Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 441 The Case of Dang Renhong

As time goes into winter, the rhythm of the entire Tang Dynasty can be clearly seen to ease. If we say that the biggest event during this period is the Dang Renhong incident.

He was originally a general of the Sui Dynasty, and later led the army to join Li Shimin.

This person is talented, and he has very good achievements and reputation wherever he goes, which makes Li Shimin think highly of him.

But because of corruption and breaking the law, he embezzled more than 100 million yuan, which is probably more than [-] yuan in conversion.

In the Tang Dynasty, embezzlement of [-] pieces of silk was punishable by death and hanging, but now [-] pieces of silk are used for one to two passes.

In other words, in theory, it doesn't seem too much for him to be killed a thousand times.

Although the money and food that Li Tai had passed on were above ten thousand guan, this was only a thousand guan, after hearing this, Li Tai was very guilty.

Because I have always wiped out odds and ends, the accumulated odds that I wiped out probably amounted to tens of thousands.

But in terms of prices at that time, the purchasing power of more than [-] yuan was already terrifying. Even if Li Tai's agricultural college increased the admission price year by year in order to control the number of students, it had gradually increased to about [-] yuan per year.

Then when he served for corruption, would the other members of his family also be punished?

But the bad news is that my father's clan, mother's clan, wife's clan, and the three clans accompanied me to exile in Qinjiang.

Although it is said that Ma Zhou has been trained by Du Ruhui for many years, he has not changed his habit of liking good wine and food. He even heard that he has built a yard to hide a beautiful girl in it. .

In the process of his embezzlement and bribery, his father's, mother's, and wife's three clans would not have enjoyed some benefits.

Even so, for a good family, at least half a year should be saved for their children.

After they are freed from crimes, things are different, but the atonement is successful, so the imperial court can allocate land to them according to their identities as ordinary people or allow them to become government soldiers, edit them into books and settle in the local area. "

"The unfinished corvee on the old man is shared equally with the rest of his family." Li Tai said calmly,

As the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Li Tai was naturally one of them, and he couldn't help laughing at the courtiers' shamelessness in the face of Li Shimin.

Especially if you don't just die, you even have to do everything possible to stay alive. Only by living can you atone for your family.

For people who are used to saving, three to five years of hard work will make their children stand out and even achieve class transition, which is a very worthwhile gamble for them.

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Shimin couldn't help feeling conscious, and looked at Sun Fujia.

It's not that the people can't see the long-term, but they can only make long-term plans according to their own abilities.

If next, Li Tai followed the trend and launched the steam engine, even making these children unable to find a job, then at least one generation of people would have very negative thoughts on this society.

The ministers naturally objected, after all, this incident set a precedent, and I am afraid that corruption will not be able to stop it in the future.

Then do the math, will their family be able to regain their freedom soon. "

What I admire most is Li Tai's stability, although many items come out of Li Tai's mouth, it is more or less surprising.

After all, Aye has always been benevolent, for example, one day he is going to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen, and the world will be amnesty.Each person will be reduced to three years of corvée.

This not only solves the problem of internal land annexation, but also solves the problem of population filling in the frontier.

And who is bragging about this matter, of course it is Li Tai's liberal arts tabloid, do you still expect Confucianism to brag about it!

Obviously, Li Shimin was shameless in order to keep Dang Renhong.

When they find that the meager savings they earned from their jobs facing the loess and their backs to the sky, and the children they support are not as good as their own, then both they and these children will wonder what the meaning of their efforts is. What.

After all, society is developing, but I am eliminated.

That being the case, his crime of corruption naturally needs to implicate his family.

"Yesterday, I saw that the documents from Dali Temple wanted to kill Dang Renhong, and I felt sad for him to kill him immediately, and withdrew after eating half of the meal.

"The king of Wei can come up with such words and deeds, but he already understands the law better than many people who enforce the law!" Sun Fujia heard Li Tai's words, and looked at Li Tai, the king of Wei, in surprise.

It is naturally impossible for one person to bear 2 years, but it is not too much for the nine clansmen of his family to share one share.

But after the child becomes an adult, he still needs to serve for the crime of the whole family.

From Sun Fujia's point of view, it may not be that King Wei doesn't care about the law, but he just doesn't like the rituals advocated by Confucianism.

In other words, according to your calculation, King Wei, it will take him almost 2 years of exile! "Sun Fujia of Dali Temple came out and said

These entire families migrated to the past, and when they were freed from crime, they could completely form a small village in the local area.

In the end, through the joint efforts of the whole clan, three clans, and even nine clans, this sin was redeemed.

Ma Zhou couldn't help but said to Li Tai, "King Wei, you also come to persuade His Majesty, if His Majesty is really like this, then the majesty of the Tang court may be disgraced."

Now Qingque has come up with this method, one is all selfish, the other is strict punishment, and the third is to warn those who corrupt in the future. If corruption will inevitably affect the whole family, you need to think carefully! "

So this kind of suggestion of implicating the nine clans, although it sounds outrageous, is actually much more acceptable than modern people.

I believe you know more about how to investigate the case than I do. I just asked that since his crimes are unforgivable, can the crimes he committed be further quantified and added to his entire family.

"Ahem! Taishan Fengchan, this kind of thing is nonsense!" Li Shimin coughed a few times, but he was somewhat interested in Li Tai's proposal, and it didn't sound too bad.

"According to this regulation, corruption is almost always a capital crime, and you need to be exiled to Xizhou for more than [-] years.

I wonder if you can find a way to spare his life! "

When he saw that his whole family was exiled because of his corruption, Dang Renhong didn't know whether he should thank the saint for his kindness, or he should hate the ruthlessness of King Wei who made this opinion.

Hearing this, the faces of the people present couldn't help but change, and Sun Fujia said with a more serious face, "Wei Wang, Dang Renhong only corrupted the law by taking bribes. Although the circumstances are serious, they are not so heinous. What do you want to do?" !"

Of course, as long as there are loopholes in the policy after all, maybe a certain person is a good official, but he is bullied by his family, and he becomes ruthless, so you can go to the frontier to work hard with yourself.

"Aye, although this matter is easy to say, but if it is really done, I am afraid that it will take a lot of hard work for the Minister of Dali Temple."

Generally, there are thousands of people from the nine clans of a family, and each person is divided into ten years, and it will be over soon.

Li Tai shook his head and said, "After all, if the sentence is light, it may make corrupt officials no longer fear death, and make corrupt officials rampant in the officialdom.

But think about how King Wei was suppressed by Confucianism when he was a child, and it is only natural that he doesn't like Confucian etiquette.

A few days later, Emperor Taizong summoned officials of the fifth rank and above to the Taiji Hall and told everyone: "The law is a right that people have obtained from heaven, and one cannot lose faith due to personal affection. Today, I prefer Dang Renhong and want to pardon him." His capital crime is an act of violating the laws of the country, and he is responsible to heaven.

"If someone in the family has already lost contact with their family, what if they were implicated in this matter!" Sun Fujia asked again.

Even a piece of toilet paper can be used, let alone a living person.

However, Li Tai really didn't care, because Li Tai's main purpose was to enrich the frontier population.

It’s very similar to a second-year student who made some unreasonable demands from his parents, but the parents refused to agree, and then the second-year student achieved his goal by hurting himself and making his parents heartbroken (I did it when I was a child, and then I was beaten by my parents, what do you know? It’s called real pain, and then I dare not do it again)

Now I lay grass and kneel in the southern suburbs, eat only one vegetarian meal a day, and apologize to God, so as to spare his life. "

Fang Xuanling and other ministers kept persuading him, but Li Tai stood there like a pine tree doing nothing, which was a bit out of tune with the whole atmosphere.

After all, this era is not a modern era that pays attention to individual human rights. On the contrary, this era pays attention to the whole family's prosperity and loss.

"Then change the algorithm!" Li Tai calmly said, "He should have three families of father, mother and wife!"

Because these students have about three to five years, after they come out, the government will directly arrange jobs according to what they have learned, and then directly start eating imperial food.

This implicated law can only be regarded as an amnesty for this incident in a short period of time. If this law is implemented in the future, it is best to ask you to personally intervene, at least it cannot be regarded as a law that will be implemented immediately. "

"King Wei, we know your kindness, but the law cannot be enforced like this. After all, he may not even have ten years of life."

After all, the world is so big, there is no such thing as the best.

But Li Shimin had a lot of affection for his own people, so he asked the minister:

"If there is a child, the child will also be counted into the service time of the entire family, but the imperial court can take care of the child to a certain extent.

The most important thing is that when corruption affects not only one person, but the whole family.

At this moment, Dang Renhong was accused of embezzling more than 100 million yuan, so he should be executed according to the crime.

Of course, such savings are willing to the vast majority of good families.

After much deliberation, he wanted to find a way out for him, but he still couldn't find a convincing reason.

For Li Tai, the population of Huaxia is really hard-won. Now there are not even 2000 million people, so don't kill people at every turn.

As for Dang Renhong, who originally thought he was going to die because of this incident, but in prison, he did not expect that the imperial decree was sent to Qinzhou, probably near Qinjiang, Guangxi.

"What if an old man in this family dies first during the service?" Sun Fujia discussed with Li Tai curiously.

So how to measure the sentence and how to punish, all need to be carefully considered by Dali Siqing.

Li Tai couldn't help but walk out when he heard this, and after saluting Li Shimin, he said:
"Aye, I remember that earlier this year, you did not have death-criminals moved to Xizhou, and those who committed exiles were filled with garrisons, each with a legal punishment based on the severity of the crime.

After all, one person can ascend to the heavens, but there are no eggs under the cover of the nest. It is impossible to please the party governor when he is proud, and there is no risk when he is frustrated!
As for the specific sentencing, investigation, judgment of right and wrong, to be honest, I really don't understand.

And this incident, more or less, has come to an end. At least in Chang'an City, it has been more or less sung that the king of Wei is also like a saint, and has a somewhat benevolent heart.

Li Tai looked at Sun Fujia and said: "It depends on whether this person has benefited from being an official because of his clansmen.

After all, ordinary people are not qualified to commit corruption, even to the extent of capital crime, if there is such a thing, then they really deserve to die!

If it is too heavy, the relatives will cooperate with each other to protect them, and there will be fewer reports in the future.

"Hey, be prudent in doing things!" Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction after hearing Li Tai's words.

When the ministers saw this scene, they all had a headache. The emperor was shameless, which made it very difficult for the courtiers!

To be honest, Sun Fujia has always had a bad impression of Li Tai, not only because Li Tai hates Confucianism, but more importantly, because Li Tai doesn't care too much about etiquette.

But that was all Li Tai's unimaginable talent in internal affairs, so in his own eyes he was astonished, but in fact it was Li Tai's conservative and cautious choice.

Li Tai calmly said: "What I mean is, since he is corrupt and accepts bribes, he won't be the only one who benefits.

At this moment, Li Shimin heard that Li Tai had come up with such a method, at least he could spare Dang Renhong from death, and he could severely punish Dang Renhong. He said very happily, "In this case, I know that I have three crimes. Knowing people but not knowing, the second is to disrupt the law privately, and the third is to hate the wicked without punishing them.

What I adhere to the law is the need to increase the cost of breaking the law of the target, but this cost cannot make the other party have no scruples after breaking the law! "

If you don't kill this person and put him in Xizhou, whoever understands the law and uses his embezzled money to calculate how long he will be imprisoned! "

Especially when a family goes to serve together, they take care of each other to a certain extent, and they are not afraid of being bullied by the locals.

What makes Dang Renhong even more desperate is that he cannot die yet, because if he dies, his punishment will be directly added to the serving date of his son and grandson.

After all, Sun Fujia did not follow Li Tai's egalitarianism, but arranged different degrees of punishment according to whether he had enjoyed the favor of Dang Renhong and his relationship with Dang Renhong.

Although what Li Tai was talking about was amnesty, what he wanted was to pardon some people who needed to be executed and give them a chance to avoid the death penalty.

But for this model, Sun Fujia felt that since there were already examples, the latecomers would definitely use it, so he tried to make up for this punishment.

(End of this chapter)