Chapter 14                                                             �

This time I was summoned, I did not go to Chengguang Palace.

It’s nothing more. When the birthday party of thousands of years passed, it was almost midnight, and it was even more messy. Zhu Qizhen naturally could not manage the government here tomorrow. Moreover, the ministers with low rank naturally helped each other and staggered out of the palace gate. Under the constant lights on both sides of the street, they returned to their residence.

Many ministers with high identities have rested near Chengguang Hall.

Zhu Qizhen naturally couldn't get along with the ministers.

Zhu Qizhen found a palace north of Chengguang Hall called Ninghe Hall.

Although the current Xiyuan has not been developed or built on a large scale, there are still many traces left in the palace buildings of the Yuan Dynasty and the palace buildings made by Emperor Xuanzong of Taizong.

So, Zhu Qizhen came up the next day and met Li Xian in Ninghe Hall.

The king and his minister sat opposite each other, and there was no words for a moment.

It’s not that there is no words, but that I don’t know where to start.

Any political act must have a general program.

This is what Zhu Qizhen lacks the most. He can't tell Li Xian that I want to develop productivity and enter socialism through running. Li Xian did not regard Zhu Qizhen as a lunatic, and even felt that Zhu Qizhen was not enough to be the responsibility of the world. It is possible to find a way to force Zhu Qizhen to meditate.

But if we explain it one by one, Zhu Qizhen feels that there are too many things to say, about taxation, administration, household registration, commercial taxation, government structure, etc.

It's just that many places need to be changed.

Li Xian finally spoke first and said, "I am ashamed of my humbleness, so that your Majesty will suspect this. However, I will leave, and now I am just an old man. Some words must be made clear."

"Your Majesty has argued with me several times, both of them are from the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and prefectures in Hebei. Most of them use Jinshi who have been Zhengtong ten years later. Those who have been brave enough to enter the resume are also placed in the position of official seal officers."

"There must be a big deal in the world. In my opinion, there are only these things. The first is to build water conservancy on a large scale, the second is to build a large scale road, the third is to abolish the hereditary system of clerks, and the fourth is to clean up taxes. Although I didn't know what method your majesty should use to clear taxes. The final thing is to include all this in the "Ming Ming Hui Dian" and re-revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, the Ming Dynasty will go from governing the country with rituals to over-ruling the country with law."

"I don't know if I agree?"

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen said with a wry smile: "There may be differences, but there is not much difference."

Although Zhu Qizhen did not openly talk about this matter with Li Xian, based on their understanding of each other, many things Li Xian could guess.

Although Zhu Qizhen has adjusted the speed of reform, there have always been many related preparations.

It goes without saying that the overhaul of water conservancy and the road are overhaul.

In fact, Li Xian and Zhu Qizhen have a consensus on these two things. The differences are nothing more than a relationship between slow and urgent, and this little difference can be resolved.

What really caused them to have major differences was actually the next three things.

The abolition of the clerk system has been implemented in Beijing for several years. This time, when such a large event was held in Beijing, nothing went wrong in the end. Thousands of clerks in Beijing helped a lot.

But it is also one of the best big cities in Beijing, with various tax support, that can support so many people. If this policy is implemented throughout the world, there will be too many problems.

Li Xian firmly opposed it.

The second is the cleaning of taxes and service.

This matter can be seen as a continuation of clearing the land.

Li Xian also admitted that there were many problems at the grassroots level of the Ming Dynasty, but the matter of clearing the land mu of Zhangzhang has solved many problems. Moreover, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty now earns more than 40 million stones of grain and nearly 20 million taels of silver. Even though the Ming Dynasty supports more than 10 million taels of military expenditure every year than before, more will be needed once a war begins.

But there will be surpluses every year. As long as Zhu Qizhen does not carry out major projects, the country will not have major famines. Just take a few years of rest and recuperation, you can achieve "the capital's money is huge, but it can't be scattered. The millet in Taicang is mixed with each other, and it will be filled with dew and accumulated outside." The Han Wenjing governance can be seen today.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not have the necessity to reform taxes and service.

However, Li Xian did not have no room for negotiation on these issues.

Li Xian himself is also very smooth in his governance. He will not fight against Zhu Qizhen in many non-principles.

But the last question is that Li Xian will never accept.

That is the "Da Ming Hui Dian" that has been difficult to give birth. Speaking of which, this book has been compiled for several years. If it weren't for other reasons, it would have been compiled long ago.

Li Xian was simply competing with Zhu Qizhen in this matter and would never compromise.

At the beginning, Li Xian thought it was just one time, the work of organizing the law. After all, it has been more than a hundred years since the Ming Dynasty, and many regulations are a little confused.

Li Xian even helped. After Zhu Qizhen proposed a complete legal system, Li Xian didn't care at that time, but when the "Ming Dynasty Collection" was compiled.

Zhu Qizhen saw the dagger when he was exhausted.

In other words, it is not just about trying to find out, but about revealing your inner thoughts.

What Zhu Qizhen wanted was nothing else, but a set of laws that could control all aspects of the Ming Dynasty. From the highest decisions to the disputes between the people, the Ming Dynasty found the answers in this set of laws.

All the common affairs of the Ming Dynasty can operate freely in this system.

But this is not something Li Xian can accept.

Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, can you tell why Confucianism is better than Legalism?"

Zhu Qizhen said, "Sir, please speak?"

Li Xian said: "There is nothing else, the etiquette is simple but the punishment is complicated."

"I have always looked at the Qin law, and there are many contradictory points in etiquette and law. The laws made by Your Majesty are even more complete and self-organized. Even if Han Feizi is resurrected, he may not be able to find a problem."

"But it is definitely not feasible to the Ming Dynasty."

"During the Warring States Period, countries successively reformed and strengthened, and Qin used laws and regulations to join the world. The Han Dynasty relied on Qin's foundation to make the world, so why did they use Huang Lao, or even Confucianism and Taoism, and no longer use the Legalists?"

"There is nothing else. If the law is perfect, it must be complicated and unified inside and outside. It is used in a country. Today, a province is only a few hundred miles apart. If it is wise and famous ministers use the world, they can naturally maintain the law without losing it. However, once the world is merged into the radius of thousands of miles, it will take several months to reach the county and county from the capital."

"The customs of different places are different, and the usage of the method here is encouraged. However, the people cannot bear it when using it. What's more, the court is far from the capital, and the court is out of reach. The order can punish the law to harm the people, and the court does not know."

"The demise of Qin is due to law."

"And governing the country with etiquette and law is nothing more than the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues. Even if it is women and children, they know that even so, the first thing to do in governing the people is still education first."

"Although after Qin, all the courts used laws and regulations, then the court laws and regulations had the right way to change, and the Spring and Autumn Period decided to punish prisons. It is precisely because of this. This matter must not be messed up."

"I ask your Majesty to think about it twice."

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen fell into deep thought.

Even in the later generations of legal education, the work of promoting legal education has been underway, and many people are still blind.

And now this is even more so.

Even if the people do not understand the laws on state organizations and other laws that are not related to the people's affairs, there are more than a hundred laws on the lives of the people alone.

But it's all in vain.

It seems that there are regulations on usury in the Ming Dynasty, but usury in various places does not take this matter seriously at all.

Not to mention, in many places in the Ming Dynasty, especially outside the city, there is no room for the Ming Dynasty to exert its laws.

It is not difficult to formulate a set of laws. Even if it is a complete set of laws, it is difficult to implement, implement and promote them.

It requires a large number of talents and the general improvement of the knowledge of the people in the Ming Dynasty. If you don’t say anything else, you are not illiterate at least.

Otherwise, even if you put the most perfect law in the world before him, it will be useless.

And what is the illiteracy rate in the Ming Dynasty?

In fact, this question should be asked in another way. What is the recognition rate of the Ming Dynasty? This is also a question that Zhu Qizhen doesn’t know, but he will not be optimistic about his decision.
Chapter completed!