The incident in the Shanyang Labor Camp is just an episode of the trip to Mobei, but this episode has given Li Shimin a lot of new insights.

For example, for the comprehensive reform of the criminal law, he believes that the criminal law methods inherited from the former Sui are no longer applicable. Prisoners, rods, streams, beheadings, etc., are not as effective as the kind of labor re-education system that Sun Zhengming had in mind. It should be a means of education as the mainstay, supplemented by punishment.

If a person hurts another person, and you beat him with dozens of rods to punish him, it often does not play a positive role, and the person who injured the person and the person who injured the back are the first to lose, and the person who hurt the person is likely to heal the scar and forget the pain, and continue to take revenge.

However, it is different for them to let them come to the labor camp for re-education through labor, after receiving ideological education, they should no longer retaliate and hurt people after they go out, and at the same time, during the period of reform, they can also create some economic benefits and compensate the injured person, which is a good thing that benefits both sides.

Seeing a lot of Sun Xiangfu's novel ideas, Li Shimin looked down on the previous Sui more and more, and he was eager to implement this kind of beneficial and harmless reform immediately.

So, after discussing with Sun Xiangfu and Fang Xuanling overnight, he decided to go to Tianxia Prefecture and County, abolish the original criminal law punishment system, and change all of them to re-education through labor except for the crime of death, and judge the length of labor reform according to the seriousness of the crime.

In addition, even if a prisoner on death row is no longer beheaded after the autumn, but is first imprisoned in a labor camp, and his crimes are reviewed repeatedly, and these people will be given a one-year probation, and only after it is confirmed that he is a mortal death crime will he be executed.

Then, the Shanyang Labor Camp, which is at the forefront of the Datang Labor Camp, is destined to become more lively, because there are no labor camps in other places in the Tang Dynasty, and there is not so much barren land that needs to be developed and planted here, so in Li Shimin's new regulations, all convicted prisoners in the country must be handed over to the state government on a quarterly basis and escorted to the Shanyang Labor Camp to receive labor reform.

In the afternoon of the next day, the brigade came to the foot of Dingxiang New Town, where after more than half a year, almost completed the construction of the city wall and the main road, the size and specifications are almost the same as Shanyang, but due to the topography, the Green River was not included, however, the artificial aqueduct was made, several lakes were dug in the city, and drainage ditches were dug, which also allowed a large area of living water to flow in the city.

Zhou Chun's skilled construction workers have 20,000 people are busy working in Dingxiang City, but Dingxiang does not have so many Han people who can burn bricks to build houses, during which they have also experienced a month or two of busy farming time, from last winter to build the city, to now, the real time for the whole people to build the city, it is only three or four months, the houses in the city have just begun to build, most of the places are construction sites, and the people of Dingxiang City live in the old city and their own yurts.

"Chong'er, you Dingxiang City, but it was built completely according to the appearance of Shanyang!"

Li Shimin took a horse and looked at the people who were working everywhere in the city, and rushed to the eldest grandson with a smile.

"That's natural, but it may be better than Shanyang's construction, because Shanyang was only built by Sun Dudu in a hurry, and he gave up a lot of things for the sake of speed.

Xiangcheng, but on the basis of Shanyang to improve the design, reasonable planning, only to start from scratch, you see this street, than Shanyang City is wider! There is also a special division of carriage and horse walkways and sidewalks.

At that time, some of the daily filth of the people will not be collected by those stinky night incense trucks, but can be directly discharged to the manure field outside the city through these cement drainage channels hidden deep in the ground, and used to drain fertilizer.

Moreover, there will be more buildings for the houses in our city, and the houses will not occupy so much land, so that the saved land can be used to build a lot of squares or gardens similar to those in Shanyang that can be walked and played in the city, ······"

A person, who has made something out of himself as a career, then, when he talks about this thing to others, he will talk endlessly, and the eldest grandson Chong has fully absorbed some of the knowledge he heard in Sun Xiangfu's mouth, and he has even listened to the words that he should serve the people and be a public servant of the people as an official, not to mention others!

Therefore, when Li Shimin walked on the street, those people who were busy on the construction site saw him, and they just felt strange and in awe. And when he saw the eldest grandson Chong, he was respectful, worshipped, and naturally, he would smile.

Dingxiang New City is not yet inhabitable, so Li Shimin roughly turned around the city, then went out of the city to the old city not far away to eat and rest, here used to be Jieli's Khan City Tooth Tent, in fact, it is no longer smaller than some state cities in the Central Plains, just because Jieli retains too many nomadic habits, in addition to the city wall mainly used to block the wind, there are not many solid masonry buildings, once it is not repaired for several years, it is dilapidated and does not look good.

Changsun Chong also has no intention of giving up this old city, the earthen city wall has been repaired by him, and in the future, this will be a bigger breeding and trading market than the cattle and sheep trading market in the old city of Shanyang.

Sun Xiangfu asked Changsun Chong to repeat Shanyang's industry a lot, naturally there is a reason, because, gradually, Shanyang's animal husbandry will move to the north, the deeper part of the grassland, and gradually focus on agriculture Shanyang, will also become the central city of the northern Tang Dynasty, and it will gradually transform while developing the city to the depths of the grassland.

In fact, as early as when Sun Xiangfu asked Changsun Chong to develop Dingxiang City, he had already made a new positioning for Shanyang, a livable city and an education center in the north.

In the future, there will not be only one medical school here, the College of Agriculture will definitely be established, and even, Sun Xiangfu will also establish an engineering college, a business school, and several large colleges will continue to export talents for the development of the North, and only retain a small part of the characteristic industries, plus the popularity of these colleges, it is enough to support the economy of Shanyang.

The people in the old city of Dingxiang are very dense, because even in the heyday of Jieli, there is no habit of gathering more than 300,000 people in this city, most of these herdsmen are wearing summer clothes given by Li Shimin at the military parade.

Previously, Changsun Chong had not eaten at home for a long time, and he, as well as the guards and servants he brought from home, were accustomed to the taste of eating a hundred family meals, which not only deepened the communication between them and the herdsmen, but also allowed them to spread some Han cooking techniques and efficient life skills to the herdsmen.

Now, these herdsmen can cook sheep's heads and eat them, and they can accurately put the right amount of salted fish and bean paste, and they will also use clay pots or iron pots to steam and cook a lot of delicious vegetarian foods to eat.

In the future, the dairy industry is destined to be more developed in the north, and the workshop in Dingxiang City will collect milk from all dairy farmers to make milk powder and toffee, which is also one of the characteristic industries of Dingxiang.

When you come to the local area, you have to eat local food, feel the local culture, in Shanyang, the Han people, and the customs and habits of the Banhu people are the mainstream, to Dingxiang, it is the whole Hu people, Li Shimin sat down with the ministers in the government office, and asked the eldest grandson Chong to give many ministers who are qualified to eat with him mare's milk wine, roast beef and mutton, etc.

"Your Majesty, the development of the north is orderly, and it will become the important financial and tax area of my Tang Dynasty in the future, and the minister suggested that the scale of the Guanzhong this year be expanded to provide more talents for the governance of the north."

Fang Xuanling's vision is very sharp, and he has a long-term view, in Shanyang, he saw some problems, and the problem of Dingxiang is even more serious.

In order to promote cultural propaganda, Sun Xiangfu had to use a large number of Wang's children as officials, and he personally grasped the money and grain army in Shanyang, but once he left, his successors may not be able to do it like him.

For example, Chu Suiliang, he has wisdom, but he does not have the strength to wrestle with the Wang family, in fact, the entire Tang Dynasty, except for the emperor, Sun Xiangfu dares to wrestle with these huge families, and he usually uses ingenuity and strategy.

Then, once Sun Xiangfu steps down, Shanyang is likely to become a city where the royal family has the final say, which is unacceptable to the imperial court.

And Changsun Chong in Dingxiang, is more like a light commander, completely relying on his continuous efforts to establish a personal image, in the way of the people's conscious way in the governance of this city, this is not a long-term peace and stability method, once Changsun Chong is transferred, this city, will soon be chaotic.

The minister was reasonable, and the minister seconded the proposal.

Your Majesty, long-term peace and stability must be built on the basis of a perfect system, and the development of Dingxiang now depends on the people's desire for a better life and their trust in Changsun Chong.

This momentum is rare, but there will definitely be a time to pass, we should take advantage of this momentum before it passes, to develop a sound management system for it, to ensure that there will not be chaos here for some reasons.

Therefore, it is necessary to send a large number of officials to manage civil affairs, law, culture, education, and all aspects.

In addition, the minister also has some suggestions for the imperial court. ”

Fang Xuanling pointed out some problems in Dingxiang City, but it was in line with Sun Xiangfu's thoughts, as the governor of Anbei and the superior supervisor of Dingxiang Assassin History, he should actually consider these problems.

Hearing this, Li Shimin nodded, just now when he was inspecting the Xincheng construction site, he saw the eyes of the working people looking at Changsun Chong, he had some reflections, but the key point was pointed out by Fang Xuanling, Datang can't let a place be completely governed by people, this is very dangerous, because the rule of people is full of uncertainty, once a provocateur assassinates Changsun Chong, this place will be chaotic in an instant. This is a large city with a population of more than 350,000 in the future, and once it gets into chaos, it will not be a trivial matter.

"If you have any suggestions, Masaaki can say it directly."

With Li Shimin's approval, Sun Xiangfu thought about it for a while, and then said, "It's actually very simple, we in the north, we don't need officials who can only drop their book bags, and the method of governing the northland is not the same as governing the Hanmin city in Guannei, and the imperial court should take scholars according to local needs."

The minister thinks that people with good culture may not be able to govern the country.

Being able to read and be able to govern and manage people's livelihood are actually two different things.

Therefore, the minister suggested that the scientific examination should not be judged by the test score, as long as he is a person of excellent character, can read and hyphenation, and understand basic arithmetic, he will be eligible to be admitted.

And all those who are admitted cannot be rewarded for official positions, but only give them a chance to study and administer the internship, and through one year, or two to three years of study and politics, the internship is jointly determined by the local chief and the people, and they all think that they have the ability to manage government affairs and govern the locality, and then they are actually awarded official positions. ”

Sun Xiangfu's suggestion is simply subversive for the imperial examination system that may appear in history.

The Tang Dynasty was an important period in the formation of the imperial examination, once this suggestion was adopted by Li Shimin and a system was formed, then, the history of scholars who could ascend to the sky in one step only needed to pass the examination could be rewritten, and everything in the future would change greatly.

Because the essence of the Confucian classics is no longer so important, it does not allow scholars to be superiors, and when officials need to learn how to govern and how to manage people's livelihood, the focus of scholars' learning naturally begins to shift to this.

Sun Xiangfu made such a big suggestion, but he ruthlessly blocked those families who monopolized the knowledge of the classics, made the knowledge they learned useless, and made more pragmatic knowledge something that the country's scholars specialized in, narrowing the gap between them and the children of the common people.