reincarnated as king

The official organization of the Ministry of Punishment in the Jin Dynasty was divided into the first office, the second office, and sixteen clean-up departments. Among them, the sixteen official-clearance departments were responsible for the judiciary in the sixteen prefectures of the Jin Dynasty. The core decision-making place of the Ministry of Punishments, the two institutes are the Zhaomo Institute and the Prison Office, which are respectively in charge of documents and the prestigious Tianlao.

Today, one of the outer halls of the Secretary's Office was rarely filled with low tables and tables. Before Mao's time, it was already full of people, but looking at the busy traffic outside that didn't stop, people came one after another.The adults sat in their seats according to their official positions and relatives, either whispering or nodding with a smile, exchanging information in private.

Looking at the posture, I am afraid that all the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs in the capital have come—yes, not only those nine-rank officials who have been engaged in clerical work all the year round, but even some low-ranking officials from the sixteenth official department have also attended .However, if someone who is familiar with the art of looking at qi is asked to see it, they may see that there is a bit of evil spirit between the brows described by those people, which is brought about by the criminal law for many years, but there is also a clear understanding in their hearts.

In the middle of the day, a figure appeared at the front of the lobby, coughed lightly, and everyone fell silent.This man was about the age of [-], with warm eyes and a long beard under his chin. He looked upright as a scholar. It was Zang Yanxin, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Punishment.I saw him say: "Everyone has arrived, I invite you to come here today because I have something to discuss." As he said, he clapped his hands, and saw a group of attendants enter with lowered eyebrows, and sent a message to everyone present. a booklet.He saw that everyone in the hall already had a book in their hands, and some people even opened it to observe it out of curiosity, but there was no noise, he couldn't help but feel satisfied.Zang Yanxin waited for a while, and only when everyone present focused on him again did he bow his body. A scholar in blue came out from the inner hall behind the screen, with a light robe and a handsome face, and there was a natural sense of awe in his words and deeds. Human spirit.

It was Bei Gongdi.

Some of the people seated near the front were lucky enough to see such a beautiful person during the enthronement ceremony of Bei Gongdi, and at this time there was a strange look on their faces.However, Bei Gongdi didn't wear a dragon robe, but dressed as an ordinary scholar. I'm afraid he has other plans, and none of these shrewd people in the officialdom immediately called him out.

He said to the audience: "I am a bachelor of servants, and my surname is Huang." After he finished speaking, he bowed and said again: "This time I am here to clear up your doubts. Please open the "Law List" in your hand." Although his words were modest, everyone saw Master Shang Shu standing respectfully behind him, and immediately knew that his identity might not be guessed, so they all listened attentively.

"This book is divided into two sections, summary and sub-columns, and please read the summary first." Seeing the silence in the room, Bei Gongdi couldn't help but have the illusion of giving lectures in high-level institutions in the past, and smiled slightly at the moment.

The title of this book is "Laws at a Glance". Bei Gongdi didn't create it himself, but he ordered Yang Zirong and Zang Yanxin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, to convey the meaning a little bit, and it took a few days of work to revise and sort it out.

From the experience of governing the country in later generations, Bei Gongdi knew that the law is the foundation of the country.It's just that if he deliberately pays attention to it, he will inevitably be refuted by the current literati who "emphasize Confucianism and emphasize the law". Such literati separation is not good for political stability, which is not what Bei Gongdi wants.Therefore, he can only take it slowly, step by step to strengthen the legal awareness of the people of the country, especially the officials.

The laws of the Jin Dynasty were inherited from Shen Ke of the previous dynasty, and most of them were customary laws. After the integration of Jin Tai‖zu, a "Great Jin Code of Laws" was compiled.Jin Tai‖Zu Bei Gongliu recited that although the law code is comprehensive, it is thick and inconvenient for ordinary people to read, so he made a brief selection of the content and revised it into a "Da Gao".It has to be said that Bei Gongliu still has a certain awareness of "studying the law for the whole people". In order to promote the new law, he stipulates that every household must have a copy of "Da Gao", and those who violate it will be sent to the army.

However, such a method of swallowing jujubes, except that the circulation of "Dagao" was inferior to the Four Books and Five Classics, did not achieve the effect Bei Gongliu wanted-the perpetrators were still repeatedly banned.

Bei Gongdi was not interested in the "Dajin Code of Laws", which was also hindered by Bei Gongliu's writing in "Ancestral Instructions" that "this is the sincerity of the ancestors, and the kings of later generations are not allowed to change the word of the Code of Laws. Those who are corrupt are the root of the country, and they will be punished without mercy." I am too lazy to bother.But since it cannot be changed, a few additional laws should be added.After thinking about it, Bei Gongdi decided to start with the compilation of the "Criminal Law" and "Civil Law".

It should be known that the law is for people to read. If people want to understand it correctly, they must carefully consider the words and clarify their meanings.Bei Gongdi invited these people from the Ministry of Punishment to come here today, also for the purpose of gathering the wisdom of all to check for omissions and make up for vacancies.Since you want them to speak, you can't put on an emperor's demeanor, otherwise everyone will be silent, and no one will dare to object.

The "Summary" of the "Law List" is to explain the connotation of the law and the principles of the law.Before compiling, Bei Gongdi mentioned the rule of law spirit of the customary law of later generations to Yang Zirong and Zang Yanxin, and the eyes of the two people were bright and they were very excited.Bei Gongdi looked at the words on the booklet in his hand, and thought to himself, these two people were very straightforward, they added everything, and they almost didn't sign it, which is "Long Live Yuyi".

Sure enough, these quintessential ways of "legal spirit" were still in vogue 500 years ago. Although there are still some obscurities that are ahead of the times, after being broken down by Bei Gongdi one by one and explaining the deep meaning, it makes people suddenly realize that everyone here is listening. Fascinated, as if he got some magic words.

It took Bei Gongdi half an hour to finish talking about "Summary", took a sip of the tea passed by Zuo Chang, and said to the people below who were immersed in thinking: "If you have any questions, you can ask them now. Two quarters for Q&A."

There was a slight silence in the spacious outer hall of the Secretary's Office, and everyone secretly communicated with each other—what does this answer mean?What questions should be asked?

Zang Yanxin was standing behind Bei Gongdi at the moment, although his expression remained unchanged, he was secretly nervous inside.He prayed that there would be no embarrassment in the silence, after all, it was the Tianzi Academy, although most of the people present did not know that the lecturer who claimed to be Huang Xueshi was the current Shengshang Beigongdi.

Bei Gongdi maintained his unchanged smile, looking forward to someone among the numerous officials of the Ministry of Punishment breaking through the official practice of "ordering from above to below, and not caring about it", and bringing him the dawn of hope—— The dawn of democratic expression in politics.

Time passed by moment by moment, and Zang Yanxin's heart rose to his throat.Just as he couldn't hold on frowning and was about to roll his name, a person sitting at the back of the hall stood up tremblingly.Bei Gongdi's eyes lit up as he waited leisurely, and he immediately said, "Please."

"Master Huang, the 'customary law formulation' mentioned in the "General Collection" requires a blueprint, but according to my "Dajin Code of Laws", it is complicated and cannot be clearly expressed. For example, "The Code of Laws "In the sacrificial chapter of ", there are two kinds of conclusions, respectively in the first "

That person didn't seem to have spoken in front of so many people. He trembled a little at first, but gradually calmed down later.Looking at his familiarity with the Law Code and his position and clothes, Bei Gongdi guessed that he was a member of the Sixteen Qing Officials Department and had been with the "Law Code" all year round.It is also because it is often necessary to discuss with others in order to exercise judgment based on it, so I dare to raise this long-standing issue at this time.

The first person to ask a question was not a high-level official in the Ministry of Punishment, but an unknown low-level official who was in touch with people's livelihood!I don't know if it's irony or Bei Gongdi's luck!

After he finished speaking, Bei Gongdi smiled slightly and said, "The blueprint may not be the code, but the code is a reference." He didn't wait for someone in the audience to change face slightly, and wanted to raise objections of 'violating the precepts of the ancestors', Then he said, "The intention of the Holy Majesty is not to change the legal code, but to add detailed names outside the legal code. Criminal law is classified as criminal law, civil law is converted into civil law, and commercial law is converted into commercial law. This is convenient for political affairs and beneficial to people's livelihood!"

Time flies, after Bei Gongdi completely lectured another chapter of "Law Overview", "Separate Statement", and at noon, he left a room with officials who had a lively discussion of "Criminal Law" according to the "group" he assigned, quietly left.When he walked outside the door, he said to Zang Yan meaningfully: "Now Ai Qing can understand, what is teaching him to fish?"

Zang Yanxin nodded slowly, Bei Gongdi smiled, and said: "Come on, come on, I see that you are out of your mind, just thinking about the discussion inside, then I will trouble Aiqing to go back and preside over the overall situation!"

Looking at Zang Yanxin's stern and selfless face, Bei Gongdi rarely showed a trace of embarrassment and embarrassment. He couldn't help but feel amused, waved his hands and left the Department of Criminal Affairs Office.

In the next few months, under the instruction of Bei Gongdi, the Ministry of Criminal Justice started a storm of reforms, and countless laws and regulations of the previous dynasty were dug out.Bei Gongdi originally thought that it would be good to successfully obtain the "Criminal Law" this year, but everyone in the Ministry of Criminal Justice was so excited that even the "Civil Law" and "Commercial Law" had taken shape.Bei Gongdi hurriedly told Zang Yanxin to proceed to the next step immediately, and prepared a group of honest and upright officials who were familiar with the new "Criminal Law" and sent them to some government offices to carry out pilot projects so that they could make corrections at any time and promote it nationwide next year.

However, the Ministry of Criminal Justice opened such a "seminar" as a precedent, but it has been preserved. It turned out that the high-level officials deliberately curry favor with Bei Gongdi, and when they discovered that it was more efficient to handle government affairs, it became completely customized.Bei Gongdi didn't know that his actions had already reformed the official rules of the Jin Dynasty, quietly sowed the seeds of democracy, and completely changed the course of the great historical ship of the Jin Dynasty!