Chapter 66 Punishing without teaching is the greatest crime!

The Neighborhood Committee was an auxiliary organization established by Ji Yan!

Its existence had a relatively positive impact on the base.

Therefore, when people were panicking, Ji Yan was willing to let them know some of the causes and effects, after all, in his eyes, Song Qingqing was already considered a high-ranking member of the base.

After he finished speaking, the three of them subconsciously showed a hint of astonishment.

Because they never expected that these hundreds of people were arrested for such a reason.

"No wonder!" Meng Xiaoduo exclaimed in surprise, "I seem to have heard recently that many people were exchanging large amounts of supplies, but I didn't expect them to do such a thing!"

"Damn it!" Song Qingqing also said indignantly, "These people are simply ungrateful; they eat their fill and then take more out, using the base's resources to line their own pockets. They deserve it!"

Xu Kangkai, however, did not share their indignation.

He pondered for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Ji, I want to ask how you plan to deal with these people?"

"Don't worry, I won't kill them!" Ji Yan waved his hand indifferently, "It's just expulsion. They have lost their status as base residents and will never be rehired."

"This?"

A hint of unbearable emotion flashed across Xu Kangkai's face.

"Mr. Ji, aren't you forcing them to their deaths?" Xu Kangkai couldn't help but say, "The Zombie Storm is coming soon. If you drive them out, how will they survive?"

"About that?"

Song Qingqing and Meng Xiaoduo also felt a bit of reluctance.

But Ji Yan shrugged indifferently and said, "What does their life or death have to do with me? Do I have to consider their survival just because they made a mistake?"

"That's not it!" Xu Kangkai argued, "They didn't do anything wrong. Did they break the law? No! Mr. Ji, did you set a rule prohibiting them from exchanging supplies and then selling them outside? No! You should understand the principle that what is not prohibited by law is permissible."

"Hehehe!"

Ji Yan was somewhat dumbfounded.

This Xu Kangkai's mind was probably a bit problematic.

He had the mentality of a bleeding heart, the rigor of a jurist, and liked to lecture like an old pedant. He truly lived up to his high academic qualifications as a double doctor.

He spoke with such eloquence that ordinary people really couldn't argue with him!

"Deputy Director Xu, please don't talk about law with me here!" Ji Yan said patiently, "Law is a set of rules meant for people to exploit loopholes. It can restrict base residents, and it might even restrict me! I don't like it. Here, there is only one rule: my rule is the rule!"

"Anyone who dares to do anything detrimental to the base, I have the right to expel anyone, and if I wish, I can even kill them!"

"You are a Doctor of Law, but that was in the past. This doesn't apply in the apocalypse, understand?"

These remarks made Xu Kangkai somewhat difficult to accept.

Song Qingqing quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Ji Dage, don't be angry. Old Xu means no harm. He's just a very earnest person, and he's soft-hearted!"

"Mr. Ji!" Xu Kangkai couldn't help but continue, "A country has its laws, and a family has its rules. For a base to develop and grow, clear laws are very necessary. You cannot be too dictatorial. My outspokenness is for your own good, and for the good of the hundred thousand residents of this base!"

"Oh? You're quite great, aren't you?" Ji Yan said with a half-smile, "Alright, Mr. Xu, what brilliant insights do you have? What suggestions do you have for our base? Please present them all at once, so I can correct everything."

"I wouldn't dare to call them brilliant insights!" Xu Kangkai spoke eloquently, saying, "From my professional perspective, a base is a small society. Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. Your failure to establish laws in advance is your oversight; you cannot blame others for exploiting loopholes. Executing without prior teaching is the greatest crime!"

"Of course, it's never too late to mend the fold. No matter how capable a person is, they will always make mistakes! This incident is an example. Therefore, Mr. Ji, if you want the base to improve, you must implement reforms!"

"Firstly, we should select a group of highly intelligent and knowledgeable talents to form a Base Management Committee to assist Mr. Ji in managing various affairs, instead of simply and crudely entrusting many matters to artificial intelligence."

"Secondly, we should formulate professional legal rules and regulations to manage the numerous residents, establish various charters for everyone, and use advanced rule of law to replace backward rule by man!"

"Finally, we should rationally allocate social resources, build a perfect humanistic environment, treat women favorably, establish a moral system belonging to our base, and comprehensively improve the happiness of our residents!"

"As long as we continue down this path, I believe our base will get better and better, and the happiness index of our residents will also become higher and higher!"

Xu Kangkai had a very strong desire to express himself!

He had clearly been holding in a lot of things he wanted to say for a long time.

Therefore, he spoke incessantly, completely unaware of Ji Yan's gradually darkening face.

"Old Xu, say less!"

"Yeah, stop talking for now!"

"Ji Dage, I'm sorry. Old Xu is a relatively idealistic person; he doesn't have any bad intentions."

Meng Xiaoduo and Song Qingqing both noticed something was wrong!

They pulled him aside, whispering advice, while awkwardly smiling apologetically at Ji Yan.

"Don't pull me!" Xu Kangkai said unhappily, "I'm speaking up for the people, do you know that? As the saying goes, 'every man has a share of responsibility for the rise and fall of his country.' The quality of life for a hundred thousand residents needs to be improved. If I see a problem, why can't I speak up? Do you want to watch this kind of thing happen again and again?"

"If Mr. Ji had set laws in advance, then these people reselling supplies would be wrong, and they should be punished as they deserve, expelled if they should be expelled, and I would have no objections!"

"But he himself made an oversight by not setting rules, and people exploited loopholes. How can he simply and crudely expel them? Is he not wrong in this matter? Did it not expose a huge loophole in the base's management?"

"As the saying goes, 'it's never too late to mend the fold.' Even the most capable person makes mistakes! What's wrong with boldly admitting one's mistakes?"

Xu Kangkai spoke passionately, excitedly expressing his views!

Yet he was like a bookworm who completely didn't understand social etiquette, only knowing how to criticize and direct.

His mind was full of clichés and arguments, holding high the banner of morality, standing at the moral high ground of humanity, exuding the arrogance of 'everyone else is drunk, only I am sober.'

This kind of person was quite comparable to an internet keyboard warrior!

However, he was not an ordinary keyboard warrior; he was a person with a bleeding heart, educated, a bit foolish from too much reading, and full of idealistic notions.

He tried his best to express his views in front of Ji Yan.

He attempted to persuade Ji Yan to bring about change for the entire base.

Just like a savior, wanting to save all living beings.

Facing such a person, Ji Yan's patience was gradually wearing thin.

"Are you done?"

Ji Yan frowned and asked, interrupting him with a single sentence.