Chapter 763 The Ultimate Magic Weapon
Because aristocratic families are the masters of bureaucracy, the first thing to do is to curb aristocratic families.
Lu Bu not only used a gun to forcibly curb the expansion of the power of aristocratic families, but also used a pen to deal with some aristocratic families.
What Lu Bu did the most is to use Confucian morality that the aristocratic family often spoke of before to slap officials in the face of those aristocratic families.
Lu Bu's advocacy of Confucian morality now even surpasses those of those aristocratic figures. Lu Bu often publishes three lectures, four beauties, nine honors and nine shames in the Dahan newspapers and local residence newspapers, carrying out a series of moral construction for the Dahan...
Lu Bu also asked Dahan Newspaper to identify a moral model and a moral scum. Because Lu Bu has extremely directive instructions, moral models are concentrated on the children of the Han Dynasty, while moral scum is concentrated on the children of the aristocratic families.
Lu Bu took this opportunity to speak out and oppose the deeply rooted concept of family background in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He made this statement from these special cases and clearly pointed out: "The reason why gentlemen are called gentlemen is because of their virtues. The reason why villains become villains is because they do not have virtues. The difference between gentlemen and villains is not in their family background, but in their behavior. Anyone who judges a gentleman by family background is a villain!"
Looking at the bureaucrats of all dynasties, any bureaucratic group with certain public opinion power always likes to call themselves gentlemen and say that the other party is a villain. The one who is most skilled in playing such tricks is the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty. In fact, in terms of its true words and deeds, most of the Donglin Party members are hypocritical hypocrites, which are more abominable than real villains. In order to defend their own interests and the interests of the small group, they can ignore the interests of the entire country and the entire nation. When the Qing Tartars entered the pass, at least half of the Donglin Party became Hanjiān...
The actions of the Donglin Party were disgusting to Lu Bu. Lu Bu carefully recalled the history he had seen and found that there was often the phenomenon of the Donglin Party in history. Any politicians and political groups that packaged themselves in public opinion were particularly tall, great, selfless and perfect, in terms of their true manifestations, on the contrary, Lu Bu was never afraid to speculate on the politicians in this country with the greatest malicious intention. However, he often found sadly that his speculations were fulfilled most of the time.
When Lu Bu was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he looked back at the development history of the two hundred years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was full of lies and deception, hypocrisy and evil, and truth, goodness and beauty were probably less than 30%. The so-called loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, especially filial piety, are all deliberate manifestations to obtain official positions.
Lu Bu told Xu Shu about his suspicion of the virtues that more than half of the aristocratic figures in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The reason why Lu Bu told Xu Shu so much this time was that he hoped that Xu Shu could shoulder the heavy responsibility of the CIC Department after five years of precipitation.
Five years have passed, and Xu Shu has also experienced a lot and changed a lot, but his hatred for the bureaucrats of the aristocratic family and sense of justice have not faded. He has also experienced a lot of experience in dealing with things and is no longer as immature as in the past. Because he was the first talent to be recruited by Lu Bu, Lu Bu has always had a great favor for him. Especially since they have the same political view on the long-term stability of the country and the nation, Lu Bu wants him to shoulder the burden.
Lu Bu originally asked Chen Gong to be the prefect of Henan. After a few months, he found that Chen Gong was born in a noble family after all, and he was sympathetic to the aristocratic characters, especially those who were hypocritical, but never saw through their sins. Henan Prefecture governed Luoyang City. There were many powerful people in Henan Prefecture. If he was as biased as Chen Gong, he could not maintain a good balance, so Lu Bu asked Chen Gong to be his marching chief.
After Lu Bu's original marching chief Ju Su was changed to the position of the remaining chief, Lu Bu asked Jia Xu to be his marching chief, but because the line of Nanyang County was facing Cao and Yuan Shao. Lu Bu was worried that Huang Quan, the general officer on that line, could not match Cao and Xun You, so he sent Jia Xu to take charge, so the marching chief was empty, while Lu Bu was still actively reorganizing his army and was preparing to send troops to Xuzhou in a few months. The marching chief was indispensable, so he asked Chen Gong to be the marching chief.
Because Jia Xu was in charge of Nanyang County, his Military Information Department was controlled by Fa Zheng. Fa Zheng had followed Jia Xu for four years and learned about Jia Xu's seven-cost things, which was enough to take charge of the Military Information Department.
Wang Xiu was originally competent in charge of the Zhongxin Department, but after all, he was a member of the aristocratic family and could not consider the problems from the Han and the poor and humble class. He did not monitor the aristocratic bureaucrats and general bureaucrats. Therefore, Lu Bu decided to let Wang Xiu be transferred to Henan Yin, and use his always strong skills to deal with the powerful and wealthy people, and then replace Xu Shu, who was born in the Hanxin Department to take charge of the Zhongxin Department.
Lu Bu felt that the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Tingwei were not easy to use, so he strengthened the Censorate's supervision power and stipulated that the Censorate had the right to arrest and preliminary interrogation, but could not cause death. The subsequent matters were handed over to the Tingwei, who was responsible for further interrogating the criminals, drafting the verdict, and the Censor's review.
Lu Bu also served as the Sili School Captain, and the Zhongxin Department turned into the Sili School Captain's yamen, completely replacing the Sili School Captain's power. As the Sili School Captain, Lu Bu, in addition to being the Left Military Advisor of Lu Bu, Xu Shu's main official position is the Sili Chief Historian, with 2,000 officials under his jurisdiction, mainly responsible for supervising officials at all levels and their relatives, and also responsible for handling all matters involving national security in the Han Dynasty.
Before Lu Bu, the Censorate was responsible for picking up, impeaching officials, and rectifying disciplines. He only reported the news and had no judicial power. In order to strengthen the supervisory power he possessed, Lu Bu set up a prison in the Censorate to handle special litigation cases, and specially set up a member of the Censorate to accept litigation. From then on, all major cases were jointly tried by the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Tingwei.
During the judicial reform of the Han Dynasty planned by Lu Bu, the Tingwei, the Censorate, and the Ministry of Justice would be reorganized, and the legal system of later generations was referenced.
Tingwei is positioned as the Supreme Court, and three-level courts are established at the state, county and county levels. Courts at all levels specialize in legal trials and accept criminal, civil, administrative and other cases of private prosecution and public prosecution. The county court is the first instance. Those who dissatisfied appeal to the county court and can appeal to the Supreme Court. Courts at all levels below the Tingwei have the right to exercise judicial enforcement power and judicial decision power in accordance with the law, decide state compensation in accordance with the law, exercise trial supervision functions, and have the responsibility to study, solicit opinions on laws, regulations, and draft rules, and make judicial suggestions on issues found during the trial of the case.
Lu Bu set up court systems at all levels in the prefectures, counties and counties, to liberate the chief executives at all levels from the trial of the law, so that they can concentrate their spirits on administrative and economic aspects. At the same time, the court system is completely duplicated in the administrative system, so that chief executives at all levels have no right to interfere in the law, and avoid the law becoming a slave to power.
In order to achieve legal equality, Lu Bu also introduced a public jury system, where localities elected some public jurymen in a certain proportion to participate in court hearings in local courts and supervised the court trial.
Tingwei was the president of the Supreme Court. Tingwei's original position was to manage the world's criminal prisons. The total number of prisons in the world was finally summarized to Tingwei every year. Difficult cases in prefectures and counties should be reported to Tingwei for judgment. Tingwei often sent personnel to deal with certain important cases for the local area, and could also refute the judgment opinions put forward by the emperor and the three ministers. Tingwei could arrest, imprison and judge guilty kings or ministers according to the edict. Etiquette and law are hidden in Tingwei and are in charge of matters related to the amendment of laws and regulations. It is a matter of measurement standards such as division, inch, rule, and ceremonies, and is also under the jurisdiction of the Tingwei.
The reorganized Supreme Court's responsibilities have not changed much. It is the highest judicial organ. Cases in each prefecture, county and local areas must be summarized in the final form. In particular, death penalty cases must be reviewed by the Tingwei before they can be executed. The Tingwei has the responsibility to help the local area handle difficult cases, and at the same time has the power to correct the judgments put forward by the emperor and the powerful and powerful people; has the power to arrest, imprison and trial any guilty princes and ministers according to the emperor's edict.
Tingwei also has an important responsibility to be in charge of revising the law, and must have laws to follow within five years. Five years later, Lu Bu did not want to hear any "legal loopholes". Now Tingwei Fayan did not feel much pressure. After all, Lu Bu was constantly inspiring him that the laws of the Han Dynasty became more and more rigorous and meticulous under Lu Bu's continuous suggestions.
As for the measurement standards, it will be handed over to the Ministry of Works for acceptance.
The Censorate was positioned as the Supreme Procuratorate of the Han Dynasty. Three levels of censorship were established from the state, county and county levels, namely the state censor, county censor, and county censor. In addition to reviewing cases of courts at all levels, supervising all actions of officials at all levels, and acting as a prosecutor, reporting any illegal acts of anyone, especially the illegal acts of officials.
The censors at all levels are directly managed by the Censorate and are not under the jurisdiction of the local chief executive. The funds are directly allocated by the zhongyāng finance, avoiding prosecutors being under the jurisdiction of the local top and second-in-commands, and making prosecutors become slaves of power.
The Ministry of Justice is a combination of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Public Security. There are criminal sanctions at all levels. They are directly affiliated to the Ministry of Justice. Although they are managed by the local chief executives and enjoy local finances, the opportunity for promotion is decided by the superior chief executive and the Ministry of Justice. The opinions of the local chief executives account for only one-third of the validity. The duties of the criminal sanctions in various places are approximately equal to the combination of the judicial bureau and the judicial bureau in later generations. The criminal sanctions in various places receive reports of arrest, then interrogate, and then handed over to the local court for trial. The local censor reviews the case. If the criminal does not appeal, the case will be closed. If the criminal appeals, the criminal can appeal to the court.
After the reorganization of the Tingwei, the Censorate, and the Ministry of Justice, legal personnel were allowed to form their own systems outside the administrative power system, so that the law no longer became a tool for the poor people of the powerful, but became a magic weapon to adjust class contradictions.
That is why Lu Bu could say with confidence: "The third magic weapon is the law. If everyone is equal before the law, if there is a law to follow, the law must be strictly enforced, and the order of the world will be settled and there will be no need to worry within a hundred years."
Lu Bu used Tian Feng to take charge of the Censorate, and Xu Shu to take charge of the Censorate. The Censorate and the Censorate were both open and secret, monitoring the every move of all officials of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Lu Bu could say with confidence: "This public has the fourth magic weapon, supervision power, and supervise officials at all levels to ensure that their power is not abused."
Xu Shu asked with a smile: "Lord, where is your fifth magic weapon?"
Chapter completed!