Zhang Fei turned his head and looked at Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian said: "The imperial court in the capital has just received an appeal from Chen Zhihua, the magistrate of Haimen County."

Zhang Fei said in surprise: "The county magistrate's appeal?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded and said: "It is said that County Magistrate Chen concealed the news of his father's death and was reported to the procuratorate."

Zhang Fei asked: "Why did he hide it?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "According to our Dingyou system, when his father dies, he must go home to Dingyou, but this will definitely affect his career."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Yes, keep your filial piety, so what is the reason for his appeal?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "He said he didn't know anything about it."

Zhang Fei said: "Since you don't know anything about it, it doesn't count as concealment."

Xu Zhiqian said: "But it is said that the procuratorate could not find any evidence that he did not know anything about it."

Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Do you think this case will be brought to our highest court?"

"possible."

Xu Zhiqian said: "Because Mr. Zhao will most likely convict Chen Zhihua of the crime."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "We'll see then. We don't know what the situation is yet."

...

Returning home in the evening, Zhang Fei asked Xu Zun about the matter again.

"I also received Chen Zhihua's complaint today." Xu Zun nodded.

Zhang Fei asked: "Is he really ignorant?"

Xu Zundao: "This is actually not important."

Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"

Xu Zundao: "During Huangyou's reign, an official in Yizhou was reported because he did not know that his mother had died. Although the court found out that he did not know, he was still dismissed from office.

The reason is that the court believed that the reason why he was unaware was because he did not care about his elderly mother, which cannot be used as a reason.

Therefore, in this legislation, the Legislative Council has detailed provisions on this. If there is no clear evidence to prove actual knowledge, a one-year information period can be given. However, if it exceeds one year, regardless of whether there is evidence or not, it is considered concealment.

Report. Of course, some special circumstances can be exempted. First of all, this law also inherits the previous system. Military generals do not need Ding You, and officials in important border towns do not need Ding You, but they must report to the court. However, Chen Zhihua’s situation does not

Not among them."

Zhang Fei said: "What my father-in-law said made me somewhat impressed. At that time, I thought this law was a bit self-inflicted. After all, this is a family matter. No matter how complicated the law is, it is difficult to supervise and perfect it, let alone provide guidance."

A fair answer. But those old masters were very excited about the discussion, including the rich man, so I didn’t say much."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu Zun also said with emotion: "This matter is really not that simple."

Zhang Fei asked: "Are there any other reasons?"

Xu Zundao: "Just take the Yizhou judge I mentioned before. He was only impeached when he was promoted. Many wise and capable ministers also fell to Ding You. This has become a struggle in the court.

It is a means. I heard that Haimen County has developed rapidly under Chen Zhihua's governance, especially Chen Zhihua's vigorous efforts to build ports and carry out maritime trade. Haimen County's tax revenue has more than tripled compared to two years ago.

Chen Zhihua did not say it clearly in the complaint, but he hinted that the tax policy in Haimen County was much better than that of surrounding counties and counties. If he went home to Dingyou, his efforts would be in vain, and someone was deliberately trying to punish him.

In addition, Chen Zhihua was promoted by Wang Jiefu."

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "This is really complicated."

Xu Zundao said: "If this matter really reaches the Supreme Court, you should handle it carefully. Our court has always advocated governing the world with filial piety."

Zhang Fei nodded, "Yes, I will handle it carefully."

...

After dinner, the family and their three children played in the backyard. Now Zhang Xing and the others have grown up and like to run around and play games with Li Si, Xiao Tao and the others.

While Gao Wenyin and Mu Zhen were playing with the children, Xu Zhiqian came to Zhang Fei, gently took his arm and said, "I see that you don't seem to have any confidence in this lawsuit."

Zhang Fei glanced at her and said, "It's not that I don't have any confidence, but this kind of case is inherently the most complicated and cannot be decided by the chief judge."

Xu Zhiqian asked curiously: "Why?"

Zhang Fei said: "Mother loves her son, and her son loves her mother. This kind of love is a natural consensus. And keeping filial piety is just a form of expressing love. Why should we have this form? In fact, it is the integration of Confucianism

Concrete. Otherwise, any thought will appear very empty and will not be able to penetrate people's hearts.

But with the popularization of Confucianism, this form has become a habit, a matter of course, or it is correct. The law cannot determine whether an attribute is correct and whether a behavior is illegal, especially this behavior, or

Based on a certain sense of justice."

Xu Zhiqian listened with half-understanding and said: "Then what do you think?"

Zhang Fei said: "Do you still remember the matricide case in Guixiang?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "How did I deal with it at the beginning?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "You...you invited the jury to help you make a judgment."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "It can be seen that it is not important what the president of the court thinks about this kind of case. What is important is what everyone thinks. I am the president of the court, not a saint.

I have said more than once that there is no perfect system or perfect thought in this world, but the interesting thing is that it is often difficult for us to extract the essence and remove the dross from our thoughts, because when you remove the dross, you may also remove the essence.

get rid.

Believe it or not, if the Dingyou system is abolished rashly, filial piety will gradually be compressed, and the impact on the entire society will be much greater than we personally imagine.

Just like the Public Security Bureau, according to the system of the Public Security Bureau, some bad guys may be spared, but when you want to remedy the situation, you will often remove the most essential things of the Public Security Law.

To be honest, I do not support the Dingyou system, but in this case, I will respect everyone's opinions more instead of making decisions based on my own ideas."

Xu Zhiqian nodded thoughtfully, "Can't we improve this? The Dingyou system is to reflect filial piety and cannot be used as a tool for party struggle."

Zhang Fei nodded and added: "But this is not something that the Chief Justice can improve. It needs the support of the general public. It may be more complicated to deal with it."

...

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"Xueshi Wang is really a wonderful writer, concise and concise. If people from Liao Dynasty see this article, they will regard it as a treasure!"

Zhang Fei put down the article and turned to Wang Anshi with admiration.

In order to confuse the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty also spent a lot of money, which was reflected in all aspects of military, administrative, legal, and propaganda.

We hope that the Liao Kingdom can use tax coins as soon as possible.

"okay."

Wang Anshi said: "You are now the president of the court, do you still have to flatter me?"

Zhang Fei said aggrievedly: "Sincerely."

Wang Anshi said: "Do you know how to appreciate it?"

"Everyone agrees."

"...!"

Wang Anshi was speechless for a while and said: "In terms of publicity, you can do whatever you say. In addition, do you know about the case of the Haimen County magistrate?"

Zhang Fei nodded, "I've heard a little bit about it."

Wang Anshi said: "This is purely political persecution. Chen Zhihua is working hard in Haimen County, and the local tax revenue has increased significantly. It can be seen that the local people live a prosperous life. If he is punished just because he did not know the news of his father's death, this is simply framing Zhongliang."

."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Xueshi Wang, you are interfering with the judiciary."

"I'm just chatting, I'm not asking you to do anything." Wang Anshi added, "Is it possible that our relationship is so unfamiliar that we can only talk about business matters."

"of course not."

Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "But Academician Wang needs to know that I am just the president of the court. I do not have the power to change the law. The law is just like this. I have no choice, although I also think this is open to question."

Wang Anshi said: "You are the founder of the legal system."

Zhang Fei said: "But the legal system must also be based on Confucianism. It's useless for you to tell me about this."

Wang Anshi heard the implication and said, "Who should I talk to?"

Zhang Fei said: "Common people."

"People?"

"right."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "In a case like this, public opinion is crucial. And in this case, the biggest beneficiaries are the people of Haimen County."

Wang Anshi said: "If public opinion is favorable to Chen Zhihua, you...!"

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "This is against the rules."

...
To be continued...