Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 48 The law does not punish everyone? [Second update, please collect and read]

The old man's face was angry and ferocious, as if he had been greatly wronged.

He is the elder of this village.

Of course, he also has another identity, that is, an elder in an old noble family.

The entire village relies on the people of that lineage to develop, and it is precisely because of the existence of that person that this village can be more prosperous than other villages.

Now it's time for this village to give back.

The people below also knew this, so no one had any objections. They all raised their heads and looked at the clan elder who was standing swaying on the stone.

The clan elder glanced at the people below: "I am waiting for a villager, there are so many Chinese people, how dare Shang Yang do anything to us? When he comes, we will beat him out directly!"

The young men below held various farm tools in their hands and opened their mouths to cater to them.

In their opinion, the principle that the law does not punish the public should still be useful. With so many tribesmen and villagers resisting and doing things together, does Shang Yang really dare to punish them, the entire village, according to the law?

So, no one cared, no one refuted.

The new law has indeed brought benefits to many ordinary citizens. In the eyes of those ordinary citizens, Shang Yang's reform is a sword, a double-edged sword with advantages and disadvantages, but for them currently, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

For these citizens who originally enjoyed [care], the new law has touched their interests.

They were even more anxious than the old nobles.

Because the old nobles may still have a way out, but they really have no way out.

At this time, Shang Yang was in Sikou Yamen.

He sat in front of Chen Ye. In fact, Shang Yang felt a little awkward. After all, he was the one who said "different ways" before they parted ways, but now it was he who encountered various things and wanted to talk to Chen Ye.

After Shang Yang visited the entire Qin court, he finally discovered something.

For him, only Chen Ye can keep up with the rhythm of his thoughts, and only Chen Ye can inspire him to a certain extent. Perhaps this is the love between Boya and Ziqi?
  Chen Ye also sat there upright, dealing with the government affairs at hand, and looked at Shang Yang and asked: "What's the problem with Daliang Zao again? He came to my place two days in a row."

Shang Yang was not surprised that Chen Ye said such a thing. After all, this Shuzi had never been a gentle person. How normal was it to stab himself at this time?
  He just smiled and said, "There's just one problem."

Shang Yang pretended to be casual and said: "The law is strict, but sometimes, in some unimportant places, some people always think that [the law does not punish everyone]."

He pondered for a moment and then asked: "But to a certain extent, unless it is some unforgivable sin, the law will often not blame everyone during the execution of the law."

"Give me a simple example."

Shang Yang looked at Chen Ye and asked: "If at this time, people from a village kick out the officials who enforce the new law from the village, so that they cannot announce and implement the [Private Land Law], etc., how should we deal with this?"

"Is it possible to really arrest everyone in a village and deal with them according to law?"

Chen Ye blinked slightly. He didn't expect Shang Yang to come to ask this question. He didn't pause at all, just smiled and said: "Daliang Zao, don't you already have the answer to this question in your heart?"

Shang Yang was silent.

Indeed, he has the answer in his heart.

In his opinion, the law does not allow offending, let alone a person from a village, even a township or an entire clan, so what?

Shang Yang could watch helplessly as members of his clan were dealt with by Chen Ye in accordance with the law. How could he allow a villager to do that without taking any action?

He was just thinking about what Chen Ye said before.

There might be a better option, right? After all, if he really dealt with all the people in a village and tortured them, then his reputation as a "cruel official" would not be lost. It’s not just him. When this incident spreads, the entire Qin State will bear the reputation of "violent Qin".

He raised his head, looked at Chen Ye, and said in a joke-like tone: "It's precisely because I have the answer in my heart, but I'm not sure about my answer, that's why I'm asking you."

"Don't you have a better answer in your mind?"

Chen Ye did not stop flipping the book in his hands, but just said: "Isn't this simple?"

"Even if people from a village drive out officials, there will always be someone who takes action first, right? There will always be a few people who take action more seriously, right?"

"There are always some people who follow those people and are blind followers, right?"

"There are always some people who have absolutely no chance to take action, right?"

Chen Ye smiled, with a cruel tone in his voice: "Catch some, torture some, fine some, release some, and let them have conflicts among themselves."

"When they have conflicts among themselves, the concept of collective disappears."

"Because there are always some people whose interests are sacrificed, and there are always some people who always occupy the interests."

"No matter what the reason is, they will never be an impeccable iron plate."

Chen Ye seemed to already know what happened in that village. He looked at Shang Yang, blinked and said, "Daliang Zao should be quite proficient in the rest, right?"

Shang Yang muttered Chen Ye's words with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"This is indeed a way."

"And it's a great idea!"

In fact, it's not that Shang Yang couldn't think of such a way, but that he was a little confused because he was in the middle of the game.

If it were the usual Shang Yang, he would have thought of this idea long ago.

It's just a matter of differentiation. This method is not very smart, but it is still useful. No matter how many years it lasts, this method will always be useful.

Because the human heart never changes.

Qin Palace
  Qin Xiaogong listened to the eunuch reading to him about the village, and also listened to the people below reporting on the reform.

He couldn't help but laugh: "Chen Ye is such a jerk. He is always secretive on weekdays. Why don't you continue to be secretive these days?"

Although there was a tone of laughter and scolding in his mouth, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Qin Xiaogong was very satisfied with Chen Ye's changes.

Because this means that Chen Ye has officially joined the political whirlpool of Qin.

He once again had one more chess piece available to him.

"Perhaps, the addition of Chen Ye can make Qin's court more interesting."

The junction of Wei and Zhao.

King Wei Hui looked at the King of Zhao with a peaceful expression, as if it was not the two countries that had gone to war before.

"Mr. Zhao, what do you think of my proposal?"

(End of this chapter)