How could a great nation like Beiyi be so ignorant of just one or two injustices he knew about?
He would collect all the injustices, report them to his father, and give the corresponding punishment and record it in the law.
Su Ningwen put away the memorial and went to the East Palace.
"Mother."
"Brother Wen, you've come just in time. Mother just made some milk tea. Come and try it."
Su Ningwen took a sip and couldn't stop, drinking the whole cup in one breath, "The milk tea made by my mother is still the best."
Xiao Lingyu said, "Then come to the palace more often from now on. Mother will make it for you. Xiaowu is playing in the back garden. Go find him and give him the milk tea. Mother won't have to go over there."
Su Ningwen took the milk tea and said, "Mother, I have something to tell you when I go to the palace. Please wait for me. I will be back after I give Xiaowu the milk tea."
"You go first." Xiao Lingyu stopped him, "If you go to the back garden, Xiao Wu won't let you back easily."
"Back in the Xishui County government office, my mother said that bullying women and children and intimidating the weak was a capital crime?"
Xiao Lingyu didn't know why he suddenly asked this, "Yes, that's right, what's wrong?"
"I've read through the Beiyi Law Code in the Ministry of Justice. It consists of thirty-six parts and seventy-two volumes. I've read it carefully several times, but there's no law that states that oppressing women and children or intimidating the weak is a capital offense. Did the officials forget to enter it into the law?"
Xiao Lingyu: ...
How should she explain this to Wen Ge'er?
At the beginning, she relied on the intimidating title of Princess Protector of the Country to pretend to be important and get Miao Xiantong sentenced to a heavy sentence.
You would have thought that Brother Wen had misunderstood.
Since Wen Ge'er brought it up, then this law must naturally be included in the Beiyi Law.
"Mother doesn't remember it either. This law does exist. Perhaps the official who compiled the law at the time forgot about it. Can we just record it when the law is compiled again?"
"So when will the law be re-enacted?"
“…every ten years, a new copy would be made, and some laws and regulations would be added or subtracted.”
Su Ningwen asked again, "Then adding or reducing laws and regulations is up to Daddy alone."
"Your father will make the final decision. Before that, the Prime Minister will organize a group of officials to list unreasonable legal provisions and those that need to be added. Of course, there will be people who object..."
Su Ningwen understood. He would arrange for people to go deep into the people and secretly collect information about injustice. "Mother, how high is the position of the Prime Minister?"
"He is the head of all officials."
"Oh, so he's a first-rank official?"
"He is a powerful first-rank official."
"Then he can help Dad share a lot of state affairs?"
Xiao Lingyu nodded: "He has great power, so naturally he has to help your father handle many state affairs."
"So he also started from the grassroots?"
Xiao Lingyu smiled, "As far as mother knows, he was born as the top scholar, and gradually became a close relative of the emperor from the Hanlin Academy. He is very capable."
Su Ningwen thought that he should emulate the Prime Minister. "Mother, I understand. I will go and bring milk tea to Xiaowu now."
"Go?"
When Su Xingyi arrived at the East Palace, he glanced at the familiar figure in the distance and asked, "Xiao Yu, is Brother Wen here?"
"He came for the Beiyi Law. I casually said that bullying women and children and intimidating the weak was a capital offense, and he took it to heart, causing her to misunderstand... This law was included in the Beiyi Law when the law was reorganized, right?"
"I have no objection. Let Brother Wen take charge of this matter in the future."
"Can the Prime Minister agree?"
"I'm optimistic about Wen Ge'er. Maybe he can take over his job in the future..."
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