Datang Longya

Chapter 280 Professor of Monarchy
In fact, what Leng Feng said to Wei Zheng was "use his way, and use his own way".

After Wang Fu was overthrown before, there was an unnamed memorial against Li Daozong, and thinking of Wang Fu accepting bribes from Wang Xian, that memorial was probably released by the Wang family.

Wang Fu was hanged, but Li Shimin did not hold Wang Xian accountable. It wasn't that he forgot, but that he wanted to see what the Wang family could do.

The memorial incident had already made Li Shimin extremely annoyed, but now that this incident happened again, Li Shimin's annoyance has exceeded the limit he can bear in his heart.

"Where is Dali Temple Minister Dai Zhou?"

The dark-faced Dai Zhou stood up from the crowd of civil servants and walked out: "The minister is here!"

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said: "I feel that Wang Kang, the magistrate of Silu County, didn't pay attention to the rules and regulations of me and the court at all. He, I will leave it to you to question the crime. As for the Wang family of Taiyuan~"

Li Shimin glanced at the pool of blood in the center of the hall: "The principal culprit is dead, no further investigation, come here, get him out, don't you know that you will move yourself if I don't speak!"

Until then, Wuming called several eunuchs to carry Wang Pusong out, and several eunuchs cleaned the ground with dry and damp cloth until there was no trace of blood.

During this process, everyone could only watch all of this. Today's courtroom is a bit dreamy, and everyone wants to slap themselves to see if they are dreaming.

Li Shimin found his home ground, and looked at the six old men under his rank: "Wang Pusong is good at dictatorship, colluding with the border county magistrate and family officials. It is not a pity to die. There is no need to discuss this matter again! Duke Leng Feng!"

Leng Feng looked at Li Shimin, why did he mention him again?
After thinking for a while, Li Shimin said: "I know your loyalty and patriotism. However, you killed people in the court. Throughout the ages, you have not escaped unscathed. I will punish you with a ten-year salary and three hundred court rods!"

"Three hundred court rods?"

Wei Zheng and the others shuddered in their hearts. The power of the court stick is no less than that of a military stick, especially for eunuchs who are executed in the palace. , or one hundred...

Li Xiaogong immediately knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, one hundred court sticks are too many! People will die!"

The court stick is generally made of chestnut wood. The end that hits the person is cut into a mallet shape, and it is covered with an iron sheet. There are barbs on the iron sheet. A large piece of flesh was torn off from the person's body.

If the executioner is not merciful, let alone sixty, thirty, the victim's flesh and blood will be torn to pieces.Many tortured officials died under the court rod.Even if they don't die, nine out of ten people will be permanently disabled.

The highest number of court sticks is one hundred, but this is meaningless at all. If you hit seventy or eighty times, the person is dead.The eighty imperial staff means that both feet have stepped into the threshold of Lord Hades.From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the present, there are very few surviving records of people with a hundred court rods.

(Tingzhang first began with Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was also said to be Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was generally implemented in the Jin Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, and it was implemented most famously in the Ming Dynasty, so don’t mistakenly think that it was only in the Ming Dynasty.)
Li Shimin mentioned one hundred without saying a word, this is to kill Leng Feng!Although Leng Feng is known as an "expert outside the world", Li Xiaogong and the others don't think that he can resist this hundred imperial sticks.

Li Shimin said expressionlessly: "I have said that one hundred is one hundred. How can I change the order every day? If you persuade me again, it will be the same hundred court staff!"

Hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Xiaogong and others could only shut their mouths, but Wang Xian lowered his head even lower, he was afraid that others would see the smile on his mouth.

Leng Feng had been figuring things out, he didn't expect that Li Shimin would really hit him, he was a little stunned for a moment, and almost blurted out: "You're not kidding me!"

However, when the eunuch responsible for escorting him out appeared, Leng Feng still kept his mouth shut, and was obediently kicked out.

Li Shimin snorted coldly: "What are you all doing in the middle, go back to your own seats!"

With Leng Feng's lessons learned, no matter whether it was the officials of the five surname factions who seconded the old men to deal with Leng Feng, or the military generals who pleaded for Leng Feng, they all returned to their positions honestly, even the six old men were disheartened. returned to his seat.

One hundred court rods!No one has trouble with their own lives!
Li Shimin cleared his throat: "According to the large-scale investigation of the Si Nong Temple, the locust plague is inevitable, so I want to issue an order to stop farming, so that the people will not suffer from hard work, but there is no harvest. As for disaster relief, I have already prepared Once the plan is made, there will be no more words, who has any objections?"

Have!
Zheng Rumo objected!

He stood up again: "Your Majesty, the plague of locusts is about to start, why doesn't Your Majesty issue an edict to punish oneself?"

Li Shimin clutched his sleeves...

Guilt Edict is a kind of verbal order or document for ancient emperors to introspect or review their own faults and faults when problems occurred in the court, the country suffered natural disasters, and the political power was in danger.

It usually occurs in three situations: one is the dislocation of rulers and ministers, the other is natural disasters causing disasters, and the third is when the regime is in crisis.The intentions are all self-blame, but the severity of the situation is different.

Now the Tang regime is stable, the imperial power is stable, and there is a difference between the superiority and inferiority of monarchs and ministers. It is impossible to say one or three things like this, but the plague of locusts is indeed a great disaster. It stands to reason that the emperor should punish himself.

But at this time, Zheng Rumo proposed it, and Li Shimin accepted his suggestion and issued an edict to sin against himself, but it would be a different feeling!
Obviously, they wanted to "persuade" the emperor to issue an edict to show off the knowledge they had passed down, and use the imperial power to strengthen the position of their theories.

To be honest, Li Shimin doesn't dislike the "natural power of the monarch". As a ruler, he needs it to consolidate his imperial power just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

However, Li Shimin hates being taken advantage of!Especially being coerced into doing something.

In Tianxia Manor, there is a barbarian from the far west named William.

Li Shimin likes some anecdotes and stories, and is also very curious about the civilization of the Far West. Once in his free time, he went to the chicken farm in low clothes, and chatted with William for a long time, half talking and half gesturing.

When talking about the kingship of some kings in the Far West requires the approval of the Pope, Li Shimin dropped his glass angrily.As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he would never tolerate this kind of thing on him!
"Sovereign power granted by heaven" and "sovereign power granted by God" differ only by one word, but their meanings are completely different. One is borrowing the name of "Heaven" and the power is still in one's own hands, and the other is purely borrowing the name of the Pope.

But what does he think, how does he feel that the five surnames have a meaning of changing "monarch power granted by heaven" into "monarch power taught"~
　One update, I was too sleepy, but I was afraid that some book friends would wait for the update of this point and poke out a chapter.

　　Today is the author's birthday in the Gregorian calendar. I naughtyly said that there is no middleman to make the difference today, and the author can earn more (squinting smile)
　　Welcome everyone to book~

　　ps: Just one chapter, the rest will be coded after waking up. I went out for a day yesterday, and I was very tired.

　　
　
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