Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 307 Educating the People
This time, the village-level fighting incident made Qingji deeply realize that it is simply not feasible to govern the country with benevolence, morality, propriety and righteousness.

There are laws to follow, and those who break the law must be prosecuted!
I wonder if it is feasible to rule the country by law?
"Shaobo, Changqing, I want to punish severely, so that everyone in the country will know the law and abide by the law. Everyone will be brave in public battles and afraid of private fights. I don't know what you think, is it possible?"

Qingji once again asked Fan Li and Sun Wu who were sitting across from each other.

Qing Ji is a time traveler, and his inherent concepts are different from those of people in this era.

In addition, the three cobblers are the best of Zhuge Liang. When encountering something incomprehensible, it is definitely right to ask the two great talents, Fan Li and Sun Wu.

"My lord, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

Fan Li shook his head and said, "Punishment is already too cruel, everyone is afraid, and the color of talking about it will change."

"If the king increases the punishment, it may be effective for a while, but there is no long-term solution."

"If today's incident happens again, what should the king do? Is it possible that all the perpetrators and all those who participated in the fighting should be arrested and punished one by one?"

"good."

Hearing this, Fan Li suddenly lost his composure.

"Your Majesty, the law does not punish the multitude! Punishment of a few people may not be harmful. However, if hundreds of people are all punished, I am afraid that people will not accept it and cause disaster."

Fan Li's saying that "the law does not blame the public" is indeed not unreasonable.

However, Qingji disagrees.

At the beginning of the Shang Yang reform, more than [-] private fighters were killed, and the entire Wei River was dyed red.

According to historical records, among the more than [-] people killed by Shang Yang, there were not only criminals who had become popular in private fighting back then, but also a large number of them because they dumped garbage at will.

Even the characters who urinate and defecate anywhere will be pulled out, their hands and feet will be chopped off, and even their heads will be beheaded!

It can be said that among the more than [-] people back then, some people did break the law and should be killed, and some people just took out the trash and lost their lives as a result...

How exactly, Qingji is unknown.

However, Qingji can also understand Shang Yang's approach.

The key reason why Shang Yang did this is that the so-called chaos must be based on the law.

Because in troubled times, the code is heavy!
From then on, the people of Qin would rather cut off one hand than fight with others casually. In the end, they could only resolve it by law.

The most typical one is Han Xin's "humiliation under the crotch"!
When Han Xin faced a scoundrel who asked him to penetrate his crotch, he did not draw his sword to kill the scoundrel, but honestly slipped through the scoundrel's crotch.

It can be seen from this that the horror of the Qin State's decree that the murderer pays his life.

Therefore, Shang Yang used this terrible method back then to make the people of Qin State, who were full of chaos in their hearts, live honestly under the political high-pressure line from then on.

From the original chaos to fear and obedience, they gradually adopted a series of policies that benefit the people and the country, and built Qin into an indestructible unified whole!

If Qingji wants to reform the law in Wu State, it is natural to use Shang Yang's reform law as a reference, but he must not follow the same pattern.

"Your Majesty, I think you should be punished severely."

At this time, Sun Wu, who was sitting on one side, bowed and said: "In the ancient world, there was no law to restrict, but everyone can clean up their lives and be as cautious as a gentleman."

"This so-called gentleman is cautious in his independence, does not bully the dark room, humbles himself and herds himself, and he has a chapter and a chastity!"

Sun Wu changed the subject again, and said: "However, since the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, there have been punishments for Yu. His punishment is two hundred, three hundred, three hundred, five hundred, and one thousand each."

"In the Shang Dynasty, there was soup punishment, which was based on the old clothes and the law. The criminal laws of the Shang Dynasty were harsh, including death penalty, corporal punishment, exile, and imprisonment."

"Until the Great Zhou established the country and continued the punishment system of the Xia and Shang Dynasties, there were few offenders. It is all because of the "Zhou Rituals" in the Great Zhou Dynasty, which focused on rituals and supplemented punishments. Rituals and punishments were used together, and there were no ones who dared to commit crimes!"

After a pause, Sun Wu said again: "However, after King Ping moved to the east, the rites collapsed, and the world entered a world of great contention.

"If there is no legal code, how can you govern the country?"

"In the past, the state of Zheng enacted laws twice, and the state of Jin enacted laws four times after Duke Wen of Jin. The kings of Chu Wen and Zhuang also enacted criminal laws."

"The three kingdoms of Zheng, Jin, and Chu all became stronger after that. From this we can see that the country wants to be strong and control the hearts of the people. It is good to rule the country and the people by law!"

During the Spring and Autumn Period, various countries knew how to pay attention to the revision of laws, so they enacted laws one after another.

The most typical of these are of course the three kingdoms of Zheng, Chu, and Jin.

Generally speaking, a major reform of the legal system during this period was that the vassal states promulgated statutory laws centered on the protection of private property.

When Zheng Guo was in power, Zichan "cast the punishment book on the tripod as the regular law of the country".

This is the first time that ancient China officially published a written code.

In the nineteenth year of King Jing of Zhou, Zheng Guo was in power and killed Deng Xi, and used his bamboo punishment.

Bamboo punishment was done by Zheng Guo and Deng Xi.

He wrote the legal provisions on bamboo slips, so it is called bamboo punishment in history.

The emergence of bamboo punishment is another great progress in the history of legal development.

The previous punishment tripod was bulky, but the bamboo punishment was easy to carry and spread.

Since the time of Duke Wen of Jin, the state of Jin has enacted laws four times.

The first time was during the period of Jin Wengong's hegemony, and he used the method of being a hut.

The second time was the "Common Law" formulated by Zhao Dun (that is, Zhao Xuanzi) when he was in power for the Jin State.

The third time was the punishment book formulated by Fan Xuanzi.

The fourth time is the punishment book written and published by Fan Xuanzi.

This is after Zheng Guo promulgated the statutory law, and Jin State began to officially promulgate the statutory law.

It is worth mentioning that the promulgation of written laws by the state of Jin was once criticized by Confucius.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu enacted laws twice.

The first time was the "Servant District Law" written by King Wen of Chu.

The law of the slave area is like the harboring law in modern times.

The second time was "Maomen Fa" written by King Zhuang of Chu.

According to the "Maomen Law", when princes, officials, and princes enter the court, cars are not allowed to enter the palace gates to ensure the safety of the monarch.

Generally speaking, the legal codes of various vassal states are only to protect the rights and interests of the monarchs and nobles, and rarely involve the common people.

"Changqing, Shaobo, I think that it is no longer feasible for our country of Wu to educate all people with benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith."

Qing Ji shook his head and said, "It's hard to see through people's hearts. I can't ask the people of the country to be like sages and gentlemen like Ji Zi and Confucius, to keep themselves clean and not to do illegal things."

"However, there are laws to abide by, and those who break the law must be prosecuted, but the country of Wu has to do it."

Hearing this, Fan Li and Sun Wu couldn't help looking at each other.

"I don't know what your Majesty's plan is?"

"The widow wants to legislate in our country of Wu, choose the laws and regulations of all countries in the world, discard the dross, or find another way to put people first."

"If the murderer intentionally kills, accidentally kills, premeditates murder, kills in self-defense, etc., Wu Fa should not ask the reason."

"Whoever kills intentionally, dies; whoever kills accidentally, is exiled to the frontier for three years, or serves three years of hard labor; whoever commits murder or kills in self-defense is innocent."

Qing Ji said indifferently: "The law does not punish the heart, but the law punishes the action. Based on this, our country of Wu should legislate to restrain the people of the country, know the law and abide by the law!"

(End of this chapter)