I want to be emperor

Chapter 845 Nobility and Royal Family

And these were excavated, and I worked hard to get admitted to the Royal Institute of Technology. If I have excellent academic performance and excellent research and development capabilities, I can stay in the school to teach.

Once you stay in school to teach, even if you are only a lecturer, within a few years, you will basically get the title of lifelong jazz.

In ordinary universities, in fact, many senior professors in universities can also be awarded the title of knight when they achieve sufficient results.

Generally speaking, it is less difficult to obtain a title of knighthood by taking the road of scientific research, especially the lifetime title of knighthood, and the proportion is also larger.

This is the special preferential treatment given by Luo Zhixue to scientific research personnel, and it is also to continue to improve and stabilize the various treatment and status of scientific research personnel by continuing to pay attention to scientific research personnel and give various preferential treatment, so as to allow the Great Chu Empire to maintain a society that values ​​scientific research for a long time atmosphere.

Taking the technical route is still very reliable in the Great Chu Empire.

Even if it is the second sons of many aristocratic families, quite a few of them will take the technical route after joining the army...in order to be more likely to be awarded the title of lifelong knight.

Speaking of which, the second sons of these nobles will even work harder than ordinary students for the title of lifelong knight.

How to put it, they were born in aristocratic families, some of them were even big aristocratic families... Many second sons of nobles often have an illusion when they were young or even young: they were born in noble families as nobles themselves!
But it's not!

In the noble law of the Great Chu Empire, it is clearly written that the title holder is the noble and enjoys all the legal rights and interests of the noble according to the law. aristocratic power.

The others... are not nobles, they are just families of nobles.

They can rely on the power of the family and enjoy the glory and wealth, but... in many cases, they will find a huge difference between themselves and their father and brother.

For example, when encountering some legal problems, as the father of the noble title owner and the eldest brother who owns the title of prince, you have to arrest and judge them. Those who are below the viscount must have a provincial procuratorate or a provincial court. Qualifications for arrest and trial, and the final trial results must be submitted to the Supreme Procuratorate and the Grand Court of Justice, which will not come into effect until they are approved.

Earls and above need the Great Inspectorate and the Grand Court to be qualified to conduct judicial investigations and trials, and local judicial institutions do not have this power.

If the noble is an active soldier, it will be even more troublesome. Low-level nobles need to be approved by the military judiciary, while high-level nobles need the approval of the Military Affairs Committee before they can carry out the corresponding judicial procedures... Of course, if the battlefield violates orders, they will be shot on the spot This is not counted, but the follow-up will be particularly troublesome, there will be a lot of investigations, so generally they will not be shot on the spot, and they will often be caught and followed by formal procedures.

As for the above, that's just theory... When it comes to actual operation, in fact, every judicial issue for each noble will be reported to the imperial court, and Luo Zhixue will decide it himself.

After all, this is a nobleman conferred by Luo Zhixue himself, and he can only be allowed to cut the title and carry out the final judgment.

So practically you want to try a nobleman for guilt and execute him...in theory the judiciary has this power but in practice it doesn't...

You have to ask Luo Zhixue to come in person!
But Luo Zhixue generally does not do this... unless it is a serious crime of treason, Luo Zhixue will not kill any of the founding heroes, not once in the past 30 years!

At most, it is cutting the title and imprisoning... Of course, in the past 30 years, there are not a few nobles who committed crimes and committed suicide after committing crimes.

As a benevolent monarch, Luo Zhixue will not kill the heroes of the founding of the country as long as you are not playing tricks... They are all old brothers who fought together in the past, I can't bear it!

But according to the judicial system, the founding hero who committed a fatal crime must die... What should I do?
You are decent... If you are not decent, someone will help you to be decent.

Once a piece of white silk is hung up, it won’t be too difficult for a few strong men to hang you on it, isn’t it!
Not only do criminal nobles commit suicide a lot, in fact, many senior officials who commit crimes also choose to commit suicide.

But more still cried and begged, and were forced to hang themselves in the end.

There are also people who are helped by strong men to hang beams!
There are all kinds of things, but the result is the same death.

Of course, there is no need to say this kind of thing publicly, and there will not even be any reports... The nobles and senior officials of the Great Chu Empire must be positive in the hearts of the people as a whole!
This involves complex situations such as official prestige and political stability, not a purely judicial issue.

In short, on the surface, Luo Zhixue would not kill heroes, and high-ranking officials and nobles would not commit crimes... As for privately, damn it.

And the above are talking about nobles!
But as you, who are not aristocrats and have no right of inheritance, but the second son of a nobleman... From a theoretical point of view, any policeman on the street can enforce the law against you!
Because you are just a commoner.

This huge gap in identity and cognition will make many second sons of nobles feel bad...so many smart and sensible second sons of nobles, when they are a little older, they will deeply understand the importance of learning Sex, and then desperately try to take the military academy or engage in scientific research and the like.

Because many of them are counting on obtaining titles through military exploits or scientific research... even if it's just the lowest title of jazz.

Unfortunately, most of them were unsuccessful.

The huge gap between the eldest son and the second son also caused a series of problems such as the struggle for succession in the Great Chu Empire.

It also led to very strict and perfect regulations on the inheritance rights of nobles in the Great Chu Empire.

For example, in the early years, some second sons would obtain the right of inheritance by murdering the eldest son... Even after the incident was exposed, as long as the eldest son died, the nobles would often suppress it for the smooth succession of the title.

It even happened that a nephew killed his cousin, just to let his uncle who is a nobleman pass the title to himself as a nephew, and then inherit the title.

All these forced the empire to continuously improve the aristocratic inheritance law. In the current aristocratic inheritance law, only legitimate sons born in marriage have the right to inherit, and no one else has the right to inherit.

There is no such thing as the right of inheritance to the adopted son, there is no saying that the nephew will inherit, and there is no saying that the concubine or illegitimate son will inherit, all of which do not recognize their right of inheritance.

The aristocratic inheritance law of the Great Chu Empire only recognizes the right to inherit the title of a legitimate son. Even if you have sex with your fiancée before marriage, the son born before marriage will not have the right to inherit!

Strictly speaking, the right to inherit the nobility of the Great Chu Empire is based on the establishment of a marriage relationship... Only the sons born after the marriage, and the sons born after the marriage, are eligible to inherit the title.

No matter what you say about the others, they will not work, and they will completely block the gap for you.

As for the situation where the second son kills the eldest son to obtain the right of inheritance, once the fact of the crime is confirmed, the second son’s right of inheritance will be deprived immediately, and there are detailed rules. right of inheritance.

If you want to fight yourself, get rid of your ex-wife and son, and then let your son inherit the title even if you are imprisoned, this situation cannot happen.

And the death of every noble son must be investigated by the inspectorate at the provincial level or above to confirm the cause of death. If the death is abnormal, a special investigation will be launched.

In short, it is to close all the openings as much as possible...to avoid waves of palace fights and further establish the eldest son inheritance system seriously!

As for a series of strict aristocratic inheritance laws, especially whether the lack of inheritance rights of the bastard will affect the succession of the throne.

This is actually very simple. The concubines of the emperor of the Great Chu Empire are all wives... Nobles and commoners are strictly monogamous, but the emperor and the prince are not. The traditional system of three palaces and six courts is implemented!

Therefore, unlike the civilian or noble sons who are not protected by the law, the princes born by each of the emperor's concubines are legitimate legitimate children.

It's just that the emperor's wives are also divided into ranks. There is the empress, the official wife, and a group of concubines, the second-class wives.

Therefore, each of the emperor's princes has the right to inherit... It's just that the eldest son born by the empress has the priority of inheritance.

Taking a step back, the so-called eldest son inheritance system in the royal family is actually just a family law determined by Luo Zhixue himself. This royal family law is different from ordinary folk laws.

Therefore, in the Great Chu Empire, when discussing various common laws, please consciously exclude the royal family, and even more so, exclude the more special existence of the emperor!

Because, theoretically speaking, there is no legal power or qualification in the Great Chu Empire to clarify or limit the powers and obligations of the emperor!

The emperor, he is not a natural person in the legal sense, but an existence above the law!
And this is an important manifestation of imperial power!

Because the emperor does not clarify his power through laws, but how much freedom he grants his subjects by making laws!

The same is true for the management of other members of the royal family. The Great Chu Empire has a special structure called the Clan Mansion, which has formulated a series of various normative systems for members of the royal family, including the title succession system for members of the royal family, as well as internal law enforcement specifically for members of the royal family. , Judicial institutions.

In short, the royal family has its own set of internal laws and regulations, and the subjects also have their own set of laws and regulations. The two play their own way, and when there are legal disputes between members of the royal family and the subjects, they also manage their own affairs.

For example, a member of the royal family has a legal problem with an ordinary person. After the investigation by the outside censor, it is found that a member of the royal family is involved. It will report and cooperate with the corresponding law enforcement and investigation agency of the clan mansion to investigate. After confirming that there is a problem, the clan The censor in the Renfu prosecuted the members of the royal family in accordance with the family laws and regulations of the members of the royal family, and the court in the clan mansion conducted a trial. Luo Zhixue finally approved the conviction, imposed various fines or sentenced him to imprisonment, reduction of title or even death.

The measures taken are similar to military courts in the military.

Therefore, there are actually three sets of law enforcement, trial and judicial institutions in the Great Chu Empire: one is for ordinary subjects (including various nobles and officials), one is for military judicial institutions for active soldiers, and the other is for The royal family's clan court judicial body.

The three sets are related to each other, but they all exist independently of each other.

It's just that the military court and the clan mansion have nothing to do with ordinary people, and they can't get in touch with them, so the people don't know much about them.

Especially the Clan Mansion...even less people know about it.

This is mainly because there are currently too few members of the royal family in the Great Chu Empire, and the common people cannot get in touch with them.

The royal family members of the Great Chu Empire are actually not that many. After all, there are only Luo Zhixue, some concubines, and Luo Zhixue's descendants.

It is worth mentioning that there are currently a large number of chaotic women in the harem, such as Zhaoyi, ladies, and beautiful women. Although they also enjoy some treatment from members of the royal family, they are not considered concubines.

Only concubines above the official canonization level, that is, the three levels of "de concubine", "de concubine" and "de noble concubine", can be regarded as the official concubine sequence, which can be included in the roster of royal family members. It can be buried around the emperor and enjoy the incense of future generations as a member of the royal family.

And these three levels of concubines have clear canonization requirements so far.

After giving birth to children, they will all be canonized as concubines.

If the child is a prince, he can also be canonized directly as a concubine, but Luo Zhixue seldom does this now, no matter whether the child is a boy or a woman, he is only canonized as a concubine from the beginning.

When the princes gradually grew up and became the county king at the age of ten, Luo Zhixue would give their mother the title of concubine.

When the prince reaches the age of sixteen, he is formally conferred the title of prince, and the concubine is officially conferred the title of noble concubine.

This is the end of ordinary concubines, but the family law also stipulates that if the queen has no eldest son, the eldest son of the emperor's concubine will be granted the title of prince, and the birth mother of the prince will be granted the special title of "imperial concubine".

What is reflected here is that a son is more expensive than his mother, and a mother is more expensive than his son.

Under this harem system, only Luo Zhixue, Queen Wang, and more than 30 imperial concubines, concubines, and concubines are considered members of the royal family in the strict sense.

Then there are more than 40 children and seven or eight grandchildren.

The total number adds up to just over 100 people.

Ordinary people can't touch you at all!

Not to mention these official members of the royal family, even those low-level concubines who are not officially considered members of the royal family in theory and are not included in the sequence of concubines, but in fact are still treated as members of the royal family. Ordinary people, even those high-ranking noble officials out of reach.

In a situation where ordinary people can't get in touch, naturally there can't be any conflicts, let alone the chance to get in touch with the judiciary of the clan government.

On the whole, the royal family of the Great Chu Empire is in a relatively mysterious state among the people.

Even for ordinary subjects, the royal family is to them... Although they all live under the same blue sky, they live in different worlds.

Common subjects, know where the royals are...but you can't see, let alone touch.

(End of this chapter)