Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

September [-]th, Xinye County, Nanyang, Shen's Academy.

This is a big house.

The front yard and middle yard, as well as the left and right gardens, attics, and pavilions are all classrooms for teaching scriptures.

Only the backyard is where the lecturers rest, and there are some ponds and rockeries.

Pass the screen wall from the atrium to the backyard. There is a garden on the right side of the backyard with towering greenery and dense bamboo trees.

There is a small building standing by the pond near the bamboo forest. The door of the small building is open. At the door, Shan Yi and Wu Dang stand like two door gods, with guards beside them.

Shen Chen currently has two residences, one is the Dengshen Manor at Huangmen Pavilion in Xinye, and the other is the former General of the Zhenjun and Nanyang Prefect's Mansion in Wancheng, which is now the residence of General Zuo.

Shen's Academy is the place where most people stay, except for General Zuo's Mansion and Huangmenting Deng Shen's Second Manor.

From the 20th year of Jian'an, that is, four years ago, in 215 AD, Cao Cao invaded Guanzhong and Xiliang, and sent Xu Huang to station in Wuguan to defend Nanyang's Shen Chen army into Guanzhong.

At that time, Shen Chen stayed in Wuguan for a while, but he and Xu Huang had no intention of fighting. In the second year, he left his subordinate Zhang Quan to continue stationing in Wuguan and returned to Xinye.

Accompanying his wife every day, teasing the children, and often coming to Shen's Academy to continue teaching and nurturing the next generation.

In terms of family, his wife Liu Ning currently lives in Huangmenting Shen's Manor, and has a son and two daughters. The eldest daughter was born in the early 17th year of Jian'an, and she is already six years old this year.

Time flies, time changes, unknowingly, Shen Chen has been living in Nanyang for more than seven years, and is 31 years old, and is about to enter the age of forty.

On the issue of education, he has successfully trained a generation of disciples, more than a hundred outstanding ones, known as Shenmen Hundred Sages, and now most of them are officials in Jingzhou and Yizhou, helping Zhuge Liang to implement the New Deal and govern the local area.

Among them are Huo Yang, Wu Dang, Wu Tao, Shan Yi, Zhou Tai and others. Shan Yi is now a captain because of his bravery in battle. It is unambiguous that they line up to kill the enemy, and they all have their own promotions.

Therefore, in terms of personnel training, at least Shen Chen has cultivated a large number of middle and lower-level backbones for the local government and the army.Now the [-] troops stationed in Nanyang, except for some county soldiers, are basically front-line soldiers who can fight tough battles.

At this moment, Shen Chen was in the house, looking at the secret letter in his hand.

The letter stated that Cao Cao's Diannong Zhonglang, General Yan Kuang, would send grain and grass to Kunyang, Wuyang, Dingling, Xiping, and Cao Jun's front lines in early September.

Gibbon said that he planned to launch a rebellion between September [-]th and [-]th, and hoped that before that, Shen Chen could send troops to delay the main force of Cao Hong's army on the front line of Nanyang, so that they could control the rear.

The other party didn't say the specific date, but gave an approximate interval, which Shen Chen felt was a little more reliable.

Because the plan often cannot keep up with the changes, the actions of thousands of people are given a specific time. What if there is a sudden change, such as Cao Jun temporarily sending more people to Chenliu, or Wan Qian dispatching troops to defend the city, what should we do?
The communication is poor, thousands of people cannot command in a unified way, and some people will cower because of sudden changes, and some people will not know what to do because of the change of temporary plan. It is not good to be in a mess.

Therefore, the best way is to first determine a range, arrange people to lead the team separately, first inquire about the news during the day, and after confirming that there will be no accidents, use the fire as a sign at night to launch a unified operation.

This was planned by the spies Shen Chen sent to Chendu to help.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, it is not uncommon to send internal agents and spies to each other's countries.

As underground workers, they had already undergone professional training before, so Shen Chen was very pleased that they had such vigilance.

After receiving the secret letter, Shen Chen burned the letter and tapped on the table lightly.

Zhou Busu was reading a book.

Seeing that Shen Chen had finished reading the letter, he put the book down and said, "Brother, this is "On Human Beings."

"Is it not well written?"

Shen Chen asked.

Zhou Buyi smiled wryly and said, "It's very well written, but it's a bit..."

"Is it scary?"

Shen Chen asked with a smile.

Zhou Buyi nodded: "I'm a little scared, I'm afraid that the northern aristocratic family, Cao Cao, Sun Quan and others will be angry, even the king."

"It's not finished yet."

Shen Chen said in a deep voice: "Mencius said: "The people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the least." Gaozu also said: "The king regards the people as the sky", the people are the cornerstone, and those in power live on the people. Some are blood-sucking insects, some are fur-skinned, whether to be blood-sucking insects or fur-skinned, there is a public opinion, and the power of the superior should be restricted and not abused."

"Ah."

Zhou Buyi responded.

Shen Chen turned his head to look at him again and smiled, "Don't worry, after I finish writing, I will send it to Kong Ming and the lord."

Zhou Buyi was relieved now, nodded and did not speak.

The book written by Shen Chen is indeed a bit scary. The main idea of ​​this "On Human Being" is actually people-oriented, exploring the power of human beings in this world and the meaning of existence.

This kind of thinking actually existed in ancient times, and Mencius was one of its advocates.

But what Mencius mentioned was rather cryptic, and throughout the dynasties, they always talked about people-oriented, but in fact it was a dark feudal society that ate people without spit out their bones.

For example, local officials, county magistrates in one place destroy their homes and kill people at will, and governors in one place can move when they are angry and destroy their families and ransack their homes.

Therefore, the ancients' definition of the existence of "human beings" is not completely accurate. Regarding the issue of whether the Han people are human beings, those in power have not yet fully understood.

Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty must be Mingjun, because someone stole a pair of jade rings in front of Gaozu's temple, and wanted to destroy the three clans.Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was also a Ming emperor, but he was the one who pioneered the literary inquisition.

Many emperors in the past dynasties killed three tribes of barbarians and nine tribes. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were especially prosperous. When the emperor opened his mouth, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people died.

Although it was impossible to talk about human rights in the feudal era, Shen Chen did not say that human rights must be talked about, but expressed his attitude in "On Man", believing that rulers should be reasonable.

Yes.

The tone of the whole book is very simple, that is, the superior must be reasonable.

The book contains a large number of arguments and examples, expressing the danger of excessive power of the ruling class. The key point is that they can fabricate charges at will, and even kill people without charges.

The negative textbooks in it include some of Liu Bei's ancestors, and Shen Chen, a large number of emperors and powerful officials in the Han Dynasty, also criticized them one by one.

For example, Emperor Huandi and Lingdi, because they opposed eunuchs to intervene in politics and offended eunuchs, countless ministers and Tai students ransacked their families and wiped out their clans. I don’t know how many innocent people died due to the party’s misfortune.

That's why Zhou Buyi found it scary when he looked at it.

After all, it is some of Liu Bei's ancestors who are scolding the emperor, which will inevitably anger Liu Bei.

But Shen Chen knew that this kind of change and progress must be indispensable, so even at the risk of offending Liu Bei, he had to write it out, prevent it in advance, and prepare for future implementation.

And Shen Chen also knew that under the current situation, it was impossible to say that human life was greater than the sky, and that everyone was equal.

This kind of thing is impossible to do, and the second is that he himself has no such idea.

So he only criticizes the power to kill at will.

Shen Chen believes that the power to kill must only be handed over to the judiciary. Even if a murder case occurs in a certain county in a certain place and the criminal is caught, it cannot be dealt with by the county magistrate, but should be handed over to the court lieutenant.

Even the emperor cannot directly order to kill people. Even if someone offends the emperor, he should be judged and convicted by the court officer. If the trial results in the innocence of the person, the emperor cannot forcibly change the law. This is the main point of Shen Chen's book.

It's just that the ancient sages always focused on persuasion, such as persuading the king to lighten punishment and value human life.

But in real life, not only the emperor killed people based on his mood, but even ministers, local prefects, county magistrates, and generals of military towns also killed people based on their mood.

Therefore, Shen Chen criticized this phenomenon, and believed that such power should be restricted. At the same time, he deeply analyzed the psychology of these random killings, and defined their crimes as "crimes against humanity".

The book focuses on criticizing Cao Cao and Sun Quan's massacres, positioning them at the level of breaking through the bottom line of human beings.

This is why Zhou Buyu thought that Cao Cao and Sun Quan would be very angry when they saw it.

Because the book emphasizes people's right to survive, and the true nature of the law is to regulate all people.Rather than a few powerful people arbitrarily changing the law or even ignoring the law, doing things according to their own preferences.

Therefore, this book is essentially an attack on the abuse of power by the superiors, and a kind of protection for the people at the bottom.

And also put forward some own views, the analysis is extremely profound.

If the people in the north accept the ideas inside, it will greatly shake Cao Cao's rule, so they will be hated by all the families including Cao Cao.

The main reason is that unlike the southern family, the northern family is already carrying out population clearing and abolishing slavery.

Now the northern aristocratic families are serious about slavery. Gibbon, Geng Ji, Wei Huang, and Jin Yi, who have little power, such as imperial physicians, Shaofu, and Sizhi, can gather thousands of slaves, which shows how many slaves there are in the aristocratic families.

To put it simply, Shen Chen wrote this book and proposed in the book that the power of the emperor, ministers, and aristocratic families should be limited by law, and a system in which human life is greater than heaven and law is greater than heaven, and the supreme law that cannot be changed is the supreme law. The foundation is vigorously maintained.

If implemented in accordance with the concept proposed in his book, the judicial power of counties and states will be nationalized from county magistrates and sheriffs in the future, and the central court will be the supreme court, with branches established in various places.

In addition, the state will set up two more supervision departments, one to investigate officials' problems, and the other to check the omissions of local cases.

Does it sound familiar?

It's public prosecution law.

But in fact it was called Sansi in ancient times.

Yes.

Shen Chen was not copying the homework of later generations, but the homework of the Song Dynasty after the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Beginning with Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, the power of death penalty was brought back to the central government, and three divisions were established. All local executions must be reviewed and approved by the third division and the emperor, otherwise they would never be carried out.

In other words, the existence of the Public Prosecution Law has existed since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but the emperor's power is still unrestricted.

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, apart from the fact that the emperor could kill people indiscriminately, in places like the Han Dynasty, it has rarely happened that a random county magistrate can exterminate a whole family.

The decline of the aristocratic family actually began after this.

People say that the imperial examination ended the family.

But after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the aristocratic family could no longer rely on one person to become a high-ranking official in the court like the Han Dynasty. The family ran amok in the local area, recruited servants wantonly, and killed the people.

When the middle power was taken away by the imperial court, they became nothing more than tigers without minions. Although they were still giants and the people at the bottom could not afford to provoke them, they were no longer as unscrupulous as they are today.

Therefore, Shen Chen is not talking about equality for everyone, nor is he talking about the supremacy of human rights. He is just learning from a great emperor like Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, and protecting the people at the bottom on a large scale. Even if it cannot be eliminated, at least This situation can be greatly improved.

The only difference from Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was that Shen Chen went a step further, hoping to limit the emperor's power to kill people indiscriminately, and at the same time hoped that the saying "the emperor violated the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime" is no longer empty talk, that's all.

Therefore, Shen Chen's ultimate goal is actually to carry out the public prosecution law after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, so that the aristocratic families, high-ranking and dignitaries who originally regarded the Han people as worthless, become equal before the law, and never dare to treat the lower class wantonly. people are murdered.

It's just that in Zhou Buyi's opinion, the concepts and ideas he put forward are still too advanced, which makes him a little frightened.

People at the bottom are afraid of the rich and powerful because the powerful and powerful can kill them at will.

Huang Fu was the prime minister of the East China Sea, and those who offended him "all judged by their elders".Brothers Xun Yu and Xun Tan were magistrates, "since crimes must be punished", Shi Bi was Prime Minister of Pingyuan, and a Tai student offended him, "Bi immediately killed those who wrote books".

The power of the prefect is really too great, and these powers will cover up their families, let their families do evil in the local area, and oppress the people at will without being dealt with.

And Shen Chen's throwing out of "On Humanity" is just the beginning. If it continues, the aristocratic family will no longer have dignity in front of the low-level people. When the low-level people are not afraid of the aristocratic family, then the aristocratic family will feel fear.

This is also digging the roots of the aristocratic family.

Shen Chen's argument must also be an enemy of those in power in the world.

When an aristocratic family can no longer kill its own servants and oppress the people in its jurisdiction, what is the meaning of its existence?
If Cao Cao could no longer massacre cities at will like before, what would he do with the power in his hands?
Therefore, these arguments of Shen Chen must be like waste paper in their eyes.

But Shen Chen felt that the Han Dynasty was a barbaric era.

Compared with the system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it has made great progress.

As the saying goes, one step ahead is a genius, and ten steps ahead is a madman.

But Shen Chen believes that the Han Dynasty and the Sui and Tang Dynasties are both feudal dynasties, and there is no essential difference between them.

Therefore, even if it progressed from 200 A.D. at the end of the Han Dynasty to 581 A.D., this system was nearly 400 years ahead, and it probably would not cause the country to collapse immediately.

And he didn't lose his mind and publish it now, but planned to study it first, discuss it with Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and the others before making a fuss.

After all, in comparison, Liu Bei has never killed innocent people indiscriminately. He has killed three ministers in total, one Peng Yang encouraged Ma Chao to rebel, one Liu Feng refused to save Guan Yu, and one Zhang Yu spread rumors.

Except for the last Zhang Yu who may not be guilty of death, the other two are basically more than enough to die.

So even if Shen Chen accused Liu Bei's ancestors in the book, he probably wouldn't be too angry, and then everyone should discuss and promote the laws and regulations in Shen Chen's book.

Apart from that, there is one more thing.

In addition to restricting the right of local officials, ministers of the DPRK and China, and aristocratic families to wantonly kill the people at the bottom, it is bound to create a society with a looser legal system.

In a sense, this may not be conducive to ruling, but it is definitely conducive to attracting people's hearts.

Shen Chen is still studying "Theory of Man". He thinks that by the time the book is finished and promoted, Jiangdong should have been destroyed, and after that will be the era of the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

At this time, if the legal system in the Southern Dynasties is relatively loose, and the law is more protective of the people at the bottom, then there will be no harm if there is no comparison.

In history, the legal system of the Wei State was relatively strict, and the oppression of the people at the bottom was extremely serious, especially the tuntian system. The early tuntian system was good.

In the later period, it was more outrageous, in August [-]nd and even September [-]st, the government took [-]% to [-]% of the harvest, leaving only [-]% to [-]% of the harvest for the people, causing countless rebellions among the villagers.

Needless to say, there are also strangers and wives, who are more tolerant to the aristocratic family and lack protection for the people at the bottom. The people's hearts are not attached to Cao Wei.

Therefore, Shen Chen believes that the laws of the Southern Dynasties should mainly attack the violations of the people by the bureaucratic class and aristocratic families, and protect the interests of the people.

But at the same time, we should not be too lax. Those who are guilty should be punished, and those who are innocent should be released. It is such a simple truth.

Those in power cannot do things according to their own preferences, and try their best to ensure the interests of the people.For example, the garrison system is really [-] or even [-], which is completely exploiting the people, which is obviously not acceptable.

With all of these, Shen Chen intends to establish a country with a relatively sound system, a high degree of centralization, clear politics, strict laws, and protection of the bottom.

In this way, the northern people saw that the southern court was such a normal court.

It is not allowed to kill the people at will, nor is it allowed to occupy the fields and population of the people, and has been protecting the rights and interests of the people.

Look at Cao Wei again.

It is simply impossible to watch any more.

At that time, they will not be able to help the old and the young, and flee to the south one after another?

So in a way, it's also a way of cultural invasion.

What Shen Chen wants to tell the people in the north is that Cao Wei doesn't care about your life or death, I care.Cao Wei squeezes and exploits you, but I will not.Cao Wei can destroy your three clans at will, and Ji Han will never have such a thing happen.

Just three simple reasons like this are probably enough to win the hearts of the people all over the world.

Zhou Buyi was silent for a moment, still pondering the contents of the book, and after a while, he said to Shen Chen: "Senior brother burned the secret letter just now, has the north changed?"

"Ah."

Shen Chen stood up slowly. He was wearing a Confucian uniform at this time, and there were pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the table. He usually wrote books to study the system and social conditions, and prepared texts for lectures to students. He dressed like a modest Confucian.

But when he got up, his whole person changed. He touched the Tiger Daredevil Knife hanging on the wall next to him, and said in a deep voice: "In all directions of the world, Han Sui and Ma Chao's power has been destroyed, and today it has become three parts of the world. Go In the midst of the great epidemic, the three sides will not use their swords, Chen Ping has been there for a long time, and it is time to do it."

Zhou Buyi said: "If you pull one hair and move the whole body, I'm afraid it will cause another war between the three parties."

"I'm afraid not to fight."

Shen Chen seemed to have changed from a Confucian to a general, with awe-inspiring momentum, he said proudly: "If you want to clear up this troubled world, you have to decide who is superior on the battlefield. The world should not be divided into three parts, nor should it be divided into two parts. Two sides. The power of Cao Cao and Sun Quan is not a power of benevolence and righteousness. The people of the world have suffered too much for too long, and I will finally ask for justice."

After finishing speaking, he held the tiger gallbladder knife, strode out the door with his head held high, and said to the two disciples outside the door: "Shan Yi Wu Dang."

"The end is here."

"Send the order, the army will set out and rush to Wancheng."

"only."

The two went to deliver the order.

Wancheng currently has [-] people on the front line, and Wuguan has [-] people.

But Shen Chen planned to send [-] troops this time, and it was impossible to take away all the people in Wancheng.

Therefore, some soldiers from Zhangling and Nanjun were transferred, and with the remaining 2 people, it should not be a big problem to have 3 soldiers stationed in Nanjun.

It's just that Zhangling in Nanjun is even more empty, there are almost no soldiers in the county, and the city defense is completely empty. Only Jiangling is left with only a few thousand people. The entire Nanjun has become an undefended area.

This chapter seems to be watery, but it is actually very useful, so don't scold me for water, and lay a foundation for the future.In addition, don't say that everyone is equal to me, I never said that I would do this.Including the abolition of slavery, it was a system after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The productivity of feudal society did not change much. Although it has spanned hundreds of years, the essence is still the same. It is by no means ten steps ahead, but just one step ahead.But even this step is like the Sui and Tang Dynasties digging out the roots of the aristocratic family, so these systems are indispensable to defeat the aristocratic family and win the hearts of the people.