Volume 1 The End of the Dynasty Chapter 12 details the changes
In the summer of Zhao Jingtai's second year, Huang Gongfu invited hundreds of officials in the name of his birthday, and Uncle Yang also received an invitation, but he had not had much contact with these dynastic magnates, and he was seizing the time to plan for a change in the law, so he did not go to Huangfu. However, there are still a lot of people who go, after all, they are officials in the same dynasty, and it is also a good thing to take advantage of this opportunity to become the first minister of the dynasty, Huang Gongfu. Although Uncle Yang himself did not go to congratulate him on his birthday, he also sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.
Although Uncle Yang has put forward the basic essentials of his own change of law and strength a few days ago, but there is still a lot of difference in the real implementation of it, then he wants to continue to negotiate with the emperor in detail, but seeing that the sky is getting brighter, the emperor's expression is very bad, so he has to retreat, he knows that it is a kind of luck for Qin Xiaogong to meet Shang Ying, so that the Qin Dynasty can go east to the six countries, but for Shang Ying, it is not a kind of luck to meet Xiaogong? If there is no filial piety, he has no talent, but there is nowhere to be promoted, just look at what he encountered in the Wei State. How is today's emperor Huan Ji better than filial piety? I don't know how much worse I am than Wei Ying.
Suddenly, someone came to report: "The emperor has an edict to order Uncle Yang to enter the palace to meet him." ”
Uncle Yang hurriedly packed up his court clothes, he knew that this was the time to discuss the change in detail. Uncle Yang's humble carriage went straight to the palace gate along the remote old post road, and the people who followed watched Uncle Yang get off at the palace gate, walked in, and then turned to leave.
Uncle Yang entered the study, Huan Ji directly stretched out his hand to sit in front of the desk, Cheng He brought a jar of wine, poured it for the two, and silently withdrew.
"Come, let's do it first, and then break it down."
Uncle Yang took the cold wine and drank it all, and suddenly the heat subsided a lot, and he let out a long breath and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to change the law, there are a few things that must be clearly stated first, otherwise it will be difficult to succeed." ”
"Sir, tell me more about it."
"This first one, you and I can't change the law, I don't have the confidence, I am afraid that it will be dismantled."
"I know this, so I deliberately made Pu Xianyu a guard captain, and He Bi was a Guangluxun first, these two people will not oppose the change, but I can't find the others, because these people must be famous in order to convince everyone."
"It's good to have two people, and we'll talk about it later. This second article is that the change of the law does not avoid relatives and relatives, the prince who violates the law is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the law is the same, and more people will support the change of the law. ”
"Naturally, I will vigorously supervise this matter, sir, rest assured."
"The third is that the emperor needs to believe in me, otherwise he will take advantage of the loopholes for those who have a heart, and then I am afraid that the world will become more turbulent and the people will suffer more."
Huan Ji nodded heavily: "My husband and I have set this plan for the prosperity of the country, how can we not trust Mr.?" ”
In this way, the law can be changed, and the dynasty can flourish. Next, we need to elaborate on the ten treatises I have mentioned, the latter of which can be delayed, but then the "Treatise on the Law", the "Treatise on Farming", and the "Treatise on Rewarding Peasants" should first be implemented, and these three treatises can make the people stable, and if the people are stable, the state affairs will be feasible, and if the state affairs are feasible, the subsequent laws and regulations will be feasible, so these three treatises should be implemented as soon as possible. ”
Huan Ji nodded, and began to tell Uncle Yang about the laws formulated by the emperors, Uncle Yang recorded them one by one, and unconsciously, the time had come to two o'clock, Cheng He brought the meal, put it down, looked at the two people who were talking, and silently withdrew from the study.
The three moments of the hour passed in a hurry, and the time had come, and the two were still discussing how to establish the laws that belonged to the world. Finally, when Huan Ji finished talking about the law that the first emperor had followed in the past, Uncle Yang wrote the differences on the bamboo slips and proposed: "The law should be strict, and everyone in the world should be bound by iron law. ”
Huan Ji thought for a long time, and said with some concern: "Now the people have suffered a catastrophe, and now they are being restrained by strict laws, I am afraid that it will lead to everyone's own danger and even intensify the rebellion." ”
"The emperor is too worried, and there are very few people who have violated the law, most of them are today's princes and nobles, or relatives, or domestic slaves, and many fish and meat people, who are rampant and domineering, and the people dare not speak, and the law enforcement officials dare not speak, so it leads to the resentment of heaven and people."
"Okay, let's follow the previous criminal law and increase the punishment."
Cheng He came in, looked at the already cold food on the bookcase, and said, "Your Majesty, it's almost time." ”
Huan Ji sighed, patted his leg and said: "It's so fast, I chatted with Mr. so happily, I forgot the time, come and come, eat." ”
The old waiter Chenghe said helplessly: "The meal is cold, I'll go and ask someone to make a new one." ”
"No, it's okay to heat it up, and I'll talk to my husband while eating. Sir, this "Treatise on Law" is like this, so what about this "Treatise on Fields"? ”
"The people regard food as the sky, so this "Treatise on Fields" must be strictly implemented, and cannot be pretended to be the hands of princes and scholars. Since Wang Mang proposed that the land be nationalized, all dynasties have implemented it, so the "Treatise on Fields" should emphasize that the land belongs to the state, prohibit anyone from withholding and buying and selling it without permission, and can make each prefecture and county demarcate a certain amount of land according to the number of people per household, and collect 10% of the tax on these fields, and the rest will be owned by their own families. "On Appreciating Agriculture" and "On Fields" are implemented together, "On Fields" allows the people to have land to cultivate, and "On Appreciating Agriculture" can encourage the people's enthusiasm for farming, so that the people work hard, within three or five years, the granary can swell, and even if there are natural and man-made disasters, there is no big worry, and even the people can be self-sufficient, and there is no need for the treasury for disaster relief, which is the law of enriching the people. ”
"Yes, yes, what Mr. said is very true, it seems that the biggest opponents of this law will be them, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to implement, but with Mr. clearly considering, everything is not difficult."
Uncle Yang suddenly saw that this emperor, who was only two years older than himself, had gray sideburns, and couldn't help but feel a lot of admiration.
Chenghe finally brought the food, for Uncle Yang, in fact, it doesn't matter if the food is cold or not, when he was in the mountains, the naughty junior brother always went out to practice after cooking, and when he remembered it, he would call them to eat, especially in summer, the climate on the mountain is probably cool, and there are very few mosquitoes, which is also a fortunate thing, otherwise I am afraid that those meals will not be eaten for a long time.
"Your Majesty, let me talk about the "Theory of Appreciating the Army", now there are Hu cavalry in the north watching, and there are rebels in the country, but I think the current enemy is the Hu people in the north, and the rebels only need to carry out the three theories mentioned above, but they will fall apart, and no one wants to rebel, they all have to do so. Besides, the Hu people in the north often invade, but our army is mediocre, and now no one is willing to fight, why? Because the soldiers fought to the death but had no reward, they ended up in a miserable end, so this "Theory of Appreciating the Army" is to ask the soldiers to be willing to fight hard, and they will die on the battlefield without worries. “