Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 572
early morning.

This morning Wei Zheng was very quiet.

Because what happened yesterday has already proved everything, so why does Wei Zheng have the nerve to say anything else now?
Li Shimin glanced at the group of officials and said: "I think you all know what happened yesterday, and your hearts are available. The laws of my Tang Dynasty are a bit too strict. I decided to revise the "Laws of the Tang Dynasty". What's your opinion, Ai Qing?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "My lord, I think it's okay."

Things are like that yesterday, who would object?

With the facts in front of his eyes, it was useless to object, and he was as smart as Changsun Wuji, so he naturally knew that Li Shimin had made up his mind.

"Your Majesty, I also support it. I believe that under the guidance of Your Majesty, we, Tang Dynasty, can keep our doors open at night and never pick up lost things."

"That's right, I also support..."

"........."

All the ministers expressed their support, and Li Shimin nodded: "Okay, just support, then I will briefly talk about some revisions, and use heavy codes in troubled times. The law will be abolished, and some laws will also be loosened appropriately..."

Li Shimin muttered a bit, he didn't talk about details, but they were some issues that need to be paid attention to in the revision of the law. These issues can be regarded as a program of revision, and relevant personnel can follow this program to carry out corresponding actions when the time comes. Modified.

After saying this, Li Shimin asked: "My dear friends, is there anything else that needs to be added?"

At this moment, Qin Tian stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing more important than human life in this world, so I think that whenever human life is involved, it should be listed as the top priority. If there is a prisoner to be executed, he should After several layers of review, it will be handed over to the imperial court, and it can only be executed after being approved by the Holy One. If you are dissatisfied, you can appeal again, and submit it to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple for joint review, and then decide the case. Such a heavy burden can avoid the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongful convictions, and it can also show respect for life."

What Qin Tian said was some laws that were used in the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty paid the most attention to the judgment of human life, so it developed a very complete set of criminal laws and so on. Even the autopsy was ahead of the world at that time. .

And the situation of this appeal will be used in later generations.

Because this is the safest method. Although appealing layer by layer will bring loopholes to some people, it has to be said that this is the best situation.

After Qin Tian said this, the officials discussed among themselves.

"Master Hou, the method you mentioned is indeed good, but if this is the case, it would be too much of a waste of resources. If this person is originally a death row inmate, but he deliberately appeals, wouldn't this have more chances of survival?"

"That is, let me say that as long as the death penalty is determined, don't give him any more chances, kill him if you can."

"Not bad……"

Some people objected to Qin Tian's proposal. Although it was good, it also had some shortcomings.

Facing the opposition from these people, Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and said: "Everyone, human life is greater than the sky, even if it is a bit cumbersome, but if we can save an innocent life, isn't it worthwhile for us to do this?"

After saying a word, the whole court was stunned for a moment, and after that, no one spoke again.

Human life is really important. If an innocent life can be saved, everything is worth it.

Li Shimin nodded: "Alright, I agree with what Qin Aiqing said."
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The matter of the law is handed over to the relevant professional people to revise and formulate.

After the revision and formulation, and with the approval of Li Shimin and the three prime ministers, the new "Laws of the Tang Dynasty" can be issued and put into use.

And at this time, the examiner had already selected the papers of all the candidates, and took out the papers that they thought were qualified to become Jinshi.

These papers are still vaguely named at this time, and no one knows who the owner of the papers is.

The chief examiner Kong Yingda took these papers and hurried into the palace.

"Your Majesty, these are the papers of good candidates selected by the examiners. Now, Your Majesty, please make a decision."

Li Shimin looked at the papers that Kong Yingda brought one by one, and found that the selected people wrote quite good strategies and theories, and they were all talents.

Seeing that the imperial examination in the first year of Zhenguan had selected so many talents for the imperial court, Li Shimin was very happy. He felt that Qin Tian's reform of the imperial examination was really good.

In this case, if those who are incompetent are eliminated, and there are so many talents in the court, why not build a strong Tang Dynasty?

After reading it in this way, Li Shimin selected a few better ones, and said, "In my opinion, these are all top-notch talents. Kong Aiqing, how do you think these few articles should be decided?"

Kong Yingda said: "This minister doesn't dare to talk nonsense, it's up to the Holy Majesty to decide. However, the Holy Majesty still has to consider the candidates for these papers. Some people are indeed talented, but sometimes they are not suitable to be the number one scholar."

This kind of thing is not uncommon, Li Shimin is naturally aware of this situation, he nodded, and then tore up those vague things, the owner of these articles, Li Shimin even knows.

There was Ma Zhou, Feng Yi, Di Zhixun who had just solved the case, and of course, there were several others.

After Li Shimin had seen it, he began to rule it out. Ma Zhou was talented and capable, but he was too close to Qin Tian. For the sake of face, he gave Ma Zhou the number one scholar.

In this case, it will be detrimental to Ma Zhou's future development, and people who are really talented will be said to be untalented.

Feng Yi is a humble scholar who has no attachment to anyone, but he has exposed the previous fraudulent imperial examinations. If he wins the first prize, he is afraid that Mu Xiuyu will be targeted by others.

Moreover, this person is too arrogant, like a piece of jade that has not been polished well, it is not usable for the time being, it needs to be honed.

As for Di Zhixun, after uncovering the case of the murder of a scholar, he has become well-known in the entire capital. He is a practical talent, but in terms of the height of his articles, he is slightly inferior to people like Ma Zhou and Feng Yi.

He should be regarded as the kind of person who has a specialization in art, and he is good at solving cases. He can work in the Ministry of Criminal Justice or Dali Temple, but he can't be the number one scholar.

After such considerations, Li Shimin chose someone else as the No. 3 champion. Ma Zhou only got No. 4, Feng Yi No. 5, and Di Zhixun No. [-].

"Kong Aiqing, the list has been finalized and can be published."

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)