Chapter 311: Jiang Liu is like this (2)

Lai Hengyi heard that the problem was coming.

Everyone knows that Li Ming wanted to punish the prince, but the prince did not dare to move, so he moved Liang Jinzhu. The escape was just a reason to punish Liang Jinzhu. In fact, Li Ming took out the escaped house, and many people also hated Li Ming very much. This was clearly because the pot was not opened.

Since Li Ming revealed the topic of fleeing households, the shattered resentment was like a vast mist. It started to spread from Suzhou City and floated over the Tang Dynasty. It was not visible, but it could be smelled.

If you attack the prince again, you will not be able to expose the escaped family!

Di Renjie was also helpless. He first went to Li Ming's fief and searched out the fugitive households, and defeated Li Ming from a legal perspective with his spear and his shield. The fugitive case is not the focus of this case. The focus is Li Ming's illegality, murder, extortion, greed, oppressing good people, oppressing officials to do evil, frame the prince, etc. He was too much of a framing the prince. The emperor wanted to get rid of the prince, not to depose the prince, and Li Ming did this, which was not something that the emperor could tolerate. The most untolerant one was to stretch his hand to the place where he should not be stretched. Di Renjie also deliberately downplayed the fugitive.

But this case fled!

The Tang Dynasty had laws, and when deciding cases, they were mainly based on the laws of Tang, which could be ruled. Moreover, the laws of Tang were imperfect. In addition to the evil sins, most of the laws were unclear. Even if they were unparalleled, they were also unclear. For example, Li Ming did not plot against the prince, and the prince was the future monarch, which was a serious crime of treason. Of course, this time, unlike Wu Zetian who later sentenced him, hundreds or thousands of people were killed or scattered. At most, the whole family killed several important people, and other officials and personnel involved would kill several. The family members were exiled to Lingnan, which was considered severe. For example, the case of Changsun Wuji, Shangguan Yi, and Helan Min. The punishment for the later execution of nine clans and ten clans was not.

However, the case of rebellion will not be handled in small ways. Therefore, Liang Jinzhu told Di Renjie that Li Ming wanted him to falsely accuse the prince. Di Renjie immediately took Li Ming from his official position, and the other officials were so scared that they looked like a slut. It could be replaced by Li Ming as disrespectful to the prince, so it would not be a crime of rebellion and could only be exiled.

The second basis for the judgment is the previous dynasty, whether in the Han or Jin, or in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. As long as the judgment history books are considered correct, even some judgments of the Tang Dynasty are recognized by everyone, they can be regarded as legal principles when encountering similar cases. Even if they are contrary to the Tang Dynasty, they can be overturned. For example, Li Zhi changed the sentence this time and encountered similar cases in the future. Oh, it was the crime of disrespect for the prince and exile! It was regarded as legal principles. Some people took out other more famous cases to explain, and they could be overturned again. The other is the idea of ​​the king. The king insisted on verdicting this way. The heaven and earth were big, and the emperor was really big. There was no way, and he wrote a memorial to let the emperor recover the judgment. If it really couldn't be restored, all officials had to make acquiesce.

In the Liang Jinzhu case, the fleeing households cannot be used as a legal basis. Once you take over the sentence, it will become the legal principle for fleeing households in the future. How can you deal with it? What the Bianzhou businessmen did the right thing, then the door to fleeing households in the world will be opened immediately. You cannot bear this responsibility.

The merchants in Bianzhou were wrong. That problem was big. All fugitives had to be sent back to their hometowns, and Liang Jinzhu had to be re-entered.

Lai Heng stared at the file, not mentioning the depression in his heart.

There was no choice but to learn from the governor of Bianzhou and call a group of merchants to persuade him. Seeing that, Liang Jinzhu was tortured to what he was, he immediately repatriated his fugitives afterwards, and then donated 50,000 yuan in money and supplies to support the soldiers in the border areas.

But the merchants were dissatisfied and asked Lai Heng one sentence: "Is Liang Jinzhu guilty?"

Lai Heng asked suspiciously: "Have you been instigated by someone?"

But I was thinking in my heart that I was seventy-seven and eighty-year-old, would I fall into this pit?

"We are just businessmen, we just want to make money, who is instigating us?" they answered together.

I don’t know whether it is true or not, Lai Heng had no choice but to write a memorial and sent it to Luoyang. We have no choice. Prime Ministers, you can see what to do. Lai Heng will do. It’s easy to report the court. It’s not our beginning anyway. So Yingzhou, Chenzhou, and even the governor of Caizhou also joined in and sued the governor of Bianzhou Liu Buyan. There were 17,216 households in the three states, all of which were for Liu Buyan to condone businessmen and fled to Bianzhou. The court was taxed by the Ding. Well, my people were seduced by the governor of Bianzhou, and I had no way to pay taxes. The more than 10,000 households were fled to Bianzhou.

As soon as this example was opened, things came out. There were only a few places in the world, and several states such as Yiyang Bian were indeed the areas with the most fugitives. We fled there together, and there was no way to pay taxes in our state, so these states could bear it.

Liu Buyan was also angry and wrote a letter to refute that there were all fugitives in all states. Besides, how many households in the three states of Cai, Chenying? Can there be more than 10,000 fugitives?

Therefore, this proposition of fleeing cannot be revealed, and once it is revealed, something will happen. Unless Wu Zetian is in charge of politics and uses power to suppress it, Li Ming saved his life. If there is no judgment, this time Li Zhi is angry and Li Jingxuan pleads with mercy, he may not be able to escape death. What about brothers? It is born to a mother. Take action when it is time to take action, so that he can control China!

None of the prime ministers dared to speak out.

The heart is different. The newly moved prime ministers, Hao Chujun, belonging to the crown prince, Zhang Da'an, and Gao Zhi and Zhou Xinxiang are still uncertain. There are also several old prime ministers who have let Li Zhi reach the top of the high promotion and can no longer move, so they have to avoid it.

But they didn't dare to speak.

It is said that the merchants in Bianzhou did the right thing, but the consequences were unstoppable. If they said that they did it wrong, it would be beneficial to Li Xian, and even in some sense it would be equivalent to overturning the case for Li Ming and re-confirming Liang Jinzhu's charge. But it is not that simple. Di Renjie's small temple chief was elusive. Once the case was overturned, the list of fugitives taken in Chang'an last time the prince took out the next time. The next time the prince might take out the list of fugitives taken in more than 300 states and half of the prefectures. Should the court deal with it?

But silence is not a solution. The more and more memorials from various prefectures, it seems to be spreading across the country, so I wrote a letter to Li Zhi. We prime ministers are incompetent. I see if you two priests have any good solutions?

Li Zhi held these memorials and his head hurt even more. He just rubbed his temples and asked Wu Zetian: "Queen, what do you think about it?"

Wu Zetian was also very helpless. He had had similar situations before, but just perfunctory things. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Your Majesty, let's do this, why not count the fugitives taken in by merchants in Bianzhou and then repatriate them. No other states reported to him. How about it?"

This is also a way to live in vain.

But as smart as Wu Zetian, she could not do anything. It was not a power scheming. For example, the two kings had a fight, so she secretly regained many "lost lands" and no one noticed it. Those who noticed it, such as Xue Yuanchao, had to knock off their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs, bend their waists and wipe their faces, and they didn't plan to be ashamed again in the future.

But there is nothing we can do about this.

I know that there are many reasons for escaping. For example, natural disasters, such as the severe drought in Guanzhong in the past few years, Li Zhi was kind-hearted and asked the people to eat in various states and beg for food. It is better than starving to death. The intention is good, but after a foreign land, after the disaster, I went back and had nothing, no farm tools, no houses, only one or two acres of thin land, and seeds. If I had to wait until the harvest came, I still couldn't live for the day. So I stayed in a foreign land and did not leave. These people were easy to deal with.

There is also the tax office that forced some places to be poor and there were many people fleeing. For the sake of political achievements, the officials of prefectures and counties concealed the tax on the fugitive households on other civilians. They were originally miserable, so they had to flee. Some even added taxes for political achievements, so the people lived even harder. In fact, Li Wei had some in his previous life, and some had similar incomes in some areas, but when officials reported, some reported to well-off counties, and the people were in trouble. Some reported to poor counties, and the country was in trouble. It is indeed difficult to count.

The third is the annexation of the powerful. Originally, there were only ten acres and eight acres. The powerful wanted to annex, but there were many ways to do it, such as usury, clever plunder, harvest and hoarding, and forced the sale of land in the year of disaster. After a few years, only five acres of land were left. Even if one acre of land was collected by five stones and eight stones of grain, the family could not support it, so they had to become a fugitive.

Chen Angzhi wrote a letter to escape from the mountains and forests and became thirty thousand households. They were in the mountains and forests, and they became bandits and robbers. More families became rich and transformed into groups.

This problem is difficult to solve. If all the wealthy families are forced to hand over their fugitives, the world will be in chaos. Even if Wu Zetian ascended the throne, she would not dare. So later she ascended the throne and thought of a way. Those who fled and returned home will rent for two years without taxes. Come back. The wanderer who left her hometown is the most beautiful, but the effect is not great.

Or it was like Li Wei and Wei Yuanzhong's conversation, paying taxes with the land, but the consequences were still unimaginable.

The edict was issued.

But the news arrived in Bianzhou faster than the edict. Near Luoyang, there were many places that were the fiefs of the royal family, so the source of information was well-informed. All the fugitives arranged for them to leave in a flash. Liu Buyan brought the yamen runners to search and handed over a few fugitives. He still felt that the useless people were trying to make excuses, and the rest were unknown. Anyway, Liang Jinzhu was not guilty, so you can't arrest us and you dare not arrest us. The governors of the states who fled were definitely dissatisfied with this and wrote a letter again.

When Li Zhi saw the reports from various places, he almost wanted to say that I was sick.

I couldn't avoid it, so I had to tell them about these situations during the dynasty and let the ministers work together.

The affairs of the court are handled by the prime minister and the officials. The important matter is discussed by several prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall, and major matters are submitted to the emperor for decision-making. However, some matters that have not been decided for a long time are discussed at the court meeting, or some impeachment, etc., and they are also proposed at the court meeting. However, there are not court meetings every day, and the emperor can handle them, and the officials cannot handle them. Of course, it is okay not to court. In his later years, Li Longji rarely had court meetings, and the country could operate, but the emperor was prone to deafness and hearing partial words. How many times an emperor had court meetings is not only a statement, but also a symbol of diligence, but also more voices and more perfect suggestions. In his early years, Li Zhi mostly had courts for three days and one big day, and later he was in poor health, and court meetings gradually decreased.

So at this time, it was revealed that knowledgeable people were used well. Some prime ministers were selected one after another, and they were quite competent, so the country was peaceful.

But this rare ceremonial meeting was silent.

Li Zhi was so angry that he slapped the table and said, "I am disappointed, disappointed!"

There are still some remedies, but the ministers do not speak out. For reasons, they prefer to let go of their households and dare not bear the consequences. For those who prefer to strictly enforce the people as households, they will offend the prince and gain many powerful and powerful households. Therefore, they do not say it out even if they have methods.

The minister still didn't say anything. This proposition was too big. I would rather be disappointed or disappointed than speak.

Li Zhi said angrily again: "Are you so many ministers who have no way to do it?"

Quiet, very quiet.

Li Zhi was so angry that he picked up the jade seal and wanted to slap it on the table. Wu Zetian pulled him behind the curtain and said, "Your Majesty, say slowly, this matter is of great importance. Give the ministers a chance to consider it. It really doesn't work. Spread the court and hold a court meeting in three days to see if you have come up with good solutions."

"Sanchao."

But three days later, when the court was in great tribute again, no one said anything.
Chapter completed!