Chapter 660: Administrative Intervention
Pei Jin said so much, it was a little disorganized, but Zhao Junsheng heard that the real meaning behind Pei Jin's words was to legislate to maintain the rule, and to put shackles on the gradually formed new aristocracy and wealthy families with the legal system, so that they could carry out various social activities under the restrictions of the rules.
In the future, it is inevitable that there will be founding heroes or their descendants who violate the laws and rules, and then they must be severely punished in accordance with the relevant laws, and one by one the nobles and wealthy families will be devastating in the process of violating the law, and then perish, and new nobles and wealthy families will be born one after another, from the new to the old, and then disappear and perish.
Since the end of the War of the Three Kingdoms, the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, and since then the family has finally won in the War of the Three Kingdoms, but the good times did not last long.
More than 100 years ago, with the advent of the war of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the rich second and third generations of the wealthy families of the Shi clan paid a heavy price for their excessive prostitution and decadence.
As a result, the dark age of the Han people in the north who were enslaved by the barbarians as two-legged sheep has come, which is also the reason why many people are reluctant to mention the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which is disgraceful!
Therefore, for the time being, there are very few scholars in the north, the rule of the Northern Wei Dynasty has just begun, and the scholars of the Northern Wei Dynasty have not been completely formed and have been eliminated in the bud, Zhao Junsheng wants to carry out drastic reforms at this time, and make forward-looking arrangements for future generations to prevent political, military, economic and cultural aspects from being controlled by the scholars and gates, or to completely prevent the emergence of the scholars and gates, and there is no resistance to doing these now.
Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said to Pei Jin: "In this way, you find a group of officials who are proficient in the law!" β
"Yes, Weichen retires!"
It took Pei Jin two months to find thirty-six officials who were proficient in the laws of all dynasties.
"Wait for the king!" The officials met Zhao Junsheng in the main hall of the palace.
Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "All the ministers are exempt!" β
"Thank you, King!" Thirty-six men stood on either side.
Zhao Junsheng said: "Pei Jin summoned you and others here because you are all people who are proficient in the laws of all dynasties. When the country was newly established, we wanted to promulgate a complete set of large codes for governing the country, which were divided into criminal law, civil law, commercial law, administrative law, military law, and the law on the succession of clan lords and lordsΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β·Β·"
"The compilation and revision of the Great Code of Law needs to be completed by all the secretaries, and every provision of the law needs the consent of all the secretaries! To complete this great code, I wonder how long it will take for you? β
One of the middle-aged officials was solemn, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the compilation of the laws of this dynasty needs to refer to the laws of the previous dynasties, and every word of each article must be carefully considered, which is extremely cumbersome and may take a long time. β
Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "It's been too long, don't say you can't afford to be alone, even all the subjects of Qianguo can't afford to wait!" The first compilation does not need to be too perfect, the times are changing, civilization is advancing, and the law must also conform to the current situation. I will give you a maximum of one year, and then revise it every three or five or ten years, gradually improving the content of the Great Code, and you can also revise the outdated provisions! β
Thirty-six officials immediately whispered when they heard this, and after half a sound, everyone bowed to Zhao Junsheng together: "The king is wise!" β
"That being the case, the matter is settled! Give you three days to deal with your family affairs, pack your bags and report to Pei Jin, he will arrange a quiet place for you to compile the Great Law Code, and you must not disclose today's events to anyone before you are done, not even your family members! β
For being able to participate in the compilation of the founding law, every official present was extremely excited, this is a field they are familiar with, and it is also a field they are keen to study, and this is also an opportunity to make a name for themselves and go down in history. β
Ma Zheng's matter has always been a concern for Zhao Junsheng, Ma Zheng has been promulgated and implemented for ten months, according to the time, the livestock borrowed by farmers has already produced the first litter, and some farmers have already given birth to their first litter and grown up, and they are already ready to be sold.
The growth cycle of sheep can produce three litters in two years, the first two litters can be sold, and the lambs born in the second and third years must be kept and returned to the government.
On this day, Zhao Junsheng called Dongfang Chen and asked: "The livestock fed by the farmers, such as the first batch of sheep, can already be sold?" β
Dongfang Chen returned and said, "Yes, King! But at the moment, things seem to be a little bad! β
Zhao Junsheng hurriedly said, "What do you say? What went wrong? β
"Because the imperial court issued a decree stipulating the minimum purchase price for grain and livestock, those grain merchants and livestock dealers thought that the minimum purchase price was too high, and they were worried that they would not find a market, so no one was willing to sell! If the grain and livestock in the hands of the peasants cannot be realized, they will not have the money to buy other daily necessities, and in order to realize it as soon as possible, the peasants are likely to make a deal with the grain and livestock merchants in private, ignoring the minimum purchase price set by the imperial court, and the losses of the peasants will be too great! β
Zhao Junsheng frowned and asked, "Do you have any solutions?" β
Dongfang Chen sighed and shook his head: "The minister is stupid, I haven't thought of a solution for the time being!" β
Zhao Junsheng thought for a long time and said: "That's it, since those businessmen have too big an appetite and are not greedy enough to swallow elephants, then simply let them out!" The imperial court ordered that the free purchase of grain and livestock was prohibited, and the imperial court took over the purchase of grain and livestock from the peasants in an all-round way, and ordered the county and county governments to set up grain and livestock stations, and the officials of the grain and livestock stations opened grain stores, slaughterhouses, and butcher shops to sell grain and meat to urban residents and villagers, so as to meet the needs of urban residents for grain and meat! In order to prevent officials from passively slacking off their work after taking iron rice bowls, the reward policy was implemented, and whoever sold more grain and meat and earned more would be given a certain reward or share, and at the same time, priority should be given to promotion! β
To be honest, Zhao Junsheng doesn't know much about how to govern the country, but he has historical experience to refer to, anyway, he is crossing the river by feeling the stones, and if he finds that there are mistakes and deviations in the route, then adjust it in time.
Zhao Junsheng decided to adopt the method of direct control and intervention by the government, which could protect the interests of the peasants to a certain extent, even if they had no money, the peasants would at least have food to eat, and would not starve to death.
When the time is ripe, the grain and livestock markets will be liberalized, and the government will occasionally intervene in prices. Although this method restricts economic development to a certain extent, it can maintain social stability and alleviate social class contradictions.
Waiting for the authority of the imperial court and the government to be established, so that everyone realizes that the official government cannot be directly confronted, and cannot ignore the imperial decrees for some interests, the businessmen will behave and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool, and the market will become more and more standardized. However, in order to maintain the stability of social order, the government cannot completely open up the market and let it go, because the productive forces have not yet reached a certain level, and the material conditions are limited.
As soon as Zhao Junsheng's decree was promulgated to control the purchase of grain and livestock by the imperial court and the government, the merchants were dumbfounded.
Grain stores and butcher shops in various counties and counties had to close their doors because they had no supply of goods, and grain stores, slaughterhouses, and butcher shops opened by the government's grain and livestock stations sprung up like mushrooms after a rain to take over the markets, taking on the heavy task of selling grain and meat to the residents of the towns and towns.
The farmers were relieved that the grain they grew and the livestock they fed were all purchased by the government, and as long as they were sent to the grain and livestock station, they could immediately get the cash, and the price was much higher than the price given by the grain merchants and livestock dealers in previous years.
Dongfang Chen reported to Zhao Junsheng on this day: "King, the old problem has been solved, but now the new problem is coming again!" β
Zhao Junsheng is not surprised by this matter, there will inevitably be all kinds of problems in the control of the imperial court, since there is a problem, then find a way to solve it, and asked: "What's the problem again, tell me about it!" β
Dongfang Chen said: "In recent years, the number of fields under the jurisdiction of our Qianguo has increased a lot, and the people have their own fields are working hard, implementing the method of intensive cultivation, grain output has greatly increased, but the number of people has not increased much, and now the local government controls the purchase and sale of grain and livestock, which meets the needs of the people, but there is still a large amount of surplus grain hoarding, and there are too many livestock left, and a large amount of forage is also needed every day, and the cost is quite large!" In terms of food, even if you leave three years of hoarding to reserve for the year of famine, there is still a lot more, and if you hoard it for too long, it will definitely become moldy and rotten! β
"In addition, in terms of livestock, if meat is sold to the people at the current price, it can barely keep the imperial court and local governments in surplus, but if the price of meat is reduced, although more people can afford to eat meat, the imperial court and local governments will have a lot of losses!"
Zhao Junsheng asked, "Can you think of any way to solve these problems?" β
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