Chapter 17: Wang Shu's hesitation

Of course, in this case, it is a small problem overall, not a big problem.

The other thing is the big problem.

Although the Qin law is extremely harsh, but the real reason for the death of Qin II is really because of the strict Qin law?

No, more Qin laws simply can't be enforced.

The Qin law can still be enforced in the Qin State, but it can be extended to the whole country, even if you don't talk about the various emotions of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, not to mention the undercurrent of resistance of the local people, just because of the Qin State's ability to enforce the law, it can't be promoted.

This can also be seen in history.

Even if it is the current Ming Dynasty, where is the real law? It is the county seat, the capital city, the capital division, and even the villages that are relatively close to these cities.

In more remote places, thousands of people can fight. If it is really judged according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, these people can almost be regarded as rebellions.

But so what? The magistrates were just appeasing each other, and talking to their respective chiefs and stewards, and making peace with the mud.

Perhaps there are officials who are capable and hard-handed, and can suppress such things. But this is all on an individual basis.

And the general principle that maintains all this is that virtue is the main punishment and the auxiliary. Give priority to moral education, and even let the people stop complaining.

This is also the reason why the etiquette was the most important in the ancient imperial court.

If Zhu Qizhen has such a strategic change, he will raise his legal status, turn everything into a law, and even propose to govern the country according to law.

For Daming, it may not be a good thing.

Because laws that can't be enforced are actually useless.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen had thought about this matter, he smiled slightly and said, "Wang Qing, I naturally know what you said. ”

Confucianism was the mainstream of ancient China, and it was impossible for Zhu Qizhen to abandon Confucianism and use the Legalist set, which was an impossible and unrealistic problem.

Zhu Qizhen naturally has a set of solutions. He continued: "Nowadays, most officials at all levels are sentenced to prison in the spring and autumn to deal with cases, and some things are too hasty, but now these principles can be written into the constitution, and it can also make hundreds of officials adaptable." ”

Wang Shu also slowly understood one thing.

That is, the emperor himself did not intend to change the status quo of the Ming Dynasty too much, but more to sort out the current law. There is no intention to extend the outer edge of the law.

But even so, this in itself is a very big change.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen also wanted to introduce the concept of administrative law.

It is to stipulate the operation of the government in the form of law.

This is also a big change.

In fact, the Ming government also has a lot of rules and regulations, and these are all there. But it was not so clearly planned. And since the regulations are set, there will be penalties.

However, the yamen of the Ming Dynasty were conservative, and various rules and regulations had long been problematic.

Obviously, Zhu

What Qi Zhen wants is not just the rules written in the Daming Guild Codex.

There's so much information in that.

When Wang Shu arrived, he didn't know what to say, nor did he know what the pros and cons were.

Zhu Qizhen said so much to Wang Shu, on the one hand, he wanted to win Wang Shu.

Zhu Qizhen knows one thing very well, that is, it seems that the great master and doctor are one, but in fact, it is not the same thing. It's like Wang Shu. Wang Shu was a person who could stand up for his principles in front of the emperor, would he have succumbed to Li Xian?

Therefore, as long as Wang Shu felt that what the emperor said was right, Wang Shu might not care what Li Xian thought.

Secondly, he did not say this to Wang Shu.

It's basically for Li Xian.

After so many years of research, Zhu Qizhen has also figured out the bottom line of many ministers.

The word "rescue" is the ideological core of all changes in Zhu Qizhen.

It seems that Zhu Qizhen has done a lot of things, but he has not touched the fundamentals, and it is just in the original political structure of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen saw that Wang Shu didn't react in such a large amount of information for a while, so he said: "You go down and think about it, and come to see me again when you have an idea." ”

It is true that the revision of the "Daming Huidian" is a sign of changing the law.

But to really promote the change of the law, it is still necessary to do it with Li Xian and others.

After Wang Shu went back, he seemed to be very calm, but he was thinking about this matter all the time, what were the pros and cons.

Soon, Li Xian invited him over.

Wang Shu also expected this.

Immediately, in Li Xian's cabinet room, Wang Shu said the emperor's intentions.

Li Xian was also shocked for a while when he heard this.

Li Xian secretly said in his heart: "It seems that it is time to talk to Your Majesty." ”

It seems that a change in the legal system, if it is implemented, I don't know how many problems there are, and more importantly, is the emperor's mind only this?

Li Xian didn't know.

He pondered for a moment and asked Wang Shu, and said, "Your Majesty has ordered you to take charge of this matter, what do you think of Your Majesty's thoughts?" ”

Wang Shu said: "Your Majesty is a saint, thinking about everything, and seeing thousands of miles, if it can really be like this, it will be a great event for the imperial court." ”

This is the difference between the younger generation and the older generation.

When Wang Shu entered the political arena, Zhu Qizhen had already secured the throne, and after Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, on the whole, he did a remarkable job.

But Li Xian is different.

They watched the emperor grow up, and when the emperor was young, the matter of being educated by the empress dowager seemed to them to be still yesterday.

There is a saying that three years old looks old.

After the emperor grew up, he was certainly a lot more stable, but in the eyes of these old ministers, his essence has not changed at all. So in the face of Zhu Qizhen's thoughts

Law.

Wang Shu, the younger generation, was influenced by Zhu Qizhen's authority, and it was easier to accept, and they didn't dare to oppose Zhu Qizhen's authority, but in the eyes of these old ministers, the first thing they thought about was that they were worried that the emperor would ruin things. The situation is out of control.

Faced with the same thing, but with different reactions.

Although Wang Shu was still skeptical in many aspects, he was generally willing to act according to the emperor's wishes. Establish a hierarchical legal system.

As for the drawbacks, there is still room for support in the future, at least for now, such a legal system is much better than the current legal system of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xian also felt that he had miscalculated.

Wang Shu seemed to be pulled over by the emperor.

However, Li Xian is not a person who is bent on fighting for power and profit, and at this moment he also reflected and said secretly: "Am I thinking too much?" "If the emperor's thoughts were limited to this. Lee Hyun is acceptable.

However, Li Xian still kept an eye on it and said: "In this way, it is called one book, but in fact it is two, you first repair the changes of the previous generation's code, and then Your Majesty wants the code, and take it slowly." ”

When something is not clear to see, you can slow down for a while.

Wang Shu said: "If Your Majesty asks? ”

Li Xian said: "Just say that I said it." ”

Wang Shu thought about it, and he didn't think it was the time to intensify the contradictions, after all, the court has not been idle recently, and many things are being implemented simultaneously, and it is not the blessing of the court to really make trouble between His Majesty and the first assistant.

Although the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty is in power, there is no way to compare with the prime minister of the Han and Tang Dynasties. But under Zhu Qizhen's little bit of decentralization, he already has a bit of prime minister's bearing. It's getting more and more important.

Wang Shu said: "Obey the decree of the court. ”

After Li Xian sent Wang Shu away, he also pondered in his heart for a while, on the one hand, he was scrutinizing the legal system introduced by Zhu Qizhen, and on the other hand, he was deliberating on Zhu Qizhen's intentions.

But there is a sense that the sacred heart is like an abyss, unfathomable.

You must know that this kind of modern legal system is very simple for Zhu Qizhen to use, but he doesn't know how many talented people and wise people have precipitated their insights.

It's not even the work of one person.

Li Xian really saw this, and only then did he have a feeling that Zhu Qizhen's knowledge had advanced greatly, and he didn't know it now.

However, Li Xian sighed that the matter was also very short, he still had a lot of things to do, and the most important thing was to complete the things promised to the emperor and give Xu Youzhen a shortage of criminal department books.

This is not very easy to do. However, it was not in Li Xian's hands, he transferred several people in a row, strengthened his authority by the way, and also vacated the lack of Shangshu in the Criminal Department, so that Xu Youzhen's road to Beijing was opened.

After Li Xian did all this, he had a feeling that he would have to face this Xu Xingbu for a long time in the future.