Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 474 Amnesty to the world!

Su Yu focused on explaining the impact of disorderly conduct on society. He believed that crimes that violated the law would cause great unrest and adverse effects on society. He wanted to include them in the amnesty regulations through debate and expand the eight evils to Unforgivable crimes.

As for the logic, it is naturally based on Confucianism. The so-called king, king, minister, father, father, son...

Su Yu was regarded as a top student in Confucianism. His words were well-founded and he used allusions to prove it. For a while, no one refuted it.

After all, it is an addition rather than a subtraction, so it will naturally not attract too much opposition. Essentially, adding two more items will better safeguard the stability of society and the majesty of the law.

Li Si frowned slightly and smelled something unusual. He was thinking deeply and was preparing to retort, but unexpectedly Zhao Si spoke first.

"What Su Yushi said is absolutely true. Disharmony and injustice are indeed unbearable, but is the so-called disrespect too idealistic?" Zhao Si asked with a smile.

Su Yu heard this and was about to explain to Zhao Si in detail what constituted disrespect, but Zhao Si asked a second question.

"In the clan, the elders have always been more important. In raising the guests, the master has always been the main one, and the retainers are the supplementary ones. Within a family, the males have always been strong and the females have been weak. In the government, the superiors have always looked down on the inferiors. There are many and those who are below and above are rarely heard of.

If, as you say, discord and injustice are included as a first-class felony, are you also encouraging the trend of bullying? "

"In this way, if an elder of a relative commits a crime, the younger generation will not dare to report it, because the crime committed by the relative is not considered a serious crime, but if someone reports on the relative, they will be charged with an unforgivable crime.

If a senior official makes a mistake, the junior officials dare not correct him. Because the senior official has embezzled money and amassed money, he may be able to be pardoned. However, it is an unjust crime to accuse an official of an official.

If a woman's husband commits a crime, the woman does not dare to correct her. If a man beats and insults his wife, she does not dare to report it to the government, because reporting to the government is a sign of discord...

In this way, is there a disorder of strength and weakness?

If things continue like this, if officials cannot correct their superiors, will they be complicit?

If the younger generation cannot correct the elders and report them, will there be collusion among the clans? "Zhao Si asked with a smile.

Zhao Si didn't fall into Su Yu's trap at all. He only started with strength and weakness.

Among the crimes of disharmony and injustice, who are the vulnerable groups and who are the strong groups?

Zhao Si is not good at talking, and pointing out the fundamental problem is the easiest way.

As for the next... rapping, Li Si will naturally be responsible for it.

The Eight Evils were proposed by Li Si. In fact, Li Si had already carefully considered the inclusion of unfilial piety into the Eight Evils.

As the maker of a country's laws, Li Si knew the meaning of amnesty.

In the original Da Qin, crimes did not matter how serious they were, because all crimes could not be forgiven and could only be alleviated through fines, reduction of titles, etc.

Some specific vicious crimes cannot be pardoned, but the concept of amnesty has not been strictly proposed.

But now that there is a general amnesty for the world, the crimes that cannot be forgiven are strictly speaking the highest law in a country that cannot be violated.

So what Li Si did at the beginning was subtraction, not addition.

That is, the number of sins that cannot be pardoned should be less but not more.

If there are too many, if you can't remember them, it will only give people the image that Qin is cruel and wants a good reputation.

It has to be less, less enough, to be heavy enough.

It was all very glamorous, but a lot of it was sorted out, and the amnesty was promulgated, and it turned out that only two or three people could be pardoned. So the so-called amnesty became a joke, and the so-called amnesty or no amnesty is also a joke?

Therefore, on the surface, it seems that Li Si formulated how many articles of amnesty and unpardonable crimes there are, but he knew from the beginning that there are only a few spaces for amnesty and unpardonable crimes.

At the same time, precisely because the unpardonable crime is the highest and worst crime, it is not an exaggeration to say that it will serve as a behavioral guide and warning for the people in the future, so Li Si is more cautious.

For example, when adding the item of unfilial piety, Li Si thought about many issues.

For example, if a father kills someone, but if the son reports the father, it is unfilial. If amnesty or not is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, people will take it for granted that unfilial piety is more serious than other crimes, so they will not dare to accuse him. Will other laws be violated? What is the impact on execution?

Li Si hesitated for a long time before adding the charge of unfilial piety.

On the one hand, it is because unfilial piety is one of the serious crimes in Qin.

On the other hand, it is because during the long-term law enforcement process, Li Si can also feel that there are some things that the law cannot do.

Qin's law can break everyone into small families and divide powerful clans, but when the family is connected by the closest ties of father, son and children, no matter how the law is enforced, it cannot be destroyed.

What the law ultimately cannot avoid is the simplest emotions.

As for small families... blood relatives, although there are many beasts and beasts in all dynasties, the most basic order, needs and emotions have always been on the same line.

A father dies for his son, and a mother dies for her son. Neither life nor death can make people fearful. It is not as good as the beauty of adulthood, and maintaining this public order and good custom as a guide.

"Disharmony and unjustness are indeed shameful, but it is not a matter of anger." Li Si shook his head and said.

"As far as the country is concerned..." Li Si began his long speech.

Like Su Yu, he quoted allusions and real-life examples to refute Su Yu's views, and cleverly borrowed the views put forward by Zhao Si.

To include disharmony and injustice among the unpardonable crimes is to encourage the strong to bully the weak.

Common people are inherently short-witted, and humble people are inherently lacking in courage.

What can a woman know? My husband's statement that "if you don't listen to me is a heinous crime," is enough to scare him so much that he doesn't dare to resist.

Officials threaten petty officials. Although I am corrupt, if you accuse an official of an official, that is unjust and a heinous crime.

Of course, this will definitely not be the case when the law is implemented. Even if the heinous crime is enacted, if the report is true, the whistleblower will not be convicted.

The problem is that once the heinous crimes are made public, it will form an ideological guide for the people of the world.

Anyone who does such a thing in the future will be heinous and will be spurned by everyone.

Therefore, even if the government does not punish the whistleblower, the guided social thoughts will punish the whistleblower.

If a wife reports her husband, she will be criticized and scorned by others.

Officials who report against their superiors will be tolerated and excluded by the officialdom.

Not to mention including disharmony and injustice as unpardonable sins, even if they are not included today, in fact this is already an unspoken rule...

It's just that this unspoken rule is essentially the bullying of the weak by the powerful.

and!

Li Si wanted to break away from the old officials and old methods and follow a new path, but this did not mean that Li Si would directly turn around and embrace Confucianism.

Essentially, after so many years of observation, Li Si discovered that he had reached the end of his game of torturing ordinary people.

The clan is divided until the unit of individual family cannot be broken down.

Similarly, when we force common people to act in accordance with the law, we find that the law is ineffective when it comes to the most basic and simple emotions.

At this time, the harm has outweighed the benefit, so Li Si has to take a new path and be more relaxed.

But this does not mean that the path Li Si wants to take is to condone the integration of officials and local officials and promote the formation of local forces.

Strictly speaking, the path Li Si took was different from that of the old officials, but it was very similar to the new ideas of officials that had been very popular in the past.

While absorbing the ideas of other schools of thought, he did not lose his roots in Legalism.

Serve the centralized power and strengthen the weak branches! The difference is that at this time Li Si has realized that ordinary people are not branches, but soil!

As for Confucianism, the path of Confucianism is flourishing...

Essentially, they absorb nutrients from the soil.

Li Si put aside his status as right-hand prime minister, and his academic attainments were also very high, at least much higher than Su Yu's.

When Zhao Si raised a fundamental contradiction, Su Yu was refuted by Li Si and was speechless within a few rounds.

So the eight unpardonable sins were determined...

It's a pity that it didn't turn out to be heinous in the end.

Although he has a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, Zhao Si knows that this is the highest level crime officially launched. In addition to conviction, it also has extensive ideological guidance for society, so it is not as simple as adding more.

Judging from the current situation, it is better to be unpardonable for eight evils than to be unpardonable for ten evils.

After the Eight Evils were settled, the issue of amnesty for the world was basically settled.

Next, the focus of the courtiers' deliberations became how to implement amnesty for the world, and under what conditions it could be implemented.

Amnesty cannot be abused, and everyone quickly reached a consensus on this point.

After all, this is for the whole world, and a little carelessness may cause the credibility of the law to decline.

This is a double-edged sword, similar to the Edict of Sin and Self...

There is no problem if you use it a few times in your life. If you have nothing to do every day, then you will be punished, and everyone in the world will be happy.

If you sin against yourself three times a year, the majesty of a king will basically be lost.

If there is a general amnesty for the whole country three times a year, the credibility of the law will be almost gone.

Moreover, this is a right that belongs exclusively to the king, but this right is too great, and everyone wants to put some restrictions on it.

So after serious deliberation, Amnesty World was strictly divided into two categories.

One is amnesty under war.

In the mutual conquest, too many common people were involved. They were innocent. In this case, there were hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. It was unreasonable to convict them all. Moreover, wars are usually followed by famines. Manpower is urgently needed and a general amnesty can be issued at this time to pardon their crimes.

The other is special seasons.

For example, a new emperor ascends the throne, a prince is appointed, or a territory is expanded to thousands of miles...

In short, the conditions are harsh, but not that harsh.

Generally speaking, efforts should be made to limit the king's power to issue amnesties to single digits.

Of course, if the king is really determined not to abide by this rule, there is nothing he can do...

The system is the most unreliable thing, even if it is an ancestral system, the current heated discussion and even the consensus reached by the officials can serve as a warning to future generations.

As for the system left by today's people, it cannot trap future generations.

After the discussions among the ministers were completed, Feng Quji's son, Yushi Feng Jie, made a supplement.

It is recommended that local governments mark all those who have received amnesty as key points. If they commit another crime in the future, they will have to add one level of guilt to their original culpability. This will not only show kindness and benevolence to the world, but will not cause trouble. People lost their respect for the law, and sins went unpunished.

After Feng Jie proposed it, he immediately received the consistent approval of His Royal Highness Taisun Zhao Si, His Royal Highness Prince Fusu and the First Emperor.

Zhao Si inevitably paid more attention to Feng Jie.

He was not very clear about Feng Jie's deeds, but as a time traveler, he knew that Feng Jie had succeeded Li Si as prime minister after Hu Hai ascended the throne.

Coincidentally, Feng Jie's father, Feng Quji, was a supporter of Fusu.

On the one hand, Feng Jie was able to escape Hu Hai's purge of Fusu's party members, and at the same time, he was able to win the trust of Fusu and Zhao Gao and climb to the high position of right minister, which shows that he is still somewhat capable.

However, the character needs to be verified... For now, make a mental note to remind yourself that such a person with the background and ability will definitely climb up, but he cannot be ignored by his confidants.

After Feng Jie finished his final supplement, he was praised by the emperor's crown prince and grandson. Feng Quji also agreed with Yourong. He thought about what Wang Wan had said about investing in Zhao State, and after thinking about it, he chose to wait and see.

At present, the situation is relatively optimistic.

The Crown Prince and His Highness the Grand Sun are not the same as fire and water.

"Since all ministers are no different, and now the place is in ruins and urgently needs to be restored, and spring plowing is around the corner, we might as well draw up regulations at the court meeting and issue an order as soon as possible to grant amnesty to the world!" the First Emperor concluded.

The ministers held a final heated discussion around the amnesty process.

The first point of concern for everyone is the name under which the amnesty will be granted to the world.

The second is what kind of process should be used to amnesty the world.

There was a snap, very quickly...

The ministers gradually reached a consensus during heated discussions.

After unanimous discussion, everyone agreed to amnesty for the world in the name of the prince and grandson establishing the heir apparent.

It was a good thing that the Longxi victory expanded the border to thousands of miles, but compared with it, it was a small matter that the crown prince's position, which had been empty for forty years, was finally established.

As for using the name of the war-torn place as a ruin... it doesn't sound good. It feels a bit forced. On the other hand, it is also a bit of a slap in the face of the civil and military forces of the DPRK. Although this war was inevitable and was put down quickly, in the end There was a commotion in the family, and it happened to be the title of crown prince, which naturally made him more glorious and better reflected the kindness of the First Emperor.

Then there are the regulations on amnesty for the world.

After unanimous discussion, it was decided to rely on the speed of military information transmission.

That is to say, the amnesty order was issued from Xianyang to the local area, and the whole territory of Qin was notified as quickly as possible, subject to traveling two hundred miles a day.

Of course, it has to be fast, otherwise it is hard to say whether the amnesty can be spread all over the country in one year if it is promulgated at the speed of ordinary government affairs.

After discussion among the ministers, the First Emperor thought it was very reasonable, so he nodded and spoke.

"Forty-one years ago, the eldest son Fusu was made the crown prince, and the eldest son Sun Si was made the grandson, and the world was granted amnesty.

Since before the first month of the forty-second year, except for the eight major evils, murder has been reduced to one level, and the rest have not been noticed, corrected or not corrected, and the crimes are not serious, so they can be forgiven..."

The First Emperor did not speak much and his voice was not loud...

Generally speaking, except for the eight deadly evils and the crime of murder, which can only be reduced but not pardoned, all other crimes are pardoned. It is thought that the Qin Dynasty has got two outstanding princes, and the prosperity of the world is within three generations, so that all the people can congratulate.

At the same time, it can be regarded as officially showing Zhao Si and Fusu their faces in front of the people of the world, so that everyone in the world can appreciate their merits and strengthen the correctness of their legal traditions.

Although he doesn't speak much, his voice is not loud.

But everyone knows that Da Qin is about to cause a big uproar!

(Eight thousand is completed. Let’s challenge 10,000 tomorrow. If there is an update, it will be updated. But what’s going on with the monthly ticket? That’s all the update will do. Give it some effect, bro!)

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