At Changsun Yuenu's urging, the naive Chen Damei and Chen Ermei decided to go to Jiang Ming together, hoping that he could reduce Chen Dabao's punishment and not execute him so cruelly...
At that moment, Jiang Ming was actually in the room pondering matters concerning punishment.
It wasn't because he was worried that executing Chen Dabao would hurt his younger sister's feelings.
After all, Da Mei and Chen Da Bao are only half-siblings, and their relationship isn't actually that deep...
Instead, they felt that the punishment established by Ji Xi was indeed too cruel, no different from that of a demon from hell!
To skin a person before frying them in oil... that's even more perverted than me!
Actually, the reason Jiang Ming was so ruthless before... his hatred of evil was only one aspect!
On the other hand, it is also to deter the enemy!
Let the enemy know that you are not someone to be trifled with.
Now that he has become the "Grand Marshal of the Army and the People's Liberation Army," possessing the greatest military power, he naturally disdains to use such methods to intimidate his opponents!
In fact, looking at the situation in various countries, the penalties are all very severe!
Among the rulers, Ji Xi wasn't the only one who was abnormal...
Just like in one's own motherland, the Qin state, if you litter on the street, you'll have your hand chopped off.
Children who cry at night will have words tattooed on their parents' faces!
The State of Chu was even more perverse, frequently using large cauldrons to boil people alive... and even using living people for sacrificial rituals.
Jiang Ming is determined to change all of this, starting with the newly enthroned Emperor Ji Chou, by rewriting the laws and moral ethics.
Although the moral and ethical values of the Gan people are somewhat more reliable compared to those of the Hu people, at least there is no situation where a nephew can marry his aunt after his uncle dies, there are still some despicable aspects to their lives.
For example, women cannot sue their husbands; if a woman does sue her husband, she will be subjected to torture first.
In some parts of the Chu state, there were even women who, after marrying a man, would cut off one of their legs to show their fidelity in love...
Although these terrible customs have not formed a widespread consensus in Dagan, they vary greatly, with all sorts of bizarre practices.
Without rules, nothing can be accomplished. Jiang Ming decided to start by establishing rules to unify the thoughts of the people, reduce punishments, and liberate human nature... This would greatly help him increase his appeal and win the hearts of the people!
As for... Chen Dabao's punishments, they were indeed hateful!
But it seems the crime doesn't warrant death!
Sending him to hard labor and giving him a 20-year prison sentence would be just right...
Jiang Ming was pondering these matters when Chen Damei, Chen Ermei, and Changsun Yuenu arrived.
After the waiter came in to report, Jiang Ming allowed them to enter.
As soon as she entered the room, Chen Damei knelt down before Jiang Ming, trembling with fear...
As the legal wife, her kneeling caused her second sister and Changsun Yuenu to kneel down obediently as well.
Jiang Ming was bewildered and grabbed Chen Damei and pulled her up.
Are you crazy?
Jiang Ming frowned and said, "Why are you bowing to me like this?"
As he spoke, he patted the dust off his younger sister's knees.
“Sister, remember this! No matter if I am the King of Chu or any other king, I will always be your husband, and we will always be husband and wife. You don’t need to act like this with me…” Jiang Ming said, frowning.
Jiang Ming's open-mindedness and thoughtfulness instantly eased the younger sister's tense mood, and a relieved smile appeared on her face.
Chen Ermei and Changsun Yuenu exchanged a glance while kneeling, neither daring to get up.
After all, Jiang Ming didn't let them get up...
Jiang Ming helped his eldest sister to sit in the chair to the right of the mistress of the house before speaking to his second sister and Changsun Yuenu: "Alright, you two get up too. What's wrong with you today? Why are you up so late at night, coming here to cause trouble for me? Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush..."
The younger sister was still honest; although she wanted to speak up, she stammered and didn't know where to begin.
It was Changsun Yuenu who broke the silence first, saying, "Great Khan, just now... Her Majesty and I discussed it and felt... that sentencing the Prime Minister to the position of Imperial Uncle was a bit too harsh..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming's face instantly darkened.
Changsun Yuenu, observing the situation, decided to add more ingredients and then let her younger sister jump into the "pit".
She coughed lightly and said, "The kind of thing the Imperial Uncle did... on the grasslands... wouldn't warrant death. At most, he'd be demoted to a slave and forced into hard labor... The punishments in Yan are too cruel. They would skin him alive first and then boil him in oil. Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle. Heaven cherishes life. I hope the Great Khan can consider this and pardon the Imperial Uncle!"
Jiang Ming remained silent, took a sip of tea, and stared intently at Changsun Yuenu.
Changsun Yuenu realized that Jiang Ming might get angry, so she continued to add fuel to the fire, saying, "No matter what, the emperor's brother-in-law is still the emperor's brother-in-law. There is an old saying that the law does not apply to those who are superior, doesn't it? If the emperor's brother-in-law is dealt with in this way, what will become of the Great Khan's face? What will become of the Empress's face? I hope that the Great Khan... can reconsider! Your Majesty, don't you think so?"
Chen Damei, being honest and simple-minded, didn't realize that Changsun Yuenu was setting a trap for her. She explained to Jiang Ming with a distressed expression, "My dear... my good-for-nothing brother is indeed hateful. The things he's done are heinous, shameful, and disgraceful... However, this punishment of skinning him and then boiling him in oil is simply too much... I originally thought beheading would be enough, but..."
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