Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 498 1 mess

heat!

So hot!

All the officials present were sweating profusely.

It's actually pretty cool here.

"Prefect Cai, do you want him to continue the trial?"

Wei Yingfang said to Cai Yanqing a little excitedly.

The faces of the surrounding officials were dripping with embarrassment.

In fact, the officials also saw clearly that Zhang Fei was not targeting a certain official, but the government and the Salt Administration.

That's why everyone is terrified. If it targets a certain official, they won't be too scared, and it's not like they haven't checked it before.

But the problem is that if the government's underpants are stripped, will the people still trust the government in the future?

This seriously endangered the prestige of the government.

The surrounding officials also looked at Cai Yanqing, as if they were about to pounce on him and eat Zhang Fei alive when he gave an order.

Cai Yanqing sighed, and said: "Wei Tongju has forgotten, but we can't control the imperial court."

".!"

Wei Yingfang was dumbfounded.

He seems to be still living in the previous world, where politics and law were integrated, but now that politics and law are separated, they can't do anything except look at it foolishly here!

But Zhang Fei didn't seem to notice them at this time, and was still concentrating on the trial. Next, he summoned a supervisor from the famous Chen Xu.

Inquire about the property status of Huang Tong's family, as well as the specific process of Huang Tong's handing over the salt and obtaining the salt capital.

The process is the same.

Chen Xu also faltered, couldn't explain clearly, and if it didn't make sense, he threw it up.

Zhang Fei didn't bother with him either, and summoned some officials in every link of the salt administration one after another.

There is no need to delve into the tricks in the salt administration, it is all on the bright side, and everyone knows the problem, just like the front office.

Just saying it was never said on this occasion.

The people who were angry at first became numb.

It gives them the feeling that the country is not saved.

Very decadent!

Very frustrating!

This is no different from murder for money, except that one is legal and the other is illegal.

As a prosecutor, Chen Qi was sitting in the middle like an audience, and it was really boring. They just prepared a few confessions, because the procuratorate decided that this was enough to prove that Huang Tong was selling illegal salt, so he couldn't help asking Su Zhe in a low voice: "What the hell is he doing?"

Su Zhe glanced at Zhang Fei, pondered for a while, "Actually, this is also good!"

Chen Qi asked curiously, "How do you say that?"

Su Zhe didn't answer and asked instead: "It is said that the prefect Cai is smart and capable, but why are there so many problems?"

Chen Qi sighed: "The matter of salt administration is constantly being cut, and the reasoning is still chaotic, and it is also an important source of national finances. No matter how capable, I dare not act rashly."

Su Zhe nodded and said: "The reason why the cutting is constant and the reasoning is still chaotic is that these problems are difficult to talk about. This is also because the government and the law were integrated in the past, and the magistrate had to rely on the officials below to handle affairs. Therefore, no matter how capable Officials came to Hezhong Mansion, but after all, they only treated the symptoms but not the root cause.

But now that politics and law are separated, the imperial court does not need to consider whether those officials will obey his orders, and speaking out about these issues openly will facilitate future sorting and correction. "

Chen Qi whispered: "But this will cause the local officials to jump over the wall?"

Su Zhe said with a smile: "Didn't they all shift the responsibility to the court? Zhang San didn't bother with them. He directly convicted them. It shouldn't be too late."

"That's true."

Chen Qi nodded thoughtfully.

It sounded frightening, but Zhang San never questioned a certain witness. He mainly talked about the salt law and salt policy. Once officials blamed others, Zhang Fei didn't bother.

Naturally, those officials will not jump over the wall in a hurry.

Unknowingly, the scorching sun was shining brightly. Although it was very shady here, there were too many people. The people outside the gate were already sweating profusely, but none of them chose to leave.

This kind of trial method is so exciting that it can be regarded as an entertainment program.

If it doesn't look at the result, I will definitely not be able to sleep tonight.

After a witness went down, Zhang Fei suddenly asked Su Zhe, "Does the procuratorate have anything to add?"

Su Zhe shook his head and said, "We have nothing to add."

Is it over?

It's about to end!

It's not easy!

The officials perked up immediately.

"Well!"

Boom boom boom!

Zhang Fei tapped the gavel three times, "For the time being, the court will be adjourned. Since the case is relatively complicated, the chief judge will discuss it with several assistant judges."

Hugh. Adjourned?

Whether it's the common people or the officials, they almost stared out their eyes.

That swearing words made him want to spray them in Zhang Fei's face.

Judgment quickly!

Are you trying to boil us alive?

Many generals stood up, ready to protest.

But Zhang Fei ignored everyone's anger, and returned to the lobby behind with Xu Zhiqian, Cai Jing and others.

The tea cups and pastries are all ready.

Originally, Cai Jing and the others were still very reserved, so it can be seen that the teacher was devouring food, and he also ate a meal without caring about his image.

"Teacher, how do you plan to judge?"

With a pastry in his mouth, Shangguan asked vaguely.

Zhang Fei asked: "What do you think?"

With a grunt, Shangguan swallowed it whole, then shook his head and said, "Students don't know."

Cai Bian also said, "The witnesses who were interrogated just now don't seem to have much to do with this case."

Cai Jing and Ye Zuqia also nodded, and even Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei curiously.

Zhang Fei lamented: "You really don't work hard at all!"

Shangguan was aggrieved and said: "Teacher, the students have worked very hard."

"What are you trying to do?"

Zhang Fei said: "You don't even read the salt method of Hezhong Mansion."

Shangguan immediately said: "Students can recite it backwards after reading it."

As he spoke, he directly dug out a copy, "Teacher, please take a look, this is the student's notes on the Salt Method."

"Don't show me."

Zhang Fei waved his hand and said, "Compare the salt method with their confession just now, what Huang Tong sells is private salt!"

The four of them looked at each other in blank dismay, ignoring eating and drinking, and immediately compared the confession just now with the Yan method.

But after looking at it for a long time, I didn't see a doorway.

Cai Bian said awkwardly: "Teacher, please forgive the students for their stupidity. I really don't know where the problem is?"

Zhang Fei looked up to the sky and sighed, "What law do you still study, go home and farm."

".!"

There was even a din of people outside, everyone was discussing how the verdict would be.

You must know that all the lawyers in Hezhong Mansion are here.

I saw Wei Yingfang and other officials standing in front of Guo Xiaofa.

"In my opinion, the death penalty is definitely still."

"death penalty?"

"good."

Guo Xiaofa said: "Zhang San is purely playing tricks, according to the confession of He Yanjian and the others, it can only prove that Huang Tong deserves sympathy, but it cannot excuse him for selling private salt.

In the previous lawsuit, Wu Zhang's sentence was only reduced, and he did not finish his innocence.And there was enough evidence at that time to prove that Wu's mother jumped into the river by herself, not Wu and Zhang's pushing her down.

But in the current case, all the evidence proves that Huang Tong is indeed selling illegal salt, and he must be sentenced to death according to the law. "

Wei Yingfang snorted, "So, he spent a lot of time just trying to embarrass us?"

"Nine times out of ten it is true."

Speaking of this, everyone knew something in their hearts. It must be that Zhang Fei knew that this case was deliberately making things difficult, so he resorted to tricks and took revenge on them by the way, making them feel uncomfortable.

It's really uncomfortable!

The power of the royal court is too great, they have to testify in court.

After half an hour, Zhang Feicai, Cai Jing and others came out from the back hall, all of them were full of energy and confidence.

At a glance, Chen Qi knew that the few of them had enough to eat and drink inside, and whispered: "Chief Prosecutor, we also need a special room for us to rest."

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile, "It should be so."

No one was sitting at the VIP seats, they were all standing, and all eyes were on Zhang Fei.

"Everyone, please take a seat."

Zhang Fei stretched out his hand to signal, and then sat down, suddenly found that no one sat down, they were all standing, and let them do it.

Xu Zhiqian carefully placed a copy in front of Zhang Fei.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Fei nodded slightly, picked up the gavel and tapped it, "Continue the trial."

As he said that, he looked at the copy in front of him, then raised his head, looked around, and said loudly: "According to the trial just now by the chief judge, I found that the government's salt law is a mess, which is really incomprehensible."

The officials couldn't help but startled suddenly.

The common people nodded vigorously, they were right, according to the trial just now, it was indeed a mess.

"first!"

Zhang Fei glanced at the copy, then raised his head and said: "The imperial court stipulates that the abundant salt produced by salt households must be sold to the imperial court, but there is no express provision on when and at what price. This court has searched all the evidence, It has not been discovered at what price the government buys the prolific salt from the salt households, and what rules the salt households have to follow to sell the salt in their hands.

Secondly, the imperial court only stipulated that the salt households must sell the prolific salt to the government, but did not stipulate that the government must purchase the salt from the salt households.

Finally, and most importantly, the agreement between the imperial court and Yanhu is that Yanhu pays 12 catties per year, and can get 45 guan of salt capital and two liters of rice per day. This is not a very high price, but evidence shows that Huang Tong did not receive the agreed salt capital.

The reason why he did not get the agreed salt capital was entirely due to the government's chaotic management system, and the government should bear the main responsibility. Therefore, the court judged that it was because the government breached the contract first, which led to Huang Tong's survival crisis and had to sell it. Yanqiusheng, whose actions did not constitute the crime of trafficking in private salt, was released in court, and the police station must immediately return the salt and money he confiscated. "

"it is good!"

"Good verdict!"

"As expected of President Zhang."

The people seemed to be drinking the nectar under the scorching sun, and they were very happy, raising their arms and shouting excitedly.

And those officials were dumbfounded, can they still be judged like this?

The judge's responsibility?

Don't you. As if he really isn't.

Politics and law are no longer a family.

This.!

"I object!"

At this moment, Su Zhe stood up suddenly, "According to the law, the evidence for Huang Tong's sale of private salt is solid. Even if the government is responsible, the imperial court should make a judgment according to the law instead of changing the law without authorization. Judge Zhang should Don't have that power."

Zhang Fei's power is to supplement the regulations in some cases, and at the same time, he can give judgments as appropriate, but he cannot say that he can amend the regulations at will.Moreover, the salt law has a lot to do with it, and it cannot be revised.

"This court has not changed any laws."

Zhang Fei said: "According to the Salt Law, selling ten catties of illegal salt is punishable by death, not the death penalty for salt dealers, so first of all, we need to confirm whether the salt sold by Huang Tong is illegal salt.

In the latest salt law of the imperial court, it is explained in this way that the imperial court pays 45 guan of salt and two liters of rice in exchange for salt households must turn in 12 catties of salt every year, and salt households must sell the prolific salt to the imperial court.Prosecutor Su, the chief judge may have made a mistake. "

Su Zhe nodded and said, "That's right."

Zhang Fei continued: "But all the evidence proves that Huang Tong didn't get enough salt capital and two liters of rice per day, and the reason for all this is not his responsibility, all the witnesses just now are vague The words, the answer is not clear, the key is that there is no black and white record of the reason and amount of these deductions.

Therefore, there is no sufficient evidence to prove that Huang Tong should not get the agreed salt capital and rice. In other words, the government did not abide by the previous agreement.

At the same time, in this salt law, it is not stated that when the court fails to abide by the agreement, the salt households have to perform subsequent duties.Then, according to the principle of contract law, when one party does not abide by the agreement, the other party naturally does not need to abide by it.

Therefore, what Huang Tong sells is not private salt. "

Chen Qi opened his mouth wide and looked at Zhang Fei adoringly, is that okay?

Thanks to Zhang Daer's pen.

"I have no objection." Su Zhe sat down.

The other officials also held back their silence.

Do you want to argue?

Then come!

See if you are legally deducting salt costs from salt households.

Bring out the evidence.

This will certainly defend itself.

Because the expenditures in the government's accounts are in full, not a penny is too much, Zhang Fei didn't say this.

But Zhang Fei suddenly looked at them and said: "In addition, the chief judge would like to advise the government that it is best to write the regulations clearly on paper and stamp them with the official seal, so that there are laws to follow, instead of putting them on the paper. Speaking of words, I believe you all know that you are not joking, referring to the officials, not everyone sitting here."