Xiong Huai waved his hand to stop the ministers from losing control of their emotions, and said slowly: "The widow once heard that when there was a Yu clan, the criminals were all dressed in clothes painted with special graphic signs to insult him, so people did not dare to commit crimes.

Why is that? It's because of the clarity of politics.

There are now four kinds of corporal punishment, but it cannot stop the increase in crime, what is the reason for this?

I am ashamed that I am not clear enough about the teachings of the people because of my lack of virtue, and that the people have fallen into this criminal habit because of the inappropriateness of the teachings.

The Book of Poetry "Daya and Thoughts" says:

Pondering the other side's deeds, and the other side of the note can be fed. The younger brother is a gentleman, the parent of the people.

If you think about what you do, you can make a difference. Brother and gentleman, the people are at stake.

If you think about it, you can irrigate. Brother gentleman, the people are at stake.

The people of Chu are all the children of the widow, and the widow is the king of Chu and the parents of the people of Chu.

And now that the children have made a mistake, and the widow has imposed a criminal law on them without teaching, even if they want to reform themselves, they can't help themselves.

I pity them, because if they are punished by the penal law, they will hurt the limbs, and the severed limbs will not grow back for life, how painful and immoral it is, and how can such words be in the sense of being the parents of the people?

So the widow decided to abolish corporal punishment. ”

Xiong Huai finally threw a bomb and instantly stunned all the ministers.

Abolition of corporal punishment?

What is this going to do, the king?

Corporal punishment has been passed down since ancient times, and until today, throughout the ages, all dynasties have done this, and everyone feels that there is nothing wrong with it.

But the statement of the king of Chu seems to be reasonable.

The ministers were confused, and it was difficult to weigh the pros and cons for a while, and they didn't know how to answer.

"The king is benevolent, the king is wise." I don't know what else to think about Ye Lang, but Ye Long is deeply disgusted by this corporal punishment and is the first to stand up and support it.

Hearing Ye Long's praise of merit, some other ministers who felt the same way also reflected it, and immediately bowed to the ground and shouted: "The king is benevolent, the king is wise." ”

As these people knelt down and expressed their support for the abolition of corporal punishment by the king of Chu, the middle and low-level ministers in the main hall knelt down and expressed their support for the king of Chu's proposition.

The middle and low-level ministers are different from the princely royal family of the Chu State, they are in the Chu State or in the Yingdu, and their status is far inferior to that of the Chu State's clan, and once something happens, the possibility of being punished by law is extremely high.

Of course, even if the clan of the Chu State is really to be investigated and sanctioned, it cannot be spared because of its noble status.

Seeing the support of many ministers, the three major princes of Zhaojingqu looked at each other, and all of them set their eyes on Zhaoyang, waiting for him to express his position.

Zhaoyang thought for a while, and wanted to speak again, but he didn't want to cough violently a few times suddenly, his face was gray, his eyes changed for a while, and he said, "King Rende, Weichen seconded it." ”

Seeing this, other people who have not yet expressed their stance have bowed to Xiong Huai and seconded it.

At this time, there were only three people left in the hall who had not yet expressed their position, Zhao Ju, Chen Zhen, and Qu Yuan.

Seeing that Zhaoju Chen Zhen was slow to express his position, Xiong Huai glanced at the three of them and asked, "The three virtuous ministers are silent for a long time, but they have doubts about the widow's decision to abolish corporal punishment?" ”

Chen Zhen glanced at Qu Yuan, who was expressionless beside him, and did not speak.

Seeing that Chen Zhen was reluctant to come forward, Zhao Ju looked at Qu Yuan deeply, and then stepped forward and said: "The king's benevolence, the benevolent heart that wants to abolish corporal punishment is touching, and Weichen is willing to support the king's actions." The reason why Wechen was silent was because Wechen was thinking about a question, once corporal punishment was abolished, what would be used to regulate the evil behavior of the people of Chu State. ”

"Corporal punishment has been used to prohibit evil for a long time. The nature of the flames was so tyrannical that people were afraid to stay away from the flames, so very few people were burned to death by the flames. The soft appearance of the water makes people happy to play in the water, yet many people drown. ”

"The king is benevolent, and the people are grateful to Dade, so naturally there will be no evil acts. Wechen is worried that in the future, the people will see that the law is as soft as water, and they will not think so, and they will easily defy the law, and then the people's hearts will be in chaos, and the people's hearts will be in chaos, and the country will be difficult to govern. ”

"Please, the king, to be clear."

Xiong Huai nodded, thought deeply, and asked: "I don't know what countermeasures Xianqing has, which can not only abolish corporal punishment, but also prohibit evil, so that the people will not dare to defy the law easily." ”

When Zhao Ju heard this, he saluted and said: "The king, the minister is stupid, but the doctor Sanlu is well-read and knowledgeable, knows the chaos well, knows the law, and will be able to solve problems for the king." ”

“···” When the ministers heard Zhao Ju's words, they were all taken aback, and they looked at Zhao Ju with low eyebrows and lowered eyes in amazement, how could he say that?

Everyone finally suppressed Qu Yuan, and now you actually want to recommend Qu Yuan to come forward to solve the problem of amending the law, isn't this letting Qu Yuan return to the mountain and the dragon to the sea?

Qu Yuan, who has already been targeted once, with his ingenuity, will he show a fatal flaw again?

Everyone has worked hard for several years, and today because of your words, they immediately fell short, which is unbearable.

It's just that everyone has already supported the King of Chu to modify the corporal punishment, and now he immediately spoke out against it, which would be too undisciplined.

Seeing Qu Yuan, who was about to move and wanted to speak out, the ministers were suddenly extremely surprised, did Qu Yuan want to use this opportunity to set off a new round of changes in the Chu State again.

To say that the people who are most afraid of Qu Yuan's changes among the ministers of the Chu State are none other than the Qu Shi clan. Fearing that he would be implicated by Qu Yuan again and be hostile to other nobles, he immediately came out to oppose it.

Qu Ming, the patriarch of the Qu Shi clan, saluted before Qu Yuan and said: "Great King, the matter of modifying the corporal punishment is very big, and now it is in the critical period when our Chu State seized the Ba State, so we must not act rashly and affect the morale of the front-line army. ”

"What, does Xianqing think that revising corporal punishment will shake the hearts of the generals and soldiers in the army?" Xiong Huai's red eyes glared at Qu Ming and asked.

"This..." Qu Ming was speechless.

Modifying corporal punishment will definitely not shake the morale of the military, but if it is Qu Yuan who modifies corporal punishment, then the nobles and feudal lords on the front line will definitely be in chaos and have no intention of fighting.

It is simply impossible to exchange an illusory thing for the benefits they have now in hand.

But this kind of thing is completely unspeakable.

At this time, at the back of the crowd, another Qu Shizi disciple came out and saluted: "Great King, Keqing Chen Zhen has traveled around the world, seen a lot of knowledge, and is unparalleled in his arguments, and he will definitely be able to solve this problem, which can not only abolish corporal punishment, but also prohibit evil." ”

Xiong Huai heard that someone recommended Chen Zhen, and immediately set his eyes on Chen Zhen and asked, "Yes, Xianqing is well-informed, and has traveled all over the world, and I don't know how to solve the worries of widows. ”

Chen Zhen had already prepared for this, and Qu Yuan didn't do much in the past ten days, except for spreading some rumors, that is, asking people to bring Chen Zhen a word and two words.

That sentence is that Zhaoyang is old, but Qin Chu will have a battle.

Those two words are: corporal punishment.

Originally, Chen Zhen had been unable to make up his mind in the past few days, until just now, when Zhaoyang stopped talking and let out a series of violent coughs, making him make up his mind.

Chen Zhen glanced at Zhaoyang with a sigh, his eyes were bright, and said: "King, not only to exempt people from corporal punishment and give people a chance to repent, but also to make people afraid of the majesty of the law, there are many options to use, whipping rods and labor to fill the army, can make people fearful, without hurting the roots." ”