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戊午科场案不只是一个乱世用重典的故事,耐人寻味的是它反映了当法律条文成为一纸空文时,人心和风气的变化。柏葰确属罪有应得,但他又何尝不是腐败风气的牺牲品呢?咸丰八年,公元1858年,清王朝正处在剧烈的动荡之中,内有太平天国起义如火如荼,外有帝国列强虎视眈眈。这一年,真是多事之秋。先是四月初八日,英法联军炮轰大沽炮台,挑起大沽之战。清廷在外敌枪炮的威胁下,签订了《天津条约》。沙俄趁火打劫,逼迫清廷签订了
The case of Wu Wuchang is not just a story of chaos in times of troubled times. It is interesting that it reflects the changes in people’s mind and ethos when legal provisions become a piece of paper. In the eight years of Xianfeng, in 1858 AD, the Qing Dynasty was in the midst of a violent turmoil with the uprising of the Taiping Rebellion in full swing and the coercion of the imperial powers outside. This year is really a good thing. First, on the eighth day of April, the British-French coalition forces shelled the fort in Taku, provoking the war in Daeku. The Qing court signed the Tianjin Treaty under the threat of foreign enemy guns. Czarist Russia took advantage of the fire and forced the Qing court to sign it