Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 177 Wang Xu
Most of the laws of the Tang Dynasty were inherited from the Sui Dynasty, so they seem a bit harsh. Of course, after a few years of social stability, Li Shimin will react and gradually relax the punishment. At the same time, the death penalty is also handled very well. Be careful, the situation will gradually improve later on, and the total number of death row prisoners in the whole country does not exceed a hundred in one year.

Of course, this is said later, but now, Sun Xiangfu feels that at least 200% of the more than [-] people do not need the death penalty for betrayal. There are many situations like this young man named Guo Kui, so there is no real difficulty Well, people in this era don't intentionally break the law, and even some people who are legally illiterate commit capital crimes unintentionally.

For example, a farmer named Liu Dashan wanted to find some bricks and stones to fill in his house because of the air leak. He accidentally tore up the imperial tomb of Emperor Shizu Yuan. This was the tomb of Grandpa Li Shimin. what?And Li Shimin was naturally annoyed when he saw the local official's memorial that the people secretly dug the imperial tomb, and the imperial approval was approved.

Sun Xiangfu found this kind of story of capital crimes committed in various ways ridiculous. The imperial mausoleum is so big, how can a commoner know its whole picture? Is it really good to sentence a person to death for a few bricks?

If you listen to stories, you won’t be so boring on the road, but if you listen to too many stories, you will easily feel compassion. Sun Xiangfu is a person with a very upright outlook. He will feel guilty if he refuses to save himself For a long time, thinking about how to keep these people alive was what Sun Xiangfu wanted to do when he was bored.

There is a plan for how many roads the Chinese army walks every day, so there is a minimum number of roads that the death row camps take every day.Sun Xiangfu is not the commander of the death row camp, he is just a somewhat special prisoner. A team of fifty cavalry supervisors is the person in charge of managing the death row camp, but these 50 people seem to be in front of Sun Xiangfu's hundred guards. Some of them are not enough to see, so, as long as it is not such a thing as choosing a site to go to the village, they generally will not come here to make trouble.

It was only at night that the group began to stop and rest in an open area. Generally, the army would not camp in the woods. If the cavalry lost their mobility and were ambushed, the consequences would be very serious.

"Get some dry firewood to light the fire, and melt the surrounding snow. The Chinese army will camp here tomorrow." The cavalry school of the supervising team pointed to an open space with a horsewhip.

In addition to walking the road, the death row camp also needs to do some simple preparations for camping, such as melting snow and clearing the open space. As for the rest of the work, it will be solved by the civilian husbands. In addition to taking care of their horses, soldiers take good care of their bows and arrows And knives and guns, there is no need to do anything else.

Because of the shackles, Sun Xiangfu was still unable to work with his hands. After sitting on the snow rake for a long time, he felt that he should move around.

"Old Tang, have you ever been to Shuozhou?" Sun Xiangfu stopped and asked after finding Tang Fengyi who was doing the job of melting snow.

Tang Fengyi, who was working, shook his head, but after thinking about it, he said, "Although the old man has never been to Shuofang, he also stayed in the center for several years during the Daye period. He knows a little about Shuofang. What do you want to know?"

"Tell me everything you know. The more I know about the environment, the more ways I can keep everyone alive." Sun Xiangfu curled his lips and said, since he has never been there, what he knows is just hearsay , In this case, he can only believe half of what he said.

Hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, Tang Fengyi became excited, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "The land of Shuofang is surrounded by mountains on three sides and borders on the grassland to the northwest. Closer contacts with Hu people outside the pass..."

The land of Shuozhou has been the front line of fighting against the Turks since the Qin and Han Dynasties. Its governing place, Mayi City, was built by the Qin general Meng Tian. , The strategy is very deep, so Li Shimin didn't pull out his hands to deal with him before.

However, the situation is different now. Jieli was beaten and disabled. Tuli competed with him for the right to rule, and the center of gravity moved westward. Here, it has become the meat of the Huihe tribe and the Xueyantuo tribe. It's hard to say that he was also killed by his brother.

Even if it is easily recovered as in history, it may not be peaceful because of its proximity to the Huihe and Xueyantuo tribes, because Xieli's early failure has allowed these two tribes to develop and grow.

Also powerful are Goryeo, Shiwei, Mohe and other forces in the northeast. They also benefited from the westward shift of the Turkic center of gravity. There is a lot of pressure on the front line of Youzhou, which is why Li Shimin knows that the benefits of running the south are great, but he can't take care of it for the time being.

Through Tang Fengyi's narration, Sun Xiangfu knew something about the situation in Shuozhou. It is roughly an area where Hu people and Han people live together. In the past years, the frequency of robbery by the Turks and grassland ministries was very high, so the people are very poor, and the poor are easy to be incited. Therefore, people like Liang Shidu who have no great talents and general plans can easily pull them to rebel up.

"The situation is very complicated!" Sun Xiangfu sighed after listening to Tang Fengyi's explanation for a long time.

These death row prisoners are different from me. They have to go through three battles without dying before they can avoid death. If they want them to go through three battles, they must have three battles first, and defeating the Liang division can only be counted as one. Therefore, the Huihe tribe He and Xue Yantuo's troops have become Sun Xiangfu's imaginary enemies, but unfortunately, he is not good at politics and military affairs.

Worried until the next morning, the members of the death row camp started to walk again under the driving of the supervisory team. Taiyuan City was close at hand, and Sun Xiangfu stopped thinking about saving these death row prisoners for the time being.

There was no surprise at all, just as Sun Xiangfu and the others stopped outside the city, someone came out of the city to look for him.

Wang Xu, a young man who is not yet 20 years old, has well-proportioned facial features, fair skin, and is wearing a fiery red mink fur. At first glance, he is very dazzling. The horse he is riding is also very tall. It should be a famous horse. , Sun Xiangfu couldn't understand what species it was.

"You are Sun Zhengming?"

"Well, yes." Sun Xiangfu, like Wang Xu on horseback, was looking at each other with squinted eyes, and just hummed lightly when he heard this.

"I heard that both my elder brother and second brother have suffered from your hands. It's very good. If you can work for me, I can help you take off the shackles on your neck and help you get out of this death row camp." .”

"Oh, that's all! I can do it myself!" Sun Xiangfu said with a noncommittal face, but he was thinking quickly in his heart, how to seize this hard-won opportunity to talk.

"Hehe, it's really interesting, so why don't you do it?" Wang Xu was not angry when he heard the words, but looked at Sun Xiangfu with interest.

"It's being done! Presumably Wang Gongzi has a process to do things!" Sun Xiangfu shrugged.

"That's right, a person who dares to challenge my eldest brother and defeat my second brother for a while, how could he not even be able to do this. My son came to see you today, not because of any deep hatred with you, but because someone wanted to To deal with you, but want me to take responsibility, this kind of conspiracy makes me very uncomfortable, I just want to teach him some lessons." Wang Xu seemed very unhappy.

"I'm also very uncomfortable, so, is Wang Gongzi going to invite me to have a drink and chat?" Sun Xiangfu didn't see the haze like Wang Lin in Wang Xu's eyes, but saw a bit of joy and kindness like a ranger in Wang Xu's eyes. Qiu's aura, on the contrary, gave Sun Xiangfu a chance to have a deep chat with him. If he wanted to use others, he had to create an opportunity to use him first. It was difficult for two people who couldn't get along with each other to take advantage of each other.

"That's exactly what I mean, come here, and set up a banquet in the city gate tower." After Wang Xu finished speaking, he rode his horse and turned back to the city.

And a quarter of an hour later, when his figure appeared on the top of the city gate, the food and drinks had actually been set up inside.

"The Taiyuan Wang family really deserves its reputation." Accompanied by Xi Junmai and Zhao Qiang, Sun Xiangfu, who walked into the gate tower, glanced at the layout inside the gate tower, and said in surprise.

Within a quarter of an hour, the tables, food and drink were moved to the city gate, carpets were laid on the floor, and the stove for warming the wine was built. At least dozens of people had to respond to his request immediately. Knowing that Sun Xiangfu asked Wang Xu to treat him to a drink was a temporary trick.

"It's just a trivial matter, brother Zhengming, please sit down."

The etiquette of the aristocratic family is still not picky. Since Sun Xiangfu expressed his intention to have a deep talk with Wang Xu, Wang Xu naturally entertained him with the etiquette of entertaining guests.

"Hehe, thank you, Mr. Wang, for your hospitality. Then I'll get straight to the point. I need the head of Liang Shidu. Can Mr. Wang do it?" Sun Xiangfu sat down with a smile.

"The head of Master Liang? Brother Zhengming's tone is very loud! Then I wonder what conditions Brother Zhengming has to exchange with this young master!" Hearing this, even Wang Xu, an arrogant young master, showed a somewhat surprised expression. , but later regained his calm, staring at Sun Xiangfu's eyes and said.

"Within two years at most, Wang Lin and Wang Hao will no longer be able to compete with you for the position of Patriarch of the Wang family."

Sun Xiangfu bit the words "within two years at most" very seriously. As soon as he said these words, Wang Xu's eyes suddenly became serious.

"Brother Zhengming invites you to drink." Wang Xu thought for a moment, but without answering, he picked up the hot wine on the desk and offered it.

Sun Xiangfu didn't delay, and drank a toast with Wang Xu. He knew that Wang Xu was moved, but he still didn't believe that Sun Xiangfu had such ability, so he had to work harder.

"Young Master Wang should know about the road blocked by rocks on the official road outside the city!" Putting down his glass, Sun Xiangfu looked at Wang Xu and asked.

Hearing this, Wang Xu nodded and said, "I know."

"Does the prince know who did it?" Sun Xiangfu continued to ask.

"I don't know." Wang Xu shook his head and replied.

"It's your elder brother Wang Lin." Sun Xiangfu smiled and answered for him.

“How come you see?”

(End of this chapter)