Naturally, loyal and industrious people will not oppose this kind of punishment, nor will they complain.

But loyal and industrious people are generally cautious and fearful, and their influence is very small. It is the tired people of all kinds who are resentful. These people are very tricky and tough, and usually make a living by bullying the good, blackmailing merchants, stealing chickens and dogs, and robbing property.

There is also a kind of "rich and tired", because the family is rich and there is no shortage of money, they do not work, evade military service, and specialize in wandering all over the world, being a ranger-style hero.

This kind of person has prestige, ability, and martial arts, and great influence, and is the most tired of the people. There is also a kind of "fatigue" in the middle of the family, who can read and read, but he can't suffer.

Literature is not literature, and martial arts are not martial arts, or they shake their lips and rum among the people of the city all day long to judge right and wrong, or spread all kinds of hearsay rumors among government officials, or help the "rich and tired" to make plans and eat.

This kind of "fatigue" scolded the law on punishing the tired people in the meanest and most bitter, saying that the law of punishing fatigue is "a snake and a scorpion heart, which damages yin morality", and "the old woman is in charge, and the yin qi is at the top", and so on.

In addition to the complaints among the people of the Republic of China, the upper echelons are also full of grievances and great restlessness.

The first batch of edicts of Wei Ying also included the punishment of the nobles of the clan, that is, the so-called punishment of "noble fatigue". The clan nobility is the clan where the king (king or prince) belongs.

According to the tradition of thousands of years, this kind of person is a natural nobleman, who does not do things, does not make meritorious contributions, and is still a hereditary high-ranking title, receiving extremely generous salaries from the treasury, and enjoying various privileges including high-flying cars and horses, and large mansions.

Almost everyone thinks that this is justified and there is nothing unreasonable because they are princes and nobles, and their enjoyment cannot be taken away.

However, the "Law on the Acceptance of Military Merit" was born, and it was impressively stipulated: ban the hereditary title system! All nobles of the clan are not allowed to obtain knighthoods if they do not have military or other great merits; Those who have no military merits for two years will be removed from the nobility; Once expelled, the nobles are commoners, and all the privileges originally provided by the state are deprived, the treasury materials they enjoy are confiscated, and the subordinate servants are all returned to the government, and their families and other people (such as relatives who live in shelter) are not allowed to enjoy the original aristocratic treatment in the mansion, land, carriages, horses, clothing, and food;

Nobles with existing titles, including family members, must strictly follow the hierarchy of the patriarchal titles, and must not trespass in the slightest by virtue of strong financial resources or other backgrounds. In doing so, it is to create "those who are meritorious will make noble." Those who have no merit will not be able to make meritorious contributions to the country even though they are rich."

This kind of decree is unbelievable to the clan nobles of the Qin State!

Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, even if the nobles have been useless, at worst they are low-level hereditary nobles.

How could there ever be a strange thing that someone would be expelled from the aristocracy without merit!

In the final analysis, the aristocracy at that time was still the backbone of the country after all, and there were not a few people who wanted to make meritorious contributions to the country, and there were indeed many aristocratic figures who made great contributions.

In normal times, decent aristocrats would also think that it was perfectly appropriate to make contributions to the country. However, with this decree, the meritorious nobles regarded it as contempt for the nobility of the clan and deliberately restricted the nobility, and felt that their dignity had been greatly hurt.

Those "noble and tired" who are inactive and incompetent, and who live all day long, are panicked and scolding Wei Ying for digging the old roots of the Qin State and being a villain who eats inside and outside! The new law is a "bad law that harms people"!

Some of the clan nobles secretly colluded to find the most powerful of the clan nobles.

Among the clan nobles, Ying Qian was not only the powerful Zuo Chief, but also the Taifu and the de facto general, but more importantly, Ying Qian was also the eldest son of the ancestor Qin Xiangong, and was the most prominent clan noble.

If Ying Qian also opposes this "evil law" that insults the nobles of the clan, they can ask the monarch to complain about their grievances, forming a climate, and Wei Ying's such decree is very likely to be banned, and even Wei Ying himself is very likely to capsize.

However, when this group of old and young came to the door of Yingqian's mansion one after another in the twilight, the elders of the house came out and said that the Taifu was unwell and could not see the guests, so let them go back early. Everyone in the government and the opposition knew that Ying Qian was a powerful character with hard eyes, and he didn't dare to stay when he heard the words, so he walked away.

At this moment, Meng Xibai and the three of them were complaining in the Yingqian Mansion.

Ying Qian naturally fully supported Wei Ying's reform, and it can even be said that without Ying Qian's full cooperation and support, it would be extremely difficult for Wei Ying to gain a foothold in the Qin State and to bring the change into the right track.

But Ying Qian thought that changing the law was to rectify the rule of officials, abolish the well fields, train the army, and so on. He was busy with military affairs, and he didn't have time to hear about the content of the new law, so he really didn't expect that the change of the law would be so thorough, and he even showed no mercy to the nobles of the clan.

What's more important is that he thinks that changing the law is a matter for the monarch and Wei Ying, and he doesn't need to worry about it, and it's not good to manage too much. It was not until the first batch of new decrees were promulgated that the government and the opposition caused a sensation, and he took a serious look at it and thought about it.

From the bottom of his heart, he thinks that these laws are right, but there is always a faint unhappiness in his heart, and he also feels that these laws are always a little wrong.

Thinking about it, he felt that these decrees were too harsh, especially too ruthless to the nobles of the clan, which made him feel uncomfortable in his heart. Even so, Ying Qian is a sober-minded figure after all, he is determined not to interfere with the change of the law, and immediately found his family to sternly advise him not to discuss the new law outside, otherwise he will not show mercy!

As soon as Yingqian settled down his family, Meng Xibai and the three came together. Because the three of them are generals, and Yingqian is the de facto commander of the Qin army, it is not surprising that he came to Yingqian's mansion.

However, Yingqian never met with generals and ministers at home, and did not make an appointment to meet Meng Xibai and the three in advance, so he knew in his heart that the three of them had something extraordinary. On the contrary, Yingqian was so calm that he greeted the servants after serving tea and asked about some military matters, and never mentioned Liyang state affairs.

Meng Xibai and the three of them couldn't find a chance to change the topic for half an hour, and they were secretly anxious in their hearts. At this time, the elders of the family came to report, saying that more than ten people from the clan asked to see them outside the gate.

Ying Qian replied coldly: "Let them go back." Let's just say that I am not feeling well and cannot see visitors. ”

After the elder of the family went out, Meng Kun asked cautiously in a low voice: "Dare to ask Taifu, have we interfered with the gathering of the clan?" ”

Ying Qian smiled faintly: "I have never seen my relatives and courtiers at home, they should know." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was tantamount to telling the three of them that they should take their leave.

Xi Arc smiled reluctantly, "I'll sit for a long time, and it's time to leave." Ying Qian immediately stood up and arched his hand: "The unfinished business will be discussed by the Japanese government office." I will not be far away. ”

The three of them came out stupidly, you look at me, I look at you, shaking their heads and sighing, and they didn't say anything for a long time.

When he came to the West Arc Mansion, Meng Kun muttered: "If you think about it carefully, I think that Gongzi is pious and has a great article. Bai Jin sighed: "What's the article?" I didn't even have a chance to speak, and I understood that it was Wei Ying's party. ”

Meng Kun shook his head and smiled: "No, no, no." You know one thing, but you don't know the other. This young man has always been a tough and frank character, if it is really as you say, iron-hearted to agree with the new law, and still reprimand us harshly? Shall I wait an hour to meditate? Think about it. ”

Xi Arc clapped his hands suddenly and laughed: "Ah! How did you get lost in this trick? Today's Qin people, who doesn't talk about the new law? Childe is pious and evasive, and he understands that there is a pimple! It's just, it's just not easy to say, right? Bai Jin laughed loudly: "Open the mouth!" Yes, that's right. ”

The three of them laughed in unison, feeling particularly comfortable. Xi Arc ordered the wine to be arranged, and the three of them drank bitterly.

Although the Mengxi and Bai families are not clan nobles, they are nobles who have been meritorious for a hundred years. Although they are not afraid of expulsion due to their merits, their families have intermarried with clan nobles for more than 100 years, forming an intertwined blood network.

The unmeritorious and meritorious people of these clan nobles are connected with their family's honor and disgrace, and these "nobles" beg them for help to find a way, how can they sit idly by?

Besides, they regarded Wei Ying as an anomaly from the beginning, and seeing that he was arrogant, it would be difficult to reuse them as nobles in the future, how could they be at peace in their hearts? Thinking about it, they think it's best to find Ying Qian to explore the direction of the wind first, but now that they have such a judgment on the direction of the wind, how can they not laugh?

Throughout April, rumors flew away and resentment was rife. The industrious and generous people of the country originally supported the change of the law, and they agreed with the rewards and punishments of the new law from the bottom of their hearts.

However, in the face of the rumors and grievances flying away, I also felt that the new law was too harsh. For example, hard labor is punished in private fights, three fingers are cut off for pouring some firewood and ashes on the side of the road, and four toes are cut off for each step of more than six feet when measuring acres, etc., and the generous and industrious people also find it very inconvenient.

Everyone has unintentional mistakes, but the new law does not even give you the opportunity to correct your mistakes, and if you make a mistake, you will be punished with punishment, with hard labor at the light and punishment at the worst, and if you do not die, you will be injured, and you will leave a mark of shame for the rest of your life.

Thinking of this, honest people also felt frightened, and they complained one after another, forgetting the fundamental benefits that the new law would bring to them.

For the first time, the poor and the rich and the tired have a spontaneous resonance. They responded in unison, begged each other with the same breath, scolded the new law, and cursed viciously at Zuo Shu Changwei Martingale. The honest people were uncomfortable, the tired people were not convinced, and all kinds of grievances flowed endlessly, and for a while, the new law fell into the embarrassing situation that everyone pointed out by the sideways.

Qin Feng heard these rumors in Zuo Shuchang's mansion at this time, but when he reported these things to Wei Ying, Wei Ying laughed and didn't care at all.

It's May, and it's the busy season for farmers.

Farmers in Weipingchuan harvest barley and wheat, plant millet, beans, and buckwheat at the same time, and plant summer sunflower in their vegetable gardens.

At this time, people were busy, the land was busy, cattle and horses were busy, and the whole field was tense and active. But what is worrying is that this season is also the season of the highest incidence of private fighting. Fighting for land and water, stealing crops, looting livestock, collecting debts and grain, and taking advantage of the rush to revenge the family are all the stubble of major disputes.

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