Looking at Zhao Bao in front of him, Zhao Dan subconsciously smacked his lips.

Since he had long imagined the situation in front of him, of course, Zhao Dan could not be unprepared for it.

In fact, it is not just Zhao Dan, but even Zhao Bao himself is ready to welcome Zhao Dan's anger.

But from Zhao Bao himself, he was not too afraid of Zhao Dan's anger.

Why?

Because Zhao Bao felt that he was reasonable.

All things in the world cannot escape the word "reason". As the saying goes, with reason, traveling all over the world, and it is difficult to move without reason.

Whether it is self-cultivation, academic education, or even governance, it is inseparable from the word "reason".

This theory, specifically, is the legal provisions of Zhao State.

How is the laws of Zhao State stipulated? It stipulates that matters such as criminal litigation and picketing are under the jurisdiction of Si Kou.

This is the principle of Zhao State, and it is also the principle of Zhao Bao.

With this truth in hand, Zhao Bao has the confidence to sing a stage drama with King Zhao Dan.

Reason is a law and a norm.

It defined the power to Si Kou, like a barrier to firmly limit the power to Si Kou, and cannot be surpassed by a single part.

But when someone wants to put his hands into the territory where Siko belongs, this barrier becomes a kind of protection, because within the barrier is Siko's private land.

The king Zhao Dan put his hand into the barriers and destroyed this "reason".

So Zhao Bao, who was among the barriers, stood up and expressed his opposition.

Zhao Bao felt that he was reasonable.

If you make sense, you will get support.

Received support from other ministers of Zhao State.

Today, the king Zhao Dan can reach his hand to Si Kou, tomorrow will reach his hand to the censor, the day after tomorrow will reach his hand to the lieutenant, and so on.

So Zhao Dan is unreasonable.

Isn’t this obvious thing if one is reasonable and the other is unreasonable. Who will the ministers support?

Once most of the ministers of Zhao State stand on Zhao Bao's side, even if they are the king of Zhao Dan, it will be difficult to fight against him.

This is the power of reason.

Reason is both a rule and a benefit. By abiding by rules, you can get benefits. This is also a way of expression of reason.

In the reasonable Zhao Bao's opinion, the unreasonable Zhao Dan was too impatient and naive to break this rule.

In such a political struggle, impatience and innocence have to pay the price.

Although Zhao Bao is absolutely loyal to Zhao Dan, this does not mean that Zhao Bao will obey Zhao Dan's orders.

No official or institution will willingly give up its power, because the word official is synonymous with power.

Power represents everything to officials.

So Zhao Bao decided to let Zhao Dan pay the price for this unreasonable one.

A small lesson.

It would not make Zhao Dan too jealous, but could also preserve the power of Zhao Bao Si Kou, and at the same time enhance Zhao Bao's influence in Zhao State's political arena.

Three wins at one stroke.

Although these thoughts are extremely complicated, they are actually sorted out clearly in Zhao Bao's mind, and it only takes a few seconds.

After completing the calculation, Zhao Bao stood up and began to fight for his own reasons.

However, what surprised Zhao Bao was that Zhao Dan did not play according to common sense at all.

To be honest, Zhao Dan has been trying to touch Zhao Bao, Si Kou for a while.

It’s nothing, it’s because Zhao Bao, the position of Si Kou, has a lot of power.

You should know that if Zhao Bao’s power is now divided into three institutions: Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and Censorate.

But now the power of these three institutions is concentrated in Zhao Bao's hands.

This is undoubtedly very unhealthy.

The so-called centralization should focus power on the hands of the king Zhao Dan, rather than on the hands of ministers like Zhao Bao.

This is what Han Feizi said: "A king with Tao does not value his ministers. If he values ​​him and is rich, he will replace him."

If the country is regarded as a big tree, then the king is the trunk, the minister is the branch, and the people are the pages of the book.

If the ministers have too strong power, then there will be a phenomenon of strong branches and weak trunks. That is, "the branches are big and small, and they cannot beat the spring breeze. If the spring breeze is not better, the branches will harm the heart. Since the young masters are crowded, the royal family will worry about their worries."

The reason why Jin was divided by the three families of Wei, Zhao and Han was because the power of Jin was not in the hands of the king of Jin, but was instead controlled by the six ministers who were ministers.

Therefore, Zhao Dan has been looking for opportunities, an opportunity to "reduce the burden" for Zhao Bao.

Now it seems that this opportunity has already emerged.

In fact, what Zhao Bao didn't know was that all of this is dominated by Zhao Dan.

This is a pit, just waiting for Zhao Bao to jump in.

It’s not that Zhao Dan is treacherous and wants to dig a hole on purpose. If Zhao Dan talks directly with Zhao Bao and asks Zhao Bao to give up his power, will Zhao Bao give up?

Zhao Bao definitely won't.

If any official gives out a little power in his hands, it will make the official even more uncomfortable than death.

Do you want to spit out the meat that you eat into your mouth?

Why?

I, Zhao Baosiko, did a good job, why did you cut my power if you say you cut me? It’s unreasonable!

If Zhao Dan had already established a powerful monarch in the entire country like King Ji of Qin, let alone the power was cut off, Zhao Bao would have lost his life even in one sentence.

But Zhao Dan is not such a monarch. Zhao Dan is just a young monarch who has just ascended the throne for six years and has barely consolidated the regime.

In this case, if Zhao Dan wants to cut Zhao Bao's power, he must find some reasons. He has to dig a hole for Zhao Bao and let Zhao Bao jump in, and then he can cut the power legitimately.

The pit was dug and Zhao Bao jumped, so what are you waiting for?

Getting a pit!

So Zhao Dan slapped his thighs suddenly and smiled at Zhao Bao, "Yes, I forgot. Come on, Mr. Pingyang, let me talk, what should Sima say for sure?"

Zhao Bao thought for a while and said, "By using the national law, anyone who traitors should be punished and their three tribes should be wiped out."

Although Zhao State was not in power at this moment, in fact, Zhao State had already had its own laws, and it was one or two hundred years earlier than the Qin State, which was well known to later generations, which "used law to strive for strength".

This is the "National Law" mentioned in Zhao Bao's words just now.

The predecessor of the "National Law" was from 513 BC. At that time, Zhao Yang and Xun Yin, two ruling ministers of the six ministers of Jin, disagreed with the opposition and engraved the Xing book revised by Fan Xuanzi on a bronze tripod. This is the so-called "Zhao Xun casting of punishment tripods."

This is also the second time that the entire land of China has promulgated formal written laws after Zheng State's "Zichan Casts a Cauldron".

What is interesting is that after Zhao and Xun cast the punishment cauldron, Confucius, the Confucian saint, criticized the two, "Did Jin be destroyed? He lost his rule... Now that he abandoned this rule, he became a punishment cauldron. The people are in the tripod, so how can he be noble? What kind of career is the preservation of nobles and humbleness? How can he become a country?"

This forging of a punishment cauldron laid the legal foundation of Jin State. After the three families divided Jin, they were evolved and developed by Wei, Zhao and Han. Wei State had "Wei Xian", Han State had "Zhen Fu", and Zhao State had "National Law".

In later generations, some people always thought that the Legalists were equal to the law, and that only the places where the Legalists ruled would have the law. This is actually a very wrong view.

In addition to the Three Jin Dynasties, Qi State had the "Seven Laws" and Chu State had the "Constitutional Order", which also had a relatively complete legal system at that time.

The ruling made by Zhao Bao now is based on the "National Law" of Zhao State.

After hearing Zhao Bao's words, Zhao Dan immediately laughed and said to Mao Sui and others: "I believe you have heard what Si Kou said, so why don't you tell Sima to rectify the Dharma?"

So amid the injustice that Sima said that the people were snatching the sky and the earth, more than a dozen supervisors dragged them out of the hall without mercy.

After a while, a few bloody heads were put on the plate.

There was a silence in the hall. Dozens of Zhao ministers looked at the heads of the dead with their eyes closed, and their hearts began to feel a little chilled.

Although this monarch is young, he doesn’t even blink when he kills people!

Before we knew it, many ministers of Zhao State began to look at Zhao Dan with a little awe.

But the other ministers were in awe, but the King of Pingyang Zhao Bao did not have this awe.

For Si Kou, who is in charge of the power of prison and picketing, in which year wouldn’t he be sentenced to hundreds or thousands of deaths?

In fact, Zhao Bao not only did not have awe, but also felt a little dissatisfied.

Dissatisfaction with Zhao Dan.

If you are unhappy, you have to say it.
Chapter completed!