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Chapter 284 Yan Xi compiled the code

"Spend money to redeem your servitude..."

In Xuanyun Palace, Xie Ruitang met Chang Le who was serving papyrus today when he was changing clothes. After returning, he had already recited this word to himself several times.

Haitang smiled and said: "You can let people redeem their sticks or disciples in public, and they can redeem their servitude. Is it true that only the emperor is allowed to set fires and state officials are not allowed to light lamps? Which law stipulates this?"

Xie Ruitang stared and said: "It seems that I can't delay it any longer. I want to revise the calendar of the Celestial Dynasty. If there is no law in governing a country, it will be chaotic. If you abide by the law but do not change, it will decline. Although I am a king who maintains integrity, I should also adapt to changes. .”

The emperor did as he said and summoned Sun Yanxi in the study.

No one is more familiar with the current Chinese calendar than Sun Yanxi.What’s even better is that Sun Yanxi has been in Dali Temple for many years and has been exposed to countless review cases. He is well-informed and experienced.

"Yanxi, I want to entrust you with a task." The emperor looked at Sun Yanxi with piercing eyes and said, "I want you to rebuild the law code of the celestial dynasty to meet the needs of today's justice. It is up to you to order, as long as it is someone you like , I will transfer them all to you!"

Sun Yanxi suppressed her excitement, took a step back, kowtowed to the emperor, and said loudly: "Your Majesty!"

The emperor's decision had actually been a thorn in Sun Yanxi's heart for a long time. Now that the thorn was finally removed, Sun Yanxi felt happy for a while and soon devoted himself to forming a revision team and investigating the actual situation.Finally, three months later, he took out a stack of incomplete legal codes that he had initially sorted out, and gave a plan: start with the criminal law that involves the most human lives, and then revise the canon.

In order to cooperate with the revision of the criminal law, the emperor asked the various departments of the Celestial Dynasty to clear up the old cases, try and record the heavy prisoners, and the cases that could not be closed were moved up the levels.The emperor even asked Jin Yiwei, Dong and Xichang to take on some important and difficult cases respectively.

After two years of rectification of cases, some unjust and wrongful convictions in various places have been rectified, and the number of unsolved cases has also been greatly reduced.Even the brutal image of factory guards has been changed among the people.

Sun Yanxi and more than a dozen assistants worked day and night to finally formulate the "Regulations on Punishment". After several revisions, the emperor ordered the whole country to implement the new criminal law.Two years later, the "Huidian of the Celestial Dynasty" was finally completed.

The new code is more complete and more reasonable than before, changing the past situation of "it was difficult to enforce the law and it was almost impossible".At this time, five years had passed since the Emperor's Meridian Gate Imperial Examination.

"Yanxi, you have made a great contribution!" The emperor patted the thick "Tian Chao Hui Dian" and said with a smile: "In the past, when I was still King Duan, we always imagined that the world would be like this or that. Now, after I have been on the throne for ten years, the world finally looks the way we want it to."

Sun Yanxi and Shen Congxi were filled with emotion.During these ten years, the government was clean and clear, with no factional strife and no eunuchs fighting for power. The war with the Tatars meant that there was no major war in the northern border for ten years.

The emperor encouraged the people to open up wasteland, plant trees, and plant exotic cash crops. Whenever there was a natural disaster, the emperor exempted most of the local taxes. The people's lives became easier, and the population also increased greatly.In the past ten years, the registered population of China has increased by more than [-]%.With people, the wealth created has also increased, and society is thriving.

"When it comes to population growth, I want to criticize one person." The emperor suddenly laughed: "Ten years have passed, and all of you have wives and children, and only Ling Xue is still alone. Ling Xue, could it be that you really want to wait for Danyang?" The princess has grown up?"

Ling Xue, who was standing next to the emperor, quickly explained: "As far as the emperor is concerned, Ling Xue has never had the idea of ​​starting a family. She just wants to follow the emperor wholeheartedly."

"You are not a chamberlain. I want your single-mindedness, so why don't I allow you to have a family? Or maybe they are all half-hearted?" The emperor nodded at Ling Xue a few times and said with a smile: "I think it's Danyang's reason. The little girl is like this. I haven't changed my mind for many years, and I stick to you so tightly." Xie Yuanfu's brows never even opened when he mentioned this question.He only has one daughter and one son, and the son is pretty well-behaved. The daughter alone has been quirky and has strange ideas since she was a child.She is also ten years old now, she inherited her mother's prairie bloodline, not only can sing and dance, ride and shoot well, but also speak eloquently.

Chunxi said: "I think Ling Xue is good. If he were not good, the emperor would not keep him around. Father, you always tell me that character is more important than title. You look down on Ling Xue because Doesn’t he have a title? What’s the point? I can just ask the emperor to give him one, right?”

Is it because your father doesn't have a title?Your father thinks he is too old!Prince De thought and glanced at Ling Xue twice more. This kid was really becoming more and more unpleasant to his eyes!
Several people were chatting from side to side, always happy to report that the prince is here.The emperor nodded to let him in.

Today, the prince is here to accept the assessment of several masters, because the emperor has decided that the prince who is over ten years old will begin to attend court.He himself had only been a prince for two years. It was only after he became emperor that he realized the importance of on-the-spot learning when becoming a prince.

"Are you here? Have you gone to pay your respects to your mother?" the emperor asked.When the prince was eight years old, he moved to the East Palace and lived by himself, but every day he had to go back to Xuanyun Palace to pay his respects to his mother.

"My son has just come from his mother, who is watching Yunxuan and Yunqi exercise the fish." The prince said with a smile.

The emperor also laughed and explained to everyone: "The queen said that fish that swim frequently have more tough and delicious fish meat. Yunxuan had people dig a ring-shaped water tank. The fish can only swim forward in it and cannot turn around. . Just put a catfish in and the fish will swim forward with all its strength. In fact, it is just spinning in circles in the annular water tank. This is good and saves space. "

Everyone laughed.The second prince, Yunxuan, loves to use his brain.

"I called you here today to make a new arrangement for you. But the premise is that you have to pass the assessment of your civil and military masters." The emperor said to the prince.

The prince saluted several masters and said: "Master, please write a question, and Yun Xuan will definitely go all out."

Shen Congxi and Sun Yanxi are the prince's masters of etiquette, music, calligraphy and mathematics.Today I am not here to embarrass the prince, so I asked him two questions by the way, and the emperor was quite satisfied.

Cheng Hanbai and Ling Xue are the prince's archery and imperial masters, but because the prince is still young, they can only let him practice some basic skills.Cheng Hanbai saw that the prince was very interested in the art of war, so he often taught him some art of war and formations.

Today I just let the emperor see the prince's views on military formations.

"It's all just talk on paper, it's not worth mentioning." The emperor smiled and said: "But if you can have these senses of smell, you will benefit a lot when you come to the real battlefield."

The prince knew that his father had passed, and he was secretly happy.

Sure enough, the emperor went on to say: "From tomorrow onwards, you will come to court with me in the morning. Behind the curtain, you can only listen, not speak. Can you do it?"

"My son obeys the order!"

(End of this chapter)