Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 910 What is kingship and domineering?

Chapter 32 What is kingly and what is domineering

When Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Wang Gui, Gao Shilian, Xu Shimo and other ministers arrived at His Highness Xiande, Li Jiancheng did not say a word, and wrote down the "Datang Military Family and Martyr Rights Protection Law" that Chen Ying had just written down. Four new laws, "Datang Sergeant Retirement and Arrangement Law", "Datang Officials' Emeritus Law", and "Datang Generals' Promotion Regulations", were placed in front of everyone.

Because the salaries of officials in the Tang Dynasty were actually not high.And for retired officials, it is the same across the board.As long as you retire, the court will not care about it in the future.

Wei Zheng first came up with the Datang Officials’ Emeritus Law, the first sentence of the opening sentence is "Old and my old and the old of the people, the young and the young and the young of the people..."

Chen used very simple language to inform his ministers of the significance of enacting this Law of Retirement, and then wrote that all civil and military officials, after reaching the age of 60, can apply for emeritus and enjoy the salary issued by the court if their energy is low.

Just seeing this, Wei Zheng became furious.

This time, when Li Jiancheng came to power, he began to streamline the army and streamline the administration, with the purpose of reducing the expenditure of the court. Now Chen Ying is lucky, and he actually wants to pay salaries to retired officials.In this way, wouldn't it expand the government's financial expenditure?
Wei Zheng looked at Chen Ying with a livid face and said, "Chen Xiangguo, what do you want to do by setting up this method to invite the hearts of officials all over the world?"

When Wei Zheng opened his mouth, the first sentence put a big hat on Chen Ying, inviting people to buy people's hearts, which is a very serious crime for a minister.

It's just that Wang Gui and Xu Shimo were silent. Xu Shimo was born in a poor family. Of course, this poor family is relatively speaking. After all, although the Xu family in Yanzhou is not a wealthy family, their family has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.Now, Xu Shimo doesn't have to worry, but once he becomes an official in the future, his life will be under a lot of pressure.

After all, poor people have poor people's problems.Rich people also have problems with being rich.

Fang Xuanling looked at Chen Ying silently, and said without hesitation: "Chen Xiangguo's idea is good, but... so many officials need to pay salaries, where does the money come from?"

Chen Ying said with a faint smile: "Employment money and food are divided into two parts. One-tenth of an official's annual salary is directly deducted from the household department and deposited into the treasury; the imperial court also contributes the same amount of money to deposit , as a subsidy; when the official retires, as long as the official has not committed any crimes, the money will be given to the official himself as his pension.”

As he said that, Chen Ying looked at Wei Zheng and said with a smile: "Take Wei Xiangguo as an example. Wei Xiangguo has 72 yuan of salary, 370 yuan of salary, 120 acres of land, and 42 yuan of servant money, totaling 20 yuan. One-fifth of it is thirty guan, and the government subsidy is also thirty guan. Wei Xiangguo is now 20 years old and can serve His Majesty for [-] years. After [-] years, if Wei Xiangguo becomes an official, he can get a total of [-] guan. To raise money, with this thousand and two hundred guan, Wei Xiangguo can buy land and land with his heart, and he can also provide for his life, the court actually only needs to spend [-] guan, is that much?"

Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Six hundred guan in 20 years, that's really not much!"

Chen Ying looked at the ministers and said, "Wei Xiangguo, who has served the court for 20 years, should he get the thousand, two hundred guan's pension?"

Xu Shimo hurriedly said: "You should take it!"

Chen Ying said with a smile: "Yes, Wei Xiangguo should take it, but there are still many poor officials like Wei Xiangguo in the Tang Dynasty. Once they lose the salary of the court, they will be in a state of no livelihood. Xiangguo, begging on the street?"

The officials were lost in thought. For the officials, the deduction is one-tenth, which does not affect their normal life.

Wang Gui thought, if there is an equal amount of government subsidy in the future, it is equivalent to doubling the deducted part and then repaying it. Wouldn't it be equivalent to a one-tenth salary increase?
It's just that these officials never thought about inflation and how much benefit the treasury would get from operating with this money.

Wei Zheng didn't speak. He felt that the official's payment of his salary to the national treasury was equivalent to paying an insurance. As long as he did not break the law or discipline, he could get this huge sum of money.

In fact, Chen Ying also thought about it.People in later generations have made calculations. According to the level of purchasing power, each guan in the Tang Dynasty is almost equivalent to 240 yuan in later generations, and 510 guan is equivalent to [-] million yuan.Unless they were born in a powerful family, ordinary officials could not ignore this huge sum of money.

At this moment, Wang Gui thought for a moment and asked a question: "What are the circumstances under which this money will not be available? What if I stop being an official halfway and resign and leave?"

Chen Ying explained to the ministers: "If you are dismissed because of a crime, you will not be able to receive the money. In the future, the imperial court will deduct [-]% of your salary as a pawn, so that the officials will not dare to be dishonest; The same amount of money can be regarded as a reward for a person who is honest and strict, dedicated to his duties, has a clean sleeve, and has no law. Appropriate rewards, if you are unable to be dispatched due to physical or personal reasons, after two years of emeritus, if you confirm that you will no longer serve as an official, you can receive the full amount of your emeritus."

Li Jiancheng very much agrees with Chen Ying's retirement pension system. Anyone who is tempted by corruption and bribery should weigh it carefully: honest and honest, he will have a large pension in his hands when he grows old, and there is no risk; corruption bribery.It is possible to be caught by the censor, and not only will he be imprisoned, but this huge sum of money will be paid.Soup was followed.

Moreover, Li Jiancheng also saw a better place in this system.When a young official has just entered the officialdom, his rank is low, his salary is also low, and the deductions for pensions are also small. His powers must be relatively small, and there is no chance of corruption or bribery.Waiting for officials to do it for a long time.Gradually ascending to a high position, the power in his hands is increasing, and the opportunities for corruption and bribery are increasing; but his provident fund has also been saved, and no one is in front of the bribe.Don't you want to think about the huge sum of money you keep in the treasury?

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying, and Chen Ying was strategizing, and really held the hearts and minds of the world in his palm!

As for the "Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Military and Martyrs of the Tang Dynasty", including Wei Zheng, no minister dared to raise objections. After all, this bill involved the interests of more than [-] soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Trippers, angry soldiers, will surely tear them to pieces.

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Inside the Fengdeyi mansion in Chang'an City, the sky has just dawned.Feng Deyi opened his eyes and stood up tremblingly.He really couldn't sleep, the emperor summoned all the ministers to the Xiande Hall to discuss matters, but he didn't call him.

Although he had been dismissed by Shangshu Zuopushe, he was promoted to Tejin.Although Tejin is a vacant position, it is the second rank among civil servants, second only to Kaifu Yitong Sansi.The key point is that Datang did not have a real position as Kaifu Yitong's third division. That is to say, Pei Ji, who was promoted to Sikong, was the first among civil officials, while he became the second.

However, this second civil servant has been marginalized.

This is a very dangerous signal. If marginalization continues, Feng Deyi will become the laughing stock of Chang'an City.

He absolutely cannot bear this matter.

Thinking of this, Feng Deyi shouted towards the door: "Come here!"

After a short time, Feng Daoyan pushed the door open and said, "Father!"

Feng Deyi waved to Feng Daoyan: "Help me put on the crown for my father."

Feng Daoyan said in surprise: "Father, you look like this, and you still want to go to court?"

Feng Deyi pondered and said: "As a father, you must go to court. The matter has come to an end, for the sake of sealing the family, as a father, no matter what, I have to try again to see if I can... satisfy His Majesty."

Looking at the sallow-faced Feng Deyi, Feng Daoyan felt distressed.

……

The officials in the palace sang loudly: "Your Majesty is here, and all the officials pay homage!"

The officials who were whispering immediately shut up and stood in line.

At this time, Li Jiancheng boarded Danchi in full crown.

Civil and military officials stepped forward one after another, bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, Wan An!"

Feng Deyi walked slowly and tremblingly among the crowd.

The officials made way for Feng Deyi one after another.

Wei Zheng carefully supported Feng Deyi and stood in the front row.

Li Jiancheng glanced at the officials slowly and said, "Since the first year of Wude, our Tang Dynasty took Guanzhong and Hedong as the foundation, and worked hard to govern Kyushu after several ups and downs. Although the war is basically over, only the Turkic disaster outside the Great Wall is left, but how? Let the common people in the world be able to recuperate, how to maintain the peace of the Tang Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor can't do it, and I can't do it either. All the gentlemen, let's discuss it today, this is the way to govern the country!"

Feng Deyi stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, now Kyushu is salty, and a lot of waste is waiting for prosperity. Our Tang Dynasty should follow the example of the pre-Qin and rule the world with the hegemony of the Legalists."

Li Jiancheng looked at Feng Deyi with great interest and said, "How do you say that the Legalists are overbearing?"

Looking at Li Jiancheng's expression, Feng Deyi was secretly proud.He thought he had grasped Li Jiancheng's pulse.Since Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling began to carry out the so-called "better soldiers and simpler administration", Li Jiancheng completely abandoned Li Yuan's strategy of governing the country, and began to legislate purposefully to implement the hegemony of France in governing the country.

As the saying goes, if there is something good at the top, the bottom must follow it.

Feng Deyi is now saying what Li Jiancheng likes to hear and doing what Li Jiancheng wants to see, otherwise his career path will come to an end.

Feng Deyi considered the words carefully and said: "The so-called hegemony of the Legalists is to govern the country with punishment, spread it to the public, let the law go to private interests, and have no hierarchy of punishment. What your Majesty says is the law."

Li Jiancheng frowned slightly.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying, the leader of all the officials, at this time Chen Ying actually yawned, obviously Chen Ying did not agree with Feng Deyi's point of view.

Feng Deyi went on to say: "Your Majesty's recent conferment of the imperial clan and streamlining of officials, these measures have a strong flavor of Legalism. I think that Your Majesty already has a big heart."

Fang Xuanling turned his face to the side and whispered to Wei Zheng: "I knew this before, so why bother? This old fox has finally come to his senses now and is willing to speak out."

Wei Zheng didn't answer Fang Xuanling's words, but strode out of work.

Wei Zheng said loudly: "What Feng Xiangguo said is completely wrong."

In fact, Chen Ying also wanted to refute Feng Deyi, but was preempted by Wei Zheng.

Chen Ying had no choice but to back off. Anyway, Chen Ying was quite confident in Wei Zheng's firepower. As long as Wei Zheng went out and talked about it, he could seal three Deyis by himself.

Everyone looked at Wei Zheng in astonishment.

Wei Zheng said disapprovingly: "Since Confucius established the Tao, there is only one way to govern the world, and that is the Confucian way of kingship."

Li Jiancheng squinted his eyes, neither happy nor angry.

Chen Ying looked at Wei Zheng with a half-smile.

Wei Zheng said indifferently: "Legalism is domineering, and it seems to be effective, but in fact, it is an extremely short-sighted way. The death of Qin Dynasty II is an example. Only by respecting Confucianism and promoting the way of kings can the world be truly ruled. What Xiangguo said is completely different from the other, and it is extremely absurd."

Feng Deyi retorted: "What Wei Zheng said is purely a woman's opinion. The Tang Dynasty won the world immediately, not by the way of benevolence and forgiveness of the Confucian scholars, but by the scimitar and the horse's spear. This is well known. matter."

Wei Zheng said without hesitation: "The way of kingship is frank, and the way of kingship is mediocre. The so-called benevolence and forgiveness is not the true meaning of the way of kingship."

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng turned to Feng Deyi with malicious intentions and said, "I would like to ask Feng Xiangguo, in your heart, what is the kingly way?"

Feng Deyi was dumbfounded when asked.

Wei Zheng turned around, faced all the officials in the court hall and said, "Everyone, what is kingly way?"

Everyone looked at Wei Zheng intently.

Wei Zheng turned around and faced Li Jiancheng again: "The way of kingship is not a slogan, the way of kingship is not empty talk, the way of kingship is in everyone's heart, and the way of kingship is above the authority of the court! The way of kingship must be respected from the emperor to the common people. The law of the world, the kingly way is benevolence, the kingly way is righteousness, the kingly way is propriety, the kingly way is wisdom, the kingly way is faith...the kingly way is yin and yang, the kingly way is heaven and earth, the kingly way is order, the kingly way is etiquette...the kingly way is the foundation of scholars!"

Wei Zheng solemnly told Li Jiancheng: "For the Tang Dynasty, the real kingly way is only one sentence, the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor share the world..."

Feng Deyi looked around with a sneer, pointed at Wei Zheng and said, "The credit for unifying Kyushu is lost in his mouth; the credit for formulating the three provinces and six ministries system is lost in his mouth; the credit for formulating the imperial law is lost in his mouth." His mouth is gone; the achievements of the prosperous age are also gone in his mouth; the achievements of fighting against the Turks are also gone in his mouth.

Wei Zheng looked gloomy and dismissive.

Feng Deyi sternly shouted: "Junior, I tell you, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was a sage from the heavens, unique in beauty, penal law and etiquette were developed in tandem, and both literature and morality were far away; Yu Shun's great achievements were twenty, which is not enough. How can it be enough to talk about three or five of them. You are a yellow-mouthed kid, talking wildly and chaotically, you are really rebellious and immoral, and you are a sensationalist!"

After Feng Deyi finished speaking, his face became pale.

Without flinching, Wei Zheng took a few steps forward, facing Feng Deyi and said, "May I ask Prime Minister Feng, you have served Sui Wendi, Sui Yangdi and his son for two dynasties, do you know why the Sui Dynasty died in the second generation?"

Feng Deyi looked around again and said: "This is something that everyone knows, do you want me to waste my words and explain it?"

Wei Zheng said unceremoniously: "Please tell me."

Feng Deyi was stunned, and said slowly: "Okay... well, I tell you, Yang Guang murdered his father and seized the throne, exterminated human relations; he was extravagant and licentious, built the Eastern Capital, opened canals, and built the Great Wall, exhausting the civilian labor of the world; Goryeo has exhausted the foundation of the country, and if there is such a senseless and foolish king, any dynasty will be buried in his hands."

Wei Zheng said with a clear look: "Dare to ask the minister, Sui Yangdi built the Eastern Capital, built the canal, and conquered Korea. The three major evils have poisoned the world. It's the right time. Minister Xiao and Feng are equal. Now, even the Supreme Emperor was an official before Emperor Sui Yang, why couldn't he prevent the world from collapsing?"

Feng Deyi was tongue-tied, but was speechless for a long time.

Li Jiancheng patted the armrest of the chariot on the altar and said, "Wei Zheng, tell me why the Sui Dynasty died in the second generation?"

Wei Zhengchao Li Jiancheng said: "Your Majesty clearly learned that the fall of the Sui Dynasty was caused by Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, not Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty."

All the ministers and officials in the hall were in an uproar.

Feng Deyi said dumbfounded: "It's really a ridiculous joke, ridiculous... ridiculous."

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying thoughtfully.

However, Chen Ying pretended to be nonchalant, looked at Wei Zheng with a half-smile, and said, "Wei Xiangguo, but he has a good opinion."

(End of this chapter)