Chapter XVI Public Law
Looking at the more than 20 ministers of the DPRK and China in the hall, it would be a lie to say that they were not nervous at this time.
As an ordinary college student who traveled back in later generations, he had never even been a village chief before, but now he came to the Qin Dynasty to reform the Qin law and lead the entire legal affairs of the Great Qin, and he was more or less sincere and fearful in his heart.
However, fortunately, his knowledge of the law is not comparable to that of people in this era, and he has the power and status of the emperor to support him, so Li Yang, who is in his twenties, sits on the main case, but he also looks full of confidence and has no fear.
Li Yang glanced at everyone, and said sonorously: "Yang was ordered by the emperor to open the mansion and rectify the law, and the law of the mansion will be reformed, today, start!" ”
"The first decree is to abolish the sitting!"
"When the decree is reached, all prisoners who are held in conjunction with each other will be acquitted!"
"The second decree, called the Public Law, consists of one hundred and eight articles. This "Public Law" is the general outline law of the Qin Law, and all Qin laws must not violate the essence of the "Public Law". ”
"These two decrees were quickly transmitted to all counties in the world. The decree is made public, and the whole country walks together! ”
Li Yang waved his hand: "Get the book, give the order!" ”
"Yes!" Ting Wei Meng saluted, received the order, walked directly to the main case, and stood beside Li Yang.
At this time, the desk was already full of legal documents, and these legal documents were actually prepared by Li Yang in the past ten days.
Meng Yi, who was the supreme law of Great Qin, also ordered loudly at this time: "The envoy listens to the order!" ”
"In!"
Suddenly, a group of envoys responded in unison.
"Mikawa envoy!"
"In!"
"Hedong envoy!"
"In!"
"Nanyang envoy!"
"In!"
"Envoy!"
"In!"
"Envoy Yingchuan!"
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"Envoys from all over the country, set off immediately and send them to all places!"
"Obey!"
The envoys from all over the country received the decrees one after another, and then left quickly......
After Meng Yi sent the decree, he immediately returned to the bottom, and no one in the hall said anything.
The first way to abolish the law of even sitting, which they all understand, is to abolish the five clans of Shang Yang (one person violates the law, and the five clans related to it, including relatives, friends, teachers, etc., will be affected), starting today, one person will commit a crime, and only one person will be treated.
However, everyone is curious, what is the so-called "public law"?
Everyone looked at Meng Yi one after another, obviously wanting to know some information from him, but Meng Yi, the court commander who was in charge of the Supreme Law of Great Qin, was also at a loss at this time, because he didn't know what the "Public Law" was.
I didn't know when I saw Meng Yi, so everyone looked at Li Yang on the main case again.
Li Yang naturally knew that they were eager to know the "Public Law", so he waved his hand to the secretary who was in charge of the documents on the side, and at the same time said to all the adults in the hall: "The "Public Law" is the general outline of the Great Qin Law, and the "Public Law" is now distributed to you, and everyone has a copy, and I also ask you to memorize this "Public Law" by heart, because the next Qin Law reform will be revised in accordance with the "Public Law" as the general outline, whether it is the imperial power, or the decree, or the law, it must not violate the essence of the "Public Law"!" ”
"Yes!"
Everyone in the hall responded in unison, and then began to collect the "Public Law", and then eagerly checked it......
If a traveler sees this "Public Law" at this time, he will definitely exclaim: Isn't this TM the Constitution!
Yes, this so-called "Public Law" was actually compiled by Li Yang by drawing on the constitution of later generations.
Since it is a reform of the law, then to change it one by one, to change it completely, the first thing is to determine the outline and foundation of the law.
And the Public Law is the basis of the program that guides all new laws.
Of course, the Public Law is not a copy of the articles of the constitution of later generations, because there is a huge difference between this era and later times, whether it is politics, institutions, or society. Therefore, this "public law" is naturally very different from the constitution of later generations.
However, the purpose of the Public Law is the same as that of the Constitution, which is to consolidate and maintain the power of the State and to regulate the effective operation of the power of the State. As far as the law is concerned, it is to lay the foundation for the unification of the legal system.
In addition, there are two more important points, that is, Li Yang wants to use the "Public Law" to plant a concept called "personal rights and interests" to the people of the world.
For example, the first article of the "Public Law" is: The Great Qin Empire is the Great Qin of the Emperor and the Great Qin of all the people.
Article 2 of the Public Law: The Great Qin Empire implements the principle of the rule of law in Qin.
Article 3 of the Public Law: All subjects of Great Qin are equal before the Qin Law.
Article 4 of the Public Law: The lawful private property of the subjects shall not be violated, and the Great Qin shall protect the private property rights and inheritance rights of the subjects in accordance with the provisions of the law.
In short, there are a total of 108 articles in the "Public Law" compiled by Li Yang, two-thirds of which are to regulate the effective operation of state power, that is, to limit the abuse of public power. As for the laws on individual rights and interests, there are very few laws, which are limited to personal safety and property security, and other freedoms of speech, demonstration, and assembly are impossible, and there are certainly no democratic aspects at present.
For Li Yang, what he can do at present is to plant the concept of "equality for all" and the concept of "individual rights and interests" to the people of the world.
For example, in Article 1 of the Public Law, Great Qin is the Great Qin of the Emperor and the Great Qin of all the people. It is to let everyone in the world know that no matter who is the emperor, this country is not only the emperor's, but also each of them. At the same time, it also planted a gene called "democracy" for the people of the world.
In addition to the provisions regulating the exercise of state power and the protection of persons and property, the Public Law also contains several articles on the obligations of the people. The aspects involved are roughly the provisions of the obligations of military service, conscription, paying taxes, defending the country, etc.
Of course, the "Public Law" has a greater effect, that is, Li Yang feels that as long as the "Public Law" can be implemented, then even if he dies in the future, then no matter how the Qin Law is revised later, it will not be so evil, after all, the later revision of the Qin Law, it must also be revised in accordance with the general idea of the "Public Law" to formulate the law. Therefore, the "Public Law" can also be regarded as a direction for the future law-making.
In fact, the evaluation of later generations was indeed as Li Yang expected, and later generations evaluated the "Public Law" as the guiding light of the law.
Of course, this is all a later story, and it is naturally impossible for Li Yang at this time to know how people in later generations will evaluate him.
In other words, the expressions on the faces of the adults in the hall were enriched with the review of the "Public Law".
Shocked, frightened, frightened, some adults even took out their handkerchiefs and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads while reading them.
After reading it for the first time, they all have four words in their hearts, that is: Li Yang is bold!
However, after reading it twice and comprehending it carefully, this group of officials, who were in charge of the laws of Great Qin, found that this "Public Law" was actually very exquisite.
Especially Feng Zai, as a doctor of imperial history, he was in charge of supervising hundreds of officials, and when he saw that two-thirds of the provisions of the "Public Law" were all provisions that regulated the power of government agencies at all levels, he couldn't help but feel like a treasure, and the whole person was extremely excited.
Feng Zai asked himself, although he was the imperial historian and was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, he could not write such a comprehensive outline to regulate the operation of government institutions at all levels.
At the same time, he realized that if the law on the supervision of officials was rewritten in accordance with the "Public Law", the new law of supervision would be extremely comprehensive and detailed.
Thinking of this, Feng Zheng's whole body trembled, he really believed that Li Yang had learned the law now, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "Zhongcheng, this law ...... As the outline of Qin Law, this method is really wonderful! Zhongcheng can write this "Public Law" alone, and the officials admire it! ”
After speaking, Feng Zai gave a salute.
"Master Feng thinks it's appropriate, and then the appearance is relieved." Li Yang didn't expect that this "Public Law" would be so praised by Feng Zheng, and he could be regarded as a big stone in his heart, so he said: "Lord Feng, as a doctor of imperial history and a hundred officials, why don't you lead the imperial historians to use the "Public Law" as an outline to rebuild and improve the existing supervision law, and rebuild and improve the new law, so let's name it "Administrative Law"!" ”
"Yes!"
Feng Zheng and several imperial historians under him saluted and received the order.
At this time, Meng Yi said with a worried face: "Zhongcheng, this "Public Law", as the outline of Qin Law, is indeed exquisite, but ...... However, the lower officials also found that there are many rebellious things in the "Public Law", and the lower officials are worried that this may cause trouble to Zhongcheng! ”
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PS: Excuse me, is anyone reading this book?