Chapter 8: Practice of Laws vs. Practice of Laws

Zhu Qizhen was secretly happy and said, "What do you mean by sir?"

Li Xian said: "The Great Ming Law is a sutra that everything is difficult to change, and now we should use examples to supplement the law."

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean is the amendment?"

Li Xian said: "That's exactly that."

What is the example? It is a specific case, that is, a certain type of case. The most representative case is selected as the norm, and the subsequent cases will be judged according to this case.

It's like the British law of the sea.

Of course, this idea has a long history in China. Ministers in the Han Dynasty liked to quote stories. This story refers to similar events that have happened before and quote the decisions at that time.

Zhu Qizhen immediately felt that his ideas were lost.

First of all, the initiative in the amendment bill will not be in the hands of Zhu Qizhen.

Because Zhu Qizhen is very clear that choosing a specific case becomes a standard at the specific execution level. After all, the Ministry of Justice and the Three Laws are easy to operate, but Zhu Qizhen is not easy to operate.

If you want to revise the Ming Law, then it is the most important thing in the world. Zhu Qizhen can put this matter in the Hanlin Academy, which is one of the closest yamen to the emperor. Zhu Qizhen can ensure his influence on the Hanlin Academy and control the direction of the revision of the Ming Law.

However, if it is an amendment, it is hard to say what kind of yamen it is, and it is likely to be a joint revision of the three courts.

Of course, examples are not only specific cases, but also legal documents that are lower than the law. They are now called judicial interpretations.

But overall, Li Xian has adhered to his original idea of ​​"rescuing evil" and is not willing to use his sword against the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen thought a lot in his mind for a moment.

To be honest, he didn't want to continue the stalemate anymore. The White Lotus Sect's affairs are still trivial, but the disease of scabies. However, if he can no longer calm the minds of all officials and do other things, it will be difficult to deal with.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is still doing so many big things at the same time.

Whether it is the land clearing, the transformation of Wei into a county, the construction of water conservancy, etc., it is extremely important.

But Zhu Qizhen was not willing to let Zhu Qizhen stop like this. He pondered for a while and said, "Whether to relieve the emergency of the amendment, let's talk about it. Let's deal with other things first."

Li Xian immediately said, "What does Your Majesty mean?"

Zhu Qizhen said: "There is one thing that Mr. said is right. The law has shortcomings and must be compensated."

Li Xian was stunned and didn't know what to say. He didn't mean this way just now, but he was forced to be extended to this way by Zhu Qizhen, but it was not easy to deny it.

Because what Zhu Qizhen said is the fact.

After all, if there is really no problem with the Ming Dynasty Law, why does Zhu Qizhen want the Ming Dynasty Law to make a judgment, and the Three Laws cannot accept it? This is a realistic question, and Li Xian also understands that the main differences between the two are not here, but rather, they need to make up for it if they want to make a big fight or make up for it.

Lee Hyun just said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qizhen said: "The laws of the Ming Dynasty are the basis of the Ming Dynasty. We must be careful and we must not move lightly. However, such disputes between the parties must always be calmed down. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that I am unfair to deal with things."

Li Xian said in his heart: "Where are any disputes between all parties?"

If the emperor's opinions leaked, there would naturally be people who would like to praise him. So in order to prevent external ideological confusion, Li Xian tried his best to suppress the conflict between the cabinet and the emperor.

Even though the conflict was still under the undercurrent, everyone just looked at the cabinet and didn't know that the difference was actually related to the emperor. Zhu Qizhen was the same.

Cover the lid as well.

If something goes a long way, it will be difficult for both sides to step down.

You should know that Zhu Qizhen is not very easy to find a substitute for a capable cabinet team.

So there is actually no dispute between all parties, but the emperor said that if there is one, there must be dispute between all parties.

Zhu Qizhen continued: "It's better to press the criminals of each family into the Jinyiwei for custody first, and let's stop the Beijing Investigation."

Zhu Qizhen did this to calm people's hearts.

This time, the Beijing inspection was shocked internally and externally, but many places did not investigate too much. I thought that it would be impossible to eliminate all evil. However, Zhu Qizhen also understood that if he really wanted to clean it up, it would probably have a counterproductive effect.

After this time, the court can maintain purity within and outside the court for about a few years.

It is also considered to be in place to stop. Since the Beijing Inspection has ended, the officials below will not worry about the fire burning on them again.

Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief, he naturally knew the mystery and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qizhen said: "However, if a person who has been in the imperial prison has always made a clear statement, it is better to do this. Write this matter on the mansion report and make it clear that all officials can write a letter to talk about it."

"We always need a solution that convinces the whole world."

Zhu Qizhen's move suddenly stunned Li Xian.

He didn't know how to deal with it.

As the chief minister, Li Xian was also a traditional literati and doctor. Zizhi Tongjian was almost a desk book and a story from all generations was also very clear.

However, Zhu Qizhen's move made Li Xian not clear about what the purpose was?

He did not think that any changes could occur if the officials wrote to write to discuss this matter. Because it was related to their specific interests, just think about it and that one aspect would be beneficial to them.

Li Xian is not representing himself, but the idea of ​​a considerable number of officials. It can even be said to be the mainstream idea among the Ming officials.

It was just a circle and then back to the original opinion. But he didn't know that in the online debate, it was never Party A or Party B who would win, but the administrator.

The Tongzheng Department is in charge of the Dibao, and who is in the hands of the Tongzheng Department, is in the hands of the Shanglu.

Zhu Qizhen may not be able to control all civil and military officials, but if he specifically grasps one person, there is no problem. It is clear who Shang Lu listens to.

Zhu Qizhen didn't think that Zhu Qizhen would lose on this battlefield.

However, he simply wanted to be foolish and promote the revision of the Ming Dynasty's laws.

He has three ideas.

First of all, reform is first and public opinion is first. This is what he understood deeply. If a unified reform idea cannot be formed and the emperor's power is promoted alone, this reform will be innately deficient in its initiative and will inevitably die.

If the reform is successful, we must form a class that can maintain the new law, but if the reform is started, we must need a class that wants to change.

This is also one of the important reasons for the success of Qin's reform. Qin's reform is about to perish if it does not change.

Now the Ming Dynasty is in a situation of tens of millions of times better than the Qin State, which means that people who want to enjoy peace but don’t want to make trouble account for the majority of people.

Even Zhu Qizhen created a relatively stable environment inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, which was created by Zhu Qizhen, was also a resistance to his reform.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen must find a group of classes willing to reform, or classes that want to change. Who is this class? Zhu Qizhen has several choices. First, he has mastered various professional skills through the academy. Second, merchants, especially maritime merchants. Third, he is a powerful group that is dependent on the royal family.

But these are not mainstream.

What was the mainstream of the Ming Dynasty? It was the literati group.

Therefore, it is particularly important to first differentiate the literati group and find supporters of the reform from within the literati group.

How to find it? It is naturally to form public opinion. From later generations, we naturally know how public opinion affects a person.

The newspaper, which has been developing for a year, is about to evolve into a newspaper at this moment.

Secondly, it is to take a breather.

Zhu Qizhen's idea of ​​reform cannot be hidden in the deep boudoir, and it is time to give some hints to the outside. From this discussion, Zhu Qizhen can also choose some like-minded talents.

After all, Zhu Qizhen can't do anything alone, no matter what it is?

Finally, we must take advantage of Li Xian's unfamiliarity with this new method and make a comeback so that Li Xian can see how the civil and military officials in the court were excited and asked the court to revise the Ming Dynasty's laws.

Zhu Qizhen’s new idea is to use public opinion to fight against the ancestral system.

This is just the beginning. Whether it is available or not, whether it is easy to use depends on the result.
Chapter completed!