The county soldiers are not simple soldiers, but local law enforcement officers, so they cannot be a group of illiterate people who cannot read a lot of Chinese characters, nor can they be reading and writing athletes.
They must master certain cultural knowledge, especially legal knowledge.
But at this moment, the Han Dynasty did not have schools and education models to train legal personnel. The inheritance of the law, like the inheritance of Confucianism, also followed the family path.
Several famous families of legal scholars have been passed down for several generations, and then they went to the central government to hold positions such as court captains, Sili school captains, etc., and then promoted their disciples and former officials to engage in legal work.
The main focus is to cultivate privately, not publicly.
For example, the famous Yingchuan Guo family.
"The county soldiers not only need to deal with bandits and strongmen, but also deal with criminal cases among the people. Murders, robberies, etc. also need to be tried by the county soldiers. As I said, it requires the county soldiers to master a certain amount of knowledge. legal knowledge.
The Han Dynasty has been talking about the Spring and Autumn Period Judgment since Emperor Wu, but it is similar to what you said. I don't really agree with this. The law is the law. It is inappropriate to use the stories of the ancients to influence the law. , I don’t agree.
Therefore, I decided to set up a law school to train military soldiers and make every military soldier familiar with the relevant provisions of the Han Code. By the way, Bonin, didn’t I give you the Han Code to study before? ? In these days, you compiled a charter and used it as a teaching material for training county soldiers. "
"This...junhou, is this really true?"
Man Chong looked at Liu Bei with excitement: "Will this cause dissatisfaction among some people? Especially the inheritance family of Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period. You... aren't you the leader of Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period? You ...don’t have an opinion on this?”
"Of course I am the leader of Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, but I do not approve of the Spring and Autumn Period."
Liu Bei shook his head and said slowly: "The law is the law, the Spring and Autumn Period is the Spring and Autumn Period, the times are changing, blindly abide by the behavior of the ancients to do things, use the cases of the ancients to judge the current cases, and do not care about the social background at that time. It's a big fallacy.
In ancient times, there was not even a great code of ethics, and things often happened between parents, brothers and sisters that today's people cannot tolerate. So, can we use the practices of ancient times to judge today's things? Everything is changing, and Spring and Autumn must also change. "
"Do you want to change the law?"
Man Chong was surprised and said: "Jun Hou, I had doubts in the past, but now I really agree that you really want to do a big business! Being able to get to know you and work for you is such a blessing. The greatest honor!”
"Ah, this..."
Liu Bei didn't quite understand why Man Chong said he wanted to reform...
But in the final analysis, he really wanted to change the law, but he was not preparing to change the law, but was always changing the law.
Everything he did, including the economic operations and the Jiade Hall meeting, were essentially things that needed to be done for the reform, and they could all be summarized in the reform actions. The highest governance ideas of the Han Empire were undergoing subtle changes under his influence. Variety.
This change is completely different from the original.
Many of the things he has to do now are the result of the accumulation of variables produced by what he has done before. The changes he has made have had some impact on the empire, and these impacts have accumulated over time.
Now, it is time for this accumulation to be enough to push the reform towards the next stage.
Change does not appear suddenly, but is a process in which quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
Obviously, the Han Empire has shown signs of qualitative change today.
So at the next state meeting of the Four Auxiliary Ministers, Liu Bei once again proposed a new proposal - to establish a legal school in Luoyang to prepare for the training of county and national soldiers. The person in charge of the technical school was Zhongshu Ling Manchong. , Man Chong was fully responsible for the establishment of the law school and the county soldiers.
Liu Bei trusted Man Chong, admired Man Chong's ability, and wanted to entrust Man Chong with the responsibility of this matter. Regarding this matter, some minor arguments arose at the State Council of the Four Assistant Ministers.
Huang Wan still played the standard opposition role. At the State Council meeting, he thought that Liu Bei's repeated troubles had brought too much uncertainty to the Han Empire. Now that he was setting up a legal school, was it a bit too much? Whimsical?
The Han Dynasty regards Confucianism as its national education, but now you want to set up a legal school to teach law. This...
Have you considered the opinions of a family like the Guo family that inherits the law?
Liu Bei looked at Sili Colonel Guo Hong, who was silently closing his eyes and concentrating.
"Colonel Guo will definitely support this suggestion, right?"
Guo Hong opened his eyes and looked at Liu Bei, and nodded slowly.
"What you are saying is, I think your suggestion is correct. If the county soldiers want to stabilize the place, it is necessary to master some knowledge of the law. Open a law school so that there will be a group of people who are familiar with the law in the local area. The officials are of great benefit to the Han Dynasty, and the Guo family is willing to send knowledgeable people from the clan to teach in the government and make some contributions to the Han Dynasty."
Huang Wan was speechless.
He didn't know what Liu Bei did to the Guo family in this matter, allowing the Guo family to contribute and support Liu Bei so much, but he knew that apart from the influence of the Confucian school, the Guo family had no influence on the Han Empire. law has the greatest impact.
When it comes to Confucianism, the Wenyue family is definitely the loudest. When it comes to law, at this stage, the Guo family is definitely the loudest.
The Guo family's biography "Xiao Du Lv" was quite proficient in the laws of the Han Empire. Many members of the family served as officials and presided over the judicial and legal work of the Han Empire, and they had some influence at the central and local levels.
The Confucian gentry has four generations and three princes, and the Guo family, a legal gentry, has also served as a court captain for three consecutive generations. If the example of the Confucian gentry is used for comparison, then the Guo family is equivalent to the "three generations and three princes" among the second-rate gentry.
The status is equally high.
But now that the relationship between Guo Hong and Liu Bei is so good, they cooperate so closely, and they look like a loser. It is obvious that the Guo family will take advantage of the breeze that Liu Bei inspired them to rise...
In fact, in the final analysis, Liu Bei did not make any direct promise to the Guo family. He just summoned Guo Jiapi, a member of the Guo family, as a general, and asked Guo Jia to come to Luoyang to work for him and become his close minister.
Needless to say, in recent days, the officials in the General's Mansion have been uneasy. The reason is that an uninvited guest came to the General's Mansion and met Liu Bei, and they hit it off immediately.
In these days, Liu Bei summoned Guo Jia four times in a row. Each time, he talked with him from afternoon to sunset, then had dinner together, and then talked with him all night long by candlelight.
Liu Bei liked Guo Jia very much. He was very happy when talking to him, and even wanted to keep him overnight.
Summoned four times, he stayed overnight with Guo Jia twice. He and Guo Jia shared the same bed in his study and slept together. Even when they were sleeping, they kept talking until they fell asleep.
After summoning him four times, Liu Bei appointed Guo Jia as the general and made him a close minister. He would always take Guo Jia with him when doing things, and his intimacy was far higher than that of other ministers.
He even sent someone to personally find a suitable courtyard for Guo Jia in Luoyang City, solving his housing problem, and gave him a carriage as a gift, solving his transportation problem.
Liu Bei's behavior like this made many people look at him with suspicion and feel a little sour in their hearts.
They didn't receive such special treatment from Liu Bei at the beginning. What on earth did Liu Bei care about about this young man named Guo Jia, and why Liu Bei even wanted to keep him for meals and nights?
(End of chapter)
