Chapter 4 Section 3 Nursing Men

Linyuan hates fish, it is better to retreat and make a net.After Wang Mang usurped the throne, as the subjugated king and grandson, Liu Yan did not make unnecessary curses to win spiritual victory, but vigorously attracted guests and began to cultivate his own armed forces and direct descendants. The tradition of feeding guests has a long history.Going back more than two hundred years, there were four princes of the Warring States period before, and Lu Buwei and Lao Ai of the Qin State later.As far as the Han Dynasty, this trend was even more prevalent. From the princes and nobles, to the low-level officials, and even ordinary people, they all took pride in welcoming more guests.

There are many customers, so there is competition for customers.Compared with those powerful and wealthy princes and nobles, Liu Yan undoubtedly lacks competitiveness. If he wants to win the victory with the weak, he can only segment the market. Guests are the breakthrough point. Liu Yan selected the dead and fugitives that others avoided.The dead and fugitives were either hunted down by their enemies or wanted by the country. Taking these people in as guests is tantamount to getting angry. Always keep it at arm's length. When others abandoned me, Liu Yan first recruited from this group of people.What is Liu Yan's purpose in keeping guests?Just to rebel.Since this group of people dare to kill people, are they still afraid of rebellion?As the news spread, desperadoes came running one after another, Liu Yanke had no choice but to meet them, and within two years, hundreds of people had gathered under his command, powerful in Nanyang, known as the leader of heroes.

The judge asked, isn't there still chaos in this world?Where did all these murderers come from? There are many murderers, although there are subjective factors of the murderers, but more importantly, the murders are instigated and encouraged by the state.It may sound unbelievable that a country would instigate and encourage murder, but it is true. The problem lies in the frequent amnesties of the Western Han Dynasty and the New Dynasty: a total of 87 amnesties in the Western Han Dynasty, an average of two years Half-time amnesty.A total of nine amnesties were granted in the new dynasty, with an average of one amnesty every 20 months.

In other words, if you kill someone, you only need to escape for two and a half years in the Western Han Dynasty, and twenty months in the New Dynasty, and then you can start all over again as if nothing happened.For example, if you are killing someone, if you are caught on the spot, then you are unlucky;Don't say that you are too lazy to escape, you still have to escape, you have to give the government this face, otherwise, if you kill someone and still hang around in your hometown, the government will be embarrassed if they don't want to arrest you.When you escape, you naturally need a place to stay, where you can at least have a full meal every day and a good night's sleep.Well, I heard that Liu Yan from Nanyang is good. In his mansion, it is said that the wind can enter and the rain can enter, but the government cannot enter.Oh, dear friend, you also killed someone just now, well, go together, go together.So go together.

Govern the world with great virtue, not small favors, it is the old man who forgives you.Later generations of Western Shu were relatively weak, but Zhuge Liang ruled with impunity, so he was able to win three points.Although Emperor Han and Wang Mang did not have time to see this, the "Guanzi" had already warned in advance: "Anyone who is pardoned will make a small profit but cause a lot of harm, and the long-term will be invincible." Frequent amnesty not only seriously undermines the existing laws, but also The risk cost of crime is greatly reduced.What would the world be like if the risk cost of crime was reduced to zero?Perhaps it is in response to Oscar Wilde's famous joke: If everyone could kill at will without any consequences, within a day, human beings would be completely extinct.