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That way of thinking is older than you think.
Heh, even the Qin Dynasty didn't last two generations, it was replaced by another with more ability.
I know it is important, but it should not be to the degree it is that people would advocate for the slaughter of the kin of criminals.
Liang Shu doesn't but Gaz told us he was the one who did it.
Quoting wikipedia: The occurrence of this punishment was somewhat rare, with relatively few sentences recorded throughout history. The Han Dynasty (202 BC – 220 AD), although it inherited the concept of family execution, was more moderate in inflicting such severe punishments. In many cases, the Han Emperor would retract the sentence, and so family executions were much rarer than under the Qin Dynasty.
...It's reading like the Emperor's the one with tribal extermination authority.
So you'll be fine with Liang Shu carrying out the sentence of cutting the flesh or snapping the necks of those men, women, teens, children, babes, and grannies? Or having others carry that out for him?
From a modern perspective, that information is known. What is known to most of the nobles is that the peasants are terrorizing their betters with riotous mobs and banditry.
Was it recorded how many fathers and their families he exterminated in that campaign?
It is an empire, what's wrong with a bit of imperialism? Lame joke aside, on several occasions Liang Shu has seen the world as it is and found it wanting. He wanted it to be better, but talking of how he wanted it to be better would be useless, so he acted. Despite what is expected of his status, he provides the county with all the help he can muster even if that's really the prefect's job, he befriends those of the lower class and those of the outcaste, he helps out merchant clans, he views marriage as an institution of love, he appoints women as officers in his army, and despite living up to the example his father set as one should, he dreams of being an emperor himself, and does his best to live up to that too.
And then it comes down to him to exact vengeance... does he do that the traditional way, or has he already achieved filial piety by living up to his father's example and can put forth his own example?
You say the world at this time is the way it is and it should not be changed. I say it could, and should.
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