Hu Xingzhi, who was persuaded by Ren Qiying to watch the public trial meeting, wore very ordinary clothes, and the clan elders near the county seat, even if they had some reputation, were not equal to the characters that most people in the county had seen. On the contrary, Ren Qiying, as a cadre of the People's Party, often goes in and out of the army and the reclamation brigade, and the people who know her far exceed Hu Xingzhi. Comparatively speaking, the people who paid "attention to Ren Qiying" far exceeded the people who noticed Hu Xingzhi. For this young female cadre of the People's Party, everyone's eyes are more envious, respectful and curious. Ren Qiying is accustomed to being noticed by the public like this. She looked at the rostrum calmly, not caring at all about the gaze around her.

Among the people, there are also many people Hu Xingzhi knows, I don't know if it is a psychological effect, Hu Xingzhi feels that these people treat him quite coldly. After seeing Hu Xingzhi appear, the friendly ones smiled at Hu Xingzhi at most. More people just glanced at Hu Xingzhi a few times, and then looked at the public trial platform with excitement on their faces. Hu Xingzhi wasn't used to it at first, but he quickly thought about it. In the past six months or so, Hu Xingzhi has basically not appeared in front of the people, and the people who have saved the people are all members of the People's Party Insurance Group. Naturally, the people no longer buy Hu Xingzhi's account. Moreover, the trial meeting has also begun, and the attention of the people is all on the landlords on the stage.

The first process of the public trial conference is to complain. Some relatives of the victims jumped on the stage, gritted their teeth and pointed at the landlord and began to complain. The people used to be scattered in various villages, and although the killing of people was a major event, most of them were rumors. When the relatives of the deceased pointed to the landlord and began to complain about their grievances, the feeling was really indescribable.

The first to be found out was Liu Yixuan, a landlord who had clearly expressed his support for the People's Party, and firmly supported Chen Ke when he borrowed land from the landlords. He never expected that the People's Party would turn its face and deny people. Not to mention that the promised "people's representatives" have not fulfilled their promises at all, and now they are ready to take their own lives. Among the landlords, Liu Yixuan felt that he was the most "wronged". It's just that when a woman dressed in linen and filial piety came to the stage step by step and walked towards Liu Yixuan step by step, the aggrieved mood immediately disappeared.

"Chairman Chen, this woman is a famous beauty in Liu Yixuan's village. In order to dominate this woman, Liu Yixuan simply used force if he failed to seduce her. The woman's husband found out about this and was beaten to death by Liu Yixuan. Xu Dian and Chen Ke stood on the humble watchtower, and Xu Dian introduced the situation to Chen Ke.

Chen Ke sneered, "Ugly wife, close to the ground, torn cotton jacket." Comrade Xu Dian, this is known as the Three Treasures of the Farmhouse. In fact, who doesn't like beautiful girls, but farmers often can't keep their wives. Hmph, my hometown is not very far from the Shaolin Temple, which is the largest landlord in Songshan and also rents land to farmers. The monks who manage the rented land dare to blatantly say that there are good daughters-in-law who rent good land, those who do not have good daughters-in-law rent bad land, and those who do not have daughters-in-law have no land to plant. ”

When Xu Dian was in charge of investigating the case file, he was already extremely resentful of the evil deeds of the landlords, and when he heard Chen Ke say this, Xu Dian clenched his teeth, and his eyes flashed with anger. "Chairman Chen, when interrogating Liu Yixuan, he actually dared to complain, saying that you promised him the official position of a deputy to the National People's Congress."

"I did promise him, yes." Chen Ke frankly admitted the facts. After speaking, Chen Ke asked: "Comrade Xu Dian, you didn't come to ask me about this, I am very satisfied." ”

Xu Dian sighed and said a little embarrassedly: "I actually wanted to ask Chairman Chen about your coming. But Comrade Lin Shenhe stopped me. He said that since the case is being heard, the judicial organs are interrogating criminals, and it has nothing to do with whether these criminals are people's representatives or not. So he won't let me go to you. ”

"Oh? Comrade Lin Shenhe is very capable of grasping principles. This is something to learn. There was no emotion in Chen Ke's voice. Xu Dian looked at Chen Ke curiously, but saw Chen Ke looking at the stage of the public trial conference expressionlessly. I couldn't see anything else on my face.

"Chairman Chen, am I doing something wrong?" Xu Dian felt that the meaning of Chen Ke's calmness was not unsatisfactory. He asked.

"Xu Dian, don't bring your personal ideas to work. I'm asking you to try the case, not asking you to give me a stand. Don't think you want to be a big man who is not afraid of power. Even if you are the master of the blue sky, you will wait for the power to oppress you, and then give me not to be afraid of power and adhere to the law. Now no one says that this Liu Yixuan can't be tried, but you want to make a fuss about whether he is a people's representative or not, why bother? Are you afraid of retaliation afterwards? Or are you afraid that people won't know that you dare to attack anyone? ”

As soon as Chen Ke's words were finished, Xu Dian's face turned red to the base of his neck. And Chen Ke didn't even glance at Xu Dian, but continued: "Xu Dian, fight criminals." For the people, it's a way to vent their anger. For the social system, this is the way to maintain order, and for politics, it is the way to implement the political program. Each different level has different needs for satisfaction. And it's all for one purpose, to make everyone's life better. Rather than showing off your own majesty. ”

When Chen Ke turned his head to look at Xu Dian, he saw Xu Dian bow his head deeply, turning his body slightly, and didn't even dare to let Chen Ke's eyes fall on him. Chen Ke hurriedly patted Xu Dian's shoulder, "Comrade Xu Dian, you can be said to be young when you do this, young people always want to establish their own achievements." This is normal, I am not angry at all, I am not surprised at all. Your performance seems to me, haven't you thought in your heart that you don't want to be the same as those who practice law under the old system, you want to be an honest, honest, fair and just judicial worker. You want everyone to be equal before the law, regardless of whether they are high or low before the law. I know, you've always hoped so. I also hope that Comrade Xu Dian will always adhere to such an attitude and always have the backbone of not being afraid of power. This is the attitude that a legal practitioner should have. ”

After speaking, Chen Ke patted Xu Dian's shoulder again.

Chen Ke's words actually said a lot of things in Xu Dian's heart, and the reason why Xu Dian strongly hopes for judicial independence is indeed a big reason for wanting to achieve personal prestige. Those famous judges in Chinese legends, whether they guarantee or Di Renjie, are all hard bones who are not afraid of power and dare to fight. A clean official needs a backbone. Although he studied law in Japan and Western law, Xu Dian still has that "clear stream" attitude in his bones. He hopes that he can also go down in history and be recited for future generations. Therefore, Xu Diancai maintained a kind of resistance and denial to Chen Ke's insistence on political leadership and the law.

was directly exposed by Chen Ke The selfishness in his heart, Xu Dian's shame was far more intense than he imagined. Because of the shame, Xu Dian never dared to raise his head.

"Lift your head up and look at me." Chen Ke's voice was deep and powerful. Xu Dian gritted his teeth, looking annoyed and ashamed, but finally raised his head to look at Chen Ke.

Chen Ke pressed his hands on Xu Dian's shoulders and looked at Xu Dian with an encouraging smile, "Comrade Xu Dian, you are participating in the revolution for the sake of your ideals. You made these mistakes in my opinion, because I did this kind of thing when I was younger. I'm afraid I've done more than you, not less. It was only later that I understood that if a person wants to realize his own value, just like you want to be a good judge who will go down in history, your starting point is not to perform what a good judge should do, not to let others see it. It's that when you face work, you go from the bottom of your heart to solve the case. It's not so that others can see that you're making a good judgment. ”

At this moment, a sudden shout came from the front of the stage in the public trial venue, "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Kill Liu Yixuan, this dog thing!" At first, there were not many people shouting, but soon more people started shouting. Chen Ke and Xu Dian both turned to the side of the stage, and the woman on the stage was crying loudly, and at the same time frantically pounced on it and pounded Liu Yixuan's head on the kneeling ground. The staff was afraid that the woman would beat Liu Yixuan to death, so they hurriedly went up and pulled the two apart. The people under the stage shouted slogans angrily.

Because it was far away, I could only see the violent movement of the woman's shoulders when she cried in pain, but I couldn't hear the sound. Looking at such a scene, even Xu Dian, who was ashamed and embarrassed, felt that the emotions in his heart were gradually driven by the anger of the people. After a while, the anger of the crowd subsided slightly. Xu Dian turned his head to look at Chen Ke, only to see Chen Ke staring at the stage of the trial meeting, still with a calm and serious face, as if he had not been affected by the emotions of the masses at all.

But when Chen Ke turned his head to look at Xu Dian, Xu Dian found that Chen Ke's gaze had become extremely sharp.

"Comrade Xu Dian, don't be a good judge for yourself, you have to be a good judge for these people. When the landlords killed the people, the people were as angry as they are now. But at that time, there was no support for the people from our People's Party and our army. The people have nowhere to complain, and they have to be retaliated against by those landlords and bullies. Now that there is a contingent of the people, there is justice that belongs to the people. Justice is the sword of the people's revolution, but the goal of the people's revolution is not only to achieve judicial justice. He also wants to give the people a better life. So I've always been against the argument that politics can't interfere with the judiciary, and I think that's wrong. ”

"I was wrong about this." For the first time, Xu Dian admitted his mistake to Chen Ke. "In this regard, I will learn from Comrade Lin Shenhe."

"Comrade Lin Shenhe is different from you. I'd rather you stay the way you are. Chen Ke did not hesitate to object.

"Why?" Xu Dian was very surprised.

"Because you are a revolutionary, you believe that your justice and strength come from an ideal and a pursuit. You are first and foremost loyal to the ideals of the revolution. But as far as I am concerned, Comrade Lin Shenhe is a very good bureaucrat. For the bureaucracy, the object of their loyalty is the system that gives them power and benefits. What Comrade Lin Shenhe is loyal to now is the new system that we have established through the revolution. In this regard, you and Comrade Lin Shenhe are different. ”

Fang just felt that Xu Dian, who understood Chen Ke's thoughts a little, was now confused again. What exactly is the difference between revolutionaries and bureaucrats under the revolutionary system, Xu Dian is not clear now.

Chen Ke didn't want to explain too much, he simply gave Xu Dian an actionable goal, "You'll understand later." I now ask you to stay as you are, just stop thinking about being a judge for your own reputation, but decide cases for the people. If you can't keep it that way, I'm going to remove you. Comrade Lin Shenhe has his merits, and you have your irreplaceable strengths. Until you figure out the difference between the two, I ask you to stay to where you are. Remember? ”

Although he still didn't know what was going on, Xu Dian still replied categorically: "Yes, I remember." ”

"Okay. You go down now. Soon it will be time for you to ascend to the post of formal judge. Remember, don't think about anything, according to your own ideals, justice must be impartial. Follow this philosophy. After Chen Ke finished speaking, he slapped Xu Dian's shoulder heavily.

Watching Xu Dian go down the watchtower, Chen Ke sighed slightly.