Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 361 Innovation
This must have been discussed with Emperor Taizu!

These officials in the Wenhua Palace thought so, and they all bowed down to listen to the emperor's decision.

I only heard Emperor Chongzhen's serious face, and said to them: "It has been 270 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. "Laws of the Ming Dynasty", regarding the etiquette system, is also within the scope of revision!"

No matter what dynasty it is, in addition to some legal provisions on the main body, some detailed laws must change with time and need to be changed.

As far as "Law of the Ming Dynasty" is concerned, it is divided into 30 volumes in total, including one volume of famous cases, including five punishments, ten evils, eight opinions, two volumes of official laws, seven volumes of household laws, two volumes of ritual laws, five volumes of military laws, and ten volumes of criminal laws. One volume and two volumes of Gonglu, with a total of 460 articles.

From October of the first year of Wu, that is, when Zhu Yuanzhang had not ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he ordered Zuo Chancellor Li Shanchang, Yushi Zhongcheng Liu Ji, etc. to discuss laws and regulations. It went through three major revisions before it was finally finalized.

Since Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty strictly forbade his heirs to "turn chaos into law", after the finalization of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", it was not revised in the end of the Ming Dynasty.

确实有变通之处，则发布诏令或制定条例，辅律而行。比如弘治13年（1500）制定《问刑条例》270九条。嘉靖29年（1550）重修，增内370六条﹔万历13年（1585）又重修，增内380二条。此后律﹑例并行。

But now, Emperor Chongzhen did not say that he would issue edicts or formulate regulations, but directly said to amend the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".

In other words, Emperor Chongzhen and Emperor Taizu in the sky can communicate, which is another proof!It's no wonder that since Emperor Taizu appeared, Emperor Chongzhen seemed to be a different person!
Thinking of this, He Fengsheng and the others had no objection and responded in unison: "I will obey the order!"

Looking at the officials below, Emperor Chongzhen said solemnly: "Emperor Taizu once said that the law is expensive and simple, so that people can easily understand it. , Illegal meaning also. Husband’s network is secret, there will be no big fish in the water, and the law will be secret, and the country will not have the whole people. You and others have studied carefully, and there are more than one criminal name item, and I will discuss it at my own discretion. Therefore, the revision of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty" should also be carried out according to the law. Emperor Taizu wanted to do it, do you understand?"

This is the teaching of Emperor Taizu, who dares to violate it!

Therefore, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, He Fengsheng and the others had no objection, and responded in unison: "I will obey the order!"

Afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the cabinet members present, and the six ministries, nine ministers, and ceremonial supervisors jointly participated in the reconstruction of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty".

After clicking on the list of personnel for the revision of the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", Emperor Chongzhen solemnly confessed: "Qing and others have to rebuild it based on the wishes of Emperor Taizu. Here, I will add one or two more, and Qing will implement it!"

He Fengsheng was the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, so he was naturally designated by the Emperor Chongzhen as the Chief Law Officer, that is, the person in charge. When he heard the emperor's words, he immediately bowed down to accept the order on behalf of the others.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at him and said: "First, Emperor Taizu once said that the law is expensive and simple, so that people can easily understand it. Therefore, laws and official documents of the court must be read in additional sentences, and the detailed sentence reading rules will be given to you later. From now on, I will do as I tell you!"

In ancient articles, there may be sentence breaks in private, that is, read with sentences, but generally for others to read, they are read without sentences.And this, considered by ancient scholars as a basic ability, is to identify a person's level of knowledge, which makes it difficult to spread the text and reflects the identity of a scholar.

In this regard, after reading too many articles and books written by Liu Weichao in the past, Emperor Chongzhen deeply believed that the set of punctuation marks in later generations was very good, making the articles easier to read and conducive to dissemination.

Especially if you want to learn scientific knowledge in the future, you must make this knowledge more spreadable, and punctuation marks are even more indispensable.Therefore, taking advantage of this opportunity, he made a request to add a sentence to read.

The principle of making it easy to understand was put forward by Zhu Yuanzhang in the area of ​​law, and no one can object to it.

"My minister accepts the order!" He Fengsheng received the order immediately without any objection.

The Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "Except for the lowly status of sinners, other lowly statuses, including Lehu, lazy people, beggars, world servants, companions, and Danhu, etc., will be removed from the household, opened up for the people, and incorporated into the Masato."

In the original history, the abolition of these lowly statuses was abolished by Emperor Yongzheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.But in this plane, since Liu Weichao can influence Emperor Chongzhen, and Emperor Chongzhen just wanted to take this opportunity to revise the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", he naturally raised it. Emperor Chongzhen was brainwashed, not from the perspective of human rights. Therefore, the Emperor Chongzhen who wanted to be the leader of the world and one emperor through the ages immediately approved Liu Weichao's proposal, and took this opportunity to propose the decision to abolish most of the lowly statuses.

This low status is mainly left over from history. It was still retained when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and part of it was added by Emperor Chengzu.

Although it is said that the abolition of this lowly status has actually damaged the interests of the main households, at least the sense of superiority has been reduced and there has been more competition.For example, low-level people cannot participate in the imperial examination, but after the abolition of low-level people, they can take part in the imperial examination.

However, no matter which emperor it is, it is impossible to be greater than the founding emperor Taizu.

Now that Emperor Chongzhen has communicated with Emperor Taizu who became a god, it must be the meaning of Emperor Taizu. Who can object?

He Fengsheng and the others, after hesitating for a while, finally bowed to receive the order.

Emperor Chongzhen continued to add private goods to it. To the courtiers below, he mainly looked at He Fengsheng and said: "Science is the one, and the study of rejuvenating the country and making the country safe is not for ordinary people. I got it from the Taimiao and used it to strengthen the country and enrich the people. I don’t dare to keep it privately, so the railway department also divides it from others, the cement formula is also divided, and so on, all of which are the same. However, it is not my wish to use such good knowledge to strengthen the country and enrich the people. Also; therefore, this time, I want to add science to the imperial examinations and share it with scholars all over the world. From then on, all scholars in the Ming Dynasty will take the sacred learning as their teacher, science as their way, cultivate their own minds, and benefit the world!"

If it is said that Emperor Chongzhen directly yelled from the very beginning that he wanted to add another subject to the imperial examination, it would definitely arouse everyone's opposition.Not to mention anything else, just the Four Books and Five Classics of the imperial examination, that is the study of sages, which has been passed down for thousands of years, why suddenly join a discipline?
However, the situation is different now.

Emperor Chongzhen has proved with facts that this science, as he said, is a good thing that strengthens the country and enriches the people.

Among other things, Daming's steel production doubled, so that the mass production of new armor and sophisticated ordnance was one of the key factors for Jizhou's victory last year.

Think about it, for a long time, they have been suppressed and beaten by Jianlu. In the land of Gyeonggi, and even other places in Guan, Jianlu came and left whenever they wanted. Jianlu invaded like entering no man's land.Then, because of the bonus of science, the 10,000+ Jianlu were almost wiped out!
If this is not a strong country, what is a strong country?

Also, glass, cement, and especially steam trains are already in use.It is said that there are still good things about textiles in the palace, but they have not been brought out yet. If these are just sold for money, they are all from the cornucopia.The saying of enriching the people is definitely not a bragging!

All these benefits are obvious to all, and the emperor also said before that this is actually an extension of the study of things, and it can be regarded as part of the study of sages.

It's just that now it's independent, using sage as the way and science as the way, and combining them.

With these factors in place, at least the senior officials of Ming Dynasty present did not find it difficult to accept it!

And Emperor Chongzhen said it at this time, after communicating with Emperor Taizu, it is estimated that Emperor Taizu also recognized it.

Therefore, in the Wenhua Hall, He Fengsheng and the others looked at each other, and finally they all agreed.

Seeing this, Emperor Chongzhen finally talked about the cause of the incident, the ritual system.

I just heard Emperor Chongzhen say to them: "Science is used together. I have seen that the people's lives will be prosperous in the future. Therefore, the etiquette system in all aspects of clothing, food, housing and transportation can be relaxed appropriately. It cannot be overstepped, after drafting a new copy, I will take a look at it again!"

Did the emperor see that the people's lives will be prosperous in the future?This is properly the emperor Taizu used the immortal method, so that the current emperor can see it, right?
Thinking this way in his heart, He Fengsheng didn't have any opinion on this request, and he was afraid that the emperor would repent, so he quickly responded respectfully: "The old minister accepts the order!"

It is estimated that the basis of most rituals should be lowered, so that most people will not exceed the rules.As for the rules of etiquette that must not be exceeded, such as the Mausoleum of King Lu, they must not be exceeded.What else...

While he was thinking about it, he heard Emperor Chongzhen explain to him again: "Below the red line that cannot be exceeded, and above the general ritual system, there may be some, and more people can be allowed to enjoy it. I will turn around." Give Qing and others a list for reference, mainly to set up some scattered officials for the use of talents from all walks of life..."

Hearing this, He Fengsheng and the others became very curious. A loose official who is used by talents from all walks of life?what is this?
When they were thinking about it, they heard Emperor Chongzhen continue to say to them: "Those who are capable, masters, and masters have three levels. If their skills meet certain requirements and serve the court, they can give this scattered official and enjoy the corresponding ritual system; Together, merchants are measured by the amount of money, and they need to hand over the corresponding amount of money to the court every year to prove their financial strength, and their moral conduct must also conform. And the conformity of their moral conduct depends on the amount of charity they do.”

(End of this chapter)