Chapter 13: Practice the Law

As soon as this heart-scareful sentence came out, Li Hun's eyelids were thrilled. Although he didn't know why his housekeeper would get the emperor's attention, he immediately "splashed." He knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I am not strict in discipline of my servants. I deserve to die. Please calm down my anger. After I go back, I will punish him severely."

Seeing Li Hun kowtowed several times, Yang Yong said, "There is no need to punish severely. However, such a person is not suitable to stay in the capital, you can do it yourself."

If it is the child of a powerful family, Yang Yong will be exiled, beheaded, or even beheaded. This person is just the housekeeper of Duke Shen's Mansion, and Yang Yong will not be able to deal with it personally. Otherwise, if the emperor personally dealt with a housekeeper, the emperor would be too expensive.

"Yes, I am obeying the order." Li Hun cursed at his housekeeper in his heart. From the emperor's mouth Li Hun guessed the whole story of the matter. On such a day when the New Year was about to be celebrated, the head of the family was called to the palace and blamed him. No matter how much the housekeeper was trusted by the head of the family, the punishment waiting for him was probably far more serious than the exile the emperor thought.

Sure enough, Li Hun, who had just returned home, angrily called his butler. Without saying a word, he immediately ordered the butler to beat the 20-plate again. He could definitely be a versatile character and could win the favor of everyone in the mansion. Moreover, the butler and one of Li Hun's concubines had a distant relative. The concubine wanted to ask for love for the butler, but she didn't expect that she would be scolded by Li Hun as soon as she spoke. If the emperor had not given any explanation, Li Hun would have wanted to kill the butler.

After twenty rods, the housekeeper was already in a state of disgrace. Li Hun had no mercy and announced that the housekeeper should pack up immediately and get out of the capital. Although the emperor only mentioned indifferently that the housekeeper of Duke Shen's mansion was not suitable for being in the capital and did not specify the specific place, Li Hun subconsciously asked the housekeeper to leave the capital as far as possible. Although he was not sent to Borneo, he directly sent the housekeeper to Qiongzhou.

The housekeeper was beaten for no reason, and exile to Qiongzhou made the servants of Duke Shen's mansion a little at a loss. It was not until Li Hun ordered that the children and family members of the clan were strictly prohibited from riding horses in the streets of the capital that they knew the reason. It must be that the housekeeper had bumped into someone he shouldn't have bumped into. However, who could have let the head of the family punish the housekeeper in this way and announced that no matter the master or servant in the family, the house would be allowed to ride horses in the streets of the city, but everyone dared not think about it.

After Qu Tuge sent the case file of the powerful and powerful people riding horses on the streets to the palace over the past few months, Yang Yong finished reading it overnight and couldn't help but feel shocked. At this time, the Great Sui country was strong, and the Great Sui cavalry was no less than the Turks and Tuyuhun nomadic peoples. The army alone reached more than 100,000. In addition to the imperial palace, the number of horses retained by the aristocratic families was estimated to be no less than 200,000.

At this time, the war horses were like cars in later generations. There was no traffic law in a city with more than 200,000 cars. Injuring people only paid a little money. You don’t have to think about how chaotic it is. Qu Tugai has been responsible since he took office. Almost all people who have been to the Jingzhao Yinfu Office can get compensation. Although this money is nothing to the children of these aristocratic families, it can help those who were injured by the shocked horse. In the past three months, the number of people who went to the Jingzhao Yinfu Office to sue will increase. This should not be the increase in the number of injuries, but the fact that some people saw that the government was really going to take charge.

However, although Qu Tuge's actions will make the powerful and powerful children with horses restrain themselves a little, they will not play much role. Compared to their pleasure of riding horses and running wildly in the city, they may not see the money in just a few seconds. Moreover, there may not be a case for ten accidents, and they will not care even more.

"It seems that we need to revise the Kaihuang Law." After reading the case file, Yang Yong said to himself.

The next day, Yang Yong asked someone to summon Lu Mulin to the palace and expressed his intention to revise the "Kaihuang Law".

The "Kaihuang Law" was established in the third year of Kaihuang, and Yang Yong himself also participated in it. The purpose of Yang Jian's practice of the "Kaihuang Law" was to "the law was still strict, and many old friends were involved in crimes. The prison was cut off every year, and it was still worth tens of thousands."

Based on the principle of simplifying the complexity, the new law deleted 81 articles of death, 154 articles of death, and more than 1,000 articles of mistress. The new law has only twelve articles and 632 articles, among which Yang Yong himself added 114 articles.

This new law can be said to be simple and strict, and made great contributions to the rapid stability in the early stage of the Great Sui Dynasty. However, in Yang Jian's later years, the new law was changed several times, and many criminal laws that were abolished before were restored. The original leniency criminal law became stricter again. As soon as Yang Yong ascended the throne, he restored the Kaihuang law, which was approved by all officials and almost all the people.

Lu Mulin is now a secretary supervisor, a third-rank senior official, and at the same level as the ministers of various departments. When he heard that the emperor wanted to re-enact the Kaihuang Law, his eyes suddenly opened. If the law he was practicing could surpass the Kaihuang Law, based on this point alone, those who participated in the practice of the law would undoubtedly remain famous throughout the ages. This is almost a temptation that a literati cannot refuse. After thinking about it carefully, Lu Mulin still said: "Emperor, practicing the law is still a major event and cannot be easily decided."

"I understand what you said, but this law is absolutely compulsory." The new emperor had to practice the law less than a few months after he ascended the throne, which inevitably made people feel like changing the orders every day. If he could surpass the previous law, it would be fine. If he could not surpass it, the new emperor's prestige would also be damaged. However, as long as the added content is beneficial to the court, Yang Yong would not be afraid that his prestige would be damaged.

The Kaihuang law includes: famous rules, bans, office systems, household marriages, stables, good development, thieves, lawsuits, fraud, miscellaneous, arrests, and twelve chapters. Now Yang Yong roughly estimated that at least four chapters of contract, transportation, patents, and hygiene were needed. These four laws were added, but they had never been there before. If they could really get the effect, their effect would be much more beneficial to the Chinese nation than digging the Grand Canal.

Yang Yong only mentioned the newly added law a little. Although Lu Mulin did not fully understand it, he was still very excited and said, "That's right, I am willing to help the emperor complete this matter."

Yang Yong was not a law professional in his previous life. Although he had these laws in his mind, he didn't know any of the provisions. Moreover, the laws that a thousand years later may not be suitable for the present. Everything has to be explored. If the law is completed, it will probably take at least a few years. However, the problem of the children of powerful people riding horses in the capital is that they happen every day, which is something that Yang Yong cannot tolerate.

Fortunately, the emperor's golden words can also replace the law. The emperor summoned all the important officials into the palace a few days before the New Year and threw the case file of the powerful and powerful children suing the children of the Jingzhao Yin's mansion to them, so that they could discipline their children well. Otherwise, if Jingzhao Yin receives such lawsuits in the future, he will no longer just pay the money.

This case file made some ministers blush, while some were dissatisfied. However, the matter of the housekeeper of Duke Shen’s Duke’s Mansion almost spread throughout the palaces of the ministers in the capital in a short period of time. The emperor’s meaning was naturally clear, and no one dared to refute the emperor in person. After returning home, the heads of various aristocratic families in the capital warned almost at the same time with their children that in the future, those who roamed horses on the streets would be punished for more than 3,000 miles and more than one year in addition to compensating the victims’ expenses.

No powerful child is afraid of fines. When he heard that he wanted to exile, everyone was shuddered. The exile of the Great Sui Dynasty was truly a barren land. A few months ago, even the families and servants of the criminals involved in rebellion were exiled. If these powerful children were allowed to spread to such a place, it would be even more uncomfortable than suicide. With the lessons of the steward of the Duke of Shen's Mansion, no one dared to test the law. For a while, the order of the capital was very good and the people also had a carefree New Year.

This year was very comfortable for Yang Yong. Although things were complicated after ascending the throne, as an emperor, it was easy to be lazy. Moreover, no longer had to worry about whether his status would be preserved, nor did he have to suppress his various temperaments. From the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the entire palace began to be decorated with lights and decorated, and the musical and dances and banquets in the palace were arranged.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, the emperor even announced that he would have fun with the people, abolished the lantern tours that were forbidden during Emperor Wen, and built a large stage in the square in front of the palace, and held a headlight meeting. The emperor purchased tens of thousands of lanterns from the people, hung them around the stage with 2,000 lanterns, illuminating the stage as bright as day. On the street in front of the palace, he spent more than 20,000 lanterns to hang the entire street with lanterns. As soon as these lanterns passed by the late afternoon of the Shangyuan Festival, the people were allowed to take one of them home.

It is better to have fun alone than to have fun. The emperor also issued an order to allow wealthy families in the capital to contribute their own funds to dress up the streets outside their mansions, and hang lanterns on the evening of January 15th, and all civil and military officials accompanied the emperor to enjoy the lanterns.

This practice led to criticism from the Left Chief of Shangshu Li Gang, accusing the emperor of being too extravagant and wasteful. Yang Yong was timid while doing it as usual, making Li Gang so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he had no choice but to do anything about it.
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