Reform of the tax system, the establishment of schools, the construction of water conservancy, and the development of tuntian, these series of ideas were thoroughly promulgated by Zhang Yan through decrees.

Before, it might have been just casual talk, but now he's ready to come to the real thing. All laws and regulations were strictly revised and then issued by the general's office, and all prefectures, counties, and counties had to follow these laws and regulations, and Zhang Yan would also go out and walk around from time to time to make secret visits to see if there were any officials who violated discipline.

Once the decrees were promulgated, it was like a thunderclap on the ground.

With clear decrees, they can be used to bind officials and the common people, and anyone who dares to disobey them will be treated equally.

In ancient times, although each country had its own laws, after all, it was still a society ruled by man, and the emperor represented the supreme power, and the emperor could even act arbitrarily according to his own preferences. Therefore, this has become the ultimate goal that many ambitious people dream of.

But throughout history, how many emperors have made a difference? And how many faint kings are there?

Zhang Yan's thoughts and soul do not belong to this era, so they often collide with the thoughts of this era. Some things, in his opinion, were a very ordinary thing, but in the eyes of the ancients, they became extremely serious things.

In such an era full of collision of ideas, Zhang Yan has only two paths to go. The first way is to be at peace with what you encounter, follow the customs of the locals, and learn the words and deeds of the ancients in everything. The other way is that he is unwilling to be assimilated by the ancients like this, and wants to use his wisdom beyond a thousand years to do something vigorous in this era, and then let those ancients be assimilated by him.

The path chosen by Zhang Yan. Undoubtedly, the latter. The unruly Zhang Yan. is a person who does not admit defeat. There is a spirit of not giving up until the goal is reached.

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yan can come to this day step by step!

But at the same time, Zhang Yan also knows very well that the bigger his territory, the greater the responsibility, the heavier the burden on his shoulders, and there is a huge bureaucratic system from him, all supported by them, without them. I'm just a loner.

However, Zhang Yan is also worried about the huge bureaucracy. After all, not everyone is willing to follow them all the way to the black. If too much power is given to them, they will not have the ambition to make trouble in this society ruled by man.

To this end, Zhang Yan officially promulgated a series of laws and regulations, so that there are laws to follow, violators must be prosecuted, and set an example to implement the rule of law.

The idea of promoting the rule of law. It has existed since ancient times, and it has its own school. It is for the Legalist school.

During the Warring States Period, Shang Ying and Han Fei were the leaders of the Legalist school, and they attached great importance to the law, but the doctrine of the Legalist school promoted by the two was nothing more than putting forward the idea of the rule of law on the basis of the rule of man, but it was not realized.

The rule of law and the rule of man are fundamentally opposed to each other, and they are different concepts of governance. The rule of man emphasizes the supremacy of individual power over the law, while the concept of the rule of law is the opposite. If you want the rule of law, you don't want the rule of man, and if you want the rule of man, there will be no rule of law. However, it should be emphasized that the country's reliance on the rule of law does not mean that it does not rely on the role of people, because no matter how good the laws and systems are, they need people to realize and enforce them. However, the "role of man" and the "rule of man" cannot be equated, as they are fundamentally different concepts.

Zhang Yan wants to implement the rule of law, he must go a long way, so this time he first issued several decrees to restrain people's behavior, and for the first time publicly stated that the people can sue the officials, and once the strict investigation is true, even if they are officials, they must accept the punishment of the law.

As the saying goes, if there are no rules, there is no circle.

The Han Dynasty also had laws, and its main legal forms were divided into four classes, namely law, order, ke, and bi.

"Law" is the regular code of the country, which has relative stability and universal applicability; The "order" is an edict issued by the emperor at any time, which has a strong pertinence and flexibility.

The legal effect of the "order" is higher than that of the "law", and it can replace, change, or even cancel the relevant provisions of the "law" and can also make up for the shortcomings of the "law".

From this, it is not difficult to see that although there were laws in the Han Dynasty, as long as the emperor was happy, he could overturn all laws by issuing an edict casually.

"Branch" means section, which is the legal norm of crime and punishment.

"Ratio" refers to a typical case, in the absence of a correct law, the use of typical cases that can be compared with the judgment for judicial trial, it is a more flexible form of law than "law".

In the judicial system of the Han Dynasty, the emperor held the highest judicial power.

In the central government, a court lieutenant was set up to take charge of justice, try edicts and doubtful prisons, and the prime minister and the imperial historian participated in the judiciary. At the local level, the state is the highest judicial body, and the state chaplain hears county appeals. The county and the state are governed by the Taishou and the Minister of State, and Cao Peng's officials are appointed to be in charge of justice. In the county, the county order is also in charge of justice. and set up a county to adjudicate justice.

It can be seen that the Han Dynasty was a typical society ruled by man.

This time, Zhang Yan's decree clearly stipulates that everything should be done in accordance with the law, and even if he himself violates the law, he must be severely punished.

In addition to formulating a series of practical laws, Zhang Yan also abolished several cruel punishments, such as Ling Chi, car splitting, and beheading, all of which were abolished, and only beheading and hanging were retained.

All kinds of decrees have been issued within half a month, and this winter will not be so boring anymore.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed, and since the promulgation of various decrees, it was rare for Zhang Yan to have such peace in the Shili area.

One day, Zhang Yan had nothing to do, so he wore civilian clothes and walked around the streets and alleys of Pengcheng alone, and unknowingly walked near the alley where Chen Qun lived.

Normally, Zhang Yan and Chen Qun are mostly busy with official business, and since Chen Qun joined him, they have never chatted with Chen Qun in private. Now that they have all come here, Zhang Yan wants to go to Chen Qun's house to sit down for a while and chat with Chen Qun.

Unbeknownst to him, as soon as he walked to the mouth of the alley, he saw horse-drawn carriages full of goods parked on the side of the road, extending to Chen Qun's mansion.

Zhang Yan noticed that most of these people wore official boots, that is, they had a great relationship with the officials.

Outside the gate of Chen Qun's mansion, the housekeeper of Chen's mansion seemed very busy, and he received the famous thorns and prayers here, and asked the family to drive the carriage to the mansion, and after coming out again, the carriage was already empty.

Zhang Yan casually asked the people near the alley, and then learned that these people were all here to give gifts to Chen Qun, and knew that Chen Qun was Zhang Yan's right-hand man and was highly trusted, so they all came here and asked Chen Qun to do things for him.

Chen Qun did not shy away from it, as long as it was sent, no matter how much, he would accept it as it was, so that the officials from other places sent people to give gifts. I don't dare to be clear, I can only come to the dark, which is why I have the current scene.

After Zhang Yantan heard the ins and outs of the matter, his enthusiasm rushed to the top of his head, and he was angry.

Chen Qun accepted the gift, it was so blatant, and it was still under his nose, if it wasn't for the chance encounter today, he really couldn't have imagined that Chen Qun would do such a thing!

Today's Chen Qun has become Zhang Yan's right-hand man. When Zhang Yan was based in Xuzhou, in order to win the hearts of the people and strengthen the connection with the scholars, he let Mi Zhu manage the money and Chen Qun manage the grain, and later appointed Chen Qun as the Taishou of Pengcheng, and even some of the official documents he wanted to approve were directly signed by Chen Qun during the war, and his authority seemed to have become the second-in-command of Xuzhou. is more reused than Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, who came later.

It can be said that the current Chen Qun, in addition to not being able to directly mobilize the army, depends on him in all political affairs.

Zhang Yan has just issued a new decree, why did Chen Qun have an incident at this time?

Chen Qun openly accepted bribes, which Zhang Yan saw with his own eyes, even if Chen Qun was called over, Chen Qun would not be able to hide from the relationship.

Chen Qun was the first to violate the decree issued by Zhang Yan and must be severely punished.

Zhang Yan returned to the mansion angrily and immediately sent someone to call Chen Qun over.

Chen Qun was reviewing the official documents at the official office, and when he heard Zhang Yan's summons, he immediately came to the mansion where Zhang Yan lived.

As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Zhang Yan sitting in the center with an angry face, and he saw that Zhang Yan's face was wrong, so he hurriedly said, "Lord, what's wrong with you?" ”

Although Zhang Yan was angry in his heart, he didn't act rudely towards Chen Qun, and only said lightly: "The front of your mansion is like a city, and there are quite a lot of people who come to ask Lord Chen to do something, your house in the city is a little too small, I'm afraid that there is no place to put your gifts, so it's better to do this, I'll give you the official office under your feet......"

Chen Qun is a smart person, and as soon as he heard Zhang Yan say this, he knew where the root cause was.

At this moment, instead of showing a trace of horror, Chen Qun got up, laughing, and said: "I originally wanted to come back two days later to tell the lord, but who knew that this matter was still discovered by the lord......

"This is called Skynet's restoration, but not leak!" Zhang Yan said coldly, "Say, when did this matter start?" ”

"It's been the last few days." Chen Qun told him frankly.

"Where are they from?" Zhang Yan asked again.

Chen Qundao: "Most of the officials in Xuzhou are in Xuzhou, and there are also some ...... in Qingzhou and Yanzhou."

"You're blatant enough to openly accept bribes under my nose, aren't you afraid that I'll find out what you've done?" Zhang Yan said.

"Taking bribes?" When Chen Qun heard these four words, he was immediately surprised. (To be continued......)