Spring and Autumn I Am King

"Vengeance for your relatives has been a matter of course since ancient times."

In the Linzhang Academy, Gongyang Gaozai explained his concept of "great revenge" to everyone.

"Wang Hai prostitutes Yi's concubine when he is a guest, and has Yi's ruler Mianchen kills Wang Hai, so Wang Hai's son Shang Jiawei borrowed a teacher from Hebo's to attack Youyi and destroy it. Kill Mianchen."

"In the new year of Zong Zhou, Qin Zhong was attacked and killed by Xi Rong in Xiquanqiu, and his son Qin Zhuang took the throne and gave birth to three children. After a generation, Qin Zhuang died, and the eldest son and father should have succeeded the throne. But the world father said: 'The Rong killed my grandfather Zhong, and I would not dare to enter the city unless I killed the king of Rong'. So the world father gave up the throne to his younger brother Qin Xianggong, and led his troops to attack Xirong."

In the three generations, revenge of blood relatives used to be a etiquette, regulating the life of the world, and it was also a moral law that guided people's choices at that time.

The Spring and Autumn Period is not far from ancient times, and this ancient custom has been preserved, so this time is also the most frequent period of revenge.

The most typical case is the revenge of the Chu people.

Several characters involved in the Wu Feng assassination case: Wu Zixu, Bo Xi, Qu Ao, their ancestors or themselves, all have participated in the deeds of blood relatives' revenge.

Qu Ao's ancestor Ziling (Qu Wuchen) was murdered by Lingyin and Sima of Chu State, so he helped Jin State to seek Chu, and finally let his two enemies die from exhaustion. In order to avenge the revenge of his father and brother, Wu Zixu's deeds of entering Wu to attack Chu are well known and need not be repeated. And Bo Xi's grandfather, Bo Zhouli, was killed by Chu Jun, and Bo Xi also went to Wu State to cooperate with Wu Zixu to seek revenge with him...

With so many precedents, Wu Feng, the son of Wu Zixu, would pick up the road his father had traveled in the past and kill his enemies, which is naturally a matter of course.

"I once went to Yedi and asked Confucius how to take revenge for his parents. Confucius replied: 'As a son, if his parents are wrongly killed, he should sleep on a straw mat, use a shield as a pillow, and still cannot be an official. Do not forget this feud day and night, and once you encounter an enemy on the street, you must take out the weapons you carry with you and immediately kill the enemy!' In this way, you will not be a human being in vain."

"Because of the hatred of his grandfather's clan, Bo Xi took revenge on King Ping and King Zhao of Chu, destroyed Yingdu, flogged the body of the King of Chu, and prostituted the wife and daughter of the King of Chu. Today, Xi was also killed by Zixu's son for murdering Wu Zixu. Xi can take revenge, but others can't seek revenge from Bo Xi? Even if he is divorced, it is his own fault, so why complain?"

In a voice of approval, Ram Gao ended his elaboration.

Speaking of which, not only Confucius, but the whole world, even the state of Chu, which was almost destroyed by revenge, from officials to civilians, all highly respect revenge of blood relatives, thinking that it is a matter of course, and once personally killed the enemy's upper armor. Wei, Ziling, Wu Zixu, and even Bo Xi when they were young, their firm and strong will, and the spirit of revenge that will never give up until their goals are achieved, have all been sympathized and praised by public opinion.

However, there are always exceptions, although Gongyanggao and most people in Yecheng agreed that Wu Feng's behavior was very pleasing and should not only be acquitted, but commended. However, Dali Temple does not recognize this principle. The principle that has been right and proper since ancient times has not been recognized in front of the laws of Zhao State...

The legal officials of Dali Temple, headed by Deng Xi, firmly stood on the opposite side of private revenge. They pointed to the clause in "Zhao Lu" that "for private fighters, they will be punished according to their severity" to shout injustice in front of the Dali Temple. Some people think that Wu Feng's actions have violated this law and caused the crime of intentional homicide, and should be severely punished according to the law.

This time, the hornet's nest has been stabbed. Yecheng people are very sympathetic to Wu Feng. When social public opinion, people's inherent concepts and laws and regulations conflict, the legal department and the entire Yecheng society are hostile. The tide began to sweep through Yecheng, and the voices for Wu Feng's injustice became louder and louder.

As a result, Dali Temple fell into an embarrassing situation. They wanted to judge according to the law, but they were opposed by the whole Zhao nationality. Although I told myself this was right, as soon as I went out, I was scorned by the common people, saying that they were cruel officials who stalked the pillars of the country for the sake of traitors. Some are not human anymore.

Fortunately, Zhao Hou seems to have always stood behind them, and was not forced to put pressure on Dali Temple to release people due to public opinion. But the strange thing is that Zhao Wuxi did not suppress public opinion, and seemed to be happy to see its development...

...

Ye City was turbulent, but the Changle Palace was calm.

"If no one is allowed to speak, what's the point of opening the Linzhang Academy? It's better to put a ban on academics and burn poetry, books, and miscellaneous studies.

In the Sun Residence Hall, when Crown Prince Heng came to inquire about the matter in a hurry, he saw that Zhao Wuxi was still dealing with other matters calmly, but said lightly: "The mouth of defending the people is better than defending the river, and the widow should not do it. King You Zhou. Sometimes, the anger accumulated by the people needs to be properly released. Anyway, the people of Yecheng are targeting the Dali Temple's judgment this time, not the law itself, nor the Zhao State's office. Deng Yi can still hold it, what are you anxious about? ?"

"But..." The prince has been deeply influenced by the law since he was a child. In this incident, he was on the side of Dali Temple, but according to the current development, everyone's mouth is full of gold, and I am afraid that Dali Temple will not be able to support it. , forcibly pronounced the sentence, it will cause the people to be disappointed and dissatisfied.

He put down the brief, raised his head and said with a smile: "Let's see how the next wind and waves will blow, the truth will become clearer and clearer, the conflict between the people's sentiment and the law this time seems to be a big crisis, but in fact it is also in Yecheng and even A good opportunity for the entire Zhao Kingdom to popularize the law. You must know that there is more than one voice in the Academy..."

...

On the seventh day after Wu Feng's revenge case, the senior Gongyang people stood on the square beside Zhangshui and explained the rationality of Wu Feng's revenge to passing scholars.

After more than ten years of establishment, the school has grown from a rudimentary to a mature one. In addition to the "Learning of Natural Measure of Objects", "The Study of Craftsmen" and "The Study of Name and Law", which are highly praised by Zhao Hou Dawei, there are also other schools that thrive. After Zizhang, Zeng Shen and others entered the Academy, Confucianism of Confucianism took root by the Zhangshui River. Zeng Shen followed Zhao Cao to Langya, but Zizhang stayed here. Combine it with what Zhao State advocates.

However, the Confucianism of the Zi Zhang family has not yet become famous. Instead, taking advantage of this Wu Feng revenge case, Gongyang Gao, the younger generation of Kongmen, has risen strongly with his theory of "great revenge". Because this concept is in line with Zhao Ren's generous and elegiac character, and it is the same for a while, even if they are not followers of Confucianism, they will have a strong sense of identification with this concept. After all, no matter where they are, the elders of the family treat them. The most important thing is that the blood relatives must be avenged.

However, there are not as many people gathered in front of Gongyanggao today, because in a place not far from them, a young student also silently wrote several large sheets with black letters on the slate. of rough yellow paper.

"The Revenge?"

Looking at the big headline on the paper and reading the content behind it, you can know that this person is singing the opposite of the ram.

"Ximen Bao, a young boy, has little knowledge and knowledge, but he has a different opinion than Gong Yang Gao on the case of Wu Feng's revenge."

The former suburban child Ximen Leopard has grown up and entered the Linzhang Academy. Although he is young, he is not stage fright. After the crowd gathered, he began to express his views.

The counterattack of the School of Namedharma has begun...

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"Confucius said that it is filial piety for one's children to wait for the opportunity to take revenge, and Gongyanggao regards this as the truth. It is true that killing the enemy for the revenge of one's parents is indeed the rule since ancient times. However, now Zhao The country is no longer the era of the three generations when oral words were the law and clan and family rules were the law. The national law was cast on the big tripod at the entrance of the Dali Temple for people to read. Whenever there is grievance, the national law will uphold justice without private revenge. "

"According to the law of Zhao, the murderer should be punished. This is the law of the state of Zhao. Whether it is Yecheng or the county, the law enforcement cannot be different. Wu Feng kills his father to avenge his father's revenge. , then found Wu Feng innocent, and thus abolished the national criminal law and used it as a criterion for handling similar cases, Zhao Guo will surely suffer many disasters. It should be noted that everyone has children, and children have parents. A conflict arises over trivial matters, killing one's life, but afterward shirks the guilt under the pretext of respecting and loving parents, and the law cannot be punished, and evil deeds will sprout unscrupulously. People who are sincere and good will not do it if they interfere with the public law because of filial piety and righteousness. This kind of thing, the use of public law to accommodate personal feelings, the country will be thrown into chaos.”

"When a sage monarch begins to do something, he must consider its consequences. Since the monarch rules the country by law, the Dali Temple will not allow public opinion to oppress it. According to the boy's opinion, Dali should strictly enforce the national law and deal with Wu Feng according to the criminal law~www. readwn.com ~ must not exonerate it..."

"This guy is not bad, I said everything I didn't have a chance to say!"

In the Dali Temple, after reading "Revenge", Deng Yi was very happy. After a few days of forbearance, their Mingfa faction finally made a voice of their own. After Zhao Wuxi's strong support for more than ten years, the study of famous law has also produced a lot of talents, but there are not many people who can really take the lead like Deng Yi, but this Ximen Leopard is the leader of the younger generation.

"It would be nice if there were more people who spoke for the country's law."

Deng Xi very much hoped that this "Revenge Proposal" could open the eyes of the judgment of Dali Temple, and let the people of Yecheng understand their difficulties a little bit.

However, things backfired. This turmoil is not destined to end so simply. The day after Ximen Bao made his voice, next to the slate where he posted "Revenge", another freshly released Di newspaper was also posted, and it was written impressively. With "Refuting the Revenge"! And the author is Gong Yang Gao himself.

Later generations concluded that it was this case that opened the prelude to the millennia-old torn between French and Confucianism...

ps: The second chapter is in the afternoon.