Fan Zhen was a Jinshi of the Renzong Dynasty, and he was also the number one scholar. He was a generation removed from Su Zhe, but the problem was that the Su family brothers had amazing talents. Few of their peers could reach their level, so they made friends in the court.
We have known each other for many years, and our relationship with Fan Zhen is quite good.
Although Fan Zhen looked relaxed, Su Zhe was both curious and worried about this, so he invited Fan Zhen into the house and asked about the specific reason.
The reason for this is the Green Seedling Method.
After Wang Anshi formally proposed the Qingmiao Law, Fan Zhen strongly opposed the Qingmiao Law and even told the emperor directly that it was a method of killing the people.
This of course angered Wang Anshi. After getting Zhao Xu's tacit approval, he personally drafted an edict to denounce Fan Zhen.
Fan Zhen was also a tough guy, but he didn't want to follow Wang Anshi's example, so he directly appealed and asked to be promoted to an official position.
I quit!
However, the relationship between Sima Guang and Fan Zhen is very good. It can be said that they cherish each other and are like close friends. Their governing philosophies are also very similar.
But Sima Guang wanted to take the overall situation into consideration and could not quarrel with the emperor, so he tried to persuade Fan Zhen to stop him, and later asked Fan Zhen to go to the procuratorate.
However, Xu Zun also supported Wang Anshi in his political opinions, and Fan Zhen couldn't get along with Xu Zun. In addition, the Youth Law was finally promulgated, so he asked to be appointed as an official to express his protest.
Sima Guang had no choice.
But before leaving Beijing, Fan Zhen overheard the DPRK and China discussing how to use judicial reform to suppress the Youth Law.
The old man had an idea and couldn't stop it in the court, so I might as well go to Hezhong Mansion to stop it. In fact, the conservative plan was to block the new law at the local level, not in the court, because Zhao Xu was completely biased towards Wang Anshi, and they stopped it.
No, so Fan Zhen wanted to get a piece of official documents and came to Hezhong Mansion to act as a pen.
As soon as I encountered this, I was very happy. I came to the right place, so I immediately recommended myself.
This Fan Zhen is also from Shaanxi, and is quite famous in Hezhong Mansion. He has many friends who all know his talent. The key is that he has just come from the capital, so he is very aware of the whole matter. He immediately won the trust of the squires and won the trust of the squires.
Agree to let them serve as witnesses for this lawsuit.
"I see."
Su Che nodded and said: "Actually...Actually, Bachelor Fan doesn't need to become an official. He can be directly transferred to our procuratorate."
"That's different."
Fan Zhen waved his hand, "I have worked in the procuratorate. In fact, the main responsibility of the procuratorate is prosecution and administration of justice. It should not focus on litigation. It will only file lawsuits when the procuratorate believes that the court's decision is unfair.
In addition, the Procuratorate represents the imperial court. For example, in this matter, if the prosecution is carried out in the name of the Procuratorate, it will be unfair and the words will not be justified. Relatively speaking, this person has a lot of freedom."
After Su Zhe heard this, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed and said: "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. To be fair, Master Fan, I was trying to find ways to sue the government before."
Fan Zhen was stunned, "Really? You too...!"
At this point, he waved his hands repeatedly, "Now that you are the prosecutor general, and I am the earpiece representing one party, it is inconvenient to talk about this matter. However, I came here today to ask for something else."
Su Che asked quickly: "Scholar Fan, please tell me."
Fan Zhendao: "It's about this president. When I was in the capital, I saw his litigation methods and his lecturing skills, but I have never seen him try cases. I heard that he has the power to decide cases and can not make judgments according to the law.
So what is the main basis for his judgment?"
The judge's habits, opinions, and thoughts are all part of the details of the dispute, because the purpose of the lawsuit is to convince the judge to believe in him.
Su Zhe pondered for a while and then said: "Actually, Judge Zhang does not rule against the law. He has not changed any laws yet. However, when it comes to punishment, he often does not follow the law. However, it is also in line with the principle of the rule of law. It mainly targets people.
Civil litigation does not involve the interest of the state and the monarch.
He mostly supplements the laws by adding explanations and principles. Scholar Fan can litigate in accordance with the laws, and there will be no problem."
Fan Zhen nodded: "That's it."
...
The imperial court over there had just received Fan Zhen's petition, and the four little kings were extremely excited. They had long expected that the squires would definitely file a lawsuit.
And the reason why they are excited is not entirely because one party to the lawsuit represents the 28th Township of Hezhong Prefecture and is a super litigant.
But because this will be a head-on confrontation between judicial reform and new laws, and it also involves patriarchal law. The three laws are intertwined. Isn't this exciting?
What the final result will be is really exciting.
This judgment may even affect the structure of the capital city, and of course it is also possible that the imperial court itself will be involved.
So they quickly took it to Zhang Fei for inspection.
The entire document is just one piece of paper.
Within less than half of the incense stick, Zhang Fei finished reading it, put it down, and asked the four little kings: "What do you think?"
Cai Bian immediately said: "I think this petition does not meet the standards for a trial."
Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"
Cai Bian immediately said: "Because this petition mainly targets the Qingmiao Law, they just think that the government is doing this just to amass wealth, and they have not provided any evidence to prove that the government cannot ban the patriarchal law, nor that the patriarchal law has the power to do so.
"
Cai Jingdao: "I heard that this Bachelor Fan opposed the new law in the capital. It can be seen that he just wants to use this lawsuit to attack the Youth Law."
Shangguan Jun said: "Whatever it is, we only look at the evidence. No matter what their original intention is, as long as the evidence is sufficient."
Zhang Fei asked: "Then do you think the evidence is sufficient?"
Shangguan Jun immediately said: "The students thought that this evidence was enough to open a trial, because the government now really wants to implement the Qingmiao Law, and the interest stipulated in the Qingmiao Law is two cents, so the government prohibits interest of one and a half cents, which is obviously beneficial to the Qingmiao Law.
This alone is enough for us to open a trial."
Cai Bian retorted: "But there is a difference in order. It was the Qingmiao Law that stipulated two points of interest first, and then the squire stipulated a lower interest rate. The other party's move was obviously against the Qingmiao Law. This paper is simply a slap in the face."
Shangguan Jun said: "Even so, there is currently no evidence to prove that the squires cannot do this. The key point is that if the squires do this, it is hard to say whether they will benefit. But if the government does this, Qingmiao Law will definitely benefit."
of the party.”
"Shang Guan is right."
Zhang Fei suddenly nodded, "You have to remember that the purpose of this petition is just to allow us to hold a court hearing, not everything. Based on this, it proves that the patriarchal clan has the right to do this, or that the government has no right to ban the patriarchal clan.
Obviously it is very difficult, and it is basically difficult to find direct evidence to prove it.
However, the government has now decided to issue an interest of 2 cents, and at the same time prohibit private interest of 1.5 cents. At least two points can be confirmed from this. First, as a result of this, the Qingmiao Law will definitely benefit greatly, that is, the government will
To benefit.
Second, the people are definitely allowed to lend interest at 1.5 cents. This is enough to meet the standard of opening a court, because the government cannot easily prohibit things allowed by the law to obtain interest for itself."
Cai Bian said: "But the Qingmiao Law is also a decree of the imperial court."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "If there is a provision in the Qingmiao Law that prohibits others from lending money at low interest rates, then the pleading is just a piece of waste paper. No matter how reasonable the pleading is, there is no such provision in the Qingmiao Law, and there is no
It involves regulations that restrain the people."
Having said this, Zhang Fei picked up the petition and said with a smile: "Actually, this petition is very cleverly written. It seems simple, and it may be an overkill, but at least we can't refuse. Just imagine, if the government has this
rights, then what will happen? If the government wants to sell food, it only needs to force private food prices to rise. If it wants to collect food, it can force the food price to be lower than the market price. Then it will be all messed up. This not only involves
The interests of the people also involve the interests of the country and the monarch. Our imperial court cannot ignore this and must hear it clearly. Cai Jing."
"The students are here."
"Go to the government and tell them that if they can't provide sufficient evidence to prove that they are not doing this for the benefit of the Qingmiao Law, then our imperial court will hold a hearing on this case."
"yes."
When the four little kings heard this, they knew that this lawsuit would definitely go to trial.
Because it is impossible for the government to provide sufficient evidence to prove this, the fact is that the Green Crops Law can be implemented smoothly.
It's that simple.
...
After being notified by Cai Jing, the government there immediately held a meeting to discuss countermeasures.
"It seems they have jumped over the wall."
Yuan Jiang sneered and said contemptuously: "They don't even hesitate to go to the imperial court and let the imperial court make the decision for them. This is really ridiculous."
Wei Yingfang and the others thought to themselves, didn't you start this? You cooperated with the police station first.
Yuan Jiang and Wei Yingfang said: "Wei Tongpan, please go and tell the other party that our government is not afraid of going to the imperial court to litigate, but we don't want the snipe and the clam to fight and the fisherman to benefit."
Wei Yingfang couldn't help it anymore and said sarcastically: "But beforehand, we also went through the Royal Police...!"
"The police station is different from the imperial court."
Yuan Jiang said: "The royal police are only executive officers, and the government also has the right to mobilize them. However, the imperial court in Hezhong Mansion is not controlled by anyone, but if they are stubborn, we will not discuss it with them in the future.
, we will also accuse them through the imperial court and ask them to be careful."
Wei Yingfang couldn't help but frown secretly, these are ruthless people! They are eager to provoke a dispute between the new law and the judiciary. Indeed, the new law can also provoke a dispute between the judiciary and the old system.
The three-player game is indeed the most difficult game to play.
But Wei Yingfang didn't say much and ran directly to discuss with the other party.
It's better not to go. If I go, all those squires will be furious. It was you who cooperated with the police station first. Now when they see us appealing to the imperial court, they start to talk about the snipe and the clam fighting, and the fishermen benefit. It's really special.
What a double standard dog.
Of course, Qi Guiqi, even from the perspective of interests, they cannot give up this lawsuit.
Because there is a very tangled point here, that is, judicial reform was proposed by Sima Guang and was a conservative plan. This is why they had previously written to the court and complained to the court, but it was of no use.
They have only three choices, either to cooperate with the new law and fight against the other party's judicial reform, or to cooperate with the judicial reform and fight against the new law, or to instigate a fight between judicial reform and the new law.
Since they are also very opposed to the new law, there is only the third option.
Moreover, they believed that Yuan Jiang was just trying to scare people. Once the imperial court denied the government's ban, Wang Anshi would never give up in the court. As long as he was not restrained, the Qingmiao Law would definitely fail, and they would definitely fight over it.
Flatly rejected Wei Yingfang's proposal.
The government also immediately decided to respond to the lawsuit.