Chapter 43: Religion and Law
The name of the squad leader was popularized and spread by Lu Bu in Chang'an, and most of the soldiers who were eliminated were placed in the local area to be responsible for maintaining local order after Lu Bu implemented the elite soldier policy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After Lu Bu implemented the Legalist system, he had a clear reform of the rule of officials, although the rank of the class was low, but there was also a clear plan and promotion channels, which were under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, and there was also merit evaluation.
As one of the dozens of team leaders in Luoyang City, Zhao Bantou was in a bad mood the moment he saw Lu Bu, not because he had any prejudices against Lu Bu, but because of Lu Bu's appearance and intervention, it would undoubtedly prove that Zhao Bantou was incompetent, and a case would have to alarm Lu Bu to deal with it, maybe Lu Bu wouldn't care, but for Zhao Bantou, this is not a good opportunity to tie up Lu Bu, but if there is anything wrong, there may be huge variables in the evaluation of Zhao Bantou's merits this year.
In the face of Lu Bu's inquiry, Zhao Bantou felt bitter in his heart, and could only answer stubbornly: "Back to the lord, we were originally chasing a murderer here, and we were going to catch it, but the murderer fled into this temple. ”
In troubled times, people are dying every day, murderers or something, in fact, in this era, as long as it is not too excessive, the princes will not make efforts to manage, but it does not work here in Lu Bu, with the continuous improvement of the decree, and a large number of high-quality soldiers among the surplus soldiers eliminated by the elite army policy are placed in various places to be responsible for public security, and it doesn't matter if they kill people outside, but as long as they enter Lu Bu's territory, whether they settle down or not, it is absolutely not allowed to kill people at will here.
And the greater advantage is that these Bancha officials who were sent to various places were directly sent down from the army and were under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department, and local officials had no right to appoint and dismiss them, so Lu Bu's control over the local area was further strengthened.
If you let other princes know that Lu Bu will eliminate a large number of high-quality soldiers to do this, it is estimated that the heart will collapse, now both Cao Cao and Liu Bei are constantly recruiting troops to expand their military strength, Lu Bu's approach is indeed a bit strange in troubled times, but there is no way, the military production in Guanzhong has already made the soldiers' equipment replace almost every year, and the advanced equipment finally improves the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, just like Ma Chao and Zhao Yun's troops faced the same number of Cao troops before, Almost without any damage to the Cao army, even if it belongs to the local legion, Zhang Liao's army, in the face of Xiahou Yuan's main force, also occupies an absolute advantage, this is the horror of the elite army policy, Lu Bu has the confidence to implement the elite army policy at the same time, let the combat effectiveness of the army under his command not decrease but increase.
Lu Bu raised his eyes, glanced at the monk blocking the temple gate, and frowned: "Kill people to pay for your life, pay off debts, no one has taught you to follow the law in everything?" ”
"The subordinates naturally know, it's just ......" Zhao Bantou glanced at this group of bald scoops in distress, his heart was full of malice, and he smiled bitterly: "These Hu monks insist on protecting the murderer, and even do not hesitate to block them with sticks, we will wait...... Not an opponent. ”
In the end, Zhao Bantou lowered his head a little ashamedly, they came out of the army, although they were eliminated, they had also received systematic militarized training, but now they couldn't even control some monks.
"Oh?"
Lu Bu raised his eyelids and glanced at the monks and soldiers holding sticks: "Are you going to be an enemy of the government?" ”
"Don't dare." An elderly monk walked out, folded his hands, and saluted Lu Bu: "It's just that Buddhism has the rules of Buddhism, put down the butcher's knife, and become a Buddha on the ground, that donor has sincerely repented, why can't the general open the net?" ”
"Buddhism has the rules of Buddhism?" Lu Bu glanced at Hu Seng in surprise, and his gaze gradually became cold: "So you can ignore the decrees of the imperial court?" Who gave you the guts? ”
Turning his head and glancing at Zhao Bantou: "Do what you have to do!" ”
"Whoa!" Zhao Bantou agreed, and he wanted to enter the temple.
"The solemn place of Buddhism, how can you enter the solemn place of the Buddha, and you are not afraid of colliding with the Buddha?" More than a dozen monks armed with sticks stopped in front of Zhao Bantou.
"Your Buddha can even contain murderers, and the public officials uphold the justice of the world and enforce the law according to the law, if he even wants to stop this, then this kind of Buddha who does not distinguish between right and wrong, don't do it." Lu Bu looked at Zhao Bantou: "If anyone dares to stop it, kill!" ”
"Whoa!" Zhao Bantou had already held his breath, and when he heard the words, he shouted, and a group of officials drew their knives one after another, and said sharply: "Get out!" ”
A group of monks with sticks looked at each other, this group of sub-yacha has been on the battlefield and has been tempered, before the regulations were limited, no swords are allowed to be used, they still dare to go sideways, now they have been let go, that momentum exudes, where do these monks dare to stop.
"General!" The old monk was a little angry, looked at Lu Bu and said, "Since the general advocates the contention of a hundred schools, isn't my Buddhist family among them?" ”
"Yes." Lu Bu nodded, looked at Hu Seng, glanced at the more and more people around him, shook his head and said: "General Ben does not object to any religion spreading faith under the rule of General Ben, as long as your doctrine can be recognized by the majority of people, they are willing to believe it, General Ben will not care, but ......"
"The rules of any religion must be within my law, and when the rules of religion collide with the laws of the imperial court, everything shall be subject to the law, and no religious rule shall deviate from the law, and it is natural and righteous to kill people to pay for their lives." Lu Bu looked at the old monk, shook his head and said, "As soon as this case is opened today, if everyone commits a crime in the future and joins the religion to seek refuge, then where is the majesty of the law?" Good cannot be promoted, evil cannot be eliminated, where is the principle of heaven? Where is justice? If you want to lead people to good, you can, but it's better to curb the source, and if the evil has already happened, you should accept the punishment of the law, instead of taking refuge in Buddhism and putting down the butcher's knife. ”
"If you want to preach, you have to get rid of the things that don't conform to the rules." Lu Bu waved his hand, and saw that Zhao Bantou had already led someone to pull a bald head out of the temple and return to Lu Bu.
"Do your own thing." Lu Bu waved his hand and left straight away with Lu Zheng and Jia Xu, and the crowd automatically moved out of the way, leaving a group of monks to look at the direction Lu Bu left and sigh secretly.
"Father ......" left the temple, and the three of them found a restaurant where business was still booming and sat down, Lu Zheng looked at Lu Bu with some hesitation.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Lu Bu took a sip of tea soup, then put down the tea bowl and looked at Lu Zheng.
"When I was in college, my master said that everything should be taught rather than forcibly restricted, but the law is forcibly restricting people's behavior, and my father promotes both the legal system and Confucianism, isn't this a contradiction?" Lu Zheng looked at Lu Bu suspiciously.
"What do you think of it yourself?" Lu Bu didn't answer, but looked at Lu Zheng and smiled.
"This ...... The child couldn't speak, but the child felt that what the master said was right. Lu Zheng hesitated.
"My father didn't say he was wrong." Lu Bu knocked on the table and said with a smile: "In fact, not only Confucianism, but also Legalism, Moism, Taoism and even the Buddhism just encountered, their doctrines have the meaning of guiding people to goodness, in terms of personal cultivation, yes, but in a country, you can't expect everyone to have the same cultivation and ethics, in a country, it is impossible for everyone to be a moral saint, at least your father is not a moral saint." ”
Then, under Lu Bu's darkened face, Lu Zheng nodded approvingly.
"Whether it is Confucianism, Taoism, or many other schools, it is true that they lead people to goodness, but has Zheng'er ever thought about what would happen if these doctrines were used to govern the country?" Lu Bu looked at Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng shook his head blankly, he hadn't thought that far ahead.
"Just like the murderer before, maybe he really had a heart of remorse, so he took refuge in Buddhism, but as soon as this example is opened, it will make people give birth to a fluke, no matter how big the sin is, as long as he takes refuge in Buddhism, he can escape the punishment of the law, and the improvement of the legal system is to dispel people's thoughts of luck, so that they know that if they have made a mistake, whether you regret it or not, you must accept the punishment of the law, so as to curb the occurrence of people's evil thoughts."
He rubbed his fingers with water, drew a line on the table, looked at Lu Zheng and said: "The law is equivalent to this line, which can be called the bottom line, telling people what is wrong, what is right, what can be done, what cannot be done, good laws can make wicked people become good people." ”
Wipe out a few gaps in this line: "But just like just now, once the law compromises with religion and opens some openings, so that people know that as long as they pass from here, they can be exempted from punishment, and the more such openings, this lower limit will gradually become an empty talk, such a law, even if it is a good person, seeing that countless people around him are doing bad things, but can become a bad person through these ways, then such a law is a bad law, and what we have to do is to constantly strengthen and improve this lower limit, and constantly fill in these loopholes. Let people not dare to touch this bottom line, and then on the basis of this bottom line, Confucianism, Taoism, Mohistism, Buddhism, these schools can play freely, and only in this case, will there be more moral saints, so that it will no longer become a legend, so the two are not contradictory from the root, but some Confucianism for personal selfish interests or the status of Confucianism, and consciously to belittle, in this regard, the master who said this kind of thing itself has a moral defect, and they are unwilling to recognize the role of the law. Or maybe they don't have the ability to see it clearly. ”
Lu Zheng nodded as if he didn't understand, although he couldn't understand everything, what his father said seemed to be easier to understand than what his master said.
Jia Xu glanced at Lu Zheng and nodded silently in his heart, Lu Bu's teaching method is very unique, he will not forcibly instill his own concepts into others, but through this way of guidance and argumentation, it sounds a bit deviant, but in fact, what Lu Bu said is the fundamental reason why Lu Bu can become more and more prosperous and powerful under Lu Bu's rule now, but unfortunately, not everyone can make Lu Bu have the patience to talk about these things. (To be continued.) )