Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 532 The new Qin law is established!

"Prime Minister Li is haggard!"

Zhao Si, who was full of joy, immediately chose to visit him when he learned the good news. He has always been a casual person.

It's just that Zhao Si's visit was too sudden. Facing the arrival of the king, Li Si didn't even have time to wash up and tidy up, so Li Si's image was really not good.

I saw Li Si in front of me with a haggard face, deep bags under his eyes, and two huge dark circles with extremely obvious pigmentation. His hair was messy, and there were many more gray hairs than before. He even had no time to take care of his beautiful beard, which he had always loved. He also looked very dry, and his whole body was much thinner than before.

Those who knew it thought Li Si was reading the new book, while those who didn't know it thought Li Si had been sucked by a monster.

This made Zhao Si, who had always been thick-skinned, feel a little ashamed.

Establishing a code is not a trivial matter, especially since it is not just patchwork on top of the original code, but rather the establishment of a brand new code, so the workload is quite huge.

If nothing else happens, this code may be used as a model for hundreds of years, even until the end of the dynasty.

In fact, this is also Zhao Si's idea. In the future, some laws may be revised, added or reduced due to changes in the times. However, the core concept of the code based on the tone of unification is probably to accompany the Qin Dynasty to its end.

Repeated jumps are just the backlash of a crisis of trust and too many enemies in the past, but as long as the First Emperor and Zhao Si are willing to continue to believe in him unswervingly, everything he lost will naturally come back.

Of course, Zhao Si only needs to read the original text. As the ruler of the country, he has the highest right of interpretation.

In the local school entrance examination, the punishments are overall lower than before, and the rewards are also lowered accordingly..."

"It was still the commotion caused by the opening of the school room before. The old officials in the customs still have some grudges against me. Although I can still mobilize them, it is just a daily matter. But for such a major matter as legislation, whether they can be serious or not is not mentioned for the time being, but they are slacking off. I have no choice, so the number of available people has been greatly reduced... But fortunately, to live up to His Highness's trust, the first version has been sorted out. It is much more streamlined than before, and many legal provisions have been retained accordingly. However, the culpability may be more There are some changes.

Although the content of the code is not too much, only a few hundred thousand words in total, and the appendix cases can only exceed 300,000 at most, but two months is obviously too much pressure for Prime Minister Li Si. Some.

So in fact, many people who are proficient in law in later generations have their own focuses. Even most modern lawyers focus on a certain field, such as civil and criminal matters, and can also be subdivided into someone who is good at economic disputes and other regulations...

Of course, this may also be Li Si's political wisdom.

Even though, as Prime Minister Zuo, Li Si couldn't do it himself.

It's a thick book...it's really heavy.

Once he obeyed, Li Xiang was very loyal.

How is it like the group of Internet authors in later generations who wrote 300,000 words in two months? What kind of benefit is this?
Some animals can even write 600,000 words a month, highlighting an involution...

Therefore, Li Si was very tired, but he was very happy to be tired.

Or maybe the First Emperor liked to appoint Li Si? No matter how careful Li Si was, he really tried his best when things happened to him.

The core of this code is governance.

Zhao Si once again lamented that it was a wise choice to invent papermaking by himself.

Again, the leader of the three princes is less than one person and more than ten thousand people. He can mobilize the human resources of the world, but that is in name only...

Objectively speaking, if you want to understand the laws of a dynasty, you will not be able to read millions of words, because as the times develop, the number of reference cases will only increase.

Even though, he had already prepared most of the content before.

Yes, this is only the first version, and the law also contains reference regulations and supplementary provisions. In fact, strictly speaking, in addition to these miscellaneous contents, there are also laws to apply. To put it bluntly, it is to specifically explain the purpose, starting point and meaning of the law, which is equivalent to A heel.

At this stage, Li Si's prestige has dropped a lot due to repeated jumps. Of course, this is not irreparable. Once the new law is introduced and finalized at the court meeting, the First Emperor will also fully implement the new law after his return and abandon the old law. With Taisun's joint endorsement, Li Si's prestige will bottom out.

However, Li Si's work cannot be completed by himself. He is the prime minister and the head of the three princes. He is qualified to mobilize all the talents in the world to cooperate with him to complete the work.

Li Si took out the first copy of the New Qin Code while introducing it.

Strictly speaking, the central idea is that all saints and kings are included, and there is no such thing as an inner saint or an outer king.

Even if some legal provisions are not conducive to him, it is not impossible to amend them.

Looking at the whole article, in fact, the framework is ready-made, and the old framework is borrowed. This cannot be said to be plagiarism or not.

However, because the old official group had a bad impression of Li Si, and the new official group was not very cooperative due to the previous suppression work, the resources and manpower that Li Si could mobilize were greatly reduced, so he inevitably became more concerned and shouldered more. Naturally, he also Just haggard.

If you lose people's support, or if internal interests are not properly coordinated, or if you have no prestige, it will still be difficult to carry out work with just a name.

Although this is just a book, if converted into bamboo slips, it is definitely not light. If various reference regulations and supplementary provisions are added, a Qin Code may not be able to fit in a carriage.

"Li Xiang...you have worked hard after all." Zhao Si smiled.

There is an aspect of feudal centralization, but centralization is based on the simple emotions of the world's leaders. It does not violate the bottom line, respects the simple emotions of the people's class, and mobilizes social resources and labor to the greatest extent to stimulate social vitality.

Therefore, Li Si is actually quite tolerant of the current decline in prestige.

And if it is based on various walks of life, the old Qin laws will continue to be used, divided into eighteen types of Qin laws. Except for those in various walks of life that involve private business, grudges, and punishments, I have revised the Dharma Scripture...

Things have already begun. If he doesn't try his best and swing from side to side, there is no way he will end well.

I roughly divide the crimes into three categories according to their severity, with the highest being serious, the middle being light, and the lower being minor...

And he is the first author!
From now on, Great Qin will act within the rules Li Si set out to formulate.

But this is ancient times, and the entry is handwritten after all, and things like the code are not necessarily just based on the number of words. When it is deeply involved, everything must be done with caution.

No matter whether Li Si is a yes man or not, no matter what Li Si's character and morals are, once the new law is implemented and approved by the king, it means that the code of Da Qin will be marked with his Li Si label.

In fact, except for the core regulations and the overall tone, most of the text entry of this code was not done by Li Si. He was mainly responsible for content review, and he did not need to worry about labor matters.

At this point, there is really no possibility of paddling.

Li Si is a soft person and can't do anything that he won't do until his death.

Even a real breakthrough...

The main reason is that the boundaries of the laws established by Lord Shang are already very clear. After so many years of additions by the Qin State, it is called meticulous.

The main work Li Si has to do is to move from complexity to simplicity, from rigor to perfection.

Not to mention Li Si, all subsequent dynasties actually made modifications, deletions, and additions within the previous framework.

The law is not a doctrine...there is no way to ignore the facts.

Therefore, the New Qin Law can still be divided into eighteen categories and Dharma Scriptures.

Tian Law: Laws on farmland water conservancy and mountain forest protection.

Stable Garden Law: The law for raising cattle and horses, and prohibiting gardens and forests.

Warehouse laws: National laws governing grain storage, storage, and distribution.

Golden Rule: The law of currency circulation and market transactions.

Guanshi Law: The law governing Guanhe City. Industrial Law: The law governing the production and management of public handicraft industries.

Gonggong: The law governing handicraft production.

Worker's Engineering: Law on production quotas for handicrafts.

Corvee law: The law governing the collection and distribution of corvee labor.

Si Kong: The law stipulating the duties of Si Kong.

Military nobility law: the law of military nobility.

The law of setting up officials: setting up the laws for appointing officials.

Effectiveness: The law that verifies government material property and weights and measures management.

The law of passing on food: the law of passing on food supply in the inn.

Line: The law of delivering official documents.

Internal history: Internal officials are the laws governing the officials in the capital and Jifu area.

Wei Za: The law governing the responsibilities of Ting Wei.

State: The laws governing the ethnic minorities and state offices to which they belong.

In addition to the eighteen specific fields, there are Dharma Sutras. The Dharma Sutras are supplements to the essentials and criminal laws and other provisions. These can not be mentioned for the time being. There are many theoretical ideas and core essential contents in them and they are relatively complicated.

It can be seen that Li Si actually respected Shang Jun. At least the new Qin law still retained the framework of the old law.

Li Si is now the leader of the three princes. If he is really shameless, the worst he can do is dismantle this framework and change the name, and he can still put his own label on it.

Of course, although the framework is still the original framework, the content can be said to be completely different.

First of all, in terms of punishment, the former Qin Dynasty mainly used corporal punishment, and the main focus was to punish small crimes with major punishments.

Let's put it this way, if there is a verbal dispute on weekdays, the two of them would normally have a martial arts competition. If they are unlucky, they will be sentenced to corporal punishment, either cutting off their toes or shaving their hair...

The second is the continuous sitting method...

Lao Qin people definitely have a deep understanding of these two points.

The old Qin people are the backbone of the Qin State, but they are also the group that suffers the most.

The reason why the crime rate in the customs is low now is because enough blood was shed in the past.

Compared with the frequent corporal punishments in the past, the corporal punishments of the New Qin Law are basically concentrated on criminal offenses, and even if corporal punishments are carried out, they are mainly shaving, beating or branding, and there will no longer be cutting off fingers or amputating arms. and other things that seriously affect the ability to survive.

Corporal punishment for serious crimes was now generally replaced by exile.

Just kidding, people are now an important resource of Great Qin.

Cutting off a finger may seem lifeless, but whether it is labor or fighting, the impact of missing fingers is huge.

According to the sentencing standard of the New Qin Law, although it is not as loose as that of later generations, when it comes to corporal punishment, it can be said that he is definitely a scumbag. Although Zhao Si does not agree that scumbags have human rights, he cannot be thrown into the borderland where he is exiled. Trash that doesn't even have the ability to take care of itself.

In order for them to atone for their sins at the frontier, they must ensure that they are in good health.

The second thing is about exile. It does not mean that people are innocent after being exiled. After being exiled, they are still criminals, similar to slaves. They basically need to unconditionally obey the dispatch and control of the local government. At the same time, personal freedom is almost equal to zero... until the expiration of the criminal liability. You can regain your household registration later, but there is no chance of returning to your original household registration. You can only re-register in the place of exile.

To say that there are no more official slaves is actually just another way of saying it.

As for the method of continuous sitting, it is naturally also greatly reduced...

Let's put it this way, it is probably reduced to less than one-tenth of the previous level.

Although Zhao Si hates continuous sitting, he also thinks that it is meaningful to preserve part of the continuous sitting method.

It’s understandable that neighbors don’t hold each other accountable, but it’s unreasonable that family members don’t hold each other accountable. After enjoying the benefits, they will naturally bear the corresponding culpability.

Even if this truth is not established, as a king, Zhao Si cannot really abandon his martial arts.

The people he wants to be kind to are the lower-class officials in Guizhou, not the nobles of aristocratic families.

Your kindness becomes more convincing when you hold the knife in your hand.

In addition to this, there are the abolition of some legal provisions and the reduction of culpability. Probably, the former corporal punishment was changed to a fine, and the fine of ten yuan was reduced to one yuan. In short, it was controlled to a level that ordinary people can accept, and it will not be a wealthy person. If a family commits a minor crime that is not that serious, the whole family will be forced into slavery, giving the yeoman farmers a certain degree of risk resistance.

But if you want to say how loose it is, it certainly won’t be...

In fact, Li Si, as a remnant of the old era and his more rigorous temperament, decided that he would not drastically change the law.

To put it bluntly, the New Qin Law still has lingering shadows from the old era, which can be seen from the complicated legal provisions in it, which involve almost every aspect of life.

And it doesn't matter how lenient it is. Compared with the laws of the Han Dynasty, it can be said to be quite harsh.

It's not even an exaggeration to say it's a cool rule.

Good thing!

There is no harm without comparison.

In this era, there was no such thing as Xiao He's Three Chapters of the Law and the inaction rule of the Han Dynasty, and Huang Lao ruled the world.

The only thing Qin could compare with was the old laws of Shang Jun.

Compared with the old law of Shang Jun, this new Qin law has many restrictions and the punishments are not light when viewed in history. The image instantly becomes amiable.

Just like this, everyone in the world still has to kneel there and shout Zhao Si Shengming.

"good!"

Zhao Si scanned it briefly and affirmed Li Si.

Needless to say, Li Si's abilities were somewhat conservative due to the influence of the old era, but this slightly conservative New Qin Law was very suitable for the atmosphere of this era.

Being too outrageous and radical is not necessarily a good thing.

Moreover, Zhao Si himself is worried that the life of the cows and horses is too good at once, and the expectation threshold is too high, which will make it difficult to mobilize in the future.

If you give me ten dollars, the other person will be grateful, so why give me a hundred dollars to pretend to be generous?
"It's bad, I still turned into what I hate the most..."

Zhao Si suddenly realized in his heart that he seemed to have been assimilated by this era without knowing it.

Oh, no, it’s not assimilation by the times, but by class.

(End of this chapter)