Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 693
With this in mind, the three of them often get together to discuss this matter, but usually at night, during the day, they have their own important things to worry about, and they can only be busy with what they have at hand. Only after the incident can we be together. Pang Tong is responsible for the general idea. After all, it is his attention to revise the new law, and Man Chong is responsible for some specific content. In this regard, he is still very good. Lu Su can only help They fill in the leaks.

Man Chong and Pang Tong often argue endlessly. At this time, Lu Su can persuade them. If there is no Lu Su, I am afraid that Pang Tong would have been driven out of the mansion by Man Chong. Lu Su was also helpless because the two people had different ways of thinking, which made them always quarreling. On the formulation of some criminal laws, and even on some legal ideas, the two would have a big quarrel, and no one could persuade them. who.

The most likely to cause them to quarrel is actually in the civil and trade aspects. Pang Tong wants to compile new laws to protect the legitimate rights and interests of merchants and big clans. For the review, for merchants, officials should not make things difficult for no reason. He still wants to use the law to restrict the officials' restrictions on the big family and the squeeze on merchants.

But Man Chong disagreed. Why should these so-called powerful families be protected by laws? Laws should serve the emperor, and it should be added that the big families must not violate any orders of the temple, and merchants must obey any officials. s arrangement.

They quarreled endlessly, but Lu Su could see clearly that one wanted to use the law to strengthen the kingship, and the other wanted to use the law to restrict it. There was absolutely no way for these two people to cooperate. Yes, as for Pang Tong, he felt strange, the law has always protected temples, why do you always mention those big families and wealthy households?This made Lu Su a little puzzled.

In the midst of such quarrels, other aspects of the new law were gradually written by them, and the differences between them were all left blank. When Liu Xi's letter arrived at Tingwei's Mansion, Man Chong Without hesitation, he wrote down the fact that Pang Tong came to find him, and other disputes with Pang Tong, and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor looked at Man Chong's letter, squinted his eyes, read it for a long time, and ignored it.

"I'm telling you! As far as you write, if you dare to submit it!! The emperor will cut off your head immediately!!" Man Chong roared at Pang Tong, who frowned and looked gloomy, "press According to you, the law is all on the side of the temple. It’s fine if the officials are good, but if they oppress the good, wouldn’t there be no restrictions?” Pang Tong asked, but he ignored Man Chong’s roar , directly picked up the document on the case.

"Forget it, forget it, if I'm with you, I can't finish editing in my life. That's it!" Pang Tong said coldly, turned around and was about to leave, Lu Su got up quickly and said, "Shi Yuan, Don't worry. Bo Ning just wanted to make the law more perfect. The people of the big man should protect it. But today's merchants, cheating, there should be restrictions on them. , the law issued by the temple can't tie the hands and feet of your own officials, right?"

"I never thought of tying anyone up. The officials only have knives in their hands, naked knives, and they can chop whoever they want. I want to add a sheath to them, so that they have time to think and draw their knives .”

Man Chong was silent for a moment, and then he said: "In this case, we will add your scabbard, and I will also add my rope. You said that you want to protect the people of the world, no matter what your status is, I agree with this, but We must also impose restrictions on those rich merchants, and we can’t let them go, what do you think?" Pang Tong hesitated for a moment, then turned his head, looked at Man Chong in front of him, and sat down slowly.

"During Emperor Xiaohuan's time, many tyrants were inexplicably punished and their entire families were killed. As for the crimes, they were related to being close to eunuchs, or oppressing the people. They said they were oppressing the people. Is the crime of forcibly using the farm cattle in the pavilion on your own farmland, leaving the people without farm cattle, a crime that should be punished by the clan?"

"Don't mention the past, let's talk about the present. When Manjun went to Jingzhou earlier, he almost washed Jingzhou's powerful families with blood. Manjun, do these people really have such a big crime? Even women and children have to bear it?"

"Fa is in Yangzhou, forcibly seizing the property of the powerful, persecuting them, and killing many of their capable ministers. After arriving in the place, the first thing to do is to deal with the local powerful... Is there no good person in the world?"

Pang Tong asked.

Man Chong shook his head, and said: "The ones who died were those who violated the laws of the Han Dynasty, and there is more than enough guilt for their deaths. When they commit crimes, they should think about such a day."

"Then, Lord Man thinks that they should not be tyrannical, but ordinary people at the bottom. If they are peasants at the bottom, Lord Man will not be like this, right?" Pang Tong laughed, and asked again: "Then, dare to ask Lord Man? , the people work hard, for what, the emperor appoints talents to govern the world, what is he seeking? Isn't it just to make the people rich? The hard-working people have become powerful and have countless cultivated land because of their status. Protect it?"

Man Chong squinted his eyes and said: "The root of the great man is the people, not them. It is our duty to be loyal to the emperor and protect the people."

"That's not right! No matter how powerful or powerful, merchants are the people of my big man, are only farmers the people?" Pang Tong said angrily: "Mr. Man, if you are not blind, take a good look at this world, the world today , Haoqiang owns the best land, and their grain production is the foundation of the national treasury. Merchants travel around and transport wealth from other places back to the Dahan. The Dahan has built roads and canals over the years. Tell me, the business tax accounted for it How much ingredients???"

"But today's powerful people employ slaves and common people, vigorously cultivate tea, herbs, cotton, etc., and weave them, and merchants transport these to various places, even overseas, Manjun, are these people not important? ? As for the big clan, how many of the officials in the temple today are from the big clan? If you don’t protect them, hehe, in the future, who do you want the emperor to appoint?? Appoint those farmers?!?”

Man Chong was furious, and said: "Excessive words!! How can a poor family have no talents?!"

"You are the one who speaks out loud!! Could it be that these big clans were born to be big clans?? They also came from poor families!!"

The two stared at each other with their eyes wide open, but neither spoke.

"Mr. Man, since it is the law of the Han Dynasty, the people should be protected. Just like what we discussed, women and children, the elderly, and even soldiers should be protected. Why should merchants, powerful, and powerful families be bypassed? They are also the people of the Han Dynasty. You Think again!" Pang Tong said, looked at Lu Su again, and said with a smile: "Let's stop here today, I'm tired, so I'll go back!"

Lu Su nodded towards him, Pang Tong left, and Lu Su was about to leave, but Man Chong stopped him, Man Chong seemed to be thinking, and he asked: "Lu Jun thought, he said Are these reasonable?"

Lu Su squinted his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said: "Of course it makes sense, but it doesn't count if we say it." Lu Su smiled, glanced at the palace, was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled wryly He got up and said: "Yes, it's useless for us to argue here. Whether it makes sense or not, we don't care." Lu Su cupped his hands towards Man Chong, and then left.

Only one Man Chong was left, looking at the night in a daze, and fell into deep thought.

On the day Yuan Shao was killed, he rejected the emperor's decree for the first time, but now, he also thought of a problem, the law can restrict merchants, it can restrict the big clans, but if... Forget it, forget it .

Hua Xiong returned to the mansion, Dong Bai was cooking, looked at Hua Xiong, and exclaimed with some joy: "Are you back?"

Hua Xiong grinned, nodded, and sat directly in the front yard, squinting his eyes, enjoying the sunshine. Dong Bai suddenly asked, "Are you leaving in such a hurry today? By the way, you didn't leave those copybooks in the Where? But sent to the waiter's station??" Hua Xiong hummed, and said with some displeasure: "I'm not a child, how could I lose it??"

He closed his eyes, and sat quietly in the front yard. Dong Bai was cooking. These days, he gradually got used to living with Dong Bai. However, he still had no feelings for Dong Bai. Perhaps, The reason for keeping her was to repay Dong Zhuo's kindness. Hua Xiong didn't think too much about her. Dong Bai was different. The more she was with Hua Xiong, the more she felt for this old man in her heart. favorite.

Hua Xiong is not good-looking, at least, the husband the Dong family chose for her was much better than Hua Xiong. Similarly, Hua Xiong can't win the girl's heart. Maybe there is no difference between men and women in his eyes. All day long, he always sat in the shade of a tree, drinking wine, talking nonsense, sometimes saying that he had defeated Guan Yu and defeated the enemy with one move, and sometimes saying that he had read a lot of books and classics.

But for some reason, Hua Xiong still attracted her. If at first, she came here just to escape from the Dong family and wanted to have a place to live, but now, she still wants to stay with Hua Xiong more. He is a hero, he fought north and south, and his body was covered with bruises, but he never told any stories about these injuries on his body, this man, he is a shy man, whenever Dong Bai takes off his clothes, When it was time to wash his clothes, he always hid under the quilt with only his head showing.

His eyes widened, and he asked from time to time, "Are you all right?"

Likewise, he is very kind. Dong Bai had no intention of knowing that he had donated all his property to the Jimin Mansion without leaving his name.

His life was very hard, he was the youngest in the family, and his close relatives passed away, leaving him alone. As of today, he is still so lonely, often talking to his own sword.

This is an old man who doesn't grow up.

Dong Bai looked at Hua Xiong who was teasing the ants on the ground in the distance, and smiled idiotically. He felt uncomfortable, and Hua Xiong ignored it, and concentrated on playing with the ants on the ground. At this moment, suddenly outside the door There was a knock on the door, Hua Xiong just turned his head away, Dong Bai immediately stepped forward and opened the door, Dong Bai was about to speak, but suddenly froze, his face gradually froze, there were three people standing outside the door.

The one standing in the middle is her cousin, Dong Xian.

Dong Xian looked at her angrily, but held back the anger in his heart, and said, "You should go back." There were two servants standing behind him, one of them was about to speak, but the other quickly held him back, far away. Hua Xiong got up gradually, and walked in front of them lazily. Dong Xian hurriedly saluted and said, "Greetings, Duke Hua! I am Zixian of the Dong family, and I am here to bring back my sisters."

Hua Xiong sized him up, then looked at Dong Bai who was on the side.

Dong Bai said nothing, raised his head, looked at him silently, trembling slightly.

(End of this chapter)