The news that Li Si beheaded more than a thousand traffickers spread quickly throughout the world, and even caused an uproar in Zhao State. There was a lot of discussion in the court, in the academy, and on the roadside. Ling
There are supporters, there are opponents, and there are those who have nothing to do with it.
"This... is simply an executioner. There are more than a thousand people, and he will kill them at will." Zhao Yu roared angrily in the court hall.
"There are only more than a thousand people, so just kill them." Kong Bin said calmly.
"Only more than a thousand people? Is this your Confucian benevolence and righteousness? Or are you Confucians just a bunch of executioners?" Zhao Yu suddenly turned his head and looked at Kong Bin.
"When I talked about benevolence and righteousness with you, you talked about the law with me. Now that I'm talking about the law with you, you start talking about benevolence and righteousness again?" Kong Bin's lips showed a trace of sarcasm.
"Confucian benevolence and righteousness do not protect human traffickers, and the laws of Zhao State also do not protect human traffickers. Only those butchers with blood on their hands will use law and righteousness to protect human traffickers." Han Fei said directly without any concern for the identity of Zhao Yu's clan.
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After Li Si was sent to deal with the human trafficking incident, Zhao Kuo handed over the loan sharking matter to Han Fei and Feng Quji. Ling
The two of them have neither wisdom nor backing, so they are suitable for this kind of thing.
Now, not long after they came back, such news came. Han Fei immediately realized that Li Si would be pushed to the forefront, so he stayed to help.
In this life, the relationship between the two of them was still very good. They became apprentices together, studied together, and served as officials in foreign countries together. There was always some mutual affection.
"The murder dealer is right, but he killed too many people. Including those caught in other places, there were more than a thousand people in three li." Zhao Sheng sighed.
He had a premonition that this matter would become a big deal, but he didn't expect it to become such a big deal.
Li Si spared no one who had anything to do with human trafficking, and sentenced them all to death... He also invited people from the whole city to watch... and even people from other countries, for fear that the fuss would not be big enough.
"More than a thousand people is too much. How does it compare to trafficked women? When those traffickers abducted women, you didn't stand up and speak out. When those traffickers raped women, you didn't speak out. When those traffickers killed women, you didn't stand up.
You stand up and speak. Now! Those traffickers were killed and you stand up and speak... Either I, Han Fei, am blind, or you officials are so blind that you can't even tell the difference between right and wrong." Ling.
Han Fei said loudly, almost pointing at Zhao Sheng, Zhao Yu and others and scolding them.
Upon seeing this, Kong Bin silently stepped aside, picked up the tea and started drinking.
This young generation is really strong in fighting ability and fearless.
So...very good!
Zhao Sheng's face was extremely dark, and his chest was rising and falling. Han Fei's words were almost tearing apart, causing burning pain on both of their faces.
He could imagine how much damage Han Fei's reputation would suffer when word spread.
"When Bai Qi drowned 20,000 soldiers of Zhao State in the river, you chose to remain silent because Bai Qi was strong and you were no match. When Xue Juntian Wen of Qi State massacred a county of Zhao State, you chose to remain silent in response because Tian Wen was powerful.
, you are no match. Now, Li Si only killed three human traffickers, but you stand up and accuse him. Do you think Li Si has no strong force behind him and can he be bullied by you?" Ling
Feng Quji also stood up, alongside Han Fei.
"No one speaks for the traffickers. Mr. Pingyuan means that different punishments should be given according to the severity of the circumstances. And... everyone is sentenced to death. Once the traffickers find out that they may be caught, I am afraid they will kill those women and destroy
Evidence, this will harm more people."
When Wei Wuji saw this, he shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't want to get involved in this kind of nonsense, because this kind of thing would never have a result.
Besides, if everyone is killed, there is no point in fighting for this crap. Just call Li Si back, send him to a college to study for two years or serve in a local government, and then transfer him back after two years.
How big a deal is it?
But Zhao Sheng is his brother-in-law, and now that he is being pointed at and scolded, he has to stand up.
"This shows that those traffickers are afraid of death. Since they are afraid of death, the death penalty will be a deterrent to them and can effectively reduce the occurrence of human trafficking." Ling.
Han Fei said coldly, even though he was facing the Young Master of Wei and the Prime Minister of Zhao, he still showed no fear at all.
"Having said that, some innocent people will die because of this," Wei Wuji said.
"Are there too few innocent people who died among human traffickers before?" Huang Shigong finally couldn't bear it anymore and stood up.
The new generation of Zhao officially declared war on the older generation.
Han Fei, Feng Quji, Huang Shigong, including Li Si who is still in Linhe County, are naturally not as good as Wei Wuji, Zhao Sheng and others, but they are better because they are young, they are better because they dare to break the shackles of the world, and they are better than anything else.
Fear, not so much worry.
If they think it is right, they will do it. If they think it is right, they will say it. Even if you are the Prime Minister of the State of Zhao, even if you are the King and Uncle of Zhao, it is the same.
Maybe this is youth and frivolity, but if you are not frivolous when you are young, do you have to wait until you are sixty years old to be frivolous again? Ling
"You keep saying that the death penalty will make those traffickers take desperate risks. Why has Qin had the fewest cases of trafficking among the seven countries in the past fifty years? Is it because Qin's laws are loose and there is no death penalty? Why has Chu been prone to chaos in the past fifty years?
, the lynchings continue, is it because Chu’s law is cruel?”
"You keep saying that more gentle measures can be used. Why hasn't Yanghuli been dealt with by you even though it has been there for decades?"
"Then there are only two possibilities, either you people are trash, or you just don't care, you don't care about the women who were trafficked, you don't care about the families whose families were destroyed because their daughters were trafficked and raped, you don't care about the officials who were killed or demoted for upholding justice.
I don’t care about the tens of thousands of Zhao people.”
"How can you, a group of high-ranking nobles, care about the life and death of ordinary people in Guizhou? To you, they are just livestock like pigs and dogs. You can call them here and there without any resistance."
"If it were your Zhao Sheng's daughter or your Wei Wuji's daughter who was kidnapped and trafficked, would you be as calm as you are now? What they ask for is not much, just food, clothing, shelter, and the company of your flesh and blood. Just this, you guys
You are not willing to give it to them. If you don’t open your eyes and look below, you will never know how disappointed the common people at the bottom are in you."
"Perhaps you think that you are born noble, and you should be aloof and look down on all living beings. No matter how disappointed or angry they are, they can't do anything to you. Because they were born as untouchables and were born to be your slaves. But thousands of years ago,
Your ancestors, like our ancestors, were just farmers digging in the soil. They worked hard and risked their lives to become nobles. Everything you have now is just relying on the shelter of your ancestors."