From the perspective of historical development, there is no law that cannot be abolished from ancient times to the present, the ancient law is formulated in accordance with the social development situation and laws of ancient times, and now the development of the whole society has been very different from that of ancient times, and it is inappropriate to use the laws of ancient times. ”

"Wei Chen believes that there is no law that cannot be abolished, and the law changes at any time is the truth of ancient and modern times, even if I change the law of Daqin today, it is absolutely once and for all, the law of thousands of years, with the development of society, the law that has changed today must be changed, this is the minister's point of view. ”

Shang Yang stood in the hall and talked eloquently, surrounded by many members of the six departments and nine kings of the imperial court, this is the inevitable procedure for the monarch and the ministers to play right, and it is also a consideration of Wang Mang for Shang Yang, if he can't even cope with today's situation, how can Wang Mang rest assured that Shang Yang will be my forerunner in the future.

Wang Mang sat on the dragon chair, expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking, as if he was in a fugue, but his spirit had actually been focused on Shang Yang, and at this moment, he had to applaud Shang Ying's statement.

I have to say that Shang Yang really surprised Wang Mang, and as soon as he came up, he threw out the idea of changing the law to become stronger, and suddenly clashed with some old-fashioned officials in the palace.

The two sides have quarreled so far, and Shang Yang's statement has gradually been recognized by more people, but Wang Mang has never expressed his position.

Seeing that Shang Yang had achieved an overwhelming advantage, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Xin had to stand up and speak: "The merchant said: Profit is not a hundred and does not change the law, merit is not easy to use, the law is ancient, there is no evil in etiquette, and the wise man does not change the law. ”

Zhao Xin hung his bookbag, but the people present were all great talents, and they all knew what Zhao Xin was talking about, Zhao Xin still said the old way, there is no fault in imitating ancient times, and there will be no evil deeds if the benefits brought by the law change do not exceed a hundred times the actual benefit, then there is no need to change the law.

As for the latter sentence that a wise man does not change the law and governs, that is to turn around and scold people, which means that wise people can govern the country well without changing the law, and the business center will change the law when it comes up, which is a mentally retarded behavior.

Shang Yang glanced at Zhao Xin, snorted coldly, and said: "In the previous life, there were different religions, what was the ancient law? The king of Tang and Wu also did not follow the ancient times and prospered, and the destruction of Yin Xia was not easy to die politely. However, those who oppose the ancients may not be wrong, and there are not enough people who follow the rites. ”

Shang Yang hung the bookbag, scolded back in a few words, and directly said that Zhao Xin's level was just like this, he was a stubborn old and rigid person, he didn't know how to be flexible, he was an old fool, he didn't have the ability to be a great sage at all, and sooner or later he would be eliminated by society.

Shang Yang glared at Zhao Xin and said: "The minister thought that the legislation was made at that time, and the etiquette was made according to the matter, and the changes and development of today's world are very different from the past, and with the passage of time, the legal system should change accordingly." ”

Shang Yang paused and continued: "Looking at the ancient and modern countries, they are all strong by changing the law, and dying by keeping the old, strong if they can change, dead if they don't change, strong if they change completely, small changes are still dead, change the law one day earlier, and become strong one day earlier. ”

Shang Yang's words were loud, and the ministers in the entire hall all looked sideways at Shang Yang, and no one dared to ignore this guy who suddenly appeared.

Wang Mang saw that none of the ministers spoke, so he opened his eyes and said leisurely: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think of Shang Yang's statement?" ”

Ladies and gentlemen, look at me, I look at you, and finally my eyes fell on Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian of the Ministry of Officials is old, and now there is no prime minister in the imperial court, Zhang Jian actually holds part of the power of the prime minister, and at this moment he knows that he must come forward himself.

Zhang Jian said: "Shang Yang, how are you going to change the law?"

"The purpose of the reform is to carry out more effective management of the current court and the state, and the basis of this reform is carried out on the premise of not violating the existing requirements for the development of social productive forces, and its main way is to make some aging in the process of managing the imperial court. In the long run, it will have tremendous benefits to the national economy and people's livelihood to make partial adjustments, updates, and transformations of the decadent links, so as to improve the administrative efficiency of the imperial court and reduce the management costs of the imperial court. Shang Yang looked at Zhang Jian and said.

Zhang Jian's expression froze, and his tone was not good: "Listen to what you mean, are you going to take the various yamen of the imperial court, abolish redundant officials, and streamline the organization?"

Hearing Zhang Jian say this, many officials in the palace suddenly showed a murderous gaze at Shang Yang, thousands of years of development, the various yamen of the imperial court, and the families of officials have already been inextricably linked.

If they really follow the Shang Central Committee's method of abolishing redundant officials and streamlining institutions, then they will never agree to it.

Since Shang Yang dared to stand here, he naturally thought of the reaction of this group of people a long time ago, his face remained unchanged, and he couldn't help but ridicule in his heart that although this group of officials was above the temple, they were indeed short-sighted.

A bunch of old-fashioned shabby households, sooner or later they will all drive you out of the court, the times are developing, the society is progressing, and anyone who can't keep up with the court and His Majesty's footsteps will all be eliminated in the future.

Although Wang Mang has never expressed his position, the fact that he can appear here is actually Wang Mang's biggest statement.

Shang Yang saw very clearly that Wang Mang was very supportive of himself, but how much support he gave depended on his own performance.

In the face of Zhang Jian's questioning, Shang Yang smiled slightly and said, "Zhang Shangshu, you are right, if you want to change the law, you will naturally have to abolish redundant officials and streamline the organization,"

Without waiting for the adults to scold, Shang Yang continued: "But Zhang Shangshu should not have noticed that what the lower officials said was adjustment, renewal, transformation, the abolition of redundant officials, the streamlining of institutions, and the streamlining of departments that were not needed by the imperial court, and the personnel of these departments would naturally be abolished if they could not adapt to the new posts, but since it was a change of law, since it was adjustment and renewal, it was inevitable to set up new departments according to the existing social situation, and these departments also needed new personnel." ”

"The core of the law reform is to eliminate all backward laws and systems that are not needed, and formulate new laws and systems that conform to the laws of social development. ”

Shang Yang looked around at the ministers in the hall with a serious face, and arched his hand: "Ladies and gentlemen, you are all pillars of the Great Qin Society, don't you want to assist Your Majesty in creating the foundation of eternity?"

Shang Yang's implication is that anyone who does not agree to change the law is preventing His Majesty from creating the foundation of eternity, and this big hat is buttoned down, and the ministers in the palace no longer dare to speak.

If it had been placed in the past, they would definitely refute it loudly, but the recent events have made none of the ministers dare to talk in front of the emperor, they didn't see that Fang Xizhi was killed by the whole family, they didn't see the emperor's luck, and even the place where the meeting is held now is given by God, that is the true Son of Heaven.

Wang Mang looked at everything in the hall, and couldn't help but smile in his heart, he finally found someone who could speak well to deal with these old bureaucrats.

"Spread my will: Qin ordered Shang Yang to be the minister of law change, and with my warrant, he could enter and leave the yamen of the capital on the pretext of changing the law, and read the archives of various ministries. ”