Although Yin Feng only subdivided the functions of government departments and clarified some authorities, Xu Hongji and others were completely confused by his regulations. Although Yin Feng did not implement any separation of powers or parliamentary democracy, he only developed the government functions to The scope of social management has exceeded Xu Hongji and others’ ability to understand government responsibilities.
Therefore, in the process of determining the regulations on the central government system, Yin Feng could only explain it to them patiently and repeatedly. If the explanation did not make sense, he would forcefully ask for certain items to be determined. Now, his status and power are different from usual, and he does not have so much patience. By persuading and educating his subordinates, Yin Feng began to have the consciousness of a ruler. The feeling of having power was very wonderful. When he gave an order, the people below had to carry it out.
Xu Hongji, Zeng Shan and others were most shocked by this bill and did not understand it. It was the establishment of the Grand Council and the Audit Court.
"The council established by the company has the power to review the proportion of local tax collection. But in the central government, can the council also verify the tax matters of the branch? This is the power of the king. How can it be given to those council members?" Xu Hongji This question was raised first.
Zeng Shan has been to Europe and traveled to Venice and other merchant republics. At this moment, he suddenly realized: "Could it be that your Majesty is learning from the practices of the Westerners? But why is this necessary? There has been no such practice in our country since ancient times..."
Yin Feng stopped him with a wave of his hand: "We have forgotten the six major oaths we made during the uprising. The last one: The imperial court allows the chief secretaries to recommend recognized business and civilian representatives to be stationed in Beijing to form a discussion bureau; all taxes related to the imperial court will not be discussed without discussion. The bureau will discuss the decision with the ministers of the imperial court and it will never be promulgated and implemented."
Xu Hongji and Zeng Shan looked at each other, speechless.
At this time, Western European countries had developed some clear taxation theories. For example, if a king wanted to tax citizens, he must first obtain the consent of the citizens. This constituted a common phenomenon in medieval Western European society.
To obtain the consent of the people, you must first explain the purpose of taxation and whether it represents the interests of the people.
As a result, issues such as "common interests", "common needs", and "common consent" gradually became clear during the discussions and debates between the king and the citizens, and certain concepts and theories were formed. Therefore, later generations will refer to the basic theory of Western medieval taxation. People will immediately think of these clear and complete concepts. But in traditional China, in the people's minds, paying taxes is a matter of course. The emperor does so, the officials do so, and the subjects do so. Therefore, not only the subjects will not question the rationality of taxation. Ask them what rights they should enjoy, etc. Even those well-educated and high-quality officials who criticize "tyranny is tougher than a tiger", complain about the injustice of their subjects, and even plead for the people will not think that there is any problem here.
Therefore, traditional China has never raised the question "Why does the emperor collect taxes from the common people?" Naturally, such concepts and theories will not be formed. People will not even think that this situation deeply affects or even restricts China's economic development. .To the extent that historical historians, economic historians or food commentators would not or would not think of studying such an issue.
What's more important is that due to the narrow vision of traditional academic circles, the single method, and the fact that academic principles have been consistent for thousands of years, inherited from generation to generation, and due to the familiarity of historical observation, the issue of taxation will inevitably become their "blind spot."
Therefore, in traditional China, there was no tradition of negotiation between the supreme ruler and the taxpayers. There was no instance of the emperor negotiating with the taxpayers. Yin Feng knew that his step was too big. But he still decided to go to the end. When he traveled through time, In the previous era, China, with its modern appearance, still did not have a taxpayer-government consultation system.
Scholars throughout the ages have learned some superficial principles from the classics and learned some poetry writing skills. They feel that they understand the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period. They stand up to manage the country and judge the right and wrong of the world. As a result, everything is messed up. The Ming Dynasty The empire was their tuition. The Qing Empire in another time and space was also their tuition.
Yin Feng knew that in the future global competition, Confucianism, which is slow and lacks combat effectiveness and aggressiveness, cannot compete with Catholicism and Islam, which follow the laws of the jungle. Raising bastards in a jar will not make them big. Confucianism A modern state cannot grow in a jar.
Yin Feng has been thinking: He may not be able to leave any guiding ideology for his descendants after his death. However, now is the turning point in the history of the East and the West. He can create a new direction for history. In this way, even after his death, traditional Confucianism Re-occupy the mainstream. But according to the inertia of history, it can at least allow China to retain a large strategic buffer zone in the Nanyang and East Asian seas and gain channels for active cultural exchanges with the West.
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In September, in addition to Li Lihua's inspection tour south, important events also occurred on the island of Taiwan.
After Luo Xuri was released from house arrest, he also announced his resignation from the board of directors. In fact, Luo Xuri, a former pirate leader, has always looked down upon the government. This time involving the Western cannon incident, it was actually his nephew Luo Jing who was behind the trouble. Luo Xuri's Many descendants and nephews hold positions in Yin Feng's system. Among them, Luo Yi served as the supervisory officer of the second division and battalion level, and the director of the Military Intelligence Department in charge of Liaodong. Later, he became the supervisory officer of Yan Siqi's fifth division.
When the Han family was conducting secret transactions with the government, Luo Jing actually acted as Shen Yourong's liaison. She used Luo Xuri's network to travel between Fujian and Taiwan. This guy was arrested in the capital during the court's maritime ban. The government arrested him. If it hadn't been for Yin Feng's efforts to rescue him, he might have died in the prison. During this time in prison, he couldn't bear the hardship. He confessed all the contacts of relevant Chinese companies in the entire capital and the north. Take the initiative to take Jin Yiwei to arrest people.
Therefore, after he was rescued and returned to Taiwan, he was refrigerated by Yin Feng and no longer given any position. Luo Jing resented Yin Feng and also hated the entire China Company. The Han family actually took advantage of him. The dissatisfied Luo Jing became the contact person. Luo Xuri really didn't know what his nephew was doing at first. However, after he realized what Luo Jing was doing, he protected him and tried to send Luo Jing to the European fleet to avoid the limelight.
During this purge, the Fujian and Zhejiang overseas trade that Luo Xuri was in charge of was found to be embezzled. A large amount of company money was transferred by him to a Portuguese businessman in Macau. This was also one of the reasons why he was arrested. This amount was used during the purge. was recovered during the period.
After all, he once took risks to save Yin Feng. And he was passively involved in the Western Cannon incident. Therefore, Yin Feng just quoted the company's articles of association and asked him to resign as a director due to corruption. All the family wealth and shares were returned to the Luo family. Those whose sons did misdeeds were sent to prison. Luo Yi's position as a supervisory officer of the Fifth Division was temporarily suspended. But he was reinstated in September. He was also appointed again as the director of the Liaodong Military Intelligence Department.
However, Yin Feng sent someone to tell Luo Xuri that he had to leave Fujian, leave the mainland, and exile his family to Nanyang. Since Luo Xuri was over sixty years old, he was not suitable for going to remote places. Therefore, Yin Feng asked him to stay in Malacca and Choose one of the two places in Java, Surabaya, as your place of exile.
Luo Xuri's adopted son Luo Quanzhong is a man without any opinion. During the massacre in Manila, he only escaped because of Yin Feng's rescue. He has been doing business with Luo Xuri. He is Luo Xuri's business representative and has traveled to various parts of Southeast Asia. .Luo Xuri asked him: Where can he live in Nanyang for retirement?
Luo Quanzhong thought about it for a long time but didn't say the reason. Luo Xuri said angrily: "You are so useless, so I asked you to make an idea. I can't make up my mind for a long time. Let me ask you: What are you doing in Surabaya and Malacca?" I’ve been to places where there are many Tang people and where there are many Westerners.”
"This. There are many Chinese and Westerners in Malacca. There are many Chinese in Surabaya, but few Westerners. There are many Javanese natives."
Luo Xuri waved his hand like a fly: "I understand. You can go down and tell the servants to pack their things quickly."
He turned to the envoys sent by Yin Feng - Zeng Rui, the domestic director of the Military Intelligence Department, and Huang Wei (Huang Qiang's third son), the head of the audit section of the company's finance department - and said with a wry smile: "My boys are all unlucky masters. Luo My family has been harmed by them. Please forgive me."
Zeng Rui smiled and said: "The ship owner has said it. If you want to retire somewhere else, he can consider it as long as it is within Nanyang."
"Don't trouble your Majesty. Let's just decide. I'm going to Malacca. There are many Westerners there. I'm good at doing business with them. Even if I can't do business, I can still make a living for a few unlucky guys. At least. The land in Aceh has not been robbed yet. We have obtained a piece of land to plant sugar cane and rice. Haha... As for Luo Jing, this rebellious boy, report it to the king and let him deal with it. Starting today, I have expelled him from Luo Jing. Every family is closed."
At this time, Luo Xuri was really thinking about his own retirement...
After the Luo Xuri family was solved, the matter of the Han family and his son was put on the table. At the beginning, Yin Feng ordered the newly established Dali Yuan to prepare for a public trial of the Han family and his son's case.
This is a very difficult question.
Xu Hongji came to see Yin Feng and listed the difficulties in trying the Han family and his son: If this case is to be tried fairly and legally, then what law should be used to judge it? "The Law of the Ming Dynasty"? Then buy cannons for the Ming Dynasty. Have you committed any crime under the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty" by paying for it? Could it be that the laws of the Ming Dynasty are used to judge the case? This is simply a slap in the face by Zhonghua Company and Yin Feng. Back then, Yin Feng used the anti-sea ban laws to judge the case. Raising the banner of rebellion.
It's up to Yin Feng to compile another set of criminal laws. Yin Feng himself knows that this is impossible.
Yin Feng thought about it again and again. In the end, he could only deal with the Han family and his son according to the internal regulations of Zhonghua Company.
Because there is no complete judicial system or complete legal system in the area ruled by Wang Yinfeng of China. In addition to the new commercial law and land law, most public security criminal cases are still tried in accordance with the "Da Ming Law". Colonies, immigrants The legal system that the circuit judge system in the district is based on is basically the "Da Ming Law".
The spark of idealism in Yin Feng's heart to create a society ruled by law was extinguished by the harsh reality.