In 1919, on June 12, the 8th year of the Republic of China, Lu Jin's case against the Ministry of Communications of the National Revolution was heard in the Supreme Court of Guangdong Province.

The defendant in this case is the Ministry of Communications of the Revolutionary Political Axe of the Republic of China, and the joint defendant is Zeng Kunhua, the chief minister of the Ministry of Communications!

On the day of the trial, President Wang Hengyue also quietly appeared in the auditorium.

When the old lady Lu Jinshi appeared in the courtroom accompanied by barrister Xie Yanyuan, she immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Court opens!"

With the voice of the ** official, this trial, which has attracted the attention of the whole country and even the world, has finally come to a close!

Officials such as Zeng Kunhua, the chief minister of the Ministry of Communications, and the vice minister appeared in the dock.

After a brief account of the case, counsel Wen Sihua, who represented the defence, stood up and said to the jurors: "Jurors, I don't think this trial is meaningless. My client, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Communications, built the railroad solely for the welfare of the people. The national political axe has invested a lot of money, a lot of manpower and material resources, not for the sake of the political axe to seek any benefits. In addition, when the railway had to pass through Qiheng Village due to the construction of the railway, all the villagers were resettled and compensated. As for Lu Jin, he negotiated with him again and again to try his best to meet his demands. But every time Lu Jin closed his door, he even used foul language to face him."

Xie Yanyuan listened calmly there, constantly taking notes.

Wen Sihua suddenly asked Zeng Kunhua, the chief of transportation: "Chief Zeng, if the railway is rerouted, what kind of losses will it cause?" ”

Zeng Kunhua pushed his glasses: "In terms of economy alone, it will be about two million yuan or even more." ”

"Two million dollars!" Wen Sihua emphasized this figure: "Just because of the inexplicable stubbornness of an old woman, the political axe will lose two million yuan." Jurors, how ridiculous! The railway was built for the benefit of the people."

Wen Sihua was there talking, and the attention of the jurors and the audience was completely absorbed by it, and occasionally nodding their heads, and the situation was completely unfavorable for Lu Jin.

"I would like to invite my witness, Jiang Zhongzheng, director of the presidential chamber of the National Axe, to attend the meeting."

There was a whisper in the auditorium, Jiang Zhongzheng, as the president's right-hand man, is he also willing to come out to testify?

In a look of surprise, Jiang Zhongzheng walked up to the witness stand, and Wen Sihua asked: "Mr. Jiang Zhongzheng, I want to ask what happened on June 6, the eighth year of the Republic of China?" ”

"The president went to Qiheng Village and wanted to negotiate with Lu Jin's in person, but Lu Jin's refused." Jiang Zhongzheng said what happened that day when he was calm from beginning to end.

"Jurors!" Wen Sihua raised his voice: "What is the purpose of President Wang Hengyue personally visiting Lu Jin's family?" For the smooth construction of the railway! He did not threaten an ordinary old woman who did not know how to read with his huge power, but was kind and pleasant, hoping to resolve the matter through negotiations, but still refused unreasonably for Lu Jin. In my opinion, Lu Jin's method of doing this is completely to deliberately make things difficult for the political axe! ”

Xie Yanyuan stood up at this time: "Mr. Jiang Zhongzheng, may I ask the president, but what is the real purpose of going to Qiheng Village?" ”

"Solve the problem and let the railway construction pass as soon as possible."

"Is there no other purpose?"

"Nope!" Jiang Zhongzheng's answer did not hesitate: "The president has said at previous press conferences and in private that the rights of the people are above all else. General Zeng also said that once the railway is rerouted, the political axe will spend an additional 2 million funds. Jurors, I don't think you may know what that two million means. This is the bullet that provided a guarantee of victory for the Northern Expedition, the logistics supply of the front-line soldiers, and the political axe saved by picking the teeth! ”

The courtroom instantly turned into a stage for Jiang Zhongzheng's speech:

"We don't build a railway, but use this money on the Northern Expedition, then we can build a large number of new machine guns and rifles, which can bring us more victory guarantees, but we didn't do this, and we still spent a lot of money to build the railway. Why are we building railways? Is it for ourselves, or for all the people? I think the answer is in your own hearts! The country is for the people, and the people are also for the country, which complement each other! Jurors, I hope you will give this a serious consideration. For the sake of the interests of one person, it is the most shameful act to disregard the broad masses of the people and the entire great cause of the Northern Expedition! ”

Wang Hengyue smiled slightly when he listened below, and Jiang Zhongzheng seemed to have become the protagonist here.

Look at the jurors, and the audience, and their faces are palpably approving.

Xie Yanyuan was very calm: "Thank you Director Jiang for your words, indeed, the political axe still built a railway at such a tense time in the Northern Expedition, which is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people." But good deeds can't undermine people's rights! I thought, in front of the ** officer and all the jurors, I would ask my client, the woman of the Lu Jin family, why she refused to move? ”

Lu Jin said in the local dialect, but barely understandable: "I have to wait for my old man to come back, or he won't recognize him coming home." ”

All the people were inexplicable, and Xie Yanyuan raised his voice slightly:

"I think everyone is surprised, what old man? Who is the old man? So I'm here to explain it to you. The old man is the husband of the Lu Jin woman, Mr. Lu Dade. In 1873, when the French invaded Vietnam, the Vietnamese political axe asked the Manchu political axe to send troops, and Liu Yongfu led the Black Flag Army from the garrison to Baosheng night and night, crossed the Tuyen Quang Ridge, galloped thousands of miles, and suddenly appeared outside Hanoi. An Ye hurried out of the city to meet the battle. The soldiers of the Black Flag Army marched forward bravely and attacked the enemy with all their might, and the momentum was extremely fierce, but the French army could not resist it, leaving An Ye alone, and fleeing into the city in a swarm. Wu Fengdian, the pioneer of the Black Flag Army, quickly caught up, killed An Ye, and recaptured Hanoi, which made the French people tremble, and I think everyone knows it. ”

He glanced around the courtroom and continued:

And Lu Dade also participated in that battle, and he was a member of Wu Fengdian, the pioneer of the Black Flag Army. Later, France mobilized a large army and attacked the Black Flag Army in three ways. After several fierce battles, despite the excellent weapons and equipment of the French army, the Black Flag Army still defeated the center and left flanks of the main French army. But at this moment, it suddenly poured rain, and the French army took the opportunity to blow up the river embankment, and the camp of the Black Flag Army was flooded, and the losses were heavy, so they had to withdraw from Huaide and move to the higher ground of Danfeng. And Ms. Lu Jin's husband, Lu Dade, was one of the troops in charge of the Black Flag Army at that time, and disappeared after this battle and has not been heard from since.

Why does my client, Ms. Lu Jin, refuse to relocate? Because he's waiting for his husband's return! For forty-six years, she had been waiting there. He believed that his husband was not dead and that he would come back one day. Lu Jin, could you please tell us what would happen if you moved out? ”

"The old man won't be able to find the way" Lu Jinshi wiped his eyes: "I can't move, after I move, the old man will come back, and he won't be able to find me, he will be sad." I'll have to wait for him here. In order to wait for him, I never repaired my house even if it was broken. As long as the old man returns, he will be recognizable at a glance. ”

Wang Hengyue found that the eyes of several ladies on the jury were already red, and often this kind of story could touch the hearts of women the most.

"I'm sympathetic to Ms. Lukin's plight." Wen Sihua got up and said, "But that doesn't constitute a reason to refuse to relocate." ”

The intense trial lasted for two hours, and after a short break, it quickly entered the closing argument stage. Wen Sihua fully explained his reasoning, and then sat down confidently.

Xie Yanyuan stood up and said calmly:

"I know there are a lot of people who are accusing Lukin of doing things for their own selfish interests. It is true that my client is reluctant to relocate and cost the political axe millions of dollars, which is morally unreasonable, she may have chosen another way to wait for her husband, but morality is morality, law is law, and she has not violated any law.

Why do we make laws? In order to protect the rights of all citizens, and as a member of the citizens, Lu Jinshi also has the right to defend herself! Her refusal to relocate was entirely legal provided that she did not violate the law. The rights of citizens are above all else! The rights of citizens must also be guaranteed!

This is a society with laws, and laws are meant to protect all citizens, not to protect the political axes and the political axe departments! When an individual's rights are not guaranteed, and they are arbitrarily humiliated and plundered by power in various names, there is no need to label power with any moral conscience. Now it is no longer the Song Dynasty, we are not in Bianliang, Tokyo, despise Kaifeng Mansion, and we don't need a Baolong picture engraved on the forehead with the blue sky and white words to redress the grievances of the people, which has nothing to do with modern civil society?

If there are still people who expect this era to rely on Bao Qingtian to avenge their grievances, and refuse to believe in recognizing the law, this is Qin Xianglian's common sense, Yang Naiwu's common sense, and this is by no means a citizen's common sense.

We are citizens of this country, we have individual rights, we authorize an organization to serve us, to protect us in order to defend our rights, and we give away a part of our rights, not a moral conscience!

Moral conscience is the strength of perseverance in each of our personal hearts, and individual rights are the common sense that we should have.

What we have to do is to strive for this common sense to be the common sense of every citizen, and for this power to be the cornerstone of the protection of this common sense, and nothing else.

I sincerely hope that Lu Jin's case can become a model for the protection of the rights of our citizens, and let the law truly become the patron saint of ordinary people, rather than a weapon abused by any political axe! ”

(To be continued)