Section 67: Compliance with the Law (II)
"According to the provisional code, every child who is a fellow Xiucai, or like Xiucai, can start receiving allowances as soon as their children are born." Until now, the constitution and laws implemented in Sichuan and eastern Zhejiang have remained the same as they were at the beginning, stating that this was a temporary measure during the emperor's southern hunting. However, when the court meeting discussed this matter, everyone seemed to have not thought about what to do after the emperor came back, and for Tongxiucai in Sichuan, Da Ming Law was a long time ago; Although the eastern part of Zhejiang has just begun to implement, but for many years it has not been based on the law of the Ming Dynasty but the military law of the eastern army of Zhejiang to judge the case, after announcing the promotion of the imperial law the year before last, the eastern army of Zhejiang and the forbidden sea area of Zhejiang are jubilant, because they regard this code as a civil law, and replacing military law with civil law undoubtedly means that the top level of the Ming army is more confident in ensuring the security of the ruling area.
"The subsidies given by each province are not the same, because this is the discretion of the parliament of each province, and the provisional code is just a big box, and the specific amount and how to give it must be handled by the discretion of each government." Some governments give more of this allowance, for example, in order to encourage immigrants and give birth, Xuzhou is given every month, and it is all given at birth, and Kuizhou is relatively poor and cannot afford it, so it is symbolically given a red envelope to the mother, and the plan is to increase it when there is money in the future; Jianchang is the most interesting, because the law master He Daoning has a large amount of family property in Jianchang, so he now regards himself as a Jianchang person, as if he is a real yΓ n to make a very detailed allowance rules for Jianchang, people with different incomes get very different allowances, the allowance of the unemployed is several times that of the rich, and when he has a stable income, it will decline - many of the rich people in Jianchang are retired warlords who don't care about this money, so everyone gives He Daoning face, Make it easy for him to get through his judicial plan.
And these allowances are theoretically equivalent to buying shares, redeeming full ownership of the child from the parents - the state helps raise the child, so the parents cannot kill and sell if they want. In the future, if parents want to sell their daughters, whether they are child brides or exchange relatives, or whatever, theoretically they need the consent of the "shareholder" of the government, and the government will not agree to it under any circumstances.
"If you want to marry a Sichuan girl, you need the consent of her father and the government, and the government will unconditionally support the girl's wishes, as long as the girl herself admits that this is her wish in front of the officials, the government will agree to the marriage. My daughter is also a national of the empire, and after the age of eighteen, she will also gain the fame of being a lesbian showman, and when the time comes, I will have the same opinion as the government, as long as she likes it, I will see if it's okay, and I probably won't object. Deng Ming explained unhurriedly to Feng Xifan that he had used the same reason to send other relatives in the past.
"The prime minister also gets a stipend?" Feng Xifan was taken aback when he heard this, he hadn't heard of Sichuan's allowance for children, but he never thought that Deng Ming would care about this little money.
"Only the emperor exports the constitution, which is beyond the control of the law; And I am only the prime minister of the emperor, not the emperor himself, and the law is above me; As a soldier, I am also a Xiucai from Chengdu Prefecture, Sichuan, and I now live in the 17th Hall of Chengdu. Every time I elect the president, I will go to the polls if I am there, and of course I will take the allowance given to me. Deng Ming said with a smile that the year before last, in order not to violate the rules of officials not to do business, Deng Ming sold most of his shares in the ivory import company, so far Deng Ming has been completely under the law, and in exchange for having full citizenship: "Since I have received the allowance, I must give up my arbitrary practice on the marriage of my children, otherwise it will be illegal, and I will be fined or even imprisoned." β
Before his daughter was born, Deng Ming also thought about what he would do if he had a daughter in the future? Should we follow the rules of this era, carefully choose a passable in-law for her, and find a husband for her who may be afraid or have the power of the Deng family. Although the marriage of the low-level people in Sichuan has been quite free, the upper class still thinks that the words of the matchmaker are the right way, and in their opinion, the freedom of marriage is only because of the special background of the great immigration, and it is an expedient measure to overcome the difficulties of the early days of Sichuan, and sooner or later it will change back to the original state.
It is precisely because of such a common phenomenon that Deng Ming also hesitated. However, after the birth of his daughter, Deng Ming held her every day after she was breastfeeding, patted her gently, and patiently waited for her to burp, and finally made up his mind - no compromise no matter what, if this society is not in favor of free love, then change it; If the upper class still doesn't know how to applaud for marriage autonomy, then Deng Ming will teach them hand-in-hand.
Feng Xifan was thoughtful, and Deng Ming added: "Although the imperial constitution does not stipulate that concubines are not allowed, I have publicly stated that my son is not allowed to take concubines, and my son-in-law is the same - my will has also been written and notarized, and if my son dares to take a concubine, he will lose my inheritance right; My son-in-law had to sign an agreement before marriage that if he dared to take a concubine, he would divorce my daughter, pay for the damages, and give up the children to my daughter - and I made it a decree that my son would have to make the same will as I did if he wanted to inherit my estate, and so did my son-in-law. β
Looking at Feng Xifan, who was stunned, Deng Ming laughed: "I said just now, the law is above me, so whether it is my son or son-in-law, I can't use the law to control them, I can only rely on this kind of agreement - then again, since my rules are like this, does Feng Weishi think that my daughter is still a good match for Yanping's sister-in-law?" β
Feng Xifan didn't answer this question immediately, but thought for a moment before asking: "Since the prime minister doesn't care about Ling Yan's marriage, if the son of another family wants to become the prime minister's son-in-law, how should he implement it?" β
It seems that Feng Xifan still has no intention of giving up, but as long as the other party is not engaged in arranged marriage, then Deng Ming doesn't matter: "For example, sending Yanping's sister-in-law to Sichuan to go to school, now there are many children in Sichuan who met when they were in school, and the two are happy, and the marriage is achieved by applying for the approval of the government; In the future, my daughter will definitely go to school, and maybe she will also fall in love with a classmate. Seeing Feng Xifan's eyes flashing, Deng Ming hurriedly added: "I didn't promise you anything, and I will never contribute to it, my daughter wants to be satisfied with it." β
Letting his son-in-law stay away from Dongning and go to Sichuan does not seem to be a good thing for competing for his father's favor, Feng Xifan thought about it for a while, and felt that this matter must be considered in the long run.
Seeing that Feng Xifan began to retreat, Deng Ming's heart fell to the ground, he is a powerful person and has considerable wealth, so he must let this daughter and the daughters who may come to the world one after another in the future have the right to choose. But today's visit by Feng Xifan also sounded a wake-up call to Deng Ming, that is, there is still the possibility of infighting in Taiwan, and this infighting may lead to a coup d'Γ©tat and purge.
"Does Feng Weishi think that Dongning will be forever free from China in the future?" Deng Ming felt that the best way to eliminate the risk of civil strife in Taiwan was for the Dongning civil and military forces to realize that what they were fighting for did not seem to be as valuable as they thought.
"What do you mean by that?" Feng Xifan suddenly became nervous.
"Feng Weishi probably thinks that Dongning will be a vassal state that is subordinate to China and has the same power as Korea, right? But in my opinion, the situation in Dongning is not the same as that of North Korea, which is really too poor, and looking around China, I am afraid that there is really no more barren land than that, and the king of North Korea can afford to eat noodles, because white noodles are specially given by our country. Not to mention that the mountainous regions of northern North Korea are still so treacherous and difficult to navigate, and the climate is harsh...... At the beginning, the Tatars were so greedy that they were reluctant to annex Korea, and I guess that apart from Japan, no other country would have the intention of annexing Korea. β
Taiwan produces rice and sugar, has a warm climate, abundant water sources, and is surrounded by warm current fish farms, and is also located in the South China Sea, which has benefited a lot from maritime trade, and no country will refuse to join such a province.
"But this is all in the future, King Yanping treats me very kindly, so I will not incite the conflict between the Yuan Council and Dongning no matter what, and in the future, I think the descendants of King Yanping can also consider selling Dongning to the Yuan Council, which is not a bad way." For Deng Ming, this is indeed a very long time later, and the same method as dealing with the Jin Domain, Deng Ming will encourage Taiwan's children to go to the empire to study, serve, gain status within the empire, and then slowly promote the values of the empire, and then reunification will be a matter of course -- Deng Ming is very confident in the advantage of his own soft power, and the two sides are still of the same culture, and others can't use nationalist resistance to do it.
Finally, there is one more thing to do for Zheng Chenggong, Deng Ming vaguely remembered the internal strife in Taiwan, as if Zheng Chenggong's grandson was killed: "I told Feng Weishiming just now, I will not be partial on the question of the ownership of the Yanping prince, but if you fight-"
Feng Xifan did not hurriedly confess that there was no such possibility, but quietly waited for Deng Ming's next words.
"I hope that no one will die, because they are all descendants of the country's surname, if the eldest son is deposed, I hope he can go to Sichuan to study, I swear that I will never use the eldest son to make trouble for Dongning, and if he wants to return to Taiwan for restoration, I will also do my best to stop him, if you can't believe me, I can also sign a legal agreement."
"The prime minister is serious." Feng Xifan couldn't help but want to justify, although Deng Ming's previous life he finally launched a bloody coup, but at this moment, the contradictions within Taiwan are far from this point, Feng Xifan still thinks about how to gain the upper hand in the competition for favor, instead of killing each other.
"All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted. Judging from the experience after the year of Jiashen, the competition for the position will definitely develop into a sword and soldier meeting each other, and their own people will be killed in a river of blood, and then they will be picked up by outsiders, and there has never been an exception. And now that you have this thought, and the king of Yanping doesn't seem to stop it, then I have to take precautions - this promise of mine is not only valid for the eldest son, but also for you, if Feng Weishi you unfortunately miss, you will be imprisoned and punished. Seeing that Feng Xifan's face began to turn pale, Deng Ming smiled and said: "After Jiashen, there is really no good end to infighting-to say far away, if there is really that day, Feng Weishi can say to the officials who intersect you, just say that I said it, as long as anyone is willing to open the net and let you go to Sichuan, and do not let you Dongning bleed internally, you can get my eternal gratitude; And if I hurt the flesh and blood of King Xianyanping and his generals, then I will feel regret and unhappiness. β
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