Since the whole lawsuit was quite depressing, the people were not shy about their applause and cheers, which lasted for a long time.
However, the squires standing next to them did not feel any pleasure at all. They just took out their silk handkerchiefs and wiped the sweat on their foreheads.
Although they won the case, they knew very well that the applause and cheers had nothing to do with them. They were all supporting the imperial court.
If they were given another chance, maybe they would consider more carefully whether to fight this lawsuit or not.
This is so painful.
He almost pulled off their squire's underwear.
Fortunately, it is a worse reference point.
Interestingly, the expressions on the faces of those officials were very similar to them. They did not care about the frustration of failure, and their faces showed a kind of exhaustion after relief.
Fan Zhen's face showed a hint of joy of victory, because in his heart he supported judicial reform, and you must know that his ideas were very similar to Sima Guang's ideas.
However, this time Zhang Fei did not leave gracefully amid the applause, but came down from the stage and walked straight towards Fan Zhen.
This scene caused many officials and squires who were about to leave to immediately stop and look sideways.
"Congratulations to Master Fan for winning the case."
Arriving in front of Fan Zhen, Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said, "The defense just now was really wonderful."
Fan Zhen was actually a little flattered, and returned the favor with his hand, "Where, where, litigating in front of President Zhang, I'm just doing my own thing."
There was a hint of doubt in his eyes, as if he was asking Zhang Fei, what's the matter with you?
Zhang Fei didn't show off, and after a few words of greeting, he said, "I wonder if Bachelor Fan will stay in Hezhong Mansion, or will he go somewhere else?"
Fan Zhen asked doubtfully: "I won't be leaving recently. I wonder why President Zhang asked this?"
Zhang Fei said: "That's right, the Legal Aid Department happens to be short of a director, and I hope to invite Bachelor Fan to join the Legal Aid Department."
"LAD?"
Fan Zhen was stunned for a moment. This was obviously something he had not expected.
Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder what Xueshi Fan wants?"
Fan Zhen was startled and responded, "I'll think about it first."
"Okay." Zhang Fei nodded and said, "If there is nothing else, Zhang San will leave first."
Fan Zhen suddenly raised his hand and said: "President Zhang, please stay."
Zhang Fei asked: "Is there anything else, Bachelor Fan?"
Fan Zhen asked: "If Judge Zhang is allowed to fight this lawsuit, what chance does Judge Zhang have of winning?"
"not much."
Zhang Fei thought seriously for a while and said: "Fifty percent."
Fan Zhen secretly frowned and said, "Chairman Zhang, would you like to tell Fan how he would handle this lawsuit if he were Judge Zhang."
Zhang Fei was not stingy, and only said: "There are probably two directions. One is to prove that the patriarchal system is coercive to the villagers; the other is to prove that what the squire did will cause huge harm to the national interests. "
Fan Zhen asked: “But there is no concrete evidence for any of this.”
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Many clan traditions are problematic. I will find many villagers to help me prove this, because your decision-making did not seek the consent of every villager. This is very promising to prove. .
As for the second point, I will combine the compulsion of the first point and then attack it from the perspective of rebellion to prove that this kind of behavior will also cause great harm to the country and the monarch. "
Fan Zhen's eyes widened. This was a field he had never imagined. "This is pure slander."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "I am showing evidence to prove it openly. If you can't refute it with evidence, it's not slander."
Fan Zhen couldn't help but feel frightened for a while, and said: "It is indeed Zhang Daer's pen, his methods are indeed ruthless."
Zhang Fei chuckled: "Litigation is just about winning within the rules, it's that simple. But I think Fan Xueshi has realized this. After all, Fan Xueshi knows that they are doing this to target the Qingmiao Law."
Fan Zhen smiled and said nothing.
Zhang Fei said again: "If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first."
Fan Zhen said: "President Zhang, walk slowly."
"Farewell."
With that said, Zhang Fei returned to the courtyard.
The three cobblers next to them, Li Min, Lu Bangxing, and Qiu Zhengwen, had been eavesdropping on their conversation just now.
After Zhang Fei left, they all looked depressed.
"Wrong! Wrong! It was wrong from the beginning. We were confused by the other party's flaws and were so focused on fighting the other party that we ignored our demands for this lawsuit."
"But we don't seem to have any concrete evidence."
"So we were not prepared enough before. We should find more villagers to testify, so that it will be more convincing."
As he said that, Li Min couldn't help but glance at the VIP table uneasily, and saw Yuan Jiang waving his sleeves and leaving angrily.
"Bachelor Yuan! Yuanmaester!"
When He Chunlin saw Yuan Jiang leaving angrily, he pretended to shout a few words, and a strange look flashed in his eyes.
At this time, Wei Yingfang came over and whispered: "It seems that Bachelor Yuan will not give up."
He Chunlin said: "It was so embarrassing in court and he lost the lawsuit in the end. How could he give up so easily?"
Cao Yi whispered: "But he currently has no choice but to write to Wang Jiefu. Wang Jiefu is currently at the peak of his power in the court, and only he has the power to check and balance this judicial reform."
Wei Yingfang glanced at the court president's stage. Although Zhang Fei had already left, he sneered: "Let's see how long he can remain proud."
As for the Procuratorate, since there were a large number of intern prosecutors, Chen Qi and Wang Shen did not need to clean up these documents. They left it to those intern prosecutors. At this time, they and Su Che stood aside and talked.
"Prosecutor Su, were you expecting this result?"
Chen Qi asked curiously.
In previous lawsuits, Su Che usually studied them very seriously, but this time he was relatively relaxed.
Su Che smiled and said: "As far as justice is concerned, the squire's side obviously has the advantage in this case. As long as Fan Xueshi does not make obvious mistakes, the possibility of losing this case is very small. But the problem is that the imperial court Whether the case will be decided in favor of Squire's side. That's the key."
Chen Qi suddenly realized, "Yes! This judgment will greatly hinder the new law. If this situation is not stopped, many people will use the imperial court to block the new law in the future."
Wang Shen said: "But Scholar Wang will definitely not give up here."
Su Che nodded and said, "So, this lawsuit is just the beginning. The real difficulty lies behind."
In fact, everyone’s attention was initially focused on this point.
It is whether the imperial court dares to overturn the government's ban, because this is not an ordinary ban, but a matter of the Youth Law, which has become a symbol of the new law.
In justice, you can say that there is no evidence to directly prove that the other party is targeting Qingmiao Law, but in politics, this is a clear provocation.
In this case, if you rule that the ban is invalid, it will most likely lead to political retaliation.
Can the Imperial Court withstand it?
Zhang Fei, who returned to the courtyard, helped Xu Zhiqian tidy up, and the couple walked along the corridor to the lounge together.
"Are you going to invite Master Fan to the Legal Aid Department?"
"Um."
Zhang Fei nodded, "Because he performed very well in this lawsuit and had a clear context. Every question he asked was actually effective. On the contrary, there were many invalid questions on the essay side. Even if it was effective, they didn’t grasp it and their performance was unsatisfactory.”
Xu Zhiqian nodded and said, "You didn't remind me of the essay submission in advance."
Zhang Fei said: "I am the president of the court and I must enforce the law impartially."
Xu Zhiqian glanced at Zhang Fei and thought, what are you pretending to be in front of me? It's not like you have never done this before. He chuckled and said, "I'm afraid you don't want them to win the essay competition at all."
Zhang Fei clicked his tongue: "Don't make it sound like I'm cheating. It's because they are useless and can't win, so who's to blame?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "But you hope to be able to deny the government's decree. In this way, the power of the imperial court will be extended."
"Shh!"
During the conversation, they entered the lounge. Xu Zhiqian put down the copy, gave Zhang Fei another roll of her eyes and said, "Why are you still booing now? I think they will realize it soon. The biggest winner in this lawsuit is our imperial court."
Zhang Fei picked up a piece of pastry and ate it while replying vaguely: "But maybe this is what many people expected."
"Um?"
Xu Zhiqian looked at him doubtfully.
Zhang Fei said: "Have you not heard this sentence? If you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy. They just hope to push us to the commanding heights of power in Hezhong Prefecture, so as to sow discord between the ministers in the DPRK and judicial reform."
Xu Zhiqian said: "But you don't seem worried at all?"
Zhang Fei chuckled: "The officials support me, Master Wang supports me, Master Sima supports me, and the rich man supports me. What do I need to worry about? Am I not arrogant enough to worry?"
Xu Zhiqian looked at him with a stern look on his face and rolled her eyes slightly, "It's really strange to say that Bachelor Wang and Bachelor Sima are incompatible in the court, but they support you at the same time."
Zhang Fei said: "The reason is very simple. To govern the country, govern the officials first. This is their common demand. The abolition of the ban this time is just to ensure that the new law can be better implemented in the future."
Xu Zhiqian nodded thoughtfully.
Suddenly I heard Cai Jing outside the door: "Teacher, are you in there?"
Zhang Fei first took out a silk handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and then said: "Come in."
I saw four little King Kongs walking in dejectedly.
"The student has met the teacher."
"I am very disappointed with your performance today." Zhang Fei said without mercy.
The four little kings were all embarrassed and silent.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Do you know where you went wrong?"
Shangguan Jun said sarcastically: "I hope the teacher can give me some advice."
Zhang Fei sighed sadly: "We are judicial officers, and the only thing we have to pay attention to is evidence, evidence, evidence. Only on the basis of evidence can we consider moral issues. I I remember I talked about this in class.
And your hesitation is because you are thinking more about right and wrong, gains and losses. These are all based on your subjective judgments, and you have been completely led into the ditch by the defense.
The defense is just attacking the other party's personal ethics and interests, thereby inferring that the prosecution is acting with extreme malice, but they do not have such concrete evidence to support their argument. They cannot even prove that the other party is doing this. In targeting the young crops method.
Regarding the defense's confession, we only need to focus on one point, that is, can this low interest rate achieve a monopoly and whether it can manipulate the market? Can it? "
The four of them shook their heads at the same time.
Zhang Fei said: "Since they can't, and the defense has not provided specific evidence, then they have no possibility of winning this lawsuit. You have to remember one thing, regarding the Youth Law, this is not an illegal act, and you cannot just because the other party is the government. Can distort judicial proceedings."
After such a blunt lesson, the four little kings could only nod their heads.
indeed!
They just attached great importance to the confessions of Liang Youyi and others. You yourself made a fortune from loan sharking, and here you say you want to crack down on loan sharking. Who believes you?
This is still the previous trial thinking. This was very critical in the previous trial process, but it was actually useless in the imperial court.
I'm doing loan sharking today, and I'm going to crack down on loan sharking tomorrow, isn't that okay?
This can only question his motives, but it cannot be used as evidence. Unless there are witnesses who prove that they met to discuss this issue, then it must be seriously considered.
Xu Zhiqian looked at the pity of the four of them, so she said: "This is the first time they are trying this kind of case, so they are inevitably a little overwhelmed."
Zhang Fei glanced at Xu Zhiqian, his expression softened a bit, and said: "Actually, it has nothing to do with this case. The key is that both parties have Erbi, which leads to your thoughts completely following Erbi, and your behavior is more like You act like an audience, not a president of the court, and you fail to demonstrate your professionalism."
"The students understand. The teacher's teachings must be kept in mind by the students."
"Memorizing is not enough, you must also know how to use it flexibly."
"Yes, students remember students."
At this moment, Li Si's voice came from outside the door again, "Third brother, Cao Yameni, Master Fu and the others are here."
"You should take a closer look at the defenses of both sides and think carefully about what evidence the defense lacks. Cai Jing, come with me."
"yes."
After giving the instructions, Zhang Fei took Cai Jing and Xu Zhiqian out.
When I arrived at the small pavilion by the lake, I saw the police station's troika, eating cooked mutton and drinking wine, feeling very relaxed and comfortable.
Seeing Zhang Fei coming, Cao Dongdong said sourly: "You were so majestic just now. The people were applauding and applauding you."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I'll give you this prestige, do you want it?"
"no!"
Fu Shichun said quickly: "We are timid and don't dare to ask for such prestige."
Cao Dongdong looked at Fu Shichun with deep contempt, but didn't say much.
"It's okay if you don't want to."
Zhang Fei sat down and said, "I came to see you today just to show you my prestige."
"Third brother, why are you showing off your prestige?"
Ma Xiaoyi squatted directly on the stone bench and looked at Zhang Fei expectantly.
Zhang Fei stretched his hand to the side, and Cai Jing immediately handed Zhang Fei a thick stack of copywriting. Zhang Fei took the copy and put it on the table.
Cao Dongdong and the three of them immediately picked up one and started reading.
After a while, Ma Xiaoyi suddenly said: "Third brother, these seem to be cases of bullying the people and dominating the market?"
Fu Shichun frowned and said, "And they are all related to business."
"Not only that." Zhang Fei said: "The defendants are almost all officials from Hezhong Prefecture."
Ma Xiaoyi chuckled and said, "I just like to help the strong and support the weak. I don't even dare to do this in the capital."
Fu Shichun glanced at Ma Xiaoyi depressedly, and then said to Zhang Fei: "If we deal with so many things at once, will they make them jump over the wall and cause chaos? You must know that the governance of prefectures and counties cannot be separated from them."
Zhang Fei said seriously: "We have been afraid for a long time and prepared for a long time, but these problems will eventually have to be faced. And now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. We have just rejected the ban of the Transshipment Department, and our morale is booming. Those who Corrupt officials will inevitably fear us, and rural forces will still need to rely on us to resist the New Deal.
If the Royal Police cannot effectively suppress people like them, then it will be impossible to win the trust of the people and revitalize the judiciary. Now that your police department has been silently making money for more than half a year, it is time to show its fangs. "
"What a sentence to show off your fangs!" Cao Dongdong slapped the table, "We've almost fallen asleep waiting for this day. It's time for our police station to show off its fangs. Okay, we'll take this job."
Ma Xiaoyi also nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
After seeing this, Fu Shichun could only nod.
Although the police station is developing well, they are also very aggrieved because people fear the imperial court more than the royal police. They were driven back not long ago.
Power is a zero-sum game. If you want to assert your power, someone will be hurt.
The key is, you have planted a flag, you must do what you say, and when the people encounter injustice, you must deal with it, otherwise, no one will believe in the imperial court.
Zhang Fei said angrily: "Yameni, this is official business, not an organization to rob."
Having said this, he paused for a moment and then said: "In addition, I will send Cai Jing to assist you and provide you with legal advice."
Transshipment Division.
"The lower officials have long seen that they are in the same group. We really shouldn't answer the lawsuit and let them amuse themselves. Look at what they can do."
He Chunlin was desperately fighting in front of Yuan Jiang.
Yuan Jiang glared at him, "Why don't I remember when you said it?"
He Chunlin smiled awkwardly.
Yuan Jiang added: "Also, do you think I want to respond to the lawsuit? Isn't there no way out? Nowadays, the government officials have been turned into royal police. Once the imperial court makes a ruling, the royal police will definitely no longer carry out our orders. Then this ban will become a joke."
Wei Yingfang pretended to be worried and said, "What should we do? In a few months, we will be at the peak of the economy, and there may not be anyone who can borrow money. This will make the Youth Farm Law a joke."
Yuan Jiang hummed: "I will write to Bachelor Wang immediately and inform him of the situation here. If this judicial reform has such great power, then this new law will not be enforceable."
He Chunlin and the others were overjoyed after hearing this. This was exactly what they expected.
But before he could get too proud, Yuan Jiang suddenly said: "Just reporting to the imperial court is not enough to vent my hatred. There are also those landlords and squires who openly opposed the imperial court. The imperial court should not stop Give them face.”
Wei Yingfang asked: "I wonder what Bachelor Yuan plans to do?"
Yuan Jiang said: "I will also ask the court to send the tax department over as soon as possible."
"Taxation Department?"
Wei Yingfang and He Chunlin exclaimed at the same time.
Yuan Jiang smiled coldly, "This tax department is the natural enemy of big landowners like them."
He Chunlin said hurriedly: "Scholar Yuan, please calm down, please calm down, this matter should be discussed in the long run!"
Yuan Jiang glanced at him and said, "You don't want to pay taxes. What are you afraid of?"
"I."
He Chunlin almost bit his tongue, I don't have to pay taxes, my family has to pay them! Brother, are you trying to punish them or us?
Dear fellow patients, how many days will it take for my nasal congestion, sense of taste, smell, and cough to recover? Why do I feel that there is no improvement at all in the past two days? . . . . .
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