Chapter 412: Han Law and Punishment (2)
Liu Lan knows that no matter what era you want to thrive, you must understand what the ideology of this society is to live like a fish in water in this society, just like reading classics after Jixian suffered a big loss, not to mention how much philosophy it contains, at least like leading soldiers to know what those brothers who are working hard for you are thinking, right?
Although he relied on his own efforts to get to his current position step by step, to put it bluntly, he just got rid of the difficult life at the bottom of the society, and compared with the children of these wealthy families who grew up with a golden spoon as soon as they were born, the resources are too much worse, why do the Yuan family brothers respond to every call, even Cao Cao has an innate advantage, and you Liu Lan is the second Liu Bei at best, and even Liu Bei is not as good as Liu Bei, so it is not easy to take any step to get to this day, so this time Liu Lan went south to Yingchuan and worked the Guo family, This is also thanks to having a 'doctor' like Liu Yin by his side, otherwise, like today's dialectics, he can only be confused and pass by. =.
When it comes to the Guo family, the first thing that comes to mind is that he is a family with a name for generations, but the Guo family and some other special groups of people are absolutely impossible to ignore, because they are all given the same name, cool officials. If it weren't for Liu Yin's introduction, he really didn't know that the Guo family was also a cool official, but after Liu Yin's introduction, Liu Lan completely understood that this cool official was not the same as the cool official in his heart.
And when Liu Yin talked about cool officials, the first image that came to Liu Lan's mind was the image of torture to extract confessions and use various harsh methods when enforcing the law. But in fact, this is not the case in the two Han Dynasty, and on the whole, most of the cool officials of the Two Han Dynasty are cool, capable, proud, and honest. They are shrewd and capable, arrogant and courageous. Honesty and self-discipline, advocating Legalist ideology in politics, punishing severely, investigating traitors, and killing decisively, played an important role in the centralization of the Han Empire.
'Cool' is the basic characteristic of the cool officials of the two Han Dynasty, one is that they are fierce, the other is that they kill excessively, and the third is that they do not show favoritism. You must know that these cool officials all advocate fierce politics, and are famous for their severe punishment, so that they have won various fierce titles, and among these people, the Guo family is naturally also marked with various fierce reputations, but one thing that cannot be ignored is that they are indeed capable, first of all, they are proficient in the law, and secondly, they are shrewd and decisive, and they are decisive in killing. The case was handled quickly. As for arrogance and incorruptibility, they are inseparable, first of all, they look down on the princes, arrogant and powerful, and honest and self-disciplined. Not to mention the Guo family, even other cool officials such as Yangqiu Zhang Jian and others are also arrogant.
Since a cool official like the Guo family has always been honest and self-disciplined, he does not show favoritism. Why would they shield a wanted criminal like Cai Yong? This is because although the two Han cool officials have the same style, their essence is different. The cool officials of the Western Han Dynasty mainly respected the emperor's decree or devoted themselves to their own will. And the Eastern Han Dynasty Confucianism was prosperous (this point was clearly pointed out by Mr. Liang Qichao in later generations, the prosperity of Confucianism in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the upper anecdotal track, and the lower absolute dust, which is not an exaggeration. The morale is admired and elegant, and most of the cool officials are able to study the scriptures and learn the scriptures, and they are still famous, so that the cool officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty have a sober sense of the rule of law, do not bend to the emperor's will, do not take personal affairs in vain, and can often handle cases according to the law.
The debate in the room entered a white heat, but Liu Lan found that Guo Xi always sat with his eyes closed, even if he occasionally opened his eyes, he just picked up the teacup in front of Ai Ji and took a sip, put down the teacup, but never spoke.
"Guo Lao, is this speechless?" Cai Yong is only in his early fifties this year, more than ten years younger than Guo Xi, and the two have been ministers in the same palace for many years, so it is not an exaggeration to call Guo Lao.
"No, it's the absurdity of Bo's remarks. It's no wonder that Bo Huanai doesn't understand the law, even if he is wrong, it is allowed, but if the old man argues loudly, it is not beautiful. Guo Xi still said calmly.
Cai Yong was speechless, there is no second person in this world who dares to boast like this, but if it is from Guo Xi's mouth, Cai Yong can't put his beak. Although Cai Yong didn't react, the little girl sitting in the hall was a little anxious, stood up, learned from a man instead of a woman, and said respectfully to Guo Xi: "Guo Shibo said that his father's remarks are extremely absurd, but he doesn't know where it is ridiculous? The reason why the people are thieves is that one is burdened with heavy labor, and the other is greedy for officials, so they are hungry and cold, and they don't have time to care about honesty and shame. If you go up to save money, lightly pay for the meager endowment, and then elect honest officials, so that the staple food of the people of Qianshou has a surplus, then the people can be thieves, and the laws and regulations can be used? ”
Women's and men's bodies, it's a pity. Guo Xi's eyes flashed with a bright color, but soon he returned to a bland and unsurprised appearance, and the tone of his voice was still tepid: "This governance is not a law provision, so sit down with a virtuous niece." ”
The little girl was a little unconvinced, and she seemed to be a stubborn son, although her father frequently cast eyes, she never moved a bit, and stared at Guo Xi with a pair of phoenix eyes unconvinced, as if she would never retreat if she was not persuaded today. And all the children of the Guo family seem to be a little dissatisfied with the woman being so aggressive, but after all, due to the identity of the owner and the elders of the family on the side, they did not get up to target her, as for Liu Lan, he is in the mentality of watching a play, I want to know how Guo Xi will express his attitude and look at him, but Guo Xi is still drinking tea quietly, the tea in this era is not a good tea, but he drinks it deliciously, but at a certain moment he seems to feel that the tea in the tea cup is tasteless, put down the tea cup, but his hands are always holding the tea cup and kneading.
This small action was nothing, but Liu Lan clearly found that Guo Lin's appearance had changed a little, and it seemed that he was in a bad mood? But more like absent-mindedness. At the same time, Guo Tu, who had been accompanying the Xin brothers, got up. Liu Lan was curious at the beginning, didn't Liu Yin say that Yingchuan people have the custom of litigation and differentiation, why is Guo Xi not like this at all? But at this moment, he finally understood, whether it was against the crane-haired and childish elder or his daughter, Guo Xi was inevitably suspected of bullying the small, even if there was really a custom of litigation and differentiation, but he held his own identity so he kept silent, but the little girl's appearance aroused the nature of the Yingchuan people, so Guo Xi's gesture of kneading the tea cup before was more like allowing the young children of the Guo family to argue with the little girl with the woman's male body.
After Guo Tu got up, he respectfully bowed to the two elders above, and then bowed to the little girl: "The reason why the laws and regulations are complicated is because of the contradictions of the new life, is, the contradictions are first issued and then the laws are issued to standardize, as Uncle Cai said, when the ancestors of the first dynasty, the law was only three chapters, why after the unification of the world, Wen Zhonghou formulated the Han law?" In fact, it is because of the strictness of Qin's laws, and the three chapters of the law are because the people of Qin know the law, but after the unification of the world, social contradictions are frequent. Justice will be given to the victims with fair judgments. ”
Guo Tu talked eloquently, not only was the words shocked, it was simply a thunderstorm on the ground, only to see him continue in high spirits: "And the reason why the ancestor did not answer Yan Mei, only said that the government is the leader, not the law provisions, Yan Mei does not know what it means, a certain example, Yan Mei has her own clear judgment, now Yangzhou Wuyue land home has a new farmer, non-field farmers and fruit farmers are tea farmers, this farmer will plant tea more between the hills, if there is a mountain official who wants to occupy the field of this tea farmer, tell the county government, say that the mountains and lakes are owned by the Son of Heaven, and the tea planted by the tea farmers is also owned by the Shaofu, If Yan Mei is the county monarch, if the law is only three chapters of Gaozu, how should Yan Mei be judged? ”
Although Guo Tu was asking the woman, he asked himself and answered: "If there are only three chapters of the law, then all the tea planted by the tea farmers will be confiscated, and if the law is written, then the tea farmers only need to pay the tax of the Shaofu Dushan officials to occupy the mountain, because the reason why there are more and more laws and regulations is actually because of the continuous development of society. Therefore, with more and more new things, new criminal methods and contradictions are born, and the law of the three chapters cannot solve the contradictions in society, so there will be more laws and regulations, and as Uncle Cai said, the more laws and regulations, the more people who know the law and break the law, and these people are all powerful people in the dynasty, this kid is recognized, but if you ignore the well-being brought by the law to the people, it will inevitably be blind. ”
The old man with the crane hair and the young face at the top nodded frequently, I have to say that the Guo family is a family of criminal names for generations, and what this junior said seems to have opened a new world for him, and it seems that the Guo family has a successor. Cai Yong whispered praise to Guo Xi with emotion, but Guo Xi shook his head slightly, this kid has been sharp since he was a child, although he has been suppressing it and making him study hard at home, but he found that this kind of suppression not only made him calm down, but also had a rebound trend, so whether Guo Tu can restore the glory of Guo Jia's ancestors is really uncertain, at least he is not optimistic, but this Guo Tu is the most outstanding son of the Guo family after all, even if it is difficult to reach the height of the ancestors, it is still possible to become a shining star.
Just when the two of them were whispering, the little girl who didn't want to be refuted and speechless actually made a final resistance, and said with a gloomy face: "If there are too many laws and regulations, when they can't read them, there will naturally be people who are at large, and as Brother Shi said, if the laws and regulations are just to restrain the people, won't it become a tool for those who control at will?" You must know that many of the people are illiterate and read, so how can we talk about the law? As Brother Shi said, the situation will become that the more laws and regulations, the more people will not know the law, so how is it different from Qin's harsh law? (To be continued......)