The Supreme Court was the place that the officials of Great Qin Dynasty didn't like to come to the most. Because the Supreme Court had set up a court prison, which was specially used to imprison and interrogate the officials of Qin Dynasty.
Once they entered the court prison, they would lose a layer of skin even if they didn't die.
Li Che was revising the outline of laws of Qin Dynasty in the Supreme Court, including 18 laws and 360 clauses...
Li Che hadn't completed the laws of Qin yet. He had only completed the outline. He needed to complete the outline before he could fill in the details.
The Qin law was set by Shang Yang. The Qin law had a few characteristics.
If one person breaks the law, five people will be implicated.
There were many punishments in Qin Fa's laws. Merchants were punished, projects were delayed, taxes were not enough, livestock were slaughtered…
Among them, the most common punishments were flogging and tattooing…
It could be said to be extremely strict.
Li Che's bold and decisive reform removed the punishment of joint punishment, tattooing, cutting, car cracking, and branding.
In terms of law, Li Che also reduced the corvee.
The last one was to lift the ban on commerce and cancel the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. Everyone could do business, but they had to pay taxes!
This was the source of Li Che's taxes.
There were the most aristocrats in Qin, and most of the food was in the hands of the aristocrats. The aristocrats did not pay taxes, so Li Che's business strategy was to let these aristocrats take out their food for commercial transactions.
At that time, the State of Qin would only need to cast more coins to buy the grain from the aristocrats, and the aristocrats would only have some copper coins left!
This was the essence of business.
Using inedible but valuable copper coins to exchange for edible food.
This was the essence of Li Che's revision of the Qin laws. Li Che didn't believe that someone as shrewd as Qin Shihuang wouldn't understand the benefits!
However, it could be foreseen that once Li Che's Qin Law came out, it would definitely cause a strong backlash.
This was because Li Che's revision of the Qin Law had shaken the foundation of the Qin Law!
It had almost completely overturned the Qin technique that Shang Yang had set!
……
There were only two days left before the ten day deadline, and Great Qin's outline of laws had been completed. Li Che was prepared to hand it over to Qin Shihuang in ten days.
Pei County.
Twelve horses galloped to the Pei County government office.
When the Chu Country was still around, the officials in the government office were the most respected people in the village. Now that the Chu Country had been destroyed and the Qin Country had been established, the officials in the government office were still the same group of people. This group of people were the big families in the village. No matter how the dynasty changed, the people who held power were still these aristocratic families.
There was a saying that was very clear. A dynasty that flowed like water was a clan of scholars that was made of iron!
The six officials from Xianyang arrived at the entrance of the government office, and the officials in the government office hurriedly came out to welcome them.
All the messengers on the tall horses were the officers of the Supreme Court. In Xianyang, they were trivial servants; however, they were high and mighty messengers!
After the 6 messengers dismounted, the officials of Pei County prepared a sumptuous meal for them. However, the 6 messengers didn't hurry to have a meal; because they came here at the order of the chief justice. As they had a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, they dared not delay.
"Who's the county captain?"
"This humble official is here. This humble official is Pei County's county captain.”Pei County County's county captain bowed, not daring to raise his head.
The messenger took out an order from the Supreme Court and said,""According to the order of Lord Li Che of the Supreme Court, Xiao He, the county official of Pei County, will go to Xianyang and serve Lord Li Che!”
Everyone was suffocating.
There was complete silence.
All the officials in Pei County were shocked!
Lord justice!
He was one of the nine ministers of Great Qin!
How big of an official was this?
In the entire Great Qin Empire, there were only 13 people who held the positions of the nine ministers. It could be said that these 13 people holding the positions of the nine ministers were the most powerful officials under Qin Shi Huang.
They controlled the entire Great Qin Empire!
That kind of prestige, how could they, these small county officials, be able to withstand it?
Xiao He who served as a jailer in Pei County felt dizzy.
Would it be a disaster or a blessing?
Seeing that no one responded, the messenger asked,""Xiao He, where is Xiao Fou?"
"I'm here! I'm here!"
Xiao He hurriedly walked out from the crowd. The messenger glanced at Xiao He. Xiao He was tall and handsome."I didn't expect that there would be such an extraordinary person in the county.”
"Go pack your clothes and return to Xianyang with us. Do you have a wife?”
"Milord, I have a wife and son at home…"
"Follow us first, then I will send someone to escort your wife to Xianyang.”
Hearing the messenger's words, Xiao He thought to himself,""Could it be that I really want to soar and display my ambitions? 'If I could gain the appreciation of the chief justice, I would have a bright future!' The chief justice was in charge of the laws and criminal law of Qin Dynasty. He was the highest judicial officer in Great Qin Empire!”
"Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!" Xiao He bowed repeatedly. After the messenger entered the government office, Xiao He returned home, packed his luggage, and instructed his wife and children to sell their family's land and prepare to go to Xianyang.
The news that Xiao He was going to Xianyang to be an official shook the entire Pei County.
Many of Xiao He's good friends came to congratulate him.
Fan Kuai had killed two dogs and stewed them for Xiao He to eat on the road.
Liu Bang stole three bottles of good wine from his father and gave them to Xiao He.
Cao Can and Xiahou Ying also came to send Xiao He off. They had worked together with Xiao He for many years.
Zhou Bo and Lu Wan gathered some money and handed it to Xiao He. Before Xiao He came to visit, Lu Wan's face showed some reluctance."Lord Xiao is a man with great ability. Don't forget about us when you go to Xianyang to be an official. When you are stable, you can help us find a job…"
Xiao He looked at his fellow countrymen and cupped his fists."If you are rich and noble, you will not forget each other. If Xiao He makes a name for himself in Xianyang, he will definitely not forget the feelings of fellow countrymen!”
Xiao He spoke sincerely, and Liu Bang, Fan Kuai, and the others were grateful.
Liu Bang looked at Lu Wan and Fan Kuai." I knew it. With your ability, you'll become a high official sooner or later."”
Lu Wan, Fan Kuai, and the others nodded. Xiao He was a man of great prestige in his village. He was the same age as Liu Bang, but he was completely different from Liu Bang. Xiao He valued his reputation, was a fair official, and was perceptive.
Liu Bang was different. He was already thirty-six years old this year, but he didn't even have a wife. He spent all his time hooking up with the widows in the neighboring village and didn't do his job properly...
The Lu family from the neighboring village had two daughters. The eldest daughter, Lu Zhi, was nineteen this year, and the second daughter, Lu Wei, was only sixteen this year.
These two young ladies were both national beauties. Eldest Miss Lu Zhi was good at writing and embroidery. She was handsome and very scheming. Second Miss Lu Wei was a national beauty and was good at playing the zither…
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