Three Kingdoms

In the Hussar Mansion.

Sima Yi bowed respectfully to Fei Qian: "Greetings, my lord." 』

Then he turned slightly and said, "I have met the Crown Prince." 』

Feizhen stood up and returned the greeting to Sima Yi, "I have met Dali Qing." 』

Fei Qian waved his hand, "Come, Zhongda, please take a seat." 』

Sima Yi thanked him and sat down.

This is the already simplified process of greeting each other.

When Fei Qian was young, he didn't like the process very much. Sometimes he even thought that the process was an antique and something that was purely troublesome. But when he sat in this position now, he truly understood that the problem was not The process, or most of the time, is not the problem with the process, but the problem with the people behind the process.

To a certain extent, the process is the rules of a certain matter, and the corresponding freedom is certainly very valuable, but freedom without constraints will often kill people...

Of course, conversely, if you place too much emphasis on process rules, you are putting the cart before the horse.

China pays attention to procedures and rules, which is the "ritual" in Confucian scriptures.

Greeting each other when meeting each other is a kind of "ritual", daily behavioral norms are also a kind of "ritual", and the distribution of responsibilities between kings and ministers is also a kind of "ritual". The earliest ritual is a kind of knowledge, a kind of knowledge that only belongs to the nobles and princes. From things as small as how to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation to how to deal with diplomatic and state affairs, etc., they are all within the scope of etiquette.

But later, "ritual" was used by some people and became a tool to oppress the lower class. When the lower class resisted, they put all the blame and responsibility on "ritual", saying that breaking "ritual" means nothing. There is no more oppression and exploitation, no more deception and deception, but what is the reality?

Squeezing and exploiting, deceiving and cheating do not disappear because of the disappearance of a certain "ritual", but still exist. In the development process of capitalist society, there is basically no Chinese "ritual", but there is still oppression and exploitation, deception and deception. Therefore, in the final analysis, it is not whether "rituals" are good or bad, nor is it a problem with the process, but the people.

People's problems.

Most of human problems are caused by desires.

The most important thing for Fei Qian now is to solve this problem.

Ordinary civil disputes are handled by local administrative law enforcement personnel, while major local cases and the review and trial of local officials' culpability are handled by Dali Temple.

In this structure, Dali Temple is a very important link.

Human desires cannot be eliminated. Even physically castrated eunuchs also have other strong desires, so they can only be regulated, and the process of regulation requires more and more reasonable laws and systems. To formulate these laws and systems, there must be qualified officials. To have qualified officials, there must be a more extensive talent selection mechanism. For the current stage, it is the imperial examination.

Those who passed the imperial examination may not be able to master the law, but they are more likely to learn and apply it now. Therefore, the guiding precedents of Dali Temple are very important. As for having specialized disciplines to cultivate professional talents like later generations, there is still a long way to go.

No matter in ancient or modern times, at home or abroad, enlightening people's wisdom is a long process.

Learning, in the eyes of many people, is very painful.

Fei Qian listened to Sima Yi's report, and then glanced at Fei Zhen.

Fei Zhen seemed to feel the lash of Fei Qian's gaze, and she quickly straightened her slumped waist, and at the same time refocused her attention on the matters reported by Sima Yi...

If a person has no worries about food and drink, and can have fun all day long without worrying about the future, then this person will probably not be able to learn, because it is difficult to have any motivation. After all, the learning process is often painful, at least not as happy as playing, so he can concentrate People who are determined to study are often people with great perseverance.

All knowledge is the experience and lessons passed down, and these experiences and lessons are filled with blood and tears. Even future generations will taste the bitterness in the process of learning.

Just like for Feizhen, he may prefer to go to the flying eagle and the lackey, the bright clothes and the angry horse, but he also knows that he cannot completely indulge his own desires, but needs to continue to learn and grow. Even this process makes him feel tired and painful.

This can be regarded as a process, or a ritual.

Sima Yi was also reporting the summary of cases heard in Dali Temple at this stage according to the procedure.

Sima Yi is undoubtedly a person who is good at summarizing, whether it is for himself or others. His ability allows him to find the essence of things among chaotic and complicated phenomena.

Fei Qian felt that Sima Yi might have guessed something.

"...The most important thing in the official law is to fulfill one's responsibilities, and the most important thing in employing people is to distinguish between a gentleman and a villain." The difference between a husband, a gentleman, a villain, and a villain can only be seen through words. It is difficult to tell the difference between a husband and a gentleman, but when it comes to deeds, it is easy to see. As the sages have said, a gentleman is naive and clumsy, a villain is cunning, a gentleman is indifferent, and a villain is impetuous and competitive. A gentleman has long-term plans and puts the country and the country first, while a villain plans for the present and focuses on gathering and being mean. He who makes admonitions and admonitions while discussing dangers and moves the ruler's vigilance is a gentleman; he who likes to speak powerfully and is not afraid of the chaos of the people; he who embodies the ambition of a ruler is a villain..." Sima Yi said in a deep voice, " However, this is not the only way to make a clear distinction. Most of the crimes punished by Dali Temple are those who first speak the right words and then do evil, and those who are diligent at first and then greedy and lazy. Therefore, I believe that the first defense person will be responsible for it, but it is necessary to always defend the person. The method of identification and inspection should include regular routines and random inspections. For example, most of today's plans are the best, but the best plans also have their disadvantages, and the Lord must not ignore them..."

"Public and private, evil and right, the law is the balance." The above calculations can easily become careless. The beetles in Longyou use methods such as misappropriation, pretense, and fake figures to deceive the superiors and make up figures. Without on-site supervision, it is difficult to detect. Sima Yi said slowly, "Nowadays, when we look at the officials who break the law, most of them do not follow their orders but follow them." At the beginning of taking office, he still knew how to be cautious, but as time went by, he became happy. A happy life comes with pride. There are those who take advantage of their joy and flatter them, and those who take advantage of their arrogance to deceive them. Therefore, if you flatter and pay tribute, your power will be secretly stolen, if you deceive you, your power will be transferred down, if you flatter your work, your ambition will be confused, and if you have a good relationship, you will be promoted. 』

"The thoughts of caution and fear before taking office will be defeated by joy; the extravagant and indulgent actions after taking office will be carried out by joy." Fang Qi is respectful of his wisdom, does not disobey his pleasure, acts arbitrary, and follows his desires quickly. One person acts recklessly at the top, while a small group gathers at the bottom, poisoning the common people and causing harm to the country. Looking at all the historical records, it is the same. To put it bluntly, it was just a thought that turned from joy to arrogance. Sima Yi cupped his hands and said, "Be happy and have no fear. This is the great harm of official governance." Since I was appointed to Dali Temple, most of the cases I have reviewed are due to this. If the officials do not govern, the people will be in trouble, and in the long run there will be chaos, and the lives of the people will suffer misfortunes. That is to say, the traitors who are in chaos, how can they not be the innocent sons of great men? What you do above will be effective below, and internal governance will lead to external peace. However, the way to do this is greater than respect, and it must start with fear. If you are afraid of the impermanence of destiny, you will not dare to rely on it; if you are afraid that the people are terrible, you will not dare to bully the people. Fear begins with respect, and respect begins with fear. 』

"Now I have rashly remonstrated with old and crude opinions..." Sima Yi said in a deep voice, sonorous and powerful, "First, in addition to joy, there is excitement, fear and respect." The source of joy is mostly due to lack of restraint. I was alone in Dali Temple. Even though I worked day and night, I could only examine more than thirty people. There are many more officials who have not yet been punished. Therefore, he lives many lucky lives in order to be happy. Therefore, I request you to increase the number of left-hand officials in Dali Temple to meet the needs of the next trial. Second, the harsh punishment is to kill, but the lighter punishment is to pardon. Corruption and malfeasance are both a crime and a life-threatening crime. Those who harm lives may only be one person or one household, while those who are corrupt can harm thousands of households. If they are spared lightly and killed to avoid punishment, then one person will be harmed and the whole family will be benefited. Why not do it? Third, the long-term governance is long-term, and the short-term management is short-term. It is calculated year by year, and it is calculated year by year, either as political achievements or as a manifestation of governance. It seeks short-term results and benefits from the term of office. If it is long-term, it will not be beneficial if it is not beneficial during the term of office. The three-year period is really too short. I think that five years should be used as the term of office. After five years of preliminary examinations and ten years of final examinations, promotion can be determined. 』

"I would like to ask my lord to correct my superficial remarks. 』

After Sima Yi finished speaking, he looked at Fei Qian quietly.

Fei Qian stroked his beard. This Sima Yi is going to use a big move!

Sima Yi may have understood what Fei Qian wanted.

Professional officials do not just fall from the sky and become professional.

The local officials of the Han Dynasty, at this stage, and even in the feudal dynasty later, still relied on mental evidence as the main method for legal trials, supplemented by scriptures. For the same case, the objective facts of it did not have any influence. Changes may occur, but different results may occur due to the personal preferences of local officials.

Therefore, how to train more professional officials and abandon the original phenomenon of free trial and even far-fetched trials requires the Dali Temple, the highest judicial institution at the moment, to regulate and train them.

Interesting……

Fei Qian stroked his beard slightly.

Sima Yi sat calmly.

"Increase the auxiliary staff of Dali Temple...yes." Fei Qian nodded and tapped his fingers on the table a few times, "However, there are many people who know the scriptures and few understand the law... Is there anyone who can choose Zhongda?" 』

Sima Yi nodded and said: "The magistrate of Jingyuan County, Tian family with the character Yu of Guorang." It is simple, thrifty and simple, and its strategy is clear and practical, so it can be used effectively. 』

Tian Yu?

Fei Qian's brows moved, then he thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes. ” Although Fei Qian was planning to let Jia Xu train Tian Yu and use him as the next local official in Liangzhou, since Dali Temple needed him, it would not be a bad idea to transfer him back.

After all, with regard to the huge base of corrupt officials, the power of Dali Temple, which was established not long ago, is indeed relatively weak. It is within the scope that it should be to add a deputy to Sima Yi to assist him in handling cases of censoring officials.

"In addition," Fei Qian added, "Zhongda can select scribes in the Shenlu Academy. If necessary, he can report directly to someone. 』

Sima Yi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he immediately handed over his hand in thanks.

"As for the corrupt officials, severe punishment..." Fei Qian was silent for a while. Although he emotionally agreed with Sima Yi's suggestion and wanted to kill all the corrupt officials, his reason told him to do so. not good. So Fei Qian said, "Be careful." People cannot be resurrected after death. Corrupt officials certainly do not regret death, but greed for one piece of money and greed for tens of millions cannot be treated in the same way. If you die once, you will lose everything. If you are greedy for money, you will die..."

Fei Qian didn't finish speaking, but the meaning was still very clear.

It’s not that these corrupt officials have any human rights, or that there is any fairness or unfairness. When these corrupt officials stretch out their hands, the small ones are equal to thieves, and the big ones are robbers, and they automatically lose their normalcy. Human authority. The reason why Fei Qian considered was not to kill them all, nor to pity these people, but to treat them like prisoners. If they were all trapped and killed, there would be more fights to the death next time. The same is true for corrupt officials. If there is no hope of survival, the damage caused from within will be far greater than attacking from the outside.

This is a question that Fei Qian has to consider overall...

Sima Yi cupped his hands and said, "I'm in charge of Meng Lang." The Lord's benevolence is unparalleled. In this case, these people may be exempted from the death penalty, but the living crime is unforgivable and they should be severely punished with physical punishment. 』

Fei Qian nodded and agreed, "Yes. 』

Regarding the third point raised by Sima Yi, Fei Qian said that it needed to be considered again, because this was an issue related to the overall scheduling of the official administration, and was not as simple as calling Tian Yu alone.

Officials' tenure is easy to slack off if it's long, and it's easy to make profits if it's short.

This point has been repeatedly proven in later feudal dynasties, and it really needs to be carefully considered...

Sima Yi seemed to want to say something else, but he heard a loud noise in the corridor downstairs, and the guard on duty reported in front of the hall: "To report to the lord, Zhang's village at the inn in the city has been murdered!" There are words left behind... written with the word "Hussar"..."

Fei Qian was stunned and his eyes narrowed.

Sima Yi frowned, "My lord, why don't you let me go and investigate?" 』

Fei Qian pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement, "Then I'll bother Lao Zhongda." 』

"It is your duty to govern Dali Temple." The minister resigned. ” Sima Yi bowed and retreated.

"Father..." Qin Zhen asked, "Someone was killed?" Who? 』

Fei Qian turned around and smiled at Fei Zhen, who had been sitting with him, and said, "You can ignore that matter for now, because we still need to investigate... Did what Zhongda said just now inspire you?" Did you understand the previous question a little better? 』

"Oh... what Sima Zhongda mentioned... let me think about it..." Fei Zhen nodded slightly. He didn't know Zhang Cun, so naturally he didn't care much about Zhang Cun's life and death. When Fei Qian asked, he Frowning and tilting his head, he thought for a moment and then said, "I think... Sima Zhongda wanted to get it, so he wanted to be on top?" Just like the King of Qin, he was actually seeking the middle, not the best? 』

Fei Qian laughed twice and said, "Tell me about it." 』

"Of what Sima Zhongda said, only the first one is obviously the easiest to handle, and the rest are basically unsolvable, at least temporarily. But he still said it, just to make the first one get his father. Your Majesty's permission. ” Feizhen said, “If I just mentioned the first point, maybe my father would think about it and then stop. Well, at least I wouldn’t have gotten my father’s consent so smoothly... The same is true for King Qin, He said he wanted to save the Chu State, but in fact his goal was still the Jin State! 』

Fei Qian smiled and nodded, "Then why do you think Sima Zhongda did this?" In other words, why did he come to me at this time, why couldn't he come to me tomorrow? Or did you write a form and submit the statement? 』

Feizhen said subconsciously: "He doesn't want to wait, or maybe he's anxious... Well, why is he anxious?" 』

Fei Qian gave a hint, "Think about King Qin." 』

"Um? What Father means is that Sima Zhongda thinks... Oh, I understand," Feizhen suddenly became a little angry, "Is this a test for Father? ! How dare he? ! 』

Fei Qian laughed loudly, "Why don't you dare?" In this world, is it possible that you are allowed to tempt others, but others are not allowed to tempt you? 』

"But...but, father is the lord!" Feizhen said with some doubts.

"Yes, I am still a hussar..." Fei Qian said with a smile.

Feizhen was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.

Strictly speaking, Dali Temple only needs to hear cases and check whether local punishments are wrong. It does not need to pay special attention to the legislative level. Of course, not only the Han Dynasty, but also the later feudal dynasties were unable to completely The powers and duties are clear, so there is no problem with Sima Yi sneaking in to advise Fei on these matters.

The reason why Sima Yi didn't talk about it before was because the examination department had just been established and no one had taken up the post yet.

And now, Fei Qian has just appointed Feng Ji as the director of the Examination Department.

When the Merit Examination Department was first established, there was no very clear conclusion regarding staffing or scope of responsibilities. After Feng Ji took office, it was not surprising that he would also make suggestions on some issues of the examination department, or ask Fei Qian for some support in people and materials. This is all predictable.

If Sima Yi continued not to mention these suggestions, Fengji might put them forward, such as increasing the punishment standards, extending the period of local governance, etc., etc., which are not very subtle. Naturally, it is impossible for Sima Yi alone to think of them.

Therefore, Sima Yi simply went to Fei Qian to confront him directly. Even if others made relevant or similar suggestions, Fei Qian would still be able to remember that Sima Yi had mentioned it first...

By then, whether he was participating in seminars or serving as a consultant, Sima Yi had invisibly expanded his influence so that he would not be forgotten. In the end, he could only immerse himself in the trial of the case in Dali Temple.

Furthermore, talent is always scarce.

Of course, this refers to real talents, not those who claim to be experts.

Sima Yigang had just learned that the Council of Lawyers and the Examination Department had a director, so he came hurriedly. In addition to the superficial reasons and to test Qiao Qi's political leanings, he also wanted to win more talents. Otherwise, after the Senate and the Examination Department have fished away the big fish, he will come and grab the shrimps again?

Everyone naturally desires more.

Maybe it’s temporary happiness, maybe it’s lifetime authority.

This is true for Feng Ji, and so is Lu Bu. Don't Sima Yi and others have any desire for power? More or less, and then because these people have this desire, are they all accepted or rejected?

It may be said that it is selfish, but that is not entirely true. It may be said that it is selfless, but that is not entirely true either.

This is people.

This is the official.

"These people can be said to be great doctors..." Fei Qian said meaningfully to Fei Zhen, "If you don't understand the changes and the internal and external changes, how will you use these people at that time?" The human heart is the most complex, so don’t be careless. So it’s important to read more and think more, right? 』

Feizhen nodded in agreement.

"One more thing...since you call me a doctor, then..." Fei Qian looked at Fei Zhen and asked, "Let me ask you, what is a doctor?" Are the people of Qin the only people under the King of Qin? 』