Wang Chang walked out of his residence in a very good mood.
He had already heard about what had happened in Luoyang, but it had little to do with him. He did not care whether Wang Xiang lived or died. He was busy undertaking great things now.
The emperor had fully accepted his seven strategies of governance and begun implementing them.
He had never imagined that the imperial court could possess such administrative efficiency. The speed at which things were getting done was simply astonishing.
At Wang Chang's request, the laws of Wei were already being revised, with Zheng Chong, Du Yu, Pei Xiu, and others in charge.
Despite Zheng Chong's usual reclusive manner, he had actually participated in compiling the Jin Code and was highly accomplished in matters of law. Building on the existing laws, they had added many provisions concerning officials.
Many people had mistaken Wang Chang's proposal to reduce officials' actual income for a proposal to reduce their salaries.
But actual income and salaries were entirely different things.
The aim was to prohibit officials' gray income and stamp out gift-giving among them, bribery, robbery, forcible seizure, the setting up of checkpoints, extortion, and similar practices.
There were also prohibitions on powder consumption, drinking gatherings, and such activities.
For the first time, Zheng Chong had begun working at high intensity. Together with those young scholars, he had drawn up the provisions Wang Chang proposed in a very short time, then begun distributing them throughout the regions and demanding that local authorities implement them.
Of course, drafting laws was one thing, and whether they would be enforced was another.
But whatever the case, the necessary laws now existed. There would be no situation in which the Minister of Justice lacked grounds to arrest someone.
Zhong Hui's mind was also