"You may be seated!"

Manna Temple!

Li Shimin sat in front of the hall, and when he saw Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng, and Qin Feng coming because of the summons, he invited the four of them to sit down. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Princes, it has been so long, and Hou Junji's punishment should have a result." Li Shimin's right index finger tapped on the desk one by one, and his eyes kept moving on the faces of the three of them.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glanced at each other and were silent.

"Your Majesty, Hou Junji committed a capital crime for his own selfishness, and he deserves to be severely punished. Otherwise, everyone will follow suit, and the law will become a dead letter, and if it is not severely punished, how can the law of the land be corrected? How to make the world obey? ”

Wei!

Staunch defenders of the law stood up. Although he has a good relationship with Hou Junji, the public is public, the private is private, and the distinction between public and private has always been Wei Zheng's style of acting

It is true that he admires Hou Junji's talent, but Hou Junji's character makes him very disappointed.

Du Ruhui pondered for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, no matter how much merit Hou Junji had before, Hou Junji violated the law of the country, and the law is unforgiving. No matter what the reason, no matter what the reason, it cannot change the facts of Hou Junji's crime. The law of the state cannot be a tool for the satisfaction of the selfish desires of the individual! ”

"What do you think?" Qin Feng raised his chin, revealing an inexplicable look.

"This is not a good thing......" Qin Feng was silent for a moment and sighed leisurely.

"How so?" Fang Xuanling asked.

"Whether it's a good thing or not depends on what standard is used to measure it." Qin Feng's eyes suddenly narrowed, and a look of profundity that was completely inconsistent with his age appeared on his face.

"There are three stages of binding human nature, the first is the law, which is what we call rules, which are the norms that override human nature, and enforce the restraint of human behavior."

"The second is morality, which originates from human nature itself, using human nature to suppress human nature, and relying on the gaze and tongue of the collective, society, and the world to restrain human behavior."

"Third, it is faith, the highest standard of self-restraint, without the supervision of others, without the blessing of the law, only relying on one's own pursuit of faith, self-restraint."

Qin Feng said slowly, his tone flat.

"When faith collapses, what do you do to wake up? When morality fails, what is the measure? The law, only the law, only the law can compel people to follow the laws of society! That's why the law exists. ”

Wei Zheng praised with a mustache: "Incisive! He continued: "The consequence of ignoring the law of the country is the collapse of the legal system, and please don't waste your selfish self because of merit, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, such a bad thing has never happened." If because of private matters, everyone can sell major military information for their own selfishness, then where is the national law and where is the discipline of Datang? ””

Wei Zheng's words can be described as powerful, loud and loud, word by word, and what he said was spittle. At the same time, in Qin Feng's opinion, he was also a little aggressive.

"Lord Wei is right! However, there are some surprises in everything. Qin Feng didn't have a very good impression of Wei Zheng, but at the moment he felt that he was not so annoying, this kind of staunch defender of the law is almost extinct in the 21st century, no matter what his words are, but he deserves respect.

However, in order not to let Li Shimin think that he was capricious and careful, Qin Feng could only bite the bullet and slap Wei Zheng at the moment, "Lord Wei, let me ask you." What is the meaning of the existence of the law? What is the purpose of the law? ”

"Naturally, why educate and restrain all peoples!" Wei Zheng didn't want to answer like this.

"Good. However, when I was studying, I encountered a very difficult problem, which was also about the law, and I couldn't solve it even if I wanted to break my head, so I asked Lord Wei for advice. ”

Wei Zheng said: "Please speak!" ”

Qin Feng arched his hand to Wei Zheng and said, "That junior is presumptuous." There is no need to go into detail about the specific examples, but the problem encountered by the law and the county order is as follows: a person sees that another person is about to die in front of him, and he has two choices, one is to watch and let him die in front of him, ignoring it. 2. Helping to save the law, but doing so will violate the law. Should this man be saved or not?"

"All things should be done according to the law! No one, for any reason, can be an excuse to commit a crime! Wei Zheng said without hesitation.

"Lord Wei's choice is not to save, because you have to abide by the law, but one day, when you encounter this kind of thing, will you stand aside like a cold-blooded beast, watching the poor person slowly die in your eyes, watching a human life disappear in front of your eyes?"

"This ......," Wei Zheng didn't know how to answer.

"You just said that human life is a matter of heaven, and the meaning of the existence of the law is to restrain all the people and to bring a certain blessing to all the people. But because of abiding by the law, turning a blind eye to human life, what is the difference between this and an animal, should this law be obeyed, or should it not be obeyed? Please let me know! What should be done to the man who has broken the law in order to save others? Qin Feng glanced at everyone who were thinking hard and asked with a smile.

"What about you? What if it were you? After a while, Li Chengqian threw the problem to Qin Feng again.

"I don't know!" Qin Feng smiled and said, "But the solution of that county order, I think it's worth learning from." ”

"Tell me about it." Li Shimin asked with interest.

"First, the county ordered an investigation into the incident; Secondly, repeatedly thinking about the harm caused to the world by his actions, or the benefits, to determine that this person violated the law is indeed a benefit more than disadvantage, when it is clear that everything is more beneficial than disadvantageous, the county order carried out the third step, that is, to widely solicit public opinion, from many public opinions to extract the answer of thousands of people, in the end, more than 900 people supported the rescuer, so the county order to the imperial court to apply for amnesty, the court understood the cause of the matter, did not hesitate to obey the public opinion, only symbolic material disposal of the rescuer, Then he amnesty the rescuers and vigorously publicized it from a moral point of view. Then again, if the court was responsible for upholding the law or killed the rescuer, then who would have come to the rescue when the people of that country had a similar thing to them? What are the consequences? ”

After throwing out two questions, Qin Feng asked himself and answered, "What are the consequences?" The consequence is that 'everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door, and does not care about the frost on the tiles of others', the consequence is indifference, the consequence is the cold state of the world, the consequence is that they do not save each other, and the consequence is mutual vigilance and vigilance......"

"Your Majesty, regarding the punishment of General Hou Junji, the minister thinks that it is better to learn from this method. Although he leaked the military information, but after all, it did not cause any harm to the Tang Dynasty, not only that, but let the minister easily annihilate the Wumeng Department, as well as Ashina Sheer, 40,000 elite soldiers who lost their thinking power, it is this battle that laid a solid foundation for the division and destruction of the Eastern Turks, to a certain extent, Hou Junji, who played a disgraceful role, in this matter, he made meritorious contributions, plus when he ruled the world, he made great contributions, so the minister thought that he could carry out an amnesty for him. Of course, in order to set an example for chickens and monkeys, and in order to warn future generations, a little punishment should also be appropriately carried out, otherwise, it will be really difficult to convince the public. ”

Li Shimin saw that Wei Zheng didn't speak, so he sighed: "Okay, just do as you say, and give Hou Junji an amnesty!" Although Hou Junji has done a very disgraceful thing, but after all, it is my Datang hero, in order to prevent the people from mistakenly thinking that my henchmen are narrow-minded and jealous of the virtuous, I will not announce this matter, and save some face for him and for my Datang. First of all, let Hou Junji go to the Tang Dynasty Heroic Martyr's Pagoda to kowtow and apologize, and secondly, because of his bad character, I gave him another task, and in the next five years, let him learn how to be a man in the Luguo Mansion. ”

When everyone heard this, they were secretly speechless!

I thought that Li Shimin's heart to protect the calf was great, so he let Hou Junji go, but he didn't expect Li Shimin to be so heavy-handed, and he suddenly understood in his heart: Li Shimin did not forgive Hou Junji's vicious methods, so he dealt with it impartially, and was not extraordinarily gracious because Hou Junji was his confidant.

Qin Feng didn't know what to say, this time the calculation was ten times better than the ideal, and Hou Junji directly put him in prison. Although this is not really going to prison, you can't participate in state affairs, you can't get out of the Luguo Mansion, which is no different from going to prison. On the surface, Hou Junji was not punished in the actual sense, but the five-year exile was more severe than all punishments. As long as you think about it, you can understand that even if you are an ordinary person, it will be unbearable for five whole years to confine him to his home and stay at home, not to mention that Hou Junji is still a member of the court.

Five years is enough time for him to clean up the contacts and prestige he has accumulated over the years. It's almost like he's been busy all these years.

This Li Shimin's attack is indeed heavy, and the weight is unexpected. Although Hou Junji committed a serious crime, the big mistake was not made. Demotion should be considered the extreme, but now it is surprising that he is suffering from five years in prison. Although Hou Junji picked up a life, the price was to lose everything.

Punish someone as a warning to others!

Everyone was a top wise man, and after being shocked for a while, they immediately understood Li Shimin's intentions.

What everyone thinks is exactly the same as Li Shimin's thoughts!

Because Li Shimin did have the idea of killing chickens and making an example of monkeys recently, all of this originated in the first year of Zhenguan.

In the first year of Zhenguan, an incident happened about Wei Chi Jingde.

back then. Li Shimin held a banquet to entertain the important ministers of the court, and Wei Chi Jingde was invited. The ancients attached great importance to face, and the level of the seat was very particular, and the closer to Li Shimin, the higher the status. At that time, there was one who happened to be above Wei Chi Jingde. Wei Chi Jingde was so angry that he was furious, and shouted: "What are you doing to dare to sit on me?" ”

Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, sat under the hand of Wei Chi Jingde, and when he saw that he was angry, he stepped forward to comfort him. How did you know that Wei Chi Jingde immediately punched him, almost blinding one of Li Daozong's eyes.

This matter has always left a pimple in Li Shimin's heart, not long ago, Hou Junji leaked military information, and then the eldest grandson Wuji broke out, thinking of the past, I had a feeling, I felt that I was too good for those heroes and old ministers, and I was too indulgent to them, so that one by one they were pampered and coquettish, and there was no one in their eyes, and they had the intention to rectify it.

Li Shimin's kindness to heroes is well-known in history, but good does not mean that he has no bottom line, in order to avoid the recurrence of the old things, so he implemented the policy of killing chickens and monkeys, unfortunately, Hou Jun integrated the chicken.

In fact, many of the founding emperors slaughtered heroes, not all of which were the reasons for the high merits of the heroes, Zhu Yuanzhang said a sentence that is very representative: "Hou Junji has contributed to the Tang Dynasty, and he should be punished for violating the law, Taizong wants to forgive him, and those who enforce the law cannot, and he will be punished." Non-Gaozu and Taizong forgot the work of the heroes, and they were arrogant and arrogant, and they risked themselves. ”

The implication is that the heroes themselves died, and the founding monarch had to "slash the horse with tears"