Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

This case of wife-murder also raised the issue of the severity of sentencing in the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations.

The reason why the "Great Ming Code" and "Great Edict" were able to be promulgated and implemented was entirely because the previous emperor was unreasonable.

The severity of the punishment for some crimes in the law depends entirely on the mood of the late emperor.

Just like the previous case where the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture used laws and regulations to justify the murder of his wife, the laws were completely unreasonable.

As a result, some students in the Imperial College spontaneously started a campaign to check and fill in the gaps in the Ming Dynasty's laws and edicts.

No one wants to meet such a prefect of Yingtian Prefecture one day.

If this case did not require review because of the death penalty, then the girl's parents would be locked up in prison for ten or a hundred years, and no one would discover this unjust case.

The topic of the debate is whether the royal family should enrich their harem.

This idea was brought up when everyone was asking Zhu Di's family of four to take in concubines.

The opposition won.

The entry point is interesting.

How much does it cost to support three thousand concubines in a day? How much does it cost in a year?

The opposition used the most detailed numbers to rub the affirmative side back and forth against the wall!

Later, the question of whether Qin Shihuang's merits outweighed his faults, or his faults outweighed his merits, was raised by Zhu Gaochi when Zhu Di sent troops to Annan.

In 214 BC, Qin Shihuang unified the Baiyue region, and Annan was incorporated into the territory of the Qin Dynasty.

Shouldn't it be taken back?

Taking back our ancestors' things is nothing but militarism!!!

Whether the people of the Ming Dynasty had lived and worked in peace and contentment was Zhu Gaochi's silent counterattack when court officials cried and shouted every day that people's livelihood was declining and the royal family was still competing with the people for profit.

The answer given by the affirmative side is very clear:

There is no war in the country, everyone has books to read, the emperor is wise and mighty, and the eldest prince is benevolent and philanthropic.

So the people live and work in peace and contentment!

Every objection is irrefutable.

Anyway, whether it was to flatter Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi, it was still a recognition from the heart.

The affirmative side won this round.

It was a severe slap in the face of those troublemakers who were always restless and complaining about all kinds of unrest in the country.

The following month, the topic of debate was whether the people of An can live and work in peace and contentment.

Zhu Gaochi brought up the most famous salt and iron theory in history.

When discussing Han Dynasty works, nothing is better than the one on Salt and Iron.

"Salt and Iron Discussions" was written during the reign of Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty. It is a record of the debate on the issue of state-run salt and iron that took place at that time.

Specifically, the issue is whether salt and iron should be state-owned monopolies.

To get to the root of it, this was a discussion convened by the emperor of the Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago on whether the state or the royal family should compete with the people for profit.

It is somewhat similar to the current situation within the Ming Dynasty.

The civil officials pushed Zhu Yunwen to the top at all costs, just to make him seek to favor the large landowner groups in Jiangnan in terms of national policy.

The so-called competing with the people for profit is actually competing with (the big landlord groups in Jiangnan) for profit.

Anyway, among all the debate topics, there is not a single one that does not contain personal opinions.

Zhu Gaochi seldom left the palace.

To be honest, if Zhang Xin didn't leave the palace, Zhu Gaochi could have stayed there forever.

Before, Zhang Xin returned to the palace early, and Zhu Gaochi would go out of the palace to pick her up, but it would definitely not be possible to carry out an assassination in broad daylight.

This time I finally got the chance.

Unfortunately, he misjudged the security forces around Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Xin.

After the two people were attacked, Zhu Gaochi also decided to participate in a debate next month on the topic of "Is curfew progressive or decadent?"

Then it was natural to plan to lift the curfew in the Ming Dynasty.

Assassination during curfew, right? Then I’ll lift the curfew!

What debate topic should we come up with next?

Should the prisoners be exiled to the army? If not, would it be more appropriate to exile them to the mining area to work as miners? Because these prisoners were mixed in the army, most people in the capital still felt that being a soldier was not a good thing. It was very necessary to change the punishment for the prisoners.

Mining copper and iron ores is fine, but mining coal is pretty good.

When Zhang Xin had thought it through, he took a pen and wrote it down.

Zhu Gaochi was also busy.

If the eldest prince and the eldest prince's wife were assassinated, if Zhu Di was the one attending the court at that time, there would be a river of blood in the court.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't act like his father, but he didn't look happy either.

Just looking at the civil and military officials in the court, all of them lying on the ground and shouting "I deserve to die!" made me even more angry.

This is no different than killing someone and then saying sorry to a corpse.

Just try to let one of them die for me to see!

"I don't know whether you will die or not. I almost died! Within three days, check the population of the capital. No travel permits or household registrations can be left out."

After another period of silence, the newly appointed Yingtian Prefecture Governor Wang Tianzhao stepped out;

"I request Your Highness to send the Royal Guards to cooperate with Yingtian Prefecture in the search!"

"allow!"

Commander Xie Du came out:

"I request that the attacked street be blocked off and that every household within a two-mile radius of the street be checked!"

"allow!"

"I beg you to——"

"allow!"

As the officials of all ranks who were there to protect the capital came out one by one, and each of them took up their responsibilities and left quickly, Zhu Gaochi only looked at the remaining people coldly:

"Three guards died in the line of duty last night. They will be posthumously named Generals of the Nation. The male members of their families can directly join the Imperial Guards. They will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Retreat."

As soon as Zhu Gaochi left, the court officials naturally scattered like birds and beasts.

Outside the palace, individual carriages hurried along the route they followed day after day. After arriving at the mansion, the people in the carriages got off, changed into casual clothes, changed carriages, and went out again, gathering into small groups of two or three.

"Who did it?"

"do not know!"

"The eldest prince is at least a listener. Are you crazy to assassinate him?"

"Sir, we can't do anything about this! They succeeded last time, but now they are only thinking about sending people to the palace."

"Ugh!!!"

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"Idiot! These two are in a carriage, who do you want to chase and kill? If you accidentally kill the older one, the two younger ones below, plus the older one on top, will be unreasonable!"

"The big ones will just get hurt a little bit at most."

"There were so many opportunities during the day, but you didn't take action. Why did you have to rely on these two to take action together?"

"Master Wu said that this would be more secretive."

"Zhang has always had an expert by her side. He follows her closely and usually rides in the same carriage with her. This time, she finally got to sit in the back, and Lord Wu said to give it a try first."

"The one who looks most like Zhang is already sixteen. If we delay any longer, she will be useless after her blooming period."

"So what if she's the most similar! If she's useless, then it's useless. Is it that hard to raise a child like Zhang? You're so short-sighted! And now you're alerting the enemy!"

"Lord Wu said that it has been arranged. Those beggars from eastern Zhejiang are just coming to the capital."

"What are they here for!"

"I don't know. I came here secretly."

"We have found out!!! There is no way that people from East Zhejiang would come to Beijing for no reason. Their feud with the Zhu family is not just one or two days old."

"Oh!!!"

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"What do you think, Lord Yang?"

"The eldest prince has great ambitions."

"I heard that it was aimed at the eldest prince's wife."

"it's the same."

"What do you think, Master Dai?"

"It doesn't matter which boat you get on. If the boat capsizes, just get another one."

"hehe--"