The essence of governing by doing nothing is to do everything.
The core of letting nature take its course is to make the best use of the situation.
Therefore, it is actually a wrong understanding to think that governing by doing nothing means letting things go without caring about anything.
Zhiyao has almost thoroughly understood the "De Jing" in Laozi's "De Dao Jing", and many rules are borrowed from it.
As for completely copying the "De Jing" to govern the Zhi family? There is no perfect system in the world, and there is absolutely no perfection when it comes to rules. Only the most suitable ones are the most needed, but we must not live without them.
kind of cognition.
Ruling the world with half of the Analects? This is probably the funniest joke in the world, because there is no serious teaching about governing the country in it.
Zhiyao tasted some things from Laozi's enthusiasm. For example, the general framework of Zhishi's new actions has been completed, and I no longer need to participate in everything.
What is the "De Jing"? In a simple summary, it is a work based on etiquette and in compliance with etiquette. It contains the formulation and implementation of the system. It can be picked up and used if it is not understood at all in governing a country, and it can also be applied in running an army.
Of course, that assumes that there is no better choice, you have enough ability to add the rules you want, and you can also delete some unnecessary rules.
It had been a long time since Zhiyao had discussed with Lao Tzu. Seeing how enthusiastic Lao Tzu was, she had no urgent matters to deal with, so she must seize the opportunity to gain knowledge.
After chatting for a while, I found that Zhiyao was writing his own work based on the "De Jing". I couldn't see anything angry about it. On the contrary, I felt that Zhiyao could distinguish what Zhishi needed and deleted the parts that Zhishi didn't need.
, I felt happy from the bottom of my heart.
It’s definitely not the joy of being better than the old!
I am a proud man, far from arrogant. How could I not know that rules have their own adaptability? He also heard another taste.
"Why is Your Majesty so anxious?" I asked.
Zhiyao was honestly not surprised that I only looked at the formulation of the rules and discovered the urgency behind them.
The making of rules itself represents the thoughts and will of the makers, and knowledgeable people can see at a glance what goals the makers want to achieve.
Compared with Lao Tzu who takes the pursuit of moral character as the core, the rules formulated by Zhiyao are more like those of Legalism.
Then, the "law" that Zhiyao followed was not modern law. In fact, it was still based on serving the ruler.
Many people think that Legalism is on the side of the general public, but this perception is wrong in the feudal dynasty.
In fact, from the moment it was born, Legalism has been sitting on the side of the ruler. The rules it makes can be to pursue the strength of the country, or to help the ruler restrain the people under their rule.
Of course, even if Legalism is mainly to serve those in power, it also fulfills its responsibility to protect the people.
After all, having rules is better than having no rules.
I talked a lot with Zhiyao, mainly mentioning the strictness of Jin's laws.
The laws of various families in the Jin Kingdom are very strict, which is reflected in the fact that they often mutilate their limbs. Therefore, you can see people in the Jin Kingdom who have lost their palms, soles, fingers, toes, noses, and ears, and you can tell whether they have committed crimes.
Passed by.
A similar style is not unique to the Jin State. Many powerful countries have this look. To some extent, can we think that rules are conducive to promoting harmony and unity?
On the contrary, countries where punishments are low and do not even take the law seriously have many internal vendettas and various vicious social incidents.
"King Wen's act of 'painting the ground as a prison' was an act that was harmful to thousands of years. However, his promotion of trust and covenant is conducive to virtue." I have reached the age where I can talk nonsense.
Furthermore, I am not a nobleman, and at such an age, let alone criticizing King Wen of Zhou who has long since died, if I go to a prince to point my nose at him and scold him, that prince will do nothing but listen with a smile.
Ji Zhou? Before the founding of the country, he had repeatedly engaged in various manipulations by gods and ghosts, such as the phoenix calling Qishan, and the auspicious stars shining brightly, in order to show that Ji Zhou had the support of heaven to replace the Yin Shang Dynasty.
Because the Zhou Dynasty committed crimes to usurp the country, or took advantage of the main force of the Yin and Shang Dynasties to obtain the fruits of victory, and later even engaged in coquettish maneuvers to force Wu Geng to rebel. It is difficult to deny the fact that the country is unfair, and it must be found ways to do so.
In order to consolidate his dominance, he would inevitably like to engage in some mysterious things.
A long time ago, the power of "witches" in Ji Zhou and other vassal states was outrageous. To some extent, this was a proof that the Ji surname and religion joined forces to seize the foundation of Yin Shang.
During that period, "witches" not only held the power of sacrifice, but could also veto the expedition of large armies with a single word.
The right to sacrifice in the early Spring and Autumn Period actually represented the right to collect taxes, that is, the right to set the annual tax quota for each group; the right to deny the army's expedition was due to "divination". At that time and now, the army will make a divination before going out.
, the power of interpreting hexagrams lies in the mouth of the "witch"; earlier, someone could be judged by divination, and if he died, getting a good hexagram would lead to him being innocent.
What I have said so much means that I affirm that Zhiyao completely ignores religion, and believes that moral education is indispensable, and the punishments formulated should be more aimed at persuading people to do good.
Shouldn't it be a basic operation to ignore the influence of religion on the law? Anyway, Zhiyao grew up in this kind of environment in his "previous life", and he didn't think there was anything worthy of praise at all.
Zhiyao was not surprised because he knew that the influence of religion was weakening and it was far less arrogant than before.
"Why not cut off the limbs and reshape them through labor?" Zhiyao was surprised by this.
Lao Tzu said: "Your Majesty decided this, isn't it for Li Shu?"
The removal of the criminal law for mutilating human limbs is not immediately clear whether it is good or bad, but it is obvious that it will lose its deterrent effect.
Therefore, the people who made those laws were not necessarily particularly interested in harming people's limbs, but they just wanted to have a greater deterrent effect.
Whether a law is cruel or not depends on the society at that time and cannot be adapted to all times.
For example, if the death penalty is abolished, humans are more demons than demons. Shouldn't they die? If they think about living in vain until the end of their lives, or even having their sentences commuted and being freed, the victims will definitely die with their eyes open!!
Zhiyao did not answer my question.
When I asked that question, I must have seen Zhiyao's ambition. Today the Mindian is applied to Li Shu, and one day in the future it will be applied to everyone.
Zhiyao tasted the flavor of Confucianism from some of Laozi's words.
Use virtue to educate, or should we say it is probation? Of course there is no problem with making small mistakes, but if you still commit big mistakes, you should first ask the victim if he is willing.
Zhiyao said: "If you make mistakes, you must be punished. This is the greatest good in the world."
No one can make no mistakes in his life. There is no undue punishment for any mistakes. Zhiyao insists on this.
Lao Tzu saw Zhiyao's determination and said, "I hope the descendants of Zhi Yao will uphold this ambition."
Well?
Zhiyao was a little embarrassed to accept this sentence.
It is often said that people become better with age. Have I already seen what Zhiyao wants to do?
Lao Tzu said: "'Handan' alone is the foundation of enlightenment. The prince is so ambitious, his ambition will be strong."
In view of my identity, some words I say will always make Zhiyao think of him.
Listen, the foundation of enlightenment, in other words, is Taoism. Will there be a rise in the sky one day?
Zhiyao smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "I just hope that there is no danger of the family being destroyed."
What the hell.
It is very dangerous to be a noble in the Jin Dynasty, and it is even more precarious to be a member of a family with a high position!
Only by trying every means, and even resorting to any means to become stronger, can Zhiyao have a more secure sense of security.
He also didn't know that "Zhiyao"'s head had become Zhao Wuji's drinking vessel. Otherwise, he should have understood that sometimes being strong is not enough, but also the ability to recognize people.
Because of Lao Tzu's involvement, the progress of the Civil Code was not accelerated, but actually slowed down.
One winter passed, and the new season of spring came, and the time came to 489 BC.
Zhiyao once again inspected the construction around "Handan", temporarily put aside the progress of writing the civil code, and followed the call to rush to "Xintian".
What about the Civil Code? How could it take one year to write? It should take several years or even more than ten years. In fact, it should be done.
When Zhiyao came to "Xintian", she immediately felt the strangeness in the atmosphere.
"How many people went south to follow Confucius?" Zhishen only received the news this year and continued: "When he comes back, he will not be entertained."
It refers to Confucius, not those disciples.
Therefore, Zhishen thought that Confucius had bad moral character, so he left without saying goodbye and delayed the establishment of the Zhishen family.
Zhiyao had to explain: "There is nothing wrong with the person saying goodbye."
"I heard that many people froze to death. Is this the virtue of Confucius?" Zhishen said.
ah?
Those who went south to follow Confucius, did they have any accidents while traveling in winter?
That's not right.
How did Jishen know that information?
Zhishen added: "Confucius hated Chen Jun, and Chen people hated him deeply."
ha!?
When did that happen???
Zhishen added another blow and said: "Cai people are also deeply disgusted by Confucius's talk."
Zhiyao was confused at this moment and did not understand what Confucius had done, which made Chen and Cai people full of hatred for Confucius.
Logically speaking, a person who opens his mouth to be benevolent and close his mouth to morality should not be deeply liked by people. Even if they don't like him, shouldn't they hate him?
Zhishen said: "Confucius went south because he was hired by the king of Chu."
This makes sense.
To put it bluntly, Confucius responded to Chu Junzhen's appointment, and then Chu State had the intention to annex Chen State and Cai State. Chen and Cai people happened to know that Confucius was going to be an official in Chu State, so they felt that Confucius was not a good thing.
"The king of Chu hired his teacher Kong???" Zhiyao wondered, didn't Confucius travel around the world for more than ten years, and no one was willing to let Confucius serve as an official in his country?
In addition, Zhiyao remembers that Confucius often called Chu State a barbarian. Why did he rush to Chu State as soon as he heard that Chu State was going to give him an official position?
