After the five kings entered the court, it was equivalent to reporting on their work, and after reporting the situation of the feudal country to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang told them to stay for a few days and let them go back.

During this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's health was better, and he didn't need Zhu Yunwen to serve day and night, so he had some time to go to Wenhua Hall (that is, the original Wenhua Hall) to study, Liu Sanwu and Huang Zicheng accompanied him and helped him answer his doubts, and recently Zhu Yuanzhang also sent Xiucai Zhang Zongjun and others to assist Liu Sanwu and others, so there are more and more people who accompany Taisun to study.

Zhu Yunwen slowly walked out of the blue jade case, and the five kings gave him a blow to the head when they entered the court, and he clearly realized that not only King Yan, but also several other uncles were dissatisfied with him, but King Yan was more direct. Yun Wei seriously considered the current situation, and suddenly found that the Lan Yu case was in the past and irretrievable, and the army that could fight was basically dead, and he needed to rebuild the army loyal to him. In addition, it is also necessary to win over Wenchen and Xungui, he considered the current strategy, he felt that both civil and military roads should be taken, on the side of the text, he decided to revise the "Da Ming Law", reduce the punishment, and strive for fairness, and in addition, in terms of Wulun, leave a certain amount of leeway, leave a certain space for the people who try the case, that is, the often said "bending the law and extending affection", the martial aspect, he decided to create martial arts, serve the war game deduction, and cultivate his own lineage.

One day, after finishing reading, Zhu Yunwen stood up and said, "Mr. Liu, Master Huang, gentlemen, you plan to revise the Daming Law, what do you think?" ”

"How does Your Highness plan to revise it?" Liu Sanwu asked.

"Mr. Liu, I want to get rid of some cruel criminal laws, and in addition, in terms of Wulun, bend the law and leave a certain amount of space for the person who adjudicates the case."

"Remove the cruel criminal law, I'm afraid the emperor won't agree to it, but Wulun can revise it."

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In the end, everyone agreed to revise the "Da Ming Law", but they were afraid that the emperor would not agree. Zhu Yunwen volunteered and was responsible for finding the emperor to plead his case.

In the afternoon, Zhu Yunwen came to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was correcting the folds, and when he saw Yunwen coming, he put down his pen: "Yunwen, is there anything to do today?" ”

"Grandpa Huang, Yun Wei recently looked at the Da Ming Law, and deeply felt that some criminal laws were too heavy, and in addition, in terms of Wulun, some places were too rigid, Yun Wei wanted to leave a certain amount of space, leaving a certain amount of room for the judge to deal with human feelings."

"Why?"

"Grandpa Huang, Yun Wei feels that the punishment in the five Lun needs to consider the specific circumstances of the parties, and it cannot be arbitrarily one-size-fits-all, otherwise the people will not accept it. In addition, the role of the law is not only to punish crimes, but also to change customs, change the people's likes and dislikes, and then purify the people's customs and achieve the state of rule by inaction. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while: "Okay, it makes sense, you go and arrange someone to do this, what kind of manpower do you need to tell me, I will equip you." ”

"Sun Chen plans to summon the Hanlin Bachelor, and the Great Scholar and Companion of the Zhan Mansion to do this, and Sun Chen plans to recall the two people."

"Who?"

"Fang Xiaoru, Xie Jin."

"Oh, these two are talents, but they both have shortcomings, Fang Xiaoru is old-fashioned, but he is very literary and can be used, I promise you. As for Xie Jin, he is still too young to do this thing. Wait two years. ”

"Okay, Grandpa Xie Huang!"

"Okay, you can do it, and feel free to report if you have any questions."

"Well, thank you, Grandpa."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Yunwen's back and smiled happily.

Returning to the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yunwen summoned the companions and scholars of Zhan Shifu, and the bachelors of Hanlin to report the matter and convey the matter, and the people who were to be present were involved in this matter, and they were fully responsible, and Liu Sanwu was responsible for the specific coordination, and Huang Zicheng was responsible for the actual affairs. Everyone is very excited, and they are gearing up to get this done. After that, Zhu Yunwen discussed with everyone almost every day, referring to the "Book of Rites", Confucian classics and the laws of previous dynasties, especially the Tang law, and occasionally referring to the Song law. A month later, Fang Xiaoru, who was working as a teacher for Shu Shizi, was ordered to return to Beijing to participate in the discussion of the "Da Ming Law". Fang Xiaoru believed in "Zhou Li", and the argument was even more intense, so that it could not be carried out. Zhu Yunwen came up with a way to make a big blackboard to record everyone's views. It is stipulated that the discussion time of each record shall not exceed one day, and those who agree with it will be adopted by 3/4, and those that cannot be decided after one day will be temporarily shelved, so that the "Da Ming Law" will be reviewed within a month, and there will be more than 50 remaining issues that cannot be resolved. These records are then discussed for 2 days, and then 3/4 of the people approve of them, and so on. Keep a record of all the final discussions. This method is very novel to everyone, and Zhu Yunwen tries not to make a decision, and tries to follow the vote, so that everyone's enthusiasm is very high and the efficiency is also very high.

Zhu Yunwen occasionally reported the progress with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied, and occasionally went to the Wenhua Hall to listen to everyone's opinions on the revision of the Daming Law, and so on to see the discussion rules formulated by Zhu Yunwen, and also appreciated, this method is efficient, and everyone can fully express their opinions, and the final opinions will also be recorded as evidence of the revision of the law.

In this way, it was basically completed in almost half a year, and after the revision and arrangement, it was played to Zhu Yuanzhang, and after Zhu Yuanzhang read it, he beckoned Yun Wei: "Yun Wen, I have read the "Da Ming Law" that you presided over the revision, and it is generally more appropriate, but I feel that the sentence is a little light, but I advocate the rule of the country fiercely and the use of heavy codes in troubled times. ”

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said: "Grandpa Huang, Yunwen thinks that since the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been established for twenty-six years, and it is not appropriate to use the heavy code for a long time. That's why some of the sentences were commuted. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and paced a few steps, and sighed: "Okay, Yun Wei, I am the founder of the country and established the Ming order, so if I don't re-enforce the law, I can't rule the people, appoint officials and lead the army." But you are the king of the observant and want to implement leniency, so there is a certain reason for revising the Daming Law in this way. However, the promulgation of the new "Da Ming Law" may not be enough to deter Xiaoxiao. In this way, the new "Great Ming Law" was promulgated and the abbreviated "Great Message" was appended to it. ”

"Grandpa Huang is wise."

On the second day, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the new "Da Ming Law", and the "Da Huo" should be slightly attached to it, and ordered: "In the future, the law department will only discuss crimes according to the "Law" and the "Da Huo". ”

The ministers were delighted, very happy about Zhu Yuanzhang's change, and secretly pleased with the benevolence and generosity of the emperor's grandson, "Da Ming Law" is the rule of Da Ming law enforcement, and the imperial grandson's revision of "Da Ming Law" reflects its governing principles, and hundreds of officials will have a good life in the future.

With the promulgation of the "Da Ming Law", the tension since Hu Lan's two cases slowly dissipated, and the hundred officials had some confidence in the future of Da Ming and themselves. At this time, it is the first month of the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu.

After revising the "Da Ming Law", Fang Xiaoru also joined the Zhan Academy as a companion to the emperor's grandson. Through getting along day and night, Zhu Yunwen found that Fang Xiaoru was indeed erudite and talented, and he was like a treasure of Confucian classics, but he was too idealistic, and always wanted to restore the ancient etiquette system.

A few days later, after Zhu Yunwen finished reading, he called Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru, walked out of the Wenhua Hall together, turned around a few times, came to the East Corner Gate, sat down in the pavilion inside the door, and let people serve tea, melons and fruits, and let the two of them taste together.

The three of them chatted while eating, Zhu Yunwen suddenly sighed, Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru both stopped and asked, "Your Highness, why are you sighing, is there anything difficult about it?" ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "Since the Lanyu case, the talents in the army have withered, once there is a change, what can I do?" ”

Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru glanced at each other and said, "Your Highness is worried about King Yan?" ”

"Hehe, it's not all, it's just that Uncle Yan Wang has heavy troops, and they are all elites in the northern Xinjiang battle, and it's easy to lose the tail."

Fang Xiaoru said: "Your Royal Highness, don't worry, since the founding of the Emperor and Ming Dynasty, the Yuan soldiers have been expelled and the farmers have been persuaded to teach agriculture, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the people's hearts are more attached to the court. ”

Zhu Yunwen was surprised: "What Mr. Fang said has some truth, but I have always wondered, why was Liao Jinyuan able to encroach on the Song Dynasty and finally destroy the Song Dynasty in Yashan?" Could it be that the Yuan Dynasty received a lot of help? ”

"The minister thinks that the Yuan soldiers are tyrannical, although they have gained power for a while, but they have been expelled from the Central Plains by Jinshang in decades, and the so-called Hu people have no national fortune for a hundred years, so this is not a cause for concern."

Zhu Yunwen was really surprised, took a closer look at Fang Xiaoru, and thought to himself: Hu Ren has no national fortune for a hundred years, he is purely ignorant, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been almost 300 years ago, becoming a veritable Chinese Zhengshuo, but it seems that the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not very helpful.

"What Mr. Fang means is that even if King Yan succeeds in rebellion for a while, he will eventually be spurned by others, but what Gu wants to ask is, what will be the result of Gu Hui?"

Fang Xiaoru hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, the minister did not say that King Yan's rebellion would succeed, the minister believes that the imperial court has a million male soldiers, and King Yan only has a corner of Beiping, and there are insufficient soldiers, money, and food, so it is impossible to succeed." ”

Huang Zicheng also interjected and said: "Your Highness is angry, and the minister also agrees with Mr. Fang's meaning, the kings have limited guards and can only defend themselves, if there is a change, the court will come with large soldiers, who can resist?" The eventual pacification of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion of the Han Dynasty also illustrates this point. The strength of the Seven Kingdoms is stronger than that of the current vassal kings, and the strength of our dynasty is far stronger than that of the former Han Dynasty, so why worry that the kings will not be able to pacify. ”

Zhu Yunwen was silent, feeling that what these two people said was the truth, and there were no flaws in the general direction and legal theory, but the correct strategy must be supplemented by the correct tactics, which is a problem often faced by the brigade chief of staff in his dreams. The same correct strategy, if the tactics are not properly formulated or the ability of the executor is not enough, then even the right strategy will not help. There is nothing wrong with the general direction of the two, but they lack the ability to execute the strategy, and it seems that they are looking for the wrong person.

After Zhu Yunwen figured it out, he raised his hand to terminate the discussion between the two: "Two gentlemen, Lone plans to ask the emperor to create a martial arts, select more than 100 households in the country's health centers, under the age of 30, and 800 soldiers who can read the war books and war books, and carry out centralized training, Lone wants them to learn the way of using soldiers, and Lone also wants them to understand loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, so I want you two to teach them some lessons, I don't know what you two think?" ”

"This ......"

Huang Zicheng and Fang Xiaoru glanced at each other, and felt that His Highness's idea was very unique, to create martial arts, and also planned to equip a special civil and martial arts teacher. In fact, the two of them didn't like the emperor's suggestion very much, but they could also understand the emperor's worries, and the emperor planned to cultivate his own descendant troops, so that he would be more sure to fight against the vassal kings in the future.

Fang Xiaoru preemptively said: "Your Highness, the minister is loyal to His Highness, and he will do his best to explain the things that His Highness explains, since His Highness wants to create a martial arts, then the minister is willing to accept His Highness's orders." ”

Huang Zicheng looked at it, yes, Fang Xiaoru was really happy, and he didn't hold it himself, so he said: "The minister is the same, but the matter is big, I hope His Royal Highness can consider it all." ”

Zhu Yunwen laughed and said: "The two gentlemen have really helped Gu, Guhui will discuss this matter with Wei Guogong and the founding father, and when there is a result, they will ask the emperor to play, and then they will have to work hard for the two gentlemen." ”

"His Royal Highness's orders, Weichen obeyed everything."

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The next day, Zhu Yunwen summoned four companions and Xu Huizu, Chang Sheng and Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru in the Zhan Academy. Zhu Yunwen opened the sect with a clear meaning, said the idea of running a martial arts school, and then asked what do you think?

Xu Huizu has the highest title, so he spoke first: "Your Highness, there are all martial arts dynasties, but it is difficult to persevere, what does Your Highness plan to do with martial arts?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "Lone's idea is this, Lone plans to choose a place outside the city as the site of the martial arts school, and then select elite sergeants in the national guards, on the condition that the position is more than 100 households, the age is less than 30 years old, can read and write, the number is about 800 people, and it is planned to be organized into four teams, Geng Xuan, you each lead a team." Lone plans to focus on training them, plans to open infantry, cavalry, firearms, reconnaissance, command, baggage and other disciplines, by the way, but also to carry out patriotic education of loyalty to the monarch, Lone will find some Confucian scholars to give them lectures. Other military subjects are planned to be served by generals in the army, such as the Duke of Wei and the Founding Duke of Guo. ”

Qi Tai raised his hand and said, "Your Highness, is it so complicated that martial arts need to be done?" Do you still need Confucianism to take classes? ”

Zhu Yunwen sensitively found that the Wuwen martial arts sitting there didn't seem to be very interested in this article, so he said with a smile: "I think that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty need to be knowledgeable and educated, able to understand the orders of their superiors, be able to continue to study and improve themselves, and even turn into a civilian position, so as to avoid the phenomenon of civil and military affairs in the future." ”

Hearing Zhu Yunwen say this, the generals present were very happy, because this was the importance of the generals, and they were very interested in the conversion of the generals to civilian positions.

Chang Sheng stood up and said: "Your Highness, the last general thinks that it is necessary to consider not only the national guards, but also the national princes and nobles, and if their sons are willing to send them over, the martial arts should also accept these people." ”

Zhu Yunwen patted his head: "Yes, what the founding father said is very right, the son of the noble must also be recruited." By the way, Lone also plans to recruit some talents, and Lone wants to train them so that they can learn to do wargames. ”

Huang Zicheng quit: "Your Highness, Xiucai has been studying hard for ten years, how can he engage in military affairs?" ”

Zhu Yunwen was a little angry: "Master Huang, Xiucai has been studying hard for ten years, can't he do something for the security of the country?" Ban Chao of the Han Dynasty threw his pen from Rong, sent an envoy to the Western Regions, and subdued the 36 countries of the Western Regions, is his merit less than that of the officials in the court? If the literati are unwilling to join the army and do things for the country, how can they believe that they can be loyal to their duties and serve the country in the court? ”

Huang Zicheng saw that Zhu Yunwen was angry, so he didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Yunwen continued: "Gu thinks that the number is still set at 800 people, including 400 guards and soldiers, 200 Xungui children, and 200 Xiucai, and then in order to train cavalry, Gu plans to mobilize 200 elite cavalry to facilitate martial arts students to practice cavalry confrontation. Do you have any comments? ”

Because this is a big matter, and it is led by the emperor's grandson, everyone wants to occupy a position in it, so the discussion is very hot, Zhu Yunwen listened silently, and finally formed a unified conclusion, wrote a song, and decided to report the matter to Zhu Yuanzhang tomorrow and establish a martial arts.