Due to the fact that there were intermittent connections of the Northwest Army in various places along the way, and because Zhang Wu and others had been taking the way of resting during the day and marching at night, the journey was very smooth, and they did not encounter a large number of officers and soldiers.

Even if a small number of officers and soldiers occasionally pass by, under the advance warning of the scout soldiers in charge of reconnaissance in front, as long as the group hides in advance, they will not be discovered.

After nearly a month of long-distance travel, the group finally arrived at Jiujiang Province by sea.

The moment they got off the boat, Liao, Jian Shuqi, and Jian Shushi were immediately attracted by the busy and prosperous scene in front of them.

I saw that the port was very huge, and it was full of merchant ships full of goods.

Countless porters are loading and unloading goods from the ship like ants under the command of the shipowner.

A large number of horse-drawn or ox-cart carts were parked near the port to carry goods or supplies such as grain and grass.

The ground is all paved with large bluestones, and it is very light for horse-drawn carriages or oxen and horses to walk on, so it will not raise a lot of dust, and it will not be muddy on rainy days, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Don't underestimate this inconspicuous design, just to pave all the bluestone pavement in such a large place, the manpower and material resources consumed are not small.

The whole port was full of people, both workers who were responsible for porters and small traders who did all kinds of small businesses.

People from all over the world are speaking or shouting loudly in different dialects, which is very lively.

Although there were many people, law and order was good, and there were no loud quarrels or fights.

Because there are officers and soldiers patrolling back and forth everywhere, if they encounter a dispute, they will come forward to check and stop it.

But even so, Jian Shuqi still saw that two businessmen were arguing for some reason, and even the officers and soldiers stepped forward to dissuade them and could not calm their anger.

Finally, one of the merchants shouted: "You scoundrel, there is a kind of we will go to the officials." ”

Not to be outdone, another businessman said, "Just go, I thought I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to." ”

The two of them were arguing like this while walking towards the yamen not far away.

Seeing this scene, Jian Shuqi was very surprised.

Because in other parts of the Great Wei Dynasty, seeing officials is never a trivial matter, and if you encounter corrupt officials or unscrupulous officials, they will often fall to the point of bankruptcy.

The so-called yamen is open, and there is no reason to come in without money.

Although this is not the case for all yamen, no one wants to go to court unless they are forced to do so.

But these two businessmen seem to be going to see officials just because they can't get along with business problems, aren't they afraid that the gains outweigh the losses?

For this reason, Jian Shuqi deliberately asked Su Zihang beside him this question.

Su Zihang explained with a smile: "Lord Huijian, in the northwest and northeast, seeing officials is not such a terrible thing, and many people have long been surprised.

First, when the government was adjudicating a case, the yamen was open and anyone was allowed to enter and watch, which greatly reduced the number of black-box operations.

Second, not far from the yamen is the Supervision Department of the Integrity Society, which every official hears about, and if a person feels that the county official's judgment is unfair, he can go to the Integrity Society to report it at any time.

Once a report is received, the Society will send someone to investigate the matter.

With such a big Buddha staring at all the time, naturally no official dares to arbitrarily engage in favoritism

Of course, unless there is a dispute that cannot be mediated, ordinary people are not willing to go to the government to litigate.

Because the government clearly stipulates that anyone who loses the lawsuit must pay the court fee and litigation fee to the yamen.

Most of this money will be used as official expenses for the yamen, and a small part will be included in the officials' salaries.

Therefore, the judges of the yamen are eager to have lawsuits to fight every day, so that they can have additional income. ”

"Judge? What is a judge? Isn't it the magistrate himself who is in charge of adjudicating the case? ”

"Unlike other places here, Jiujiang is not the magistrate who is in charge of adjudicating the case, but a new official named the judge.

The judge is only responsible for hearing and adjudicating cases, and is not involved in other affairs, and is subordinate to and under the direct jurisdiction of the Criminal Department.

The establishment of a judge who is specifically responsible for adjudicating cases is a new suggestion made by our family to Dashuai, and it will be tried on this side of Jiujiang for the time being.

It has now been trialled in Jiujiang for almost a year, and if all goes well, it will be implemented throughout the northeast and then spread to the northwest.

My family once said that professional things should be done by professional people.

Whether the judgment is fair depends on the professionalism and impartiality of the person who adjudicates the case, so it must be done by a special official, and then supervised by the Integrity Society.

On the other hand, the county needs to manage local government affairs, and when dealing with local scholars or wealthy gentry for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be personal favors and even money exchanges, which can easily affect the fairness of the judgment.

Therefore, it is necessary to set up a special judge to be responsible for hearing and adjudicating cases, so as to ensure the fairness of the judgment to the greatest extent. ”

Jian Shuqi exclaimed: "A good sentence of professional things should be handed over to professional people to do." The system of judges proposed by your family is indeed exquisite.

Separating the power to adjudicate cases from the county magistrate and leaving it to other officials should be able to greatly reduce the number of unjust and wrongful convictions. ”

"Yes, since the advent of this judge, many cases have been tried cleanly, and the people have applauded.

There is an interesting case recently, and many people are still talking about it. ”

"What's so interesting about this case?" Jian Shuqi asked with some curiosity.

Liao and Jian Shushi, who were sitting in the carriage because it was inconvenient to show their faces, couldn't help but listen curiously.

Su Zihang explained: "That's the case, a while ago, a man lost a money bag with more than 20 taels of silver.

An honest farmer picked up the money bag, and instead of taking it privately, he stood there waiting for the owner to come back and claim it.

Unemployed, finding that he had lost his purse, hurried back to look for it, and soon saw the peasants waiting there.

When the peasants saw that he was the owner, they simply returned the money bag to him.

Originally, the matter had ended here, and the peasants had done a good deed, and they had lost their jobs and got their lost property back, which was a great joy for everyone.

But the man suddenly had bad intentions, saying that there was originally a silver ticket of one hundred taels in the money bag, but now he couldn't find it, and it must be the peasant who was greedy for ink, and asked the peasant to compensate him.

Of course, the peasant did not admit it, and the two sides quarreled like this, and finally went to court.

Master Jane, guess what the judge did? ”

Jian Shuqi thought for a moment before saying: "If that farmer is greedy for ink, where will he stay where he is and wait for the owner to come back and claim it."

It was clearly the insatiable greed of the owner that framed the peasant for stealing his silver ticket.

Although the case is clear, the problem is that the money bag belongs to the owner, and only he knows how much money is inside. If he insisted that there was a silver ticket of one hundred taels in it, it would be really difficult to explain clearly.

On the peasant's side, he did not have any physical evidence to prove that he did not take anything out of the money bag.

Evidentially, the owner is dominant.

If you are unlucky and meet a faint official, it is really possible to win the lawsuit.

If it were to be judged by me, I would have asked the owner to provide the human and physical evidence that there were indeed one hundred taels of silver in the money bag.

If he could not provide it, the case would not be established, and the farmer would naturally be not guilty.

Commander Su, did the judge judge like this? ”

Su Zihang said with a smile: "The judge didn't do this, he judged it like this."

He said that since the owner claimed that there were more than 120 taels of silver in the money bag, but the peasant found only more than 20 taels of silver, this showed that the money bag was not the one that the owner had lost.

The owner can continue to go back to find the money bag containing more than 120 taels, and this money bag, which is only more than 20 taels, is temporarily kept by the peasants, waiting for the real owner to claim it. If no one comes to claim it within half a year, the money will go to the peasants.

Therefore, the owner lost the case, the farmer won the case, and the case ended. ”

Jian Shuqi couldn't help but clap his hands and praised: "Wonderful, really wonderful, this verdict is too wonderful." ”

Liao and Jian Shushi, who were sitting in the carriage, also felt that this verdict was simply miraculous, which not only restored the innocence of the peasant, but also punished the greedy owner, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Su Zihang said with a smile: "This case was indeed judged well, so it quickly spread throughout Jiujiang, and everyone praised the judge as a real Qingtian master." ”

"So that's the case, no wonder they dare to go to court so easily.

In my opinion, this judge is one thing, but more importantly, it is the supervisory role played by the Integrity Society in this that is the real key.

After all, not every official is as shrewd and fair as this judge, and in case of a faint official or even a corrupt official who does not know the right and wrong, it is inevitable that there will be unjust and wrongful convictions.

The reason why there are so many corrupt officials in Great Wei is because there is no one to supervise them.

Although the officials will inspect the political achievements of officials at all levels, and the supervision of the Imperial History Observatory will review the files of various places through 'brushing the scrolls', this is an expedient measure that the distant water cannot save the fire.

Only the clean and honest societies that have set up supervision of hundreds of officials in various places are the nemesis of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

The more I think about this clean society, the more I feel that this system is very exquisite.

If I had the chance, I would like to visit the master who came up with this system and ask him for advice. ”

Hearing this, Su Zihang and Zhang Wu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Jian Shuqi looked at them with some puzzlement.

Su Zihang endured a smile with some hard work and said, "Lord Jane, don't you know that the person who proposed this system is none other than our family?" ”

"What, the system of the clean and honest society was proposed by Ah Zhen?" Jian Shuqi asked with a shocked expression.

Su Zihang said proudly: "Yes, the idea of forming a hundred officials to supervise the integrity society was indeed proposed by our family to the marshal a few years ago, and it caused a great shock among the officials at that time.

Later, with the full support of the commander, it began to be implemented in the northwest, and it was gradually implemented in the northeast a year later.

Since the establishment of this clean and honest society, all local officials have clamped their tails and behaved carefully, and they no longer dare to exploit the people and businessmen arbitrarily as before, which can be described as applauded by the people.

Not only the system of the clean and honest society, but also the new system of selecting officials, although not the first to be proposed by our family, but it was carefully improved by our adults that it became what it is today. ”

After listening to Su Zihang, Jian Shuqi's whole person fell into shock.

He didn't expect that he hadn't seen him in just a few years, and it turned out that his friends had already shown their strength in the northwest and northeast and soared into the sky.