The Great Zhou Xingtong reflects Guo Rong's benevolence and righteous side, and the Song Xingtong, which is also modeled, also reflects Zhao Kuangyin's benevolence.

For example, Zhao Kuangyin combined the punishments of litter, slaughter, whipping, etc. into corresponding spine or hip sticks, commonly known as the folding stick.

In other words, except for the death penalty, the other four punishments of whipping, cane, slaughter, and trash are all replaced with hip stick or spine stick. The punishment of whipping and cane is replaced with hip stick and cane is released after the stick; the punishment of imprisonment is replaced with spine stick, and cane is released after the stick...

In other words, it is actually equivalent to reducing the punishment and thus alleviating social conflicts.

Li Jia agreed with this. The punishment in the feudal era was too cruel. Some mistakes were the family and the people were destroyed.

However, in terms of exile, Li Jia did not intend to ease it, or rather, he was planning to expand the exile.

Generally, exiled people have committed crimes such as treason and rebellion, but Li Jia believes that officials who embezzle and accept bribes must also be exiled.

Wang Pu was puzzled because this was a heavy punishment for officials. His butt determined his head. When sitting in his position, he naturally had to consider people of the same class.

Li Jia also needs to leave a mark of great law for future generations to remember.

"Is there any reason to embezzle people's wealth and cream?"

Li Jia said angrily: "How can these people just be just there? Since they have enjoyed the blessings for many years, they have to return them and enjoy the greatest pain."

Wang Pu also couldn't figure out why the emperor was so angry. Corruption and bribery were not a serious crime. It was too harsh and instead shook the foundation.

He persuaded him tactfully, but the emperor did not appreciate it at all. Instead, he said indignantly: "In my opinion, since Cao Wei, the entire law has lost its roots and has no fairness and justice. It has only become a shelter for royal relatives and nobles and high-ranking officials. How can we indulge it?"

"I have something to say about this criminal system, you must listen to it!"

The emperor's eyes were bright and bright, and his angular face looked particularly imposing.

"How dare the ministers not obey?" Wang Pu bowed his head and bowed.

"Okay!" Li Jia nodded and said, "I don't know much about the law, but I know that there is a "eight discussions" method, which is a stubborn disease. You must get rid of it with me."

"This is not allowed in the Tang Dynasty's criminal system."

"This..." Wang Pu's heart was rippling, excited, and his emotions were hard to control.

The "Eight Discussions" are a privileged system stipulated by feudal criminal law that crimes against eight types of people must be handed over to the emperor to verdict or to reduce punishment according to law.

The "Eight Discussions" first originated from the Eight Pi in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and was first introduced into the Law in Cao Wei's "New Law".

The crimes of protecting members of the ruling class include the provisions of eight types of people, including the relatives of the royal family (the royal family), the ability (the one with great talent), and the merit (the one with great merit to the country), and the privilege of exemption from punishment.

Therefore, in the feudal era, the "Eight Discussions" law became amulet for the royal relatives, the virtuous, old-fathers, nobles and bureaucrats to avoid and reduce feudal legal sanctions. The people who committed crimes can be openly committed, and there are laws to enjoy the privilege of "consideration, request, reduce, and exemption" according to the law.

The prince violates the law and commits the same crime as the common people.

This was a joke in ancient times.

Therefore, in ancient times, the officials you saw were killed, such as great crimes such as corruption, and almost none of them were killed because of corruption.

By the time of Zhu Yuanzhang, the "Eight Discussions" became a joke. Killing officials is like slaughtering dogs, such as the prince consort selling salt. In the Tang and Song dynasties, no one cared about it. Even if he was guilty, he would be punished with three glasses of wine. This was a negotiation.

Lao Zhu ignored it and directly let his daughter become a widow. What a fuss at that time.

At this time, the Eight Discussions were deposed to some extent, such as the court stick. I had never heard of it before the Ming Dynasty, and there was no reason for the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to beat him if he wanted to.

Have the Eight Discussions been abolished?

Not.

The eight discussions changed from normal to privilege, and everything was greatly magnificent by the emperor's "temporary and discretionary grace".

The "Eight Discussions" method to safeguard the privileges of aristocratic bureaucracy will never be reborn.

This can also explain why the party struggles fiercely during the Tang and Song dynasties, but few people died. It was not that the leader did not want to think about it, but that the law sets the threshold.

There are eight discussions, and officials cannot die.

It's a long way to go...

For politicians, the existence of the Eight Discussions actually undermines the fairness of the law and is equivalent to raising rats for the court.

Officials are second, and royal relatives and nobles are the main ones, because at least the officials are supervised by the censors, but they do not.

Therefore, when Wang Pu heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited and said, "Your Majesty, if this happens, it will cause discussion in the government and the opposition, which will add up a few twists and turns."

"What's so afraid?" Li Jia waved his hand and said, "They are not qualified to point out the words. The Swordsman is written according to my wishes. Can't they overcome them?"

"Don't pay attention to it."

As the founding emperor, Li Jia was just too lazy to carry out major cases and declare his authority. Once he wanted to, he would not be afraid of clearing the court.

There is nothing else, it is difficult to find a toad with three legs, and there are many people who want to be officials.

Like Li Xin and Pan Chongche, the south has long been respecting literature and martial arts, so they know how to restrain themselves. The group of generals from the north are separated by a layer and dare not show their strength.

Seeing the emperor say this, Wang Pu suddenly realized that over the years, he had almost forgotten that the emperor was a military general, but he was just a tender face and looked like a literati.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "With Your Majesty's support, the old minister will naturally do his best."

The emperor nodded and said, "Go down!"

Of course, this meeting was not revealed, but Wang Pu was compiling the Tang Dynasty's Criminal Constitution. Even if he was low-key, the erasure of the eight discussions still caused an uproar.

The senior military generals, dukes and marquises dare not speak, and the civil servants are unclear in their attitude, but the royal relatives are quite difficult to accept.

But most of these royal relatives were kings who were destroyed.

Such as the Marquis of Jing, the Duke of Wen'an County, the King of Huaihai County (Shu), the Prince of Changsha County (Wu Yue), etc., they were all frightened.

They thought that the emperor had deposed the Eight Discussions and was ready to attack them, the kings who had lost their country.

Li Jia also responded to this. When he used his father-in-law Zhou Xingwu to visit the queen, he immediately explained to him that he could comfort the hearts of the nobles.

Zhou Xingfeng was not vague about this. He summoned these people directly and said, "Don't believe those rumors recently, don't think about them, the more you think about them, the more outrageous you become."

"The eight-discussion system is not in line with the rules, and now it is abolished, and it is also in line with the will of the people. As long as you abide by your own laws and regulations, with your title, who dares to bully you?"

"Just don't bully others."

"The eight discussions on the deposed are to remind you not to bully others with power. Is it easy for ordinary people? I am a farmer and I have been planting fields for decades. What I hate the most is to bully others with power."

Zhou Xingfeng said this rudely, and these people breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it was not targeted.
Chapter completed!