Chapter 16 Qin Law 3
[Of course, this does not mean that Qin law is not strict. There are still many strange and strict laws, such as many uncivilized behaviors. ]

[The Qin Dynasty was famous for its strict laws, one of which was "heavy punishment for minor crimes."]
Many people in the Qin Dynasty couldn't help but nod secretly.

[Nowadays, littering is at best considered a lack of culture and is morally condemned.

But in the Qin Dynasty, it was raised to the legal level. People who threw garbage on the road would be punished by "tattooing", which means tattooing on their faces.

It does not cause much harm to the body, but it is extremely humiliating. 】

The Qin Dynasty's rulers and ministers had nothing to say.

But if you don't have any bad habits, you will definitely not break the law. Why do you have to throw the garbage on the road?

[There is also tree destruction, such as plucking leaves from roadside trees, which is not a big problem now.

But in the Qin Dynasty, you might have to serve in the army.

There is such an example in the Qin law: a man picked mulberry leaves from another family, which were worthless, and had to serve in the military for thirty days.

Oh my god, the anchor was shocked.

Once this law is enacted, who can say that the people of the Qin Dynasty were not environmental defenders? 】

[Who dares to do it now? (crying and laughing)]

[How outrageous.]
Is this outrageous? The Qin emperor and his ministers blinked.

The road is so clean, why do we have to throw away garbage?
Do you have to pick a leaf from the green tree?
[There is a line in a song: "It's not a sin for a man to cry..."

But in the Qin Dynasty, it became "It is a sin for a man to cry..."

If an adult man cries for no reason, he will be sent to the government. 】

[I have a question. If someone is crying on purpose, does that mean they don’t need to be sent to the government? (doubtful)]

[…My friend, you noticed the point.]
[At this time, your friend Li Shimin withdrew a tear.]
[Hahaha, Erfeng is the one who cries more.]
Li Shimin was mentioned unexpectedly: What's wrong with a man crying? And what he did was not called crying, it was called being emotional and full of emotions!

[And the most speechless thing.

We now protect minors, and those who break the law under the age of twelve do not bear criminal responsibility.

In the Qin Dynasty, height was taken into consideration. If you were less than six feet tall, you would not be held criminally responsible.

There is such a case in the Qin law: A sent B, who was less than six feet tall, to kill someone. He was given ten coins of stolen goods, but B was not responsible. A would be punished twice as much.

[It makes some sense but not much. A is indeed the mastermind. If B was too young and had no ability to think, then this punishment is acceptable. But if B is just short and has the ability to think, then both should be sentenced.]
[It is difficult to define crimes committed by children anyway, because their thinking abilities are not fully developed.]
[In fact, a 14-year-old today might have had children in ancient times.]
[It’s not a possibility, it’s a high possibility.]
[What a sin! This is too young, especially for those girls who are giving birth. They are not fully developed yet and they are giving birth. The probability of a difficult birth is very high.]
[That’s why the rate of premature death was high in ancient times. Parents were not well developed, but they still expected their babies to be healthy.]
[In the early years of Kangxi's reign, every child he gave birth to died, probably because of this reason. When he got older, most of the children he gave birth to survived.]
Almost everyone from every dynasty under the sky was surprised.

Fourteen years old is not considered young. Do people in later generations still think that he is not well developed?
When I heard later that the parents were underdeveloped and the baby they gave birth to would easily die, my heart was pounding.

Some parents who love their children hesitate to arrange marriages when they see that the girl's body is not well developed and that it is easy for her to have a difficult birth. Marriage can be done at any time, but life is only this one.

Qing Dynasty.

Kangxi had been struggling with the previous statement from Qin to Qing. If there was no dynasty after the Qing, what would the later dynasties be called?

Now Tianmu suddenly mentioned that his early child died because he gave birth to the child too early. This was the first time he heard such a statement.

[In fact, apart from these, most of the Qin laws are relatively reasonable.

Although it is indeed much stricter than modern laws, after the Qin Dynasty unified the six kingdoms, it relied on these strict laws to quickly stabilize the country.

[It should be tight or loose. Being too tight is not a good thing.]
[In fact, no matter how strict the measures are against human traffickers, it is not too much. I support collective punishment the most.]
[Yes, I agree with this point. All human traffickers deserve to die. We are still being too lenient now.]
[A human trafficker who kidnapped so many children is about to be released from prison. He served a few years in prison, but the parents still haven't found their children. It's really frustrating.]
[Trafficking in women and children shall be punished by a five- to ten-year term of imprisonment and a fine; in serious cases, a term of imprisonment of more than ten years or life imprisonment and a fine; in particularly serious cases, the death penalty and confiscation of property.]
[It’s still a bit too light. I think all human traffickers deserve to die.]
Many people frowned. Most people with a bit of humanity hated human traffickers. How could the future generations be so kind? They didn't understand.

The people of the Qin Dynasty were puzzled. Their Qin law stipulated that anyone found engaging in human trafficking would be beheaded regardless of whether they were the principal offender or an accomplice.

The people of the Han Dynasty were confused because their human traffickers would be dismembered. Buyers and sellers were guilty of the same crime and their bodies would be cut into pieces together.

Although the Sui and Tang dynasties were relatively tolerant, there were still punishments such as hanging and exile. Even those who trafficked their own children could be sentenced to three years in prison.

People in the Song Dynasty shook their heads. The main offender among human traffickers was hanged, and the accomplices were beaten with sticks and then exiled.

The Yuan Dynasty felt that the laws of later generations were still too lenient, so they sentenced all human traffickers to death, regardless of the severity of their crimes.

The Ming Dynasty laughed. Lingchi, hanging, and exile were all waiting for these damn human traffickers.

People in the Qing Dynasty sneered that human traffickers should be sentenced to death by beheading, cutting the tendons of their feet and hands and tattooing them, beating to death with sticks, slow slicing, etc.

[Similarly, the Qin Dynasty focused on the rule of law and completely abandoned human morality, which led to the Qin Dynasty's complicated laws and heavy taxes and labor service.

After Qin II came to power, his perverse and tyrannical rule made it impossible for the lower-class people to survive, so they rose up in rebellion and ultimately buried the foundation of the Qin Dynasty.

Qin Xing was domineering and achieved great success.

But being too overbearing will not last long.

The unified Qin Dynasty needed to change its system, but unfortunately it was too late. 】

[Qin Shi Huang actually did not properly handle the remaining forces of the six kingdoms, which led to the remaining forces taking the initiative in the local areas and buried political risks.]
Emperor Ying Zheng and his ministers understood this, but had no effective solution. The power of the six countries was too deeply rooted in the local area to be eradicated in a short time.

The shortage of local officials at the imperial court made this problem even more difficult to solve.

[Wars, building the Great Wall, and repairing the imperial mausoleum all placed heavy burdens on the people, and taxes and corvée labor were not light. The Qin Dynasty was in urgent need of recuperation.]
The First Emperor understood this, and his plan was to expand the territory while Fusu had a rest and recuperation. However, he did not expect that this child would be so disappointing, and no one knew why he could not successfully ascend the throne.
[When Fusu committed suicide and Hu Hai came to power, the Qin Dynasty had already begun to decline.]
[Li Si is confused, Fusu is also confused, I really can't figure out what they are thinking! ]
Fusu's heart, which had been hanging in the air for a long time, was finally relieved. It turned out that he would commit suicide in the future.

Li Si was shocked. What did he do in the future?

(End of this chapter)