The direct cause of the demise of the Yin Shang Dynasty was King Wu's attack on Zhou, and the main reason was the serious internal strife between the Yin Shang royal family and the nobles. Zijue established the Huai Kingdom. The number of nobles in the Huai Kingdom was not large. Basically, they were all granted by him, and their strength was limited.
After the environment stabilized, the Huai State grew and grew, and as the population increased, a series of problems began to arise. Urban sanitation, disputes among Chinese people, and disease problems.
Because the Huai Kingdom was built from scratch, it lacked a large number of talents. When there were few people at the beginning, Zijue could handle it by himself, but after two more cities were built, the problem became serious.
For this reason, Zijue could only select some smart Chinese people, then train them, teach them some knowledge, and let them become officials in the middle and lower classes of the city. Of course, due to lack of time, the management level of these officials is not high.
On the other hand, Zijue recruited people who knew the law among the people of the country to start compiling a law suitable for the Huai Kingdom.
This law combines "Shang Xing", "Yu Xing", "Nine Xings" and other laws circulated in this era, and then combined with some laws from Zijue's previous life, removing the outdated clauses, and compiled a relatively fair law It is called "Huai Lv".
Moreover, Zijue also made forward-looking adjustments to future social development and changes. The entire law has detailed provisions on criminal, civil, commercial, marriage, inheritance, penalty and other systems.
At the same time, Zijue also compiled laws such as "Tian Law", "Gong Law", "Qian Law", "Business Law", and "Service Law" to ensure that there are laws to follow to the greatest extent. This is also because the officials of Huai State had little management experience. Zijue made the laws in more detail and then asked them to act according to the laws.
In addition, Zijue abolished corporal punishment, such as beheading, amputation of hands, and cutting off noses, which were too cruel, and replaced them with imprisonment, flogging, and fines. The death penalty was abolished by beheading, hanging, and poisoning. Cruel punishments include being burned, cut in half, and broken into pieces.
Zijue also restricted the behavior of nobles, and also imposed severe penalties on crimes committed by nobles. At the same time, it also gives ways to use titles to atone for sins. Private property is also protected in the law. The provisions in the entire law are very detailed and meticulous. Let alone this period, this law will still be applicable even if it is hundreds of years later.
Zijue spent a lot of energy codifying a set of laws. At the same time, we also want the people of the country to know the law and abide by the law. Zijue made a special announcement.
And because the text was complicated and obscure at this time, Zijue also made some optimizations to the text to make it more convenient to write and read. Then the entire law was written on wooden tablets and placed in the city square, at the city gate, and outside the official office.
Because almost 90% of the people in the country were illiterate, Zijue sent several officials to read out these laws and inform the people.
After compiling the laws, Zijue summoned craftsmen to cast a bronze tripod and cast these laws on the bronze tripod.
Because there are so many texts in the law, it took nine bronze tripods to cast all the laws. Therefore, this law is also called "The Law of the Cauldron" or "The Law of the Nine Cauldrons" or "The Law of the Golden Cauldron".
After completing the compilation of "Huai Code", Zijue also received a luck value reward.
[You have compiled a relatively complete law, which has played an important role in promoting the development of the entire civilization. "Huai Law" has become a bright pearl in the long history. You have obtained the earth-level props - the Star Observation Tower. , your luck points increase. 】
[Ground Terrace·Star Observatory: It can suppress the luck of a place. Users can build it according to the drawings. After it is completed, it can predict the celestial phenomena within a radius of 500 miles. It can reduce and reduce natural disasters here and bless the place with good weather. 】
Zijue smiled slightly when he heard the system gave out rewards, not surprised.
After having the law and being trained by Zi Jue himself, these people were finally able to handle various affairs, and Zi Jue finally relaxed.
After having managers, Zijue began to solve other problems. The city's sanitation problem is not difficult because there are enough managers. Once Zijue issues the order, these people will carry it out.
Regarding the sanitation of the city, Zijue imposed strict requirements and dug sewers in the city. At the same time, he promulgated some regulations for the people to abide by. If there was any violation, he would be punished with hard labor and be responsible for cleaning the city. If you make repeated mistakes, the penalty will be doubled and a fine will be paid.
The medical skills of this era were very poor, but there were already some medical books. Zi Jue recruited various doctors and witch doctors from the Huai Kingdom, and combined them with some simple medical knowledge that Zi Jue knew in his previous life to correct and delete some erroneous knowledge. , compiled the medical skills of these people, compiled a medical book, granted official positions to these doctors, and established the Imperial Medical Office.
At the same time, some children from the Chinese people were recruited to study with these medical officers, train doctors, and study medical skills.
The medical skills of this era were very backward, so Zijue gave an order to Zigeng, asking him to spend a lot of money to hire medical experts from other countries to come to Huai. After passing the examination, they would be awarded official positions and let them study and teach medicine together.
After coming to this era, Zijue discovered how difficult learning is. Knowledge is almost always in the hands of nobles, and its inheritance is also very restricted. It is basically passed down from father to son, and from son to grandson. Whatever position the father holds, so does the son.
This leads to difficulties in spreading knowledge and a lack of talent. This is especially true for Huai State. At the beginning, most of the people in Huai Kingdom were fleeing people. There were not many nobles, and even fewer talents among them.
The rapid development of the Huai State resulted in a lack of a large number of talents. In the end, Zijue decided to establish an academy in the Huai State to teach writing knowledge. This academy is open to Chinese people. But if you want to learn, you need to pay a sum of money or make some achievements.
All nobles must go to the academy to study. Only by studying in the academy can they hold official positions.
With this academy, after a period of study, it can provide many talents for Huai State. As long as the academy continues to operate, Huai State will have more and more talents and the faster it will develop.
Another advantage of doing this is that many positions will not become a hereditary system, which restricts the strength of the nobles. At the same time, it also provides an upward path for Chinese people.
Of course, what Zi Jue valued most was the army and agriculture. The Huai State's army was in Zi Jue's hands. Zijue selected two thousand people as a standing army, and the rest were half farmers and half soldiers.
The vast majority of soldiers in this era were half farmers and half soldiers. They trained during the slack time and farmed during the busy time. This is the only way to deal with insufficient productivity.
"Nine Cauldron Laws" is the first very complete law compiled in the ancient East. It determines the ruling order of the ruler and effectively adjusts the social relations of the ancient Eastern countries. It has distinctive legal features, meticulous provisions and written expressions. The accuracy is unmatched by other early human methods.
The book has a total of 18,352 words and 306 laws. The entire law has detailed provisions on criminal, civil, commercial, marriage, inheritance, penalty and other systems. The detailed, rigorous and perfect laws have an indelible impact on future generations. Our laws are deeply influenced by it to this day. ——"Cambridge History of China·Ancient Law"
