What happened at Broge spread quickly, and then the news quickly spread in Griffin Territory. Everyone understood what the real purpose of Book of Laws was.
After Broge became a living example, more and more people who felt they had been treated unfairly went to Steward's Office in their own town to find the public official who was performing his official duties and trace the previous judgment.
In this wave of traceability, public officials have been sentenced to death by Horna after taking an oath. Some who have committed minor crimes have also been deprived of their status as public officials and imprisoned.
For a time, Griffin Territory was caught up in the wave of carnival. Old cases were constantly being uncovered, wrongs were brought to light, and people were constantly being compensated by Steward's Office.
The Power of Faith obtained by Claire once again raised his strength.
"Dong dong dong!"
Regan knocked on Claire's study door, then opened the door and walked in, "Master, there are some things I need to discuss with you."
"Public official matters?" Claire asked proactively. Apart from this matter, Claire couldn't think of anything else that Regan could come to discuss with him.
"Yeah." Regan nodded slowly, with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
Claire leaned his whole body on the chair, stretched out, looked at Regan and said with a smile, "If you have anything to say, just say it. When did you become coquettish?"
Regan showed a wry smile, "Then I'll tell you straight."
After finishing speaking, Regan sorted out his words a little, and felt that there was no problem. Then he said, "Now a large number of public officials below are opposed to this Book of Laws matter, saying that they feel that the owl cannot lawfully enforce the law, and it will also affect their office efficiency and affect their judgment, and the punishment is too strong..."
As soon as Regan finished speaking, Horna got out of Book of Laws in his arms, turned Regan and kept saying, "Ang? Are you saying that I can't enforce the law equally? I am fairer than the most accurate scale in the world! There is no one fairer than me in this world!"
Horna, as the weapon spirit of Book of Order, is naturally bound by the laws recorded on Claire, and he is not allowed to do whatever he wants.
Horna suddenly came out and almost shocked Regan. This guy can come out of Book of Laws even when he doesn't swear an oath! It can also eavesdrop on conversations. It seems that you can't bring this Book of Laws with you when doing something in the future.
"Be honest, Regan is not talking about you." Claire stretched out his hand and pulled Horna aside to prevent him from nagging Regan any more.
After Claire finished, he returned his gaze to Regan, "What do you think of the problems they mentioned?"
Regan pursed his lips, thought for a while, and said, "I think there is absolutely no problem with impartial law enforcement, but the punishment is indeed a bit harsh. Some things that are not very serious will be punished by death. A little Even if you are lazy, you may be punished. Now many public officials have become resistant. I have also received resignation letters from many people. If too many people resign, there will be problems with the operation of Steward's Office..."
"As the saying goes, if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Those people who become public officials have some small thoughts in their minds. I think the intensity of punishment can be slightly reduced, and in some aspects, those public officials can also be given room to make profits, so that they have the motivation to..."
Regan's voice became lower and lower as he spoke. He followed Claire for such a long time. Even if Claire didn't say anything or show anything, Regan could sense Claire's tendency and finally simply shut his mouth.
"Sorry, Master, I was wrong."
"I don't blame you. You have been doing administrative work for a long time, and your thinking will naturally go that way. But don't think that is the right thing." Claire tapped his fingers on the table. "As for resignation, if any of them resign, let them go. We can still recruit them after they leave. The treatment of our public employees is not bad, so we don't have to worry about finding people."
"And when did it become a common practice for public officials to make money?" Claire narrowed his eyes and asked, with a somewhat unkind tone. "The salary of public officials can be improved, but once you become a public official, don't think about taking money from the people."
"I don't want people like that, and the positions of public officials are not prepared for people like them. We only want public officials who serve the people wholeheartedly. As long as we adhere to this standard, as time goes by, the atmosphere will become better. No, or in other words, this is the ethos of public officials."
Regan raised his spirits and responded, "I understand! I'll go down and arrange a new recruitment meeting."
After Regan left, Claire's hand didn't stop knocking on the table. He kept knocking, and Claire's thoughts kept wandering.
In fact, there is one point that Claire didn't answer in Regan's question just now, and that is the point where the punishment is too strong.
If you steal more than ten Gold Coins, you will be sentenced to death. This punishment is indeed quite severe.
Claire did this not entirely to eliminate signs of corruption. With Horna behind him, the abuse of power by public officials will gradually decrease and eventually tend to zero.
The main purpose of doing this is to select a suitable group of people for himself, a group of public officials who have a sense of justice and are extremely supportive of themselves.
This is no different from Claire's original idea of establishing a religion. The current legal system is a variant of religion.
He is the god in the religion. Compared with the previous two methods, this one combines the advantages of both methods. First, the beliefs of the people in Griffin Territory are very direct to each other, because everyone knows that Book of Laws was created by himself, so the person he is grateful to will also be himself.
Secondly, I have hidden myself very well. I am just using legal means to protect my people. Can you say this is religion? Does it promote any god? Does it allow people to pray every day? Do you have your own organization? If there is no such thing, it is not a religion. If it is not a religion, then why should Church of Light use it against themselves? Even they themselves cannot discover it.
The Steward's Office established by Claire in various towns is a variant of the church, handling various affairs of the people.
What Claire didn't answer just now is that those public officials play the role of pastors and priests, and Claire increases the intensity of punishment to screen out those worms who plan to eat and die in this position. After a long period of elimination, those who can stay in their positions are those who truly love this job.
In this way, we can better spread our teachings (laws) and explain them to ordinary people who do not understand the law.
Of course, Claire's purpose of doing this is not simply for the Power of Faith of the people in his territory. He sincerely hopes that the residents in his territory can live happily. Otherwise, he has a quicker way to harvest Power of Faith, and he doesn't have to prepare for more than two years, and have to go back and forth between Wizard World and Mage World many times just to get it done.