Chapter 114 Father and son join together (Ten updates, please order for the first time!)
In the dark prison of the Public Security County House, Liu Chan was imprisoned in a cell with disheveled hair.
At this time, Liu Chan's body was covered in blood, and his whole body was bound by ropes. He was lying on the ground unable to move.
Like a fish caught in a fishing net, he has become meat on Mi Yang's chopping board.
But even though he had become a prisoner under his command, Liu Chan still had no regrets in his heart.
In his opinion, the reason why he ended up like this was because he made a bad move and lost to Mi Yang and Guan Ping in the city.
And this result does not mean that he was wrong to launch this rebellion.
The winner is the king and the loser is the loser. If he successfully leads Jiangdong's army into the city today, then he will be the one standing high above like a victor, looking out with sympathetic eyes.
Not Guan Ping today.
Guan Ping stood outside the cell door, his eyes constantly patrolling Liu Chan.
Who would have thought that Liu Chan, who was known to be kind and humble in the eyes of outsiders in the past, would do such a thing tonight?
If Mi Yang hadn't always been wary of Liu Zhang and his son, alerted him in advance and laid a plan, then how long would Liu Chan have been hiding?
Even without Mi Yang's advance warning, Liu Chan would not have had the opportunity to open the city gate and welcome the Jiangdong army outside the city.
At this moment, the sound of the cell door opening outside came.
Amidst the chaotic footsteps, a voice of concern spread into this dark place in the world.
"Chan'er! Chan'er!"
The words of concern for his son from a father seemed to bring some warmth to the cold prison.
When the sound came, Guan Ping looked towards the person who made the sound, and saw an old man in rich clothes looking towards him since he entered the prison.
Guan Ping recognized who the old man was, and his eyes focused.
Then he saw Mi Yang following Liu Zhang, and the vigilance in his eyes gradually dissipated.
Judging from Mi Yang's expression, he must have concluded that Liu Chan's rebellion tonight had nothing to do with Liu Zhang.
At this time, Mi Yang also saw Guan Ping, and he nodded gently to Guan Ping.
However, Liu Zhang was not as calm as Mi Yang and Guan Ping, who had calmed down the chaos.
After he stepped down the steps of the cell door, he ran straight towards Guan Ping.
Perhaps because the light in the prison was dim, or perhaps because Liu Zhang was old and dazzled, when he rushed over in a hurry, he accidentally tripped over the debris on the ground.
Then Liu Zhang quickly stood up and ran towards Liu Chan's location.
Liu Chan, who was restrained by ropes and moving on the ground, raised his head and looked at Liu Zhang after hearing Liu Zhang's voice.
And when he saw Liu Zhang fall, he suddenly became angry.
This anger was even deeper than when he was captured by Guan Ping just now.
Liu Chan struggled to get up from the ground.
But because his whole body was bound by ropes, his move quickly failed.
Next, Liu Chan did not give up his move towards Liu Zhang. He tried his best to twist his body and move himself little by little towards Liu Zhang.
When Liu Chan twisted to the cell door, Liu Zhang also happened to come to Liu Chan.
Seeing that Liu Zhang was also imprisoned by Mi Yang, Liu Chan couldn't help but look at Mi Yang on the ground and said coldly:
"Mi Zisheng! My rebellion is my fault alone.
The infantry I led tonight were all my own private soldiers, and none of the soldiers from General Zhenwei's mansion were used.
Therefore, what I do has nothing to do with my father.
Why did you put him in jail?"
"According to the law in "Shu Ke", those who don't know are not guilty. Do you want to violate the law set by your master himself?"
Mi Yang had just walked up to Liu Chan. After hearing Liu Chan's question, he couldn't help laughing.
Liu Chan actually wanted to use "Shu Ke" to suppress him.
I remember when he was studying with Zhuge Liang in Shu, the first thing Zhuge Liang asked him to learn was "Shu Ke", and he couldn't memorize it at that time.
As a result, after he finished reciting it, he found that among the prince's four friends, he was the only one who recited it honestly!
Mi Yang couldn't help but find it extremely funny to see Liu Chan trying to suppress himself with the "Shu Ke" he knew best.
Mi Yang said, "There is a rule in "Shu Ke" that those who do not know are not guilty, but who can prove that General Zhenwei does not know this?"
"It's true that the soldiers you mobilize tonight are all your own soldiers, but these private soldiers are all supported by the property in General Zhenwei's name.
Based on this alone, General Zhenwei cannot escape his involvement."
"As for how sensitive Zhenwei's identity is, don't you know that as his son?"
"How confident are you that you can say that what you did tonight has nothing to do with your father?"
Mi Yang's two rhetorical questions left Liu Chan speechless.
After Liu Bei pacified Chengdu and commanded Jingzhou, he deeply felt that under the two generations of governance of Liu Zhang and his son, Yizhou "had no moral governance and no punishments."
Therefore, he ordered Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Yiji, Liu Ba, and Li Yan to work together to formulate the "Shu Ke".
Although when the "Shu Ke" was formulated, the leader Zhuge Liang made the laws in the "Shu Ke" quite strict in order to rectify the law and follow the principle of Zhang Shiyong's emphasis on code.
But the reason why Zhuge Liang can be famous throughout the ages is that his political concepts are very advanced and consistent with reality.
Zhuge Liang's core idea in formulating "Shu Ke" is strictness and fairness.
While strengthening punishment measures, Zhuge Liang also set very strict standards for conviction.
Like those who even sit down and send Zhuge Liang away.
Those who don’t know are not guilty, and it was written down by Zhuge Liang himself in "Shu Ke".
Precisely because it has fair and strict standards for judging crimes, when the "Shu Ke" was promulgated, not only was it not rejected by the people because of the harsh laws, but those people very much supported the "Shu Ke".
It was precisely through this that Liu Bei, who gained the support of the people, truly pacified the entire territory of Yizhou.
It can be said that without the law "Shu Ke" as the basis of governance, Yizhou would not have the mobilization ability to support Liu Bei in winning the Battle of Hanzhong.
Facing this code of governance, Liu Chan naturally had some understanding of it.
According to Liu Chan's previous thinking, as long as Liu Zhang did not know about his rebellion, even if he failed and was captured in the future, Liu Zhang would not be implicated.
Because in the past, whenever someone committed rebellion or other serious crimes, Zhuge Liang would basically convict them based on the principle of "the person who does not know is not guilty".
This is something that is clearly put before the eyes of the world. If it were not for this fact, Yizhou would not support "Shu Ke" so much.
But unfortunately, because Liu Chan was obsessed with profit, he forgot a very crucial thing, that is, Liu Zhang's identity was sensitive.
With such an identity, Liu Zhang would easily arouse suspicion even if he did nothing, not to mention that his son was now launching a rebellion.
Now Mi Yang exposed his delusion in person.
"Back then, Duke Zhuge formulated the "Shu Ke" in order to calm people's hearts and benefit the people.
Among them, those who do not know are not guilty because they want to avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions, and do not want to commit murder in vain."
"But I didn't expect that his hard work would make you think there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.
He wants to use the method he created to subvert the peaceful world created by Master Zhuge himself."
"Liu Chan, Liu Chan, you are really cruel!"
"Let me tell you, no matter whether you really thought before or not that this matter would not involve Zhenwei.
But now that you have shown signs of betrayal, your father will inevitably die regardless of emotion or reason!"
When Mi Yang said this, Liu Chan, whose delusion was shattered, instantly showed regret and fear on his face.
(End of chapter)
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