Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 133 I've already made a long-term plan
The originally silent Qianqing Palace was like a pot of water suddenly boiling.

All the voices sounded at the same time, each sound seemed to fall abruptly on the iron wall of the main hall, and it was bound to block what Chang Shengning just said.

Liu Kangyong was talking about the family law of the ancestors.

What Yang Zhai said is that men are strong and strong to defend their families and the country.

Shen Shiqing's gaze swept over these two people, as if she was looking at them, and at the same time seemed to be looking at something else - for example, the boundary markers that had been erected for a long time in her short 20 years.

In the face of her confusion, people always answer in this way, including her father who is already enlightened enough.

Hearing these words again only made her lips smile a little more.

Being flanked by two people, Chang Shengning knelt on the ground and looked at Liu Kangyong with a smile:
"The family law of the ancestors? Which generation of ancestors did Liu Shangshu talk about? Which family's family law? Since the establishment of the Yong Dynasty, the laws made by Taizu have changed countless times. Taizu set up female officials, but Suzong abolished them. Chengzu said The plan to send the ship overseas was rejected by Mu Zong. Zhong Zong said that he should cut redundant officials because of the huge miscellaneous taxes, and Shen Zong would donate unlimited prisons to raise military expenses...According to Liu Shangshu, all the previous emperors were wrong?"

Liu Kangyong took a deep breath, he was about to speak, but he saw Chang Shengning stroked his chest suddenly.

"Cough cough! Cough!"

Chang Shengning's face was flushed, and his gray beard was trembling with his coughing and panting, making him look haggard from the passing of time.

Liu Kangyong took the opportunity to speak, but saw His Majesty wave his hand:
"Ms. Gao, go help Chang Shangshu up."

Liu Kangyong was interrupted again.

After Chang Shengning finished coughing, he kowtowed heavily again: "Your Majesty, let me kneel down!"

He gasped, and went on:

"The law is not immutable, nor has it never changed. Taizu once said, 'Laws are often used. Regulations are expedient for a while.' In addition to the "Dayong Law" in our Dayong Dynasty, there are also The law of expediency. Where does the law of expediency come from? It comes from individual cases. Individual cases are statutes. Laws and regulations. The law of expediency. The law of expediency has gradually become a common law, which is the "Regulations on Inquiry and Punishment", and then entered the "Dayong Huidian". Those who don’t understand the present, those who drown in the near and forget the distant, are not true.’ Did you forget this?”

After finishing speaking, Chang Shengning laughed again. When he laughed, every furrow on his face was hiding an unknown emotion:
"The four words of ancestral family law, I have heard 35 years ago, the wife who kills her husband should die, it is the ancestral family law, but I have watched the husband beat his wife and concubine...... "Laws of Dayong", if you don't break the bones of his wives and concubines, you can't care about it. These are the ancestral family laws! They are all the ancestral family laws of our Dayong!"

The old palm slapped the ground, as if to wake up the god buried at the center of the entire dynasty.

"Why? As a criminal official in a state, I have to watch a man beat up his wife and concubine but she is safe, and I have to watch his wife and concubine unbearably humiliated and kill the man and pay for it! Why? Why?"

This is the anger that has been buried for more than 30 years. It is like a jar of wine that has been brewed for too long. As soon as you open it, you can smell the pungentness in it.

"The city is full of grievances, everyone is crying for grievances, the people's sympathy and pity are deafening, but Xu Bing, the chief officer in charge of the case, keeps saying that this is the family law of the ancestors! Master Liu, if you were in that time and place, Can you still say this? Ancestral family law cannot be violated? Ha! Master Liu, have you ever read the numerous files compiled by the female officials before? This officer has read all the files word by word. Beating and abuse have no choice but to hurt people, kill people, and die! Being beaten is death, and resistance is also death. Half of the people in my Dayong Dynasty lived like this, just because of the ancestors' family law!"

Liu Kangyong opened his mouth and said:
"My lord, the family law of the ancestors is the foundation of the dynasty. Women have three obediences, and there is no special way. Therefore, if you are not married, you should obey your father, if you are married, you should obey your husband, and if your husband dies, you should obey your son. This is a ritual! I, Dayong Acting in accordance with the law, what is wrong with it?"

After he finished speaking, he saw Chang Shengning looking at him, and then he grinned:
"Ceremony? Master Liu, Liu Shangshu, Mr. Liu Ge, when you open your mouth and keep your mouth shut, it is 'ritual'. I heard that your father finished the three books and six rituals in one step, but he used his family background to force his wife to change, forcing the woman who was going to marry Suicide by hanging, you know about this."

In an instant, Liu Kangyong's pupils shrank like a needle's eye.

He was born in Yongzhou, and he has been farming and studying since his ancestors. His father, Liu Geng, married a woman from the Liu family in his early years. When his father was 17 years old, the two families formally agreed on the date of marriage. At that time, Liu Kangyong’s grandfather, Liu Yu, was married. Juren, he looked down on the white body of the Liu family. The wedding date had already been set, and the dowry was carried to the Liu family. Liu Chu forced Liu Geng to marry the daughter of a wealthy merchant in Yongzhou as his wife. The Liu family came to ask for justice. Liu Chu only said that if the Liu family was willing Let Liu's daughter be a concubine.

The girl had been engaged since she was 12 years old, but she had to end up like this four years later. She strangled herself to death with the belt originally made for Liu Geng that night.

The Liu family lost their daughter, so they sued the Liu family in court. The county magistrate refused to accept the case and sued the state government. The prefect at the time was quite official, and after a decent trial of the case, he asked the Liu family to vacate a piece of land from the ancestral grave. Let the daughter of the Liu family be buried, and call it the Liu family of the Liu family, and also be Liu Geng's wife.He also invited a "Jie Lie" watch for Liu's family to hang in front of Liu's house.

Liu Kangyong naturally knew about this, and their family didn't flatten the Liu family's tomb until he became a Jinshi.

The Liu family didn't dare to offend his family, so they got a hundred taels of silver and withdrew the watch.

The moment he pulled out the monument and flattened the tomb, he thought that this matter would never be mentioned again.

Let alone in front of the imperial court.

"Tsk tsk tsk." Seeing that Liu Kangyong was speechless, Chang Shengning shook his head, and said, "Lord Liu, if your father obeys the etiquette, you will be gone."

Liu Kangyong hurriedly took a few steps on his knees, and shouted at the imperial case: "Your Majesty! Chang Shangshu used the minister's private affairs..."

Chang Shengning: "Indecent!"

Liu Kangyong: "Your Majesty! The subject's background..."

Chang Shengning: "Indecent!"

Liu Kangyong was almost hoarse: "Your Majesty, I am dedicated to the imperial court and Your Majesty..."

Chang Shengning stroked his beard, and raised the corner of his mouth: "Ru, you are not born to be polite!"

His inner clothes were soaked in cold sweat, and Liu Kangyong prostrated himself on the ground tremblingly. For decades, he had established himself with "rituals".

Born is not polite, these four words are forcing him to die!
Chang Shengning!He really is the reincarnation of Yama!

Seeing him like this, Chang Shengning had a smile on his face, but there was only silence in his heart.

Ever since he was determined to assist His Majesty in revising the law, he secretly sent people to look up the case files. He had spent his whole life in litigation and prison affairs, so he naturally knew what was in those layer upon layer of case files.

It is the trace of the staggering climbing of all beings in the world.

It is also the aftermath of the sentient beings falling into the boundless hell.

I don't know what to do unless I don't know what to do.

Supporting his already unbearable old body with one hand, he turned his head and looked at Yang Zhai who was also kneeling beside him.

"Master Yang, men protect their homes and defend their country, so the law must protect men. Is it true that men are the only ones involved in military affairs? You have also been in charge of a guard post. Didn't those wives who accompanied the army ever farm? Didn't they weave? Then Where did my soldiers of Dayong get their clothes? Where did they get their food and clothing? Why did my dynasty let the wives of military households join the army? It was to share the hardships of military households training in farming!"

Yang Zhai looked at Chang Shengning, and moved his butt uncomfortably.

"Chang Shangshu, even though women have to work hard, it is the men who can shelter them from the wind and rain, set up a door, and protect them from being plundered."

Hearing this, Chang Shengning smiled again.

"Master Yang, what kind of wind and rain are the women trying to avoid? What kind of door are they guarding? Who is going to plunder and harass them?"

"Naturally..." Yang Zhai was stuck.

The wind and rain that women have to avoid has always been men.

Chang Shengning vigorously rubbed his beard:

"Master Yang, I am a woman who was loyal and guarded the city during the Yong Dynasty. You were the commander of Lin Quan when you were a thousand households. We know that his great-grandmother Cai also personally climbed the wall and led the servants, women and children in the city to guard Guiyang City. A full three months? Not only can Madam Cai be able to defend against the enemy, but Madam Cai even dared to lead troops to attack and defeat the bandits. My husband, what should she do?"

After Chang Shengning finished speaking, he felt suddenly enlightened and answered himself:

"If you obey, you will die. If you don't obey, you deserve to die. This is the family law of my Dayong ancestor! This is the masculinity of my Dayong! No shame in the world! Nothing wrong with virtue! My lords, you think the old man is right. ?”

After speaking, his body shook.

There was a beep, and it was almost morning time.

Li Congyuan, who had not spoken all the time, said softly:

"My lord, since there are laws and regulations, it's better to set a few cases first. As for the amendment of the law, we still have to act cautiously and think from the long-term."

"Case? Mr. Li Ge, how do we set a case? Look at how Zhuo Shengquan, the servant of the criminal department, interrogated Bai Shi. He didn't even regard Bai Shi as the victim! What he asked was whether Bai Shi had ever had a relationship with Hu Hui He asked the dead Qi family if he had any previous relationship entanglements with Hu. If it wasn't because of Shen's background, he would have to ask Shen if he had any previous relationship with Hu. This is how Dayong's majestic third-rank servant of the criminal department handles cases! If this case file hadn't been submitted to the imperial court, I would use my head to guarantee that Zhuo Shengquan would forcefully create some entanglements with these women. Shen is not brave, but jealous!"

37 years ago, he also thought about writing a letter to ask for a case of leniency.

But the result?

Xu Bing's case file clearly stated that those women killed because of jealousy because their husband favored their concubines.

Ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!
If Xu Bing was still alive, Chang Shengning wanted to go to him and ask him personally, if he beat Xu Bing three times a day, would Xu Bing also feel jealous because he was close to others.

"Even if there is an exception, so what? The law is above. As long as men and women are not punished for the same crime, people will be extremely harsh on women who have committed mistakes. At that time, the entire court of the Yong Dynasty will have to think about it." Do everything possible to turn a woman into a jealous woman who deserves what she deserves, how many people can think of citing an example to reverse the case for a woman?"

After all, Chang Shengning prostrated himself on the ground again:
"Your Majesty, I took someone to read the case files. In the past three years, in Hejian Mansion alone, there were 82 women who were beaten and killed by their husbands without any incident of adultery. However, there were only three cases, two of which had neighbors testifying about beating their wives. In the 150 three prefectures of Dayong, according to the population year, nearly 200 women died every five years, and the reign of Dayong for [-] years..."

Finally, he had nothing to say.

If 40 women died like this, and 40 men did not pay for their lives, men in this world would no longer need to talk about defending their homes and the country. The one who killed the most people was not foreign enemies, but the law of the Yong Dynasty!

"Chang Shangshu is tired." After the case, Shen Shiqing said slowly, "Three cats, take someone to help Master Chang to the side hall to rest, and then find the imperial doctor to treat him well."

"Yes."

Seeing Chang Shengning being helped out in a half-conscious state, she put down the pen in her hand, and stood up.

"Ever since the reactivation of female officials, I often think that there are many women in this world who are intelligent and talented, why can't they be used by me? Today, after listening to Chang Shangshu's words, I understand. My Da Yong's law allows women to obey A husband is not subject to the monarch, let alone the country. A country restrains the people with the law, I restrain the ministers with loyalty, and a husband restrains his wife with chastity. If a woman understands her situation , she knew that she was just a cow and a horse. She was a cow and a horse in Dayong. She was taken to Moxi Mobei and Liaodong. It's like military pay, salary, and title."

These words are really heartbreaking, Yang Zhai said quickly:

"Your Majesty, women are also citizens of Dayong..."

"Subject? People are taught with words, and cows and horses are taught with a whip. Isn't this unfair law to women what the whip is to cows and horses?"

The young monarch raised his head and ordered:

"Open the door."

The gate of Qianqing Palace was opened by eunuchs.

In the dark and obscure sky, heavy snow fell from nowhere.

Bitter wind blows into the hall.

Shen Shiqing looked at everything and said slowly:
"If half of the people under my rule are cattle and horses, then what is I? A wise ruler? A benevolent ruler? Or, a beast?"

The three pavilion elders lay on the ground, not daring to say a word.

Shen Shiqing smiled, and asked the senior female official to pick up the imperial edict she had just written.

"Yang Shangshu."

"The minister is here."

"After the martial arts competition in the nine towns next year, I want to see a detailed count of the wives in each guard."

"Yes."

"Liu Shangshu."

Liu Kangyong, who was exposed by others, dared not speak.

"how old are you?"

"Chen, Chen, this year, there are three out of sixty."

"Not too small."

"……Yes."

Shen Shiqing ignored him and looked at Li Congyuan again.

"Li Shangshu."

"The minister is here."

"You asked me to make a long-term plan... Let Chang Shangshu reason with you today, and I have already made a long-term plan."

After finishing speaking, Shen Shiqing turned and left, leaving only Li Congyuan behind.

In the early morning of this day, His Majesty, the increasingly elusive emperor of the Yong Dynasty, issued three more decrees.

"The three divisions are sorting out cases in preparation for law reform."

"Inspecting the censors in various places to find out that in the past three years, there are local officials who have punished women for 'private morality' and 'jealous nature' in the past three years, but there is no evidence."

"Zhuo Shengquan, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishments, has been removed from office pending investigation."

Two days later, the Xunxi City Procuratorate judged that Shen's killing of Hu Hui was a righteous act, and he surrendered himself. Hu Hui's crimes should be judged as Ling Chi. Shen was fined 20 taels of silver and exonerated.

Shen's arson in the procuratorate prison was an act of self-protection. He was fined 50 taels of silver and exonerated.

"Miss Shen! Miss Tunan cooked a big pot of elbows for you at home, so you can eat enough!" Tong Wu, who was driving the carriage to pick up "Shen Shiqing" from prison, said cheerfully.

"Don't eat."

It's been three days, Zhao Surui still hasn't forgotten the elbow he conjured up in front of Shen Sanfei.

He never wants to eat elbows in his life.

　Siri Zhao: I!from!Come!No!like!eat!elbow!son! (very loud)
　　Shen Shiqing: I am notifying the reform of the law, not discussing it.

　　*"The Cai family, from Weining, all commanded Lin Sheng's mother. With aspirations, they tried to send granaries to help the poor. At the end of orthodoxy, thieves surrounded Bijie City, and the officers and soldiers were dispatched to Pingyue. Sheng also defended. Guiyang's defense was hopeless. Cai San The family pays, recruits elite soldiers, and boy servants go up to the city and refuse to defend. In March, the thieves go away. Cai leads the crowd to follow, and the bandits are defeated. At that time, they were called female generals." - "Guizhou Tongzhi"

　　The case of the four women killing their husbands is a real case in the history of the Ming Dynasty. You can find it by searching for "four women killing their husbands in the Ming Dynasty". Because I was too angry, I did one thing, which was to use the name of the official who was convicted , Xu Bing.

　　Taboo for the respected and contemptible, naturally pointing at the nose and scolding.

　　I have a cold and a fever these days, sorry for the long wait.

　　Counting by pinching fingers, there is a total of five shifts owed.

　　Belated holiday wishes.

　　Also, I wish you all good health.

　　There was no update on the night of March 3th, not because I didn't write it, but because I couldn't break the chapters. A conservative estimate is 10 words. See you before sunset on the 11th.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)