Chapter 241: The final interpretation of the law belongs to the emperor

After the next dynasty, Zhu Yunwen summoned Yang Shiqi alone.

There is no way, the problem of the law that has arisen in relation to the price of food this time has to be resolved.

"This behavior of raising food prices shows that there are still many loopholes in our laws that can be exploited, this time Zongxun made this incident, which seems to be legal but is actually a move made by a poor and vicious person to bring disaster to the country and the people, since there is a problem, we naturally have to find a way to solve the problem, prevent the slightest and gradually improve the law, so that this similar thing will not happen again in the future."

Hearing this, Yang Shiqi frowned slightly, listening to the meaning of the emperor's words, did he want to revise the law?

He immediately persuaded: "Your Majesty's love for the people like a son can be learned from heaven and earth, but the law is forced not to increase prices, which will hit the enthusiasm of merchants, especially merchants in the northwest and southwest, their transportation costs are extremely high, and they will inevitably exceed the price set by our imperial court in terms of grain prices, and it is inevitable that there will be an increase." ”

The previous law set a red line, allowing merchants to set a price that depended on the laws of the market according to the cost of transportation near and far, to protect their commercial interests, which encouraged the Ming Dynasty's civil and commercial behavior, but also encouraged commercial prosperity.

"No, no, no, it's not to change the Basic Law, but to add a supplementary law."

Zhu Yunwen has already thought of a solution in the past few days, and said with a smile, but Yang Shiqi was stunned.

"What is the Basic Law and the Supplementary Law?"

"The Basic Law is the Great Ming Law."

Zhu Yunwen brought out the concept of the Basic Law and explained: "It is literal, the law that I have pursued from top to bottom is called the Basic Law, and the Basic Law must have loopholes, or do not conform to local conditions or special periods.

Therefore, my idea is that the special period announced by the imperial court, such as calamity, control, and other arrangements stipulated by the imperial court, is a special period, and during the special period, the imperial court designates that the price or price of certain materials is not allowed to increase or decrease, and no one is allowed to increase or reduce the price, and those who do not comply with it will be illegal, and then punished in accordance with the law. ”

Later generations of local laws, supplementary laws, and special interpretations of a certain law by the courts are a complete set of extremely perfect legal systems, that is, the cornerstone of a society governed by the rule of law, of course, even so, there are loopholes that can be drilled, which is not to say that China's laws are bad or imperfect, but the problems in society must occur one after another with the process of civilization of the times, and if something new happens, then solve it and supplement it, which is the case in any country in the world.

These laws, other than the Basic Law, simply put, mean that the power to interpret all laws belongs to the government.

In addition to the provisions of the law, there is also the government's "control period", and everyone must have understood the meaning of this this year.

For example, large-scale public health incidents, as well as military control, large-scale rescues, and search and arrest activities that endanger public safety, all belong to the control period.

During the control period, there are special laws and policies, and these laws and policies must be observed during this period.

The rules and regulations of society have special rules and regulations, which are the rules.

The purpose of formulating these laws is to comprehensively popularize the rule of law, so that the common people have a law to follow, and those who violate the law know what it means to break the law and be prosecuted.

And now, Zhu Yunwen is going to put forward this concept in the current Ming Dynasty, and he wants people all over the world to remember that at certain times, some things cannot be done!

"Complementary Law."

Yang Shiqi chattered again, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but admire.

"Your Majesty, this is a good idea."

Supplementing a law of 'special period' without destroying the basic market will not affect the enthusiasm of merchants all over the world to do business, and at the same time, the court will have a law to follow the next time such a situation of food price hike occurs.

This time, it was Zhu Yunwen, the emperor, who personally went down, forcibly set aside the law with the respect of the emperor, and condemned this group of things to death with the privileges exclusive to him, but after all, the court had no confidence to deal with it.

Add a law, the next time something similar happens, the emperor will not have to come forward in person to bear the blame for the court.

"In the future, if there is such a similar thing that exploits the loopholes of my Ming Law, if your cabinet can't do it, tell me, I will punish these things first, and then we will supplement the law."

Yang Shiqi suddenly laughed.

In the same way, the emperor can use his privileges to directly order the punishment of these magnates on the basis of no legal support, which is reasonable and legal.

Punish first, then perfect the law.

They all rely on rights, who has more rights than the emperor in this great tomorrow?

In particular, the emperor's sentence that 'if I have other provisions and arrangements, it is a special period', which is a naked and clear indication to the world, and the final interpretation of the legal provisions lies with the emperor.

In the future, whoever the emperor wants to kill, he will say that it is a special period arranged by the emperor, and in a special period, some things will be beheaded! Now it's reasonable and legal for the emperor to cut you.

Don't you like to exploit legal loopholes? Come, let's see if you can drill, or if I, the emperor, can drill.

There is an emperor who seems to do whatever he wants, but is full of routines, but it is a blessing for the people in the world.

"In a few days, the provincial examination of Nanzhili will be the first to start, and then the provinces will start one after another, and the minister will leave first."

Yang Shiqi was about to say goodbye, but was stopped by Zhu Yunwen.

"If you celebrate the New Year this year, on the first day of the first lunar month, let's make it grander."

Yang Shiqi was stunned, and he didn't understand what Zhu Yunwen meant.

The emperor has always been thrifty, although he is not as good as Taizu, but the specifications of the New Year have always been able to save money, why did he suddenly think of it this time and squandered it.

"I know that the treasury will be difficult this year, so I have taken a sum of money from the imperial merchants, and the cabinet will take care of it when the time comes."

"Yes."

Although I don't understand Zhu Yunwen's thoughts, but since the emperor said that he wants to do it big, let's do it once, the left and right are nothing more than hundreds of thousands of taels of scale, the silver emperor is willing to come out, the cabinet will take the most effort, and the specific errands still have to be done by the people below.

After Yang Shiqi left, Shuangxi behind Zhu Yunwen also asked with a smile: "How can there be such a Yaxing in the saint this year, in previous years, it was avoided if it was avoided." ”

Zhu Yunwen stood up and stretched his waist, and sighed.

"Next year, it's been five years since Jianwen."

Why do you want to make a big deal, because this is Zhu Yunwen's reward for himself!

There are no five years of Jianwen in history, and when the bell rings outside the noon gate, it means that history has changed with his intervention, and the short-lived Jianwen Dynasty will continue to make great strides, and it will even be stronger than the Yongle Dynasty that succeeded him!

This is an affirmation of Zhu Yunwen, and it will also become a spur to him as an emperor.