Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 589 The Controversy of the Three Laws ([-])

Fan Zhen was a Jinshi in the Renzong Dynasty, and he was also the number one scholar. He was inferior to Su Zhe, but the problem was that the brothers from the Su family had amazing talents. The relationship with Fan Zhen is quite good among many friends who have forgotten their age.

Although Fan Zhen looked relaxed, Su Zhe was both curious and worried about this, so he invited Fan Zhen into the house and asked the specific reason.

The reason for this is the young crop method.

After Wang Anshi formally proposed the Green Crop Law, Fan Zhen strongly opposed the Green Crop Law, and even told the emperor directly that it was a technique for the disabled.

This of course angered Wang Anshi. After getting Zhao Xu's acquiescence, he personally wrote an edict to denounce Fan Zhen.

Fan Zhen is also a hard-headed person, so he doesn't want to follow Wang Anshi's example, so he directly appeals for resignation.

Don't do it, daddy!
However, the relationship between Sima Guang and Fan Zhen is very good. It can be said that they cherish each other and are like confidants. Their governing ideas are also very similar.

But Sima Guang wanted to take care of the overall situation, so he didn't want to tear himself apart with the emperor, so he stopped him because he wanted to talk badly, and later asked Fan Zhen to stay in the procuratorate.

However, Xu Zun also supported Wang Anshi in his political views, and Fan Zhen couldn't get along with Xu Zun. In addition, the Young Crop Law was finally promulgated at that time, so he asked to resign as a protest.

Sima Guang had no choice.

But when he was about to leave Beijing, Fan Zhen heard the DPRK and China discussing how to use judicial reform to suppress the young crop law.

The old man had an idea and couldn’t stop it in the court, so I might as well go directly to Hezhong Mansion to stop it. In fact, the plan of the conservatives is to stop the new law at the local level, not in the court, because Zhao Xu is completely biased towards Wang Anshi. No, so Fan Zhen wanted to get a piece of official document, so he came to Hezhong Mansion to be Er's pen.

As a result, I encountered this incident as soon as I came here, and I was so happy immediately. I came to the right place, so I immediately recommended myself.

This Fan Zhen is also from Shaanxi, and he is quite famous in Hezhong Mansion. He has many friends who know his talent. The key point is that he just came from the capital. He knows the whole thing very well, and immediately won the trust of the gentry, and He promised to let them serve as the pen of this lawsuit.

"I see."

Su Zhe nodded, and said, "Actually. In fact, Xueshi Fan doesn't need to be an official. He can be directly transferred to our Procuratorate."

"That's different."

Fan Zhen waved his hand, "I have worked in the procuratorate, but in fact the main duty of the procuratorate is to prosecute the judiciary, and should not focus on litigation, and only file a lawsuit when the procuratorate thinks that the imperial court's judgment is unfair.

In addition, the procuratorate represents the imperial court. For example, in this matter, if the prosecution is carried out in the name of the procuratorate, it will be wrong in name and words.Relatively speaking, Erbi is much freer. "

After hearing this, Su Zhe couldn't help saying in embarrassment: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I don't want to hide this from Xueshi Fan, I was trying to sue the government before."

Fan Zhen was taken aback, "Really? You too!"

At this point, he waved his hands again and again, "Now you are the chief prosecutor, and I am Erbi representing one side, so it is inconvenient to talk about this matter. However, I came here today to ask for something else."

Su Zhe hurriedly asked, "Scholar Fan, please tell me."

Fan Zhendao: "It's about the chief judge. When I was in the capital, I saw his methods of litigation and his ability to give lectures, but I have never seen him try a case. I heard that he has the power of precedent, but he does not judge according to the law. What was the main basis for his judgment?"

The chief judge's habits, opinions, and thoughts are all one of the details of the lawsuit, because the purpose of the lawsuit is to convince the chief judge to believe in himself.

Su Zhe pondered for a while, and said: "Actually, President Zhang did not rule in accordance with the law. He has not changed any laws yet, but in terms of punishment, he often does not punish in accordance with the law, but they are all in line with the principle of the rule of law. Civil litigation, not involving the interest of the state and the sovereign.

He added explanations and principles to the laws and regulations to supplement them.Fan Xueshi can go to the lawsuit according to the law, and there will be no problem. "

Fan Zhen nodded: "I see."

The imperial court over there had just received Fan Zhen's pleading paper, and the Four Little King Kongs were very excited. They had expected that the squires would definitely file a lawsuit.

And the reason why they were excited was not entirely because one party to the lawsuit represented the 28th Township of Hezhong Prefecture, and it was a super litigator.

But because this will be a head-to-head confrontation between judicial reform and the new law, and at the same time it involves the patriarchal clan, and the three laws are intertwined. Isn't this exciting?

What the end result will be is really exciting.

This verdict may even affect the layout of the capital, and of course, it is also possible for the imperial court to fall into it.

So they quickly took it to show Zhang Fei.

The whole document is just one piece of paper.

After less than half a stick of incense, Zhang Fei finished reading it, put it down, and asked the Four Little King Kong, "What do you think?"

Cai Bian immediately said, "I don't think this pleading paper has met the standard for a trial."

Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"

Cai Bian immediately said: "Because the pleadings are mainly aimed at the Qingmiao Law, they just think that the government is doing this to amass wealth, but they have not provided any evidence to prove that the government cannot prohibit the patriarchal clan, nor does it prove that the patriarchal clan has the right to do so. "

Cai Jingdao: "I heard that this scholar Fan opposed the new law in the capital. It can be seen that he just wants to use this lawsuit to attack the young crop law."

Shangguan Jun said: "Whatever it is, we only look at the evidence, no matter what their original intention is, as long as the evidence is sufficient."

Zhang Fei asked: "Then do you think the evidence is sufficient?"

Shangguan immediately said: "Students think this evidence is enough to open the court, because the government really wants to implement the Green Crop Law, and the interest stipulated in the Green Crop Law is two cents, so the government prohibits the interest of one cent and five cents, which is obviously beneficial to the Green Crop Law. That alone should be enough to get us to a trial."

Cai Bian retorted: "But there is a difference in priority. It was the Green Crop Law that stipulated two points of interest first, and then the gentry stipulated a lower interest rate. The other party's actions were obviously aimed at the Green Crop Law. This pleading is simply a backlash."

Shangguan Jun said: "Even so, there is currently no evidence to prove that the squires are not allowed to do this. The key is that the squires do this. It is hard to say whether they are the ones who benefit. But the government will definitely benefit from the Green Crop Law." side."

"The superior is right."

Zhang Fei nodded suddenly, "You have to remember one thing. The purpose of this pleadings is to allow us to have a trial, not everything. Based on this, it proves that the patriarchal clan has the right to do so, or that the government has no right to prohibit the patriarchal clan. Obviously it is very difficult, basically it is difficult to find direct evidence to prove it.

However, the government has now decided to pay two cents of interest, and at the same time prohibits the private sector from paying one cent to five cents of interest. At least two points can be confirmed from this. for the benefit.

Second, the folks must be allowed to pay one-fifth of the interest.This is enough to meet the standard for a court session, because the government cannot easily prohibit what the law allows to seek interest for itself. "

Cai Bian said: "But the Green Crop Law is also an imperial government's decree."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "If there is a regulation in the Green Crop Law that prohibits others from lending at low interest rates, then that pleading paper is a piece of waste paper, no matter how reasonable the pleading paper says, but there is no such regulation in the Green Crop Law, and there is no It involves regulations that restrain the people."

Speaking of this, Zhang Fei picked up the pleading paper and said with a smile: "Actually, this pleading paper is very ingeniously written. It seems simple, and it may be a slap in the face, but at least we can't refuse it. Just imagine, if the government has this rights, then what will happen? If the government wants to sell grain, it only needs to force the private grain price to rise. If it wants to collect grain, it can force the grain price to be lower than the market price. The interests of the people are also related to the interests of the country and the monarch, our imperial court cannot ignore this, we must try it clearly, Cai Jing."

"The students are here."

"You go to the government and tell them that if they can't provide sufficient evidence to prove that what they did is not for the benefit of the Young Crop Law, then our imperial court will hold a trial on the case."

"Yes."

When the Four Little King Kong heard this, they knew that the lawsuit would inevitably go to trial.

Because it is impossible for the government to provide sufficient evidence to prove this point, the fact is that the young crop law can be implemented smoothly.

It's that simple.

After being notified by Cai Jing, the government over there also immediately held a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

"It seems that they have jumped the wall in a hurry."

Yuan Jiang sneered, and said contemptuously: "It's really ridiculous to go to the imperial court and let the imperial court decide for them."

Wei Yingfang and the others thought to themselves, didn't you start this?You cooperated with the police department first.

Yuan Jiang and Wei Yingfang said: "Wei Tongpan, you go and tell the other party that our government is not afraid of going to the imperial court to fight a lawsuit, but we don't want the snipe and the clam to fight and the fisherman will benefit."

Wei Yingfang couldn't bear it any longer, and said embarrassingly, "But let's go through the Royal Police beforehand!"

"The police station is different from the imperial court."

Yuan Jiang said: "The royal police are only executive officers, and the government also has the right to mobilize them, but the imperial court is not controlled by anyone in the Hezhong Mansion, but if they are stubborn, then we will not discuss with them in the future , and will sue them through the imperial court to make them be more careful."

Wei Yingfang couldn't help but frowned secretly, these are all ruthless people!They are eager to provoke a dispute between the new law and the judiciary. Indeed, the new law can also provoke a dispute between the judiciary and the old system.

The game of three is really the most difficult game to play.

But Wei Yingfang didn't say much, and went directly to discuss with the other party.

It’s okay if you don’t go now, but if you go, all those country gentlemen are furious. You were the one who cooperated with the police station first, and now you see us appealing to the imperial court, and you start to say that the snipe and the clam are fighting each other, and the fisherman wins. What a double standard dog.

Of course, it is impossible for them to give up this lawsuit even from the perspective of interests.

Because there is a very tangled point here, that is, the judicial reform was proposed by Sima Guang, and it is a plan of the conservatives. This is why they wrote to the imperial court and sued the imperial court before, but it was useless.

They have only three choices, either to cooperate with the new law and fight the opponent's judicial reform, or to cooperate with the judicial reform to deal with the new law, or to provoke the judicial reform and the new law to fight.

Since they are also very opposed to the new law, there is only a third option.

Moreover, they believed that Yuan Jiang was just trying to scare people. Once the imperial court denied the government's ban, Wang Anshi would never give up in the court.

Flatly reject Wei Yingfang's proposal.

The government also immediately decided to respond to the lawsuit.

(End of this chapter)