A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 412
Wu Huaiyu took the lead in donating [-] guan, Yang Hongli, Li Hongjie, etc. also contributed money one after another, all of them were from famous families, and now they are at least scarlet-robed whitebait, donating tens of thousands of guan is not a big deal.

Li Shuang, who joined the army in Yongzhou Cang Cao, came to register, and then sent someone to the door to withdraw money, and then used the money to buy food and other condolences.
"Yi Guogong is really kind to the victims. He not only offered a good plan of work for relief, gave them work and food, but also helped them resettle outside the city. Now that they have not forgotten them during the Chinese New Year, this donation is a donation. Almost a year's salary."

The annual salary of the third grade is only 360 shi. If the year-end assessment is good, the salary reward for one season will be added, but if the assessment is not good, the salary will also be reduced.

At the current price of rice in Chang'an, one hundred yuan can buy three buckets of rice, which is always three stones. Wu Huaiyu, who has lived in Yongzhou for a year, even if he adds a season, the discount is less than 150 yuan.

"It's just Lumi for three seasons, but I still have a monthly salary."

"It's only [-] yuan from the third grade monthly salary and miscellaneous expenses," Li Shuang said with a smile while recording.

"There are also career fields, Yongye honor fields, and Juetian Yongye fields."

Li Shuang, courtesy name Qianyou, nephew of Li Hongjie, cousin of Li Jing, son of Li Weijie, signed a house for Li Yuanji's Qi Wang Dian during Wude, and later served as Cangcao of Youwuhou and servant Yushi in the palace. Pin Yongzhou Cangcao.

Originally, when Li Hongjie was in charge of Yongzhou, Li Shuang should avoid him, but his appointment was appointed by the emperor, so he can avoid avoiding it.

He was promoted to the seventh-rank Cangcao mainly because of his meritorious service in admonishing. Previously, Pei Rengui, the county magistrate, was a private servant who was reported. After Li Shimin found out, he insisted on killing him. The fundamental crime of the law should not be punished, and the laws and regulations of the country are common to the world, and are not exclusive to your Majesty.

After some persuasion, Li Shimin absolved Pei Rengui of the crime and gave Li Shuang fifty pieces of silk as a reward.

Now after Lu Zushang was killed, Li Shimin remembered Li Shuang again. He almost killed Pei Rengui at the beginning, so he decreed that Li Shuang, who was the palace servant of the eighth rank, was promoted to the Yongzhou Cangcao, who was the seventh rank, to join the army and was promoted four times in a row. class.

"The victims of the disaster are also His Majesty's subjects, and they left their hometowns to come to His Majesty in the year of the catastrophe. This is a big Chinese New Year, so everyone must feel His Majesty's warmth."

Li Hongjie also donated [-] guan, which cannot overwhelm Shangguan.

The two county magistrates each donated [-] guan.

Li Shuang wrote himself a fifty.

Anyway, he is not short of money, his grandfather was the governor of Yongzhou, his father was the county magistrate of Luoyang in the Sui Dynasty, and now he is the Minister of Sanqi on the fourth rank.

"San Niang came to visit my house yesterday and saw that she has lost a lot of weight and seems to be ill. When Duke Yi is free, can I go to see her for a diagnosis and treatment?" He lowered his voice and asked Huai Yu.

"I also met Brother De Prize this morning, but I didn't hear him talk about it."

"De Prize has been very busy recently, so I probably didn't notice it."

"Okay then, I'll go to the teacher's house and let Sanniang take a look."

Although Wu Huaiyu has always been resolute towards Li Sanniang, he also feels that he owes her a little. Although he has never teased her or given any wrong signals, Li Sanniang thinks differently. This matter can only be said to be a misunderstanding, but He is also responsible for this result.

Li Sanniang is also the jewel in the palm of the Li family, but now she is a monk.

Even if she becomes a Taoist nun, she is not really born, but after all, Li Sanniang's life is ruined by this, and she will never marry again in the future.

There are some rumors in Chang'an now.

It is said that Li Sanniang is actually a fake monk, and she has gained freedom by using the excuse of becoming a monk. Now she and Wu Huaiyu are a couple of dual monks in secret,
There are still many people who believe in this rumor.

Everyone likes to hear this kind of thing, and they even look forward to the result in their hearts. After all, Li Sanniang is a daughter of a famous family, and the conditions are so good, the person is also good, and she is even a very gallant woman who can ride and shoot well. I don’t want to see her become a monk like this up.

It would be nice if he and Wu Huaiyu become a pair of cultivators in the name of becoming a monk. Although they have no status, at least they are together, and it is not a disappointment.

Of course, Wu Huaiyu can't explain this kind of thing even if he knows it. He can't publish a statement in the Beijing News, or even say that if you spread rumors, I will sue you?
This kind of thing, the more you explain, the more chaotic, the darker the description, and even the more you explain, the more heated it is, and everyone is more excited, so the best way is to deal with it coldly.

Like Li Shuang, it is estimated that this kid is also a melon-eating CP party who hopes that Wu Huaiyu and Li Sanniang will double cultivate.

Wu Huaiyu is actually quite busy.

Only Yongzhou Biejia, the governor of Gyeonggi, is not only a local official who combines administration and justice in Gyeonggi, but also a central official with the identity of a court official. He is the most special one among all state officials.

In particular, the Yongzhou yamen has strong judicial power. In other places, there are three levels of judicial trial procedures: county, state, and Dali Temple. Only in Gyeonggi, there are two levels: county and Yongzhou. Yongzhou has the power of final adjudication and the right to execute judgments.

For example, in the early Tang Dynasty, the world was not peaceful, Chang'an was not stable, there were many thieves and robbers, the price of food was extremely expensive, and there were many smugglers. During the execution of the sentence, in just over a month, more than [-] thieves and smugglers were killed by the Yongzhou yamen.

It is actually a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the Yongzhou Yamen. Even if you commit a capital crime in other states, the local government does not have the power to execute it directly. You have to report it to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice for review. The prisoner has to be escorted to the capital, and then asked to be executed after autumn.

But now Li Shimin has just made a new rule, so the death penalty not only needs to be reviewed by the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment, but also has to be reviewed by the prime minister and officials from the three provinces. just do.

But if you commit a serious crime and fall into the hands of Yongzhou Yamen, they can directly interrogate and convict and then execute the sentence. Of course, in theory, if the death penalty is the case, you still have to follow the new regulations. .

But the problem is that sometimes, there is no need for a death penalty at all, as long as a cane can kill a person, so there is a tradition in Yongzhou Yamen that many people will be killed with a cane every year. It is not uncommon to kill thousands of people, just like a crescent stick who killed more than 800 people before.

Of course, some of the most heinous crimes will of course be convicted, and then they will be executed with a stick, or the emperor or the court sometimes directly hand over the prisoner to the Yongzhou government, and the prisoner will be executed with a heavy stick, or handed over to Yongzhou.

So don't drive in Yongzhou. On the ground of the [-] squares in Chang'an, there is a living king of Yama. There is no one who is not afraid. Generally, they are also very vigorous, otherwise they will not be able to control the boundary of the capital at all.

After confessing at the Yamen of Yongzhou, Wu Huaiyu went to the imperial city.

Don't drive him in Yongzhou. He not only has to assume the post of local administrative justice, but also participates in related judicial affairs of the imperial court. Law.

After experiencing Lu Zushang's incident, many officials in the imperial court felt that the law should be more lenient and simple. Li Shimin also intends to make some amendments to the Wude Law and formulate the Zhenguan Law. participate.

There is nothing simple about the law.

For each item, there will be ministers arguing endlessly, and the professionalism is also very strong. Wu Huaiyu has a headache every time he goes to the meeting.

However, Wu Huaiyu also put forward a lot of useful judicial suggestions, and even many of them were directly adopted by Li Shimin. Now the Zhenguan Law Revision Committee, the emperor asked his uncle, eldest grandson Wuji, to lead him. The eldest grandson Wuji has no other duties anyway. Very dedicated.

Wu Huaiyu had limited time, so she would sit there every day, make some suggestions, and then leave.

Generally speaking, the Zhenguan law is similar to the Wude law. It still follows the Sui Dynasty Kaihuang law and Daye law. The legal form is mainly reflected in four types: law, order, form, and style. code.

The style is the collated emperor's edict, which has the nature of a compilation of laws and regulations, and the style is the detailed rules and official document procedures used by the imperial government.

Anyway, all aspects of the Tang Dynasty must be regulated by these laws and regulations.

The law involves criminal, civil, and economic aspects. Both criminalization and punishment must be imposed. Today, the main discussion is still on crime and punishment. To abolish some crimes and punishments, the main core idea is to simplify the law and not make it too complicated. too complicated.

Wu Huaiyu is very supportive of some provisions in the laws of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. For example, he fully supports the crime of adultery. Of course, he thinks that the punishment of male and female punishment for adultery in the past is a bit heavier. , This is a direct killing of chickens and eggs.

He suggested that if there are no other crimes derived, the punishment should be slightly reduced and exile should be changed.The men were exiled to the border, and the women were also exiled to the border.

The exile in this era is actually very serious, and there is often no chance to come back alive after being exiled. In particular, male exiles are often exiled to the army, serving as guards to guard Feng, which is very difficult and difficult to turn over, while female exiled, On the surface, they were dispatched to military camps and forts on the frontier to do laundry and tailoring jobs, but in fact they were often reduced to camp tricks.

Of course, no sympathy.

The penalty for a female adulterer with a husband is doubled.

Wu Huaiyu specifically asked for a suggestion to be added, allowing the husband to catch the adulterer, and he can take revenge on the spot, and directly execute the adulterer and the adulterer without guilt. Of course, the premise of this article is that the husband catches the adulterer and executes him on the spot. Others can't catch the adulterer.

However, Wu Huaiyu opposed the lynching of the clan, such as beating adulterers with stripping sticks, parading them in the streets, or even dipping them in pig cages.

Lynching is not advisable, it is an infringement of state power, and adultery must be dealt with, but it must be dealt with by the court, so as to avoid some unjust, false and wrong cases.

Before the Tang Dynasty, there was no crime of rape, and rape was also included in the crime of rape, but the crime was aggravated. Wu Huaiyu suggested that the crime of rape should be added directly, and the punishment should be increased, and the death penalty should be imposed directly. Criminals are not guilty.

Wu Huaiyu also specifically suggested that the trafficking of women and children should be strictly enforced. The laws of the Sui Dynasty did not impose heavy penalties on human trafficking. This is also because human trafficking has been common since the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

He advocated the restoration of the laws in this area in the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Qin Dynasty stipulated that, regardless of the principal and accomplices involved in human trafficking, they should be executed.

The Han Dynasty even stipulated that if a human trafficker was caught, he would not only be executed, but his body would also be dismembered, and the body was not allowed to be collected. The buyer would also be punished. .

Huaiyu suggested that for those who plunder and sell people as slaves, the first offender should be hanged and the accomplices should be exiled for three thousand miles.Buyers are also punished for buying human beings who have been trafficked, which is a lower penalty than for human traffickers.

For parents and grandparents who sell their children and grandchildren, the crime will be increased.

All women and children who have been looted and sold must be protected and restored to their original benefactor status.

Wu Huaiyu even added that if the government ignores the crime of plundering and selling people, it is a crime of dereliction of duty and should be severely punished.

The behavior of the thieves and traffickers is also regarded as an accomplice of plundering and trafficking, and they are exiled for three thousand miles.

The Tang Dynasty was regarded as a slave society, and one-third of Chang’an’s population was slaves. However, Wu Huaiyu’s crackdown on human trafficking specifically refers to the illegal trafficking of human beings. For slaves, or children born to slaves, these slaves can be bought and sold in the horse market through formal channels.

What we are fighting against is illegal trafficking, that is, plundering and selling.

Selling yourself as a slave belongs to the gray area, and the people will not be held accountable if they do not raise their officials.

"Erlang, come here."

Today, as soon as Wu Huaiyu came in, Changsun Wuji waved to him.

In the room, a group of officials from the Central Judiciary of the Tang Dynasty were blushing.

"Which one are you fighting for today?"

"Hidden relatives." Changsun Wujiji said.

Concealment between relatives was first proposed by Confucianism during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In order to maintain patriarchal ethics, one should protect and conceal one's relatives and not report relatives.

This one, in fact, has continued.

Relatives who are guilty should conceal each other's guilt, and those who do not report or testify are not guilty of crimes, and vice versa.

What is being debated now is actually the detailed explanation in this article, such as which relatives are concealed by relatives, and secondly, does the concealment of relatives apply to some serious crimes such as treason, treason, and treason?
Some people think that relative concealment should be limited to within three generations of true blood relatives, grandparents, maternal grandparents, parents, and brothers and sisters, and other uncles and cousins ​​should not be counted. To count.

Some even think that the scope should be expanded to within the five family servers.

Some people say that for serious crimes, relatives have the responsibility to report, and after reporting, the sentence can be reduced or the crime can be ignored.

On the contrary, the relatives who reported should be convicted and punished.

And some crimes of relatives' mutual infringement are not suitable for relatives to hide from each other.

Wu Huaiyu was not surprised when he heard this. In fact, it is the same as sitting with relatives. In ancient times, the unity of clan blood was emphasized.

All the glory and the loss are the loss.

"What about Erlang's opinion?" Changsun Wuji asked him. Many of Wu Huaiyu's suggestions when he was revising the law recently were very good, and Changsun Wuji was very willing to listen to his opinions.

"My personal preference is that general crimes apply to concealment between relatives, and you are not guilty if you don't report it, and you are not guilty if you don't testify. However, if it is a serious crime, it should not be applicable to concealment between relatives. The relationship between husband and wife, father and son can be concealed.

Another crime between relatives, such as crimes of unfilial piety, abuse, abandonment, trafficking, and infringement, does not apply to concealment between relatives. "

Changsun Wuji smiled and said, "I also think the same way. If someone commits a felony such as treason, I don't advocate that father and son or husband and wife should report each other. The family relationship should be maintained, and others can report."

"What do you think of Erlang's brother sitting and dying?"

"Should be deleted directly!"

Since serious crimes are committed, father, son, and husband and wife should not report each other, but relatives should hide from each other, and brotherhood is not included in the list of shadows, so the crime should not include brothers, at most husband and wife, father and son.

Rights and obligations should be equal.

(End of this chapter)