Chastity Layman

  Chapter 684 East and West Two Mansions

  The prince sits in the Chongjiao Hall of the East Palace to govern, with soft feet and a headband, and a round-neck robe, but he is also very similar to his father.

   "Your Highness, this is the "Notice on the Pilot Implementation of the Minimum Living Security Law in Jingzhao Mansion" drafted by the minister and Zhan Shifu," Qin Lang handed a copy of the minimum living security law to the prince.

  Chengqian had just signed the Baojia Law, the Public Security Law, and the three new laws of the Industrial and Commercial Law, and Qin Lang sent another copy of the Minimum Living Law in front of him.

"The Dibao Law will provide minimum living allowances to families with severe disabilities or diseases that lose their labor force, especially for orphans, widowed elderly, etc. The poor, widows, widows, and disabled can also bathe in my Great Tang grace!"

   This low-income law was first implemented on a pilot basis in Gyeonggi, and first implemented in Chang'an City for residents of Chang'an and Wannian counties, and then implemented in 20 Ji counties outside the capital. After the trial results are achieved, it will be gradually implemented nationwide.

  Under the auspices of Qin Lang, the East Palace has introduced multiple new laws in succession, naturally for the purpose of allowing the prince to make achievements. The first thing he took office was to rectify the law and order, and swatted the flies to scare the tiger. The second step, of course, is to improve the living standards of the people and let everyone live a good life. This is the fundamental.

  Baojia Law and Public Security Law are mainly to maintain public order. The Industrial and Commercial Law is also called the Industrial and Commercial Management Regulations. It improves Chang’an’s industrial and commercial management system to ensure the economic development of Chang’an. Establish industrial and commercial offices according to law, improve organization, institutionalize, and standardize. In order to adapt to the next step, Jingzhao Mansion will break the two-city system in the whole Chang'an and promote the economy of the city. Set up industrial and commercial economic zones such as workshop areas and warehouse areas in the suburbs of Beijing.

  One new law after another has a clear goal.

  The Dibao Law is a social welfare security system. The Industrial and Commercial Law is for making money, and the Public Security Law and the Baojia Law are for maintaining stability. Of course, you have to spend the money you make, and spend it in the right place.

   "People who are over 70 years old will be supported by the government's tax of one dime."

  "If you are poor and have no property, those over 80 years old will be given five buckets of rice and five catties of meat per month; those over ninety years old will be given one horse of silk and one catty of cotton wool per year."

   "Special orders are given to the elders to ask questions. Those who care for widows and widows and lonely people will get their homes. They will abolish disabled people's income for the lonely and old, and they will use them at the age of the year so that they will live forever."

   "Old people over 80 years old will also be awarded honors, and those over 90 years old will be awarded dismissal officials!"

   Nursing homes have been established in various places to adopt orphans and widows without children and grandchildren, and to take in some mentally handicapped and disabled people. The government pays for the adoption of abandoned babies and orphans whose parents have died.

   Various places have also built Louze Gardens, which are national cemeteries, to bury the poor dead for free.

"We will also take the lead in building three benefiting pharmacies in Chang'an and Wannian counties each to diagnose and treat diseases of the poor, military and civilians. The Donggong Pharmacy Bureau will send doctors, pharmacists, funds and medicinal materials, and each will have a medical officer. It is withdrawn, and it is planned to send ten candidates each for internal medicine and surgery to the Donggong Pharmacy Bureau for advanced studies in each department of Ming Medicine."

The Huiren Pharmacy proposed by Qin Lang is a welfare medical security institution, which is under the supervision of the Donggong Pharmacy Bureau, and ten medical and surgical students are specially recruited from each Keming medical candidate. Sent to Huiren Pharmacy. The medicinal materials of Huiren Pharmacy are planned to be taxed from the origin of medicinal materials in various places and entered into the large pharmacies of Huiren Pharmacy.

  Benefiting people, that is, there must be benefits. For poor families included in the subsistence allowances and orphans and widows in nursing homes, affordable medicines and treatments are provided, and even a certain amount of free medical treatment is given to each subsistence allowance population.

  Six of this kind of Huiren Pharmacy will be piloted first, all in Chang'an City, three each in Chang'an and Wannian. The later plan is to open one in each workshop.

In any era, getting sick and treating diseases is a big problem for the common people. Enduring minor illnesses and serious illnesses, not being able to afford medicines and seeing diseases is the status quo of the vast majority of ordinary people in this era, even more so. Not to mention those underprivileged groups.

  If the East Palace launches such a drugstore that benefits people, it will definitely be a benevolent government that can win people's hearts.

And in order to ensure that this matter can be done in the long run, instead of relying solely on subsidized blood transfusions, Qin Lang also made long-term plans. For example, the doctors and pharmacists of Huiren Pharmacy were also awarded out-of-class ranks. , such as entering the East Palace or a county or court as a medical officer. These physicians and pharmacists were additionally recruited from the Ming Medical Department of the Imperial Imperial Examination, oriented to appoint and then dispatched.

The most important thing is that in the early stage, Huiren Pharmacy collected medicinal materials from the place of origin of the medicinal materials into the pharmacy, and gradually established its own large pharmacy in the later stage. If this large pharmacy becomes larger, it will not only be able to support Huiren. The pharmacy's own supply of affordable medicinal materials can also supply other pharmacies and medical centers, which is conducive to the convenience of the imperial court and establish a large pharmacy that integrates planting, picking, processing, transportation, storage, and distribution of medicines throughout the country.

  In the future, Huiren pharmacies all over the world will also become drug purchase points, processing points, and distribution points, just like online shopping logistics in the future.

"After the implementation of the minimum living allowance system, there will no longer be homeless tramps and beggars in Chang'an, and there will be no more disabled people who cannot take care of themselves and have no one to take care of them. They will all be adopted by the nursing home and organize them to do some work. For things within its capacity, the government will take care of them and give them the minimum guarantee."

Qin Lang's minimum living security law even requires the construction of affordable housing and the launch of public rental housing to accommodate those poor people who have no housing or housing that is too poor. rent.

   Chengqian signed his name on the new law in a serious manner, every stroke was very serious.

  The prime ministers of the Zhengshitang also came to the East Palace today to discuss matters and jointly govern with the Zhan Shifu.

   These new laws of Qin Lang are very prominent.

The left servant of the Shangshu, Fang Xuanling, sat in his seat and watched Qin Lang hand over a copy of these new laws to the Prince Jian Guo for signature. He knew that once these new laws came out, there would be a wave of waves. It is enough to win over countless hearts and be praised as a benevolent government.

  The emperor went to the Lishan Hot Spring Palace for vacation, and ordered Cheng Qian to supervise the country, and the Zhengshitang and the East Palace jointly governed and assisted in decision-making. These new laws of Qin Lang were naturally discussed at the meeting.

  Qin Lang himself is the prime minister of the Zhengshitang. As the prince Zhanshi, he has already won the support of the left and right concubines in the internal meeting of the East Palace, so these new laws did not cause much disturbance in the joint meeting.

  The crown prince's uncle, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Sun Wuji, and the crown prince's uncle, Shangshu Youpushe Gao Shilian, all firmly supported Qin Lang, because supporting Qin Lang is supporting the prince.

  The two prime ministers, Ma Zhou and Dai Zhou, have always had a good relationship with Qin Lang. Ma and Dai came from low backgrounds, so they agree with these very down-to-earth new laws, especially the low-income law.

  Wei Zheng and Wang Gui also felt that the new law was feasible.

  Fang Xuanling, the Zuo servant, naturally objected even more unreasonably.

  The result was naturally that at the joint meeting, the governors of the two prefectures unanimously passed Qin Lang's new law, the Public Security Law, the Industrial and Commercial Law, the Baojia Law and the Low Security Law, all passed.

  After the crown prince signs his name on these new laws, they will be drafted by Zhongshu Sheren, promulgated by Menxia Province, and implemented by Shangshu Province.

After Chengqian signed his name, he handed it over to the prime ministers again. According to the system, in this book, the left and right servants, left and right ministers, Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Shilang, Zhongshu Sheren, Shizhong, Huang The servant of the door, Zhan Shi of the East Palace, and the concubine must all sign their names.

  In the imperial edict during the supervision of the country, the names of the Eastern Palace team members were added, making this edict even more solemn.

  Four decrees were formally passed and promulgated.

  Qin Lang took the lead in clapping his hands, and there were bursts of applause in the hall. This is a model of happy cooperation between Zhengshitang and Donggong.

   Chengqian couldn't help but feel a little excited when he looked at the hall full of Zi Fei's high-ranking officials and ministers.

  The decree is 10%, and he, Li Chengqian, also has a share of the credit.

  Everyone sat down again.

  Everyone, you look at me, and I look at you.

  Fang Xuanling asked with a smile, "Do you have anything else to say? If there is nothing else, today's meeting is over. Let's go back to our office."

  Qin Lang stood up.

   "Mr. Fang, Your Highness, I have one more important matter to discuss here. It is about the military affairs of the Ministry of War."

  As soon as they heard the word Fubing, everyone sat down again.

   Mansion soldiers are the foundation of the country's military system. Although the emperor set up another Beiya Forbidden Army to recruit soldiers a few years ago, after all, there are only tens of thousands of soldiers, while the number of government soldiers is more than 600,000.

   "Could it be that Saburo wants to reform the government's military system? National affairs are about sacrifices and soldiers, and soldiers are important national affairs. Be careful." Wang Gui reminded Qin Lang.

  Everyone in the court knows that Qin Lang is a reformer. Under his promotion, the court has reformed the tax adjustment system of rent and commoners to the two-tax law, and reformed the land equalization system to the tenancy law. Now it has actually started to attack the military system.

"My lords, don't I know the important affairs of the state of soldiers, but the foundation of the military system is the land equalization system and the regulation of the mediocre. In the past, the military status was high, and they could grant military land and exempt taxes. Family members can get pensions. But now the land equalization system has been changed, and the system of renting and renting has also been changed.”

"The imperial court can no longer guarantee that after the selection of new soldiers, they will be granted a hundred acres of military land each. In addition, under the new two-tax law, the tax is levied on the basis of the field, and the household tax is also based on the money of the field. The fundamentals also affect the fundamentals of the soldiers."

  The government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty did not have military pay, but only granted land and rent-free taxes, and then they had to prepare their own equipment and food, go to the guard on time, train in slack, and be conscripted to fight in wartime.

  The soldiers scattered in the government will return to the court. The soldiers in the government are actually a group of militiamen.

The status of the military soldiers in the Tang Dynasty is high, and everyone wants to be a military soldier. The most important reason is that the military soldiers are the only way for most people to rise. The more people there are, the higher the channel for many soldiers who originally relied on military service to become officials has already been crowded out.

On the other hand, the Fubing mainly selects the sons of powerful nobles and landlords from three upper households. The family conditions are good and the financial resources are sufficient, and they do small training. Therefore, they are well-trained, well-equipped, and have high morale and motivation. The soldiers of the Tang government were victorious in every battle.

  And now the foundation of the Fubing is being destroyed.

The imperial court no longer distributes the land equally, and the military land of the government soldiers can also be guaranteed. Under the new two-tax law, the government soldiers do not have the privilege of tax exemption, not to mention that now it is no more frequent than in the Western Wei, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties, and there are more opportunities to make meritorious deeds. Now that the world is unified, although the government soldiers are training, serving, and guarding the border, they have no chance to make meritorious service. They spend a lot of time a year on training, garrisoning, etc., but they don't even have military pay, and they have to bring their own dry food.

  No battles, means no opportunities for meritorious deeds, means that input and output are not directly proportional.

  Before, Fubing had a high social status, and being able to be a Fubing meant that you had half a foot in the civil service team, and you could be regarded as an iron rice bowl. Once you made meritorious service, you could get rewards, honors, rewards, and even become an official.

   But now, that is changing.

  Nowadays, many children of noble officials and landlords have changed to study and take the imperial examination. Even the children of powerful landlords are not willing to be soldiers.

  Although this is only a sign, and it will not affect the more than 600,000 Tang Dynasty's existing government soldiers for the time being, the government military system has indeed begun to rot.

  As a prime minister who lives above the temple, he must have foresight.

   As Minister of the Ministry of War, Qin Lang would be dereliction of duty if he could not prevent it in advance.

"Does Prime Minister Qin have any good suggestions?" Wang Gui asked. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the land equalization system was the foundation, and then there were the law on rent adjustment and taxation and the military system. But now the system has changed drastically, and the military system is indeed somewhat Out of season.

  (end of this chapter)