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There were only two people inside at this time, one was sitting and the other was standing. The one sitting was naturally Zhao Kai, and the one standing was Li Qi. This time Zhao Kai was not even in the mood to offer a seat.
"The benefit of the doubt goes to the defendant, and the benefit of the doubt goes to the defendant."
Zhao Kai pointed at Li Qi, he was really gnashing his teeth.
Li Qi lowered his head and said nothing, still thinking, what are you referring to me for? Is this wrong?
Seeing that Li Qi remained silent, Zhao Kai snorted angrily: "Li Qi, don't say you haven't heard this sentence before?"
Li Qi said very honestly: "Reporting to the emperor, not only have I heard these words, but they also came from my mouth."
"I finally admitted it." Zhao Kai gasped in anger.
Li Qidao: "This Wei Chen has never denied it. This is one of the points Wei Chen mentioned when discussing the Legislative Yuan with the Minister of Punishment."
"Legislature?"
Zhao Kai snorted: "The Legislative Yuan, you are obviously going to Wang Zhongling. I asked you before and promised you to investigate, but you refused it yourself, but now you want to intervene in this matter again, you
What are you thinking about? Also, you are really cunning. You went through such a big circle and ended up with Wang Zhongling in the end, but others are not fools either."
Li Qi said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged."
Zhao Kai said frantically: "Stop shouting about injustice here. I'm tired of hearing you shout about injustice."
"I obey my orders."
Li Qi simply bowed, and then explained: "First of all, the benefit of the doubt belongs to the defendant. This law can prevent many unjust cases. There are thousands of officials in the world, and who can guarantee that there will not be a confused official among them? A confused official
There are many cases where cases are tried in a confused manner, and the verdict is made without clarifying anything, let alone the officials who are confused. Even officials who are not confused will do the same. Why, isn't it just to be promoted faster? So
How can we restrict this well? The only way to restrict it is by law. If the benefit of the doubt belongs to the defendant, then this type of officials cannot make unbelievable judgments at will."
Zhao Kai said: "You have a good idea, but those local officials are the masters of one party. If they ignore this law, will every common person go to Beijing to complain? Also, this law is a handful.
It’s a double-edged sword, and some real criminals will also take advantage of this to get away with it.”
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "The emperor can tell these two points, which shows that the emperor has seriously considered it, instead of focusing on Wang Zhongling. Wei Chen almost wrongly blamed the emperor, and Wei Chen asked the emperor to accompany him."
Zhao Kai raised his hand and said: "No, no, don't do this to me. Maybe I will have to compensate you later. You'd better tell me something."
That must be compensated. Li Qi said with a smile: "If the Legislative Yuan is established, it cannot only exist in Bianliang. There will definitely be branches in various places. Because the situation in various places is different, we cannot generalize, such as those in poor and rich places.
Tax laws are all different. If you want a complete set of laws, you must judge based on local conditions, so each state and county must have a legislative body. These people can play a good role
The role of supervision.”
Zhao Kai frowned and said, "I remember you said at the court that day that the Legislative Yuan only has the power to legislate. If they can also participate in review, wouldn't they also have the power to enforce the law?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. The Legislative Yuan must not interfere with the trial, but they must feedback their opinions to the court. For example, the Legislative Yuan has issued a new law. Although this law has been refined over time, it is
Is it really perfect? There is no perfect law in this world, only laws that tend to be perfect. Therefore, every time a law comes out, it must be tested over time to see if this law has flaws. How to find out?
What about these flaws? Naturally, we have to look for them during the trial process. Therefore, during the trial of each case, people from the Legislative Yuan must observe, take notes, and then report back to the capital. However, they only have the right to observe, not
Any right to intervene is left to the county magistrate, who has the final say."
Zhao Kai pondered for a while, nodded and said: "I understand, although the Legislative Yuan does not have the power to intervene in the trial, it has the right to observe and the power to directly submit a letter to the court, which can have a very good deterrent effect."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Your Majesty, this is the reason. In fact, our court already has a supervisory agency, which is the Yushitai. However, the Yushitai must be expanded and strict supervision procedures should be established to play a comprehensive supervisory role.
The Legislative Yuan, Yushitai, and Judicial Yuan check and cooperate with each other to reduce the occurrence of unjust cases."
Zhao Kai hummed and said: "This is a good idea, but the second point is that especially those high-ranking officials, they can also use this law to get away with it."
Li Qidao: "This is the game between the Judicial Yuan and them. Let's see who is smarter. If they don't collude with each other and just rely on the law to get away with it, then I have to say I admire them. There is nothing to say. The law
The law is fair to everyone. Since the law cannot convict you, you are innocent. Then the Legislative Yuan should reflect on this and strive to improve the law. What the court must prevent is the collusion of officials and the reliance on other
It is illegal to use any means to escape guilt.
However, the Legislative Yuan can also act as a deterrent, because the Legislative Yuan is composed of only a few officials and mostly composed of ordinary people, and it is replaced every year or every two years. This can prevent other departments from colluding with the Legislative Yuan. In addition,
There are judicial and supervisory agencies such as the Criminal Division and Yushitai. If they want officials to protect each other, they have to think carefully. Moreover, the Legislative Yuan can also increase the punishment for officials who know the law and break the law to deter these people.
The benefit of the doubt will be given to the defendant, which will save many people from unjust imprisonment. The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages. Using this law as the symbol of the Legislative Yuan can gain the support of many people, and the court can also use the Legislative Yuan to promote the law.
Law, let the people know it well. Regarding the promotion of the law, Weichen also plans to use lawyers to help the court promote it, but this will have to wait until the Legislative Yuan is established before we can discuss it."
Zhao Kai is not a confused emperor, but he is very smart. He was also thinking about Li Qi's words while listening, and his expression gradually softened. Apparently he also felt that Li Qi's words were very reasonable. Unjust cases often occur
It is the source of the riots. When unjust cases force the people to have no choice but to revolt, then there is only an uprising. However, unjust cases and the interests of the rulers are usually not mutually beneficial. Of course, weird emperors like Song Huizong are exceptions. Song Huizong is still in power.
At that time, he was the creator of unjust cases, because he liked to try cases the most, but even during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, many of the unjust cases were not in line with his interests.
This is even more true for Zhao Kai. There are so many unjust cases in the world, which are definitely not what the emperor wants to happen, because they also hurt the emperor's interests. It is very simple. If one person dies, the Song Dynasty will have one less labor force. This is a loss.
Li Qi added: "Your Majesty, the establishment of the Legislative Yuan will not bring any benefit to Wei Chen. On the contrary, there are many restrictions. If Wei Chen just wants to save the right minister, he will never choose such a stupid method. Wei Chen will do it."
All this is for my own good, Da Song."
Of course Li Qi understood why Zhao Kai lost such a temper. The reason was that Zhao Kai really thought the Legislative Yuan was a very good suggestion. He also spent a lot of effort to study it, but when he heard that Li Gang had borrowed
When the Legislative Yuan came to exonerate Wang Zhongling, they thought Li Qi had done all this just for Wang Zhongling. This made him feel like he had been fooled and made him very angry. He was angry not with the Legislative Yuan or Wang Zhongling, but with Li Qi.
Strange motivation.
But after listening to Li Qi's words, he felt that Li Qi had put in a lot of effort, not just for Wang Zhongling, but just to hunt rabbits, and he also understood that the Legislative Yuan put a lot of effort on every official.
As for whether the shackles can be put on his head, it depends on his own will, but it is indeed not a good thing for Li Qi's personal interests, because he must also be restrained by the Legislative Yuan.
"Really?" Zhao Kai raised his eyebrows and asked.
Li Qidao: "If the emperor wants Wei Chen to swear, Wei Chen will not hesitate for a moment."
Zhao Kai waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, I believe you are. So what do you think of Wang Zhongling's case?"
Li Qi lowered his head and said, "I don't dare to comment on my own."
Zhao Kai waved his hand and said impatiently: "I don't know you yet, tell me, tell me."
Li Qidao: "Actually, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice may have already said that Wang Zhongling did neglect his duties and betrayed the emperor's trust in him. There is no way to refute this. Whether he intentionally cheated for personal gain or someone wanted to frame him, the test questions were always leaked.
Yes, this is his fault, and no one else can replace him even if he wants to. As for whether he formed a clique for personal gain, there seems to be no direct evidence to prove it."
Zhao Kai said: "Can't those ten candidates prove it?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "May I ask Your Majesty, can any of the ten candidates testify against the Prime Minister?"
Zhao Kai hesitated for a moment and said: "That's not true."
Li Qidao: "That's it. Since the ten candidates did not testify against the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister has always denied it, and the mysterious man who supported the candidates has not been caught, it seems that there is no evidence to connect those ten candidates with the Prime Minister.
If the relationship between the right minister and the right minister is only based on the Bai family, Wei Chen feels that this is too unfair. Moreover, once this door is opened, the future scientific research may evolve into a battleground for the party.
Presumably the emperor doesn’t want this either.”
Zhao Kai raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, what he said is right. If Wang Zhongling is convicted based on the relationship between the Bai family, wouldn't it become a partisan fight, and the scientific examination will become a mess? This must be stopped.
Things happened. He said: "So what do you want to do? You can rest assured that I will just listen."
Li Qi chuckled and said: "With the emperor's words, I dare to say a few words. In fact, it is very simple. Just punish according to the crime. Whatever crime the right minister has committed, he will be punished." (To be continued.)
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