's money for the country and the people, and it is related to the livelihood of countless people. He said that in the Jiangdong case, the magistrate of Lishui County knew that the money was reissued to Mulberry.

Farmers, but they either hold it all in their hands, or they let their relatives buy farmland at low prices and take the opportunity to get subsidies from the court. Who is the victim in this?"

Chen Biqing said: "We don't know the reason. The magistrate of Lishui County only took the money into his hands and did not use the money to do anything harmful. They did not go to the farmers to steal the money. The reason for the grain robbery was because the farmers were unwilling to change.

Rice turns to mulberry, and the local government's policy was indeed harsh, but it has nothing to do with corruption."

Li Mengbo said: "You are using strong words to make excuses. If the magistrate of Lishui County distributed the court money to the people in accordance with the rules, there would be no grain robbery case."

"That's not necessarily true," Chen Biqing continued, "How does Brother Chicheng know that people will change rice to mulberry after they get the money?"

"This is a matter of granting subsidies, which can be issued after verification."

"Then will the people deceive the government?"

"Brother Chen, what we are discussing now is the issue of corruption."

"So I said, corruption is not life-threatening. Corruption means using power for personal gain and obtaining money. Since there is no life-threatening, just confiscating the money and removing the official, why must he be executed?" Chen Biqing said sonorously.

His whole aura suddenly became stronger, and some people around him couldn't help but applaud him.

"That's nonsense!" Li Mengbo said, "In this dynasty, all corruption is not punished by death. You are just here to confuse the public. Embezzling huge sums of money has made the people miserable, and those who harm the country will not be put to death. It is not enough to deter the evil in the world!"

When he said this, some people around him applauded.

Chen Biqing continued: "Brother Chicheng, I have one more question to ask you."

"Excuse me."

Chen Biqing asked: "Does the law prohibit killing?"

"yes."

Chen Biqing said: "Since the law prohibits killing, why should the death penalty be imposed? It is inconsistent with legal principles."

As soon as he said these words, the people around him seemed to be thoughtful.

Then someone responded: "Yes! Brother Chen makes sense!"

"Yes! Since the law prohibits killing, why does the law stipulate the death penalty?"

"And this dynasty has never killed scholar-bureaucrats or scholars before!"

Li Mengbo angrily shouted on the spot: "Nonsense!"

The people around him became quiet.

Seeing this, Zhao Ning's interest has been completely piqued.

There is actually a discussion here about whether to abolish the death penalty!

However, Zhao Ning, who plays politics, immediately sensed that this was not a purely academic debate.

He didn't intend to interfere, but hid in the crowd and continued to listen. He wanted to see what tricks these new young people of the Song Dynasty wanted to play.

"Brother Akagi, please give me some advice!"

"The law stipulates that killing is not allowed, but people have to kill people to pay for their lives since ancient times. This is the law of heaven and justice, how can it be a child's play!"

"Brother Akagi misunderstood. I did not refer to murderers alone. Please pay attention to my question. Since the law prohibits killing, why does the law also stipulate the death penalty?"

Li Mengbo was stunned for a moment and said: "You mean, the death penalty should be abolished from the law?"

Chen Biqing answered directly and asked: "Let me ask you again, if the case is misjudged and a good person is killed, can the deceased be resurrected?"
Chapter completed!