My name is Ren

Chapter 417 Those who make the law may not know what the real law is, as long as it is beneficial to themselves
When did the lives of civilians become so expensive?
Find someone who specializes in dirty work, such as those well-connected neighborhood councilors in the imperial capital, give them three or five gold coins, and they will be able to find a hooligan on the street who is willing to kill for two gold coins.Don't underestimate the great power of money, and don't overestimate the cheapness of human nature. The life of an ordinary person is only worth one or two gold coins.Of course, this is also related to some disadvantages in this society. For example, the investigative power is far from being able to serve as a warning.

Many people don't even need to abscond after killing someone for two or three gold coins. As long as they don't reveal their identities during the attack, they don't need to worry about being approached by the sheriff, let alone the iron fist of the prosecutors.Don't talk about other places, if it's too far away, just talk about the imperial capital.Every year, the number of murdered people in the imperial capital will not be lower than double digits, but the number of people who can trace the source and find the murderer and messenger is probably only a slap in the face.

With no monitoring, no meddlers, and no means of investigation, how can the murderer be caught?

Those who can be caught are either unlucky themselves or newcomers to the industry.

Those real veterans have never been able to be caught.

So, human life is worthless!

Randolph's words did arouse the indignation of some civilians present. They felt that they had been humiliated, but thinking about it the other way around, there was nothing wrong with what Randolph said.Indeed, the lives of civilians are worthless, three to five gold coins, ten gold coins at most will be enough.If suicide can be exchanged for [-] gold coins from the nobles, I am afraid that the civilians waiting to commit suicide in the imperial capital can queue up to circle the imperial capital a few times!
So what would happen if the nobles didn't use the death warrant to pay for their crimes?
According to the current explanation of the crime of homicide in the Imperial Code, this nobleman has already assumed the crime of subjective and active homicide, and he will be hanged on the execution rack!Just because of two lowly lives, a nobleman is going to be hanged?This is not a joke, so the nobles must assert their power and use shockingly high money to buy their own capital crimes.At this time, from the perspective of the nobleman, it seems that fifteen thousand gold coins is not much, at least he survived.

The expressions on everyone's faces were changing, even Isaac's.

These nobles may not use the redemption order every day, but once it is used, it means that the imperial family will take a knife and slash them hard, taking away a large piece of flesh and blood.The noisy voice gradually ended, and everyone looked at Randolph, wanting to see what this guy would say later.

"Just now the respected Lord Marquis Isaac questioned me about the right of immunity, so now I have to talk about the right of immunity in detail, and the relationship with the revision of the law and the constitution. If we break down the crime of homicide into More details, to meet the sentencing work in more complicated situations, then the same thing will have different results. The nobleman who took out 70.00 gold coins may cause death due to impulsiveness. Assuming about [-]% of the responsibility, so as to bear the final trial result of hard labor."

"But he is a nobleman, and he has different immunity according to his title. He will be exempted from part of the crime, plus some supplementary clauses. He only needs to obtain the understanding of the deceased's family and pay a part of the compensation, probably only need to pay..." , Randolph thought for a while, "About two hundred gold coins can solve this matter."

This time, not only the civilian councilors felt excited, but the nobles also became excited.

The data is cold, but it is also shocking, especially when [-] gold coins and [-] gold coins are put together, and the final result is the same, this comparison will create a huge psychological contrast.

Regardless of whether he was acquitted in the end or assumed responsibility, the nobleman was still free, but he only had to pay two hundred gold coins this time!This is very attractive to the nobles. As the ruling class of the empire, they always face some special choices.Especially when some violators appear, they have to choose to pretend that nothing happened, or to pay a lot of money for their own momentary anger.

If everything can be done as Randolph said, and he only needs to pay a small amount of money to let himself breathe, so this proposal can actually be considered.

Isaac glanced at his staff, who shook his head slightly. Randolph's sophistry was like a heavy punch, making everyone waver.

This proposal obviously has an unparalleled appeal to the privileged class and the aristocratic class. Opposing it at this time, or going against the mainstream because of the possible traps, is obviously not worth the candle.

"Mr. Randolph, what about the redemption order? Can it be executed together with immunity?" Some nobles raised new questions.

If the redemption order and immunity are executed together, the law is like a flimsy piece of paper in front of the nobles, which cannot withstand any tearing.Randolph shook his head, "Of course not. Immunity will take precedence over death warrants, but the two can only implement one standard."

This is also the strategy developed by Gan Wen and Queen Pars. First, use the big pie of immunity to weaken the effect of the redemption order. is their ultimate goal.There is actually a big gap between having a death warrant and not having a death warrant. The nobles may have enjoyed this privilege all the time and have not had a deep understanding of this privilege, so their concept of the death warrant is still in the flowery state. Money to eliminate disasters.

From Randolph's statement, it is not difficult to find that the death warrant and immunity may have very close results, but they are actually quite different.The redemption order means that crimes are bought out with money. As long as it is applicable within the scope of the redemption order, the nobles who use this privilege are innocent.But the right to immunity is different. Even after being exempted from all crimes, the nobility essentially assumes a guilty nature.

Guilty and innocence are definitely two completely different concepts.Under this concept, as the emperor of the empire, Empress Pars has more means of operation.

You can beat and punish a criminal, but you must never touch an innocent person.

This also involves a deeper political game, that is, constitutional amendments and law amendments.This time, Empress Pars made a surprise move to bring out these two things that should have been hidden in the deepest part of the proposal, and directly said it in an open and honest manner, but it did not attract much attention from people.Everyone's attention is on the right of immunity and the death warrant.At the same time, as long as this proposal is passed, Queen Pars can further weaken the power of the Council of Elders and the Privy Council, and gather more power into her own hands.

The Council of Elders and the Privy Council have always been a very troublesome place. After the elderly nobles leave office and pass on their titles to their heirs, they will enter the Council of Elders and become "elders" among the nobles.The Presbyterian Church was originally a place arranged by the royal family to arrange for those old nobles who had no place to vent their unbalanced mentality every day, but as the number of old nobles in the Presbyterian Council increased, the forces involved became larger and larger, and eventually became It's too big a trend.

No matter what it is, as long as nobles are involved, the Presbyterian Church wants to take care of it.After all, these elders were once the patriarchs of various families. Although they have resigned, they still have a huge network and influence. Sometimes Queen Pars has to make concessions for them.

Especially in the matter of judging nobles.

The Privy Council can be regarded as the internal inspection department of the noble class. Of course, this department has been completely corrupted and has become a place for the nobles to exonerate themselves.

The Council of Presbyterians and the Privy Council were united together, and with the existence of the redemption order, they almost monopolized the trial of nobles.Unless it is a serious crime such as treason, basically all nobles are innocent!
After the immunity was implemented, the process of trial by the Council of Elders and the Privy Council was directly skipped, and the provisions in the law were directly used for sentencing, and the two departments were not given any chance to speak, thus depriving them of their political influence.

The proposal this time can be said to achieve multiple results in one fell swoop, and it is definitely not something that can be thought of with a slap in the face.

After a while of discussion, Gan Wen smiled and glanced sideways at Isaac, picked up the wooden chassis and knocked on the golden bell, "Are there any questions? If there are no questions, let's vote now. By the God of Light, I am already hungry." gone."

His words made the congressmen laugh, everyone was hungry, and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed.

Next, is the vote.

Let's start with the gold nobles. In fact, before yesterday, Gavin and Queen Pars found all the other families and talked with them one by one, forming a unity.

"Let's start with Earl Wren, Earl Wren, your decision is..." Gan Wen looked at Wren.

Ren tucked his arms around his waist and stood up, "I agree!"

Not too many surprises, 340 seven votes in favor, 96 votes against, 22 abstentions, and some people were not present, valid votes were not counted.In the end, Randolph's proposal was passed. Of course, the passage does not mean that this matter is completely successful. There are still issues of law and constitutional amendments that need to be resolved, but that is a matter for Congress and Queen Pars. At home, there won't be any big surprises.

After the vote, the congressmen couldn't wait to pack their things and leave. The high-intensity physical and mental work all day made them disgusted with this place, and they wanted to fly back home immediately.

Ren walked at the end, walking with Gan Wen.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate you and Your Majesty. The proposal was successfully passed, but I still have a little idea..."

Gan Wen paused, and then stepped on firmly, "It's good to have an idea, which shows that we are good at thinking. Tell me about it?"

　These two chapters always feel like I am taking jujube pills

　　
　
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