Chapter 705: Extrajudicial Grace
This old man is the great general Wei Wuji. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The matter of Wei Wuji's safe return to the palace is confidential, but for Tang Fei, it is really not a secret.
The emperor was sincere to Tang Fei, and many things were to be hidden from the world, but he never thought of fortifying Tang Fei.
Because of the secrecy, Wei Wuji's General's Mansion is temporarily inhabitable, plus Wei Wuji and Qi Yue were both seriously injured, Qi Yue was even more sad because of the departure of her mother and brother, so the emperor specially cleaned up an empty palace in the palace, and Wei Wujian and Qi Yue lived in it together.
In fact, according to the law, Qi Yue now also belongs to the body of sin.
Qi Fu has committed such a big crime, it is natural for Master Qi to be sentenced to death, and Mrs. Wang, Qi Yuan, and Qi Yue, as the closest relatives of Master Qi, naturally cannot be spared.
Mrs. Wang had a deep relationship with Master Qi, and after Master Qi died, she couldn't live alone, so she committed suicide and followed Master Qi.
And Qi Yuan chose to become a hero at the moment of life and death, using his life to divert the attention of the enemy and save the lives of his sister and Wei Wuji.
They are touching, but they can't offset their previous sins.
Whether in ancient or modern China, the most common phrase is 'extrajudicial grace'.
I don't know what others think of this sentence, but in my opinion, this sentence is simply an insult to the law.
Who will be extrajudicial and benevolent?
If you agree with this sentence, you agree with the concept of 'human feelings are greater than law'.
If it is true that you can be extrajudicial and casual, then it is not the rule of law, but the conviction and punishment are all based on the judge's mood and preferences, and all according to his three views on right and wrong.
That's probably the scariest thing in the world.
No one can be completely impartial, no one is God, and no one can judge the sins of others.
It's like writing a novel, when I write from the perspective of the protagonist, it's a story; And when I write it from the perspective of a supporting actress, it's a completely different story.
There is no absolute black, absolute white, no absolute wrong, no absolute right, and the law is the thing that makes all this pitiful and fair.
If we feel that a prisoner is pitiful, that he has something unspeakable, or that he has some very valuable qualities, because of these things, we have to show mercy to him extrajudicially, which seems fair, but in fact we are losing our conscience.
It's like Master Qi.
First of all, he must be a good husband, a good father, a good brother, his love with Wang's life and death is touching, his selfless dedication with his sister is also moving, and his fatherly love for Qi Yuan and Qi Yue is as kind as the sea.
But is it necessary to save his life just for the sake of this?
Because of his goodness, how many lives did Gu Taiguang and Lan Ruhai's family suffer, and how much suffering did Lan Zhao, Lan Mo, Gu's family, and Gu Jun's uncle suffer?
Not to mention those victims who died tragically, because of the unjust case he created, how many victims starved to death in vain?
Isn't there a love that goes hand in hand with life and death? There is no father's love and mother's love like the sea? Don't have a deep brotherhood and sisterhood?
All of these were originally available.
But now, there are none.
We are not victims, and since we have not been directly harmed, we have absolutely no right to forgive these sinful people on behalf of the victims.
In fact, there are quite a few such cases in China.
The criminals, from their own point of view, write a lot of helpless sufferings as if writing a novel, turning themselves into helpless and helpless innocent people, every time they look at it, they only feel excited, they only feel that they are not criminals, but have become heroes in Liangshan, and have become hot-blooded men who are forced to be helpless.
It's also too easy to get paced.
There are many things, we can't just talk about looking at the layers of beautiful clothing.
We need to look at the essence through the phenomenon and pay attention to what the root of the matter is.
Let me give you an example, for example, a man has an honest personality, is responsible, down-to-earth, and serious at work, but because of his wife's betrayal, he is bankrupt and has nothing.
Because he was heartbroken, he tortured and killed a female college student who looked very similar to his wife.
At this time, if the media reports put a lot of pen and ink on describing how tragic he was betrayed by his wife, how honest he was on weekdays, and how serious he worked, needless to say, many people will definitely start to feel that this man is really pitiful and that he is excusable.
But if you were a family member of that college girl, would you still feel that way?
The female college student may not have a good family background, and she has been studying hard for more than ten years, and finally got admitted to the ideal university, and her dream was realized; There may be a shy boy who has had a crush on her for decades and is preparing to muster up the courage to confess to her; Maybe she is very filial and has a deep relationship with her parents, and she should have had a very good life.
But now there is nothing.
Her elderly parents were bitter about the murder of their only daughter, but they fell ill and died in a few years; The boy who had had a crush on her for decades couldn't accept the departure of his beloved girl, was sad and disappointed to drink and drive, and killed a family of three traveling together...
Do you still feel pitiful for this murderer at this time?
Do you still think he's forgivable?
Do you still think there should be extrajudicial mercy?
It's good that we have compassion, but human compassion is most susceptible to being swayed by all kinds of voices.
Because we have feelings, none of us can be just.
That's why we often have people who ignore the victim and sympathize with the murderer.
This is also the meaning of the existence of the law.
The law stands for justice.
And trying to influence the law is undoubtedly destroying justice for one's own destruction.
Today you feel that you have done a good deed of love with righteous indignation, and if you are hurt the other day, there will probably be others who will sympathize with the person who hurt you regardless of the harm you have suffered.
To uphold the dignity of the law is to safeguard our own rights and interests.
And the so-called extrajudicial mercy is the greatest blasphemy of the law.
This is also the reason why Tang Ting persecuted Gu with his life, and Gu never weakly relieved her feelings for Tang Ting and helped Tang Ting and Qi to intercede.
From this point of view, although Gu has a cowardly temperament and regards love as greater than the sky, but at critical moments, she can also stick to her principles.
That being the case, although Qi Yuefang made great contributions and rescued General Wei Wuji, whether he could make a contribution to the crime really needs to be discussed and discussed.