I can make concessions and tolerate your slander of me, but no one can stop me from making the country strong and the people rich, this is my bottom line!

Actually, Zheng Lang did a good job.

Hebei Dashui, sent the two bigwigs of the imperial history, Cheng Tengfu and Zhi Zhihe, to immediately go down to pacify Hebei. It's a bit sad, this earthquake has a wide range of impacts, the houses in the capital are squeaking and dancing, and the earthquake in Hebei is even more serious. It is said that the sand gushes out of the water, the city is broken, and the people are better than the drapery. Groundwater rose out of the air, houses and walls collapsed, and officials and civilians ran out of the city to sleep in the wilderness, not daring to stay at home. At night, all the cities in Hebei have become ghost towns, and you can imagine what the chaos will become. Teng Fu's scholar was angry, and he lay alone under the house, and said: "The people expect me to live, and the house destroys the people to die, and I should do the same." ”

Since the people returned to their homes, this is really not easy to say, and then the earthquake did not happen, if there is another wave of bigger earthquakes, although Teng Fu's intentions are good, but it really hurts the people.

The heart is still there, and before they left, Zhao Ji and Zheng Lang repeatedly instructed that as long as they can help the people, they are not afraid of spending money, no matter how difficult it is, they can't wronged the people. However, before they left, they did not think about the earthquake, which was aimed at the flood victims.

Then what are you hesitating about, the flood is a disaster, the earthquake disaster is also a disaster, and the food and materials will be transported to Hebei.

That is, bury the dead, the hungry, immediate relief, and registered, set aside for the winter to repair a water conservancy, the new canal is out, Zhangshui has also been rebuilt, but now the water system in Hebei is still very developed, many water conservancy has not been repaired.

The grain will be moved back first, and the labor will be repaid later.

For those who were seriously affected by the disaster, removing the land tax and supervising the impeachment of the Sui officials, it is now also a crime to do nothing. Repair of embankments. Governor of thieves. It is Sui'an in the north.

However, when the two of them inspected the embankment, some of the embankment also burst, flooding many crops, but they said it fairly. If the Yellow River is not repaired, this year's flood, Taihang all the water will go down, and then the river will come. The disaster in Hebei is unimaginably heavy.

At that time, the river workers spent a lot of money, and everyone was miserable, but if there was no river workers, I don't know how much money would have been spent on the floods in the north this year, and more people would have been separated and displaced. This is Zheng Lang's political achievement.

From Jiangnan to Liangzhejiang, then to the south, to the north, bit by bit, the Song Dynasty was made more perfect. Even Shaanxi built a Sanbai Canal, leaving only Kuixia Fourth Road. Zheng Lang did not go.

Not only Teng Fu, but also many people also thanked Zheng Lang. Simple truth. Without the invasion of the Yellow River, it would have flooded to this point, and if the water of the Yellow River came, how much would happen to the entire north this year? How many people will drown?

This is the public opinion, and finally the impeachment of Zheng Lang and the restructuring of the system have been reduced again.

But this earthquake came in waves, followed by an earthquake in late July, not only the earthquake in the Song Dynasty, but also the Khitan was shot, and it was pouring rain in Youzhou while the earthquake was blowing. The whole shock made the monarchs and ministers of Song and Liao dumbfounded. In August, it came again, four earthquakes in early August, five earthquakes in mid-August, and a large number of unstable houses in the capital collapsed under several earthquakes, and people were crushed to death one after another. In September, there was an earthquake in Mozhou, and the tremors were thunderous.

This wave of earthquakes is endless.

Something must have gone wrong.

Zizhou knew that He Tan was on the book.

Turned the water out of Los Angeles again. At the beginning, Liu Hu wanted to repair Shuiluocheng, but Yin Zhu did not let him repair it, and Liu Hu crossed the level to report to Zheng Jian, and Zheng Jian agreed. Yin Zhu arrested Liu Hu and beat him severely, including Dong Shilian. Although the person was later released, Liu Hu was injured, resulting in Liu Hu's untimely death. Why is Yin Zhu so bold, it is precisely because of Han Qi's support that he used this to win power with Fan Zhongyan. The reason used was that Liu Hu should not have reported to the higher level.

However, when Han Qi arrived in Shaanxi, he ordered that all military-related actions must be carried out with his permission, including the construction of cities and the dispatch of troops.

Why did Zheng Jian not have the right to order Liu Hu to repair the city, but now Han Qi has the power alone?

This is Yin Sheng's minister, although he was deposed, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiuyi were ministers in the court, and they took over the political and financial power of the Shaanxi Fifth Route Army, and continued to endanger the country, so the earthquakes were repeated.

He Tan's twist and turn is too ruthless.

Angry.

The first contradiction was when he was working in the river, and it had nothing to do with Ouyang Xiu picking peaches, it was Zheng Lang who was willing to let Ouyang Xiu pick peaches. It has nothing to do with waste, Ouyang Xiu has just arrived, and waste is inevitable. It is a crowding, when Ouyang Xiu was in charge of the finishing project of the river work, he thought that He Cheng Shimeng and others were all Zheng Lang's cronies, and they were squeezed out and suppressed one by one, accumulating many contradictions.

The second is the dispute over Puyi, He Tan can't stand it, he once went to the book, and Ouyang Xiu can't get used to him, so as a famous old minister, the river worker has merit, not only did not move, but went to Zizhou. What is Zizhou? Even if it is suppressed, at least with He Tan's reputation, qualifications and political achievements, he will have to get a knowledge of the two capitals of Hebei, and he will be transferred to Zizhou. This kind of thing, Lu Yijian may not be able to do it. Besides, Lu Yijian is a famous person of a generation, you two, what kind of thing are you, you almost led the country to ruin.

Use Han Qi's spear to attack Han Qi's shield, and impeach Ouyang Xiu by the way. After making such a big mistake, what are you embarrassed to do in the capital?

There are far more ministers who hate these two people than they hate Minister Zheng Lang, and He Tan's twist and turn from the southwest reminded them again. Since it was not Zheng Lang who caused the earthquake, then it was Han Qi.

Han Qi thought about it, no, it seems that he will stay in Shaanxi, always in charge of the military, political and financial power of the Fifth Route Army, and attract people's eyes, so he still has to retreat.

Repeatedly resigned, there is no big deal in the northwest, it is better to let the minister go back to Xiangzhou for retirement, so that the minister will be peaceful in his old age.

There are so many things that Zheng Lang can't manage in the end. Anyway, without Han Qi in Shaanxi, there won't be much of a problem, as long as you don't make mistakes in Yongle City, during this period of confrontation, the Song army has always won more and lost less. But he's waiting, waiting for a very important article.

The autumn harvest is coming soon, and it is not yet time to announce the finances to the people of the world.

But some important ministers know in their hearts that, on the whole, it is still good, of course, it is just good, the situation is better than last year, and there are still serious problems. Before Teng Fu went down, Zhao Ji asked Sima Guang and Teng Fu to see the detailed state system.

You don't need to compare the good years, the previous comparisons are all good years, and they are still not convincing. Now use the state expenditure in the second year of Qingli to make a comparison with each other. In the second year of Qingli, it was the time when the fighting in Shaanxi was the most intense, and the state spent a lot of money.

It's still not as serious as it is now. If it hadn't been for the constant drought. There will also be no uprising. The officials are redundant. It can't exceed the redundancy of the second year of Qingli, and no matter how redundant the fee is, it can't exceed the second year of Qingli. After comparing the two, they found many problems.

Sima Guang presented the recital. said: "The lack of national use lies in the extravagance of consumption, the intemperate rewards, and the large number of clans. The official position is indiscriminate, and the military is not refined. These five, not foolish ministers overnight so cut, if such as the Qingli two years of the reduction system, than see the number of today's expenses, the current three divisions for analysis of their similarities and differences, do not need to be worse official situation. ”

You have to save it.

Zheng Lang did not participate in the audit, but he probably knew, only one thing he didn't know, the clan. Know how many disciples there are in the sect, don't say anything else. Zhao Yunrang raised twenty-eight sons, each son had another son, and this vein developed to more than 100 people, plus wives and children, and the humble servants in the family, at least more than 5,000 people. Zhao Yunrang is only one of Zhao Kuangyi's grandsons, and Zhao Kuangyin's lineage, although it is thin, it should not be underestimated.

Guan Jian is the account expenditure of the inner treasury, and the officials are not very easy to ask, but they faintly feel that in recent years, the income of the inner treasury has increased far more than before, and they still can't make ends meet, and many clan children ran to Zhao Niannu to cry poor, and some clan children entrusted Zhao Niannu to ask her to intercede with her and give them some share deeds to live.

It's already serious.

Lots of business.

It has to be solved step by step, and Zheng Lang is ready for the second step of reform. At this time, a small case was opened to the sky, and a peasant's finger was cut off, and as a result, the case was involved in countless ministers, such as Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, Lu Gongshu, Gongbi, Wen Yanbo, Tang Jie, and judges such as Liu Shu, Lu Xu, Liu Qi, Qian Yi, Qi Hui, Wang Shiyuan, Cai Guanqing, and so on.

The time was a certain night this summer, and the place was a village in Dengzhou.

Wei Da, an ugly-looking old bachelor with only a few acres of thin land, returned to his home from the tavern drunk. He didn't expect that he would use a few loads of grain as a dowry, so he exchanged it for a thirteen or fourteen-year-old daughter-in-law from a neighboring village. As long as she waits for her mother's funeral, she can be welcomed through the door. Thinking about good things, I fell asleep after a while. At this time, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and there were only the clucking of frogs and the chirping of insects in the four fields.

Suddenly, a thin black shadow appeared in front of Wei Da's farmhouse, gently pushed open the firewood door, touched the bed, was silent for a moment, took out a firewood knife from his arms, and stabbed Wei Da chaotically. Wei Da woke up from the dream, subconsciously blocked it with his hand, and then there was a heart-piercing pain in his hand, and he shouted. The shadow was frightened, took a few steps back, turned and fled, disappearing into the night.

As soon as the morning dawned, the county lieutenant of the county brought the official to investigate the case. Wei Da was stabbed more than a dozen times in his body, most of which were not fatal injuries, and the only serious injury was when he was cutting the knife, when his hand touched the blade and a finger was cut off. The county lieutenant interrogated the neighbors, and Ah Da rarely had hatred with people, and the only person he hated was his fiancée, Ah Yun. The county lieutenant asked the official to bring Ah Yun to the county office, the little girl was only a little old, a little scared, Ah Yun confessed honestly, it was made by a slave, his father died early, his mother just died not long ago, his uncle thought he was a burden, and regardless of his future, he was sold to Wei Da by his uncle with a few loads of grain as a dowry. If Wei Da is a normal person, Guan Jian Wei Da is extremely ugly, old and poor. It was useless for the little girl to resist, so the black thorn came for a month.

There is no doubt that in this case, the uncle played a very dishonorable role. As for Wei Da being the biggest innocent victim, it is not a sin to be ugly, what should I do if my father gave it? Ayun has something to be sympathetic to, and there is something to hate.

But this is the story that happened in the Song Dynasty.

There are no three guidelines and five permanent committees, but the crime of murder has been defined as one of the ten heinous crimes, and even the shareholders of the newspaper mentioned by Zheng Lang, if any of their immediate family members have committed the ten heinous crimes, they will be immediately excluded from the shareholders. So the county lieutenant didn't think about it, and it was condemned to death. However, in the Song Dynasty, there was a relatively advanced theory, human life is a matter of heaven, if the death penalty cannot be carried out by the local government, unless the thieves and rebels are "rebellious ministers and thieves", the general civil case must be reported to the imperial court for approval before it can be executed.

This concept of attaching importance to human life was not introduced until decades after the founding of China, so there is another saying in historiography that the Song Dynasty is intended to be the present.

Therefore, the verdict went to Xu Zun, the governor of Dengzhou.

This person is a very good official, when he knew Changxing County, he was responsible for disaster relief and water conservancy, and he was a member of the people's ranks. Two thousand five hundred Beijing officials made a big fuss, but they didn't find any tricks for Xu Zun. So far, in the examination institute, Xu Zunzheng's performance assessment is still first-class.

After reading the case. Xu Zun felt sympathy. But the most headache in the case is the murder of the husband. So Xu Zun analyzed the case from a different angle. Since killing a husband according to the law of etiquette is one of the ten evils. Then everything has to be done according to the etiquette. Before the funeral of Mica, during the mourning of the mother, it is not allowed to carry out any marriage celebrations. In other words, Ah Yun was prepared by his uncle to marry into the Wei family when he was not yet mourning. This marriage contract is not only invalid, but also illegal. The person concerned and the married person are also sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Ah Yun's identity cannot be regarded as Wei's daughter-in-law, for Wei Da, she is just an ordinary person, and there is no crime of killing her husband. It should be treated as a "mortal theory", and then honestly confessed, and should be handled in accordance with the law of the Song Dynasty on voluntary surrender and commutation of sentence.

So I reported it again.

It's a big deal.

The case was submitted to the trial court and Dali Temple, but the officials of the two ministries searched in the middle and found another article in the law, "The murderer hangs the wounded." Even if Ah Yun's identity is not Wei Da's daughter-in-law, the crime of attempted murder but wounding people will be sentenced to death by hanging.

It must be dealt with, otherwise the people will copy the guy at every turn, and the world must not be in chaos, but the death penalty has indeed passed. Dali Temple sent the hair roll back to Dengzhou. Xu Zun had this kind of thought, and he didn't want Ah Yun to die. Then he took Song Lu home to see. I saw that not long ago, Zhao Ji issued a legal supplement in the name of the emperor's edict, murdering and wounding, according to the question, surrendered, and sought to reduce the second-class theory. Therefore, Zheng Lang said that the reform, even after the reform, it is still not easy to be an official in the Song Dynasty. Without ability, it is very difficult to be a good official.

According to this article, Ah Yun did not deserve to die, at most the heaviest sentence of exile, three years, so heavy that it could not be heavier, and was sent to Dengzhou Overseas Salmon Island. The criminal department's judgment is unfair, and it will be discussed again. He also handed the case back to the Criminal Department, but the Criminal Department still insisted on its own opinion. Fortunately, at this time, Xu Zun was transferred back to the capital as Dali Temple because of the first class in the examination. After arriving at Dali Temple, Xu Zun took the initiative to take over the case, and the officials of Yushitai were not satisfied and impeached Xu Zun for perverting the law in his official duties.

Xu Zun was also annoyed, I haven't even seen what this Ayun looks like so far, and I have been locked up in the county office, ignoring the law of ghosts. Besides, his parents are dead and he is so poor that he has nothing, so it's worth me to bend the law? So he told the ins and outs of the case at the court meeting. Zheng Langzhi frowned.

The famous Dengzhou Ayun case began.

The Ayun case is easy to handle, Guan Jian is a matter later, and sure enough, Zhao Ji moved his heart to hide and issued an edict to let Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, two Hanlin scholars, decide the case again. Why Zheng Lang is worried is the origin and experience of the two students.

It is undeniable that Sima Guang also wants to reform, but the kind of reform that does not disturb the people, but what kind of people are the people here, it is very problematic, and his mentality can be seen in Tang Jie, Lu Gongshu and others. This is caused by his birth, he grew up with a golden key in his mouth, and subconsciously maintained the dominance of scholars and magnates.

Wang Anshi is different, even Zheng Lang is different, although he was born in a family of eunuchs, his family is very poor, if it weren't for Zheng Lang, the Zheng family would have gone out of business a long time ago, Xingyang Zheng, what was it used in the Tang Dynasty, what was it used in the Song Dynasty? Therefore, I subconsciously believe that the state has reached this point because of the infinite greed of the magnates and scholars, and their wealth must be taken out and distributed to the country and the people.

If it weren't for Zheng Lang's adjustment, the two students would be in a high position now, and they would have started copying guys a long time ago.

It is the conflict between the two philosophies that leads to inconsistent judgments on the case. Wang Anshi agreed with Xu Zun's verdict, and Sima Guang agreed with the Criminal Department's verdict. The two had a dispute, and others quarreled with Zhao Ji and persuaded him, and when the two of them quarreled, the people, Tang and Song Lu, took it out together. Zhao Ji only listened for a while, feeling dizzy, and his head was not enough. After thinking about it, it's better to judge for yourself and obey the edict. Teng Fu is not convinced, Your Majesty, you have not been sentenced correctly, and you will be sentenced heavily.

The relative power is restricted, and the imperial power must also be restricted, Zhao Ji was helpless, and then sent the bachelor Lu Gongshu, Han Wei, and the intellectual system Qian Gongfu to reset. The three officials of the two systems thought about it, it was just a little girl, and she didn't kill anyone, so if you can be a little wider, you can be a little more lenient, so they upheld Wang Anshi's original sentence. Zhao Ji breathed a sigh of relief, and deliberately approved a word, but.

That's not good, the emperor's words may not be a holy decree in the Song Dynasty, and Qi Hui and other officials in charge of justice jointly played a joint petition and asked Zhao Ji to withdraw his order. Your Majesty, your judgment is not right, the law of the country must be upheld, otherwise the country will be in chaos.

This problem is a big one, Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, the Imperial History Terrace, the two systems and an emperor have not been solved, who will judge?

The two parties quarreled, and Sima Guang thought that because he committed the murder, he said that he had committed other crimes. It is not meant to kill. As a last resort. Causing casualties. In addition to being a thief, such as robbing prisoners and selling people, there are two kinds of killings and injuries, and the severity is different. Those who are scheming, cunning, and unprepared, are called plots; Those who act straightforwardly, have no worries, and kill openly. That's why. The plotter is especially important, and the deceased is poor. Now this person has committed another crime and caused killing or wounding a person, and although he was the first to commit the crime, the original killing and wounding was not the first case. If it is from murder, it is too heavy. If it is too light to kill from the fight, it is necessary to order the killing method from the reason.

Therefore, it is concluded that the criminals who are sentenced for the crimes of theft, robbery, robbery, and murder, and murder for the purpose of surrender and exemption all have a common characteristic, that is, the killing or injuring is because they committed other crimes without the intent to kill and injure, and the matter was unavoidable, and the killing or injuring resulted in the killing, that is, the killing and injuring of the person was temporary, unpremeditated, or even forced. Considering that they killed and injured people with no intention to kill people, and that they had no choice but to commit temporary and unintentional murder, then when sentencing, if murder is too serious. If it is too light to kill from the fight, it is necessary to order the killing method from the reason.

Ayun's murder is murder, not murder. Conspiracy (deliberate and deliberate, that is, Sima Guang's so-called deliberate, deceitful, and unprepared) is completely different from (deliberately not deliberate, that is, Sima Guang's so-called straightforward and unscrupulous actions). Therefore, Ah Yun cannot be forgiven.

Wang Anshi said that the "Criminal Rule" kills and injures people with different crimes, some because of conspiracy, some because of fighting, and some because of the robbery of prisoners and theft of prisoners. Only if there is a cause of killing, there is no cause, so the criminal system is exempted from the crime of causing the crime because he has committed homicide, and the law of causing homicide is still followed. It means that the law is the first, and the crime for which the cause has been forgiven, and the law does not allow the first killing, and the punishment has not been followed, but the cause of killing is not for the cause of killing, so the order is from the cause of killing and injuring to the present.

That is to say, the reason why criminals such as stealing and injuring others, stealing and selling people, robbing prisoners and injuring others and so on have to be sentenced by the law of homicide after surrendering themselves is because after surrendering themselves to avoid the crime of causing the crime, they must be punished for the crime of killing and wounding that is not allowed to be killed, but for this killing, the punishment is not followed, that is, the law does not clearly stipulate what kind of killing is (in fact, it cannot be clearly specified), nor does it clearly stipulate what kind of punishment is used to punish this killing. Among the many crimes of homicide, there is no cause for the only cause of the killing, so the circumstances of the homicide are both the worst and the simplest, and under the principle of sentencing and weighting the weight of the crime, it is most appropriate to use the cause of death method to punish the killing, so the order is to follow the cause of death law to the present. Therefore, the law of causal homicide is still a sentencing clause rather than a conviction clause, and the law does not consider that the crime of causal cause was not committed after the crime of cause is exempted, and the law of causal homicide does not determine that the crime of causal homicide has been committed, and the circumstances of voluntary surrender do not affect the determination of the nature of the crime as a whole. Therefore, Ah Yun surrendered after murder, and he is still guilty of murder, but he can be sentenced by the method of homicide.

Zheng Lang said that each served his own duties, and Zheng Lang was miserable.

Because he doesn't have the right to participate.

After thinking about it for a long time, the system was formulated by him, and it must be maintained, and there is no right to participate, but there is the right to make suggestions. Therefore, he made a vague play, saying that there was a reason why this case made such a big fuss. First, during the time of Taizu and Taizong, in order to unify the countries, in order to quickly move from chaos to order, he adopted the idea that in troubled times, he must use heavy codes, including tenant farmers stealing a piece of bark from the main household. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the law was heavier than that of the Tang Dynasty. Later, the country was under great rule, and since Taizong's later years, the strict punishment has produced many drawbacks, so many scholars and doctors have called for light punishment. Including Zheng Lang himself, after years of hard thinking and meditation, he finally returned to the ancient master's thought of focusing on morality and supplemented by criminal law.

This is only one of them, and the second is the relationship between Ah Yun and Wei Da, although it is allowed to follow the etiquette law to determine that the marriage relationship between the two cannot be established. But whether it is in Sima Guang or Teng Fu's heart, he still thinks that the two have a marriage relationship, and Ah Yun kills her husband with her wife, whether it succeeds or not, it is an unforgivable crime. The perspective of the station is different, and the problem is viewed differently.

In the end, Zhao Ji listened to Wang Anshi's opinion, issued an edict to pardon Ayun's capital crime, changed it to imprisonment, and soon returned to amnesty, remarried and had children. It seems that everything has come to a happy ending, and the punishment has been punished, and he has become a new person. However, after Sima Guang returned to power, he never forgot about the case, and once again arrested Ayun for the crime of murdering his own husband and beheaded him for public display.

If it is not handled well, not only will it cause the two students to take completely different paths from then on, which is very, very scary. And because of this case, the scholars and doctors who were scattered into a mess of sand will be condensed into two again, which is even more terrifying.

Zhao Ji asked: "What does Zheng Gong mean?" ”

Zheng Lang replied: "Why don't you bring this woman to the capital for personal interrogation?" ”

Lu Yu said: "She is just a folk girl, how can she bring it to the capital?" ”

Because the case has already involved the emperor, does the emperor still want to know this Ah Yun?

Zheng Lang sighed and said: "It has been involved, dozens of scholars, more than a dozen important ministers of the court, if you add me, there is a prime minister, and Your Majesty, in the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that Guo Xie was persuaded by Wei Qing, which shows that he is not poor." Now this woman, what else can't be brought? (To be continued.) )