Chapter 255: Magna Carta

On the second day, Zeng Hua issued an edict, canonizing Fan Min as the queen, Princess Guiyang as the princess, and the rest of Tuyuhun Zhenxiu, Yu, Xu, Hulu, Dou, and Wu as nobles, posthumously establishing Murong Yun as nobles, awarding the adult princes barons, and making it clear that if they want to go to the next level, they have to look at their own abilities and award them with meritorious service.

Because the country has already been established, Zeng Hua set up an additional level of duke on the basis of Lord Beifu, and announced the edict of the founding of the country on the second day.

Wang Meng, Che Yin, Di Pu, and Mao Mu were awarded the third-class dukes and awarded the Golden and Purple Special Advancement Medal; Xie Ai, Gan Rui, Zhang Shou, and Feng Yue were named Marquises, and awarded the Silver and Purple Special Advancement Medal; Tian Feng, Xie Shu, Xun Xian, Rong Yewang, Li Cun, Peng Xiu, Liang Ding, Liu Nu, Liu Gu, Jiang, Mao Anzhi, Liu Jin, Zhang Qu, Xu Dang, Jiang Nan, Yao Jin, Ye Lixun, Xian Lingbo, Duan Huan, Zhao Fu, Yang Su, Deng Yao, Lin Cang, Le Changshan, Wei Xingguo, Lu Zhenfeng, Earl of Wen, awarded the Order of Ronglu, and the Order of Loyal and Military Hussars; Lv Cai, Zhang Ping, Liu Ning, Wang Bao, Zhong Qi, Zuo Qinghou, Feng Baoan, Li Tianzheng, Hou Ming, Zhang Hao, Cao Yan, Xiahou Khotan, Mi Baolu, Fei Ting, Hu Nu Yang, Zhong Cunlian, Fu Nandang, Dang Tang Tu, Gong Tang Xiu, Dang Su, Feng Yangli, Ge Changyuan, Wei Chilian, Gu Hun Xing, Dou Lin, Wu Luolanto, Hu Lawyers' Association, Yan Feng, Xu Qi, Zhang Qi, Du Hong, Liao Qian, Xu Qian, An Ci, Kong Jiu, Jiang Guan and other 59 people were awarded the Baron, the Medal of Excellence, and the Champion Medal of Yuanlu; The rest of Hao Luo, Xia Lai, Zhang Kun, Kan Chong, Bu Qi, Feng Yi, Huang Fuzhen, Yang An, Mao Dang, Deng Qiang, Lu Guang, Tang Wu, Chen Guan, Wang Xianqian, Yu Gui, Wei Ming, Mao Qiling, Qi Gu, Deng Qiang, Zhuge Cheng, Guo Huai, Yan Shujian, Wang Kai, Huo Sui, Zhu Wuzhang, Han Xiu, Tu Xu and other 129 viscounts, were awarded the Jiayue Medal and the Zhaowu Jinwu Medal.

Zeng Hua then announced that he would be awarded the title of general in the army, Liu Jin, Zhang Qu, Xu Dang, and Jiang Nan were awarded the general of the Zhenjun army, Yao Jin, Ye Lixun, Xian Lingbo, Duan Huan, Zhao Fu, Yang Su, Deng Yao, Le Changshan, Wei Xingguo, and Lu Zhen were awarded the general of Fu Junwei, Lin Cang, Feng Baoan, Li Tianzheng, Hou Ming, Zhang Hao, Cao Yan, Xiahou Khotan, and other 22 people were awarded the left general of the protection army, and Yang An, Mao Dang, Deng Qiang, and LΓΌ Guang were awarded the left general of the protection army.

Many other systems have been established and perfected as early as the Beifu period. Therefore, after the founding of Zeng Hua, there were not many changes at all, just to promote these systems to the whole country.

On the third day. Zeng Huafeng, who abdicated the throne, made Emperor Shao of Jin a duke. Live in Chang'an. However, according to the new system of the Huaxia Kingdom, no matter what kind of title there is, there is no fief and fief, and according to the Huaxia feudal system, some titles can be hereditary and called Shijue, but the Tuien Law must be implemented, that is, the title inherited by the heir must be one level lower; There are also lands that cannot be hereditary, and are called inner lords. That is to say, the knight can only be in his life, and future generations will not be able to inherit the throne, and Zeng Hua is now a lord.

Since the feudal lord did not have a fief in the true sense of the word and all the historical fiefs, Zeng Hua compensated him in other aspects of the law. When the state is knighted, it will pay a large amount of cash according to the level of the knighthood, as one of the most important rewards for knighthood.

The state grants a large piece of land according to the title, but this land is not a fief, and the nature of the people's Yongye field is exactly the same, but it is dozens of times more than the ordinary people's Yongye field. Moreover, this land has not been drawn together with the population as before, and the nobles have only two ways to develop this land, one is to do it themselves, and the other is to hire people to plant it. Most of these hired people came from Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Tosa, Hanyang, and later Nanyang. The nobles were also required to pay taxes on all the fields they planted, and if they planted without paying taxes, they would be fined money and grain for the worst and deprived of their titles.

The state issues a squire according to the title, and of course the amount of this slur cannot be compared with the squire Shangshu of Shangshu Province. Even the history of state thorns can't be compared. At most, it's about the same as the county guard's Yulu.

The aristocracy has the power to discuss politics, that is, it can be directly sent to the three provinces. to evaluate the gains and losses of the central and local officials; You can also sit in any of the correctional offices, and if you feel that something is wrong, you can appeal to the Geographical Judgment Office and the Public Prosecutor's Office at the next higher level.

Others, such as the children of the nobles, have the priority of education, that is, as long as the children of the nobles, even if the family is bankrupt, they can also be sent to the school by the state, whether it is a beginner or a county school or a state school, the state covers all tuition and miscellaneous fees, etc., of course, if the nobles are not bankrupt, they have to pay out of their own pockets. Zeng Hua solemnly admonished his courtiers and nobles, asking them to write these words of their own into their respective family mottos: nobles and shilang are the elites and pillars of the Huaxia Kingdom, but they must know how to fight personally and understand that they cannot rest on the merits of their ancestors forever. Zeng Hua told these nobles that if they wanted to pass on their family lineage forever, the best way was for future generations to keep using their own advantages to create new land feats, and be knighted or honored again.

Emperor Shaodi of Jin has safely become a duke of Huaxia Kingdom, and the Empress Dowager Chongde, who was named the wife of Wu State, lived leisurely in a "mansion" in the north city of Chang'an, but Xie An, Wang Biaozhi and others did not think so, a huge stone was still heavy in their hearts, Zeng Hua did not call himself the emperor, but only called himself His Majesty the King.

Xie An and Wang Biaozhi once asked Che Yin and other familiar old friends about this matter, who knew that these people would talk about this issue and hesitate, or turn their words around, which made Xie An and Wang Biaozhi even more uneasy. After staying in Chang'an for so long, they have long understood that the abdication of the Jin family is inevitable. The strength of Beifu has long been seen by Xie An and others, and Jiang Zuo's more and more defeat is even more in their hearts, compared with the two, it is easy for Beifu, which occupies the right time, place and people, to defeat Jiang Zuo.

Xie An and Wang Biaozhi's current mind is how to ensure that the Sima clan can continue safely in the new dynasty, it is not uncommon to kill the descendants of the previous dynasty in the history books, and the people in Beifu are all masters who have fought in the east and the west, killing countless people, Zeng Hua is not the emperor, what does this imply? Does he want to wait for the Jin family to be completely extinct before becoming emperor? Xie An and Wang Biaozhi knew Zeng Hua's ability in Beifu, as long as he hinted well, naturally someone would kill the Sima clan cleanly, not to mention anything else, just those officers in the army, and those believers in the Holy Sect. They are all loyal to Zeng Hua, not to mention killing the Sima clan, even if they pull down the immortals in the sky and cut them down, they will also flock to the ground.

Wang Biaozhi, who was worried, fell ill. This burden was all on Xie An's head. The two of them have no real power now. He was only hired as a professor at Yongzhou University, and was hired as a scholar of Hanlin Academy, a well-known and non-mamath student's goal. But Xie An still found an opportunity to meet Zeng Huadi.

Zeng Hua has been very busy during this time, and since he announced that the year name would be changed to the first year of Huaxia, he has been busy with one thing, compiling the charter of the Huaxia National Congress. According to Zeng Hua's vision, this is the constitution of the Huaxia Kingdom and the mother law of all the laws of the Huaxia Kingdom. Zeng Hua began to revise this charter when Beifu was first established, and prepared to sing it together when the country was founded.

Previous years. Beifu and the Roman Empire were connected, Zeng Hua saw the Roman legal system, and immediately made him understand a lot, and also knew that in this era, the Romans were ahead of the Chinese nation in terms of law, and it was precisely because of this legal thought of the Romans that the Western bourgeois legal system was finally formed, and the Chinese nation went further and further in several "integrations". In the end, I took a different path.

In this case, Zeng Hua simply did not stop doing two things, and pointed out a new path for the country and nation of China in his own way. So Zeng Hua invited Zhongqing of Dali Temple, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, and a professor of Chinese law. Officials of the Ministry of Justice, representatives of the Shirou aristocracy, etc., revised and wrote this Magna Carta, so it was not completed until the founding of the country. However, it is estimated that it is about the same, and it has now passed the examination and approval of the "experts and scholars" group, and is being discussed in the political meetings of the three provinces and prefectures. After it is approved, it will be officially announced in the newspaper. Tell the world clearly and leave it to the people of the world for discussion. After the opinions have been collected, the official adoption of the sung will be made.

When Xie An came to see Zeng Hua, it was the Magna Carta that was discussed and passed in the three provinces and states and published in the Di Bao, and people all over the world were talking about it.

Seeing Xie An's visit, Zeng Hua opened his mouth and said: "Mr. An Shi, I'm really sorry, I've been a little busy during this time, so you haven't arranged time to come out after you have asked for a meeting several times, no, I was chased by Mr. Su Chang just now to sign a new order, the establishment of four new counties in Changzhou." ”

The Choshu that Zeng Hua mentioned included the four counties of Kumamoto-gun, Tosa-gun, Todai-gun (present-day Taiwan), and Ryukyu gun, which had recently been conquered by the Hokufu, and now the counties were finally established for formal administration, and Hiroshima was bought by Zeng Hua himself, so it was administered by Choshu in Zhifei Nishijo (present-day Nagasaki) as a direct territory of the king. According to the laws of the Huaxia Kingdom, the whole of Hiroshima was Zeng Hua's private property, and the people on it were regarded as his hired peasants and hired laborers.

Xie An was already accustomed to Zeng Hua's style, and immediately bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty is polite." Then he sat peacefully next to Zeng Hua. He had participated in several meetings of Zeng Hua to preside over local government affairs and law amendments, and no matter how formal the occasion, Zeng Hua and his ministers, nobles, and scholars sat opposite each other like this, except that Zeng Hua sat in front of the middle, facing them. So Xie An doesn't have so many constraints.

"Your Majesty, why don't you call yourself emperor?" Xie An asked straight to the point, because he knew that the more you asked about this kind of thing, the more suspicious the "generation of heroes" on the other side would be.

Zeng Hua was stunned for a moment when he was asked, he couldn't imagine that Xie Anqiu had been asking to see him for dozens of days, and he asked about this matter.

Zeng Hua thought for a while and replied, "Mr. An Shi, do you think the power in my hands is big enough?" ”

Xie An was also stopped by this rhetorical question for a while, he had studied the Beifu system very carefully, so he was very clear about Zeng Hua's power. Zeng Hua was the monarch of the Huaxia Kingdom, as well as the head and representative of the entire country; He was the supreme commander of the million-strong army of the Northern Province, and only he had the right to issue orders to mobilize this huge army; He is also the Pope of the Holy Church, the spiritual leader of millions of fanatical Saints, and Shean believes that this number will double in the near future to reach a staggering number; He was the largest merchant in Huaxia Kingdom, and he owned 30% of the trading companies, factories and mines in Huaxia Kingdom; He is the largest landowner in Huaxia, he owns Hiroshima and North Whale Island, Hiroshima is the size of Jizhou, there are endless fertile fields and mines on it, and silver and gold mines have been explored, and North Whale Island was used by Zeng Hua to raise horses, whether it is Persian horses, Saxon horses (Arabian horses), Payati horses, Assyrian horses, Khorasan horses, river horses or Gothic horses, Black Sea horses can be found there, and even the Roman Empire's Emperor Valens sent dozens of Spanish horses all the way in order to please this distant ally, and the Afrigian horse.

Zeng Hua raised horses there with the best feed, took care of the horses with the best shepherds, and then grazed these precious horses according to a set of purebred horse breeding methods, and it is said that now all the "knights" in Huaxia are crazy about the northern whale horse. Due to the history of the North Province. The people of Beifu have a lot of land for raising horses and horses, and all of them also have a large team of horse lovers. They often go to great lengths just to get a descendant of a northern whale horse. Then take it back for breeding. Breed excellent horse breeds.

Now the king of China has paid for more than a dozen expeditions to march to the vast area north of the North Sea, and has also supported several expedition teams to continue the expedition to the east of North Whale Island, according to the law, these discovered and those that are about to be discovered will be directly under the king's direct territory.

Xie An swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and he suddenly found that the person opposite was actually the most powerful monarch in history, and Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Qin could not compare to him.

Seeing Xie An's expression, Zeng Hua knew what he was thinking. He simply said to himself: "Mr. Anshi knows the power in my hands." But with great power comes great responsibility. I don't know if future generations of my land will be able to take on such great power, such heavy responsibility. ”

Speaking of this, Zeng Hua squinted his eyes and looked ahead, and suddenly smiled: "The fate of the country and the nation cannot be pinned on one person, and I don't want my children and grandchildren to continue the tragedy of the Han, Wei and Jin dynasties." ”

When Xie An heard this, he seemed to understand a little, so he nodded.

Zeng Hua suddenly turned to another topic.

"Mr. Yasushi. Have you read the Magna Carta of China? ”

Xie An shook his head, although he was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and had the right to participate in the compilation of the Magna Carta, he was bent on the safety of Emperor Jin Shao, and he was also self-aware. Knowing that he only knew the surface of the legal system of Beifu, he didn't know the essence, and he couldn't say anything about it, so he didn't go at all, so he didn't know the content of Magna Carta.

"We, the people of China. In order to establish a better national system. Establish justice and ensure domestic tranquility. To provide common security, to promote the public welfare, and to enable ourselves and future generations to enjoy the happiness of freedom, this Charter is hereby established for the Kingdom of China. ”

Zeng Hua unfolded a book and read it aloud, this is a copy of the preamble of the foreign American Constitution, originally this Magna Carta is a hodgepodge, Roman law, Chinese custom law, and Zeng Hua's memory of the modern constitution of another world, all integrated into this Chinese National Magna Carta.

"In the first article, God treats the people of other lands equally and has endowed them with certain inalienable rights, including the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In order to protect these rights, we will establish a government and a monarch in accordance with God's will. The legitimate power of the monarch and the government is produced by the consent of all the people of the Chinese Kingdom. Therefore, the purpose of this Charter is to regulate the powers of government and to guarantee the freedom of the people. ”

This article was shocking enough, and it directly made Xie An dumbfounded, he had been in Chang'an for so long, and he knew that the Holy Sect advocated the equality of the Lord's people, the new school of Beifu advocated freedom and practicality, and the people of Beifu pursued wealth and honor, but he didn't expect Zeng Hua to be so "radical" that he wrote this article into the Magna Carta. He began to understand what Zeng Hua meant.

"Second, the king is the monarch of the Huaxia Kingdom and the representative of its unity and unity. The king and his government should guarantee the safety of the lives and property of the people of Huaxia, defend the rights and freedoms of the people, and preserve the unity of the country. ”

"Thirdly, the king is the head of the Huaxia Kingdom, the supreme commander of all the armies of the Huaxia Kingdom, and the hereditary papal leader of the Holy Religion. The king can appoint and dismiss the ministers of the three provinces, the Privy Council and the ministries, the Zhengqing and Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and the local officials, and has the right to convene and dissolve the provinces of Zhongshu and Menxia, and approve laws. ”

"Fourth, the king must abide by the law, respect customs, and shall not ratify laws, repeal laws or suspend the implementation of laws without authorization, nor shall he stop and appoint Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province without authorization, and shall not appoint or dismiss Zhengqing and Shaoqing of Dali Temple without authorization." This article is very connotative, the king can dissolve the Zhongshu Province and the Menxia Province, but he cannot leave this institution empty, and the king must reconvene and appoint the court doctor of Zhongshu Province and the court doctor of Menxia Province in accordance with the procedure within a certain period of time.

Zeng Hua read this charter of thousands of words in one go, this charter can be said to be unique in this era, it can be regarded as the product of the compromise between the "feudal system" and the "capitalist system", it emphasizes the rights and freedoms of the people, emphasizes the sanctity of people's lives and private property, emphasizes the freedom of the people, and no one can convict him without the trial and intervention of the judicial department. In the Magna Carta, Zeng Hua initially set up the separation of powers, the Zhongshu Province composed of nobles and shilang will be the legislative body, it has the highest legislative power, has the power to supervise the highest administrative body - Shangshu Province, has the right to declare war, etc., and the Menxia Province composed of the counselors elected from all over the country has the right to finance taxes, without its consent, no one is allowed to raise taxes and establish new taxes, and every penny of the Chinese government must be reviewed by it, and finally it has a special power granted to it by the king, Submit the draft law of the Ministry of Books, which is a veto power in disguise.

In the Magna Carta, Zeng Hua greatly strengthened the judiciary, increasing its independence and authority, and when the three provinces disputed a certain legal provision, the judgment of the Dali Temple was the highest and final judgment, and even the king had no way to deny it.

But in the Magna Carta, the king's power is also amazing, and it seems that he can easily kill the three provinces, but the clever Xie An still saw what Zeng Hua did in it, that is, customs and traditions. With Zeng Hua's identity and status, he has never vetoed the draft law of Zhongshu Province, has not dissolved Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, has not vetoed the judgment of Dali Temple, his throne is supported by the three provinces and Dali Temple on behalf of the people, let me ask, who of his descendants dares to "go against the ancestral tradition"? If anyone dares to do this, the officials and people of later generations will take the "Zeng Hua's words and deeds" and spray him with saliva.

"Your Majesty, you are practicing the law of eternity." Xie An finally sighed, he didn't sigh at this Magna Carta, because he still couldn't understand half of the things, what he sighed and admired was Zeng Hua's mind and courage, he did this to set an example for all generations in China.

"All the gentlemen are persuading me to be emperor," Zeng Hua finally turned to the topic, "but I have always disagreed." Isn't it just an emperor's name? Will Zaiweihe's Emperor be able to stop the invasion of foreign enemies? I stand here and say that I am the king of the Chinese kingdom, whether it is the emperor of the Persian Empire or the emperor of the Roman Empire, they all have to bow their noble heads. There are hundreds of emperors in history, but there is only one king of the Chinese Kingdom! Zeng Hua said in high spirits.

Xie An nodded, he admitted this, no matter whether Zeng Hua was called emperor or not, his status in history was still so high.

"I've already decided, and I've told you gentlemen, I'll give me the name of God when I die." Zeng Hua finally said.

Xie An nodded, and finally understood what Zeng Hua meant, he is leaving traditions and customs for future generations, he was not called emperor during his lifetime, and no one in his descendants dared to call him emperor during his lifetime, in order to be posthumously recognized as the emperor of the Chinese Empire after death, then you must honestly perform the duties of the monarch, so that the three provinces and the people are satisfied, otherwise you will still be a king in history.

Xie An and Zeng Hua chatted for a long time about the Magna Carta and other issues, but they never asked the question of the Jin Shaodi, because he already understood that in Zeng Hua's eyes, this Jin Shaodi was really nothing, and he would not and disdained to deal with the Sima clan who had abdicated.

After Xie An said goodbye, he had a secret conversation with Wang Biaozhi all night, and on the second day, the two gathered a group of former ministers of Jiangzuo and went to Chang'an and Luoyang to take up their posts together.

On New Year's Day in the second year of Huaxia (376 AD), Zeng Hua officially signed the "Charter" of the National Congress of China, Che Yin, Mao Muzhi and Feng Yue signed on behalf of Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Dali Temple, Yuan Fangping signed on behalf of the scholars of the Hanlin Academy as witnesses, and more than ten nobles, Shilang, and representatives of the common people also signed on it one by one. Originally, Fan Zhe wanted to sign it on behalf of the church, but Zeng Hua thought about it for a long time, and finally persuaded the brother-in-law, because the church is not allowed to intervene in secular politics, and Zeng Hua is enough to represent the church as the pope.

After Zeng Hua had finished signing it, he loudly announced that the "Charter" of the Great Congress of the Chinese People's Republic of China had been officially promulgated, and all future laws and government actions of the Chinese Kingdom must strictly abide by the charter.