"The elders of the three major clans are the kings of Sanyin, and what they say is the law?" Xiang Zhuang snorted and said murderously, "It seems that it is really not possible not to kill a few heads." ”

Xiang He said: "What does the king mean, severely punish several clans, kill chickens and make an example of monkeys?" ”

"Killing chickens and making an example of monkeys?" Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said in a deep voice, "No, this time, the widow wants to completely solve the clan forces in the counties of Jiangdong, and uproot those clans who dare to challenge the royal power, and will not tolerate it!" ”

As the so-called time and time, with the improvement of the external environment and the consolidation of Xiang Zhuang's powerful position, Xiang Zhuang can finally free up his hands to implement reforms, however, the situation in Chu is different from the Qin State in the past.

Originally, Xiang Zhuang was already planning to implement the law change, and planned to use the clan.

Now, the clan forces in Jiangdong have put their necks together again, where will Xiang Zhuang be polite? It is necessary to know that now is not the beginning, in order to stabilize the situation in Jiangdong as soon as possible, Xiang Zhuang had to compromise with the clan forces, and now, Xiang Zhuang has completely consolidated his power and status, and it is impossible and unnecessary to compromise.

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang instructed Jin Xiang to invite Baili Xian and Xiang Tuo.

The change of the law of the Chu State, Xiang Zhuang decided to be the master of Baili Xian, and all the laws and regulations were also drafted by Baili Xian, this is because Baili Xian is very familiar with the Qin law, of course, Xiang Zhuang does not intend to copy the Qin law in its entirety, not to mention anything else, the torture such as cutting off the nose, gouging out the eyes, and cutting off the foot in the Qin law is very unnecessary, and it can be replaced by punishments such as confiscation and distribution.

The reason is obvious, cutting the nose, cutting the eyes, and cutting off the feet will not be much different from the deterrent effect on criminals compared to the military distribution, but corporal punishment has no other role than destroying people, while the military distribution can provide the country with a large number of free soldiers, and the quality of these soldiers is usually higher than that of ordinary strong men.

Of course, some heinous criminals are still punished by beheading.

As for Xiang He and Xiang Tuo, Xiang Zhuang planned to appoint them as the left and right protectors.

The reason why Xiang Zhuang asked Xiang He and Xiang Tuo to protect the law is entirely because the two of them are literate and martial, and they are important ministers of the Pillar State of Chu, and if there is no strong support from them, it will not work categorically, of course, there is another reason that Xiang He and Xiang Tuo are both people with great knowledge of the overall situation, and Xiang Zhuang believes that they will fully support the change.

Soon, Xiang Tuo and Bai Lixian came to the side hall of the palace one after another.

When the monarch and ministers saw the ceremony, Xiang Zhuang invited Xiang Tuo and Baili Xian to the table, and then asked Bai Lixian: "Ziliang, how is the matter that the widow asked you to do?" ”

Bai Lixian arched his hand with a feather fan in his hand, and replied: "Back to the king, the minister has drafted twelve volumes of the "Household Qi Min's Law" with reference to the pre-Qin law, with a total of 146 detailed rules, but there are still a few detailed rules to be considered, but at the latest, tomorrow, it can be handed over to the king for review. ”

Compile the law of the people?!

Xiang He and Xiang Tuo were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then their hearts were awe-inspiring, the king is going to implement the law change?

Sure enough, Xiang Zhuang said next: "Ziyi, Ziyan, you are also very clear about the current situation of the Chu State, there is no extra money and materials in the treasury, there is no surplus rice and grain in Cangyuan, and even the Dai Lu of the official Shixun is almost unable to cope with it, because there is a shortage of rice and grain in Cangyuan, and the widows can only reduce the army. ”

Xiang He and Xiang Tuo nodded silently, the current situation of Chu is indeed not optimistic, especially after two consecutive wars, the treasury Cangyuan is even more embarrassed, the money and grain for the previous time to send troops to Jiujiang to "set sail and not to be in the hands of the people" is still Xiang He borrowed from the major old clans in Wuzhong, although the grain has been collected this summer, but it is also beyond the means, and I don't know when this debt will be repaid.

After a pause, Xiang Zhuang said again: "Therefore, the widow decided to implement the "Household Qi Civil Law"! ”

Xiang He and Xiang Tuo exchanged glances, and at the same time arched their hands and said, "The king is wise!" ”

Regardless of the Xiang clan's body, Xiang He and Xiang Tuo also think that if the Chu State wants to get rid of the current embarrassing situation, if it wants to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and make a difference, it can only change the law, of course, if Xiang Zhuang only wants to nest in Jiangdong today, King Anle, then there is no need to change the law, and the current financial embarrassment is not impossible to solve. …,

Not to mention anything else, as long as Xiang Zhuang issued an edict to double the land and mouth tax (poll tax), it would be enough to solve the financial difficulties.

However, if Xiang Zhuang wants to be the master of the world, it is not appropriate to do so.

Competing with the people for food is by no means a good strategy, let alone a long-term solution, if the Chu State wants to be strong, it has to fundamentally think about it, what is the foundation of a country? It is basically the organization of the households, that is to say, if the state of Chu wants to be strong, it must expand the group of the people as much as possible, and the group of the people is large, and the money and grain taxes will naturally be sufficient. For the state of Chu, if it wants to make the group of people with household members larger, there are only two ways, one is to convert a large number of clan private households into formal households, and the other is to reduce taxes and attract immigrants from all countries.

The second party "set sail and do not have a hand" method is a long-term solution, but the effect is slow, the first party "set sail and do not use the hand" method is only applicable to Jiangdong, but in terms of the result, it has an immediate effect, with Xiang He, Xiang Tuo's eyesight, how can not see that Xiang Zhuang is about to implement the "Household Qi Min Law", it is clearly aimed at the clan forces in the counties and counties of Jiangdong.

Xiang He and Xiang Tuo's statements made Xiang Zhuang very satisfied, these two people are one article and one martial arts, and they are really his Xiang Zhuang's left arm and right arm, and then Xiang Zhuang said: "Ziyi, Ziyan, but any change, it will definitely be hindered by all kinds of obstacles, and in serious cases, it will even endanger national security, and we Dachu cannot be an exception, so we still need the full support of the two of you." ”

Xiang He arched his hand and said solemnly: "Don't worry, the king will do his best to support the new law!" ”

Xiang Tuo said murderously: "King, if anyone dares to obstruct the implementation of the new law, he is the mortal enemy of my Xiang clan, and I, Xiang Tuo, must swear to him!" ”

"Okay." Xiang Zhuang happily took the lead, and said to Xiang He, "Ziyi, show Ziyan and Ziliang the results of the household inventory submitted by the counties and counties." ”

Xiang He got up when he heard this, handed the booklet in front of the case to Xiang Tuo first, Xiang Tuo hurriedly flipped through it, and handed the booklet to Bai Lixian in the next place.

After Bailixian finished reading, Xiang Zhuang said: "Ziyan, Ziliang, you all saw it, right?" There are only more than 2,000 households in Shanyin County, which has the most households, and there are only 807 households in Dan County, which is the least. ”

Xiang Tuo Huoran got up and arched his hand and said: "King, please transfer 3,000 elite soldiers to immediately go to the counties under the rule of Huiji County to exterminate these bird feather clans, as well as those county commanders from the clans, and also kill them all!" Even the king's edict dared to openly obstruct it, and dared to maliciously lie, is this still possible?! ”

"Ziyan, don't get excited." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "This matter has to be considered in the long run." ”

Now that the external environment of Chu has been greatly improved, even if the clans in various counties rebelled, Xiang Zhuang was also unafraid, but it was one thing not to be afraid, and it was another thing to rashly send troops to the town to "set sail and not to fight", in any case, once the troops were sent to the town to "set sail and not to press", it would inevitably hurt innocent people, and it would cause the displacement of the people in each county.

Xiang He pondered for a moment and said: "Great King, the clan forces in all counties and counties are openly obstructing the inventory of the households, and it is absolutely necessary to punish them severely, but whether it is necessary to send troops to the town to "set sail and not to suppress it", the minister thinks it is up to discussion. ”

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan, and said: "King, can you start with Shanyin County, where the concealment of the household is the most serious, and kill a few heads first, and if the clans in the rest of the counties can repent and take the initiative to cooperate with the inventory of the household, then they will not be blamed in the past. ”

Xiang Zhuang said: "What Ziliang saw coincided with the widow, hehe." ”

Xiang He said: "The king, if you want to start from Shanyin County, then the candidate of Shanyin County Lieutenant is extremely important, the minister thinks that a strong general can be selected from the army to go to Shanyin County to serve as a county lieutenant, if you send ordinary officials to go, it is inevitable to repeat the mistakes of the previous Shanyin County Lieutenant, or simply join the local clan." ”

..., Xiang Tuo said: "There are a lot of fierce generals in the army, but they are not suitable, and the official position of county lieutenant is too small." ”

What Xiang Tuo said is also true, the ones who can really be useful must be generals above Sima, colonels or big-headed soldiers below Sima, it's no problem if you let them kill people and fight, but let them be county lieutenants, catch bandits and robbers, and settle the township, then it will be ironclad and bad, they can't do this at all.

Bai Lixian suddenly said: "Great King, there is a candidate for the minister. ”

"Ziliang, who do you say?" Xiang Zhuang, Xiang He, and Xiang Tuo's eyes fell on Bai Lixian at the same time.

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan and said: "King, although the official position of the county lieutenant of Shanyin is humble, the burden on his body is not light, he has to fight wits with officials and officials at all levels of the county, township, and pavilion, and also fight with the local clan armed forces and green-skinned scoundrels, so he must be a person who is both civil and military. ”

"Driver of the Child?" Xiang Zhuang groaned, "Wouldn't it be too aggrieved to let the sub-car division go to the current county lieutenant?" ”

Zicheshi is one of the old Qin clans who followed Xiang Zhuang from Guanzhong, and is familiar with the art of war, brave and strategic.

Bai Lixian said with a smile: "The minister understands the character of the general of the Ziche Division, as long as the king gives an edict, he will definitely gladly go to the post, and besides, the chaos in Shanyin County cannot continue forever, and he, the county lieutenant, will not continue to be in office, just wait for the situation to open up, and the clan forces in Shanyin County will be eliminated, and it will not be too late to reinstate the officers of the Ziche Division." ”

"Okay, that's it." Xiang Zhuang said, and said to Xiang He, "Ziyi, you immediately issue an appointment order, appointing Zicheshi as the new lieutenant of Shanyin County, and Keri will take up his post!" ”

Wells, wells, wells, wells, wells.

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