Since returning to Nanchang, Luo Yongsheng has been unable to rest for a moment.

I was thinking about going to Tang Fu to talk about the research and development of the gunpowder industry, but I had to deal with the official documents and government affairs that had already accumulated a large number of documents. Before dealing with these documents, Luo Yongsheng had to see someone first.

A man who has to meet.

Kou Gu.

This Kou Laoxi is now comfortable in Nanchang. The Government Affairs Pavilion has arranged a house for Kou Yan, which is located not far from the Grand Marshal's Mansion. Although it is not large, it has a small courtyard inside, which makes it convenient for Kou Yan to fiddle with flowers and plants and cultivate some vegetables on weekdays.

"The small one is hidden in the wild and the big one is hidden in the court. Master Kou is so happy."

Standing in the fields and sweating profusely, Kou Yan, who was digging the ground and loosening the soil, turned around when he heard the shouts. He was shocked when he saw that it was Luo Yongsheng who was still taking a snack, so he quickly put down his hoe.

"It turns out that the King of Chu has arrived. I have missed the opportunity to welcome you. Please forgive me."

"I dare not take it."

Luo Yongsheng didn't believe Kou Wen could be so polite. When he returned to the city, the latter didn't come to pick him up, and he was determined not to enter the government.

It seems that Kou Shi himself couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, and he was unwilling to leave his pens on his later history books, and scolded him.

"I came here alone today, but I didn't come empty-handed. I brought you a lot of good things."

Luo Yongsheng waved his hand, and the personal soldiers behind him entered one after another, each carrying a lot of objects.

"In addition to food and drink, household items are also available. Just don't dislike the Grand Master."

As he spoke, he began to turn his head on the guest and called on the group of personal soldiers to return, without giving Kou Yan a chance to refuse. The latter wanted to speak, so Luo Yongsheng took two steps to put away the hoe for Kou Yan and pulled the latter to the main hall.

"Tonight, Gu De and Tai Shi Chang have acquainted each other for several years, but they haven't drunk once. Gu has always felt sorry for it."

Youdao did not hit the smiley person. Luo Yongsheng was so enthusiastic that Kou was not beaten at all. He could only follow Luo Yongsheng to enter the hall, but he did not forget to fight against Luo Yongsheng and his army.

"Since the King of Chu said he was not coming to the door with empty hands, it means he didn't plan to leave with empty hands."

"Where you say what you say."

Luo Yongsheng beat him up: "Look at Taishi, you can't trust Luo's character. Could it be that if you come to visit me alone, you have to make some plans? You will only drink wine today."

"It's really just drinking?"

"What if that's not."

No matter how Kou Yan tests, Luo Yongsheng will bite him to death. He Chunchun just came to Kou Yan to drink and reminisce about the past, and did not mention any other matters.

It’s great to drink, Kou Wei is also happy to drink only. His identity in Nanchang is a bit special. He hasn’t really drunk anyone for such a long time.

Although Geng Baishun had a banquet for him on behalf of the Government Affairs Office, the banquet members had their own thoughts at that time, so the banquet was naturally not very pleasant.

Now that Luo Yongsheng is here to accompany him, I can finally have a happy time.

It’s not just about identity, but more importantly about knowledge.

If two people with too many different knowledge, it will be difficult to sit together and drink, and even if they are compatible with each other, it will be difficult to drink happily.

There were no servants at Kou's home, so Luo Yongsheng personally arranged to prepare wine and food. The enthusiasm was not like a guest who came to visit, but instead looked like a boss, which made Kou's ridiculous look.

"King of Chu, you are really not bound by common etiquette at all."

"If Gu were not the King of Chu, the Grand Master should have scolded Gu for being rude and behaved frivolously."

Kou Shi was stunned at first, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, the King of Chu is such a wonderful person."

It is amazing that people who do the same behavior with different identities will get different evaluations.

"We Chinese people follow rules and value etiquette. Isn't this etiquette the most respected one."

As he said that, he raised his glass to meet Kou, raised his head and drank it all.

Kou Shi was stunned at first, then shook his head and laughed, and then drank it all: "The King of Chu can see through it clearly, but Kou has a different view."

"It's okay to just say it, I forgive you for not guilty."

"The word "forgive" means that Kou is already guilty."

"Uh, hahahaha." Luo Yongsheng suddenly seemed to think of something, laughed loudly and raised his glass: "I will punish myself for a cup, please tell the Grand Master."

"The King of Chu said that the root of our Chinese ritual is still the kind of ritual of the highest ritual. Isn't it too utilitarian? Zhou Gong has rules for setting rituals, human ethics, and orderly old and young, but it does not only restrict future generations. Elders also have rules, and they must abide by their own identity when doing things, and they must not exceed the rules."

"The Grand Master also likes to read the "Book of Zhou"?"

"Amazing Book."

"Then let's talk about it today."

Luo Yongsheng was interested: "The core of "The Literature of Zhou" is Datong and well-off, such as the six methods of raising the people.

One is to be kind to young, two is to support the elderly, three is to promote poverty, four is to care for poverty, five is to be lenient and sick, and six is ​​to be safe and blessed.

These six methods of nourishing the people have been annotated by countless sages. Confucius, Liu An, Zheng Annotation, and Zheng Xuan have made comments or prefaces, and they all have different opinions. Taishi, you are also a great talent in the world, and I want to hear your opinions."

Kou Yan didn't rush to speak, and after clinking glasses with Luo Yongsheng and drinking, he thought for a while.

"This sarcastic young man, Kou thinks that it should be similar to the love for the young man who respects the elderly and loves the young man. He should care for the children and teach them knowledge and etiquette, so that they can grow up healthily."

"Han Feizi and Shang Jun felt that treating children equally and using strict laws as discipline, so that they dare not be rash and arrogant, causing big mistakes and being killed. This is also mercy, is it?"

"A child is greedy and happy because of nature. He has been strict with the laws and harshly in his behavior since childhood. It is a poison that destroys human nature. How can he be merciful?"

Luo Yongsheng didn't say anything or express his opinion, and Duan Gu and Kou Yan drank.

"Besides, the word "nursing" is used as a profession to support the elderly."

"The country is in difficulties, or the production capacity is insufficient, how can we support the elderly in the world?"

"Since you are an old man, you should have descendants and you should be nurtured."

"A family of three is still difficult to live, how can you serve the elders?" Luo Yongsheng shook his head: "Don't argue with the Grand Master. It's difficult to start an orphan. I've seen too many frozen bones. Of course, I can support the elderly. However, if the people have a year of production, they will lose their taxes and labor, and their food and drink expenses, they will be powerless to raise their two sons. How can they support the elderly?"

Kou Yan remained silent, drank the glass of wine and sighed.

"So the King of Chu abolished corvee service, leniently used land taxes, abolished the salary and land exempted from taxes, and forced the gentry to pay grain."

"The difficulty lies in the country. As a compatriot of the same country, why should we distinguish between noble and low? If this is called etiquette, then it is impossible not to respect this etiquette."

Kou Yan refuted speechlessly and gave Luo Yongsheng a glass of wine.

"Three sayings are about resilience. It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish. How can people keep the people from being poor?"

Luo Yongsheng sighed and said, "The people live by arable land, but they are also poor because of arable land. However, arable land is the foundation of the country. Without land, there is no food. Without food, the country will perish. How can we revive it?

When it comes to learning arable land, no one knows better than the orphans and the Grand Tutor. Therefore, the country is difficult to do when revitalizing poverty. Therefore, if you want to revitalize poverty, you should first revitalize the country. If the country is rich, you have the ability to exempt land tax. Not only do you need to exempt land tax, but you also need to subsidize the people to cultivate land, so that they can support their families and young people while being self-sufficient. This is how to revitalize poverty.”

"The King of Chu's views are high-level, and Kou Qin is impressed, so he should respect him."

"The fourth saying is about politeness, and this word politeness is very appropriate."

Luo Yongsheng talked a lot about his own views: "Those who are compassionate are pensions and compassion. There are many reasons for the people's poverty, either because of illness or due to harsh taxes. No matter what the reason is, we should be sympathetic. If we say compassionate, we should take measures.

The five sayings about lenient illness. This disease is not a disease, but is actually a suffering of the people. What about the suffering of the people? Naturally, it is severe punishment and corvee service. The orphans have begun to compile the law of the Great Chu, and the first thing is to prepare to abolish the punishment of killing the company.

In essence, the killing of the Guaman clone is not to take the lives of the people as their lives, and to regard them as grass, mustard and ants, and to rebel against people's hearts and should be abolished."

Kou Yan was moved when he heard this, shook his head and praised Luo Yongsheng's kindness, but in the end he did not forget to speak.

"But if the punishment for continuous seizure was abolished, would the King of Chu not be afraid of the people's rebellion, and would hide from each other and not report to the court?"

"Actually, I think that it may not be a bad thing for someone to rebel against the country."

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Kou Wei was so scared that he was so scared.

Did such a ridiculous word come from a superior?

"But don't worry, the Grand Master, I haven't finished speaking yet."

Seeing that Kou Yan was scared, Luo Yongsheng laughed and quickly patted Kou Yan's forearm and said, "The word "rebellion" is too general. Killing officials is called rebellion, and resisting taxes is also called rebellion. Resisting law or rebellion, and usurping the throne is even more rebellion. You see, it seems that as long as you disobey the court's discipline, it is called rebellion. Isn't this rebellion a little too ridiculous?

Zhou Li said that he wanted to give the people mercilessness, and the orphans felt it was necessary. The court's laws may not be correct in many cases. If the people cannot accept it, you say that they are rebelling and not only killing people but also killing relatives. This is too cruel.

The state has issued a policy, whether a law is correct and appropriate, requires feedback from civil society. People naturally resist it when it is out of date. Is this resistance necessarily a bad thing for the country? I think it is a good thing.

When we receive this kind of feedback, we should modify the law. This is called the error correction mechanism. If we do not correct the error, the people will gradually evolve from resisting this resistance to attacking the government and even killing law enforcement officials. At this time, it has already shown that the court has had a big problem.

Here, the orphan must say something that should not be said by the orphan.

We should reflect that from Qin law to Han law, to Tang law and Song law, there are all lenient punishment policies for the people to defend against murder.

It is pointed out that if the people resist and kill people when they encounter injuries, they can be lenient and even exempt from punishment. Then the court's laws are wrong. If the officials who implement the laws continue to enforce the laws, they will kill the people. Then, is it called a legitimate defense for the people to kill the officials?”

Kou Yan was dumbfounded.

"Obviously, this is not called. It seems that no matter how injustice the people are, as long as they kill officials and officials to fight against the court, even if the court is wrong, the people will rebel.

The Mid-Autumn Festival official volume of "The Book of Zhou" mentioned this sentence: "Any thieves' hometowns and families will be killed without guilt." Here it is said that the military discipline of the army was very poor at that time, and there were many bandits who disturbed the people. If the people killed them, they would be guilty.

It even says, "Anyone who avenged his revenge writes to the scholars and kills innocent people." It emphasizes that those who have private enemies among the people should avenge them to the government and can avenge them later. If they kill people, they will not be guilty of murdering them.

Here is lynching, and lynching should not be promoted by a country ruled by law, so it should be abolished.

But I was also reflecting that Zhou Li was fantasizing about creating a country of Datong and a well-off society. Many of the ideas were very advanced and even unacceptable to it. Could it be that if the country really realizes Datong three thousand years later, would it be a society where lynchings are rampant?

Gu hoped not to, but Gu felt that the concept of defense proposed in Zhou Li was quite correct. When the people were hurt, they should be allowed to hold weapons to defend their own power and defend their families.
To be continued...