Halfway through, someone whispered a question.

"That is to say, if the government raids the house, it is also a violation of the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the holy decree cannot take away our family wealth."

"Not bad"

Wu Zhi immediately nodded and said: "Even if you commit a crime, the government can only copy your illegal gains, and the rest of the innocent property will not be moved." ”

"Great official, this kind of law has really been written into the law"

"Yes, the three governments have deliberated and passed."

At this time, the audience was full of heavy panting, from ancient times to the present, the laws of the court are to control the common people, and there are only some etiquette laws on it, and now they actually heard a law that binds the court, and even the emperor, which is really a bit terrifying.

Indeed, although in ancient China, although there was a saying that the prince was guilty of the same crime as the common people, there was still no law that restricted the imperial court, and the law that restricted the government was generally called the constitution in later generations.

"Great official, if this kind of law is implemented, then we merchants can sit back and relax from now on, and it is indeed a great guarantee that cannot be exchanged for several times the tax, but"

The following understanding person immediately said to Wu Zhi worriedly: "But whether these laws have any effect after promulgation is another matter, the law-abiding people in the court will not encroach on the property of our merchants, but which one of the merchants will abide by the law?"

"Also, if the court violates this law, then who do we seek to avenge our grievances, but not to find the court, then this law will not be in vain?"

"Alas, this law is only a dream"

Soon, the crowd became pessimistic.

"Indeed, I also know that this kind of law will not be carried out at all in a short time."

Wu Zhi said with a serious expression: "But being able to write this kind of law into the laws of the Great Song Dynasty is already the first step for us businessmen, and it is a key first step, rest assured, with my Wu Zhi, this law is at least valid for all members of our Shandong Chamber of Commerce."

Hearing Wu Zhi say this, everyone gradually became happy, and they believed that Wu Zhi could do what he said.

"However, for the sake of long-term solutions, I hope that all members of the Chamber of Commerce can cooperate with me and strive to spread this law in the Great Song Dynasty," Wu Zhi demanded.

"We admire the good intentions of the senior officials, and if necessary, we will be obligated to do so," Chairman Qian said.

After a half-day meeting, although everyone had many doubts, they were all smart people, and they naturally saw that Wu Zhi was sincerely planning and considering for the businessmen, and they had a bit of a taste of the world, and they really admired Wu Zhi's open-mindedness.

"It's not easy to just enforce the law, but what can we do if we're just merchants?"

"I have my own plan for this, you just need to let me arrange to do it."

Wu Zhi briefly explained the method of promoting the law to the people.

In fact, Wu Zhi's method is very simple, that is, after the law is officially promulgated, start from Qingzhou, and constantly design some lawsuits corresponding to the "Private Property Protection Law" between the government and businessmen.

Then, the newspapers are used to hype up such cases, and the more deeply publicized the better.

The rest is naturally to use the power of the Chamber of Commerce to follow suit in various places, and when the people are not surprised, then the law that the government shall not arbitrarily encroach on the private property of the people will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and become the consensus of everyone.

It is extremely important to become the consensus in the hearts of the people, and a world-class scholar in later generations has a famous saying, called "all written laws are natural laws", what is "natural law", is the social development, the general public abide by the binding consensus.

When this step is achieved in the future, then Wu Zhi only needs to use some more means to consolidate and deepen people's understanding of this law, and the law will have the effect of authority.

This trick Wu Zhi uses the technique of backwards, first establish a written law, and then let people reach a conventional natural law, but the final effect is the same, because

It is true that private property is sacrosanct

After this law becomes authoritative, the commerce of the Great Song Dynasty and even the entire society will undergo earth-shaking changes

This is currently something that no one can foresee except for Wu Zhi.

Now, this law is just an inconspicuous law.

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