The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 813 The King Is Under the Law

Lu Daqi's expression was a little confused, he thought carefully about Ding Yi's words: "If everyone doesn't need to obey anyone, but only obey the law, then he is free?"

"Your Majesty's words are really true—" He didn't know how to describe it, but he was shocked in his heart.

"I will replace me with the law." Ding Yi had a serious face at this moment, and his voice became louder and louder: "I am the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, with golden words, and one order can make millions of people fall to the ground."

"My words are more useful than any law in the world."

"I am a wise king, the world will naturally be peaceful, and the people will naturally live and work in peace and contentment."

"If I were a foolish ruler, the world would be in chaos, the people would be in pain, and officials would live in danger and fear."

"The wiseness of the emperor determines the fate of all people in the world. This is not a long-term solution."

"So I will use the law to replace me."

"Let everyone in the world just obey the law, not me."

"It's 'the king under the law.'"

"That's why I left you."

Speaking of this, Ding Yi stepped forward, gently held Lu Daqi's hand, and said earnestly: "Lu Qing, I sincerely hope that you will lead the Ministry of Justice to perfect the laws of Ming Dynasty, and formulate laws for my great efforts. A law that can rule the world, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and make my leaders, the eternal law, your name and my name, will be recorded in the history books in the future, and passed on for thousands of years."

Lu Daqi burst into tears, knelt down on the ground again, and cried bitterly: "I am willing to be the emperor, and I will die after I die. Long live my emperor, long live, long live."

He sobbed: "Whether the emperor is successful or not, in the heart of the veteran, the emperor is the first emperor in the ages."

Lu Daqi never flattered or said anything nice in his life. Today, he was completely impressed by Ding Yi's mind, and he thought that Ding Yi had far surpassed Qin Shihuang and became the real emperor through the ages.

Ding Yi listened with great joy, after all, it was not easy to get Lu Daqi's approval.

He quickly helped Lu Daqi up: "But this matter, you can't tell anyone for the time being. I have prepared dozens of experts to cooperate with you. Many of them are European western barbarians, but they are very experienced in this field. You want Pay more attention and learn."

After finishing speaking, Ding Yi turned around, took a book from the table and handed it to Lu Daqi.

Lu Daqi took it carefully, only to see that someone had already written four words with a Chinese ink pen on the cover, which should have been written by Ding Yi.

"The king is under the law"

Lu Daqi's heart trembled when he saw it, and he couldn't control himself because of his excitement.

"This book is an important constitution produced by a European country. It is called the Magna Carta. It was born on June 1215, 6. At that time, we were still in the Song Dynasty. The Magna Carta influenced the formulation of constitutions in many countries in later generations."

"After reading it, I feel that there are some things that can be used for reference."

"There is a paragraph in it that is very good. You have to read it carefully and study it carefully. Within two years, I will read my "Great Law Code" and announce it to the world."

Lu Daqi supported the Magna Carta, and his hands trembled uncontrollably when he saw what Ding Yi pointed out to him.

"No one can be arrested and imprisoned, deprived of rights and property, banished and exiled, deprived of reputation and status without a legal trial ruling or legal clause, we cannot use power, and we cannot instruct others to use Power can harm anyone, justice cannot be bought and sold, and everyone must be treated fairly and given their rights."
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The next day, including the "World Affairs" newspaper, also conveyed the court's intention to reform on a large scale.

Every new dynasty is established, and the new emperor will always have new laws and new reforms, and everyone is used to it, but there are rumors in the cabinet that the emperor will limit the imperial power, and many people just listen to it and laugh.

Are you kidding me, that emperor will limit imperial power?
Therefore, many people's focus is not on this aspect, but on other welfare, housing allocation, salary and other reforms.

Then, judging from the news obtained, the emperor has greatly increased the benefits of everyone, and the only ones who are unhappy are probably the families of some high-ranking officials.

Because there are restrictions on servants in the homes of high-ranking officials, there are not many people available to them.

But senior officials must be a minority, there are only a few people who are above the third rank in the capital, and only a few people are above the third rank in the whole world.

Whether the wives are happy or not, they have to accept it.

But having said that, Ding Yi's article is aimed at officials, not businessmen. Rich people may hire dozens or hundreds of people, but there is no such thing as prostitution now, and they need to go to the Ministry of Urban Affairs, which acts as an intermediary, to sign the contract. Make an employment contract and specify the salary and time of the employment.

The fourth day of October is the duty day again. The officials rested for two days without being on duty. Now they went to Huangjimen again early in the morning. Many new faces were found on the way, but everyone didn't take it seriously.

It is normal for the new emperor to use his confidants when he ascends the throne.

The ministers are in groups of three or four, all chatting and very happy.

His Majesty is sympathetic to the officials, and all those in Beijing have been allocated houses. Many people who rented houses before will have new houses. Everyone is eagerly waiting for the house allocation.

And starting to double the salary next month is even better.

The emperor also said to limit the imperial power, the days are getting better and better, of course everyone is very happy.

But as soon as I arrived at Wumen today, I found something was wrong.

The three doors of the Meridian Gate are all open.

In the past, only emperors, empresses and the top three in the palace examination could go through the middle door, and officials could only go through the left side.

The middle and right ones are usually closed.

The officials who walked in front were stunned when they reached the door, not knowing how to go.

The guarding soldiers shouted loudly: "There is a decree in the Holy Spirit, each gate is free to do so."

The officials were in an uproar and left casually?

Hahaha, some people walked through the middle door first, and then everyone seemed to follow suit, and many people walked through the middle.

Some people still walked to the left and kept shaking their heads.

At this time, someone in the crowd whispered: "How can this be so? What is the majesty of the court and the majesty of the emperor?"

It was discovered that it was Gong Dingzi who spoke in the military department.

This Gong Dingzi is also a well-known surrender faction. When Li Zicheng entered the capital, Gong Dingzi committed suicide by throwing himself into a well. After being rescued, he actually assisted Li Zicheng, served as Zhizhi's instigator, patrolled Beicheng, and was transferred to the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple .

In the original history, when Dorgon entered Beijing, he descended immediately. It can be seen that the first time he threw the well, it was probably just a show.

It was also thrown into a well. Many people died that day. Why did he happen to be rescued? If you want to die with all your heart, you will definitely commit suicide again after you get up, right?

Just as Gong Dingzi finished speaking, Zhou Zhong, a concubine of the Imperial Academy, said in a low voice, "Speak carefully, since ancient times, there will be changes when the new emperor ascends the throne."

Gong Dingzi sneered, such a change would damage the majesty of the royal family and the court.

Ding Yi is Tu Baozi, changing such rules at will will really damage the majesty of the royal family.

The emperor sent out news that he wanted to limit his own power and changed the rules. Some of the officials might think that the new emperor had a good temper and was easy to talk to.

When they came to Huangji Gate again, many people looked up at Ding Yi, as if they were not as in awe and fear as before.

Zhang Xin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, took the lead to stand up and said that he had discussed the reform of the cabinet with the emperor two days ago, agreed on the composition of the new cabinet, and officially announced it to the world today.

Then the eunuch Zhong Xian read the imperial decree.

Some people in the imperial decree were not in the capital, but one by one in the capital stood up and knelt down to accept the decree.

Chief assistant Zhang Shenyan.

Second assistant, Minister of Rites Wang Duo.

Chen Youfu, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs.

As the names of the 22 cabinet members were announced, there was an uproar at the scene.

From six to seventeen, many people were unaware of such a sudden change and were shocked.

But immediately someone looked happy again, which means that there are many ministers vacant again?
This represents the position of many servants.

This is an important position of the third rank.

At this time, there is still no sound from below. The reform of the imperial court is something that happens in every new dynasty. Although Ding Yi's steps are a bit big, it is a good thing for everyone.

There are so many genuine third grades.

Sure enough, the Ministry of Officials began to announce the candidates for the ministers of various ministries.

As soon as the name was announced, many people were blown away.

The ministers just now, a small part of them are former veterans, and most of them are Ding Yi's confidantes. It is normal for people to reuse confidantes when they found a country.

But what the hell are these servants?

The key is that everyone knows a lot of people.

Only a few of the hundreds of officials on the scene were promoted and reused.

Most of the new servants are newcomers.

After reporting the names of the officials, Gong Dingzi finally couldn't help it.

"I have my own play." Gong Dingzi took a step in the middle.

Ding Yi glanced at him calmly, an eighth-rank military department of Ni Niang gave you a hairy performance.

"What's the matter with Gong Qing?" Ding Yi said lightly.

"Fan Xuanchao used to be a classmate of the minister. He stopped the provincial examination in Tianqi year. He was only a scholar, not even a judge. Why did he become the left servant of the Ministry of Health?" Gong Dingzi was very dissatisfied. Fan Xuanchao and him were classmates. No, not even Juren, how could it be possible to become a third-rank official in one step?
He, Gong Dingzi, has studied diligently for so many years, step by step from the college examination, the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination, and finally got an eighth-rank military department.

The one surnamed Fan jumped to the third-rank official, who will bear it.

As soon as Gong Dingzi opened his mouth, Zhou Zhong also stood up immediately: "The minister has his own performance." He immediately said that the other person, Meng Zhiliang, was a juror, and that he was a third-rank servant in one step.

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were still very daring to speak. People like Guang Shiheng used to dare to contradict Chongzhen and scold the prince. Now these people think that Ding Yi has a good temper, and they also start to jump out one by one.

At the beginning of the two, many low-level officials jumped out to express their dissatisfaction.

Gong Dingzi yelled even louder: "Arranging officials so casually, how can you talk about restricting imperial power?"

"What kind of books do people in the world still read? Your Majesty, you alone have the final say, what else do you need us officials to do?"

Everyone said yes.

Everyone talked to each other for a long time, and found that Ding Yi didn't make a sound, but just looked at them coldly.

Suddenly, something was wrong on the scene, and everyone quickly quieted down.

After a while, the scene was quiet.

Ding Yi said slowly at this time: "Have you finished your love affairs?"

Gong Dingzi bit the bullet: "Please ask the emperor to clarify."

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(End of this chapter)