Chapter 1092: East Becomes West (85)
Lawsuits, for the people of this era, is a thing to avoid, until the last resort, will never beat the drum at the entrance of the county government, many cases are either private, or they are handled by the clan elders in the township, which makes Gao Yuan very discouraged, in addition to such a way of dealing with it will bring a lot of sequelae, it will also make the power of the clan elders, the prestige is too heavy, which is not conducive to the rule of the Han State.
Let the law be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and let the people of the Han Kingdom regard lawsuits as a civilized way to deal with contradictions, and regard them as a part of daily life, which is what Gao Yuan wants to do.
The establishment of the Great Court is also a big step for Gao Yuan to realize the division of power in his own Han Dynasty, the Great Council has been vigorously carried out, after two years of promotion, now everyone in the Han Dynasty has begun to understand this new thing, and has begun to realize that they can also participate in the management of the entire Han Dynasty in another way. Every councillor needs to be elected by the people one vote at a time, and if you don't do what I want, I will naturally not elect you in the next term.
And those parliamentarians are now beginning to understand that their status and power do not come from Shangguan, not from the Yamen at all levels of the Han Dynasty, but from all ordinary people, and the objects they serve will naturally change, from pleasing Shangguan to pleasing the people, in Gao Yuan's view, this is the biggest step he took to change the world.
The establishment of the Grand Court was the second step he had taken. In general, so far, the implementation is still very smooth, in Jicheng, Tianhe, Langlang, Hejian, Liaoxi and other counties that were not affected by the war this time, the court system has begun to be established, they have broken away from the previous official system, from top to bottom, self-contained.
The legislative power is given to the Great Council, the judiciary is handed over to the Grand Court, and political affairs are placed in the Government Council, and the three powers are separated, each doing its own thing, and supervising each other.
The implementation of such a complex national system, naturally can not be achieved overnight, the time required is probably going to be a hundred years, but Gao Yuan will not stop because of the heavy responsibility and the long way to go, things must be done by someone at the beginning, as long as a certain level is achieved, the rolling wheel of history will not be transferred by human will but will go straight forward with inertia. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and I am the best person to promote it.
As the founding king of the Han Dynasty, he has supreme authority and influence in the Han Dynasty, but whenever he implements things, although there are objections, he will always be supported by the vast majority of people, even if it is difficult, he will go on step by step, if he is gone, he is afraid that his successor will not have the ability and courage anymore.
And Gao Yuan also has his own selfishness, in his previous life experience, the entire Chinese nation up and down for five thousand years, how many dynasties have passed, each dynasty falls, accompanied by dripping blood and hatred, countless lives are ruthlessly trampled in the soil, the rise of a new generation of dynasties, will inevitably step on the corpse of the previous generation of dynasties. If you want to maintain a dynasty that has not fallen for thousands of years, you must carry out reforms, and in the world before him, it is not that there is no dynasty that still sits on the throne after thousands of years, although with the progress of the times, they have lost their power, and they are only the highest symbol of a country, but isn't this enough? What Gao Yuan hopes most is that after a thousand years, his children and grandchildren will still sit on the throne, even if it is just a symbol.
A one-man dictatorship is not destined to last long. Gao Yuan has a clear understanding of this. Absolute power brings absolute corruption, and it is impossible for any wise monarch to change such a fate, and such a fate will only have one result in the end, class contradictions, the collapse of the social system, and finally bring about a revolution, end this qiē with blood and life, and then start another cycle.
Gao Yuan hopes to put an end to this qiē in his own hands.
The crisp sound of the gavel came from outside, and then Jing Shou's deep voice came: "The case of the Supervision Yuan v. Zhao Yong, the former county guard, is now sentenced, and everyone stands!"
There was a loud bang of benches, and hundreds of people stood up in unison in the huge hall.
"Rip him, rip him!" A hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the box on the second floor, and all the observers turned their heads in unison, looking there, Yang Guopei clamed the railing with both hands, and leaned forward, if it weren't for two colleagues grabbing him behind him, I was afraid that he would jump down and bite Zhao Yong a piece of meat.
was shouted by Yang Guopei, and the originally quiet hall below suddenly became noisy, and the shouts of "cut him" came and went.
Jing Shou was furious, dancing with a gavel in his hand, knocking and knocking, he himself was a soldier, and his strength was very great, this time the gavel smashed down with a fist, and the big case that was extremely strong was smashed loudly: "Quiet, quiet, whoever roars the court again, this justice will expel him."
Jing Shou was in the eyes of everyone, that was a character who did what he said, he shouted like this, and the hall suddenly fell silent, and even Yang Guopei was dragged back, I don't know if he covered his mouth, anyway, he didn't make a sound.
"Zhao Yong's treason, the evidence is conclusive, and he confesses himself, according to the law of the Han Dynasty...... "Everyone is not interested in the articles that Jing Shou reads, and the only thought that up their ears is the final ending.
"Hang!" When Jing Shou's mouth finally spit out these three words, some people in the three hundred auditoriums were relieved, some people were stumbling and sighing, some were indignant, Gao Yuan heard the sound of dong dong and babbling in the box on the side, and knew that it must be Yang Guopei who was going to attack again, but this time his companions around him were obviously on guard, and held him down and didn't let him go to the roaring court again, otherwise the current president of the dignified Han Dynasty Jishi City Military University was dragged out by Jing Shou and thrown on the square. It's inevitably too unseemly.
"Hang! That's a bargain!" Helan Yan on the side muttered. Compared to those Han officials who died in Dai County, his fate is much better."
"We can't fight back savagely because others are savage. Remember, we are a civilized nation!" Gao Yuan said: "What kind of waist cut, Ling Chi, this kind of torture should not be stored in the first place, in the future, we Han will gradually abolish those inhumane tortures, come step by step, you can't eat a fat man in one step at a time, and you can't change many of everyone's concepts It's not something that can be done in a short time."
Zhao Yong's hoarse crying and begging voice came from below, the voice gradually drifted away, obviously dragged down by the bailiff, and finally there was a noise outside, all the observers began to retreat, while walking out, while discussing the trial procedures of today's big court, obviously, today's trial process will inevitably become the standard procedure for the court to hear cases that will be rolled out in various places.
Prosecutors, defenders, suspects, a series of new words and concepts have been poured into the minds of these people in a very short time, and they also need time to digest them, but these parliamentarians themselves are very quick to accept new things, otherwise they would not be able to do a hot job in the Great Council.
Gao Yuan did not leave, Ye Jing'er, He Lanyan, and Ning Xin were surrounded by guards, and left in a hurry, and after a while, the ministers headed by Jiang Jiaquan and the ministers of various ministries rushed into Gao Yuan's box, the box was not big, and those with slightly lower positions could only stand outside the door.
"Your Majesty!" Jing Shou is the protagonist of the day, he takes the lead and bows to Takato.
"You're doing a great job!" Gao Yuan nodded, "Today's trial process has been compiled into a written copy and distributed to the courts in various places, and every judge must study it carefully, and every case heard by the courts below must also be compiled into a book and reported to the big court for compilation."
"Subordinates understand."
Gao Yuan's eyes swept over the many ministers in the room: "When the Supreme Court hears any case, it is independent and autonomous, and no one or department may interfere with the normal development of the court's trial work.
"Yes!" Everyone in the room bowed.
Gao Yuan stood up, stretched out his hand to open the curtain, and looked at the now empty hall: "You, including me, must learn to get used to one thing in the future, that is, on our heads, there is a sword of law hanging on our heads, the slightest carelessness, breaking the law, this sword will fall, the law is ruthless, I hope every minister here will remember this."
"Subordinates remember."
"My Han's law has just begun to be established, and it is still very imperfect, Mr. Jiang, the Great Council should seize the time to do a good job in legislative work, and Jing Shou, your duty is not only to hear the case, but also to try your best to find loopholes in the law in the process of trial, and then enable the Council to make up for it."
"Yes, just outside just now, Commander He has already told me about this Tan Jian, although these people are a little hateful, but they are indeed talents in this regard, so his subordinates will organize a special department composed of these people to study the laws issued by the Great Council."
"Well, I'm glad you understood this." Gao Yuan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be afraid of many loopholes, we are all crossing the river by feeling the stones now, finding problems, solving problems, and spending decades, and finally one day making our laws perfect." Is Qin Lei here?"
Qin Lei, who was standing at the door, looked defeated, and walked in with his head in his head, "Your Majesty!"
Gao Yuan looked at him for a long time, "You are loyal to the Lord, this is a good thing, but you also have to understand that Zhao Yong did make a big mistake this time, if he was just forced to surrender the Qin people, it would be nothing, but he should never hand over the list of our officials in Daijun to the Qin people, otherwise among these people, there will always be people who escape, not the whole army destroyed."
"Young son, he really deserves to die, but he is the only bloodline of Xianggong after all." Qin Lei cried bitterly and fell to his knees.
"At this time, Zhao Yong should have been escorted to the execution ground, right?" Gao Yuan turned his head and asked Jing Shou.
"Yes!"
"Mr. Jiang, bring it!"
Jiang Jiaquan took a step forward, took out a yellow dossier from his sleeve, and presented it to Gao Yuan with both hands.
"Take it!" Gao Yuan didn't even look at it, and threw it to Qin Lei." Hurry up, if you're late, you won't be able to complain about me."
Qin Lei opened the scroll with trembling hands, and the three big characters of the amnesty decree came into his eyes, he glanced at Gao Yuan in disbelief, fell to the ground suddenly, knocked his head three times, got up and ran outside. (To be continued......)