Datang: I am the prince of salted fish, I impeach Li Er at the beginning

Chapter 143 Reform?Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents!
"It's okay to want Erchen to be the dean, but you have to promise me one request."

Li Zhi looked at Li Shimin with a serious expression, expressing his attitude.

"If you have any conditions, you just say it."

Li Shimin responded with a smile, but he didn't expect this kid to even ask himself a condition.

He obviously regarded Li Zhi's conditions as coquetry similar to the younger generation asking for gifts from the elders, and he didn't take it seriously at all.

At this moment, Li Shimin didn't know that he was about to face a splitting headache.

If he could know what Li Zhi wanted in advance, he would never be able to laugh at this moment.

Li Zhi said with a serious face: "I want to revise the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, and use the revised laws as teaching materials for the new academy's professors!"

"what?!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin was shocked.

In any case, he never thought that Li Zhi would actually make such a request.

You must know that the Tang Dynasty ruled the country according to the law. The laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty involved the foundation of the country and the country. Li Zhi actually said that the laws should be revised?

How old is he this year, does he have the experience to revise the law?
We must know that even the slightest omission in the code will cause huge problems at the implementation level.

He wants to revise the law, but who gave him the courage?

Li Shimin was dumbfounded. He obviously had an unacceptable attitude towards Li Zhi's request.

This is not the same as making plans, it is a real event that can affect the country and society!

In this kind of matter, even if Li Shimin trusted Li Zhi again, it was impossible for him to mess around.

"It's just nonsense! How long has the law of chastity been revised, and it has been implemented well so far. Why do you want to revise the law of chastity? Isn't it superfluous?!"

"Zhenguan Law" was compiled by Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others starting from the first year of Zhenguan. It was not formulated until the tenth year of Zhenguan.

So far, there have been no difficulties at the implementation level, and it has been implemented well.

Li Shimin really didn't understand what Li Zhi's intention to amend the law was.

Seeing Li Shimin's attitude of denying this in every possible way, Li Zhi had to give an explanation.

"Actually, I don't want to change the law of chastity, but want to make further supplementary explanations on the basis of the law of chastity."

"For example, the standard of sentencing, the scale of judgment and so on."

"The purpose is to give those officials a clear quantitative standard, so that they can have a clear understanding of the case when sentencing."

Li Shimin's complexion improved when he heard that it was not to revise the "Law of Zhenguan", but to give a further explanation.

But he already has a negative attitude towards it.

"Do you know what it means to explain the law clearly? Why do you think that the current officials will accept your revised law."

Li Zhi's starting point is good, this point can undoubtedly be denied.

But in Li Shimin's view, Li Zhi still thinks too shallowly about the problem.

It is certainly a good thing to give officials a clear sentencing standard.

But the question is, once the law's sentencing standards are no longer operational, what will officials do to make money?
In the past, people have committed crimes.

There is no need for low-level officials to take the initiative to ask for bribes, and the common people eagerly hand over the money.

Because the sentencing standards are relatively vague, the final judgment will have great deviations.

Officials can use this as a money-making tool to get promoted and get rich.

If there is a standard in the laws and decrees of the Tang Dynasty, all this will change fundamentally.

Since there is no difference in the final verdict whether the officials are bribed or not, why should the people send money to the officials?

Li Zhi has a good saying.

Cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents.

If he really revised the Law of Zhenguan to be very clear, those low-level officials might want to kill him.

This was a fatal blow to Li Zhi's reputation in the officialdom.

Li Shimin already regards him as his heir, so it is naturally impossible to watch Li Zhi make mistakes.

But he obviously saw Li Zhi clearly.

In fact, Li Zhi saw much farther than Li Shimin, and he had already thought of a countermeasure in a very short time.

"My son is naturally clear about what the sentencing standards mean."

"But my son didn't say that the new Tang law must be implemented."

"The revision of the Law of Zhenguan is aimed at students who are about to study Mingfa."

"And the scope of implementation of the new law is limited to the new city newly developed by the imperial court."

"After the experiment in the new city is almost done, and all the loopholes in the implementation of the new law have been filled, we can discuss whether to implement it on a large scale."

Amendments to laws and regulations will inevitably touch the interests of the old forces, which is unavoidable.

But once the scope of implementation of the new law is limited to newly promoted officials, then there will be no such problem.

Since these officials in the new era have never enjoyed the benefits of being an official, their fundamental interests will naturally not be touched.

Because they don't know the difference between the Zhenguan law and the new law at all, and they don't know how much it is to enjoy being an official in other places.

Human beings are all subjective creatures. Since they have never experienced what it means to act recklessly, they will naturally not resist the shackles on them.

Or to put it more clearly, they may not even know whether they have been shackled or not.

After all, the students recruited this time are aimed at poor families and ordinary people.

How can they know what real official life is like?

At best, they can only guess and imagine things in the officialdom from a low-level perspective.

And in Li Zhi's prediction, the new law also has a lot of room for maneuvering.

Although the income of being an official cannot be as rich as the area where the law of chastity is enforced.

But it is enough to change the fate of those poor students.

After listening to Li Zhi's explanation, Li Shimin fell silent.

Indeed, from the perspective of the overall situation, Li Zhi is indeed more thoughtful than he thought.

But Li Shimin still felt that this matter could not be easily agreed.

The main reason is that Li Zhi's actions have touched the red line every time.

Every time he heard him talk about a new thing, Li Shimin was always on tenterhooks.

You must know the core element that keeps the world running, and that is interest.

It's okay to touch personal interests, the scope of influence is limited after all.

But like Li Zhi, provoking the collective incumbent's behavior is a bit scary.

If you are not careful, it will be a situation that cannot be restored.

Don't listen to those petty officials who talk about risking their lives for the emperor's life.

If their core interests are really touched, it will be over to see if they will play tricks.

(End of this chapter)