confused!
In fact, many officials, like He Chunlin, feel a little confused about this.
What happened to the agreement that water and fire can't coexist
Why does Zhang Fei continue to promote the Qingmiao Law
You know, they are also planning to use judicial reform to deal with the Qingmiao Law.
Therefore, Zhang Fei’s attitude towards the Qingmiao Law is also very important to them.
However, they only considered the dispute between the new and the old, but overlooked one point, that is, judicial reform and new laws are actually interdependent.
No!
To be more precise, judicial reform is completely dependent on the new law.
On the other hand, if there are no new laws, who will support judicial reform
In the minds of ministers, is judicial reform really necessary
Therefore, no matter what, Zhang Fei must support the new law and provide the greatest support to it. On the one hand, he can still win the support of Wang Anshi. On the other hand, only when the new law becomes increasingly powerful can the judicial reform continue to develop.
It can be seen that the two are not contradictory at all.
As for the pros and cons of the Qingmiao Law, how could Zhang Fei, who had read history textbooks, not know it? But the reason is still the same: if the new law has no drawbacks, then what is the point of having public security, procuratorate and courts
At least that's how others see it.
... ...
"It looks like our Imperial Court will be very busy in the future."
While Cai Jing was tidying up the documents, he glanced at the people who were gathered together and whispering.
Today's trial is very beneficial to most debtors and a small number of creditors. It is conceivable that more people will come to the Royal Court to file lawsuits.
Ye Zuqia asked, "Do you think the teacher will let us examine it?"
Cai Jing nodded and said, "I think it's possible."
Shangguan Jun said anxiously, "But can we do it? Every time I watch the teacher review it, it seems very easy, but every time when we discuss it, we still don't consider it carefully enough."
Ye Zuqia said: "We have to give it a try. Otherwise, how can we know whether we have made any progress?"
Cai Bian also nodded slightly.
To be honest, they are also a little itchy now.
This court president is different from the county magistrate, he is quite powerful.
... ... .
Wei Yingfang and others over there also noticed the changes in the expressions of the people. You know, many tenant farmers and self-employed farmers are in debt. If the repayment period is simply extended, they may not be able to pay it back. But Zhang Fei still gave them jobs.
This is very critical.
This is also the best time to pay off your debts, and there will definitely be many people who will take the initiative to come to the royal court to file a lawsuit.
"What do you think?"
Arriving outside the court, Wei Yingfang looked at Cao Yi and asked in a low voice.
Cao Yi said: "It's not necessarily a bad thing. This ruling is obviously unfavorable to those big landlords. They will definitely find ways to fight back."
Wei Yingfang nodded and asked, "But does Zhang San support or oppose the new law?"
Cao Yi frowned and said nothing. He had no idea what to do for a moment.
Just then, He Chunlin came over.
Wei Yingfang hurriedly asked, "What did Yuan Xueshi say?"
He Chunlin then told the two of them Yuan Jiang's guess.
Cao Yi nodded: "That's possible. It is said that Wang Xueshi is currently trusted by the government. It is almost impossible for him to stop the Qingmiao Law. Zhang San took the initiative to ask the people to borrow money from the Changping Division, so he could also use this to interfere with the Qingmiao Law."
Wei Yingfang asked, "Will our previous plan force the Imperial Court to join forces with the Transportation Department?"
Cao Yi said, "This is impossible. The relationship between the Imperial Court and the Transportation Department is not decided by Zhang San, but by Sima Xueshi and his men. Zhang San was able to serve as the court president before, but it was Sima Xueshi who strongly recommended him. If Zhang San colluded with the Qingmiao Law, Sima Xueshi would definitely not let him serve as the court president again."
Wei Yingfang nodded: "That's true."
Cao Yi added: "On the contrary, I think that today's verdict is more conducive to our plan. If those big landlords can lend money to the people at low interest rates, first of all, they don't have to worry about the people not being able to pay it back. Then they can ask the imperial court to collect the debt. Secondly, they can win the hearts of the people and strike a blow to the Qingmiao Law. These are more beneficial to those big landlords.
At the same time, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs will inevitably have conflicts with the Transportation Department, so how can Yuan Xueshi allow the imperial court to arbitrarily interfere with the Transportation Department? "
Wei Yingfang sighed, "But those big landlords are short-sighted. They may not agree to do this."
... ...
After Zhang Fei left the back hall, he went directly to the small pavilion by the lake. After a while, Fu Shichun came here.
"Brother Xiaochun, do you know why I invited you here?" Zhang Fei asked with a smile.
Fu Shichun said unhappily, "It's probably to make us take less vacation and work more."
"exactly."
Zhang Fei laughed, and then said seriously: "The countryside is the most difficult for the Royal Police to break into. Although we have opened branches in front of the villages with military pay and tax collection, we have not yet completely infiltrated them.
If we want to completely replace the gentry, we must bring benefits to the villagers and make them accustomed to going to the police station when they have problems instead of asking the gentry to make decisions. Otherwise, why would they trust the Royal Police more? "
Fu Shichun said: "Loan sharking is originally a conflict between villagers and landlords. The Royal Police intervened and it will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's right, but because the police station has expanded too quickly, there are all kinds of people inside, so you have to keep a close eye on it. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we can't afford to miss it!"
Fu Shichun was helpless: "I'm just the chief clerk."
Zhang Fei said, "Isn't this more exciting than selling pornographic newspapers?"
“… … !”
Fu Shichun was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "It is more exciting."
... ..
In the afternoon.
"Are you ready?"
Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian came to the meeting room and asked directly.
The four little golden warriors first looked at each other, with excitement and a hint of uneasiness in their eyes.
"Um?"
Zhang Fei looked at them in confusion.
Shangguan Jun asked, "What do you mean, teacher?"
"No?"
Zhang Fei said, "Don't you even have this much foresight? After this verdict, a large number of self-cultivating farmers and tenant farmers will surely come here to sue in the next few days. You don't expect me to judge them all, do you? Or were you sleepwalking this morning and didn't figure out the basis for my verdict?"
Ye Zuqia said excitedly: "Teacher, we are ready."
"very good!"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Shangguan Jun asked, "Teacher, I'm still a little unclear about the verdict this morning."
"explain."
"It's about this question of integrity. We know how to judge between a scoundrel and an honest person, but for those in between, students are still a little unsure of the scale."
"You can only know a person's face but not his heart. The teacher is not a god, so how can I accurately calculate how much integrity they have?" Zhang Fei said unhappily.
Shangguan Jun was surprised and asked, "Then I wonder what standard the teacher uses?"
Cai Jing suddenly asked: "Is it the ability to repay?"
"Cai Jing is right."
Zhang Fei said: "Integrity is of course very important, but to judge how much integrity a person has, it requires a lot of investigation, so this is not the only factor in the judgment.
The most important factor is to weigh their ability to repay. Based on this, we can decide what kind of help we can give them. Of course, a person without integrity is not worthy of our substantial help because the risk is too great. We can only give them a chance to reform.
This is like Luo Dawu. If the police station gave him the cloth, he would probably lose the game that night. In short, integrity is a very critical factor, but we only need to focus on the passing line. As long as we abide by basic integrity, that is enough.
The remaining amount will depend on their ability to repay, and then a final judgment will be made.”
Cai Bian said: "No wonder the teacher always asks about their family's specific situation."
"exactly."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, then looked at them again, "Don't be too afraid, just remember one thing, defend your legitimate rights and interests. There is no distinction between tenants and landlords in this sentence, so you must look at landlords and tenants with equal eyes, so that you won't make mistakes easily."
Xu Zhiqian suddenly said: "Shouldn't the weak deserve more help? This is the only way to be fair."
Zhang Fei did not look back at her, but immediately smiled and said to Cai Jing and others, "Don't be like Xu Zhubu, who only has eyes for the weak. That's why she can only be the Zhubu, but you are going to be the chief judge."
The four little Vajras lowered their heads at the same time. They couldn’t afford to offend their master and their mistress!
Xu Zhiqian made a face at Zhang Fei's back.
Cai Bian suddenly said: "But... But I think what Master Xu said makes some sense."
“This is not called reason, but an ideal.”
Zhang Fei said: "The truth must be based on reality. The reality is that the landlords are very powerful and the tenants are very weak. If we follow Xu Zhubu's fairness, it is very simple, that is, to distribute the landlords' money equally to the tenants.
But does this conform to the principle of the rule of law? "
The four of them shook their heads at the same time.
"Of course not."
Zhang Fei said: "Defending everyone's legitimate rights and interests, do landlords have legitimate rights and interests? Of course they do. Fairness under the rule of law is not an ideal, but a reality, and can even be said to be the final bottom line.
And in this morning's trial, what is our bottom line?"
"The basic guarantee for people's lives." Ye Zuqia replied.
"good."
Zhang Fei nodded, "But in fact, as far as the contract is concerned, we should award the land to the landlord to repay the debt, but if we do so, the consequence may cause the debtor to starve to death, because this will not only damage the interests of the country and the monarch, but also is not allowed by morality.
Do you remember what I taught you in class, that in the law of the rule of law, does morality affect whether one is acquitted or convicted? "
"Get away with it."
"good."
Zhang Fei nodded, "You must remember one thing, up to this point, our goal is to maintain this bottom line, not to raise it. In a sense, the theory that Xu Zhubu just said is to raise this bottom line
Can we do this?"
Several people were suddenly lost in the lake.
Shouldn't we pursue a higher level
"Um?"
Zhang Fei looked at them again.
"Can't...?"
"Take out the 'ma'."
"cannot."
"Of course not. That's a stretch."
Zhang Fei said depressedly: "You have given me back everything I taught you. Does Xu Zhubu's proposition belong to the law of the legal system or the law of Confucianism?"
"The Confucian way."
"It must be a Confucian way."
Zhang Fei said: "To bring a better life to the people and reduce the disparity in wealth among people is the way of Confucianism.
For example, our imperial court has no right to stipulate that the rich pay more taxes and the poor pay less taxes, but the Council of State has the right to decide. And what can we decide? That is, this tax cannot force people to death. This applies to usury, military pay, and tax laws. Do you understand?"
The four of them nodded at the same time.
Zhang Fei said: "As the presiding judge, you must treat both the plaintiff and the defendant equally. If you can't understand it now, then just memorize it by rote."
“Yes, the students know.”
"In addition, we will recruit a group of brokers and accountants to assist you and help you formulate a compensation plan, which will reduce your burden. So."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Whether the teacher can spend more time with his wife at home in the future depends entirely on your performance."
"hey-hey!"
... ... .
After today's trial, almost everyone foresaw that a wave of lawsuits would be set off in Hezhong Prefecture.
Because the current usury exploitation is very cruel and involves a very wide range of people, the people are suffering terribly from it. The key is that under normal circumstances, they can never pay back the money, no matter how hard they try. This is a kind of despair.
Today's ruling means that although they still have to rely on their own efforts, there is at least hope that they can repay all their debts.
Everyone will definitely file a lawsuit!
as expected.
On the second day, the Imperial Court welcomed a surge of visitors.
You should know that there were many self-employed farmers who came here to watch the trial yesterday, and they quickly told other villagers about today's verdict.
In all previous lawsuits, the landlords were suing the tenants, but today the situation is completely reversed, with the tenants suing the landlords.
This has caused great suffering to the Legal Aid Department.
It is only natural for a landlord to sue his tenant and ask him to pay back his debts. It is also very easy to write the lawsuit.
But if the tenant farmers want to sue the landlords, they have to find an angle and a reason.
Fortunately, 99% of the current land deeds have problems, so the reason is easy to find, but the Legal Aid Agency needs to understand the situation in more detail.
Of course, this also made the big landowners furious.
The taxation issue over there has not yet been resolved, and now here we are hitting our development path.
They want to charge us more money and cut off our source of income.
This is intolerable!
For a time, there were undercurrents in Hezhong Prefecture!
Confrontation is inevitable.
Because there is no way the big landowners could tolerate all this!
Cai Yanqing and his men were also very nervous. They knew very well the power of these big landlords and must not be underestimated, so they secretly sent people to inquire about information everywhere.
"Prefect Cai, any news?"
Yuan Jiang came into the room and asked Cai Yanqing.
Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "There are some clues."
Yuan Jiang asked hurriedly: "What's the situation?"
Cai Yanqing said: "Originally, the big landlords were divided into two factions. One faction said that they would confront the imperial court head-on, that is, they would refuse to execute the orders and stop some loans, so that the people would go to the imperial court to borrow money.
Another group expressed their intention to lend money at a lower interest rate in response to the Qingmiao Law.
Yuan Jiang was startled and asked hurriedly, "Which faction has the upper hand now?"
Cai Yanqing said: "As for the Qingmiao Law faction, most landlords believe that the people are not on their side at this time. In addition, many soldiers still have to rely on the imperial court to claim compensation. They are not sure of success in a head-on confrontation with the imperial court.
As for the Qingmiao Law, lending at a lower interest rate can not only win the hearts of the people, but also rely on the imperial court to earn some interest. "
Yuan Jiang said: "It is the Imperial Court that is targeting them, not the Transportation Department."
Cai Yanqing said: "I guess they also want to use this to stir up conflict between the Imperial Court and the Transportation Bureau."
Yuan Jiang pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Can the government prohibit them from doing this?"
Cai Yanqing frowned slightly, "Why?"
Yuan Jiang sighed, "I also know that lending at a low interest rate is more beneficial to the people, but if the Qingmiao Law fails, it will seriously affect Wang Xueshi's new policy. We have to consider the overall situation, and once the new law fails, they will definitely raise the interest rate again."
What Zhao Xu wanted was to improve the finances, not to really focus on cracking down on usury. The principal of several million strings of cash under the Equalization and Transfer System was all borrowed from the emperor, for which interest had to be paid.
If Wang Anshi couldn't make money, it would be difficult for him to report to the emperor.
Yuan Jiang really didn't expect that the other party would turn their guns directly and aim at the new law. It was clearly the imperial court torturing them.
His plan was to do the same as the police station, to develop slowly and let the Royal Court go to the front to fight them.
Cai Yanqing said, "It's not that there was no solution before, but now politics and law are separated, I'm afraid Yuan Xueshi will have to ask Judge Zhang for advice on how to deal with it."
Yuan Jiang was stunned for a moment and looked at Cai Yanqing guiltily.
Cai Yanqing stroked his beard and smiled, "Master Yuan, you can just pretend I don't know."