Dugumou could not let Fang Jun and these people go.
If these remains are allowed to enter the Jingzhao Mansion and used as evidence in the trial of the Yuan family in broad daylight, the Yuan family's reputation will be destroyed in one day. And how can the Guanlong Group, which is on the same side as the Yuan family, sit idly by?
The Yuan family has ruined not only their own reputation, but also the reputation of all the famous families in the world!
Guanlong Group can no matter how much punishment the Yuan family will receive, but it must not let the reputation of the family be tarnished.
If the Yuan family falls, so will the Yu family, the Changsun family, the Dugu family, and the Hou Mochen family. But if the reputation of the family is bad, it will be a disaster...
Fang Jun stood proudly in front of Dugu Mou, and hundreds of people stood solemnly behind him. More and more people walked silently onto the streets and stood in the queue without saying a word. The crowd is getting bigger and bigger, and the crowd is getting bigger and bigger. In the heavy snow, an invisible and qualitative momentum is gradually gathering!
The bitter smile on Dugu Mou's face gradually faded, and was replaced by a serious expression.
He is not a fledgling boy. He naturally knows how powerful the seemingly weak people will be when they are incited. It is like the gentle sea water in the sea. Once swept by the wind and waves, it will break the rocks and break the shore. !
Dugumou sat up straight on his horse, pressed the handle of the knife, stared at Fang Jun with a pair of tiger eyes, and said slowly: "Master Hou lives in Jingzhaoyin and is in charge of a party. Originally, the general could not criticize his actions. But Master Hou now appears Now that he insists on going his own way, the general has to remind the Marquis that the law since ancient times has always allowed the people to sue the officials! The Yuan family has been full of nobles for generations, and countless high-ranking officials have been demoted since the head of the family. The Jingzhao Mansion accepts complaints from mere untouchables. In the case of the Yuan family, the people sued the officials, and this was risking the disapproval of the world."
The production relations of ancient society could not allow the emergence and formation of a system of "people suing officials".
In ancient times, litigation was called "prison litigation", "prison" refers to criminal matters, and "litigation" refers to civil matters. That is to say, "fighting over crime is called prison, and fighting over wealth is called litigation." There is no such thing as an administrative litigation system.
From the "Book of Laws" written by Li Kui of Wei State, which was representative after the establishment of the feudal system during the Warring States Period, to the "Qin Code", a relatively complete feudal code formulated by the Qin Dynasty in order to consolidate the feudal class power and suppress the resistance of the peasants, from the Han Dynasty The "Nine Chapters Code" compiled by Liu Bang in the dynasty, the "Tang Code" and "Zhenguan Code" in the Tang Dynasty, the "Da Ming Code" in the Ming Dynasty, and the "Da Qing Code" in the Qing Dynasty all fully reflected the protection of the interests of the feudal class. class essence.
People's gatherings and associations, making noise in court, and words and deeds that are detrimental to feudal rule are strictly prohibited. The feudal class's privileges of exploiting peasants and slaves are fully protected. There is no rule for "people to sue officials".
It is not impossible for the people to sue the officials. The people suing the officials must first determine the guilt. No matter whether the person you sue is guilty or not, or whether the accusation is true or not, the people suing the officials have committed a crime first. Even if the lawsuit is won in the end, they must be executed first. This one has fifty spines and can travel three thousand miles!
Dugu Mou wanted to use this law to defeat the complainers and accusers in front of him. A fifty-spine staff could kill a person. Even if he could survive, how could he survive after being displaced for three thousand miles?
However, what disappointed him was that the sad and angry untouchables behind Fang Jun did not show any trace of fear or panic. They had firm eyes and upright postures, and they all glared at him angrily!
Fang Jun stood in front of his horse's head, raised his head slightly, looked at Dugumou, and said loudly: "What is the law? What is the purpose of the court in enacting the law? From ancient times to the present, the only function of the law is to tell us something What should be done and what should not be done! It is not an excuse for you nobles from noble families to oppress the people! Since ancient times, the courts of all dynasties have formulated laws based on the social situation at that time. I wonder if General Dugu has discovered that the punishment of cannon fire has disappeared. The corpses were dismembered by five horses and abandoned, and the car-breaking, palace torture, and beheading records recorded in ancient books have all disappeared. Do you know why this is?"
Dugu Mou was completely confused. I was a military commander, and I knew a few words, but I had not read many books. Who knows why these punishments were abolished?
The people around him also became interested.
They are all a bunch of stupid guys who can't even write their names, and they most admire knowledgeable people. Such a question contains a huge amount of knowledge at first glance. If you are not a person who has read poetry and books, how can you ask it, and how can you answer it?
Being able to listen to Fang Jun, a talented scholar from Chang'an, raise such a question in public is simply the kind of treatment students from Hongwen Hall and Chongxian Hall receive!
Fang Jun continued proudly: "This is because all dynasties have paid more and more attention to population and life! Life is not easy, and staying alive is even more difficult! Natural and man-made disasters, wars, plagues, malaria, and savage beasts... A person wants to fall from birth. How much hardship does it take to grow up smoothly, and how much effort does it cost your family? And population is the foundation of a dynasty, so almost all prosperous emperors will attach great importance to population and life!"
Fang Jun talked eloquently, and the people listened intoxicated.
I see!
No wonder those legendary tortures gradually disappeared. It turned out to be because emperors paid more and more attention to population and were unwilling to massacre people wantonly.
It turns out that we, humble ant-like common people, are actually the cornerstone of the entire Nuo Empire!
Although I don’t understand the reasoning behind it, I think it makes sense!
To put it simply, without us ordinary people with mud-legged legs, who will you noble families oppress, enslave, and collect taxes from? Without ordinary people like us, who have weak legs, to serve as soldiers, fight in the fields, and farm the land to pay for food, who will you treat as nobles or aristocratic families?
It turns out we are not useless!
Although we are humble and humble, we are the most indispensable part of this empire!
It turns out that we are so important!
An unprecedented confidence filled the hearts of the people, making their eyes gradually brighten and their spines gradually straighten up!
Fang Jun raised his arms and shouted loudly: "Today, Your Majesty is working hard to govern, working hard, working hard, and forgetting to eat and sleep for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. He is the only so-called wise king in the history of the ages who single-handedly created the mighty Tang Empire and created the splendid Tang Dynasty." The prosperous age of Zhenguan!"
Have the people of the Tang Dynasty ever heard such a passionate speech?
They all raised their arms with blood boiling and shouted: "Long live!"
"Long live!"
"Long live!"
Thousands of people gathered under the tower of Mingde Gate, raising their arms and shouting with overwhelming momentum!
Even the falling snow was caught by this momentum, curling up and circling in the air, and did not dare to fall to the ground for a long time.
Dugumou looked solemn, hesitating in his heart whether to take strong measures to disperse these people?
Fang Jun didn't give him this chance...
"But it is such a great emperor who, despite everything he has to do, still holds the power of sentencing the world's death row prisoners in his hands. Even when he eats and sleeps, he holds a red pen in his hand, carefully considering whether each death row prisoner is truly unforgivable and worthy of death. No! I didn’t understand this behavior at the beginning. In the eyes of a supreme emperor, what do the lives of a few death row prisoners count? After a big battle at the border, thousands of soldiers were killed. , why should you care about the dozens of death row prisoners who are beheaded every year? Later, I realized that Your Majesty was using his actions to express respect for the population and life! If Your Majesty puts in more effort, maybe he can pardon an innocent person. The death penalty of the damned person saved one life, one labor force, and one soldier for the Tang Dynasty! Right here, in Chang'an City, at the feet of the emperor, in the capital of the capital, there is a family of beasts that have lost all their conscience and are like beasts. Eighty-one girls who were as beautiful as flowers and in bud were made into human pigs using the most cruel methods, and they were filled into the tomb and buried with them! I want to ask this family, even His Majesty is trying his best to save every child of the Tang Dynasty. People's lives, why do you dare to be so unscrupulous and inhumane, treating human life like a piece of grass and burying them alive?"
He glared angrily and shouted hoarsely, "Who gave you the courage?"
Under Mingde's door, at the end of the long street, Fang Jun was wearing a purple robe and jade belt, raising his arms and shouting, looking upright!
Following his roar, the people, whose emotions had been completely ignited, roared with all their strength——
"Who gave you the courage?"
