Chapter 168: Trial Session (I)
Soon, three days later, the trial began on the case of the patriarch of the Zhang family in Taipei on suspicion of intentionally killing family member Zhang Yan. And this case has attracted a lot of attention because it is related to whether the land allocated by the patriarch of the family can be recovered. And those who have acquired land are also worried that if the patriarchs of the families can take back the land at will, they may not feel safe. And many businessmen also feel that these lands should belong to whoever owns them, so that those merchant capitalists can feel at ease. After all, if the property under his name can be taken away by the so-called family at will, then I am afraid that no one will have a sense of security at all, and this is also a strict challenge to the legal norm of the inviolability of legal private property.
"Taiwan's Governor Wang Dadao!"
"Hehe, this time I'm just a bystander, you don't have to care about me, how it should be tried, then you will also be tried. This time, it must be tried according to law, and there must not be any act of bending the law for personal gain! Wang Guorui said.
Although Wang Guorui said this, he knew in his heart that if he really tried according to law, he would definitely be able to win. But how to execute after the trial, this is the most important thing. The trial process is not the main thing, but an ideological revolution, and only when the people are truly ideologically free from the rule of the clan can it be a real maturity. Therefore, how to carry out the law after the trial and how to publicize the law popularization are the most important.
Unfortunately, Zhang Dongfang, the Zhang family, has become a target that is used as a demonstration by the Taiwan side, so that everyone can see a model from Zhang Dongfang, and let those ordinary people use it as an example to protect themselves according to law in the future.
Originally, many people proposed to try the case in person this time, but Wang Guorui finally refused. After all, he is the governor of Taiwan, and he is not a judicial official. If he tried it in person at will, it would give his heirs a very bad start. If he comes to the trial in person now, then his heirs after becoming the emperor will follow suit, often using the process of personal trial to manipulate the judiciary, then this will not be beneficial to the country. So there are some guidelines, and it's better not to do that. You can manipulate behind your back, but you must not go into battle to conduct the trial in person. This will certainly be very detrimental to one's future rule.
"Now, take the suspect Zhang Dongfang!" Wang Xiande said.
After all, the significance of this case is different, so it is normal for him to try the trial. And the suspect Zhang Dongfang was also brought in, he was handcuffed, and there were two gendarmes guarding him, standing behind him to be responsible for escort and protection, and then to prevent him from doing any radical acts.
"Now. The Public Prosecutor of the Public Prosecution Office is invited to read the indictment! Wang Xiande said.
According to the policy of later generations, Wang Guorui had a public prosecution office for criminal cases, and then the public prosecution office was responsible for prosecuting those who committed criminal cases. This can be used as a substitute for many vulnerable groups to file lawsuits, so that those victims do not have the courage to file a lawsuit.
You must know that the criminals in many criminal cases are either extremely vicious or powerful, and ordinary people may not dare to sue because they are forced to sue if they are victimized, so that the court cannot hear it at all. The public prosecution department is to file a lawsuit on behalf of the people, and even the victim is not qualified to withdraw the lawsuit. This can effectively uphold justice and prevent those victims from not daring to sue because they are threatened. As a result, criminals go unpunished.
"Defendant Zhang Dongfang is suspected of instructing the servants in the family to beat and kill Zhang Dongfang, a member of the family, and causing the victim's death. According to the confession of Zhang's servant, Zhang Dongfang clearly stated at that time that if the victim was unwilling to hand over the land, the victim could be killed. And this qiē shows that Zhang Dongfang already has the idea of killing the victim, which belongs to the crime of intentional homicide with subjective intention. Later, Zhang Dongfang also illegally occupied the land and property belonging to the victim. Suspected of embezzlement for the purpose of unlawful possession. And the circumstances are particularly bad, and the impact caused is very bad, so we set up a court to sentence Zhang Dongfang to death, and attach civil compensation to the victim Zhang Yan's family to compensate accordingly. ”
Soon, the prosecutor read out the indictment. And Wang Guorui is still quite satisfied with this indictment below. There are two main charges against Zhang Dongfang, one is murder, and the other is illegally occupying the victim's land and property. On the surface, the former murder charge is more serious, but what everyone cares about is the land dispute in the back. Because everyone is more concerned about whether the land distributed by the landlord to ordinary family members can be recovered by the clan at will, and if it can be recovered at will, it means that the protection of private property cannot be done at all. But if they can't take it back at will, then the elders of those clans will definitely not be willing, after all, they originally gave the land to the family members just to avoid taxes, but now that the members of the clan actually want to swallow these lands, of course they can't agree.
"Zhang Dongfang, do you plead guilty?" Wang Xiande asked.
"I'm not guilty!" Zhang Dongfang said.
And many people are very shocked, because they obviously killed someone, but there are still people who think they are innocent? Since ancient times, murder pays for life, and he is still suspected of embezzling the property of his own clan, which is clearly guilty. But he still stubbornly believes that he is innocent, which is obviously challenging everyone's past thinking.
And Wang Guorui will not be too strange about this kind of thing, after all, those vested interests are all duck-billed, rotten meat and not rotten guys. They don't think they're guilty at all, they stubbornly use the old ideas of the past to measure their actions, so he naturally thinks he's innocent. They still use the past government to measure the current government of Taiwan, and naturally think that the current government should still support their clan forces as it did in the past, and think that they should rely on their clans to maintain it. They also all think that the current government should maintain the rule of some family clan as in the past, which is their foundation. So even if he is arrested now and faces trial, it should support his innocence.
"Now the trial has begun, and now the prosecutor has been asked to question him." Wang Xiande said.
The prosecutor immediately began to ask: "May I ask the defendant Zhang Dongfang, did you beat the victim Zhang Yan before, and instructed those servants in the house to beat him to death if necessary?" ”
"I'm enforcing family law!" Zhang Dongfang said.
But the prosecutor also said: "I just want to ask you now, did you beat the victim, and did you sue the servant to kill him if necessary?" You just need to answer yes or no. ”
"Yes! But ......" Zhang Dongfang wanted to say something, but was immediately stopped by the prosecutor.
"Well, now that you have admitted this, that is, instructing the servant to commit murder, your intentional homicide is already very obvious." The prosecutor said.
"But I'm enforcing family law, is there something wrong?" Zhang Dongfang shouted.
"That's right! Is there anything wrong with enforcing family law? Someone shouted immediately.
"Yes! He's enforcing family law, there's nothing wrong with that! "Everyone in the family must abide by the family law, if you don't obey the family law, you will be beaten to death!" "Yes! He didn't listen to the patriarch, it was his own death, no wonder others! ”……
And Wang Guorui saw that there was actually a group of people making trouble under the court, Wang Guorui couldn't help but snort coldly, these are the core of those clan forces, and they are naturally unwilling to die out like this. They saw Zhang Dongfang being tried for enforcing the family law, which made them feel cold, so they all had to come over to support Zhang Dongfang to resist. They spontaneously came over to make trouble, hoping to let Zhang Dongfang avoid being tried on the grounds of family law? They are also afraid that one day they will lose the right to enforce the family law, so they will also be judged for enforcing the family law.
You must know that in this ancient family law, many of them are privately set up in public courts. When many people commit crimes, they will not go to the government's judicial body to solve it, and they will let an older person in the family to adjust and deal with it. Of course, there are good and bad sides to this approach. Because the good side is to save the government's public resources, but the bad side is that the judiciary cannot be thoroughly implemented. What good is it if the law cannot be enforced? And many of the ancient so-called dipping pig cages, and what various dispositions of adulterers. The cases of women are also the result of private courts, and are not legal laws of the imperial court.
However, this kind of family law system has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is not suitable for the next transformation of the country. If this feudal and backward clan elder system is allowed to exist in the hearts of the people, then I am afraid that the legitimate rights of the people will not be guaranteed in the future, and all of them will rely on those so-called clan elders to deal with them. However, many of the results of those clan elders are illegal, which is really terrible. Wang Guorui must put an end to this situation, this situation is one of the manifestations of feudal clan thinking, so it must be severely suppressed.
"Smack!"
"Silence, silence!"
Wang Xiande struck the gavel vigorously, and then asked everyone to be quiet. And then, the prosecutor continued. (To be continued......)