Chapter 179 Civil, Political, Military
The word "reform" is too heavy.
It is not a reform or a small-scale reform, but a major change in the national legal system.
If the reform is successful, a country's politics, military, economy, agriculture, etc. will be completely renewed.
During the Warring States Period, after the reform of Li Kui of Wei, the State of Wei made Wei stronger than his neighbors. After the political and military affairs of Qi were reformed by Zou Ji and Sun Bin, King Wei of Qi was appointed as king and dominate the world. After the reform of Chu and Wu, the State of Chu made Chu strong again. Shen Buwei made the reform of Korea a weak country for a while. Shang Yang's reform was even more important.
Emperor Wu of Han's "destroying all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" was also a reform. This prelude has profound significance for the current Confucian classics.
After everyone changed their colors, they were talking about it. Some people thought that the ancestors’ methods could not be changed, while others thought that they would take the wrong steps and make a desperate bet.
"Reforms are related to the country's fortunes. I wonder what legal systems will the General of the Cavalry change?"
Chunyu Jia asked.
What he asked was also what everyone wanted to ask.
Liu Fan walked down the main seat and paced the aisle.
After careful consideration, Liu Fan said, "There are three general rules for the reform: the civil law, the military law, and the political law."
The reform is important, so I will slowly plan it.
Although a serious illness is a serious illness and is very effective, it will backfire if the medicine is too fierce.
Shang Yang also had two reforms. At this time, the politics of the Han Dynasty was too dark, with eunuchs, relatives, aristocratic families, warlords, and rebellions.
If the first reform can be successful, you can accumulate thicker wings and carry out the next reform.
If you can't even succeed in the first time, no matter how many systems you reform will be futile.
"Natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused overwhelming taxes. Taxes such as capitation taxes, land taxes, labor labour, and land rent have caused countless people to destroy their families. Those who are desperate will beg for their orders. Land annexation makes the rich richer and the poorer the poorer. The rich become powerful and enslaved tenants, and become a cancer of the country. Last year, I began to implement military farming and it was quite effective. I believe that it can be promoted nationwide, civilian, military, and commercial. Although capitation tax has made the court's income high, it is extremely unfair to the people. In the long run, the gap between the rich and the poor can only be increased. Therefore, I suggest abolishing the capitation tax and implementing a one-whip law, that is, to summarize the taxes and labor in a county, calculate the land, and collect all the money, and to decompose the officials to deal with it."
Liu Fan decided to temporarily try the "one-whip law" proposed by Zhang Juzheng, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, which is to combine the land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous expropriation in each prefecture, counties, and counties into one, and combine the expropriation of money and pay them according to a mu. This greatly simplifies the expropriation procedures and makes it difficult for local officials to cheat. This method is implemented so that farmers without land can lift the burden of labor and farmers with land can spend more time cultivating the land.
This method is used to alleviate the time required for military farming. In this era, Liu Fan had no ability to prohibit the sale of land. He could only wait until this method stabilizes people's livelihood before implementing other strategies.
However, Liu Fan was a little worried that the beautiful original intention of "one whip method" ended in tragedy, just like in history.
"The ten regular attendants are in chaos, and their fathers, brothers and children are greedy and humiliating, and they are harmed by others. How can they join the family? If it weren't for the queen, he would still kill pigs and dogs at home. These are all people who are ignorant and ignorant, but they live in high halls and make the people kneel down and worship. They do not know how to take it from the people and use it for the people? Instead, they plunder the people's wealth and omission. The reason is that this is the disadvantage of the inspection system. Countless people who are not learning and ignorant, have great ambitions and talent rely on clan forces to act as filial and honest. This is mostly unvirtuous, and they are no different from eunuchs and relatives outside the country.
I want to recommend Your Majesty to abolish the system of recommendation and recommendation. In selecting civil officials, I speak frankly and speak virtuously, upright, knowledgeable and ambitious, talented, capable of the country, and other scientific examinations. I call them the imperial examination. There are many talents in the aristocratic families, and I believe that there are many talents among poor families. Anyone who passes the imperial examination and gets the imperial examination list is divided into counties and counties. Even if the disciples of the aristocratic families do not need to be. The waves wash away the sand, replace the eunuchs' followers with smart and powerful people, and block the eunuchs' power outside the imperial examination."
There is never fairness or equality in the world. Where there are people, there is a world of martial arts.
Even if you are admitted to the imperial examination, you cannot be fair or just. There are countless people who are cute and enter the officialdom. Most of them will not be ranked for the rest of their lives.
On the stage of history, there will always be some special people to inspire another group of people.
The imperial examination is similar to the college entrance examination in later generations.
The imperial examination can break the monopoly of the wealthy and gentry over political rights, and all talents in the Han Dynasty may be selected. In later generations, many ordinary people who cannot be recommended for college qualifications due to their background and status can only change their destiny through the college entrance examination.
Similarly, their gains and losses not only affect one person, relatives, friends, and hometown honors and disgraces.
"I don't hear anything outside the window, and I only read the books of sages." "I have been studying hard for ten years." "I have hung my head on the beam, and my thighs are pierced."
The imperial examination and the college entrance examination seem to be like double-edged swords. Getting up early and going to bed late every day is full of hope and pain.
If there is a wise ruler and a wise minister, the college entrance examination will be fair and just, otherwise it will be disappointed.
Although the imperial examination will lead to the trend of the students competing, it can suppress the family and reward the cold and the people. This will not allow the situation of "the top-ranked ones are not poor, and the lower-ranked ones are geniuses" to happen again.
If you want to "create peace for all ages", the emergence of the imperial examination is essential.
"The military aspect can also be reformed accordingly. My idea is to establish a fourth-class and eighteenth-level military merit leaf. Military merit leaf is an iron, copper, silver, and gold-like willow leaf-shaped object created by blacksmiths. We call it a military rank. There are six iron leaves in total. If it is enough military merit, six iron leaves can be clad on the armor; if it is six iron leaves, then it will be promoted to a copper leaf, and five copper leaves; if it is five copper leaves, it will be promoted to a silver leaf; if it is four silver leaves, it will be promoted to a golden leaf. There are three gold leaves. The military rank does not belong to an official position, but to honor. It can spur soldiers and inspire the morale of soldiers. Let soldiers yearn for the unique glory of the shoulders against silver leaves, and even the Jinye Huixiang."
Liu Fan told the last military system reform.
The first two items are difficult to implement, but this military system reform is easy. Because in this regard, Liu Fan did not point his sword at the warlords in various prefectures and counties.
At this time, disarmament is to force them to the dead end, which is not advisable. The rebellion of the Seven Kings is an example.
The military rank system is different from the military merits and titles of the Qin Dynasty.
Excessive emphasis on military merit and titles to capture the number of enemy heads is very likely to cause good killing and lose credit and military discipline to occur.
It is easy to be awarded military merits, but due to the strict criminal law, it is easy to lose the title. As a result, a large number of soldiers who are guilty and indebted will appear, which will affect their combat effectiveness. The military merit system is not fair and just, and ordinary soldiers cannot get high titles above the public.
The award of military merits is very likely to lead to the emergence of tyranny. Because the military merits and titles emphasize the amount of martial arts, the title is determined, which leads to military wars and military personnel rampant, and the country cannot move towards civilized governance and tyranny.
After Liu Fan finished speaking, he returned to the main seat and wanted to see their reactions.
Chapter completed!