Conscientiously reading history, drawing inferences from one case, absorbing the essence, reflecting on oneself, thinking about the true meaning of life, and studying the policies governing the country in this era can enable Zhu Yongxing to be more knowledgeable and wiser. Reading history books will not only improve his knowledge, but also improve his literary literacy and ideological level.

The ancients said: "With copper as a mirror, you can dress properly; With people as a mirror, you can distinguish gains and losses; With history as a mirror, you can rise and fall. "In his leisure time, he studied history, learned from the successes and failures of the past and the present, and the words and deeds of famous ministers, all of them had a great impact on Zhu Yongxing. Of course, it is not obvious at present, but many of his changes can be felt from his words and deeds since then.

is teaching, teaching, learning, and absorbing, Zhu Yongxing does not dare to underestimate the ancients, let alone think that he can play with the ancients with some knowledge from later generations. Therefore, he took the road of reform, but he was not in a hurry to achieve results, and his steps were steady, striving to make people gradually adapt to it imperceptibly.

Military reform is the most obvious, but it is also forced by the situation, and there will be no opposition to victory. In terms of administrative affairs, it is necessary to be cautious, because some of the original policies were originally very good, and Zhu Yongxing could have copied them or implemented them with slight modifications, so he did not have to express himself by being unconventional.

For example, when Sun Kewang governed Yunnan and Guizhou, he advocated road construction and the people planted trees, and Zhu Yongxing made slight changes to implement it. This not only improves the transportation situation, but also makes the people's courtyards green with green trees and shaded by the sun, becoming a pleasing scenery to the eye.

"Honest officials, in addition to being greedy and cruel, from time to time sending people to change their clothes, secretly visiting, those who are honest will be rewarded and promoted, and those who are greedy will be punished immediately. Convey to all prefectures, prefectures and counties".

"If the government is inconvenient for the people, people are allowed to sue and immediately remove it; If there is something that can be convenient for the people, do it immediately".

"Order the locality, regardless of the gentlemen, the military and the civilian. For the sake of the place, that is, the foolishness of a gain, it is also allowed to speak, and it is not allowed to be introduced, and it is not allowed to obstruct, even if it is delusional, it is not delved into it. Award festival filial piety, return to the hometown to drink, dredge Haikou, provincial farming and provincial collection. Whatever is good for the people is ready to do so."

"Whoever sends troops to fight, the chickens and dogs are not frightened by the roads they cross, and the people sell wine and meat by the roadside. Whoever robs the people of anything without their own permission shall be beheaded immediately; If the Lord is not the head, sit together; The supervisor was punished with eighty strokes for negligence. If the legislation is strict, the people will rest in peace and become rich."

All of the above are the measures taken by the Great Western Army to run Yunnan Province. It has been proven to be effective in practice, which also shows that Sun Kewang still has some talent. Zhu Yongxing: No matter who did it. As long as it is valid, the decree will be implemented.

As for some other new policies, Zhu Yongxing also tried his best to change their appearance to make them conform to the times and the traditional psychology of the people, and to make the people less surprised and suspicious.

Historically, many policies have not been bad. Rather, there is a problem in execution. After all, for a normal government, it is vital to introduce policies to maintain and maintain social stability, and no one will deliberately cause social unrest. But with the benefit of the people. Perhaps there will be a conflict with the interests of the bureaucracy and the powerful, and the policies that are good will be contrary to the yin and the yang, and will be revised in a twisted way, thus becoming a government that harms the people.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of governance. And this involves the rule of man and the rule of law. As a matter of fact, the goals of the rule of man and the rule of law are basically the same, and they both hope for social stability, economic prosperity, and the people living and working in peace and contentment. Even if the rule of man actually leads to social unrest, this does not mean that the rule of man wants to mess up the country, or that it necessarily wants to put its people to death.

Therefore, in law and political science, the rule of law is the two basic methods of governing the country alongside the rule of man. Since it is a tie, it is impossible to be so simple and clear that the pros and cons are pros and cons. It is only in a contest that is difficult to distinguish between the superior and inferior that the merits of the rule of law over the rule of man are worth pursuing.

Moreover, since it is a means of governing the country, it is impossible for the rule of man to be merely to maintain the power of the ruler himself; Even for the sake of a legacy in history, for the sake of a strong and influential country, a leader would not choose between such obvious choices a statecraft that would be so detrimental to the realization of his political ambitions.

In the final analysis, the root cause of the argument on the rule of man and the legal system should start with the theory of "good nature" and "evil nature" of human beings. From a theoretical point of view, the rule of law is more in line with the theory of movement, and can restrain the behavior made due to changes in people's thinking, so the advantage of a strong state relying on the rule of law is still obvious.

Even if Zhu Yongxing is a traverser, he is not so arrogant that he thinks that the policies and measures he plagiarized will definitely be able to adapt to this era. The social structure is different, the productive forces are different, the people's ideological level is different, and the moral concept is different...... These are all areas that must be taken into account when formulating and rolling out policies. In other words, whether the policy is advanced or not is closely related to the characteristics of the times, and it is not wisdom but stupidity to use it.

Therefore, after the situation stabilized a little, Zhu Yongxing has always been very modest and cautious, and tried his best to consult with think tanks or subordinates before making a decision. In doing so, on the one hand, it emphasizes collective wisdom, and on the other hand, it combines his thinking with the characteristics of others' times. At the same time, it is also gradually getting rid of the disadvantages of human governance.

Those who "rule by man" believe that the rule of the country is not in the law, but in the meritocracy of the ruler. "The rule of civil and military affairs, the cloth and the policy, the existence of the people, the political actions, the death of the people, the political rest", "the body is upright, if it is not ordered, it will be done, its body is not right, although the order is not obeyed", the Confucian doctrine of "rule by man" attaches too much importance to the specialization of people, the height of ideology and morality, and the consciousness, and the conditions and foundation of this kind of "sage" politics are obviously too idealistic.

Whether human nature is good or human nature is evil, for Zhu Yongxing in later generations, it doesn't seem to be a tangled question, after all, in a materialistic society, he has seen too many ugly things. Rather than believing in people's moral cultivation, it is better to use the letter of the law to restrain it.

"At the beginning of the founding of the country, it is advisable to use leniency, which not only shows the benevolence of His Royal Highness, but also does not endanger everyone......"

"Otherwise, the law is more valuable than strict, and it will not be evil. The defenders of the future are easy to heal. In addition, the new place is restored, and it is not strict to unify the people, but only in terms of conditions......"

Zhu Yongxing, who quoted the text of the classics, skimmed roughly, pondered for a long time, and wrote on the document: "The law is not for the death of the people, nor for short-term measures, at the beginning and after, they should be followed and implemented, because there is a law to follow, and there is a law to follow." As for the degree of leniency, it can be seriously studied before the law is promulgated, but after it is promulgated, there will be absolutely no leniency, and although the offender is close to him, there will be no amnesty, because the law must be strictly enforced and the law will be prosecuted......

Legislation is different from the implementation of policies, and policies can be abolished and amended according to different circumstances, while legal provisions are serious and long-term, and must not be changed overnight. As for the future, when Chrysostom and Exit are on the throne, Zhu Yongxing is not ready to trample on them at will. It's not noble, it's that he thinks far-reaching, both for the country, for himself, and for his children and grandchildren.

………… (To be continued......)