Chapter 254: How the Law Rots
As Feng Shijie's words gradually fell.
Everyone fell silent.
Eight dead, nineteen disabled, and forty-four wounded.
This is already a big deal.
Serious.
It's even shocking.
And this thing.
The impact is not trivial.
It must be handled rigorously, and a little carelessness will cause a greater sensation.
And if there is no new development, the facts of the matter are also very clear.
It is the fishermen of the three large counties around Xianyang Lake in Fengxian, Jingyang County, and Weiling County, who are dissatisfied with the "occupation" of the Xianyang Lake Wharf by Li's Commercial Bank, and unite to burn all the wharves near Xianyang Lake, the wharves under construction, and the materials for the construction of the wharves.
The Li firm reacted quickly, caught many fishermen before they left, and beat them up and even killed them.
In order to rescue the fishermen who were caught, the fishermen fled and returned to beat up the people of the Li firm.
As things deteriorated further, the Li firm and the fishermen gathered to confront each other.
It was at this time that Feng Shijie rushed over to stop the chaos.
But.
What to do.
More than 10,000 fishermen were involved in this turmoil, thousands of workers of the Li family firm, and nearly 1,000 members of the Li family.
It is not an exaggeration to call it a riot.
"Let's play fifty boards each!"
Feng Quji said in a worried voice, "Fishermen are also for their livelihood, and before that, the imperial decree was not clear."
"Besides, if it is really investigated, then I am afraid that the fishermen around Xianyang are responsible, and the number of fishermen who participated last night was too large."
"And Lee's firm also committed an extremely serious illegal act, taking the lead in beating and causing casualties."
"Both sides are at fault."
Feng Quji was very worried, this was the biggest riot that had happened in recent years.
And it's at the border of Xianyang.
It has to be handled with extreme care.
Li Si groaned slightly, and also agreed: "Indeed, this matter is wrong."
"And the scope of this matter is too wide, and the most important thing is to calm it down as much as possible."
"We must not let things get worse any longer."
"However, on the basis of turning big things into small things and small things into small things, the first evil of this trouble must be severely punished."
Listening to Feng Quji and Li Si's decision, Yingcheng did not speak, and looked at Feng Shijie, Li Hua, and Yunsheng again.
"What Feng Gong Li said is not unreasonable, although there are no specific statistics, but this matter really needs to be investigated, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people will be involved." Feng Shijie couldn't help but nod and said:
"Basically, the fishermen around Xianyang Lake participated, and the workers of the Li family firm also participated."
"Even if these fishermen and workers are instigated, the scope is too wide, and the impact is not trivial."
Li Hua also followed: "Indeed, this is more like a riot, and under normal circumstances, it is already considered a blessing to kill the first evil to set an example, and the rest of the people settle down."
Tingwei Si Zheng Yunsheng also echoed, and it can't be said that he is in agreement, and in this case, there is only this way to deal with it.
Suddenly.
Several people's eyes fell on Yingcheng's body one after another.
Since this matter is directly stabbed here in Yingcheng, it is still up to Yingcheng to make an idea about this matter.
Yingcheng frowned and looked at Feng Quji, Li Si, Li Hua, and Feng Shijie.
These people can be said to be important ministers of the court.
Take on an important task.
But.
Yingcheng paused for a long time and said, "Before dealing with this matter, I would like to discuss a question with you."
"How did the law rot?"
"Or,
Step by step, the law has changed from its original appearance to right and wrong, causing the people of the world not to believe in the law, not to obey the law, and to avoid the law and despise the law."
Hearing Yingcheng suddenly ask such an irrelevant question.
And they were all shaken.
"Duke Li, if one of His Majesty's many princes has broken the law, Duke Li still dares to say that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people?" Yingcheng asked.
Li Si was stunned by Yingcheng's sudden questioning.
But there was silence.
"Gong Feng, over the years, why has the court excluded the children of the clan from the government and not allowed the children of the clan to enter the government, even if the court has to bear a large amount of expenses of the clan, and does not want the children of the clan to join the government?" Yingcheng continued to ask.
When Feng Qujian heard this, he was also stunned and fell silent.
Yingcheng said: "Duke Li doesn't dare, unless there is a prince who sits on the throne and plots against him, otherwise, when there is no law on the Shang monarch, he dares to degrade King Huiwen to the majesty of the concubine."
"Think about when it started, it seems that Yingzhuang, the son of King Huiwen, was dissatisfied with King Wu becoming the crown prince, and openly rebelled, King Huiwen was lenient, deprived of Yingzhuang's title, and exiled Longxi, but then King Huiwen missed his sons, and recalled Yingzhuang to Xianyang, and experienced the sudden death of King Wu, and for a time the kings seized the throne, and later the Empress Dowager Xuan welcomed back the Zhaoxiang King of Qianyan, and the following year, Gongzi Zhuang united many ministers and princes to rebel again, since then, the Marquis of the Emperor has been killed, and Yingzhuang was divided into five horses."
"And the children of the clan are as many as cows, but whenever the children of the clan are in power, with the convenience of their status, there are many disorders, corruption is repeatedly prohibited, and they are more unscrupulous than ordinary officials, just like this, the clan is still in power, until Your Majesty is here, the clan wants to interfere in everything with the help of the power in your hands, which angers Your Majesty, which has suppressed the clan very deeply over the years."
"Why is this strange phenomenon?"
"For in the law there is personal emotion."
"To be more precise, it is mixed with the emotions of the superiors, who seek their own interests in the name of the law, and this is the beginning of the law step by step towards decay."
[In view of the general environment,
Silent.
Listen to Yingcheng's words.
Even Li Si couldn't help but tremble.
Or even say.
A wave of extreme uneasiness is generated.
"The law, there should be no morality, there should be no feelings, and it should not carry private goods, it is a cold knife that cuts the difference between man and beast, and the law with feelings is the hybrid beast in the beast herd."
"Only by putting aside the law of feelings can we avoid the law from decaying step by step."
Yingcheng said in a deep voice: "The law can be divided into two steps, legislation and law, at the beginning of the legislation, the legislator is standing on the basis of the ritual law, to determine the criterion of etiquette, under the etiquette, it is illegal."
"In this process, we need to think about morality, think about emotions, and even think about how to benefit those in power, those in power."
"However, after the legislation is enacted, there is no need to carry feelings in the practice of the law, what is black is black, and what is white is white, and there is no such thing as black with white and white with black."
"There are many sides to human nature, then, under the legislation, those who are human beings will always keep the evil side of human nature in their hearts, don't release it, release it, and cut it off with the law, and never take it lightly."
"In the New Qin Law, there is no provision that exempts those who follow the herd, one person is a crime, ten people are also criminal, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand people are criminal, there is no difference."
"To dare to break the law is to defy the law."
"The laws of my Great Qin will not be trampled on by anyone, not even once."
Yingcheng said indifferently:
"The Tingwei Mansion ordered Li Hua to listen to the order, detain all the troublemakers in Xianyang Lake, strictly investigate the affairs of Xianyang Lake, find out the plotters, and all the main and accessory offenders will be tried and sentenced according to law, and no one will be spared, and no one will be wronged."
Thundered.
A loud roar rang out throughout the hall.
Feng Quji, Li Si, Li Hua, and Feng Shijie stared at Yingcheng with shaking bodies.
"This will be tens of thousands of people, if so, I am afraid it will cause turmoil near Xianyang Lake." Li Si said in disbelief.
Yingcheng said unceremoniously: "Turbulence is turmoil, even if these fishermen rebel, counterinsurgency is, but my new Qin law does not allow anyone to trample on it."
"The imperial decree has not been issued, so let's wait, but if you try to test Qin Lu, this knife will not hesitate to kill the corpse mountain and sea of blood."
"Anyone who tries to challenge the bottom line of Qin Law, kill."
Indifferent.
Yingcheng became extremely indifferent at this time.
"Command, take orders!" Li Hua glanced at Li Si slightly, and saw that Li Si no longer spoke, at this time, no matter what, he did not dare to disobey Yingcheng's order.
"In the matter of Xianyang Lake, Li's firm illegally banned Xianyang Lake, which is the first reason." Yingcheng continued:
"According to the current situation, the fishermen retaliated against the government decree and planned a night attack on Xianyang Lake, burning the wharf, and causing the loss of hundreds of acres in the reeds, and the Li firm guarded and instructed the workers to beat and kill the fishermen, and the fishermen continued to retaliate, gathering crowds to fight and retaliate against the Li firm, killing and injuring the workers, and the Li firm was forced to resist."
"Anyone involved will be dealt with according to law."
After that, Yingcheng said: "There is no need to discuss this matter, and the matter of Xianyang Lake will be dealt with seriously."
The earth shakes and the mountains shake!
Wait until after daylight.
What happened in Xianyang Lake gradually spread.
I can't hold it down at all.
At night, Xianyang Lake is full of fire, exploring countless people, even if Feng Shijie tries his best to spread it, but the entire Xianyang Lake incident involves ten miles and eight townships, three counties, especially the Xianyang Lake fishery with a high degree of design attention, and it can't be covered at all.
Time.
The entire Guanzhong realm was caught in a heated discussion.
There are all kinds of rumors in the streets and alleys.
However.
What really caused the Xianyang earthquake was the thunderous handling of the imperial court, which made all the people who knew about the disposal of Xianyang Lake at the first time feel like the sky was falling.
Pinyang, Wang's!
Wang Fu, the old man of the Wang clan, almost died of fright, and exclaimed: "Go quickly, ask clearly, have my Wang clan children participated in the Xianyang Lake incident, crazy, the Tingwei Mansion has sent out to arrest all the participants, this is going to turn the sky upside down!"
Before Wang Fu's words fell, one of the clan elders couldn't help frowning, swallowed his saliva and said, "This, that, I, the head snake of Jingyang, is, yes, yes, my son Wang Ping's brother-in-law."
"This incident in Xianyang Lake, I, I, I also intervened."
Hearing this, Wang Fu's body was shocked, and he stared at the clan elder incredulously, and exclaimed, "You intervened, why didn't I know?"
The elder of the Wang clan hurriedly said: "This, this matter, I regret it now, it is that Hu San, I can't make up my mind, come and ask my opinion here, I, I think, even if the Li family spends a lot of money to get the fishery in Xianyang Lake, but Xianyang Lake is so big, and we also have a lot of fishing in Xianyang Lake, and we have also stopped it by the Li family."
"Besides, the imperial court hasn't clarified the matter of Xianyang Lake for a long time, I, I'll just push it."
Wang Fu said angrily, "How much have you been involved in this matter?"
The elder of the Wang clan hurriedly said: "I just agreed to Hu San, if something happens, I will come forward to protect him, and Hu San is not the mastermind, he is also coerced inside, because Hu San is not a small fishing boss in Xianyang Lake."
Wang Fu said in a deep voice, "Who planned this, is this a rebellion?"
The elder of the Wang clan shook his head and said, "I don't know, Hu San doesn't know, it's just that someone contacted Hu San and asked Hu San to resist and burn down the dock of the Li family's trading house, but I guess it's those people."
"For a long time, the fishing industry in Xianyang Lake has been controlled by them, and the Li family is on the Dongxiang side, controlling the large and small freight in the east, because the four wharves in the slums, Cuihan Road and Yuwu Road have become transit places, and the freight in the east has decreased.
Only then did I set my sights on Xianyang Lake."
Wang Fu said indifferently: "Tell Hu San that this matter will end with him, and it will reach my Wang family, and I will destroy him, take Hu San's family to Pinyang County, and let Hu San's son study in my Wang Academy."
"What are you still doing in a daze, don't do it yet, we only need to join forces with the Feng family now, and use the Second Salt Industry Commercial Bank to take the salt mines in Taiyuan, Hedong, and Yanmen, it is enough to master seventy percent of the salt industry in the world."
"Also, immediately send a message to the people of Taiyuan, Hedong, and Yanmen, don't conflict with the local people, and leave all matters to the county government and the county government."
"Also, take care of the dart shop, even if the sky falls, don't let the dart shop get involved in any fight."
"Also, temporarily cut off the connection with Hanzhong, Tang Zhong, it's time to disappear."
"He's already impatient, and if he continues to provoke him, it won't be good for anyone."
"In addition, send a message to Wang Ben about everything, since he has become the young patriarch of my Wang clan, he is the protector of the Qin State and the patriarch of my Wang clan."
Nobody knows.
What exactly is being said in the small room of the Pinyang Wang Clan.
Even Yingcheng, who was about to marry the Wang family, didn't know.
Tang Zhong, who does not rent a daughter, was planned by the Wang family.
Where's the bottom line?
The Wang family has countless large and small industries, and the Wang family needs to be clear, where is the bottom line of the imperial court's governance?
Even if there is no Xianyang Lake, the Wang family will try it.
Or rather.
If the abandoned son lives, the Fa can be done, and if the abandoned son dies, the Fa cannot be done!
Even.
If they do not do it in a concealed way, it is a blatant offense.
Waiting for the imperial court to deal with it.
For them, the Tang Kee Inn was demolished, and they who had countless resources in their hands could operate countless Tang Kee Inns, which ordinary people could not do.
For them, even if the lake is leased, they can still fish privately, so the state-owned mining they bought will have to be operated in other ways.
Law!
It was never formulated.
It's put into practice.
The order of the world is also tempered in blood and fire again and again, so that there will be stability.
And for the nobles who really have the right to speak.
No matter how the order of the world changes, it is just a change of way to continue to entrench, and it is by no means a temptation to really shake the very foundation of their existence.