This formula underpinned the rapid consolidation of good government, based on rigorous standards of official conduct that limited the elite’s arbitrary power. Putting one’s opponents in the criminal dock seems unlikely to produce a similar result.
这一模式有助于快速巩固好政府，其基础是能够限制精英阶层“任性”权力的严格的官员行为准则。将反对派送上刑事法庭不可能达到相同的结果。