No matter how strong Li Xiangyu's heart is, when she encounters such a rule, it is all up to it, and the rules that are unfavorable to you can be temporarily changed, and it is difficult to press the frustration, this is the law of the country!? With such a national law, who can seek justice!?

While comforting Li Xiangyu, the classmates said angrily: "Only the evidence of your legal department is considered evidence, how can there be such a ridiculous thing in the world!?" ”

Song Zijie sighed again: "Yes, this absurd thing has been absurd for thousands of years, but what can be done, the current national law is still like this." ”

Li Xiangyu didn't give up: "Okay, our evidence doesn't count, but your evidence just now is invalid!" What does this say? ”

Song Zijie turned to a row of judges in the court: "Please go to court to make a ruling." ”

Li Xiangyu and the others looked at Hang Shijun, and the audience also stared at him, and the thousands of voters outside also held their breath, waiting for Hang Shijun's verdict.

Hang Shijun suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and after a few rounds of competition, the two sides actually played a draw, and it was impossible for him to judge who won and who lost.

"Throw beans!"

"Throw beans!"

Such a call sounded from the auditorium to ask the judicial department to decide the case by public opinion, which is also a common move in Chinese history. Yinghua's election of the academy is also a way of throwing beans, and everyone is used to it.

The thought was like lightning, Hang Shijun had a plan, he was shocked, and said loudly: "The public prosecutor and the lawyer, and listen well." This official allows you three choices, one is to postpone the retrial, and during this period, you can supplement the evidence and reconsider the facts of the case. The second is to vote in court and decide the case by public opinion. The third is ...... In-court mediation. ”

I don't have to say the first two items, but the third item is something that ordinary people don't quite understand at this time, that is, the public prosecutor and the lawyer bargained, gave up a few charges, and only admitted some of them, so as not to continue to waste energy. Of course, whether they are willing to mediate and admit their guilt depends on how sure the two sides are of victory under other options.

Li Xiangyu subconsciously wanted to choose to postpone the retrial. But Li Xu called Xiangyu, and then slowly shook her head, she suddenly thought of the identity of her grandfather and her flag man, and understood what her grandfather meant. No matter how strong it is, let this case boil, I don't know how many people will be attracted to turn over the old debts of the flag man.

Gritting her silver teeth, Li Xiangyu said unwillingly: "Little girl...... Select the third option......"

Song Zijie hurriedly said: "The lower officials also choose to mediate......"

Hang Shijun and the other judges breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, okay. Such an ending, although not perfect, is not a big defeat.

The two sides mediated in the back hall, and the process was not known to everyone. More than half an hour later, the judge, the public prosecutor, and the lawyer appeared in court again, and Hang Shijun announced that Li Xu had pleaded guilty to seven counts of the mastermind of the case and bribery, and that he was not guilty of five counts of instructing a ruffian to coerce weavers and causing injuries to death. The court ruled that, except for a small courtyard in Suzhou, all of Li Xu's mansions and land properties should be confiscated and used as compensation for the death of injuries and coerced weavers. He was also sentenced to 10 years in prison. Nian Li Xu is seventy-five years old and executes in his Suzhou home.

"Xiangyu, don't fight anymore, this is just an account of the national law, and grandpa is still waiting for others to settle the account."

Seeing that Li Xiangyu was still crying and unwilling, Li Xu persuaded him like this.

"Grandpa is also very glad that Hangzhou Weaving Sun has returned to the north. What happened? All the family property was confiscated, and all men and women were sent to slavery outside the fortress. Is there a law for them? Isn't it just a sentence from the emperor......"

Li Xu's words finally persuaded Li Xiangyu, she stopped sobbing, shook her head and said, "This law of the country ...... It's still unfair! ”

Li Xiangyu didn't know that at the same moment, Song Zijie shook his head with a wry smile to Hang Shijun and other judges: "If you use this set of contemptible people, you will have to be a lawyer again in the future, I'm afraid it will be self-inflicted." The law of the land...... It's really unfair. ”

At the end of the trial, the crowd gradually dispersed, and Cao Zhan drooped his head and walked straight to the station. The hustle and bustle just now because of the distinction between the flag and the Han also made Cao Zhan panic in his heart, for fear of revealing his details. He was beaten by the people around him. Looking back at this time, I feel that I am too cowardly, compared with my little cousin, it is simply the difference between fireflies and Haoyue. ..., inferiority gushed up, the original intention of going to see the little cousin and uncle also disappeared, so I thought about taking a carriage back to Suzhou, this trip also cost a lot of silver, the inn in Longmen is so expensive that he can't afford to live now.

"Cousin!"

In the crisp call, Li Xiangyu stopped him, although there were still tears on his face, he had regained his calm. In this trial, although the grandfather still admitted a lot of crimes, after careful calculation, it was also equal to the government, and then he was comforted by his grandfather, Li Xiangyu was also faintly complacent, and the whole person exuded a self-confidence beyond his age.

"Cousin...... You—You're amazing......"

Cao Zhan and his little cousin are childhood sweethearts and know each other very well. Everyone revolves around the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I think that the little cousin is quick and knowledgeable. Now that she has suddenly emerged in this matter of national law, she has not fallen behind in court with a powerful character like Song Tiezui, Cao Zhan's inferiority complex is spinning in circles, and her mind and body are stiff.

"Thank you cousin for coming to Longmen to help out......"

Li Xiangyu couldn't think about it so much, so she felt that Cao Zhan could come to see her appear in court, and she was very happy.

"Come back to Suzhou with us, the law department will send us for free, don't sit in vain, but it's okay, it's a 'prisoner car'."

In front of her cousin, Li Xiangyu regained her innocence, which made Cao Zhan laugh, she was originally depressed, so she wanted to slip away, but she was also stirred up by these words, why don't you dare?

Li Xu looked at the pair of cousins from a distance and sighed lowly: "Xiangyu, grandpa will still affect your ......"

On the streets of Longmen, people were in a hurry, including Sir Lawrence, who went out of the courtroom and turned back to look for the wig, the wig was never found, although it was a loss of more than ten pounds, he didn't feel how painful, this trip was too much, and at the same time there were too many opinions, I felt out the pencil and wanted to write something, the pen was on the paper, but it was a thousand things, I don't know where to start.

Another line of people in plain linen short clothes walked on the street, everyone looked solemn, and others knew at a glance that they were from the Mo Society.

Wang Shishen said with emotion: "The matter of national law is important in legal power. ”

The law of the country is indeed unfair and full of loopholes, and there is no way to do it, although the law of Anglo-Chinese criminal law litigation has been reduced, the skeleton still follows the provisions of the old dynasty. People like Wang Blind will naturally not only look at the surface, but trace back to the legal power behind the national law.

In the trial exchanges, both sides took advantage of the law of the country. But the legal power is in the hands of the legal department, and the rules are all decided by the legal department. Even if Li Xiangyu has the powerful power of Concubine Hui behind her, it is difficult to gain the upper hand in front of the law department who holds the rules. The ordinary people have to be rubbed between the hands of the law and the government. This made Wang Shishen subconsciously think of a conversation between the emperor and him when he was in Huaiyang Academy before.

The government is indeed the greatest evil in the world, this is the first conclusion of the blind man after hearing this trial.

It's not that the people can't compete with the government, and the law of the country is a sharp weapon that can be used by the people, which is the second conclusion.

But if it is to be used by the people, the law of the country cannot be completely decided by the government. This involves the emperor's legal power in the "Theory of Authority", although this book has not been transmitted, the emperor personally gave him a copy, which is the third conclusion of the blind man.

How to determine the legal power. This is an extremely difficult and large project, and the legal power cannot be fully grasped by the government or a single party. Just like in a trial, the observers are emotional, and they immediately throw aside the law of the land, and then it becomes a disorderly dispute, which is the fourth conclusion of the blind man.

The harvest is full, the road ahead is boundless, and the blind man has mixed feelings.

"yes. The power of the law cannot be held by the government! ”

"It's up to the sages to decide!"

"The emperor and the sage are co-determined!"

"I think it's good to change Mr. Lizhou's proposition in the late Ming Dynasty, let the school decide!" ..., the disciples suggested one after another, and some people said even louder: "No, we are ink, it is from the ink of the people, and this legal power must be in the hands of the people!" ”

The blind man shook his head: "People? Who are the people? We are the Ink Society. Speak only for the poor. ”

The disciples hesitated for a while, and came up with a bunch of illusory plans, which made the blind man sigh again and again.

"I'm beginning to understand the emperor's intention to set up the East Courtyard and the West Courtyard, and our Mo Society ...... On behalf of the people, the poorest of the people, to fight for this legal power! ”

The blind man said in a deep voice, and the road ahead finally unfolded clearly.

"The law of the land...... Legal...... East and West Houses. Well, as I expected, it's a big stage. ”

Zhu Yigui thought so, and there was also a road clearly spread out in his heart.

The fighting between the twelve hairpins of Jinling and the Fa Si and Song Tiezui came to an end, and the afterglow was like ripples, through newspapers and storytellers. Pedestrians spread their ears to various places rapidly. And the final result is also understood by the general people as the two imperial concubines and the emperor are on equal footing, unwilling to hurt the feelings of the husband and wife, and everyone is suspended and peace.

In the lobby of the Longmen Prosecutor's Office, Shi Yizhi, Hang Shijun and other judicial officials, as well as hundreds of judicial officials from Lingnan, gathered together to review and examine the operation of the judicial department using this case as a sample.

"Criminal and civil cases must also learn from the commercial court and fully introduce lawyers!"

"That's right, if this case is not a lawyer like Song Tiezui against those little female lawyers, but the officials of the legal department themselves go into battle, the situation is really unimaginable."

From this case, the judicial department has gained a lot, and the biggest one is the separation of control and judgment.

"Matters such as auditing and injury examinations can be handed over to outsiders such as the Shentong Bureau and the Ying Ci Yuan, so that the legal department can be exempted from the responsibility of perverting the law, and the people can also argue about the fairness of the legal prosecution link."

"Lord Hang's three choices are wonderful! Mediation is also used well, and it should be rolled out in various places in the future. ”

Some details in court, as well as Hang Shijun's personal performance, have also become valuable experience.

"If the judicial department introduces public litigation, then it must be allowed to use private litigation, and then everyone will not manipulate the national law, and how can we legal divisions alone resist it? It is difficult to rely on the law of the land to convict sinners, is that not a great chaos in the world? ”

"Lawsuits are rampant, only the eyes of money are drilled, the poor have no money to hire lawyers, and then the rich can take advantage of the law of the country, but the poor have nothing to rely on, and our law department will be denounced as a yamen who specializes in protecting the rich and noble."

There are also people who are very worried about the future, after all, criminal and civil courts are different, commercial courts are only arbitration, while criminal and civil cases are to preside over justice with national law, and comprehensively introduce lawyers, and what enters from lawyers is money, which is the entanglement of law and capital, and I don't know how many harms are waiting.

"To be fair, the justice department must be as just as possible. If you want to be fair, you have to learn from the commercial court, and separate the prosecution and judgment. Once the prosecution and judgment are divided, the lawyer will inevitably be happy. Since the lawyer manipulates the law of the land, then he has to be under the control of a country, how to reconcile the rich and the poor, we can make the law under this control. ”

Although Hang Shijun did not win the case, he felt that the gain was much better than the victory, and responded with a hint of excitement. He felt that a door was being opened by him, and the law of a country was entering a new world.

Shi Yizhi nodded and said: "The prosecution and judgment must be separated, and it can't just be separated above the trial. In my opinion, those who specialize in office litigation can also set up a separate department, and the clearer the separation from the judgment yamen, the better. ”

As a legal envoy who has presided over the legal affairs of a country for many years, Shi Yi's direct view of the problem is naturally different, and he does not know that because of his words, the Anglo-Chinese judicial system has taken a big step forward. The Tribunal and the Prosecutor have not only a professional division of labour, but also a path towards decentralization.

While the law department was making a summary, Xue Xue, Song Ji and students from the Mingfa branch of various colleges also gathered in the auditorium of the Mingfa branch of Longmen College, that is, the scene of the previous trial, and they discussed higher-level issues. ..., "The pattern of government and government in China is particularly important for the separation of powers and checks and balances. But because the root is not rooted in the people from all walks of life, but only on the top, there is only a little imperial power at the top, so that this separation of powers and checks and balances is like ......"

Xue Xue held up an olive fruit, and everyone understood at a glance that it was small at both ends and large in the middle, so it was difficult to stand firm.

"Your Majesty is opening up the great pattern of the world, although the skeleton is standing, the flesh and blood are not born. This legal power is a point that expands to the world and separates powers and checks and balances. ”

"We have also seen this case very clearly, if the legal power, including the detailed regulations, is held by the law enforcer, it will be a great harm to the world. Since it has great power in its hands, it will not seek justice, but will seek its benefits, and seek profit at the expense of justice, so the legal power must first be separated from the yamen of law enforcement. You can think more about how the law enforcement yamen should determine its powers and responsibilities in order to ensure that the law of the country protects the justice of a country. ”

Xue Xue was talking about the relationship between the legal power and the legal department, and Song Ji talked about it at a higher level: "Why does Your Majesty want to push everyone to change the law, everyone has heard the speech of the Briton in the academy earlier. ”

"My Yinghua method is now walking on two legs. One is commercial law, arbitrating disputes and upholding justice. The piles and piles are endless, and the legal principles followed are incompatible with criminal and civil cases. The criminal and civil cases, that is, the part of the judicial department, if they are not changed, they will be pushed by the people and a country to be changed, and I don't know what kind of chaos it was at that time. ”

"There are more urgent things in front of us, I Yinghua strongly promote the division of the clan Tian Gongtian, and then push the clan Tian Gongtian to determine the people, and the production to the people. This step was set by His Majesty for twenty years, and now ten years have passed. Lingnan has only completed the division of households, and Jiangnan has only begun to divide households, but it will get faster and faster after that, not only the imperial court will push, but the people themselves are also pushing. ”

Song both played further: "Readers of history know that the turmoil caused by the division of production is the most violent, how to protect the hearts of a country in this turmoil, we must protect justice, what does justice depend on?" Law of Nations. The Britons once wrote the book "Utopia", which tells the story of the Britons enclosing the public land, causing the people to lose their land and tens of millions of people to be displaced. ”

Sir Lawrence from Britain said that it was just an exaggeration of the literati, and that the harm of the enclosure was not so great. But we who traveled west have also seen that the harm is not as small as Lawrence said. But what is the key to the fact that Britain did not destabilize the country because of this incident? Just as the law of the Britons had been established, and the legal power was established, it was possible to keep justice on the whole. ”

Song Ji said with emotion: "Your Majesty wants to push for the reform of the law, which is to solve this immediate difficulty. Although there is a difference between the enclosure of the Britons and the enclosures of the British, the turmoil caused by them is the same. Huaxia is based on agriculture, and our Yinghua has the foundation of industry and commerce, and we want to integrate these two fundamentals together, just like the criminal and civil courts of the commercial court and the legal department, which is the foundation for our Yinghua to truly become the homeland of China. ”

The students' eyes lit up, and they realized that the cause they were engaged in was of such great significance, and they all felt their blood rolling all over their bodies.