Chapter 300: Reform through labor to generate income
Chapter 300 Reform through labor to generate income
"Court?"
"What does the court that Dasun mentioned have to do with Dali Temple?"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.
At present, the judiciary of the Ming Dynasty is divided into the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, collectively known as the Three Law Departments.
When major cases occur, they will be tried jointly by the three judicial departments, also known as the "three judicial departments joint trial".
In terms of functions and powers, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is equivalent to the Procuratorate in later generations, the Dali Temple is equivalent to the Supreme Court in later generations, and the Ministry of Punishment is responsible for national criminal decrees and review of criminal names.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the meaning of Da Sun's sudden proposal to set up a separate court.
Zhu Ying explained: "The responsibilities of the three divisions are clear, and there are no loopholes in the law. The biggest problem here is not with the three divisions, but with the officials themselves."
"The court that Sun Er wants to build is based on law. Everyone except the royal family, whether it is scholars, peasants, industrialists, merchants, nobles, or officials, must be bound by the law."
"To achieve such an effect, a complete judicial team must be established separately, completely separated from other officials, and the details must be continuously improved."
"Nowadays, our Ming law is mainly based on criminal law, as well as litigation, civil and other aspects. Sun'er's idea is to change the approach, focus on civil and litigation, and establish a separate criminal law to make it
The difference between Jing and Wei is clear."
Ming law is more of a reference for the presiding judge. How to decide the case does not need to be based on any legal provisions. It can probably be based on it. All interpretation rights belong to the presiding judge.
When encountering a trial case, the personal preference of the presiding officer will determine the final outcome of the case.
For example, if a serious criminal is good at reasoning and acting, as long as he can impress the presiding judge, he may be released in court if he is qualified for the death penalty.
Of course, under normal circumstances, what impresses the chief judge depends on the weight of the money. The heavier the weight, the easier it is to impress the chief judge.
For example, the county magistrate is almost a combination of three departments. Many more exaggerated cases are decided in this way.
Coupled with the transfer of official positions, over time, officials will naturally protect each other.
What Zhu Ying wanted to do was to break this convention so that people could, to a certain extent, contend with officials when they suffered injustice.
At this step, Zhu Ying was also prepared.
The existence of the Public Security Department is to first deprive the magistrates of their armed forces, and now what they want to do is to take away their judicial power.
This approach weakens the privileges of officials to a certain extent, and even local officials no longer dare to act unscrupulously.
Thus, the Ming Dynasty's rule of people was changed to rule of law.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he did not answer immediately, but carefully considered the feasibility in his mind.
Da Sun's idea is almost a complete change for the current Ming Dynasty.
The independence of the judiciary means that the selection of talents will be divided, and the items in the imperial examination will also be divided.
The final trend is to gradually transform the sources of officials into imperial examinations and gradually replace recommendation.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a very deep understanding of the system. Almost the entire Ming Dynasty system was built by him himself.
And now Da Sun's ideas have a great impact on Zhu Yuanzhang's system.
From business to military affairs, and now to the judiciary, Zhu Yuanzhang felt like he was starting over from scratch.
However, this feeling did not disgust Zhu Yuanzhang, but felt that it made sense.
Zhu Yuanzhang also gradually realized that the different views between Sun Yat-sen and himself were largely due to core differences.
The Ming Dynasty system created by Zhu Yuanzhang is a hierarchical system with strict upper and lower levels.
From the royal family, to officials, to soldiers, to scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants, the levels are distinct.
It's completely different here at Dasun.
Here in Dasun, there are only two levels, royal and non-royal.
In other words, except for members of the royal family, everyone else, whether they are officials, common people, or all classes, are the same and there is not much difference.
Such thoughts gave Zhu Yuanzhang a feeling of enlightenment.
This seems to be a better way to maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Da Sun's court and the Public Security Department should be complementary to each other. Let's follow the path of the Public Security Department and set it up in the Su and Song areas first, and then see how the results are."
Zhu Ying replied: "Grandpa, now that the court is newly built, my grandson's idea is to take this opportunity to abolish some tortures in torture. My grandson feels that these tortures are harmful to the peace of the world."
Zhu Yuanzhang quite agreed with this, saying: "What Da Su said is reasonable. We have also read many files. Many ministers do not follow the laws and regulations, and use torture to extract confessions. Even if they are found innocent, it will not be good for the people."
In other words, he is almost a half-wasted person."
"Then let's abolish all punishments that harm the harmony of nature, such as tattooing, stabbing, mutilation, castration, etc."
When Zhu Ying heard this, he stood up and bowed and said: "Grandpa, he will be grateful and loved by the people of the world."
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "We don't need you, Dasun, to flatter you. Although we have already thought about it in our hearts, it was you, Dasun, who proposed this matter first. The people want to thank you, and they also want to thank you."
Zhu Ying said: "Grandpa, my grandson is not flattering me, but I sincerely feel that grandpa has done a great thing. Even if the people are wronged in the future, they will be able to make a complete recovery after the truth comes out."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Okay, we won't say more about this. We will announce it to you tomorrow morning. But if we want to run the court, we must first improve the law."
"Since it was Da Sun who brought up this matter of law, I will make Da Sun responsible for it. Then Da Sun will have a good chat with Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and decide on this matter together."
"After the Ming Dynasty Code is established, there will be more ways for scholars to take the imperial examination in the future."
Zhu Ying had proposed reform of the imperial examination earlier, and now it is time to implement it.
Zhu Yuanzhang has nothing to worry about. There is no good or bad effect on these reforms at present. Anyway, he will work on them first. If something bad happens, he will just change it.
Naturally, I need a lot of support for Da Sun’s idea.
By this time, Zhu Ying and the old man had already taken a walk and returned to Qianqing Palace.
After sitting down respectively, Liu He quickly went to make tea.
Zhu Ying thought for a while and continued to talk about her thoughts.
"Grandpa, regarding the current legal punishments, my grandson wants to focus on strengthening labor reform in addition to the death penalty and exile."
"Now that my grandson is setting up a factory, he needs a lot of workers, and the wages currently being offered are also very high. This is also so that when other people set up factories in the future, they can give workers a relatively reasonable wage."
"My grandson has also been to the cell. It is simply not a place for people to live. Moreover, these prisoners are locked in the cell and have to be fed."
"My grandson thought that instead of beheading him or dying on the road to exile, it would be better to do more hard labor. For example, he would be sentenced to ten to eight years. For more serious ones, it would be no problem to do it for twenty or thirty years."
"The factory run by my grandson also needs a large number of workers. Those who are sentenced to hard labor do not need to be paid. If food is tight, we can use sweet potatoes to mix them in, but we will save a lot of money."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was very moved, especially the word frugal.
As for diligence and frugality, this can be regarded as touching Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, and it can also create treasures. This seems to be really good.
"Then the Great Sun will establish a regulation, and these specific implementations will also be included in the Ming Code."
Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Actually, we have also thought about hard labor before, but I feel that it is too simple to sentence us to hard labor. Roads and bridges are built every year, and basically the number of hard labor in the village is almost the same."
"Working consumes energy and food. Now that my grandson can make money, it's great."
"Even if there are as many people as Ming Dynasty, the five factories of Da Sun might not be enough."
Hearing this, Zhu Ying laughed and said: "Grandpa, this is a wrong idea. In the future, we will simply build a large prison in a remote place on the outskirts of each city, and gather all the prisoners who have been sentenced to hard labor in the city." stand up."
"In this way, each prison is like a factory, and it doesn't require much investment, so the prisoners can build it themselves."
"You can also recruit some masters among the jailers to teach. By then, weaving, clothing making, porcelain, tea growing, etc. will all have sources. You can even add some other industries according to the local conditions to carry out the work." Generate revenue.”
"In this way, it not only reflects the grace of our Ming Dynasty, but also adds a lot of income to the internal funds every year. Isn't it wonderful?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up when he heard what Da Sun said.
The author is indeed out of work, but because of his previous job as a designer, the later settlement and handover of some projects was delayed, resulting in the fact that he spent the past two days out on the construction site during the day.
Will update the last two days tomorrow.
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