Chapter 482: Crossing the River by Touching the Central Plains
The sun totem suddenly made a noise as if it were on stimulants. Unable to hide it from Chisongzi, the old man walked in and asked what happened just now. Yuzai also happened to discuss this matter with his teacher.
"Hey...is it a choice for the tribe to move forward...Each totem has been integrated with the entire Hongzhou tribe. This is a good thing..."
"However, what are the so-called four roads... Of course it is impossible to deal with the current situation by doing nothing. There will be a change in the sky soon. In the past few years, even the stupidest tribesmen have probably discovered that,
This winter is completely different from previous years.”
"It's not enough to just do nothing at this time and just think about having enough food..."
Chisongzi thought about it for a while, so-called order, the leaders of each tribe did have to face this choice, but it was just that Yuzai was also a god at the same time, so there was such a weird thing like the totem asking for options.
Then, the next step is to choose the political constitution, which will have a profound impact on the subsequent development of the Hongzhou Department. If you choose the wrong one, you will have no choice but to run all the way down the wrong road...
"I remember you said that the five moral ethics and superiority and inferiority mentioned by Gu (Ye) are the separation of superior and inferior, which is an important reason for the outcome of the family and the world. But how to manage better without distinguishing superior and inferior?
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"How can we quickly make Hongzhou Province prosperous and strong..."
Chi Songzi has some opinions, that is, there is nothing wrong with the statement of his business. It is a pre-political point of centralization. However, if you do this, you will inevitably create a group of fixed high-level officials similar to the Four Emperors. There is a big difference between superiority and respect.
It's a world of difference, it's true, but...
However, Yu Zai said at this time: "The real test of a civilization is not the size of the population, the size of the city, or perhaps the amount of grain, but the kind of people this civilization can produce."
"Of course there can be respect and inferiority, but one should worship the heaven and be humble to the law of the earth."
After following several Qi practitioners for so long, Yu Zai has also learned some refined vocabulary.
"Knowings should be as high as the sky, and actions should be as solid as the earth. Heaven and earth are about respect and humility. The goals should be lofty and the actions should be down-to-earth. I think this is the correct respect and humility."
As for the political system...
The political system of the current era can be regarded as primitive communism, which is also the first social form in history. Of course, the Five Emperors period was in the last stage of the primitive commune.
The so-called primitive commune has gone through three stages. The first is the blood family commune period (from Wulong to Fuxi), the second is the clan commune period (Yan Emperor's lineage), and the third is the tribal alliance parliamentary system (the Five Emperors after the Yellow Emperor).
period), it can also be called the "democratic consultative system".
After this period, the subsequent trend is generally a slave society, which can also be said to have entered the "aristocratic system". However, in the ancient mountains and seas, Xia Qi defeated the twelfth queen of Xia because of the Battle of Gan.
The surname had the Hu surname, which led to the destruction of the oligarchic and aristocratic political structures and the beginning of the "absolute monarchy".
In other words, Xia Qi won over Tushan, Youyu, Kongsang and other large foreign tribes to support his ascension to the throne.
At the same time, when he ascended the throne, he won over some people from the Twelve Clan of the Queen of Xia and suppressed some, and the Youhu family was among those suppressed. When Xia Qi won the battle of Gan, he killed the chicken to scare the monkeys, which led to
The Twelve Clan's dream of jointly taking control of the Central Committee was shattered...
Chisongzi was very interested: "How do you say it?"
Yu Zai explained: "In the Central Plains, Gao Tao made laws, and the Emperor of Heaven established etiquette and customs. I think we can imitate the Central Plains first and cross the river by touching the Central Plains..."
Touching and touching, the Central Plains became bald.
Laws and etiquette are definitely necessary, and incorporating the south's own etiquette and music into order will help the people better carry out sacrifices and inheritance. Moreover, the folk customs of this era are simple, although there are people greeting each other and kissing each other everywhere on the street.
Motherfucker...
Maybe it's very simple...
During the Third Dynasty, the social atmosphere was good, everyone knew about astronomy, and most people understood morality. Even the Yue people had many ancient cities with glorious civilizations. Therefore, various regions did not need too harsh criminal laws, but...
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Laws and regulations are designed for people with unclean hands, so Gao Tao was very straightforward when formulating criminal laws.
Apart from the five ordinary punishments for punishing sinners...
Those who have committed these three crimes will be killed immediately.
Fainting refers to robbing others of their good reputation. Last time when the leader of Gaoyang discussed matters with Gonggong, he mentioned this crime.
Mo refers to corrupt officials, which means taking bribes and giving gifts to violate discipline. This Mo is the name of a sin, not Mo Xing among the five punishments. Mo Xing among the five punishments means tattooing on the face (Lin Chong clicked on it).
A thief is a murderer, thief, etc.
An important factor that prompted Gaotao to formulate these primitive criminal laws was that in the era before Yao, a person's guilt or innocence was determined by a one-horned beast, that is, the Haechi... During this period, it
It's called "廌".
[The Xie Zhi is like a sheep with one horn, and its nature is to know that it is guilty. When Gao Tao was in prison, if his guilt was suspected, the sheep would touch it. If he was guilty, he would touch it, but if he was innocent, he would not touch it. Therefore, Gao Tao respected the sheep.] - "Lunheng".
Yes, the Gaotao tribe seems to have a sheep totem...
This kind of trial system is called "divine judgment". However, divine judgment often causes problems. The reason is that Haechi likes "gkd" and does not like grinding, and sometimes its emotions can affect its judgment. When someone quarrels, it will
They will poke the person who speaks first with their horns, which makes many people who have done nothing wrong not even dare to argue...
Later Gao Tao found that the sheep was not easy to use, so he changed the judgment from divine judgment to human judgment.
Thus, another lamb was abandoned in the long river of history...
The sheep totem was a symbol of justice a long time ago...
Yu Zai and Chi Songzi said that the laws and etiquette can be copied. The laws use the three punishments of the Central Plains. In fact, no matter which tribal alliance, the three punishments of the Central Plains are used...
Everyone is touching the Central Plains to cross the river. If you touch it, if I touch it, the Central Plains will become bald. When it becomes bald, it will become stronger, and then we will be wiped out...
"However, the Central Plains treats those with minor crimes leniently, but we cannot follow their example. Instead, we should continue the reform through labor. For those with serious crimes, the time of reform through labor depends on the crime..."
To be honest, the reform-through-labor system here only covers land reclamation, road construction, and infrastructure construction.
From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Qin Dynasty, labor reform was something you risked your life for...
Then, there were still some "subordinate punishments" in the Central Plains at this time. For example, Chongbo was exiled, which was a kind of subordinate punishment in this era...
"Of course, in addition to laws and etiquette, we should pay attention to the spread of morality. The so-called Taoist means the law of heaven..."
When Yu Zai said this, Chi Songzi was suddenly shocked.
What does it mean?
I know virtue and I know morality, but if you explain these two words separately, I feel something is wrong.
What, listening to your explanation, do you want all the people to become immortals?