Hearing this, Xiong Huai walked back and forth a few times, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "Okay, Xianqing, the widow has decided to change the law again." ”

For Xiong Huai, it is imperative to change the law in Chu now, which does not need to be considered.

However, how to change the law, how to change the law, and where to start are the top priorities.

If you want to talk about changing the law, the predecessor has already used Qu Yuan to change the law once, but because of the obstruction of the nobles, the change quickly failed, and Qu Yuan was also jointly suppressed by others, and was transferred from the position of the left disciple to the third doctor, losing real power.

So how to carry out the change next, first easy and then difficult, will not cause a backlash from the aristocratic feudals, is the key.

"The king is wise." Qu Yuan said goodbye.

The gaze in Xiong Huai's eyes was unusually firm, and he smiled at Qu Yuan: "Xianqing has worked hard in the past two days, and the widow has decided to hold a great court meeting in ten days. ”

The Great Court Meeting is different from the court meeting three days ago, and the ministers in Yingdu can participate in the court meeting, and if there are no special circumstances, it is generally held once a month.

"King, do you want to..." Qu Yuan thought that Xiong Huai wanted to change the law again, so he hurriedly dissuaded: "King, since Weichen came as the doctor of Sanlu, he has been thinking about it day and night, thinking about why there is a lot of resistance to changing the law, and the biggest reason is that he is too hasty. Lao Tzu said: If you cook a small meal in a big country, changing the law will affect the whole body, you need to be easy first and then difficult, it is advisable to slow down rather than urgently, and you must not be in a hurry. ”

The reflection on Qu Yuan is reflected in "Chu Ci", and the first half of Chu Ci is Qu Yuan's own review and reflection.

"The widow understands." Xiong Huai nodded, signaling that he understood, and then said something else.

"Xianqing, three days ago on the night, the widow met Wei Meiren, I wonder if Xianqing knows?"

Yingdu said that it was not big, and it was not small to say that it was small, but as the center of Yingdu, there was still no way to hide the ears and eyes of the ministers of Chu from the wind and grass in the Chu Palace, especially the hot news that the King of Chu fell ill after being fortunate to Wei Meiren and wanted to see Wei Meiren and was rejected.

In addition, Xiong Huai did not order it to be kept secret, so this matter naturally spread in the upper echelons of the Chu State.

It's just such lace news, and the ministers just laughed at it, except for marveling at the heavy taste of the king of Chu, they put it aside and laughed at it.

Hearing King Chu's inquiry, Qu Yuan didn't know how to suddenly talk about Wei Meiren from the matter of changing the law, and he didn't know what medicine was sold in King Chu's gourd, so he had to nod: "Weichen has heard about it." ”

Xiong Huai's face showed regret, and he sighed: "In the past, the widow didn't check for a while, so that it made a big mistake, but now I want to see the beauty but can't, and I can't do anything about it." ”

“···” Qu Yuan's body stiffened, did the King of Chu want him to be a love consultant? Wei Meiren doesn't want to see you, what can he do as a courtier.

Besides, once this method comes out of Qu Yuan's mouth, his reputation will be completely ruined, and the history books of the Chu State will definitely be written in a big book, and a certain year, month, and day, how Qu Yuan will be.

Before Qu Yuan could think clearly about whether to come up with an idea or not pay attention, he saw the king of Chu speak by himself.

"The matter has come to this point, and it is irreparable, but the widow is worried about what if such a thing happens again in the future?" Xiong Huai's face was full of grief, and he sighed slowly: "The widow thought about it for two days in a row, and decided to revise the punishment handed down from ancient times, abolish corporal punishment, and give people a chance to regret it. ”

"Ahh

Xiong Huai's words changed sharply, and Qu Yuan was caught off guard, one moment he was still a child, and the next moment he was changing the law. And it is reasonable, without any sense of disobedience.

Corporal punishment refers to the five types of criminal laws that have been handed down in ancient times: ink, slash, slash, palace, and dabi.

Ink punishment refers to tattooing words on the face and then applying ink; Cutting off the nose; Punishment refers to the severed foot (the left foot and the right foot are different punishments); Gong punishment refers to the destruction of reproductive organs (men and women, not just eunuchs); Dabi refers to the death penalty.

The five types of criminal law are the lightest and the heaviest.

These five types of criminal law are not only specifically aimed at ordinary people, but also effective for nobles, but there are too few people who have special noble status, strong self-esteem, and can survive punishment, and many people have broken themselves before being punished.

In the past, Shang Ying changed the law, and the minister of Qin broke the law to resist the change, and as a result, Shang Ying punished the prince's two teachers, Qin Xiaogong's eldest brother Gongzi Qian, who was sentenced to death, and the other teacher, Gongsun Jia, was tortured with ink.

After Gongzi Qian was executed, he only took the initiative to go out of the door once in the rest of his life, that is, to falsely accuse Shang Ying of rebellion to the current King of Qin.

Therefore, if the king of Chu wants to abolish corporal punishment, the nobles should not oppose it as beneficiaries either.

The psychological burden brought by these five criminal laws, the aristocracy is much more serious than the countrymen, as for the savages...

However, the number of people punished far exceeded that of the nobles, and once the news of the abolition of corporal punishment spread, the king of Chu immediately gained great prestige and could win the hearts of the people in the world.

Once the king of Chu gains the support of the people, then the next action of the king of Chu will be greatly facilitated.

"The king is wise." Qu Yuan saluted respectfully.

At the moment when Qu Yuan bent over, Qu Yuan suddenly had an illusion, the King of Chu should not have done it on purpose.

Since seeing the general Qu Kuo privately receiving it, the king of Chu has changed a lot.

Wei Meiren no longer has a nose, even if she used to look like a fairy, now she is a flawed woman, with the lustful character of the King of Chu, how could she suddenly be fortunate to Wei Meiren, is this the self-sacrifice of the king.

Qu Yuan suddenly looked away and expelled this thought, although the king of my Chu country has all kinds of flaws, he will not be so ruthless.

Next, Xiong Huai promised Qu Yuan: "Xianqing, the next matter about how to abolish corporal punishment, you go back and think about it, ten days later, the widow will discuss with the ministers at the court meeting, and after passing the resolution of changing the law, this change will be handed over to you." ”

"Wechen thanked the king for his kindness, but Wechen didn't dare to accept the king's love." Qu Yuan thanked him.

"My lord, this time's change lies in the abolition of corporal punishment, and the possibility of arousing the opposition of the ministers is low. However, if this reform is carried out under the auspices of Weichen, it will inevitably arouse the worries and fears of the ministers, and then the group will oppose and destroy the reform. ”

"So what does Xianqing mean to leave it to someone else to preside?" Xiong Huai glanced at Qu Yuan curiously and asked, "I don't know who Xianqing plans to promote?" ”

Qu Yuan thought for a moment and said to Xiong Huai: "King, this change is the beginning of a new round of changes in the Chu State, and only success is allowed and no failure is allowed. Therefore, the choice of the law change first needs to have a very high prestige and status in the noble feudal lord's office, and it must not arouse the resistance of others, so Weichen must be excluded first. ”

Xiong Huai nodded, now the ministers of the Chu State are no longer a matter of resisting Qu Yuan, they simply hate it to the core.