Just now I said that the incestuous marriages introduced by Du He were lies to deceive the people and fooled the people. In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of people petitioned.
You actually want to ask Your Majesty to ban marriages between close relatives?
Changsun Wuji's face was as black as coal.
If it is true that once this decree is issued, three generations of blood relatives will not be able to get married, then it will never be possible for Changsun Chong to marry Princess Changle.
Therefore, he stood up immediately and said: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. These stupid people deserve to die... dare to ask for orders. Your Majesty, you must not follow their wishes. You should ask General Li to mobilize the imperial army immediately and put these people away."
We should drive away all the unruly people, and kill all those who are daring!"
"Lord Changsun, be careful what you say!"
Next to him, Fang Xuanling suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the people are asking for orders. This is the first time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. I see that these people are not making trouble or shouting in front of the imperial city gate, but they are justified.
Si Siwenwen, what kind of mob is this? If these people are expelled, I'm afraid you won't be able to stop them. By then, people all over the world will probably think that your majesty can't hear the people's voices, and I'm afraid you will lose the support of the people.
...There is an old saying, those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people will lose the world. This matter must be handled with caution!"
Wei Zheng also said: "What Mr. Fang said is very true. Your Majesty, if you listen to both sides, you will understand, and if you listen to one side, you will believe it. Now that the people are asking for orders, you might as well listen to the people's thoughts before making a decision. What's more, the people did not make a fuss. Really?
If we try to drive them away, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of the people in the world."
With the advice of these two important ministers, Li Er, who had been a little angry before, suddenly nodded and said: "Okay, Lang Ji, go and bring some people up. I want to hear what they want."
Not long after, five honest people were brought up.
When several people saw Li Er, they were so frightened that they fell to the ground and kowtowed quickly.
Li Er was very moved when he saw it.
He muttered: "It seems that the people in this world are very alarmed to me!"
Du He next to him curled his lips and said with disdain in his heart, "It's really shameless. These are kind and honest people. It would be strange not to be frightened to their knees when they see these heavily armed imperial guards around them."
I saw Li Er striding forward and helping these people up one by one.
Li Er said: "Everyone, don't be afraid, I won't do anything to you, but you must tell me first, why are you asking for my life?"
Plop.
An old man with gray hair knelt down on the ground and cried: "Long live your Majesty. The youngest Zhang Laosan used to live in the south of the city. He sold sesame cakes all his life. His family was destitute and his life was miserable. When he was young, he lived with his cousin.
They got married and gave birth to eight babies in succession, three died in infancy, and the remaining five survived, two were demented, one could not speak, one had a crooked neck, and one was born lame...
The second child has a miserable life. He blames his close relatives for getting married. If the newspaper in Boduhe, Huyi County had been published a few decades earlier, if the second child had known about it, he would not have married his cousin. Ugh..."
The old man suddenly burst into tears.
Another unkempt old man said: "Long live your Majesty, I live outside the city. I used to make a living by raising cattle. My family has a bull, which is the king of cattle in all parts of the country. I made him this kind of bull, and everything went well at first."
Yes, I can make a lot of money every year... Later, for some reason, the calves that were born were either sick or lame. I thought it was because the breed of cattle was not good, so I sold my cattle cheaply in a fit of anger... In the past few days, I heard from the villagers
The private school teacher said that it turned out to be caused by inbreeding of cattle. If I had known earlier, I would not have done this...ah..."
After the five common people finished speaking, there was silence all around.
Li Er said with emotion: "Everyone, I also sympathize with you very much, but how can this matter of close relatives marrying be changed overnight? I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement... However, what you said is not unreasonable... This prohibition
The law on consanguineous marriage will be implemented from the Gyeonggi area. Come and pass the decree. From now on, in the Gyeonggi area, three generations of blood relatives are not allowed to marry. If found by the government or complained by the people, the family property will be confiscated and exiled to Lingnan.
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"His Majesty……"
Changsun Wuji rushed out and wanted to stop Li Er.
Li Er waved his hands and listened to nothing.
moment.
I saw tens of thousands of people below kneeling down and shouting three times in confusion.
Although the voice was confusing, Li Er felt very comfortable in his heart.
Changsun Wuji fell to the ground.
It's over, it's all over.
I had been planning hard for a long time, and had been working hard for a few months, but it just came to nothing.
And Du Hole's face burst into a smile, like a child who had found a treasure.
…
Du He hurried back to Dream Group and immediately found Zhang Jian.
"Zecheng, who is responsible for this request for help from thousands of people? Don't tell me that it was the common people's initiative. Others don't know about the tens of thousands of people, but I know very well. Most of them participated in the work-for-relief program.
"..." Du He said in a serious tone.
The people asked for orders, but it was actually Du He who arranged it.
However, Du He just asked Zhang Jian and others to arrange for hundreds of people to beat the big drum at the entrance of the imperial city. He wanted to confuse the audience and talk slowly.
Unexpectedly, things went beyond his expectation, and tens of thousands of people came directly.
In this massive request for orders, Li Er immediately issued an imperial edict.
Of course Du He was happy in his heart, but what frightened him was that his subordinates actually had this ability, and they did it behind his back. Of course, Du He had to be vigilant about such a subordinate, otherwise he didn't know what day he would be killed.
Got yourself into a trap.
Hearing this, Zhang Jian smiled bitterly and said: "Young Master, you have wronged me... This matter was really not done by me... It was done after discussion between Her Royal Highness Princess Runan and Her Royal Highness Princess Changle. They asked me to do this. At that time
You have already entered the palace... In addition to you, the two princesses have the final say in this Dream Group. Besides, I also think it makes sense, so I asked my brothers to mobilize many people from Datang Construction Company. In fact,
There were not many people. Who would have known that after learning about it, the people of Chang'an City also joined in... In the end, more than 10,000 people gathered..."
Um?
Du He was stunned for a moment.
Such a huge event was actually planned by Li Yuanshu and Li Lizhi?
Du He became happy immediately.
"The strength is so deceiving!"
I really don’t know how His Majesty Li Er would feel if he knew that he had been cheated so badly by his two daughters.
Zhang Jian also became happy.
However, Du He suddenly turned around and stared at him.
Zhang Jian suddenly felt that something was wrong. He quickly put away the smile on his face and asked cautiously: "Master... are you... okay?"