Chapter 191 Chapter 27 Wei Wu Ru Qiyong (15)

He glanced at Chen Qun first, and then said: "In the past, Chen Qun's father, Da Honglu Chen Ji, believed that the death penalty was the most merciful for a person who committed a capital crime. Now, Chen Qun, I am sorry for your father. What's your point of view?" Chen Qun, who now serves as Yushi Zhongcheng and is in charge of supervision affairs, has always been full of respect and love for his father, thinking that his father's views were often higher than others at that time.Cao Cao asked him this question obviously to get Chen Qun's support.Chen Qun said without hesitation: "My father, Chen Ji, thought that the Han Dynasty increased flogging after the abolition of corporal punishment. Heavy.

"It is light in name, and the people feel fearless, and it is easy to offend the king's law. In essence, it is heavy, but the people are hurt more than the light in name, and they are dissatisfied. Therefore, my father does not agree with it." "What is his real idea?" Cao Cao asked. Chen Qun pondered for a while and replied: "In terms of the ancient legal system, it is in accordance with the law of heaven to kill a murderer. It would be unfair to the deceased if he only hurt his body and cut off his hair. Therefore, for those who committed heinous crimes Prisoners, benevolence no longer works for them, but the kindness of the death penalty works for them."

Cao Cao nodded. Chen Qun went on to say: "However, corporal punishment has been abolished, and there are only death penalty and flogging, and flogging often leads to death. Therefore, I heard that there is only death penalty in our country, regardless of whether the crime deserves death. For this reason, I suggest Restoring corporal punishment can balance the pain of punishment and the joy of saving life for those who can not be sentenced to death. Only in this way can the purpose of warning the public be achieved. limbs of a man, and despise a man's life." Cao Cao originally listened to Chen Qun's words and agreed, but he heard him continue to say the word "whip to death", which seemed to be alluding to the death of Empress Fu, so he did not express it for the time being.Originally, he wanted to explain to the generals the necessity and legitimacy of killing Empress Fu, but unexpectedly the topic was diverted.

But he immediately changed his mind, as long as no one publicly expressed objections, why should I take the initiative to bring it up.So he shifted the topic away and said: "After I returned to Xudu, I heard that during the Southern Expedition, some soldiers fled halfway. They didn't want to attack Soochow again. They felt that having the North was enough to settle down. For them, apart from being reasonable, how should we punish them? " Gao Rou, the manager of the judicial administration, said: "The old decree is used now. If a soldier flees, his wife and son are arrested and tortured. However, the number of fleeing has not decreased. I have drawn up A new law is coming out, and it is about to be presented."

Cao Cao asked: "But expanded to torture his parents and brothers?" Gao Rou was stunned, and then answered: "No. I think it's abominable for soldiers to run away when they need it most. However, I also heard that many who ran away regretted it very much later. Therefore, the new decree should forgive their wives. Son, let them come to induce him to change his mind. What is the main purpose of the criminal law? On the one hand, it is to punish bad people, but more importantly, it is to make bad people good people. If it is just to arrest their wives and sons, it has already made them desperate, and if it is expanded to arrest their parents and brothers, I am afraid that from now on, when people in the army see someone fleeing, they will be executed. On the one hand, it reduces the combat capability, and on the other hand, it will flee immediately if it is in a hurry.Therefore, I thought that severe punishment would not necessarily prevent escape, but would probably encourage it. "

Cao Cao laughed and said, "You are right. Soon our army will attack Hanzhong, so I asked Mr. Gao Rou to draft a new military law, so as to mobilize the combat effectiveness of the soldiers to the fullest. There is no burden." Gao Rou only takes orders. After that, specific and detailed research and discussions were made on the plan to attack Hanzhong.So far this year, Cao Cao has completely pacified the entire north, Guanzhong and Longxi.However, the three-point situation in the world has initially formed, and it is difficult to change.Was it only Zhang Lu and his Hanzhong who greeted Cao Cao?

Cao Cao's fingers crossed the border of Hanzhong and pointed to Yizhou, which Liu Bei was capturing.An imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.