Chapter 34
"Goodbye! Mother's two little babies! Mother is still that happy girl who loves freedom! Loves to travel!"

Kissing Ping'er and Shuang'er goodbye, Wang Zhi's heart has already soared.There is no sadness, no sorrow of parting, there are longing poems and distant places!
Ji Bu arranged for a carriage, but Wang Zhi insisted on riding a horse.

"Your Majesty, you'd better take the car!" Zhi Du chased and advised, "Riding a horse is dirty and tiring."

"Stop!" Wang Zhi pointed his whip at Zhidu, pretending to smile heartily, "What do you call me?"

"Prince Wang!" Zhi Du hurriedly cupped his fists to change his words.

Touching the short beard on his lips, with the pride of galloping the horse, Wang Zhi hit the horse frequently, making Ji Bu and his followers chase after him.

The wind in the mountains is blowing unscrupulously, and even the wild flowers on the roadside are blooming vigorously and gorgeously.This is the taste of freedom!Singing during the day requires drinking, carrying the breeze, bathing in the warm sun, trusting the horse and letting the reins, Wang Yan's good mood makes the people who follow him happy.

The sun is shining brightly, and the fields are vast. It is the season for millet to mature.The empire illuminated by the light of farming civilization is full of harvest scenes.

The farmers were plowing the wood with their hands and eating the soil, which surprised Wang Yan.The means of production are the expression of the mode of production.How can this backward mode of production feed a large population?
Looking at the saddle on the horse's back and the armor and swords of the guards, Wang Zhi felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

Food is the paramount necessity of the people.At this time, the people are still struggling to fill their stomachs with food and to be full.The manufacture of metal and iron objects, either for sacrificial ritual vessels or for weapons and armor, was far removed from the commoner producers.Why can't the materials used to produce weapons be improved to make agricultural tools and used in agricultural production?
Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business should not only be reflected in the emphasis on agriculture, but also allow farmers to have relatively advanced means of production as much as possible.

Ji Bu could see the compassion on Wang Zhi's face: "Since the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, water conservancy projects have been built, and the cultivated area has been expanded. Some dry land can also be cultivated, which is much better than before."

Wang Zhi went down to the fields to see the millet harvested by the farmers. "Sow a grain of millet in spring, and harvest ten thousand seeds in autumn".Where is Wankezi?The ears of grain are short and small, and when rubbed in the palm of the hand, there is a lot of grain.This is truly dependent on the sky, the original farming method, and the original seed fertilizer.

He sighed deeply.In any era, farmers are the most basic producers. For the development of society and the survival of mankind, they carry the wheel of history on their backs!

I can't help but think of the food safety issue that everyone is concerned about in the 21st century.Genetically modified agricultural products that have changed color, organic foods that are flocking to each other, and agricultural planting that are flocking to each other.

Thanks for the development of science and technology!Thanks for social progress!At that time, the biggest food security problem was hunger.From ancient times to the present, hunger has been everywhere, and the situation of hungry people displaced from time to time.How many years has it been since Chinese people had enough to eat and realized food freedom?Just stir fry organic food.The reduction in yield brought about by organic is obvious.Organic means abandoning the achievements of human beings in agricultural science for hundreds of years and insisting on relying on the sky for food.

The journey is more heavy and less joyful.What was even more embarrassing was that after riding a horse all day, Wang Zhi couldn't take it anymore!

MD!Is it the difference between a buyer's show and a seller's show?Riding a horse looks chic, but getting off the horse will make your legs crippled!Sitting on the saddle with the horse's back between his legs, the thighs are going to be worn out!After getting off the horse, I have to walk with my legs crossed, as if I have hemorrhoids.If the horse rides any longer, the straight and delicate long legs will become bow-legged!It's really a disgrace.

After finally arriving at the post station, Ji Bu arranged for a change of carriage, and Wang Zhi honestly abandoned the horse and took a carriage instead.But she felt uneasy in the car.

"General Ji! Come and take the chariot!" Wang Zhi was pretending to be Ji Bu's entourage. How could there be any reason why the entourage would ride in the chariot and the envoy would follow on horseback?
"I'm used to riding a horse. I'll just wait at the station in front and then change to another car. You don't have to give up, Mr. Wang." Ji Bu saluted respectfully.

The wheels are made of wood and have no shock absorption. In addition, the road is uneven. Even if you ride in a car, you will feel sore from the bumps.In addition, in some road sections, the frame is difficult to move forward, and sometimes it is necessary to change to ride a horse or lead a horse on foot. This journey is not good.Poetry and distance are dreams after all.Miss the 21st century!

In the direction of Wu, there are more people on the road.Wang Zhi observed secretly, most of them were people with tattoos on their faces.

Zhi Du followed closely behind Wang Zhi's car and instructed in a low voice, "My lord, most of these migrants have committed crimes and fled to the state of Wu. I'm afraid they are desperadoes, let's be careful!"

Wang Zhi nodded, thinking to himself: This Wu Wang is too presumptuous!Criminals who committed crimes in other countries fled to Wu, and the king of Wu accepted them all.What face does the imperial court have with other countries?Is it a scrap of law?

When Emperor Wen abolished corporal punishment, his original intention was to reform those who broke the law, but it made some desperadoes unscrupulous.Coupled with the refuge of Wu State, the laws of the Han Dynasty and the laws and regulations of other countries are useless.

The abolition of corporal punishment stems from "Tiying saves the father".

In the 13th year of Emperor Wen, the concubine of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, was seriously ill. He wrote to Liu Ze, the king of Qi, and asked Chunyu Yisu, a famous doctor of Qi, to treat the concubine.

The state of Wu was powerful, and King Liu Ze of Qi did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent a car to send Chunyu Yi to the state of Wu day and night.

On the way, Chunyu Yi saw a sick woman lying on the side of the road dying, the doctor was kind, so he hurriedly called to stop and healed the sick woman.Word spread, and more patients came forward.

As a result, Chunyu Yi delayed his trip and arrived at the capital of Wu State six days late.But Princess Wu died three days ago.

The King of Wu was angry with Chunyu Yi, but he was not easy to punish, so he sent someone to escort Chunyu Yi back to Qi State, and put pressure on the King of Qi to kill Chunyu Yi.King Qi was not stupid, so he passed this hot potato to the court.

According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, Chunyu Yi should be sentenced to corporal punishment and his right leg would be chopped off.

Chunyuyi's daughter, Tiying, is filial and staunch. In order to avenge her father, she followed her father to Chang'an to sue the imperial court.

Arriving in the capital, with the help of everyone, Ti Ying finally met Emperor Wen.

Tiying said: "My father broke the law and deserved to be punished. However, if his nose is cut off or his feet are cut off, he will be a useless person forever. Even if he wants to reform himself, it is impossible. I am willing to be a government official. His slaves came to atone for his father’s sins, so that he would have a chance to reform himself.”

Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and he practiced it personally.He was moved by Tiying's filial piety to save his father. At the same time, he felt that corporal punishment is too cruel. If a person breaks the law, he becomes a disabled person and loses the chance to be a new person forever.

Emperor Wen learned from Tingwei Zhang Shizhi that the king of Wu was purely taking personal revenge, so he changed Chunyuyi's corporal punishment to a fine of four catties on the spot.Then Tiying Xiaoyi was rewarded with a bonus of ten catties, and a plaque of "Eternal Filial Daughter" was also personally given to Tiying.

After that, Emperor Wen cleared up corporal punishment.Corporal punishment was established in the Shang Dynasty and has a history of nearly 2000 years since Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, with a total of more than 200 types.Such as tattoo (stab face), 劓 (cut off the nose), 刖 (cut off the foot), Gong (Sima Qian's kind) and so on.

Emperor Wen changed punishments such as tattooing and kun to Chengdan (building a city), pounding rice, etc., and changed punishments such as cutting and cutting feet to beating boards.In the 14th year of Emperor Wen, the Han Dynasty completely abolished corporal punishment.

In the imperial edict, Emperor Wen said: "In ancient times, there was no corporal punishment and the world was peaceful, but now there are three corporal punishments, but the reduction is more than enough." Emperor Wen realized that if he wanted the world to be peaceful, he still needed benevolence and enlightenment.

Emperor Wen was the first monarch in Chinese history to abolish corporal punishment, thus winning the reputation of "the benevolent monarch".

Liu Bi, king of Wu, accepted and sheltered fugitives without fear, and did not "extradite" them to repatriate them. Wouldn't it be contrary to the court?

snort!Could it be that someone who committed crimes elsewhere turned into a good citizen in Wu State?Wang Zhi sneered secretly.

Liu Bi, Liu Bi, you have thorns all over your body, leaving the court nowhere to say anything. I want to see if I can remove the thorns from your body!
Entering Wu State, Ji Bu and the others went to a tavern for dinner.

The tavern was buzzing.A few tattooed lunatics were drinking and talking loudly.This said, he killed several people; that said, he gave the head of the pavilion chief and his family...

Wang Zhi and the others were silent and ate with their heads down.

Suddenly, they were startled by a wild cry.

"Princes and generals, would you rather be kind?!"

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