In the ancient book He Lin Yu Lu, the story of "beheading an official with one yuan" was recorded.
When Zhang Guazai, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, was still a magistrate in Chongyang County, he once came out of the warehouse and found a warehouse keeper hiding a coin. Zhang Guaiya ordered the shopkeeper to be severely punished. Unconvinced, the shopkeeper shouted at Zhang Guai-ya, "A dollar, He Zudao, is it a stick for me?" You can stick to me, but you can't cut me! " What is a dollar? Why did you hit me with this stick? Even if you hit me with a stick, you can't kill me for it!
Zhang Guaiya wrote a verdict: "One yuan a day, a thousand a day, a rope sawed off, a stone fell through!" " One day is a dollar, and a thousand days is a thousand dollars. Under the action of time, rope can also cut wood, and dripping water can also grind away stones. How can such a thing be allowed?
Does Zhang Guai really care about that money? No, he is actually "setting an example", beating the locals with money and telling them that no matter how small the mistake, they can't make it, or hell will pay. A similar story has appeared in Japanese history, and its influence is still there today.
If a friend has been to Japan, you may find that those Japanese people walking in the street don't seem to care much about property preservation. They put their wallets in their trouser pockets at will and don't protect their chests. They don't seem to be worried about stealing money at all.
In fact, petty theft is really very rare in Japan. According to the survey of 20 14, there are only about 5000 cases of theft in Japan. You know, there are hundreds of millions of people in Japan, and this crime figure can really be said to be very small. At the same time, it is not only difficult to see theft in Japan, but also they are especially good at finding money. According to the survey data of 20 15 years, the amount that Japan handed over to the police after finding the money was as high as1900 million yen!
Japan's public security atmosphere is so good, on the one hand, it comes from historical habits. In Japanese history, there was a very famous person named Nobunaga, who was one of the "three outstanding figures in the Warring States Period of Japan". It can be said that Japan's troubled times in the Warring States period basically ended in his hands.
In troubled times, heavy codes are used. In order to eliminate the folk customs and stabilize the rule, Oda Shinichi promulgated the law of "beheading with one yuan", which means that anyone who commits theft, even if he has only one yuan, will be beheaded. After the death of Noguchi Oda, his subordinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the actual ruler, and continued the custom of "one yuan chop".
Since then, Japan has always attached great importance to theft. On the other hand, in modern Japan, although petty theft will not be sentenced to particularly heavy punishment, all the information of criminals will be displayed on TV and blacklisted by the government, which will have a very serious social impact.
Under such humiliating punishment, even if someone wants to steal, they will decide for themselves. Is it worth it? For such a small amount of money, you can't lift your head all your life and be pointed at, which is definitely not worth the candle. You might as well find more jobs if you have this kung fu. So, don't say stolen, even if you find the money, you dare not stay.
Therefore, sometimes we should not be too kind to criminals. We have known since childhood that "don't do it with small evils", but if there is no relevant punishment to tell everyone that even a small mistake is very serious, will everyone tighten this line and abide by it? Japan's practice in this regard is indeed worth learning.