According to the Empire's provisional legal code, every child born with or like Xiucai could begin to receive a stipend. 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 House of Representatives discussed this matter, the parliamentarians all seemed to have not thought about what to do when the emperor returned, and for the Tongxiucai in Sichuan, the Da Ming Law seemed to have been a long time ago; For many years, Zhedong has not judged cases according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but according to the military law of the Eastern Zhejiang Army. After announcing the promotion of the empire's laws the year before last, both the Eastern Army of Zhejiang and the Forbidden Sea Zone of Zhejiang were jubilant, because they regarded this code as civil law, and replacing military law with civil law undoubtedly meant that the Ming military top brass was more confident in ensuring the security of the ruling area.

The allowances paid to the people vary from province to province because it is at the discretion of the houses of each province. The Provisional Code only sets out a large frame, and the specific amount to be given and how to give it must be handled by each government at its discretion. Some prefectures give more, for example, in order to encourage immigration and childbirth, Xuzhou gives it every month; All of them are paid at birth; Because Kuizhou is relatively poor and cannot afford it, it only symbolically gives a red envelope to the mother, and plans to increase the amount of allowance when the economic conditions improve in the future; Jianchang's regulations are the most interesting, because the law master He Daoning has a large amount of family property in Jianchang, so he now sees himself as a Jianchang person, as if he is doing an experiment, and has formulated very detailed allowance rules for Jianchang. People with different incomes receive very different allowances, the allowance for the unemployed is several times higher than that of the rich, and when he has a stable income, the allowance will also drop - many rich people in Jianchang are retired warlords and don't care about this money, so everyone gives He Daoning face and makes his judicial experiment plan easy to pass.

And these allowances are theoretically equivalent to buying shares, buying out full ownership of the child from the parents - the state helps raise the child, so the parents cannot kill if they want to kill or sell if they want. If parents want to sell their daughters, whether they are child brides, or change relatives or whatever, theoretically they need the consent of the "shareholder" of the government, and the government will not agree to it in any case.

"If you want to marry a girl from Sichuan, you need the consent of her father and the government, and the government will unconditionally support the girl's own wishes. As long as the girl herself confesses in front of the officials that this is her wish, 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 be recognized as a lesbian talent. At that time, I will have the same opinion as the government, as long as she likes it, I will take a look at it, and I probably won't object. Deng Ming explained to Feng Xifan unhurriedly. In the past, he used the same reason to send other relatives.

"The prime minister also gets a stipend?" Feng Xifan was taken aback when he heard this. He had heard about 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; But 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 Seventeenth Pavilion in Chengdu. Every time I elect the pavilion chief, if I am in Chengdu, I will go to vote, and of course I will take the allowance given to me. Deng Ming said with a smile.

The year before last, in order not to violate the rules prohibiting officials from doing business, Deng Ming sold more than half of his shares in the ivory import company, so that Deng Ming was completely under the law, and in exchange, he had full citizenship rights: "Since I have received the allowance, I have to give up my arbitrariness on the marriage of my children, otherwise it will be illegal, and I will be fined or even imprisoned." ”

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 believes that the life of parents and the words of matchmakers are the right way. In their view, the freedom to marry was only because of the special background of the great immigration, and it was an expedient measure to overcome the difficulties of the early days of Sichuan, and sooner or later the social atmosphere would change back to the way it was.

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 heard this thoughtfully.

Deng Ming added: "Although the imperial constitution does not clearly stipulate that concubines are not allowed, I have publicly stated that my son is not allowed to take concubines, and so is my son-in-law - my will has been written and notarized, and if my son dares to take a concubine, he will lose my inheritance rights; My son-in-law had to sign an agreement before he got married, and if he dared to take a concubine, he would divorce my daughter and pay for the damages, and give up the children, and give all their children to my daughter—and I made it my rule that if my son wanted to inherit my estate, he had to make the same will as I did, and so did my son-in-law. ”

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?" ”

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, what should the sons of other families do if they want to become the prime minister's east bed?" ”

It seems that Feng Xifan still has no heart to give up. However, as long as the other party is not engaged in arranged marriage, then Deng Ming doesn't matter: "For example, sending King Yanping's sister-in-law to Sichuan to go to school, now many children in Sichuan know each other when they go to school, and they are happy with each other, and they report to the government for approval, and they have achieved marriage; In the future, my daughter will definitely go to school too, 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 make it happen." My daughter wants her to be satisfied. ”

Keeping the son-in-law away from Dongning and going 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 had to be considered in the long run.

Seeing that Feng Xifan began to retreat, a big stone fell to the ground in Deng Ming's heart. He is a powerful man and has considerable wealth, so he must give this daughter and the daughters who may come to the world one after another 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'état 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 internal 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 in North Korea. North Korea is really too poor, and if you look around China, there is probably nothing more barren than that land. In Korea, only the king could afford to eat noodles, because the white noodles were all shipped from 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 first, the Tatars were so greedy that they were unwilling to annex Korea. I don't think there is any other country than Japan that would have the intention of annexing Korea. ”

Taiwan produces rice and sugar, has a warm climate, abundant water sources, and is surrounded by warm fish farms, and is located at the heart of 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 for later, King Yanping treated me very well, so I will not agitate for the conflict between the Yuan Council and Dongning no matter what. I think that in the future, the descendants of King Yanping can also consider selling Dongning to the Academy, which is not a bad way. "For Deng Ming, this is indeed a very long time later. As with the Jin Dynasty, Deng Ming would encourage Taiwan's children to go to school and serve in the empire, gain status within the empire, and then slowly promote the values of the empire. Moreover, the two sides are of the same language and species, and others who want to use nationalism to resist cannot do so.

Finally, there is one more thing to do for Zheng Chenggong. Deng Ming vaguely remembered that Taiwan's internal strife seemed to have led to the murder of Zheng Chenggong's grandson: "I told Feng Weishi just now that I will not be partial on the issue of the ownership of the prince of Yanping, 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, and I swear that I will never use the eldest son to cause trouble in Dongning. If he wants to go back to Taiwan for restoration, I will do my best to stop him. If you can't trust me, you can sign a legal agreement. ”

"The prime minister is serious." Feng Xifan couldn't help but want to defend himself. Although in Deng Ming's previous life, he finally launched a bloody coup, but at this moment, the contradictions within Taiwan are far from coming to this point, and Feng Xifan is still thinking about how to let his son-in-law gain the upper hand in the competition for favor, instead of brothers killing each other.

"All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted. Judging from the things after the Jiashen year, the competition for the throne will definitely develop into swords and soldiers in the end, 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 in mind, and the king of Yanping does not seem to stop it, then I have to take precautions - this promise of mine is valid not only for the eldest son, but also for you. If you unfortunately miss Feng Weishi and are put in prison, you will be 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 interrogate you, just say that I said, 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. ”