The impact of this lawsuit does not actually lie in the lawsuit itself. After this case, not many people talked about Wu Zhang. In fact, everyone was talking about the Public Security Bureau, and because the Royal Police had begun to take over the security in the city, there was no discussion about the Public Security Law. Discussions are still fermenting.
This morning, two middle-aged men in uniform were sitting at a steamed bun stall. They listened to the people praising the public prosecutor and the law, and their faces were slightly ugly.
One of them said: "Brother Li, the people have great respect for the public security system. If this continues, huh, I'm afraid it won't be long before we can't even keep our jobs."
Another person said: "What are you worried about? If we can't keep our jobs, those people above will lose their power. We must unite now. As long as we can unite, we are not afraid of anyone coming to this three-thirds of an acre of land."
"Yeah. That's true. However, we have to make trouble with the superiors, and we can't let them have the final say."
"Let's go back to the office to discuss it with the brothers. It's really uncomfortable to sit here."
"please."
The two threw down two coins and prepared to get up and leave.
"Li Yasi, Duan Dutou."
The stall owner's wife suddenly came over, picked up the two coins on the table, and looked at the two of them with a troubled face.
Duan Dutou immediately frowned, "What do you mean?"
The woman was trembling and didn't dare to open her mouth, but she still gestured with the copper coins in her hand in front of the two of them.
"you."
"Why!"
Li Yasi raised his hand to stop Duan Du's head, took out six cents and threw it on the table, then smiled at the stall owner and said, "I wish you a prosperous business in the future."
After saying that, he took Duan Dutou, who was unwilling to give up, and left.
The woman picked up the six coins on the table and murmured in a low voice: "It's not like we have no money, even these few coins are stingy. You deserve to be replaced by the Royal Police."
At this time, the stall owner came over again and scolded in a low voice: "What are you doing?"
The woman said: "Every time they come back to us, no matter how many people there are, we will give them either one copper or two. We only earn this little money every day and let them eat it. Now the Royal Police is here." , we don’t need to be afraid of them.”
The resentment is overwhelming and seems to have been endured for a long time.
"Ouch! You woman is really ignorant. God knows how long the Royal Police can stay here."
"I will risk my life this time. If the Royal Police leaves, we won't do it anymore."
And under the tea shed across the street, several young people were sitting, watching them.
A young man with dark skin in the middle asked: "Who were those two people just now?"
A man of about thirty years old next to him said: "The man in the long robe is named Li Jiang. He is the superintendent of the government office and is in charge of street taxation. The other man is called Duan Da. He is a head of the capital. He used to be in charge of this generation." safety issues."
"Are the Asi and Dutou in Hezhong Prefecture so poor?"
"Poor? They are not poor. The Narcissus House in the next street is owned by Duan Da's family. The gambling house in Xicheng is owned by Li Jiang's brother-in-law. In fact, it is also his. They are just used to eating."
"Hmph! What's the difference between this and a scoundrel? Next time you encounter someone like this who doesn't pay, just catch me."
This swarthy boy is Ma Xiaoyi.
At present, the police station's wave of recruitment has ended. What they have to do now is to train these newly joined auxiliary police officers. According to the tradition of the police station, they teach the auxiliary police officers how to work while performing tasks.
The key Yamen front servants all come from rich peasant families and have received some training. They are good at civil and military skills and can get started very quickly.
At this moment, a middle-aged man with a shoehorned face suddenly came forward and said, "Excuse me, are you the captain of the police station?"
Ma Xiaoyi nodded and said, "Yes, is something wrong?"
The middle-aged man glanced left and right and said, "Can I take a step to speak."
Ma Xiaoyi took a look and saw that he had something to do. He immediately cheered up, threw down a small sling of money, and got up with two royal police officers and followed the middle-aged man to the corner.
"What's the matter?" Ma Xiaoyi asked again.
The middle-aged man said: "I know there is a person who is selling illegal salt in the city."
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Seriously?"
"Absolutely true."
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "They will trade later."
"bring!"
As soon as he said a word, an auxiliary policeman next to him gently poked Ma Xiaoyi with his elbow.
Ma Xiaoyi glanced at the auxiliary police officer and said to the middle-aged man, "Wait a moment."
After saying this, he went aside with the auxiliary policeman.
The assistant police officer said: "horse team! You may not know something. A few years ago, those salt households had a quarrel, which attracted the attention of the court. Later, after the arrival of Magistrate Cai, he was more tolerant to those salt households, as long as the quantity was not large. , generally we won’t catch them.”
Ma Xiaoyi said: "I usually teach you that as long as it is illegal, you have to arrest people. Otherwise, we have failed in our duties. As for whether they are found guilty or not, that is a matter for the procuratorate and the imperial court, and has nothing to do with us. , what are you afraid of?"
At this point, he rolled his eyes and said, "But you have to be careful later. Don't let that guy fool you. You will be responsible for keeping an eye on him later."
"I see."
"Walk!"
At the same time, the Procuratorate is conducting its first round of recruitment, but it is forced.
The Procuratorate is recruiting people, but it hasn't been publicized yet and is still in preparation.
But after that lawsuit, many young scholars took the initiative to come to the procuratorate and seek the position of prosecutor. It turned out that Su Che's performance in court that day attracted the attention of many young scholars.
What is the best thing about this scholar?
No doubt it’s just talk!
In the entire court, only the prosecutor's job was to talk nonsense. The key was that he could be promoted, get a salary, and didn't have to take the scientific examination.
Because the Royal Police and prosecutors are not actually officials, only superintendents, prosecutors, and prosecutors are officials. Therefore, strictly speaking, it should be because there is no hierarchy among officials, but there is a stable salary. They can also be directly promoted to officials, which is something that officials do not have.
In the Song Dynasty, there were literati everywhere. Unfortunately, the court was also faced with the problem of redundant officials, and literati were unwilling to engage in other professions.
This directly led to the development of education in the Song Dynasty. Literati could only do this work, but it was far from enough.
However, according to the official system of the Song Dynasty, law was a must-learn course. All scholars were very familiar with the "Song Xingtong", and many of them were able to recite it from ear to ear.
The position of prosecutor is simply tailor-made for literati.
Perfect!
"Ninety-eight copies?"
Su Che took the thick stack of copywriting and looked at Chen Qi in surprise.
Chen Qi smiled bitterly and said: "If this trend continues, it is estimated that all the scholars in Hezhong Mansion will have to come to apply for jobs."
"This is not a bad thing." Su Zhe pondered for a moment, "Since there are so many people, we will issue a test paper to test them and select the best ones."
Chen Qi asked: "I wonder how many people will be admitted?"
Su Zhe said: "There will be no quota for now."
Chen Qi was surprised: "Do we need so many people?"
Su Che said with a smile: "In the future, the public security law will have to be extended to the whole country, which will require a lot of talents. For now, it's not too much, as long as they are talents."
Chen Qi pondered for a moment and then hesitated: "But the imperial court is already plagued by redundant officials. If we add a large number of prosecutors, wouldn't it increase the burden on the imperial court?"
These people need to be paid!
Su Che thought for a while and asked, "Are there any old officials coming?"
Chen Qi shook her head and said, "Not yet."
"It seems we still have a lot of tough battles to fight!" Su Zhe couldn't help but sigh.
In the capital, it is very common for former officials to become royal police officers and prosecutors. This is because in the capital, with the blessing of the emperor and Sima Guang, everyone is optimistic about the public prosecutor's law.
Nowadays, no one has come, which undoubtedly shows from the side that the old officials of Hezhong Prefecture are not optimistic about the public security law for the time being, or that they are waiting and watching. Unlike the small stall owners on the street, they still know a lot of inside information. .
However, there are only a few who are waiting and watching. Most of the old officials are unwilling to join the public security organs. This is their right!
After thinking for a while, Su Che said again: "Although the court has redundant officials, our procuratorate does not accept those who are lazy and have no ambition. We ignore them and recruit people directly."
At this moment, Wang Shen suddenly ran in and gasped slightly: "Prosecutor Su, I just heard that the police station caught a person selling illegal salt."
Su Che was stunned for a moment and asked curiously: "Isn't it normal for the police to arrest people who sell smuggled salt?"
Wang Shen said: "But this may be a conspiracy."
"conspiracy?"
Su Che was slightly startled.
"It is said that someone tipped off Captain Ma, and the person selling illegal salt was not a merchant, but a salt merchant."
Guixiang.
In front of a small farmhouse, a couple knelt down with tears in their eyes and thanked an old man in his fifties. Two servants beside the old man immediately stepped forward and helped the couple up.
There are many villagers around here.
This couple is Wu Lei and his wife. Since they returned to Guixiang, not only have they not attracted people's contempt, but they have received help from many good people.
At this time, a carriage quietly passed by on the road not far away.
There were a man and two women sitting in the car, it was Zhang Fei and his two lovely wives.
After finishing that lawsuit, Zhang Fei took his two lovely wives to play in the wild today, and stopped by Guixiang to see Wu Lei and his wife.
"It seems there are still many good people in this world!"
Gao Wenyin said with an moved expression.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "If there are many good people, Madam will not be moved by this scene."
Xu Zhiqian immediately said: "Although they may have other purposes for helping each other, there are also many squires who are good people, especially those high officials who have retired from the court."
Zhang Fei asked: "Really?"
Xu Zhiqian nodded and said: "Generally, the big landowners in the countryside are just pretending, because they have become big landowners by lending money and annexing the villagers' land. How can they be so kind as to help others? But officials who retire and return to their hometowns That's not necessarily the case. Their wealth comes from their salaries, so they are always willing to help others in the countryside."
Zhang Fei nodded and said thoughtfully: "It turns out there are so many ways in here."
Li Si outside the car suddenly said: "Third brother, the person in front seems to be Magistrate Cai."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei immediately opened the curtain and saw four people standing by the river. They were Cai Yanqing, Zhuo Qun, and two servants.
Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian got off the carriage and walked over.
Neither seemed surprised to see each other.
After saluting, Cai Yanqing said with a smile: "President Zhang really deserves his reputation. This verdict is not only convincing, but more importantly, it also gives Wu Zhang a chance to start a new life."
You must know that the previous case was controversial, with some supporting Wu Zhang and others not.
Even if Cai Yanqing gave the same verdict at that time, I am afraid that Wu Zhang would be criticized by others when he returned home, and would even find it difficult to survive here, and it would never be like this.
Cai Yanqing was particularly impressed by this.
"Prefect Cai has given you the award."
Zhang Fei smiled modestly and said: "Actually, the reason why I re-tried this case is..."
Cai Yanqing raised his hand to interrupt him, "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Before this, I also thought you were targeting Cai. If the trial was not good, I would not let it go. But now I can only Saying that Cai's skills are inferior to others also made Cai understand why the court respected this public prosecutor's method. Cai did not have any displeasure in his heart, and President Zhang should not think too much."
Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said, "Zhang San admires Cai Zhifu Haihan."
"Where! Where!" Cai Yanqing asked again: "But there is a question that Cai has not yet figured out. I wonder if President Zhang is willing to clear up Cai's confusion?"
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Prefect Cai, please tell me."
Cai Yanqing said: "Although trying cases like this has many benefits and is far better than before, it also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, which may be financially unsustainable."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Prefect Cai doesn't need to worry about this. As the saying goes, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge."
Cai Yanqing asked: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei pondered for a while and said, "I heard that Magistrate Cai came to Hezhong Mansion when he was in danger."
Cai Yanqing just stroked his beard and smiled.
Zhang Fei added: "The finances of Hezhong Mansion must have been poor at that time, right?"
Cai Yanqing nodded.
Zhang Fei asked again: "May I ask Magistrate Cai, what is the reason why Hezhong Mansion's finances are gradually improving?"
"that is because.!"
As soon as the words came out, Cai Yanqing seemed to understand something.
Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said: "It's not that there is finance first, then there is stability, but there is stability first, then there is finance. If the public security laws can be well implemented, then the state government's finances will definitely be better than before. , the increased expenditures by the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Law will be easily solved, so there is no need to worry too much.”
Cai Yanqing nodded, "Although what you said makes sense, the situation in Hezhong Mansion is like a mess. It keeps getting cut and sorted, but it still remains messy."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "What we pursue at the Public Security Bureau is not to cut through the mess with a quick knife, but to sort it out slowly, just like our trial, which is full of patience."
While they were chatting, they saw someone walking quickly towards this side. Niu Beiqing immediately protected Zhang Fei.
Now when Zhang Fei goes out, he must take Long Wu and Niu Beiqing with him, as well as several masters.
Cai Yanqing hurriedly said: "Sir, don't panic, he is my man."
But I saw that man whispering something in Cai Yanqing's ear.
Cai Yanqing frowned upon hearing this.
Zhang Fei was curious, but he calmly refrained from interfering.
"I know!"
Cai Yanqing nodded, dismissed the man, and said to Zhang Fei: "This is a trouble that keeps cutting and messing up."
(End of chapter)
