back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 627
Feng Chengping knew that if the little emperor insisted on choosing the topic of "Taoism and Political Virtue", he would have no way to stop it.Besides, this question does not have a "super-class", and it is still in the category of Confucian classics, so it can be regarded as a classic question for trial discussion.It's just that the controversy will become bigger. As long as it is a scholar who studies Confucian classics, who doesn't talk about governing with virtue?This is also the disadvantage of Confucianism. They always think about persuading people to do good, set an example, and make the world peaceful. They never thought that human nature is selfish. As long as there is no law and supervision, these sanctimonious literati will secretly do something. Nothing is certain!
If all the people are great Confucians like Zhang Zai, who know how to keep themselves clean, why would Lu Chengqi use any tricks?Just let go and ignore state affairs, but is this possible?It is obviously impossible, even if the highest state of Confucianism is that everyone becomes a god and everyone becomes a saint, that is impossible.Human beings are divided into good and evil, beautiful and ugly, and laws are established to protect the good and punish the wicked.Lu Chengqi believes that the purpose of the law should not be punishment, but also to persuade people to do good. It is the bottom line of morality. In short, violating morality does not necessarily violate the law, but violating the law must violate morality.Violating morality does not necessarily have coercive force to restrain your behavior, or make compensation for this behavior, but violation of the law must have coercive force to restrain your behavior, and you must pay compensation for it.In fact, disputes between people will result in corresponding morality and law, which are essentially to solve some problems. Whether it is morality or law, their common purpose is to regulate human behavior and resolve conflicts.Morality is an important source of legislative content, but morality is a high-standard behavior, while law is the bottom line for everyone, or human beings to abide by.

Does Confucianism emphasize law?Pay attention, even if Confucius advocated "virtue dominates punishment and assists punishment", he also advocates governing the country with propriety, combining law with propriety; paying attention to ethics, maintaining hierarchical privileges;Later, Mencius further discussed this point of view. On this basis, Xunzi also incorporated Legalism's "rule of law" into the Confucian system, and proposed "Grand Rites and Emphasis on Law", integrating rituals and laws so that the two complement each other.

But it is a pity that since the Han Dynasty, Confucian children have made it clear that they do not want to obey the law.What they need is a supreme status, even to sit on an equal footing with the emperor, which is the so-called ruling by hanging down.But will it work?Why do ordinary people obey the law, but you can get away with it?Therefore, the conflict between the civil official group and the emperor often comes from this.The emperor has too much power, so big that the civil servants can't control it, so he is psychologically unbalanced.You are an emperor, so you can be exempted from the law; I am a subject, so can't I be exempted from the law?Then why should I only be a courtier and not an emperor?It is precisely because of this that powerful officials want to usurp the throne, and careerists want to rebel, all wanting to obtain this supreme throne.

And when the emperor is the ninety-five supremacy, when he promises everything, the law will often be transferred by the emperor's will.To use an analogy, this person obviously committed a murder case, but he was a filial son, and the murder was also to take his money and save his mother.Hey, in Yuxiao's era, this thing would really happen.If the emperor knew, how would he be sentenced?As long as the emperor is not Lu Chengqi, I am afraid that the acquittal and beheading are [-]/[-].

why?That is because filial piety is the most important thing when building a country with filial piety.In Chinese tradition, loyalty and filial piety are put together.If you value filial piety, you must be loyal, so the emperor thinks that your crime is not worthy of death, so he exempts you from capital punishment.But isn't the person who was killed wronged?Injustice, there is no place to appeal for injustice, this case was decided by the emperor, do you have the ability to reverse the case?It's like fishing for a moon in the water. Everyone in the world sympathizes with you, but the government won't allow you.

So Lu Chengqi felt this, and decided to rely on the law to correctly define what is right, what is wrong, what is worth advocating, and what should be arrested and sent to prison...

It's a pity that most people in this era are not interested in the law, and ninety-nine out of ten are legally illiterate.Even scholars only read classics and don't know the law.They don't know what it is to be afraid, so they dare to reach out for money.They are fearless because of their ignorance.After all, Han Chuang has studied hard for ten years, isn't it just to get promoted and get rich!But the state owns the state law, and the family has its own rules, so how can you stretch out your hands indiscriminately?
This is why poor scholars who become officials are more greedy than rich people who become officials.They only want to get promoted and get rich, how do they know that there is a sharp sword called the law above their heads?

Feng Chengping didn't know what Lu Chengqi was thinking, he only knew that once such a problem came up, he would be in trouble.The monarch and ministers were silent for a long time, and Feng Chengping struggled in his heart for a long time before finally accepting his fate: "Since His Majesty has set the topic, I can only follow the order. But if you ask a question, I don't know what the topic is?"

Lu Chengqi was already prepared, and took out a piece of paper from the memorial, handed it to Feng Chengping, and said, "I have already drawn it up, and everything is on it."

Feng Chengping took a closer look and almost fainted.I saw that on the rice paper, there was a paragraph that was not too long: "I inherit the great lineage of my ancestors, and the strength of the late emperors. I am deeply ignorant, unreasonable, and have a long way to go. Sleeping at night, here is the third period. My virtue has not yet come, and my teaching has not yet been fulfilled. There are still many government officials, and there is still harmony. Although the fields are opened, the people are boring. Although the border is safe, the soldiers cannot withdraw. The benefits have been dredged. There is a lot of money. The army is redundant and a little practiced, and the officials are redundant and small. The order is more prosperous, but the rituals and music are not in place. The custom of households can be sealed, and the festival of scholars suddenly and Xu. Therefore, the lawsuit has not stopped in Yu and Rui. Punishments have not been taken care of in Cheng and Kang. Those who are in power do not focus on education, but those who govern the people mostly focus on grammar. There are many prohibitions and defenses, and the people do not know how to avoid them. There are many people. Since the age of still, disasters and accidents have been seen frequently. In June, Renzi, a solar eclipse at Shuo. The rain is on the festival, and the heating is not effective. The rise of politics. The failure of five things, the works of Liu Wei, passed down by Liu Xiang, and recorded by Lu Shi, how can the five elements be cultivated to obtain their nature? Change, does it fit in with the scriptures? In the midsummer, the theory of prisoner rewards is heavy, is it in ancient times? The appearance of the capital's Xia Dynasty is the origin of the king's teaching. There is no limit to all craftsman's prostitution, and the right and wrong. Be in the first place, or say, why is the capital? Politics lies in treachery, or say, the prison market is unstoppable. Search the past life, explore the traces of governance. Xiaowen respects Laozi and the world is rich. Xiaowu uses Confucianism and the world is wasted. Taoism. Doesn’t it have disadvantages, is governance different? The reason for the king’s government is shaped by the way of poetry. Zhou Gong’s "Bin" poem is the king’s career, and it is related to "Guofeng". Tombs were used to rule the country, and in the Tang Dynasty, the prime minister was also used to control the branches. Money and valleys are the big plan. Soldiers are also the masses. What is Chen Ping's argument that he should be responsible for the internal history? Wei Hongzhi's words should not be combined with the prime minister? The power of the prime minister; the difference between fate and rank, the support of the false and the real; the preparation of floods and droughts; the defense of the frontier; the law of the nine palaces; the meaning of the five equals. .Eliminate calamities and bring good fortune, change from the weak to the thick. These are the urgent affairs of the previous life, but now the most important thing. Master Zi and the doctor should express their intentions fully, and do not mourn for future harm.”

In fact, there are only a few useful words in a long passage, and they all refer directly to today's New Deal.For example, "Although the fields are open, the people are boring. Although the border is safe, the soldiers cannot withdraw. The profit has been dredged, and the cost is huge. The army is redundant and a little training, and the officials are redundant and small. It's a custom that can be granted rarely, but it's a festival for scholars to give up." It means that there are fields, but the people don't cultivate them, referring to the south of the Yangtze River.The soldiers must not withdraw, which means that the Liao Kingdom is still a serious threat.Water conservancy facilities have been built, but at a high cost.The imperial army practiced a little bit, and the introduction of new performance evaluation standards, the ten-rank official system, also gave redundant officials hope.The rest, are moral and aimed at education.

(End of this chapter)