Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Before the Song Dynasty, ordinary people could play drums and sing songs to appeal for grievances, or make suggestions to the imperial court, or raise objections to policies and so on.

After the Song Dynasty, the conditions for playing the Dengwen drum became increasingly harsh, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was no longer in effect. It was stipulated that those who played the Dengwen drum should be given a [-]-year-old staff to prevent unreasonable and malicious petitions.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the law has become more and more complete, and the Dengwen drum only represents a symbol...

Is it true?
Not necessarily.

After all, no matter what kind of dynasty it is in, civil and criminal lawsuits are inevitable.

There must be a lot of low-level Li Shu who have grievances.

In this era, the folk customs are simple and simple, and benefited from the relatively strict legal system of Wu State, there are very few Li Shu who really dare to violate the law, or corrupt the law with corruption, and there are very few officials in the fish and meat village.

Because most of the officials of the Wu Kingdom, the officials of this era, were of noble origin, basically having both ability and political integrity.

Talented but unvirtuous may not be able to serve as an official in Wu State.

Having both ability and political integrity is Wu Guoju's rigid standard of filial piety, talent, and talent, and it will not change...

However, for the consideration of the Li Shu of the Wu Kingdom, and for the sake of the country's official governance, Qingji had to move out of Dengwen Drum first, so that the Li Shu at the bottom could have the opportunity to appeal for grievances.

"Your Majesty, I think Yan Zi's remonstrance is good!"

The one who first expressed his approval, no accident, was the Right Prime Minister Kong Qiu who was inseparable from Yan Ying and had a close relationship with Yan Ying.

Holding the wat in his hand, Kongqiu stood up with tears in his hands, saluted Qingji, and said, "In ancient times, the world was governed, and in the dynasty there were banners of goodness, trees of slander, and drums of remonstrance. Therefore, those who rule the way come to remonstrate!" "

"Emperor Yao has the great virtue of being a ruler and a man. He restores the order of the country, and he embraces the goodness of the people in the four directions, so he sets up the banner of goodness in the five-way road!"

"Today's king imitates the ancient emperors and sets up the drum of Dengwen, which will be a great good!"

The friendship between Confucius and Yan Ying is rather complicated.

In the past, Kong Qiu fled to Qi State with Duke Lu Zhao who was in distress. He was valued by Qi Hou and was ready to entrust him with important tasks.

However, Yan Ying persuaded Qi Hou from the side, and finally made the latter give up the idea of ​​reusing Kong Qiu.

Literati look down on each other?

Not necessarily.

At least Kong Qiu only complained about Yan Ying's treatment of him, but he didn't take it to heart.

When Yan Ying entered Wu and served as the Taibao, Kong Qiu taught the princes in the palace school together with him, and gave lectures in the Jixia Academy together. They were colleagues with deep affection.

On the issue of restoring etiquette and governing the country with virtue, Yan Ying and Confucius have exactly the same idea.

Yan Ying attaches great importance to "rituals", and regards rituals as the foundation of governing the country and a tool for ruling the people, which shows the status of rituals in Yan Ying's mind.

On this point, Yan Ying and Confucius are very similar.

As we all know, "benevolence" is the main Confucian doctrine of "benevolent government and loving the people", and it was also the central content of Yan Ying's governance in Qi State.

In addition, Yan Ying also highly praised Guan Zhong's "wanting to revise to make peace in the sky".

So Yan Ying and Confucius have been together for a long time, and they can talk very happily.

Concerning Yan Ying's actions, Confucius even praised him as "not taking what is right, refuting others' wrongs, condescending to avoid blame, being a righteous husband" which shows Yan Ying's easy-going generosity...

Now, even though Yan Ying is dead, but out of a public heart, he can still dedicate such a state-governing policy to Qingji. How can Confucius not be moved and weep for it?
"What Prime Minister You said is very true! Your Majesty, regarding Yan Zi's request, I second your opinion!"

"My minister agrees!"

Zhi Su Nei Shi Zeng Dian, Yu Shi Dafu Fan Li and other officials all stood up and expressed their agreement.

"good."

Seeing that none of the officials had any objections, Qingji nodded slightly, and decided to set up "Dengwen Drum" and "Lu Drum" in Wu.

According to legend, in the time of Yao and Shun, there was a "drum of daring to remonstrate".

Anyone who wants to speak out and complain or appeal for injustice can speak up.

In this era, including the Zhou royal family, Song, Lu, Wei, Zheng and other countries in the Central Plains hung drums outside the road gates, called "Lu Drums".

The eunuch is in charge, and the imperial servant is guarding. If Li Shu has a grievance by beating drums, the imperial servant must report to the eunuch immediately, and the eunuch will then report to the monarch without delay.

This "Road Drum" is the later "Dengwen Drum".

Now, Qingji just pushed forward the process of establishing Dengwen Drum...

The Jinshanjing, the slandering wood and the drum of daring to remonstrate, all represent the beginning of the work of letters and visits in ancient times.

There are also lung stones, buses...

Lung stone, a red stone located outside the gate of the imperial court in ancient times.

If the people have grievances, they have to hit the stone to complain. The stone is shaped like a lung, hence the name.

Later, it evolved into the drum of injustice, or called the drum of injustice, or called the drum of injustice.

Qingji now only uses "Dengwen Drum" and "Lu Drum", and will not set up more channels for complaints and visits.

"Type of language!"

"Chen is here!"

Prime Minister Zuo Wenzhong, whose name was called, quickly stood up.

"You are in charge of setting up the Dengwen Drum at the gate of the palace, and urging all the counties and counties to set up the 'Road Drum' on the side of the government office, so that Li Shu can use it to complain about grievances!"

Qingji waved his hand and said, "Anything that involves grievances in various criminal law proceedings, if the village is not in a position to decide, it can be reported to Lugu, and the county magistrate will receive them and open a public trial. Don't be negligent!"

"If the county level cannot deal with it, the county magistrate can convey it to the county level, or if he thinks he has a grievance, he can report the grievance to the county level."

"The local sheriff and magistrate must personally receive them and try them in accordance with the law."

"If the execution cannot be executed at the county level, it should be conveyed to the Tingwei Mansion."

"People with grievances may file a complaint at the gate of the palace and beat the Dengwen Drum, and the Tingwei Mansion will try it according to the law. If you still can't make a decision...the widow, deal with it yourself!"

"promise!"

Wen Zhong immediately agreed.

The establishment of Dengwengu and Lugu not only opened the way for Wu Guoguang, but also strengthened Qingji's judicial power as the king of Wu.

Great help!

This can be said to be a major event that truly benefits the people of the country.

Now Qing Ji clearly stipulates that any Li Shu who has grievances appeals, the local sheriff and county magistrate must receive them according to the procedures, and must not be neglected.

Who dares to violate such a prohibition?
At the last level, ordinary Shengdou people can even sue the imperial court all the way to express their grievances in front of Qingji, and ask Qingji to rule...

Of course, such things are definitely rare.

If it really happened that the low-level Li Shu went all the way to sue and sue in front of the monarch, Qingji would definitely investigate and deal with those who broke the law and punish them severely...

"Father!"

At this time, Young Master Heng suddenly stood up, bowed to Qingji and said: "I think that Yao has the drum of remonstrance, Shun has the tree of slander, Tang has the people who have punished mistakes, and King Wu has the scorpion of vigilance. Know yourself!"

"Today's sages are not Yao, Shun, Tang and Wu, but they have ways of concealing themselves. Does Xi Yao know it?"

"My father, please set up a tree of slander, or a drum of daring to remonstrate, on the side of the Dengwen drum, so that people in the world can beat the drum to remonstrate, brainstorm and improve our Wu State's governance!"