A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 424 Big Harvest and Law Revision
In the 49th year of Daqian Tianming, Wang Xin ascended the throne and changed his name to Yuanfeng the following year.

[Wang Jing passed away. This is the third emperor in your family. He reigned for 49 years. His records in history are so rich. His influence on Zhu Xia is extremely profound. He played an important role in the history of your family and later. They all played a decisive role in the history of the Xia Dynasty, and they were also one of the few emperors to be awarded the title of "Eternal Emperor".

The income is being settled, you have gained a lot of luck, and you have obtained a heavenly item: Xi soil]

[Tianjie Xi soil: According to legend, it is the treasure of the Emperor of Heaven. A grain of soil can be turned into a hill. In ancient times, floods flooded. Gun stole the soil of the Emperor of Heaven to block the flood. He built embankments to block the water for nine years. He failed and was killed by Shun in Yushan.After using the soil, a hill or land can be opened up anywhere. The land is fertile and the products are abundant. 】

If this treasure is used to create land from the sea, it will definitely be an artifact.Moreover, the land formed by the rich soil or the mountain peaks are extremely rich in products and should be a treasure land.It can also be used to turn a barren land into a fertile one.

Although this treasure has no lethality, Zijue also uses it as a strategic artifact.If you can't stay in the Central Plains, you can go to the sea and use this soil to create a piece of land.Of course, Zijue felt that as long as he was around, the Wang family would never be able to get to this point.

Of course, if we wait until Daqian's shipbuilding technology and navigation skills improve, and Daqian seizes important areas around the world, we can completely place this piece of information in strategic locations.

For example, create an island on the golden waterway and directly guard the waterway, etc.

Wang Xin ascended the throne and named his Crown Princess Zhao the queen.Because Wang Jing lived a long life and reigned for 49 years, Wang Xin was already over forty when he came to the throne.

Her queen, Zhao, was not from a top-notch noble family, nor was she from a family of officials. She was just the daughter of a county son.The Queen or Crown Princess of Daqian does not choose top nobles, but chooses from low-level nobles or even civilians.

Once selected, his family will also receive a title, but this title is different from the title obtained by military merit.

There are no personal soldiers, and the settlement is only [-] households. They are usually marquises, but the second generation will become earls, and then in descending order, they have no rights.

If his descendants succeed, enter the imperial palace, or join the army and make military exploits, they can become officials or generals.

The current Queen Zhao is a virtuous queen, who was carefully selected by Wang Jing for the prince. She has always been in harmony with Wang Xin, and she also manages the harem well. However, Queen Zhao has an uneasy problem. younger brother.

Zhao Fu was the son of his father, so he doted on the younger son. As a result, he followed the children of other noble families in the city and became a playboy who played chickens and fought dogs.

In addition, his sister was the queen, so everyone let him go. Even if he committed some crimes, the officials did not dare to punish him. As a result, the boy became more and more lawless.

Zhao Fu saw that the government did not dare to control him, so he began to bully and dominate the market with some friends.Businessmen who did not have a strong backing had to sell their goods to him at a low price, and then resell them at a high price.

If someone dared not to sell, Zhao Fu would directly send someone to burn the goods, and even bite back the goods and force the owner to pay compensation when his goods caught fire and burned down his house.

As a result, he accidentally beat someone to death. As a result, the businessman's son went to Luoyang Ling to complain.Because the Queen was involved, the officials did not dare to make a judgment. In the end, they decided that the goods had caught fire. He was so angry that he died of depression.

In the end, they just paid some money and settled the case in a hurry.

The merchant's son was so angry that he wanted to go to the imperial city to play the Dengwen drum. Zhao Fu found out and was furious. He quickly sent someone to arrest him and break his legs, and threatened him not to go to the Dengwen drum. drum.

But the businessman's son was unwilling to give up, but his legs were broken and he was unable to travel. Finally, he asked his former friend for help. His friend was a scholar from Luoyang Academy. When he heard about his experience, he was furious and immediately informed him of the incident. teacher.

His teacher was a doctor of legalism from the college, so he hated this kind of thing.When he saw that officials were showing favoritism and being lawless, he immediately wrote to Wang Xin.

Great meeting.

The ministers of the imperial court are discussing state affairs. After so many years of use, the imperial court has also discovered many loopholes in the Daqian Law and is discussing supplements to the Daqian Law.

However, there are still some issues that are still controversial, such as whether to abolish torture such as quartering the body with five horses and cutting in half. Some people even suggested adding the torture of Lingchi.

Several ministers who abolished these tortures believed that the death penalty was already killing a person, and quartering the body with five horses and cutting in half were also killing people. They were more of a way to vent anger and harm the world. At that time, King Haotianwen advocated the abolition of cutting off the nose and cutting off the nose. Tortures such as mutilation of feet should also be the same now.

The minister who is unwilling to abolish these tortures thinks that if these tortures are abolished, how can Xiaoxiao be deterred?

Finally, Wang Xin said: "The purpose of Qin's severe punishments and laws was to suppress the people. If Dagan implemented severe punishments, what difference would it make to Qin? If the people of Dagan were forced to rebel in the end, then severe punishments would be able to suppress the people. Constrained?
The people were forced to rebel, presumably because the king was fatuous, the treacherous ministers in the court were rampant, and the subordinate officials in various places were extorting excessive taxes. What was the point of such harsh punishments? "

"Our ancestor, King Haotianwen, abolished corporal punishment and replaced it with exile and relocation. I am far inferior to King Haotianwen, but I still want to abolish the torture of being torn apart, cut in half, and tortured by death."

"Your Majesty is wise!" The ministers saluted one after another. "Your Majesty, if a treacherous person commits a heinous crime, how should we be punished?" A minister hesitated and asked.

"If the master commits a capital crime, his family will be exiled and relegated to a lowly position. If his family is involved, they will all be killed!" Wang Xin said.

As for the saying that one person commits a crime and another person is punished, this does not exist in Daqian.Just like those officials, if one person becomes an official, his family will benefit. If he commits a serious crime, will only one official be killed?

When enjoying, everyone joins in, but when being punished, only one person suffers?What good things are you thinking about?

"Include this regulation into the "Da Qian Law" and explain the reasons." Wang Xin said.Wang Xin included the penalty of implicating himself in the Daqian Law, which marked that the nine tribes of implicated people had official endorsement.

In the past, because Da Qian did not like harsh punishments and laws, the reforms implemented by the Qin State were not included in the law books in Da Qian.

Prior to this, Wang Jing exiled a large number of powerful people and forcibly moved them to the Western Regions and other places. Seriously speaking, it was illegal.But now with this regulation, the implicated nine tribes have become legal from this day on.

After some discussion, the ministers began to discuss the "Bapi" system of the Zhou Dynasty and whether to retain the Bapi system.

The so-called "Eight Pi" is actually a privilege given to some people with high positions, relatives of the emperor and the country, and people who have made great contributions to the country.

After these people commit a capital crime, no one else can be tried, and judicial officials have no right to interrogate and have jurisdiction. They must petition the emperor for a ruling, and then the emperor will reduce or reduce the penalty based on their identity and specific circumstances.

To put it bluntly, it is a judicial privilege given to privileged people.

This kind of privilege, let alone in today's feudal society, still exists widely even in the future generations of the 21st century in the real world.

Not to mention anything else, the most obvious one is the presidential pardon.No matter what crime is sentenced by the court, a pardon from the president will be able to solve it.Even in those countries, in order to show judicial fairness, they sentenced the death penalty, and then the president issued a pardon.

This perfectly circumvents justice, ensures judicial fairness, and guarantees the privileges of privileged people. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, the people of the future are not stupid. There is also pressure on the president to sign an amnesty order. Unless there are special circumstances, the president generally will not sign an amnesty order.

So these privileged people changed their method of play, and that was the jury system.Under the jury system, the judge can only decide whether the suspect is guilty or not, while the jury controls the penalty.

For example, the judge convicts the prisoner of murder, and the jury agrees, but there is something else hidden, so the death penalty is changed to a two-year prison sentence.

Generally speaking, the legal system has been played out by them.Even if they find that no law applies to you, they will even convene a parliament overnight to prepare a law specifically for you.

There is even a provision in mainland law: those who have made outstanding contributions, made major inventions, and obtained patents can be regarded as manifestations of major meritorious service, and their sentences can be reduced according to actual circumstances.

However, in the process of implementation, this provision is often exploited.

There are so many privileges in the laws of later generations in real society, so naturally such privileges also exist in feudal society.

The 'Bapi' system is divided into the following eight types, namely: discussing relatives, discussing old friends, discussing talents, discussing abilities, discussing merits, discussing nobles, discussing diligence, and discussing guests.

Discussing relatives, that is, relatives of the emperor (including relatives such as the empress dowager, empress, etc.);
Discussing old friends, that is, old friends of the royal family and people who have been favored for a long time (to put it bluntly, people who are favored by the emperor);
A virtuous person refers to a person with high moral standards and a reputation as a virtuous person (to put it bluntly, he is a famous person);

Yi Neng, that is, a person with outstanding talents;

Yi Gong, that is, a person with outstanding merits;

Yigui refers to the three nobles, nine ministers, and those who have made great achievements and hold the title of marquis;
Yiqin, that is, a person who is diligent and hardworking (this is very confusing, is there any person who works harder than the common people?);

Yibin refers to those who are the descendants of the previous monarchs who are respected as state guests (the three kings of the Zhou Dynasty and the second Ke, including the descendants of Confucius in real history).

These eight types of people were privileged persons given during the Zhou Dynasty. When Da Qian founded the country, they did not include this part. The Legalists at that time were still promoting the fairness of the law and believed that the princes who broke the law were equally guilty as the common people.

As for the more radical statement that everyone is equal before the law, in the era of centralized feudal monarchy, it is simply a false proposition. If the emperor breaks the law, do you dare to judge him?Legalism’s power comes from the king. How can it be possible to implement this rule?
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