This village-level armed fighting incident made Qingji deeply realize that just governing the country with benevolence, morality, propriety, and righteousness will not work at all.

There is a law to follow, and those who violate the law must be prosecuted!

I don't know if it is feasible to use the rule of law to determine the country?

"Young uncle, Changqing, the widow wants to punish heavily, but let the people of the country know the law and abide by the law, everyone has the courage to fight publicly, and is cowardly in private fighting. I don't know what you think, can you? ”

Qingji asked Fan Li and Sun Wu who were sitting opposite again.

Qingji is a time-traveler, and his inherent concepts are different from those of this era.

In addition, the three stinkers were Zhuge Liang, and when they encountered something incomprehensible, it must be right to ask Fan Li and Sun Wu.

"My lord, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

Fan Li shook his head and said: "The matter of punishment is already too cruel, and everyone is afraid of it, and the color of the talk has changed. ”

"If the king increases the punishment, it may have a temporary effect, but there is no long-term plan."

"If today's events happen again, what will the king do to himself? Is it possible that all the offenders and all those involved in the armed struggle should be arrested and punished one by one? ”

"Not bad."

Hearing this, Fan Li suddenly became unsettled.

"King, the law does not blame everyone! Punish several people, or do no harm. However, hundreds of people were punished, and they were afraid that the people would not be convinced, and chaos would be born. ”

Fan Li's saying that "the law does not blame the public" is indeed not unreasonable.

However, Qingji didn't think so.

At the beginning of the change, more than 800 people were killed and the entire Weishui was dyed red.

According to historical records, among the more than 800 people killed by Shang Ying, there were not only criminals who had become popular in private fights back then, but also a large number of people who took out garbage at will.

Even the characters who defecate everywhere have to be pulled out, chopped hands and feet and even beheaded!

It can be said that among the more than 800 people in those years, some of them did break the law and should be killed, and some people just took out the garbage and lost their lives......

How, Qing Ji is unknown.

However, Qingji can also understand Shang Ying's approach.

The reason why Shang Ying did this came from the so-called chaos that the law must be re-enforced.

Because the troubled times are re-coded!

Since then, the Qin people would rather cut off a hand than fight people at will, and in the end they could only rely on laws and regulations.

The most typical is Han Xin's "humiliation of the crotch"!

When Han Xin faced a scoundrel who asked him to drill his crotch, he did not draw his sword to kill the scoundrel, but honestly drilled through the rogue's crotch.

This shows the terrible nature of the Qin State's decree that the murderer should pay for his life.

Therefore, through this terrible means, Shang Ying made the entire people of the Qin State who were full of chaos in their bones live honestly under the political high-voltage line from now on.

They moved from the original chaos to fear and obedience, and gradually through a series of powerful policies that benefited the people and the country, they built the Qin State into an indestructible unified whole!

If Qingji wants to change the law in Wu State, it is naturally necessary to use the Shang Ying reform law as a reference, but it must not be concocted in accordance with the law.

"My lord, the minister thinks that he can be punished severely."

At this time, Sun Wu, who was sitting on one side, bowed down and said: "In the ancient world, it is impossible to restrain it, but everyone can clean themselves and be as cautious as a gentleman." ”

"This so-called gentleman is cautious, does not deceive the dark room, humbles himself as a shepherd, and is chaste!"

Sun Wu changed his words again and said: "However, since the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, there have been Yu punishments, and the punishments are 200, 300, 500, and 1,000. ”

"In the Shang Dynasty, there was also a soup punishment, which was used as usual to correct the law. The criminal laws of the Shang Dynasty were harsh, including the death penalty, corporal punishment, exile, and imprisonment. ”

"To the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the penal system of Xia Shang was continued, and there were few offenders. It is all because of the "Zhou Rites" in the Great Zhou, which is mainly based on rituals, supplemented by punishments, and used both rituals and punishments, and there are no people who dare to violate the ban! ”

After a pause, Sun Wu said again: "However, after King Ping moved eastward, the etiquette collapsed, and the world entered a world of great contention, people's hearts were impetuous, and the world was declining. ”

"If there is no heavy legal code, how can the country be governed?"

"In the past, Zheng Guo made laws twice, and Jin State also made laws four times since Jin Wengong, and the life of King Wen and King Zhuang of Chu also formulated criminal laws."

And the three kingdoms of Zheng, Jin, and Chu then became stronger. It can be seen that the country wants to be strong, wants to control the people's hearts, and uses the rule of law to rule the country and the people, which is good! ”

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the nations had learned how to pay attention to the revision of laws, so they enacted laws one after another.

The most typical of these are, of course, the three kingdoms of Zheng, Chu and Jin.

In general, one of the major reforms of the legal system of this period was the promulgation of written laws by the vassal states centered on the protection of private property.

At that time, Zheng Guo was in power, and "cast the criminal book in Ding, thinking that it was the common law of the country".

This was the first time that a written code was officially promulgated in ancient China.

In the nineteenth year of King Jing of Zhou, Zheng Guo was in power to kill Deng Xi and use his bamboo punishment.

Bamboo punishment, made by Zheng Guo Deng Xi.

He wrote the legal provisions on the bamboo slips, so the history called the bamboo punishment.

The emergence of bamboo punishment is another great progress in the history of legal development.

The previous punishment was cumbersome, while the bamboo punishment was easy to carry and circulate.

Since the Duke of Wen, the Jin State has enacted laws four times.

The first time was during the period of Jin Wengong's hegemony, and he was the law of being lu.

The second is the "Standing Law" formulated by Zhao Dun (i.e., Zhao Xuanzi) for the Jin State when he was in power.

The third time was the criminal book formulated by Fan Xuanzi.

The fourth is the execution written by Fan Xuanzi and published.

This was the beginning of the official promulgation of written law by the Jin State after the promulgation of the written law by the Zheng State.

It is worth mentioning that the promulgation of the written law of the Jin State was criticized by Confucius.

The state of Chu made laws twice in the Spring and Autumn period.

The first time was when King Wen of Chu wrote the "Servant Area Law".

The law of the servant area is still the law of harboring in recent times.

The second time was when King Chuzhuang wrote "Maomen Law".

According to the provisions of the "Maomen Law", when the princes, doctors, and princes enter the court, the car is not allowed to enter the palace gate to ensure the safety of the monarch.

In general, the current legal codes of the various vassal states are only to protect the rights and interests of the monarch and nobles, and rarely involve the common people.

"Changqing, young uncle, the widow thinks that it is no longer feasible for my Wu country to educate the people with benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith."

Qingji shook his head and said: "People's hearts are separated from the belly, it is difficult to see through and see through. The widow cannot ask the people of the country to be like the sages and gentlemen like Ji Zi and Kong Qiu, clean themselves and not do illegal things. ”

"However, there are laws to follow, and those who violate the law must be prosecuted, but Wu Guo must do it."

Hearing this, Fan Li and Sun Wu couldn't help but glance at each other.

"I wonder what the king is going to do?"

"The widow wants to legislate in our country, choose the laws and regulations of the country under the heavens, remove its dross, or find another way, people-oriented."

"If a murderer has intentional homicide, accidental homicide, deliberate murder, self-defense homicide, etc., Wu Fa should not ask the reason."

"Intentional homicide, die; Whoever kills a murderer by mistake shall be exiled to the border for three years, or shall serve three years of hard labor; Murder for the purpose of murder and murder in self-defense are not guilty. ”

Qing Ji said: "The law does not punish the heart, and the law punishes the action." With this as a criterion, I, Wu Guo, should legislate to restrain the people of the country and know the law and abide by the law! ”

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