The way of life for women in this world was too narrow, so she used her blood to tear a light in the law.
Shen Zhao was originally a daughter of an official, but she became a slave in the palace due to her father's unjust case. While living in the cracks of the account books in the imperial kitchen, she learned to use the "abbreviation method" to record the sins of noble people. Until a prince was poisoned and murdered, and she was pushed out to take the blame. In the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, she bit her finger and wrote the article "Redress of Injustices", but was slapped by the Yamen servant and laughed: "Does a lowly servant deserve to be mentioned?"
Because she was well versed in the law, she was retained by Cui Heng, the Minister of Punishment, as a "female case filer", but was not allowed to attend the court and could only copy the case files every night. She discovered that the names of those people erased by the ink pen were all prey of the powerful.
"The law is just a sword in the hands of nobles"
"Then let this knife cut their throats too."
Burning with pain: However, every time we help a woman, there is a price in blood
He reversed the case for a prostitute, but was sold into slavery as a slave;
Fighting for property for widows and watching them being drowned by their clan;
He helped the princess resist the marriage, but in the end she only got three feet of Bai Ling.
The light is everlasting: It is more difficult to engrave one word in history books than to engrave ten thousand words in the hearts of living people.
Finally, she set up a wooden table at the entrance of the criminal department and hung a white lantern with laws written on it.
The illiterate woman in clothes, the musician whose ears were cut off, and the widow who lost her land recited under the lamp:
"Any master who cheats on his maidservant will be hanged. A widow who observes integrity will inherit the inheritance. A woman who sues for injustice is allowed to beat the drum."
"The laws are dead, but you are alive."
When the law becomes a torch that illuminates the darkness, the first thing the rulers think of is not to add more firewood, but to build a higher wall.
Concept: Difficulties of women in ancient times