The theme of "": the supremacy of law
"The world is not the world of your Zhu family, but the world of everyone in the world; your power is not given to you by God, but by the people; the people give you power because they hope that you will lead them to live a good life.
You can use your power to legislate, use your power to protect the law, and use your power to protect the people. You are not allowed to use your power for personal gain."
"Thousands of sails pass by the sinking boat, and thousands of trees spring in front of the diseased trees. New things replace old things, which is an inevitable law of the development of things; advanced ideas replace backward ideas, which is an inevitable trend of ideological development; a society ruled by law replaces a society ruled by man.
It is an inevitable trend of social development. Any individual, group, or government that attempts to stop this trend will surely perish! Yu'er said that there are virtuous ministers like San Yang to assist internally, and cadres like Yu Qian and Zhou Chen to do the work locally.
Governor, the Ming Dynasty will not perish in your hands; but if the Ming Dynasty cannot implement the rule of law, it will sooner or later perish in the hands of your descendants."
These are two words that Xiang Tianyu asked Nangong Cheng to relay to the emperor. It can be said that the main theme of the entire novel revolves around these two words. The previous 1.14 million words are laid out just for these two words in the last chapter.
This is not a historical novel. If you check the "Records of Xuande", there is no record of such a thing. But such things often happened in the feudal dynasty.
Mr. Lu Xun once said: "Since ancient times, our Chinese nation has had people who work hard, people who work hard, people who pray for the people, and people who sacrifice their lives to seek justice..."
Looking through the scrolls of history, we often see the helplessness of those who sacrificed their lives to seek the Dharma.
Facing Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, an emperor who liked to grant amnesty to the world, what we see is Kuang Heng's helplessness; when facing Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who wanted to indulge death row prisoners to show his mercy, what we see is Wei Zheng's helplessness; when Song Dynasty
When Jing wanted to use the law to send the evil-doing Zhang brothers to the guillotine, Wu Zetian's edict of pardon came. What we saw was Song Jing's helplessness...
In feudal society, the law was insignificant to the imperial power. A single word from the emperor could completely destroy the majesty of the law. Therefore, such a human-governed society has one characteristic: when it encounters a wise king, it becomes strong, when it encounters a mediocre king, it becomes weak, and when it encounters a cowardly king, it perishes.
From Xia, Shang and Zhou to Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, all the unified dynasties that passed through were like this. This is a strange circle, a strange circle that all unified dynasties cannot avoid.
When I discovered this strange circle, I was thinking about how China could avoid such a strange circle. The final solution that came to my mind was four words: the supremacy of law.
The supremacy of the law means that the law has become a powerful tool to restrain everyone. No matter you are a dignitary, a commoner, or even an emperor, as long as you break the law, you will be punished by the law.
This is the true rule of law, where everyone is equal before the law.
"The Legend of the Sword God" promotes such an idea of the rule of law, and at the same time exposes the essence of the supremacy of imperial power in feudal society. This novel is a relatively satisfying novel that I have written, because the characters in the novel are all flesh and blood.
Characteristic.
Mr. Lu Xun once said: "A true warrior dares to face the bleak life and faces the dripping blood." In my opinion, the heroes in today's society should be the warriors described by Mr. Lu Xun.
Therefore, the protagonist of this novel, Nangong Cheng, is a selfish warrior. He adopts a tolerant attitude towards evil forces. As long as the evil forces do not harm him, he will not care about them. However, as long as they harm Nangong Cheng's
body, then Nangong Cheng will definitely take care of things.
The heroine of this novel, Xiang Tianyu, is a warrior with a chivalrous spirit. She has zero tolerance for evil forces, so she will try her best to force Nangong Cheng to punish the evil forces, even risking her own life. So Nangong Cheng
+Xiang Tianyu=Hero.
The supporting characters in this novel, Ouyang Zhan, Hua Manchun, Ye Xiuying and others, are all brave warriors who dare to do anything. They can hurt their friends and even go against the most powerful emperor in the world for their friends.
I think that such a martial arts novel that reflects the rule of law not only conforms to the trend of the times, but also conforms to the theme of the times. It should be easy to be adapted into film and television, right?
When it comes to film and television production, I only have two requirements:
First, leave me the image of Nangong Cheng.
Nangong Cheng Xuecheng's experience is my experience. I want to play Nangong Cheng, not to compete with actors for jobs, nor to enter the entertainment industry by creating classic characters.
The reason why I want to play Nangong Cheng is because I want to be Nangong Cheng. Nangong Cheng is a person who is innovative and has the temperament of a writer. I need to strengthen this temperament by playing Nangong Cheng in order to create more, better and more interesting creations.
novel or screenplay.
Second, leave the image of the heroine Xiang Tianyu to Zhang Hanyun.
When writing this novel, I created the heroine based on the image of Zhang Hanyun, and her performance can be considered a true performance.
Finally, I hope that people who have read this novel can believe in the supremacy of the law, at least those who have read this last chapter can believe in the supremacy of the law. Only by believing can we realize the supremacy of the law. Just like Nangong Cheng said at the end: "Realize the supremacy of the law."
Chapter completed!