"The structure of the Legislative Council is simple, with only one speaker, a number of chairpersons and deputy chairpersons, and officials responsible for daily duties, all of whom have no real power. The chairperson and deputy chairmen are only responsible for presiding over procedural affairs, issuing major orders, issuing personnel appointments and removals, and impeachment, rewards and punishments that need to be resolved.
At that time, the chairman and deputy are the people who convene and preside over the matter and have no decision-making power. There is a standing office under the political council, which is composed of the chairman and deputy chairpersons and some political officials. They can deal with daily affairs, involving major national policies and important matters.
The appointment, dismissal, reward and punishment of personnel must be decided by convening all the members of the political council. In order to avoid the disadvantages of long-term disagreements and indecision, the political council adopts the principle of the minority obeying the majority. After the majority agrees, any disagreement can be resolved
Those who express opinions can reserve their opinions, but they need to implement them according to the opinions of the majority. My personal opinion is that if more than 60% of the political officials reach an agreement, the matter can be discussed. Of course, the specific proportion is subject to discussion by us."
Lin Jue continued to speak out his thoughts endlessly. For the officials present, the specific structure and operation prototypes were further outlined in their minds. They were somewhat excited and looking forward to this new organizational structure for governing the country.
There is also some uneasiness and worry.
"Xiang Lin, I would like to ask you boldly. This council can decide all major matters, and its power is indeed not small. But who can restrain the power of the council officers? What about the fault of the council officers? If the council decides the affairs by a majority, how can it be done?
How to avoid forming cliques and roping in each other? If the political meeting itself is unfair, how can it discuss state affairs fairly?" An official stood up and asked loudly.
The official was not very old, probably in his thirties, with a handsome appearance and quite a certain demeanor. Lin Jue recognized him, but he was Xu Zixian, the magistrate of Anyang County on Hunan Road. This man was not well-known, but he could ask questions like this
Lin Jue was very impressed by the question. This showed that this person had listened and was thinking about the matter seriously.
"That's a good question, Mr. Xu! The truth is that I was expecting someone to ask such a question. For Mr. Xu to ask such a question, it shows that he is seriously thinking about the matter. As early as two months ago, I was outside Donghua Gate.
As mentioned before, power must be restrained and weighed. If power is unchecked and unconstrained, power will expand indefinitely and eventually become uncontrollable. Since we want to design a more advanced court structure, we must consider the checks, balances and restraints of power.
Question. Mr. Xu, my Lords, of course there must be a supervisory agency outside the cabinet and the Council. The Supervisory Yuan is established, and its responsibility is to supervise, investigate and deal with it. Not only for the cabinet and the Council, but for the entire government.
Officials of all levels of government offices in all prefectures, prefectures and counties must be supervised. They must perform official duties, use power impartially, act with integrity, and even supervise the moral integrity of the officials themselves. This naturally includes the political officials who are worried about Mr. Xu's forming cliques for personal gain.
There are many possible problems that may arise, such as party unity and dissent, favoritism, malpractice, malfeasance, injustice, etc. The Control Yuan acts independently of the Cabinet Council and will watch everyone like a hawk, and everyone must be responsible for their own actions."
"You may want to raise this question. If the Control Yuan acts independently, what should we do if the officials of the Control Yuan themselves are unfair? It is very simple. The Control Yuan is governed by the Political Council.
It will be supervised by the Supervisory Council. Once the Supervisory Council discovers that the Supervisory Council has committed malfeasance, unfairness, malpractice for personal gain, or has exceeded its powers, it will naturally have the right to deal with it. This is a process of mutual supervision and mutual restraint. In order to ensure mutual
Supervision does not involve personal interests and ensures fair conduct. There must be laws to follow and laws to follow. Therefore, after all the structures are completed, the first thing to do is to negotiate various laws in the political council as a basis for all
The rules for conduct in the Great Zhou Dynasty. The "General Laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty" should be formulated as the outline, and then the "Penal Laws" should be formulated to punish crimes, and the "Civil Laws" should be formulated to regulate the daily behavior of the people. Even all aspects of laws should be formulated to be detailed, such as
Each industry should have industry laws, etiquette should have etiquette laws, and even marriage and childbirth should have marriage laws. When the Supervisory Yuan acts, it also formulates "Supervision Laws" to regulate it. The duty of the Council is to formulate various laws as needed.
Let the entire Zhou Dynasty act in accordance with rules and regulations. In the end, all affairs actually have laws to follow and laws to abide by. Make sure that everyone is equal before the law and has no privileges. In the end,
Our goal is to standardize the 'rule of man' into the 'rule of law', and the entire Zhou Dynasty will operate in an orderly manner without human interference. Of course, this process will be long, but as long as we move in this general direction, we will always get better and better.
I am getting closer and closer to the final goal, and as the goal progresses, I will become better and better."
The officials didn't know how they felt. These descriptions by Prime Minister Lin were a brand new world for them. The words "rule by man and rule by law" were like an enlightenment that made some officials realize. The reason why the world cannot be governed as expected is often because
It is because of man-made deviations. People have selfish desires and favors, privileges and obstacles, and all kinds of insurmountable resistance, which will cause all kinds of bad consequences. Many things have gone bad in this way, and have become a matter of course, and it has become difficult to accumulate disadvantages.
In addition, the fundamental reason lies in the rule of man. If the Zhou Dynasty can finally rule the world by law and make everyone equal before the law, there will be fewer regrets and disputes.
Lin Jue looked at the officials in the venue who were talking with different expressions, and sighed in his heart. In fact, Lin Jue knew very well that what he said had not been realized even in the highly developed world where he came. Rule by man
The rule of law is just a slogan, and it is basically impossible to realize it. Because the law is determined by people, and there are people outside the law, it is absolutely impossible to operate as precisely as a machine. It is an unattainable ideal state. Moreover,
The development of society is becoming more and more sophisticated and complex, and the law cannot even cover all aspects. It is simply empty talk to achieve the point where everything is ruled by law. However, in this era, both people and social structures are relatively simple, and the rule of law can actually be achieved.
A fairly large proportion may be able to achieve an unexpected effect.
Of course, Lin Jue knew what he wanted. His so-called big changes were by no means really about a society ruled by law, equality for all, freedom and democracy. In fact, those things were ridiculous to Lin Jue.
, is absolutely unworkable. Even on the earth where I come from, some of the so-called free and democratic systems are ridiculous and hypocritical. The truly effective system is actually a centralized system, not a democratic system.
False routines such as leading elections. Cultural traditions shape the character of a nation. For a country like Zhou Dynasty, delegating power to the people is unrealistic and will only cause greater chaos and confusion. Lin Jue just wants to borrow
A system that is much more mature than the current method of governing the country, forming a form of centralized rule that eliminates the disadvantages caused by the emperor being in power. In essence, this is still a kind of centralization, but it is not the emperor who centralizes power, but a group of people.
Just elites.
Moreover, Lin Jue will not really let power fall completely into the hands of these elites, because Lin Jue knows that with their knowledge, they may not be able to control the governance structure he designed. He must control everything and correct it at any time.
Possible deviations. After all, for Lin Jue, this is just an experiment that he takes for granted. Lin Jue himself has no experience in this area in his past life. Therefore, if Lin Jue actually does it well, it will not work.
If we want to change, we must quickly reverse direction and be prepared to quickly correct mistakes. And how to ensure this ability, there is obviously only one thing: to seize military power and hold on to it.
"My lords, what I said before is just a general idea, and the specific strategy still needs to be finalized. I am here to provide you with a blueprint. How to implement it needs to be agreed upon by all of you. There are many details, but the truth still needs to be finalized.
We cannot cover everything. Although I have not seen you these past few days, I have not been idle either. I have drafted several plans here, which I would like to distribute to all of you for discussion. They are "Methods for the Formation of the Political Council", "Composition of Officials of the Political Council" and
Qualification Certification", "Structure of the Council", "Composition and Recommendation Methods of Standing Council Officers", "Principles of Organization of Council Resolutions", "Cabinet Powers and Responsibilities", "Cabinet Structure", "Powers and Responsibilities of the Control Yuan" and other ten plans. These are
Some basic ideas. The top priority is to establish the structure and build a framework. After that, we can start to formulate the "General Laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty". Based on the "General Laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty", we will formulate the "Penal Laws", "Civil Laws" and other laws respectively.
Law. Today and tomorrow, we will start to solve the problem of preliminary structure construction. I will work with you to discuss and supplement and improve together. It is almost noon, you adults can have lunch first, and the meeting will continue in an hour."
While Lin Jue was talking, someone had already brought dozens of loads of printed draft texts and piled them up in categories at the entrance of the stage. Dozens of guards specifically responsible for this matter were carrying the texts and quickly distributing them.
All the officials were shocked. It turned out that Prime Minister Lin had already made preparations. Just drafting these drafts would probably take a lot of energy and time. This shows how concerned Prime Minister Lin was about this matter. Many people originally thought that this was just a matter of time and effort.
One of Lin Xiang's ideas might be difficult to carry out in a short period of time, but suddenly a large pile of draft documents was delivered to his hand, and he realized that something was coming. Although he was not mentally prepared, he could only bite the bullet and follow it.
Already.
Regardless of whether they were still psychologically conflicted or had completely accepted the situation, in short, the matter was at this point and all the officials knew that there was no escape. The meal at noon was very rich, but there was no wine, and many people had no appetite. They ate in a hurry
After lunch, the officials did not even go to the room vacated by the barracks for them to rest, but returned to the meeting place to study the drafts carefully.
