Chapter 420: The Case

When he is free, Li Xin will have time to take a look around Guanzhong! Although it is said that since he won Guanzhong, he has been going to various places to inspect almost every year over the years. But this place in Guanzhong seems to change a lot every year. In addition, in the past, it was usually inspected at the end of the year, but now it is observed in the spring, and the nature that is seen in front of you is a different scene.

"Behold, the crops in this field are growing well! In another month or two, the harvest should be ready. Out of Chang'an City, Li Xin took his six sons and them to the west, along Weishui, all the way slowly forward. After seeing the situation in the fields on both sides of the strait, Li Xin couldn't help but be happy.

"There was no snow and ice last year, and this year's rain is just right, so this year's harvest should be good! If there can be such a year every year, the life of the common people will be better! From this point of view, when local officials govern, they are also quite effective! After all, when we first took Guanzhong, the place was very remote, where is it like now! The sixth son replied on the side.

I think that when the Huashan Army had just taken Fengyi County, Li Xin took people to Xiayang County to inspect. At night, I passed by a field and abandoned village, and as a result, I saw phosphorus fires everywhere, which frightened all the soldiers.

At that time, Li Xin also gave them a good science popularization, letting everyone know that this was not a ghost. Thinking about that time, and thinking about it now, it has only been two or three years, but Guanzhong can't see that kind of scene now.

Because with the increasing population, the fields have been utilized, and some abandoned villages, some abandoned fields, have also been repopulated.

In addition, in the past two or three years, the Huashan Army has never stopped repairing water conservancy in various parts of Guanzhong, so the level of water and drought has been continuously improved.

The land in Guanzhong was originally saline, and it was not very suitable for farming. However, later in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Qin State continued to operate this place, and slowly used the water source to improve the land in Guanzhong, until the time of the Two Jin Dynasty, after a long period of changes, it has become a fertile soil.

Under the rule of the Huashan Army, Guanzhong was the largest granary, and it belonged to Hedong. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that the land of Guanzhong is the base of the Huashan Army.

It was the end of February, and if it was the Gregorian calendar of the future, it would have been more than March. At this time, the wheat is growing well, and it will be harvested soon.

It is precisely because of this that when you are walking on the road, you can see many people busy in the fields.

Li Xin and the others passed by this field, and the people next to them only glanced at it, and then lowered their heads and went to work. After all, now that there are endless business trips coming and going from all over Guanzhong, the people have long been accustomed to it, so no one recognizes Li Xinlai.

Li Xin has always liked to do the matter of private interviews with Weifu. After all, he felt that many things were always better understood by listening than by himself. The officials below said one thing in the official documents, but after reading it myself, I'm afraid it's another thing.

Since you have time, you should go out and walk around a little bit to know how the people are living and how the government is administering in various places.

Otherwise, what is the difference between him and those emperors who grew up in the deep palace? In the previous dynasty, there was an Emperor Jin Hui who didn't eat minced meat, which is a vivid example!

If you go west out of Chang'an City, there are only two counties, namely Fufeng County and Shiping County. Among them, Fufeng County is larger, while Siping County is relatively much smaller.

The reason why Li Xin went west this time, instead of going east to Feng Yi and other places, was mainly because he wanted to stop by the Guanshan Racecourse to have a look, and if he walked from this side, it happened to be just a stop.

When they set out, they traveled west along the south side of Weishui, and soon entered the territory of Fufeng County. Along the way, they will basically go in and have a look at the counties they pass.

On the whole, the situation in each county is not bad, especially the problem of public security, which is relatively stable.

Li Xin is still very satisfied with this. After all, if you want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, the first thing is to ensure the stability of all places. Otherwise, the thieves will not stop there, the strongmen will run rampant in the market, and the common people will not dare to go out, so how can they talk about life.

Because they often stayed, this speed was naturally not fast, and it took two days for them to reach the territory of Yixian. There are no special problems in this county, so after Li Xin saw it, he didn't plan to stay longer, and when he saw that it was still early, he was ready to rush directly to the next stop, Chencang County.

"Hey, why are these people running in one direction? What's going on? When the people were still in the city and did not leave, Li Xin suddenly saw that the people around him seemed to be attracted by something, and he couldn't help but be curious.

Liuzi hurriedly asked the people around him, and then came back to report: "I heard that someone in the county government is complaining, and the county magistrate is trying the case!" ”

Hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help but become interested. Although I have entered a lot of counties along the way, I really haven't seen this complaint. Now that I've encountered it, I naturally have to go and see it.

"Let's go, let's go over and have a look!" Li Xin said, and then took the six sons and followed the people over.

The county seat of Yixian County is not particularly large, so any slightest disturbance will alarm the people in the county. After all, as soon as the drum at the yamen sounded, it could be said that the sound spread throughout the city.

At any time, Chinese people have the habit of watching lively, especially in ancient times, when there was not much leisure and entertainment at all.

It is said that the matter of beating drums and singing grievances has existed since the time of Han Gaozu. After the establishment of the Huashan Army, the system was gradually improved, and this set of crucial judicial trial system naturally could not be missing.

Moreover, Li Xin also borrowed some experience from some measures in later generations, so there were some differences between the official offices in various places under the rule of the Huashan Army and the official offices in Jiangzuo Yanguo and other places.

For example, when trying a case, generally speaking, only those major cases will open the middle door so that outsiders can see the situation inside. Otherwise, in ordinary cases, the middle door is closed.

However, when Li Xin first checked the system, after discovering this article, he specially ordered that when all cases were tried in the yamen, except for some special cases, the door must be completely opened. Moreover, the people could watch the whole process of the trial from outside the gates, as long as they did not interfere with the trial.

The main reason for doing this is that he wants to use the people to play a supervisory role in the administration of the Huashan Army. After all, once this kind of thing happens, it will definitely spread in the whole process, and it will spread farther and farther.

If an official's verdict is difficult to convince the public and the people do not understand, then the official's reputation may not be good in the future. In the assessment of officials, the official reputation of officials in the local area is also a key point of assessment, which can have an impact on their promotion.

The other can also test whether officials can still obey the law when facing the people. Will it be because of the oppression of public opinion under certain circumstances, so that it is to please the people and do things that violate the law?

It can be said that this is a system of mutual constraints. Although this approach does not necessarily make the judiciary completely clear, it can at least present the trial process to the people to the greatest extent, so that everyone can know the details.

In one respect, this is also a good measure for the promotion of the law. Many cases were widely circulated through the mouths of the people, and the effect was much better than the boring propaganda of the government.

When Li Xin and the others rushed outside the yamen, the gate of the county yamen was already surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. There were also many people who were coming from other places, and it was as if they were looking at something rare.

If there were six sons in them, Li Xin would easily stand at the forefront. There was no way, he also wanted to see how the officials under him handled the case, especially when the law of the Criminal Department had just been introduced for more than a year. I have to use some means to put myself in an advantageous position.

The court is relatively simple, and the county magistrate of Yixian County is a middle-aged man in his thirties, and he looks quite stable when he looks at his appearance. At this time, he was looking at the complaint sent by the plaintiff.

The trial of cases by officials at this time was different from that in the future, mainly because many things had not yet been invented at this time. For example, the kind of high-level cases that are common on TV have not yet appeared at this time.

If it weren't for the popularity of beard stools in the north, and Li Xin had come up with some new things over the years, I was afraid that the county commanders would have to sit on their knees and try the case.

There were two people kneeling below, and the one to the left of the county order was a man in his early forties, and the people who arrived first next to him said that it was the plaintiff. Next to him, an old farmer in his fifties with gray hair, was the defendant.

The people around were quietly discussing this matter, so Li Xin soon knew what the content of this case was.

It's easy to say, but it's just two families fighting for a piece of land. Because they insisted on each other's words and could not get into a dispute, they brought the lawsuit to the county government. After all, the fields are the source of food and clothing for the people, and no one can compromise on this issue.

But one thing that is different in this case is that the plaintiff is not a native of Guanzhong.