Section 218 The trading market of antiquity
The enemy who kills the king is the same as the enemy who kills the father, the enemy who kills the teacher is the same as the enemy who kills the brother, and the enemy who kills the master or friend is the same as the enemy who kills the uncle and son. If he refuses to dodge, the king will grant him a jade festival and arrest him. If an official kills a guilty person according to the law, and if the relatives of the slain dare to retaliate and kill him, the transfer will cause all the countries of the world to hunt him down as an enemy.
If it is in the right place to kill someone, the person will ask the family of the person to be killed not to live in the same country, and at the same time, the person will persuade the family of the person to be killed not to take revenge, and if they do, they will be sentenced to death. Whenever there is a quarrel and a fight, the mediator will judge and reconcile; If reconciliation cannot be reached, the mediator will record the names and incidents of both parties, and if the first person retaliates, the mediator will be punished.
The matchmaker is responsible for the marriage of the people. Men and women who are born more than three months ago and have a good name at the same time will record the date, month and date of birth and their name. The matchmaker will give wives to men who have reached the age of thirty and a woman to the age of twenty. If a man marries a remarried woman and accepts the children of a remarried woman, the matchmaker must keep a record.
In mid-spring February, the matchmaker will order men and women to get married. At this time, if there is an elopement, it is not prohibited. If the person who should marry does not marry without reason, he will be punished. The matchmaker is responsible for understanding men and women, and if they are not married after marriage, the matchmaker will help them get married. When marrying a woman and marrying a wife, the man should use silk to give the dowry, and the dowry should not exceed five taels. It is forbidden to re-bury men and women who did not have the status of husband and wife together during their lifetime, and it is forbidden to remarry men and women who died when they were minors. In any dispute arising from the misconduct of men and women, the matchmaker will hear the statement in the social arena of the previous dynasty and make a decision; If any of them violates the criminal law, the matchmaker will hand it over to the magistrate to deal with.
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(7) Division/Palm Festival
The division is responsible for hearing the disputes of the market and teaching the operation. Controls the relevant decrees, penalties, units of measurement and prohibitions. The market will distinguish the lots, divide the market according to the setting of the second and the narrative, and classify and display the shops according to the different goods, so as to make the trade fair. The market will use government decrees to prohibit the sale of small, extravagant and wasteful goods, so that the trade is reasonable; By attracting merchants, the goods are abundant and the coins are circulated; Measure to determine the price and thus attract the person to buy; A sale and purchase agreement is used to build trust between the buyer and the seller, thereby avoiding disputes.
The city will use Xu Shi, Jia Shi and other small officials to prohibit fakes, so as to put an end to fraud; Punishment will be used to prohibit riots, so as to eradicate thieves; Through the Quanfu, which is in charge of market taxation, it is purchased or given on credit, so as to reflect the government and the common people sharing the same goods. The market began to trade at noon, mainly by the people; The morning market begins to trade in the morning, and is dominated by merchants; The market starts trading at the end of the day and is dominated by male and female vendors.
Whenever they enter the market to begin trading, they will stand guard by the door with a whip in their hands, and all the servants in the market will divide the ranks according to the classification of the goods, examine the goods to be traded to determine the price, and hang the banner on the building of the premises where the market is managed to indicate the beginning of the transaction. The market came to the place where the market was managed, and thus heard the great things and the big disputes; Master Xu and Master Jia came to the subordinate office that managed the market to hear about small matters and small disputes.
If the people come to the market to trade together, and some of them are in dispute over money, want to measure the goods, or should be punished for violating the law, the city will deal with it at the place where the transaction is made. Anyone who finds goods or livestock should also be placed in the Syrian place for people to claim, and if no one comes to claim it after three days, it will be confiscated and confiscated. When dispensing goods, livestock, and precious food in the market, the market will make what the market does not have, increase what is beneficial to the people, let it not have what is harmful to the people, and reduce the extravagance and delicate things. When transporting goods, merchants need to show a seal before they can enter or exit.
When there is a great famine or plague in the country, the city will not levy a market tax, but will mint more coins. All the fake and shoddy decorations on the market: there are 12 items for the people, 12 items for merchants, 12 items for merchants, 12 items for workers, and a total of 48 items of counterfeit and shoddy decorations. There are penalties in the market: the small penalty is the publication of the forbidden content as a punishment, the medium punishment is a parade as a punishment, and the large punishment is a flogging as a punishment. If one of them violates the criminal law, the city will hand him over to the magistrate for disposal.
When the king passes through the market, the person who has been tortured should be pardoned. And when the king's wife passed by the market, she punished the man who should be punished for offering a tent. And when the prince passed by the market, he punished those who should be punished for offering a small tabernacle. And when the man passed by the market, he punished the man who should be punished by offering a hay to cover the matter. And when the woman passed by the market, she punished the one who should be punished and offered a curtain. When there were things to meet, conquer, and labor, the Sishi would lead Jia Shi to accompany him, manage the affairs of the temporary market, and take charge of the affairs of the market.
The hostage is in charge of assessing the prices of goods, slaves, cattle and horses, weapons, and exotic items in the market. For those who are engaged in buying and selling, the pledgee will grant them a deed of sale as evidence: a large deed for large transactions and a small deed for small transactions. The pledgee will be in charge of inspecting the deed used to take and give the goods on the market, unify the standards of measurement, unify the width and length of the cloth, inspect it, and if there is a violation of the regulations, the pledgee will confiscate the goods and impose a fine. The pledgee is responsible for handling disputes related to the deed, and the capital agrees to deal with disputes within 10 days, the suburbs agree to deal with disputes within 20 days, the small capital and the majority agree to deal with disputes within 3 months, and the princes agree to deal with disputes within one year. If the complaint comes within the agreed period, the hostage will accept it, and it will not be accepted after the expiration date.