Han Dao world

Chapter 1218 Legislation
Gao Rou and Liu Xie hit it off, and they talked very speculatively.

When he first set off southward, he was still very worried.On the one hand, it was Zhou Zhong's influence, and on the other hand, he himself had heard a lot of things, and felt that the emperor was not an easy person to get along with, especially because he still had the status of Chen Liugao's aristocratic family.

If the emperor wanted to make things difficult for him, he would not be surprised at all.

He is also ready.

But he never expected that not only did the emperor not make things difficult for him, but he trusted him very much, and frankly stated that he would take the kingly way as his heart.

It is no secret that the emperor wants to practice the kingly way, but not everyone believes it.

I feel that the emperor's practice of the king's way is just talking about it, and there are many people who find excuses for suppressing the family and forcibly saving the land.

After all, although the Son of Heaven returned power to Situ and Sikong, he did not completely let go, and interference in the official affairs of the two governments often occurred.One of the fundamental reasons for the heavy sentence in last year's escape from abroad case was that the emperor was furious and directly interfered with the Sikong Mansion's decision.

Nowadays, when old laws are changed and new laws are established, many people have concerns about whether the emperor will write his selfishness into written laws.

Sikong Zhouzhong was the one with the most worries.

Now meeting with the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven firmly stated that he would aim to achieve the kingly way, with a sincere attitude and no concealment, Gao Rou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With this premise, the next thing will be easy to handle.

The two then discussed the origins, gains and losses of the Qin Law, setting the tone for the establishment of the law school and the formulation of new laws.

Liu Xie didn't say much about the specific provisions. This aspect is not his specialty, and he doesn't need to worry about it.

What he values ​​are the principles of the new law.

For this reason, he solemnly reiterated to Gao Rou the two meanings that all people are men.

First, everyone is equal before the law.

Everyone is a scholar, you can't be noble just because you are a student of Confucian classics, and I am inferior because I am a student of woodwork and medicine.I don't care about the fact that the etiquette is not inferior to the common people for the time being, and it will be considered when the etiquette is made in the future, but don't mention it again if the punishment is not worthy of the doctor.

Not being able to punish the doctor was originally to save face for the nobles, but the matter has changed so far, and it has become an excuse for the powerful to break the law.

This de facto inequality must be curbed in the new law.

If the law is broken, all are equal.Those who should be killed are killed, those who should be flown, and those who should be killed.

The second is that the law is the bottom line, and we should not force people to do things that are difficult for us, especially we cannot force the people to rebel.

The evil Qin Fa did was that he deprived the people of other options, leaving the people with no way out except farming and fighting.Not only that, the Qin law also used harsh provisions to set up traps, so that the people would break the law at every turn, and if they were not careful, they would become criminals, free labor for the state, and be squeezed to death.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the laws of the early Han Dynasty were equally strict.Later, after the transformation of Confucianism, it was much more relaxed, but it went to another extreme. Not only did it fail to correct the factors of Qin Law's failure, but it destroyed the factors of Qin Law's success.

Tolerance to the powerful.

It seems that the south and the north are diametrically opposed, but they lead to the same goal by different routes.

The result of being tolerant to the powerful is that it is not good for the common people.The rich and powerful took advantage of their own advantages to wantonly annex land, but shifted the responsibility of bearing taxes to the common people, and finally forced the common people to have no choice but to rise up.

They can't farm, they can only fight, and they don't fight for the country, they fight for their own survival.

Compared with Qin's farming and war system, the consequences of the seemingly lenient Han law are not lenient at all.

Gao Rou did not fully agree with Liu Xie's point of view, but he also admitted that the annexation issue was an important factor that led to the chaos at the end of Han Dynasty.The reason for this has something to do with Confucianism's transformation of Legalism.

This must be taken into account when formulating new laws.

Academic research can be considered in the long run, but the process of cultivating officials for Lingling and even the counties in the south of the Yangtze River should not be slow. Liu Xie discussed with Gao Rou that the county chiefs and law enforcement officials in Lingling County should be trained first, so that they can Understand the relevant systems, and clarify some doubts and difficulties in the implementation.

Local officials are the people who have the closest contact with the people. Whether they can act according to the law is directly related to the feelings of the people.

In many cases, it is not that there is a problem with the imperial court's decree, but that the local officials have deliberately or unintentionally changed their shape when implementing it, which makes the people unable to bear it and have to rise up to resist.

Of course, sometimes there is helplessness in not following the law.The provisions formulated by the imperial court did not consider the difficulty of local implementation. They were too taken for granted. The local governments could not implement them at all and could only be used as decorations.

Liu Xie asked Gao Rou to communicate more with students to understand the problems encountered in local implementation, and to reflect them in the formulation of new laws in the future.

Gao Rou readily agreed, and at the same time reminded Liu Xie that to achieve this step, not only time, but also manpower is needed, and of course it will inevitably consume more financial and material resources.

Liu Xie smiled.He reminded Gao Rou that as he said before, the goal of legislation is to realize the kingly way.How can we achieve the kingly way?Naturally, everyone has a bright future.

As long as this goal is not violated, it is appropriate and necessary to increase investment appropriately.

It's like an investment. If one cent of investment can bring two cents of benefits, why not invest?Not only to invest, but also to increase investment.Only when the investment exceeds the possible benefits, it is necessary to consider controlling the investment so as not to outweigh the gain.

When it came to this, Liu Xie mentioned something meaningful, just like when Queen Mother Deng expanded the Taixue.

Empress Dowager Deng expanded the Taixue and increased the expenditure of the imperial court, but she could not give full play to the value of the Taixue students, but instead made friends and discussed politics prevail.Tai students do not pursue their studies, and are busy all day bragging each other, talking, and even gathering crowds to make trouble and influence the government. That is a precedent for investment failure, and there will be endless troubles.

This kind of thing can't happen again.

Gao Rou thinks so.

Liu Xie immediately issued an edict ordering Lingling counties to select and send officials related to law enforcement to the county government in turn to receive training for a period of three months.Strive to educate all personnel once within a year, and select those who are suitable for further studies to prepare for the establishment of a law school.

The reason why the training starts with serving officials is that apart from improving governance efficiency immediately, there is another important reason.

The promotion of enlightenment in Lingling County was too slow and too late, and there were very few literate people.Most of those who can read a few words have already served as officials in counties and counties.Those who have little chance of becoming an official have neither the conditions nor the will to study.

With this time, wouldn't it be good to go into the mountains to gather some medicinal materials and hunt some wild animals?

Therefore, while Gao Rou was responsible for training officials and preparing to build a law school, Liu Xie had to prepare for another matter.

Revitalize industry and commerce, create county schools, and popularize education.

Talent is the foundation, if you don't know the ligatures, you can't talk about development.

While popularizing education, it is also necessary to find ways to increase productivity, boost the economy, and get more people out of simple farming, animal husbandry and fishery production.

If you can't get rich, there is no motivation to study.

The so-called reading is a rationale, which is only the pursuit of a small number of people, and cannot be the belief of the vast majority of ordinary people.

For ordinary people, reading is first of all to dress and eat, wear better clothes, and eat better meals.

Therefore, while Gao Rou is recruiting students, there is one more important thing to do.

The local tyrants who were arrested before were interrogated and sentenced.

(End of this chapter)