Chapter 45 The New Song Law is implemented
As a small country with only four prefectures and counties, and sandwiched between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, the New Song Kingdom's style of acting is not at all like a small country, but full of great power bearing. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
With the launch of the fourth issue of the "New Song Daily", when this newspaper circulated in the territory of the New Song Dynasty, a bombshell news was also exposed, that is, the New Song Dynasty was going to launch a set of legal systems that completely belonged to its own country.
As soon as this news came out, public opinion was in an uproar for a while, and the new Song Dynasty from the people to the officials all had great objections to this, and China has always emphasized the ancestral system, and the laws of the ancestors must not be forgotten, and the use of a completely unknown new law is quite a suspicion of violating the ancestral system.
Among the three divisions and six departments, four scholars all objected to this decision, and Yang Guangyi, the imperial historian, jointly wrote a letter against Jiang Yin's nonsense, but because the three prime ministers in the three divisions and the emperor Jiang Yin agreed to this bill, only when all the scholars did not agree to the existence of a veto, so the issuance of the new bill became a sure thing.
The promulgation of the new law is scheduled for the Dragon Head Festival on the second day of February.
On the second day of the second month of February, Jiang Yin got up early in the morning, put on an elegant imperial dress, washed and brushed, ate early, and then set off, today's sun is shining, the weather is sunny, the winter cliff has been blown away by the spring breeze, even if you put on a Confucian robe, you don't feel cold, but it is very warm.
Accompanied by Prime Minister Cai Cheng and Prime Minister Lin Cheng, Jiang Yin got into the car heading to the central square of Xincangzhou City.
At this time, the square has been under martial law, and the soldiers with spears are standing straight around the square, they are wearing the military uniforms that Jiang Yin has wholesaled to them from modern times, and they look quite heroic and sassy of modern soldiers.
Wang Sizong, Wang Xianqi and others have been waiting here for a long time, and when they saw the arrival of Da Jiang Yin's car, everyone also showed a look of anticipation.
Only the eldest Yang Guangyi has the worst expression, he is the one who is most opposed to the introduction of the new law, in his opinion, it is already against the ancestral system to amend the laws of the Great Song Dynasty without authorization, and now the implementation of a new set of laws from head to toe is simply to regard the laws of the ancestors as child's play, which makes him, the oldest old man, unable to accept it at all.
But what if you can't accept it, Jiang Yin's decision has been issued, and anyone now has only admiration for this new Song Dynasty lord, this country lord is not only elusive, but also proficient in strange arts, almost with his own strength, he moved mountains and seas, broke ground and built mountains, and created a mighty and magnificent miracle city out of thin air, and he also suppressed the price of grain in the entire Cangzhou region to a very low price that no one in the world can imagine, this kind of deeds, all make this new Song Dynasty lord have a pivotal position in the New Song Dynasty, What he said, it was even more true.
Jiang Yin stepped out of the car, and the people who welcomed the civil and military officials of the New Song Kingdom were welcomed.
After more than four months of recruitment and selection, Wang Sizong and others accepted many new officials for the New Song Dynasty, most of these officials were local scholars in Cangzhou, participated in Jiang Yin's scientific expedition, and then had the honor to pass and became a member of the New Song Dynasty official system.
Looking at the hundreds of pairs of eyes around him staring straight at him, Jiang Yin did not have the slightest stage fright, he followed the pre-established route and slowly walked onto the podium with Cai Changyi, Lin Yue and others.
Facing the microphone on the podium, Jiang Yin turned on his speech mode.
"Today, I have gathered here in the civil and military affairs of the new Song Dynasty, there is an important state affair to read out to you, as we all know, there are no rules, not a square circle, my new Song State was founded in just five months, but it is already the largest lord state in Hebei, we have been using the Song law before, there are many dross, and it is not suitable for the national conditions of my new Song Dynasty, therefore, I discussed with the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry, and suggested that the laws and regulations of my new Song Kingdom be amended.....
Now look at the "Song Law", a total of 12 parts and 502 articles, in which the complexity of the laws and regulations are cumbersome, and it is absolutely impossible for people to easily understand and grasp....
Now, Prime Minister Cai and four lawyers, I have written a legal document that is more in line with the national conditions of the New Song Dynasty, called "The New Song Dynasty Law", which clearly expresses the national nature, national subject, and national policy of the New Song Dynasty.....
First of all, the first article of the first volume of the new Song Dynasty, all people are born equal, there is no distinction between classes, officials should serve the people, and merchants should serve the market....."
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The biggest difference between ancient law and modern law is that the subject of service is different, ancient law is to maintain feudal rule, and it is a tool for the ruling class to oppress the people; The current service to the people is a democracy for the majority and a dictatorship for the minority.
The New Song Law also proceeds from this point, different from the traditional Song Dynasty Criminal Law, the New Song Law combines the advantages of later legal documents such as the Civil Code, the Criminal Procedure Law, the Public Security Administration Punishment Regulations, the Constitution, and the Criminal Law, and has the foresight to delete and improve some laws in the Song Criminal Code.
At the same time, in terms of legal form, the "New Song Law" has also made bold innovations, and the "New Song Law" is divided into 231 articles in the 502 articles of the 12 articles, which will be the same or similar in nature and the relevant edicts, decrees, qualifications, forms, petitions and other provisions as one door, and at the same time stipulate that the highest executive body of the central law is the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, etc.
The enforcement body of the local law, Jiang Yin, stipulated that a court should be established for the people to notarize.
At first, everyone did not understand the meaning of the word court, but after Jiang Yin's explanation, many officials generally understood that the main responsibility of the court is to punish criminals, resolve social contradictions and disputes, and maintain fairness and justice through trial activities.
Jiang Yin stipulates that the courts shall independently exercise judicial power on behalf of the state in accordance with the provisions of the law, and shall not be interfered with by any administrative organ, social organization or individual.
This bold innovation is actually because Jiang Yin found a lawyer group from modern times, this lawyer group is the law firm where Cai Changyi once stayed, and now the lawyers in the entire firm have been developed into employees of Jiang Yin's huge business empire, and their task is to set up four large courts in the four states of the New Song Dynasty to openly and fairly hear the legal disputes of these ancients.
After Jiang Yin's speech, many officials in the audience were still a little confused, although Jiang Yin had worked hard to convert those modern words into ancient Chinese, but this still could not change the essence of what they could not understand.
But these don't matter to Jiang Yin, once the framework begins to be built, as long as the citizens of the New Song Kingdom will be framed into the new legal system he designed....
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