Sima Yi bowed respectfully to Fei Qian: "Greetings, my lord."
Then he turned slightly and said, "I've met the Crown Prince."
Feizhen stood up and returned the greeting to Sima Yi, "I have met Dali Qing."
Fei Qian waved his hand, "Come on, Zhongda, please take a seat."
Sima Yi thanked him and sat down.
This is the already simplified process of greeting each other.
When Fei Qian was young, he didn't like the process very much. Sometimes he even thought that the process was an antique and something that was purely troublesome. But when he sat in this position now, he truly understood that the problem was not
The process, or most of the time, is not the problem with the process, but the problem with the people behind the process.
To a certain extent, the process is the rules of a certain matter, and the corresponding freedom is certainly very valuable, but freedom without constraints will often kill people...
Of course, conversely, if you place too much emphasis on process rules, you are putting the cart before the horse.
China pays great attention to procedures and rules, which is the "ritual" in Confucian scriptures.
Greetings when meeting each other are a kind of "ritual", daily behavioral norms are also a kind of "ritual", and the distribution of responsibilities between kings and ministers is also a kind of "ritual". The earliest etiquette is a kind of knowledge and a kind of "ritual".
Knowledge that only belongs to the nobles and princes. It ranges from how to prepare food, clothing, housing and transportation, to how to deal with diplomatic and state affairs, etc., it is all within the scope of etiquette.
But later, "ritual" was used by some people and became a tool to oppress the lower class. When the lower class resisted, they put all the blame and responsibility on "ritual", saying that breaking "ritual" means nothing.
There is no more oppression and exploitation, no more deception and deceit, but what is the reality?
Squeeze and exploitation, deception and deceit do not disappear because of the disappearance of a certain "ritual", but still exist. In the development process of capitalist society, there is basically no Chinese "ritual", but there is still oppression and
Exploitation, deception and deceit. So, in the final analysis, it is not whether "rituals" are good or bad, nor is it a problem with the process, but the people.
People's problems.
Most of human problems are caused by desires.
The most important thing for Fei Qian now is to solve this problem.
Ordinary civil disputes are handled by local administrative law enforcement personnel, while major local cases and the review and trial of local officials' culpability are handled by Dali Temple.
In this structure, Dali Temple is a very important link.
It is impossible to eliminate human desires. Even physically castrated eunuchs also have other strong desires, so they can only be regulated, and the process of regulation requires more and more reasonable laws and systems. To formulate these
In terms of laws and systems, there must be qualified officials. To have qualified officials, there must be a more extensive talent selection mechanism. For the current stage, it is the imperial examination.
Those who passed the imperial examination may not be proficient in the law, but are more likely to apply what they have learned now. Therefore, the guiding precedents of Dali Temple are very important. As for whether you want to have specialized disciplines to cultivate professional talents like later generations, it is better to
It’s something that has a long way to go.
No matter in ancient or modern times, at home and abroad, enlightening the people's wisdom is a long process.
Studying, in the eyes of many people, is very painful.
Fei Qian listened to Sima Yi's report, and then glanced at Fei Zhen.
Fei Zhen seemed to feel the lash of Fei Qian's gaze, and she quickly straightened her slumped waist, and at the same time refocused her attention on the matters reported by Sima Yi...
If a person has no worries about food and drink, and can have fun all day long without worrying about the future, then this person will probably not learn, because it is difficult to have any motivation. After all, the learning process is often painful, at least not as happy as playing, so he can sink in
People who are determined to study are often people with great perseverance.
All knowledge is the experience and lessons passed down, and these experiences and lessons are filled with blood and tears. Even future generations will taste the bitterness in the process of learning.
Just like for Feizhen, he may prefer to go to the flying eagle and the lackey, the bright clothes and the angry horse, but he also knows that he cannot completely indulge his own desires, but needs to continue to learn and grow.
Even this process makes him feel tired and painful.
This can also be regarded as a process, or a ritual.
Sima Yi was also reporting the summary of cases heard in Dali Temple at this stage according to the procedure.
Sima Yi is undoubtedly a person who is good at summarizing, whether it is for himself or others. His ability allows him to find the essence of things among chaotic and complicated phenomena.
Fei Qian felt that Sima Yi might have guessed something.
"...The most important thing in the law of officials is to fulfill their responsibilities to others, and the first priority in employing people is to distinguish between a gentleman and a villain. The difference between a husband, a gentleman, and a villain can only be seen through words, and it is difficult to know his intentions. But it is easy to see it through his deeds.
.As the sages have said, a gentleman is naive and clumsy, a villain is cunning, a gentleman is indifferent, and a villain is impetuous and competitive. A gentleman has long-term plans and puts the country and the country first, while the villain plans the present and focuses on gathering meanness. Remonstrances and criticisms lead to worries.
A dangerous discussion can move the ruler's vigilance, and he is a gentleman. He who likes to speak energetically and is not afraid of the chaos of the people, and who has the ambition of a ruler, is a villain..." Sima Yi said in a deep voice, "But this is just what I want.
It is impossible to discern clearly. Most of the crimes that Dali Temple treats are those who speak the right words at first and then do evil things, and those who are diligent at first and then greedy and lazy. Therefore, I think that the first defense person is responsible for it, but it is necessary to always defend the person.
The method of identification should include regular routines and random inspections. Today, routines are mostly used as the best strategy, but the best strategies also have their drawbacks, so the Lord must not fail to observe them..."
"Public and private affairs are upright, and the law is the balance. The calculations in the above calculations can easily lead to carelessness. The beetles in Longyou use methods such as misappropriation, false borrowing, and fake figures to deceive the above calculations and fabricate figures. Without on-site supervision, it is difficult to detect."
Sima Yi said slowly, "Nowadays, when we look at the officials who break the law, most of them do not follow their orders but do what they want. When you first take office, you still know how to be cautious. As time goes by, you will be happy. If you are happy throughout your life, you will have it."
Arrogance. There are those who take advantage of their joy to flatter them, and those who take advantage of their arrogance to deceive them. Therefore, if you flatter and flatter others, your power will be stolen, if you deceive others, your power will be transferred downwards, if you flatter your work, your will will be confused, and if you have a good fate, your destiny will be small.
.』
"The thoughts of caution and fear before taking office will be defeated with joy; the extravagant actions after taking office will be carried out with joy. Just be careful with wisdom, be happy and do not violate it, act arbitrary, and quickly follow your desires. One person will do whatever he wants, and the group will do it.
A small group of people gathered together, causing harm to the common people and bringing disaster to the country. Looking at all the historical records, it is the same. To deduce the reason, it is just a thought that changes from joy to arrogance." Sima Yi cupped his hands and said, "Being joyful without fear is the great harm of official governance.
Also. Since I took office in Dali Temple, most of the cases I have tried have been due to this. If the officials do not govern, the people will be uneasy, and will be in chaos for a long time, and the lives will be miserable. That is to say, the traitors who talk about chaos, how can they not be the innocent sons of great men?
What goes up will lead to results, internal governance will lead to external peace, and there is nothing greater than respect, and it must start with fear. If you are afraid of the impermanence of destiny, you will not dare to rely on heaven; if you are afraid of the people's intimidation, you will not dare to bully the people. Those who are afraid will respect them.
Beginning, those who respect fear the end."
"Now I have rashly remonstrated with my old opinions..." Sima Yi said in a deep voice, sonorous and powerful, "First, in addition to joy, there is excitement, fear and respect. The source of joy is mostly due to lack of restraint. I am alone in this
Even though Dali Temple works day and night, it can only interrogate more than thirty people. There are many times more officials who have not yet been punished. Therefore, they have many lucky lives for the sake of happiness. Therefore, I would like to increase the number of officials on the left side of Dali Temple to handle the situation.
It is necessary for the next trial to be carried out. Secondly, the heavy punishment is to kill, but the light punishment is to pardon. Those who commit corruption will be punished with death. Those who kill may only kill one person and one household, but those who commit corruption will harm thousands of households. If
If you are exempted from punishment and killed for escaping punishment, you will harm one person and benefit the whole family. Why not do it? Thirdly, the long-term governance is long-term, but the short-term is short-term. Counting it year by year, counting it year by year, may be used as a political achievement or as a performance.
Governance requires short-term results and benefits from the term of office. If it is long-term and does not benefit during the term, it will not be done. The three-year term is really too short. I think that the term should be five years. After the fifth primary examination, the term will be completed.
Ten final exams to determine promotion.』
"I would like to ask my lord to correct my superficial remarks."
After Sima Yi finished speaking, he looked at Fei Qian quietly.
Fei Qian touched his beard. This Sima Yi is going to use a big move!
Sima Yi may have understood what Fei Qian wanted.
Professional officials do not just fall from the sky and become professional.
The local officials of the Han Dynasty, at this stage, and even in the later feudal dynasty, still relied mainly on mental evidence, supplemented by scriptures, for legal trials. For the same case, the objective facts of it did not have any influence.
Changes may occur, but different results may occur due to the personal preferences of local officials.
Therefore, how to train more professional officials and abandon the original phenomenon of free trial and even far-fetched trials requires the Dali Temple, the highest judicial institution at the moment, to regulate and train them.
Interesting……
Fei Qian stroked his beard slightly.
Sima Yi sat calmly.
"Zeng Dali Temple Auxiliary...Yes." Fei Qian nodded and tapped his fingers on the table a few times, "However, there are many people who know the scriptures and few understand the law... Zhongda
Are there any candidates?』
Sima Yi nodded and said: "The magistrate of Jingyuan County, Tian's family name is Guorang. He is simple, thrifty and plain, and his plans are clear and concise, so he can be used."
Tian Yu?
Fei Qian's brows moved, then he thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes." Although Fei Qian was planning to let Jia Xu train Tian Yu as the next Liangzhou local official, but since Dali
If the temple needs it, it's not a bad idea to transfer him back.
After all, with regard to the huge base of corrupt officials, the Dali Temple, which was established not long ago, is indeed relatively weak. It is within the scope that it should be to add a deputy to Sima Yi to assist him in handling cases of censoring officials.
"In addition," Fei Qian added, "Zhongda can select scribes in the Shenlu Yuan, and if necessary, report directly to someone."
Sima Yi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he immediately raised his hand in thanks.
"As for the corrupt officials, the proposal of heavier punishment..." Fei Qian was silent for a while. Although he emotionally agreed with Sima Yi's suggestion and wanted to kill all the corrupt officials, his reason told him to do so.
It's not good. So Fei Qian said, "Be careful. People can't be resurrected after death. Of course, it is not a pity to die for a corrupt official, but greed for one money and greed for tens of millions cannot be treated in the same way. One death will lead to a hundred, if so
If you are greedy for money, you will die..."
Fei Qian didn't finish speaking, but the meaning was still very clear.
It’s not that these corrupt officials have any human rights, or that there is any fairness or unfairness. When these corrupt officials stretch out their hands, the small ones are equal to thieves, and the big ones are robbers, and they automatically lose their normalcy.
Human authority. The reason Fei Qian considers is not to kill them all, nor to pity these people, but to treat them like prisoners. If they are all killed, there will be more fights to the death next time. The same is true for corrupt officials. If
If there is no hope of survival, the damage caused from within will be far greater than attacking from the outside.
This is a question that Fei Qian has to consider overall...
Sima Yi cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry for you, Meng Lang. My lord is unparalleled in benevolence and virtue. In this case, such people may be exempted from the death penalty, but they cannot be forgiven from the living crime. They should be severely punished with corporal punishment."
Fei Qian nodded and agreed, "Yes."
Regarding the third point raised by Sima Yi, Fei Qian said that it needed to be considered again, because this was an issue related to the overall scheduling of the official administration, and was not as simple as calling Tian Yu alone.
When an official's term is long, it is easy to slack off, and when it is short, it is easy to seek profit.
This point has been repeatedly proven in later feudal dynasties, and it really needs to be carefully considered...
Sima Yi seemed to want to say something else, but he heard a loud noise in the corridor downstairs. The guard on duty reported in front of the hall: "Reporting to the lord, Zhang's village in the inn in the city was killed! There was a word on his body... written "Hussar"
The words...』
Fei Qian was stunned for a moment and his eyes narrowed.
Sima Yi frowned, "My lord, why don't you let me go and investigate?"
Fei Qian pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "Then I'll bother Lao Zhongda."
"I am in charge of Dali Temple. This is your duty. I will retire." Sima Yi bowed and retired.
"Father..." Qin Zhen asked, "Someone was killed? Who?"
Fei Qian turned around and smiled at Fei Zhen, who had been sitting with him, and said, "You can ignore that matter for now, because we still need to investigate... Did what Zhongda said just now give you any inspiration?"
Did you understand the previous question a little better?』
"Oh... what Sima Zhongda mentioned... let me think about it..." Fei Zhen nodded slightly. He didn't know Zhang Cun, so naturally he didn't care much about Zhang Cun's life and death. When Fei Qian asked, he
Frowning and tilting his head, he thought for a moment and then said, "I think... Sima Zhongda wanted to get it, so he asked for it? Just like the King of Qin, he actually wanted to get it, so he asked for it.
?』
Fei Qian laughed twice and said, "Tell me about it."
"Of what Sima Zhongda said, obviously only the first one is the easiest to solve, and the rest are basically impossible to solve, at least temporarily, but he still said it, just to make the first one win his father.
"My lord's permission." Fei Zhen said, "If I just mentioned the first point, maybe my father would consider it and then give it up. Well, at least it wouldn't be so smooth to get my father's consent..."
The same is true for the King of Qin. He said he wanted to save the Chu State, but in fact his goal was still the Jin State!"
Fei Qian smiled and nodded, "Then why do you think Sima Zhongda did this? In other words, why did he come to me at this time, not tomorrow? Or did he write a stamp and report it to me?"
Feizhen said subconsciously: "He doesn't want to wait, or maybe he is anxious... Well, why is he anxious?"
Fei Qian gave a hint, "Think about King Qin."
"Huh? What father means is that Sima Zhongda thinks... Oh, I understand," Fei Zhen suddenly became a little angry, "This is a test for father?! How dare he?!"
Fei Qian laughed loudly, "Why don't you dare? In this world, is it possible that you are allowed to test others, but others are not allowed to test you?"
"But...but, father is the lord!" Fei Zhen said with some confusion.
"Yes, I am still a hussar..." Fei Qian said with a smile.
Feizhen was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.
Strictly speaking, Dali Temple only needs to hear cases and check whether local punishments are wrong, and does not need to pay special attention to the legislative level. Of course, not only the Han Dynasty, but also the later feudal dynasties were unable to completely
The powers and duties were clear, so there was no problem for Sima Yi to secretly advise Fei on these matters.
The reason why Sima Yi didn't talk about it before was because the examination department had just been established and no one had taken up the post yet.
And now, Fei Qian has just appointed Feng Ji as the director of the Examination Department.
When the Merit Examination Department was first established, there was no very clear conclusion in terms of staffing or scope of responsibilities. After Fengji took office, it was not surprising that he would also make suggestions on some issues of the Merit Examination Department, or ask Fei Qian for some advice.
Support from people and things. This is all foreseeable.
If Sima Yi continued not to mention these suggestions, or he would be put forward by Feng Ji, methods such as increasing the penalty standards, extending the period of local governance, etc. were not very subtle, and naturally it was impossible for Sima Yi alone to think of them.
Therefore, Sima Yi simply went to Fei Qian to confront him directly. Even if others made relevant or similar suggestions, Fei Qian would still be able to remember that Sima Yi had mentioned it first...
By then, whether he was participating in discussions or serving as a consultant, Sima Yi had invisibly expanded his influence so that he would not be forgotten. In the end, he could only immerse himself in the trial of the case in Dali Temple.
In addition, talent is always scarce.
Of course, this refers to real talents, not those who call themselves experts.
Sima Yigang had just learned that the Council of Lawyers and the Examination Department were in charge, so he came in a hurry. In addition to the superficial reasons and to test Qiao Qi's political leanings, he also wanted to win more talents.
Otherwise, after the Senate and the Examination Department have fished away the big fish, he will come and grab the shrimps again?
This is true for Feng Ji, and so is Lu Bu. Don't Sima Yi and others have a desire for power? More or less, and then because these people have this desire, are they all accepted or rejected?
It may be said that it is selfish, but that is not entirely true. It may be said that it is selfless, but that is not entirely true either.
This is people.
This is the official.
"These kind of people can be said to be great doctors..." Fei Qian said meaningfully to Fei Zhen, "If you don't understand the changes, and you don't know the internal and external changes, how will you use these people at that time? The human heart is the most complicated, so you can't be careless. Therefore.
Reading more and thinking more are important, right?」
Feizhen nodded in agreement.
"One more thing...since you are called a doctor, then..." Fei Qian looked at Fei Zhen and asked, "Let me ask you, what is a doctor? Are the people of Qin the only people under the King of Qin?"
