That night, Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma stayed up all night in the imperial study.

They were carefully combing through the points that Qin Yu had told him during the day.

Next.

Fengtian Temple.

All the civil and military officials went to the court, and this time the scale of the court meeting was unprecedentedly huge.

In total, there were more than a thousand people.

Only officials above the fourth rank have the opportunity to stand in the Fengtian Hall and have a direct conversation with the emperor. The rest of the officials could only stand outside the temple. The ministers had already gotten up, and then lined up outside the palace gate, waiting for the bell to ring, and entered the main hall in turn.

All of them wore red official uniforms and black official hats.

"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" The burly Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a yellow dragon robe, and when he appeared on the top of the main hall, the ministers bowed to him together, and the voice shook the sky. Inside and outside the hall, a large number of black people knelt down.

"Flat!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Your Majesty."

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"Rank Minister." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Today, we have a few strategies for governing the country, and I want to discuss them with you. This meeting may be a bit long, so be patient. ”

Ordinary court meetings would only be held from about six o'clock to nine o'clock, and after the dispersal of the court, the ministers could still get some snacks from the emperor, who came hungry. Once the court meeting is held for too long, the ministers will be hungry halfway. In addition, not being able to go to the toilet on the way is also a terrible thing.

"Please show the emperor." The ministers said.

"Do you think that this world is the world?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked first.

"Your Majesty, "Taigong Liutao" said: The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world. Those who benefit from the same world will win the world; Those who are good at the benefits of the world will lose the ...... of the world," Liu Bowen said.

Although everyone thinks that the world belongs to the emperor, the country is also the emperor's, that is, his old Zhu family. But this kind of big truth still can't be said explicitly, and a little high-sounding words must be said.

"Tang Taizong said that for the way of the king, the people must be saved first. If the people are harmed to serve their bodies, they will cut off their strands and eat their stomachs, and their stomachs will be full and they will die...... Therefore, Lao Chen felt that the world belonged to the people. Li Shanchang said.

"Mencius" said: The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light......

"Shangshu says that the people are only Bangben, and Bengu Bangning!"

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The ministers started to play one after another, and the classic sentences in the book of the sages were readily available.

In a word, the general meaning of what they say is that the world belongs to the people of the world, or to the people, not to the emperor. The king must put the people first, and he must be diligent in his administration and love the people.

"Since the world belongs to the people of the world, should the land of the world also belong to the people?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Not bad." The ministers said, "Isn't this the case in all dynasties? The land under heaven belongs to the people. "In ancient times, land was privately owned, so they said that the mother was unkeptical.

"In that case, how much land do the people think the people own?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again, "What we ask is how big the housing area of each household should be." ”

The ministers didn't understand what the emperor meant, so they could only follow the emperor's words.

"Your Majesty, a dwelling for a family of five is not more than three points of land. A family of seven is divided into four plots, and the southwest region is now thriving, and a family of ten has appeared, and the housing on half an acre of land should be able to live in. Lu Chang said. He is the secretary of the household department, and he has a detailed understanding of the housing area of the people.

"The minister also thinks that for each family, five points of land is enough, that is, half an acre of land." Gao Qidao.

"Lu Chang, as the head of the household, the figures he gave are more accurate." Liu Bowen said.

When the rest of the ministers heard this, they also nodded their heads in agreement. Although they are not households, it is still possible to imagine the size of the housing that each family needs.

"Half an acre of land is indeed enough, and there are too many people to live in a two-story building." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "In our opinion, half an acre of land is not only enough for them to live, but also allows them to have a small yard." I usually grow vegetables in it, raise chickens or something. ”

"Your Majesty is absolutely right."

The ministers said.

"When we were hunting in the mountains before, we saw that the birds all had their own nests, and the hares had rabbit dens, the wolves had wolf dens, and the tigers had tigers' dens...... Basically, every living creature has its own nest. Since everyone says that the world belongs to the people of the world, should the land occupied by the houses of the people of the world also belong to them? Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"And rightfully so." Liu Bowen said, even if he was as smart as he was, he couldn't figure out the emperor's intention when he said this, and said, "Your Majesty can actually comprehend the way of governing the country when you observe the creatures in the natural world, and you are really a saint!" ”

"Your Majesty's words are the words of a saint!" Li Shanchang said, "The saints benefit all living beings in the world, including people and birds, animals and animals. ”

"The so-called Tao is natural, Your Majesty thinks that everyone in the world should have a place for them to build a nest, that is, a place to live, in line with the way of heaven and humanity, it is really in line with the principles of nature." Song Lian said.

"Whether it's a bird's nest, a wolf's nest, or a tiger's den, it's a place for them to shelter from the wind and rain and raise their offspring...... Once the place is violated, those wolves and tigers will desperately bite the attacking enemy. Zhu Yuanzhang said. Therefore, it is the same for the people of the world, no one is allowed to trespass on the one-third of an acre of land in their houses, and the trespasser can be attacked by the owner, and it is not against the law. ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true." The ministers agreed.

"Since the ministers in the rankings all think that this statement is reasonable, then Lu Chang, you can draw up a will on our behalf." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "From today onwards, every family in the Ming Dynasty has half an acre of residential land, and no one is allowed to trespass. ”

"The people themselves are not allowed to buy and sell housing land at will, and if they really want to buy and sell under special circumstances, they must be approved and verified by the government. This will needs to be added to the "Great Ming Law". ”

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"Obey." Lu Chang said.

When the ministers heard this, they did not express any objections. After all, it is already a fact that the people's housing land is privately owned, and Emperor Zhu specially issued an order, but he added this matter to the Ming law.

Make this fact more legally enforceable.

After Lu Chang finished writing the holy decree, Zhu Yuanzhang read it, and continued: "Since everyone in the world has a piece of land that belongs to them, who should own the rest of the land? ”

After a pause: "In the Book of Songs, it is said that under the whole world, it is not the king's land. ”

The ministers didn't speak anymore when they heard this, because they had already heard something strange from the saying that the whole world was not the king's land.

"Isn't the land of the world already homed?" At this time, the imperial historian Geng Cheng stood out of the train and said, "Whoever the minister thinks the current land belongs to, that is who's." ”

"This is already a recognized fact, and everyone has a title deed, a land deed, I don't know why the emperor has this question."

"Geng Cheng, you have a lot of land, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked vigorously.