However, after Zhang Fei agreed, there was no joy on Su Zhe's face. Instead, he looked slightly struggling and said hurriedly: "Sanlang, don't rush to agree. If you do this, you will definitely offend Magistrate Cai.
They are dissatisfied."
In fact, Su Che was also very confused as to whether the case should be retried, even if new evidence was found.
Because he also believed that this case was very, very difficult to judge. In any case, it was Zhang who took Wu’s mother to the river and helped her commit suicide. This was definitely against filial piety.
Based on this point, a heavy sentence is not exaggerated.
However, he also believed that it was unfair to sentence people to the ten heinous crimes. It may not have been what Wu's mother had wanted during her lifetime, and it would completely destroy the family.
However, they have just arrived here, is this really a good idea?
He took the initiative to mention this to Zhang Fei, instead of secretly collecting evidence and then directly suing. In fact, he wanted to consider Zhang Fei's ideas.
He knew very well that it would be very difficult for the public security organs to gain a foothold here.
They need to cooperate now, and this must be considered clearly.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "We came all the way here, not to please others. In this kind of criminal case, and it will not endanger the national interests, our imperial court does not need to consider anyone's feelings.
The only thing we have to consider is whether the evidence provided by your procuratorate meets the standards for a trial."
Su Che couldn't help but look at Zhang Fei in surprise, because Zhang Fei was very smooth when he was an ear pen, and it was hard to tell whether he was evil or not.
These words couldn't help but make Su Che feel a little ashamed of himself. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I've been thinking too much."
Zhang Fei raised his hand and said: "No need to apologize, Mr. Su Xiao is also thinking about me after all."
Zhang Fei's attitude also made Su Zhe determined, "Don't worry, I will try my best to find enough evidence."
Zhang Fei nodded and suddenly asked: "Mr. Su Xiao, have you ever seen Magistrate Cai?"
Su Che said hurriedly: "I visited Magistrate Cai on the third day I arrived here."
Zhang Fei asked again: "I wonder what Prefect Cai thinks of our public prosecutors?"
Su Zhe pondered for a while and said: "I don't know Magistrate Cai well. It was just a very ordinary visit at that time. Magistrate Cai didn't express too many thoughts and his attitude towards me was very dull. But...
.!”
"But what?"
Zhang Fei asked.
Su Zhe said: "But I think that whether Magistrate Cai agrees or disagrees with the Public Security Bureau, it is impossible for him to get too close to us, nor is he likely to provide us with any help."
"Why is this?" Zhang Fei asked.
"Because Magistrate Cai also has to worry about the thoughts of his subordinates. After all, when we come here, the public prosecutors and the judiciary will still usurp the power of many officials."
"Um!"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Mr. Su Xiao, do you think I should still visit Magistrate Cai?"
Su Che said hurriedly: "You have to go. Currently, the judicial power of Hezhong Prefecture is still in the hands of the government. If you don't go, how will the handover of judicial power be completed."
"That's true."
Zhang Fei nodded thoughtfully. He was indeed not very familiar with the etiquette of this officialdom, so he had to ask Su Che for clarification.
Su Che suddenly said: "By the way! I heard that you were assassinated in Pinglu County?"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, thinking, you just remembered it now! It seems that you are not surprised by this.
Su Che asked: "Have you found any clues?"
Zhang Fei shook his head, "It's probably very difficult, but I will definitely keep checking."
"Of course."
Su Zhe nodded and said, "But I think it's unlikely that someone from Hezhong Mansion did this."
Zhang Fei shrugged and said with a smile: "Everyone thinks so, but until the results of the investigation are found, I will remain suspicious of everyone."
Su Zhe was stunned for a moment and then realized that this matter could indeed be used as preparation to give local officials some fear, because this was a very serious crime. To assassinate an official of the imperial court was to slap the emperor in the face, and it was no different from treason.
As long as he is found out, he will definitely die. He nodded and said: "Of course, everything depends on the evidence."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, and then said: "Mr. Su Xiao, let's go visit Magistrate Cai together tomorrow, oh, and Cao Yanei."
Su Che said: "You have to post it first."
"Post... post?"
"When you visit others in the capital, don't you need to leave a message?"
"Well...."
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "I rarely visit officials. We businessmen don't seem to need it."
In fact, when he went to Wang Anshi and Sima Guang's house, he didn't bother to leave. He went when he had something to do. However, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang didn't care about this with him, so that he developed this bad habit.
If you visit, you must post a message.
Su Che nodded in understanding, "Then let me write it. When do you think you'll be free?"
Zhang Fei said: "The sooner the better. Anyway, I don't have much to do recently."
Su Zhe nodded and said: "Okay, I will arrange this matter. I will let you know when the time comes."
"Good work!"
Zhang Fei arched his hands.
After talking about this matter, Su Zhe saw that it was getting dark too early, so he stood up and left.
Just after seeing off Su Che, Cao Dongdong, Ma Xiaoyi, and Fu Shichun, a group of gangsters emerged from nowhere. They had arrived here half an hour ago and had already visited the palace.
"Zhang San, do we live here too?"
Cao Dongdong asked.
That's not necessary. Living with them would be simply torture. Although Zhang Fei was reluctant, he couldn't refuse directly. He asked tentatively: "Is Yanei willing to live here?"
"Of course not!"
Cao Dongdong immediately shook his head like a rattle and said, "Although it's nice here, it's too boring. We want to live in the city."
They are all wealthy, so they don't care about this palace. They still like the atmosphere of the market very much.
lively!
Ma Xiaoyi was even more reluctant to live here, but felt that he was a little unloyal, so he said: "Third brother, I also want to accompany you, but I heard that the police station is located in the city, and it is not convenient for me to live here."
Fu Shichun smiled and said: "Xiao Ma, your third brother may want you to live in the city."
"I didn't say that."
Zhang Fei glanced at Fu Shichun unhappily, and pretended to be helpless and said to Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi: "It's up to you. But in the yamen, you have to go to the yamen with me and Mr. Su Xiaoyi to visit Cai
Prefect."
"You can just go, I may be very busy and have no time." Cao Dongdong shook his head and said.
Zhang Fei saw his old-fashioned look and said angrily, "What are you busy with?"
Cao Dongdong said: "My uncle Qin sent someone here just now and asked me to go to his house and sit down if I am free tomorrow."
"Uncle Qin?"
Zhang Fei looked at Cao Dongdong curiously.
Fu Shichun said: "This is Qin Zhongshou, the commander of the horse and infantry forces in Hezhong. His grandfather was the general of his great-grandfather in Yanei."
Zhang Fei frowned slightly, then looked at Fu Shichun and said, "What do you think?"
Fu Shichun smiled and said: "The Qin family and the Zhong family have been staying at the border to fight against Xixia, and they seem to have a good relationship. Qin Zhongshou is eager to invite Yanei over. I think he must want to find out what Yanei says."
Some people are paying attention to the changes in power brought about by the Public Security Bureau, but more people are paying attention to the lawsuit, especially the military commanders here.
Because in the northwest, the battle between civil and military affairs is always the main theme. Since Zhao Xu asked Zhang Fei to review the case, it means that the imperial court has the power to involve military affairs. What they are worried about is whether the public prosecutor is biased towards the generals or the generals.
Prefer civil servants.
No wonder they didn't go to Su Che before. They were waiting for Cao Dongdong here. That's right. How could their generals trust me and Su Che? Zhang Fei looked at Cao Dongdong and said, "Yamen, if Qin Zhongshou tests you, what will you answer?"
?”
Cao Dongdong immediately said: "I don't know, and this matter is not my responsibility. If I want to ask, I should ask you."
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Are you good at telling lies?"
"Of course...no."
Cao Dongdong looked at Zhang Fei warily.
Zhang Fei just looked at him without saying a word.
Cao Dongdong said with a guilty conscience: "Why do you ask this?"
Zhang Fei said: "If Qin Zhongshou tests you, just tell them big words to reassure them."
"Why is this?"
Cao Dongdong asked curiously.
Zhang Fei sighed: "Because among the public prosecutors and the law, the most difficult thing to build is your police station. I can't give you much support for this. If you can make them feel at ease, then they will also support you. If you have the support of the army, this
Everything will be done with less effort.”
Cao Dongdong said very cautiously: "I have learned a lot from Xiaoma and Xiaochun about this big talk, but if you decide that it is different from what I said, wouldn't it be harming me? Uncle Qin and the others will definitely think that I am
Lie to them."
Zhang Fei clicked his tongue: "You are my employer and my big client. I will not harm anyone but you!"
Cao Dongdong's eyes lit up and he immediately felt relieved, "Okay, if Uncle Qin asks about it then, I will just say a few big words."
Brother, you can't take this matter casually. You have to take some credit for yourself! Zhang Fei was still a little uneasy and said: "When the time comes, you can take Brother Xiaochun and Xiao Ma with you."
As he said this, he glanced at Fu Shichun.
Fu Shichun understood it from heart to heart.
Cao Dongdong saw it, but he also enjoyed the results. This was the purpose of deceiving Fu Shichun. Hehe said: "If you don't tell me, I will take them there. They will definitely drink by then. I will be alone."
But I can’t drink from them.”
After all, this police station is on the front line and is an armed force. Without this armed force, the Imperial Court and the Procuratorate would become harmless and lack deterrence.
The establishment of a police station is crucial and the most difficult, such as the Imperial Court and the Procuratorate, which are relatively easy to build.
However, the police station still has to recruit a large number of royal police officers, train the royal police officers, and face the local forces head-on.
Whether it is in Kaifeng Prefecture or a local state government, the important positions in the government, whether civil or military, are filled by the children of local squires, and the prefect usually relies on them to stabilize the place.
These people are definitely opposed to the public prosecutor and the law.
Because the Public Security Bureau will break the tradition that the imperial power does not extend to the county, it will also destroy their local privileges.
If we try to please them and continue to use them, the public security system will not be able to build, and the situation will be no different from now, because their work for the government is an exchange of interests and has little to do with the judiciary.
But it is impossible to do it without local forces at all.
As for the recruitment of police officers, they had already discussed it before they came here. They would use the same method as establishing a police station in the capital, converting some local government officials into royal police officers.
Most of these yamen servants are children of local rich farmers. Their families have some money and some knowledge reserves. They belong to the middle class and are also the most exploited class.
Zhang Fei wants to use this group of people to build the public security system.
This has been very successful in the capital. The current team captains in the capital are all yamen, that is, the royal police originally recruited.
Transforming from yamen servants to royal policemen allows them to avoid being exploited and at the same time receive generous remuneration, which makes them cherish this status very much.
More importantly, they can use their status as royal police officers to increase their family's wealth to a higher level.
It's not about corruption and bribery, but relying on one's own ability.
These exploited government officials are actually very capable. If they have connections and backgrounds, they will not be exploited. Their ability to become rich peasants depends on their own abilities.
The success in the capital depends on the support of the three yamen, so here we can also follow the example and use the lawsuit to dangle these generals in exchange for their support for Cao Dongdong.
...
At this time, Gao Wenyin was leading Xiao Tao, and Li Si and the others were putting away all the pots, pans, clothes, and bedding they had brought.
Xu Zhiqian only took care of the study, where he and Qingmei placed many essays and books on the bookshelves.
But the difference is that Gao Wenyin arranged everything according to Zhang Fei's habits, while Xu Zhiqian arranged it according to her own habits, because Zhang Fei seldom saw these things, she saw them all, and Zhang Fei was only responsible for asking her.
A pair of big hands gently hugged her slender waist from behind, "Thank you for your hard work, ma'am."
Xu Zhiqian glanced back with her beautiful eyes and rolled her eyes at her husband charmingly, "What's so hard about this?"
That pretty face didn't feel tired at all, but looked very excited. She came here to work. This was something she, a woman, had never dared to imagine before. She didn't know that this happiness came so suddenly, and she couldn't wait to see it today. My son started to go to work.
"Then you have to pay attention to your health. Come on, come on, sit down and rest for a while."
"I think you just want to rest."
Having said that, Xu Zhiqian and Zhang Fei still came to the chairs aside and sat down snuggled up.
"I heard that Mr. Su Xiao is here."
Xu Zhiqian asked as she pushed a few strands of Zhang Fei's hair that had fallen on her temples behind her ears.
"Um."
"Then did he mention matricide?" Xu Zhiqian asked again.
Zhang Fei was stunned and said: "You seem to be very interested in this?"
Xu Zhiqian looked around and said, "I don't think this is that simple. There may be something hidden."
"Maybe."
Zhang Fei nodded and informed Xu Zhiqian of Su Che's findings.
"That's true."
Xu Zhiqian nodded, as if she had already thought of it before, and then looked up at Zhang Fei, "Then what are your plans?"
Zhang Fei didn't answer and asked: "What do you think?"
Xu Zhiqian thought for a while and said: "Since there is something hidden, the trial should be re-examined."
Zhang Fei said: "Then if it is true as Mr. Su Xiao said and there is conclusive evidence, how will you judge?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "I... I will definitely give him a lighter sentence."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "In any case, it was Zhang who assisted Wu's mother to commit suicide. Maybe she was helpless, but you have to consider the impact this will have on society.
There is no filial son in front of this long-term illness. If Mrs. Zhang is treated lightly, the number of matricide cases may increase day by day. The son and daughter-in-law will force my mother to commit suicide every day, thereby reducing their own burdens.
But if the sentence is harsher, then what is the point of retrial? Not only will it cause dissatisfaction with Prefect Cai and others, but it will also make many people feel that the trial in our imperial court is unfair, because they may sympathize with Zhang."
Xu Zhiqian frowned slightly, and felt that what Zhang Fei said was very reasonable. This case seemed simple, but it was really difficult to interrogate, so she asked: "In other words, you don't plan to retrial?"
"No!"
Zhang Fei shook his head and smiled: "As long as Mr. Su Xiao finds evidence, I will definitely retry this case."
Xu Zhiqian said in surprise: "But you didn't mean..."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "What I just said is not the reason why I want to reject this project, but the reason why I want to accept it. It is precisely because this project is more complicated, and there is no clear explanation in "Song Xingtong"
It stipulates that if we can review the case clearly and give a different verdict, it will be able to demonstrate the fairness of our imperial court.
This is only the first, the second is that everyone knows this, and it is related to filial piety. If we want to re-trial, it will definitely attract widespread attention. There is no better publicity than this, and we will all have to create a
An atmosphere that makes more people pay attention to this project.
The third is to overturn the judgment of Magistrate Cai. There is nothing better than this to explain why we are here. Anyway, General Zhong and the others have not come yet, so it is better to use this eucalyptus to test their skills."
He spoke eloquently, but Xu Zhiqian was confused: "But you just said that if you take the punishment lightly, it will have a bad impact, and what you are worried about is very likely to happen.
"
Zhang Fei said: "So we have to think of a way to eliminate this negative impact."
"What method?" Xu Zhiqian asked curiously.
"Still thinking."
Zhang Fei laughed and suddenly asked: "By the way! Did you bring Song Xingtong with you?"
"Of course I brought it with me!" Xu Zhiqian asked, "What do you want to check?"
Zhang Fei said: "Check the regulations on the crime of six homicides. Mr. Su Xiao may be prosecuted for manslaughter or manslaughter."
Xu Zhiqian said in disbelief: "You don't even remember the six-kill rule?"
Zhang Fei did not answer but asked: "Do you know why Mr. Su and Mr. Fan lost to me in lawsuits?"
Xu Zhiqian asked: "Why?"
Zhang Fei said: "It's just that they trust their own memory too much. For things like laws and regulations, a word difference makes a huge difference. Whether you remember it or not, you have to read it carefully before using it. In this case, why should I remember it?
Just have a rough impression."
Xu Zhiqian hummed softly: "You can always find a reason to be lazy."
"wrong!"
Zhang Fei shook his head and smiled: "This is not a reason, but a fact. Because I am the winner, what I say is right. If I can't win the lawsuit, I'm afraid everyone will sneer at me if I say this."