Chapter 185: Changing the Law
That night, Ao Lie put down everything he was doing and accompanied his family to dinner.
Liu Yu sat on the main seat, Mrs. Ao sat next to Liu Yu, Liu Yu's right hand sat Cai Yong, Cai Yan snuggled up to Cai Yong, Sun Shangxiang snuggled up to Cai Yan's side, and Ao Lie sat between Mrs. Ao and Sun Shangxiang.
Now, Ao Lie already knows what Sun Shangxiang will appear in the backyard. After returning to Youzhou, Ao Lie asked Jia Xu to arrange Sun Shangxiang's food and lodging, Jia Xu thought about it, and always felt that it was quite inappropriate to arrange Sun Shangxiang's daughter's family in the military camp, so Jia Xu took matters into his own hands, quietly found Cai Yan, and asked her to let Sun Shangxiang live in the inner courtyard. But with Jia Xu's old scheming, he naturally would not tell Cai Yan about Sun Jian forcing Ao Lie to marry Sun Shangxiang, only saying that Sun Shangxiang's daughter Sun Jian saved Ao Lie's life on the battlefield, and this time she came to Youzhou to follow Hua Tuo in order to get better treatment.
Who would have thought that Sun Shangxiang, the female overlord, had the same temperament as his eldest brother Sun Ce, he liked to go straight, and he didn't see Cai Yan for more than a day, so he told Cai Yan all his thoughts, Cai Yan was moved by Sun Shangxiang to sacrifice himself to block the poisonous arrow for Ao Lie, plus Cai Yan was kind and simple-hearted, not only accepted Sun Shangxiang, but also brought Sun Shangxiang to Mrs. Ao, and after a few days of getting along, Mrs. Ao also liked Sun Shangxiang quite a lot, so there was the scene that Ao Lie saw when he entered the backyard.
Ao Lie, who had always been difficult to talk about Sun Shangxiang, saw that his mother and wife already knew the truth, so he no longer concealed it, and now told Sun Shangxiang from acquaintance to acquaintance, as well as Sun Shangxiang's desperate efforts to block the poisoned arrow for himself and later transfuse Sun Shangxiang in the first battle of Shaxian.
After finishing speaking, Ao Lie slowly stood up, bowed to his parents, father-in-law and wife, and said, "It's not that some people are inattentive, it's that Sun Taishou is very urgent. I can't ignore Shang Xiang's name, so I feel very embarrassed. Now that I have said it, I feel much more comfortable. It is up to the parents to decide on this matter. ”
Sun Shangxiang, who was sitting next to Ao Lie, looked at Liu Yu quietly with nervousness on her face, she was afraid that Liu Yu would say something she disagreed with. Liu Yu is well-known for being honest and upright, and he only married Mrs. Ao one wife in his life, so Sun Shangxiang was very worried about Liu Yu's attitude, and grabbed the corner of his clothes with some anxiety. It shows the uneasiness in her heart.
Liu Yu glanced up at Sun Shangxiang, and suddenly smiled: "Shang Xiang was a strange woman at that time, she was reasonable, and her father had no reason to refuse such a good daughter-in-law." In-laws, what do you say? Cai Yong sighed and said: "The old man has no opinion, but I'm afraid that I will be wronged by the old man's pearl." ”
Cai Yan pulled Cai Yong shyly, and said disobediently: "Father, what do you say, Sister Shangxiang saved her husband's life." is to save Yan'er's life, where is Yan'er still wronged? ”
Liu Yu smiled: "Then this matter is settled." Shang Xiang, you will live in the backyard for the time being, until you turn sixteen. I'll give you a marriage. However, Lie'er, the blessing of Qi people is already the limit, and you are not allowed to marry a wife in the future. lest he snub the two good daughters-in-law who are fathers. ”
"He dares!" Cai Yan and Sun Shangxiang said angrily at the same time. When the two girls heard that what the other party said was exactly the same as what they said, they couldn't help but smile at each other, and each handed out a plain hand. They were intertwined and held together.
Seeing that the two daughters formed a united front, Liu Yu said with a smile: "The blessing of Qi people is really not so enjoyable." ”
Cai Yong's is even more simple and direct: "Lie'er, you're done......"
The meal ended in a relaxed and warm atmosphere, that night, Ao Lie returned to the bedroom that he had not stepped into for a long time, and watched Cai Yan take off his coat and put on a nightgown under the half-bright and half-extinguished candle flame......
Early the next morning, Ao Lie came to the lobby in good spirits and saw that his subordinate Wu was already waiting in the hall. After Ao Lie sat down steadily, Zhuge Liang handed over a silk book in his hand: "Lord, this is a new law compiled by dozens of people such as Mr. Wenhe, Mr. Wenruo, Mr. Zijing and Liang, please take a look at it." ”
Ao Lie stretched out his hand to take the silk book and read it seriously. The newly formulated laws of the United Nations in the silk book are quite regular and extensive, and they are almost all involved except for the nine prohibitions and eighteen beheadings that have been ordered in the improved army. Combined with the specific situation of the two states, the corresponding policies adapted to local conditions have been made.
Among them, the more prominent areas are reflected in agriculture, commerce, and state security. In terms of agriculture, everyone brainstormed and introduced the tuntian system, and formulated a series of reasonable policies such as recruiting displaced people and renting farm tools according to the situation that a large number of fertile fields in the two prefectures were abandoned. In terms of commerce, it weakened the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce since the founding of the Han Dynasty, encouraged merchants to come to the territory to do business, and formulated a relatively low and reasonable tax system, for those merchants who did not have shops, Zhuge Liang and others also proposed to build a new street for merchants to buy and sell, and rent the completed shops to reliable traders at low prices; In the area of public security, the people will be constrained by a law with a rather legalist meaning, and quite strict provisions will be formulated for serious crimes such as theft, robbery, and murder, which will effectively curb the fierce customs of the people formed by years of fighting with foreign races, so that ordinary people can enforce orders and prohibitions, thereby promoting the stable development of society.
After reading the silk album in his hand, Ao Lie fell into a state of contemplation. No one in the hall dared to disturb him, and the hall fell into silence.
After a long time, Ao Lie slowly opened his eyes and began to revise the new law: "The tuntian system is adding one, and the people who use their own farming tools only need to hand over thirty percent of the grain every year; Those who rent government farming tools will be handed over forty percent. In terms of business, the rent is set at a lower level, the remote location is secluded, and it has been invaded by foreign races for many years, so that those merchants will not taste the sweetness, they will not come, and when the overall situation gradually stabilizes, the rent will be raised accordingly. In addition, we must also strengthen the control of folk salt and iron, salt and metal, these two materials, must be controlled in our own hands. ”
With Ao Lie's decision, the various civil servants and advisors under his command temporarily put down everything in their hands in the next few days and devoted themselves to the compilation of new laws. The reason why the new law is called new is naturally in relation to the old law. In the territory of the two states, there is no family that can affect the current situation, so the new law abolished the privileges of many noble classes, with the purpose of facing the public and serving the people's livelihood, and the maintenance of Ao Lie's ruling power and the vigorous development of the productive forces of the Youhe as the center, after three revisions, it was finally finalized.
The new laws were collectively known as the Governors of the Imperial Annex, and covered all areas of agriculture, commerce, military and politics. The law in each area has its own name. For example, the law in the army is called the military order, which contains nine prohibitions and eighteen beheadings; The law on agriculture is called the Tuntian Order, which contains 24 specific articles; The law restricting salt and metals among the people, known as the Salt and Iron Order, contains eighteen detailed provisions...... There are 136 articles of various kinds in the entire Governor's Decree, which is much more streamlined than the original thousands of laws, and is very pertinent, so that the common people can easily understand and accept it.
When the new law was introduced, it won a lot of praise from the people. For ordinary people, what they care about most is whether their lives can be stable and whether their money bags are sufficient. Now Ao Lie has formulated the capital governor's order. They felt extremely grounded in their hearts, and everyone fell into the vision of a better future. Ao Lie's prestige in the two states of Youhe has once again risen to a new height.
After the official implementation of the governor's order, Ao Lie went to Liu Xie and wrote the restructuring in detail into the compromise. Liu Xie quickly replied to Ao Lie, asked Ao Lie to let go of his actions, and renamed Jijun Yanjing and upgraded it to a spare capital. As a result, Yanjing, after the renaming, became the sixth reserve capital of the Han Dynasty after the five alternate capitals of Chang'an, Yecheng, Linzi, Wancheng and Chengdu.
The reason why Liu Xie changed the name of Jijun to Yanjing was also influenced by Ao Lie. Prior to this, Ao Lie had mentioned several times in front of Liu Xie that Jijun was located in the center of Yanzhao and would definitely become an enduring big city in the long run. As for why Ao Lie thinks so surely, it has to come down to the reason why Ao Lie is a traverser. Yanjing, in later generations, was the capital of several dynasties, and was a prosperous international metropolis, which can be said to have taken advantage of the favorable conditions of time, place and various conveniences.
In order to promote the implementation of the Governor's Decree, Ao Lie also set up a new department in the Governor's Palace, called the Supervision Department, which was responsible for the implementation and supervision of the new law and maintained the majesty of the new law. And the shadow troops that had been preliminarily trained by Master Wang Ao Laozu and Uncle Tong Yuan were incorporated into the Supervision Department, and they were scattered in and around Yanjing City openly or covertly, listening to various movements in the territory at any time. Jia Xu temporarily took the position of chief officer of the Supervision Department as Sima, and Li Ru served as his deputy, assisting Jia Xu in handling various matters while further training the members of the Shadows.
At the same time, Ao Lie also ordered Lu Su to expand Yanjing, so that Yanjing's city defense and scale could reach the specifications of a backup capital. In the expanded city, a new street was chosen for the people of the city and the merchants to buy and sell. During this period, Ao Lie personally chose a pleasant place in the southeast of Yanjing City as the address of the upcoming college. During the entire construction process, Wang Hun was ordered to assist Lu Su in the overall planning and specific construction. Ao Lie also handed over some characteristic buildings in later generations to them as drawings, striving to build Yanjing into a metropolis that is both defensive and livable, majestic and beautiful. (To be continued......)