In the following days, everyone soon discovered that there were more peacocks around Li Tai, but the existence of peacocks was just following Li Tai's side and did not do any extra things.
Everyone just thought that Li Tai liked to raise maids, so they didn't care too much and continued to do whatever they should do.
The exchanges between Li Tai and Lu Cai, Du Chuke, Ma Zhou and others were more about official matters. Both sides did not say who defected to whom or who was whom. They were just small groups that naturally formed.
In December, Li Tai returned to Chang'an as usual to greet Queen Changsun and Li Shimin. Queen Changsun prepared exquisite snacks and looked at Li Tai's greedy look and said with a smile, "Slow down, no one will snatch you!"
"Yeah!" Li Tai nodded repeatedly, but his mouth stopped.
When Empress Changsun saw this scene, she laughed, then looked at Changle, who was watching Li Tai eat but she didn't eat, and said, "Changle, you should eat more."
Changle smiled bitterly, but finally shook his head.
She really didn't understand why Li Tai's belly looked like a bottomless pit, as if she could eat everything she could eat.
But after just eating a little, I couldn't eat it anymore.
"Mother, I heard that my brother is sick, what's going on?" Li Tai asked Empress Changsun.
"It's already gone!" Empress Changsun breathed a sigh of relief, "I have been studying books all these days, and I feel that the wind and cold are almost gone. However, the saint felt that Cheng Qian's body was too weak, so he arranged a martial arts course."
"Brother, it's good to have nothing to do." Li Tai said happily.
When Empress Changsun saw Li Tai say this, she felt a little relieved.
When she was in the imperial family, what she feared most was that her sons fought for the throne and their flesh and blood were slaughtered.
Although Li Chengqian and Li Tai are not close now, they do not have the mutual disgust.
To be honest, Queen Changsun was very satisfied if she could do this.
At this moment, Li Shimin arrived openly and saw Empress Changsun and Li Tai saying,
"Did Qingque Changle return to the palace today? It's quite early. What are you talking about?"
Li Shimin's words were followed by sentence, and Li Tai agreed and said,
"Aye's health is not too early. If I don't see my brother today, I asked my mother if my brother is getting better after he is sick!"
When Li Shimin heard this, he sighed, "The Imperial Doctor said he had overcome the danger and could recover soon."
"When I leave today, I will go to visit the Xiadong Palace with Changle." Li Tai said calmly,
"I'm going to see Brother Chengqian too!" Changle nodded in agreement when he heard Li Tai's words.
Li Shimin nodded when he saw Li Tai like this, but looked at Changle and looked at Li Tai and said,
"Speaking of this, the fact that you asked me to investigate the birth age and safe delivery of women in Chang'an was a result!"
"Huh?" Li Tai couldn't help looking at Li Shimin when he heard this.
Li Shimin said, "As you said, the proportion of women who had difficulty giving birth before the age of sixteen is much higher than that after the age of sixteen.
If a woman wants to have a child, she still has to wait until she is sixteen years old and her physical development will be discussed.
Next year, I will issue an edict to extend the time for a woman to marry.”
Li Tai said: "Of course, we need to extend the marriage time among the people.
However, I think this kind of policy and forced formulation are better than guiding the people.
After all, if it is forced to execute, it will hurt the people, especially women."
"Oh?" Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Li Tai and said, "What do Qingque have any thoughts?"
"I want to cancel the fines for a woman who has not married when she was in the age of 18, and at least extend the fines for the age of eighteen."
Li Tai looked at Li Shimin and explained,
"If you want to quickly popularize girls to get married late, and directly use laws to force them, it will inevitably cause great chaos.
Because for some people, the girls at home are more of a kind of property than a person.
It is not easy for ordinary people to support a girl. Even if they feed her, they still hope to cash it out and directly exchange it for property.
If forced implementation, the people think that raising girls is not cost-effective, and they will increase the phenomenon of abandoning or even urinating babies.
So I hope to extend the age of a woman’s pregnancy through guidance.”
When Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help but think for a moment, but he had to admit that Li Tai's worries were right.
Many things are not felt when they are not said, but once they are reminded, Li Shimin quickly discovered that the things Li Tai said are not impossible, but that there is a great possibility.
Li Tai can see this because he looks at things from the perspective of modern people, that is, raising children is regarded as an investment.
At least in ancient times when productivity was quite underdeveloped, if you were born as a boy, you might be able to manage yourself for the rest of your life after investing, so the people are quite willing to invest.
But if the child born is a girl, it would be like raising a pig in the eyes of many poor families, and they would have to be sold after the days.
Therefore, if you look at this matter with pure economic interests, you will understand that if the entire breeding cycle becomes longer, a large number of people will choose to give up breeding, which will lead to an increase in the number of abandoned babies in the entire society.
So this kind of thing really cannot be done with one-size-fits-all, because if you cut it through this, the social unrest will be really great!
"Then say everything you have any ideas!" Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and encouraged him.
"If you want to slow down, you naturally have to promote it in the homes of royal nobles, wealthy families, and officials!"
Li Tai said calmly, "There is a big reason for this. Even if these people raise more girls, they don't have to afford them!
Only by having surplus food rations and letting women postpone their marriage leave age will it be possible.”
"Do you want to perform upward and downward effects from top to bottom, and use time to slowly delay the age of a woman's marriage leave?" Li Shimin said.
"Yeah!" Li Tai nodded and said, "Well, because the officials don't care about raising another daughter.
Raising a man in poverty and raising a daughter in wealth means that if you live in poverty, you are suitable for raising a man in poverty and sending a child to the people to the end of their lives. If you live in wealth, you are suitable for raising a daughter in marriage.
Even if we take a step back, the people are all over the world and the implementation of policies is too difficult, but almost every official is registered. Whether they have executed orders or not, I believe that the investigation can be found!”
"Okay, then let's try it among royal nobles and officials first. As for the people, let's focus on guidance!"
Li Shimin touched his beard and did not reject Li Tai's suggestion. Relatively speaking, the handling of this thing has little impact.
At this time, Li Shimin looked at Changle, who was lowering his head and raised his lips, and couldn't help but chuckled.
To be honest, Li Shimin didn't want Changle to get married so early. After all, compared to Li Tai and Li Chengqian, Changle is the most obedient.
Li Shimin couldn't help but tease Changle, "Changle, Qingque wants you to accompany Aye in the palace for three or four years!"
"Everything depends on Aye!" Changle restrained his smile and hurriedly saluted Li Shimin, but his joy could not be concealed.
Seeing that Li Shimin was like this, he felt that he would delay for a few years, so let's delay for a few years.
Anyway, Li Tang's princess had her own fief, and she couldn't starve to death. If Changle wanted to get married later, then she would get married later. What else did she worry about?
However, Li Shimin continued, "I will deal with this matter, but you have any ideas about the changes in the law in recent days."
When Li Tai heard Li Shimin's words, he thought for a while, and said, "Aye is saying that the sentence you demanded in December will be punished five times within two days, and those who go to each state will be punished three times.
On the day of the execution, Shangshi Bureau was not allowed to enter the wine and meat, and Neijiaofang and Taichang Temple were not allowed to play music. Menxia Province must also check again. If someone should die according to the law and is in a pitiful situation, he will write a letter to memorial.
The five-time memorial refers to the fact that the memorial was submitted in total two days before the execution to the day of the execution, and the life of a person is at stake, to show caution.
Are these regulations only reported once for those who committed evil crimes (the Sui Dynasty issued the "Ten Unforgivable Disobediences" and Tang Chengzhi)?
"Yes!" Li Shimin nodded and said, "You have the most unique view on punishment, so let's talk about it!"
Li Shimin also discovered that Li Tai generally does not like to use punishment to solve problems, but more of the use of the characteristics of people's pursuit of profit.
Li Shimin couldn't say whether this kind of thinking was good or not, but Li Tai could provide him with new ideas about many things in punishment. It's easy to say whether it's good or not, but he does have his own opinions.
"Aye, I have hardly dealt with Zheng Zhuo, and my knowledge of Zheng Zhuo is quite shallow, so I hope Aye will not laugh at me." Li Tai was the first to admit his shortcomings.
After all, I want to pretend to be something, but my foundation is really not thick enough and I can't pretend!
"It's not bad! I actually know how modest!" Seeing Li Tai like this, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of Li Tai's performance in Liangyi Hall. The two of them were really difficult to overlap.
However, Li Shimin also admired Li Tai even more. Knowing what he knows and doesn’t know what he doesn’t know. This sentence sounds simple, but it is indeed not easy to do it.
Li Tai was teased by Li Shimin and only smiled and said, "To Aye, I only have a piece of Akagi, and I dare not cheat!"
"Let me tell me your opinion!" Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and continued to urge.
"I prefer to be both lenient and strict, reducing regulations such as cutting hair and cutting off feet that harm the body, increasing labor reform and reforming the spirit of the people." Li Tai explained to Li Shimin.
"Tell me what's specific." Li Shimin listened to Li Tai's words, but didn't say much, but asked Li Tai to continue talking.
When Li Tai heard this, he continued, "The so-called lenient means that the purpose of punishment is not to punish the people, but to educate the people about what they can and cannot do.
Therefore, some punishments can be changed from having their hands cut off from the Qiong's face to let them go to the coal mine, giving them a chance to reform themselves.
The so-called strictness means that as long as the people commit the law, they must strictly follow the legal process.
No matter how the law says, it will do whatever it takes. If the law does not open the law, the law will become nothing.
No one will follow it in the future.”
When Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, he couldn't help but frown, but he also sighed in his heart that although Li Tai did not understand punishment, his understanding of the purpose of punishment was much deeper than that of many officials engaged in punishment.
Li Tai continued, "On the basis of effective law enforcement, the most important thing is legislation!"
"Legislation?" Li Shimin was stunned when he heard this word and said, "What's wrong with this?"
"Even if it feels that the cost of illegal violations of the people is slightly higher!" Li Tai said, looking at Li Shimin here, but saw Li Shimin thinking, as if he was thinking about the cost of illegal violations.
Li Tai continued, "The so-called illegal cost is the price that the people are about to pay for violating the law.
The simplest example is that ordinary people need to pay a fine if they raise their daughters until they are fifteen years old. This is the cost of illegality for the people.
If the people can bear it, then the people will pay the money. If they can't bear it, they will have to marry their daughter early."
When Li Shimin heard Li Tai's words, he showed a sudden enlightenment and understood what Li Tai said.
"So the violation of the law is different from the violation of the law by the people, because officials can afford a lot of illegal costs that seem harsh but in fact they can bear. But for the people, they cannot afford it."
Li Tai said here and continued: "Just like this, when the Legalists make the law, they will be punished by knowing the law and committing crimes!"
Li Shimin nodded. He could understand Li Tai's meaning.
However, Li Shimin did not expect that although Li Tai was not very familiar with the law, he had a deeper understanding of the law through such a unique explanation.
After all, no one has ever said about the cost of illegality. That is, the guy like Li Tai, who has dead money, is too sensitive to wealth, so he said such ruthless words.
Li Shimin could see that what Li Tai lacked most since childhood was the word awe.
From the fact that he could tell the demise of the Han Dynasty, it was obvious that Li Tai did not respect Confucianism, nor did he respect tradition.
Now he also understands that Li Tai is not afraid of the law, and he can consider the cost of illegality. If Li Tai is afraid of the law, Li Shimin will definitely not believe it anyway.
Of course, the most important thing is that Li Tai is not in awe of himself.
To be honest, it is really hard to imagine a royal noble who does not respect himself. Li Shimin sometimes wonders what kind of weird Li Tai is.
But the fact is that Li Shimin and Li Tai get along with each other, and Li Tai treats himself more as a father than the so-called emperor.
Even he was not afraid of the emperor, but Li Chengqian was the opposite.
Just like this, Li Shimin also treated Li Tai differently. After all, it is really difficult for Li Shimin to feel this pure parent-child relationship in other children.
They are not like Li Tai. They respect saints far more than respecting themselves.