Qiming 1158

Chapter 1595 Give each other shackles
There is no doubt that Zichan's casting of punishment books has positive and progressive significance, and his actions set a precedent for the subsequent promulgation of written laws by vassal states.

However, in the years since Zichan cast the punishment book, although the legal provisions can be clearly announced to the public, they are still faced with four serious challenges, and the whole society has not become a society under the rule of law because of this.

These four challenges are actually quite representative.

The first is that under the imperial power system, the emperor is the largest in the world, above the law and uncontrolled. Such a guy who is above everyone exists in this world, which means that the laws of the dynasty are empty shelves, and there is no real law in essence. the value of.

Second, the imperial bureaucracy relied on the power of the emperor to survive, and was responsible to the emperor, not the people, so it was essentially contempt for the law. The ruling class used the law to oppress and restrain the people. .

Third, that is, people are generally illiterate, and have no way of learning. They cannot understand the legal provisions in front of them, and they are unable to protect their own interests with the law. Therefore, in the end, a family of legal inheritance emerged, and intellectuals passed on the legal system. , serving as court judges for generations, such as the famous Guo Jia from Yingchuan Guo.

Fourth, the legal provisions are limited by the times and people's cognition, and there will inevitably be many loopholes. Even if it develops into a society ruled by law, there will be people like litigants who specialize in the loopholes in the law and gain benefits from the loopholes. , wantonly trampling upon the dignity and meaning of the law.

Su Yonglin believes that the civil chaos under the dynasty's rule is mainly caused by these four problems, and some civil chaos and corruption cases in the early days of the Ming Dynasty also originated from this.

Everyone honestly thinks that the law is just one piece of waste paper, with two mouths for official characters. When you touch your lips up and down, what you say is what you say.
Can you turn the sky over as a grasshopper?

It is precisely because of this universal distrust and non-recognition of the law that the cost of social operation and social internal friction remain high. Things that can obviously be solved by the law have become a battleground between the pros and cons.

The government has benefited a lot from it, and they have both sides, and they ate their mouths full of oil.

This situation is sinful, abnormal, and unacceptable.

Therefore, Su Yonglin decided to operate on himself, resolutely removed his identity as an emperor, abolished the supreme and detached emperor, and put himself under the control of the law.

He publicly and clearly stated that he could not violate the laws that he took the lead in enacting, and that the law could punish him if he really violated the law.

So the first challenge, thanks to Su Yonglin's efforts, at least doesn't exist in the current Daming Kingdom.

Su Yonglin surrendered his status to destroy the godhead, raised the law to the supremacy, and made himself under the law, then in theory, there is no person above the law in the entire Ming Kingdom.

The second one is the one that Su Yonglin has been working on all the time. He has launched three major purges in the past, and there is also the aspect of safeguarding the dignity of the law.

However, Minglu at that time had a self-contradictory side. His actions could not play a substantial role in changing, nor could it really have an effect on himself. It was a limited improvement, not a reform.

But now, it's different.

The source of power of court officials is no longer the emperor, but the people's congress stipulated in the constitution, and the power of the people's congress comes from all the people.

In terms of legal logic, people including Su Yonglin are responsible to the people's congress, which represents the will of all the people, as stipulated in the constitution, not to the emperor.

Their power is no longer detached from everything, and has no sacred and inviolable attributes. On the contrary, it must be exercised within a prescribed framework.

The underlying logic of the power operation of the Daming Democratic Republic has undergone substantial changes since this moment.

Su Yonglin put shackles on everyone, including himself, and everyone had shackles on their bodies, so that those who held power were no longer above the law.

Su Yonglin himself believes that this is the second leap forward in the history of the Chinese legal system since Zichan cast the punishment book.

With his efforts, he completed the first and second challenges and found a solution.

The third and fourth challenges are not something he can handle alone.

He needs officials and the public to work together, learn and master the legal provisions together, respect the legal provisions, and form a fashion and habit for the whole society to do things within the framework stipulated by the legal provisions.

And in the continuous progress of society, active efforts are made to repair the legal provisions, making the legal provisions more practical and practical, and can take care of the interests of the vast majority of people.

"Everyone, no matter who it is, including me, act within the framework of the law. This is an important prerequisite for maintaining social fairness and justice. In order to achieve this prerequisite, it is even more important for all people to study and understand the law. preconditions.

At the same time, in line with the development of the times and the birth of new things, the law must also keep pace with the times. It should not be rigidly adhered to the moment or indulge in authority. In the people's congress held every five years, it is necessary to follow the latest situation. Adjustment of many laws to ensure that laws keep pace with the times. "

Su Yonglin made an important declaration to this end, and decided to promote the cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Education, and to launch a wide range of law promotion classes across the country.

At the same time of literacy, promote the people's understanding of the law, let the people know the existence of the law, let the people learn to use the law to protect themselves, and act within the framework of the law.

The government is also the same as the people. The whole society must form such a habit, form a new social rule, and abandon the original social survival law that is infinitely close to the law of the jungle.

This is a very important task set by Su Yonglin for Daming's political training period.

For the public, this is of course an absolute advantage that outweighs the disadvantage.

If everyone, including the official, behaves well, the disadvantaged will naturally gain more benefits and protect their own interests, and the difficulty of survival will be drastically reduced.

But for the imperial court, this is not so in line with their wishes.

Their style of conduct will no longer be determined by power, but by law.

They can only do what the law stipulates, and when someone violates the law and doesn't obey the rules, they can use violence to defend the dignity of the law.

What they need to maintain will no longer be their majesty and inviolable position, but the majesty and inviolable position of the law. What everyone respects is no longer them, but the law.

For the identity of the powerful party, the restrictions imposed by the law on them are far greater than the significance of convenience. They are called enforcers, and they may become enforcers at any time.

They cannot interpret the law at will, but according to the spirit of the law, become the mouth of the law, not manipulate the law.

Therefore, some officials have many opinions on this in private, and feel that Su Yonglin is going to go to the dark. He himself admits that the quality of the people is not enough, and he would rather force a policy to promote this policy during a political training period, ignoring the need to pay for it. huge cost.

Is this really a good thing?

But it seems that Su Yonglin's determination to implement his ideals has been made up. Some people don't understand this, some people are worried, and some people talk to each other.

But it doesn't matter, Su Yonglin announced the victory and closing celebration of the people's congress without worry.

A running water banquet was held in the council hall, and all the representatives of the people and the representatives of the central government were invited to have a feast together.

At the dinner, some people laughed and some forced themselves to be happy.

The smile on that face was a bit reluctant.

(End of this chapter)