Chapter 238 237 [Confrontation]

As early as the 18th century, the French Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu wrote a magnificent work called "The Spirit of Law" (formerly known as "l'Esprit_des_lois").

This book was first translated into China by Yan Fu, a thinker in the late Qing Dynasty, but the Chinese translation name at this time was still called "Fa Yi", and "The Spirit of the Law" was the translated name of the later version.

Zhou Hexuan wrote:

"Among the pre-Qin philosophers, Legalism and Confucianism shaped two powerful forces. Confucianism advocated 'government by ritual' and 'rule by virtue', while Legalism advocated 'ruling the country by law'." There are only two ways to govern, and to rule the country by law is nothing more than action'. It means that as long as you don't go out of politics and use the law, you can govern the country as easily as you can. It can be seen that we Chinese have Before that, the law had been viewed from the perspective of the strategy of governing the country.

Although the Han Dynasty deposed a hundred schools of thought, all subsequent dynasties also advocated the Confucian "rule by ritual" and "rule by virtue", but no dynasty abolished the law at the same time. There is no such thing as a prosperous age in China, unless the laws are sound and the officials are clear, even the emperor must abide by the law!

Let's start with a little story.

During Song Zhenzong's reign, a marriage officer lost the gold dish in the palace. The attendant said to Song Zhenzong, beat him first. Song Zhenzong refused, and ordered people to find the lost property first. The attendant said, if you don't beat him, he doesn't know how bad it is. If the golden dish was hidden by himself, would he still be able to find it? As soon as he hit him, he recruited. Song Zhenzong emphasized that people should not be beaten casually. The attendant said, you are the emperor, you can hit whoever you want. Song Zhenzong explained that there are laws in my Song Dynasty, everyone should act according to the law, and the emperor should not beat people casually.

This is: the laws of the world should be shared with the world, and those who have a guardian will die. Although the Son of Heaven is not allowed to be private, then the world will be made public..."

Zhou Hexuan wrote about the common sense of ancient Chinese law, and then began to write related content in the West:

"French Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu, once wrote a masterpiece "Fa Yi" ("On the Spirit of Law"). Only two years after the publication of this book, it was printed in 22 editions, and various foreign language translations were born one after another. "Fa Yi" "is the cornerstone of the founding theory of the United States, and the French "Declaration of Human Rights" was also born out of "French Italy", and Mr. Sun Yat-sen's theory of civil rights of the Three People's Principles also originated from this book..."

Zhou Hexuan talked about the legal spirit of the Western powers, and then used Sun Yat-sen as his theoretical weapon. He wrote:

"In the seventh year of the Republic of China, Mr. Zhongshan pointed out in "Sun Wenshuo" that China's revolutionary process consists of three stages: military administration, political training, and constitutional government. Commander Chang has announced that the revolution has entered the stage of political training. What is political training? Mr. Zhongshan said The "Rule of Contracts" means that the military government, local councils and the people must abide by the contract laws, so that the people can develop the qualifications of equality and freedom and the ability to master sovereignty.

Nowadays, in the political training of the Republic of China, there is only a military government, but no contract, or the law is not perfect.

Someone said recently that the party is the country and the party is the law. Is this openly opposing the legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-sen?

The Shanghai party headquarters banned my "Goddess" and "Dog Officer". I have two objections. First, where is the legal basis? Second, where is the executive agency?

First, there is no law, and second, there is no legal executive organization. This is contrary to the teachings of Mr. Zhongshan.

I request the central government to first formulate laws, then set up relevant enforcement agencies, and then ban my works, I have no complaints..."

When Zhou Hexuan wrote this, he changed his pen and began to discuss the advantages of ruling the country by law and the disadvantages of ruling the country by people, raising the issue to the level of the country and the nation. And every few sentences, Mr. Sun Yat-sen has to be mentioned. Anyway, when this great god is brought out, the Kuomintang parties can't find anything to refute.

The next morning, "Ta Kung Pao" published the full text of "The Spirit of the Law" as a headline on the front page, which immediately aroused enthusiastic support from progressive people.

Especially in the Shanghai area, Chen Dezheng played too crazy, and he would hate everyone if he didn't make sense. At this time, he was hosting the Shanghai "National Daily". He often wrote his own articles to crusade against someone, and then let his party sticks and even gangsters commit murders, completely ignoring the law.

As soon as Zhou Hexuan's essay was published, it was immediately reprinted by major newspapers and began to criticize the misconduct of the Shanghai Party Headquarters.

However, a saint is a saint after all.

You reason with him, and he plays hooligans with you.

In the afternoon of the next day, all Shanghai newspapers that reprinted this essay received warnings from the Shanghai Party Headquarters. Immediately afterwards, more than 30 hooligans rushed into the Shanghai branch of "Ta Kung Pao" and smashed them indiscriminately. Even Zhang Jiluan was slightly injured.

This is not over, Chen Dezheng wrote an article in Shanghai's "National Daily" and caught Zhou Hexuan madly: "Zhou Hexuan is a complete literary traitor. He grew up drinking foreigners' milk, and he is no longer Chinese. , even his thoughts are completely westernized. This person has no backbone. He first served as Chu Yupu's secretary and then Zhang Xueliang's secretary. Clinging to the power of Zhang's father and son, he became the president of Peking University. Peking University is the ancestral home of contemporary Chinese universities. What can he, a person with no qualifications and no morals, do? This person deceives the public and misinterprets Mr. Sun Yat-sen's legacy. His heart is clearly revealed, that is, to oppose the central government. , are all written with the support of Zhang and his son to slander the central government. It is 100% correct that the Shanghai Party Committee seized his book..."

Immediately, more than 20 newspapers in Shanghai began to attack Zhou Hexuan in unison.

As for the articles that spoke for Zhou Hexuan, none of them could be published, and whoever dared to publish them would be shut down.

Zhou Hexuan was so angry that he laughed straight away. He finally understood why Hu Shi would resign and go abroad next year. This battle was impossible to fight.

Don't play by the routine!

Can you believe that Chen Dezheng was a middle school student a few years ago? This guy even opposes the commercialization of literature, and believes that real literature should be pure literature. He also called for social reform, what a literary revolution.

As a result, as soon as he gained power, he immediately turned into a party stick, biting anyone who caught him.

Now Chang Kaishen is talking with Zhang Xueliang about changing flags in the Northeast, which is a super important matter. But Chen Dezheng dared to write an article scolding Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang at this time, thinking that they were traitors and lackeys of the Japanese.

"Simply shameless!"

Xu Zhimo threw away the newspaper angrily, and said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mingcheng, others dare not speak up, so let me help you. In the next issue of "New Moon" magazine, I will initiate a solicitation for articles, so that those articles that cannot be published will be published. All published in New Moon magazine!"

"No, just wait and watch the show." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

If "New Moon" dared to do this, it would definitely be shut down, just like speaking for Hu Shi in history.

A few days later, the Shanghai branch of "Ta Kung Pao" returned to normal, and those smashed machines were replaced with new ones. Anyway, Zhou Hexuan was also planning to replace the equipment.

The headline of "Ta Kung Pao" is - "Commander Chang loves to read, likes to read, and reads good books".

Well, in fact, there is nothing special about it, but Chang Kaishen was praised in the news, saying that he is not only good at running the country and the army, but also a connotative and thoughtful leader who likes to read. At the end of the article, there is a slight mention that in the study of the Ciyun Temple in Beiping, Commander-in-Chief Chang has all the works of Mr. Zhou Hexuan, including "The Goddess" and "The Dog Official" that were seized by the Shanghai Party Headquarters.