Among the 11 emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, in addition to Liu Bang being a cloth cloth, the Han Xuan Emperor Liu Yiji's birth was the most "humble". It is precisely because of this that he frequently developed a pro-people policy in his later ruling career, even surpassing emperor Wen of Han, who was famous for his administration. So, how much does Liu Yi care about the people? Unavoidably.
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What if low-level officials are too poor? Wage increases
In the history of our country, the average salary of han officials was not high, but it was not low. However, because of the different levels of officials, the gap between the rich and the poor is still quite large. The highest of the three dukes is 4200 stones per year, and the lowest level of officials (such as Sashi) is 96 stones per year. If it is not in the establishment, the salary is lower.
Liu Yi had grown up in the city well, and he knew that low-level officials usually contributed the most, but their income was extremely meager. When these people have insufficient income to support their families, they can only fish and flesh the people and run rampant in the townships. Many policies are well-intentioned, and they will encounter such problems after they are implemented in various counties and counties. Liu Yi was already well aware of the harm, and he specially issued a Dao edict in the third year of the Divine Lord:
Under the hundred stones of its beneficial officials, it is dedicated to fifteen.
This means that as long as the annual salary is less than one hundred stones, the salary can be increased by fifty percent. This increase is large enough to be a relatively early high salary.
Liu Yi has been in the early years of the city life stills
For the king of a country, such a detail did not need to be personally asked by him. However, his early experience made him understand that it was precisely such a detail that was not valued by people that led to the aggravation of social contradictions little by little. Therefore, Liu Yi has been able to push the Han Dynasty to the peak again, and this approach to the people has played a key role.
What if I am convicted of sheltering my loved ones? If it can be exempted, it will be exempted, and those that cannot be exempted should be reported
During the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han, the law was heavy and confucianism was light, but it was not as harsh as the law of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if someone committed a crime and his relatives deliberately concealed it and did not report it, they would be punished the same as the criminal. This decree usually has two outcomes:
1. Relatives risked death and did not report it, and eventually the family was punished.
2. Relatives are afraid of being implicated and can't wait to report the perpetrators, which has caused many cases of fathers and sons turning against each other and husband and wife becoming enemies.
Regardless of the above results, in the end, most of them will be separated from their wives and families. In response to this problem, Liu Yi had already issued a Daoist edict in the fourth year of the DiJie Festival: "
The parents of the son, the wife and the husband, and the grand parents of the grandson are not allowed to sit. His parents hid their children, their husbands hid their wives, and their eldest parents hid their grandchildren, and they all went to the court to hear about them.
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This practice is very humane, especially in filial piety. The Han Dynasty originally ruled the country with "filial piety", and the hiding of the elders by the younger generations was on the one hand a manifestation of filial piety, and on the other hand, they had to be punished, which law should be observed? This is indeed a dilemma. Liu Yi issued this edict to try to consider the problem from the perspective of the people, so that the people can be safe and the country can be stable.
Stills of Han Dynasty criminals
What about people who are always making mistakes? Change your name
Among the people in history whose emperors changed their names because of their mistakes, Liu Yi was not the only one. Emperor Taizong of Song changed the word "Kuang" to "Guang" (formerly known as Zhao Kuangyi) in order to avoid Zhao Kuangyin's secrets, and their fourth brother Zhao Kuangmei changed his name twice (赵匡美-赵光美-赵廷美). However, Liu Yi's name has been changed for the sake of the people.
Relying on Yu Fengji's vows to die to save him, Liu Yi was able to survive the "Scourge of witchcraft". However, he was often sick when he was a child, and he almost died several times, and the meaning of the name "sick" may be that he hopes that he will be healthy and free from illness in the future. However, these two words are too commonly used. Ordinary people usually violate taboos when they are not careful in writing, which also makes many people guilty. Therefore, Liu Yi had issued an edict in the second year of Yuan Kang:
Change your name from "sick" to "inquiry"
。 In addition, he ordered the release of all those who had previously been imprisoned for violating the name of the offender.
Stills of Bing Ji
In fact, liu disease has changed its name to another layer of deep meaning. In the fourth year of dijie (two years before the name change), Huo Yu and Huo Shan rebelled, and he used this opportunity to eliminate the Huo Guang family in one fell swoop. Immediately after that, in the first year of Yuan Kang, he did two important things:
1. Change the yuan to "Yuan Kang".
2. Start building your own mausoleum.
Combining these two things with changing the name is to express to the people of the world: a new era belonging to him Liu Qian has arrived.
Huo Guang stills
What if you marry a wife and a daughter and don't even let you swing the banquet? Repeal this decree
The people of the Han Dynasty were not allowed to set up a banquet when they married their wives and daughters? This sounds a bit bizarre. But this is the truth, but there is nothing to do. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the trend of social comparison and luxury has gradually risen. By the time of Emperor Xuan of Han, this problem was not solved too well. Whenever there is a matter of marrying a wife and a daughter, people will throw a large banquet, and the habit of extravagance and waste will gradually form.
According to the "Hanshu Wang Ji Biography", many families do not even dare to have children because of their high costs. As a result, some local officials, in order to curb this momentum, have banned the banquet during marriage. However, the custom of celebrating each other's marriages was popular as early as the pre-Qin period, and this one-size-fits-all approach was more or less inappropriate. As a result, Liu Yi had already issued an edict in the second year of Wufeng:
The ritual of abolishing the township party makes the people happy to die, not to guide the people
。 After that, the decree prohibiting the setting of banquets was abolished.
Photos of ancient wedding receptions
How diligent Liu Yi has been, just look at the handling of this matter. According to the "Book of Han", he listened to the government for five days, and everything was bound to be clear. Therefore, we have seen the issuance of one after another such edicts that are directly related to the people's livelihood. Many people have questioned that he must do everything personally, and it is not conducive to the benign development of the government. However, as a "puppet" who has long been shrouded in huo Guang's shadow, as a "grassroots" that grows up in the folk, Liu Yi has done this is also a shortcut to quickly establish prestige.
epilogue
Whether Liu Yi was close to the people or not, just look at the edict he issued. From the salary increase of officials to the wedding of the people and the banquet, everything starts from the happiness of the people. Therefore, no matter how many years later, when people evaluate the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Gao, Emperor Wen, and Emperor Wu will inevitably add the name of Emperor Xuan after them.