"The noble and the lowly are disorderly, how can it be a country?" Zhang Liang whispered.

Ji Heng said calmly: "The confrontation between Uncle Xiang and Zi has actually opened the prelude to the debate over whether the world should rule by virtue or the rule of law. ”

"And Shu's rebuttal to the point of view at that time can be described as eloquent."

"At that time, Shu Xiang and Zi Chan were both famous virtuous doctors in the world, and they had a good personal relationship, so after Zi Chan cast the sentence book, Shu Xiang immediately sent someone to send a letter to Zi Chan to express his strong protest."

"The letter was eventually written down."

"Uncle Xiang said in the letter: I had high hopes for you, but you disappointed me very much. In ancient times, the holy kings did not promulgate the law, but discussed it one by one, and the nobles decided the application of the law according to the specific situation, because they were afraid that the people would have the heart to argue. ”

"Even so, the Holy King was still worried that he would not be able to control the people, so he restrained them with righteousness, courtesy, faith, benevolence, etc., and set up high-ranking officials to persuade them to obey, and used harsh punishments to deter them."

"It's still not enough."

"There must also be a wise and wise ruler, a discerning official, a loyal and honest elder, and a kind and wise master, so that the people can obey their drive and not cause trouble."

"When the people know the content of the law, they are no longer afraid of us, the nobles and the administrators, and they begin to disobey the management by chance, and will cite the law to argue with us, which is absolutely unacceptable."

"Xia has a chaotic government and wrote "Yu Punishment", Shang has a chaotic government and wrote "Tang Punishment", and Zhou has a chaotic government and wrote "Nine Punishments", these three laws are all products of troubled times."

"Now, as the prime minister of Zheng Guo, you are reforming the land tax, enacting three laws and promulgating them on the Dading, and trying to make the people obey, aren't you dreaming?"

"In the Book of Songs, it is said that King Wen made all the countries of the Quartet submit with virtue, where is the law mentioned?"

"Once the people know the basis for their arguments, they will abandon etiquette and cite the law, even if it is a small profit and a trivial matter. As a result, chaos began to breed, bribery began to prevail, and under Ling's rule, Zheng Guo was bound to fall. ”

Ji Heng gave a general explanation of the content of his uncle's letter.

Zhang Liang was thoughtful.

From this letter written by Uncle Xiang to Zisan, he probably heard three meanings.

First, the law is not a good thing, it is a product of troubled times, and a good society should be governed by holding high the banner of morality.

Second, the promulgation of laws undermined the ruling privileges of the aristocracy, and the aristocracy could no longer judge cases according to the so-called morality as before, and could no longer discuss each matter one by one, but had to deal with it in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Third, it increases the difficulty of officials, and the people will abandon etiquette because of this, and will cite the law, cite the law to argue, and even take advantage of the loopholes in the law.

Therefore, Shu Xiang thinks that the son casts the punishment book is a way to make trouble.

Forthwith.

Zhang Liang also reacted.

The reason why Ji Heng said the 'Son Casting Punishment Book' is actually a metaphor for the present.

Uncle Xiang sprinkled some eloquence, in fact, he was arguing for the nobles, and the facts of history were not as Shu Xiang wished, with the beginning of the sub-production of the penal book, more and more princes also began to make their own legal code public, and even the Jin State where Shu Xiang was located, twenty or thirty years after the sub-production cast the penal book, also cast the penal ding, which can be said to have slapped Shu Xiang's face fiercely.

It is the general trend to produce and cast punishment books, and in Ji Heng's eyes, Qin's reform is also the general trend.

Ji Heng said expressionlessly: "A year after Zichan took power, that is, when he first started to change the law in Zheng Guo, there was a lot of resistance in the world, and there was a song circulating in the society, which seemed to be 'Forcing me to keep my good clothes at home, and forcibly checking my fields, who wants to kill Zisan, I will definitely participate!'" ’”

"And when Zichan came to power for three years, the song changed."

"It has become, 'My family has children, and children come to educate and enlighten; My family has a field, and the yield increases the yield. If the child died, who could be as good as him? ’”

"Zichan has been in power for a total of 21 years, Zheng Guo has been governing, and the country has changed from weak to strong."

"The people of the country praise, and the princes are served."

"Today's Qin, just like Zheng Guo who changed the law at the beginning, has been controversial and criticized in the world, and is not recognized by all the people, but who dares to predict that in a few years, the world will not be praised for Qin? Won't be excited about it? ”

"The general trend of the world is mighty."

"If you go with it, you will prosper, and those who go against it will die!"

"In your eyes, Qin is against the trend, but in my eyes, Qin is homeopathic."

"You are just like Shu Xiang, you are going against the trend, and finally in the face of the general trend of the world, Zhang Liang, you will eventually return to the right path, and you will eventually choose to follow the trend, but you will have to wait until you are completely sober."

At the same time, Ji Heng secretly said in his heart: "This is also the choice you made in history. ”

It's just that the current Zhang Liang obviously won't turn around.

Ji Heng continued: "To be honest, the reason why Shu Xiang resisted so much was actually to protect his own class. ”

"Zheng Guo is the land of four wars, which also means that Zheng Guo is a place where business and trade are very frequent, which also creates Zheng Guo's business is very developed, in such a country, it naturally creates a new class of rise, this class can be called Haoqiang, can also be called landlords, the rise of other forces, will naturally weaken the momentum of the original patriarchal aristocracy."

"But the aristocracy had the discretion of the criminal law, so they could oppress the merchants and the new landowners at will."

"But in this way, commercial agriculture will be affected, and the national tax rent will be greatly reduced."

"Therefore, the continued implementation of the secret law is actually to the detriment of the country and the benefit of the aristocracy."

"It's bad for the country."

"It was at this time that the law was announced."

"It restricted the privileges of the nobility and promoted the development of agriculture and commerce in Zheng State."

"The significance of the 'casting of the punishment tripod' is to avoid the old method of vague and arbitrary control of the people's behavior, weaken the ruling privileges of the aristocracy in the past, so that the commoners can also rely on the law to protect their rights, and weaken the autocratic rule of the aristocracy."

"This will be strongly protested and dissatisfied by the aristocracy."

"But that's just the beginning."

"As more and more princes began to follow suit, in the end, even Confucius couldn't sit still, and launched a severe attack on Zhao Yingzhuding of the Jin State."

"Confucius said: The Jin kingdom has abandoned the law, and I am afraid it will perish."

"At that time, the Jin State adhered to the law formulated by Uncle Tang, the people respected the nobles, the nobles managed the people, and the nobles and lows were orderly, so the Duke of Jin Wen was able to become the lord of the princes."

"Today's Jin Kingdom has abandoned this law and set up a criminal tripod, and the people live in accordance with the rules of the criminal tripod, and they no longer fear and respect the nobles, aren't we the nobles' jobs going to be smashed?"

"The noble and the lowly are disorderly, how can it be a country?"

"The overreaction of Shu Xiang, Confucius and others, in fact, is the same as the current nobles of the Six Kingdoms, they are all worried that Qin's change will affect their own interests, and Qin's change will have a greater impact on the aristocracy, because Qin does not recognize the old aristocratic system, once Qin's reform is completely completed, the nobles will eventually completely lose their privileges and become ordinary people, such a strong gap will lead to a strong fear of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms."

"So."

"You Zhang Liang or other nobles."

"The high-sounding talk about restoring the country is actually to keep his aristocratic privileges."

"You have never been for the so-called 'country'!"

"It's all for yourself!"

"The general trend of the world is vast and vast, since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, there has been a trend of change in the world, with the princes changing the law, the prosperity of the princes and hundreds of schools, the trend of thought in the world has long been pervasive, but the nobles still refuse to give up the power in their hands, but with your Zhang Liangzhi's cleverness, how can you really not see the general trend of the world?"

"Since the birth of the penal book, the autocratic privileges of the nobility have been greatly weakened, and with the advancement of the reform, the Shilu Shiqing in the world since ancient times has been completely abolished, and it is precisely because of this that your Zhang family can be in Han from generation to generation, otherwise under the old pattern of Shilu Shiqing, how can your Zhang family have the opportunity to become the main court?"

"Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the power of the aristocracy has been further weakened and suppressed."

"Mobility between classes is unprecedentedly active."

"But this is only limited to Qin after all, and it only damages the aristocratic etiquette, and does not completely shake the foundation of the aristocracy, and with the Qin unification of the world, their own attitude is wavering, and the aristocracy actually has a tendency to rise, but if the Qin system is allowed to reform, it will completely shake the foundation of the aristocracy, and the nobles will probably be like Shilu Shiqing in the future, completely reduced to the smoke of history."

"So you want to stop it."

"As vested interests, you want to prevent your privileges from being deprived, I can actually understand very well, but throughout history, the world abolished the Shilu Shiqing system, too many people have been killed and injured, and it has gone too long, if the aristocratic system still exists in the world, I am afraid it will be more difficult to erase than the Shilu Shiqing system, and it will take more blood and tears."

"In terms of the general trend of history."

"It is inevitable that the aristocracy will withdraw from the stage of history."

"Because Qin won!"

"The reason why Qin can win six countries with one country is that Qin has mobilized the enthusiasm of the bottom, so that the people at the bottom have the opportunity to be able to reach the upper level, and this is also the trend of the times, but the aristocratic system has existed for too long, it is deeply rooted in the world, and it has the throat of the world, and the momentum is huge, and it is difficult to completely eliminate and establish a new system."

"It's just that the general trend is like this, how can manpower change it?"

"In the end, it's just a few tosses, a few struggles, and a few more lines of blood and tears in the world."

"But the world has been suffering for too long."

"I want to end this farce early for the world."

"Let the world get on the right track as soon as possible."

"So I won't let anyone stop the process, you can't, and no one else can, so I hate dealing with people like you, because too many of you don't care about life and death for personal gain, although I am also indifferent and ruthless, but at least I still have a little conscience in my heart and know where my future lies."

"I didn't want to argue with you by letting you in."

"Just wanted to tell you something."

"It's in the wrong direction."

"The more knowledge you have, the more serious the damage you will do to the world."

"The changes that Qin is advancing now are the path that the world is destined to take in the future."

"It is also the general trend of the world for a hundred years and a thousand years."

"No one can stop you!"

"Your obstruction will only cause more casualties."

"It doesn't make any sense."

(End of chapter)