Procuratorate.
"The Attorney General is back."
Seeing Su Che come into the room, Chen Qi, Wang Shen and others immediately put down their work.
"How did the talk go, Attorney General?"
"It's all settled."
Su Che nodded and said, "I have discussed this with Judge Zhang. From now on, we only need to submit the list and evidence. The Royal Court will ask the Transportation Bureau for its opinion. If there are no problems, we will directly make a judgment according to this example. If there are no special circumstances, there is no need to hold another trial."
Chen Qi said: "But the government may not provide too much evidence to the soldiers in the future."
The reason why the 500 soldiers had such smooth sailing before was because the military camp and the military supply depot took the initiative to hand over the evidence to them.
Su Che smiled and said, "In the future, we can just go to the military supply warehouse to investigate."
It was said lightly.
...
...
Things are different now.
The public security, procuratorial and judicial organs have completely stood up. The government will certainly not dare to make things difficult for the procuratorate for the time being, and it is unlikely that they will tamper with the accounts, because the previous accounts were more or less involved in some kind of corruption, but the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs did not investigate.
If you still fiddle with the accounts, wouldn't that be stupid?
The royal court just doesn't want to settle old accounts, but if you do something wrong, that will become a new account.
Chen Qi, Wang Shen and others breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Finally, we have passed this most difficult stage.
Su Che suddenly asked: "By the way! How many people came to give up the lawsuit?"
Chen Qi and Wang Shen looked at each other.
"Prosecutor General, you might as well make a guess." Chen Qi said with a profound smile.
Su Zhe hesitated for a moment, "About a thousand people."
Chen Qi smiled bitterly and said, "It will have to double."
"Two thousand?"
Su Che was shocked.
So far they have only received 5,000 petitions, which is almost half of the total.
Wang Shen hurriedly explained, "It's not that there are 2,000 people with connections among the 5,000 petitions. There are about 100 people with connections who are listed as military personnel. The rest are people with guilty consciences. They usually fish for three days and dry their nets for two days. They are not doing their jobs properly. Seeing those people with connections so nervous, they are also afraid."
Su Che laughed, "That is to say, among the five thousand people, there are more than two thousand bad apples?"
Chen Qi nodded, "Those who can really fight are mostly concentrated on the side. The imperial guards of Hezhong Prefecture are indeed..."
Su Che muttered to himself, "That's right! We did the right thing! If we don't reduce the military, the country will be in danger."
This is really horrible.
In fact, there were already forces that had demonstrated this point long ago. During the Qingli period, in a war between the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia, the imperial guards were defeated repeatedly, and the ones with the best record were actually militia recruited from the border.
This is why Wang Anshi wanted to promote the Baojia system. The Baojia system actually has only one core, which is to mobilize militia on a large scale.
In the evening.
A few tipsy men staggered out of a pub.
"Hey, hey, hey! Dear guests, you haven't paid yet?"
A bartender chased out.
"What?"
A burly man turned around and glared at the guy, "I'm in a bad mood today, you fledgling, don't piss me off, or I'll break your hand."
The bartender was startled, tears welling up in his eyes, and he said tremblingly, "I'm just reminding you guys, here's the wine money!"
The man immediately grabbed the bartender, swung his left arm, and clenched his fist into a casserole-sized fist.
"Brother, spare my life!"
The bartender closed his eyes in fear and screamed.
But after a moment, the fist did not come down. He opened his eyes slightly and saw a dark-skinned young man holding the big man's wrist. He immediately said in surprise: "Captain Ma."
The person who came was Ma Xiaoyi.
"Royal Police?"
The big man's hazy, drunken eyes were full of disdain.
Ma Xiaoyi enjoyed the bartender's excited look and said casually, "Let him go. I'll practice a few moves with you."
Upon hearing that, the big man suddenly pushed the bartender forward and kicked Ma Xiaoyi. Ma Xiaoyi turned sideways and threw the big man over his shoulder, throwing him two or three meters away, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the three people around turned around and tried to escape, but were stopped by Zhou Jia and the others and knocked to the ground in no time.
"The Royal Police beat people up!"
"Ouch! My hand is broken."
"Ouch! The Royal Police beat someone up."
These drunks seemed to be experienced people. They reacted very quickly and immediately started crying out at the top of their lungs.
Ma Xiaoyi, Zhou Jia and five other Royal Police officers took a step back and watched silently.
The drunks thought they were scared and immediately rolled on the ground and continued shouting.
In a moment, the people in the tavern and the neighbors gathered around. They didn't know what was going on, so they pointed at Ma Xiaoyi and the others and whispered to each other.
This guy is so brave.
A drunk man suddenly stood up, and Ma Xiaoyi kicked him directly on the knee. With a snap, the drunk man immediately knelt down.
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Just squat down and keep shouting for help."
The onlookers immediately looked at the Royal Police in fear.
A scholar stepped forward and said, "How can you, the Royal Police, commit murder?"
But Ma Xiaoyi tilted his head to look at him, and the scholar took a step back in fear.
Ma Xiaoyi ignored him and stared at the drunks with an expressionless face. He continued to shout, "Let more people speak up for you. Do you think I'm afraid?"
Seeing that the Royal Police were totally unafraid of what people said and were more ruthless than them, the drunks immediately cried out, "Police, spare my life! Spare my life!"
"No future!"
Ma Xiaoyi tilted his head and said, "Take them all back."
Several Royal Police officers immediately stepped forward, pinned them all to the ground, then deftly used a lasso to tie them all together and led them towards the police station.
Just let the crowd follow what others say.
On the second floor, diagonally opposite the wine cabinet, there was an open window. Several figures were crowded in front of the window, watching the movement on the opposite side.
The window was not closed until Ma Xiaoyi and the others left.
But there were three or five people sitting inside. In addition to Wei Yingfang, Cao Yi, He Chunlin, and the captain Fan Meng, there was also a young man in auxiliary police uniform.
This man was named Li Kun. He was originally a runner in the government office and a close confidant of Wei Yingfang. Later, he was transferred to the police station on purpose.
Fan Meng took a sip of wine and cursed, "This bunch of useless guys can't even beat a young boy."
Li Kun hurriedly said, "Captain, calm down. Actually, this has nothing to do with them. Those royal police are all good fighters selected from the military camp. They are all very good in martial arts."
Cao Yi frowned and said, "We seem to have overlooked this police station before."
Li Kun said: "Judge Cao is right. The police station has now expanded to 3,000 people. When the Hezhong government has the most people, it is less than one-third of that."
He Chunlin was surprised and asked, "They recruited so many people?"
Li Kun nodded and said, "There are already seven police stations in the city alone, and now there is at least one branch station in each township outside the city."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed.
They had been keeping an eye on the Procuratorate and the Imperial Court, but they had never imagined that the police department had expanded to this size.
Fan Meng suddenly asked He Chunlin: "This police station is hiring so many people, do you have so much money to pay them?"
He Chunlin said: "Only the first two or three hundred people were recruited from the yamen servants, and the rest were all recruited from the government offices and military camps. The court stipulated that the military pay and salaries of the police station should be transferred to the police station according to the number of people recruited. This is an order from the government, and we dare not disobey!"
Fan Meng scratched his head and said, "Nowadays, the police, procuratorate and courts have both civil and military power, and it is becoming more and more difficult to deal with them."
Wei Yingfang said worriedly: "It seems that if we want to deal with the public security, procuratorate and court, we have to take advantage of the struggle in the court."
Cao Yi nodded and said, "President Wei's words make sense. The purpose of Wang Xueshi's new law is to collect money for the country. Collecting money will inevitably compete with the people for profit. We can focus on this point and use the imperial court to stop the new law."
Wei Yingfang asked: "How many landlords are willing to lower their interest rates to stop the Qingmiao Law?"
Cao Yi shook his head and said, "Not much yet. They want to see the situation first. After all, the Qingmiao Law has not been officially implemented yet. In addition, they are now more concerned about the autumn tax. Therefore, we can also use the autumn tax to make them feel resentful towards the public security, procuratorate and courts, and use this to lobby them to unite to deal with the Qingmiao Law."
Wei Yingfang nodded.
He Chunlin said, "Wait a minute, we can't make the same mistake again and let the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs develop their own power, especially the police station. There are thousands of royal policemen. Aren't you worried?"
Wei Yingfang asked: "Then what is your plan?"
He Chunlin said: "Didn't those drunkards say before that the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs should check and balance each other? Those drunkards should be able to sue the police station."
Fan Meng nodded and said, "Old He is right. It is not okay for the Royal Police to be so arrogant."
Over there, Ma Xiaoyi led those drunks to the police station, where the lights were bright and cries of grief were heard one after another.
The drunks took a closer look and saw about fifty or sixty people tied together and thrown in a corner. All of them had red faces and wet hair.
What’s even more terrible is that they actually recognized most of these fifty or sixty people.
These are the brothers who just came out of the camp!
As soon as I left the military camp, I entered the police station.
This life situation is simply unique.
"Brother Xiaochun, isn't your brother here?"
Ma Xiaoyi came to the hall, looked at Fu Shichun who looked worried and asked.
Fu Shichun glanced at him and said, "That guy saw that business was so good today, so he went out to look for business."
Ma Xiaoyi sighed, "It's not fun at all. These people may look powerful, but they are just a bunch of good-for-nothings who can't even survive three moves."
Fu Shichun said, "That's why he was able to leave. If there was real danger, he wouldn't have left so quickly. But you arrested so many people, how can I arrange for them? Those cells have been full for a long time, and now this courtyard can't hold any more."
Ma Xiaoyi blinked, "Then what should we do?"
These two idiots only care about their own prestige and don't care about the consequences. It really makes me angry. However, it seems that our police station can no longer hide it. Fu Shichun thought for a while and said, "After recording the confession, throw it to the imperial court together."
The next day.
"Wow, so many complaints again?"
"In reply to the teacher, these were all sent by the police station this morning."
Ye Zuqia said weakly.
They have a lot of cases to deal with, and now there are so many people coming here, it's really annoying!
Zhang Fei was startled and frowned as he asked, "Why has public security suddenly become so chaotic?"
He was afraid that someone was doing something behind the scenes.
Cai Jing seemed to see the teacher's worry and said hurriedly, "Teacher, it's not what you think. It's just that many soldiers who eat and drink for free have been laid off in the barracks recently. These soldiers are no different from those rogues. Many of them are depressed after leaving the barracks and cause trouble everywhere."
Zhang Fei asked, "Are you sure there is no one behind this?"
Cai Jing immediately said, "I specifically asked the police station about the incident. It didn't seem like someone was behind them instigating them to cause trouble."
"Well done!" Zhang Fei praised Cai Jing and took a look at the confession.
Shangguan Jun said: "Teacher, Chief Clerk Fu has specifically said that their police station is almost full, and hopes that our imperial court will hear and judge the case as soon as possible."
Ye Zuqia said: "In fact, cases like this are insignificant and can be decided by their own police station. There is no need to come to our Imperial Court for all cases."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "Although what you said makes sense, it won't work for now. Only after a public trial can the police station enforce the law freely, and at the same time, the people will not be too afraid of the Royal Police."
Ye Zuqia said depressedly: "But we already have a lot of difficult lawsuits to deal with, and now there are so many of them. Can we handle them all?"
Zhang Fei said, "It just looks like a lot. It can be done tomorrow. There is no need to prepare anything. You should continue to look at other cases. Shangguan Jun, you should first arrange the time for tomorrow's trial, and then Cai Jing will go to the police station to inform them."
"yes."
"in addition!"
Zhang Fei said: "I will only try the case tomorrow, and in the future, all cases of this kind will be tried by you. This will give you some practice. You can't rely on me, the chief judge, for everything."
Except for Cai Jing, the other three people immediately looked happy.
It's finally our turn.
(End of this chapter)
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