Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

The artillery field outside Shazhou City was originally an abandoned quarry.

This quarry is a hill, and the bottom of the hill has been hollowed out, and there is a danger of landslides if it is excavated again.

After Li Yan entered Shazhou City, he abandoned the quarry.

Later, Cui Ruoyun asked to go there, and it became the artillery testing ground.

This time Cui Ruoyun reported to the Governor's Mansion that a new type of artillery was going to be tested. Li Yan saw the report and offered to come to observe the test.

Standing in the temporary shed, Li Yan held a telescope and looked at the fort not far away.

Cui Ruoyun held the command flag, and waited until the gunner raised his hand to signal. After checking the position of the muzzle, Cui Ruoyun waved the command flag in his hand.

The fuse was ignited, followed by a deafening roar, and the five experimental cannons were fired together.

It's just that this time the cannon fired, only white smoke came out of the muzzle, and there was no flame like before.

Cui Ruoyun explained to Li Yan:
"I improved the formula of the firing charge. Now the explosive burns more efficiently, and the probability of bombing is lower."

Li Yan nodded and asked, "Does that mean our cannons can shoot farther and fire more frequently?"

Cui Ruoyun nodded with a smile, and she said, "That's not all, look at it, Your Highness."

While the two were talking, the shells fell on the hill above the abandoned quarry.

Immediately afterwards there was a loud noise, and after the violent explosion, the shell exploded on the stone wall.

A large piece of rock was blown down, and Li Yan also stood up in surprise.

How powerful is it?

Cui Ruoyun said: "In addition to the improvement of the firing powder, the shells have also been innovated."

"The improved grenade is filled with explosives. After hundreds of tests, it is now possible to set the delay of the shell explosion more accurately."

"Everyone has seen the effect of the explosion. The grenade filled with gunpowder is much more powerful than live ammunition, and its lethality to soldiers is also much greater than that of real ammunition."

The staff members behind Li Yan were all excited. They saw that using gunpowder to fire iron balls was still at the level of artillery in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

To really make artillery the main force, it still depends on explosive grenades.

The grenade that can explode really makes the artillery the god of death on the battlefield, and also further improves the artillery's ability to attack and defend the city.

However, Li Yan held the binoculars and looked at the landing points of the shells from the four cannons, and asked Cui Ruoyun:

"Why did the shell fall so far away?"

Cui Ruoyun also said bluntly: "Your Highness is wise, because our current technology for manufacturing hollow shells is not mature enough, and filling the ammunition also requires pure handwork, which makes the center of gravity of the shells unstable."

Xu Jun behind Li Yan immediately understood Cui Ruoyun's meaning: "That is to say, the accuracy of the shells was sacrificed? Can't the position of the shells be controlled?"

Cui Ruoyun nodded and said, "Until better manufacturing techniques for shell casings appear, the accuracy really cannot be guaranteed."

The staff officers behind Li Yan frowned. In fact, this was also a stage in the development of artillery.

In the initial stage of the large-scale application of artillery, a round of artillery bombardment was carried out before the infantry charged.

It is because the artillery shells of this era cannot guarantee accurate landing points. If the artillery cooperates with the infantry to fight, the shells may fall into their own positions.

The infantry and artillery coordination touted by military fans in later generations is also a tactic that was developed after full industrialization and the ability to produce standard artillery and standardized shells.

The development of military tactics must also adapt to the development of military technology, and both sides develop alternately.

However, Li Yan is quite optimistic about this. The howitzer has improved a lot compared to the solid gun. Even if the accuracy is not enough, the deterrence is still large enough.

Li Yan praised Cui Ruoyun a lot, and took advantage of the money, and gave Cui Ruoyun a large amount of research funding.

After returning from the artillery field, Li Yan received Zhou Hao's request for an interview.

What a busy life.

Li Yan never thought that after time travel, as an ordinary person, he would have so many things to do.

Obviously, his subordinates have "gathered good ministers and good generals", but there are still so many things that require him to make decisions every day.

Zhou Hao studied law, and now he is the chief judge of the entire Dudu Mansion's court, and also the chief judge of the Longyou Dudu Mansion Court appointed by Li Yan.

The political system of the Tang Dynasty was inherited from the Sui Dynasty, and part of the system of the Sui Dynasty was inherited from the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

However, the laws of the Tang Dynasty absorbed the spirit of the rule of law of the Northern Zhou Dynasty's arch-rival, the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The history of the hanging track is that the Northern Qi Dynasty, which produced many psychopathic and murderous monarchs in succession, its "Northern Qi Law" turned out to be the most advocating "cautious punishment" among the laws of all dynasties.

Before the Anshi Rebellion, all prisoners sentenced to death had to submit their cases to Dali Temple, and the secretary of Dali Temple had to write down the verdict of Dali Temple and submit it to the emperor for final decision.

Now the world is in chaos, the emperor in Fengxiang Mansion is busy recovering Chang'an and Luoyang, and the world is also cut off by bandits and bandits. If this method is still used, the prisons everywhere will be full of prisoners awaiting execution.

So the emperor ordered that now the case can be handed over to the Jiedu envoy or the governor of each state for self-determination. After killing the prisoner, he only needs to report it to Dali Temple for record.

The judgment of the murder case in Zhou Hao's hands was sent to Li Yan.

Judicial power is naturally one of the highest powers, so the judgment of such a case must be cautious.

Li Yan took the judgment document and read it page by page.

But the more he looked at it, the more Li Yan frowned.

The facts of this case are not complicated.

Sun Da is the son of a craftsman. Ten years ago, his father was a master craftsman in the workshop of the county government. He happened to meet Mao Xinzhi, the county magistrate who had just taken office. Killed with the crime of ineffective supervision of ordnance.

Mao Xinzhi used military law, and Sun Da's father's workshop also needed to make ordnance. At that time, when the military situation in Longyou was tense, Sun Dawei's father had no way to complain, and was sent to prison by the governor's office.

Later, after Sun Da was released from prison, he practiced assassination skills hard, then ruined his appearance, and began to pursue Mao Xinzhi.

Mao Xinzhi went around as an official in Longyou. After King Jianning took control of Longyou, he was deposed by the Dudu Mansion because of his bad reputation and failing the assessment.

Mao Xinzhi was going to pack up his belongings and return to Guanzhong, but Sun Da found an opportunity to assassinate him in the post.

Just seeing this case, Li Yan felt troublesome.

Zhou Hao said: "Your Highness, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the murderer pays with his life. Sun Da deliberately killed people in a planned way, and even killed people at a post station with many pedestrians. According to the laws and regulations of the Tang Law, this is an unforgivable crime." crime."

Li Yan nodded. An unpardonable crime is a serious crime. Although Mao Xinzhi resigned from office, he is still a scholar-bureaucrat with an official body.

Zhou Hao said: "But the difficulty of this case is that Sun Da is avenging his father. According to the Confucian tradition, this kind of behavior is worthy of praise."

Li Yan nodded, and said a passage from the Analects:
"Zigong asked Confucius: 'What is the enmity of your parents?' The master said: 'Sleep with thatch and pillow dry. If you don't serve as an official, you can share the world. When you encounter various markets and dynasties, you don't fight against the army.'"

Zhou Hao cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness, Sun Da wanted to avenge his father. Mao Xinzhi beheaded his father. This is an utter hatred. The new hatred of the father, ten years of hard training in the art of assassination is to avenge the father, this is the filial piety that Confucianism commends."

Li Yan nodded, even with the assistance of so many players, Confucianism still penetrated deep into the psychology of the common people.

Even in the information age with a well-developed network, the influence of Confucianism cannot be removed, let alone conferring Confucianism as the orthodox Tang Dynasty.

Obviously, Sun Da's case against Mao Xinzhi is a case of conflict between Confucianism and Legalism.

Li Yan asked, "How did Fa Cao pass the sentence?"

Zhou Hao said: "Fa Cao believes that this case should be judged according to the "Revenge Proposal" written by Chen Zi'ang of the Wu Zhou Dynasty."

""Revenge Proposal"?"

Zhou Hao explained: "Chen Zi'ang is that Chen Zi'ang who has never seen anyone from the past, and who has never seen anyone since."

"There was a similar case in the Wu Zhou Dynasty. Chen Zi'ang believed that the prisoner had violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and the death penalty was unavoidable. However, after the prisoner was executed, the prisoner's filial piety was commended. People at the time thought this was a good way to deal with it. The Empress also agreed with Chen Zi'ang. The method used to deal with the criminal."

Hearing this result, Li Yan relaxed.

The Wu Zhou Dynasty was an embarrassing period in the history of the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Zetian usurped Li Tang Jiangshan, but she finally returned it.

Wu Zetian was also the mother of Tang Zhongzong Li Xian, so in the middle and late Tang, people generally held their noses and admitted that the Wu Zhou Dynasty was also a part of the Great Tang.

The laws and regulations revised by the Wu Zhou Dynasty were inherited by the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, the judgment regulations of the Wu Zhou Dynasty can also be used now.

Li Yan said: "Since this is the case, let's deal with it according to the previous court's precedent."

Zhou Hao said: "His Royal Highness, this subordinate thinks that the precedents of the Wu Zhou Dynasty are inappropriate."

Li Yan asked: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Hao said: "Your Highness, the law is the tool of the court's rule, and ritual is also the tool of the court's rule."

"The law is used to punish those who do wrong things, and the ritual is to educate people not to make people do wrong things."

"Etiquette and law should be unified, not opposed."

Li Yan also understood Zhou Hao's meaning. Chen Zi'ang's judgment seemed very clever, but it actually raised a problem.

That is the gap between the Confucian etiquette and law advocated by the imperial court and the imperial court's laws and regulations.

Li Yan naturally understood that now that Confucianism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, even in Longyou, it can only subtly influence the people, and it is impossible to completely overthrow the Confucian etiquette and law system.

Can something that hasn't been wiped out after thousands of years be wiped out with [-] players?
Not to mention the status of the rulers of the Li and Tang royal families, which is originally the legal system endowed by the Confucian ritual and legal system.

But Li Yan also knew that the reason why the early Tang Dynasty spent a lot of effort to revise the "Tang Law" was also because the founding monarchs and ministers all understood the importance of the laws of a long-lived dynasty.

The law is not only a tool for maintaining law and order, but also the cornerstone for maintaining the stability of the entire Tang Dynasty.

The same case is justifiable in terms of etiquette, but the crime is punishable in terms of law, so will everyone doubt the authority of the law?
Obviously, Zhou Hao, a law student, has a different opinion.