Chapter 780: Dahua New Law
A few days later, at a court meeting, several prime ministers of the Xuanzheng Yuan began to announce the new Dahua policy and the legal order format in the court, not only to inform the emperor of the idea, but also to announce the process to the ministers.
Xin Gongyi stepped out of the ranks and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the ministers and all the doctors have completed the formulation of the national law "Dahua New Law", on the basis of the Sui Dynasty's "Kaihuang Law", learn from the laws of the Sui, Northern Zhou and Northern Wei dynasties to innovate and restructure, take those suitable for the time, and make ten chapters of the law, including thieves, thieves, killing, prisoners, arrests, miscellaneous, tools, households, Xing, etc. ”
Luo Zhaoyun nodded and said: "The law is a double-edged sword, if it is used well, it will be used to arouse the people's anger, so in the process of formulation, it should be considered from all aspects, I don't know if it is for the sake of the poor people, but it is necessary to take into account all strata such as merchants and nobles, in short, in the spirit of treating everyone equally, the nobles are guilty of the same crime as the common people, the law is to safeguard the interests of the public, and for some stubborn people, it is necessary to use the criminal law to restrain them, and the Confucian law and the law do not conflict, and they will complement each other when combined." ”
After listening to these few sentences, both civil and military generals felt that it was easy to understand, and the sages discussed benevolence and law and politics endlessly, but they did not come up with a complete answer.
The nobles are guilty of the same crime as the common people, what a strict concept of equality, the military generals present not only admired it from the bottom of their hearts.
"I understand." Xin Gongyi stepped down and continued to improve.
At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji stood up and continued: "Your Majesty, the ministers and the doctors have drawn up the "Order to Return to the Hometown Mansion", "Light and Thin Endowment System", "Xingnong Industry and Commerce Law", etc., please take a look at Your Majesty!" As he spoke, he took out a few notebooks from the long sleeves of the brocade robe, all of which were copywriting.
The own Ouchi guard stepped forward to take the fold from the eldest grandson Wuji and handed it to His Majesty's table.
Luo Zhaoyun took the notebook, opened the copywriting of "Returning to the Hometown and Mansion", and the secret small block font in it, frowned and said: "Eldest grandson Aiqing, you might as well explain it here, so that I and Zhongqing can have a general understanding first, and then I will carefully study and approve it when I go back." ”
The eldest grandson Wuji arched his hand, and said: "This time the old field house order, is issued for the exiled people, since the Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang dug the canal, built the eastern capital, conquered Liaodong, often millions of people, the project continued, the conquest continued, so that the people were displaced, one after another, one after another, and then the righteous army all over the place, the heroes were divided, the beacon fire conscription, the kings fought for territory, etc., and aggravated the life of the people, the population plummeted, the economy was adjusted, the original big city, due to the dispersion of the people, the population was only three or four tenths, Many villages are almost extinct, and the common people have no food to spare and live in poverty. ”
"This decree is to ask the displaced people in various places to return to their places of origin, restore their status, return their original heavens, earth, and houses, and send local officials to resettle them properly, re-register their household registrations, tell them to produce to the fullest, not to discriminate against the poor people, to re-plan the land according to the population, to give the corresponding land and residences to the soldiers according to the size of their merits and titles, and to give preferential resettlement to the people who move with them."
This decree plays a vital role in stabilizing the hearts of the people, the so-called "the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light." "Only by truly grasping the hearts of the people and gaining the support of the people can we gain a foothold and develop Guanzhong into a base that no one can shake.
Luo Zhaoyun's eyes lit up, although he has more than 2,000 years of knowledge than the eldest grandson Wuji, Wen Yanbo, Gao Xiaoji and others, but after all, he learned it from textbooks, and a lot of their knowledge is undoubtedly thought out by himself, if he was born and raised in the same era as a historical genius, he would definitely not be as good as the eldest grandson Wuji!
Hearing these detailed regulations, Luo Zhaoyun showed excitement on his face, and continued to ask: "The light and thin taxation system must be to reduce forced labor and reduce taxes, I don't know how you drafted the copy?" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji replied: "Conscription and taxation are the source of the country's economy, without conscription, there will be no army to defend the country, defend the border, suppress the tyranny, build the Great Wall, build canals, build the eastern capital and other large-scale projects are inseparable from the conscription labor, and taxation is the foundation, through the collection of taxes, you can give officials and soldiers a lot of money, and all the mobilization of the whole country is inseparable from the treasury expenditure, this tax is the main source." ”
"The promulgation of the decree stipulates that the age of conscription for men between the ages of 20 and 50 is the age of conscription, and each person who serves one month of conscription in the county or county every year becomes a guard, and those who serve in person are called the practice guard, and those who do not serve and pay 2,000 yuan for the substitute service are called the guard, and each person serves in the military for two years in his life, and the local service is called the regular pawn, and the one year guarding the Beijing division or the frontier is called the garrison, and the local indiscriminate collection and private taxation are strictly controlled, and all regions are unified, and all the soldiers who enter the northwest and Guanzhong with His Majesty to fight will be exempted from the conscription for life."
The eldest grandson Wuji did not hesitate to do so, and ordered the methods and terms of taxation, the unification of currency, the encouragement of farming, and the relaxation of restrictions on industry and commerce, etc., to "open and close the beams and gallop the mountains", which created more conditions for the exhibition of private industry and commerce, and proposed that "the whole world flows, and everything that can be traded can be done, and you can afford to do whatever you want" This can not only revitalize industry and commerce, but also indirectly promote the development of agriculture.
However, there were also some hierarchical restrictions on merchants, such as merchants were not allowed to wear silk, weapons, officials, and slaves who bought hungry people as slaves and maids to be released without compensation, restricting them from doing anything if they had money.
Luo Zhaoyun's eyes became brighter and brighter as he listened, and thought to himself that this eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui and others deserve to be economic and political wizards, they can be famous in history, and they really have real talents and real learning.
Although when I talked to him at the beginning, I just told a few of them some of my general thoughts, the eldest grandson Wuji and Du Ruhui carefully wrote them down, and then went back to extend, according to the background of the current times, created many enforceable regulations, some of which were borrowed from the Great Sui, and some of which were newly created by him and Du Ruhui and others.
With the assistance of a few of them, the government is initially stable, and then in terms of military and science and technology, it is time to let go of oneself.
The eldest grandson Wuji said for most of the hour, and his mouth was a little dry, Du Ruhui stood up and added, and continued to speak, listening to the mood of the ministers, although they did not understand the economy, laws, etc., but they could also hear the novelty and perfection of the policy, which was more complete than the previous Great Sui law, there was a law to follow, and it would not be chaotic anymore.
The court meeting opened from morning to noon, and several people and ministers of the Xuanzheng Yuan took turns to speak, speaking freely and explaining the terms of the new policy, so that the ministers could hear and understand clearly.
In the end, Luo Zhaoyun concluded: "No matter how perfect the law is, it also needs to be implemented by people, after I Dahua enacted, I will never change the order overnight, wanton destruction, with me as the head, restrain the royal family, nobles, and other families, do not trample on the criminal law, law, and use the power of the aristocracy to do misdeeds, otherwise, it will reach my ears and be investigated and punished." Go back and restrain your heirs and descendants, and you must not oppress the people as nobles, otherwise, the law of the country will be ruthless! ”
"Yes!" The ministers shouted in response, and they all felt in their hearts that a thriving and vibrant new dynasty had officially risen.