Li Zicheng basically sorted out the ideas of the Han Qing Department, laying the foundation for future self-defense and expansion, and was very happy in his heart, just stretching his waist, Lu Yang came in, "Your Majesty, Chen Mingxia has been here for a long time, and now he is outside the palace gate!"

"Chen Mingxia?" Only then did Li Zicheng remember the matter of summoning Chen Mingxia, and he had a very happy meeting with Wang Anping just now, and he actually forgot about him, so he said: "Let him come in!"

Chen Mingxia came in with Lu Yang, bowed down and saluted Li Zicheng, "The criminal minister Chen Mingxia has seen the Emperor of Huaxia!"

Lu Yang saw that Chen Mingxia did not kneel, and unconsciously pressed his right hand on the hilt of the knife, and drank in his mouth: "Bold, I don't kneel when I see the emperor......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand, so that Lu Yang didn't have to be angry, and looked at Chen Mingxia with a smile and said, "You are not a Huaxia courtier, how can you be a criminal minister?" After a pause, he said: "The Ming Dynasty has been extinguished, Emperor Chongzhen is missing, are you still nostalgic for the old dynasty and unwilling to serve Huaxia?" ”

Chen Mingxia glanced at Li Zicheng, thought for a moment, and finally slowly bent his knees, "Villain Chen Mingxia, knock on the emperor!"

"No rudeness!" Li Zicheng asked Chen Mingxia to get up, but he didn't give him a seat, "Lord Chen, do you know why I summoned you alone?" ”

"The villain doesn't know!"

Li Zicheng picked up a piece of music from the imperial case and raised it to Chen Mingxia, "This is the chapter you gave to Emperor Chongzhen?" ”

Lu Yang took the chapter and threw it to Chen Mingxia angrily, Chen Mingxia unfolded it and took a look, in the chapter was to suggest to Zhu Youzhen to mobilize Shandong volunteers to reinforce the Beijing Division, his heart moved, and he frowned slightly, and said: "This villain is for the emperor...... The recital on the emperor of the previous dynasty. ”

"That's why I summoned you," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "You are just a small soldier, when the Ming Mansion is about to fall, others are Mingzhe to protect themselves, but you are to Emperor Chongzhen - the method of mobilizing Shandong volunteers to enter the king of Jingqin, whether it is feasible, I don't care, what I care about is the chapter itself." ”

Chen Mingxia raised his head and said, "At that time...... Villain...... Where the villain's responsibilities ......"

"Well said!" Li Zicheng laughed, "At that time, there were many important ministers in the court, but I looked through the chapter, before the city was broken, the ministers all stopped sparse, only you, still thinking about Da Ming in your heart, yes, where the duty lies, this is a loyal and righteous person!"

"This ......" Chen Mingxia didn't expect Li Zicheng to have appreciation, I don't know if it's true or not, he glanced at Li Zicheng, and saw that Li Zicheng didn't mean ridicule on his smiling face, and he felt very strange in his heart.

Li Zicheng suddenly saw a shallow scar on Chen Mingxia's neck, although the blood stains had dried, the scar would definitely not be too long, and he said strangely: "Lord Chen's neck ......"

"This ......" Chen Mingxia hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Villain, villain is a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and he was originally a martyr ......"

It turned out to be a self-hanged martyrdom! Li Zicheng really can't tell, whether this kind of person is confused or has integrity, different people may have different opinions, for a petty official like Chen Mingxia, he can still have such integrity, which is somewhat admirable, "Since Lord Chen hanged himself, why ......?"

Chen Mingxia sighed and said: "It's because of the villain's wife, the villain hanged herself at that time and was rescued by the lady, and the lady said that if the villain was martyred, she would not be the only child, and she had to take the child to die in the city together......"

Li Zicheng said in his heart, even if the official martyrdom is forgotten, it is really a little undesirable to let his wife and children accompany him to the martyrdom, but the pillars of the family are gone, how can the wife and children live? With the martyrdom of her husband, either the couple is in deep love, or they have to do it!

Chen Mingxia said: "The villain is the only son in the family, if his wife and children are also martyred, there will be no one to inherit the incense...... So...... So the villain survived ......"

"Confused!" Li Zicheng pointed at Chen Mingxia's nose and scolded: "In vain, you are familiar with the book of sages, and you are not as good as Mrs. Mingli, it is not that you betrayed the Ming Dynasty, but that the Ming Dynasty abandoned you!"

"This ......"

"The Ming Dynasty no longer exists, but the Han people are still there, and they need people of insight to serve the new China," Li Zicheng said: "Could it be that once you die, you can't bear to watch the Han Dynasty burn everywhere, and finally cause the northern nomadic tribes to enter the customs?" Do you want the era of the 'five unscrupulous men' to come again? ”

"This ...... Villain ......"

"I started my army from Shaanxi, and along the way, the officers and soldiers all looked at the wind and surrendered, and there were not many real battles, what does this mean?" Li Zicheng sighed: "Da Ming...... I'm running out of gas!"

“……”

"I don't have a deep hatred with Emperor Chongzhen, nor do I risk killing my head and want to take charge of Huaxia," Li Zicheng said: "It's really the people who don't have a good life, and the people really have no way to live except for rebellion." ”

"The villain is confused!"

"Sit down!" Li Zicheng said faintly: "The new dynasty needs the assistance of people of insight, and it can also make Lord Chen's learning useful, isn't the sage educating his followers like this?" ”

Chen Mingxia hesitated for a moment, and finally put half of his ass on the seat, "Villain...... The villain is willing to obey the emperor's dispatch!"

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Lord Chen used to be a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, so he should be familiar with the "Da Ming Law", right?" ”

"The villain is naturally familiar," Chen Mingxia finally raised his eyes, daring to face Li Zicheng, "The emperor wants to revise the "Da Ming Law"...... Formulating the "Huaxia Law"? ”

"There may be a Huaxia Law in the future, but not now," Li Zicheng said, "I hope that Mr. Chen can fully improve several laws of Huaxia Kingdom according to the Da Ming Law, leaving no loopholes." ”

"The villain is not familiar with the laws of China."

"It's okay, you can learn if you're not familiar with it," Li Zicheng said: "You can learn all the sage books, can it be that just a few pages of the law, in the eyes of Master Chen, there will be difficulties?" ”

"The villain takes the order!"

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "There is one more thing, I first seek advice from Master Chen." ”

"The villain doesn't dare," Chen Mingxia looked at Li Zicheng, and always felt weird in his heart, "The villain should know everything!"

"The important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty is that civil and military officials are greedy for ink, and Huaxia will never allow officials to be greedy for ink," Li Zicheng said: "Lord Chen is an official of the Ming Dynasty, with Lord Chen's personal experience in the officialdom, how can we avoid officials being greedy for ink?" ”

Chen Mingxia thought about it for a long time, but shook his head and said: "Back to the emperor, it is impossible to make the officials not greedy for ink, and it cannot be solved by all dynasties, this dynasty ...... Emperor Hongwu of the previous dynasty, in order to curb the greed of officials, adopted the cruel punishment of 'peeling the skin and filling the grass' and 'draining the intestines and cutting off the flow', and it is still difficult to eradicate the greed for ink......"

Li Zicheng knew in his heart that many civil and military forces followed him to conquer the Chinese country, and at this time, I am afraid that many people thought that they were going to enjoy happiness, they shed blood and sweat, and even risked their lives to survive for half their lives, and they always had to earn a family business for their children and grandchildren......

"It is indeed impossible for officials to completely eliminate ink greed, but we can effectively limit ink greed until it is finally eliminated," Li Zicheng said with a smile. ”

"The emperor said that only from the front can the water leak be plugged...... This ink-loving thing......"

"Lord Chen is right, if you want to cure the greed for ink, wait until you are greedy for ink and then kill people, it is impossible to cure corruption," Li Zicheng said: "The key is to formulate laws, there are laws to follow, there are laws to follow, and strict supervision will make officials have no chance to be greedy for ink......"

Chen Mingxia felt that he was groping in the dark night, and he couldn't find the door for a while, so he saw a glimmer of light, and the emperor's words were like a morning star in the night, pointing out the direction and illuminating the way......

The emperor is clever!

He arched his hand to Li Zicheng and said, "The villain has been taught!"

Li Zicheng laughed secretly in his heart, such a law in later generations is really too many to mention, but unfortunately he can't copy it, let alone remember the relevant provisions, so he can only let Chen Mingxia slowly explore, "I plan to formulate a law specifically against corruption of ink, called the "Anti-Corruption Law", even if it can't completely eliminate corruption of ink, at least let the greed for ink change its voice and hate it, like a rat crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats!"

"Is the emperor asking the villain to familiarize himself with the "Da Ming Law" and list the things that are greedy for ink?"

"In addition to the Great Ming Law, we also need to add some new content," Li Zicheng said: "The new dynasty must have the atmosphere of a new dynasty!"

Li Zicheng quickly listed some principles:

Severe punishment system: if you accept it privately, more than 100 taels will be greedy for ink, and both parties will be dealt with by the law;

Property registration system: When an official takes office, the Ministry of Personnel will comprehensively register the official's property, and when the term of office expires and he leaves the office, he will register it again to check the official's income to see whether the official's increased property exceeds the necessary limit;

Oath system: let all officials believe in God, and when they take office, they swear by the Bible;

Joint sitting system: Officials are greedy for ink, once verified, the whole country will publicize it, and the children and grandchildren shall not be officials;

Equality system: Anyone who triggers the corruption clause must be severely punished according to law, and those who shield and make it clear are guilty of the same crime.

Chen Mingxia was dumbfounded, it turned out that the emperor had already prepared some means in order to curb corruption......

Li Zicheng also doesn't know whether these principles can be used, such as the registration of officials' assets, the idea is good, but the implementation is very complicated, even if everyone enforces the law fairly, it will consume a lot of manpower, financial resources and time.

However, such a law must not be missing, and can only be gradually perfected in the process of implementation.

Li Zicheng told Chen Mingxia that the formulation of the "Anti-Corruption Law" is to tell the people of the world that if you choose to be an official to realize your ambitions in life and leave a name in history, you must keep your poverty; If you want to get rich, then go into business, stay away from the road of going out, fish and bear's paw, you can't have both.

The formulation of the "Anti-Corruption Law" should be combined with the appointment and dismissal of officials, and a decision should be made after a few people from Lanzhou who have studied the law come over, and then collectively discuss the specific provisions.

Unconsciously, Chen Mingxia has been deeply attracted by Li Zicheng's words, if he can formulate such a law, he will definitely be able to leave a name in history!

When he said goodbye and left, Chen Mingxia had no resistance to the new dynasty Huaxia, although Li Zicheng did not give any official position, he already regarded himself as a member of Huaxia.