The matricide scandal in Guixiang has not yet cooled down, and the public prosecutor's office, which has just arrived in Hezhong Prefecture, has once again become the focus of local people's attention.
The attention this time is far greater than before, because this is not only a social issue, but also an issue involving the interests of everyone. It is also a very sensitive political issue.
Especially in Hezhong Prefecture, as long as it involves salt and profit, it is no small matter.
However, due to the mother-killing incident, the public prosecutor and the court won the favor of many people. This public opinion has not yet become agitated, because many people believe that the imperial court will give a fair verdict.
But the more this happens, the greater the pressure on the imperial court.
Because selling illegal salt is illegal and is clearly stipulated in the country's laws.
The people have this kind of mentality, which can be said to be invisibly interfering with the judiciary.
Imperial Court.
Su Che personally handed a copy of the indictment to Zhang Fei, but his expression looked very tired.
Zhang Fei took the complaint and was about to ask a question when he suddenly heard Su Zhe say again: "There is more than one way to solve the problem."
"Um?"
Zhang Fei looked at Su Che curiously, "What does Mr. Su Xiao mean by this?"
Su Zhe frowned and said: "Although the public prosecutor's office is good and the legal system is also attractive, it may appear at the wrong time, and it will make many problems more acute."
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "I didn't expect that such a small gesture would make Mr. Su Xiao so frustrated."
Su Zhe said: "This is a common little thing that makes people feel frustrated. To tell you the truth, if I were not the prosecutor general, I would never prosecute this salt farmer, because the crime is not his, but he is
I am facing the death penalty. Unfortunately, I am the prosecutor general and I must act in accordance with the law, which makes me feel very helpless."
At this point, he paused for a moment and then continued: "However, things like this are common, occur everywhere, and are all kinds of weird. Those people can find all kinds of problems to make things difficult for us. In my opinion,
Before the political and legal system is clear and clear, it will be difficult for the judiciary to make a difference."
Although he is the prosecutor general, he still has Confucianism in his heart. He believes that the fault lies with the court's policy, not with Yanhu. If he were the prefect, he would definitely take other means to solve this problem, just like Cai Yanqing,
Different response methods are given according to different situations.
But as the prosecutor general, there is no room for maneuver.
It is expressly stipulated that if someone takes the stolen goods and gets it, if they don't prosecute, the procuratorate might as well close down.
It is important to know that this kind of thing can be easily picked up by the other side, but it is nothing, but it makes the entire public security, procuratorate, and law on pins and needles. The cost of the struggle between the two sides is not proportional, and there is no chance of winning.
This made Su Zhe question the entire public security system. Like Xu Zhiqian, he believed that if the political and legal laws were not clear, enforcing the law would only aid the evil.
The salt government exploited the people, and the law drove them to death.
Under such a harsh salt policy, Baixin could only make a living by selling private salt, but the law imposed severe penalties, and ten pounds of salt was a death penalty.
This is unreasonable.
But if we want to change it, we have to start with the salt policy reform.
If the salt policy is not changed, this law will become a bad law, and there will be no pleasure in enforcing the bad law.
"I see."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "There is indeed more than one way to solve the problem. There is no reason to go all the way to the dark side, but a broadsword cannot be used as an embroidery needle. Although the embroidery needle is small, it is still indispensable. It cannot be used by everyone."
Everyone has a big knife in their hand, but someone has to pick up the embroidery needle."
Su Che thought about it, justice is also indispensable. He glanced at him and said, "Then how do you plan to deal with it?"
"I still have to evaluate."
Zhang Fei raised the indictment in his hand, "This indictment has not lasted more than a stick of incense in my hand."
Su Zhe suddenly thought of something, "Don't you have the power of precedent? Can you change the salt law? Ten pounds of illegal salt will be punished by death. This is really too serious and difficult to implement."
Use the harshest law to judge the most common things.
This is obviously wrong.
In fact, the Song Dynasty has made some improvements in this regard. It used to be five kilograms, but now it has been increased to ten kilograms.
But ten kilograms is only four hundred and fifty cents. After deducting the cost, it is far from enough for those salt households.
Zhang Fei asked: "I wonder what kind of punishment Mr. Su Xiao thinks should be given?"
Su Che thought for a while and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Given the current situation of Yanhu, the slightest disturbance may destroy their family."
For example, if Huang Tong is locked up in the police station for a month or two without any punishment, he may lose his fortune because he has to hand over 120,000 kilograms of salt to the court.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I'll take a look first and then talk."
Su Che nodded and said, "But there's nothing worth reading in this indictment."
"That means your procuratorate didn't work hard enough." Zhang Fei said half-jokingly.
Su Che nodded with a wry smile, "I hope so."
After seeing off Su Che, Zhang Fei immediately summoned their think tank, namely Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Shangguan Jun, Ye Zuqia, the four little kings, and Xu Zhiqian, the dog-headed military advisor.
"This is obviously a conspiracy."
Cai Jingdao: "From the student's point of view, as long as the court is held, it is thankless no matter what. It just so happens that the imperial court sent a Yuan University scholar to be in charge of salt affairs. Why don't we transfer the matter there."
Shangguan Jun nodded and said: "This salt farmer is really pitiful. It is really inappropriate to sentence him to death. The reason is the corruption of the salt administration and the harsh salt law. To untie the bell, the person who tied the bell must be tied!"
“If everything is pushed forward by other government agencies, then what do we, the public prosecutor and the law, have to do?”
Ye Zuqia snorted: "This is illegal, and it should be decided by our imperial court. Corruption in the salt administration is also illegal. Why don't we follow suit, expand this case, and take the opportunity to rectify the salt administration? Let's see if they dare to do this.
Nothing will come to make things difficult for us."
Cai Bian nodded and said: "I agree with what Brother Ye said. If every salt household can get forty-five guan of money, and the court purchases the remaining salt in their hands at a reasonable price, they will not sell private salt.
."
"Absolutely not."
Cai Jing hurriedly said: "We have just arrived, and we are weak. However, those salt officials and salt officials are extremely powerful. If Shunteng continues to investigate, there may be no end. It may even reach the capital, and we will definitely not be able to judge by then. The court will We can only be found guilty. This kind of thing has happened everywhere since ancient times."
Cai Bian snorted: "If we have to look forward and backward in everything, then what are we doing here?"
Cai Jing immediately retorted: "Everything must be done slowly and gradually. If you are eager for success, you will often be defeated."
Ye Zuqia said: "But if you compromise and compromise, you will only get more and more."
Shangguan Jun said: "It is better to keep a low profile and accumulate more than to overestimate one's abilities."
...
The four little Vajras immediately divided into two groups, and they were quarreling endlessly.
Xu Zhiqian struggled with her face, feeling that what they said was reasonable. A kind of pain that she couldn't have her cake and eat it at the same time arose spontaneously. She couldn't help but look at Zhang Fei, who saw that Zhang Fei was still doing his signature move in class, with his back leaning against the table. , folded his hands on his chest, and was silent.
After a while, the four little kings were so thirsty that they couldn't help but look at Zhang Fei at the same time.
"Teacher, how do you plan to respond?" Shangguan Jun asked.
Zhang Fei was startled and looked up at them. After a while, he said: "What you said is extra-legal. We are judicial officers, and what we are holding is "Song Xingtong", not "Sun Tzu's Art of War" "This law has not yet been explained clearly. If you talk about things that are and are not, are you thinking too far ahead?"
Having said this, he turned sideways and picked up the indictment on the table and raised it, "Let me ask you, are there any problems with this indictment?"
The four of them shook their heads at the same time.
"Is there any problem?" Zhang Fei asked again.
The four of them looked at Zhang Fei anxiously.
Zhang Fei let out a long sigh, "What do you usually do?"
The four of them frowned in grievance.
Shangguan Jun asked: "Teacher, do you think there is anything wrong with this lawsuit?"
Zhang Fei said: "Of course there are problems. I have never seen such a crude indictment."
"ah?"
Several people looked at Zhang Fei in surprise at the same time.
Zhang Fei said: "This indictment does not clearly state that the salt sold by Huang Tong is private salt."
"???"
Several people were confused after hearing this.
Xu Zhiqian said: "Huang Tong himself admitted it."
Zhang Fei said: "What's the use of Huang Tong's admission? It depends on the evidence."
"This...this is private salt."
Cai Bian said: "National law stipulates that salt from salt households can only be bought to the court and cannot be sold to others privately."
"But what if the court refuses to accept it?"
"That's unlikely, isn't it?"
"What I'm talking about is if the government decree stipulates that the salt in the hands of salt households must be sold to the court, and the court must purchase the salt. On the other hand, if the court does not purchase the salt, will the salt not be sold to the court? It is impossible for the imperial court to divide the calculation into two parts in one sentence. So does this still count as private favor?"
"...?"
The four little kings are confused by this, so how can they still think so?
Zhang Fei asked again: "Is this stated in the indictment?"
"Uh...no."
"Also! If the government allows Huang Tong to sell these salts, you must remember that this is a government order, not a law. The law is that selling private salt is illegal, but what is private salt? According to the current regulations, what is allowed by the government
What is allowed is official salt, and what is not allowed is private salt.”
"ah?"
"What are you doing? Are you going to find out?"
"yes."
"Also, does the imperial court have any regulations on the price at which this prolific salt should be purchased from salt households?"
"It seems that there is no specific explanation, but what does this have to do with this situation?"
"Why doesn't it matter? The imperial court stipulates that the salt produced by salt households must be sold to the imperial court, and the imperial court must also purchase the salt. This is not an obligation to hand over, so it must follow the principles of buying and selling. You should pay how much
All have to be paid.
But if the court is unwilling to pay a penny, it is equivalent to the court voluntarily giving up the salt, and then it comes back to the previous question: when the salt voluntarily given up by the court, how to determine whether it is private salt or official salt."
"If we investigate this way, wouldn't this situation be magnified?"
Cai Jing said doubtfully.
"No, I just want to determine whether the salt is official salt or private salt."
With that said, Zhang Fei threw the indictment to Cai Jing and said: "Return it to the procuratorate and tell them that this is the roughest indictment our court has ever seen. By the way, give them some pen, ink, paper and inkstone. This account
Just record it in my name and tell them not to be too stingy with pen, ink and paper."
"Yes Yes."
Cai Jing nodded sheepishly.
Shouldn’t it be unanimous now?
Why are you still fighting in the nest?
After they left, Xu Zhiqian asked, "What do you want to do?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I will repay him with the same method, so that they will also have trouble sleeping and eating."