Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 587 The Controversy of the Three Laws ([-])

In fact, Su Zhe had anticipated this day ever since the country gentry decided to unite to resist the young crop law.

Just as Cai Jing said, if there is no public prosecution law, those country gentry will not dare to be so reckless, because you can talk too much, benevolence and righteousness are unparalleled, but everyone knows that what you do is to target young crops.

And the young crop method is to collect money and cut off people's money, just like killing their parents!

The key point is that the Young Crops Law was promulgated because the reformers gained power!
Does Wang Anshi want to lose face?
Does Zhao Xu want to lose face?

In the past, this would definitely not work.

But now that there are public security laws, if you look at this matter from a judicial point of view, it is very beneficial to the squires.

After all, they still stand on the moral high ground.

In addition, conservatives have always boasted that judicial reform can limit the New Deal.

This is a mule or a horse, so you have to pull it out for a walk.

Find out if this is true.

In any case, as long as they go to the imperial court, the conservatives will definitely support them with all their strength.

However, Su Zhe was firmly opposed to the Green Crop Law. It was because of this law that he had a complete quarrel with Lu Huiqing and was forced to apply for a transfer to the Procuratorate. It is conceivable why he came to Zhang Fei.

It is necessary to file a lawsuit against the government's ban.

So seeing Zhang Fei, Su Zhe immediately asked him about the ban.

"I heard about it not long ago."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Su Zhe looked at the change in Zhang Fei's expression and asked, "Then what does Judge Zhang think?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "I don't have much opinion, this is their administrative affairs, we can only watch the excitement."

Watching the fun?Su Zhe asked in disbelief: "Chairman Zhang thinks the government has this power?"

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, "I'm dissatisfied with Mr. Su Xiao, I really don't know much about it, but from a judicial point of view, the patriarchal clan is just a folk contract, and the imperial court didn't expressly grant too much power to the patriarchal clan, so of course the government has power." To restrict this kind of civil contract."

Su Zhe didn't seem to agree, "The patriarchal clan involves the system of etiquette and law, which is like a government order that cannot arbitrarily deprive any father-son relationship. There are laws to follow."

Zhang Fei shrugged and said casually, "Maybe."

"Maybe?"

Su Zhe was surprised: "Could it be that President Zhang allowed this to happen?"

Seeing Su Zhe's entanglement, Zhang Fei couldn't help but smiled wryly and said, "Although what Mr. Su Xiao said is reasonable, it's not an obvious violation of the law. It can only be said to be controversial, so it's not within the direct jurisdiction of our imperial court." , the imperial court directly ordered that the government broke the law."

Su Zhe said: "But our procuratorate can file a lawsuit. I think it is absolutely unreasonable for the government to do so."

Zhang Fei hesitated a little, "According to the system, if your procuratorate has sufficient evidence, our imperial court will definitely accept it, no matter what you want to prosecute. But as far as personal relationship is concerned, I actually don't recommend Mr. Su to do this." Do."

Su Zhe asked suspiciously, "Why?"

He knew the relationship between Zhang Fei and Wang Anshi, and he also wanted to test whether Zhang Fei's views on this matter were biased towards the New Deal.

The imperial court's opinion on this matter is very important!
Zhang Fei coughed lightly, and said: "Let's put it this way, if the government hires me to fight a lawsuit, I may only have a [-]% chance of winning if I meet anyone, but if I meet Mr. Su Xiao, I basically have a [-]% chance of winning. "

Su Zhe was dumbfounded when he heard that, you are too insulting, "Does Chief Judge Zhang look down on Su so much?"

"Mr. Su Xiao misunderstood." Zhang Fei shook his head, and then said: "I heard that Mr. Su Xiao was transferred to the procuratorate because of the Green Crop Law, and on many occasions, he made remarks against the Green Crop Law, and even published article."

Su Zhe nodded and said, "That's true, but what does it have to do with this case?"

Zhang Fei didn't answer and asked instead: "I personally think that the country gentry's actions are targeting the young crop law. Does Mr. Su agree?"

Su Zhe nodded.

"That's it."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "If the procuratorate unilaterally initiates a lawsuit, what Mr. Su Xiao did before must be a point of attack for me. I will link the two things together and accuse Mr. Su of using the power of the procuratorate for false public benefit. , to target their own political opponents.”

Su Zhe said excitedly, "I didn't think so."

Zhang Fei said: "But who knows? There is a way to know people's faces but not their hearts."

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment and remained silent.

"That's why I must have made that accusation."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Besides, whether the government has the right to do this may be controversial, but it is also a dispute in various theories, and we can only discuss the matter at that time. As long as I can find the point of controversy and not be suppressed by you on the scene, then I can connect the motives of the squires with Mr. Su Xiao's previous attitude towards the Green Crop Law, so as to impress the chief interrogator, and make the chief interrogator believe that your procuratorate is suspected of using the public for personal gain, and the procuratorate is a government office. Representing the imperial court, not Erbi, must treat both parties fairly, and this is enough for the presiding officer to dismiss the prosecution's lawsuit."

Su Zhe frowned and pondered for a while, "Perhaps on the basis of the Green Crop Law, my claims will make people doubt whether I am fair, but if I do nothing, it is not a dereliction of duty. The government has absolutely no right to do so."

Zhang Fei said: "I can't prevent Mr. Su Xiao from prosecuting, but I suggest that the procuratorate should be neutral in this matter, because there is no obvious illegal act in this matter.

Those gentry, as the parties, can of course sue, and they have to defend their own rights, which is understandable, but the procuratorate still has to follow the system and not be subject to their own subjective interference.

If Mr. Su Xiao must sue, he should at least investigate. At the beginning, your brother was transferred from the capital because of lack of evidence collection and investigation.Because the main duty of the Procuratorate is to prosecute, not to litigate. "

When Su Shi was mentioned, Su Zhe's expression changed slightly, and he thought, yes!At the beginning, my brother was careless and failed to perform his duties, so he filed a lawsuit, so that the success failed. I can't make the same mistake.

Thinking of this, he knew that Zhang Fei was not trying to scare him. If he litigated with Zhang Fei on this matter, he might really be defeated, because he never thought that Zhang Fei would use his previous claims to attack him.

After thinking about it for a while, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, President Zhang, for letting me know. Su is very grateful."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "I know that Mr. Su Xiao must be thinking about it in his heart. No matter what my attitude towards the Green Crop Law is, it has nothing to do with what I said to Mr. Su Xiao. Because I know that the squires will definitely file a lawsuit, I just don't want the procuratorate to be hit by it."

Su Zhe asked, "What is the attitude of the chief judge towards the Green Crop Law?"

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "I have forced myself to forget my claim, because I am now the chief judge, and my power requires me to be in a neutral position."

Su Zhe was startled, thought for a while, then suddenly cupped his hands and said, "Su is ashamed."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Mr. Su Xiao is just unskilled."

Su Zhe smiled mischievously.

In the end, Su Zhe adopted Zhang Fei's suggestion, and instead of filing a lawsuit hastily, he went to the government to investigate the matter in person.

However, what Yuan Jiang did also completely angered those gentry and landlords.

They started a public opinion offensive.

At present, public opinion is completely in the hands of scholar-bureaucrats. They can use articles and debates, and then use those young scholars and students to promote them.

For a time, the unfavorable rumors against the Young Crop Law were overwhelming.

Most of these scholar-bureaucrats are conservatives. They believed that the purpose of the New Deal was to collect money for the country, not for the sake of the people. They used this as an excuse to criticize the Young Crop Law in order to prove the point of view of the conservatives. .

Soon, the common people sided with the squire.

The common people don't know about patriarchal clan, laws, and administrative laws. They only know one thing, that is, the government forbids low-interest lending among the people.

No matter how much explanation there is, that's it.

Coupled with the official consultation system of the Song Dynasty, the common people naturally thought that the government would monopolize interest again.

Good guy!
Is it shameless for your government to collect money?

Opinion among the people is one-sided, especially the villagers, who are very angry about this. Originally, the patriarchal clan stipulated that they thought good times were coming, but the government came to make such a statement.

Is the dream about to be shattered?

The government is also desperately explaining that the government did not prohibit low-interest lending, but only prohibits the patriarchal clan from stipulating interest, which are two different things.

But the government has only a few mouths.

According to the old system, the government still had to rely on the squires to publicize policies. As a result, the squires turned against each other, and the government was completely crushed in terms of public opinion.

Fuya!

"Bachelor Yuan, what should I do now, the people are now questioning the Green Miao Law?"

Wei Yingfang pretended to be panicked.

My heart is full of joy, let's fight!Fight!It would be best for you all to die.

Yuan Jiang sneered: "This is all in my prediction, and I have a way to disgust them."

"What way?"

He Chunlin asked curiously.

Just at this moment, Zhuo Qun entered the house, "Send a message to the magistrate, Superintendent Cao and Master Fu to see you."

"What are they doing here?" Wei Yingfang asked in surprise.

Yuan Jiang said: "I invited them here."

After a while, Cao Dongdong and Fu Shichun entered the hall.

"so many people?"

When Cao Dongdong saw that Cai Yanqing, Wei Yingfang, Cao Yi, He Chunlin, Liu Daxing and others were all there, he couldn't help being startled.

Fu Shichun bowed his hands in a salute.

Only then did Cao Dongdong react, and he clasped his fists in a salute.

Yuan Jiang asked them to sit down first, and then asked: "Superintendent Cao and Master Fu, do you know about the government's order to prohibit the patriarchal clan from stipulating interest?"

Cao Dongdong and Fu Shichun nodded at the same time.

Yuan Jiang said: "I hope the police station can assist the government to carry out this order."

Cao Dongdong asked in astonishment, "How do you execute it?"

Yuan Jiang said: "Add more staff to the branch offices near the villages, and tell them that anyone, even in their own village, as long as they lend money at an interest rate of less than five cents, no patriarchal clan will dispose of them. Otherwise, they will be abused." Charges of lynching, arrest them."

Wei Yingfang and the others looked shocked.

They never expected that Yuan Jiang would join forces with the police station.

Cao Dongdong said embarrassingly: "Of course our police station is obliged to assist the transshipment department, but if we send more people, the wooden shed can't accommodate a few people, and the weather is so cold now."

Yuan Jiang said: "We will allocate funds to you."

"As ordered."

Cao Dongdong immediately cupped his fists and said.

Cai Yanqing glanced at Yuan Jiang and then at Cao Dongdong, thinking, you still know how to play!

(End of this chapter)