Ming Zuo

Chapter 435 Judgment (3)

On the dock, Tian Xiaoe was in a daze, her eyes were full of confusion.

Don't you want to convict yourself?
Why is my father so unlucky?
Wait, what is the crime that the attendant everyone looks up to condemned his father?

Tian Xiao'e tried hard to think, but unfortunately, she, a village woman who could not read big characters, sadly couldn't even understand these things.

But she only understands one thing.

The father who sold her for ten taels of silver, the father who single-handedly pushed her into the fire pit, was being punished.

For some reason, when she looked around again, Tian Xiaoe suddenly found that there was a sense of comfort that the sky was high and the sea was wide.

It's just a judgment, but the turmoil caused by it is endless.

"Sit, sit, I have something to say."

An old man rushed out from among the onlookers, looking rather distraught.

Seeing this old man, people's discussion became even more clamorous.

This old man is a famous person in Linqing City, everyone knows him, and he is an old acquaintance with Zuo Menggeng.

Seeing that he wanted to talk regardless of the guards' obstruction, Zuo Menggeng smiled and said, "What's Confucius' opinion?"

This old man was precisely Kong Xiangru who initiated the Linqing Hemisphere Experiment.

Although this experiment caused Kong Xiangru to fail miserably, the old man was also remembered by people because of this incident.Moreover, the old man is very sincere and simple, and he can correct his mistakes. Since then, he has developed a great interest in scientific knowledge, and even joined Zhang Jinhai and his interest class.

But seeing Zuo Menggeng's verdict here today, Kong Xiangru still couldn't accept it.

"At the seat, the sages have said that if you don't wait for the orders of your parents or the words of the matchmaker, if you peep at each other through the gaps and follow each other over the wall, then the parents and the people of the country will be despised. Although this Tiangouzi is of low moral character, as a parent, he means Ordering a marriage is just as it should be. Wouldn't it be against filial piety to attend such a judgment?"

The voices in the crowd suddenly raised their voices, apparently quite a few agreed.

Most of them are parents.

The reason why these people supported Kong Xiangru's words was that they suddenly discovered that once Zuo Menggeng's judgment took effect, wouldn't that mean that their authority in front of their children would completely disappear in the future.

Children can disobey them because of marriage, so in the future, can the world be reversed because of other things?

Zuo Menggeng is sitting here today, obviously his homework is extremely solid.

He chuckled and asked: "Old Master, you are very knowledgeable. May I ask, what are the five unfilial acts of Ya Shengyan?"

Hearing that Zuo Menggeng wanted to ask for advice, Kong Xiangru regained his energy, and immediately began to recite it shaking his head.

"The five so-called unfilial persons in the world are: laziness in one's limbs, disregarding parents' support, one is unfilial; gambling is addicted to drinking, disregarding parents' support, two is unfilial; greedy for money, selfish wife, disregarding parents' support, three is unfilial; The desire of the eyes and ears, thinking that parents are killing, is the four types of unfilial piety; being brave and fierce, and endangering parents is the fifth unfilial piety."

The "parents' orders and matchmaker's words" he talked about came from "Mencius Teng Wen Gong Xia", and the article he recited at this time came from "Mencius Li Lou Xia".

In this article, Mencius described five examples of unfilial conduct.

Laziness in limbs and disregard of parents’ lives is the first type of unfilial piety; liking to gamble and drink and disregarding their parents’ livelihoods is the second type of unfilial piety; covetousness for money, preference for wives and children, and disregard of parents’ livelihoods is the third type of unfilial piety; indulgence in pleasure-seeking is the third type of unfilial piety. Suffering humiliation is the four types of unfilial piety; being brave and aggressive, causing trouble to parents is the fifth type of unfilial piety.

Zuo Menggeng saw it poorly, and suddenly asked: "Ask Confucius, among the five unfilial acts, are the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers among them?"

"Uh……"

Kong Xiangru was dumbfounded, and many scholars around him were also dumbfounded.

Filial piety is the essence and core of Confucianism, which has been deeply studied by people throughout the ages.

Regarding the major matters of marriage, the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers are well known to everyone, so that they have become the standard of today's world.

As a result of Zuo Menggeng's operations, people suddenly discovered that the standard that everyone recognized was not included in the five unfilial acts stipulated by saints.

In other words, it is not unfilial to disobey the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers.

Kong Xiangru is also a bit quick-witted.

"Sensei, if this is the case, parents have worked hard to bring up their children, but the children only care about their own happiness. If things go on like this, wouldn't it mean that the family is broken and the relationship is lost?"

He mentioned a practical problem.

If from now on everyone does not obey their parents' orders and matchmaker's words, wouldn't that mean that parents have lost their authority over their children?
At that time, the children will not regard their parents in their eyes, and the breakdown of the family relationship will not be far away.

The impact of this is terrifying.

Zuo Menggeng was ready again, looked at the crowd, and raised the volume as much as possible.

"Parents and parents are responsible for raising their children, and they have the kindness of raising their children. The kindness of parents is more important than Mount Tai, and it cannot be ignored. Moreover, a major event in marriage is not an individual behavior of a man and a woman, but a relationship between two families. Therefore, no matter when, marriage In major matters, parents are the ones who take the lead. Today’s judgment only punishes the unrighteous act of using children to make money regardless of their children’s happiness. At the same time, parents are also requested to consider carefully, and do not ignore the happiness of their children when dealing with major matters of marriage and feelings."

As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but smile and applaud.

As a parent, I understand the admonition.

Don't use your own selfishness to neglect the happiness of your children and ruin your children's lives.

And those who are children are also encouraged.From now on, you can bravely express your thoughts on lifelong marriage matters.

He also dared to fight against the orders of his parents who violated his wishes.

The reason why Zuo Menggeng's statement was widely recognized was because no one thought that Tian Gouzi was not at fault for what he did.

Although many people criticized Tian Xiao'e's behavior of violating the orders of her parents and the words of her matchmaker, Tian Gouzi's practice of using her daughter in exchange for money is also a beast.

In the past, people were bound by filial piety, and their eyes were first locked on Tian Xiaoe.Until now, after passing Zuo Menggeng's brand-new judicial interpretation, he began to correctly view the cause and effect right and wrong.

The onlookers have not yet realized the effect of this judgment on personal liberation.

After Tian Gouzi, Zuo Menggeng followed Tian Youzhuang.

"Tian Youzhuang, the person responsible for the Tian Xiaoe case, was sentenced to [-] years in prison for being suspected of illegal detention, beating others, restricting others' freedom, and crimes of insulting and exceeding powers. The rest, Tian Fengnian, Tian Jiacai, Tian Dongsheng, etc., were sentenced to imprisonment ten years."

Tian Youzhuang's knees went limp, and he lay directly on the stage.Then he came back to his senses and wept loudly.

"Sensei, I have been wronged, why am I guilty?"

Zhang Zonghuan was also a little puzzled.

"Presiding judge, all disputes in the countryside have always been resolved by the elders of the village. As the head of the Tian clan, Tian Youzhuang acted quite improperly, but the crime is not the end of it?"

Zuo Menggeng showed his sharp edge.

"If you are strong in this field, can you have an official position? What position do you occupy?"

No one can answer, and there is no need to answer.

Apart from being the patriarch of the Tian family, Tian Youzhuang is just a commoner.

"Tian Youzhuang has neither official status nor authority and responsibility. How can he act on behalf of the law to determine life and death?"

There was another sensation at the scene, and this time more people were affected, including Hou Xun, Li Banghua and others.

They were different from ordinary people in that they immediately understood Zuo Menggeng's purpose.

Zuo Menggeng's judgment, taking Tian Youzhuang as an example, obviously intended to extend the regime's influence to the countryside and at the same time break the confinement of the feudal big family.

Reminiscent of what he said frankly before to liberate the labor force and release population resources.Obviously, he has already started to do it.

Once this judgment comes into effect, from now on, the control of the gentry and elders over the folk villages will be completely bankrupt.

And it can only be their new regime that can fill the power gap.

Under the protection of the new regime, more and more people will break away from the shackles of land and family and transform into human resources for industry and commerce.

Although the ordinary people watching couldn't see such a profound meaning, they also understood a truth.

From now on, disputes and conflicts in the village and in the family can no longer be decided by the village head.Otherwise, it is illegal.

Today, Tian Youzhuang was sentenced to [-] years in prison, which means that in the future, there will be elders from the village sages who dare to do this, and Tian Youzhuang is an example.

Hou Xun, Li Banghua and others still supported Zuo Menggeng's approach.

Because of today's industrial and commercial development, there is indeed a shortage of people everywhere.The only thing that worried them was that Zuo Menggeng's sentence seemed to be a little harsher.

Not only was Tian Youzhuang severely punished, but the rest of the Tian clan, who participated, did not escape punishment.

"At times like this, it's better to be ruthless. Only by taking ruthless medicine can you achieve it overnight, so as not to waste time and time again."

But Hou Xun could see it clearly, knowing that Zuo Menggeng did it on purpose.

Only under such severe punishments and heavy laws can new ideas penetrate the people quickly and become new rules.

At least with today's example, in the future, when someone in each family behaves mischievously again, the rest of the clan needs to carefully consider whether they are willing to take the risk of breaking the law and help.

After Tian Youzhuang came Zhang Wanhe and members of the Zhang clan.

"The relevant person, Zhang Wanhe, instigated them to commit violent acts, injuring and maiming people. At the same time, they committed the crimes of illegal imprisonment, robbery of property, and intentional homicide. They were sentenced to death. Zhang Erzhu, Zhang Guangdan, Zhang Qian... and others were sentenced to ten years in prison. , each of them was fined five taels, and the victims Tian Xiaoe and Ma Tianjiu were compensated."

The most severe penalty came, causing Zhang Wanhe to faint on the spot.

Tian Gouzi and Tian Youzhuang were severely sentenced, which made him feel bad.But he never expected that the most terrifying penalty fell on his head.

Zhang Wanhe's son, Zhang Qian, was frightened and kept shouting.

"Seat, my father didn't kill anyone, he didn't kill someone..."

Zuo Menggeng looked over coldly.

"Did Zhang Wanhe give the order to immerse Tian Xiao'e in a pig cage? Isn't this intentional homicide?"

Zhang Qian's yelling stopped abruptly, and he didn't expect that the so-called "intentional homicide" actually came about like this.

You can deal with adulterers and adulterers, isn't that what everyone does?
Just when he was about to cry out, he suddenly remembered what Zuo Menggeng said earlier.

Is Zhang Wanhe an official?

Do you have the power to exercise the law?
Since he didn't, who gave him the guts to decide his life?
Zhang Qian was dumbfounded.

If I had known today, I would regret it!

　Regarding the part about Lushun Huanglong, let me give a special explanation.

　　According to the information I found, Jin Shenghuan was originally a member of the Northwest Rebel Army, and later surrendered to Zuo Liangyu, and followed Zuo Menggeng to surrender to the Qing Dynasty.Then he rebelled against the Qing Dynasty because of his dissatisfaction, and was defeated and killed.

　　However, when I checked this part of Huanglong's information, I found that when the Dongjiang rebels withdrew from Dengzhou to Liaodong, Huanglong led the army to fight.

　　One of the generals under his command was also named Jin Shenghuan.

　　I haven't found any information on whether this is a person.

　　Therefore, in the book, only Jin Shenghuan was assigned to the Northwest Rebel Army, and was removed from the list of generals of the Liaodong Ming Army.

　　Please forgive me if I am wrong.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)