Dragon Palace.
The chamberlains and maids stood at the door in a dignified manner, with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes, but all of them looked strange.
In the hall behind them, a shrill scream could be heard from time to time...
From a distance, a petite person ran over merrily, followed closely by two maids, who kept calling: "Your Highness, please..."
The little man ran straight to the door of Shenlong Palace, staring with big black eyes, and asked in a sweet voice: "Is Father here?"
When the chambermaids saw that it was Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang, they all hurriedly leaned over to be rude. Wang Dewen, the leader of the chamberlains, said: "If I return to His Majesty, His Majesty is..."
Just as he said this, a high-pitched scream came from the hall behind him...
Princess Jinyang could tell that this was the cry of Fang Jun's brother-in-law. She turned pale with fright and said in panic: "Is your father going to kill Fang Jun's brother-in-law?" The little princess was closest to Fang Jun. At this time, she heard Fang Jun's voice. Jun's scream was so pitiful that he suddenly became extremely anxious.
Wang De's old face twitched...
"That's not the case, it's just that His Majesty is very annoyed. I'm afraid that the Chamberlain will be taught a lesson by His Majesty this time."
I admire him from the bottom of his heart. This Fang Jun is really so cowardly that he actually said he likes Princess Changle in front of his eldest son, Sun Chong. This is simply asking for death...
When Princess Jinyang heard this, she no longer cared about etiquette, jumped up the steps with her short legs, and ran towards the main hall.
Wang De did not stop him. Whenever His Majesty was there, the little princess could go there. Even when His Majesty was discussing important affairs of the government, she would not shy away from it. Her doting and pampering was even for the general who was babbling. Her Royal Highness Princess Xincheng is also incomparable...
Princess Jinyang stepped up the steps, ignoring the maid who followed behind her, and hurriedly ran into the hall, feeling a little dumbfounded...
But he saw his father wearing a helmet and armor, looking majestic and majestic, holding a wooden stick, confronting Fang Jun.
Fang Jun also had a wooden stick in his hand, but... it seemed to be much shorter than the one his father had, and he didn't have any armor on him.
I saw my father taking one step forward, hitting his head with the wooden stick in his hand, and the wind blew. Fang Jun had no choice but to raise the wooden stick to block, but his father flipped his wrist and flew the wooden stick away, and then slapped him on the left shoulder. Fang Jun screamed "Ah", took a few steps back, and kept rubbing him. Holding shoulders.
His Majesty Li Er raised his wooden stick and said proudly: "Pick it up and continue!"
Fang Jun had a grimace on his face, and had no choice but to pick up the discarded stick, waved it twice, then suddenly shook his hand, threw away the stick, and said with a pinched neck: "Your Majesty wants to be beaten and punished, I accept it." That's it, why are you so difficult? Not to mention that you are wearing armor, Wei Chen is indeed wearing single clothes, which is not fair at all. Besides, if Wei Chen is given a hundred courages, Wei Chen will not dare to attack His Majesty. In Wei Chen's heart, Your Majesty is the wise and mighty Khan of Heaven, the only emperor throughout the ages! Being able to bathe in His Majesty's glory is already a great honor for Wei Chen. Even if Wei Chen's life is required, Wei Chen is willing to do so. How dare you be disrespectful to His Majesty in the slightest?"
The little princess was still thinking about how to plead with her father to brother-in-law Fang Jun. The stick made her feel a little distressed, but when she heard what brother-in-law Fang Jun said, the little princess almost wanted to cover her face.
So shameless...
No wonder outsiders say that brother-in-law Fang Jun is a sycophant, and there is indeed some truth to it.
His Majesty Li Er was obviously very disgusted. He stared at Fang Jun in a dark and strange way for a long time before saying, "Are you serious?"
When Fang Jun heard this, there were clearly signs of looseness in these words. He quickly nodded his head and said with emotion: "It's more real than real gold!"
His Majesty Li Er said "Oh" and said casually: "In that case, then you should commit suicide to show your loyalty to me."
Fang Jun was dumbfounded: "This..."
His Majesty Li Er glared and said: "What, you don't want to? Didn't you just say that even if I want your life, you will not hesitate?"
Fang Jun sweated profusely!
Your Majesty, that's just a metaphor! A metaphor! You also said, "The heart is as high as the bright sun, and the ambition is as clear as the autumn frost." Is it possible that your heart can really fly to the sky?
His Majesty Li Er said again: "Since you don't want to, I won't embarrass you."
Fang Jun breathed a sigh of relief. His Majesty Li Er's words made him confused. However, His Majesty Li Er continued: "But what you just said is deceiving the emperor. According to the law, you should be killed." !”
Fang Jun was completely convinced...
Yesterday at the picnic on Zhongnan Mountain, I made such a big fuss that I felt uneasy after returning home. Princess Changle is His Majesty Li Er's favorite eldest daughter, how can she tolerate Fang Jun being so frivolous?
He went to discuss it with his father Fang Xuanling, but he spat on him and then instructed him to quickly enter the palace and take the initiative to apologize to His Majesty.
As a result, His Majesty Li Er threw him a stick without saying a word, and then he put on his helmet and armor, and said that as long as Fang Jun could hit his torso ten times, he would spare Fang Jun...
Fang Jun is not a fool. He can't be beaten even once, let alone ten times!
Not to mention that this was the Tang Dynasty, which was dark and had no human rights. Beating the emperor was a major crime and the whole family would be executed. It would be the great dynasty of later generations. Why don't you try beating Xi's father? I can't kill you...
Anyway, no matter what he does or says today, His Majesty Li Er must let out this tone. Of course, it is impossible to continue to be beaten... This emperor is really not holding back, and he was almost beaten to death with the stick just now. .
How to make His Majesty Li Er vent his anger?
Lose money and avoid disaster...
Fang Jun cupped his hands and said: "I have heard that if you want me to die, I have to die! It's not that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, but I really want to keep this useless body, fulfill my loyal duties for Your Majesty, and die for myself! I have to Your Majesty has great faith in establishing the 'Shenji Camp' and has achieved success. However, the country is in difficulty and the finances are tight. The humble ministers cannot bear to have His Majesty worry about money and food, so they find another way and plan a project to provide the 'Shenji Camp' Hundreds of thousands of money were raised. Although the "Shenji Camp" is deeply relied on by His Majesty, it is still new and does not need this much money. The minister is willing to pay half of it to the national treasury to fill the national finances so that the people of the world can benefit from it. Everyone can bathe in the emperor's grace..."
Hundreds of thousands of dollars...
His Majesty Li Er suddenly became energetic.
"Is this true?"
Fang Jun affirmed: "It's more real than real gold!"
His Majesty Li Er clicked his tongue, why did these words sound familiar...
However, facing the temptation of hundreds of thousands of dollars, he couldn't care less: "When can it be paid into the national treasury?"
Fang Jun did not hesitate at all: "After autumn, before the Western Expedition!"
At present, His Majesty Li Er is planning to conquer Gaochang in the west and is preparing to conquer Goguryeo in the east. The strength of the troops is not bad, but because the past two years have been snowstorms and droughts, the weather has been bad, and the reserves of money and food have been stretched thin. Therefore, there is nothing His Majesty Li Er can be moved more than money and food.
Just doing this by yourself, isn’t it “atonement”?
The use of money to ransom punishment has always existed in ancient times.
During the reign of Emperor Jing, he adopted the method of "transporting millet to border counties to expiate sins." This system of sending millet to atone for sins was actually a way to make money for the country. This should be one of the reasons why the "Government of Wen and Jing" was known as the prosperous era in history. In addition, the Han Dynasty also allowed the payment of money, the production of silk coins, and the loss of money as redemption of punishment.
In the first year of Emperor Hui's reign, he issued an order: "If the people are guilty, they must buy thirty-level titles to avoid the death penalty." Ying Shao noted: "The first level is worth two thousand, and the ordinary is sixty thousand." This actually means that sixty thousand dollars is allowed to redeem the death penalty... …
In various laws after the Sui and Tang dynasties, a very strict and specific system of atonement was formed. Each punishment stipulated the corresponding amount of ransom, and the circumstances under which the atonement system was applicable were clearly stipulated.
"Tang Law" stipulates that the flogging ranges from 10 to 50 points, and the redemption price ranges from one catty to five catties of copper, with a difference of one catty for each level. The punishment of cane punishment ranges from sixty to one hundred, and the redemption price of copper ranges from six to ten catties. One year in prison was to be redeemed for twenty catties of copper, and two thousand miles of exile was to be redeemed for eighty catties of copper. The penalty for hanging and beheading was one hundred and twenty pounds of copper. The maximum amount of copper redeemed is one hundred and twenty pounds, and the minimum amount is one pound.
Of course, there is no atonement for committing the ten heinous crimes.
Seeing that His Majesty Li Er seemed to be in a good mood, Fang Jun took the opportunity to say: "Well... Your Majesty, you see that this matter is indeed Wei Chen's fault, but the matter has come to this and cannot be changed. From now on, Wei Chen and Changsun Shaoqing My colleagues are officials, and it is inevitable to be embarrassed if they don’t look up or down all day long, so..."
His Majesty Li Er frowned: "You want me to transfer Chong'er away?"
Fang Jun hurriedly said: "Actually, it's okay to transfer Wei Chen. Wei Chen doesn't care about high-ranking officials and generous salaries."
But in my heart, I am like a mirror, who else can play the "Shenji Camp" except myself? His Majesty Li Er is not a fool...
"Haha, this is called retreat in order to advance? In your heart, you must think that I will not transfer you, because no one can play with this 'Shenji Camp' except you, right?" His Majesty Li Er snorted. , a few words to expose Fang Jun’s little tricks.
Fang Jun was speechless, this was too good...
"It's just a misunderstanding. Let's just talk about it. Compared to Chong'er, he is not a narrow-minded person." His Majesty Li Er wrote lightly.
Fang Jun had nothing to say.
You get the benefits, now you say you misunderstood?
Who was it that looked like it was about to be killed and chopped into pieces?
Your Majesty Li Er is indeed shameless...
