Chapter 464 Case
Shen Nuo was speechless for a moment.
When Empress Du asked for his opinion on the drafting of the Northern Zhou laws, he nodded.
He believed that the reason why the Zhou Dynasty fell in the late period was because the people were too enlightened. They did not accept obedience, they did not accept rules, and they even did not accept the court.
"Mr. Chen, let's listen to the reasonable demands of the Northern Zhou nobles." Zhu Huaizhen smiled like a flower, his eyes moving.
Then, Tu Mi took a sip of the sweet juice of the stewed snow pear with rock sugar and told the story: "There was a noble lady named Li in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The eldest daughter of the Li family lost a piece of snow-blue silk handkerchief embroidered with orchid and butterfly patterns during a spring outing. She then gave out a hundred taels of silver and asked ten local bad men to look for it. They worked for almost a whole day and night without eating or drinking, and without sleeping. One of the bad men boldly asked Li Guinu what to do if the handkerchief was not found. Li Guinu said, if I want to see you alive, I want to see you dead. It's just a handkerchief, how could I not find it, unless the bad men were lazy. After hearing this, the bad men shut up. They couldn't refuse Li Guinu's so-called reasonable and logical advice. They had to make a request, otherwise they would lose their jobs and be unable to gain a foothold in Shangjing. Finally, the robe was found, but Concubine Li found it too dirty and threw it away. A newly minted Badman, who happened not to be from Northern Zhou, was very dissatisfied and sued Concubine Li for abusing human and material resources. Based on Article 108 of Northern Zhou law, they found Concubine Li not guilty and ordered the Badman to apologize to her. While this incident did not cause a stir in Northern Zhou, it became a hot topic in Northern Jin. Northern Jin was the first to mock Northern Zhou for treating the nobility too delicately and the common people too lowly, and therefore welcomed the Badman to settle in Northern Jin.
"There is indeed such a case." The prefect of Jingzhao sighed helplessly.
"In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there was a noble family named Wei. The second son of the Wei family was good at painting, but had no interest in fame. One day, Wei Guizi was traveling and saw a field he liked. He wanted to build a thatched cottage and complete a group of paintings. The field was the land of a villager passed down from generation to generation, and it was extremely precious. Wei Guizi tried to persuade the villagers and offered a price twice the market price, but the villagers refused to sell. In a rage, Wei Guizi sued the villagers to the government office, demanding to buy the field by force. The government accepted the case and, according to Article 108 of the Northern Zhou law, required the villagers to sell the field to Wei Guizi within three days. The villagers were a little proud and drunk, and the more they thought about it, the more upset they became. Then they slipped and fell into the pond next to the field and drowned. When Wei Guizi learned about this, he felt it was bad luck and decided not to buy it again. After this incident, Southern Yan, which had not yet perished, immediately revised the law to prohibit the forced sale of ancestral property." Tu Mi took a sip of the Dongting Biluochun handed to her by Zhu Huaizhen and continued.
"This case happened three years ago. The villager's wife and son eventually sold their land at a low price and left Shangjing." The prefect of Jingzhao sighed.
"In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there was a noblewoman named Wang. She had prayed for a child for many years without success and had visited many temples. She heard that there was a land temple on the outskirts of the city, and if she saw a Ganoderma lucidum that grew after rain, it would be particularly effective. Sure enough, she saw it, but it was picked by a peasant girl. She asked to buy the Ganoderma lucidum for three hundred taels of silver, but the peasant girl was unwilling. The peasant girl begged the young woman Wang desperately, saying that her mother at home was seriously ill and was waiting for this Ganoderma lucidum to save her life. If it were any other time, she would definitely be happy to sell it. After hearing this, the young woman Wang directly dragged the peasant girl to report to the police. The peasant girl was afraid that the trip would take too long, so she simply agreed. Unfortunately, when she bought the Ganoderma lucidum from the pharmacy and rushed back home, her mother had already passed away. The peasant girl was heartbroken and sued the young woman Wang for forcing her to buy the Ganoderma lucidum, which led to her mother's death. However, the government ruled based on Article 108 of the Northern Zhou Law that the young woman Wang's forced purchase of the Ganoderma lucidum was valid, and it was the peasant girl's mother who was in such poor health that she couldn't wait even a moment. "As Tu Mi spoke, a mocking smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of her mouth.
The laws of the Northern Zhou Dynasty are absurd, and the cases of the Northern Zhou Dynasty are ridiculous.
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