I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 352 What is "Spring and Autumn Judgment"

Li Ran, Sun Wu and Ye Xu saluted Deng Xi at the same time, and Deng Xi accepted it quite calmly.

"There are also 33 documentaries about the process of several defenses of Dr. Xihe Zichan, supplemented by this whole vehicle of "Bamboo Punishment", which can be said to be quite complete. At that time, you can extract the articles suitable for the current Ye Yi and make them public !"

Li Ran immediately said gratefully:
"Thank you sir for your enlightenment! However, there is another unfeeling request, that is, I would like to ask you to become Ye Yi's vigilante and give you the power of punishment! You can also use this as an opportunity to continue to improve "Bamboo Punishment". Please also sir Don't give up."

When Deng Xi heard this, he also seemed extremely excited when he knew that he had received this great task:
"Duke Ming's words are serious! Analysis is not talented, but he still has great wishes. If Xi can meet Lord Ming today, he will definitely live up to Duke Ming's ambitions, and he will not disappoint the people!"

With the help of this great sage, Li Ran couldn't help but said happily:
"I waited to come here today because I intended to invite you out of the mountain! Now that you are in Wuye Township, I am very grateful!"

This is of course, since Deng Xi can flex his muscles in Ye Yi, why is there no reason not to stay out of the mountain?
So, he ordered Xiaotong to take the "Bamboo Punishment" immediately, and came to Yeyi with the three of them.

Sun Wu also ordered people to announce it in various villages and towns, so that the common people knew that Ye Yi had a new chief officer, and he was in charge of all criminal disputes in Ye Yi.

Since Deng Xi became the Sikou, his first measure was to select some people from the declining nobles who fled to Yeyi, as well as some local gentry, Qiuchang clan, and these people are called "listeners". ".

Since these people are all people who have read some books and understand some principles, Deng Xi's approach is that once a case is in trouble, he can directly abandon the law and let them directly quote the scriptures. Go to prison, vote to decide whether the person is guilty or not. (So ​​later generations also called it "Spring and Autumn Judgment")
And this novel action made Sun Wu and Ye Xu a little puzzled, because it was unheard of and unseen to them.So, it's all very confusing.

But as a future man, Li Ran is very familiar with this move.Because, isn't this the prototype of the so-called "citizens' jury"? !

Of course, the reason why Deng Xi hired some "scholars" is entirely due to the different times. In reality, these savages and refugees have no ability to speculate, so their ability to judge right and wrong must be less. It is also easy to "listen to the wind and rain", without a more rational thinking.

Therefore, it is really helpless not to admit these people into the "citizens' jury" for the time being.

And those down-and-out nobles, as well as some squires, Qiu Chang, entered this group.On the one hand, it is because these people have more or less read some books, know the "righteousness", and have a certain consensus on the "standards" of right and wrong.

On the other hand, because the down-and-out aristocrats of the state of Zheng can represent the interests of refugees, while the local gentry, Chief Qiu, can represent the interests of the locals.

Therefore, it is also possible to better weigh the contradiction between "local" and "foreign".So that it has a communication channel that can communicate with each other.

And the most interesting thing is that because of Deng Xi's instigation, all the streets and alleys in Yeyi were filled with the same "ambiguity theory" similar to Zhengyi back then. Everyone was imitating Deng Xi's appearance, "Arguing right and wrong" there.

Deng Xi's so-called "two possible theories" means that for the same matter, due to the mutual restraint of the two opposing parties, they can cause contradictory reactions on both sides.

Under such an atmosphere, it also aroused heated discussions among the public about right and wrong.The public has reached a consensus on most issues.

As a result, "listeners" can make more fair judgments on some cases that are difficult to decide.

Finally, under Deng Xi's measures of simultaneously punishing civilians, these refugees were immediately settled down.
The refugee affairs were properly handled, and Li Ran couldn't wait to summon Sun Wu and Ye Xu to discuss how to deal with the chaos in Zheng Guo.

As Sun Wu said before, no matter what, we must first solve the dilemma faced by Dr. Zichan.

Sun Wu immediately said:

"Sir, now that civil strife is suddenly breaking out in various countries, there is no time to take care of Zheng Guo. Even if it is Jin Guo, it is difficult to protect itself, and it is even more impossible to intervene in Zheng Guo's affairs. Therefore, at present, we can only do it ourselves. Already!"

Li Ran pondered for a moment.

"During this period of time, I didn't ask about world affairs, and my heart was in a mess. Changqing, what do you think?"

Sun Wu replied:
"Sir, Wu thinks that right now, with Ye Yi as the foundation, Wu can issue a campaign against Zheng, mobilize the refugees and common people to join the army, and in the name of the Qing emperor's side and quell the civil strife in Zheng, send troops to the state of Zheng and demand Zheng Bo to completely rehabilitate and sacrifice his family. , stabilize the court, and demand that it hand over its culprit, Shu Niu!"

Li Ran nodded, feeling that what Sun Wu said was reasonable.

"Changqing, this is what you are good at, so you will be in charge of handling this matter!"

Sun Tzu cupped his hands and said:
"Sir, it's a crime for Wu to do this without warning. Wu has been working on this matter before. When the refugees first came, Wu had already gathered a team of two thousand. After the refugees stabilized, they gathered again. With 2000 people, plus the part that was originally guarding Yeyi, it will not be difficult to raise a rebel army of more than [-] people when the appeal is issued!"

Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help jokingly said:
"Changqing is a prophet who predicts things like a god?! This is so good, how can it be regarded as a crime? It's just that more than ten thousand people..."

Naturally, more than 1 horses cannot be sent out, and some defensive forces are needed to stay behind.

Sun Wu obviously knew what Li Ran was worried about, so he immediately clasped his fists and said:

"Soldiers are not many, but fine. During this period of time, Wu should practice better, so that he can be one against ten. What's more, Zheng Guo is now in a time of chaos, and there will definitely be many people who will defect to us by then!"

Sun Tzu means the so-called "good people get more help, but those who lose the right don't get much help".Now that Zheng Guo's army is already unstable, there will inevitably be many soldiers who will come to surrender.

So for Sun Wu, he didn't worry about the victory or defeat of Zheng Guo at all.In his opinion, as long as the banner they waved was just enough to convince the people of Zheng State, then they would be invincible teachers!
Hearing this, Li Ran couldn't help but nodded, and replied approvingly:

"Well, Changqing's words are very reasonable. Changqing's 'temple calculation' can be described as incisive."

"However... there is one more thing that troubles Wu very much. Wu thought about it, but he was at a loss. It was because although the recruits were easy to get, they didn't have enough copper ore to smelt weapons. In other words, what is needed for combat preparations One weapon is still far from enough!"

Li Ran frowned, knowing that this was indeed a big problem. There were no copper mines near Ye Yi, and there were not many copper wares.Moreover, copper and stone mining in other places are generally in the hands of other major countries.It can be said that copper, as the most important strategic resource at that time, was indeed difficult to obtain.

When the two armies are fighting, if one side has insufficient armor and lacks weapons, it will definitely suffer a big loss.

This matter is so difficult, it is no wonder that Sun Wu is worried about it.

And Li Ran was helpless, and couldn't think of any solution for a while.

At this time, someone from outside the door came to report that someone from Zhongli had come to report the funeral.

Hearing the word "report a funeral", Li Ran's heart sank!Since he roughly guessed what was going on, he immediately summoned the visitor.

Soon, a young man who looked like he was just weak was ushered in.I saw that this person had quite a calm air, and there was a little pride in his eyebrows. He was dressed in plain clothes, kneeling down on the ground at this moment, and said:
"At the order of my father, I came to Yeyi to report the funeral. My lord Chu Wang Xiongwei died in Qianxi!"

For this ending, Li Ran had already expected it.But at the moment when he heard it, he still couldn't help being startled.

Recalling the scenes of getting along with Chu Wang Xiongwei, he couldn't help but sigh.

After waiting for a while, it was only then that he came to his senses, and got up and went forward to help the person up:
"Young master, please, I don't know how to address you, young master?"

The young man stood up and bowed back:

"My subordinate, Fan Li, is the son of Yin in Zhongli County."

"Huh? Fan Li?"

Li Ran was very surprised when he heard the name.

Just because this name is so dazzling in the long history, he couldn't help but not know it.Legend has it that Fan Li in history, not only had the opportunity to catch the gods and ghosts, and the wisdom to retreat bravely, but was also revered as the originator of businessmen by later generations!

　Note:

　　The system of "listening to prison" is actually the national policy of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is also the basic embodiment of the "ruling the country by people" of the Zhou Dynasty.Roughly similar to actually similar to "Jury".However, the "juries" in the Spring and Autumn Period were generally people with relatively high status, and even the monarch personally went off.

　　For example, in "Cao GUI's Controversy", what Cao GUI called "loyalty to duty, you can fight a war" is Lu Zhuanggong's "small and big prison, although you can't detect it, you must use emotion." Yanming: "The princes and lords will retire from the court and listen to the prison to govern the government. This is the right." Therefore, the "juries" in the Spring and Autumn Period were mostly made by the "princes and lords".

　　In the novel, the "listening prisoner" created by Deng Xi can be regarded as the expansion and continuation of the "listening prison system" in the Spring and Autumn Period.

　　It is also more similar to the current "citizens' jury".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)