Zichan's criminal record was undoubtedly of positive progressive significance. His behavior set a precedent for the subsequent publication of written laws by the vassal states.

However, in the years that Zichan made a criminal record, although the legal provisions could be clearly published to the public, they still faced four severe challenges, and the entire society did not become a society ruled by law.

These four challenges are actually very representative.

First, under the imperial system, the emperor is the largest in the world, above the law, and is not subject to control. Such a guy who is above everyone in this world is equivalent to the dynasty law being an empty guise and does not have the real value of the law in essence.

Second, imperial bureaucrats rely on the emperor's power to survive and are responsible to the emperor, but not to the people, so they are essentially contemptuous of the law. The ruling class uses the law to oppress and suppress the people, and the law becomes a torture tool for oppressing the people, rather than a norm for regulating people's behavior.

Third, that is, the people are generally illiterate, and have no way to learn. They cannot understand the legal provisions before them, and are unable to use the law to protect their own interests. Therefore, they developed to the end. The family of legal inheritance emerged. Intellectuals passed on the legal family and served as judges of the court for generations, such as the famous Guo family from Yingchuan, who was born in the famous Guo Jia.

Fourth, legal provisions are limited by the times and people's cognition, and many loopholes will inevitably appear. Even if they develop into a society ruled by law, there will be figures like litigation sticks who specifically grasp the loopholes in the law, gain benefits from the loopholes, and wantonly trample on the dignity and significance of the law.

Su Yonglin believes that the civil chaos under the rule of the dynasty mainly arises from these four problems, and some civil chaos and corruption cases in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty also originated from this.

From the bottom of our hearts, everyone thinks that the law is just a piece of waste paper, the word "official" is two words, and when you touch the upper and lower mouths, you will say whatever you say. What if you turn black and white into something?

Can you still make a fortune by being a gangster?

It is precisely because of this universal distrust and disagreement of the law that the cost of social operation and social internal friction remain high. Things that can be solved by the law have become a battlefield for both sides to witness the war.

The government is very beneficial to it, and is full of energy and eats all over the place.

This situation is sinful, abnormal, and unacceptable.

So Su Yonglin decided to attack himself, resolutely took away his status as an emperor, abolished the supreme and transcendence of everything, and then put himself under the control of the law.

He made it publicly and made it clear that he could not violate the laws he had formulated, and that the laws could punish him, if he really violated the law.

So the first challenge, with the efforts of Su Yonglin, no longer exists in the current Ming Dynasty.

Su Yonglin lowered himself to destroy the divine nature, and raised the law to the supreme position, and allowed himself to be under the law. In theory, there would be no one above the law in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The second article is that Su Yonglin has been working hard for all. He has launched three major purges in the past, and has also maintained the dignity of the law.

However, Minglu had a contradictory side at that time, and his actions could not play a substantial role in changing things, nor could they really have an effect on himself. It was limited improvement rather than reform.

But now, it's different.

The source of power for court officials is no longer the emperor, but the people's congress stipulated in the Constitution, and the power of the people's congress comes from all the people.

In terms of legal logic, people, including Su Yonglin, are responsible to the people's congress stipulated by the Constitution, which represents the will of the whole people, rather than to the emperor.

Their power is no longer transcends everything and has no sacred and inviolable attributes. On the contrary, it must be exercised within the prescribed framework.

The underlying logic of the power operation of the Ming Democratic Republic began to undergo substantial changes from now on.

Su Yonglin puts shackles on everyone, including himself, and everyone has shackles on them, so that those who hold power will no longer be detached from the law.

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Su Yonglin himself believes that this is the second leap in the history of Chinese legal system since Zichan casts a criminal record.

With his efforts, he completed the first and second challenges and found solutions.

And the third and fourth challenges are not something he can handle alone.

He needs officials and the public to work together to learn and master legal provisions, respect legal provisions, and the whole society forms a fashion and habit of doing things within the framework stipulated by legal provisions.

Moreover, as the continuous progress of society, we have actively worked hard to repair legal provisions, making legal provisions more realistic and practical, and can take care of the interests of most people.

"Everyone, no matter who it is, including me, works within the framework of the law. This is an important prerequisite for maintaining social fairness and justice. In order to achieve this prerequisite, learning the law and understanding the law are more important prerequisites.

At the same time, in line with the development of the times and the birth of new things, the law must keep pace with the times, not stick to the moment, and not be addicted to authority. In the public congress every five years, many laws need to be adjusted according to the latest situation to ensure that the law keeps pace with the times."

Su Yonglin made an important declaration for this and decided to promote cooperation between the Ministry of Justice and the School to widely open legal promotion study classes nationwide.

While literacy, promote the public's understanding of the law, let the public know the existence of the law, let the public learn to use the law to protect themselves, and do things within the framework of the law.

The same is true for the government and the people. The whole society must form such a habit, form a brand new social rule, and abandon the original social survival law that is infinitely close to the jungle law.

This is a very important task set by Su Yonglin for the Ming Dynasty's tutoring period.

For the public, this is of course the absolute advantage outweighs the disadvantages.

If everyone, including the official, is well-behaved, the weak party can naturally gain more benefits and protect their own interests, and the difficulty of survival will be reduced sharply.

For the court, this is not so in line with their wishes.

Their style of conduct will no longer depend on the size of power, but on the provisions of the law.

Only when the law stipulates things can they do. Only when someone breaks the law and fails to follow the rules can they take action to maintain the dignity of the law with violence.

What they need to maintain will no longer be their majesty and inviolable status, but will no longer be their majesty and inviolable status, and what everyone respects is no longer them, but the law.

For the identity of the strong party, the law limits them far more than convenience. They are called law enforcement officers and may become law enforcement officers at any time.

They cannot interpret the law at will, but must become the mouth of the law according to the spirit of the law, rather than manipulating the law.

So some officials had many opinions on this in private, thinking that Su Yonglin was going to be in a dark way. He himself admitted that the people were not of sufficient quality and would rather force this policy to be promoted during a period of tutoring, ignoring the huge costs that need to be spent on it.

Is this really a good thing?

But it seems that Su Yonglin has made up his mind to implement his ideals. Some people don’t understand this, some are worried, and some are whispering.

But this doesn't matter. Su Yonglin announced without any worries that the People's Congress was convened to celebrate the successful closing of the celebration.

A seminar was held in the meeting hall and all representatives of the people and the central representatives were invited to have a big meal together.

At the dinner, some people laughed happily, and some people forced themselves to be happy.

The smile on his face was a bit forced no matter how you look at it.
Chapter completed!