"Li Nan is guilty of traitor, bribery, waste, Peng Mingbo is a traitor, bribery, and waste, and the trial is now open." The judge said, "All stand up." ”

At present, the lawyers in Weijiazhuang are all amateurs, and they all work in the court.

The principles of Wei Bao's "Law" are fairness, openness, and impartiality, and no matter who they are, they all have the right to defend.

The prosecution is a prosecution lawyer sent by the Public Prosecutor's Office.

Everyone stood up after the judge's words, including Wei Bao.

Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia followed and stood up.

Wu Sanfu said softly: "This rule is interesting, watching the trial is the same as watching a play, you can still sit, and before the trial, everyone has to stand up." If you can sit, why do you want to stand, and if you want to stand, why do you start letting people sit? ”

"Don't talk." Wu Xuexia said softly, her eyes looked around, and she felt very novel.

Sure enough, I saw that many people were still talking.

The judge said: "Please be silent in the courtroom, and the observers in the courtroom are not allowed to speak." Failure to do so will be considered contempt of court. ”

"Hehe, I'm so nervous, I still admire Wei Bao, did you hear it just now? Many people talk about Wei Bao not being able to use people. Wu Sanfu couldn't help but whispered again: "This kind of thing can be solved privately, and what kind of lawsuit will be opened, and it will be in court." Do you really think he's here for the yamen? ”

Wu Xuexia ignored him this time. I'm afraid that the more I talk to him, the more he talks, and it will be embarrassing to be really named later.

In addition, Wu Xuexia didn't think there was any shame in Wei Bao's doing, this kind of thing, any business, any yamen may have, traitors, corruption, waste, these are all things that people in the yamen often do, not unusual.

has the courage to conduct a public trial, and is not afraid of people talking behind their backs, which is what Wu Xuexia admires Wei Bao. It also shows that Wei Bao wants to figure out everything, and wants the people under him to abide by the rules, understand the rules, and have their own rights and wrongs in case of trouble.

And this court is decent, Wu Xuexia thinks it is more interesting than any yamen.

"Sit down." The judge said.

Everyone sat down together, and this time no one spoke, because they all found bailiffs on all sides, and some villagers had been asked out because they didn't understand the rules.

I heard that being regarded as a contempt of court in court will not only result in a one-day detention, but also a fine of 1 tael of silver, who would dare to take this seriously? Those who are not afraid of detention have no money. and those who have money are afraid of being detained.

The first to be tried was Li Nan.

"Do you know what crime you have committed?" The prosecution's lawyer sent by the Public Prosecutor's Office asked questions.

Li Nan controlled not swearing this time, shook his head and said, "I don't know!" We do things outside according to the rules of the firm. ”

"Okay, let me ask you, have you ever been to the Qinglou?" The prosecution's lawyer asked: "Also, has it been reported to the Public Prosecutor's Office?" ”

Li Nan's eyes flickered, "I have been to so many places, who of me remembers which places I have been?" Maybe it's possible to pass by to talk about things, say a few words and leave, damn, I don't remember! ”

As soon as Li Nan said this, the scene was in an uproar.

Although most of them are from the countryside, everyone also knows that this kind of occasion is very solemn, and swearing in the court is harsh enough.

Wei Bao has always advocated civilized and polite language, and he himself rarely swears now, and if he wants to say it, he will also mumble twice by himself in private, and he will never destroy his image in front of his subordinates.

Wei Bao looked at Liu Chunshi and Fan's big head, the shopkeeper of the outer cabinet was arranged by them.

Liu Chunshi and Fan also secretly glanced at President Wei with a weak heart, and when they touched the president's gaze, they couldn't help but shudder.

Both of them know that President Wei is blaming who is selecting? President Wei has always emphasized the quality of the members of the Heaven and Earth Society, which is obviously not suitable for the congregation.

But they also have suffering, now after a round of literacy, the selection area is large, and it is easy to select talents, when they are just starting out, they need to send people to each position, and they can only be promoted from people they know and people close to them.

"You just have to answer yes or no, no other answer." The prosecution lawyer said: "The court does not allow ambiguous answers. ”

"Yes." Li Nan also realized that it was a stupid thing to swear in such a place, and the sweat couldn't stop flowing down.

At this time, it was already mid-summer, and it was already very hot, not to mention the people who were interrogated and questioned, even the onlookers felt hot.

This trial and trial were held together, and not only the more than 1,000 people who came to watch were very concerned, but in fact, the entire Weijiazhuang was concerned.

The people of Weijiazhuang don't want to enter the world and get the official establishment, after all, they have a salary, and they have an iron rice bowl. However, if it is too strict with the congregations and officials of the Heaven and Earth Society, it will inevitably cause many people to be discouraged and retreat, thinking that it is better to live honestly.

Not only for the common people, but now there are three or four thousand congregations in the Heaven and Earth Society, and these people are even more concerned about this case.

Weijiazhuang stipulates that there is one day off every month, on the 15th of each month, rest, and salaries are paid on the first day. It is stipulated that all businesses and agencies shall pay their salaries no later than the 15th of each month, and this is also to promote local consumption and the economy, and to protect the rights of all people from the system. The sabbatical itself is a clear democratic signal, anti-oppression.

On the fifteenth day of each month in Weijiazhuang, it is almost like a festival.

In particular, the town is gradually forming next to the Wei Mansion.

Although it does not have an official name yet, everyone calls it Jinshan Town.

Because the original four miles are now privately called towns, Houmafang Town, Jinshan Town, Xinque Town, and Dongbaita Town.

The town is a large-scale concept, and the central block of the town is also called the town.

Originally, Wei Bao was located in the northeast, which was a very remote one, and Jinshan was originally close to the sea, which was originally very remote, but because of the relationship between the Wei family, it became the core area of the entire Weijiazhuang in one step. The administrative bodies are all here, and there are hundreds of people in the administrative congregation alone.

There is also an industrial zone next to it, and there are already three or four thousand industrial workers in the industrial zone.

Gradually, the influence of the business crowd is moving closer to this side, and there are tens of thousands of people in Jinshan Town alone, which can actually catch up with the prosperity of Yongping Mansion and Shanhaiguan.

"Have you ever slept in a green house?" The attorney in charge then asked.

"Nope!" Li Nan replied loudly, secretly thinking that even if any of you saw it, so what? I just beat me to death and don't admit it, saying that you have wronged me!

What Li Nan is most afraid of is to find his dirty silver, a little bribe from the people under him is nothing, only a few taels of silver, the key is the 200 taels of silver given by the Jin merchants, and he has caught enough to carry out the death penalty in Weijiazhuang, but he has already stored the silver in a pawnshop, deposited it in the form of mortgage, and the pawn ticket exists in another ticket number, unless he himself goes to the ticket number to take out the pawn ticket, and then goes to the pawnshop to take out the hidden silver, outsiders can't get his evidence at all.

Li Nan had nothing to fear, so when he returned to Jinshan with Peng Mingbo, it was natural that he was not afraid of anything.

If you go to the Qinglou for the night or something, at most you will quit and be expelled from the Heaven and Earth Society.

Wei Bao frowned, he also knew very well that the most difficult crux of official corruption was to get stolen goods and money! Otherwise, everything is false evidence, not strong enough.

Moreover, after all, the Weijiazhuang court is only a 'non-governmental organization' and has no power to find outside witnesses to testify, which adds a lot of difficulties to the handling of the case.

Just from Li Nan's attitude, it can be seen that he doesn't care about the work of the Heaven and Earth Society.

Wei Bao felt a deep headache, for internal management, for the management of Weijiazhuang, he is confident, but to develop, you must send people out of Weijiazhuang, and you need to send a large number of people, how to restrain these people, it is really a headache.

Once a person loses his restraints, it is strange that he does not sin, and who does not know how to enjoy it? Who likes to live a hard life?

"Your Excellency, I ask that witness number one be called." The chief lawyer said to the judge.

The judge nodded, "Yes." ”

Witness No. 1 is a guy from the head office of the Beijing Tiandihui firm, and he is a big guy.

"Witness, as the chief manager of the Beijing Tiandi Society, do you usually have a lot of contact with the defendant?" The attorney asked.

"I see it almost every day." The guy replied.

"Can you tell everyone about Li Nan's daily use, and what do you estimate about his expenses?" The main lawyer said.

"In the first month or two, Steward Li was similar to us, eating a big pot of rice on the counter, and his clothes were not luxurious. Later, he wore silk and satin, bought several clothes, and did not eat with everyone anymore, and often went to the restaurant to get drunk, and he had to pay at least five taels of silver a month to live such a life. The man replied.

"He farts! He's jealous that I'm a trader! Li Nan said angrily: "Damn, Wei Qijiu!" Don't think I don't know, you've wanted to take my place for a long time! You're a bloody spurt. ”

"I didn't! Several guys can testify. Wei Qijiu said loudly.

The judge said, "Witnesses, defendants, you can't speak without much permission." ”

The prosecution lawyer said: "Your Excellency, jurors, I have more than a dozen confessions here, all of which can prove that Li Nan usually lives a luxurious life!" Only one witness was invited because he did not want to affect the work of the Beijing General Account. ”

The judge nodded, then asked the defense lawyer, "Defense lawyer, do you have any questions?" ”

All the onlookers, including Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia, wondered, this guy's testimony can prove that this outer cabinet is corrupt, right? What kind of lawyer do you find to defend such people? Isn't that looking for something to do?

Wei Bao pursues the fairness and justice of the law, even if it can't be done in one step, this kind of judicial spirit must be there, you can't not let people speak, you can't make a speech, otherwise what is the difference between it and the law and maladministration of ancient society? What is the difference between unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, extorting confessions by torture, and deciding the case however you want?

Wei Bao felt that judicial sentencing should be fair, and the interrogation process should be fair and clear, only in this way can the law of Weijiazhuang be popularized.

"You are the big guy of the Heaven and Earth Firm, the head of the capital, only one level lower than the defendant, if he is unlucky, you can go up immediately! Isn't it? The defense lawyer asked.

"Yes." The big guy said excitedly: "But I don't want to frame anyone, I am seeking truth from facts, I am greatly favored by my son, and I must not see anyone do anything that harms the Heaven and Earth Society!" ”

When the observers heard this, they all nodded.

Wei Bao is also very satisfied with this guy's performance, everyone likes to listen to good words, and he is even more so.

"Please answer the question according to the question, just answer yes or no! Or try to be as short as possible, in the affirmative. The defense lawyer continued: "Please comment on whether you like or dislike the defendant." ”

"I don't like it or not, it's all work." Wei Qijiudao.

"You and a dozen guys testified that the defendant spent far more than his salary, can it be understood that you all hate him and want to work together to kill him?" The defense lawyer pursued him relentlessly.

"Nope! We all believe that if we follow Childe, we will soon be able to expand our business, and everyone will be able to be the shopkeeper. ”

"How does he treat you? Mean? ”

"It's okay, it's not mean."

"You're lying!" The defense lawyer said sharply: "You feel that your ability is not lost to the defendant, and you are the president's subordinate, regardless of ability or affinity with the president, you shouldn't just be a buddy, so you hate the defendant and provoke other guys to kill the defendant together!" It's just that you haven't been able to find the right opportunity, and this time the prosecutor's office is prosecuting the defendant, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you! ”

"Protest, I protest! Your Excellency, what the defense lawyer said is unsupported by evidence and baseless speculation! The prosecution's lawyer immediately stood up.

Wei Bao is very satisfied with this kind of rhythm between the two sides of the empty defense, this is the first time to hear a trial, and he can even foresee that it will not be long before the Weijiazhuang court will be at such a rhythm in the future.

Wei Bao didn't know that these two people, including several main judges, were all selected from among the teaching gentlemen who entered Weijiazhuang from other places, and all of them were personally selected by Fan Xiaolin, because Wei Bao once told Fan Xiaolin that law, education, and medical care are the top priorities of Weijiazhuang's construction.

These talented masters were originally eloquent, and now they are officials, and they can burst out the power they have accumulated for many years and find a place for heroes.

"Defense lawyer, pay attention to your words, the court will speak with evidence!" The judge said.

These lines also have Wei Bao's contribution, although Wei Bao did not pay close attention to the personnel of the court, but only listened to Fan Xiaolin's brief report at the last moment, and then approved the establishment of these people.

But Wei Bao once gave a mock model of the trial, which was the result of his spare time and the review of the Hong Kong TV series he watched when he was a child. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many technical words.

"Your Excellency, I'm done." After the defense lawyer finished speaking, he bowed, then returned to his place and sat down.

These etiquettes are also from the model that Wei Bao gave them before, like three points, these etiquettes are clear, and then dig deep into the legal provisions in the future, and gradually improve them according to the needs of the system.

Seeing that there was no problem with the defense lawyer, the prosecution lawyer said to the judge: "Based on the testimony of witnesses and the information collected by the prosecutor's office, it has been made into testimony and submitted to the court." The Public Prosecutor's Office does not have contact with any other department, let alone the firm's mates, and it is impossible for the Public Prosecutor's Office to frame the defendant together with the firm. I am sure that the defendant is guilty of embezzlement, traitor, waste. ”

The crime of waste is Wei Bao's innovation, which opposes waste from a legal point of view, and generally only targets people who have units of the Heaven and Earth Society, excluding private businesses and ordinary people.

"Defendant, do you plead guilty?" The judge asked.

"I don't recognize it! I haven't done anything, I've eaten better, I've dressed better, I've used my salary, I've got the ability to buy a lot of things with a small amount of silver, what's the matter? When Li Nan saw that the prosecution didn't seem to have any substantive evidence, he was energetic.

The judge then asked the defense lawyer: "The defense lawyer, please make closing arguments." ”

"Your Excellency, jurors, and observers present, please think carefully that the Public Prosecutor's Office did not produce any practical and convincing evidence to prove that the defendant was corrupt, and that he had been in contact with outside businesses in private, and that he did not report it, and at most it was negligent, so it makes no sense to be convicted of traitor so easily. At most, the defendant was found guilty of wasteful behavior, and the judge and the jurors were asked to convict them at their discretion. The defense lawyer said.

The jurors consisted of nine ordinary people, who were on the second floor of the courtroom, and the people below could not see them, but they could hear and see what was happening in the courtroom.

This is the characteristic of Weijiazhuang, and in each case, nine ordinary people will be selected to serve as jurors.

"Ask the jury to deliberate and vote, and announce the verdict after a stick of incense!" The judge said.

Although it is still a bit sloppy, the introduction of the jury system has minimized the error rate of subjective judgments.

It's not that there are more people on either side, the point of view is right, this is not the democracy that Wei Bao wants, but the opinion of the majority is always slightly more democratic than the view of the minority.

As the judge finished speaking, after striking the gavel, a group of court officials left, the lawyers on both sides left, and the defendant was taken down.

The onlookers began to talk about it.

Most people think that Li Nan should be executed!

People in this era have a common view that it is easy not to commit crimes, and if they do, they are either born or dead, and there is no second way to go.

Everyone speculated about how the case would be adjudicated, and they were also very interested.

Everyone knows that the nine members of the jury are ordinary people who were temporarily selected from Weijiazhuang.

The common people judge the case, which makes everyone feel a lot more involved, and they feel that they can decide the main matter, the supervisor, and the life and death of such officials are sincerely honored.

So the discussion was very lively, and it was as if they were members of the jury.

"Is this the end? Waiting for the verdict to be pronounced now, isn't it? Why don't you just pronounce the sentence? What is a jury? Wu Sanfu was like a hundred thousand whys, and asked Wei Bao.

Wei Bao explained the same to Wu Sanfu.

Wu Sanfu realized something after hearing this, "I think it's good, at least it's fairer than when I see the county officials and the prefect, and it's also fairer than the Wei Command Envoy, and it's the first time I've heard of it when the people judge the case." ”

"If the whole of Liaoxi is like Wei Gongzi here, when something happens in the future, everyone is willing to come forward! What are you afraid of? Wu Xuexia said, and looked at Wei Bao.

Wei Bao smiled at Wu Xuexia, this is already a high affirmation.

In general, Wei Bao is satisfied with the process of this trial, the conditions are simple, and it can be done like this, and there is a prototype that has come out, and it is already like that.

Why did the land annexations that took place at the end of the Chinese dynasties not play a role in the British enclosure movement and promote the germination of capitalism in China?

This has always been a question for Wei Bao, and Wei Bao feels that it is still due to institutional and cultural reasons.

The primitive accumulation of capital was said to be the product of the collusion between officials and businessmen because it was the product of the collusion between officials and businessmen, so it was wiped out in the course of the peasant movement, and there was no time for further development.

Land annexation produced a large number of cheap urban populations, but very few of them were recruited into the handicraft industry, and most of them were reduced to service workers (handymen, catering, theatrical circles, sex workers, etc.), so that they could not promote the development of capitalism.

Therefore, Wei Bao has been trying to increase the number of urban handicraftsmen, or freelancers, even if they can't fully become workers, like now Weijiazhuang has the most farmers and construction workers, and there are workers, except for farmers, construction workers are also similar to workers.

There are more construction workers, and everyone is considered a freelancer, so they will be more concerned about these social issues.

Wei Bao felt that these situations, then or now, should also exist in the United Kingdom and other European countries.

As long as there was cheap labor, it could help the handicraft industry to develop and gradually replace the existing feudal small-scale peasant mode of production, and this efficient mode of production could bring more income to the country, no matter how the dynasty changed.

Why did the displaced people of the Ming Dynasty become mostly non-handicraftsmen and could not help develop capitalism?

First of all, the issue of land annexation will be extremely problematic in every dynasty, so much so that land contradictions have always been a problem for all dynasties.

The stable society of the feudal era was self-sufficient at the bottom, that is, one acre and three points of land to eat and drink.

Since the beginning of the Age of Discovery, European countries have begun to connect the world as a whole, and the rising countries are relatively small in size, such as the Netherlands, which made a lot of money by selling a fish to trade throughout Europe.

Then the world market began to gradually open, the connection strengthened, trade became more frequent, and industry was derived, and industrial raw materials were common in some common agriculture at the beginning, such as wool for textiles and industrial thinking was needed to scale, so there was an enclosure movement.

Wei Bao compares Chinese and foreign countries, in the dream of Red Mansions, as a big landlord, he has to collect land rent, and every year there are some chickens, ducks, fish and even rare birds such as deer that farmers respect.

In Europe and America, the land of farmers is used to grow cotton for industrial production.

The fundamental reason is not who occupies and annexes the land, but what is produced on the land is served, and why the land is produced serves determines the system of what the people on the land produce.

Because the prosperity of the handicraft industry is the basis for the transformation into industrial reform, in order to pursue high-efficiency production, people began to think of replacing human work with machinery, so as to promote the simultaneous development of economy and technology.

China is a big agricultural country, and the powerful are good at building buildings, and they are not like the British who use enclosed land to open pastures, so the direction of the displaced people is naturally different from that of the United Kingdom.

Coupled with China's historically conservative attitude towards maritime trade, it has not established colonies around the world to plunder resources.

Weijiazhuang should build stability as soon as possible and form an independent society, and now Weibao has almost done it.

Then the main thing is external expansion, the key to external expansion is how to deal with powerful external forces, and how to manage people like Li Nan and Peng Mingbo who are expanding externally!

Wei Bao feels that capitalism is actually free exchange, the exchange of labor and money, and the right to choose whose money to take.

Wanting to be a slave but not being able to do so is a typical manifestation of the alienation of labor.

Wei Bao didn't want a lot of lethal ways to gain power, thinking that it would hurt the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Wei Bao, who came out of the bottom, is also heart-to-heart with the poor people at the bottom at all times, and does everything for development, which is not Wei Bao.

Wei Bao hopes to gain power through the Glorious Revolution.

The Glorious Revolution in Britain did not involve bloodshed, so historians call it the "Glorious Revolution".

In 1689, the English Parliament passed the Bill of Rights, which limited the power of the crown.

The constitutional foundation of the king's rule was laid, and the power of the state was gradually transferred from the monarch to the parliament.

The constitutional monarchy originated from this Glorious Revolution.

At that time, the Whigs and some Tories who supported the council deposed James II in order to avoid the Catholic James II passing on to his newborn son.

After deposing the king, they passed the throne to their original successors, James II's daughter Mary and son-in-law William (then ruler of Orange, the Netherlands).

William led his troops into England and, without firing a shot, sent James II into a panicked flight. Parliament returned to power, and William ascended the throne as William III.

At this point, the struggle between the British Parliament and the king for nearly half a century ended with the victory of the Parliament.

In 1685, James II appointed Catholics to the army, in defiance of widespread opposition at home and abroad, and in violation of the "oath ordinance" established by the previous government, which had prohibited Catholics from holding public office.

Since then, more Catholics have been appointed to important positions in government departments, churches, and universities.

In April 1687 and April 1688, two "Proclamations of Tolerance" were issued, granting freedom of religious belief to all non-Anglicans, including Catholics, and ordering the bishops of the Church of England to read them from the altars of the bishops.

At the same time, James II brutally persecuted the Puritans. It also moved closer to France, the main competitor of British industry and commerce, to the detriment of the interests of the bourgeoisie and the new aristocracy.

On June 20, 1688, James had a son. His Anglican daughter, Mary, had no hope of succeeding to the throne.

To prevent the Catholics from taking the throne, the bourgeoisie and the new aristocracy decided to overthrow the rule of James II.

Seven prominent figures from the Whig and Tories parties invited William, Prince of Orange, the son of James II, to England to protect religion, freedom, and property.

William, a Protestant, accepted the invitation and issued a manifesto on 30 September demanding the restoration of the inheritance rights of his wife, Mary, the eldest daughter born to James II's first wife.

On 1 November 1688, William landed 15,000 men in Thor's Bay.

When the news reached London, James II fled Germany, where he was intercepted and sent back to London.

Later, with William's consent, James II fled to France.

In December 1688, William's soldiers entered London without blood.

At a plenary session of Parliament in London in January 1689, it was announced that James II would abdicate and William and Mary would jointly rule England, known as William III and Mary II.

At the same time, Parliament presented William with a Declaration of Rights.

The declaration condemned James II's violation of the law; Pointing out that the King could not cease any legal effect without the consent of Parliament; No tax can be levied without the consent of Parliament; Catholics cannot be kings, kings cannot marry Catholics, etc.

William accepted the demands set out in the declaration. The Declaration was officially approved into law by Parliament in October of that year, known as the Bill of Rights.

The coup d'état was essentially a political compromise between the new bourgeois aristocracy and some of the big landowners.

After the coup d'état, Britain gradually established a constitutional monarchy.

Although this method is not as cool as the way in the network of later generations, who catches who kills, and who kills.

But Wei Bao feels that the way of peace is the most preferable, because every step of peace must first convince the other party and accept his own point of view!

What's the hardest thing for people to do? Isn't it just for people who don't agree with one point of view to try to accept it?

As for opening a science and technology tree, Wei Bao feels that it is a matter of course, economic development, system development, derived from the relationship between scientific and technological progress, science and technology driven, and circular pull.

The scientific and technological revolution and the industrial revolution are different concepts, and the industrial revolution is often triggered by the revolution in the manufacturing industry, which leads to a comprehensive change in the three major industries.

The first industrial revolution began with the industrial scale of spinning and weaving and the widespread application of the steam engine, and ended with the invention of the internal combustion engine and the starting point of the automobile industry. The Second Industrial Revolution ushered in electrification and the development of the telephone and telecommunications industries.

In the later generations when Wei Bao came, computer Internet technology reached its peak, that is, the information revolution and the information revolution.

Guotai and the people are safe, the system is stable, and new technology is not a problem, so Wei Bao no longer focuses on the Military Industry Administration.

The most important thing is that he knows his level, even if he is trying his best to be a scientific and technological research and development personnel, he is at the level of an ordinary technician when he is old, and he does not have the brain to be an engineer.

"Xiaobao, how do you think it will be judged? What do you think? Wu Sanfu asked with concern.

Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, Fan Xiaolin, Xu Rui, Fan Toutou, Liu Chunshi, and Luo Sanzi, who had just rushed over, were also very concerned about Wei Bao's thoughts and looked at him.

"I didn't think about it." Wei Bao smiled slightly.

"How could you not have thought about it? You're not alone here. If you want those two to live, and if you want them to die, they will die. Wu Sanfu refused: "Let's talk about it." ”

"Brother Sanfu, I can't decide people's life and death, we don't want to abuse lynching here! It is not even more important for a person to decide to be guilty of a crime, everything must be judged by the people themselves on the basis of the integrity of the criminal evidence. Wei Bao said. What he didn't finish was that the army also had court-martials. Everyone in Weijiazhuang must abide by the law, which is the law of the whole people.