Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 407 The Ancient World
Because of the previous confrontation between the Zhongxing clan and the Zhi clan, the Fan and Xun clan groups encountered an unprecedented crisis. Shi Yang is planning to form a new version of the "Three Families Alliance".

Therefore, Shi Yang set his target on Zhao Yang, who had not encountered any big storms.

Shi Yang used both soft and hard methods against Zhao Yang, forcing Zhao Yang to submit to Fan and Zhongxing.

In order to win over the Zhao family, Shi Yang encouraged Zhong Xingyin to marry his sister to the remaining son's doctor Zhao Sheng. Zhao Sheng was no longer the Handan family because his ancestor Zhao Zhan was granted the title of Handan.

As an offshoot of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhan's descendants have guarded Handan, the eastern strategic town of Jin for generations.

In other words, the Handan clan and the Zhao clan originally belonged to the same clan, but their blood relatives have gradually become estranged, so they became the focus of Shi Yang's care.After Zhao Sheng died, the son of Zhao Sheng and Handan Ji (originally surnamed Ji, married to the Handan family, let's call it that) succeeded his father as a doctor in Handan.

The blood relationship between the Zhao family and the Handan family was further alienated, and the Handan family was further drawn closer by the Zhonghang family and the Fan family because of this nepotism.

Perhaps the brilliant Shi Yang used Handan as a lever to leverage the entire Zhao family to follow the Fan family and the Zhongxing family.

The young Zhao Yang obviously lacked political vision, and his hesitation in choosing between interests made Shi Yang control him with ease.

When Zhao Yang realized that this was a trap set by Shi Yang for him, he couldn't extricate himself!

This also laid the groundwork for the rebellion of the Zhao family in Handan in the future.

Therefore, Qingji was not worried at all that Zhao Yang would follow Wu's New Deal and carry it out in the Zhao family.

If the Zhao family becomes stronger because of this, it will become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the other five ministers.

At that time, a chaotic state of Jin is undoubtedly what Qingji most expects to see.

It is worth mentioning that the strongest family in Jin at this time was the Fan family among the Six Qing.

Shi Yang's greedy nature is simply heinous. In the long process of Jin's hegemony declining day by day, Shi Yang "contributed" the most.

After the redistribution of domestic rights and interests, under the leadership of Shi Yang, Fan became the number one powerful minister in the country in one fell swoop.

Because Jin was the most powerful vassal at that time, the Fan family naturally became a powerful family that the whole world looked up to!
"Zhao Shangqing, I don't know if in your opinion, there is something wrong with the various policies of my Wu country?"

Qingji asked with a smile.

"This……"

Zhao Yang was rather hesitant.

"Zhao Shangqing, but it's okay to say."

Seeing Qingji's open-mindedness, Zhao Yang bowed and said, "Marquis Wu, forgive Zhao Yang's blunt statement, Wu's new policy is very good. However, there is one point that Zhao Yang dare not agree with."

"please say."

"Everyone in the world governs the country with benevolence, filial piety, propriety and righteousness, or with the law as a supplement, but Wu Guo does the opposite.

Zhao Yang said with emotion.

He really dared to say it!

"Zhao Shangqing thinks, how does today's world compare with the folk customs of the ancient world?"

"This... Looking back at Marquis Wu, if you look at it from the perspective of the people, in the ancient world, the roads did not pick up relics, the doors were not closed at night, there was no such thing as chickens and dogs stealing, people were simple and rarely killed."

After a pause, Zhao Yang said again: "In today's world, although there are traitors and criminals in various countries, people's hearts are still there, and it is acceptable to educate them with etiquette and righteousness. It is inevitable that the state of Wu values ​​laws and governs the country with strict laws. The people of the country have many complaints!"

Qing Ji shook his head and said, "Zhao Shangqing, the law has existed since ancient times. In Xia Dynasty, Yu was punished, and Xia punished him with two hundred punishments, three hundred punishments for tyrants, five hundred punishments for imperial punishment, and one thousand punishments for each."

"Shang had soup punishment, and the criminal law of the Shang Dynasty was harsh, including death penalty, corporal punishment, exile, and imprisonment."

"There is "Lu Xing" in Zhou Dynasty, in which there are [-] regulations on the five types of punishments imposed on prisoners."

"In the past, Zi Chan, the ruler of the state of Zheng, 'cast punishment books on the tripod, thinking that the country's regular law', Deng Xi compiled the 'Bamboo Punishment', and I heard that the state of Jin also cast punishment tripods and established a written law. Zhao Shangqing also participated in it back then. I don't know if it is ?”

"..."

Zhao Yang was quite embarrassed.

He himself knew the benefits of the rule of law, but he felt that Wu's criminal law was too harsh.

At that time, in the second year of Wei Shu's administration, Shi Yang decided to restrain Wei Shu and resist his "misconduct" again, so Shi Yang wooed Xun Yin and controlled Zhao Yang to direct the eternally famous "Casting of Punishments".

They melted 480 jin of iron and iron they had collected and cast them into a tripod, on which they put the laws enacted in the time of Fan Xuanzi.

This is the first time in the history of the state of Jin that the national laws have been proclaimed to the world, which has a very profound impact.

It is equivalent to declaring in the form of law that at least in the state of Jin, the era of "no punishment for a doctor, no courtesy for a common man" has become history and the past.

This matter has not yet been completed, and it caused a huge sensation at that time. While causing endless discussions in the world, it was also strongly condemned by scholars and bureaucrats in various countries.

Because this is a huge challenge, subversion and even trample on Zhou Li.

Shi Yang is the actual manipulator, Xun Yin is the executor, and Zhao Yang seems to be just an idiot with a scapegoat!

Shi Yang's sophistication was far from that of Zhao Yang at that time, and his political qualifications were even more unmatched.

The casting of the punishment tripod had an extremely far-reaching impact on the state of Jin, which marked a serious decline in the authority of the governor of the state of Jin and the intensification of the country's centrifugal force.

When the Marquis of Jin is no longer the center of gravity of a country, Zhengqing can still replace him.

Now Zhengqing's authority must also be monitored and restrained by Shi Yang's law, and the centripetal force of Jin State has been further weakened.

The most unfortunate thing is Zhao Yang, who took the blame for Shi Yang and is paying the price for his youthful arrogance.

Later generations attached the conference to attribute the feat of "casting the punishment tripod" to Zhao Yang with contemporary thinking, showing its progressiveness-beating a swollen face to pretend to be fat!
……

Inside Fengtian Temple.

Qingji wore a black crown suit and a flat sky crown on his head. He sat high on the Majesty's platform, sat upright, and held daily court meetings with the officials.

According to the rules formulated by Qingji, if there is no accident, the monarchs and ministers of Wu will hold a grand court meeting every ten days.

If there is an urgent matter, it can be convened. If some major problems are encountered, it will be held once every three days, or once every five days.

"Your Majesty, I have something to announce!"

At this time, Ji Ran, who had already been promoted to Dazai, stood up holding a wat.

"please say."

"My minister thinks that our country of Wu should maintain farmland, mountains, rivers, lakes and marshes, and formulate the "Field Law". For example, timely rain and earing of grains should be immediately reported in writing on the number of hectares that have received rain and earings, and the number of hectares that have been reclaimed but not cultivated."

Ji Ran talked eloquently, and said: "When it rains during the growing period of crops, we should immediately report the amount of rainfall and the number of hectares of benefited fields."

"If crops are damaged by drought, storms, floods, locusts and other pests, the number of hectares affected should also be reported."

"For counties that are close, the report will be delivered by a special person, and for counties that are far away, the report will be sent by a post station, and it will be delivered before the end of August."

"good."

Qingji nodded slightly, and immediately played.

The law of "Tian Lu" is still a pioneering work!

(End of this chapter)