Chapter 35 Rule of Law

"Yeer, what's going on?" Zhao Feng looked at Xiao Qiao at the door, and then turned his head to look at his big Qiao. Intentionally and unintentionally, his pair of wolf claws were still pressed on Big Joe's chest.

"It's too cold in winter, so my sister came to accompany me!" Xiao Qiao is weak. After a pause, Xiao Qiao said again, "General, can you come down first?"

"Ah, I'm sorry!" Only then did Zhao Feng realize that he had been eating Da Qiao tofu, and quickly withdrew his hands. After a careful look at the feel, both the firmness and the softness are moderate, which is really good.

While coughing gently to hide his embarrassment, Zhao Feng rushed down from Da Qiao at a speed. The latter was already embarrassed. When Zhao Feng got out of bed, he immediately followed the ostrich policy and shrank into the quilt and ignored it.

"Khan, Ying'er, where have you been?" Zhao Fengsuo walked to the door and asked Xiao Qiao in his arms.

"I just went to the toilet. Why would you come to me so late, General?" Xiao Qiao was a little embarrassed by his arms in front of his sister. He struggled gently but couldn't break free. Looking at Big Joe's head buried in the quilt, that's all.

"Let me come to see you!" Zhao Feng is of course authentic. Before Xiao Qiao had any reaction, Zhao Feng continued to ask, "Why do I think no one lives in the next room?"

"Yes, it was originally lived by General Ma, but no one lived after he returned to Xiliang!" Xiao Qiao didn't know why he suddenly changed the topic, but he answered honestly.

But she soon knew why Zhao Feng asked him this question, "Since there is no one, let's go there and talk!" Zhao Fengyin said with a smile. Without her objection, he immediately pulled her away.

After opening the door, the two of them breathed together. Yinger, doesn't your sister live in the backyard? Why did she come here? Zhao Feng asked.

"It's a little cold in the winter of the small courtyard, so our sisters moved to the east to live in the courtyard." Little Joe was a little shocked. Zhao Feng thought about it carefully, but no one had mentioned it to him. It seemed that he had never cared much about their sisters. Thinking of this, Zhao Feng couldn't help but be a little ashamed and could only pat her hand to comfort her.

"General, why do you have to take care of me? My sister is taken in by General. I am very grateful. The general is busy with his official duties, so don't worry about this little thing. As if feeling the guilt in Zhao Feng's heart, Xiao Qiao quickly comforted him softly.

"It's rare for you to be so considerate of me!" Zhao Feng was also quite gratified when he heard the words. He gently stroked her forehead, and then picked her up and walked to the bed... Besides, the big Joe next door found that his sister had been pulled away after being frightened, which saved some embarrassment. Feeling that his pair of crisp breasts seemed to remain a little bit of the feeling of being stroked just now, Big Joe was actually a little nostalgic. After all, she has been lonely for eight years. Just as she was about to sleep again, a woman's happy [***] sound suddenly came from next door, and it was still higher than a wave, and it was her sister's.

"Bastard Yinger, how can you make people sleep when you scream so loudly?" Da Qiao scolded secretly in his heart and buried his head in the quilt again, deafening it. However, this night, many people are destined to stay up all night.

Next, Zhao Feng still went to work in the government office as usual. However, on this day, he can't wait to look at it. As soon as I arrived at the government office, more than a dozen official documents were piled up on the table. When I opened it, it was still quite fresh.

"The kindness of a meal must be repaid. If it's light, it will be assigned to the army, and if it's heavy, it's so majestic!" After watching it, Zhao Feng also sighed. He has also been in the officialdom for many years, but this is the first time he has encountered this kind of impeachment. Previously, he was only a county guard for most of the time. According to the customization, he did not appoint or remove the rights of officials above seven grades under his own rule. But now he is a state herdsman, so to say that he is a small official like a county magistrate, and even the county magistrate can be appointed and removed.

"I have been angry for many years, and I have made a fortune today. Naturally, there is revenge and injustice!" Zhuge Liang sloppy through the pile of official documents and said with a smile. What they are talking about is the law and filial piety that has just been transferred to the governor of Shu County.

Before, Fa Zheng was ordered by Ma Chao to go to Xuchang to meet Liu Bei. Liu Bei knew that Fa Zheng was quite talented. With him to help Ma Chao guard Xiliang, he was naturally safe and sound. However, Fa Zheng took the initiative to propose that now Xiliang has wise men such as Cheng Gongying, Ju Shu and Tian Feng to assist Ma Chao, and there is not one more of himself. Moreover, he has a great reputation in the area of Guanlong. In case he sits up, it is inevitable that he will not lose his tail. In order to avoid suspicion, Fa Zheng offered to transfer himself out of Liangzhou.

Liu Bei was quite surprised to hear this, but he was also quite gratified to see that Fa was so considerate of him. Considering that Fa Zheng had been in Yizhou before, he was transferred to the governor of Shu County. However, what Liu Bei never dreamed of was that the main purpose of Fa Zheng's understanding of him and taking the initiative to leave Xiliang and return to Yizhou was to revenge.

After returning to Chengdu, Fa Zheng settled accounts with those who had enmity with him one by one with the spirit of Hu Hansan ten times. When Fa went to Liu Zhang in the first year, he only became an eight-level official of Chengdu County at the beginning. It took more than ten years to survive to the governor of Shu County. Sichuan people are conservative and exclusive, and Fa Zheng has been marginalized in the officialdom over the years. In particular, Huang Quan, the locals who are on duty, have given him a lot of good fruits. And if you say it well, it's called clear kindness and resentment, and if you don't like it, it will be repaid. Now I have turned around and come back to Chengdu. Naturally, there will be revenge and injustice. As a result, in just one month, more than 20 people with his long-cherished wish were either dismissed, beheaded, or even raided their families, which was really unspeakable.

A few days ago, some "surviving" officials united and sent a generous gift to Fa Zheng, who was in the limelight, begging him to raise his hand. The law is also straightforward, the gifts are not collected, and the old accounts are calculated slowly. Then, more than a dozen people were destroyed by his family. Nowadays, chickens and dogs are jumping in Chengdu, and people are panicked.

While talking, Huang Quan and Wang Lei arrived in a hurry. General, this filial piety is really a little outrageous. Less than two months after he served as the governor of Shu County, dozens of people who had a long feud with him had been destroyed. Now in Shuzhong, all the officials are panicked. In the long run, how can they get it!" After the ceremony, Wang Lei spoke first.

"Exactly, general, you don't know that this filial piety is now addicted to killing. If it goes on like this, in a few months, the officials in Xichuan will be killed and injured in more than half!" Huang Quan also said with a sad face. The law is settling the old accounts so aggressively, but they are the first to the brunt. Many of these victims are still their relatives and friends.

"Fa Xiaozhi is a little too much now. Don't worry, I'll mention him right away!" Zhao Feng didn't want Xichuan to be panicked by a law. However, Fa Zheng was just transferred by Liu Bei. If he dealt with him like this, Liu Bei's face would not look good. Now that so many people are cornered by him, they come to jointly impeach, and it is really not easy for them to deal with them.

At this time, Zhuge Liang said, "Gentlemen, in fact, the crux of the reason why filial piety is as rampant as it is now, it is ignored by people." Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang picked up a copy of the official document handed in before Fa Zheng. After unfolding it, he said to everyone, "Please see, last month, Fa Xiaozhi executed Jiang Can, the magistrate of Guangrou County, in the name of embezzlement of official silver. It's true that Jiang Can embezzled the official silver. But how much has Jiang Can embezzled? Should he be sentenced to death? It's not easy to make a hasty conclusion!"

"It makes sense!" Zhuge Liang's words were quite reasonable, and everyone nodded repeatedly. However, Huang Quan frowned and asked, "Kong Ming, according to what you said, what does this have to do with Fa Xiaozhi's wanton revenge?"

"Of course it's related!" Zhuge Liang smiled and then turned around and said, "Since Liu Jiyu and his son are in charge of Yizhou, the decree has been abandoned and the decree is not in line. The rewards and punishments can't be relied on. It is purely based on the preferences of the politicians. It is precisely because of this that the Dongzhou faction and the Yizhou faction are hostile to each other and have been fighting for decades. From a clear opinion, the crux of the reason why Fa Xiaozhi dares to retaliate so unscrupulously is that he can't rely on it, which makes it all up to his own preferences. If everything has a decree to be followed, it will certainly not be as presumptuous as it is now.

"It makes sense!" This time, even Zhao Feng was a little convinced, and Zhuge Liang summed up the problem to the root. The desolation of decrees is too dependent on the rule of man rather than the rule of law, which is the root cause of the chaos of governance in Yizhou and even the whole world. If there is a natural disaster [***] again, the people in power do not care about the people's livelihood, and naturally there will be frequent turmoil.

"In Kong Ming's opinion, what should we do?" Huang Quan knew that Zhuge Liang naturally had a follow-up, so he quickly motioned him to continue. However, Zhuge Liang said confidently, "Liang feels that the rule of officials is corrupt and the rule of law is not prosperous. In the long run, the foundation of the country has been shaken. In view of this, Liang has discussed with Qin Ziji, Qiao Zhengnan and others many times to draw up a new and complete decree to standardize the governance of officials and appease people's livelihood!"

"So that's it!" Huang Quan nodded. At this time, Wang Lei's eyes lit up and said, "So, a while ago, Kong Ming and Qin Ziqin discussed it a lot for this matter?"

"Exposedly, after working for a long time, I finally came up with a general idea. It's just to be sent to the general and the lord!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile. Only then did Zhao Feng remember that the orders of Shu Han in history were formulated by Zhuge Liang, Qin Mi and others. It seems that the two of them really have a good way in this regard.

"It's good, but General, this matter is not hasty. Recently, Fa Xiaozhi has gone too much. You can't sit idly by! Otherwise, I don't know who will be unlucky. Huang Quan has a strong sense of crisis, but he doesn't want Fa Zheng to continue to be so arrogant.

"I have my own moderation, and I won't let him continue like this!" Zhao Feng nodded. At this time, the doorman came to report, saying that the law was asking for a meeting.

"General, I'll say goodbye!" When Huang Quan and Wang Lei heard that Fa Zheng was coming, they immediately changed their faces and patted their buttocks to say goodbye. Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang looked at each other in front of each other and felt a little funny.

"I've seen the general, Zhuge, don't drive!" After Fa Zheng entered the door, he hurriedly saluted the two of them. There is no need to be more polite for filial piety. I don't know what's important for filial piety to come here today?

"It's not for anything else, but it's just that Lou Zan, the former governor of Shu County, said that he was killed for corruption, and now there is a vacancy in the position of Shu County. I'm recommending a person today. This person has learned from others and is qualified for this position!" Fa Zheng is not a false trap, and he directly explains his own intention.

Grandma, I knew you had nothing else to do. The Lou praise mentioned by Fa Zheng is also the enemy of Fa Zheng in the past. So not long after Fa Zheng took office, he was killed. Now Baba came to recommend who to take over him. It seems that he is going to take advantage of the victory to pursue and cultivate his own power.

"I don't know who he is, but he is so respected by filial piety?" Zhao Feng is also looking forward to seeing what tricks Fa Zheng can come up with.

"This person's surname is Peng Mingyi's character Yongyan. He is a Guanghan person and is quite talented. In the past, when he became an official of Liu Jiyu, he was convicted of slander and demoted to a commoner. Now the Lord's ambition is in the Northern Expedition. It is the time to use people. How can such a great talent be thrown away in the wilderness, so he is recommending his people. Fa Zheng said with a smile.

Dizzy, it turned out to be this one! Zhao Feng was also a little disappointed after hearing this. Originally, he expected him to find some talents for himself, but he didn't expect to launch this treasure in the end. Zhao Feng knows more about the details of Peng Yi. Although this person has some little talent, he is far worse than Huang Quan, and he has a very bad temper, arrogance, and has a bad relationship with many people. When Liu Zhang wanted to cosend him, many people scrambled to falsely accuse him. The failure of being a human being can be seen.

Now that the law is recommending this man, it seems that they have a good relationship. But this is also normal. Fa Zheng is a relatively sparse person. The so-called things are gathered by kind, people are divided by groups, and their surnames are similar. Their natural smells are the same.

"Shu County is the seat of Yizhou, which is very important. The position of county magistrate shoulders the heavy responsibility of assisting the county guard and governing the local government. Filial piety is resourceful, but as a literati, the martial arts strategy is not enough. I think the position of county magistrate is still held by martial arts, which is more appropriate! Kong Ming, what do you think? After a little thought, Zhao Feng asked Zhuge Liang.

"What the general said is not bad. I think General Gao Xiang is cautious. It was said that the battle of Guanlong had made great contributions to the pacity of Longxi counties. It has not been awarded yet. It's better to let him take on this responsibility! As for Peng Yongyan, I don't know how this talent is doing. At present, there is still a vacancy for the magistrate of Mianyang County. It's better to let him go there first!" After understanding Zhao Feng's intention, Zhuge Liang said. The two of them sang together, and Fa Zheng had nothing to say.

"Yes, filial piety, you have learned outstandingly. Kong Ming, Qin Ziji, Qiao Zhengnan and others have compiled the criminal law, which is now the beginning of the scale. You can take a look together to see what else can be improved." Zhao Feng suddenly said again at this time. Fa Zheng agreed without knowingly, but Zhuge Liang knew that Zhao Feng had given him the task of beating Fa Zheng, and he could only sigh that he was unhappy with others. Lafa is discussing the law of punishment, and then knocking on the law by the way.

The effect of Zhuge Liang's big trick is still obvious. Since then, he has been a little calmer. After counting, the "Han Law" revised by Zhuge Liang and others appeared in front of Liu Bei, the king of Chu in Xuchang City. After reading it, Liu Bei did not dare to neglect it and quickly summoned everyone to discuss. However, what he did not expect was that the introduction of such a law triggered a fierce debate between the two factions.

(to be continued)