"My lord, this is it."

At the beginning of spring in February, taking advantage of the warm sun hanging in the sky, Zhang couldn't bear to miss such a good opportunity.

As soon as the morning dawned, Zhang Aiji took his son Zhang Pengzu, grandson Zhang Weiyang, daughter-in-law Zhang Zhao, and several distant juniors in the township to set off from Zhangjiazhai north of Weishui and walked to Chang'an.

As soon as the group arrived in Dongshi, they heard Zhang Pengzu's face tighten, and he pointed to a large open area not far away, where there were no bloody traces.

"Oh······"

Following the prestige, looking at the market that was the same as before, Zhang Aiji couldn't help but squint slightly.

"Don't you all say that the prince was assassinated in Changling, and the queen was angry, and he beheaded the Tian family outside Dongshi, more than 400 mouths?"

"Why is it that in just over ten days, outside the East Market, there are no stumps or blood stains?"

Hearing the old man's question, Zhang Pengzu also shook his head with a confused face, saying that he didn't know either.

Speaking of which, it is no wonder that Zhang is so confused.

Whether it is in the past hundreds of years, or in today's Han family, as the most serious physical punishment, 'beheading' often refers to the beheading of the waist.

At the same time, if a person's crime is so serious that it needs to be cut in half, the word 'beheading' will inevitably be followed by the word 'beheading' in the conviction of the lieutenant.

- Abandon the market!

Strictly speaking, the abandonment of the city, or the abandonment of the city, is actually a complete punishment, except in extremely special circumstances, and the two are tied together.

However, all prisoners who are sentenced to the punishment of 'beheading' must be executed outside the market, that is, the most prosperous place with the largest flow of people within a radius of dozens of miles.

After the execution of the beheading, the two parts of the victim's body are not taken away, but are abandoned outside the market until the body decomposes, and then it is thrown into a mass grave.

This is the 'abandonment of the market'.

And today's "Han Law" of the Han Dynasty, compared with the "Qin Law" of the former Qin Dynasty, which was prone to sitting together and exterminating the clan, is undoubtedly much more relaxed.

Although the "Han Law" is actually the "Qin Law 2.0" obtained by Prime Minister Xiao He on the basis of the "Qin Law", there is an essential difference between the two in terms of sentencing details.

Except for principled crimes such as rebellion and great disrespect, the "Han Law" and the "Qin Law" are not the slightest different, and the sentencing of the "Han Law" is more humane and more lenient for most other civil crimes.

Take the thunderous 'Chen Sheng, Wu Guangze Township Uprising' as an example.

As a pawn, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's team 'lost the deadline' due to heavy rain and ruined the road, no matter which dynasty or generation they put in, they were also 'deserved'.

But it is also 'lost', and above the "Qin Law", there is only a cold line of words: the leader is beheaded, and the companions sit together.

And above the "Han Law", although it is also 'when it is beheaded', the specific entry is: for no reason, the leader dies, and the companion is on the side.

It seems that this is no different, it is all a death, but in reality, there are two extremely important differences.

The first point is that according to the "Qin Law", no matter what the reason, as long as the soldier misses the deadline, it is a 'chop' word!

According to the Han Law, only 'unjustified defaults' will be punished.

The second and most important point - the punishment for failure in the "Qin Law" is: the leader is 'beheaded', and the companions sit together.

In other words, as long as the deadline is missed, everyone will have to be cut in half!

However, the punishment of "Han Law" is: the leader 'dies', and the companion is exiled to the border.

One 'chop', one 'die', one 'stream'.

Before these three, there is an extremely important difference.

- Chop, that is, cut off the city by the waist, is certain to die!

And 'death' and 'flow' can be atonement for sins with gold and knighthood······

To put it simply: if you are sentenced to 'beheading', then you don't have to think about anything, you can eat a severed meal with peace of mind, and just wait for death.

But if you are sentenced to 'death' or 'exile', then there is another way to get away with it.

First of all, the title of "death" or "stream" needs to be high enough, that is, above the fifth level of the twenty-level title system, to enjoy the corresponding privilege of the title: to pay for the crime.

After meeting the conditions for the title, as long as you can come up with enough money, you don't need to be executed to the 'death' sentence, and you don't even need to go through the back door and run relationships.

Although at first glance, 'a title above the fifth level, a large fine' is still a bit far away for the people at the bottom, but in fact, it is not so difficult to achieve.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and now the title system of the Han family is no different from the Qin 20-level military merit system.

That is: first-class public servants, two on the top, three hairpins, four not more, five doctors, six official doctors, seven public doctors, eight public passengers, ninety-five doctors, ten left chiefs;

Eleven right long, 12 left more, 13 middle watch, 14th right watch, 15 less on the building, 16 on the big (Daliang made), 17 car long, 18 big long, 19 guan Neihou, 20 Che Hou.

And among these twenty titles, starting from the fifth level of 'doctor', you can enjoy the privilege of paying money to atone for your crime when you commit a crime.

So, what does the fifth-level title of 'doctor' mean to an ordinary farmer?

Take Zhang Aiji as an example: Han Li, Zhang Ai has obtained the title of first-class duke by default; Later, during the period of the Chu and Han hegemony, Zhang Yi had already followed the Han army on the expedition, beheaded three levels, and captured four people.

With the exploits of these three heads and four prisoners, Zhang Aiji's title was promoted to five levels in a row, reaching the sixth level of official doctor.

And now, Zhang Ai, who is an official doctor, has won the privilege of 'not accepting punishment when committing a crime, but paying money to exempt him' for dozens of his children and grandchildren.

Zhang is ill and the farmers in Guanzhong are basically in this situation.

The war at the end of Qin has just ended, who hasn't beheaded a second- or third-level father and ancestor anymore?

Even if it doesn't, as long as the old Liu family's words don't fit the urine nature of 'giving the people a first-class knight', as long as they live to be thirty or forty years old, they can also mix with the title of 'official doctor' of the fifth level.

This is also the most fundamental difference between the "Qin Law" and the "Han Law".

- Compared with the 'violent Qin' who kills the whole family, the whole street, and even the whole village at every turn, the laws of the Han family have a little more human touch, and there is a little room for flexibility.

In the context of such a lax law, in the nearly ten years since the Han Dynasty, the number of criminals who have been sentenced to 'beheading' is probably only a few hundred.

This made it so that half a month ago, when the explosive news of 'cutting more than 400 people in half at one time' was issued outside Chang'an East City, the cause and effect of the whole thing spread throughout Guanzhong in an instant.

It's just that Zhang is still a little confused about 'cutting down the waist and not abandoning the market'.

"Hey, the afterlife."

Seeing a young man passing by, Zhang Yiji was not polite at all, howled loudly, and did not forget to take the dove cane in his hand a little forward.

Seeing the dove cane in Zhang Aiji's hand, the young man was shocked, and hurriedly put on a flattering smile and bowed to Zhang Aiji.

"What is the boss's send?"

Seeing that the young man behaved moderately and talked extraordinarily, Zhang Aiji's face eased slightly, and he pointed to the open space not far away.

"A few days ago, it was said that hundreds of members of the Changling Tian clan were killed outside the East City?"

"How can you not see the stump or the blood?"

Hearing Zhang Yiji's question, he saw the young man scratching his head with a smile.

"Adults don't know."

"At the end of the first month, the Changling Tian clan plotted to rebel, and actually assassinated the crown prince of the dynasty, the queen was furious when she heard it, and sent the southern army to Changling, broke the Tian family's house, and took more than 400 criminals!"

"The next day, the prime minister Xiao He Xiao Gong entered the palace to ask for a meeting, and the queen was only thundered and angry, so that Xiao Xiangguo did not need to be interrogated, and all the people of the Tian clan were killed and abandoned the city!"

said with palpitations, and the expression on the young man's face was also faintly pale with a little paleness.

"Tut-tut······"

"The kid still remembers that day, before about noon, the criminal had been escorted outside the East Market."

"The execution was carried out, but it was not until noon until around dusk that it was all ······"

"Outside the East Market, it can be said that there are stumps everywhere, and even this ten-zhang wide street is blocked so much that it is impossible to walk!"

Hearing the young man's recollections, Rao admitted that he had seen a lot of winds and waves, and he couldn't help but show a little shock on his face.

"Stumps ······ everywhere"

Mu Ran muttered, Zhang Yiji shook his head with a strange face, and looked at the young man again.

Seeing that the young man thought for a moment, he continued: "And the stump, there is one. ”

- The queen even personally ordered: Those who dare to collect the corpse of the Tian clan will be guilty of the same crime; It is not appropriate to say that it is not the dead, and the three tribes are destroyed! ”

"However, in a few days, the east and west cities will be a little lonely, and Chang'an will talk about it, saying that there are more than 400 corpses outside the east city, if there is a plague ······."

"Therefore, some time ago, another court lieutenant came here, collected all the corpses of the Tian family, and threw them at the mass graves outside the city······"

Listening to the young man's words, Zhang Aiji finally recovered from that palpitation.

When he raised his head again, Zhang Yiji looked at the young man with a faint sense of worry.

"The assassination of the crown prince is a big problem?"

But when he saw that the young man heard this, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay." ”

"Fortunately, Your Majesty blessed it, the arrow shot by the thief was blocked by the prince's ribs, and it did not hurt his heart in the slightest."

"It is rumored that the prince said left and right: Cultivate in the tenth month, and go to Sanyuan in person to see the ······ of repairing the canal."

Hearing this, Zhang Aiji couldn't help but sigh leisurely, and looked at his son, daughter-in-law, and grandson beside him with a sigh.

"Worthy of being a noble family of heaven, Your Majesty is a parent~"

After the younger generations of the clan who were traveling with each other nodded in agreement, he smiled the young man again, pointed to the grain bags carried by the juniors of the same villagers behind Zhang Aiji, and gave Zhang Aiji a little bow.

"This is Chang'an, but the boss wants to buy rice grain?"

Hearing this, Zhang Aiji first subconsciously brought a trace of vigilance!

After thinking for a moment, he finally nodded a little guardedly.

"At the beginning of spring in February, the winter grain is exhausted, and looking at the fact that it is a little warmer today, the old man and his nephew in his later life want to buy rice and grain in Chang'an."

"Shaojun thinks, but what's wrong?"

Feeling that Zhang Aiji was visibly wary of himself, the young man couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

"There's nothing wrong with it, there's nothing wrong with it······"

"Just ······"

As he spoke, the young man made a look of wanting to speak and stopped, and then looked mysteriously left and right, before he stepped forward and said in his ear: "Do you know, why did the Tian family want to assassinate the prince?" ”

When Zhang Yiji shook his head lightly in surprise, he saw that the young man lowered his voice.

"In the first winter of the year, the prince repairs Zheng Guoqu, this year, Weibei bento harvest!"

"The Changling Tian clan, since he moved to Chang'an, he has been making a living with grain; The Mid-Autumn Festival is closed, food prices plummet, and Tian Shi'an can stand by and watch? ”

"What's more, the prince still wants to go back to Sanyuan in the spring to thoroughly repair Zheng Guoqu and ensure that Zheng Guoqu will not be hindered for 20 years!"

"Because of this, the Changling Tian clan took a risk, in a vain attempt to assassinate the prince in order to destroy the canal repair······"

When the young man said these words with a firm face, Zhang Aiji's face was not angry and arrogant, and there was even a faint resentment.

"Not only did he assassinate the prince, but he also wanted to destroy the prince's canal repair?"

"His heart can be punished!!"

"The Changling Tian clan can really be said to be punishable!!"

Seeing that Zhang Aiji's anger was suddenly ignited, the young man also stomped his feet with an angry face.

"Who's to say it's not······"

"If you want me to say, the queen killed more than 400 members of the Tian family, it's still light!"

"If it is changed to His Majesty, the Zhitian clan is a businessman and a cheap household, and he dares to dare to disadvantage the prince, but he is afraid of the whole Changling, and when he immediately ambushes 100,000 corpses, he will bleed for a hundred miles······"

Hearing the young man's words, Zhang Yiji also nodded in anger, saying that it was indeed too light to kill more than 400 members of the Tian family!

I saw the young man smile again, and quietly changed the conversation.

"Seeing that the adults came to Chang'an and prepared grain bags, the kid was afraid that the adults were looking for the wrong place, so he asked ······"

But when Zhang Yiji heard this, he turned his head with confusion on his face, looked at his son and daughter-in-law, and then looked at Dongshi not far away.

"Buying Food ······"

"In addition to the East City, Chang'an is a hundred miles away, and there is a second market of goods?"

Unexpectedly, when the young man heard this, he showed an expression of 'you really don't know', and smiled at Zhang Aiji again.

"The old man doesn't know."

"After the prince was assassinated by the Tian family, he knew that the matter of grain prices could not be delayed, so he discussed with Xiao Xiangguo and established a new grain market south of Chang'an."

"In today's grain market, there is only one rice shop, and the rice stone is only 2,000 yuan!"

As he spoke, the young man pointed to the East Market not far away with disdain: "However, if the old man enters this East Market, the price of rice will be nearly 4,000 yuan a stone?" ”

Hearing the young man's words, Zhang Aiji couldn't help but subconsciously widen his eyes.

"Grain market?"

"The only rice shop?"

"Rice Stone······ Two thousand? ”

With several exclamations in succession, Zhang Aiji couldn't help but hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the young man's arm.

"Who opened this rice shop?"

"There is such a benevolent businessman, and the old man has never heard of it?"

But when he saw that the young man heard this, he smiled heartily again, and straightened his waist a little straighter.

"Hi~"

"Except for the crown prince, who has such a benevolent act in this pass?"

"You might as well inform the boss: The rice shop in the grain market is the order of the prince and opened by the Shaofu!"