Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Although it was far away, I couldn't see clearly.

However, Zhang Zhicheng knew that the emperor stipulated that trees of the Five Elements must be planted on both sides of the road.

The hard-working and intelligent people chose fruit trees.

fruit trees...

Kind and simple people are preparing for possible famine in the future!

A natural disaster.

Akito, who never knew what famine was, began to be thrifty...

As a Jinyiwei, I have been eating royal food for generations.

Why doesn’t Zhang Zhicheng know that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty by Taizu Hongwu, there has never been a large-scale famine!

In fact, whenever there was a disaster somewhere, the emperors of the Zhu family would always open warehouses to release grain.

This is not soup kitchen!

But the fat grain of fine rice and white flour!

Many times, gifts are given directly based on the number of households and population, and each person can receive as much as several stones of food!

The Ming Dynasty was founded nearly 280 years ago. In 260 BC, no one knew what famine was.

Extravagance among the people is prevalent.

Even when many ordinary people die, their tombs are wrapped in green bricks!

A family of three generations of hard workers can even afford to wear silk!

The Ming Dynasty directly stipulated the law - except for merchants who were not allowed to wear silk, people in Guizhou were not prohibited from wearing silk.

"Ugh!"

Zhang Zhicheng sighed.

A natural disaster, China is devastated!

"In the past, when I was still young, Aye worked as an errand for Jinyi Tiqi.

One time, Aye returned home from some private work and earned five taels of silver as extra money.

He was drinking and laughing with me.

Saying: This time, a glutton committed a crime, but he just earned a house for his family.

The guy wanted to eat beef, but for three days in a row, no sick cows were slaughtered at the market.

The man then fed his own calf a piece of iron nail. As a result, the subordinate officials of the government noticed the problem and had both the man and the calf imprisoned.

Because my family is from a Taoist sect, the family specially asked someone to invite my Aye and let me, Aye, think of a solution.

I, Aye, used small tricks to remove the nails and spared him from punishment.

The government also knew about this.

After all, the county magistrate didn't want to beat a farm cow with a hundred sticks.

That will kill people..."

Slaughtering cattle was a severe punishment in previous dynasties.

The exception is the Song and Ming dynasties. Because of the prosperous economy and wealthy society, this punishment was not suitable.

"Song Xingtong":

"Those who kill officials and private cattle will live in prison for one and a half years." "Those who kill cattle and horses in prison will live in prison for one and a half years."

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the economic aggregate was not as good as that of the Northern Song Dynasty, so the penalties became more severe:

"For three years, I killed officials and privately owned horses and cattle."

Even if it causes injury or disability, as long as it affects normal use, it will be treated as a crime of killing.

If you kill your own cattle, you will have to undergo labor reform for one and a half years, which is half a year longer than in the Northern Song Dynasty.

By the Ming Dynasty, social development reached the peak of the feudal era, and the penalty for slaughtering cattle became lighter.

"Da Ming Law":

“Whoever intentionally kills another person’s horse or ox shall receive a rod of seventy and a year and a half;

Anyone who kills his own horse or cattle privately shall receive a hundred rods.

If a farm cow dies from an injury or illness, he or she will be flogged forty times without reporting it to the government. "

Huang Degong laughed:

“This old man is as greedy as me.

I remember when I was young, I secretly drank all the wine my mother brewed.

Sir Zhang, you still don’t know that my father has not been around since I was a child.

My mother made wine to support the family business.

When I saw that I had finished the wine, I wanted to give me a slap.

The next day we picked up our knives and went into battle to kill two Donglu, in exchange for a full reward of 50 taels of silver.

At that time, a certain person was only 12 years old..."

Huang Degong laughed loudly:

"We Ming people, except for the past twenty years, have never had to worry about food and drink.

Being picky is the norm.

It is not uncommon for farm cattle to be deliberately sickened and slaughtered justifiably.

It happens frequently in the alleys of the city.

Although after being discovered, a slap in the face is inevitable.

However, when the local magistrate hears the case, he always has to deal with it leniently.

After all, when the people are wealthy, these things cannot be forbidden.

Just turn a blind eye and it will pass. "

In fact, prison sentences in the Ming Dynasty were not severe.

In the Ming Dynasty, local officials often imposed lighter punishments when handling affairs.

Spanking and shackles are the most commonly used methods.

For example, Li Zicheng lost his military documents.

This is military intelligence!

That's a big deal that will cost you your head.

The result——it’s nothing more than showing off to the public with a yoke.

"What uncle said is that I am also a greedy man.

Every day, I always want to try something new.

Let me tell you something that you may not believe. Back then, when I was learning how to use will-o'-the-wisps, I wanted to lick them and taste them! "

“That must taste amazing!”

Huang Degong's eyes lit up.

What a will-o'-the-wisp method!

It must be stronger than the strongest wine!

Zhang Zhicheng smiled bitterly and stretched out his palm.

A red scar appeared in front of both of them.

This scar is from that time...

"If uncle tries, our Ming Dynasty will lose a count!"

Huang Degong laughed:

“Marry the most beautiful girl and drink the strongest wine.

Even if the snake poison tarsus, as long as it feels good for a while, how can you care! "

"Hahaha!"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

(Note: Feeding nails to farm cattle and then dragging them to slaughter is a story I read in a Ming Dynasty novel when I was a few years old.

I can’t recall the name. After all, I may have read it longer than some readers.

I clearly remember that the title of the book is marked as an unrestored version of an ancient book.

There are many missing words in the content, and almost every page has annotations indicating that the ancient text has missing words.

The final outcome of this matter was that a skilled veterinarian took out the iron nails.

If the cattle are not dead, there is no need to behead them.

Finally, the county magistrate punished the man by wearing a big yoke and standing at the gate of the government for three days. )

(About iron nails - are many people swearing that there were no iron nails in ancient China?

Ask them what the nail in the coffin is called...

We carpenters don’t use iron nails much because the mortise and tenon structure is stronger.

Does anyone know how to memorize "A Fang Gong Fu"?

What does the sentence "There are more phosphorus on the head of a nail than grains of millet in Yu" mean?

Isn’t it just used to describe nails?

In "Building Methods" compiled by Li Jie, a master of architecture in the Northern Song Dynasty, more than a dozen different specifications of nails appeared.

For example: "Rafter nails", "Angle beam nails", "Feizi nails", "Big and small eaves nails", "White nails", "Bofeng nails", "Horizontal nails" and so on.

This is conventional, just a size difference.

There are also special-shaped nails: onion table head nails, monkey head nails, rolling cover nails, round cover nails, turning cover nails, two-point nails, rolling leaf nails, door nails...)

Huang Degong looked at the five major cities in the world that had been turned upside down in a short period of time. He was shocked beyond words.

He was looking forward to it.

A few years later, when I returned to Ming Dynasty, what should I see?