Chapter 28: The law is the order of the people, and it is the foundation of governance!
Get up.
Angry and unfair.
"Ling Shi, you are unfair."
"Qin Luoheng and I both acted bravely for justice, and I still confronted the ministers head-on. Why should Qin Luoheng be rewarded with the second rank, but I get nothing? There is something wrong with your judgment."
"I don't accept it!"
"I want to beg, too!"
Lang Ye said loudly:
"Ling Shi, I'm not convinced either."
"I just said a few words and did not actually participate in this murder. Why do you want to judge me as a 'conspirator'? I clearly meant a 'non-aid'."
"There's something wrong with your judgment!"
He also said:
"Ling Shi, could I have remembered it wrong?"
"I didn't just run away like 'Dare', I chose to leave first and then report to the official. I clearly helped B, why did you still judge me as 'not helping?'"
"Your judgment is obviously unfair."
"I want to beggar!"
There were constant quarrels in the room.
Most of them thought that Ling Shi Chang's sentence against them was unfair and wanted to beg for help.
‘Begging’ is also called ‘replying the message’.
It is equivalent to a retrial in later generations, that is, if you think the verdict is unfair, you can request a higher-level judicial department to rehear your case.
"Legal Questions and Answers" stipulates: 'Those who beg for beggars and those who beg for others should listen to them after the prison sentence has been cut off, and if they are still listening before the sentence is cut off? When the jail sentence is cut off, they should listen to it.'
Seeing that the crowd was excited, Shi Chang knocked on the table.
"quiet."
"It's unfair, why is it unfair?"
"Remember what I said before class?"
"This prison drill is actually full of loopholes, but those are actually not important. What is important is that this penalty will tell you one thing directly."
"What is the basis of Da Qin's legislation!"
"Now I will tell you why you were punished like this."
Shi Chang looked solemn.
He looked at Fen with lowered eyebrows, then frowned, as if he had forgotten something. It took him a long time before he remembered, "I'm getting older, so I can't remember things."
"You must be excited."
"You just said there was something wrong with the verdict."
"You said you were brave enough to do justice, so why didn't you receive any reward from the government?"
"Let me clear your doubts first."
"Because your hawk is not that."
"This is your horse. He said: 'A harms B and fights in the wild. Let's judge.'"
"You are already dead!"
"You are not a brave act of justice, but a victim of the same."
"This government verdict is meant to punish the murderer for you and B. Since ancient times, has there ever been a separate reward for the victim?"
After listening to Ling Shi Chang's explanation, bursts of laughter could be heard from all around.
Fen even blushed.
I wish I could find a crack in the ground and crawl in right away.
Ling Shi Chang looked over and said, "Those who ran away directly out of fear have no objection to this sentence. You have objections because you think that although you ran away, you reported to the official later, so
It doesn’t count as ‘no aid’, right?”
Speak and give the others to stand up.
argued:
"We knew we were no match for each other. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, we chose to leave first. After leaving, we also reported to the official. Shi Zi didn't understand, why would we be punished?"
"Please ask Shi to clear up our doubts."
Shi Chang nodded slightly.
He did not rush to answer the question, but looked at the two Confucian scholars and said slowly: "You also think the verdict is unfair?"
Wen Zhao and Shen Shun stood up and said:
"History of Hui Ling."
"Our answer is different from everyone else's."
"'Confucianism has a saying: There are things you should do, things you should not do, and things you must do.'"
"We have made necessary criticisms of both of them. If the other party can listen, it will naturally be the result of our admonishment. If the other party does not listen and insists on killing people, how can I, a Confucian scholar, stop it?"
"We have done what we have to do, how can we say we didn't help?"
"This sentence is unfair!"
"I don't accept it!"
Shi Changxu's eyes, which had been narrowed for a long time, finally became energetic again.
He sneered:
"Whether you accept it or not, this is the law!"
"Your excuses can all be found in the "Book of Announcements"."
"According to the judgment given in the "Memorandum", all your actions must be punished according to the "Legal Questions and Answers", that is, there are thieves who kill and injure others, and others do not help, and they can compete with others at a hundred steps.
Serve as Erjia."
"As for why such a penalty was given."
"Let me explain to you."
"What you call leaving first and then reporting to the official, or running away directly, or criticizing the two of them with so-called benevolence and courtesy, in a sense, are actually the same choice."
"Just stand by and watch!"
"You didn't really help B."
"B's death."
"You are all responsible!"
"Perhaps you will argue that you have given advice and reported to the officials, but this is the law of the Qin Dynasty. If you fail to save someone within a hundred steps, you will be punished!"
"Being brave and brave in Daqin is never a choice between two things!"
"Because it's an obligation!"
"Maybe you don't understand why the law has this requirement, because the Daqin law has a clear foundation from the beginning."
“Love the people!!!”
""Shang Jun Shu·Gengfa": The law is for the sake of loving the people. The etiquette is for the convenience of the people. Therefore, the sage can only strengthen the country, but does not follow the law."
""Book of Shang Jun: Dingfen": Laws and regulations are the life of the people and are the foundation of governance."
"Qin enacted laws for the people."
"The establishment of Qin Law is to ensure that every Qin person can be treated fairly and justly by society."
"What Qin Fa guarantees is never the bottom line."
"But basic human rights!"
"So when the lives of Qin people are threatened, it becomes the obligation of every Qin person to act bravely. You can indeed choose not to save, but this also means that you have no obligation to follow the law, so you will definitely
Being punished."
"Maybe you think the law is too harsh."
"But if we don't legislate like this, everyone will choose to stand by and watch when they encounter danger in the future. As time goes by, people's hearts will not be the same as before, and the world will be in trouble. Wouldn't it be even more chilling for the people of Qin?"
"You don't understand the Dharma."
"When you study in depth, or when you become a judge and read all kinds of laws and regulations, you will understand that Qin's law is far more rigorous than you imagine."
"Currently, you can only imitate "Sealed Clinic" dogmatically, but do you know why there are so many processes in "Sealed Clinic"?"
"Because of Qin Fa."
"The existence of Qin Fa means that the Qin Dynasty will not allow any good person to be wronged, nor will it allow any sinner to be spared."
"All procedures are only to trace the original truth!!!"
"You must have enough respect for the law in the future, and you must pay special attention to all trial processes you encounter in the future, and you must not be careless in any way."
"Qin Fa Zhao Zhao!"
"Do you remember?"
Qin Luoheng and others looked solemn and respectfully bowed to Shi Chang.
"Shi Zi, remember this!"
Ling Shi Chang nodded, "That's it for this class. Think about it for yourselves. I won't continue to suffer from the cold here."
"Oh, I'm getting old."
Ling Shi Chang slowly moved towards the door. When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly thought of something and turned back and said: "Lang, I haven't answered it for you yet. Do you still think your punishment is unfair?"
Lang quickly shook his head and said:
"No."
"I am absolutely convinced by Ling Shi's verdict and will never have any objections."