Chapter 18 Qin Law is inhumane

Seeing that everyone was finally impressed by his obscenity, Li Yang also nodded with satisfaction.

In fact, he has been thinking about how the law should be changed these days.

Li Yang knew that relying on him alone, even if he changed it for a lifetime, it was estimated that there would be no way to modify and improve Qin Law, after all, a person's energy was limited.

However, if the officials of the judicial department are allowed to change the law in this way, the law they revise will definitely not be what they want, after all, more than 2,000 years apart, there is a huge generation gap in vision, thought, and ideology, and the ideology cannot be unified, and the revised Qin law will naturally be gone for thousands of miles.

Therefore, after thinking about it for many days, he remembered that it would be better to write a constitution similar to that of later generations, and give it a new name, "Public Law", and then use it as the legislative foundation and ideological guidance of the new Qin Law.

In this way, as long as there is this "Public Law" as the guiding direction of the new Qin law, then the thinking of the new Qin law can be unified, and the specific revision of the Qin law in the future will not need to be completed by himself one by one. And all he has to do is to review, review, and then stamp, release and implement.

In this way, not only can they be at ease, but also allow the judicial officials of the Great Qin Dynasty to have a new understanding of the law, and completely change the thinking of these officials, which can be described as a beautiful thing that kills two birds with one stone.

Of course, Li Yang also knew in his heart that this "Public Law", which was compiled from later generations, did have many words against the monarch. This is also why on the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he would ask Ying Zheng those two questions in the dragon chariot, in order to know the bottom line of Ying Zheng's concessions for this legal reform.

If it weren't for the two sentences that Ying Zheng answered in Long Yuan, to be honest, Li Yang would not dare to publish the "Public Law" to the world so hastily.

At the same time, the reason why Li Yang wants to put himself in danger is also something that cannot be helped.

If the Qin law wants to be reformed, it must be changed from beginning to end, inside and out, not only to reform the old law, but also to reform the old ideas, old systems, and old consciousness, so that the Great Qin can be truly renewed.

Otherwise, just amending the law, abolishing the joint sitting, and punishing serious crimes and minor crimes, then this is not a change at all, and at best it can only be regarded as an adjustment of sentencing, which is simply a palliative treatment but not a cure.

If we do not cultivate the patriotic thinking and consciousness of the people, this country that has gone through hundreds of years of conquest and war, and the Spring and Autumn Warring States, which has lost countless lives and finally completed its reunification, will have to be torn apart again.

If we do not legislate and give the people a way to live, the country will still not last long, the war will be ignited again, and the world will eventually be devastated.

In history, why did Liu Bang and Xiang Yu succeed? Isn't it because the people responded? The people of the world have responded to the war against Qin, how can the Qin State not die. And all this, in the final analysis, is because the people of the world have no way to live, and in order to have a chance of life, they have to rebel.

There is no land in the world that no one cultivates, which shows the weight of forced labor, and it is terrifying.

All the people were taken into forced labor, but there was no one to cultivate the fields, leaving the people with two dead ends: men dying in conscription, and women dying of starvation at home.

Let's ask, if there is no legislation to stop it, how can this Qin State not die?

What's more, for Li Yang, a traverser, if the people of the world can't even eat enough and have no surplus food, how can they still have the energy to engage in handicrafts?

If you don't engage in handicrafts, how can you do industry?

If you don't do industry, how can you engage in economy?

Without the economy, how can society develop rapidly, and how can the country become prosperous and strong?

Moreover, Li Yang has a small wish in his heart, that is, he wants the whole world to speak Chinese......

What English, French, Japanese, all fucking calves, in order to reduce the burden on the doll, this matter has to start from the Qin Dynasty.

Therefore, to sum up everything, the first thing Li Yang has to do is to give the people of the world a way to live. Set a small goal first, such as letting the people of the world eat first!

In order to let the people of the world have enough to eat and have a way to live, we must first limit forced labor, and when it is time to farm, we must farm with peace of mind, and only when the farm is idle can we requisition labor, so that the livelihood of the world can not be chaotic.

"Zhongcheng, now that a hundred Qin laws have been preliminarily changed, do you think it is appropriate?"

Just when Li Yang's thoughts were in turmoil, Meng Yi came to him with a bamboo scroll and asked.

"Well, Lord Meng has worked hard." Li Yang took the bamboo roll with satisfaction, and at the same time did not forget to say a word of comfort.

Meng Yi smiled awkwardly, but he was thinking about what would happen tomorrow morning.

The emperor is furious, will he kill Li Yang alone? Or do you just kill all the magistrates who participated in the reform of the law?

Hey, bad luck!

Just when Meng Yi was crying out in his heart, he heard Li Yang say unhappily: "Lord Meng, this ...... What the hell is this called? ”

Meng Yi was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion: "Zhongcheng, these hundred laws are all changed under the guidance of the "Public Law", are there any shortcomings?" ”

Li Yang pointed to the bamboo roll and said: "Look at this, it is a fight, a fight, you actually want to set a sentence and cut off the kneecaps of the prisoner, this is ...... That's too heavy, isn't it? ”

Li Yang was really stunned, for the people of later generations, such a heavy punishment was completely incomprehensible.

Meng Yi said with a look of grievance: "Zhongcheng, we have already commuted the sentence." ”

The officials below also nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, our sentence has been reduced a lot, do you think Zhongcheng needs to reduce it again?" ”

This time, it was replaced by Li Yang's stunned face: "Huh? This...... This sentencing has been reduced quite a bit? ”

Meng Yi nodded: "Zhongcheng, I have the law of Great Qin, but anyone who fights with iron weapons will be sentenced to death, but now he is just barefoot, leaving his life, this is already magnanimous." ”

"............" Li Yang was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that Li Yang didn't seem to believe it, Meng Yi continued to explain: "Zhongcheng doesn't know that the crime of fighting is serious because I, the Qin people, advocate private fighting, and Shang Jun is especially serious in order to legislate to prohibit the practice of private fighting. ”

Li Yang directly gave him a dead fish eye, and only then did he finally understand what Qin Lu was fiercer than a tiger, this fucking Shang Yang was too inhumane.

Li Yang sighed and waved his hand: "Change, change again, except for the rebellion, the rest of the sins must not harm the body." ”

"Huh?" Suddenly, everyone was stunned and shouted at each other.

This means that unless it is the crime of rebellion, there can be no more cutting off hands, feet, ears, and noses, not even a finger, is this still a law for these officials who are used to Qin law? That's just too merciful, isn't it?

Li Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Ah what, in the future, these private fights, seriously injured, depending on the injury, or imprisonment or forced labor ranging from one to ten years." Anyone who injures life shall be sentenced to death. Minor injuries shall be removed from the Penal Code and a separate law, known as the Public Security Law, shall be imposed on them by imprisonment or forced labour for one month to one year. Go down and consider for yourselves the specific law. ”

Meng Yi couldn't help but worry: "Zhongcheng, will this cause private fighting again?" ”

Li Yang shook his head: "Lord Meng is too worried, don't worry, no one will want to serve in the conscription, and if you are sentenced to a few years of conscription, almost no one will survive." What's more, it doesn't make sense for you to cut off people's hands and feet, wouldn't they starve to death? It's better to repair the Great Wall for me Daqin, do some coolies, and do more things with one stone. ”

Li Yang personally experienced the pain of forced labor, and was arrested to repair the Great Wall for half a year when he first came to this world. No one knows the bitterness better than him. It was a hell, and the overseers were completely inhumane, and they didn't treat the servants as human beings, although he had only served for half a year, but he was worse than dead, and he had thoughts of suicide several times, and he had watched many servants fall like this, and then they never got up again, and the corpses were built in the Great Wall.

Li Yang knew that Mo Shuo's sentence of ten years and eight years of forced labor meant that those who could finish three years and still live were already a minority.

Meng Yi thought about it, and felt that it made sense, and nodded: "Zhongcheng is still thoughtful." ”

Li Yang smiled: "Slowly adapt, when your thinking changes, you will naturally understand the difference between the law of governing the world and the law of fighting for hegemony." Governing the world is for peace, and if you want the world to be peaceful, you have to leave a way for people to live. As long as they don't do things that hurt nature and reason, they have to leave a way to live, even if it is only a hope. ”

"If you don't do things that hurt heaven and reason, you have to stay alive......" Meng Yi thought thoughtfully for a while, then his eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Zhongcheng, Xia Guan seems to know how to revise this Qin law!" ”

Li Yang nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, Master Meng is a smart person, just a little bit, then Lord Laomeng will have to worry a lot!" ”

"Zhongcheng is polite, these are our duties."

Meng Yi saluted, and then went back with the bamboo scroll to continue revising it......