Chapter 1081: The people are like water, and the waves surge to the sky and the earth (Part 2)
Dugumou cannot let Fang Jun and these people go.
If these remains are allowed to enter the Jingzhao Mansion and used as evidence in the trial of the Yuan family in broad daylight, the Yuan family's reputation will be destroyed in one day. And how can the Guanlong Group, which is in the same group as the Yuan family, sit back and watch?
in spite of?
The Yuan family has ruined not only their own reputation, but also the reputation of all the famous families in the world!
The Guanlong Group can ignore the punishment the Yuan family will receive, but it must not let the reputation of the family be tarnished.
If the Yuan family collapses, so will the Yu family, the Changsun family, the Dugu family, and the Hou Mochen family. But if the reputation of the aristocratic family becomes bad, it will be a disaster...
Fang Jun stood proudly in front of Dugu Mou, with hundreds of people standing solemnly behind him. More and more people walked silently onto the streets and stood in the queue without saying a word. The crowd grew bigger and bigger.
, more and more people gather together, and in the heavy snow, an invisible and qualitative momentum is gradually gathering!
The bitter smile on Dugu Mou's face gradually faded, and was replaced by a serious expression.
He is not a fledgling boy. He naturally knows how powerful the seemingly weak people will be when they are incited. It is like the gentle sea water in the sea. Once swept by the wind and waves, it will break the rocks and break the shore.
!
Dugumou sat up straight on his horse, pressed the handle of the knife, stared at Fang Jun with a pair of tiger eyes, and said slowly: "Master Hou lives in Jingzhaoyin and is in charge of a party. Originally, the general could not comment on what was wrong. But Master Hou now appears
Now that he insists on going his own way, the general has to remind the Marquis that the law since ancient times has always allowed the people to sue the officials! The Yuan family has been full of nobles for generations, and countless high-ranking officials have been demoted since the head of the family. The Jingzhao Mansion accepts complaints from mere untouchables.
In the case of the Yuan family, the people sued the officials, which risked the disdain of the world."
The production relations of ancient society could not allow the emergence and formation of a system of "people suing officials".
In ancient times, litigation was called "prison litigation", "prison" refers to criminal matters, and "litigation" refers to civil matters. That is to say, "fighting over crime is called prison, and fighting over wealth is called litigation." There is no such thing as an administrative litigation system.
From the "Book of Laws" written by Li Kui of the Wei state, which was representative after the establishment of the feudal system during the Warring States Period, to the "Qin Code", a relatively complete feudal code formulated by the Qin Dynasty in order to consolidate the feudal class power and suppress the resistance of the peasants, from the Han Dynasty
The "Nine Chapters Code" compiled by Liu Bang in the dynasty, the "Tang Code" and "Zhenguan Code" in the Tang Dynasty, the "Da Ming Code" in the Ming Dynasty, and the "Da Qing Code" in the Qing Dynasty all fully reflected the protection of the interests of the feudal class.
class essence.
People's gatherings and associations, making noise in court, and words and deeds that are detrimental to feudal rule are strictly prohibited. The feudal class's privileges of exploiting peasants and slaves are fully protected. There is no rule for "people to sue officials".
It is not impossible for the people to sue the officials. The people sue the officials first to determine the guilt. No matter whether the person you sue is guilty or not, or whether the accusation is true or not, the people suing the officials have committed a crime first. Even if the lawsuit is won in the end, the execution must be carried out first.
This one has fifty spines and can travel three thousand miles!
Dugu Mou wanted to use this law to defeat the complainers and accusers before him. A fifty-spine staff could kill a person. Even if he could survive, how could he survive after being displaced for three thousand miles?
However, what disappointed him was that the sad and angry untouchables behind Fang Jun did not show a trace of fear or panic. They had firm eyes and tall postures, and they all glared at him!
Fang Jun stood in front of his horse's head, raised his head slightly, looked at Dugumou, and said loudly: "What is the law? What is the purpose of the court in enacting the law? From ancient times to the present, the only function of the law is to tell us something
Things should be done and things should not be done! This is not an excuse for you aristocratic families to oppress the people! Since ancient times, the courts of all dynasties have formulated laws based on the social situation at that time. I wonder if General Dugu has discovered it, and the punishment of cannon fire has disappeared.
The corpses were dismembered by five horses and abandoned, and the chariot splitting, palace executions, and beheadings recorded in ancient books have all disappeared. Do you know why this is?"
Dugu Mou was completely confused. I was a military commander, and I knew a few words, but I had not read many books. Who knows why these punishments were abolished?
The people around him also became interested.
They are all a bunch of idiots who can't even write their names. They most admire knowledgeable people. Questions like this contain a lot of knowledge. If they are not people who have read poems and books and have poor scriptures, what can they do?
If you can ask the question, how can you answer it?
Being able to listen to Fang Jun, a talented scholar from Chang'an, raise such a question in public is simply the kind of treatment students from Hongwen Hall and Chongxian Hall receive!
Fang Jun continued proudly: "This is because all dynasties have paid more and more attention to population and life! Life is not easy, and staying alive is even more difficult! Natural and man-made disasters, wars, plagues, malaria, and savage beasts... A person wants to fall from birth.
How much hardship does it take to grow up smoothly, and how much effort does it cost your family? And population is the foundation of a dynasty, so almost all great kings in prosperous times will attach great importance to population and life!"
Fang Jun talked eloquently, and the people listened with great enthusiasm.
I see!
No wonder those legendary tortures gradually disappeared. It turned out to be because emperors paid more and more attention to population and were unwilling to massacre people wantonly.
It turns out that we, humble ant-like common people, are actually the cornerstone of the entire Nuo Empire!
Although I don’t understand the reason behind it, I think it makes sense!
To put it simply, without us mud-legged common people, who would you noble families oppress, enslave, and collect taxes? Without us mud-legged common people going to serve as soldiers and fight and farm land and pay for food, you would
To whom should I be treated as a noble, and to whom should I be treated as a noble family?
It turns out we are not useless!
Although we are humble, although we are humble, we are the most indispensable part of this empire!
It turns out we are so important!
An unprecedented confidence filled the hearts of the people, making their eyes gradually brighten and their spines gradually straighten up!
Fang Jun raised his arms and shouted loudly: "Today, Your Majesty is working hard to govern, working hard, working hard for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and forgetting to eat and sleep. He is the so-called wise king throughout the ages, who single-handedly created the mighty Tang Empire and created the splendid Tang Dynasty."
The prosperous age of Zhenguan!"
Have the people of the Tang Dynasty ever heard such a passionate speech?
They all raised their arms high with blood boiling and shouted: "Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
Thousands of people gathered under the tower of Mingde Gate, raising their arms and shouting with overwhelming momentum!
Even the falling snow was caught by this momentum, curling up and circling in the air, and did not dare to fall to the ground for a long time.
Dugumou looked solemn, hesitating in his heart whether to take strong measures to disperse these people?
Fang Jun didn't give him this chance...
"But such a great emperor, despite all his daily duties, still holds the power of sentencing the world's death row prisoners in his hands. Even when eating and sleeping, he holds a red pen in his hand, carefully considering whether each death row prisoner is truly unforgivable and deserves death.
No! I didn’t understand this behavior at the beginning. In the eyes of a supreme emperor, what do the lives of a few death row prisoners count? After a big battle at the border, thousands of soldiers died.
, why should you care about the dozens of death row prisoners who are beheaded every year? Later, I realized that Your Majesty was using his actions to express respect for the population and life! If Your Majesty puts in more effort, maybe he can pardon an innocent person.
The death penalty of the damned person was reserved for the Tang Dynasty to save one life, one laborer, and one soldier! Right here, in Chang'an City, at the feet of the Emperor, in the capital of the capital, there was a family of beasts that had lost all conscience and looked like beasts.
Eighty-one girls who were as beautiful as flowers and in bud were made into pigs using the most cruel methods, and they were filled into the tomb and buried with them! I want to ask this family, even His Majesty is trying his best to save every child of the Tang Dynasty.
People's lives, why do you dare to be so unscrupulous and inhumane, treating human life like a piece of grass and burying the living?"
He glared angrily and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Who gave you the courage?"
Under Mingde Gate, at the end of the long street, Fang Jun, wearing a purple robe and jade belt, raised his arms and shouted, looking upright!
Following his roar, the people, whose emotions had been completely ignited, roared with all their strength——