When the matter was negotiated, Wang Er was overjoyed, and the old blacksmith generously invited guests in front of a haggis soup and cake stall. Luo Cheng, a bystander, was actually invited by the old blacksmith.

A bowl of haggis noodle soup per person, simple but affordable.

After eating the soup cakes, Wang Er followed Wang Yazi to see Liu San first, and the old blacksmith father and son continued to go back to make iron.

Luo Cheng also said goodbye to them and left.

On the way, the young emperor sighed a little, he couldn't imagine that his empire would have such a situation.

"Wei Zheng, I think that for Liu San and Liu's wife, it is worth reflecting on, although this is only an individual case, but I believe that it is not only an individual case, it must be a common phenomenon among the people."

Wei Zheng shook the dust around with his hand, "Does Your Majesty have any opinion on this matter?" ”

Luo Cheng couldn't help but get angry when he thought of a scoundrel like Liu San actually pawning his wife, and immediately said, "This shows that there are still big gaps and loopholes in the imperial court law, such as a scoundrel like Liu San, what qualifications does he have to pawn his wife?" The imperial court should explicitly prohibit the act of pawning wives, not only not to pawn wives, but also to prohibit the sale of wives and children, they are all good citizens, what qualifications do people like Liu San have to sell others? ”

Only slaves can be bought and sold, but the good man prohibits buying and selling, and turns the good man into a slave, which is the power of the imperial court, only those who break the law and commit crimes, after reaching a certain level, the court will demote them to slaves, and ordinary people cannot have this qualification.

"Secondly, what right does Liu San have to sublease the Lu Tian assigned to him by the imperial court to collect rent? These fields are for them to support themselves, not to collect rent to enjoy eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, for people like Liu San, they should take back his open fields and send them to Tuntian. ”

Wei Zheng persuaded, "Your Majesty, although Liu San is not a good person, it is not to the extent that he needs to be exiled, which is also unfair to him. ”

Luo Cheng was still very angry, "Liu San's wife heard that she is a good woman, hardworking, thrifty and filial, but she happened to meet a scumbag husband and ruined her life, I think that the imperial court should legislate to protect such a woman, for example, in the marriage regulations of the Great Qin Law, a clear decree is made to allow Liu San's wife to divorce this Liu San, and have the right to obtain half of the property, including the Liu family's share of the open field, and the garden homestead." ”

Divorce has actually existed for a long time, but under normal circumstances, the conditions for divorce are very high and it is not easy, especially if a woman wants to divorce on her own initiative.

In general, if a woman commits a crime of seven rules, her husband will divorce her wife, and the divorced woman has no right to dispose of half of the family property except for taking away her dowry.

Unless it is a woman from a famous and aristocratic family, she will have the opportunity to take the initiative to reconcile with her husband.

Who can be reconciled with an ordinary woman, and where can she go back after separation? After getting married, their mother's family is no longer their own home, and after the divorce, their husband's family is no longer their own home, even if they can be given property and land, it will be difficult for them to continue to live in the local area in the future.

Wei Zheng suggested, "It's better to punish people like Liu San, such as punishing him with hard labor and the like." He doesn't approve of divorce, where can Liu go if he divorces, but he does oppose pawning his wife.

"There are still scoundrels like Liu San in the world, what a good man has no good wife, Lai Han occupies the flower branch, how can this be reasonable."

"Your Majesty, in fact, this pawn wife is just like usury, even if the court prohibits it, there is a ban that is difficult to stop, it can only be said to be a little suppressed."

"No, I get angry when I think about it, I think that taking Liu San's case as an example, it can be handled in this way, such as letting the government convict Liu San of guilt, and then sentence the two of them to divorce, and then let Liu's wife be allowed by the government as a matchmaker to Wang Er as his wife, and Liu San's property and his wife will be divided in half, and Liu San will be sentenced to exile, exiled to the frontier and controlled in Tuntian, to see how he is a scoundrel."

"What about Liu San's three children?"

"Liu San still has a clan, if there are clansmen, you can hand over the child to the clansmen to take care of, and then hand over Liu San's property to his clansmen for trusteeship, and then return the children when the children become adults. If there is no clansman, or no one is willing to accept the child, you can also consider letting Liu's wife remarry the child to the Wang family and be raised and taken care of by the Wang family. If it really doesn't work, it can also be taken over by the imperial court and sent to an orphanage to be raised. ”

Luo Cheng believes that if he is left alone, then his wife will be pawned this time, maybe he will be sold next time, and even his children may be sold by him in the future.

"Your Majesty, remarriage is a feasible solution." Wei Zheng felt that this disposal was not bad, since Wang Er was willing to pawn his wife, that is, he could not find a daughter-in-law, and he was willing to lease him, so of course he was more willing to remarry him.

"Wei Zheng, you immediately write a letter to the political affairs hall, order the relevant yamen to investigate the illegal things about pawn wives nationwide, and order divorce for those who pawn their wives, and punish those who pawn wives to exile and exile them to the frontier to Tuntian for control. For those who pawn their wives, they are asked to re-register their marriages and become husband and wife. ”

Since you want to sell your wife, you are not qualified to have this woman anymore.

As for the pawn who bought his wife, the court simply let the temporary couple get married.

"Of course, if a woman is dissatisfied with her husband, she can make the marriage null and void and return her freedom."

Wei Zheng was clear about the emperor's efficiency, and immediately wrote a book with a handscroll, and asked Yu Linlang to send it to the prime ministers of the political hall in the army to discuss.

"I feel that our team of local officials is still lacking, and we have not managed enough of the illegal things such as pawning wives and usury, so I think that the team of local officials should be strengthened. Especially among the townships, today's one county and five townships have Lizheng, but the township has no township chief and yamen, and it is just that Zhulizheng takes turns to be on duty in the township, which is very insufficient. ”

"Your Majesty, at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, I also suggested setting up yamen and officials at the township level, but there are more than 1,000 counties in the country, and there must be five or six thousand at the township level, even if only one official is sent to a township, then five or six thousand more will have to be added, too much." Wei Zheng pointed out practical difficulties.

Luo Cheng thought about it, if each township appoints a township head, then it may indeed have to add five or six thousand township heads, are these township chiefs officials or officials? Do you want the court to pay salaries, and after you have a township head, do you still have to have officials, etc.?

"I think we can restore the setting of the Qin and Han pavilions in the township, change the pavilion for ten miles to one pavilion for each township, and set up a pavilion chief, who is responsible for the township's education, household registration, tax collection, maintenance of law and order, arrest of thieves, civil litigation, etc. Under the pavilion chief, there is patrol inspection, responsible for public security, signing, litigation disputes, signing, household registration tax, and joint defense captain and militia captain. ”

Emperor Luo Cheng believed that the imperial power did not go to the countryside, which led to the lack of imperial rule over the countryside, and there were many gray areas that could not be controlled.