Not to mention that the other ministers attending the meeting couldn't figure it out, even Tu Tu, who was the secretary of Dali Temple, still couldn't figure out what the emperor's subordinate officials under the Dali Temple did after this meeting. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info but one thing made him understand that the emperor's reinstatement of him as Dali Siqing was not because he didn't value him, but for today's plan.

When he walked out of the Benren Hall amid the different looks of the ministers, hesitating whether he should go to meet the emperor now, Wang Yue led a person over first, and said with a smile, "Lord Tu, the emperor is invited, please come with the old slave." ”

"Father-in-law, please."

Tu Yun said respectfully, and glanced at Tu Xun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who was following Wang Yue in surprise. Both of them nodded slightly, obviously both of them were summoned by the emperor, but they didn't know if they came for the same thing.

The two followed Wang Yue to the imperial study of the Maoqin Palace. The latter didn't say a word, so he directly pushed open the door of the palace and stood aside, and said to the two, "The emperor just said that after the two Tu adults come, they can go in directly." ”

Tu Tu and Tu Xun nodded and walked in cautiously.

"Chen Dali Siqing Tu Xun (Criminal Department Shangshu Tu Xun) See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!" Tu Erren walked in respectfully with his head bowed and saluted loudly.

"Excuse me, sit down." Zheng De, who was sitting behind the imperial case, waved his hand to the two who raised their heads, beckoning them to sit down first.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your seat."

Tu Yun and Tu Xun sat down next to half of their buttocks, raised their heads and just met the emperor's eyes across a royal case.

and the Son of Heaven are on an equal footing, which makes both of them feel a little uncomfortable.

"I think the two Aiqing must be puzzled by the addition of six courts in Dali Temple and many other matters, if you have any questions, you can ask me, I will answer them for you one by one."

Zheng De went straight to the point, which made Tu Yun, who didn't know how to speak, secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and asked in a deep voice, "Since Your Majesty wants to abolish redundant officials and redundant personnel, why do you want to add six courts in Dali Temple, this is really unnecessary in Weichen's opinion." ”

"Isn't it necessary?" Zheng De was noncommittal, and said with a smile, "Then what do you think I added six courts to Dali Temple for, to raise a bunch of idlers?" ”

Tu Tu was suddenly choked by the emperor's words, although the latter was just a young emperor, from what he had done since he ascended the throne, it was impossible to do such a naïve and boring thing, so what did the emperor do this for?

Tu Xun on the side remained silent, although he was surprised that the emperor was looking for his purpose, but the affairs of Dali Temple had little to do with him, the secretary of the criminal department, so he was not very willing to get involved.

"Please also make it clear to Your Majesty." Tu Yun stood up and arched his hand.

"Aiqing, please take a seat." Seeing this, Zheng De no longer sold Guanzi, and looked at him and said his thoughts directly, "I summarized all the rights of the Ming Dynasty into four parts, namely executive power, legislative power, judicial power and military power. The so-called administrative power is the right of the governing party to manage the world, while the judicial power is the right to decide the prison and judge and convict. If the rights of these four parts are concentrated in one person, it can be said that the power is overwhelming and unstoppable. Therefore, Emperor Taizu abolished the position of prime minister that year to prevent disobedience. But I felt that this was not the best choice, so I divided the power of the imperial court into four parts, separated the judicial power from the six parts, and handed it over to the Dali Temple alone. Now Dali Temple has the right to judge all the affairs of the world, if there is no additional subordinate officials, how can it be handled? ”

The right to judge the world in all matters?

Hearing this, not only Tu Xun on the side also gasped when he heard this, but the emperor's breath was too big, right?

Looking at their expressions of disbelief, Zheng De also knew what they were thinking, but he didn't explain too much, after all, this kind of thing can only be tested slowly by time, and no matter how good the words are, they are not as convincing as the facts.

But in the end, I couldn't help but say, "Of course, if necessary, I can also stand on the judgment seat." ”

However, he still muttered to himself in his heart: Of course this is impossible......

Despite this, these words completely calmed the two of them, and they didn't know what to say for a while. However, they definitely didn't believe what Zheng De said, they just felt that what the emperor said was a bit of a joke.

Zheng De was quite satisfied with the reaction of the two, and continued with a smile, "As for the establishment of the various courts and offices of Dali Temple, they all have their powers and responsibilities, among which the case filing division is responsible for the registration of all trial cases and the management of documents; The Supervision and Tribunal is responsible for the examination and approval of all death penalty cases and the supervision of the trial of all cases, so as to prevent the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases; The Criminal, Civil, and Civil Divisions are responsible for adjudicating each case, while the Enforcement Division is responsible for enforcing the outcome of the case. ”

"Your Majesty, why do you have to set up three government offices to conduct trial affairs, and how should criminal, civil, and official affairs be classified?" Tu Tu asked the question in his heart.

"Speaking of which, we have to say something else." Zheng De looked at the two of them but did not answer directly, but said another thing, "The main purpose of my search for the two Aiqing to come today is for this matter. ”

Zheng De paused slightly, glanced at the two of them, and saw that no one answered. I had to continue depressedly, "I decided to refer to the "Da Ming Law" as a blueprint, and extract the "Hu Law" and "Criminal Law" separately and delete the additions and subtractions to formulate them into a separate law, what do the two Aiqing think? ”

"Your Majesty, never."

Hearing that the emperor wanted to do something to the "Da Ming Law", the two ministers shouted in unison to stop it. At the same time, I also felt a little incredible, after all, Emperor Taizu had already said that 'it is strictly forbidden for the heir to change chaos into law', why does this great tomorrow seem to not listen to what his ancestor said, this is simply undoubted with his descendants!

Of course, they can only think about this in their hearts.

Zheng De naturally didn't know that he had been labeled as a 'descendant of the unscrupulous' by the two court ministers in front of him, but even if he knew that he would not care about it nine times out of ten, after all, strictly speaking, he was not a real descendant of the Zhu family, and so many were just doves occupying the magpie's nest.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu once said, 'It is strictly forbidden for the heir to change the law', and the ancestral precepts cannot be violated." The two hurriedly got up and persuaded.

If it was before meeting Wang Tingxiang, Zheng De would probably really be stopped by the words of these two people. However, after Wang Tingxiang taught himself a trick how to drill loopholes, he now seems confident, and said with a smile and asked rhetorically, "Did I say that I want to revise the "Da Ming Law"?" The two Aiqing should know that because of the lack of flexibility and loopholes in the "Da Ming Law", the first emperor formulated Article 279 of the "Questioning and Punishment Regulations" in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, right? ”

When the two of them heard this, they looked at each other and knew what the emperor had in mind. After all, Emperor Taizu only said that the "Da Ming Law" could not be amended, but he did not say that it was not allowed to issue other edicts and regulations. Regarding the emperor's obvious preparation to exploit the loophole, the two really have nothing to say.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Zheng De's face couldn't help but show a faint smile, but then he reined in and said solemnly, "I decided to separately extract the two laws of the "Household Law" and "Criminal Law" and formulate them into separate laws, which is to follow the example of the previous emperor in formulating the "Punishment Regulations", and make up for the loopholes formed by the "Da Ming Law" over the past hundred years because of the passage of time. Since the two laws were made into separate laws, it was natural that all those who had broken different laws should be judged separately. Therefore, all those who have committed the crimes mentioned in the "Criminal Law" should be tried by the criminal court, and all those who have committed the crimes mentioned in the "Household Law" should be tried by the civil court, and all officials and royal relatives should be tried by the court of officials. ”

Tu Tu and Tu Xun glanced at each other, so they had to stand up and arch their hands, "The emperor is shengming." ”

"I decided to use the "Household Law" as a blueprint to improve and formulate the "Ming Civil Law", and this matter will be handed over to Tu Tu Tu Aiqing and you are responsible; Based on the "Criminal Law", the "Criminal Law" was perfected and the "Ming Criminal Law" was formulated, and this matter was handed over to Tu Xun and Tu Aiqing. These two regulations are the same as the "Questioning and Punishment Regulations" and the "Da Ming Law", do you have any objections? ”

"Obey."

As long as they do not violate the ancestral system in this matter, the two will naturally not disobey the emperor. They didn't want to be like Xie Qian and other officials who came out of the Hanlin Academy, and the years of being released as officials had already completely smoothed out their edges and corners.

Subsequently, Zheng De expressed some of his opinions on how the "Ming Civil Law" and the "Ming Criminal Law" should be formulated according to some practices in his previous life. And the two of them were also extremely surprised and strange by some of the emperor's ideas, or it can be said that there were countless differences. But in the end, under the emperor's tough attitude, they could only obey.

However, in the end, Tu Xun raised his own question, "Your Majesty, why are there no three criminal laws in the "Ming Criminal Law", such as flogging, rod, and stream?" ”

The Ming Dynasty's "Da Ming Law" is a volume of famous examples, including five punishments, such as flogging, rod, imprisonment, streaming, and death, but in the process of Zheng De's description of how the "Da Ming Criminal Law" should be formulated, the above three criminal laws were not mentioned, which made the two people present feel very strange.

"In the future, corporal punishment will no longer be included in the "Daming Criminal Law", that is, the flogging, rod, flow and other crimes in the five punishments recorded in the "Daming Law" will no longer appear in the "Daming Criminal Law", so it will be convicted according to the two punishments of imprisonment and death."

The two were also shocked by the emperor's decision.