In late April, the emperor issued the "Edict on the Law of the People's Republic of China" in Jiangnan, announcing that he would promote the "reform of the law" of Yinghua. According to the standards of the old dynasty, Yinghua is changing the law every day, and this "change" is about changing the system of the law.

After reading the edict, the people who were hotly discussing Li Xu's case understood at this time that the emperor was looking at this case from the height of the national system, and it was not a matter of the palace with the imperial concubine at all.

In his edict, the emperor mentioned a number of changes that shook the country.

The first is to change the law department to a court, with four levels at the national, provincial, government, and county levels.

Second, the functions and powers of the courts have changed substantially, with some increases and some decreases. The commercial division of the Ministry of Commerce was merged into the courts, but a law department was set up in the province of Shangshu, which was responsible for public prosecution and managed all lawyers. The court has no administrative jurisdiction over the legal department, which means that the prosecution and judgment of the Anglo-Chinese judiciary must be completely separated.

The third is the comprehensive introduction of lawyers in criminal and civil cases, and the establishment of a new legal department is to manage the litigation lawyers and litigation process. To this end, Yinghua will implement a lawyer qualification system. The qualifications of the lawyers, as well as the reconciliation of public and private litigation, will not be drawn up by the emperor and will be left to the parties concerned to agree.

The fourth is to hand over civil cases to the local government, and the court is only responsible for the adjudication of commercial and criminal cases, involving civil disputes such as marriage, family property, filial piety, etc., which will be handled by the township and district civil courts supported by the provincial finance. Unlike the courts, these civil courts focus on mediation, and if the civil court fails to mediate and first instance, it will be transferred to the court for trial.

These four changes are only a general plan, and the specific details need to be finalized through consultation between the Government Affairs Hall and the Legal Division, and it is estimated that the final decision will not be finalized until the end of the year, and the gradual implementation will begin next year.

As far as Li Xi is concerned, this change is only a transition, but several lines have been laid. The first is, of course, the transition to a modern judicial system, and the second is the balance of decentralization.

On the one hand, transferring civil cases to the localities as much as possible is to reduce the expenditure of the central government. If the central judicial system, which originally extended all the way to the townships, were to be converted to a modern judicial system, the additional manpower, space and office costs would be extremely high. Rough estimates of the counting division. The regular financial expenditure of the court and the law department will increase by more than eight times to meet the needs of the transformation, and the total amount will be as high as 10 million taels of silver, which is difficult for Yinghua to accept at present, not counting the investment in the construction of law schools.

If the central judicial system were to be withdrawn from the civil sector, the cost would be only one-third. In addition, the localities can gradually improve the local judicial system according to the actual needs, and the various ills of the central government's unified planning can also be avoided.

On the other hand. It is also an initiative to support decentralization. When a local government obtains the power of civil adjudication, it must assert the power of civil legislation. However, the public sentiment in different parts of China is very different, and it is unrealistic for the central government to standardize the details of the civil law in one fell swoop. According to the principle of corresponding rights and responsibilities, let the local government obtain civil legislative power. It can also be closer to the regional people's feelings to a greater extent and ensure social stability.

Of course, let the legal power grow in the local area first, which is also a basis for promoting the reform of the Anglo-Chinese legal power from the bottom up.

At this time, Yinghua still had few people who understood the law, and many scholars were still asking whether Yinghua was going to follow the old path of the Legalists of the violent Qin, and began to make noise in the newspapers again.

However, at this time, Yinghua is changing. People's hearts are moving forward, of course, they are also looking at "money", and not many people care about the calls of those rotten people. In the eyes of many people, this country has become more and more strange, the loveliness has become more and more lovely, and the hateful has become more and more hateful.

"The girls in Jiangnan are also starting to lose their senses, and I think sooner or later they will have to be like Lingnan women. The streets are full of arms and feet, and there is no shame! ”

"These women are shallow, climbing the wind and the tide, and no family dares to marry!"

"Yo yo...... The women in the Qinglou can't dress up like this! Even the chest and chest are exposed! In a small teahouse somewhere in Suzhou, a group of young people who looked like scholars gathered on the street, with stars in their eyes and drooling at the corners of their mouths, but their words were full of contempt.

It's almost May. In the early summer, Jiangnan is a little hot, and the women who come and go on the street are all showing off their flowers, although they are still holding small umbrellas and whispering lotus steps, they seem quite cautious, and even the style of clothing has not changed much. But the perception of others is very different.

First of all, the color is gorgeous, in the past, those restrained blue and green colors are less, red, yellow and purple are dazzling, and the patterns are also colorful, so that the flow of people on the street is also like the wilderness in spring and summer, which is particularly gorgeous.

The second is that the cut is more close, and the silhouette of the woman's body line is much more distinct than in the past, which makes the young people in the teahouse angry, and they can only see the curve of the daughter's shoulder-shaved and breast-augmenting waist from that kind of booklet.

Of course, more importantly, there is less clothing, and the composition is more in the direction of "light and transparent".

For example, the sleeves, many of which are half sleeves and a layer of light yarn, are just in line with the climate of this season. Although the pleated skirt is not short, the hem has also become a breathable and light gauze and other clothing, and the outline of the embroidered shoes can be faintly seen between the lotus steps.

What's more bold is to use a sheer tulle on the chest and neck, although the skin is only faintly exposed, but it is enough to make those righteous gentlemen spray nosebleeds.

"Brother Zhan, you have been to Lingnan, are the women there like Fanbang, and even their navels are exposed."

Cao Zhan was bored on the side, and his friend came to say this.

"When I went, it was winter, how could I see ......"

Cao Zhan was not impressed, not only was he still young and didn't know much about men and women, but last year, the whole family ran away in a hurry, how could he be in any mood to look at women.

The friends punned disdainfully: "What winter days are there in Lingnan?" Brother Zhan'er deserves to be a brother, and he won't let us share it. ”

There is also humanity: "What innocent woman can there be in Lingnan!?" Look at what kind of virtue is that Luo Shenniang!? I vowed to dance all over the world before! put her daughter's innocent body and let the world see it alive, what do you say she has in her head? ”

Speaking of Luo Shenniang, everyone's eyes are brighter.

But someone snorted coldly: "A country is not a country, and a woman will not become a woman!" One by one, they are either studying or working, and they all want to show their heads, and if they don't abide by women's morality, how safe is the world!? ”

Another person sarcastically said: "Ni Lao Er, if you regret your marriage, you hate women all over the world, and you can't be called virtuous." ”

The second Ni said angrily: "Did I say something wrong!?" Shouldn't women think of men as their heavens? Shouldn't you be gentle and virtuous? Look at these women, their minds are full of how they should be, how they want to be, and don't talk about any three obedience and four virtues, just like the thin Li Xiangyu in the court, I don't know how to attract the hatred of men all over the world, and I think I am smart and clever! She is one of the culprits who make women in the world not abide by women's morality! ”

Peng's voice, Cao Zhan shot the case. twisted Ni Lao'er's chest: "Who are you talking about!?" ”

"Alas, don't be angry, Ni Lao Er is also a sad person, so don't worry about him."

"Yes, yes, his daughter-in-law who didn't pass through the door is going to school, and the Ni family doesn't do it, saying that they will break the marriage contract if they want to show up, but I didn't expect that people don't care about face at all. directly regretted the marriage, he was really unlucky, and it was nothing to complain. ”

Friends have persuaded him, but Ni Lao Er will not give up. Straight roared: "I just hate that kind of woman, what's wrong?" From the body to the brain, the woman is a man's! But whoever has any opinions, it should be thundered and struck by heaven! ”

Cao Zhan was not angry, this guy was confused like this, if he wanted to bump into his cousin, he had to tie his internal organs, twitch his limbs, and foam at the mouth. And that's the only kind of mischief. It's especially hard to see that women have the ability and assertiveness. But in this world, there are more and more such women. ..., "Li Xiangyu is my cousin, she is going to marry me!" ”

Cao Zhan said this with a high heart, but said in his heart that the agreement made when he was a child should be valid......

"Yo...... Brother Zhan has the ability! ”

"When it's time to drink the wedding wine, we have to ask my cousin to toast us three glasses!"

Friends are making a fuss. Ni Lao Er said: "You? It's up to you? The toad wants to eat swan meat! ”

Cao Zhan's heart trembled, and he didn't even notice why this extreme machismo changed his personality all of a sudden, and felt that he was actually right. The previous scenes poured into his heart, and Cao Zhan's face was also defeated, let go of Ni Laoer, and returned to his seat to continue drinking.

"Cousin wants to study the Fa? Hehe, it's hard to learn......"

"Xiangyu thinks that my cousin is a person with seven tricks. Under the peach blossoms, by the stream, a pot of turbid wine, raising a glass and chanting poetry. It is this dusty scene that is suitable for my cousin, who wants to enter the mortal world and roll together with these people. It's a pity that my cousin's talent is learned. ”

"I just want to read my cousin's article and listen to my cousin talk about piano and singing......"

Before, he felt that as a man, he had to have a good time, and this Dharma was also the same way. When I asked my cousin for advice, I was ridiculed by my cousin like this. The cousin spoke with phoenix eyes, and her tone was full of regret and persuasion, but in Cao Zhan's ears, it was ridicule.

"I, Cao Zhan, am also a big husband, how can I be as obscene and elegant as a rotten Confucian!"

Goodbye to the sneering Ni Er, Cao Zhan's heart suddenly lit a fire.

Flicking his sleeves away again, Cao Zhan seriously thought about his future.

Although he is young, he has only learned people, and after Yinghua returned to Jiangnan, he got a show in the "academic ability test" and can be a candidate for admission to the college. But Yinghua's talent is not famous, and he must enter the academy.

The Ming Jing has long been rejected, and the Ming Law ...... Compared with my cousin's genius, it seems that it can't be compared.

What college should I go to?

Cao Zhan went home while thinking, and as soon as he arrived at the house, he saw a group of red-clothed soldiers coming out of the house, led by a military general in his fifties with cold eyes and great dignity, looking at the dragon crest on his shoulder, which was shining gold, and he was actually a general.

"Are you...... Cao Zhan, the son of Cao Yan!? ”

"Late born is exact, I don't know ...... general"

The general's eyes were very poisonous, and Cao Zhan was terrified.

The general said: "I am Gui Zhen, the commander of the Sixth Division of the Praetorian Guard. ”

Cao Zhan glared, Gui Zhen!

He took a deep breath, bowed down and bowed: "General Gui is very kind, Cao Zhan dare not forget ......"

In Yinghua, Gui is really the benefactor of the banner people, which is the consensus of the banner people. The reason why the Jiangnan banner people were not liquidated, and they were captured by the Jingxiang Banner Camp and sent to Shilu, although they had a five-year labor contract, life was not bitter, this was all because Gui Zhen took the banner people with a drop of blood and fought for their lives. Therefore, the flag people in Yinghua regard Gui Zhen as a great benefactor and worship him when he sees it.

"Seventeen? Scholar? Not...... Do you want to go to college? Do you want to think about it and come to our sixth division? Is there one less clerk by my side? ”

Gui Zhen asked about Cao Zhan's situation and casually handed out the invitation.

Cao Zhan shuddered, not to mention that a good man is not a soldier, he is also a scholar, how can he run to the battlefield?

Seeing that he was frightened, Gui Zhen smiled, his smile was a little cold, and the words behind him were also a little cold: "Although your Cao family is not as good as the Li family, in Jiangnan, it is also the most prominent among the banner people." Do you think that you can sit back and enjoy the fruits and let this country regard your Cao family as a flesh and blood compatriot? ”

He approached Cao Zhan, and his eyes were filled with Cao Zhan's irresistible bloody aura: "Don't think about what this country can give you, first think about how much you can pay for this country, otherwise this country will not be your country." ”

Then Gui Zhen laughed, patted Cao Zhan's shoulder, and walked straight away. The officers and soldiers of the entourage all glanced at Cao Zhan, and the disdain in his eyes was extremely strong. ..., when he returned home, Cao Zhan realized that Gui Zhen had come to "force donations", of course, not to fight the autumn wind, but to build a heavenly temple in Jiangnan for the victims of the Sixth Division, and at the same time to support the disabled veterans of the Sixth Division.

Cao Zhan said bitterly: "Yes, I'm still a banner man......"

Then he perked up: "What's wrong with the flag man...... Xiangyu is not only a flag person, but also a woman, she can rely on her intelligence to make the law of a country change for it, I am still a man! ”

Suzhou Li Zhai, unloaded all the weapons, and the entourage also stayed outside the door, Gui Zhen saw Li Xu.

"Well, although my family property has been copied, but I can still make the people of Jiangnan Banner move, this temple, I will do my best!"

Hearing Gui Zhen's intention, Li Xu said so.

Gui Zhen said lightly: "Master Li...... You don't just have face, right? ”

Light footsteps sounded outside the house, but then stopped, apparently as if a guest was known.

Gui Zhen looked at Li Xu: "You still have a good granddaughter, you never thought that she should also pay for you banner people?" ”

Li Xu smiled bitterly: "Is this your own meaning, general, or ...... Who means? ”

Gui Zhen smiled: "If anyone means, do you still use me to come to the door?" Neither you nor your granddaughter took the initiative to think about this, so I had to remind you. ”

He sighed: "I'm going to the Western Regions soon, our Sixth Division is already a part of Yinghua, but you Jiangnan Banner people, whether you can move forward or not depends on yourself." ”

Gui Zhen left, Li Xiangyu entered the house, Li Xu looked at his granddaughter, hesitated for a long time, and just said: "Xiangyu, if you let you ......"

Suddenly there was a shout outside the door: "Your Majesty has arrived——! ”