Fang Yuan and others left the Household Department.
But Fang Yuan did not leave the palace, but went to the Ministry of Punishment and directly met Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Punishment.
"Shilang Fang, isn't your household department having a meeting at this time?"
Liu Zhenghui was surprised by Fang Yuan's arrival.
He politely invited Fang Yuan and others to sit down at the coffee table.
"Kicked out."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
Sit down with Fang Qingping and others.
Fang Qingping and others are more reserved and sit upright.
"Cui Shangshu started targeting you so quickly?!"
Liu Zhenghui was surprised.
He and Cui Zhentang have also been in contact for many years. Although their friendship has not been long, they still have some understanding.
Cui Zhentang targeted Fang Yuan on the first day, which shows that Fang Yuan is really furious.
"Am I kidding you about this?"
"Liu Shangshu, I have an idea and would like to ask for your opinion!"
Fang Yuan laughed and said.
Obtained the evidence of Cui Zhentang's copper smelting from Fang Qingping.
"This is?"
Liu Zhenghui was puzzled.
Take Fang Yuan’s evidence and read it.
As soon as I saw it, my face changed, and my eyes flashed with disgust.
Many people cannot accept copper smelting.
This is also the reason why Cui Zhentang denied it in the meeting room of the Ministry of Finance.
Smelting copper is not illegal, but it offends many people and is even looked down upon by many.
"I know that many people have the bad habit of smelting copper, and most of these people come from major aristocratic families."
"But I couldn't stand these copper-smelting behaviors, and I couldn't do nothing when I learned that those girls were harmed."
"I want to legislate, jointly with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, to jointly introduce a law to protect children under 14 years old. Liu Shangshu, do you support it?"
Fang Yuan looked at Liu Zhenghui and said in a deep voice.
After saying this, Liu Zhenghui and others all turned pale with shock and looked at Fang Yuan in disbelief.
Legislation is not that easy. It involves the interests of countless people. Except for the easier implementation in the years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, different forces will block the implementation of a law at other times.
Because every law weakens the interests of some people and strengthens the interests of some people.
"I want to support you, but you won't succeed, and you won't convince King Ren Cheng."
Liu Zhenghui was silent for a long time, shook his head and said.
He knows that the more powerful you are, the more likely you are to have a perverted mentality.
Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, is famous, but his private life is not necessarily much better.
Moreover, there are many copper smelters in the royal family. It is impossible to get Li Daozong to agree.
"Liu Shangshu, as long as you agree, I will take care of King Cheng's side."
"I remember that your family still owes me a favor, so I'll use this to repay it."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Seeing Liu Zhenghui's hesitation, he brought up the matter of favor.
"Is it worth spending favors for people you have never met?"
Liu Zhenghui frowned and looked at Fang Yuan in disbelief.
He has met countless people in his life, but Fang Yuan is rare.
With great luck, he was already in the fourth rank at a young age, and almost reached the third rank and was extremely popular.
Moreover, his abilities are sufficient. Even though he was promoted out of the ordinary every time, there was no sign of him being out of place after being promoted.
Nowadays, it is really hard to see why we are legislating and protecting children all over the world.
“I don’t talk about whether it’s worth it or not, I just know that I want to do it.”
"In life, there are always things that must not be done and things that must be done."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Protecting a fourteen-year-old child is definitely not worth it for Fang Yuan himself.
From this aspect, it is actually not worthwhile for Fang Yuan to launch bicycles, help Sun Simiao with research, establish a medical school, etc.
But if many things are viewed blindly from the perspective of worthiness and unworthiness, it will be difficult to make policies and regulations that are beneficial to the people of the world.
The higher your position, the more you must consider the people of the world, the more you must promote the development of the times and create an environment more conducive to people's survival.
"Hehehe, since you said that, then I have no objection."
"As long as you can convince King Ren Cheng, I, Liu Zhenghui, will definitely support your legislation, Fang Yuan!"
Liu Zhenghui was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed.
He is an old man and probably has only a few years left to live.
If Fang Yuan has the ability to implement this law, then he will not hesitate to help.
"Thank you Liu Shangshu."
"Then I won't bother you anymore."
Fang Yuan was very grateful for this and stood up to salute Liu Zhenghui.
"You're welcome, provided you can convince King Ren Cheng."
"By the way, I think it is necessary to remind you that the age limit for children under the law should be twelve years old. Fourteen years old is too old."
Liu Zhenghui stood up and saw Fang Yuan out.
When he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something and reminded Fang Yuan.
"Because of the queen?"
Fang Yuan frowned slightly.
"Yes."
Liu Zhenghui nodded solemnly.
The queen is the mother of the world and the object of learning for women in the world.
Queens get married at the age of twelve, so women in the world should also get married at this age.
Setting it as fourteen years old may silently offend the queen and the royal family.
"I'll think about it again."
Fang Yuan frowned deeper.
This is indeed a problem, and it may offend the eldest grandson's family.
After all, the Changsun family’s plan was to have Changsun Chong marry Princess Changle when she was twelve years old.
Not long after, Fang Yuan found Li Daozong.
Li Daozong was also surprised that Fang Yuan was not in the household department.
He also knew that the Ministry of Household Affairs held a plenary meeting today, and everyone who was outside rushed back for the meeting.
After Fang Yuan briefly explained the reason, he explained his intention.
"Shilang Fang, are you kidding me?"
Li Daozong lamented that Cui Zhentang would definitely return to his hometown and was surprised by Fang Yuan's thoughts.
The Child Protection Act protects children under the age of fourteen from abuse by adult men.
Even many of the laws in the current court are not able to truly protect people's rights. In many cases, the strong are respected.
Knowing that the situation is like this, why is there any need to implement child protection laws?
"Your Majesty, I am very serious."
"You know I'm now in charge of road construction and community building projects, right? I can give you some of the profits."
Fang Yuan’s righteous way.
Use favors to persuade Liu Zhenghui, and use benefits to persuade Li Daozong.
This is what Fang Yuan has already thought about when he decided to implement the child protection law.
I believe that Li Daozong will be tempted when he hears his condition.
Once you are tempted and agree to it, neither Cui Zhentang nor Li Shimin will go any further in building roads and community projects.
This is Fang Yuan’s strategy of killing more birds with one stone.
"You! Mr. Fang, are you kidding?"
Li Daozong originally wanted to laugh at Fang Yuan for being ignorant.
Among the people he knew, there were quite a few copper smelters, and they just knew each other tacitly.
These people are extremely energetic, and it must be extremely difficult for Fang Yuan to implement the child protection law.
But after hearing Fang Yuan's promise, Li Daozong was moved, even if it offended those he knew.
Because the benefits of building roads and communities are too great, if Fang Yuan hadn't mastered the powerful fire blunderbuss, someone would have definitely taken it by force.
"For any cooperation reached by the prince, half of the investment cost belongs to the prince!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
There are countless aristocratic families in the world.
Now Fang Yuan has also captured part of Chang'an City, Liaozhou, and part of Luoyang.
There are still many places, or there are some aristocratic families in these three places that have not cooperated with Fang Yuan.
They doubt Fang Yuan, or don’t want to cooperate with Fang Yuan, or are afraid of Wu Surname Qi Wang, etc.
For various reasons, there are not many aristocratic families who are willing to cooperate with Fang Yuan to build roads and communities.
"Is this true?"
"Can you make the decision?"
Li Daozong's eyes showed desire and he said in a deep voice.
The investment cost for road construction is about 100,000 yuan, and the investment cost for building a community is about 1 million yuan.
Every time I win over an investor, I get an income of one hundred thousand or one million, which is a huge profit.
You know, as a prince, he has a lot of connections. If he walks around casually, there will be countless people giving him face for reasons.
Li Daozong was very moved, but he was not sure whether Fang Yuan could really make the decision. After all, this involved the Ministry of Revenue and the emperor.
"Now my people send money back from various places to each other."
"Since the emperor decided to give Cui Zhentang the post of Minister of Household Affairs, the place where the money will be shipped back is no longer the treasury."
"Moreover, I signed all the cooperation. I just announced to the outside world that the Ministry of Revenue is taking the lead. Everything is fine and I have the final say!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
At first, he thought of signing an agreement with the family who wanted to cooperate in the name of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
So that when the money is transported into the national treasury, it is reasonable and legal, and no one can say anything.
But if Li Shimin breaks the contract, then he will also break the contract. Who can say anything?
"If you sign the agreement, I will believe you!"
Li Daozong said in a deep voice.
His first thought was to seize all the investment fees by force.
But when this thought came up, I felt it was impossible. Because currently only Fang Yuan controls the cement.
Without Fang Yuan's consent, even building roads and communities is impossible.
At this moment, Li Daozong suddenly felt how powerful Fang Yuan was, so powerful that he was shocked.
"As it should be!"
"But let me explain in advance that the prince is responsible for the agreement between the prince and the family until the construction is successful. I don't care about it, and I am not responsible. I only want half of the investment."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
It is necessary to sign an agreement, and the responsibilities must also be clearly defined.
Otherwise, if Li Daozong reached an agreement with the aristocratic families and took the money but refused to acknowledge it, making himself responsible, that would be a sinkhole.
Let Li Daozong take full responsibility, so that he does not dare to mess around, and invisibly tie him to his side.
"Deal!"
Li Daozong thought for a while and said in a deep voice.
If you can get so much money, you should be somewhat responsible.
Otherwise, he would be worried that Fang Yuan was setting him up.
Not long after, the two signed the agreement, which officially came into effect.
"Fang Yuan, is it worth it for those who have never been masked?"
I was so anxious that I looked at the agreement in my hand and gently dried the ink on it.
"Nothing is worth it."
"I only know that I want to do this, and I must succeed!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
With the approval of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple, the legal success rate is very high.
The rest is the reaction of everyone after the news is spread.
"Okay, as long as you like it."
"I'm going to do my work first. If there's something urgent, call me again!"
Li Daozong waved his hands and said.
He is too lazy to ask so many questions, now he just wants to make money.
The later it is, the more aristocratic families will reach an agreement with Fang Yuan, and the less they will cooperate with themselves.
"Going for a walk to message."
"Let's just say that Cui Zhentang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is addicted to copper smelting, and Fang Yuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hated his bad behavior and specifically sought the consent of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to implement the Child Protection Law."
"The Child Protection Law aims to protect children under the age of fourteen: adults are prohibited from abusing children under the age of fourteen, children under the age of fourteen are prohibited from getting married, and children under the age of fourteen are prohibited from violating children"
Fang Yuan said slowly.
A child protection law that is not yet mature came out of his mouth.
Fang Qingping and others listened carefully, feeling like they were dreaming.
He never expected that Fang Yuan could get both the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to agree to the legislation.
This is a difficult thing!
Several people responded respectfully and did not return to the household department to spread the news.
After Fang Yuan and others had a falling out with Cui Zhentang, the news had already spread.
It was reported that Cui Zhentang was smelting copper, and Fang Yuan was also said to have evidence proving that Cui Zhentang was smelting copper.
Regarding this news, some people lamented that Fang Yuan was full of energy, while others lamented that Cui Zhentang was disgusting.
Li Shimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing the news, and he also sighed repeatedly when Fang Yuan and Cui Zhentang fell out.
It's only a matter of time before the two of them fall out, but now there is a huge disparity in status between the two, and Fang Yuan can't get any benefits.
Li Shimin, who was still thinking about how to resolve the matter, received the news again.
Fang Yuan teamed up with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to establish the Child Protection Law!
"Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan, can't you just stop?"
Li Shimin was angry and angry.
He felt sorry for Fang Yuan.
But Fang Yuan was also very annoyed that Cui Zhentang was approaching step by step.
It was he who ordered Cui Zhentang to be promoted, but such a scandal happened on the first day. Wouldn’t it also be a slap in the emperor’s face?
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister and the eldest grandson Shangshu would like to see you!"
Wang De came in to report.
"Xuan!"
Li Shimin said helplessly.
It just so happened that he also wanted to find someone to discuss legislation.
Not long after, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji arrived.
"Your Majesty, I think that Shilang Fang has gone too far!"
"Only the six ministers, the heads of the three provinces, and a few departments such as the Dali Temple are qualified to propose legislation."
"He is just the Minister of Household Affairs and is not qualified to propose legislation!"
Changsun Wuji was the first to speak.
Not to mention the fact that his eldest son will marry Princess Changle two years later.
Rather, it is said that Fang Yuan’s identity is not qualified to be mentioned, so the legislation is invalid.
"Your Majesty, the current situation in the imperial court is unclear. The Five Surnames and Qiwang seem to be likely to cause chaos, and the Qingshan Mountain in Qingzhou is getting stronger and stronger."
"The implementation of the Child Protection Law at this time has offended many people and is detrimental to the stability of the court. We can suspend it for two years and then make a decision based on the situation after two years."
Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice.
The stability of the country is more important than anything else.
Now the court seems calm, but in fact there is an undercurrent surging.
Legislating at this time will simply make the chaos worse.
"What you two said makes sense."
"But it was not only Fang Yuan who proposed the legislation, but also Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Punishment, and Li Daozong, the Minister of Dali Temple."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
He naturally knew that Fang Yuan was not qualified.
But it was not only Fang Yuan who proposed the law, but also two big figures.
And what Fang Xuanling could think of, Liu Zhenghui and Li Daozong didn’t think of?