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Volume 4 of the Lost Ecstasy Chapter 16: It¡¯s hard to be a human being

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    After Zhang Zhao returned to his hometown of Pengcheng, he thanked guests behind closed doors and entertained himself with poetry and wine every day. He was summoned by the imperial court many times, but he refused to obey orders.  But he just closed the door and did not close his ears and eyes. Because he had a great reputation in the former Han Dynasty and his old acquaintances were all over the world, he often paid attention to the situation of all parties and wrote to Sun Quan to plan for it.  This time, another letter came to him. He started by saying: "The chaos in Guandong has arisen. I am sincerely afraid of being incited by the old people, and I am unwilling to make a living without submitting to my subordinates" Then he analyzed it and said that the general trend of the world has been settled, and people also want to be stable. You  If he jumps out soon, the result will definitely be a dead end. "Zhao was ordered by his brother to assist Zhongmou to pacify the southeast. His original intention was to protect China's territory and unite the Sun family, but he had no intention of splitting. Today, the Sun family is confined to Kuaiji.  The commander-in-chief, Zhao Nai, was so ashamed that he did not dare to die because he had no face to see his brother lying underground. If Zhongmou acted rashly, the Sun family and Zhao Ning would be reduced to ashes! "If these words were enough, what would Zhang Zhao do?  Sun Quan could guess what he was saying.  But at the end of the letter, Zhang Zhao said again: "Zhao has an old friend in the navy. I wrote to him yesterday. Yun Chao ordered the navy to go south. Is it unknown whether he will sail to the sea or meet Wu? Zhongmou thinks carefully" Sun Quanyi  Look, alas, what Yu Zhongxiang said was right. The imperial court indeed sent the Donghai Navy over. "Is it Hong Fu's plan to get Wu? He saw that the situation was so fast, so I had no chance." So I had to listen to Yu.  To translate the teaching, Yu Zhongxiang was ordered to go to Luoyang, and through Wang Lang's report, he requested to go to Luoyang to see the emperor.  Wang Lang was entrusted by Yu Fan, and as he was grateful for the unyielding master-slave friendship in the past, he spoke kindly for Sun Quan: "Previously, Quan was entrusted by his brother to guard Jiangdong. Because he was young and ignorant, he was entrusted by Zhou Yu.  Confused, he joined Liu Biao in the West to reject the emperor. Now that he surrendered, he regretted the past. When the chaos in Guandong broke out, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and other old officials of the Sun family also rebelled. Quan was confused and wanted to plead guilty to Fu Weisheng.  Cao Mao asked Shi Xun for his opinion.  Shi Xun said with a smile: "Sun Zhongmou was a great hero for a lifetime, but because of his lack of strength, he was conquered by the late emperor. I don't see him having any regrets. However, the situation is set. He is not ignorant. He invited to come to the court because he was afraid that the court would be suspicious and attack him.  If he is forced to rebel, it will be very detrimental to China. If he is summoned to comfort him, he will be given a noble title to show the court's benevolence and his majesty's wisdom. Will the southeast be safe?  "In fact, Sun Quan was not the only one who requested admission, but also Zang Ba, Zang Xuangao, who was stationed in Langxie.  Because of Yu Fan's advice, Sun Quan saw the situation clearly and knew that rebellion would not bring good results. In order to save the lives of his family and to ensure that the Sun family would not be completely destroyed, he pinched his nose and took the last step; Zang Ba was different.  He had no intention of rebellion at all.  Zang Xuangao didn¡¯t have any ambitions, he just guarded his one-third of an acre and was reluctant to give up.  When chaos broke out in Guandong, Cao Chong sent people to contact him. Brothers Sun Kang, Sun Guan, Yin Li and others persuaded Zang Ba not to listen, and actually led his troops to the west privately to join forces with Cao Zhi and others.  Zang Ba was really frightened now. He spent the whole day wandering around the government office, not knowing what to do.  The imperial court sent Wang Xiang, the nephew of Wang Xiong, the prefect of Fufeng, and a native of Langxie, to Jucheng to persuade Zang Ba. The original intention was that the Wang family was one of the top local snakes in Langxie County.  If Zang Ba refused to obey, he would use clan power to try to expel him.  Unexpectedly, when Wang Xiangcai saw Zang Ba, the dignified Zang Xuangao cried loudly and said: "Ba truly has no two intentions. Sun Kang and others rebelled. I wanted to plead guilty under the tie que, but I was worried that Ba would die and the army would be in chaos. If the sea,  If Xu is turbulent, he will not be able to redeem himself from this crime! How can Ba ??Dang teach me? "Wang Xiang said: "The general has great merits, and the former emperor ordered him to be the hanging tower.  I'm afraid that if I don't protect myself in the end, I will be laughed at by all the people. Now I have no one to entrust to my army." Zang Ba said, "I can't think of any suitable people to take away with Sun Kang and others."  We are one, but I am afraid that if I leave, others may not be able to control me, and they will all be bewitched by Sun Kang and others and become thieves.  Wang Xiang thought about it for a while and then tentatively said: "If the general does not use Xiang as a fool, please serve as a suppressor." Zang Ba was overjoyed. In fact, he didn't care whether Hai and Xu were in turmoil. What he cared about was whether the chaos in Hai and Xu would worsen his situation.  Now that someone is willing to take the blame for his crimes, it would be better to run away quickly. He will hand over the military power to Wang Xiang, take his family and go north, circle around Qingzhou and go straight to Luoyang.  The first thing Wang Xiang did after gaining military power was to place the brave and healthy members of the Wang clan as schools. Then he separated the various departments and spread them across counties such as Dong'an, Dongguan, Yangdu, and Haiqu.  Naturally, it was inevitable that some people would cause rebellion, but fortunately the scale was not very large. Wang Xiuzheng led the Wang clan to conquer one by one, and soon stabilized the situation. However, the Wang clan dominated Langye, and then became the number one surname in Guandong.  This is also where it started.  Zang Ba and Sun Quan entered Beijing successively, which to a certain extent prevented the further expansion of the chaos in Kanto.  Immediately Shixun asked for an imperial edict to pardon the two men's crimes, and granted Zang Ba the title of former general, Sun Quan the title of Taizhong doctor, and both of them were worshiped as Xianghou, belonging to the second level of titles with different surnames in Cao Wei. As for the real power, of course they can no longer be left to them.  La.  Zang Ba was on his way, and he set off as soon as he saw Wang Xiang.Sun Quan had a long way to go, so he asked Yu Fan to go to the front station first. He was delayed in coming and going. By the time he entered Luoyang City, it was already midsummer and May.  At this time, the chaos in Kanto was approaching a time of complete calm.  Le attacked Juancheng, Cao Zhi and others sent troops to rescue them, but they were surrounded by people in the city.  Cao Zijian was trapped in the city of Chou. He drank and got drunk all day long. Then he pointed his halberd and cursed: "Zihuan, kill me!" Finally, he was killed by his disciple Wang Guan, who was from Linqiu. He tied Cao Kai and opened the city to accept the king's troops.  As for the southern front, Yu Jin and Xia Houshang defeated Jiang Qin, Chen Wu, Zhu Ju, etc., and joined forces with Anfeng vassal led by Wang Chang to encircle Cao Chong in Liyang.  In fact, the battle did not go very well. Xiahou Shang was even attacked by Jiang Qin at one point and almost lost his life.  Fortunately, the rebel forces were all very weak, with no more than a few thousand men. They also planned for Zhuge Liang to divide and encircle them, so they were wiped out one by one. Jiang Qin and Chen Wu fought hard and died. Zhu Ju was captured and taken to Luoyang to be beheaded.  Cao Chong was dissatisfied and wanted to break out of Liyang City and cross the river from Niuzhu to Danyang. However, Lu Zijing was ordered to return the army and first sent Ding Feng to lead 20 fast boats to Wuhu, where he stopped Cao Chong.  Cao Chong had trouble crossing the river and was forced to retreat to Liyang. Seeing that it was only a matter of time before he was wiped out.  Besides, after Cao Zhi died and Juancheng was restored, Cao Zhi's two sons, Cao Miao and Cao Zhi, who were still young, were bound by Wang Guan and sent to Lejin's army together with Cao Kai.  Le Jin had already received Cao Hong's care and said, "They are all of the blood of the Heavenly family. Only the Emperor can decide whether they are dead or alive. Be careful not to humiliate the late Emperor, who will not be able to sleep peacefully in the ground." So Le Wenqian was happy to receive him, and there were only three of them.  As long as they were completely isolated, they were not afraid of causing trouble. They didn't wear shackles or put on the shackles, they just pushed them into the safety car and sent people to escort them to Luoyang.  Cao Maoyi asked the officials, what should be done?  All the officials thought that the crime of treason was a serious crime and should have been broken. The Qiyi tribe, because of the blood of the Tian family, could be reduced to the first level: Cao Kai should be greatly promoted, and Cao Miao and Cao Zhi should be killed in prison. In fact, it was given to them.  He killed the two kings' wives, concubines, etc., and became an official and a slave.  Cao Mao nodded and was about to give the order. Suddenly Shixun sighed in the train and said sadly: "What a pity, it's so difficult for people to be human!" Cao Mao couldn't help but frowned and asked: "Why is your Majesty thinking and sighing?  "Yeah?" Shixun stood up and held his hands in his hands, and responded calmly: "I think that in life, there are many choices, and I don't realize that I should follow the teachings of the saints and the restrictions of the law?" Cao Mao said, "There is no need to think about it."  ?  "The sage teaches the way of heaven to the king, and the king governs the country according to the law. If the law does not conform to the sage's words, it is still in power. If the law is detailed and unreasonable, how is it different from the Qin government?" Shi Xun said that it is the "three tribes"  The punishment was not found in the Zhou rites. It started in the Qin Dynasty and established the law of sitting together for Shang Yang. If one person violates the law and the family relatives do not report it, they will be guilty of the same crime as Miao and Zhi. They failed to disclose their relatives and report them.  Yes. However, regardless of whether he is still young and has no knowledge of good and evil, he is already an adult. Zi said: "The father hides for the son, and the son hides for the father." If he is punished immediately, it is against the words of the sage and shows filial piety to the world.  It is worthy of death. If you are not filial, you may be whole-hearted. Isn't it absurd? " "The Analects" records that Ye Gong once said to Confucius: "There is a person in our party who has a straight bow. His father is chasing sheep, and his son is a witness."  There was a very upright man in his hometown. His father had stolen a sheep, and he came forward to testify against his father.  However, Confucius replied: "The uprightness of our party is different. The father hides for the son, and the son hides for the father. Uprightness is in it." The so-called integrity in my hometown is different from yours. The father is required to help the son cover up his mistakes, and the son is required to help.  When a father covers up his mistakes, this is called integrity.  So Xun Xun said that the crime of Cao Miao and Cao Zhi now is because they did not report their father Cao Zhi, so according to the crime of the Yi clan, they cannot escape.  But let's not say that these two children are young and don't know how to take advantage of them. Even if they are adults, according to the words of the saint, they should hide their father's sins.  So in life, should we listen to the teachings of saints?  Or should we abide by the law?  When there is a conflict between law and filial piety, what should we do?  In fact, Xun Ting disagreed with what Confucius said. Ancient China has lacked legal tradition and legal spirit for thousands of years, which was caused by the spread of Confucian thinking that "emotion is greater than law".  Of course, it cannot be denied that Confucius had the limitations of his time. At that time, he was bent on restoring the aristocratic society of the Zhou Dynasty, using rituals to restrain the nobles, and using laws to restrain the "villains". Of course, he did not want the legal system to penetrate into all strata of society and judge all cases.  .  Legalists regard such words as nonsense, but the cold Qin Fa does not consider the facts of the case at all, only knows about mechanical execution, and goes to the other extreme, which is equally chilling.  Because of Qin's laws, the Han Dynasty only deleted the complicated ones, and it was basically the same as the Qin Dynasty.  Later, the Confucians came to power and brought more human feelings into the judicial process, but did not completely revise the laws and regulations accordingly. That's why Dong Zhongshu had the "Spring and Autumn Period Prison Breaking" with Confucian ethics as the guiding ideology, which could overturn the mechanical rule in specific cases.  Legal provisions.  Shixun¡¯s soul comes from later generations, and his legal concepts are clearer than those of most Confucian scholars of this era. He is unwilling to use emotion to break the law, even if it is a bad law.He should also try to modify it first, rather than destroy it directly. But he can't stand the situation where one person commits a crime and relatives get involved together.  With human lives right in front of us, how sinful are these children to be implicated and die?  Because of this, he held his nose and said something he didn¡¯t quite believe, deliberately trying to exonerate Cao Miao and others (~^~) For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotia.net
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