Chapter 754: The First Battle in the Public Court

Seeing that half of April has passed, and the emperor is still in Jiangnan, rumors have spread in Lingnan, saying that the emperor must be going to move the capital to Jiangning immediately, and the battle for the capital in Jiangnan in Lingnan has resumed, and the battlefield has not only been in newspapers, colleges, wine shops, teahouses, docks, and post stations, but where everyone gathers, discussions and even quarrels are endless, Cantonese, Fujian, Wu and other accents are mixed, and from time to time there are Hunan and Sichuan accents.

The people in the country were full of people, and even the news of Qinghai pacification and the Yulin Army's recovery of Lanzhou and Xining did not cause any fluctuations, Zhang Hanwan was transferred to Xining, Wu Ya was transferred to Sichuan, He Mengfeng took over Wu Ya, Meng Songhai was transferred to the commander-in-chief of the Ocean Fleet, and Lu Hanshan was appointed commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Fleet, and a series of military movements were also drowned in the hustle and bustle.

Then the hustle and bustle was swept away by the front page reports of various newspapers, and the little female lawyer group had to go to court against the legal department!

This news makes people's hearts split into two waves, one is the "feminist" led by Luo Shenniang, who jumped out to call on the big girl and little daughter-in-law buried in the boudoir to support Li Xiangyu, of course they don't care about any lawlessness, they just feel that Li Xiangyu has become the representative of her daughter's family, and victory is a woman's victory. The other group is the sage school of scholars who formed after the merger of the Moshe Society, Renru, and Xian Confucian, all of whom feel that this is a duel between the people and the government, not only pouring ink on the newspapers to cheer, but also shouting and swaggering at the Temple of Heaven. ”

"On one side is the virtuous concubine Niangniang and the old Qing dignitaries, and on the other side is the emperor's legal department, how can it become a decision between the people and the government? How fools are so deceived! ”

Although the blind man made such a speech to the disciples, he still got tickets to the auditorium through various connections.

"The emperor is lagging behind the times, the national law is not sorted out, the conflict between the commercial law and the criminal and civil law is getting bigger and bigger, and I don't know whether the emperor wants to let the commercial law turn back, or to lead the criminal and civil law forward."

Liang Boyu, Fan Sihai and other Lingnan-Nan businessmen were in a lot of mood, and they also came to Jiangnan to listen to the case, no tickets? It's simple, just buy it at ten times the price, and as a result, a group of scalpers were born. The tickets that were originally distributed by the designated people were fried for four or five hundred taels of silver on the black market.

", tickets are so expensive! The manipulation of this country is all on the silver, and when I enter the national courtyard, I will not be able to rectify these insatiable desires! ”

Zhu Yigui, who had just been elected to the Fujian East Court, also came, and he also felt that this case would be a key point in determining the future direction of national politics, and he was determined to follow this national system to achieve greater success.

On 19 April, the trial was held in the auditorium of the Mingfa branch of Longmen College, and the 300 auditoriums were overcrowded, and thousands of people outside the auditorium bought "standing tickets." In order to rectify the order, the police were ready to expel those who bought scalpers on the grounds that the tickets must match, which provoked the people standing on the tickets to crusade against the government, and they did not check the tickets, but they were embarrassed to stand on the tickets.

The legal department quickly stopped the rectification, and only then did the turmoil be quelled by admitting votes and not recognizing people. This incident also became a prelude to the trial, and before the two sides appeared, the judicial division had already lost points.

When a blonde foreigner entered the auditorium and sat in the auditorium, it caused a small commotion, why did foreigners also come to see the excitement? This case is a national affair between us, how can we let foreigners see a joke? So the readers in the crowd of people stood up again, and Cao Zhan was caught in the crowd, and his face was red. In his opinion, the little cousin was already very hurt when he showed his head, and what a shame it was to be seen by this white-skinned baboon again!

This time, the judicial department did not compromise, and sent the bailiffs to beat up the people who were about to rush to the venue with water and fire sticks, and arrested a few leaders. Officials of the Department of Justice also came forward to announce that there is no provision in the law of the country prohibiting foreigners from observing the trial, and that it is feasible if the law does not prohibit it. …,

Lawrence naturally didn't understand the background of this uproar, and felt that the ordinary Seris were very discriminatory against him, and even listening to their trial made him feel very insulted, this is really an ignorant and conservative country.

Thinking about it this way, he has no expectations for the next trial. I've read a lot of Seris's codes before, although the rhetoric is gorgeous and the structure is perfect, but they are all very empty and difficult to put into practice, and there are even some "barbaric provisions" of "Revenge of the Ninth World". ”

"Without the guidance of a legal expert like me, it would have been impossible for Seris to enter the modern civilization in law."

Lawrence waited for the trial to begin, with a detachment that looked down on all beings.

The hour has come, two rows of black-clad bailiffs swing out in a wild goose array, a gong sounds, and then a "quiet" shout, the buzzing sound stops, and the water and fire sticks smash to the ground. ”

"Ascend-hall-!"

"Might--Might-!"

The bailiff held his voice down and shouted like a singing, Lawrence suppressed his laughter, thinking that this ceremony was very boring, but right next to him, everyone looked sideways and showed disdain, the wig on the foreigner's head was really nonsense, did he use the courtroom as a stage for singing,......

A group of officials went to the court, all of them were official robes of the Ming Dynasty, but they were all black on the background, and the lines were the criminal beasts, and the officials' black gauze hats had long narrow wings horizontally, so that they must walk squarely and steadily, otherwise the two sides would shake like a rattle.

In addition, because the case involves Wu County, Yanghu and other places, the general judgment of the five counties is used as a trial, and the Longmen general judgment is a jury trial, and the eight judicial officials are lined up, and the aura is impressive, even Lawrence feels depressed, and there is a kind of apprehension that he is in the Longmen Red Light District, and the negative distance contact with Japanese geisha is not in line with the law of the British and Chinese.

"Bye-!"

The judge shouted again, the whole court listened to 300 observants, hundreds of newspapers were quickly written, and dozens of officials and bailiffs stood up at the same time, facing north. Lawrence also stood up and bowed to the eight judges, but found that the judges were also bowing to the north, and when he looked at it again, his heart trembled, and it turned out to be a huge "god seat" behind the courtroom, and the strange beast was surrounded by a wordless long monument, which he knew, called the Raccoon, also called the Charter. ”

After the day salute, the judge was in place, and on the main seat, Hang Shijun leaned his back against the throne, and the wood was shocked, and the crackling sound was crisp, announcing the official start of the trial.

"Li Xu, a citizen of Suzhou, a weaver in Suzhou and Jiangning in the old Qing Dynasty, committed the following crimes between November of the 10th year of the Holy Dao and February of the 11th year of the Holy Dao......"

The prosecutor of the judicial department read out Li Xu's indictment, and Lawrence realized that the gray-haired old man was a famous person in Jiangnan before.

The core of Li Xu's case is that he colluded with the Guangzhou Weaving Company and the Jiangning prefect to oppress hundreds of weavers in the name of debts, and weave a batch of embroidery for free, worth 126,000 taels of silver. Many weavers were unwilling to obey their lives and were beaten and coerced by local ruffians, pickpocketed houses and sold people, and three lives were lost.

The murder case is handled separately, but Li Xu's role in this major case determines the severity of the conviction. The judicial department determined that he was the main culprit, and Guangzhou Weaving and Jiangning Mansion were accomplices. This business is Li Xu's matchmaking, and Li Xu's operation is also a ruffian.

After reading the indictment, the public prosecutor asked in a deep voice: "Li Xu, do you plead guilty!?" ”

Li Xu let out a long sigh and nodded, "Old man...... Plead guilty! ”

The court was in an uproar, hey, hey...... That's not how the play works, it's going to end before it even starts!?

Hang Shijun and several general judges looked at each other and smiled secretly, full of joy. The boss Shi Yizhi had already explained to them, and the emperor's meaning was very clear, as long as the rules were followed, the case would be left to the operation of the legal department. Communicate privately with Li Xu, admit the crime and be punished lightly, whether it is those little women or the virtuous concubine, want to fight? No way! °…,

"Grandpa! Where there is national law, there is justice, how can you be intimidated by the rod of torture? The granddaughter is here, and the granddaughter wants to get justice for you! ”

A crisp, bright, and childlike shout rang out, which immediately grabbed everyone's attention, and even Lawrence stared at a slender figure standing in the front row, his eyes glowing and his mouth screaming Gat.

Dressed in wide black, wearing a strange hat deformed from a phoenix crown, this little girl's cheeks are more crystal like white jade, and a pair of lying silkworm phoenix eyes shine with firmness and wisdom, and the whole person exudes an awe-inspiring and inviolable righteousness. The audience suddenly realized that this was Li Xu's granddaughter Concubine Xian Niangniang's student, Li Xiangyu, who had been beaten with a paper cane and stirred up this turmoil.

Behind her, more than a dozen little girls got up and pursed their lips solemnly to show their support, this should be her classmates, because there are eleven people, along with Li Xiangyu, they are called "the twelve hairpins of Jinling" by public opinion. ”

The court was silent, and Li Xu was even more surprised, not understanding why his granddaughter Xiangyu appeared in court. He had been imprisoned and had no idea what was going on in the outside world.

"Li Xu has pleaded guilty! Please decide in court! ”

A neutral man's voice sounded, and when he saw this person appear again, there was another sound of cool air in the auditorium.

Song Tiezui!

Yinghua lawyers are all iron-mouthed, but there are not many who can get this title, and this Song Zijie is one of them. This person is a man of the hour in the Lingnan industrial and commercial circles, and he was a man in the old Qing Dynasty, but he was robbed of his fame because of his lack of personal morality, and he worked as a small scribe in the county government torture room. After the rise of Yinghua, relying on the familiarity of the criminal name, he actually climbed to the position of a county general judgment in a few years. It's a pity that he ran into the problem of private morality again, and was stripped of his official position.

At this time, the Yinghua lawyer had become a profession, and he turned to help the industry and commerce to fight a lawsuit, and after six or seven years, he became a victorious general in the business court, and his worth was so high that ordinary industry and commerce could not afford it.

Everyone hasn't figured it out, how did this guy start a criminal case and turn into a minion of the law department?

"I don't want to, but the old men of the law department pull my pigtails, and I can only drink the northwest wind for the rest of my life."

Song Zijie has a high-spirited posture, but bitter water is rolling in his stomach, he was almost coerced by the law department, who let him leave too many tails in the past to be liquidated. was pulled by Fa Si to do volunteer work, and several businesses were forced to be pushed, and he has suffered heavy losses.

After being reminded by Song Zijie, Hang Shijun also let go, and he was about to pronounce the verdict when he slapped it again, but he heard Li Xiangyu's sharp and tender voice rise again: "The little woman sued the law for injustice, and she was beaten into a trick!" ”

The court was in turmoil again, and it was chaotic, and if it really went on like this, the nature of this case would change.

"Little woman, be careful when you say anything, your grandfather is unscathed, how can there be torture?"

What kind of character Song Zijie is, he will erase Li Xiangyu's accusation with a light sentence. Torture has been indispensable since ancient times, and no one thinks it's wrong. If you don't fight and don't tell the truth, how can anyone confess his sins?

But the problem is that in Huaxia, there are many ambiguities in the matter of the law, just like torture, you can't cross a certain line, otherwise it will become a trick. However, this boundary is determined by the specific circumstances of the case, the specific presiding judge, and public opinion, so whether it is normal torture or torture depends on the game of all parties in the case.

Li Xiangyu walked in front of Li Xu, pulled down his grandfather's sleeve, and a circle of purple marks was clearly revealed.

"This isn't torture!?"

The little girl asked with tears in her eyes, Song Zijie said in her heart that this shackle is also counted? It's okay if you didn't put a wooden flail on your grandfather!

Li Xu was anxious at this time, coughing and coughing, Li Xiangyu's willow eyebrows were upside down, and her voice was raised: "This is not counted!?" ”…,

Song Zijie sneered: "Whether it counts or not, how can it be determined by you?" ”

The eleven hairpins next to him said: "That can't be up to you!" ”

Li Xiangyu said: "Let's not count what we said, just find a doctor and find Yingci Yuan to decide!" ”

Song Zijie frowned and stared coldly, Li Xiangyu raised his head and stared, the two looked at each other, and seemed to be able to hear the sound of Zizi's energetic collision.

All parties in the public court clamored: "Find Yingciyuan!" "Find the Heavenly Temple!"

Hang Shijun panicked, and there was a crackling sound: "Adjournment!" Recess! ”

Lawrence shook his head, Seris's trial was like a collision between a tyrant and a mob, it was really difficult to see reason and order.

Li Xu took advantage of the time to ask, "Xiangyu?" You're ......."

Li Xiangyu said: "Grandpa, even if you are guilty, you can't let the government convict you!" ”

Li Xu smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that if you really want to liquidate your grandfather and my sins, I am afraid that I will have to die ten times or eight times, but when I saw my granddaughter's resolute look again, he sighed secretly, okay, my granddaughter can come forward, it is estimated that the emperor acquiesced, so I will accompany the emperor and finish this scene. He doesn't care what happens anymore, as long as his granddaughter can have a new start in this new country.

The adjournment is for discussion, and if this case is really turned in the direction of torture and beating, neither the law department nor Li Xiangyu is happy. In addition, Li Xu has changed his attitude, the two parties compromised, and there is no longer any talk about torture, let's get straight to the point, and see the real chapter in the case!

"Don't think that you can win the case by relying on the little woman to splash and roll......"

"Don't think that you can win the case by relying on the government's rampant ......"

Song Zijie and Li Xiangyu looked at each other again, full of fighting spirit.