"Amnesty?" The First Emperor frowned and looked at Fusu.

Hearing Fusu's words, not only the First Emperor was surprised, but even Li Si and Feng Quji, a staunch supporter of Fusu, were shocked.

Forgiveness of sins, I have heard, amnesty of the world, strictly speaking, has not really appeared so far.

The "forgiveness of calamities" in the "Shangshu Shundian" is the earliest amnesty in history.

Even after the Zhou Dynasty, the amnesty was expanded from the amnesty of negligent crimes to the "three amnesties". According to the explanation of "Zhou Li, Qiu Guan, Si Thorn", "three amnesty" refers to "one amnesty for the young, then for the elderly, and three for the foolish". They are children under the age of 8, elderly people over the age of 80, and prisoners with mental illness.

But!

At this time, the amnesty was only for a privileged few, not for the general public.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period, the law was not public, because at this time, it was important to pay attention to "the unknowable punishment, the power is unpredictable".

It was not until the Spring and Autumn Period that Zheng Guo's grandson cast the law on the criminal tripod and made it public, and the law was a group in the true sense.

Even so, Zichan's actions still caused social tension, and even the ministers of the Jin State wrote a letter to ask Zichan for this.

Legal reform did not happen overnight.

It was not until the Warring States period that the friction between countries gradually increased, and after the competition to change the law, the law began to gradually take root in the hearts of the people.

And when it comes to the law, we must talk about the Qin State.

Qin, as the country with the most perfect laws and the most incorruptible and effective governance, also had amnesty.

This is the period when the amnesty is truly made public.

The first recorded pardon of a prisoner in the Qin State was already during the reign of King Xiaowen of Qin.

After the First Emperor ascended the throne and ruled the world, it was stipulated that all prisoners were not allowed to be pardoned.

And the first amnesty in the real sense of the world was after Hu Hai succeeded to the throne.

In the first year of Qin II, Hu Hai ascended the throne, so he granted amnesty to the world to win people's hearts.

Later, after the Han Dynasty, amnesty gradually became popular.

and even the various restrictions imposed on the world later, what are the three amnesties, five amnesties, and ten sins that are not forgiven...... All of them are deliberately made in response to the restrictions that were made after the amnesty became popular.

So...... The amnesty proposed by Fusu has no basis, that is, the amnesty of the world in the true sense.

Even Fusu hasn't said a reason yet, the First Emperor hasn't been angry, Li Si hasn't moved yet, and the imperial historian Feng Qujian is already anxious.

What's going on? What's going on?

Isn't this looking for trouble?

Who in the world doesn't know that the laws of Great Qin are strict, and Great Qin obeys the legal system?

The right prime minister Li Si is a legalist, and the so-called amnesty to the world is not equivalent to openly provoking the right prime minister Li Si?

And who doesn't know that Li Si is just the agent of the will of the First Emperor?

Where is Li Si who you provoked, isn't that the first emperor?

Moreover, Great Qin is different from other dynasties, Great Qin is still a slave country in nature, and it is not afraid of many slaves.

Basically, the county and other local administrative institutions have departments in charge of subordinate concubines, and even when Shang Ying formulated the law, he deliberately imposed heavy restrictions and traps on yeoman farmers and small families, in order to make them break the law, or even have to break the law, and only by losing everything will they have the courage to desperately move forward.

In the same way, there were naturally not a few grievances and grievances aroused during the reign of the Qin State, but the Qin State had accumulated a lot of experience in dealing with local turmoil after the reform of the law, and the external contradictions at that time were even more conflicting......

Therefore, in fact, no one thinks that what happens if there are too many criminals.

Even Feng Quji thinks so......

Conscription can only be paid for two months a year......

After becoming a slave, you can use it as you like, and everyone knows this account.

Feng Quji really didn't want Fusu to have extraneous branches at such a time, after all, Fusu had just ascended to the crown prince's throne, and his foundation was not yet stable.

Even if you have any ideas, you should wait until your wings are growing, rather than jumping your face right now.

In addition to the crown prince, the first emperor also has a grandson, and it is not necessary to help Su.

Besides, Wang Juan had just smiled at Jiuquan, if he heard Fusu's proposal to amnesty the world, he would inevitably open the coffin board and jump up.

That's how to play, right?

After the unification of the First Emperor, he personally stipulated that crimes were unforgivable, and completely put an end to the forgiveness decree.

"Why did the prince say that?"

Feng Qujian was anxious at first, and then stood up and criticized Fusu's suggestion in a righteous and stern manner.

"Daqin re-emphasizes the law, under the law, there is no mercy, and the prince is also deplorable, how can he be so vain?

Moreover, in the twenty-sixth year, His Majesty has issued an edict that no crime shall be removed, and the crime shall be violated according to the law, and the civil and military affairs shall not be pardoned alone......" Feng Quji said.

"Caught up in local chaos and coercion, how innocent are the people?" Fusu was about to say more, but the First Emperor waved his hand.

"That's it!"

Fusu's neck stiffened: "Father! ”

"Call me Your Majesty!" The First Emperor frowned and looked at Fusu, who muttered a few words, and finally stopped speaking.

His fear and respect for his father, as well as his deep incomprehension, made him choose to shut up at this moment, and his eyes were clouded with ashes.

"Princes continue to work!" The First Emperor glared at Fusu and spoke.

Seeing this, the ministers had relatives.

Feng Quji's heart was even more gloomy......

After waiting for forty years to finally go public, it pulled a big lump?

The princesses continued to whisper, but Zhao Si, who was watching from the sidelines, sighed slightly.

Seeing his cheap father standing aside, Zhao Si didn't know what to say.

Zhao Si has been with the First Emperor for the longest time and has been in contact with him for the longest time.

In fact, he had already felt it just now, when his father opened his mouth to propose amnesty to the world, in fact, the first emperor was not angry.

The current First Emperor is no longer the First Emperor who gambled desperately for the sake of Great Qin and had no way out.

The current First Emperor has long ceased to pursue ethereal immortality.

And after the showdown between Zhao Si and the First Emperor, and with Zhao Si, a good saint grandson, the First Emperor's mentality has been able to calm down, and he is no longer obsessed with doing everything by himself.

Therefore, in fact, if Fusu can say it seriously, the first emperor will be able to listen to it.

What really restricts the father and son is Fusu's strong distrust and confrontation.

Yes, Fusu thinks that the current father is still the previous father.

His attitude was that Father, I know you won't listen to me, and I don't think I'm right, but I just want to say, and I think you're wrong.

People are going to become!

The First Emperor has changed, but it seems that in Fusu's mind, his father is still the same father as before.

Not to mention Feng Quji, he seems to be putting out the fire, but he is actually arching the fire.

Feng Quji was so anxious, so scared, and so anxious to give Fusu a round, making it clear that he didn't recognize the father-son relationship between Fusu and the First Emperor.

"So if you have something to say, you should sit down and talk calmly......" Zhao Si sighed in his heart.

If Fusu really didn't know anything about elm pimples, the First Emperor would not have decided to pass the throne to Fusu at the last moment of his life, instead of anyone else.

To put it bluntly, no matter how good Fusu is, he is still the best one.

In Zhao Si's view, both father and son have deep prejudices against each other, and this prejudice has influenced each other's words, deeds and attitudes for a long time.

Originally, it may have been a simple disagreement, but it stubbornly believes that the other party is all wrong.

It's no wonder that the First Emperor asked Fusu to call His Majesty......

When he came to speak, he didn't treat the First Emperor as his father......

Because of the conflict between Fusu and the First Emperor in the early dynasty, the courtiers were all apprehensive, so the court meeting ended hastily.

The princes retreated, leaving only Zhao Si and Li Si, the right minister who was handpicked by the first emperor.

"Amnesty to the world...... Let's talk about it. The First Emperor waved his hand and spoke with a bit of pleasure on his face.

In fact, the First Emperor did not support an amnesty.

In addition to allowing them to participate in infrastructure construction, a large part of the reason why Great Qin was able to keep so many subordinate concubines was to stimulate morale.

It is not the goal to turn them into slaves with nothing, but to make them climb up desperately because of the dangers that can be seen everywhere, because of embarrassment, because of all kinds of persecution and all kinds of privileges.

Only military merit!

The laws of Great Qin are for the endorsement of military merit.

Meritorious service, promotion!

However, the existing land and wealth of Great Qin could not support so many small and medium-sized nobles.

Therefore, it was necessary to control the number of nobles at a reasonable number by the law.

Therefore, there is a cumbersome and pervasive Qin law.

The front foot makes a meritorious service, and the back foot makes a mistake, and the crime is atonement.

Be cautious in words and deeds, familiarize yourself with Qin law, and don't make mistakes? It's okay that the mistakes made by your neighbors will be connected to you, and the mistakes made by your comrades will also be connected to you.

The purpose of Legalism is not to make people die, but to let people squeeze out all their energy on the edge of life and death.

Therefore, Legalists must maintain the strictness of the law and resolutely oppose the hereditary system, and only by making the people unstable can the people have the heart to work hard.

The First Emperor could see clearly......

At present, what else does Daqin have to make meritorious contributions?

There is no need to think about Northern Xinjiang, Han Xin fought so beautifully that he basically doesn't need to think about what other military exploits Northern Xinjiang has within ten years.

South Vietnam? Ren Huan and Zhao Tuo have almost governed South Vietnam.

The internal turmoil has been calmed down, and the remnants of the Six Nations have been completely wiped out.

Fight? Where else to fight?

Even if it is a small-scale war at most, how many people does Great Qin need to change the predicament through war?

Million? Or are they millions? Or more?

The pacification of the Quartet also means that the channels for rising are no longer extensive, and at the same time, Li Shu is still facing the risk of losing everything at any time, and what it means behind it can be imagined.

Qin Fa is known for its petty crimes and heavy responsibility.

The previous First Emperor could see it, but he didn't care, or he could only not care.

His health was too poor for him to see the passage of life too obvious, but the more he knew that he was coming to the end of his life, the more he wanted to do more.

And now, in the process of getting along with Zhao Si day and night, the first emperor has also imperceptibly undergone some changes.

The most important thing is that if you live for a long time, many things can be done slowly.

There is hope for a successor, and there is no need to rush many things.

With a prince who can continue his will, things can be divided into two generations to do, and there is no need to use the means of overdrawing the fortunes of the Great Qin State to forcibly implement his will.

Now the situation of Great Qin, because of the turmoil in various places, the local people have been coerced, and because of this, there are not many Li Shu, and the population involved is millions of people, although the rebellion has been quelled, but how to deal with these people is also a problem.

Not to mention, when there is turmoil in the middle places, when the administration is paralyzed, and when the localities are self-determined, how many unjust, false and wrongful cases are born......

As before, let them become subordinate concubines and serve Daqin for life?

Forcibly turning them into official slaves, and then driving them to farm, build bridges and pave roads, can also restore the local ecology, but this is ...... Is it really good?

Zhao Si's eyes rolled, but Li Si looked at Zhao Si with a smile and said, "It's better for His Royal Highness Taisun to speak first." ”

Zhao Si didn't give in when he heard this, and spoke directly.

"Amnesty is not impossible."

"But before that, I think it's important to determine who has the right to amnesty." Zhao Si opened his mouth and said.

The right to pardon!

What does it mean that the First Emperor issued an edict after he ruled the world that no one could pardon criminals without permission.

Why such an edict? To put it bluntly, before that, high-ranking officials, big nobles, had the right of amnesty.

If the power of pardon belongs only to the king, why did the first emperor make himself a prison?

"Then naturally it can only be pardoned by His Majesty!" Li Si said with a smile.

The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and he has absolutely nothing to do with the Legalists.

Legalism itself is in the service of the monarch.

i.e. royal privileges.

Noble officials have the right of pardon, no, but the emperor can.

The supreme goal of Legalism is that only the king can be independent of the law, and the law is the weapon of the king, but not the prison of the king.

This point is very important, Li Si will not object to the first emperor having the right of amnesty, and all the people of the Legalists will not object.

On the contrary, Confucianism will oppose it.

Because Confucianism believes that etiquette and rules should be observed by everyone, even the Son of Heaven.

The First Emperor nodded imperceptibly, and Zhao Si continued to speak when he heard the sound.

"Now that the right to grant amnesty has been determined, we can move on to the next question."

"I don't ask anyone who should be forgiven, but I ask who can't."

"There are many innocents, but there is no shortage of people who are truly angry.

Can one of them be pardoned because he was implicated by his neighbor and was imprisoned for an unjustified disaster, but the other was sentenced to death for plotting against his majesty?

If a person is assigned to labor because he has committed the crime of theft, and another person is about to be executed for murder, will the scum of murder be able to live?

If there is only one sentence of amnesty, everyone will be acquitted, and then those who have committed serious crimes and condemned by all will not be truly punished, and it will inevitably cause confusion in people's hearts.

At the same time, amnesty can be granted to the world, but it must not be based on the norm, let alone a fixed number of amnesties, so it is inevitable that people will take advantage of loopholes, let alone abuse it.

If forgiveness is given every three or five days, people will inevitably lose their reverence for the law and will become lawless.

I think that only after these things have been determined can we mention the matter of amnesty to the world. ”

Zhao Si opened his mouth to look at the First Emperor, and saw that the First Emperor nodded thoughtfully.

Zhao Si was overjoyed......

It seems that his openness and honesty are still effective.

At the very least, the First Emperor was really not as anxious as before.

To put it bluntly, from a speedrunner player, to an immersive enjoyment player.

It's a good turnaround!

(This chapter is buckled on the car, and it is estimated that I will arrive home at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, so there is only this one today, and it will officially start to explode tomorrow!) ）

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