Chapter 44: Rule by Virtue or Rule of Law

After pondering for a moment, Chu Nanan said respectfully, "The minister just listened to your speeches and was deeply inspired. The minister believed that the fundamental law of engaging in politics lies in distinguishing between good and evil, and strictly rewarding and punishing. The purpose of reward and punishment is also to make people understand what good and evil are. The sage stands and the country is prosperous, I Zhao is self-reliant, from a country with a hundred industries to be prospered step by step to prosperity, inseparable from your sky, the minister is young, but also knows that the road to create a foundation is blue, hard and hard. ”

Xie Ling and the others couldn't help but be moved when they said this.

In the early years of the Jokhang Dynasty, Kyushu, which had been destroyed by the war, was in ruins, and it was a mess.

Emperor Gao was so happy, he reigned for 36 years, six expeditions to the Northern Yan, the west to Yuzhi, the south to fight Baiyue, thirteen-year-old men must serve in the military, fifteen years old must be conscripted to the front line, so that the people are not happy, thousands of villages are born of thorns.

In order to extinguish the smoke of gunpowder, Li Zhen, Lu Xiuyi, Ye Gushui and others fought in the south and the north, quelled the chaos with iron and blood, and killed more than 10,000 people who refused to be subordinate, which laid the foundation of the regime.

In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the treasury was empty, but it was difficult for the people in the imperial court.

Financial Secretary Song Chenbei saw that the leader was worried, went back and pondered for a long time, his head flashed, his thigh patted, and he came up with a brilliant idea.

What idea did Song Chenbei come up with?

He proposed to Wang Lang, then Minister of Household Affairs, and his immediate boss that the central government should issue state bonds.

Wang Lang touched his beard and thought for a while, "Who buys the bonds issued?" ”

Nanzhao has just been established, the credibility of the government is really low, the masses have bought the country's debts, when will the country pay back?

The most important question is, will the state return it?

Just two months after Emperor Di issued bonds, the government went bankrupt, and the people who bought the bonds had no place to cry, so they could only consider themselves unlucky.

Song Chenbei's eyes narrowed, and he smiled euphemistically, "King Jinghui, King Qing'an, King Yuzhang, Yang Chen, Xu Li, who have just returned to Shun, are all very rich, and they are the big head every time the tax office collects taxes." ”

After listening to his subordinates, Wang Lang immediately understood what he meant, and couldn't help but applaud, "Wonderful!"

But what if they don't buy it?

As soon as the leader frowned, Song Chenbei knew what the leader was worried about, and hurriedly said, "First of all, the Propaganda Department will mobilize, if they shirk it, it's simple, General Ye, Director Lu, where the Holy Lord will fight, I'm not afraid that they won't buy it." ”

Salute first, then soldiers, that's a brilliant idea.

After listening to Song Chenbei, Wang Lang couldn't help but give his subordinate a thumbs up.

The Propaganda Department went to lobby, accompanied by Lu Xiuyi, who didn't want to buy it, but when he saw that there was a pestle behind him, he hurriedly took out the gold and silver and bought the coupon on the spot.

As soon as the family saw Wang Xie Lu Zhang taking the lead, the smart Yang Chen and Xu Li were also busy following closely.

A few thin pieces of paper were pinched in his hands, and seeing the gold and silver being pulled away by a carload of tolerances, the hearts of the family were dripping blood.

In this way, just three days, the gold and silver collected are enough to hundreds of thousands of catties, and the treasury that has been deserted for several years is full of people and cars every day.

In addition to issuing bonds, Wang Lang implemented cash-for-work and gathered thousands of victims to build reservoirs, dig rivers, and reorganize farmland in batches and points, which solved the problem of food for the victims and the problem of infrastructure construction.

The household department solved Xiao Yue's urgent need.

With money, it is easy to do things, and the vigorous revival movement of Nanzhao swept the whole country from top to bottom, and in less than five years, the prosperity of the national strength was on par with that of Emperor Lie.

Wang Lang, the head of the household department, worked hard for the country, did his best, and became ill from exhaustion when he was just over 40 years old.

Wang Lang died, and Xiao Yue resigned for three days.

In addition to Wang Lang, Zhao Guozhu, the minister of industry in the early years, also worried a lot about the country. In the early years of the Southern Zhao Dynasty, the city was destroyed and the houses collapsed everywhere, and the walls were full of ruins, Zhao Guozhu took the painstaking investigation of various states, and discussed with Wang Lang of the household department, and divided a group of disaster victims to build characteristic states according to local conditions, attracting big businessmen such as Northern Chu and Funan to invest in the economy, and how many state capitals prospered.

In order to resist the northwest frontier Rouran and Northern Yan, Wei Bi, director of the Department of National Defense, went to the battlefield in person and guarded it for several years.

General Wei's two sons and three nephews were all killed on the battlefield, and when he saw that the saint came to his home to mourn, General Wei couldn't kneel down, and he burst into tears, "I only hate that these two children have no queen, and they can't continue to be loyal to the country." ”

All the people present were moved and burst into tears, this family is loyal and respectable.

In this great river and mountain, how many iron-blooded sons have been sleeping.

Xiao Yue made up his mind in front of Wei Bi's tomb to unify the north and south in this life, in order to tell the heroic spirit!

Don't talk about the people below, Xiao Yue in the early years, he often lit candles on the side of official documents, often until midnight.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Chu Nanan continued, "In the early years of my dynasty, it was not peaceful, and I focused on the rule of law. Now that we are prosperous and prosperous, the question of rule by virtue or rule of law inevitably arises. ”

"Minister Lu and others do not avoid noble relatives in their practice of law, and they serve as officials in the dead quarter, and their honesty is enough to be an example, which is really worth learning from us."

How did Chu Nanan not know that Lu Xiuyi and others were harsh in law enforcement? Although he is also dissatisfied, he will not be as tough as the prince and others.

The crown prince is still young.

Chu Nanan said slowly, "Your Majesty wants to do great things, and you have to consider the question of rule by virtue or rule of law. In order to anesthetize and control the people, Beiyan believed in religion and adopted a policy of protection, utilization, and reward to protect religion and consolidate government through education. It is easy to conquer the country, but it is difficult to recruit people's hearts. The minister believed that virtue should be used to influence the people, and law should be used to weaken religion. ”

Chu Nanan would not get caught on fire and debate the most acute contradictions with these people, so he was very thick-skinned and expanded the topic, step by step.

After listening to Chu Nanan's speech, everyone plunged into a new round of heated discussions, and Chu Nanan looked at the ideal effect of his remarks with satisfaction, and couldn't help but smile.

At this time, Wen Tao, who had never spoken, stood up and arched his hand, "Minister Chu is right. In the same way, in order to stop breaking the law and committing crimes, we must first subdue the hearts of the people, and the hearts and minds will only stop if they are afraid of betrayal. Of course, human minds are different, and it is up to the king to unify them. Therefore, Zuo mentions," Wen Tao paused, looked at Lu Xiuyi and said, "To judge the case fairly for the king, follow the three-foot law, and adhere to the right path according to the law, rather than arbitrarily and arbitrarily." ”

These words were reasonable, and Zhang Zhenghe nodded his head.

Wen Tao made his position very clear, but he didn't want to go head-to-head with Lu Xiuyi, so he slipped out of Zuoguang.

Zhang Zhenghe and Wen Tao, although these two have never dealt with each other at work, they both have a lot of complaints about Lu Xiuyi, because this debate made these two sympathize with each other and respect each other.

Lu Xiuyi is too vicious, he has to carve words on people's faces if he litters, and he is not satisfied with the dictatorship.

Although it is said that Nanzhao environmental sanitation has indeed improved greatly because of this law, it is too vicious.

There is an even more odious article, the newly revised Nanzhao Law ten years ago stipulates that if the husband cheats, if the evidence is conclusive, the wife can kill the husband with a knife, and there is legal support, and the perpetrator is not guilty.

As soon as this law came out, it caused an uproar, and the man waved his flag and shouted that Lu Xiuyi was not a man, and his elbow was turned outward.

Lu Xiuyi said, all the girls keep their eyes open, whoever shouts the most fiercely will have the most tendency to cheat.

Men: ...... (Scattered as birds and beasts)