Great Tang princess

Chapter 352 Criminal Law Reform
In the past few years, to be precise, since Li Yuechen increased the grain production and spread it across the country, the Lantern Festival has become more and more lively, and there are even more types of lanterns.

People walked on the streets in groups of three or five, looking at the colorful lanterns in different squares, and commenting on each other's favorites.

Li Yuechen, who was dressed in white, held hands with Shangguan Wan'er, strolling on the streets where pedestrians come and go, watching various lanterns.

"Speaking of which, it seems like it's the first time to come out alone with His Highness." Shangguan Wan'er said suddenly.

"It's okay, there will be many opportunities in the future." Li Yuechen smiled, "Speaking of which, do you want to try these snacks?"

There are many pastry sellers on both sides of the street in the square. Although the taste of these pastries is not as good as that of the future, the shape is really good-looking, and they are made like handicrafts.

"Your Highness, it's better not to eat these outside," Fulai quietly came over to remind him at this time, "In case someone has evil intentions..."

"That makes sense!" Shangguan Wan'er also nodded, "If Your Highness likes it, let the royal chef in the palace make some and send them to the princess' mansion."

"makes sense!"

Li Yuechen nodded in agreement, but did not propose to eat any more.

It doesn't matter if you drink water. Fulai carries a water bag with him, so he doesn't have to worry about being thirsty.

The two just walked around the street hand in hand, looking at the various lanterns in different shapes, Li Yuechen felt a lot better.

Today's lanterns are not made by the government, but self-made by the people. Judging from the quantity and quality of these lanterns, they can also reflect the mood of the people to a certain extent.

No matter where the two holding hands went, someone gave way for fear of bumping into them.

Although Li Yuechen has changed her hairstyle, there is still a big gap between her temperament and ordinary people in this era, and it is an obvious gap that can be seen at a glance.

Therefore, all ordinary people who can see her will regard her as a child of a dignitary and noble family, and will avoid her far away after seeing her, and dare not come to make trouble.

This caused, no matter where the two of them went, a circular vacuum would be formed around them.

Although this guaranteed security to a certain extent, Li Yuechen always felt as if he was being bullied.

If possible, I still hope to go shopping like ordinary people.

……

It has to be said that women seem to have an instinctive talent in shopping, which can be well reflected by Shangguan Wan'er beside her.

After walking around until midnight, Li Yuechen had already started to feel sleepy and yawned under the effect of his biological clock, while Shangguan Wan'er beside him was still looking left and right in high spirits.

The same is true for the surrounding people, all of them seem to be on stimulants, and they seem to have no sleepiness at all.

It seems that even if I become a woman, my talent in shopping has not been brought into full play... Li Yuechen couldn't help complaining in his heart.

"Your Highness, it's midnight, how about we go release the sky lantern?" Shangguan Wan'er suddenly asked while holding her arm.

"Let go!" Li Yuechen nodded, "Fulai, go and buy two sky lanterns!"

"Here, wait a moment, Your Highness!"

Fulai agreed, and immediately trotted back to buy two sky lanterns.

Li Yuechen took the fire folder, slowly lit it, and together with Shangguan Wan'er, slowly let the sky lantern fly into the air.

Watching the little flame gradually fly up into the sky, mixed with many other sky lanterns, Shangguan Wan'er's eyes were shining brightly.

"Your Highness, I haven't taken that hot air balloon yet, can you take Wan'er for a ride?"

Li Yuechen smiled: "Not today, there are too many sky lanterns in the sky, if you run into it, it will be very troublesome. After Shangyuan, pick a rest day and take you there."

"Yeah!" Shangguan Wan'er agreed.

Seeing her excited expression, Li Yuechen couldn't help but think, speaking of it, since the hang glider was made, it seems that she hasn't flown it a few times, so she really should play with her more.

At the same time, at least a group of pilots should be trained to be responsible for delivering news between Chang'an and Dongdu.

If you use a hang glider, you can reach it within two hours at the fastest, which is terrifyingly efficient in this era.

……

The next day, the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, officials across the country ended their holidays and started working again.

Li Yuechen first went to his mother and told him about merging the prison gate guards with the Qianniu guards. This kind of transfer of the royal army does not need to be discussed with the ministers, and he immediately got the edict.

Then he ran to the prison gate guard without stopping, and found the left and right guard generals, Qiu Shenji and Linghu Zhitong.

When the two came to the training ground, when they saw Li Yuechen sitting in the pavilion, they immediately trotted over and saluted respectfully: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

"En!" Li Yuechen nodded, "I'm here today to talk to the two generals about the merger of the prison guard and the Qianniu guard!"

Linghu Zhitong's eyes lit up, he secretly said, and raised his head expectantly.

"If you want to completely merge the prison guards and Qianniu guards in the future, what do you two generals think?"

"Being able to work under the princess is the honor of being an official!" Qiu Shenji immediately began to lick, "Thanks to the princess for valuing..."

Linghu Zhitong next to him immediately interrupted him: "Of course I will!"

Li Yuechen nodded: "Okay, please bother the two generals to go back and inform the officers and soldiers of my Qianniuwei's rules. If you don't want to, you don't have to force it. As for the two generals, you can go to our Military Academy while participating in training. study……"

With that said, Li Yuechen handed over the document in his hand, it was written about various military disciplines in Qianniuwei, let them familiarize themselves first.

The two of them are just ordinary generals, not as good as those with rich family backgrounds. Although they can read and write, they can't be called illiterate, but their education level is really not that high.

To be an officer of Qianniuwei, this level of education is absolutely not enough, so Li Yuechen wants them to go to the military academy to study while training.

And I also made it clear to them that if the military school exam can be passed and the military skills can be mastered, then they can continue to serve as officers of the front-line combat troops when they come out.

Otherwise, you can only transfer to clerical or logistics.

Looking at the thick stack of documents in their hands, the two looked at each other with bitter smiles on their faces.

Although it has been known for a long time that the current Qianniu Guards are strict and disciplined, and they have made corresponding psychological preparations, but looking at it today, it is still underestimated.

But even so, the two of them had no intention of repenting, and immediately nodded in agreement, and went back to inform the soldiers.

Then Li Yuechen ran into the barracks again and informed Geng Yunqiang of the incident.

"At that time, there will be a lot of people. You need to recruit a group of top talents to train. At the same time, you must not forget about ideological education. These people are recruits and need to be trained well."

Geng Yunqiang nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, Your Highness! The officials will definitely train them well!"

"Well," Li Yuechen nodded, "These people will observe carefully, and then send me a list. I will send another person to investigate, and when the time comes, I will send a group of people to become the Royal Secret Guard..."

Originally, Li Yuechen planned to separate the Qianniu Guard and the Dark Guard, but after thinking about it carefully, there was no need for that. In the future, this would only belong to the power in the hands of the emperor.

Besides, it is more convenient to manage the dark guards through the army system, so there is no need for that, and it is fine as it is now.It's just divided into different departments within the same army.

In the future, Qianniuwei will be divided into three departments, namely, the first-line combat troops in charge of the war, the exclusive bodyguards of the royal family members, and the royal secret guards in charge of intelligence!
This will become an important force in the hands of the future emperor and a guarantee of imperial power.

At the same time, the newly added people do not intend to train them all to be scouts, but to train them into frontal combat troops based on the background of this era and the existing weapons and equipment.

At that time, let Wang Xiaojie be the head officer, and think about some methods suitable for this era of frontal combat.

Among other things, they certainly cannot wear armor that only protects the body and head like scouts. They must be fully armed and wear full armor. At the same time, if possible, it is best to have a horse for each person. Switch between cavalry and infantry at any time.

At the same time, you must be proficient in the disassembly and use of various weapons such as spears, hammers, and crossbows. Of course, the most important thing is to learn how to use battle formations.

The most important skill of a soldier is not to rush into the enemy's formation alone to open Wushuang, but to know how to cooperate with each other to achieve the effect that one plus one is greater than two.

However, the specifics of this matter need to be finalized later. The most important thing now is to make up the people first.

After the expansion of the army this time, Qianniuwei is almost at the level of a division. By then, Geng Yunqiang and others will almost have to be assessed and promoted.

After chatting about things, just about to go back, Wang Xiaojie came in suddenly.

"It's just in time!" Li Yuechen smiled and handed over the document in his hand, "The army is about to expand, you should also take a look, when the time comes, I will think about the military skills training of the infantry..."

"Yes! I will do it when I get back." Wang Xiaojie agreed, and then said, "It's just that I have something to ask."

Li Yuechen handed over a cup of tea and raised his head: "Speak!"

Wang Xiaojie hurriedly bent down and took it with both hands respectfully, and then asked: "I don't know, Your Highness, do you have the idea of ​​forming female soldiers?"

"Female soldier?" Li Yuechen was taken aback, "Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?"

Although women in this era are indeed men, Li Yuechen really didn't think about it.

"This..." Wang Xiaojie's expression was a bit tangled, "The lower official has a daughter and a son, and the eldest daughter is benevolent and filial. The lower official really can't bear to be bored at home after marrying and becoming a woman. She told me that she wants to join His Highness's army and make contributions. Therefore... ..."

Hearing his words, Li Yuechen shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to, but this..."

Speaking of this, she seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly raised her head and asked, "How old is your eldest daughter? How is your skill?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaojie's face showed a vaguely proud expression: "This year is just fifteen, and in terms of skill, he has won the official biography, and ordinary men of the same age can't get close to three or five!"

Li Yuechen nodded, took two steps back, and leaned his butt on the edge of the table: "To be honest, I have no intention of sending the woman to the battlefield at the moment. After all, you should understand what the consequences will be if a woman is caught on the battlefield."

Wang Xiaojie nodded to express his understanding.

"However, if you intend to let your daughter join the army, it is not impossible." Li Yuechen changed the subject and continued, "The document I handed you just now shows the three major departments of Qianniuwei in the future. The front-line combat troops will not consider it for the time being, but For the royal bodyguards and/or hidden guards, it is much more convenient to have a woman around."

"This... Please let the officer go back and take a closer look..." Wang Xiaojie flipped through the documents in his hand.

Li Yuechen nodded: "Well, it's best to look at her own wishes."

……

After explaining the matters in the barracks, it was almost dusk, and Li Yuechen returned to the Princess Mansion.

In the next few days, Li Yuechen didn't go out, and wrote work reports in the mansion every day, detailing Qianniuwei's future system model.

In the past few days, the ministers have gradually recovered from the holidays and are preparing for the next work.

Early the next morning, Li Yuechen also went out early, preparing to attend the court meeting.

When they came outside the gate of the main hall, the sky was only dimly lit.Li Yuechen who stood at the front was still not wearing court clothes, but white mourning clothes.

Many ministers came to congratulate her on capturing Xu Jingye alive, etc., and they were even testing her attitude towards the current queen.

Obviously, now that the princess has opened the mansion, she has begun to have her own strength in the court. It would be great if she could have one more ally.

But Li Yuechen just smiled politely to everyone, and didn't talk too much in detail.

The matters in the court are still left to my mother to deal with, she just concentrates on cooperating with her in developing the army.

After a while, Qianniuwei's army expansion is completed, even if there are rebellions everywhere, at least Dongdu and Chang'an can be defended.

After a while, the sun gradually began to rise, and the hall opened. Li Yuechen walked in front of the ministers, took off his shoes and walked up the hall, found his seat and knelt down.

After reporting the affairs of various departments as usual, the court fell into silence for a while.

Wu Zetian behind the bead curtain spoke slowly: "Regarding the case of Xu Jingye and others' rebellion, although the thieves have been punished, I have been thinking recently that since ancient times, all major crimes have been punished by the nine clans, and they have been implicated widely. Perhaps many of them The talents of the pillars will also be taken together...I didn't expect this, and my heart ached, and I feel a pity..."

Listening to her chanting, the ministers all looked at each other, not knowing what Tian Hou was planning to do today.

It stands to reason that he rebelled, and it would be enough to kill his nine clans directly. Could it be possible that he should be pardoned?

"In the past few days, after thinking hard, I decided to change the criminal law, and I will no longer deal with it according to this law in the future!"

Wu Zetian swept his eyes across the audience, and under the puzzled looks of the ministers, he said in an unhurried tone: "For the crime of treason, the punishment of beheading is not enough to deter the world. Starting today, the punishment of continuous sitting and the death penalty will be abolished." Suicide, beheading, Ling Chi third class!"

"Those who surrender themselves and sincerely repent after being arrested are allowed to commit suicide; those who commit serious crimes will be punished by beheading; those who commit the most heinous crimes will be punished by beheading!"

(End of this chapter)