Chapter 1933 The voice of public opinion and the taboo of the venerable
Chang'an.
The sky seems to be still clear, the blue sky is still the same blue sky, the clouds seem to have not changed at all, they are still lazy and motionless, but everything seems to have new changes.
Fei Qian watched Ruan Yu staggering out. His whole body had entered the prison with brilliance and confidence at the beginning, and now he was languid as if he had been raped over and over again in the prison. His body and mind were greatly hurt.
, couldn't help but smile slightly.
When Ruan Yu came closer, he seemed to be a little unsteady on his feet. He staggered for a moment before standing still. His eyes were scattered and blank, with no focus. His brocade robe was covered with filth from people's vomit, exuding a disgusting smell.
Fei Qian waved to someone to change Ruan Yu into a robe, and then without saying anything else, he took Ruan Yu out of the prison again and headed to the disaster-stricken market.
In the market square, the burned-out pillars of the charred houses stood straight up to the sky, as if they were silently complaining to the sky. Ordinary people who were sorting out the debris wiped away their tears while silently digging through the ruins. Occasionally, there was a sound.
Some suppressed sobs.
Fei Qian turned around and said to Ruan Yu, "Brother Ruan, please go for a walk again."
Ruan Yu dismounted his horse somewhat numbly, and then slowly moved forward accompanied by his guards.
The surrounding people neither need special personnel to stop them, nor do they need soldiers to guard the scene. On the contrary, both the villagers and the soldiers are working with the people to sort out the wreckage and remove items that can be restored or can still be used normally.
, one by one, they were sorted out from the ruins.
Half-blackened bricks and deflated cauldrons were slowly piled up on the side of the street. No one paid much attention to Ruan Yu who was walking slowly, and no one rushed to Ruan Yu to ask Ruan Yu to do this.
Or maybe it's just that, everyone is busy and has nothing to say.
Ruan Yu walked around silently, and then silently returned to Fei Qian.
"Brother Ruan, what is public opinion? What is public opinion?" Fei Qian asked slowly.
Ruan Yu opened his mouth subconsciously, as if he wanted to answer, but it seemed as if something was stuck in his mouth. He made a sound but could not spit out any words.
Fei Qian sighed slightly.
From a certain point of view, Ruan Yu should be regarded as a well-known public figure, or a public knowledge for short. However, this Ruan Yu is not speaking for these ordinary people, but speaking to those guys in the prison who have their own agenda.
Of course, perhaps in Ruan Yu's original concept, the so-called "public opinion" is the public opinion of those people, not the busy and speechless common people in front of him like ants.
"The "Poetry" person has no name, but it has its importance!" Fei Qian looked at the people in front of him and said slowly, "Master taught you "Poetry" not because of Brother Ruan's literary talent, but because of Brother Ruan's knowledge.
I have no intention of becoming an official, so I use "Poetry" to encourage you, hoping that you can imitate it, adopt folk customs, elegance, and praise, express its praise, and declare its evil."
"The Master said, "Three hundred poems can be summed up in one sentence: thinking is innocent." Fei Qian turned his head and looked at Ruan Yu, "Dare I ask Brother Ruan, are you innocent?"
Of course, when Cai Yong taught Ruan Yu the Book of Songs, he may not have had the same intention as Fei Qian said, which was to enable Ruan Yu to collect folk customs like the poetry collectors of the Zhou Dynasty. However, this does not prevent Fei Qian from inferring that,
Such a conclusion.
Since Ruan Yu is famous, he should be a public knowledge, and a very important responsibility of the public knowledge is indeed to speak freely for the people, but what kind of "people" is this "people"? Is this "smooth" something else?
Became a "prostitute"?
"Wu Xie... Wu Xie..." Ruan Yu murmured and repeated, and then shook his body, as if something collapsed in his heart. He couldn't even stand still, and fell to his knees on the ground.
Tears and snot rolled down my face, "Teacher...Teacher..."
Do the children of the gentry, who usually have the right to speak, need someone special to speak for them? Do you still think those guys don’t speak loudly enough? We need to organize a special venue, give these people the right to speak, and show special listening.
To show that he really listened to the "public opinion"?
What are you listening to? After all, you are not rushing to listen to the sound of the collision of money!
And did the people in front of me say something?
Will anyone really listen?
These ordinary Ming Dynasty people, firstly, have nothing to say, and secondly, they have no ability to express clearly. Over time, they have become accustomed to not speaking, and remain silent, like ants. And those who are jumping around seem to be talking every day.
Those who want to jump around probably have ulterior motives.
Real public opinion needs to be represented, because ordinary people in Liming really don’t know how to say it, or how to say it in order to comply with the rules and adapt to the process, but these "spokespersons", or "public intellectuals", are often assholes
It often grew crooked, so the "Book of Songs" began to be banned on a large scale in the Qin Dynasty. Even if it was brought out again in the Han Dynasty, no one was willing to continue the greatness of the "Book of Songs"...
Fei Qian looked at Ruan Yu who was crying and did not try to comfort him.
From a certain perspective, Fei Qian doesn't like public figures like Ruan Yu, or even large-caliber shotgun figures like Mi Heng.
However, Mi Heng is indeed the conscience of the troll world. People in future generations are just childish when they troll on the Internet. Mi Heng trolls people under his real name, strips off his clothes, holds a knife to his neck, and keeps doing the same. Let me ask how many future generations there are.
Can a troll do it?
In order to implement the art of trolling, you have learned a lot, your talents and skills are all for trolling, and you keep trolling from beginning to end. Look at the many trolls in later generations who only dare to troll on the Internet to get their fill of mouth. In reality,
Whatever you should do, you should do whatever you want. In real life, you are still very cowardly and simply have no sense of moral integrity. How can you afford such a great title as "Gong Jing"?
Later generations of trolls and trolls should learn from Mi Heng. They should not just troll on the Internet, but should troll in real life. At the same time, they should not stop until they are hacked to death!
So Fei Qian actually feels that having Ruan Yu appear here this time is better than having Mi Heng appear in Chang'an!
Speaking of which, Fei Qian can also understand why there are people like Ruan Yu and Mi Heng, because both Ruan Yu and Mi Heng are somewhat different from the Internet trolls of later generations. After all, both Ruan Mi are somewhat talented...
…
The selection of talents in the Han Dynasty was based on the inspection and promotion system. In other words, in the current Han Dynasty society, if a person wants to climb up, the basic operation is to make his own reputation.
If you want to be famous, you can either demonstrate your morality, promote your talents, or find some big figures to endorse you. The worst thing is to throw money away. After all, there is a "Bachu" who can spread wealth.
". If we look at those people in later generations who are dissatisfied with their desires and seek pleasure all day long, they need to pretend to be "beep" and have the plot of pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger...
As for what kind of "beep" to pretend to be? Just pretend to be "beep" if there is a "beep". If it doesn't work, just pretend to be a moral and filial son. This is relatively simple.
The more difficult thing is to pretend to be talented. After all, this is real. Once you talk to people, others can tell whether you are talented or not. If you don't pretend well, the secret will be exposed. Therefore, those who pretend to be talented must have the ability.
It is made by people. For example, Brother Zhu’s “tongue” battle against the Confucian scholars is probably such a type of “beep”.
As for Mi Heng, there is a high probability that you are overdoing it when pretending to be "beep". You are different from those in later generations who only dare to complain to the Internet, but in reality are submissive, bow to the powerful, and only dare to complain to ordinary people.
People are different, Mi Heng is the one with the big name, who criticizes the other, the one with high status, criticizes the other...
To put it bluntly, many of the trolls in later generations are dog-like, bullying the weak and fearing the strong. When they see evil people shaking their heads and wagging their tails, when they see good people barking, they directly apply the name of future trolls to Mi Heng. In fact, it is not
very suitable.
"The inspection system is already flawed and must be changed!" Fei Qian pointed to the situation in front of him and said in a deep voice, "If it cannot be changed, it will be destroyed by the so-called "public opinion" one day, just like before.
!Brother Ruan, if you know your mistakes and can correct them, you will live up to your master’s high expectations! I hope you will think carefully about it!』
Seeing that Ruan Yu's grief was uncontrollable, Fei Qian did not continue to say anything, but asked someone to take Ruan Yu down first and wait for him to calm down before speaking.
When Fei Qian returned to the General Office, Wei Duan had been waiting for a long time.
Wei Duan respectfully handed over the form and reported: "After participating in the law and working hard, a total of 1,370 people were convicted, and all of them were tried... The crimes listed are all in the form. Please return."
Lord, read..."
There is another confession in Wei Duan's sleeve. In fact, Wei Duan has never thought about whether he should judge Ruan Yu as a crime of treason or being a coercion. Then today he went to the general's mansion to inquire and heard that
Fei Qian brought Ruan Yu out, and then asked questions and so on, before finally deciding to use the one that was closer to the facts instead of the one that exaggerated Ruan Yu's conspiracy.
Fei Qian unfolded the watch and looked up and down.
This time, it can be regarded as the powerful combat effectiveness of the Senate. Otherwise, according to the procrastination habit of the Han Dynasty officialdom, so many prisoners may not be able to be tried in ten days and a half, or even half a year.
Therefore, there is still a very big difference between being proactive and passive in whether you can do things.
Fei Qian looked at it and slowly shook his head.
Wei Duan's pet peeve suddenly rose.
"There are many things wrong with the torture of flesh..." Fei Qian said slowly.
Wei Duan generally had nothing wrong with him, and was roughly divided into three levels of severity. According to Han law, those who were confirmed to have committed murder were sentenced to death by beheading, while those whose hands were not stained with blood were only sentenced to rob property or others.
Those who destroy the market place will be sentenced to the next level, mainly exile, and those who are just following the booing in the next level will be sentenced to corporal punishment and whipping and fines if there is no clear crime.
After hearing what Fei Qian said, Wei Duan was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "My lord, what do you mean...please give me some advice..."
Fei Qian objected to using "cut", "flow", and "flesh", not because of the Holy Mother's heart, but on the contrary, because he felt that just "cut", "flow", and "flesh" were too cheap.
"Meat" is simple.
"Liu", Fei Qian has mentioned before, sending these disloyal people to the border is actually an act of causing trouble for oneself.
As for the other punishment, "beheading" is undoubtedly the best result for many people.
The candidates who came to take the exam basically belong to the branches of each family, that is, they roughly belong to the "poor family". Therefore, even if Fei Qian kills these people, it will cause great harm to these noble families.
It's not big, just like cutting off some branches without hurting the main trunk. And because Fei Qian killed these people, the guilt of these people was naturally offset with death, and what's left is the loss of their loved ones.
And the resentment slowly emerged.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in future generations.
From the beginning, I begged for forgiveness and cried for reconciliation, but after my own child paid for it with his life, it evolved into full of resentment. Why is the other party unwilling to reconcile? Why do you kneel down and beg and still refuse to forgive? Why must I kill my child?
Then I feel that the sins of my own children have ended, and then the "sins" of the other family have just begun, and they will entangle, make trouble, and block the other family's door.
"Those who break into houses, kill and plunder, behead!" There is nothing wrong with this, and this should be the verdict.
"If someone is killed as a result of a beating, he is still dead, but he should not be beheaded." Fei Qian sneered, "You should be punished!"
"In the early Han Dynasty, there were about three chapters. The murderer died, and the injury and theft were punished. Therefore, "offset" is also used to compensate for the crime today. Those who break into the house and kill should be treated as capital crimes. However, many people surrounded and beat them, causing casualties.
"The theory of capital punishment is a bit biased. How can a person who died innocently not have parents, wife and children? Although execution can relieve temporary hatred, it will not help in life..." Fei Qian said slowly, "When
To compensate for it, either through labor or servitude, to provide for the innocent parents, to support the wife in trouble..."
Wei Duan shivered slightly, "Work, labor?"
Fei Qian nodded.
Wei Duan asked cautiously: "If it is a labor service, how long will it last?"
Fei Qian smiled and said, "Since the son of man must be his father and mother and his wife...if he only damages the market place and destroys property, he should also pay for it until he restores his old appearance..."
Even if they were beheaded, exiled, and whipped, the losses would still be the same, and the losses would not be immediately compensated because these people were punished. Therefore, for those who are not unavoidable for the death penalty, they should be sentenced to hard labor in lieu of exile or imprisonment.
It is an ordinary corporal punishment, and the value it produces can make up for the damaged families and shops.
What's more, there are still so many mines that need to be opened, roads need to be repaired, houses need to be built, and city walls need to be repaired in Feiqian. Since you have the energy to run around, you might as well use this energy on these infrastructures, which can be regarded as providing benefits to the general public.
benefit.
Of course, this is only one aspect of meaning, there is another reason...
Wei Duan accepted Party A's revisions, and retreated in fear, returning to the Law Council. He sat behind his desk and was in a daze for a while, like a person who was exhausted physically and mentally after being revised many times.
Designer.
Trouble.
Big trouble.
Wei Duan sentenced those who were assaulted and caused death to death. Firstly, it was to vent his personal anger. After all, Wei Dan was disabled, which also made Wei Duan painful and angry. Secondly, it was to save some trouble. After all, if a group of people surrounded and assaulted, who could be blamed?
The biggest one? If it were to be divided evenly, I don’t know how to divide it evenly. Anyway, let’s just decide on death. It’s simple and straightforward.
But Fei Qian objected. People in this category should be converted into hard labor. Those who were exiled and those who were subjected to corporal punishment would all be converted into hard labor. The length of time was different. Those who injured people to death would naturally be repaid throughout their lives, and those who destroyed their houses and property would be repaid.
The original appearance is shorter...
Wei Duan knew that if he really followed Fei Qian's request, it would change the existing legal structure and even have far-reaching consequences, because it was inconsistent with "taboo for the venerable, taboo for the relatives, and taboo for the sage."
standards...
Whether these people were sentenced to beheading or to hard labor, in fact, the crime is not the key, the key is the face, the face of the nobles, the face of the "venerable"!
"Taboo for the venerable, taboo for the relatives, taboo for the wise", this was the principle and attitude of Confucius when he compiled and deleted the "Spring and Autumn Annals". This is also a manifestation of the so-called "ritual" in Confucianism.
The so-called "taboo for the venerable" refers to the period during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period when rituals collapsed, the royal family declined, and princes often invaded the king of Zhou. This was the shame of the king of Zhou.
It is said to show the meaning of respecting the respect. If the order is not respected, the order will not be issued. If the order is not issued, the world will be in chaos.
"Taboo" was originally a way for Confucius to express his attitude. Taboo for the venerable to show respect, taboo for the sage to show the virtuous, taboo for the relatives to show closeness, people are ashamed and cannot bear to write clearly,
This was Confucius's honest intention, but it turned out to be a shame cloth used by later generations...
Even if a nobleman is a criminal, he is still a nobleman. Even if he is punished, exiled or beheaded, he is still a nobleman.
But labor...
this is too scary!
Wei Duan recalled the smile on General Fei Qian's face when he said this, and felt a little shuddering.
Who are the laborers? Can those children of the gentry who serve in labor still be called the children of the gentry? Among a group of naked, dirty and dirty laborers, who can tell which ones are the gentry and which ones are the heads of Guizhou?
When the fig leaf of "taboo for the venerable" is removed, it is actually the same filthiness.
Although in the Han Dynasty, some noble families often had their homes confiscated and were either slaves or maids, the situation was different from the current situation. In that case, the whole family was unlucky together, and no one was much better off. In this case, there was only one person.
, or a few people, even if they are freed from labor in the future, it is equivalent to being unable to return to the entire gentry circle...
In comparison, exile is light.
After all, after being exiled, many people can come back, and some can continue to serve as officials. But after hard labor, even if they can survive, their life is almost over, and they may never have an official career again.
This is undoubtedly fatal to such "venerables" as nobles.
It is no longer possible to make troubles to win popularity, nor is it possible to show off one's fame by chasing rumors, because the price before was not high, at least one death, and after one died, one could still have a clear name for his descendants, but now he is not guilty of death penalty.
It's hard to bear the punishment! If you make one wrong move, your official career will be cut off! Your face will be stripped off, just like those who work like a Guizhou head!
But when it came to retorting, Wei Duan didn't know what to say. After all, the banner raised by Fei Qian was loud and clear, and the "three chapters of the covenant" of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty were extremely legitimate.
Wei Duan's eyes widened as he looked at the beaten form on the table. He even felt that it was a red-hot soldering iron and that he was an ant about to be scorched by the soldering iron...
