95. Legislation rewards goodness

Of course, everyone knows that this moral court cannot be established in a day or two, and if the judgment of the moral court is to be effective, it needs to be built and publicized for a long time, and it is necessary to make the moral court have strong credibility. So, it's going to be a very long process.

Zhao Tieyun smiled lightly: "Father's thinking is really wonderful, with the moral court, our future work will be much easier." "Everyone smiled, indeed, if all the people in the whole society pursued a higher moral realm, and did not do evil but good, then it would be much easier to govern the country.

However, Han Wenzheng poured cold water on everyone: "You don't think that a moral court can solve all problems, right?" "Father, although the moral court cannot solve all problems, it can always maintain the righteousness of society, so I believe that there will not be too many problems." "No, that's not enough, kids, you're just naïve. ”

Han Wenzheng sighed and said: "Our Yanhuang clan has a lot of famous sayings about teaching people to be good since ancient times. The most famous is the famous quote of the first bishop: 'Do not take the good for the small, and do not do the evil for the small.' Back then, in the age of the earth, all the major religions taught people to be good, but the morality of the whole society was still constantly corrupting, and these teachings did not have much effect. Come to think of it, it is still the famous saying of our Yanhuang people that is the most telling of the problem: 'People are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden'. ”

The crowd fell. But. About this aspect. The Yanhuang people have a famous saying, what "good people are not rewarded", "loyal and upright, and eventually begging for food." and so on, all of which show that people have no good views on doing good, and there is generally no good end to being a good person.

Zhao Tieyun said: "Father, what other tricks do you have?" "What do you think of the law?" Han Wenzheng's thinking jumped so fast. But all of a sudden, it turned from a famous word to a legal aspect. "Legal?" "Yes, the law. "The will of the ruling class rises to the level of law, which is the philosophical definition. In this sense. We, the Yanhuang people, are the rulers, and we are the highest level of the Yanhuang people, so our will can represent the law to some extent. Wei Tie said like an endorsement.

Everyone was stunned at once, from the philosophical definition, this explanation is correct, but they instinctively feel that something is wrong, but it is impossible to say where it is wrong. If that's all you know. Then I'm so disappointed in you, kids. Do you really think that your will is the law?"

Zhao Tieyun scratched his head: "Father, I'm afraid this is because we don't understand the law enough." I also asked my father for advice. "It is true that the law is the will of the ruling class, but the basis of legislation is the level of moral cognition of intelligent beings, and no law can go beyond the moral level of intelligent beings." In other words, the law embodies the will of the ruling class, but no matter how willing the ruling class is, its legal provisions cannot completely exceed the bottom line of morality. For example, there can be no provision in the law of any race that acquits a person who kills without cause, so the letter of the law is a concrete form of the will and morality of a racial group, not just the will of the ruling class. ”

Han Wenzheng smiled and said: "So, even if it is me, as the patriarch of the Yanhuang clan, I can't regard my words and deeds as the laws of the Yanhuang clan, even if it is a saint, the saints follow the law, what they say is the law, but no matter how good the saints are, they will not be able to formulate laws only according to their own preferences, they must ensure the enforceability of the law and other issues, and they cannot formulate laws at will." Therefore, the law is very rigorous, and the role of the law is eternal. ”

"What do you think about the role of the law?" Han Wenzheng asked again. Wei Tiexing, a legal expert, thought about it for a moment and said: "Father, the role of the law is to protect the interests of the ruling class, and it is also a tool to protect the interests of the entire racial group. From a philosophical point of view, the law is a tool for the ruling class to assert its rule. ”

When everyone saw Han Wenzheng's expression, they all knew that Han Wenzheng was not satisfied with Wei Tiezheng's answer. Sure enough, Han Wenzheng said with a blank face: "You all only recognize some surfaces of the law, but you don't understand the true essence of the law, and the biggest role of the law is to reward the good and punish the evil." ”

The countenances of all the people are really very wonderful, but if you think about it deeply, isn't the law just about rewarding the good and punishing the evil? Those who break the law must be punished, and the good people must be praised, and it is so simple. "Father, we can all understand the evil side of the law, but how can we talk about rewarding good?"

Han Wenzheng smiled: "This is the incompleteness of the law. However, in fact, the law has already rewarded the good, but everyone is usually not aware of it, of course, the law is very adequate in punishing evil, but it is insufficient in rewarding goodness, so the law sometimes seems more deformed. ”

"We Yanhuang people have countless famous sayings and aphorisms, including these two sentences: 'All evil and fornication are the first, and all good and filial piety are the first. 'There is nothing better in the world than filial piety, and the most basic good is filial piety. However, in the cognition of our Yanhuang people, when loyalty and filial piety are in a dilemma, those who choose loyalty will also be considered to have done the greatest filial piety, because loyalty is the greatest filial piety, loyalty to one's own race, loyalty to one's own country, and the greatest loyalty to one's own country and race, this is the greatest filial piety. One of the most convenient ways is to be an official, to grasp power, and to use power to do things for one's race and country, and to make one's race and country strong. ”

Everyone understands that this is indeed the case, when a person who is an official does things for the people wholeheartedly, allows the people to obtain benefits, and makes the country and race strong, such an official, the people and the country and race will also repay him, give him a higher status and greater power, this is the reward of the law.

Han Wenzheng smiled again and said: "In a sense, being an official is loyal, that is a great good, and a great good should be rewarded, this is the consensus of everyone, but doing some good deeds in ordinary times, doing good things like doing what you can, doing your best to help others, etc., can only be regarded as small kindness, but small kindness has never been rewarded by law from the article." Therefore, rewarding only the great good, not the small good, is the biggest shortcoming of the law. Of course, this was only due to the conditions at the time. Therefore, if we want to promote the righteousness of society and let the power of morality play its greatest role, we need to solve the problem fundamentally, that is, to legislate to reward the good. ”

Zhao Tieyun's eyes lit up, and with a look of adoration, he called out as if he had become a nymphomaniac: "Father, you are so great, you can come up with such a wonderful way, it's really good, iron punishment, we must implement our father's ideas as soon as possible and formulate a law that can reward goodness." ”

Sun Tiejian scratched his head: "Father, eldest brother, what the hell is going on?" Han Wenzheng, this guy, started to be the same again: "Tieyun, you can explain it to everyone." Zhao Tieyun didn't shirk, he thought for a while and said: "Brothers, we all understand that the so-called doing good is basically harming oneself and benefiting others. The essence of the so-called bad things is to harm others and benefit themselves, therefore, in terms of benefits, there are always many more people who do things that harm others and benefit themselves than those who do things that harm themselves and benefit others, so there are always people in society who hollow out their minds to do bad things, but very few people hollow out their minds to do good things. ”

I didn't understand it when I saw a lot of people. Zhao Tieyun thought for a moment and said, "Let's use an example to illustrate." Third brother, you are a rich man, your moral level is very high, you think that if you are rich, you should do some good things for the people, so you take the money out to build bridges and pave roads for everyone, help the lonely and widowed elderly, etc. However, these good deeds you do do do not have any profit in return, but will only make your pocket empty a lot, as for other hidden rewards and so on, it is difficult to calculate clearly. So, this is doing good without reward. ”

See, it's true, there are many examples of this in society, for example, people who go to volunteer and sacrifice their rest time to help others, but this kind of volunteer is not rewarded, and no one will pay you anything for volunteering. This is the practice of doing good without reward. On the contrary, those who do bad things generally get some benefits, so that the difference between those who do good things and those who do bad things is reflected. There is no good in doing good, but there is good in doing bad. Of course, those who do bad things will be punished by the law, but since ancient times, there have been countless people who have done bad things to escape the punishment of the law.

"My father just mentioned that those who do great good deeds are rewarded by the law, and the reward is for high officials and powers. But there is no reward for being a little gooder. However, after all, there are a few people who can be qualified to do great good, and the vast majority of people in society can only do small good, therefore, doing small good deeds without reward, this greatly hits everyone's enthusiasm to do good, if we can formulate a law, for those who usually do good deeds to reward, I believe that everyone's enthusiasm to do good deeds will be much higher, and even will take the initiative to do good deeds. ”

However, Qian Tiexin questioned: "However, in this way, this good deed becomes driven by interests, can it still be regarded as doing good?" "If you have the intention to do good, you should be rewarded even if you are good, and if you have no intention to be evil, you should be punished even if you are evil, this is the most basic legal attitude." Of course, if you have the intention to do good, this good can be rewarded slightly, and if you have no intention to do evil, this evil can be punished lightly, but that is only a matter of sentencing, this one is not important, what is important is an attitude. The common cognitive attitude of the whole society, as long as the people who do good deeds are rewarded, even if it is only a small reward, can also mobilize everyone's enthusiasm. Because, it is better to have a small reward than no reward. ”

Sun Tiejian is a master of warfare, but he can't turn a corner on this aspect: "Father, eldest brother, I still don't quite understand, what is the role and enthusiasm of this legislation and rewarding goodness? Also, how should we formulate such a law?" (to be continued......