Chapter Ninety-Seven: Qi Law

"Well, these days, the security in Yecheng has improved a lot, this is all your credit, we must increase the intensity of the crackdown, according to the law of Qi, so that the law must be strictly enforced, and those who violate the law must be prosecuted......"

In the Zhaoyang Palace, the sunlight shines obliquely from the wooden pavilion window, making the stone pillar inlaid with a brass dragon look very dazzling. After the dragon case, Gao Wei nodded and affirmed the few courtiers standing below.

"Your Majesty praised falsely, these are what Weichen and others should do, Weichen and others just did their duty, not enough to worry about......"

A courtier made a list, showing loyalty to Gao Wei, and the "admiration" on his face was also just right.

"Well, Gao Aiqing is loyal to the monarch and the country, and I have been fortunate to be miserable these days......" Gao Wei glanced at him playfully and smiled.

This courtier's name is Gao Yuanhai, and he is Gao Wei's distant cousin, the son of Gao Sizong, the king of Shangluo. This person is also famous in the short history of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and he is a traitor who is involved with Lu Lingxuan and Zu Ting.

This person is very clever, has made meritorious contributions, participated in the planning, suppressed and killed Gao Guiyan, thinks he is a figure who has no last resort, has a greedy personality, recruits concubines, and is best at seeing the wind and steering the rudder.

His wife is Lu Lingxuan's niece, as early as when Gao Wei began to purge Lu Lingxuan's family of the East Palace princelings, he began to notice that something was wrong, and immediately went home and abandoned his wife, so that he was saved from purging. You must know that when Gao Wei killed Lu Lingxuan, he exterminated the Nine Clans! This kid looks at the direction of the wind is really not ordinary!

This is not one or two times, when Emperor Xiaozhao was there, he was very suspicious of Gao Zhan, so Gao Yuanhai gave Gao Zhan an idea, three strategies in the upper, middle and lower levels, and every sentence was inseparable from rebellion. Gao Zhan thought to himself, but he didn't really dare. When Gao Zhan came to power, he came back to his senses, "Is this kid trying to trap me in injustice?" So he found a reason to kill him, but for some reason, he let Gao Yuanhai escape again!

If it was a coincidence, twice by accident, then the third time made Cushman and Wakefield have to look at him squarely. After Gao Wei swept away Heshikai, this kid had already smelled that the wind was not in the right direction, changed his face overnight, and actively participated in the anti-corruption work of the imperial court, and achieved many major results, as if he had drawn a line with the former corrupt official Gao Yuanhai.

is also strict with himself, and all the guys who came to the door to give gifts were invited out by this guy, which probably means, "I didn't want to before, but now I want to be a good person......

Talent...... Gao Wei secretly looked at this person, but it was a pity that he was a traitor......

Gao Yuanhai's original position was to be the secretary of the ministry, but Gao Wei did not trust him, so he was transferred to the capital official secretary, which was the department that controlled the criminal prison at that time, which was one of the prototypes of the later criminal department.

The Eastern Han Dynasty Shangshu set up 2,000 Shi Cao to control the prison, and the third prince Cao was in charge of the case. After the Wei and Jin dynasties, the three dukes of Shangshu, Bibu, Duguan and other Cao Junguan were imprisoned, and the Song Qi Liang Chen of the Southern Dynasty and the Northern Qi of the Northern Dynasty all set up the post of Duguan Shangshu, and in the Sui Dynasty, it was renamed the Criminal Department, so his position is equivalent to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

The Criminal Department is in charge of criminal prisons, and it is placed alongside the Dali Temple, which is equivalent to the Supreme Court, and has become a judicial body that maintains the basic order of the country.

Of course, the reason why Gao Wei was relieved to transfer him there was because it was actually an idle position in Northern Qi at that time.

To tell the truth, the law and order in Northern Qi was very poor, and the homeless bandits, local ruffians, bullies, and unscrupulous gentlemen all dared to swagger, and there were many Xianbei people with some military backgrounds, and the targets of bullying were naturally some weak Han people.

Gao Yuanhai stays in that department, what power can he have? That is, when a monk hits the clock for a day.

But now it's different, after the Yushitai has been transformed by Gao Wei's arrangement, this department that controls the country's justice has also begun to be taken seriously, and the first instruction Gao Yuanhai got was to suppress the lawless people in a short period of time!

So Gao Yuanhai, who was looking forward to the stars and the moon and looking forward to getting His Majesty's favor as soon as possible, immediately puffed up his horsepower, and frequently exerted pressure on the counties below these days, and also increased supervision of Yecheng, and finally handed Gao Wei a satisfactory answer sheet a month later, "The prison is full!" ”

Gao Yuanhai was quite proud, and submitted the roster of all the prisoners and the crimes committed to Dali Temple, and passed the review. It perfectly interprets the phrase "never let go of a bad person, and never catch a bad person".

The high efficiency of the work makes Cushman quite satisfied. Sure enough, the people who can be traitors are actually capable people, and a traitor, as long as they are well controlled and used, they are also a very suitable knife.

When there are targets that need to be attacked, you can use them and drive them, and if not, then you can suppress and nurture them. Help pull the deviation frame to protect them, maybe when you need them?

In this world, only people who have no desires and no desires are the most terrible, and people who have greed are actually the best to control.

He now understands why Gao Zhan wanted to use a monk to open it, raise a dog, see who is not pleasing to the eye, don't do it yourself, let the dog bite them, they have a request for you, they all want to get a *** bone from you, so they will be obedient.

Moreover, although Gao Yuanhai behaved debauched, he still had some political talents, which can be seen from the improvement of public security in Yecheng in recent months.

Cushman & Wakefield's primary purpose is to make Qi Lu a code of law that binds the people in a real sense, rather than as an ornament to look at.

If there are any major achievements during the reign of Gao Zhan, the cheap father, then there must be "Qi Law", known as "Northern Qi Law" in history.

This is the highest achievement since the Three Kingdoms! The later "Tang Law Shu Yi" and "Kaihuang Law" are all based on the "Northern Qi Law" as the basic model, is it not enough to explain the achievements of this code?

The titles and categories of "Northern Qi Law" are very complete, with a total of 12 articles, including famous examples, guards, household marriages, etc. Its great significance lies in the establishment of the so-called "Ten Articles for Serious Crimes", the summarization and screening of some good legal codes of the previous dynasties, and the establishment of the rudiments of the five-sentence system of "death, exile, migration, rod, and whip".

It can be said that the "Northern Qi Law" is an important legal code that connects the previous and the next, inheriting the legal system of the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasty, and influencing the law after the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

However, the Northern Qi Dynasty, which created the "Northern Qi Law", had a worse public security situation than the Northern Zhou and Southern Chen next door, which has to be said to be a great irony.

The main reason for this is that many Xianbei ministers ignore this law, and the Northern Qi royal family has always favored the Xianbei people, and often turns a blind eye to the Xianbei people's violations of law and discipline.

The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, the top class of the country is still like this, do you still expect the people at the bottom to take this law as a thing?

This was not paid attention to in the past, and now Gao Wei wants to start changing this status quo, so we can only start with the security of Northern Qi, first let everyone be honest, act in accordance with the provisions of the law, increase supervision, and spur Xianbei people to obey the law.

But this work is not something that anyone can do, and it can't spread the influence all at once, there are too many Xianbei people in Northern Qi, if there is a national rectification movement at one time, the movement is too big, and it will be used by some people with different intentions.

Therefore, the main target of Gao Wei is still in Yecheng and Luoyang and other surrounding counties, as for Jinyang, we will talk about it later.

However, even so, the difficulty of this matter is not low. Gao Wei originally wanted Hu Lu Xiaoqing to sit in this position, but after thinking about it, he still asked Gao Yuanhai to do it for a while for a while, and then test the water with him.

First, the children of Gao Yuan's maritime clan, with that identity, can suppress the sons of Xungui, and secondly, Gao Yuanhai is good at adjusting the balance, and he is exquisite, this matter can only be handed over to him, if he offends Xungui, he will do his best to solve it, so that the dissatisfaction of the lords will not alarm the government and the opposition.

It can be said that he is one of the guarantees for the success of this test of waters. So even if Cushman & Wakefield still has a problem with him in his heart, there is no better choice.

Gao Yuanhai planting trees to let his successors enjoy the shade is also a good choice. This is Gao Wei's original plan, if this test of the water, in case of failure, he can justifiably push Gao Yuanhai out of the situation to withstand the anger of the lord's backlash.

However, since the court purged and King Langya rebelled, it seems that he does not have the courage to stop Gao Wei from acting again, so Gao Yuanhai's test of the water this time is not as difficult as Gao Wei imagined, and it is relatively smooth.

[Just let him pave the way for the latecomers......] Cushman thought so.

"But Aiqing still has some things to pay attention to......" Gao Wei's face became more and more serious, and Gao Yuanhai listened respectfully.

"When you rectified law and order, you didn't treat everyone equally, but you still distinguished between the Han people and the Xianbei people......

If you see for yourself, the Han people live in the cramped and cramped south, huddled together, while the Xianbei people are kept in spacious prisons, only two people in one prison......

This doesn't seem to be stipulated in "Qi Law", right? ”

Gao Yuanhai's forehead was slightly sweaty, and he said: "This is also to improve the efficiency of law enforcement, otherwise, it will definitely lead to disputes......"

"I have already said during the military parade two months ago that Xianbei and Han should be treated equally.

The reason why I ask you to strengthen legal control is also to ensure fairness and equality between the Xianbei and Han people.

And you are like this, treating Xianbei and Han people differently, is it my original intention? ”

Gao Yuanhai defended: "But Your Majesty...... Do ...... doing so"

"You are the official Shangshu, this is originally your duty, Zu Ting in order to share my worries, personally went to Shandong to entangle the big case, he took a thousand soldiers from the West Battalion, and went to Taishan County, which is full of displaced people, how can you imagine the hardships and dangers encountered?

You...... Isn't it as good as Zu Ting?

I am in this palace, with me here, you just have to let go and do your duty, I am the biggest backer behind you! ”

Gao Wei's eyes became brighter and brighter, he had already tentatively tested the depth of the water, and now, he wanted to further expand the results of the battle, so he said:

"This is the law of Daqi, Shenwu and Wenxiang originally ordered people to formulate it, just to let it restrain the people of the world!

Except for me, everyone who violates the law should be treated equally!

…… The prince broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people! ”