"What Zhang Shizhong said is very ......" Hu Jian also bowed his head and said: "The minister came to report today, the public office, the minister has prepared a briefing and articles for His Highness and the servants to see......"

As he spoke, an official held more than a dozen scrolls of slips and presented them to Zhang Yue and Liu Jin.

"If His Royal Highness and the attendants have any doubts about it, the minister can immediately order someone to transfer the relevant files......" Hu Jian bowed deeply, and the other judicial officials also bowed.

The office told me that this was their specialty.

In fact, almost all Legalist officials have an almost instinctive ability to make decisions about how to deal with public complaints.

For public crimes, whether it is Qin or Han, they are all strict and severe, and they are not lenient!

Shang Jun said it very bluntly back then - the so-called one punishment has no rank! No matter who (except the king), as long as they violate the law and endanger social order and public safety, then wash their necks and wait for death!

Zhang Yue just flipped through it casually, and saw a long list of verdicts on streaming, punishment, completion of the city, death penalty, and abandonment of the city.

And criminals, in addition to ruffians, are bullies and heroes.

So, he nodded and said: "The decision of the county lieutenant is very fair, and the official has no objections!" ”

Liu Jin was a little frightened.

There are more than 200 copies of these files, involving hundreds of people before and after, of which only a few dozen have been acquitted or their sentences have been commuted.

However, in more than 100 cases, the punishment was increased or the punishment level was raised.

He muttered softly, "Wouldn't it be too harsh?" ”

But when he heard Zhang Yue's approval, he temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart and said, "Qing's decision, Gu Yi agrees with it very much......"

In his opinion, since he can't understand it for the time being, let's listen to Zhang Yue first.

Anyway, this minister and his friends will not harm themselves.

Thinking like this, Liu Jin asked, "What about the non-public lawsuit?" ”

When Hu Jian heard this, he looked back at the people behind him, then raised his head to look at Liu Jin and Zhang Yue, and bowed deeply: "Today, the ministers and others have come to see His Highness and ask for advice from the servants......

"Of the 125 cases of non-public prosecutions, there were 57 cases involving the murder or injury of children or slaves by the parents of the master, of which 42 cases involved the drowning of their children by the parents who did not raise the case......

When Hu Jian said this, he felt that his heart was beating violently.

Zhang Yue suddenly got up and clenched his fists when he heard this.

Hu Jian didn't talk about this matter, Zhang Yue almost forgot about it, the biggest tumor and malaise in the society of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty!

For a long time, for various reasons, there has been a long-term, stubborn and extreme trend of child killing and infant drowning.

During the Warring States Period, Meng Weijun, one of the famous Four Sons of the Warring States Period, was almost drowned by his father when he was born.

The reason is that Meng Weijun was born on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Qilu has folk customs, and the children born on the fifth day of the fifth month of May grow up to be the father and mother of the brothers. Fortunately, Meng Yanjun's biological mother had great wisdom and saved poor Meng Yanjun, otherwise the four sons of the Warring States would have lost one, and there would not have been so many idioms and allusions.

In the Han Dynasty, this trend of drowning young children became more and more violent.

In particular, in Xinfeng, for a long time, due to poverty, ignorance, superstition and other reasons, there has been a long-term infantile drowning in the rural areas.

Many farmers only raise their first and second children, and drown other children, especially baby boys.

The reason is - I can't afford to raise it and don't dare to raise it.

Even the scholar family and the powerful landlord will often behave like this.

And what they learned from Hu Jian's investigation and visit was that it was creepy to the extreme—the poor could not afford to support them, and they were selfish to the extreme.

For according to the Han law, if a people have two or more sons, they will be in different households.

In order to avoid giving birth to too many sons and sharing the property of the eldest when they grew up, many landlords and scholars drowned those sons who were born later.

"What are you going to do with it?" Liu Jin didn't quite understand why some parents would ruthlessly drown their children, but he also knew the trickiness of this matter.

Zhang Yue had already explained to him before that this kind of behavior of drowning babies would not be corrected by the people.

Even if the people raise it, I'm afraid the officials don't know how to correct it......

Hu Jian bowed his head deeply and bowed: "This is exactly where the ministers are confused and confused day and night......

Killing a child is a folk custom and a crime within the family.

At present, most of the cases he has sorted out and cleared up are reported by neighbors.

But the problem is that there is no law to deal with this crime.

This is also the first time that he and his student officers have been exposed to similar issues.

In the past, Hu Jian was a military judge, and although he had heard of similar things, he had never had specific contact with them after all.

At this time, he was passively exposed to this matter, and then he was frightened.

Forty-two cases were reported alone.

Who knows how many more babies have been drowned by their parents and thrown into the mountains?

In terms of probability, I'm afraid it's thousands!

As a Legalist official, Hu Jian felt very uncomfortable.

On the one hand, he had no way to deal with and punish the parents who killed his son, let alone a reason or a way to stop it, and on the other hand, his inner conscience made him deeply tormented.

The education he received also made it impossible for him to sit idly by.

The same is true of the young people under his command.

Especially, when there was a call from Chang'an to 'build a well-off and prosper the peace'.

They are even more depressed and uncomfortable.

On the one hand, the county lord and the county government are working hard to lead the people and the people to a happy and well-off society, while on the other hand, as the people in charge of the law and prison, they can only watch the innocent children drowned by their parents before they have time to open their eyes to see the world.

And they could only watch.

Isn't this a great irony and a great joke?

Zhang Yue looked at Hu Jian and the others, put his hand on the saber on his waist, and said coldly: "County Lieutenant Hu, all the gentlemen ......."

"Please county lieutenants and gentlemen, record for me, and clearly inform all the people in Xinfeng: From now on, anyone who dares not to raise his son, no matter what reason, any reason, any excuse, anyone, as long as it is in Xinfeng, the people will be severely punished!"

"One person does not lift, the whole family sits together, its mouth is five counts, the field tax is doubled, the scholar doctor dares not to lift, the three clans sit together, they are not allowed to go out, there are officials, the official will personally sue the court, in order to take away his official title!"

"And under the rule of the townships, if there is a person who does not raise it, it will be regarded as a dereliction of duty, and its performance appraisal will be a hall!"

Population!

The most important resource on earth, the most precious resource!

Not one of them!

The Great Leader once said that "more people is strength!"

The Zhuxia nation has been able to prosper and prosper for 5,000 years, and despite the calamities, it can still be reborn and return to Nirvana.

It relies on a huge population base and strong cohesion.

Especially in this day and age, especially in this day and age.

The total population of the Zhuxia ethnic group is no more than 60 million.

This still counts slaves and maids, old people and children......

But some scum is drowning their own children?

It's a crime!

Of course, Zhang Yue also knows that in fact, most of the infant drowning behavior is caused by poverty.

The people are too poor, and they may not be able to support their eldest son, so how dare they raise more sons?

Could it be that when he is raised, let him be a son-in-law, a reverse journey, and a ranger?

The people at the bottom have no choice but to drown babies.

But the doctors couldn't accept it.

Therefore, Zhang Yue issued a top-level ticket to them!

One person drowns the baby, and the three tribes sit together!

If you say you are not allowed to go out, you will not be allowed to go out!

Say take off your black gauze hat, take off your black gauze hat!

At least in Xinfeng, he can do that!

It is also necessary to implement a one-vote veto system for drowning infants, and if there is a case of non-citation under the rule, all the officials should not think of running away, and they should all leave a palace evaluation on their resumes and files.

Persequential officials, tense their nerves, and keep an eye on their own rule.

For the sake of the black yarn hat and the future, Zhang Yue believes that they will devote 120,000 energy to do this.

Of course, there are penalties and rewards!

Zhang Yue turned around and bowed to Liu Jin: "The minister also asks His Royal Highness to allow the minister to carry out the matter of rewarding childbirth in Xinfeng County, and the minister will hand over the note and come up with a plan later......"

Liu Jin listened, naturally agreed, and said, "Qing do it......"

Rewarding childbirth is the basic national policy of the Han family.

Because, the more people, the more hukou, the more hukou, the more taxes.

For generations, in order to increase the population of the world, the old Liu family can be said to have hollowed out their hearts and exhausted everything.

For example, the Han law stipulates that if a woman does not marry at the age of sixteen, her poll tax will be levied at five times. If you don't marry at the age of twenty, the state will arrange a husband for you!

If a man reaches the age of twenty-three and has not yet married a wife, he will be forced to separate his household and become independent.

What's even more exaggerated is that the Liu family even worries about getting married as a widow.

In many places, the county guards especially liked to encourage widows to remarry, and there were even many famous ministers who liked to be matchmakers for widows.

In the edicts of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xian, they both ordered the release of the palace people, and Gui Shao made the following concubines who had no children return to the people to remarry.

Even the girl who slept with herself is allowed to remarry.

It can be seen how hungry and thirsty Liu is for the population!

But......

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Yue and persuaded in a low voice: "Aiqing will not cause discussion among the government and the opposition if he is severely punished without authorization?" ”

Private laws and institutions, this is a taboo thing.

Zhang Yue listened, but said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, the minister knows the severity, the minister will write to the Son of Heaven on this matter and ask for His Majesty's permission...... Moreover...... The one established by the minister is the law of change, and it is also out of the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the royal road of "Poetry"! ”

"Spring and Autumn" is long in good and good, and short in evil, so the son is guilty, his father is guilty, and the minister is guilty, and he is blamed for his king! Under Xinfeng's rule, there are people who do not raise their sons, they are guilty, and they are evil in the body of their subordinates, and if their subordinates do not correct them, they will be punished by the Spring and Autumn Period! Therefore, the minister first changed his power, and then sued the Son of Heaven, first to do his own thing, and then to do his law! ”

"And "Poetry" is even more cloudy: born to steam the people, there are things and rules, and the first king took the people as the most!"

"Situation...... For the Han law, the responsibility of the scholars! ”

Zhang Yue held his head high, with a straight face.

Whoever dares to find fault with him in this matter is the enemy of the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period and the righteousness of the ancestors of the Book of Poetry!

It should be hung up and whipped for 10,000 years.

Of course......

This is actually a trap deliberately left by Zhang Yue, just waiting for some fools to jump in.

In fact, Xinfeng and Chang'an are very close, and you can go back and forth in an hour.

He can immediately write a letter and ask him to send it to Chang'an Jianzhang Palace and send it to the Son of Heaven, and he can get a reply this evening.

And Hu Jian and others went to publicize and announce Zhang Yue's decision to the whole county, and it will not start until tomorrow at the earliest.

This means that if some people think that they have caught Zhang Yue's handle, they want to scare him with this.

Then, they will be very embarrassed to find out that this is a big hole!

Zhang Yue also deliberately wanted to dig this pit to trap people.

Otherwise, how can we establish our authority, and how can we make ourselves the vanguard of 'making laws for the Han Dynasty'?

As for whether there will be fools jumping in?

Zhang Yue thinks there should be, right?

Hu Jian and the others listened, but they were all enthusiastic and relieved.

Zhang Yue's decision made them excited.

If these heavy penalties and restrictions can be implemented, at least no one in Xinfeng will dare to kill children from now on.

It's just that......

The confusion and doubts in Hu Jian's heart became greater.

He was even a little confused.

Because......

This is to use the Confucian method to solve the problem of Legalism.

This made his three views a little shaken, and even fell into self-doubt.

Are the ideas and ideas of Shang Jun, Shen Buxian, and Han Feizi really no longer feasible today?

Hu Jian didn't know.

Especially after he heard the descriptions of 'Xiaoxiaoshi' and 'Taipingshi', such confusion and incomprehension had already permeated his heart.

So, Hu Jian bowed deeply and said: "Serving the prince, the lower officials have some confusion and doubts, and I would like to ask the servants to solve the ......."