Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

They didn't know they saw Meng Yi, so everyone looked at Li Yang who was on the main case again.

Li Yang naturally knew that they were eager to know the "Public Law", so he waved to Shu Cheng, who was in charge of documents, and at the same time said to the adults in the hall: "The "Public Law" is the general outline of the laws of the Great Qin. Distribute the "Public Law" to each of you, and please have a copy of the "Public Law", and please master this "Public Law" by heart, because the next changes in the Qin law will be revised according to the general outline of the "Public Law", whether it is imperial power or government orders , or the law, neither shall violate the essence of the "Public Law"!"

"As ordered!"

Everyone in the hall responded in unison, and then began to receive the "Public Law", and then looked it up impatiently...

If a traveler sees this "Public Law" at this time, he will definitely exclaim: Isn't this the constitution!

Yes, the so-called "Public Law" was actually compiled by Li Yang by referring to the constitution of later generations.

Since it is a reform of the law, it is necessary to change it completely and completely. First of all, it is natural to determine the fundamentals of the law.

The "Public Law" is the foundation of all new laws.

Of course, the "Public Law" does not copy the provisions of the later constitutions, because there is a huge difference between this era and the later era, whether it is politics, system, or society.Therefore, this "Public Law" is naturally very different from the constitution of later generations.

However, the purpose of the "Public Law" is the same as that of the Constitution. In terms of power, it is to consolidate and maintain state power and regulate the effective operation of state power.As far as the law is concerned, it lays the foundation for the unification of the legal system.

In addition, there are two more important points, that is, Li Yang wants to use the "Public Law" to plant a concept called "personal rights" to the people of the world.

For example, the first article of the "Public Law" is: The Great Qin Empire is the Great Qin of the Emperor and the Great Qin of the People.

Article [-] of the "Public Law": The Great Qin Empire implemented the principle of Qin law governing the country.

Article [-] of the "Public Law": All subjects of the Great Qin Dynasty are equal before the Qin Law.

Article [-] of the "Public Law": The legal private property of subjects is inviolable, and Daqin protects the private property rights and inheritance rights of subjects in accordance with the law.

In short, the "Public Law" compiled by Li Yang has a total of [-] articles, two-thirds of which are to regulate the effective operation of state power, that is, to limit the abuse of public power.However, there are very few laws and regulations on personal rights and interests, which are limited to personal safety and property safety, while other freedoms such as freedom of speech, freedom of demonstration, and freedom of assembly are impossible, and there are also aspects of democracy, for sure. It is currently impossible to exist.

For Li Yang, what he can do now is to plant the concept of "everyone is equal" and the concept of "individual rights" to the people of the world.

For example, Article [-] of the "Public Law" states that the Great Qin is the Emperor's Great Qin and the people's Great Qin.It is to let the people in the world know that no matter who is the emperor, this country belongs not only to the emperor, but also to each of them.At the same time, it also planted a gene called "democracy" in the people of the world.

In addition to provisions regulating the exercise of state power and the protection of persons and property, the Public Law also has several articles on the obligations of the common people.The aspects involved are generally the terms of obligations such as military service, corvee service, tax payment, and national defense.

Of course, the "Public Law" has a greater effect, that is, Li Yang feels that as long as the "Public Law" can be implemented, then even if he is dead in the future, no matter how Qin Law is revised later, it will not be so bad After all, the revision of the Qin law later has to be revised in accordance with the general idea of ​​the "Public Law" to formulate legal provisions.Therefore, "Public Law" can also be regarded as a direction for the formulation of laws in the future.

In fact, the evaluation of later generations is indeed as expected by Li Yang. Later generations evaluate "Public Law" as the guiding light of the law.

Of course, this is all for later, and it is naturally impossible for Li Yang at this time to know how people in later generations evaluate him.

In other words, the expressions on the faces of the adults in the hall became richer as they read the "Public Law".

Shocked, terrified, frightened, some adults even took out their handkerchiefs and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads while checking.

After reading it for the first time, they all had four words in their hearts, that is: Li Yang is bold!

However, after reading it twice more and understanding it carefully, the group of officials who are in charge of the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty discovered that this "Public Law" is actually very subtle.

Especially Feng Jie, as a royal censor, he is in charge of supervising all officials, seeing that two-thirds of the provisions in the "Public Law" are all provisions regulating the power of government agencies at all levels, he can't help but feel like a treasure, and he is incomparable excitement.

Feng Jie asked himself, even though he was the official censor and was in charge of supervising officials, he could not write such a comprehensive outline to regulate the operation of government agencies at all levels.

At the same time, he realized that if the law on the supervision of hundreds of officials was revised according to the "Public Law", the new law on supervision would be extremely comprehensive and detailed.

Thinking of this, Feng Jie trembled all over. Now that he really believed in Li Yang's talent in law, he couldn't help but excitedly said: "Zhongcheng, this law...this law is really wonderful as the compendium of Qin law. Ah! Zhongcheng is able to write this "Public Law" by himself, I admire you!"

After speaking, Feng Jie saluted.

"Master Feng thinks it is appropriate, so I can rest assured about the truth." Li Yang did not expect that this "Public Law" would be so well received by Feng Jie, and he felt a big stone in his heart, so he said: "Master Feng, as a royal Doctor Shi, the supervisory officials, how about you lead the censors to use the "Public Law" as the outline to rebuild and improve the existing supervisory law, and name the new law "Administrative Law" after rebuilding and perfecting it!"

"As ordered!"

Feng Jie and the several censors under him saluted and took orders.

At this time, Meng Yi said with worry on his face: "Zhongcheng, this "Public Law" is really exquisite as a compendium of Qin law, but...but the lower officials also found that "Public Law" has many things that are against the emperor, and the lower officials are worried that this may be dangerous. It will bring disaster to you, Zhong Cheng!"

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PS: Excuse me, is anyone reading this book?

Chapter No.17 This guy is desperate

"Master Meng is right. There are too many things against the emperor in the "Public Law". If the emperor blames it, I am afraid that the Qin law will not be able to continue before it has started to change."

All the ministers also showed signs of worry.

Even Feng Jie, who had been applauding the "Public Law" before, was not without worry at this time: "My lords are very true, but in fact, the lower officials are also worried about this, and please revise it a little bit, and please be careful. .”

Li Yang smiled: "What you are talking about is the first article of the "Public Law", the Great Qin is the Great Qin of all peoples?"

Meng Yi nodded: "This line is indeed against the emperor. As the saying goes, the whole world is the land of the king, and the four seas are all the king's subjects. This Great Qin is the Great Qin of His Majesty the Emperor. How can it be said that it is the Great Qin of all peoples?" .”

"That's right, Great Qin can only be Your Majesty's Great Qin, and it must not be said to be the Great Qin of all people." All the ministers echoed.

However, Li Yang said disapprovingly: "My lords, what you say is ridiculous. If this Great Qin Empire is only the Great Qin of His Majesty the Emperor, then I dare to ask my lords, why do you let all the people in the world defend the country for him alone? Why? Let all the people in the world abide by the laws of the Great Qin, love the laws of the Great Qin, and protect the laws of the Great Qin?"

"This……"

Suddenly, everyone was speechless.

A group of people seemed to have eaten flies, and they were speechless.In fact, how can they not understand Li Yang's reasoning, but the problem is that these words can't be put on the surface, and it is a crime of treason and decapitation.

After thinking about it for a while, Meng Yi sighed and said: "Zhongcheng, we naturally understand the truth, but... this can't be said, and it can't be written in the "Public Law". This is a serious crime to punish the nine clans."

Li Yang's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said righteously: "Today's law reform in our government will change the old thinking and old consciousness! If we can't use new thinking and new political consciousness to carry out legal reform, Then no matter how much you change it, the law will not change much. What's more, the law is based on the word fairness. If the government dare not even say the fair saying "Great Qin is the Great Qin of all peoples", then the law The government has changed the way of a fart, it is better to wash and sleep."

"..." Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling like they wanted to die.

What a crime, what kind of crime is this? How could I and others follow such a lifeless guy to carry out reforms? This is all right, I guess my life will be paid by this guy.

The crowd waited, all of them looked at Meng Yi and Feng Jie unwillingly, hoping that the two of them could persuade the desperate Prime Minister Zhong.After all...you want to die, so don't drag us along?

Meng Yi and Feng Jie also looked ashamed, even if it was Shang Yang's reform, they would not dare to make such a reform.

Meng Yi sighed inwardly, and had no choice but to face up to the difficulties: "Zhongcheng, there is not only one place against the emperor in this "Public Law", there are many places, such as No. clauses, it may lead to the failure of legal reform.”

"Is there... a problem with this one?" Li Yang asked indifferently.

Meng Yi nodded, and said in a serious tone: "There is a big problem, because Zhongcheng added a sentence 'when the farm is slack' at the end of this clause. It means that only when the farm is slack, the common people have corvee labor. If this is the case, wouldn’t the millions of servants today be able to go home? This... If His Majesty finds out about this, wouldn’t it be furious!”

"Yes, this article is absolutely unacceptable!" Everyone echoed.

Feng Jie also hastily said: "Perhaps Zhong Cheng entered the court for a short time, so he didn't know about it, but now the corvee is so heavy that the men can't work hard enough to pay for food, and the women can't work enough to spin clothes. For this reason, my father once asked His Majesty said that there should be no more corvees, but the result was that His Majesty was furious, and my father almost...almost lost his life because of it. Now, Zhong Cheng actually wrote in the "Public Law" that the people only have to serve corvee during the slack season How can His Majesty agree to the obligation? If His Majesty does not agree, this "Public Law" will lose its majesty and credibility, and this law reform will be meaningless."

"That's right, what Master Feng said is very true. Don't say that we ministers in the court dare not persuade His Majesty to reduce the corvee. Even the eldest son Fusu was convicted for making such remarks. Master Zhongcheng must not repeat the same mistakes. Get yourself into trouble." Everyone tried to dissuade them.