Chapter 30: The Man with the Sword
The predecessor of law, Li Kui, the great predecessor Wu Qi, and the great predecessor Shang Jun, the three mountains are in front of Han Fei, and they are all three predecessors with rich practical experience and have achieved world-shaking feats that are universally served, and are destined to go down in history.
wrote a book "Han Feizi", Han Fei, who said that he was not good at talking, dare to say that he was the founder of Legalism and the master of Legalism in the Warring States Period?
Law is a discipline that really needs to keep pace with the times, and any legal practitioner today who has traveled to the Warring States Period 2,000 years ago must be able to scare to death all the legal scholars of the same era - peerless!
After all, where is the vision, if you can't even formulate a few laws to enrich the country and strengthen the army, it will be too embarrassing for us modern people, right?
Besides, no matter how reluctant we are to admit it, the real establishment of modern legal disciplines and the real perfection of the legal system are all due to the contributions of Westerners, and ours, an ancient oriental country with a long history...... In fact, they do not attach much importance to the building of the legal system.
Therefore, if you look at it from a historical point of view, Han Fei, who wrote a book of "Han Feizi", is not qualified to be called big at all, this is not to belittle Han Fei, but a fact that does not need to be argued, he is limited by the times, even if he is a genius, he can never be called anything, a master of legalism.
The people who are really qualified to be called the master of the collection are basically all in modern times, the West and the East are also there, after all, they have been developed for thousands of years, if you don't even dare to say the sentence "I am stronger than my predecessors!", it is really too unproductive, right?
The ideas and achievements of the predecessors must be inherited and carried forward by the descendants, so that the times can progress and develop better, so we proudly say to those predecessors who have made indispensable contributions: "Old men, leave the future affairs to me! In the future, I will definitely be stronger than all of you and carry forward our doctrine!" is the promise that those truly respectable predecessors will definitely like to hear very much.
Therefore, it is true that Han Fei has made contributions to law, but his set of legal theories is just a summary of the legal ideas of various countries, although he also has his own innovations, but it is not too far ahead of the times.
Moreover, the strategy of governing the country for the next two thousand years is not just a lonely rule of law, but ...... , Germany and France complement each other, rigidity and softness!
It's not some shady imperial trick, it's ...... If you don't, you won't be able to play it.
What is the law, to put it bluntly, is the boundary, so that people can understand what can be done, and what is absolutely the boundary that cannot be done.
Therefore, if you want the law to be implemented smoothly, there must be three elements, the first is the person who legislates, the second is the person who enforces the law, and the third is the person who supervises the law.
If there are no such three kinds of people, then what is there to talk about governing the country according to law?
So, since it is the people who make the laws, the people who enforce the laws, and the people who supervise the implementation of the laws, then, of course, it is very likely to happen...... , seriously wrong.
From today onwards, if the family assets exceed one pig, that is, it must be confiscated, is this impersonal law wrong?
Starting today, the state will abolish all torture and all detainees will be able to go home and reunite with their loved ones.
This depends on the national conditions at that time, when the country is facing a major crisis, at most half a year later, the foreign tribe will have to overwhelm the border, and the whole country has no money to take, forcibly expropriating the assets of the people to protect the country, although it is very impersonal, but it is not a big mistake.
After all, the country is going to die, and when the enemy invades successfully, lives may not be saved, so what is the use of those possessions?
And when the whole country was in turmoil, there was civil strife everywhere, and the whole country was in chaos, but it was very benevolent to abolish the cool law and release all the prisoners in custody, which ...... , aren't you looking for your own death?
Therefore, those who make the laws and regulations of the state cannot do it unless they are able to do it!
Even so, it is still inevitable that you will make mistakes, and if you affect the whole body, it is likely to cause serious problems in the end.
Those who legislate will inevitably make mistakes, and the people who enforce the law and those who supervise the law are even more needless to say.
Since ancient times, the use of one's position to abuse power for personal gain, whether in ancient or modern times, in China or abroad, has never been broken at all.
So, don't think that ancient times are much better than modern times, and don't say that the West is more than the East cow beep, if it is a real cow, then corruption, insider trading, violent law enforcement, racial conflicts, secret surveillance...... , and so on, all these things are cleaned up?
You're not a cow, so you can sweep it.
This is something that cannot be swept away at all, as long as people have rights, greed, and opportunities, this is what will always happen.
Therefore, the pure rule of law has major drawbacks and will give rise to major problems.
From the beginning of Dong Zhongshu's exclusive respect for Confucianism to the fall of the Qing Dynasty, which minister of all dynasties, the minister who formulated the law, and the minister who opened his career through the imperial examination system...... Is it a person of the so-called Legalists?
Is there a real Legalist, there used to be, but with the fall of the Great Qin Dynasty, those dog people who studied how to hold the decree all day long and oppressed all the people in the world into slaves...... , they are all dead, at least unorganized.
Those cool officials of the past generations are just a knife in the hands of the emperor.
Look at the great cool official Lai Junchen in the Wu Zhou period, and you can clearly know that the "Luo Weaving Sutra" written by him can clearly know that it is not easy to be a cool official, and it is almost a profession that will surely die.
Therefore, since Confucianism truly dominated the four seas and showed its own way of leveling the world, it has truly formulated various laws for 2,000 years and is the real person who wields the sword...... , all of them are Confucian ministers of the past dynasties.
In the past 2,000 years, no matter how much it has changed, how many dynastic changes Confucianism has experienced, and whether the emperor is a Chinese person or a strong foreigner, in the end, the sword that can command the world will still fall into the hands of Confucian ministers.
Some people say that our nation's culture is so strong and inclusive, no matter what kind of thinking it is, only when it enters our territory, then after turning back and forth a few times, hey, we have to let our Chinese civilization assimilate.
This is not wrong, it is so bullish, it is so strong, it is so inclusive, but ...... What is the unique culture of the ancient oriental countries?
And why is this seemingly mysterious culture so bullish?
Many people don't bother to think about it, they just shout proudly all day long, our history is so long, our culture is so strong, and our nation is so good...... This...... What's the use?
In today's society of global integration, everything has become more complicated than in the past, 10,000 times more complicated, if we want to make our nation really good, our history will continue to circulate downward, and we will spread all over the world, and everywhere we are really bullish, but we don't know much about the culture, will not be completely cut off.
We must first truly inherit the culture, draw a lot of experience and wisdom from it, and then like those former Confucians, we will smash and devour all the good doctrines in the world, and finally ...... and use it for your own use.
If you can't inherit and don't dare to lift the knife, then ...... When other people's cultures assimilate our nation, we are just a bunch of ...... , following someone else's ass...... , little brother only.
Therefore, if you don't want to be a little brother forever, and you don't want to be bullied by others in the end, then, when you are a good son today, you must be like those great Confucians in the past - to be a knife bearer!