"In the early Han Dynasty, there were about three chapters. The murderer died, and the injury and theft were punished. Therefore, "offset" is also used to compensate for the crime today. Those who break into the house and kill should be treated as capital crimes. However, many people surrounded and beat them, causing casualties.

"The theory of capital punishment is a bit biased. How can a person who died innocently not have parents, wife and children? Although execution can relieve temporary hatred, it will not help in life..." Fei Qian said slowly, "When

To compensate for it, either through labor or servitude, to provide for the innocent parents, to support the wife in trouble..."

Wei Duan shivered slightly, "Work, labor?"

Fei Qian nodded.

Wei Duan asked cautiously: "If it is a labor service, how long will it last?"

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Since the son of man must be his father and mother and his wife...if he only damages the market place and destroys property, he should also pay for it until he restores his old appearance..."

Even if they were beheaded, exiled, and whipped, the losses would still be the same, and the losses would not be immediately compensated because these people were punished. Therefore, for those who are not unavoidable for the death penalty, they should be sentenced to hard labor in lieu of exile or imprisonment.

It is an ordinary corporal punishment, and the value it produces can make up for the damaged families and shops.

What's more, there are still so many mines that need to be opened, roads need to be repaired, houses need to be built, and city walls need to be repaired in Feiqian. Since you have the energy to run around, you might as well use this energy on these infrastructures, which can be regarded as providing benefits to the general public.

benefit.

Of course, this is only one aspect of meaning, there is another reason...

Wei Duan accepted Party A's revisions, and retreated in fear, returning to the Law Council. He sat behind his desk and was in a daze for a while, like a person who was exhausted physically and mentally after being revised many times.

Designer.

Trouble.

Big trouble.

Wei Duan sentenced those who were assaulted and caused death to death. Firstly, it was to vent his personal anger. After all, Wei Dan was disabled, which also made Wei Duan painful and angry. Secondly, it was to save some trouble. After all, if a group of people surrounded and assaulted, who could be blamed?

The biggest one? If it were to be divided evenly, I don’t know how to divide it evenly. Anyway, let’s just decide on death. It’s simple and straightforward.

But Fei Qian objected. People in this category should be converted into hard labor. Those who were exiled and those who were subjected to corporal punishment would all be converted into hard labor. The length of time was different. Those who injured people to death would naturally be repaid throughout their lives, and those who destroyed their houses and property would be repaid.

The original appearance is shorter...

Wei Duan knew that if he really followed Fei Qian's request, it would change the existing legal structure and even have far-reaching consequences, because it was inconsistent with "taboo for the venerable, taboo for the relatives, and taboo for the sage."

standards...

Whether these people were sentenced to beheading or to hard labor, in fact, the crime is not the key, the key is the face, the face of the nobles, the face of the "venerable"!

"Taboo for the venerable, taboo for the relatives, taboo for the wise", this was the principle and attitude of Confucius when he compiled and deleted the "Spring and Autumn Annals". This is also a manifestation of the so-called "ritual" in Confucianism.

The so-called "taboo for the venerable" refers to the period during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period when rituals collapsed, the royal family declined, and princes often invaded the king of Zhou. This was the shame of the king of Zhou.

It is said to show the meaning of respecting the respect. If the order is not respected, the order will not be issued. If the order is not issued, the world will be in chaos.

"Taboo" was originally a way for Confucius to express his attitude. Taboo for the venerable to show respect, taboo for the sage to show the virtuous, taboo for the relatives to show closeness, people are ashamed and cannot bear to write clearly,

This was Confucius's honest intention, but it turned out to be a shame cloth used by later generations...

Even if a nobleman is a criminal, he is still a nobleman. Even if he is punished, exiled or beheaded, he is still a nobleman.

But labor...

this is too scary!

Wei Duan recalled the smile on General Fei Qian's face when he said this, and felt a little shuddering.

Who are the laborers? Can those children of the gentry who serve in labor still be called the children of the gentry? Among a group of naked, dirty and dirty laborers, who can tell which ones are the gentry and which ones are the heads of Guizhou?

When the fig leaf of "taboo for the venerable" is removed, it is actually the same filthiness.

Although in the Han Dynasty, some noble families often had their homes confiscated and were either slaves or maids, the situation was different from the current situation. In that case, the whole family was unlucky together, and no one was much better off. In this case, there was only one person.

, or a few people, even if they are freed from labor in the future, it is equivalent to being unable to return to the entire gentry circle...

In comparison, exile is light.

After all, after being exiled, many people can come back, and some can continue to serve as officials. But after hard labor, even if they can survive, their life is almost over, and they may never have an official career again.

This is undoubtedly fatal to such "venerables" as nobles.

It is no longer possible to make troubles to win popularity, nor is it possible to show off one's fame by chasing rumors, because the price before was not high, at least one death, and after one died, one could still have a clear name for his descendants, but now he is not guilty of death penalty.

It's hard to bear the punishment! If you make one wrong move, your official career will be cut off! Your face will be stripped off, just like those who work like a Guizhou head!

But when it came to retorting, Wei Duan didn't know what to say. After all, the banner raised by Fei Qian was loud and clear, and the "three chapters of the covenant" of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty were extremely legitimate.
Chapter completed!