Talk about "forgetfulness"

As the title suggests, it refers to random and unconventional discussions. Among them, "forget" means "out of place, out of routine; random"; "yi" means "discussion; comment". ?

"Forgetfulness" was the "crime of disrespect" in ancient times. It was a crime in ancient China that violated the emperor's person, power and dignity. It ranks sixth among the most unforgivable crimes. (From the "Old Book of Tang Dynasty: Criminal Law Chronicles": "There are also ten evils, the first is conspiracy, the second is conspiracy, the third is conspiracy, the fourth is conspiracy, the fifth is dishonesty, the sixth is great disrespect, The seventh is unfilial piety, the eighth is disharmony, the ninth is unjust, and the tenth is civil strife.")

The crimes include stealing royal items, endangering the emperor's personal safety due to mistakes, disrespecting the emperor, and There are three types of crimes committed by imperial envoys and ministers: claiming to steal items that were used to worship the gods and serve as imperial items; stealing and counterfeiting imperial treasures; combining imperial medicines with incorrect prescriptions and titles; making imperial meals by mistake, violating dietary restrictions; imperial luck The boat is not stable due to mistakes; it is criticized and criticized by public opinion, and it is emotionally and rationally harmful to the defending envoys, but there is no courtesy as a minister.

There is no courtesy to the emperor. According to Zhang Fei's "Jin Lv Biao", "It is called disrespect if you fail to treat etiquette and waste festivals."

"Book of Han·Jia Zhuan of Shentu": "[Deng] Tong, a minor minister, who is disrespectful in the theater should be beheaded."

According to Zhang Fei's explanation in "Jin Lü Biao" , "Failure to treat rituals and festivals is called disrespect" (Book of Jin, Volume 30, "Criminal Law Chronicles").

The first celebrity in history to really die for the crime of "forgetfulness" should be Kong Rong. He is the 20th generation grandson of Confucius who "at the age of four, can make pears, his younger brother can grow up, and he can become a prophet". The main reason why Kong Rong was killed was that he had political disagreements with Cao Cao and was tabooed by Cao Cao. The two have quite different political opinions and often have many disobediences. In Xuchang, Kong Rong often wrote articles to express his opinions and suggestions against Cao Cao.

Because Taiwei Yang Biao was related by marriage to Yuan Shu, Cao Cao was angry with Biao and planned to kill him. After Kong Rong knew about it, he hurriedly went to see Cao Cao without bothering to wear court clothes, and persuaded him not to kill innocent people, so as not to lose the hearts of the world. He also claimed: "If you kill Yang Biao, I, Kong Rong, will pick up my clothes and go home tomorrow, and will never be an official again." ("Three Kingdoms·Cui Yan Biography" annotated "Xu Hanshu") Because of Kong Rong's After arguing with reason, Yang Biao was spared death. In the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao captured Yecheng, and his son Cao Pi took Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law Zhen as his wife. When Kong Rong found out, he wrote to Cao Cao: "King Wu defeated Zhou and gave his sister to Duke Zhou." Cao Cao did not understand that this was for them. The father and son ridiculed and asked what classics this matter came from. Kong Rong replied: "It is natural to judge it today."

At that time, there were many years of military use, coupled with famine, there was a shortage of military rations, so Cao Cao ordered Kong Rong wrote a series of letters to oppose the ban on alcohol: "Women can subjugate the country, why not also ban women?" Cao Cao had long been jealous of Kong Rong's repeated obstruction of him, just because the situation in the north was still unstable at that time, and Kong Rong's reputation was too great, so it was inconvenient to do anything to him. By the thirteenth year of Jian'an, the situation in the north had been decided. On the eve of implementing his great cause of unification, Cao Cao began to attack Kong Rong in order to eliminate internal interference. He instructed the Prime Minister's army to plan wine sacrifices, Lu Cui falsely accused Kong Rong of "desiring to plan (plan) evil", and he had "dissolute talk" with Mi Heng. The crime was Kong Rong's previous remarks about the relationship between parents and children. In this way, in August of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Kong Rong was abandoned and his wife and children were killed at the same time.

Of course, Cao Cao was not the real emperor after all, and it was impossible to really use the charges of "forgetfulness" or "disrespect" to kill Kong Rong.

Also on July 5, the forty-fifth year of the Qianlong reign, Zhu Chun, the chief envoy of Guangxi, went on a trip. I met an elderly man on the road. He knelt down on the road to stop the sedan chair and held up a book of documents in his hand. Zhu Chun thought he had encountered another "trickster" who complained.

When the attendant presented the document, he discovered that this was not the case. The cover of the document is titled "Policy Book", which turns out to be a policy proposal. When I opened it, I saw a regular script with beautiful handwriting. There were five items in the text: 1. Ask the court to further reduce or reduce money and grain to reduce the burden on the people at the bottom; 2. Suggest to build social warehouses in various places to relieve the poor; 3. Get rid of the salt merchants' robbery case. ; 4. Banning tobacco cultivation to benefit people's health; 5. Reducing the number of monks in temples to reduce the burden on society...

After reading, Zhu Chun's expression changed drastically, and he ordered his followers: "Capture this old man immediately!" He returned to his hometown in a sedan chair and reported it to the governor of Guangxi overnight, thinking that this was a serious political case. There are two crimes: first, the scholar (old man Wu Ying) dared to criticize national policies and make unreasonable remarks about the central government; second, he violated sacred taboos in his writing.

It turns out that in this policy, the paragraph "The Holy Lord obeyed the Queen Mother's order and exempted all provinces from taxes and grains, and his virtue is not ungenerous..." used the word "Hong" in Qianlong's name, which was not taboo.

Finally, the memorial reached Beijing. After Qianlong, the bachelor and others carefully studied this major case many times, they made the following judgment: Wu Ying Lingchi, the female family members and minors will all be assigned as slaves. The eldest brother Qianlong was "merciful" and allowed Wu Ying's younger brother and nephew to be executed immediately instead of being executed in prison. ("Literary Prison Files of the Qing Dynasty")

The most important cultural figure used by Qianlong was Ji Xiaolan, who was designated as "the most talented person in the Qing Dynasty". One time, when the emperor was in a good mood, Ji Xiaolan expressed some small opinions on the government affairs. Qianlong immediately became furious: Who do you think you are? Are you qualified to comment on government affairs? You are just one of my house slaves! Although the royal literati was nothing to the spiritual guide, he was top-notch in the art of sexual intercourse. He made up a fictional "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan" to whitewash his status thousands of times.

This was the "prosperous age" of Qianlong, an era in which both "scholars" and "ministers" were stable slaves.

Of course, "we, the Qing Dynasty," dominated the Central Plains with barbarians, and the Chanyus were despicable and despicable. It was understandable that they felt guilty for being thieves. If the politics are clear and clear, a benevolent and wise ruler will not be afraid of "forgetting one's duty". Have you ever heard that the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty were afraid of "forgetting their righteousness"?

During the Qing Dynasty, a scholar from Sichuan wrote a poem to the prefect of Chengdu: "If you burn the plank road at the Broken Sword Gate, Xichuan will be completely different." He encouraged Sichuan to separatize and become independent. The prefect of Chengdu quickly reported the matter to the court. Song Renzong said, "The old scholar wants an official position, but he is not good enough to govern. Give him a small official."

Fan Wenzhenggong is famous all over the world for his courage to criticize government affairs. Renzong carried out a large-scale construction project and purchased timber from Yingxi and transported it to the capital to build the Yin Palace. After Fan Zhongyan saw the suffering caused by the huge project to the people, he ignored the dissuasion of others and wrote to the court to directly state the shortcomings and harms. This aroused Song Renzong's great attention and bitter awakening. He immediately stopped the palace construction and asked the subjects to "take Zhongyan as his example". To be loyal". Later, he also wrote "Ten Things to Save the Government" in response to the problems existing in the government, which inspired the government.

At that time, Lu Yijian, a powerful minister in the DPRK, used his power to form gangs and engage in malpractice for personal gain, and regarded Fan Zhongyan as a thorn in his side. He sent people to secretly threaten Fan Zhongyan many times not to talk about government affairs and forget his loyalty to state affairs, but Fan Zhongyan was not afraid and said many times that he would rather give up his official position and life than tolerate adultery.

Therefore, Fan Gong was euphemistically called "the five brave and loyal minister" by his contemporaries, while Song Renzong was called "the eternal benevolent monarch" by later generations.

Wise emperors are all alike, but each of the mediocre commanders has his or her own stupidity: The slave chiefs of the "Qing Dynasty" were afraid that their subjects would talk about government affairs, but today's great commanders in the United States also put those on Twitter People who expressed dissatisfaction with him frequently blocked him and even went to court to be convicted of corruption and sentenced to 29 years in prison. Like Prime Minister Cao Cao, the president is not the emperor after all, and "ignorance" can only be punished for other crimes. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, there is no exception. If things continue like this, how can the United States not decline?