This Qing is wrong

Chapter 177 Everything is for the benefit of the empire

"Your Majesty, since the promulgation of the new law, there has been great opposition among the people to the punitive concubine tax.

Your Majesty, why don't we also abolish our concubine privilege to show fairness. "

At the cabinet meeting, Zhang Jianfei was the first to stand up and put forward valuable opinions.

His military intelligence bureau also has informants in the country, so he knows how big the concubine tax is!

If it weren't for Li Changqing's puppet delivery ability in a critical situation, even mobs who planted flags to rebel would jump out.

Zhang Jianfei himself doesn't care about the privilege of taking concubines he has obtained. He prefers to hang out in brothels. After all, there are many girls there who can be exchanged for them, and Zhang Jianfei doesn't have any virginity complex.

As long as it is beautiful, it is enough.

After hearing this, Li Changqing snorted coldly and said, "You should all understand the original intention of the monogamy system.

Now that the population in Guangdong Province is dying, even if the fields are divided evenly and everyone has land to cultivate, there will still be large tracts of uncultivated arable land!
How many people can they give birth to if they don't restrain those rich and powerful from taking concubines and allowing them to occupy a large amount of female resources?
Even if all the rich and powerful are studs, will the children born by these rich and powerful go into labor?

It's just expanding the rich and powerful class of the fish and meat people.

When the time comes, the rich and powerful will be full of children, and they will definitely find ways to compete with the humble children from the grassroots in the few official positions.

With the current regulatory system, even if there is legal protection for this kind of thing, it is difficult to achieve comprehensiveness.

You are all ministers, and you should understand the connotations of the words 'officials and officials protect each other' and 'humanity and sophistication'.

Even if an official with a principled bottom line can guarantee that he will not cross the line, can he guarantee that he will refuse all requests for help from relatives and friends?
What's more, the more principled people are, the more they value kindness.

When the time comes, their benefactors come to ask for help, what will they do?
Human nature is never black and white. Many powerful officials do not want to do things against their will, but the so-called worldly wisdom pushes them to do it.

Unless, this official turns himself into a lonely walker.

I am afraid that this kind of misfit will be squeezed out of the officialdom by those officials before we find out.

Officialdom is a melting pot of human nature. If we regress in this respect, we will no longer be able to fight against human nature.

Without the determination to fight against human nature, how can you govern the world?

This world is not the world of those officials and dignitaries, but my world!

The monogamy system is a national policy to increase the population, and female resources are the key to increasing the population. I hope that the increased population will be the working people who serve the empire, not a bunch of fat-headed socialites who only know the official world and the world.

That kind of person may be able to get along like a fish in water, but what use is it to me, to the empire?
Use him to flatter me? !
Zhang Jianfei, it is my wish that the entire Tang Empire grant concubine privileges to you confidantes and lovers.

In the whole world, no one can go against my will!

The troublemakers among the people are nothing but foolish people who have received money from the black hands behind the scenes.

All fools know who benefits the monogamous system. Even if the restrictions on taking concubines are lifted, how many wives can those farmers raise?
In other words, how many women are willing to give birth to farmers?
Even illiterate people know this simple truth.

Let me find out the mastermind behind the scenes, find out one and kill the other, the nine clans sit together, the men are sent to mines, the women are sent to brothels, the elderly are executed, and ignorant children are sent to orphanages! "

After Li Changqing finished speaking, all the cabinet ministers, including Zhang Jianfei, slapped their feet and raised their right arms at a 45-degree angle: "Obey, Your Majesty's will is our mission!"

"Your Majesty, after the promulgation of the new law, many banks are dissatisfied with the interest rate restrictions on lending, and hope to restore the 'market control' mechanism."

"fart!
Return market control!
When I don't know, the so-called market is what those bank bosses say?

How many ordinary people have been ruined by loan sharks, and the interest rate I gave them is already very high. These bank bosses are greedy and cannot make any concessions! "

"Your Majesty, the bank bosses are collectively resisting the new loan interest rate limit. They have made an agreement not to lend money to ordinary people. After a long time, it is not conducive to the recovery of the market economy."

Reported by Zhang Haohui, who is in charge of the Ministry of Government Affairs.

If it wasn't for the incident, he didn't want to bother Li Changqing with it.

After hearing this, Li Changqing replied calmly: "I remember that the Imperial Bank is under preparation."

Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Since those bank bosses dare to confront me, then I will issue a decree to merge those banks into the Imperial Bank and be supervised by the Imperial Bank from now on!

Pang Yan! "

"Your Majesty, here I am!"

"The current warriors in the guards are almost trained."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have been able to dispatch 300 warriors from the bodyguards to serve His Majesty. These warriors have the highest rank of seventh rank and the lowest rank of ninth rank, and they are loyal to His Majesty!"

The warriors at the bodyguard are all brainwashed soldiers, so they are naturally very loyal to Li Changqing.

"Very well, from today onwards, the Guard Office will fully intervene in the surveillance of the market economy within the empire.

My first order is to control the family members of those bank bosses and not allow them to escape from Guangdong Province. It is best to confine them to one city after another.

All assets of the bank will be taken over, and all cash will be controlled. Anyone who dares to disobey the order of the empire will be killed without mercy! "

"The minister obeys the order!"

Pang Yan made a salute and replied loudly.

Li Changqing looked at Zhang Jianfei and said, "Your military intelligence bureau cooperates with Pang Yan's bodyguard.

In the future, Pang Yan's bodyguards will be responsible for the 'order' within the empire. Not only those rich people, but also officials will be gradually brought into supervision. I don't need so many people from the bodyguards to protect me. Responsibility, just have Pang Yan by my side at the guard.

The Military Intelligence Bureau is responsible for providing clues, and the Guard Department is responsible for execution. I believe you two will not let me down. "

"Your Majesty, please don't worry, the minister must handle his errands well."

Zhang Jianfei and Pang Yan looked at each other, showing friendly and cooperative professional smiles.

"Your Majesty, many aspects of the new laws of the empire are not conducive to the dignitaries and officials. Is there something wrong with it?"

Yan Dingjun stood up and said worriedly.

His worries were not unreasonable. In the Guangdong garrison under his control, many military officers complained that the empire was too harsh on officials like them.

And not only military officers, local civil servants and even those rich and powerful are also 'worried' about the laws of the empire.

They don't understand why the laws of the empire should blatantly bias those mediocre ordinary people.

"Hehe, if someone is dissatisfied, let him resign. The most important thing in the empire is someone who wants to be an official.

The common people are a vulnerable group, and they will be bullied by the powerful if they are justified. If the laws of the empire do not help the common people, what will they be like by those powerful officials?
The law is used to restrain the powerful officials of the empire. I want those officials to know that they are only employees hired by me and public servants serving the people. The real privileged class is only me and you. In my eyes, others are the same as the bottom. Common people are the same. "

Li Changqing's words were full of disdain for officials.

Li Changqing was very disappointed with the political consciousness of the imperial officials, they didn't even understand what it means to be a public servant of the people!

Indeed, there will definitely be a privileged class in the empire, but Li Changqing does not intend to create a large number of privileged classes.

We all know how much class solidification hurts a country.

Li Changqing regarded the Tang Empire as his own, so naturally he would not do that.

Moreover, Li Changqing has a system around him, so he doesn't need to win over the powerful officials of the empire.

Without the need to win over, Li Changqing naturally wants to formulate laws in a direction that is beneficial to him.

Working people are what Li Changqing needs!

No one is farming, no one is mining and producing, no one is cooking all kinds of delicacies, and there is not enough population base to produce enough beauties...

How does Li Changqing enjoy a luxurious life? !

To put it bluntly, the privileged class is a country moth that does not engage in production.

Li Changqing feels that it is enough to have himself and the mind-controlled subjects as the country moths, and there is no need to cultivate a large number of country moths.

To put it bluntly, officials are nothing more than a bunch of dogs hired by Li Changqing.

At least in his eyes.

The real caring people are only a small group of mind control objects standing in front of them.

That is, the current cabinet minister of the Tang Empire.

trickery?

With the help of the system, Li Changqing doesn't need that thing.

"Your Majesty, there are already some local officials who are passively sabotaging their work."

"Oh?

That's dismissal.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the former Ming Dynasty, dared to skin corrupt officials as grass. When Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, he didn’t see any big troubles in the former Ming Dynasty. Could it be that my deterrent power is not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang’s?
If someone is dissatisfied, just suppress it. "

Li Changqing waved his hands indifferently, like an insignificant fly on his torso.

The cabinet ministers present looked at each other and nodded secretly in their hearts. They already understood their Majesty's attitude towards bureaucrats and dignitaries. With His Majesty's nod, they naturally knew what to do.

Unless those bureaucrats and dignitaries turned the tables to rebel, as long as they were in the officialdom system of the Tang Empire, their group of powerful cabinet ministers had ways to deal with the disobedient bureaucrats below.

I didn't do anything before, but I was just worried that doing so would cause turmoil in the imperial officialdom, and even cause civil unrest.

The bureaucrats of this era are often inextricably linked with the local wealthy families. If they are really stubborn, it is not difficult to spread money to cause civil unrest.

However, Guangdong Province, which is directly under the Tang Empire, has long been conquered by Li Changqing. Even if the powerful bureaucrats want to seek death, it is estimated that there will not be many stubborn civilians who are not afraid of death to rebel.

After all, now that Guangdong Province has begun to equalize the land, every family has land to cultivate, and food is not a problem. Who would rebel against Li Changqing?

That is the "demon way" that even Kang Mazi fears like a tiger!

However, the absence of civil unrest does not mean that the local bureaucrats and dignitaries will not make troubles in other places, such as passive sabotage or even dereliction of duty.

I don't work, can I just lie down?

Anyway, it didn't violate the laws of the empire...

Li Changqing thought for a while, and said: "Add a few crimes of dereliction of duty to the law, and the sentence will be heavier. Those officials who occupy the latrines and don't shit will be dismissed if they can. The imperial finances are not used to support waste. .

If those local gentry collectively dismissed officials, they would choose officials from poor families and ordinary people. I don't believe that the empire will still be short of officials!
What's more, the population in the empire is not large now, so there is no need for so many officials to govern.

If anyone in the local area dares to obey and violate, they should find Pang Yan and ask the guards to arrest them.

I allow the Guards to set up prisons to judge those who are disloyal to the empire!

But the guards don't care about the common people's affairs, it's out of the question. "

"The minister obeys the order!"

Pang Yan saluted excitedly and responded.

The rest of the cabinet ministers paid attention to Pang Yan from the corner of their eyes.

Because they know that His Majesty intends to make the bodyguard office the "Dongchang Jinyiwei" of the Tang Empire!

Anyone who has read history books knows how powerful the Jinyiwei and Dongchang in the pre-Ming Dynasty were when they were trusted by the emperor.

With such a sharp sword hanging over their heads, those who are officials may suffer.

The cabinet ministers present were not worried about themselves, because they had no doubts about their loyalty, they would definitely carry out Li Changqing's orders 100%, and run for the interests of the empire, so naturally they would not be caught by Pang Yan at the guard's office.

If Pang Yan wanted to make trouble, given their status in His Majesty's mind, Pang Yan would not be so stupid...

Why do cabinet ministers get along more harmoniously?

It is because they know that Li Changqing doesn't want them to cause internal strife, and they will never suspect that they will do things that are not good for the empire.

This kind of absolute trust will naturally make the cabinet ministers recognize the reality, and not engage in meaningless official battles that will make Li Changqing angry.

"What is wrong with the response of the new law among the people?"

Li Changqing continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, the common people have great objections to the punishment of adultery."

Zhang Hao from the Ministry of Government Affairs stood up again.

"Oh?

Tell me in detail. "

"Your Majesty, no matter whether you are a commoner or a powerful person, you don't understand why after adultery, men are sent to mines for hard labor, but women can apply for forgiveness from their husbands.

A lot of people think it's unfair to men because men get punished more. "

"Um?

Do you think we should be more tolerant of adulterous men? "

Li Changqing asked with a strange expression.

"That's not true. It's just that women should also bear half of the responsibility in absolute adultery. If they are acquitted just because of their husband's forgiveness, the punishment is relatively light."

"Zhang Hao, what do you think the original intention of the law is for?"

"Of course it is for the benefit of the empire!"

"Yes, I am very pleased that you have this awareness.

Then what do you think, where are the interests of the empire when it comes to marriage and love between men and women? "

"Increase the population as much as possible!"

"Since this is the case, do you think the woman's uterus is more important, or the man's seed?"

Zhang Hao was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, I understand!"

(End of this chapter)