Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

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Guo Ye raised his neck, drank the bitter medicine for the night, and said, "Master Sun, I'm really curious, what reason will you find to cheat tomorrow? Let me really wait and see!"

On the morning of the second day, before Guo Ye could speak, Sun Fujia went out of class and knelt down, saying: "Your Majesty, I have a book to play!"

His Majesty Li Er said: "Sun Aiqing is talking about false accusations of rebellion, right? Don't worry, Aiqing, I will never let you go. In my opinion, Sun Aiqing can discuss talents. How can you say that you are also the number one in my Tang Dynasty?" If a number one scholar is not good, then wouldn’t my imperial examination be for nothing?”

"Qizou Your Majesty, this is exactly what I want to say. I don't want to receive any preferential treatment, so I will punish you for whatever crime you deserve. The laws of the Tang Dynasty are made by Your Majesty, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, high or low, virtuous or foolish. , should be obeyed. No matter who breaks the law, he should be punished according to the law! To abolish the theory of the Eight Proposals, please start with me, Sun Fujia!"

Sun Fujia has said so much, but there is only one central meaning: everyone is equal before the law!

In fact, this is not a new theory. Princes who break the law are guilty of the same crime as the people, and there is a lot of market among the people.The legendary Son of Heaven all executed this very well.

However, in the court, no one dared to mention this theory. Even when His Majesty Li Er formulated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, he had to include the theory of the Eight Discussions.So many civil servants and military generals, working for His Majesty Li Er, isn't it just the pursuit of glory and wealth, and the conferment of their wives and sons?

In the end, it took a long time to waste energy, and everyone was equal to the common people again, so wouldn't everyone just be busy?

Whoever said this in the court would be besieged by a mob, and then dismissed from office!His Majesty Li Er said this in the court, and the country is not stable, and the country is not stable!

However, Sun Fujia is different!

The impeachment of Guo Ye failed but was rejected by Japan. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Sun Fujia will not die.

Sun Fujia was executed for impeaching the minister?Still stop joking, if His Majesty Li Er really did that, who would dare to impeach the powerful in the future?

Of course, the punishment for Sun Fujia should not be too little, or else he would not be able to explain to Guo Ye.In the end, Sun Fujia's fate is most likely to resign from office!

If you don't want to be strong, Sun Fujia is gone, and the rest is to gain reputation!Putting forward this "slogan that everyone is equal before the law", on the surface, everyone has to praise him for being a man of integrity throughout his life!

All the people present here are human beings, who can't understand why he is so careful?

Wei Ting, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, sneered, and said, "Master Wei, according to what you said, you want to die with all your heart! Is it true that you have betrayed you and you have no complaints?"

"If you follow the laws of the Tang Dynasty, I, Sun Fujia, deserve to die. Of course, I have no complaints! But..." Sun Fujia smiled slightly, and said, "I don't know what crime my Sun Fujia committed according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty?"

"Only the day before yesterday, you said in your own words that if there is no problem with the prescription, you are willing to accept the crime of false accusation! Now that the evidence is convincing, Mr. Sun, you asked what crime you committed. You broke your promise and got fat like this. Are you deaf?"

"No, no!" Sun Fujia said: "I am the number one scholar of the Tang Dynasty, how can I do something that breaks my promise and get fat! What I said is that I am willing to accept the crime of false accusation. If I am really convicted of false accusation, I, Sun Fujia Naturally, there is nothing to say. It’s just that... Wei Shangshu thinks that according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, my Sun Fujia’s crime is indeed a crime of false accusation?”

After Guo Ye drank the medicine, Sun Fujia realized that he had failed. Last night, after thinking hard, he finally came up with such a strategy of retreating to advance!The first is to put forward a theory of "everyone is equal before the law" as his last retreat.It is really impossible to keep the official position, and you can still gain a good reputation!

Then he started messing around and kicked the ball to His Majesty Li Er and Wei Ting!Originally acting in accordance with the bet, Wei Ting yelled and killed, without any shame!But now, Sun Fujia refuses to accept the bet, Wei Ting really has nothing to do with him!

Shameless people are invincible!

Sun Fujia, a small official with sesame seeds and mung beans, can be shameless, but His Majesty Li Er and Wei Ting can't accompany him to refresh the lower limit of morality!

Wei Ting pondered and said: "According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, Mr. Sun's impeachment of Qin Guogong is only for indiscreet behavior, not a false accusation. A fine is enough."

Sun Fujia let out a long breath, and said: "Then please punish your majesty, I, Sun Fujia, have no complaints!"

"Wait a minute!"

How could Guo Ye watch the cooked duck fly away, and said: "I have something to say."

"Guo Aiqing, please tell me!"

Guo Ye said seriously: "I want to impeach Sun Fujia, the doctor of the Ministry of punishment, for his infidelity!"

The hat was buttoned a bit too big, Sun Fujia sneered, and said: "Yes, I, Sun Fujia, have a little bit of a feud with you. But you are on the Golden Palace like this, avenging a deer for a horse, avenging your own personal revenge. This is too disrespectful to His Majesty It’s too much! Don’t you look down on the loyal ministers and righteous men in the court?”

Guo Ye cleared his throat, and said: "I think back then, you kept saying that as long as I, Guo Ye, could prove my innocence, you would be willing to accept the crime of false accusation. Now that you can hear the truth, you have changed it to willing to accept the crime of false accusation. The word '自' is missing, how can Mr. Sun explain it?"

In fact, Guo Ye does not remember exactly what Sun Fujia said at the time, but there is no tape recorder these days, so I will add a word to you, if you are wronged, you will be wronged, who can refute?

Yuchi Gong rolled his eyes, and said: "Yes, I heard that too, there is a word missing, could it be that the word '自' was eaten by you?"

Sun Fujia scratched his head, thinking to himself what did I really say?I really can't remember!Could it be that I was really unlucky at the time and said the word "self"!

He said: "It's been so long, how can it be possible to remember the word for word. Qin Guogong made things difficult for me, and I, Sun Fujia, refused to accept it!"

Yu Chigong said: "It's okay to say anything else, this sentence is very important, I can remember it clearly as an old man. How can you not remember it as the number one scholar? Or you can ask all the adults, who didn't remember it?" clear?"

Who dares to pick on me, if I stand up and say that I didn't remember clearly, wouldn't that be admitting that my memory is even inferior to that of Yu Chigong?Then what face do you have to be an official?Hurry home and sell sweet potatoes!

Guo Ye continued: "You deliberately missed a word, and pushed the matter that should be solved by yourself to His Majesty. If it's not the servant's infidelity, what is it?"

Turning his head around, Guo Ye asked Wei Ting: "Master Wei, I don't know if your servant is unfaithful, what should I do?"

"Well, is your servant unfaithful..." Wei Ting smiled wryly and said, "Not guilty!"

Chapter 1550 His Majesty Li Er's Intuition

As soon as Wei Ting said this, there was a commotion in the hall.Even His Majesty Li Er sat up straight, staring at Wei Ting viciously, wondering whether he should change to a minister of punishment.

Wei Ting quickly explained: "In the laws of the Tang Dynasty, there is no crime of serving the emperor as disloyal."

"This...how is this possible?" Guo Ye was puzzled, and said, "Could it be that our Tang officials are still disloyal to His Majesty?"

"Qin Guogong misunderstood. We usually refer to the crime of serving the emperor as disloyalty and the crime of deceiving the emperor. They are all general terms. There is no such crime in the laws of the Tang Dynasty. The laws of the Tang Dynasty are more detailed, such as saying something wrong in front of His Majesty. If you say something, it should be dealt with as disrespectful, and the official documents of our Ministry of Punishment cannot be said to be disloyal to the emperor!"

Guo Ye followed Wei Ting's words and said, "The crime of disrespect, how should we deal with it?"

Wei Ting said viciously: "Exile for two thousand miles!"

The punishment of exile for two thousand miles is not much worse than beheading in Datang.

His Majesty Li Er coughed and said, "Sun Fujia, are you guilty?"

"I...know...convicted! I hope His Majesty will show mercy!"

Guo Ye said: "Didn't you just say that no matter who breaks the law, he should be punished according to the law? Why did His Majesty ask for mercy in a blink of an eye? How dare you speak like farting!"

Sun Fujia blushed and dared not answer, but knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Your Majesty is merciful! Your Majesty is merciful!"

His Majesty Li Er's face sank at first, and said: "Duke Qin, stop talking nonsense!" Then he sighed again, and said: "Mr. Sun!"

"Wei Chen is here!"

"Your crime of disrespect, I can forgive you. However, you can't be an official. You can write a memorial to beg for bones and hand it in! From now on, you will spend your life at home. You don't have to do anything about the court." Mixed up!"

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

After making a big circle, Sun Fujia still did not escape the fate of being dismissed from office.But if he admits defeat from the beginning, he can still go on in a glorious way, at least a reputation of not being afraid of the rich and powerful cannot escape.

But now, not only has the official been dismissed, but he has also gained a reputation of breaking his promise, being fat and capricious.

After dealing with Sun Fujia's case, the next step is to detoxify Empress Changsun and King Yan Li You.Everything went well, shortly after the decoction was poured, the two woke up slowly, and after a few days, they were able to walk on the ground.Seeing this, His Majesty Li Er was overjoyed, and in order to celebrate the recovery of Empress Changsun, he even issued an imperial decree to pardon the world.

Seeing this posture, Guo Ye was also secretly pleased.After saving His Majesty Li Er once, he added [-] households to us.What reward should we give for saving the Empress this time?Will His Majesty Li Er be able to fulfill his previous promise and let us be the Minister of the Ministry of War?