Chapter 137 Layout
The founding of the country soon became known to everyone, and everyone excitedly spread the word.
The soldiers had a reason to be happy, because in previous wars, they only counted military exploits and promotions, not titles.
After the founding of the country, these titles will have to be settled together.
I was penniless when I left, but when I came back, I was extremely rich.
The soldiers were indeed happy, but for the civil servants, this was extremely painful.
Because there is a lot of work waiting for them to do, although they can establish the country first and talk about other things later, some necessary things still need to be prepared.
Now, the awesomeness that Wang Buxian once boasted will be realized one by one.
What Zhang Liang put first was the law.
All the officials under the rule who were qualified to judge were gathered together, and then everyone began to study and discuss Qin's laws.
The request given by Wang Buxu was only eight words: light punishment for minor crimes and heavy punishment for serious crimes!
It seems reasonable, but when it comes to specific operations, problems arise one after another.
It’s easy to talk about misdemeanors and serious crimes, but how to judge those crimes that are considered minor or serious?
However, in this era when it is very difficult to popularize the law, these things cannot be explained clearly to the people.
Even if it's explained, they still don't understand.
So when publicizing, you only need to tell them that except for certain crimes that will implicate other people, other crimes will not implicate others.
Wang Buxu took the first version of the law that Zhang Liang and others revised in ten days, and his brows were furrowed into a straight line.
"What's the point of picking mulberry leaves if you don't make a penny? A ten-day profit."
The original version of the Qin Code was 30 days, which meant thirty days of corvee punishment. Here, it was reduced by 20 days. Although it seemed to have lightened the standard of punishment, it still gave the king a strange feeling.
Another example is copying the law on the crime of theft.
‘A steals, which is worth thousands of coins, but B knows that he has stolen, and is dirty for less than one coin, so what does it matter? He is guilty of the same crime as A!’
Wang Buxian only read part of it and put it down.
I really can't see it.
It has nothing to do with the quality of the writing. Problems definitely exist, but more importantly, I don’t have the heart to read these ancient texts.
There is no perfect law in the world. Now we are just making an outline, and then when new problems arise in the future, we will add them. After decades of revision, this law will gradually be perfected.
As for understanding the law, Wang Buxu felt that he did not need to memorize these things.
Otherwise, what would Tingwei do?
Just ask whoever's major it is. If he can't answer the question, then there's something wrong.
"Common crimes should be divided into master and slave, master is more important than minor, and they should not be guilty of the same crime. If there is a report, the punishment can be reduced or not punished according to the circumstances of the case. In this way, those who are forced to commit crimes will not go to the dark side, and thus
It’s getting worse.” Wang Buxuan said directly.
Qin's law is not just about sitting together, but even the law also gives people the feeling of sitting together. Regardless of the value of the case, regardless of the master and the subordinate, committing the same crime is the same.
While such laws can make people fearful, what about those who are forced to sin?
Or was he encouraged to commit a crime without knowing it?
Just like when Wang Buxu was carried up the mountain by everyone, was he unjust or not?
"In addition, for all crimes, the circumstances of surrender should be added. If the criminal surrenders, except for murder, rebellion, and treason, the punishment can be reduced according to the circumstances of the case. If there is enough time, it is best to come up with several different punishment levels. Surrender can reduce the punishment.
First-class punishment.”
"The purpose of the law is not only to deter crime, but it should not be a thing that criminals fear, but it should tell those criminals that breaking the law is not terrible. As long as they can surrender and confess, they can be lenient! If you dare to resist in a corner, you will definitely go to jail!"
Wang Buxing continued.
Wang Buxu thought about the theft of mulberry leaves again, and continued: "There is also the person who picked mulberry leaves. The value of the crime was less than ten yuan. The first crime was to pay ten yuan to the person who was stolen. The second crime was to pay twenty yuan. The second crime was to pay twenty yuan."
If you add one more grade, you will be paid thirty years. If you do it again, you will be paid one year."
This article actually adopts the law of later generations. Cases with too low case value will not be filed.
But Wang Buxing didn't say there would be no punishment, he just gave you a stepped punishment. Don't say you weren't given a chance, and don't think stealing worthless things is not a problem.
Once a habit is formed, you will no longer be able to control yourself later. Therefore, this kind of theft case with low value is both an opportunity and a warning.
Who dares to say that I am heartless?
Next came the land issue, which was another heated argument.
Nowadays, the people are not too short of land. Although the problem of land annexation still exists, it is just because the Qin Dynasty fell too quickly that the powerful people have not had time to expand the problem.
However, Wang Buxu still decided to distribute the land. Wang Buxu proposed the concept of state ownership of land.
"No, Young Master, this is absolutely not possible. What will happen to the powerful people in the world? Even if we don't consider them, what will happen to the officials and soldiers? Will they not give land during the enfeoffment?" Zhang Liang refused sternly.
"Sir, it seems a little inappropriate to do this..." Chen Ping also felt that there was a big problem.
In an agricultural society, land is the root of the problem.
With Wang Buxu talking about it day after day, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang also realized the problems that might arise in the future.
Although looking at it now, this problem is not a problem at all.
Even if they relax restrictions and allow people to plant whatever they want, there won't be enough land in the world to plant.
Don't think that Sanchuan County is overcrowded with two million people. In fact, this is not the case. There is plenty of arable land, but what is lacking now is people to cultivate it.
Therefore, if such a distribution plan is proposed now, not only will powerful officials be dissatisfied, but even the common people may not buy it.
Although the voices of opposition were loud, Wang Buxian never relented. Only by personal experience can one know the benefits of this system.
So he said: "The land issue will arise sooner or later. It is better to solve it as soon as possible while the world is still uncertain. This does not conflict with the rewards of officials and soldiers. The land enfeoffed will not affect other things except that it cannot be sold.
Adult men are divided into 40 acres, women are entitled to 20 acres, and the tax is one stone per five acres..."
"As a result, there is a large amount of cultivated land left uncultivated everywhere!" Zhang Liang frowned tightly.
"The remaining land is cultivated by the government itself, and all grain and farming tools are provided by the government. People who cultivate three acres of land for the government are exempted from one stone of tax. If A should pay ten stones of tax, he cultivates thirty-three acres for the government. In
In the absence of natural disasters, if the minimum requirements of the government are met, for example, the government requires that the yield per mu should not be less than one and a half dan, in addition to exempting A from the ten dan tax payable, the government must pay A one dan of grain as a reward." Wang Bu
Hungry and smiled.
As for farming, the land allocated to the people, as long as there is no natural disaster, the food grown will be enough for them to eat. But for farming for the government, the requirements can be lowered. In fact, if you do the math, you can make money just by farming for the government.
Isn’t the tax exemption just free of charge?
"Young Master, you...you..." Zhang Liang's eyes suddenly widened and he opened his mouth from ear to ear in shock, looking at Wang Buxuan in disbelief.
Thank you for kissing me, and thank you for your support of Ledi Car Leather Seat! It’s another weekend, so I’m asking for your support after midnight. It’s still the same old rules, the amount doesn’t matter, it’s love when you come, and you must have some cards.
I hope you can read it comfortably after it is put on the shelf. In the transitional chapter, I will not write about the laws in detail later. I will write it briefly in this chapter so that everyone will not talk about me later. Regarding the weights and measures of the Qin Dynasty, I will explain it in detail here.
To put it bluntly, one stone in Qin was 120 kilograms, one stone was equal to 4 jun, and one jun was thirty kilograms. However, Qin's kilogram was only half of what it is now, so in fact one stone was 60 kilograms today, or to be more precise, it was 30 kilograms. According to historical data
Chapter completed!