77. Law and Liu's house

Those who adapt will continue to take root in the officialdom and shine, and those who do not adapt will be eliminated!

Thousands of years of feudal officialdom are all like this. In politics, there is no absolute right or wrong, only what is right or wrong.

Like Wei Zheng at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, as the advisor of the crown prince Li Jiancheng, he said that the prince killed Li Shimin, such a person, after Li Shimin ascended the throne, he should be executed!

Didn't Li Shimin hate Wei Zheng? How is it possible, absolute hate! I can't wait for him to die immediately, think about the ending of Wei Zheng later, and the grave after his death was pushed by Li Shimin's personal order, you know Li Shimin's hatred!

It's just that because it is not suitable, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Incident and thus seized the throne, but no matter how whitewashed, no matter how eloquent and strategic, no matter how he is called Mingjun, the fact that he is not rightly awarded the throne is real.

So he had to work hard to downplay this fact, how to downplay it? That's to make the greatest achievement! to cover up to the greatest extent, so that everyone really thinks or goes against their will that this throne should indeed be done by him.

He has to let people know that he is a Mingjun, and what is Mingjun? In Zheng Wen's view, it is the so-called monarch with eloquence and broad mind in the mouth of the literati.

And the talent is strategic, obviously Li Shimin is not lacking, so he must also have an open mind!

And how can he reflect his open-mindedness? To forgive his enemies and reuse him, of course.

So at this opportune time, Wei Zheng, who had repeatedly spoken in front of Li Jiancheng to kill Li Shimin, became the most suitable candidate, Wei Zheng was indeed a talent, and he was also a literati, so Li Shimin exempted Wei Zheng from the crime and reused him.

As for Wei Zheng, he is obviously an old fritter in politics, and he saw through Li Shimin's mind at a glance, so he made many direct admonitions in the future, and the two monarchs and ministers came to such a tacit drama!

So Li Shimin in the literati became an absolute Mingjun!

Zheng Wen felt that Li Shimin was eloquent and broad-minded, but he was still a little aggrieved.

Zheng Wen could not think of any perfect way to deal with the administration of the big cadres, and it was not the same old way, so he intensified the anti-corruption efforts, set up special anti-corruption organs, and urged the officials at all levels to make them less corrupt. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, the methods of corruption in officialdom are full of tricks and countless, and it is too difficult to put an end to corruption!

Zheng Wen believes that it is imperative to formulate special anti-corruption laws and set up even more specialized anti-corruption organs in the general cadre.

In Daqian, the main law on which sentencing is based is the "Qianlu", which is formed on the basis of the "Tang Law" and added to the revision and adaptation.

In fact, anti-corruption is not their main job, and it is only incidental, their main job is to supervise the locality, deter local officials, so that local officials do not dare to act recklessly, so that local forces will not become bigger, but the current situation in the Jiangnan region in recent years is to tell Zheng Wen nakedly that the Inspectorate is somewhat useless, and it is time to change!

The main job of the Criminal Department is to manage the work related to criminal procedure law throughout the country, and is responsible for managing prison inmates across the country and supervising criminal cases throughout the country...... At this time, the power to try local cases was in the hands of the chief officials of various localities, and the power to try ordinary cases could not reach the hands of the criminal department, and they were only responsible for the final verification, but obviously the emperor was far away, and the criminal department could not always understand the specific situation, and could only make the final reply according to the usual practice.

The Dali Temple is more embarrassing, generally only responsible for the investigation of major cases, and the final trial power is in the hands of the Criminal Department, of course, it is also responsible for the re-investigation of unjust, false and wrongful cases, so Dali Temple has a high standard in status, but it is somewhat unworthy of the name in terms of real power, and therefore the power of Dali Temple can only be revolved in Yanjing.

Therefore, Zheng Wen wants to strengthen the real power of Dali Temple and live up to its name!

Assign the anti-corruption work of the specialized officialdom to this department, and let his direct agencies spread all over the country to form a deterrent to officials!

Of course, because of Yang Bo, the leader of Dali Temple, he can be regarded as Zheng Wen's absolute confidant.

As for the Inspectorate, Zheng Wen decided to refine their work, so that they can truly supervise the local area and supervise the officialdom!

As for the Criminal Department, Zheng Wen decided to gradually strip away the local trial power and hand it over to the Criminal Department, and send the organs directly under the Criminal Department to all parts of the country.

In this way, the three law divisions of the Daqian, the criminal department is responsible for the trial of cases, the Inspectorate is responsible for supervision, and the Dali Temple is responsible for anti-corruption.

The judicial power of the great cadres belongs to these three departments, so Zheng Wen can also rest assured!

Moreover, Zheng Wen decided to revise the "Qianlu" and formulate a new law on the basis provided by the three legal divisions, and this law should become the general outline of the law of the Daqian, which is equivalent to the current constitution, and other laws must be formulated in accordance with this law, and there must be no relevant laws and regulations that conflict with this general law.

Zheng Wen thought about it again and couldn't help but fall into deep thought......

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And at this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion of Guangliu.

Liu Jian was instructing his Cheng family: "Madam, you can help me prepare things for going out in the past two days, and it will take at least a few months for me to go out of the country." ”

"Are you going to Gangnam?" His wife Cheng asked when she heard this.

"Well, how does Madame know? This time, I was indeed ordered by His Majesty to go to Jiangnan on a business trip. Liu Jian listened, and then asked.

He said with some emotion: "The local officialdom in Jiangnan is eroded, the granary in Jiangnan is empty, and there is another incident in Jinling where the Jiedu envoy led troops to slaughter the family, it is really an eventful autumn, this is a hard job!" ”

When his wife Cheng heard this, she said with some amusement: "How is it drudgery? I think you can't wait to leave the capital and go to Jiangnan. ”

Liu Jian was suddenly seen through by his wife, his old face turned red, and he interjected the topic and said, "How do you know that Master Ben is going to Jiangnan?" Liu Jian said jokingly.

When his wife Cheng heard this, she immediately smiled, and then said playfully: "Master, it's true that I'm a backhouse woman, but I don't stay in the house every day, we women still have our own communication, I have heard of all the things that the lord just said!" ”

"So many major events happen together, the court has to deal with it, there must be a person of sufficient weight to come forward, in order to solve it smoothly, in the current court, except for Your Majesty, there is only you, master, as soon as you say far away, I know that it is Jiangnan, how about it?" Mrs. Liu made a slightly playful gesture.

When Liu Jian saw it, he immediately felt interesting, so he asked again: "Then you say, how should I deal with these three things?" In order to achieve perfection and live up to His Majesty's trust! ”

Mrs. Liu Cheng heard this, but said with a smile: "Master, this kind of national event, can we women intervene?" ”

As soon as Liu Jian heard such words, he immediately knew that his wife was afraid that he had something to say, because every time he heard such words, he would say something useful to him as soon as he asked his wife, and he was greatly inspired by what he heard, and his wife had helped him a lot in his decades of political career.

So his curiosity came up, and he asked: "It's all old husbands and wives, why do you want to come to this set, let's talk about it, and let my husband open his eyes!" Liu Jian said half-seriously and half-jokingly.

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she glanced at Liu Jian with disgust, and then said with a straight face: "Master, when you arrive in Jiangnan, as for the two things of rectifying the officialdom and dealing with the deficit of the granary, you should use thunderous means to rectify it wantonly, and you must be selfless with an iron face. ”

When Liu Jian heard this, he was silent for a moment, thought for a while, and then said: "The first two things coincide with my thoughts, which I can understand, and Your Majesty's thoughts are similar to mine." ”

"But in Jinling, Li Yin led troops to slaughter the Jinling family, this is obviously a violation of military law, Your Majesty has granted me full authority and entrusted me to deal with this matter, why can't I deal with it?"

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she spoke again: "Master, you are also an old fox in the political arena, why are you so real?" The first two things are major national affairs, you deal with them strictly, and others can't find fault with you, but the last thing obviously involves a woman, and it is Your Majesty's woman, so you must not take your own ideas privately, otherwise you will regret it sooner or later! ”

"Sir, you know what? Jiangnan Jiedu made Li Yin's daughter Li Ying'er serve His Majesty in the palace, and this woman's mind is the most difficult to guess! ”

"In this matter of Jinling, it is obvious that Li Yin knows that he is guilty and cannot escape the judgment of the law, and he is looking for a way for his daughter to live, this is he paving the way for his daughter, so he brazenly raised the butcher knife and slaughtered the family in Jinling, and the court and His Majesty benefited the most from this matter!"

"So you must not take the matter with your own mind. On the one hand, it is a little sensitive when it comes to military power, and it is a little unfavorable for you to deal with it, on the other hand, Li Yin's daughter is still there, and she has become His Majesty's woman, the woman's pillow wind is very powerful, and the woman's sense of revenge is also very strong. ”

"Besides, do you know Your Majesty's mind about this?"

Liu Jian listened, pondered for a long time, and then spoke: "Your Majesty's thoughts, it must be contradictory, on the one hand, I hope to deal with this matter seriously, after all, this matter is too bad, Your Majesty must give an explanation to the world, on the other hand, I don't really want to deal with this matter seriously, after all, Your Majesty benefits the most from this matter, these people are great heroes for Your Majesty!" ”

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she smiled, shook her head, and said, "Master, you are wrong!" ”