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Chapter 542 Why the reform?

It would be a good thing for a department to have supervisory and law enforcement powers at the same time. It would be a good thing to be fair and honest, for example, the efficiency of handling affairs would be very fast, but it would be extremely bad if it was corrupted.

The Yushifu has existed in almost all dynasties. It is probably since the Song Dynasty that the power of law enforcement was removed and only the power of supervision was removed. In the Song Dynasty, the power of law enforcement was handed over to the department of Dali Temple.

At present, the law enforcement departments of the Han Dynasty include the Yushifu, the Tingwei Office and the yamen in various places. The functions and powers are only different in the class they deal with, such as the distinction between nobles, officials and common people. The rest of the powers are the same and they can all carry out supervision. A series of official duties that can determine life and death, such as collecting evidence, handling cases, and sentencing.

The founding of the Han Kingdom was only five years old, and it is still in the pioneering period. The monarchs and ministers who founded the country have not yet corrupted...or they have been corrupted to a certain extent. Furthermore, despite the division of factions, the phenomenon of strife is not hot, but there has been no serious use of power. It's a matter of fighting for tools for the party.

Of course, Sang Yu could find himself alienated by the king. He knew why, but he didn't think he did anything wrong.

In fact, no matter what kind of environment you grow up in and what perspective you stand in, there will be some ideological bias. For example, a noble family must stand on the side of the noble family. It is natural that when you become the leader of a noble family, you must also work for the welfare of the noble family. Being truly selfless is the real disqualification.

Where to sit on your butt, what kind of work do you do for someone, ranging from running a family, to running a family, to running a country, of course the interests must be drawn to your own side, if there is anything wrong, it is only that the relationship between primary and secondary has been reversed , For example, as an important minister of the country, stealing the interests of the country to his own family, or privately working in a collective but taking things back to his home, simply put, it is a crime of corruption that does not distinguish between public and private.

So far, Sang Yu doesn't think there's anything wrong with being the leader of the family, taking care of the interests of the family group, but he clearly distinguishes between public and private issues.He has been thinking about how to develop the aristocratic family, and how not to conflict with the interests of the country in the process of development, but to align with the interests of the country in the process of development.

Originally, Sang Yu couldn't think of a plan that he thought was perfect. Liu Yan's designation of the southwest peninsula as an "adventure paradise" opened a new door for him to think.

Expanding outwards in the form of a family, and gaining benefits after paying for the development, is in line with the concept of getting something for what you work for, and it is also beneficial for the country to gain benefits yourself, which is a seemingly perfect symbiotic benefit.

Thinking that Sang Yu, who has seen it clearly, is no longer depressed, but wants to regain the trust of the king in himself, so he should have a good strategy for governing the country.

The imperial doctor seemed to have a high position, but he only had the power to supervise and deal with officials who violated the law. He could not dictate internal affairs and war. Sang Yu could only rack his brains to think about improvements within his scope of authority.

"In other words, the big man should separate the power of supervision from the power of law enforcement, and have a special supervision department and a law enforcement department?" Liu Yan did not hide the surprise on his face: "Zi Shen...why did you think of this?"

Liu Yan is a person from later generations. Even if he is not a law student, because later generations have easy access to information, he will often see some information even if he doesn't want to learn it. Although he is not a specialist, at least he is not unfamiliar.

In fact, in many countries in later generations, including the first dynasty of China, many departments combined supervision and law enforcement, but the power of sentencing was independent. It's just that the laws and regulations are the same thing. Can they really follow the rules and regulations? It's another story.

Ji Chang recalled it carefully, and it seems that there was no major or sensational dereliction of duty in the Han Dynasty. It can even be said that officials committing crimes are just trivial things.

Nothing major happened, but Sang Yu, who was an imperial envoy, threw out such an important reform topic. Ji Chang guessed what Sang Yu wanted to do almost instantly.

Liu Yan is actually recalling what happened in the country recently, and after thinking about it, he doesn't think there is anything that can lead Sang Yu to talk about reform.He didn't think as much as Ji Chang did. Taking the king's standpoint as his starting point, he naturally hoped that the country's legal system would be as sound as possible.

"I'm just preparing for a rainy day." Sang Yu was happy. Liu Yan hadn't directly called him by his cousin for a long time.He felt that he was on the right track: "The Dahan adheres to the idea of ​​ruling the country by law. The Qin law is too harsh. The Dahan has been improving the law. The law can be improved, and the law enforcement departments can also be improved. I think it's better to do it in one step."

Liu Yan didn't hide his joy either, and asked with a smile, "Does that Zishen have a charter?"

"I have preliminary thoughts, and I still need to be corrected by the king." Sang Yu feels that his correctness in this matter can not only restore the friendship between the monarch and his ministers, but may also pass on his reputation to future generations. Cautious, said: "It's similar to Yushifu. You can draw several subordinate departments within the government office, such as transferring to supervision, law enforcement, retrieval of evidence, and presiding over sentencing. Or reform the state system, and set up a special department with its own powers. The government and department of supervision, law enforcement, evidence collection and sentencing.”

Of course, Liu Yan is inclined to the latter proposal. If the former is just an internal decentralization of power, in fact, the chief officer of the department will still grasp it all.

In view of a common phenomenon in the Tian Dynasty, both hands must be grasped, both hands must be hard, and then no matter which hand is stretched randomly, resulting in absolute power leading to absolute corruption, if it can be fundamentally restricted , of course it couldn't be better.

Ji Chang had no choice but to intervene at this time. Besides, the Prime Minister's Office has the right to intervene in all internal affairs, saying: "The Great Han currently has the Imperial History Office and the Tingwei Office. ?”

Speaking of which, Sang Yu still had to at least communicate with the prime minister Ji Chang first, and shouldn't directly stab the king.It is reasonable for Ji Chang to express his dissatisfaction.

"It's just a preliminary discussion..." Sang Yu naturally knew that he was wrong, and when he got older, he still despised the prime minister.He didn't communicate with Ji Chang in advance, but he still had complaints in his heart, thinking that the reason why he was warned last time was Ji Chang's suspicion of telling lies.He had to add: "If something is done, it must be reported to the prime minister."

Liu Yan's current focus was not on the misbehavior of the prime minister and the imperial envoys. He directly said to Sang Yu, "Please tell me carefully."

Sang Yu obviously had done deep thinking, and put forward his own opinions on small reforms and major changes, but he did not show his preference, expressing very carefully that everything depends on the will of the king.

In the early Sui and Tang Dynasties, the affiliation of the imperial envoys began to change from having the power of law enforcement to only having the power to act according to rumors. It was not until the Song Dynasty that it was truly determined by the national policy, but it must be said that the Yushi of the Song Dynasty was generally It's just a deputy, but all high-ranking officials will have the title of censor.However, officials in the Song Dynasty generally held multiple positions, and there were so many powerful officials and a series of titles that it was scary. Under normal circumstances, apart from the powerful officials, other official positions were only appendages to receiving salaries.

The censor relied entirely on his mouth for food in the Ming Dynasty. In view of the development of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, the censor had actually lost its original responsibility and became a tool for gaining fame, and even evolved into a sharp weapon for party struggle.

Liu Yan was thinking while drinking tea. He was more curious about the method of Sang Yu's reform, and what angle the directly subordinate Yushifu would be positioned in this reform.

The Imperial Palace has been established since the Sangong and Jiuqing were established. The Yushi Palace has not always had a strong sense of existence. Most of the time, it exists as a vassal of the Prime Minister's Palace. On the contrary, the Tingwei Department has a fierce reputation, but the Tingwei Department The Wei Office was more often a weapon used by the emperor to deal with officials and nobles. That's why it was said that the Ting Wei was the emperor's number one hawk.

From Liu Yan's point of view, the reforms proposed by the imperial envoy himself may not turn the imperial history mansion into a department that can only talk but not do anything?
Sure enough, later on, Sangyu gradually came up with some ideas, showing that the Yushifu can be transformed into a department that is transferred to trial and sentencing. The popular saying is that it can be transformed into a court. The center is naturally the Supreme Court, and the states and counties The subdivisions were transformed into local courts.

Liu Yan was actually extremely surprised at that moment. He was very sure that he had never talked about similar topics to Sang Yu, but Sang Yu brought out the "results" of thousands of years of preparation and reform.

Liu Yan confirmed that he had not misunderstood. Sang Yu's statement may be slightly different, but the concept is the same as that of later courts. It is not the kind of "central government determines the punishment of felons in the world" as in the Song Dynasty or Ming Dynasty, or the court just follows the law. and evidence collection, and sentencing of crimes.

"Your Majesty, maybe Tingwei should be invited here." Ji Chang heard the seriousness of the matter, it was not a small reform, it was related to the country's system.

Sang Yu hasn't talked about the Ting Wei Department yet, and only glanced at Ji Chang's sensitivity.

The Tingwei Office actually has no subordinate departments at the local level. It is only a central law enforcement agency. The local yamen are not subordinate to the Yushi Mansion. The yamen of states, counties, and counties are actually subordinate to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Then the military also has its own It’s a legal institution, so there really aren’t too many departments that can handle the law.

The three monarchs and ministers temporarily pulled the topic aside, and naturally had to wait for Yu Yi's arrival if they wanted to talk in depth.

There was no delay in Yu Yi's next court and he went straight home. What he is most concerned about at the moment is the invasion in the south. The team led by the Yu family has officially entered the border of Linyi, and the progress and harvest are quite fruitful.

The invading armed forces in the southwest peninsula have been divided, and the military is still focusing on plundering food, but the families are robbing everything.The family armed forces are different from the military in that they plunder and occupy land on the one hand, and explore for resources like crazy on the other, reporting any resources they find immediately.

In fact, the reporting of each family is also forced to do so. If it is reported by others, the official record will only belong to the reporting family.And the government records who owns it, and whoever has the ownership for how many years.

Lin Yiguo was in a state of bewilderment about being invaded on a large scale. A moment ago, they thought that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was finished, and they could unscrupulously attack the territory of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which had no scruples.Then the preparations for Linyi's invasion had not yet begun, and the next moment the Han army arrived and began to invade.

"The king of Linyi has sent envoys, one way is inland, the other way is along the coast, and they are already on their way to Xiangguo." Yu Tiao is Yu Yi's elder brother, but his reputation is not as good as that of many brothers.He frowned slightly and said, "If the envoys from Linyi come to pay tribute, will the situation in the southwest change?"

Yu Yi immediately smiled and said: "The situation in the southwest is determined by the king."

It seems that Liu Yan has never concealed his ethnic attitude. From the beginning, he made it clear that the Han nation is supremacy. Although this supremacy does not completely exclude foreign races, the Han people will lead the integration.He may still value the Hu people, but has a naked contempt for the barbarians and barbarians. Unfortunately, both Linyi and Funan are part of the "barbarians".

"That's true..." Yu Tiao was not quite used to the national conditions of the Han country yet, so he said with emotion: "Although the Han Dynasty has vassals, they don't pay much attention to it."

Thinking back to the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, because of its improper position and the country’s worries, it wished to treat any vassal state as an ancestor.

The two brothers were halfway through talking about the matter, and the elder came to report in a hurry, saying that the secretary Lang Xunxian had come.

Yu Yi didn't know what happened, and when he saw Xun Xian, he only knew that the king had summoned him. Of course he agreed to the summon, but he didn't go with Xun Xian.

"I haven't heard of any major events. Why would the king send someone to summon you?" Yu Tiao seemed to think of something, and said, "Could it be that the situation in the Northern Expedition has changed, or the South..."

Yu Yi couldn't answer without knowing it, but he was thinking about the same as Yu Tiao, so he didn't dare to delay and change clothes quickly.

After waiting for Yu Yi to enter the palace, he saw Liu Yan, Ji Chang, and Sang Yu all present, but no military generals.Without generals, it would mean that there was a change in the Northern Expedition. His raised heart was slightly put down, but he thought about whether there was a change in the south and raised it again.

It is not that North Korea and China have no objections to the southwestern peninsula being designated as an area for various families to invade and plunder. It can only be said that there are few objections. The examples are simply too numerous to count.

After Yu Yi arrived, he didn't speak hastily. After listening for a while, he finally came to his senses. It was not about the northern front and the southern peninsula, but it was millions of times more serious than the first two.

"Reform related to the law?" Did Yu Yi actually understand it as a kind of reform, or a reform that can affect forever? He was both stunned and dazed. After reacting, he looked at Sang Yu with extremely strange eyes: "The system is related to Country, why did the imperial minister initiate this reform?"

If the group of people including Liu Yan who rose from the humble beginnings were regarded as radicals, or the kind of radicals who didn't care about old rules and conventions, the Han Kingdom actually did not lack some conservatives.

Radicals and conservatives don't necessarily have right or wrong, they just have different attitudes towards things. Yu Yi directly asked Sang Yu why he wanted to reform.

(End of this chapter)