At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Well, I've heard all about it."

Cao Lan's voice was still so soft.

"What do you think?"

Guo Peng asked slowly.

"What do Peng Lang think?"

"I'm asking you."

Guo Peng smiled slightly.

"Husband and wife are one, I will see what Peng Lang thinks about it."

Cao Lan also smiled slightly.

"Then what if I really want to be the emperor?"

Guo Peng opened his eyes and looked at Cao Lan.

Cao Lan froze for a moment, and also paused in the movements of her hands, but soon returned to the original state.

While massaging Guo Peng, he spoke with a smile.

"I married you, no matter where you go or what you do, I will stand by your side."

Guo Peng closed his eyes again, took a deep breath, and let it out slowly.

He knew that Cao Lan's heart would not be as peaceful as it appeared on the surface, and her heart must be quite restless.

However, she will still show her best posture.

"Alan, you already have the demeanor of a mother in the world."

Guo Peng closed his eyes and felt the movement of Cao Lan's hand stagnate again. After a while, Cao Lan's voice recovered before the movement of his hand.

"I'm just Peng Lang's wife, nothing else."

After finishing speaking, Cao Lan's hand movements also resumed.

The corners of Guo Peng's mouth curled up, and he opened his eyes.

"Yes, you are my wife, the unique wife, and the unique queen of the future Wei Empire."

Guo Peng stretched out his hand and held Cao Lan's hand tightly: "Alan, I'm going to be emperor, this time it's true, true."

Cao Lan's hands were a little cold, and she even subconsciously bit her lower lip.

"Is it really possible? Our family, is it really possible? Peng Lang, is it true?"

Cao Lan's voice trembled a little.

"Alan, don't worry, the world is under my control. Your husband is the only overlord in the world. He has 40 troops and thousands of good generals. No one can stop him."

Guo Peng and Cao Lan clasped their fingers tightly and said with a smile: "We have been husband and wife for 20 years. In the past 20 years, I have been with you less and more. Many, but I have nothing to repay you.

So I think, I will repay you with the position of the founding queen of the Wei Kingdom, and let you be famous in history with me. Your birthday, your name, your relatives, everything about you will be recorded in the history books, and I will Let the historian write down all of you in a thousand words, so that you will never be forgotten and known to the world forever. "

Cao Lan's expression suddenly became a little strange.

"A thousand words? I...how do I have so many things to record? I have never done anything, and a thousand words are used to remember me? This is too wasteful!"

"Waste? You are my queen! Who dares to say waste? And why is there no writing? From our childhood encounter, to acquaintance, to marriage and childbirth, to displacement, everything, I will let the historian record it, Keep it in the history books, pass it on to future generations, and let everyone know everything about me and you.

If [-] words are not enough, then [-] words, if [-] words are not enough, then [-] words, I want to write my biography and yours together, you are in all my stories, I want to let All future generations can see our story at the first sight when they open the history books! "

Guo Peng sat up and hugged the dazed Cao Lan in his arms.

"Alan, the establishment of the Kingdom of Wei began when I met you."

Cao Lan was stunned for a while, unable to speak.

Then she stretched out her hand and hugged Guo Peng tightly, but she couldn't speak in the end.

Guo Peng believed that he owed Cao Lan, and he owed so much that he couldn't make up for it.

Then, I can only tell Cao Lan in this way, and by the way tell the world and all descendants from now on, how much Guo Zifeng loves Cao Lan.

Since history books are only the genealogy of emperors and generals, Guo Zifeng, as an emperor, of course has to use his own power to exercise power, and use history books to show affection, otherwise it is not enough to prove that history books are the essence of family trees.

He wants to make all historians look dumbfounded when they read the historical materials about him!

Occasionally, just occasionally, Guo Peng also wants to be a little domineering and self-willed.

And, when I think about it for a while, I think that scene is very interesting.

When future generations see such a record, what will they think and how will they treat it?

interesting.

Even if I die and turn into ashes, future generations must know that I, and my wife, really existed.

Not cold words in history books, but real people with flesh and blood.

In addition to telling Cao Lan about this matter, among other family members, Guo Peng also mentioned this matter with his father Guo Dan.

As for the other family members, stepmother, younger brother and sister-in-law, he doesn't care, they just need to accept the result.

As for the sons and daughters, there will naturally be times when they will know, and there is no rush at all now.

Although Guo Dan is old, he is in good spirits. As Guo Peng's father, it is inconvenient for him to do many things, so in order to make him not so boring, Guo Peng arranged an errand for him.

It is to recompile the "Little Du Lv" handed down by Guo's family and all other legal books collected.

Guo Peng hopes that Guo Dan can compare the differences between each other while compiling, so that Guo Peng can clearly understand the different views of the mainstream society on the law during the 400 years of the Han Dynasty.

After Guo Peng ascended the throne, he will promulgate a brand-new law that is applicable throughout the country in the true sense, subdivide the law comprehensively, and divide it into civil law, criminal law, official law, education law and the like.

Then spread the law to the whole country and cultivate enough national legal talents.

To break the academic monopoly, start with yourself.

Chapter 758 Seven Father, I'm going to be the emperor

This first step in breaking the academic monopoly was done by Guo Peng under the guise of dispatching depression for Guo Dan.

Needless to say, Guo Dan really enjoyed it.

It is really a pleasure to study the law with some old scholars of the Guo family and make up for the regrets in my heart when I was young.

Then, by doing it, I made some achievements, and also made some sense of accomplishment and responsibility.

After Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Empire, he abolished the laws of the Xinmang regime and restored the old laws of the Western Han Dynasty. At the same time, he issued many decrees on the release of slaves and edicts on the relaxation of punishment, in order to ease social conflicts.

However, due to the fact that the old laws of the Western Han Dynasty have become increasingly complex and onerous since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the successive monarchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty have continuously added new laws, the laws of the Eastern Han Dynasty are still complicated and onerous, and it is quite difficult to implement them.

Several major gentry families who study the law, including the Yingchuan Guo family, have their own family law codes, with slightly different emphases, and different ways of interpreting legal provisions, so that law enforcement is difficult and the sentencing standards are not standardized enough.

During the period of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, there was a court official Chen Chong who suggested that the Han law be greatly deleted, the Han law should be streamlined, and the sentencing should be unified.

Now that Guo Peng's rule is becoming more stable, some legal disputes that were covered up during the war are starting to come to the fore.

The different attitudes towards law enforcement between the two local governments often lead to conflicts between the two local governments. The quality of grassroots law enforcement officers is uneven, which affects law enforcement. The point where it must be resolved.

At first, I just wanted to relieve Guo Dan's boredom, but in the end, he solved it, and he really solved the value.

The legal provisions summarized by Guo Dan will become an important evidence for Guo Peng to promulgate new laws after he becomes emperor.

When Guo Peng went to meet Guo Dan, Guo Dan was writing quickly, and when he saw Guo Peng coming, he immediately called Guo Peng to come and sit with him.

"Zifeng, you came just in time. Come and take a look at this. You told me about the sentencing standards that we should pay special attention to. I think Qin Lvli's statement can be maintained. Height is used as the standard. Males are six feet five inches. A woman who is six feet two inches is an adult, and those who reach this height can be sentenced to prison if they commit crimes, otherwise they will not be sentenced to prison, what do you think?"

Guo Dan put the relevant legal provisions he summarized in front of Guo Peng, and asked Guo Peng to discuss them in detail.

Guo Peng looked at the law.

This is an article in the Qin Law, which talks about the entry standard.

It's just different from modern times, where age is often used as the standard, while Qin Lu uses height as the standard.

Such standards were naturally inherited by the Han Dynasty.

When he first learned about it, Guo Peng thought it was absurd. Why did he use height as the standard instead of age?

In this way, the elderly who are not tall enough will not be punished for committing crimes, while the young who are taller than the standard will be severely punished for committing crimes, which is too rough.

But after in-depth investigation of Li Shu's family, Guo Peng understood the practical significance of this law.

It's very sad, because the Li people in Qianshou don't know that there are many people their own age.

At that time, there were no ID cards, and quite a few Li Shu in Qianshou didn't even know when they were born, or how old they were now.

On the one hand, the level of education is insufficient, and they do not understand the chronology of the stems and branches and the chronology of the year, and they cannot calculate the age.

On the one hand, the average life expectancy is too low, and too many elders die early, so that children lose their fathers and mothers before they are sensible, so naturally they will not know how old they are.

In this case, height is obviously more realistic than age, because height increases with age and is an objective existence. After all, dwarfism or gigantism is very rare.

Without knowing the age, using height as the standard is more fair to Qianshou Lishu.

This is the wisdom of the ancestors, and it is also the sorrow of the common people in the head of Guizhou.

The so-called twenty crowns for men and fifteen for women are the standards for a powerful noble family, a rule that can only pass among the 40 people.

Only they can enjoy the right to surname, first name, character, age or birthday, and only they can enjoy the right to leave their names in history. As for the people in the head of Qian who don't know any words, they don't even care about their lives. Who cares about them? What about age?

When Guo Peng went out to inspect places and inspected ordinary villages and people's homes, 90.00% of Li Shu could not report their accurate ages when asked about their ages.

Some people are smarter and use the number of times the grain in the field has been cooked to calculate the age, or use the ancient counting method of knotting.

Since Guo Peng ruled Qingzhou and set up a village, some people in Qingzhou used the year when Guo Peng first came to Qingzhou as a count, and calculated the age of children born after that.

This is a small minority. Most Li and Shu families have no way of counting and do not know how to calculate their age. Some parents don’t even know how old they are, let alone their children, so they have to use their height to judge their age.

When Guo Peng sent people down to count the population, most of the specific population was counted by height instead of age, and those with age would also add height data.

Only children born after the statistics of population data began will have age data on the population records. In this way, many elders in the family don't know it, but the government knows it in more detail.

Therefore, when Guo Peng was fighting illiteracy in the local area, the first thing he taught them was how to record their own age.

The great cause of literacy has first seen the light, and newborn children begin to have their own age data, but the problems left over from history cannot be solved at all.

Before that, the Li Shu in Qianshou did not deserve age.

Under such circumstances, it is truly feasible to use height as the standard of entry to distinguish between adults and minors.

Guo Peng believed that the criminal standard of [-] feet [-] inches for men and [-] feet [-] inches for women must be the conclusion drawn by Qin officials after Shang Yang's reform after a large number of population statistics, which is true and reliable.

Moreover, the living environment and nutritional intake standards of the Lishu people are not even as good as those of the Qin people in that era, and the average height data will even decrease, which is not outdated.

"This law can continue to be used. Today's people don't know their age, and it is feasible to judge their age by their height. In the future, when newborn children have their age, they no longer need to use their height as a standard, and they can use their age to determine punishment."

Guo Peng nodded.

Guo Dan was very happy, ticked off this article, and kept it for future use.

"Sorting out the legal texts depends on the Guo family. We are a legal family. Although the Yingchuan wealthy family has the legacy of applying to Han, they don't specialize in studying the law. How can we compare with us?"

Guo Dan seems very happy to be able to make a legal contribution.

Seeing him so happy, Guo Peng was also very happy.

Then, the two father and son discussed the practical significance of some provisions of the Qin Law to the present, and both felt that the Qin Law could still be used.

The legal provisions of 400 years ago are still outdated, and Guo Dan has to lament the rigor of the Qin people in making laws.

"Compared to the laws of the Qin State, our laws of the Han Dynasty cannot be said to be inferior, but when it comes to the implementation level, it is indeed not a star and a half. In many places, the three chapters of the contract of Emperor Gaozu are still used."

Guo Dan has served as a local official and has a great say in such matters.

"This is the past. At present, my son has increased his investment in law. In the future, he will cultivate enough legal talents to enter the rural grassroots and be responsible for law enforcement. The situation will definitely be much better than it is now."

Guo Peng said with a smile.

Guo Dan nodded in satisfaction.

"My son is worthy of being the Optimus Prime of the Han Dynasty. With my son ruling the world, what can I worry about as a father? Hahahahaha!"

Guo Dan patted Guo Peng on the shoulder and smiled with satisfaction.

Guo Peng pursed his lips.