Chapter 313
Li Di and Zhao Zhen looked at each other, but they didn't expect Xu Ping to be so persistent this time. According to his previous personality, Xu Ping rarely opposed others firmly and always thought of various ways to convince people before doing it. The exception in my impression was that the huge amount of flying tickets in Henan Prefecture could not be redeemed. Xu Ping disagreed with Lu Yijian's use of political means to solve the problem. In the past two years, looking back at Xu Ping's insistence was correct. The establishment of the bank made many people understand the meaning of doing so.
This time, he was so stubborn again. No matter who had any objections, Xu Ping recognized that the Dangxianghui had rebelled and that the war in the northwest would start. No matter what others said, Xu Ping had to use the power of the Sansi to prepare for the war that he thought would happen. At this point today, he was bent his bow and put on the strings, waiting for an order to shoot the arrow out.
Will the war really start? Zhao Zhen and Li Di also began to murmur in their hearts. They originally agreed with the opinions of most ministers in the court, thinking that Dang Xiang Yuanhao would only make some minor awkwardness, but they definitely did not dare to rebel. But looking at Xu Ping's attitude, thinking about what Xu Ping did before, I really dare not be as sure as ever.
Originally, Xu Ping had done so many things by himself. Although he was within the scope of the power and responsibility of the Three Departments, he did not ask the Secretariat and the Emperor in advance and cooked rice. Zhao Zhen and Li Di could blame Xu Ping. But Li Di did not want to do this. If Dangxiang suddenly rebelled a few months later, how could he sit in the position of prime minister?
Lu Yijian stopped the prefecture. Although it was because the king had used Dui Zi's method, he was still full of confidence when he left and believed that the court would have to let him come back soon. The fact is that he is getting farther and farther away from the position of prime minister. No, Xu Ping, who had disagreements with him at the time, did a great job in the Sansi during this period, which further highlighted his mistakes at that time.
Li Di remembered this lesson in his heart. How could he repeat Lu Yijian's mistake? Li Di is no longer the impulsive Li Di back then. During the Qianxing period, Ding Wei was in power and almost forced him to commit suicide with a small trick. He endured it. As a result, Ding Wei died in Guangzhou a few months ago, but Li Di was the prime minister in the court?
Who can explain things in the world clearly? If you can't understand it, you will always be fine if you are cautious.
Zhao Zhen still looked at Xu Ping in his heart. Seeing that no one raised any objections, he said to Xu Ping: "Since that is the case, another mailing department will be set up under the three departments. You list the regulations, the number of officials required, report to the Secretary of the Central Committee, and do not select officials to do it."
Xu Ping held the scepter and the matter was settled. As for the level of the mailing department and the qualifications of the chief officer, it was not something that could be determined in a hurry. Then he would slowly argue with several yamen.
Now the Three Divisions are in charge of a lot of affairs and have a large number of subordinate government offices, especially economic entities such as the land business, sugar business and banks, which are already too large. Now Xu Ping is the first person of the Three Divisions and is eager to carry out reforms, and no one has used this matter to target him. When the reform process eases, or Xu Ping leaves office and replaces people, someone will definitely propose to split the Three Divisions. If the Three Divisions are not demolished, the Three Divisions will be overwhelmed by several participating officials.
The saying that money and grain are the main points is not to be said. Once implemented in governance, the status of the Three Departments, which holds the world's money and grain, will inevitably rise. The Three Departments have the opportunity to recite the matter alone, and the prime minister can still suppress it, but there is no way to participate in politics.
Everyone discussed the mailing yamen proposed by Xu Ping, and finally determined that the name was the mailing yamen, which was under the command of the three yamen in Zhili. As for how the yamen operates, we will make a decision after Xu Ping reports it.
After talking for a long time, Xu Ping felt dry mouth and his legs were a little sore after standing for too long. He took this opportunity to return to his seat and sit down and take a sip of tea, and slowly recovered.
After calming down, Xu Ping got up and held a scepter to report: "Your Majesty, the "Accounting Record" will be completed by the end of the year. If the court feels nothing is wrong, I will ask the ministers to issue seals and distribute them to the above-mentioned attendants and ministers to review. It also needs to be kept in Chongwen Court, so that the officials of the museum can read it at any time. Because this "Accounting Record" not only records the world's household registration taxes in detail, but also records the new policies in the past two years, such as companies and banks, how did the officials operate. After reading it, they should have a clearer understanding of the new policies."
Seeing Zhao Zhen looking at him, Li Di said: "The Secretariat thought this matter was feasible. Now there are movable types to print, which is not much, and it is convenient and fast. Recently, there are indeed many new policies. Generally, the status of officials is limited, so it is inevitable that they will feel like they are in the leopard. If you can read this "Accounting Record" carefully, you can solve your doubts and understand the new policies more clearly."
The benefit of "Accounting Record" is here. It is a summary of the entire country's economy. It not only includes economic data for a period of time, but also depicts the outline of the entire economic operation. Most officials actually have their own identities and have no understanding of global issues. Taking advantage of this opportunity to make up for the shortcomings.
After the matter was settled, Xu Ping said: "It is said that without rules, there is no order. Of course, the world's money and grain affairs must also be followed. In the past two years, there have been many imperial edicts on the affairs of the Three Divisions, which is inevitable in the eyes of officials in other yamen. If you want to understand, you can't start. I ask for the next year to compile an imperial edict on the affairs of the Three Divisions to make the world's money and grain affairs have rules."
Zhao Zhen pondered: "Compilation of imperial edicts is a major event in the court. The "Tiansheng Ling" has been printed and issued for the world for less than ten years. Will the compilation of imperial edicts be too dense in the coming year? Will it make the officials and the people at a loss? In another two or three years, the law and orders should be read again. Can you wait until then and compile them with other yamen? It is always easier to put together everything together."
The Song Dynasty did not have a written code, but used the "Tang Laws" to modify and use edicts, edicts, orders, examples, etc. Therefore, when officials handled government affairs, it was particularly important to make examples. Song inherited the Tang system, and this was barely enough. Now Xu Ping has made great changes to the economy, and the "Tang Laws" can no longer adapt to the current reality. Revising the code is a great political action and represents the political attitude of the court. Xu Ping's current status is impossible. The compromise method is to use the form of compiling edicts to establish a new law. As for the thorough establishment of a new legal system, we can only take it step by step.
There was no special organization for the establishment of the imperial edict in the early years of the Song Dynasty. At first, Dali Temple was responsible for it, and later it was often temporarily assigned to officials. It was not until the seventh year of Tiansheng that the "Detailed Encyclopedia" was established, and Prime Minister Lu Yijian and Deputy Envoy Xia Shuo of the Privy Council promoted Guan Gou. After that, the imperial edict became an organization specifically organized to organize the imperial edicts, which was equivalent to the legislative body of the Song Dynasty. As for the establishment of imperial edicts in various yamen and local prefectures and counties, except for special circumstances, they were carried out by officials in the yamen, and the court would then specialize in the official deletion and deletion.
The edicts of the Three Divisions were naturally sorted out by the officials of Xu Ping, but this time he made it a special statement, which was obviously beyond the scope of the usual edict. Simply put, the new various economic measures need to be fixed in the form of written laws, and are no longer satisfied with the interpretation of one edict and one edict, but rather have to form a systematic edict. This will exceed the authority of the Three Divisions, so Xu Ping would make a special memorial, preferably with a special legislative yamen like the edict.
Zhao Zhen naturally knew Xu Ping's meaning and agreed that it was necessary to do so. However, since the seventh year of Tiansheng, it has been exactly nine years since the Tiansheng Order, which is a little too early. The enactment period is for a period of time, and it is usually ten years, which is too dense and can easily cause chaos among the officials and the people. Zhao Zhen's meaning was that if he was not so anxious, the three officials could wait for another one or two years to merge with the national enactment. At that time, there were procuratorial officials, deleted officials, and read detailed officials, which was convenient and calm.
Xu Ping knew that he couldn't wait. If the law was still unchanged, how could he reform it? The normal procedure should first change the laws and then implement reform measures. This is how Wang Anshi's reform reform was established. Because the reform measures he carried out basically had no major conflict with the original laws, it was implemented in a way that was a matter-by-order manner. It was considered a sneak attack. Now, with the deepening of the reform, many disadvantages began to appear, and it would not work. For example, the last loan fraud incident from the Beijing Bank, if there were no subsequent illegal incidents, it would be difficult to punish the loan fraud alone, and the law could no longer be in line with reality. As for the various economic conflicts between companies, the existing legal system was even more stretched. Many economic conflicts, local officials did not know what laws to judge the case based on.
Everyone saw this reality, and Xu Ping raised it out and couldn't help but talk about it.
It is imperative to compile edicts on economic affairs, but it is difficult to agree on how much the laws are changed and what principles to follow. Officials except the Three Divisions tend to not make big moves on the laws, especially the "Tian Sheng Ling" is not easy to compile and has been promulgated all over the world, so it is best to be included in it. Influenced by Xu Ping, officials of the Three Divisions also have more contact with specific money and grain affairs, knowing that the original legal framework is difficult to adapt, and tend to abandon the original system. All the original laws on the economy are separated, re-edited and deleted, and form a special economic regulation. In this way, it will have an impact on the original legal system. Economic regulations are independent. Should other regulations be independent? Should the "Tang Law" be used?
There was a quarrel for a while, and finally Zhao Zhen said: "This matter is not small, and it is difficult to make a decision in an urgent matter. We should make a long-term plan."
Li Di said: "What Your Majesty said is. According to my opinion, it is better to imitate the old rules during the Tiansheng period and set up a detailed decree office of the Three Ministers, and send the minister to take charge of the recommendations and make suggestions first. How to decide, and wait for the detailed decree office to be submitted before discussing it."
Zhao Zhen nodded and agreed: "That's it, first set up a detailed decree office of the Three Divisions, which can be promoted by Chen Zhizhong and Han Yi. Officials below Xu Ping of the Three Divisions should read the details and discuss matters together."
Chapter completed!