After a while, many scholars gradually calmed down, and they all looked at Du Ning in different ways.
Kongde said: "Jun Yunqi, please tell me your opinion."
Du Ning nodded lightly, but he did not immediately express his opinion. Instead, he asked everyone: "I believe you have heard about what happened in Tianfeng Mansion in Ping Kingdom?"
Fan Heshan said: "Of course we know that you wrote a sixteen-character aphorism in Tianfeng Mansion to warn the officials above the court. The salaries of the officials in the world come from the people of the world, so we must always remind ourselves to
Do things for the people. Nowadays, these words are engraved on the stone tablets in the government halls of various countries."
"Then you also know that Feng Jinming, the previous magistrate of Tianfeng Mansion, secretly instigated the police officers to almost beat Zhang Xinyue to death in the court with a cane?" Du Ning asked again.
"This..."
Many great scholars looked at each other in confusion, and some suddenly realized why Du Ning proposed the abolition of punishment.
In the Yamen Court of Tianfeng Mansion, Zhang Xinyue was found guilty of notifying the county of grievances and was sentenced to death with a cane in a grand manner. It was precisely because of Du Ning's intervention that this matter quickly spread among the countries.
It spread in the literary world and there was a lot of discussion about it.
This is the influence of Human Race Wenjun.
Du Ning continued: "As you have said, punishment exists to punish guilty people, but why should an innocent person suffer such punishment? Let a victim be harmed openly for a second time and almost die? Punishment
It is a huge irony that it is actually used on ordinary people!"
The last words were loud and powerful, even with a bit of anger.
Many people's expressions were extremely ugly. Although some people were not very willing to agree with Du Ning's words, Zhang Xinyue's almost death in Tianfeng Mansion was exactly what happened not long ago. This deserves to arouse everyone's deep thought and reflection.
Lu Xionghua said: "Zhang Xinyue is a citizen. Even if she is innocent, she is guilty if she files a lawsuit against an official. This has been a rule since ancient times. From a legal perspective, Feng Jinming is not wrong."<
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Du Ning said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because of this unreasonable rule that many grievances, falsehoods, and mistakes have been made in all dynasties of the human race. Many oppressed people have nowhere to redress their grievances and have no way to avenge them.
Some officials even use punishment to beat innocent people. Officials protect each other and take care of people's lives. I would like to ask you gentlemen, is the existence of punishment used to punish prisoners, or is it a protective umbrella for court officials to use corruption and pervert the law? "<
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The faces of many great scholars were shocked. Du Ning was so bold, he dared to point out the world's punishment with his sword!
"Shu Zi is so outrageous!"
Lu Xionghua was furious, "How dare you say these words, it is simply treason!"
Du Ning threw out several documents unceremoniously and said to everyone: "These are many cases collected by Du. Some of them were beaten to death, some were falsely accused, and some were beaten to death after volunteering to defend the people's grievances.
Yes, these documents have two words written on them with the blood of the common people - unjust!"
"Zhang Xinyue's case is not the first one. It has happened many times in the past dynasties. Most of you are from aristocratic families and are protected by the privileges of aristocratic families, so no one will let you suffer unjust injustice. And you only read books to understand the sufferings of the people.
, pretending to denounce those in power, but have you ever witnessed it with your own eyes?"
The great scholars from various countries did not say a word, but silently opened Du Ning's documents and started discussing among themselves.
Lu Xionghua sneered and said: "Okay, even if what you say, Du Jun, is reasonable, it still cannot abolish punishment. If there were no punishment, many people would do evil. By then, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"<
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"So Mr. Lu would rather turn a blind eye and only allow the state officials to set fires and not allow the people to light lamps, right?" Du Ning's eyes were like swords.
"That's nonsense. I've never said such things before. Don't spit on others." Lu Xionghua said hurriedly.
Du Ning said calmly: "Do you really think that the existence of punishment can definitely deter evil people and prevent them from doing evil? Then you are totally wrong. Looking at all countries, there are many people who are domineering and do evil every day.
Are they afraid of punishment? Of course they are, no one is not afraid of punishment, but do you know why they are still so unscrupulous?"
Many great scholars wanted to refute, but they hesitated to speak. In the end, they smiled bitterly, and their previous righteous and noble aura was gone.
"That's because they have the protection of punishment. Anyone who is bullied by them, as long as he goes to the Yamen Court to file a complaint, no matter whether he is guilty or not guilty, he will be slapped with a slap in the face." Du Ning said rudely. p>
"Nonsense! Nonsense!"
Lu Xionghua said angrily: "You are slandering officials all over the world, and you are also slandering students from aristocratic families all over the world. Are we human scholars all corrupt and perverting the law after becoming officials?"
"Then Du would like to ask Mr. Lu, in your eyes, among all the officials in the world, what percentage are upright officials? What percentage are evil officials?"
"You are using strong words. If there are corrupt officials in this world, there will also be honest officials. How could I know such details? But Lu can be sure that many officials are not as bad as you said." Lu Xionghua said angrily.
Du Ning said disapprovingly: "The officialdom is just a puddle of silt. Who is not dirty if you fall into it? Since ancient times, those who have breeze on their sleeves are like phoenix feathers, and those who are like flies and dogs are like the sand of the Yellow River. You are all great scholars who have read poetry and books. You have seen this.
There are more books than a junior like me. Don’t you still understand the truth that even Du understands?"
Everyone was silent again. Du Ning made his argument based on facts, but many great scholars had no way to directly refute it.
Because the fact is, as Du Ning said, there are very few people who are cool in their sleeves, but there are people everywhere.
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Scholars still compete for literary fame in the literary world, so how could these people try their best to climb up after becoming officials?
A great scholar from Chu State said: "What Du Jun said is somewhat true. The question you raised is very to the point. But once punishment is cancelled, how can we punish prisoners? Without the deterrence of punishment, there will inevitably be more crimes.
Evil people do evil things, and Zhang Xinyue's incident has aroused our reflection. We can work out a plan to protect the people from such things to prevent such things from happening."
Du Ning said solemnly: "That's why Du proposed to carry out legal reform, abolish unreasonable personal penalties, improve the quality of officials, and truly make the yamen a place where people can solve their problems, instead of letting penalties become a way for corrupt officials to oppress innocent people.
Sometimes, the evil done by officials is more heinous than the evil done by the people."
"Ridiculous!"
Lu Xionghua showed contempt, "Innovate the law and abolish punishment. Then I would like to ask Du Jun, if our human race abolishes punishment, how do you plan to deal with the prisoners? Let them stay in prison and eat and drink for free? Yes.
Are you going to let the imperial court's food feed a bunch of people who do evil things?"
"Du has already considered this."
Du Ning took out several more documents and put them on the table, and said to everyone: "This is the "New Laws of China" written by Du. I also invite all gentlemen to discuss it together and provide valuable opinions."
Lu Xionghua ridiculed: "Did Du Jun also study Legalism? He actually wrote a "New Law of China". I'm afraid Du Jun wasted his ink."
The implication is that the "New Laws of China" written by Du Ning will not be accepted by everyone and is likely to become empty talk.
"As long as everyone can give their opinions, Du's writing will not be in vain," Du Ning said.
Just when many great scholars were hesitating, Fan Heshan waved his hand gently, and his talent and power appeared, and he took a document into his hand.
As a great scholar in the Yun Kingdom, even if he doesn't support Du Ning's proposal, he should at least take a look at it before speaking.
Seeing Fan Heshan start reading, others also picked up the documents and started reading.
Comte also picked up a copy of "New Laws of China" to see what Du Ning wrote in it.
After reading for a while, the expressions of many great scholars became extremely solemn, as if they had discovered something extremely important
Du Ning made extremely brave and bold ideas in "New Laws of China", and the eight characters in the opening chapter shocked every great Confucian.
Everyone is equal before the law.
These eight words were like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's literary courage, causing the breathing of all the great scholars to become rapid involuntarily.
And these eight words are exactly the purpose of this "New Law of China".
In the "New Laws of China" formulated by Du Ning, everyone has an equal relationship, without any hierarchy, which in disguise abolishes many privileges of major families before the law. No matter who makes a mistake, he will be punished.
The punishment will never be biased or favored based on family background and identity, and the prince will truly be guilty of the same crime as the common people.
Du Ning proposed that everyone has their own rights, and the existence of the "New Law of China" is to protect everyone's legal rights and fully safeguard everyone's own interests, as well as the court, even various countries and even the entire human race.
benefits.
Regardless of whether it is the plaintiff or the defendant, the yamen is strictly prohibited from using punishment for any reason or excuse, and it is not even allowed to use various means of subjugation or even threats to force any party to compromise.
As for the treatment method of prisoners, according to the degree of their crime and the consequences, they can be sentenced to fixed-term or life imprisonment, up to the death penalty, that is, beheading.
Yamen is a place where people can file grievances and resolve various civil and political cases. It also represents the dignity and face of the court.
If the county magistrate knows the law and breaks the law, oppresses the good people, and does things that are harmful to nature, the people can report to the government with true evidence, and the magistrate will investigate and deal with the criminal magistrate in accordance with the law.
If you are not satisfied with the punishment result of the prefect, you can appeal to the state government, which will send officials to conduct a more comprehensive investigation into the case and make a more reasonable judgment.
"New Laws of China" is currently only a basic idea of Du Ning, but its content is simply unimaginable to many great scholars, something they would never dare to think about.
"Punish the prisoners with fixed-term imprisonment to atone for their sins. If there are special circumstances, you can also let the criminal scholars go to the battlefield to serve their crimes. This is a good idea, and it will not cause the court to waste so much food to support them."
"During the processing of the case, it is prohibited to use any physical punishment, and no torture is allowed on any suspect, haha... What if you encounter someone who is tough-talking and refuses to confess? Some people just won't admit it without beating them."
"This is Du Jun's brilliance. Everything must be based on evidence. Only iron-clad evidence can convince people. If officials only rely on their personal inferences, it will be easy for them to be unjust, false, or wrong."
The great scholars were discussing fiercely, and some great scholars were frowning in thought.
Lu Xionghua said to Du Ning: "Du Jun, there is something unclear about Lu. Please ask Du Jun for advice."
"Mr. Lu, it's okay to say it." Du Ning smiled slightly.
The corner of Lu Xionghua's mouth raised an arc, and he sneered: "As you said in "The New Laws of China", if the people are not satisfied with the county magistrate's judgment, they can appeal to the government office. If they are still dissatisfied, they can appeal to the state government office.
Step by step, you can even appeal to the Holy Court in the end. So I would like to ask Du Jun, if the appealer is not even satisfied with the judgment of the Holy Court, what should we do?"
"Good question!"
Many people looked surprised. Lu Xionghua's question was undoubtedly directed at General Du Ning.
Du Ning said calmly: "Then we must first see whether the county magistrate's punishment of the prisoner is reasonable, whether it is convincing to the public, and whether it can convince the people. It is the responsibility of the Yamen to make fair punishments according to the law. The plan I proposed
, because in the process of handling the case, it is inevitable that someone will omit the details of the case and make an unreasonable judgment. Only when the local government's judgment is unreasonable and unjust can people have the opportunity to appeal step by step.
Motives and reasons, there may still be some officials who protect each other, but the people are also the supervisors of the government officials. If the same trick can make the people appeal step by step, everyone will still feel unfair until the court of the Holy Court.
If so, it means that all the officials in this line are rotten, and all officials must be dismissed from top to bottom and investigated, and no one can escape the involvement!"
"You..."
Lu Xionghua looked angry when he heard this, thinking that Du Ning was too arrogant and dared to speak so wildly. What a loud tone!
However, many great scholars fell into deep contemplation after their expressions changed.
Although Du Ning has a loud tone, his words are rough but not rude. If all officials were rotten from top to bottom, it would indeed be an extremely terrible thing.
Du Ning continued: "If the interests of the people cannot be guaranteed, the existence of the law will be empty talk. If it cannot benefit the people, it will be useless to read the books of sages. Maybe we cannot prevent injustice from happening, but we can do it
I will do my best to avoid these human tragedies."
