Chapter 473: Use punishment to stop punishment, use punishment to stop punishment
Du Ning proposed legal reform and the abolition of punishment in the Great Confucian Hall, which quickly spread in Kongcheng, and then spread to other countries as quickly as possible, arousing strong discussion among scholars in various countries, and was also criticized.
There was strong opposition from scholars in various countries.
Scholars from the Ke family in the Liao Dynasty seized this opportunity to attack Du Ning's literary reputation unscrupulously. They gave a speech in a teahouse and scolded Du Ning without mercy.
Most of the other aristocratic families also held objections, but their reactions were not as extreme as the Ke family's.
The head of the Ke family, Ke Changpu, published an article in the literary circles of the Liao Dynasty, mocking Du Ning in a condescending manner, scolding Du Ning for being too arrogant, and thinking that Du Ning was rebellious and wanted to abolish the punishment that had existed since ancient times, which was tantamount to
In subverting the order of the human race, scholars from aristocratic families in various countries applauded.
The head of the Qin family, Qin Wenxu, also changed his previous respectful attitude towards Du Ning and completely broke his face. He also used literary methods to trash Du Ning. He was completely different from his previous extremely polite behavior towards Du Ning. It was also the leadership of the two aristocratic family heads of the Liao Kingdom that made things get out of hand.
Many scholars wrote to the Holy Court to participate in Du Ning's performance, saying that Du Ning was insane and unworthy of the name Wenjun, and strongly demanded that the Holy Court investigate and deal with Du Ning severely.
However, the Holy Court did not pay attention to it. Although Du Ning's proposition violated the interests of various families, even the saints could not judge the quality of Du Ning's "New Laws of China". How could the Great Confucian Temple dare to judge?
Du Ning is in Kongcheng, and he keeps the habit of reading newspapers every day. In the "Wenbao of various countries", Du Ning can see the articles published by Ke Changpu and Qin Wenxu. Every word in them can be said to be bloody, like swords and guns.
Average, extremely powerful.
This surprised Du Ning that Ke Changpu and Qin Wenxu had such outstanding literary talents.
Du Ning looked at so many articles in the literary world that were against his own ideas. Not only was he not angry at all, but he was even more determined in his own ideas.
The stronger the reaction of scholars from various countries, the more it proves that aristocratic families in various countries are extremely dependent on punishment. Because aristocratic families can have the privilege of reducing penalties, they can use this privilege to bully the common people unscrupulously, but the common people do not dare to resist the aristocratic families.
Children.
Once penalties are abolished, it is equivalent to losing the privileges of all countries in the legal aspect. Even if the children of aristocratic families make mistakes, they will suffer the punishment they deserve like the common people. This is unacceptable to the scholars of all countries and aristocratic families.
It seems that they have the same status as the common people, and it is impossible to show the superiority of scholars from aristocratic families.
It is precisely because of this that Du Ning must make up his mind to advocate for the reform of the law and the abolition of punishment, so that corrupt officials cannot use punishment to beat innocent people, let alone aristocratic families from various countries to take advantage of their legal privileges to act recklessly and oppress
Only by reducing the number of unjust, false, and false accusations in government courts can the people who are already a vulnerable group be able to ensure greater protection of their personal safety and interests.
There are also other scholars who reacted very strongly. They are all Legalist scholars and have extreme resistance to the removal of punishment.
Shang Yang, a representative figure of Legalism during the Warring States Period, advocated "removing punishment with punishment".
There is such a record in "Shang Jun Shu".
When imposing punishments, emphasize the minor ones and despise the severe ones. The minor ones will not come, and the severe ones will not come. This is called using punishment to remove punishment, and punishment will be accomplished.
The meaning of this sentence is that when the punishment is implemented, heavy punishment will be used for those who commit misdemeanors and light punishments will be used for those who commit serious crimes. Then the misdemeanor crimes will not happen again, and the serious crimes will not happen again.
Yes, this is called using punishment to get rid of punishment. If punishment is removed, the country's affairs can be accomplished.
Shang Yang's reform promoted social progress and historical development. Through reforms, the Qin State abolished the old system, created a new system for economic development, innovated politics, developed the economy, and strengthened the military.
But Shang Yang also had a negative review. Shang Yang enforced the law harshly. He once executed 700 prisoners in one day by the Wei River. The river turned red and the sound of wailing shook the world. Shang Yang strictly enforced the law and abused torture, which aroused widespread resentment.
Legalist Han Feizi also advocated the implementation of harsh punishments, which on the surface seemed ruthless and far from the benevolence often mentioned in Confucianism.
However, the purpose of Han Feizi's harsh punishments is to "stop punishment with punishment", making people fear punishment and achieve the ideal state where no one commits a crime and no one is punished.
This is also an idea advocated by current Legalist scholars in Shenglin Mainland.
However, the Holy Forest Continent is more advocating Confucianism. Under the neutralization of Confucianism, Legalism has been overshadowed by Confucianism. Many torture systems have been abolished, but many punishments have still been retained to serve as a deterrent.
People dare not easily violate the role of the law.
Therefore, in the eyes of Legalists, once all punishments are removed, more people will do evil.
Punishment cannot deter evil people from committing crimes. Without punishment, wouldn’t there be more evil people?
However, many people have overlooked one point, that is, the privileges enjoyed by aristocratic families due to their great achievements have become the basis for many children of aristocratic families to commit evil. Therefore, the existence of punishment has lost its significance as a deterrent. Not only does it fail to curb evildoers,
On the contrary, it is aiding the evildoer.
The reason why Du Ning abolished punishment was to put the common people on the same starting line as the children of the aristocratic families, so that the children of the aristocratic families would not be able to do evil by relying on the privileges of the aristocratic families, so that the common people would have the qualifications to challenge the children of the aristocratic families.
The subsequent reform of the law will achieve the effect of the prince committing the same crime as the common people, which will deter not only the common people, but also the entire family.
From a macro perspective, Du Ning's proposition is correct, and can even be said to be extremely brilliant. The saints took this into consideration, so they did not deny Du Ning's "New Laws of China".
However, such a reform would offend the interests of many aristocratic families and exploit the privileges of many aristocratic families, so the saints did not dare to agree hastily.
Reforming the law and abolishing penalties will be a long way to go.
Du Ning looked out the study window and fell into deep thought.
What should I do to reform the laws of mankind and promote the progress of civilization?
"Du Ning, how dare you try to abolish punishments, talk about reforming the law, and subvert the order of our human race. You will die badly!"
"You are subverting Legalism and the teachings of the saints. You are really committing a heinous crime!"
"From now on, you are not allowed to attend any cultural gatherings in Kongcheng, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
Waves of curses came from outside Wenjun's residence, and everyone hated Du Ning to the core.
The corners of Du Ning's mouth raised slightly, showing a disapproving smile. If it wasn't the fans from the Ke family, it must have been the Qin family's instigation. Even the Legalists would not do such extreme things and would more or less abide by some rules.
Use appropriateness.
Only the Ke family and the Qin family, who have a deep hatred for Du Ning, would do anything to ruin Du Ning's reputation.
In the past few days, this was not the first time that Du Ning heard insults from scholars passing by outside.
Now that the outside world is in the limelight, Du Ning will stay at home and study wholeheartedly recently to prepare for the next vote in the Great Confucian Hall.
Du Ning declined even invitations to some literary conferences. Who knows if it was some kind of Hongmen Banquet, which would be bad if many people from the reading public attacked it.
During the past few days when Du Ning was practicing at home, he also received letters from many friends from various countries. They all heard about Du Ning's affairs in Kongcheng, and they all advised Du Ning to calm down, even though he was a member of Wenjun.
Even if you are not alone, you cannot offend so many scholars from aristocratic families in various countries. Moreover, Du Ning's proposal to abolish punishment is simply denying the Legalist ideas of "using punishment to eliminate punishment" and "using punishment to stop punishment". There will inevitably be many legal
Scholars at home regarded Du Ning as an enemy.
If Du Ning is a great Confucian, it is very likely that the Legalist half-sage will come to Du Ning to discuss Taoism in person, because the great Confucian is already qualified to have a first glimpse of the holy way and practice the awe-inspiring righteousness. If Du Ning can defeat the Legalist half-sage, then the law
If the Holy Way of the Family introduces new ideas and fails to win, Du Ning will inevitably have his literary courage shattered and never recover from the fall. It will be a struggle for the Holy Way.
However, Du Ning is only a bachelor at the moment. No matter how displeased he is with the ideas he proposes, it is impossible for the Legalist Half-Saint to condescend to find trouble for Du Ning.
However, those Legalist scholars will inevitably come up with ways to refute it.
"I, the Legalist scholar Wei Bocheng, would like to see Mr. Yunqi."
Another strong voice sounded, but it sounded quite normal, and it didn't seem like it came here specifically to provoke.
Du Ning immediately responded with talent and strength: "It turns out that he is a Bachelor of Wei from the Legalist School. I wonder why Mr. Wei came to visit Du?"
"Wei was invited by colleagues from other countries to debate with Du Jun. If Wei fails in the debate, he will ruin his literary courage. If he is lucky enough to win against Yun Qijun, he should ask Yun Qijun to give up his idea of reforming the law and abolishing penalties.
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Wei Bocheng's voice sounded, and his tone was neither humble nor overbearing.
Debate is a collision of ideas between scholars. It is often seen in exchanges with the theme of debate. Scholars on both sides debate around an argument. The winner can become famous, while the loser can be ruined. p>
Debate on different ideas can promote the development and progress of civilization. Later, it was introduced to fight over literary names, or to resolve personal grievances. A gentleman would talk but not take action. Some people would even risk their literary courage or even their lives on this, so that
The word debate is stained with blood. Even so, debate is still popular because, except for those who are determined to read, basically no one will put their literary courage and life on the line.
Now Wei Bocheng bets his own literary courage and comes to debate with Du Ning. If Wei Bocheng loses, he will destroy his literary courage, while if Du Ning loses, he will only have to give up reforming the law. It seems that such a bet
It’s not a loss for Du Ning.
However, in Du Ning's eyes, even Wei Bocheng's ten literary talents cannot compare with the significance of reforming the law.
For scholars from aristocratic families, once the human race loses punishment, it will cause the human race to lose its due order. Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, Du Ning's "New Laws of China" is not even shit. Wei Bocheng bet with his literary courage
It is simply too cheap for Duning to argue with Du Ning.
In Du Ning's view, only by reforming the law can we avoid the occurrence of unjust, false, and wrongful decisions as much as possible and ensure the interests of the people to the greatest extent, instead of allowing many scholars from aristocratic families to do whatever they want by taking advantage of legal privileges.
Therefore, Du Ning must stick to his own ideas, even if it means taking some risks.
Wanting to innovate the law and abolish penalties without taking some risks is tantamount to whimsical.
But Du Ning didn't expect that the first person to stand up against Du Ning was not the Ke family, nor the Qin family, nor the Kong family, but a Legalist scholar.
Since the saints gave up the vote and the Great Confucian Academy did not dare to express its position, scholars from various countries would worry that after some time, the Holy Academy would suddenly agree to Du Ning's proposal. Therefore, at this time, legal scholars would come forward to kill this possibility.
In the cradle.
"Mr. Wei's words are serious. If you come to exchange and study with Du, Du will welcome you. But if you come to trouble Du, Du will refuse to meet you." Du Ning said.
Wei Bocheng immediately said: "Du Jun is determined to reform the law. Why doesn't he dare to argue with Wei? Is it because he is worried that he will be too embarrassed if the debate fails? Don't worry, if Wei is lucky enough to win you, he will do his best to protect Du Jun's reputation and will definitely
Don’t let anyone get into trouble.”
"Mr. Wei misunderstood. Du is not worried about failure, but is concerned about your literary courage. I don't want to bear the unjust reputation of shattering the literary courage of a great scholar." Du Ning said seriously.
"Haha..."
After hearing this, Wei Bocheng laughed loudly, his voice was like a bell: "Students from all over the world have witnessed that if Wei lost to Du Jun in a debate, he would be willing to break his literary courage to thank the world. It is not Du Jun's fault."
"Du Jun, don't worry! With all of us testifying for you, you are not to blame for this matter."
"Mr. Wei is a distinguished scholar. He invites you to debate because of his literary courage. He also explains that if you fail, you will not be allowed to destroy your literary courage. You only need to give up your idea of innovating the law. This is a huge advantage for you.
You don’t even have the courage to get a bargain, do you?”
"It's no use even if you hide at home all the time. There will still be countless scholars in the world scolding you, unless you stand up and accept the challenge of the Legalists!" Many people spoke loudly.
Du Ning pondered, made a decision after a moment, and came outside the mansion.
I saw many scholars gathered outside the house, and they all cast extremely angry looks at Du Ning. Some of them looked at Du Ning with extremely cold eyes.
A young bachelor raised his hand to Du Ning and said, "I, Wei Bocheng, have met Mr. Yun Qi."
"I met Du Jun."
Many people greeted Du Ning very perfunctorily.
Du Ning looked at another bachelor and asked, "If I read correctly, you should be a scholar from the Qin family of Liao Kingdom, right?"
The bachelor said hurriedly: "I am in Qin Wenxi, and I have met Du Jun."
"Is it you, the Qin family, who encouraged Mr. Wei to come to my house to debate?" Du Ning's eyes narrowed.