Three Kingdoms

When he returned to the Shenluyuan from the Hussar General's Mansion, Wei Duan felt quite complicated.

If there is a picture, it is of course a divine picture of how times have changed.

Pang Tong ordered Wei Duan to be responsible for interrogating the relevant personnel of the rebellion, sorting out the culpability, and determining the punishment.

Wei Duan had already felt the changes of the times since the day when Qiusi entered Guanzhong, but he once thought that there would not be many changes, and he could even use the same old model...

After all, it always makes people feel more comfortable if they have experience to follow and refer to. But like now, when he has no idea about the future and faces countless variables, Wei Duan will inevitably have more thoughts in his mind, and even face some mistakes. Instinct fear of complex environments.

Life is never easy.

The so-called happy grudges are mostly just a fantasy.

Malice does not appear in an alarming red color like in the game, but is hidden in inadvertent little things, and then stabbed in the back when you are most relaxed.

Wei Duan was even a little lucky. Fortunately, he was more alert that night and rushed to the Husband's office to express his loyalty. Otherwise, he would have to shed a layer of skin this time even if he didn't do anything!

Sometimes doing nothing is already an attitude.

If you take the wrong side, there will naturally be big problems, but if you delay taking a side and wait and see, it is also a sin.

If the strength of the Hussar is still small, then there is no harm in waiting on the wall. The Hussar will not show any disgust, and may even deliberately win over them. But now that the Hussar has divided things, it has become a bad behavior to sit on the wall and watch. .

Wei Duan came down and stood quietly under the Qiusi's porch, but there were still some people who didn't come down. Although Pang Tong didn't say anything clearly, what about the future of these people...

The reason why Wei Duan came down from the wall was because he knew there was something wrong with him.

That was Webster's reputation in Guanzhong.

Fame sometimes helps people, sometimes it hurts people.

In addition, during Webster's hundreds of years, the land of Guanzhong and Sanfu can be said to be full of friends. Did any of these friends commit crimes in this chaos? What if someone seizes this point and performs some sexy operation?

Dark clouds were rolling overhead, as if a thunderous wrath was about to unfold.

Now it seems that Wei Duan's position is undoubtedly correct. The rebel army's thunder was loud and the rain was small, and it was like a bubble that was easily popped...

Life is always full of impulses.

When people meet from different sides, what do you look at? Some people walk away in frustration, while others draw swords to kill others. The results are different.

Then now is another multiple choice question.

If you do it well, you will naturally survive; if you do it poorly, you will perish.

Wei Duan took a long breath, then calmed down, put on a smile, and walked into the Shenluyuan.

After some consolation and greetings, and some chores for the clerks in the Shenluyuan to do, Wei Duan walked unhurriedly to the main hall of the Shenluyuan, sat down, and announced the opening of the meeting. law.

The most important thing at the moment is to follow the law that if the king has no generals, the generals will be punished, and severe punishment will not be spared! Zhong Jie immediately expressed his position without any politeness, and his words were categorical and unambiguous.

The corners of Wei Duan's eyes couldn't help but twitch.

Do you have to be so shameless as a human being?

Zhongjie's plan was even laid out in front of Wei Duan without any concealment.

If the ruler has no generals, the generals will be punished. This means that the ruler and parents must not have any rebellious intentions. As long as there are rebellious intentions, regardless of whether there are actual actions, they can be executed...

In other words, it can be unnecessary.

For the crime of rebellion, killing three tribes is not a small amount, and even sitting on the nine tribes is not a big one.

Zuo Fengyi and Jing Zhaoyin are so close, and Wei Duan is a common surname in Guanzhong. After so many years, Wei Duan himself doesn't even know how many Wei families are in various parts of Guanzhong. If any of them were implicated this time Among them, if Wei Duan casually accepts the so-called treason at this moment, then he might become an accomplice of treason tomorrow!

In comparison, Zhongjie naturally has few surnames and few personnel. They are all located near Chang'an. It is basically impossible to have any connection with this rebellion. Therefore, Zhongjie will not hesitate to nail the crime this time. , and then waited with a stick to hit the drowned dog.

Although this chaos is only short-lived, it will harm many people! Wei Duan coughed. Now there are thieves and hijackers in Chang'an's three auxiliaries. If they are all targeted by generals, it may violate the name of the hussar's benevolence. We should pick up the good and detect the evil, and act accordingly, so that we can live up to the kindness of the hussar.

When Wei Duan said this, he did not look at Zhongjie, but at a group of assistants in the hall. In any case, Wei Duan can be regarded as the dean of the hospital, half a level higher than the deputy Zhongjie. In addition, under the current situation, Wei Duan needs to maintain his authority in front of his subordinates, otherwise even if he can escape this time , I am afraid that the power in the Council of Laws and Regulations will also be taken away by the clan.

Everyone looked at each other, then nodded in agreement.

Zhongjie sneered and said nothing.

Zhongjie is not a fool. He just rushed to express his position. On the one hand, he used this to defeat Wei Duan's army. On the other hand, even if he failed, he had a backup plan.

Of course it is inappropriate to base accusations on baseless accusations.

Doesn't Zhong Jie know that in this chaos, there are many people who do not intend to rebel? Some are temporarily confused, some are greedy for money, and there are even some who are just joining in the fun? If we say that all these people are judged as treason and killed, of course there will be injustice.

But Zhongjie still said that, and that was all he could say. Otherwise, Wei Duan will immediately be ordered to identify the abducted person or the rebel. Not only will it be exhausting, but it will also be easy for something to happen...

Therefore, Zhongjie means that I don't care. If Wei Duan dares to pass the blame and let him handle it, then one by one, they will all be treated as rebels and the nine tribes will be killed!

As for whether this will lead to a bad reputation...

Notoriety is fame, isn't it? It's better than being unknown now.

Therefore, the hot pot is still in Wei Duan's hand, making him extremely uncomfortable.

Life is not high or low, but people are.

In this rebellion, not only ordinary people were involved, but also children of the gentry were involved. The final fate of these gentry children will be greatly affected by the laws and regulations that Wei Duan is currently discussing.

It is obviously impossible to turn a major event into a trivial matter, but if we want to reduce the impact, the focus is to ensure that he will not be implicated, which is the most important thing for Wei Duan at the moment.

After this incident, the Guanzhong nobles must have been severely weakened, but Wei Duan himself had to cut the flesh with his own hands and leave. His heart was painful, but he still had to keep a smile on his face...

Nowadays, there are many things to do, and it is not appropriate to delay. The regulations should be finalized as soon as possible and reported to the cavalry for a decision... The sky has the virtue of good life, and the earth has the intention of bounties. Now that things have come to this, those who commit chaos will certainly have unpardonable sins, but they also need to He is considerate of the old, young, women and children... Wei Duan looked around, what do you think?

Since Wei Duan himself proposed to distinguish between good and evil, it is natural to draw a bottom line.

The first line Wei Duan drew was to take care of the old, young, women and children.

Everyone couldn't help but take a look at Zhongjie.

Zhong Jie couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said nothing.

Because Zhongjie knew that this old woman and child was just an introduction, not the point at all.

What? Women are not the focus?

How could women not be the focus?

The female boxers of later generations, after hearing half of the sentence, will probably start dancing their fists again, saying that this is a kind of discrimination, and women must be the same as men, otherwise it will not be fair! This...is this going to be beheading? Ah, that’s okay... If you don’t discriminate, it doesn’t count as discrimination...

Wei Duan paused for a moment and glanced at Zhongjie. Seeing that everyone had no opinion on the first item, he started to talk about the second item. The people may not be knowledgeable, but they also know benevolence and filial piety, so the Prime Minister has to hide... …

No! Zhongjie spoke up.

Wei Duan frowned slightly, but immediately smiled and said: "What do you think Mr. Zhong has to say?"

Don't dare to express your opinion... Zhongjie sneered twice and said, "Kissing the Prime Minister and hiding his head is originally a good thing, but people with ulterior motives take this as an evil thing!" Hiding murderers, breaking laws, causing disasters, and despising the rules of the court! How can such a method be used in this critical moment?

Just like various boxers in later generations, they were originally well-intentioned at first, but they were used by evil people. When they started boxing, they were so angry that they didn't recognize their relatives. Those who grab people to punch, those who grab men and women to punch, and those who grab cats and dogs to punch are all drunkards who are not interested in drinking.

Wei Duan's smile gradually turned cold. If he wanted to do so, would he abolish this law?

Zhongjie cupped his hands and said, "If you don't give up, it's one of the ten evil sins, and it's not among them!"

The ten evils? Wei Duan couldn't help but murmured and repeated.

The first is treason, the second is treason, the third is treason, the fourth is evil and treason, the fifth is immorality, the sixth is great disrespect, the seventh is unfilial, the eighth is disharmony, the ninth is unrighteousness, and the tenth is civil strife. Zhongjie has a good memory. If he reads it in one breath, his mind will be clear and he will put down a big stone.

The ten evil crimes began in the pre-Qin Dynasty, and it was not until the Sui Dynasty that they were relatively determined and recorded in the code. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was not complete. It was only after the Sui and Tang Dynasties that it was considered complete. Therefore, at this time in the Han Dynasty, Zhongjie's move was undoubtedly a landmark move, which allowed some vague and uncertain laws to be standardized in advance.

Some people also pity the affection of relatives. However, if you do something wrong and do something extremely evil, please take it upon yourself. If you can take responsibility for it yourself, why bother hurting your family? Zhongjie said slowly, ordinary people may not know that Qiaoqi is a god-given master, so he behaves disobediently and then hides it, which is adding mistake to mistake! Since a certain person was entrusted by the hussar to be in charge of the law, he sought to know clearly, judge between good and evil, and devoted himself to nothing! According to the law of kissing, his sin is excusable and his heinous crimes will not be forgiven!

Wei Duan looked at Zhongjie and suddenly had some enlightenment in his heart.

The so-called ten evils proposed by Zhongjie were definitely not thought up by Zhongjie himself. If Zhongjie had this ability, he wouldn't have remained unknown for a long time after the death of the old man of the Zhong family!

Then the origin of what Zhongjie said now is obvious...

Wei Duan couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Only Rang Zhong could win this title.

Mr. Zhong is indeed a great talent! This discussion is peaceful and has the style of Spring and Autumn Resolution! Wei Duan put on a smile and nodded in praise. If it were a general struggle for power, Wei Duan would never agree so easily, but now the whole situation is not only in the Senate, but only outside the Senate, so how to weigh the pros and cons, naturally It's clear.

Zhong Jie waved his hand and said, "You don't deserve this honor." A certain countryman is a countryman. He has only a low-level experience in his career, and his knowledge is not profound. His qualifications are shallow, but he has the strength of a hussar and has been awarded a noble position. Although he is frightened, he should be cautious and serve the Ming Dynasty. It is also.

After hearing this, Wei Duan smiled and said: Mr. Zhong is too modest! The pearl left behind in the past was not the talent of the emperor, but it was not as insightful as the master of Qiaoqi. Now it comes out from the dust and shines naturally. The theory of the ten evils clearly shows the talent and talent of the king...

Everyone agreed in succession, and suddenly there seemed to be peace in the Legal Council.

The idea of ​​protecting each other is, to a certain extent, a habit. After all, these people in Guanzhong are all more or less related to each other. If some people really find them and ask them to provide asylum, if they don't accept it, it will violate morality. If they accept it, they may be implicated...

Wei Duan himself was afraid of problems in this regard, so he specifically raised it. Regardless of whether everyone opposed or agreed, it didn't matter to Wei Duan. As long as it could be finalized, he could act accordingly without harming his reputation.

Now that Zhongjie proposed the theory of the Ten Evils, Wei Duan, in a complicated mood, had to admit that this was a better solution, which not only avoided his own embarrassment, but also appeared to value the interests of the hussar.

In other words, it is the interests of the rulers.

Zhongjie sighed and said: Looking back when I was young, I might still have some crazy thoughts that were difficult to use. Now, those who have gained it can only be cautious and self-defeating. Nowadays, there is chaos in Jiji, and the ten evils are discussed. It is not enough to be happy if the progress is made, and it is sad to go back. It is really not worthy of this praise. But since I am in this position, I don’t dare to be conceited and incompetent, so I would like to invite all the talented people to discuss it together!

Hearing what Zhongjie said, Wei Duan was not only a little surprised.

Wei Duan has always said that this is the result of Zhongjie, so naturally he has some bad intentions.

One is nothing more than diverting misfortune to the east. Since it was Zhongjie who brought it up, then it is natural that Zhongjie is responsible for the evildoer. If someone is resentful and cannot be protected because of this, then it is Zhongjie's fault.

On the other hand, as Zhongjie said, Zhongjie's personal reputation is indeed not high, so even if he gets this evil name, his reputation may not be improved much, not to mention that it is inevitable that time will flow. It is not yet certain whether the verbal criticism is a good thing or a bad thing.

Mr. Zhong comes from a famous family, has his own character, and can be calm and self-sufficient. These few cases alone are far more than those of mediocre ministers who hold high positions in the dynasty, so there is no need to be too modest. Wei Duan smiled, and then changed the topic. Now he is still confused. I wonder if Mr. Zhong can give you some advice on this rule of asking first if you are guilty?

If you are guilty, please be the first to ask. This comes from the "Edict of Leniency to Officials", which states: If an official is less than six hundred stones, down to Mo Sui Chang and Xiang, if you are guilty, please be the first to ask. Men over eighty years old, under ten years old, and women who are sitting here are not unethical and are not allowed to be arrested in the name of the imperial edict. When asked, it will be tested. The female disciple hired a mountain to return home.

Since Zhongjie has proposed the theory of the Ten Evils, if Wei Duan continues to be submissive and dare not face up to difficult issues, it will appear that Wei Duan does not have the courage to take responsibility on major issues, and the future direction of the Senate may be affected by this. Affected, Wei Duan saw that Zhongjie had already started this, so he naturally went all out and raised the most important issue in one fell swoop.

To a certain extent, the laws of the Han Dynasty have basically changed from Legalism to Confucianism.

The so-called protection of each other, asking the guilty first, and even going to prison in the Spring and Autumn Period, etc., are all Confucian laws. This even affected later generations. Holding a book of scriptures and going to court to pronounce judgment was not something that only the lustful people of later generations could do.

When a Confucian disciple is an official, he holds a scripture in one hand and a banner in the other. He has the final say on how to interpret the scriptures and how to judge. At first, he can maintain his original intention, but most people are unable to defeat greed. , in the end, the more mixed it gets, the worse it becomes.

It was Dong Zhongshu who first proposed replacing Legalist laws with Confucianism.

Of course, at the beginning, Dong Zhongshu also used Confucian classics to solve some difficult cases.

For example, a child of a certain person saw his father being beaten by others, so he took a wooden stick to rescue his father, but during the fight, he accidentally hit his own father and killed his own father...

If the original three chapters of the agreement were followed, the murderer would die.

Then this man beat his own father to death, and he deserved death for killing his father.

Then the trouble came to Dong Zhongshu. Dong Zhongshu, based on the examples in "Chun Qiu", especially "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan", said that this man did not originally want to kill his father, but made a mistake, so he did not deserve to die.

This case may be easy to understand in later generations, but it did have cross-epochal significance in the Han Dynasty. Judgment of prisons in the Spring and Autumn Period became the beginning of Confucian law. Just like most legal rules are meant to be good at the beginning, but more and more people will be willing to do so. Dong Zhongshu may have originally intended to find fairness in the law in the Spring and Autumn Period, but later he was taken advantage of by some Confucian disciples. Rise up and become a protective umbrella for your own greed.

Zhongjie was silent for a moment, and finally said through gritted teeth: According to the ten evils! Those evil people are not allowed to be invited!

Wei Duan's eyes widened and he said in a deep voice: Mr. Zhong...this matter is very big...

If the previous law of kissing only involved ethics and morals, the current law of asking first is directly confronting the original privileges of the noble clan.

It has been the practice of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years for nobles and celebrities to use their reputation, wealth, and even official positions to reduce their guilt. Although there is a certain truth in saying that the ten heinous crimes cannot be reduced, who knows whether it will happen in the future. It became twenty evils, then thirty evils...

Now that the news is open, who knows when in the future, all these privileges of the gentry children will be gone?

Therefore, it is not a big problem if the ethical behavior of protecting each other is prohibited, but if the original privileges are deprived, the problem is bigger...

Zhongjie simply closed his eyes. This heinous crime cannot be forgiven!

Wei Duan remained silent. Only at this moment did Wei Duan realize how powerful Pang Tong's beating was. He couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, his heart was in a state of flux, and he was also a little hard to make a decision.

Wei Duan didn't speak for a while, while Zhongjie closed his eyes and didn't speak. Naturally, the hall couldn't help but burst into chattering discussions.

Suddenly, someone outside the hall shouted: It's snowing!

Wei Duan looked up and saw crystal snowflakes falling outside the hall.

Wei Duan looked away, but his eyes met those of Zhong Jie. In that moment, Wei Duan read the meaning contained in Zhong Jie's eyes...

Today, things have changed...