Liu Che sat upright and said to Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo: "When Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was in power, he issued an edict saying: Born to steam the people, put the king to nourish them. The Son of Heaven is in power, the first is to live, and now the local county guards, the county lieutenants and even the county Sima, the lord Bo 2,000 stone feudal officials, exercise the power of life and death, 2,000 stone solid more virtuous ministers, however, it is inevitable that mistakes will be made in the busy, I will return the power of the death penalty to the central government, reviewed by the court lieutenant, reported to me, personally colluded, and then approved the execution! ”

Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo glanced at each other, and then bowed: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the ministers are respectfully edicted!" ”

For the central government, of course, the more power, the better.

Moreover, since the Qin Dynasty, centralization has been the trend of the times and is unstoppable.

What's more, as long as you are not stupid, you know that the public opinion and the will of the people in the world are all supportive.

All the sons of the hundred schools, no matter what faction, will not talk much about this issue involving less killing and careful killing.

As for the landlord and bureaucratic class, which has the right to speak, I am afraid, it will have to raise its limbs to support this decision.

After all, the meat eaters of the imperial court are more faceless than the local county guards.

For example, the former court lieutenant Zhang Ou, who served as a court lieutenant for three years, killed a total of more than a dozen people before and after, and these people were still forced to kill without a way.

Over the years, there have been many people who cherish feathers in the upper echelons of the Han family. [

It's just that Liu Che saw that in fact, the current Han law attaches great importance to the rights and interests of the powerful and bureaucratic class.

In the Han law, it is stipulated that the crimes committed by officials with titles above the rank of public and above and more than 600 stone must be tried and convicted by the court commander.

As for the crimes of Guan Neihou and above and 2,000 stones. Only the prime minister, the court commander and the emperor can decide their fate.

In the final analysis, the essence of Liu's country. It was a feudal dynasty.

Naturally, the laws of the Han dynasty were biased in favor of the sovereign nobility and wealthy merchants.

Most of the time, civilians and wealthy people commit crimes. It's two treatments.

A very stark contrast is that Taishi Gong and Gongsun He.

In history, Taishi Gong offended the piglet and was sentenced to palace punishment, and Gongsun He committed the crime of missing the time limit and deserved death in accordance with military law.

But as a result, Taishi Gong was cut off Xiao JJ, and Gongsun He only paid a ransom.

As for Li Guang, he ransomed two or three times just by redeeming his death.

In other words, Liu Che withdrew the right to review the death penalty. In fact, it is the powerless and powerless common people who benefit.

As for the class of landlords and heroes, if they commit a crime, those who deserve to die will definitely die, and those who do not deserve to die will not die even if there is no emperor to collude with them.

The cool officials who killed people in history, the main messengers behind the scenes, who else could they be besides the emperor?

Otherwise, do you think that Wang Wenshu, Yi Zong, Zhang Tang, and Xianxuan, these murderous demon kings, really have their own will, and they are bloodthirsty demons themselves?

Just as Liu Che now puts Zhidu in Henan County, doesn't it give Zhidu the power to act cheaply. Tingwei also received an order: All those who report the death penalty in Hexi County will be approved in accordance with the opinions of the Henan County Shou.

This is tantamount to Liu Che giving Zhidu unlimited right to fire.

And Zhidu also did a very good job.

As soon as winter came, a long list of death sentences was reported, and there were more than 400 death row prisoners on the list. It involves landlords, merchants, rangers, officials, and bandits.

Ranger and bandits or something, Zhi has already killed himself.

As for the landlords and powerful officials, these high-ranking prisoners will not survive until October of this year.

According to the report of the Inspector of Imperial History and the Embroidered Guard. At present, Henan County is "a new county governance", and "the road is not left behind." There are no bandits in the wilderness, and all the people are good'.

It's just that Henan County is located in the heart of the Central Plains. If Zhidu continues to kill like this, the people will be happy, but the landlord and bureaucratic class will probably complain.

Liu Che's throwing out this death penalty review system also meant to appease the landlords and bureaucrats who were frightened and stupid.

After all, the emperor still has to have acting skills.

You can't tell you're behind it.

Guilt and resentment are attributed to the courtiers, while merit and praise are attributed to the emperor.

After talking about the right to review the death penalty, Liu Che felt that the foreshadowing was almost done.

So, he said to Zhou Yafu: "Prime Minister, I recently looked at the files of Wu Shun and Chu Rebellion brought back from Wu Chu, and I found that in the past ten years, Wu Rebellion has made hundreds of thousands of profits from salt and iron and coinage every year, and even once the world made half of the money out of Wu Rebellion. After the imperial court profited from salt and iron, it was more able to build military equipment, care for orphans and widows, build water conservancy, and build bridges. In this way, the people are not beneficial, and the sea is used for Rao, I don't know what the prime minister thinks? ”

Hearing Liu Che finally talk about salt and iron, Zhou Yafu felt relieved for some reason.

In fact, I don't know that Liu Che, the emperor, is afraid of conflict with Zhou Yafu, a donkey.

Zhou Yafu is actually afraid of fighting with the Son of Heaven to the point of being out of control.

The answer is very simple, the Son of Heaven is young, and he Zhou Yafu is highly meritorious.

Once he is really strong, I am afraid that public opinion will criticize him for bullying the young master and being arrogant.

For a courtier like Zhou Yafu, who claims to be a pure minister and considers himself a loyal minister, it is unforgivable for such a situation to happen, and it will be a stain on his life.

At this moment, hearing the Son of Heaven say it in a consultative tone, Zhou Yafu suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Some discussions are good, whether he convinces the Son of Heaven or the Son of Heaven convinces him, the worst can be avoided.

Of course, Zhou Yafu also knew that what Liu Che said was indeed true.

The benefits of salt and iron can be seen by anyone who is not blind.

But the key is - this matter involves Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, although the Han family does not have the concept that the law of the ancestors cannot be changed, but after all, it is very tricky for the Venerable, and it involves the interests of all aspects of the world, how can it be solved with a touch of the upper and lower mouths?

If this were the case, the Wu Chu Rebellion would not have happened!

Second, the matter of salt and iron casting money, the Han family has already put it away and collected it again and again.

During the period of Emperor Taizu Gao, in order to win the trust of the world and win the hearts of the people, he once galloped into the salt pond of Shanze and allowed the people to mint coins by themselves.

In the later period of the Lü Dynasty, in order to increase the revenue of the national treasury and stabilize the financial order, the Lü Hou promulgated the money law, prohibiting the private minting of coins and the mining of mines.

Emperor Taizong Xiaowen came to power, in order to buy the hearts of the people in the world, once again announced the benefits of Chishan Ze Salt Pond and allowed private coinage.

Now, if the Son of Heaven comes out like this again.

Then, the change of government decrees is not a good thing for the Han family.

Thinking about this, Zhou Yafu bowed and said: "Your Majesty said that although the minister is stupid, he also knows, but the matter that the minister is worried about is a big matter, involving the majesty of the court, the dignity of the law and the edict of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, I dare not be careless!" ”

After listening to Zhou Yafu's words, Chao Cuo pouted, and immediately jumped out and bowed: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what His Majesty said is extremely sage, and as for the prime minister's worries, it is not enough to worry about it!" ”

"Wu Chu's rebels are still in ashes, and the rest of the rats, what's the trouble? As for the edict of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen? Emperor Taizong Xiaowen didn't say that Chi Shanze Salt Pond, Xu Min's self-casting is a permanent and unchanging law, the world changes over time, and the Son of Heaven recovers the benefits of Shanze Salt Pond, which is also his duty! (To be continued......) R1292