Datang Nongwang

Chapter 787 The Judiciary Is Neither Independent nor Independent

At noon, the court dispersed.

Under Li Shimin's displeasure, the court officials dispersed in fear.

In an unprecedented contest, Li Chongyuan lost, but also won.

Li Chongyuan lost the final result about the corrupt perpetrators in Sinong Temple, and also lost this big contest.

But Li Chongyuan won again, and under the protection of Li Shimin, he ascended to the position of Minister of Judicial Temple proposed by Li Shimin.

From the second rank.

Such a high-ranking official, Li Chongyuan never thought that he could reach such a high position.

original.

It was already an accident that Li Chongyuan was able to ascend to the position of Secretary of Agriculture, but now he directly jumped over the third rank and reached the second rank.

Li Chongyuan was a little flustered, but also a little more worried.

Li Chongyuan worried that after he climbed to such a high position, if he accidentally fell down, his body would be smashed to pieces.

Maybe.

When Li Chongyuan was about to leave the palace with worry, Wang Li ran over and stopped him, "Jun Wang Li, you stay here for now, the Holy Majesty will call."

Li Chongyuan looked back at Wang Li, nodded slightly, then turned to his elder brothers and said, "Brother, you go home first, but don't mention today's court meeting with Auntie, I have to deal with it." Discuss with the Holy Majesty. Wang Ting, you go back first."

Li Chongji and his brothers who were happy at first nodded their heads when they saw what Li Chongyuan said.

After a while.

Li Chongyuan came to a certain hall and met Li Shimin.

"I know you have thoughts in your heart, but you have seen it if you think about it. Once the officials of Sinong Temple pursue it, they will affect the whole body. It's not that I don't want to pursue it, but that there are too many officials involved, and the officials of the court are also involved. I have been forced to force the palace several times, and I have no choice but to come up with such a method." Li Shimin said earnestly.

Li Chongyuan actually understood it in his heart.

There are indeed too many people involved in Sinong Temple.

Moreover, many servants were involved.

Although the ministers of various ministries are good, the prime minister is not involved in it, but once it is investigated, Li Shimin does not want to see the final consequences.

Even several servants in the six parts are involved, and there must be more involved later.

Even, once the investigation continues, [-]% of the Beijing officials will be involved.

Even if the truth is found out, how to judge the penalty and how to adjust the positions of these Beijing officials will become a big problem.

Li Shimin knew this very well, so he used this method to reconcile, which is also a deal.

As for why Li Shimin made such a deal, Li Chongyuan can guess one or two, "Your Majesty, I just took up the post of Secretary of the Si Nong Temple, and now I am suddenly taking the post of Secretary of the Temple of Judiciary. I really don't have the ability to do this." The post, the Holy Majesty might as well take it back."

"You idiot. I am going to change what I announced at the court. You can change it as soon as you say it. You take it as a joke!" Li Shimin's expression immediately darkened when he heard that Li Chongyuan didn't want to be the Minister of Justice.

Li Chongyuan felt a little wronged, "My lord, I'm still young, you lift me up so high, if I do something wrong, my head will fall off. Besides, I have too many things to do, and I really can't spare time To manage the government affairs of a temple."

"Hmph! What did I tell you at the time. The matter of Sinong Temple can only be handled by the two young ministers. You are welcome, give me a preemptive and a final act. Such a big incident, it is even more embarrassing." I was cornered. Now that you say you don’t want to do it, where did you go then?” Li Shimin was very upset.

Li Chongyuan was helpless.

He already has the position of Secretary of Sinong Temple, and this Suzhou special position has not been explained or dismissed until now.

Today, suddenly there is another post of Temple Minister in his body, and it is still a second-rank post of Temple Minister. Li Chongyuan always feels like he is living in a dream.

But the matter has come to this point, Li Shimin refused to let him push Li Chongyuan, and Li Chongyuan could only accept it helplessly, "My lord, what about the matter of Sinong Temple? We can't investigate it and leave it alone, right? The situation in Sinong Temple is so chaotic. If the Sinong Temple is not rectified, the situation will definitely remain like this in the future. Since the involvement is extensive, then its main officials, I ask the Holy One to deal with it."

"The law must be brought to justice, but it cannot be dealt with according to the list you handed in. The orders, supervisors, and prime ministers of each department can handle it according to law. I will hand over this matter to the Ministry of Punishment, and you don't have to Excuse me. I came to you about the preparation of the Judicial Temple. Back then, you mentioned to me that the judiciary should be independent and fair. Now it is your business to build the Judicial Temple, except for the two candidates for Shaoqing, Yushitai and Except for the position of Supervisor in the Secretary Province, other candidates are up to you to choose. If there is no suitable candidate, then choose from among the various ministries." Li Shimin answered Li Chongyuan's words.

Li Chongyuan nodded knowingly and replied: "My lord, I dare not choose the officials at will. According to my opinion, it is better to transfer the state officials to fill the Judicial Temple. After all, among the officials in the capital, I really don't know who to trust. "

"This is your business. Remember, the construction of the Judicial Temple is the most important thing. You told me that the rule of law needs a basic constitution to support it. When my dynasty was established, what it inherited was the previous dynasty The Kaihuang law, after my father, repaired the Wude law, Xinge, and Wude style, and now, I still use the Wude law, Xinge, and Wude style. You need to revise the law on the basis of these, and refine the law. Law." Li Shimin didn't care how Li Chongyuan filled the vacancy of the Judiciary Temple, but turned to the law.

Li Chongyuan also had no opinion.

People, although I don't have many, but as long as Li Shimin releases power, then all this will be easy to handle.

Let's not talk about whether I can find it or not. With so many officials in the Tang Dynasty, it is impossible to be dissatisfied with these people.

Moreover.

Even if it is not, didn't Li Shimin say that it can be used from the six departments first, and when there is a suitable one, it can be directly transferred to Judicial Temple.

Li Chongyuan no longer cares about whether he has anyone. Seeing Li Shimin mentioning the law, he felt a little worried, "My lord, it is the year of Zhenguan, although the Taishang Emperor's martial arts law has been used all the time, as in the future, tens of hundreds of years later. , we can’t use the year name as the law. I believe that the laws of our Tang Dynasty should be renamed, and the name of the year should no longer be used.”

"I don't care about this matter, you can deal with it yourself. Back then, I sent Fang Xuanling and others to formulate the Law of Zhenguan, but the Supreme Emperor has always been healthy, so the name has not been changed. You said that my law of the Tang Dynasty changed its name, It's up to you to decide. I only have one request, and that is that after the law is established, it must be fair." Li Shimin still didn't care.

When Li Chongyuan heard Li Shimin's request, he readily agreed, "Justice is the most basic. After all, the law is for people. However, the judiciary really cannot be independent. It can only be said that the judiciary is both independent and not independent."

"How to say?" Li Shimin was puzzled.

Li Chongyuan thought about it carefully and said: "What I mean is that the establishment of laws must serve people, and people are divided into different classes, such as nobles, nobles, farmers and merchants. But today's laws, the objects they serve It is the family of nobles and nobles, but peasants, merchants and soldiers do not enjoy the justice of the law. Therefore, my opinion is that no matter what kind of people they are, they are all equal before the law, so that the law is not noble."

"The law is not noble, it is difficult. However, I believe you can do it." Li Shimin also knew what Li Chongyuan said.

It is impossible to do it in any dynasty.

It is just a fantasy to say that the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people.

Even in modern times, it is difficult to do this without Agui.

In Li Chongyuan's words, as long as there are things that people are doing and doing, there must be deviations or selfishness.

If a sub-leader commits a capital crime, you can't really sentence him to death.

Don't talk about this, even the rich, under the influence of their wealth, if they commit a capital crime, if their influence is large enough, the capital crime will be regarded as a living crime and so on.

In short.

This method is not expensive, it depends on the situation, and when scoring, it is the scoring person.

but.

Li Chongyuan already had a rough idea in his mind.

Although Li Chongyuan is not yet fully familiar with the laws of Wude, Xinge, and Wude, as long as he gives himself time, the first constitution of the Tang Dynasty will be born in Li Chongyuan's hands.

At the end of noon, Li Chongyuan left the palace.

Li Chongyuan, who came out of the palace, has been thinking about the judicial situation in his previous life.

'The judiciary cannot be independent, but the judiciary must be independent, and all interference, including political and legal interference, must be eliminated to ensure judicial justice.It seems that our country is implementing the system of unifying the procedure and action, but I am afraid that the combination of procedure and action cannot be achieved at present, so we should ensure the independence of judicial power. '

Li Chongyuan was thinking about some judicial procedures in his previous life, but he only knew this little bit.

In his previous life, Li Chongyuan did not study law or government affairs. He was just a graduate who will study fisheries.

I was brought here not long after my job, so how could I have the opportunity to study law?

If he hadn't learned some political lessons, maybe Li Chongyuan didn't even know about the system of unification of law and action.

In this era, even if Li Chongyuan wanted to be a representative of the people, it was impossible.

On the way home, Li Chongyuan finally thought of a solution that is most suitable for the moment.

'Well, that's it.First spread out laws such as the Wude Law to ensure that all laws do not overlap, one by one, starting from the most basic, and then going to power and obligations, come up with the constitution and then come to the criminal law, and so on. '

Li Chongyuan's thoughts began to become clear.

after all.

Li Shimin does not allow him to refute the post of Minister of Justice, so now he can only accept it.

If you accept it, you have to do it well, and if you do it well, maybe in the future, there will be less things about the rich and the rich bullying the people.

On the way, Li Chongyuan thought about these things.

As for my family, I don't know who was talking too much, and revealed to the old lady what happened in the court today.

At this time, the old lady was expressionless, and she didn't know whether she was happy or worried.

Standing in front of her were the brothers Li Chongji, honestly, none of them dared to make any movements, as if they were afraid of the old lady.

Lin Caishu stood beside Li Chongji, and stretched out her hand to gently push her husband. Only then did Li Chongji react, and respectfully said to his mother, "Mom, we really don't know about this. The Holy Majesty suddenly said that he would prepare to build a What Judiciary Temple, and the rank is set so high. If we had known the news long ago, people would have talked about it. Mother, the fourth brother is promoted from the second rank, he should be happy."

"Yes, mother, the fourth brother has been promoted to the second rank. From now on, our Li family will no longer have to look at other people's eyes. We should be happy about this matter, and we should hold a feast to celebrate." Li Chongxuan said .

Li Chongxu also agreed.

even.

The little guy Li Shangwu was also very helpful.

but.

The old lady's face was still gloomy.

After a long time, the old lady suddenly let out a long sigh, and said worriedly: "The high-ranking officials are those who are virtuous, those who are capable are appointed, and those who are talented are driven away. How can your fourth brother, He De, be able to occupy such a high position as the second rank?" ?Even if you are protected by your uncle, your fourth younger brother is outspoken. If he does not do things well, he will become the target of public criticism. At that time, will you be able to protect your fourth younger brother? Or will your uncle be able to protect him? Ugh!!!"

"Mother, don't worry. The fourth brother is so smart, he must know how to act. Besides, after all these years, the fourth brother has been safe and sound, and he has made outstanding achievements. I believe that the fourth brother will definitely be able to do it." , will never become the target of public criticism." After listening to his mother's words, Li Chongji was very optimistic about his fourth brother.

After hearing this, the old lady sighed again: "About what happened in the court today, haven't you noticed? The corrupt officials of Chasinong Temple, who your fourth brother forgot to eat and sleep, ended up being forced to Those people jumped over the wall in a hurry, and encouraged some pawns to surround the Taicang Office, and forced the palace again. His Majesty had no choice but to use this trick to save your fourth brother."

"If this kind of incident happens one or two more times, do you think the Holy Majesty will still try to protect your fourth brother? Just the ganging up of some corrupt officials will force the Holy Majesty to give in and compromise, and he will also think of other ways to protect you Fourth brother, who do you think will save your fourth brother after a few more times? It is difficult to be an official, but it is even more difficult to be an official who stands for the common people."

What the old lady said made Li Chongji and his brothers look at each other, and only then did they understand their mother's worry.

The life experience of the three brothers is not as deep as their mother, and they grew up in such a superior environment when they were young, and they walked smoothly, so who knows what hidden dangers are hidden behind this.

Even though they have been officials for many years, they don't think as much as their mother.

Li Chongji is the boss, soft-tempered, although prudent, but not experienced enough, and not cautious enough, he has been living under the protection of the old lady and can only be conservative.

The second child, Li Chongxuan, is hot-tempered and a bit clever, but he has no big ambitions, and he can't even keep Chengdu.

The third child, Li Chongxu, is timid despite his stable nature.To say that he is cautious is not right, he can only be regarded as timid.

On the other hand, Li Chongyuan.

I used to be daring, I was the biggest in the world, causing trouble everywhere.

Until Li Chongyuan came to this world, although his audacity was gone, his ability to cause trouble has not weakened.

(End of this chapter)