Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 491: Here comes the trouble

The impact of this lawsuit does not actually lie in the lawsuit itself. After this case, not many people talked about the Wu Zhang family. Discussions about the Public Prosecution Law continue to ferment.

In the early morning of this day, at a steamed stuffed bun stall, there were two middle-aged men in suits. They listened to the people's praise for the public security law, and their faces were slightly ugly.

One of them said: "Brother Li, the common people all respect this public prosecutor's law. If this goes on, hum, I'm afraid it won't be long before we can't even keep our jobs."

Another person said: "What are you worried about? If we can't keep our jobs, the people above will lose their power. We must unite now. As long as we can unite, we will be fine with whoever comes to this three-acre land." Don't be afraid."

"Well, that's true. However, we have to fight with the above, and we can't let them decide the law."

"Let's go, go back to the yamen and discuss it with your brothers. It's really uncomfortable to sit here."

"Please."

The two threw down two copper coins and prepared to get up and leave.

"Li Yasi, Duan Dutou."

The stall owner's mother-in-law came over suddenly, picked up the two copper plates on the table, and looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression.

Duan Dutou immediately frowned, "What do you mean?"

The woman trembled and did not dare to open her mouth, but she still gestured with the copper coins in front of the two of them.

"You..."

"Hey!"

Li Yasi raised his hand to stop Duan Dutou, took out another six cents and threw it on the table, then smiled at the stall owner: "I wish you all a prosperous business in the future."

After saying that, he dragged Duan Dutou who was unwilling to give up and left.

The woman picked up the six copper coins on the table and muttered in a low voice: "It's not that I don't have money, even these few copper coins are stingy. You deserve to be replaced by the Royal Police."

At this time, the stall owner came over again and blamed in a low voice: "What are you doing?"

The woman said: "Every time they come back to us, no matter how many people there are, they will either give one copper coin or two. We earn this little money every day through hard work, and let them eat it all. Now the royal family The police are here, we don't have to be afraid of them."

The resentment is overwhelming, and it seems that I have endured it for a long time.

"Hey! You woman is really ignorant, God knows how long the Royal Police can stay here."

"My mother will go all out this time. If the Royal Police leave, we won't do it."

.....

And under the tea shed across the street, there were a few young people sitting, watching them all the time.

A dark-skinned young man in the middle asked: "Who were those two people just now?"

A man in his thirties next to him said: "The man in the long gown is named Li Jiang, he is the security guard in the yamen, he is in charge of street taxes, and the other is Duan Da, he is the head of the capital, and he used to be in charge This generation’s law and order issue.”

"Are the governors and capitals of the Hezhong Mansion so poor?"

"Poor? They are not poor. The Narcissus Tower in the next street is owned by Duan Da's family, and the gambling shop in Xicheng is owned by brother-in-law Li Jiang. They are just used to it."

"Hmph! What's the difference between this and a rascal. Next time you encounter someone who doesn't pay you, just catch me back."

This dark boy is Ma Xiaoyi.

At present, the recruitment of the police station has ended, and what they have to do now is to train these newly joined auxiliary police officers. According to the tradition of the police station, they are all performing tasks while teaching the auxiliary police officers how to work.

The key Yaqian soldiers are all from rich peasant families and have undergone some training.

At this moment, a middle-aged man with a shoehorn face suddenly came forward, cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me, you are the captain of the police station."

Ma Xiaoyi nodded and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"

The middle-aged man glanced left and right, and said, "May I take a step to talk."

Ma Xiaoyi saw that he had something to do, immediately cheered up, dropped a small penny, got up with two royal policemen and followed the middle-aged man to the corner.

"What's the matter?" Ma Xiaoyi asked again.

The middle-aged man said: "I know that there is a person who is selling illegal salt in the city."

Ma Xiaoyi said: "Really?"

"It's true."

The middle-aged man nodded, and said: "They will trade later."

"Bring...!"

Just as he said a word, an auxiliary policeman next to him gently poked Ma Xiaoyi with his elbow.

Ma Xiaoyi glanced at the auxiliary policeman, then said to the middle-aged man: "Just wait a moment."

After saying that, he went to the side with the auxiliary police again.

The auxiliary policeman said: "Cavalry! You may not know. A few years ago, there was a disturbance in those salt households, which aroused the attention of the court. Later, after Cai Zhifu came, he was more tolerant towards those salt households. The amount is not large, and generally they will not be caught."

Ma Xiaoyi said: "How do I usually teach you, as long as you break the law, you have to arrest people, otherwise, it is our dereliction of duty. As for whether to convict them, it is a matter for the procuratorate and the imperial court. We have nothing to do, what are you afraid of?"

Speaking of this, he rolled his eyes, "But you have to be careful later, don't let that guy be fooled, you will be responsible for keeping an eye on him later."

"I see."

"Go!"

......

At the same time, the procuratorate is conducting the first round of recruitment, but it is forced.

The procuratorate wants to recruit people, but it hasn't publicized it yet, and it's still in preparation.

But after that lawsuit, many young scholars took the initiative to come to the procuratorate to seek the position of prosecutor. It turns out that Su Zhe's performance in court that day attracted the attention of many young scholars.

What is the best thing about this literati?

Undoubtedly, it is a mouthful!

In the entire imperial court, only the prosecutor's duty is to speak up, the key is to be able to get promoted, get a salary, and don't have to take the scientific examination.

Because the royal police and prosecutors are not actually officials, but the police superintendent, prosecutor, and chief prosecutor are officials. Strictly speaking, it should be because there is no rank between officials and officials, but there is stability The salary can also be directly promoted to officials, which is not available to officials.

In the Song Dynasty, literati were everywhere, but unfortunately the court also faced the disaster of redundant officials, and literati were unwilling to do other jobs.

This directly led to the development of education in the Song Dynasty, and literati could only do this job, but it was far from enough.

However, according to the official system of the Song Dynasty, the law is a must-learn lesson, but all scholars are very familiar with "Song Xingtong", and many people can recite it backwards.

The position of inspector is tailor-made for literati.

Perfect!

"Ninety-eight copies?"

Su Zhe took the thick stack of papers and looked at Chen Qi in surprise.

Chen Qi said with a wry smile: "If this trend continues, all the scholars in Hezhong Mansion will have to come to seek jobs."

"This is not a bad thing." Su Zhe pondered for a while, "Since there are so many people, let's issue a test paper to test them and select the best ones."

Chen Qi asked: "I don't know how many people will be admitted?"

Su Zhe said: "There is no quota for now."

Chen Qi asked in surprise, "Do we need so many people?"

Su Zhe said with a smile: "In the future, the public security law will have to be extended to the whole country, which requires a lot of talents. At present, there are not too many, as long as there are talents."

Chen Qi pondered for a moment, then hesitated and said: "But the current imperial court already suffers from redundant officials, and if we add a large number of inspectors, it will increase the burden on the imperial court."

These people have to get paid!

Su Zhe thought for a while and asked, "Is there an old official here?"

Chen Qi shook her head and said, "Not yet."

"It seems that we still have a lot of tough battles to fight!" Su Zhe couldn't help sighing.

In the capital city, it is very common for old officials to become royal policemen and prosecutors, because in the capital city, with the blessing of the emperor and Sima Guang, everyone is optimistic about the public security law.

Now that no one has come, it undoubtedly shows from the side that the old officials of Hezhong Mansion are not very optimistic about the public security law for the time being, or they are waiting to see, these old fritters are not like those small stall owners on the street, they still know A lot of inside information.

However, only a few wait and see, most of the old officials are unwilling to join the public security law, this is their right!

Thinking for a while, Su Zhe said again: "Although the imperial court has the disaster of redundant officials, our procuratorate does not accept those lazy and unambitious people, just ignore them and recruit directly."

At this moment, Wang Shen suddenly ran in, panting slightly: "Chief Prosecutor Su, I just heard that the police station has caught a person selling illegal salt."

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously, "Isn't it normal for the police to arrest people who sell illegal salt?"

Wang Shendao: "But it may be a conspiracy."

"Conspiracy?"

Su Zhe was slightly startled.

"It is said that someone tipped Captain Ma, and the person who sold the private salt was not a merchant, but a salt household."

......

Gui Township.

In front of a small farmyard, a couple knelt down and thanked an old man in his fifties with tears streaming down his face. Two servants beside the old man immediately stepped forward and helped the couple up.

There are still many villagers around here.

These couples are Wu Lei and his wife. Since they returned to Gui Township, not only have they not been despised by others, but they have also received help from many kind people.

At this time, a carriage quietly passed by the road not far away.

A man and two women were sitting in the car, they were Zhang Fei and his two beautiful wives.

After finishing the lawsuit, Zhang Fei brought his two lovely wives here to play in the wild, and came to Gui Township to see Wu Lei and his wife.

"It seems that there are still many good people in this world!"

Gao Wenyin said with a moving expression.

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "If there were more good people, Madam would not be moved by this scene."

Xu Zhiqian immediately said: "Although they may have other purposes for helping each other this time, there are quite a few squires who are great benevolent people, especially those high officials who have retired from the court."

Zhang Fei asked: "Really?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded straightly and said: "Generally, the big landlords in the village are usually just pretending, because they all rely on lending and annexing the land of the villagers to become big landlords, so how can they show kindness to help others? Officials who retire and return to their hometowns are not necessarily the same, their wealth comes from their salaries, so they are always willing to help others in the village."

Zhang Fei nodded, thoughtfully said: "So there are so many ways here."

Li Si outside the car suddenly said: "Third brother, the person in front seems to be Cai Zhifu."

"Really?"

Zhang Fei immediately opened the curtain of the car, but saw four people standing by the river, they were Cai Yanqing, Zhuo Qun and two servants.

Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian got out of the carriage and walked over.

Seeing each other, neither of them seemed surprised.

After saluting, Cai Yanqing smiled and said: "President Zhang really deserves his reputation. This judgment is not only convincing, but more importantly, it also gives Mrs. Wu and Zhang a chance to start a new life."

You must know that this case was controversial before, some supported Wu and Zhang, and some did not.

Even if Cai Yanqing gave the same verdict at that time, I am afraid that Mrs. Wu and Zhang will be criticized by others when they return home, and it will be difficult for them to survive here, and it will never be like this.

This point made Cai Yanqing particularly impressed.

"Prefect Cai has won the prize."

Zhang Fei smiled modestly, and said again: "Actually, the reason why I re-examined this case...!"

Cai Yanqing raised his hand and interrupted him, "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. Before that, I also thought you were targeting Cai. If the interrogation is not good, I will not let it go, but Now I can only say that Cai’s skills are inferior to others, which also makes Cai understand why the court respects this public prosecutor’s law. Cai is not unhappy at all, and Judge Zhang should not think too much about it.”

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said: "Cai Zhifu Haihan, Zhang San admires."

"Where! Where!" Cai Yanqing asked again: "But there is a question that Cai has not yet figured out. I wonder if President Zhang is willing to solve the confusion in Cai's mind?"

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Prefect Cai, please tell me."

Cai Yanqing said: "Although there are many benefits to this kind of review, it is far better than before, but it also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and I am afraid it will be unsustainable financially."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Prefect Cai doesn't need to worry about this. It is true that the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge."

Cai Yanqing asked: "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, and said: "I heard that Cai Zhifu was ordered to come to this Hezhong Mansion when he was in danger."

Cai Yanqing just stroked his beard and smiled.

Zhang Fei said again: "The finances of Hezhong Mansion must not be very good at that time, right?"

Cai Yanqing nodded.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Dare to ask Cai Zhifu, what is the reason that the finances of Hezhong Prefecture have gradually improved?"

"That's because...!"

As soon as the words came out, Cai Yanqing seemed to understand something.

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said: "Finance is not the first to have stability, but stability is the first to have finance. If the public security law can be implemented well, then the state government's revenue must be Better than in the past, the increased expenditure of the Public Prosecution Law will be easily resolved, so there is no need to worry too much."

Cai Yanqing nodded, "Although what you said makes sense, the situation in Hezhong Mansion is like a mess. It is constantly being cut, and the reasoning is still chaotic."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "What our public prosecutors pursue is not to cut the mess quickly, but to sort it out slowly, just like our trial, full of patience."

While chatting, Niu Beiqing immediately guarded Zhang Fei when he saw a person walking towards this side quickly.

Now when Zhang Fei goes out, he must bring Long Wu and Niu Beiqing with him, as well as a few masters.

Cai Yanqing hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, don't panic, you are mine."

But I saw that person whispering a few words in Cai Yanqing's ear.

Cai Yanqing frowned upon hearing this.

Zhang Fei was curious, but An Nai resisted asking.

"I know!"

Cai Yanqing nodded, made the man retreat, and said to Zhang Fei: "This trouble is coming because of constant cutting and chaos."