Article 147 Litigation

Finally solved the big problem of nail households in the road repair project, Shi Bin was very happy, and in the past few days, he has been reviewing official documents and humming the song "Peach Blossoms Blooming", which claims to be created by him.

made his subordinates admire him, and sighed that his own adults were not only capable of both civil and military affairs, but also elegant. That is, Jia Ling and Wang San are secretly laughing behind their backs, but snickering is not so stupid that they will come out and dismantle the stage.

Looking at the columns of traditional Chinese official documents from right to left, he was semi-literate and had suffered enough, and if it weren't for his 'big ambitions', he would have wanted to slip away with his two wives and sons right now.

On this day, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and didn't want to see the dazzling official document anymore, so he changed into a set of civilian clothes and slipped out of the side door.

is a big stomach and a greedy snake, and he has stuffed a lot of snacks in his mouth along the way, and he is happy to eat. After all, there is still him in this Tanzhou, and it will not be as chaotic as other places.

Before the self-absorption was over, there was a dispute not far away, but it didn't seem to be intense, and Shi Bin didn't bother to care. Where can there be no disputes? Now that the troubled times are even more quarrelsome, as long as you can have something to eat, it's good.

"Then the rich man Li is also a little too domineering, and he bought three steamed buns from Liu Laohan with a copper plate." An old woman on the side of the road muttered quietly.

"That is, no matter how you say the three steamed buns, you should give two pennies, let that Liu Laohan return the capital, and don't be so black." The other daughter-in-law chimed in.

"One copper plate, three steamed buns, two coins, three steamed buns"? This can make Shi Bin, a person who does not have a very accurate understanding of the purchasing power of a copper plate, a little confused.

From a distance, the old man Liu didn't seem to be much depressed, but he did suffer a loss. Most of the people on the side were obviously comforting him, and a small number were encouraging him to sue the official, telling him not to swallow his anger so much.

Shi Bin had never seen this kind of thing, because one or two pennies to sue the official made him feel unheard of, and he even thought that the person who encouraged Old Man Liu to sue the official was not a brain problem, and even had a bad idea at all.

Isn't it just a steamed bun, it's worth suing the official? At most, it is just a hungry meal, endure a momentary anger, and save a hundred days of worries.

The more he thought about it, the more interesting it became, Shi Bin turned to the old woman and asked, "Old man, please ask, what happened to Liu Laohan just now, I don't understand it in my later life." ”

After taking a closer look at Shi Bin, the old woman said, "The son is obviously from a big family, why do you want to know this?" You don't know what we, the poor people, do, and you don't have to understand. ”

This makes Shi Bin a little embarrassed, he just doesn't understand what the importance of this money is, but it must be important to these people with poor families, so he can't ask each other.

As if seeing Shi Bin's embarrassment, the little daughter-in-law standing on the side sneered and laughed: "Auntie, don't talk like that." This son is obviously also a kind-hearted person, maybe he can really help Liu Laohan. ”

It is estimated that she was reminded by this little daughter-in-law, and the old woman turned around and asked, "What does this son want to know?" Let's take a look. ”

Knowing that he couldn't think about anything else at this moment, otherwise it would seem insincere, he asked: "That rich man Li must have taken it by force, but first of all, it is only a penny, and it doesn't seem to be worth letting so many onlookers around; Second, why did the old man not report to the official despite the encouragement of so many people, was he afraid of causing trouble or something else? ”

Shi Bin's words made the old woman believe that he was not a rich boy who was full of food and had nothing to do, and he really wanted to know the reason, maybe he could really help.

Her attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn, and she said with a smile: "Childe, this matter is simple and simple, and troublesome is troublesome. Because there are rules for everything, then if the rich man Li does not buy things according to the rules, he will break the rules, and Liu Laohan will naturally be unhappy. The people who do business around are also afraid of this situation, and the most afraid of doing business is the official, that is, they want to lose money, and they don't want to see the official, so many of them are just consolation. ”

This is very similar to the future, none of the businessmen are willing to see officials, but there are always some things that are different. This kind of forced buying and selling is not bargaining, and something will happen after a long time, but from this old woman's tone, I feel that this kind of thing often happens. After all, some people don't have a steamed bun a day nowadays, and if they are often robbed, isn't it all messed up?

In order to find out, Shi Bin took out two pieces of broken silver from his sleeve and asked with a smile: "Please tell me the reason for this." Why do some people want that Liu Laohan to see the official, and some people resolutely refuse? ”

There is a saying called 'see the money and open the eyes', the old woman obviously saw the money eyes open, and immediately gushed out, "You don't understand the little officials, almost none of those who persuaded Liu Laohan to sue the officials were good." ”

None of the good ones? This made Shi Bin puzzled, how could it be bad to help Liu Laohan find justice.

Seeing Shi Bin's ignorant look, she smiled and said: "Those who want Liu Laohan to sue the official are either nearby shops, they are afraid that they will also be bought and sold by such a force, and they will be made to have no money to make by these local tyrants and inferior gentry; Either there are some people who have an enmity with the rich man Li and want to borrow Liu Laohan's hand to rectify him. ”

Sue the official, it doesn't seem to be a big deal in Shi Bin's opinion, but it's just looking for witness testimony and evidence, aren't these ready-made? So many people are agitating that Liu Laohan is still afraid that there will be no witness testimony?

Seeing Shi Bin's disapproving look, the old woman knew at a glance that he was a chick who had never been in a lawsuit, and she didn't make fun of him, but simply asked, "This son, do you know the specific process and necessary procedures for this lawsuit?" ”

In Shi Bin's opinion, this is very simple, pay some litigation fees, write a complaint, and hire a lawyer, of course, then Liu Laohan should not think about a lawyer.

So he said, "Old man, I think it's easy to settle the litigation costs. Since it was those guys who asked them to share it equally, don't point to Liu Laohan to bear it alone? ”

As soon as she heard this, the old woman and the little daughter-in-law laughed, which made Shi Bin's face a little unbearable, he was a general judge in Tanzhou, if he was seen being ridiculed by two women here, would he not be disgraced?

Knowing that they couldn't do too much, the two stopped, and the little daughter-in-law said, "Do you know that Rich Man Li is famous?" ”

What about fame? 'The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people' This was the first sentence that flashed out of Shi Bin's mind.

Seeing that Shi Bin looked ignorant again, the little daughter-in-law could only patiently explain: "That rich man Li has a meritorious reputation, if Liu Laohan wants to sue him, he will be a civil prosecutor, and he will be beaten first." ”

What is the reason for being beaten before it even starts? If that's the case, it's really more rational to swallow your anger.

It seems that the gang of people who encouraged Liu Laohan to sue the official did not have a good thing, but just let him be a bird.

At this time, Shi Bin really wanted to go to Liu Laohan to ask him carefully, to see what specific plans he had, and then thought about it, this was just a loss of one or two pennies, and it didn't seem to be worth spending so much of his energy as a general judge in Tanzhou, so he immediately returned to the mansion.

What made him feel uncomfortable when he returned to the yain was not the few pennies, but also the sentence that the little daughter-in-law said, 'The people sue the official, first of all, they must be beaten'.

He, a man from a military background, knows that if he really beats, ten sticks can beat a person to half a body. What's more, those officials don't have much sympathy, they are all masters of doing things with money, if these guys collect the defendant's money again, there is no need to go to court, and the plaintiff will either have already withdrawn the lawsuit or simply meet the king of Hades.

Thinking of this, Shi Bin understood a little. However, he still didn't understand so much, so he called Xu Feng, who was standing guard outside the house, in and asked him for advice.

"Xu Feng, I just heard that the civil prosecutor will be beaten first, right?"

"Yes, this is to prevent false accusations. This can't be entirely blamed on those adults, because some civilians are really rude, threatening each other with death at every turn, and they won't be obedient if they don't beat each other. Xu Feng said confidently.

If you don't beat up, you won't be obedient? This made Shi Bin cry and laugh a little, and reminded him of the corporal punishment he received for disobedience when he was a child.

Xu Feng pulled Shi Bin back from the memories of corporal punishment with another sentence - he would rather starve to death than fight a lawsuit.

Hearing this, Shi Bin finally felt the seriousness of the situation, felt unbelievable, and would rather starve to death than fight a lawsuit.

"What if the strength of the two people in the lawsuit is not much different?" Shi Bin asked suspiciously.

"That's whoever has more money and whose fists are hard." Xu Feng said very firmly.

Seeing that Shi Bin didn't seem to believe it, Xu Feng said an example with some laughter and tears: there was a rich family, robbers invaded through the gate, robbers seized property, and killed people with knives. Soon the bandit was arrested and sent to the Yamen for trial. But the county lord was bribed by rich robbers and let him go. The operation is very simple, because the paperwork written with a brush is easy to change. It is to enter through the gate, add a little in the upper right corner of the big letter, and change it to enter through the dog gate, and then change the word for killing with a knife to {throw} knife killing. Entering through the dog door means that the dog hole door is drilled in, and the {flick} knife killing is a casual throw, but it is a mistake to kill a person. As a result of this change, the circumstances of the case took a turn for the worse in the robbers' favor, and the major cases of robbery and murder became ordinary petty thefts, and the felonies were changed into minor crimes.

This is a great mistake in the world, and the civil prosecutor must be beaten first; The strength of the two is equal to whose money is more than whose fists are hard, what else does the government have to do? What else do you want him to do with this sentence? Shi Bin felt a great shame at this time.

has been following Shi Bin for some days, and already knows his temperament, Xu Feng immediately said: "Adults must not participate in it without authorization. If someone comes to beat the drum and voice the grievances, it's okay, and the rest of the time, please be wise and protect yourself. ”

Shi Bin was furious when he said this, he knew it so well that he was actually persuaded to 'protect himself', if he didn't know that Xu Feng was loyal, Shi Bin at this time wanted to smoke him very much.

For Xu Feng, a person who has lived under others for a long time and lacks a rebellious spirit, saying that improving the legal system is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow, and Shi Bin had no choice but to send him out to do things, leaving him alone in the study to think about problems.

It seems that few of his gang of bandit brothers really want to cause trouble, almost all of them because they have no way to sue the officials.

"Big brother, what are you thinking?" asked: "Big brother, what was Xu Feng talking about just now, is this what you told him?" ”

This is not asking knowingly, Wang San still likes to pretend to be confused so much, Shi Bin smiled: "Yes, virtuous brother." Today I heard a very interesting quote that said, 'It is better to starve to death than to go to court.'" Later, I heard Xu Feng say about a case of tampering with official documents, and he advised me to protect myself, and I was thinking about this just now. ”

"Big brother, according to the younger brother's opinion, Xu Feng is loyal to you and what he says is very true." Wang San said with certainty.

Loyalty, but what do you say? Unexpectedly, Wang San also had this attitude, which made Shi Bin a little discouraged.

"I'm not trying to reinvent all this, I'm trying to change some rules that are too harsh and unequal."

Hearing this, Wang San breathed a sigh of relief, but what were the 'too harsh and unequal rules' that he wanted to change?

"For example, the civil prosecutor doesn't have to be beaten first, so what else is there to sue? If the law enforcement officer was bribed and killed, and the court had not yet started, wouldn't the plaintiff already meet the king of Hades? ”

"Big brother, this is a status symbol. The following crimes are inherently serious crimes, and as long as they are committed, they are already guilty, and they have nothing to do with whether the superior is guilty or not. Wang San said helplessly.

fainted to death, according to Wang San's explanation, once he dared to change the rule that the civil prosecutor in front of him would be beaten first, it would be a subversion of the status and inferiority, in other words, at least against the entire Tanzhou clan?

Although he was smooth, Shi Bin had not yet gotten carried away and thought that Tanzhou had reached the point where he had reached the point of his word, so he decided to settle for the next best thing: he must still fight, but the executor was his Shi Bin's subordinate. In this way, the law of reason can be justified.

"Big brother, I'm afraid things are not as simple as you think."

Not as simple as I thought? This gave Shi Bin another basin of cold water.

"Even if you fight, it's still a fight, and even if you don't get crippled, you have to recuperate. Today's people can't get enough to eat, where can they get the money to heal their injuries? No one wants to get hurt for that little money. Wang San said with a wry smile.

Reform the legal system? Of course it can't be, Shi Bin sighed to himself. He couldn't just look helpless, and his face was already like a bitter gourd at this time.

"Big brother, in fact, those people are not as pitiful as you think. Most of them have families, and if they can't bear it, they will move seriously, and if they can't negotiate, they will even die or be injured in a fight. ”

Fighting? Fighting in groups? This made Shi Bin immediately interested. Indeed, this is an ancestor, and group fights are of course passed down from ancestors.

"Tell me, what was the result of this group fight? Is that the problem? Shi Bin asked hurriedly.

"Yes, as long as you don't die, it's basically solved. Whoever has a hard fist will be counted by whoever says. Of course, the winner can't go too far, but that's the end of the matter. ”

For a penny or two, no one will use their clansmen to fight in groups. What's more, doing business is to make money in harmony, and this Liu Laohan can really only endure it.

But not just one or two but one or two or twenty taels, how to deal with these contradictions? This kind of loss is too distressing, Shi Bin thought in his heart, and then said it and asked Wang San.

"Big brother, in fact, you already have a way to think about this. You don't have to worry about it. ”

Don't worry about it? This is difficult for him to hang high and think about it slowly·····