Chapter 663 Feelings
In the morning, Yuwen Wen, Chen Wudi, Tian Zhengyue, Hao Dadan and other dukes walked in the forest. The group of people walked around the forest path and walked towards a bumpy place. They chatted while walking, talking about "Mingdelu".
From last year to now, the debate over the many sub-parts and clauses of "Mingtelu" has been struggling for nearly a year, and finally settled and will be officially promulgated and implemented next year.
From the first draft to the final draft of the Mingdelu, many clauses have changed, but the main content generally meets Yu Wenwen's requirements. He got his wish and laid a good start on the legal level so that the legal system of Zhou will be able to adapt to the industrial era in the future.
As for what the country will develop in the future, it is no longer his business, because he probably won’t be able to survive at that time and can’t even control it even if he wants to.
Speaking of the Mingde Law, Yuwen Wen mentioned the provisions in the Civil Law that "Grandparents, parents are there, except for the eldest son and the eldest son of the (legitimate) and the eldest son of the (legitimate) can be used to have different wealth" and talk about his feelings:
This is a must. Children born in the other branch must have their own choices for their lifestyle.
The purpose of this clause is to force the household registration, to dismantle those large families living together for generations from household registration, to avoid the occurrence of dozens or even hundreds of people under one household registration, and to legally affirm the legitimacy of the separation of descendants and owning private property.
In this way, the lifestyle of the large family that lived in the Agriculture and Sectarian Period was naturally transitioned to the small family lifestyle of the Industrial and Commercial Period.
From now on, when industry and businessmen compete for labor with landlords and clans, they have the guarantee of "king law".
People who are bound to the land by clans and large families have the freedom of marriage (relative) and the freedom of property (relative) and the legal right to go out to work and organize their own families to live a small life.
Several old subordinates agree with this.
Because everyone empathizes.
First of all, their families were poor since childhood, so in order to survive, they chose to join the army.
Secondly, he earned military merits on the battlefield, so he rose to prominence, supported his parents, married and had children. Even though he had been helping his fellow villagers, he still had no choice but to let the so-called "relatives" have the opportunity to get involved in their own property.
When you go to the battlefield, you will inevitably return with your body. At this time, the orphan and widowed mother will face the so-called clan relative who comes to the door to "help with enthusiasm". The other party will use various reasons to ask for money from the orphan and widowed mother for various reasons.
The land and family property that a good man exchanges his life on the battlefield is unreasonable. His wife and children cannot enjoy, but they will be divided up by the so-called relatives.
Those people always use excuses such as "living together and sharing wealth" to get benefits. Are the survivors very upset? Before the deceased are buried, a group of relatives can make the survivors cry without tears.
Various destruction happening around the legacy of the soldiers who died in battle are endless. Chen Wudi and others have seen it a lot, so they hate the practice of blatantly dividing the legacy of the soldiers who died in battle under the banner of "living together and sharing wealth".
Therefore, everyone supports other people's wealth, Yuwen Wen has something to say about this:
"You guys, don't just support other people's wealth, you have to properly separate the property and separate the family. Don't always think about your children and grandchildren living together, reunion and seeing it every day, that's fine?"
"You must know that the children have grown up and got married, and they have their own little life to live together, and it is hard to reconcile."
"If brothers can be harmonious, it will be difficult for sisters-in-law to live together. If you live together, you will look down and look up every day, and you will be calculating each other. Who can you say is wrong? How can you resolve it?"
"The principle is the same as farming. If the crops in the fields are too dense, they will not grow well. Only by maintaining appropriate intervals can the crops thrive."
"There are so many children and grandchildren. If you always think about giving it a bowl of water, this son must consider it, and that son must also consider it. Are you tired?"
"Not to mention that it is impossible to do a bowl of water. The legitimate son and the concubine's son will do a bowl of water. Your wife agrees? Your prince is willing?"
Yuwen Wen looked at his old subordinates, looked at his faces that were no longer young, and said earnestly:
"The big family must be maintained by the parents, but people will always leave. Instead of waiting for the brothers to turn against each other when they are separated in the future and travel with each other from now on, it is better to take advantage of the fact that they are still there, separate the family and arrange their sons properly. The relationship between brothers will be more decent in the future."
"Just like me, let Dalang, Saburo, Silang and others split up, so that the prince will not be difficult to be a prince in the future."
As he spoke, he actually talked about the prince and all the princes, and the topics involved were very sensitive. Chen Wudi and others quickly expressed their opinions: "Your Majesty! The prince is kind, the prince, the King of Yan, the King of Wei and other princes have always been sensible. How could it be difficult for the prince to do it?"
Yuwen Wen felt that he was speechless and did not want people to misunderstand that he had a bad opinion of the prince, so he quickly turned the words back:
"I know that the prince is kind and relieved, but no matter how you do this, it will be a dilemma. To be more straightforward, it is like a legitimate mother treating her concubine's son, and no matter how her legitimate mother does, she will cause rumors."
"So, I'm going to separate the industry, who can gossip, right?"
This is reasonable and everyone can't help but say it is.
As the founding team of the emperor, everyone has no dissatisfaction with the prince because the prince is indeed excellent and has always had good character.
Although his mother's family was a traitor and the prince became a pseudo-emperor back then, everyone knew that the queen and her family were not in the same direction, and they were all focused on His Majesty. Moreover, the mother and son were not allowed to choose, so they could not help themselves.
Others can discuss this matter, but the old guys in Huangzhou never say anything.
At the same time, everyone also thinks that the princes are good and are all pillars of the world.
Many people can see that the prince's status is very stable, and the emperor has never publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the prince, so everyone will not have any thoughts about the candidate for the crown prince.
No one instigated any prince to "fight for it", no prince made friends with important officials in private and tried to "work hard",
But I am afraid that the emperor will think a lot one day and complain about the prince. Then he will be able to put people on the fire.
If the people present agree, they are afraid that what they say will reach the prince's ears and settle the accounts after assuming the throne in the future.
But if you don’t agree, you will be afraid that the emperor will be unhappy, and you will be confused and suspicious that you will form a clique with the prince in private and then wear it for your little shoes.
One is the emperor and the other is the future emperor. No matter which side, it is not something that Chen Wudi and others want to offend. Seeing that the emperor no longer mentions this topic, it is probably just talking casually. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and continued to talk about "Mingdelu".
Of course, they do not understand Yuwen Wen's long-term intention to amend the law, but everyone thinks that the "Mingde Law" has finally been finalized and will be promulgated and implemented next year, which is indeed a good thing worth celebrating.
Basically, everyone has industries at home, and the scale is quite large. They are considered factory owners, traders, and mine owners. Of course, they hope that there will be plenty of labor to pour into the "working market" instead of being bound by landlords.
Only when the labor force is abundant can the workshops, workshops and mines work hard to make money, and this will prevent the "old stubborn" from making a statement about "living together and sharing money", and say that the behavior of leaving their hometown and parents working outside the city is unfilial.
They felt that it was not impossible to directly publish the "Mingde Law" with the prestige of the emperor, but in order to take care of all interests, the emperor chose everyone to sit together and bargain.
The result of bargaining is generally as the emperor wishes. The emperor is happy and they are happy too.
Of course, the most important thing is that many of the provisions of the "Mingde Law" have taken care of everyone's interests. After all, everyone runs an industry in the emperor's hidden residence Yuancong. "Mingde Law" protects industry and commerce, which is exactly what everyone hopes.
If the "old stubborn" people still implement the "focus on agriculture and suppress commerce" and use "filial piety" to suppress people, then if the emperor "collapses", will the situation change drastically?
It's hard to say.
Once the emperor and the ministers are born, the prince will succeed to the throne in the future. Even if he is nostalgic, he will not care about the old people like the "Last Emperor". Chen Wudi and others feel that it doesn't matter if they stand aside, but they are afraid that the new king's own team will put industry and commerce in the mud again.
Now, the emperor has made a good start, set many new rules and set a downward trend, such as the Provincial Consortium, such as the negotiation and legislation, such as the "Mingde Law" that has been finalized and promulgated.
These new rules have been well received by all parties. If the prince succeeds to the throne in the future, even if someone instigates him, I think the prince will put the overall situation first and will not risk touching the interests of most interest groups and change the rules randomly.
After walking for a while, the group walked through the woods, passed through the streams, walked through sand and gravel roads, and walked into mud.
Yuwen Wen changed the topic and turned to the new sandals that everyone was wearing.
Chapter completed!