Li Xingchen nodded. People's hearts are different. He feels that everyone can gather under the banner of the Han Dynasty and move forward. However, it is impossible for everyone to really give up their own prejudices or other envy, jealousy and other emotions, so they are excluded from each other.
Alliance, collusion with the intention of competing for power and profit, is also reasonable.
Often, what appears to be calm inside and outside the court is always full of intrigue behind the scenes.
As an emperor, Li Xingchen certainly knew that many of the things he could see were the side that officials deliberately showed for themselves, and even the smiles on some people's faces might be fake smiles.
Therefore, he must also rely on the help of Yushitai to maintain order in places he cannot see.
Even if he really had to, Li Xingchen wouldn't mind using the white robe.
At first, he didn't understand why there were so many factories of this kind and that in the Ming Dynasty. Now he realizes that this method is convenient, fast and has a deterrent effect.
However, Li Xingchen tried his best not to place his hopes on the white robe or the establishment of a new Jinyiwei. Once something like Jinyiwei got started, future generations would fall into constantly forming new departments to check and balance the death of Jinyiwei.
In this cycle, a large part of the energy of the Ming Dynasty's internal supervisory forces was spent on continuously establishing these spy departments, and these departments fought endlessly with each other, which ultimately led to the failure to actually supervise the officials, and their own family members
There were quite a lot of mutual attacks and frame-ups. In the end, it was difficult for people to judge whether these departments really caught people or just fabricated charges to arrest people.
As Du Qi mentioned just now, Li Xingchen now wants to supervise all officials, but does not want to rely on forces such as Jin Yiwei. It is not without his confidence. This naturally means that the big man has now completed the preliminary revision, and is getting more and more
perfect law.
Each dynasty actually had its own laws, some written and some unwritten, and China's own legal system actually had to wait until after the Ming and Qing Dynasties to mature, at least during the Tang and Song dynasties, whether it was the court deciding matters
Whether local or state governments decide cases or try them, they all rely on moral restraint. In fact, what the Ministry of Punishment provides is just some basic rules and superficial punishments. Except for some major crimes that are easy to judge - such as rebellion,
The presiding officer has great autonomy in how the remaining crimes should be judged and punished.
But this is different in the Han Dynasty. The newly revised version of the law in the Han Dynasty is not so much a revision as it includes many aspects that were not covered before. The main body of the written text alone is thicker than
It was tripled before. What is this concept? This is simply rewriting two laws that are the same as before.
This is also the reason why Shen Jungao has been in a good mood recently. He feels proud after completing such a law that has amazed the world. Although how to implement this large law and make the world gradually become familiar with it is still unclear.
It is also a quite arduous task to follow the rules, but at least we have completed the first step, and we should be proud of it, right?
There is no precedent for using laws to govern a country in history. For example, the Qin Dynasty was known as the "violent Qin". It seems that governing the country by laws did not bring any good results. But what everyone has to admit is that at that time,
The Western Qin Dynasty indeed became strong because of its heavy use of Legalism. And in the later Han Dynasty, it was not that it did not have its own laws. After all, without laws, the officials below were completely free from restraints.
Moreover, the laws of the Han Dynasty are different from the laws of the previous dynasties that everyone remembers, and the laws of the Qin Dynasty recorded in historical records. The laws of the Southern Chen Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, etc. are naturally very simple and straightforward, and even fully embody what is meant by "troubled times"
Use the most important words."
And look at the laws of the Qin State back then. In fact, they are similar to the laws of these troubled dynasties, and even worse. It is common to commit the crime of sitting together, and neighbors will be affected, let alone a family.
Inside the house?
It is not bad to use heavy laws in troubled times, but in history, the Qin Dynasty still adhered to the original laws even though it unified the world and there were no more wars in the nine states. Naturally, one day, a certain incident would directly lead to boiling public resentment.
The Dazexiang uprising may have been just a joke played by God on the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty, which was founded on the virtue of water, was finally destroyed by a heavy rain. But in fact, even if there was no Dazexiang, there would still be Zhongzexiang and Xiaozexiang.
What the people want is not the laws that are still strict or even harsh in peaceful times, especially when these laws are tied to the corvee or even directly to the head, it becomes even more deadly. Since the imperial court wants to kill us, then
We can only overthrow the imperial court first.
Therefore, the laws of the Han Dynasty are far less harsh than all the previous laws. Many clauses in the laws involving human life have gradually begun to change in the successive revisions. The original simple corporal punishment of beating a number of sticks has gradually become
Corporal punishment plus fines, and even some conflicts caused by malicious slander, etc., the parties concerned have to publicly apologize in local newspapers and other places.
Some people are stubborn and strong and are not afraid of punishment; some people are extremely wealthy and are not afraid of fines; and some people are shameless and are not afraid of shame. Then just use a little of each of the big man's laws, and there will always be one who can cure you.
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They are often shameless and their families don't have much spare money.
People who have a lot of money are often afraid of punishment. If you hit them with a stick and cut their skin and flesh to pieces, if you hit them with a knife, your whole life's hard work will be gone. Your money will not be spent, and your people will be gone. You think there is something better than this?
Something more tragic?
Those who have a strong character and refuse to accept punishment are often more afraid of being embarrassed. A good man who is praised by everyone in the street has to apologize to others publicly. This is too embarrassing. How can he be brothers with others in the future?
Compared with the monotonous loss of heads or exile, these adjusted punishment methods are obviously more humane and allow the presiding officer to prescribe the right medicine.
In Li Xingchen's view, the purpose of the law is not to scare the monkeys by punishing one person and silencing others, but to make the person being punished realize where he went wrong so that he can change his ways.
At the same time, let others know that breaking the law is terrible. This terrible thing is not only the terrible thing about losing your head, but also the terrible thing about your reputation and money.
Those businessmen who love wealth as much as their lives, and the celebrities who value reputation above all else, will naturally obey orders.
In addition to the fact that the imperial court was very optimistic about the new law, the people's voice for the law was actually higher than expected. There is no other reason. Although each dynasty had its own laws in troubled times, these laws
Almost all are disorganized, and most are too harsh.