Half a month ago, the scapegoat Yinfa was still the protective umbrella for powerful officials and dignitaries like Shendu. Since Li Mu came to Shendu, he put away this umbrella and used it as a weapon to hit them.
One more day this method exists, one more day they will be threatened by Li Mu.
After several discussions, they finally reluctantly decided to abolish this law.
Since this method can no longer be used by them, it must not be used by that damn Li Mu.
The people who have been blocking the abolition of the Substitute Silver Law have always been here. As long as they adopt a unified voice and repeal this law, there will be no resistance.
The formulation and revision of criminal laws has always been the responsibility of the Ministry of Punishment. The doctor of the Ministry of Punishment said: "I need to ask two adults for instructions on this matter."
Ministry of punishment, Houya.
The Minister of Punishment asked: "Do you want to abolish the Substitute Silver Law?"
The doctor of the Criminal Department nodded and said: "The head catcher of the Shendu Yamen was ordered by the Shendu Lieutenant to rely on the surrogate silver method to do whatever he wanted and make Shendu a mess. If this method is not abolished, the Punishment Department will become the Shendu.
What a joke..."
The Minister of Punishment has no children, so he doesn't care whether the Silver Substitution Law is abolished or not.
He looked at the other person beside him and asked, "Shilang Zhou, what do you think?"
The Minister of Punishment did not even raise his head and said: "It's just a small matter, they can decide it themselves."
The Minister of Punishment remembered something and suddenly said: "Didn't Zhou Shilang also advocate reform before and wanted to abolish the Substitute Silver Law?"
The Minister of Punishment raised his head and said: "Yes, I was young at that time, fearless of heaven and earth, and always wanted to do something big for the court. Unfortunately, I was not as lucky as this little head catcher..."
The Minister of Punishment said: "He is not afraid of heaven and earth, which is quite similar to Zhou Shilang's back then. However, even if this law is abolished, at least the city of God will be less smoky..."
The Minister of Punishment just smiled and said: "The smoky atmosphere in the city of God is not only due to the scapegoat Yinfa, I really want to see where he can go in the end..."
With the permission of the two adults, the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment returned to his duty room and began to make plans for the abolition of the scapegoat.
Forced to make this decision, he felt extremely depressed, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Li Mu took their way and left them with no way to go, so they could only destroy the road.
Two days later, Ziwei Hall.
When the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment again mentioned the letter from Zhang Chun, the captain of Shendu, his attitude changed from usual. He actually supported the imperial court's abolition of the method of substituting silver for crimes and converted it to a combination of silver punishment and punishment.
Si Cheng and others stood up one after another to second the proposal.
This move shocked some people in the court.
Every time someone proposed the abolition of surrogate money, these officials, headed by the doctor of the Ministry of Punishment, would stand up to oppose it.
Just half a month ago, they righteously refuted the idea of abolishing the scapegoat. It has only been half a month, so why have they changed their tune?
Of course, some people know what has happened in the past half month.
It was precisely because these people supported the scapegoat method that the heirs of the family were arrested by the Shendu Yamen and were forced to hide at home. This incident has become a joke in Shendu.
These people lift a rock, but in the end they just shoot themselves in the foot.
In the hall, a royal censor stood up and asked Wai Lang, a member of the household department: "Master Wei, didn't you say before that the surrogate silver is an important annual input to the treasury, the repair costs of the imperial city offices, and the salaries of all of you, sir, are all allocated to you."
Do the county’s disaster relief expenses come from here? If there is no substitute money, where will this money come from?”
Everyone could hear the sarcasm in the censor's words. Wailang, a member of the household department, said without blushing or heartbeat: "Although the substitution of silver has been abolished, if you violate the law in the future, you will be fined both the silver penalty and the amount of silver.
It is higher than before, and the worry about the reduction of household income can be solved..."
The censor then looked at the doctor of the Ministry of Rites and asked: "The system of substitution silver was established by the late emperor. If it is easily overthrown, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the late emperor?"
This was what he had just said in the court half a month ago. The doctor of the Ministry of Rites blushed, but he quickly returned to normal and said: "Now and then, the situation in the court during the late emperor's time was very different from this time.
We, the officials in the DPRK, must not stick to the old ways, but must be flexible, so that we can better assist His Majesty and govern the country..."
The censor cast a contemptuous look at him, but stopped talking.
After all, the abolition of the scapegoat is beneficial to the people. A few words of ridicule are enough. If they are forced into a hurry, it may be counterproductive.
Behind the curtain, the young female official slowly spoke: "My lords, do you still have any objections to the abolition of the surrogacy silver?"
There was silence and silence in the hall.
Even officials who usually oppose this law have turned to support its repeal. Others will not come forward and reveal their selfish intentions even if they don't want to.
After a while, the young female official said: "Since there is no objection, the Ministry of Punishment will immediately abolish this law. From now on, anyone who violates the law will not be able to pay for his crime with silver..."
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Shendu Yamen.
Master Mei held the imperial edict in his hand and read: "Zhang Chun, the captain of the capital city of God, is diligent in government, loves the people, loyal and direct in admonishing..., and is given an official residence. The prime minister of the capital city of Zhi, admires this."
Zhang Chun smiled, took the imperial edict with both hands, bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty..."
Li Mu stood aside and sighed secretly.
I hate to press gold thread every year to make wedding clothes for others.
He was the one who was running around, he was the one who was resented by the officials' children, he was the one who went in and out of the criminal department seven times, and in the end, it was Mr. Zhang who got the house, and it was Mr. Zhang who was promoted to half a rank. Li Mu worked hard for most of the month.
Working for him for nothing.
After Master Mei finished reading the imperial edict, he walked to Li Mu and asked, "How much money have been spent these days? I will report it to you when I return to the palace."
Li Mu said: "Thirty taels."
Master Mei raised her eyebrows and said in a surprised tone: "Thirty taels?"
What surprised him was not that Li Muhua had too much money, but that he had too little.
The abolition of surrogacy is a contemporary achievement and will benefit the future. How many knowledgeable officials tried to abolish this law, but ultimately failed, which shows how difficult it is to accomplish this.
She had originally prepared three thousand or even thirty thousand taels, but she didn't expect that Li Mu only used thirty taels.
Li Mu nodded and repeated: "It's thirty taels, most of which were spent in the Ministry of Punishment."
If it weren't for the meal at Piaoxianglou, more than twenty taels would actually be enough.
The most effective way to deal with evil people is to be more evil than them. If you want to force the criminals and other officials to submit, then follow their path and leave them with nowhere to go.
As long as you find the right method, money is secondary.
The Royal Palace, in the Royal Garden.
The Queen admired a budding peony among the flowers and whispered: "Thirty taels?"
Lord Mei bowed slightly, stood behind her, and said with a smile: "In the past half month, he has used the sin-substitution method to the extreme. He only used more than twenty taels to kill the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment.
The sons of officials were beaten up one by one. If not, how could those officials take the initiative to ask for the amendment of this law..."
The young female official next to her said: "After His Majesty ordered the abolition of the Substitutionary Silver Law, the response from the people of the divine capital was also very intense. The streets of the divine capital were empty, and the people spontaneously went to the national temple to worship..."
The queen looked away from the flower buds and said calmly: "Come out of the palace and take a look."
She turned around and brushed the buds with her sleeves. In an instant, the garden was full of peonies in full bloom.
The streets of Shendu.
Li Mu and Wang Wu were walking on the street. The streets that used to be bustling with people there were not many pedestrians today.
At this time, most of the people in the divine capital went to the national temple to worship.
The Sinking Silver Law, which had tortured the people for more than ten years since the time of the late emperor, was finally abolished today. The people of the Divine City were all grateful to Her Majesty the Queen for her kindness, and went to the national temple to pay homage one after another. As a result, they originally wanted to gain some telepathy power from the people.
Failed directly.
However, with the abolition of the Substitute Silver Law, although most of the fruits of Li Mu's victory were stolen by Mr. Zhang, this was only from the court, and the people's trust in Li Mu would not be reduced.
These were all punched by him on the streets of Shendu.
From a distance, Li Mu saw a group of people coming from a distance, and they were all familiar faces to Li Mu.
There are Wei Peng, the son of a foreign minister in the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhu Cong, the son of a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, Yang Xiu, the son of a doctor in the Ministry of Punishments, and the grandson of the Prime Minister of Taichang Temple...
In the past few days, Li Mu had been guarding them on the street for a long time, but they just stayed behind closed doors. It was hard to see them today, but the scapegoat law has been abolished, so he can no longer beat them up for no reason.
When those people saw Li Mu, their first reaction was to turn around and run away. Then they realized that the substitutionary silver law had been abolished. What else did they have to fear?
They strode forward, their eyes focused on Li Mu, full of anger.
Wei Peng suffered the most from Li Mu, and his eyes were the most fierce, as if he wanted to eat him alive.
Those hundred sticks, even though the punishment was not heavy handed by the officers of the Ministry of Punishment, made him lie at home for nearly half a month. During this period, he could not think about avenging Li Mu all the time and averting the shame of that day.
Li Mu glanced at him and said angrily: "What are you looking at?"
Wei Peng smiled coldly and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Li Mu really couldn't do anything to him. After all, the law of substitutionary silver was changed. Now he had no chance to silently beat Wei Peng. Not only would he be punished with a cane, but he would also be fined a huge amount of silver.
Seeing Li Mu standing there, Wei Peng twitched his lips and asked, "Why, don't you dare? This is not like you, Capt. Li..."
Li Mu looked at him and said, "I'm warning you, don't be too arrogant..."
Wei Peng mocked: "You're arrogant and don't break the law, so why don't you hit me?"
Seeing that Li Mu still didn't make any move, the mocking look on his face became even stronger. He approached Li Mu's ear extremely arrogantly and lowered his voice: "Our matter is not over yet..."
Li Mu dug his ears and said, "What are you talking about, please speak louder, I can't hear you."
Wei Peng's voice raised a higher pitch: "It's not over yet between you and me!"
Li Mu looked at him and asked, "Are you threatening me?"
Wei Peng sneered: "So what if it's a threat? Is it illegal?"
Everyone looked sarcastic, but Yang Xiu, the son of a doctor from the Criminal Department, was stunned. The next moment he shouted in shock: "Wei Peng, shut up!"
As the son of a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, he has a much deeper understanding of the laws of Zhou Dynasty than people like Wei Peng.
It is really illegal to intimidate imperial officials with verbal or violent threats...
If the circumstances are minor, he will be detained for not more than five days; if the circumstances are serious, he will be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and a fine of silver...
Yang Xiu wanted to remind Wei Peng, but it was too late.
"I don't know, threatening me is really illegal..." Li Mu looked at Wei Peng, shook his head and said, "Let's go and sit in the government office. Remember to study more in the future, there will be no harm..."
