Chapter 1092: Success in the East and Success in the West (Eighty-Five)
For the people of this era, going to court is something they avoid as much as possible. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will never beat the drum at the gate of the county government. Many cases are either settled privately or handled by the clan elders in the village. This is very unacceptable to Gao Yuan. In addition to the many sequelae brought by such a handling method, it will also make the clan elders too powerful and prestigious, which is not conducive to the rule of the Han Dynasty.
Let the law be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, let the people of the Han Dynasty regard going to court as a civilized way to deal with conflicts, and regard it as a part of daily life, which is what Gao Yuan wants to do.
The establishment of the Grand Court is also a big step for Gao Yuan to realize his own power division of the Han Dynasty. The Grand Council has been launched vigorously. After two years of promotion, now everyone in the Han Dynasty has begun to recognize this new thing, and has begun to realize that they also / Pig / Pig / Island / Novel www.huuo. can participate in the management of the entire Han Dynasty in another way. Every member of the parliament needs to be elected by the people one by one. If you don't do what I want, I will naturally not elect you in the next term.
And those members of the parliament now begin to understand that their status and power do not come from their superiors or from the various government offices of the Han Dynasty, but from all ordinary people. The objects of their service will naturally change from pleasing their superiors to pleasing the people. In Gao Yuan's view, this is his way to change the world. The biggest step he took.
The establishment of the Grand Court was his second step. Generally speaking, the implementation has been smooth so far. In Jicheng, Tianhe, Langlang, Hejian, Liaoxi and other counties that were not affected by the war, the court system has begun to be established. They have broken away from the previous official system and formed their own system from top to bottom.
The legislative power is given to the Grand Council, the judicial power is given to the Grand Court, and the political affairs are returned to the Political Affairs Hall. The three powers are separated, each doing its own job and supervising each other.
It is naturally impossible to implement such a complex national system overnight. It may take hundreds of years to complete the task, but Gao Yuan will not give up because of the heavy responsibility and long way to go. Someone has to start the work. As long as certain rules are met, the rolling wheel of history will not be diverted by human will but will move forward with inertia. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and he is the best person to promote this matter.
As the founding king of the Han Dynasty, he has supreme authority and influence in the Han Dynasty. Although there are objections to his promotion, he will always be supported by the vast majority of people. Even if it is difficult, he will go on step by step. If he is gone, I am afraid that his successor will not have the ability and courage.
And Gao Yuan also has his own selfishness. In his previous life experience, the entire Chinese nation has gone through many dynasties for five thousand years. Every dynasty was accompanied by blood and hatred when it collapsed. Countless lives were ruthlessly trampled in the soil. The rise of a new generation of dynasties will inevitably step on the corpses of the previous generation of dynasties. If you want to maintain a dynasty that will not fall for a thousand years, you must reform, and his previous In this world, it is not that there are no dynasties that have lasted for thousands of years and are still on the throne. Although with the progress of the times, they have lost their power and are only the highest symbol of a country, but, is this not enough? Gao Yuan hopes most that his descendants will still sit on the throne a thousand years later, even if it is only a symbol.
The dictatorship of one person and one family is destined not to last long. Gao Yuan has a clear understanding of this. Absolute power brings absolute corruption. No wise monarch can change such a fate, and such a fate will eventually There will only be one result, class contradictions and social system collapse, which will eventually lead to revolution, ending everything with blood and life, and then starting another cycle.
Gao Yuan hopes to end it all in his own hands.
The crisp knocking of the gavel came from outside, followed by Jing Shou's low voice: "The case of the Supervisory Council suing the former county governor Zhao Yong for treason is now being sentenced, everyone stand up!"
There was a clattering sound of benches, and hundreds of people in the huge hall stood up at the same time.
"Skin him, skin him!" Suddenly, a shout rang out from the box on the second floor. A hoarse voice was heard, and all the audience turned their heads and looked over there. Yang Guopei held the railing tightly with both hands, leaning forward. If two colleagues had not held him tightly from behind, he would have jumped down and bit off a piece of Zhao Yong's flesh.
After Yang Guopei shouted like this, the originally quiet hall below suddenly became noisy, and shouts of "skin him" came one after another.
Jing Shou was furious, waving the gavel in his hand, knocking it repeatedly. He was a soldier himself and had great strength. This time, he smashed down with the gavel and fist, and the extremely solid case was smashed. Shan Xiang: "Silence, silence, whoever roars in the courtroom again, I, the chief judge, will expel him."
In everyone's eyes, Jing Shou was a man of his word. When he shouted, the hall suddenly became quiet, and even Yang Guopei was dragged back. I don't know if he covered his mouth, but he didn't make any sound.
"Zhao Yong is guilty of treason, the evidence is irrefutable, and he confessed. According to the Han Dynasty law..." No one was interested in the clauses that Jing Shou read out. The only thing they thought about was the final outcome.
"Judgment!" When these three words finally came out of Jing Shou's mouth, some people in the 300-seat auditorium relaxed, some sighed, and some were indignant. Gao Yuan heard another voice in the box on one side. There was a thumping sound and a babbling sound, and I knew it must be Yang Guopei who was about to have another attack. However, this time his companions were obviously on guard and held him down to prevent him from roaring in the court again, otherwise the dignified man would The current president of the Jishicheng Military University of the Dynasty was dragged out by the bailiffs sent by Jing Shou and thrown into the square. It was too unbecoming.
"Xiao Lijue! This guy is really advantageous!" He Lanyan on the side murmured. "Compared to those of our big Han officials who died in Daijun, his fate is much better."
"We can't fight back barbarically just because others are barbaric. Remember, we are a civilized country!" Gao Yuan said: "What about cutting in half, Ling Chi, this kind of torture should not exist in the first place. In the future, we big men must gradually eliminate those inhumane tortures." Torture, just do it step by step, you can't make a fat man even if you take one step left or right. Changing many people's ideas is not something that can be done in a short time."
Zhao Yong's hoarse cry and begging for his life came from below. The sound gradually faded away. It was obvious that he was dragged down by the bailiff. Finally, the noise came from outside. All the spectators began to leave the table and walked out while discussing. Looking at today's trial process in the Supreme Court, it is obvious that today's trial process will inevitably become the standard procedure for hearing cases in courts that will be rolled out in various places.
Prosecutors, defenders, criminal suspects, a series of new words and new concepts are poured into these people's minds in a very short period of time. They also need time to digest, but these congressmen themselves accept new things very quickly. character, otherwise he would not be able to work enthusiastically in the Great Council.
Gao Yuan did not leave. Ye Jing'er, He Lanyan, and Ning Xin left in a hurry surrounded by guards. After a while, the political affairs ministers and ministers headed by Jiang Jiaquan filed in and entered Gao Yuan's box. The box was not big. Those with lower positions could only stand outside the door.
"Your Majesty!" Jing Shou was the protagonist today. He took the lead and bowed to Gao Yuan.
"You did a good job!" Gao Yuan nodded, "Today's trial process has been compiled into a document and distributed to courts in various places. Every judge must study it carefully, and every case heard by the courts below must also be compiled. Make it into a book and report it to the Supreme Court for compilation into a book."
"My subordinate understands."
Gao Yuan's eyes swept over the many ministers in the room: "When the Grand Court hears any case, it is independent. No one or any department is allowed to interfere or interfere with the normal development of the court's trial work. If someone is found to have knowingly committed a crime, it will be counted together. Severe punishment will not be tolerated."
"Yes!" Everyone in the room bowed.
Gao Yuan stood up, stretched out his hand to open the curtain, and looked at the now empty hall: "You, including me, must learn to get used to one thing in the future, that is, there is a sharp sword of law hanging over our heads. If you are careless and break the law, this sharp sword will fall. The law is ruthless. I hope every minister here will keep this in mind."
"Subordinates, please keep this in mind."
"The laws of our Han Dynasty have just begun to be established and are still very imperfect. Mr. Jiang, the Great Council must seize the time to complete the legislative work. And Jing Shou, your responsibility is not only to just try the case, you also need to be involved in the trial process. In the process, try to find loopholes in the law as much as possible, and then enable Parliament to fill them.”
"Yes, just now outside, Commander He told me about Tan Jian. Although these people are a bit hateful, they are indeed talents in this area, so my subordinates will organize a special department composed of these people to study Laws issued by the Great Council.”
"Well, I'm very happy that you can understand this." Gao Yuan smiled and patted his shoulder, "Don't be afraid of many loopholes. We are all crossing the river by feeling the stones now. We find problems and solve them. It takes a few hours. In ten years, one day our laws will finally be perfected. Is Qin Lei here?"
Qin Lei, who was standing at the door with a gloomy look on his face, walked in wiltingly, "Your Majesty!"
Gao Yuan looked at him for a long time, "It's a good thing that you are loyal to the Lord, but you must also understand that Zhao Yong did make a big mistake this time. If he just had to surrender the Qin people, it would be nothing, but he We should never hand over the list of our officials in Dai County to the Qin people, otherwise some of them will escape instead of the whole army being destroyed."
"Young Master, he does deserve to die, but he is my husband's only bloodline after all." Qin Lei cried bitterly and fell to his knees.
"By this time, Zhao Yong should have been taken to the execution ground, right?" Gao Yuan turned to ask Jing Shou.
"Yes!"
"Mr. Jiang, bring it!"
Jiang Jiaquan took a step forward, took out a yellow file from his sleeve, and presented it to Gao Yuan with both hands.
"Take it!" Gao Yuan threw it to Qin Lei without looking at it. "Hurry up. If you are late, you can't blame me."
Qin Lei opened the scroll with trembling hands, and the three characters of the "Amnesty Order" came into his eyes. He glanced at Gao Yuan in disbelief, fell to the ground suddenly, knocked his head three times, got up and ran outside. (To be continued...)