Xia Jingen hurriedly said, "Absolutely not! Criminal litigation is the key to a county. If the county magistrate does not take charge of it, it will not only damage the county magistrate's authority, but how can an ordinary Dianshi be competent for it?"
Ao Huang couldn't help but say, "Fang Yun made it very clear that only unimportant civil cases should be handed over to the Dianshi. Cases like murder and arson will naturally fall under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate."
Xia Jingen said: "Prince Huang is wrong. The key point is that there is no clear dividing line between criminal cases and civil cases. For example, bullying in the academy is now a criminal case, but except for Ning'an County, it is treated as a civil case."
Xia Jingen unconsciously used the words Fang Yun usually used to name the case.
Fang Yun smiled and said, "So you are concerned about this. Tomorrow morning I will list in detail the differences between criminal cases and civil cases, and also list which level of civil cases the county magistrate needs to be responsible for."
"If so, it would be much easier to implement. However... this is different from the court trial record, which is conducive to the legalists. Although the separation of criminal and civil cases and the trial by the Dianshi have not reached the level of legal reform, they can be regarded as legalist reforms. I suggest you think twice. If there are major problems with this reform, the reduction of the palace examination grade is a small problem, which may affect your career in the future and even... the way of the saint."
Fang Yun said: "I have been thinking about this for a long time. I have repeatedly verified it in my mind before the palace examination. It is very feasible."
Fang Yun did not explain further. This was an innovation in line with the historical context. Moreover, the separation of government affairs and legal affairs at the county level and above had long been a general trend. Now it was just handing ordinary cases over to the Dianshi, and it did not completely deprive the county magistrate of his power to judge cases.
"Since the Lord says so, we will assist you wholeheartedly." Xia Jingen said.
"Yeah." Fang Yun nodded and continued walking back.
"Puff..." Ao Huang spit out a small notebook and an ink bottle from his mouth. He used his claws to absorb a large amount of ink onto his claws and wrote quickly on the small notebook.
Everyone was curious, even Fang Yun glanced at Ao Huang.
Ao Huang grinned. His dragon beard fluttered and his teeth were white. He said, "A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Fang Yun said that even if you remember something, if you pick out the key points and rewrite it, the effect will definitely be different. Well, don't worry about me. I am open-minded and I don't feel ashamed to ask questions. I will definitely be a big shot in the future!"
Fang Yun rolled his eyes at Ao Huang and looked at his handwriting.
"Ugly in a very artistic way." Fang Yun said casually.
"Dragon style characters! This is dragon style characters! It's much better than what you wrote before you became a student! If you don't have the talent and help of Wen Gong, it would be just dog crawling!" Ao Huang was complacent, taking notes seriously and muttering to himself.
"Fang Yun said: Ni Xian's harm is not in bullying, but in his incorrigibility and disregard for etiquette. He has turned his life upside down and violated human ethics. If this continues, the country will decline and its talents will be exhausted..."
Although Fang Yun was joking with Ao Huang, he nodded slightly. If Ao Huang could keep up the momentum and continue to study, his future achievements might even surpass that of the Dragon Saint of the East China Sea.
Dragons are not demons. In the records of the dragon race, only the emperor race, the dragon race, and the human race are the essence of the heaven and earth. The other races are ordinary creatures of heaven and earth or even filthy things, and cannot be compared with these three races.
The stronger the dragon race is, the more knowledge and wisdom they need. This is completely different from the monsters or other alien races who only cultivate their body and strength.
Since the rise of the human race, the number of geniuses in the dragon race has suddenly exploded. The more the dragon race knows about the human race, the faster they grow. Especially in the East China Sea Dragon Palace, where the academic atmosphere is prevalent, the new generation, represented by Ao Yuwei and Ao Huang, firmly occupies the top spot in the Four Seas Dragon Palace.
Fang Yun entered the house. After Nunu played with him for a while, he jumped onto Ao Huang's head, grabbed Ao Huang's dragon horns and watched him floating in the air and writing.
Ao Huang said with a smile: "Nu Nu, how about you create a fox-style calligraphy like me and become a famous calligrapher like me?"
"Hmm?" Nunu widened his eyes, seeming to be very interested.
"Of course, as long as you copy my dragon-style calligraphy for ten years, you will definitely have the opportunity to create a fox-style calligraphy."
"Oh, oh, oh, oh!" said Nunu.
“What the hell, stop praising Fang Yun. Who knows how Fang Yun’s handwriting became a famous calligraphy. This is my original creation. Look at every stroke, horizontal and vertical, it contains the wisdom of the human race, and is full of the domineering power of the dragon race. When the dragon-style calligraphy is perfected, the situation will definitely change, and the heaven and earth will shake! From now on, people will nickname me Ao Xizhi... Hey... Nunu, listen to me before you leave!”
Ao Huang watched Nunu's back walking away and was about to complain about Nunu's cruelty, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed a familiar shadow trying to crawl out.
"Brother Yangui, how about we discuss calligraphy? Do you want to create a turtle-style calligraphy?" Ao Huang flew towards Yangui with a smile.
The turtle shook his head in a naive manner, then pointed at the door with his claws, and spent all his life's energy trying to escape.
Ao Huang suddenly grinned and said, "You have to spar with me whether you want to or not! I finally found someone who can't refute me, how can I miss this opportunity!"
After Ao Huang finished speaking, he pressed the inkstone with his left front paw and wrote with his right front paw, saying, "Little turtle, since you want to create turtle-style characters, you must first understand dragon-style characters! The Ancestral Dragon gave birth to nine sons, and you, the Dragon Turtle Baxia, are also the sons of the Ancestral Dragon. Since you are the sons of the dragon, you are my sons..."
The turtle rolled its eyes and lay on the ground, pretending to be dead.
The ink girl showed half of her head in the ink pool, quietly watching Ao Huang bragging.
Fang Yun had just returned to the study and had not been sitting there for long when Dianshi Yu Ba Chi came up to him. After seeing Fang Yun, he handed him a stack of documents and said, "Here are the fifty cases I have selected. You can choose half of them. Tomorrow morning I will send the yamen runners to invite the plaintiffs and defendants."
Fang Yun frowned and flipped through the documents, then handed them to Yu Ba Chi and said, "I spend all my time trying cases, how can I be a good county magistrate? Starting tomorrow, I will only try cases in the afternoon and finish before dinner."
"But...will the left prime minister's party make a big fuss about this matter and accuse you of failing to judge the case? Similar things have happened before, and they are very experienced." Yu Bachi said.
"What happens elsewhere may not happen here. Even if it happens here, the result may not be the same. I actually hope someone makes trouble!" Fang Yun's words were firm and full of confidence.
Yu Ba Chi said, "I worry too much. You are different from ordinary county magistrates. I can't tell you exactly how you are different. I just feel that... you don't seem to be afraid of us officials at all."
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Because you made a mistake."
Yu Ba Chi was about to ask what it was about, but Fang Yun said, "I need to finish reading the remaining documents today. Please leave if you have nothing else."
"yes!"
After Ba Chi left, Fang Yun continued to look through the documents accumulated in the county government, and gained a deeper understanding of the details of Ning'an County, most of which were not remembered in the illusion of the mountain of books.
The next morning, subtle changes occurred in the entire Ning'an City.
Just after breakfast time, five prisoner vans, escorted by officers and soldiers, began to move slowly in Ning'an City.
Ni Kuo and four students who bullied their classmates stood in a prison car, with their heads lowered, accepting the punishment that belonged to the Legalists.
Parade through the streets.
.(To be continued..)