Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

Chapter 78: compassion

Li Xin has not been in Datang for a long time, but this does not affect his understanding of "exile" and "jiaofangsi".

The so-called exile is to send prisoners to remote places for hard labor. In Tang Dynasty, exile was divided into three classes, namely, flow of two thousand li, two thousand five hundred li, and three thousand li, and the sentence was usually six years. Not to mention the hard work, many people just can't make it through the thousands of miles.

The Jiaofang Division is even worse. It is an official brothel run by the imperial court. Almost all the women in it are from the families of the offending officials. It is difficult for Li Xinshi to understand this evil taste-you say that you have defeated your opponent politically, so why do you have to send other people's wives and daughters to the Jiaofang Si as prostitutes? Is there any special pleasure to be a wife or daughter of a consumer acquaintance?

According to the censors, more than 30 officials were involved in this corruption incident, all family properties were confiscated, and all the people involved were beheaded. Counting their wives and children together, hundreds of people have been implicated. The males among them will be exiled to the south, while the females will be assigned to the various teaching workshops in Chang'an, where they will be humiliated and laughed.

Li Xin walked casually on the wide streets of Chang'an, not knowing where he was going, and he didn't care where he was going. He just wanted to take a walk and walk around without interruption. This might help him clear up the chaotic thoughts in his heart.

As a young man from later generations, Li Xin couldn't agree with Datang's punishment that harmed his wife and children. He is definitely not a virgin watch. He fully agrees that these corrupt and bribery officials should directly behead their heads, otherwise they would be totally sorry for the victims who starved to death innocently because of their corruption-20%, they have embezzled 20% of the relief money!

If there were these money and food, how many more people could live among those affected by the disaster!

But then again, what does this have to do with the wives and children of these prisoners? What did they do wrong?

Are they involved in corruption? Did they ask or instigate these criminals to embezzle? Maybe there is, maybe not.

Li Xin has a natural affection for children. He didn't think that these innocent children were capable of participating in the sins of their father. However, they still couldn't escape the fate of becoming funerary objects in the end.

And all of this has something to do with Li Xin.

Li Xin was very pleased that the double-entry bookkeeping method and the big food text played a great role in helping to detect so many corrupt officials. However, they also indirectly led to the tragic fate of many innocent people. This is what Li Xin didn't want to see.

Li Xin felt a little bit uncomfortable in his heart, perhaps not as painful, but a little bit uncomfortable. He is essentially a kind person, at least when others do not provoke him, he is a harmless lamb. Seeing so many people fall into the tragic fate because of his relationship, his heart sank uncontrollably.

Of course, he didn't think he was at fault.

Yes, the wives and children of these prisoners are innocent. But so what? Shouldn't Li Xin therefore come up with double-entry bookkeeping and Dashi writing? Not to mention that when he gave Li Shimin these two things, he didn't expect such a result at all. Even if he expected it, did he make a mistake when he took out these two things?

The relatives of the prisoners are innocent, and the victims who died because of their corruption are not innocent? If there were no double-entry bookkeeping and big food text to help them check their accounts, who would know that they were actually not killed by natural disasters but by man-made disasters?

Li Xin never thought he was wrong, but he still felt sorry out of control. It was like hearing the screams of the animals before they died outside the kitchen. Li Xin would not think that he was wrong in eating meat, but he would still feel a little sorry for it.

As Mencius said: Everyone has compassion.

Li Xin was suffering from compassion at this moment. This is a noble kindness. But he didn't dare to talk about it to anyone, including Wang Gui.

He knew that in the eyes of the Tang people, it was normal for one person to commit crimes and to suffer crimes for the whole family. On the contrary, it would be unusual for him to feel depressed because of such trivial matters, and he would probably be laughed at by people like women's benevolence. Therefore, he can only choose to digest the bitterness of his heart.

Li Xin walked along the long street. Just as he was about to walk out of the city gate, he suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. When he looked back, it turned out to be Xiaoling.

"Master Li Xin! Master Li Xin!" Seeing Li Xin walking down the street wearing a private suit and without a guard, Xiaoling wittyly did not call Li Xin the King of Chu. It was not until Li Xin stopped and she came close to Li Xin that she pleaded guilty: "The maidservant directly called the prince's name, please forgive the prince."

Li Xin waved his hand, not paying attention. He is a young man from later generations, how can he have the stinky problems of the aboriginal aristocrats here in Datang. What's wrong with calling a name? What's more, it's the close-knit handmaid of my own wife, this is the kind of face we need to give. Moreover, he also understood Xiao Ling's intentions, and couldn't help but praise Xiao Ling's wit in his heart.

"Your child... Where is the son?" Li Xin almost blurted out the word "Miss", but fortunately he responded in time.

Xiaoling didn't notice the abnormality in Li Xin's words, and quickly replied: "Behind, coming soon."

While talking, Chen Youlan, wearing a white brocade robe, hurriedly came to the two of them.

"Brother Zijin is in such a hurry, where is he going to go?" Li Xin asked strangely.

Chen Youlan hesitated and said, "I was going to go shopping with Xiaoling, but suddenly I saw a person from His Royal Highness Chu walking by the side of the street. I told you not to agree, so I caught up and took a look."

Li Xin took a look at Chen Youlan, a little funny in his heart-another lie full of loopholes.

Since the master and servant bought things together, why did they rush to Li Xin's side in the end? And Chen Youlan didn't walk over slowly, but trot over in a hurry. This is obviously more in line with the situation where Xiaoling catches up with Li Xin on the front foot, and Chen Youlan has dealt with the matter at hand first, and then quickly keeps up.

So, what was Chen Youlan at hand that couldn't let go of, and he had to deal with it before seeing Li Xin?

Li Xin saw that Chen Youlan's lips seemed to have a little unwashed red, and her hair was messy. It seemed to be a man's hairstyle that was hurriedly combed. There was still a lot of broken hair on the sideburns that hadn't been done well—oh, It turned out to be from Chen Youlan to Chen Zijin first.

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