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"I sue!"

"it is good!"

The trial of the case was conducted in the Shanxi Court of Taiyuan Prefecture.

In the past, the strict rules and regulations of the county grandpa's hall in the Ming Empire have long since disappeared, and there is still the power of the local magistrate's judicial administration.Even Qu Shixu, the governor of a province and a first-rank cabinet minister who is dealing with military pressure from the north, has no right to interfere with the judiciary!The judicial power of the entire Ming Dynasty was completely independent. The Ministry of Punishment of the capital, the Dali Temple and the three yamen of the Sanfa Division jointly controlled the jurisdiction. supervision.

Moreover, these judges and prosecutors are still rotated every three years, and no one is a lifetime partner with anyone. It is uncertain what area they will be assigned to, which minimizes the possibility of collusion between judges and local governments.

For this case, the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Yushitai also sent two new judges and prosecutors, namely Song Weilong, the judicial judge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, who was the number one criminal subject in the capital area, and who was from the Qing Dynasty and did not belong to the old royal family. Chen Yuting, the old censor of the party.

He has been in the press for a long time, and has also reported on the key points of their trial. Chang Ping still trusts the impartiality of the two of them.

It’s a bit like the British courts of later generations. At the top are the trial judge’s seat and the prosecutor’s seat, which represents that only the law is the highest above the court! Han Xiaomo, the plaintiff, stood on the right platform. As the defendant, Cao Sanxi and others did not appear in court Instead, Fang Tangjing, a litigator from the Shanxi Merchants Guild, was appointed to appear in court, and the other defendant, the entire Shanxi officialdom, was specially appointed Li Jianxun, the prefect of Datong, to appear in court. Although the two parties were plaintiffs and defendants, they were on equal footing.

Not to mention that the government became the defendant, and had to appear in court obediently. Even in the Kaihong years of Haiguo ruled by Mao Jue, this was the first time in the world, and all of Mao Jue's plans were used. As a force of public opinion, Shanxi current affairs, The Commercial Daily, the Rulin Daily, and her Changping Didu Daily, a large group of reporters holding small notebooks as the jury, appeared in the jury behind.

The big-brimmed lady hat was replaced by the commonly used reporter hat, and she was replaced by a spirited plaid shirt and overalls. Anyway, it was the reporter's professional attire that Mao Jue mentioned. Watching the judge above smash the gavel heavily, Zhu Ping's The expression also became excited, just like the fighting girl in Gong Ji, she raised the pen with full aura.

"The court session!!!"

7Chapter 17. Shady

What Long Live the Ming Dynasty, what Your Majesty’s Holy Ming, after a bunch of flattering Mao Jue had to say before the trial and had no use for political nonsense, under Chang Ping’s confident eyes, Song Weilong, the fifth-rank judge with a black gauze hat and wings trembling He slapped the gavel hard again, and his eyes fell on the plaintiff's bench like a torch. The resonant voice shook the whole court and could clearly hear it.

"The plaintiff, Han Xiaomo, a Baoktu citizen, please state the case!"

The imprint of this era is still not so easy to fade away. I was so frightened by the voice that my legs went limp and I almost knelt on the ground. I looked back at Chang Ping's encouraging eyes and forced the fear in my heart. With a trembling voice, he began to narrate hastily.

"Reporting to my lord, on March [-]th of the first year of Haiguo Kaihong, Fulihang, which had been doing business with our coal mine, suddenly stopped purchasing coal, and then sent people to buy our coal mine. But the coal mine is Bao Ketu Bansheng. The only way to survive for the common people, our chief, Brother Angeturi, flatly refused."

"On March 25th, the Zhalut tribe, which we had beaten away, suddenly came back and surrounded the coal mine. Brother Angeturi organized everyone to defend, and at the same time asked Brother Li Wei and the others to ride horses to break Luguan for help. On March 28th, The officers and soldiers of Poluguan marched into Baoketu, but after these people entered the coal mine, Cao Sanxi, Boss Cao, came forward and asked us to withdraw from the coal mine, saying that the coal mine had been confiscated by the imperial court! Brother Angeturi was not convinced, To drive them out, the officers and soldiers arrested more than 60 old coal mine managers, took away the mining license issued to us by Mr. Wen Meng, and then let the Mongols in!"

The voice here was already trembling with grief and anger, and her life had suddenly changed dramatically. The little girl Han Xiaomo had tears in her eyes, her gaze turned to the dock miserably, and she continued to say, full of grievances: "It's been more than a year. , Our department raised money to sue the government in Shanxi, but no one is willing to uphold justice for us! Up to now, there are still many old men in the mines in Anggetur who are still imprisoned in Dai County Prison!"

"I beg your lord to uphold justice for the women of the people!"

Excited hands were pressed on the plaintiff's seat, Han Xiaomo's small face was full of misery, and she begged tremblingly.

In the rustling voice, a large group of reporters recorded it one after another. The judge and prosecutor pondered for a while, and then the justice's voice softened a little, and asked again: "Plaintiff, do you have any evidence for the case you are suing?"

"Every descendant of Ban Sheng who worked in the Baoketu Coal Mine can testify!"

These words made the judge frowned a little. Fortunately, at this time, Chang Ping raised his little hand behind and shouted loudly: "Before the Shanxi Merchants Guild contracted to build the Baoketu Coal Mine, there were already Polu Pass. According to the records of customs coal sales into Shanxi, according to the wartime regulations, without the business license issued by Shanxi Governor Wen Mengwen at that time, it is not allowed to enter the customs trade. From here, it can prove the property rights of Angeturi and other Bansheng people! "

"And mines and pastures, from the second year of enlightenment, have to report to the capital treasury of the capital. Even if the property rights certificate is robbed, the judge can also go to the capital to transfer files. At the beginning, these were Yumen Gong, the governor of the three sides, Wen Mengwen. If you handle it, your lord can also write the three-sided governor's mansion and get the original copy!"

Logically speaking, Zhu Yuhui is not a litigator, she has no right to speak, but she is Ming Guifei, even if the two judges and prosecutors belong to the kind of upright and upright people, they have no choice but to endure it at this time, and this physical evidence is indeed important. Judge Song Weilong and After prosecutor Chen Yuting exchanged a few words in a low voice, he immediately slapped the gavel hard.

"The appellant's material evidence, I will send someone to collect the evidence, now it's the defendant's turn to defend, what objection do you have to the plaintiff's accusation?"

"Your Honor, although I am not the person involved, in my opinion, what this girl said is pure nonsense!"

Li Jianxun, the magistrate of Datong, also looked aggrieved. He is a dignified sixth-rank local official, and he is quite old. He actually has to stand in court as a defendant. Holding back his wrinkled old face, Li Jianxun angrily picked up a bundle from his feet and placed it on the dock with a bang.

"This is the first year of Haiguo Kaihong. In March [-] of the Yellow Emperor's Era, there is no record of sending troops out of Shanxi's frontier pass. This is a document affiliated with the Ministry of War. Because of the needs of the case, Shanxi Governor Qu Daren This is borrowed from Shanxi Commander-in-Chief, General Kaiyuan Gong Tiantao!"

"This is the arrest record of the Shanxi Public Security Bureau on Anggeturi and others. The place where they were arrested was not Baoketu, but the Juhu Fort inside the side wall. They were charged with smuggling! Master Changping just said that the wartime regulations , not our Daming licensed merchants are not allowed to enter the customs trade, because these people do not have a business license, they climbed over the gap in the border wall of Sanshanling to enter the customs and smuggled, and were taken down by the border police. Here is the transcript of the Juhubao Police Station at that time Then the judgment of the Datong Town Court, and the acceptance certificate of the Dai County Prison!"

Hearing this, Chang Ping couldn't stand it anymore, and asked rather annoyed: "Master Li, you are the mayor of Datong Border Town, and you have been in charge of Border Trade for many years. , is this reasonable?"

"These are the records of the police department under the Dali Temple and the judicial department under the Ministry of Punishment. Concubine Ming, you were the one who witnessed it back then. Do you have any idea whether my Shanxi government has the ability to make fakes here?"

Li Jianxun responded unceremoniously, but Chang Ping was speechless.

After the last Zhengcheng County case, Mao Jue ascended the throne and completely separated the local military power, judicial power and administrative power. If there is such a behavior, the accusation of a seventh-rank judge is enough to make him unable to bear the burden, and today's imperial examinations are layer upon layer of examiners, breaking the relationship between teachers and teachers in the old Ming Dynasty, and the old Ming's kind of cronies between teachers and students It no longer exists now, and it is unlikely that Qu Shiqi would use his personal relationship to influence the judges below. However, Chang Ping is not too panicked when things come to this. After all, although rights cannot be affected, it does not mean that money cannot be affected. There is still a rich man from the Shanxi Merchants Guild, and these may be faked.

But she holds the entry records of Polu Pass in her hand, as well as the records of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Wenmeng Governor's Mansion. These are ironclad evidence, and all of them have to be at the level of six ministers, which can only be accessed by ministers in charge of the cabinet. She is not afraid of falsification!

After choking for a while, Chang Ping snorted coldly, then angrily picked up the press release and recorded it.

Next came the defense of the Shanxi Merchants Guild, the defendant, but Fang Tangjing, a well-known litigator in Shanxi, didn’t say much. He just took out the franchise certificate issued by the Shanxi Governor’s Mansion to the Shanxi Merchants Guild to prove that they Legality in the Bauktu Coal Mine.

The two judges lowered their heads and started discussing in a low voice. During the period, they also dug out a few quotations from the new version of the Great Ming Law. After about five or six minutes, Justice Song Weilong picked up the gavel and slapped it hard.

"There is not enough evidence in court to pronounce a verdict. The judge will collect the evidence within six days, and the court will be held in six days! Due to the special nature of the trial, the plaintiff and the defendant are not allowed to leave Taiyuan City. They stay in the nearest Taiyuan guest house and wait for the court to summon them at any time!"

"Retire!!!"

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This is a milestone case not only in Ming Dynasty, but also in the past dynasties. Xiaomin sued the government of the whole province. Although today's court trial did not produce results, various newspapers and periodicals were still very excited to sort out the press releases and leave the house. , and a dozen representatives of local entrepreneurs who followed the jury were also whispering.

On the other side, after leaving the court, two bailiffs accompanied Han Xiaomo out of the house. Although she was the plaintiff, once it was proved that she was a false accusation, she would have to pay a huge legal responsibility, so her personal freedom was temporarily monitored and controlled.

But it's okay, it's just that I can't go out, it's more comfortable than being tied up and trained by this little pervert Chiyohime for several days.

After saying goodbye to her and comforting her twice, Chang Ping also sorted out the press release and went out, reviewing the article she had just written while walking, and walked to the side of the carriage. After reviewing almost, she handed it to the subordinate reporter , opened his mouth and ordered: "Send it to the capital, and send it out with the third page headlines!"

After finishing her job, she was holding on to the handrail of the carriage. Zhu Yuhui was about to get into the carriage, but she was surprised that another reporter under her command, the rather sturdy and thick Xu Hei, was swaying around with a fat belly, panting from the The street ran over.

"My lord editor!!!"

This fat black man was a logistics reporter who accompanied Chiyohime on vacation in Datong. Seeing his anxious appearance, Chang Ping's heart skipped a beat!

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He didn't even have time to eat, and drove the carriage, Chang Ping ran all night and half the day, his eyes were bloodshot, he rushed back to Datong City anxiously, and returned to Donglaishun Dasha shop at noon.

The wooden stakes pulled the cloth strips, and surrounded the entire entrance of the Dasa store. The glass of the restaurant on the second floor was all broken, and the pieces fell downstairs. There was still blood dripping there. It was a few town policemen. Wearing a black head-catching soap suit, the vigilant patrol was there.

After revealing his identity, Chang Ping rushed in. At the intersection of the lobby and the accommodation area on the second floor, several human figures and purple-black bloodstains drawn with chalk on the ground were shocking. The wall was full of bullet holes. In such a hurry that even the accompanying personnel were thrown away, Chang Ping quickly ran to the third floor.

Fortunately, Chiyohime is fine, with a pale face, clutching her round belly, she was sitting on the big bed in the hotel with a dull expression, listening to the door being pushed open suddenly, she just came back to her senses Come, but looking at Chang Ping's concerned and tired little face, she flattened her little mouth and cried out loud.

"Sister Changping, I'm sorry! The box you gave me has been robbed!!!"

Her head was confused for a moment, she staggered a step, and supported the door, Chang Ping regained her composure, but her heart sank completely.

What a ruthless method! ! !

Chapter 748. Take a turn for the worse

Beiming under Mao Jue's rule has reached the point of peace and prosperity, making people forget that this is still a medieval feudal era.

A total of 31 gangsters broke into Donglaishun blatantly in broad daylight with hand crossbows and early-stage short-fired blunderbusses. The hair was so sudden that the two guards had just had time to pull Chiyohime back from the swimming pool, and the red box containing the evidence was snatched away!