When did the lives of civilians become so expensive?

Find someone who specializes in dirty work, such as those well-connected neighborhood councilors in the imperial capital, give them three or five gold coins, and they can find a ruffian hooligan on the street who is willing to kill for two gold coins. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoDon't underestimate the great power of money, and don't overestimate the cheapness of human nature, the life of an ordinary person is worth one or two gold coins. Of course, this is also related to some shortcomings in this society, such as the fact that the investigative force is far from being able to serve as a warning.

Many people don't even need to abscond after killing someone for two or three gold coins, as long as they don't reveal their identities during the process, they don't need to worry about being approached by the sheriff, let alone the iron fist of the prosecutors. Don't talk about other places, it's too far away, just say the imperial capital. Every year, the number of people who die of murder in the imperial capital will not be less than double digits, but if you can trace the source and find the murderer and the instigator, I am afraid it is only a slap in the face.

There is no surveillance, no nosy people, and no investigative means, how can the murderer be caught?

Those who can be caught are either unlucky themselves, or they are new to the industry.

Those who are really veterans are never likely to be caught.

Therefore, human life is not valuable!

Randolph's words did arouse the indignation of some civilians present, who felt that they had been humiliated, but on the other hand, there was nothing wrong with what Randolph said. Indeed, the lives of civilians are not valuable, and three or five gold coins, or a maximum of ten gold coins, will be in place. If suicide can be exchanged for 7,000 gold coins from the hands of nobles, I am afraid that the civilians waiting for suicide in the imperial capital can line up to go around the imperial capital a few times!

So, what would happen if the nobles didn't use the death order to atone for their crimes?

According to the current interpretation of the Imperial Code on homicide, this nobleman has already taken the responsibility of subjective and active homicide, and he will be hanged on the execution rack! Just because of two lowly lives, a nobleman will be hanged? This is not a joke, so the nobleman must assert his power and buy his capital crime with a shocking amount of money. At this time, from the point of view of the nobles, it seemed that fifteen thousand gold coins was not much, at least he survived.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed, even Isaac.

These nobles may not use the death order every day, but once they do, it means that the imperial family will take out a knife and slash at them, taking away a large piece of flesh and skin. The noise gradually subsided, and everyone looked at Randolph to see what the guy had to say.

"The venerable Marquis of Isaac has just asked me about immunity, and now I must speak in detail about immunity and its relationship with the amendment of the law and the constitution. If we refine the crime of homicide into more details to meet the sentencing work in more complex cases, then the same thing will have different results. The nobleman who took out fifteen thousand gold coins might be responsible for about seventy percent of the death caused by his impulsiveness, and thus bear the final judgment of hard labor. ”

"But he is a nobleman, and he has different immunities according to his title, and he will be exempted from a part of the culpability, and with some additional provisions, he will only need to obtain the forgiveness of the family of the deceased and pay a part of the indemnity, probably only for ......", Randolph thought for a moment, "about two hundred gold coins will settle the matter." ”

This time, not only the commoners were excited, but also the nobles.

The data is cold, but it's also shocking, especially when fifteen thousand gold coins and two hundred gold coins are put together, and the final result is the same, this contrast can make for a huge psychological contrast.

Regardless of whether he was acquitted or held accountable, the nobleman was still free, but he only had to pay two hundred gold coins this time! This was a great attraction to the nobles, and as the ruling class of the empire, they were always faced with some special choices. Especially when some rebels appear, they have to choose whether nothing has happened at all, or pay a lot of money for their own momentary anger.

If everything is as Randolph said, and you only need to pay a small amount of money to give yourself a breath of relief, then this proposal can actually be considered.

Isaac glanced at his staff, who shook their heads slightly, and Randolph's sophistry was like a punch that shook everyone's position.

This proposal is obviously unrivalled for the privileged class, for the aristocratic class, and it is obviously worth the cost to oppose it at this time, or to go against the mainstream because of the possible pitfalls.

"What about the death ransom, Mr. Randolph?, can it also be executed with immunity?", a nobleman raised a new question.

If the ransom and immunity were executed together, the law would be like a fragile piece of paper in front of the nobility, unable to tear it apart. Randolph shook his head, "Of course not, immunity will take precedence over ransom, but only one criterion can be enforced for both. ”

This is also the strategy formulated by Gampin and Empress Pars, first using the pie of immunity to weaken the effect of the death redemption, and when the nobles find that immunity is indeed superior to the death redemption, they will annul the death redemption in one go, which is their ultimate goal. There is a big gap between having a death redemption order and not having a death redemption order, and the nobles themselves may have enjoyed this privilege all the time and have not had a deep understanding of this privilege, so their concept of the death redemption order is still stuck in spending money to eliminate disasters.

It is not difficult to see from Randolph's statement that the ransom and immunity may have very close results, but in fact they are very different. A death order means that the crime is bought out with money, and as long as it is applied to the scope of the death redemption, the nobles who use this privilege are not guilty. But immunity is different, and even after all the crimes are exempted, the nobility essentially assumes a sinful nature.

Guilt, and innocence, are definitely two completely different concepts. Under this concept, as the emperor of the empire, Empress Pars had more means of operation.

You can beat and punish a criminal, but you must never touch an innocent person.

This also involves a deeper political game, that is, amending the constitution and amending the law. This time, Empress Pars made an unexpected move, taking out these two things that should have been hidden in the deepest part of the proposal, and directly saying it openly, but it did not attract much attention. Attention was drawn to immunity and the death ransom. At the same time, as long as this proposal passes, Empress Pars can further weaken the power of the Presbyterian Council and the Privy Council, bringing more power into her own hands.

The Presbyterian Council and the Privy Council have always been a very troublesome place, and when the elderly nobles leave office and pass their titles to their heirs, they will enter the Presbyterian Council and become the "elders" of the nobility. The Council of Elders was originally a place arranged by the royal family for those old nobles who had no place to vent their imbalances every day, but as the number of old nobles in the Council of Elders increased, the forces involved became bigger and bigger, and eventually it became a trend that could not be lost.

No matter what it was, as long as it involved the nobility, the Council of Elders wanted to reach out and take care of it. After all, these elders were once the patriarchs of various families, and although they had stepped down, they still had a lot of connections and power, and sometimes Empress Pars had to make concessions for them.

Especially in the matter of judging the aristocracy.

The Privy Council, on the other hand, can be regarded as the internal inspection department of the aristocratic class, which has of course been completely corrupted and has become a place for the nobles to exonerate themselves.

The union of the Presbyterians and the Privy Council, coupled with the existence of the Death Decree, almost monopolized the trial of the nobility. Unless it is a great crime like rebellion, basically all nobles are innocent!

When immunity was enforced, the presbyterian and privy council trials were directly skipped, and the sentences were directly applied to the provisions of the law, without giving the two branches any opportunity to speak, thus depriving them of political influence.

This proposal can be said to be counted in one fell swoop, and it is definitely not something that can be thought up with a pat on the head.

After a while, Gan Wen smiled and glanced at Isaac, picked up the wooden chase and struck the golden bell, "Is there any problem? If there is no problem, the vote will start now." God of Light is above, and I'm hungry. ”

His words made the parliamentarians laugh, everyone was hungry, and the atmosphere became a little lighter.

Next, it's time for a vote.

Let's start with the golden nobles, in fact, before yesterday, Ganwen and Queen Pars had found several other families, and talked about them one by one, and the unity that had been formed.

"Let's start with Count Wren, Count Wren, your decision is ......", Gampon looked at Wren.

Wren folded his arms around his waist and stood up, "I'm in favor!"

There were not many surprises, with 347 votes in favor, 96 against, 22 abstentions, and some people who did not show up, regardless of valid votes. In the end, Randolph's proposal was passed, of course, passing does not mean that this matter is completely successful, and there are still issues to be resolved in the future, but that is a matter for the Congress, and it is the home of Empress Pars, so there will be no big surprises.

After the vote, the councillors eagerly packed up their things and left, and after a long day of intense physical and mental work, they had become disgusted with the place and wanted to fly home immediately.

Wren walked last, walking with Ganvin.

"I would like to congratulate you and Your Majesty on the successful passage of the proposal, but I still have a little idea......

Gan Wen paused for a moment, and then stepped down firmly, "It's good to have ideas, which shows that we are good at thinking, can you tell me?"