Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 500: Ox ghosts and snake spirits

In fact, the imperial court did not benefit from this trial. After all, this verdict will definitely attract more people's hostility. You must know that the imperial court still won the approval of many gentry in the previous murder of the mother.

After all, that eucalyptus has nothing to do with interests.

Nowadays, the public security, procuratorate and law are not on a solid footing, which is why Zhang Fei wants to lenient them all, without going into the details, just to prevent them from uniting as one and jumping over the wall in a hurry.

This is very troublesome.

We still have to leave room for it. Although this battle is inevitable, try not to burn everything together. This is not good for anyone.

But my mother has no doubts that Yuan Jiang is definitely the biggest beneficiary of this trial.

He is here to preside over the Salt Law, but past experience has told him that this is not easy to do, and it is also an offending job.

For example, Fan Xiang, although he got Bao Zheng's support to implement the Salt Law, he was eventually demoted because of one incident. The reason is that these people will remember it in their hearts. As long as you commit a little crime, they will impeach you crazily.

Xue Xiang is now following Fan Xiang's old path and is often impeached. It is difficult for them, officials who deal with finances, to be flawless.

It's all right now, this trial, Zhang Fei offended everyone, and at the same time gave Yuan Jiang an excellent opportunity to rectify the salt law.

In this situation, even if Yuan Jiang does not come, the Yanzheng will definitely have to rectify.

You can no longer be as unscrupulous as before.

After all, politics and law are separated.

Yuan Jiang was so happy to die.

Such a big gift is simply...!

"Leaving aside the salt policy, President Zhang's judgment is really amazing, and Yuan is ashamed of himself!" Yuan Jiang praised sincerely.

Zhang Fei smiled slightly and said, "Scholar Yuan has won the prize."

Seeing that Zhang Fei's face was not happy, Yuan Jiang just smiled politely, and immediately explained: "I am not flattering Chief Judge Zhang here because the judgment is in my favor. To tell the truth, President Zhang, I have also encountered I have come across similar cases, but I can only show mercy outside the law and slightly miss the punishment, which is not only unconvincing, but also hurts Yanhu.”

When he was a county magistrate in Haimen, there were many salt households in the area, and they were forced to sell illegal salt. He actually knew that it was difficult for those salt households, but if he didn’t punish them, the illegal salt would be flooded. There will be problems.

It can be seen that he has the same idea as Zhang Fei on this issue.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "But I can only judge whether a salt household is legal or not, but not whether they have no worries about food and clothing. Whether this situation can be improved depends on Bachelor Yuan."

The system also has a big reason for Yanhu's hard life.

"President Zhang, don't say that."

Yuan Jiang raised his hand and said: "Fan Xiang came here to preside over the salt law. The first time he carried out the reform as a deputy envoy of transshipment, but it soon fell short. He came here to carry out the reform with judicial authority, and although he was impeached because of this, it succeeded in the end, which shows that the decree and the judiciary are indispensable!"

With those small eyes, I can't wait to tell Zhang Fei directly that we still need to continue to cooperate.

This Yuan Jiang is a relatively enlightened person, and he is also very supportive of Wang Anshi's reform.

Zhang Fei's heart is like a mirror, and he also needs help now, so he nodded and said: "Within my authority, I will try my best to cooperate with Bachelor Yuan."

"Good good!"

Yuan Jiang nodded.

Zhang Fei said again: "Scholar Yuan must have just arrived not long ago, and I happened to be a clean-up for Bachelor Yuan."

Yuan Jiang hesitated a little, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Zhang, we still can't get too close for the time being."

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, nodded and smiled: "Yes, yes, then...!"

Yuan Jiang got up immediately and said: "Yuan will leave first."

"Scholar Yuan walks slowly."

"Where is the side door?"

"Huh? Oh...Bachelor Yuan, please."

Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian sent them to the door. Looking at Yuan Jiang's brisk steps, Zhang Fei couldn't help saying: "I'll be the villain, and you'll be the good one. It's really careful planning!"

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Then why did you agree?"

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly: "Because we can't be such a good person."

"That's not true." Xu Zhiqian smiled and said, "For Huang Tong, we are good people!"

She agreed with this verdict very much, she couldn't be more satisfied.

Zhang Fei held her slender and soft waist with one hand, "Madam is so happy, she probably won't let me sleep alone tonight."

Xu Zhiqian rolled his eyes at him, then asked a little nervously: "You don't blame me, do you?"

"No!"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Madam is doing it for good after all!"

Xu Zhiqian snorted softly: "You can just be sarcastic, I'm really doing it for your own good."

Zhang Fei shook his head, sincerely said: "This sentence is not."

"Really?"

Xu Zhiqian squinted at him.

Since she knew Zhang Fei, she was used to all kinds of yin and yang eccentricities with each other.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I don't have big ambitions, I just want to be rich and safe. Without the encouragement of my wife, I might not be able to get to where I am today."

Xu Zhiqian frowned slightly, and asked suspiciously: "Really?"

Zhang Fei nodded.

As a trainee lawyer, he only has houses, money, and women in his eyes, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with litigation for the rich. From his point of view, this is all normal!

There is not much love for the country and the world, because in that era, it was not his turn to worry about it. Living a good life is the best contribution to the country.

It's really Xu Zhiqian who talked about it every day. Although he was very resistant at one time, but for some reason, he also began to restrain this desire. When Li Guozhong was fighting these lawsuits, he didn't fight.

Xu Zhiqian saw that he didn't seem to be lying, she hugged Zhang Fei's arm happily, and said with joy, "Your words are enough."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Do you have to give some rewards?"

Xu Zhiqian glanced at him and said angrily, "What do you want?"

Zhang Fei twisted his body and said, "You see, I'm sweating a lot, so take a bath with me."

Xu Zhiqian suddenly felt dizzy on both cheeks, let go of Zhang Fei, and walked forward.

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "Is this request too much?"

Xu Zhiqian turned her head and glared at him, "I'll ask Qingmei to boil the water."

......

Police station.

"You guys have a little bit of clarity, see if there are any missing?"

Ma Xiaoyi put a bag of salt and more than a hundred dollars on the table, and said to Huang Tong's family.

Huang Tong, his wife and brother fixed their eyes on the money and salt, then at Ma Xiaoyi and other royal policemen, they were dumbfounded and said nothing.

Can you get back the property that fell into the government?

Huang Tong and his wife really couldn't believe it.

For them, it is not bad to be alive. Although Zhang Fei said so in court, they did not have any hope for it, because it is impossible!

Where do you know, the Royal Police brought him here directly to pick it up.

If you don't take it, the police station can't close the case.

Ma Xiaoyi said: "Don't just look at us, hurry up and find out, if there is no problem, just put a fingerprint on it, and you can take your money and salt and leave."

It was Huang Tong's wife who reacted first, opened her arms, hugged the money and salt tightly in her arms, and cried with joy: "No less! No less! No less."

Ma Xiaoyi said: "Then make a fingerprint here."

"Hey!"

Huang Tong pressed a handprint on a list.

At this time, there were more than a hundred people standing outside the police station, all of them were looking forward to it.

A white-faced boy came forward, "What are you looking at?"

An uncle said: "I'm looking to see if Huang Tong can get the money and salt back from the police station."

"There's nothing to see here, it can definitely be taken back." The white-faced boy scratched his nose and said disapprovingly.

The uncle said: "How do you know? It's good to be alive, and I can get the money back. I don't believe it."

A little brother next to him said: "Even if you can get a refund, you can only get a 30% refund at most, and it is impossible to get a full refund."

The white-faced young man snorted: "You don't understand. The Royal Police is different from the previous officials. The Royal Police are for the officials to protect the people. Since Huang Tong is innocent, he must retire. Do you dare to bet, if you lose ten cents, if you lose a penny, it will be regarded as my loss."

"Really?"

The white-faced boy didn't talk nonsense, he showed his wallet, and at first glance, it was all silver, "Can you afford it?"

"Okay! I'll bet ten coins."

"I bet a penny."

"I bet five coins."

......

Everyone took out their money one after another, and the white-faced boy waved his hand, "Don't rush to take out the money, it will be calculated later."

"OK."

When everyone saw him say that, they were not afraid of him reneging on his debts.

After a while, I saw Huang Tong's family coming out of the police station, backing away, and thanking the royal policeman at the same time.

After the royal police entered, the people immediately surrounded them.

"Brother Huang, did the Royal Police really return the money to you?"

"Yeah!"

The brass couple nodded and choked up.

"Isn't there a single article missing?"

"No!"

Huang Tong proudly took out a pack of salt, "Look! We don't even miss the salt."

The white-faced boy said hehe: "Look, I've already said that there will be no shortage. The royal police protect our people."

"Young master is right, I will treat the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and I am willing to gamble and admit defeat."

The few people who had just placed their bets handed over the money to the white-faced young man one after another.

They are happy to lose this money.

But the white-faced young man said: "Forget it! Forget it! This money is dirty, I don't care for it, but I just don't like others saying bad things about the Royal Police."

Huang Tong hurriedly said: "What this young master said is true. Although the royal police took me away, they never tortured me. They also gave me two meals a day, but it's all right."

Everyone was immediately full of praise for the Royal Police.

At this time, a young man said: "Brother Huang, do you still sell this salt? My house happens to be out of salt."

The white-faced boy's expression froze, and he said: "This is not good, is it! Selling private salt in front of the police station?"

"What kind of private salt? The president of the court has said that this is legal salt."

"That's right, Brother Huang, if it's twenty Wen, I'll buy some back."

......

The white-faced boy scratched his head and said, "That's true."

Huang Tong's wife and brother said: "Brother-in-law, why don't you sell it, take this salt back, we can't eat so much!"

Huang Tong nodded and said, "Okay."

In an instant, the six or seven catties of salt were sold out.

Just at this time, two auxiliary policemen came over, clasped their fists at the white-faced young man and said, "Superintendent Cao."

"Huh?"

Superintendent Cao?

Everyone took a small step back and looked at the white-faced boy in horror.

This white-faced young man is Cao Dongdong.

It turned out that Cao Dongdong thought, it is our police station that arrests people, but it is the imperial court that releases them. Give him back the salt and the money.

Huang Tong was captured by Ma Xiaoyi, and he had never seen Cao Dongdong before.

Cao Dongdong first glanced at the two ignorant auxiliary policemen gloomily, then smiled and said, "Followers, don't be afraid, I was just joking with you. Our royal police only arrest law-breakers and protect law-abiding people." People, as long as you don't break the law, you don't need to be afraid."

Huang Tong and his wife were also very knowledgeable and quickly thanked Cao Dongdong.

The people around quickly followed suit, flattering Cao Dongdong.

Not in the far corner, stood a few middle-aged men in satin gowns.

One of them said: "This public security law is really extraordinary!"

Another person said: "Protect the common people! We salt merchants are also common people, and we also need the protection of the public security law!"

"Brother Duan, what do you think?"

"This case, the imperial court ruled that the government breached the contract first, so Huang Tong is not considered to be selling private salt, but the government breached the contract more than this time. At the beginning, the government promised that the salt money would be two hundred catties, but now the salt money is 200 catties. It can only be exchanged for one hundred and twenty catties."

"Brother Duan, are you crazy? Can this be the same? After all, Huang Tong was the first to sell private salt, and the imperial court just made an exception. But if we want to sue, we can only sue the government for breach of contract. Will those officials let us go?"

"After a while, I may not be able to sue, but at this moment, there is still a chance."

"How do you say that?"

"The imperial court made those salt officials lose face, and they will definitely find ways to retaliate. And this salt money has nothing to do with those salt officials. The amount, that is also a loss for the imperial court. When the imperial court is held accountable, those salt officials will be able to pass the responsibility to the imperial court. They will definitely be happy to see us do this.

If you don't believe me, let's ask He Yanjian directly. If he agrees, we can sue him. How about it? "

"Okay, let's ask first."

"That's right. In the final analysis, we are right about this matter. It is the court's lack of credibility. What are we afraid of?"