Saint of the Confucian way

After the great court meeting dispersed, Fang Yun returned to the Zuo Xiangge, summoned the empress dowager, Zuo Xiangfu, all cabinet counsellors, important officials of the cabinet and ministries, and prepared to collectively draft a draft constitution of Jingguo with the participation of the great legalist scholar Gao mo.

In fact, after everyone arrived, Fang Yun sent everyone a draft constitution he had formulated.

Just seeing the beginning, all the officials were shocked. I didn't expect Fang Yun to be so bold.

The first article of the constitution is that Jingguo is a human nation country with scholars as the main body under the leadership of the monarch and cabinet.

The officials didn't know what the constitution was, but after listening to Fang Yun's explanation in the Fengtian hall, they all knew that the constitution is the highest law of a country. All laws and regulations of the country should be formulated and operated in accordance with the constitution, and no violation of the constitution is allowed.

It can be said that the Constitution stipulates what kind of country the country is, what kind of law the law is, and what kind of officials the officials are.

Although the first article of the Constitution does not clearly state the national nature of king, it puts the cabinet and the monarch in an almost equal position for the first time, which means that king has no power to overthrow the cabinet from now on.

In other words, King Jun has no absolute control over the cabinet, not even the veto.

All the officials thought of the same sentence, and everyone knew Sima Zhao's heart.

However, this first article obviously did not abolish the power of the monarch.

Gao Mo, the elder in the penalty hall, looked at the first one, and his eyes flashed a little unhappy, but then he had no choice but to sigh.

Gao Mo is not satisfied with the first article of Fang Yun's too moderate or peacemaker style, because he neither completely determines the nature of the country or regime, nor distinguishes Jingjun from the cabinet.

However, Gao Mo did not blame Fang Yun because there was no way. If the constitution was too radical, the royal family would rather die than agree. Therefore, this is the only way for this first constitution.

However, seeing the second constitution, Gao Mo smiled.

Article 2 the Constitution stipulates that the legislative power stipulated in this constitution will all belong to the cabinet.

This means that King Jun has no legislative power and can no longer formulate and decide the laws and regulations of King state.

After reading only two articles of the constitution, the Empress Dowager clenched her teeth and wanted to tear up the draft in front of her.

The third article made the Empress Dowager's eyebrows stretch. It stated that all laws of the kingdom of Jing should be approved by the monarch and sealed with a jade seal.

Article 4 states that all cabinet ministers, heads of ministries, heads of States and officials of grade III or above shall be nominated by the cabinet, appointed by the monarch and sealed with a jade seal.

This shows that if Jing Jun disagrees, no one can serve as a senior official.

However, the Empress Dowager's expression then changed, which means that the monarch can only decide the appointment of high-level officials, not the fate of middle and low-level officials. Before, the monarch was also responsible for the appointment and removal of officials of grade five and above.

After reading article 5, the Empress Dowager's look improved again. The Constitution stipulates that the monarch is the highest ruler of a country's rites, and any great rites should be presided over by the monarch.

Seeing this, many officials also breathed a sigh of relief. In the Shengyuan continent, there is no doubt about the importance of rites, because the monarch is the son of heaven and the leader of the human race determined by heaven. The power of the monarch originates from heaven, which is the greatest rites. If the monarch cannot hold the ceremony, it means that the monarch is not the son of heaven. Without the orthodox title, the legitimacy and rationality of his power will not exist.

Fang Yun even decided to let Jing Jun take charge of the great ceremony of a country, which means that there is no intention to abolish the monarch, which makes the officials no longer worry about Fang Yun's usurpation of power.

However, after reading article 6, the Empress Dowager snapped the draft on the table in front of her.

"Ai family will never allow Article 6 to appear!"

The officials were silent.

Article 6 of the Constitution clearly states that the son of heaven holds the ceremony, the ceremony belongs to the heaven, and the Holy Son of heaven rules by bowing. The cabinet is in power, the government belongs to people, and scholars work hard for the king. Cabinet officials should take the initiative to undertake government affairs instead of the monarch, so that the monarch can better take charge of the ceremony of a country.

This is depriving the monarchy!

In the orthodox interpretation of Confucianism, the holy emperor ruled by bowing to the arch, which means that the emperor did not increase additional taxes, did not increase the burden on the people, and did not do unnecessary wars. In short, he did not do what should not be done. As long as he did well in benevolence, righteousness and morality and mastered etiquette and law, all officials and people would go their own ways and there would be no problems.

Since the world is under great rule, the emperor's governance of the country is as simple as hanging his clothes and bowing his hands.

However, some scholars or scholars deliberately distort this sentence and understand it as that the truly holy Son of heaven should be located on the temple, do nothing and hand over government affairs to officials, which is good for the world and the people.

This intention of seizing monarchy has been enduring among scholars and has never been interrupted.

All the officials didn't seem to hear the Empress Dowager's words and continued to look down.

Because it is only a draft, the content of the item is not detailed.

Some contents are relatively broad, some contents are more pertinent, and some contents make officials feel dazzling.

For example, before the law, everyone is equal.

The human race does not have the son of heaven to break the law and commit the same crime with the common people. Only the prince breaks the law and commits the same crime with the common people. In fact, there is no law to bind the monarch. Although this constitution is somewhat strange, all officials know that it is a slogan and can not really work.

However, the one after this constitution is unacceptable to many officials.

Men and women are equal.

The Empress Dowager looked at this, but her complexion was complex. In front of her eyes, Zhao Hongzhuang's stubborn face appeared.

"Fang Xiang, the old minister does not agree that gender equality should be written into such an important constitution," Yang Xuwen said.

Fang Yun smiled and said, "half of the kingdom of Jing is made up of women. All men are born of women. Without you and me, or even the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the Terran can still continue. Without women, the Terran will perish. If women all over the world are not important, what is important?"

Yang Xuwen said, "women have no power to bind chickens. It's difficult to ascend the hall of elegance. Literature can't govern the country, and martial arts can't kill demons and barbarians. Why can they be equal to men?"

Many officials nodded gently and recognized Yang Xuwen's words.

Fang Yun asked, "does Yang Xiang want to stand out for women, recommend women to run the country and secure the country, promote women to the literary position and gain the power to kill demons and barbarians?"

Yang Xuwen said reluctantly, "I can't say anything about you, but I will never agree with this article. If you force it through, I will exercise my veto."

The officials were surprised. Unexpectedly, Sheng Boyuan had just been forced away, and the court officials finally reluctantly reached an agreement. There was a contradiction between Zuo Xiang and Fu Xiang.

This time, Yang Xuwen's attitude was extremely firm.

Fang Yun said reluctantly, "that's a step back. Men and women are equal before the law. Yang xiangruo let his wife and daughter's mother suffer unfair treatment, and that's nothing to say."

Yang Xuwen stared at Fang Yun for a long time, lowered his head silently and continued to look at the constitution behind him.