When the time came to December 1896, it was already a cold winter, in addition to the workers in the factories were still working, and the farmers who were engaged in agriculture also began to winter cats. Even the people in the government have begun to be more lazy in their work. However, the next thing made all the civil servants of the entire Taiwan Governor's Office also start to raise their spirits again, because this matter is completely different.

"Knock knock ......"

With the sound of an earth-shattering drum, many people were shocked. Because this person is ringing on the drum outside the door of the Governor's Palace, it is a drum specially set up outside the Governor's Mansion by Wang Guorui in accordance with the ancient tradition of the past, and it is for those people who feel that they have serious grievances. If the people have grievances, then they can sound this drum of grievances and let Wang Guorui personally manage the case, and then Wang Guorui, the governor, must personally inquire into the case. Of course, this is an important remnant of the rule of man, and Wang Guorui's personal involvement in the case can only become less and less in the future.

Of course, in order to put an end to those who beat the drum indiscriminately for the sake of some trivial things and waste the administrative efficiency of the entire Taiwan, Wang Guorui made it clear that human life must be involved in order to be able to beat the drum. If human life is not involved, then if this drum is sounded, it will be punished by two years in prison. But now that someone has sounded this drum of injustice, it means that there must be a case involving human life.

"Go and call the people outside the door!" Wang Guorui said.

Soon, the man came in, and he immediately knelt down and said, "Lord Wang, you have been wronged! ”

"Get up! We don't practice kneeling in Taiwan anymore, please take a seat! If you have any grievances, just say it! Wang Guorui said.

And that person immediately introduced himself and said: "Lord Wang, my name is Zhang Guifang, and I was originally a local advocate in Taipei. Later, the head of our Zhang family distributed the land to each of our families. Then let's farm ourselves. But then the patriarch of the Zhang family actually wanted to exchange these lands for the so-called shares, so that he wanted to take back all the lands of our family. But my father was unwilling to return the land, after all, it was given to us by the head of the Zhang family, how could we take it back? We didn't have a good time, and we wanted to have our own land to cultivate for a living, but now the Zhang family actually wants to take back the land. We don't want that! My father didn't want the Zhang family to take back the land, so he was beaten to death by the head of the Zhang family, and my land was also occupied by the Zhang family. After that, I can only beg for food all the way to avenge the Governor! ”

Wang Guorui probably understood the truth of the matter, that is, a family originally distributed land to its own family members, so as to avoid Wang Guorui's stepped agricultural tax at that time. At that time, Wang Guorui's stepped agricultural tax was actually deliberately to find loopholes for those landlords, and then let them distribute them to ordinary family members. And after it is distributed to ordinary family members, it will inevitably reduce everyone's land a lot, so as to avoid a large amount of agricultural taxes. They are also able to make themselves more profitable.

Of course, once the land is divided, I am afraid that it will also cause some disputes. After all, once the land is divided, many people don't want to return it again, which will inevitably cause conflicts within the family. Although some families seem to be very large, in fact, only those main lines can live well, and those side branches help their own family main lines to cultivate the land to get a share, almost no different from ordinary tenants. In the past, the main line of the family relied on land ownership to exploit the side branches of their own family. And through such a situation, the side branches are obeyed by the main line of the family. This time, however, they divided the land to avoid high agricultural taxes. And they will certainly make many of the side branches who have become tenants very happy.

But now the main line of the family wants to take back the land, and then use it in exchange for shares in Wang Guorui's major industries. And this kind of resumption of land will inevitably make many people who have already obtained land dissatisfied, they have finally obtained the land, so why should they return it? So they all chose to fight. However, the main line of the family naturally has to take back the land, because in their eyes these lands belong to the main line of the family. It has nothing to do with those side branches.

Therefore, their contradictions suddenly broke out, and those family heads forced those who had obtained land to return the land, so that some bloody conflicts inevitably arose in the process. This Zhang Guifang's father may have been one of the people killed, and such a conflict is bound to be bloody. And Zhang Guifang begged all the way to the Governor's Mansion in Taipei, wanting to avenge Wang Guorui. Settle his father's affairs.

"Lord Wang, I hope Lord Wang can call the shots for me! I must take revenge on my father's vendetta, and I must return to my land and live a good life. But that Zhang family's main line is too deceitful, I have to come to Lord Wang to call the shots! Zhang Guifang cried again.

And Wang Guorui said to Kang Tongwei: "You go and call President Wang Xiande of the court!" ”

"I've seen Lord Wang!" Wang Xiande said.

This Wang Xiande turned out to be an international student, and when Wang Guorui had just established power in Taiwan, Yan Zòng lacked talents who knew new laws, so the legal talents among international students could be reused. Therefore, this person who has studied abroad for several years and then served in the Hong Kong court was promoted to the president of the court by Wang Guorui, and his status is equivalent to that of the director. Of course, this court was not the one that became completely independent in the judiciary, and it was more like an institution under the Governor's Office than a court that could be completely parallel to the administrative system.

However, everything has to be done step by step, and if the court is suddenly raised to the same status as the administrative system, I am afraid that not only Taiwan officials will not be able to adapt to it, but even Wang Xiande himself will not dare to hold such a high-status position! Wang Guorui is the highest person in Taiwan's administrative system, does this Wang Xiande dare to sit on an equal footing with Wang Guorui? At least before Wang Guorui became the emperor, it was impossible for Wang Guorui to completely implement the method of separation of powers, so he was asking for trouble.

"Dean Wang, this case is very representative, so I hope you can hear it openly and fairly." Wang Guorui said.

"Oh?" Wang Xiande had some doubts in his heart.

And Wang Xiande asked about the case, and this case is actually not too complicated, and it is actually very easy for Wang Xiande to use the law to try it. It's just that the patriarch of the Zhang family's main lineage should be investigated for the crime of intentional homicide or the crime of negligently wounding someone to death, and the specific crime can be continued at that time. And this land is also returned to this Zhang Guifang, and the main line of the family must bear the civil liability attached to the criminal case, in addition to the criminal liability of the instigator, but also bear the corresponding civil compensation after the killing.

This case is actually very simple, Wang Xiande has already deduced the trial process of this case in his mind, but he doesn't know what problems are worthy of Wang Guorui's attention.

"Dean Wang, the political factors here are not the same, do you know?" Wang Guorui said.

However, Wang Xiande was not very happy and said: "Lord Wang, I just know that I have to try according to the law, and I don't want to care about any political factors. ”

This Wang Xiande is still relatively fair, and he didn't directly say anything about wanting to look at the political factors. And this is also a necessary element of a fair trial, and Wang Xiande is still relatively fair, after all, this law is formulated in accordance with the laws of various countries and the actual situation in Taiwan in accordance with the laws of various countries and the actual situation in Taiwan. Therefore, Taiwan's law is one of his painstaking efforts, and he does not want the law to be trampled on because of some inexplicable political factors. Those who participate in legislation naturally do not want their own laws to be trampled on, after all, the feelings in this are not ordinary. Therefore, Wang Guorui said that the political factors in this are not ordinary, which made Wang Xiande a little unhappy.

"Okay, you just have to honestly try according to the law, you just have to do a fair and meticulous trial in accordance with the law, and you don't have to be responsible for other things. Other things should be handed over to other yamen to take care of. However, this case must be tried in public, and then let the people of Taiwan see it, and I want to let the people of Taiwan get a warning for this case, so that more people can clarify the property rights of the land. Wang Guorui said.

"I have no opinion on a public trial!" Wang Xiande said.

Soon, Wang Xiande also took that Zhang Guifang down, and then went to inquire about the corresponding case in detail. And Wang Guorui began to close his eyes and think, this case is actually not simple.

"Husband, isn't this case simple?" Kang Tongwei asked.

"Yes, this case is not simple! This case will also be a struggle between two classes, two ideologies, civilized laws, and feudal clans, so this trial is actually not simple. Wang Guorui said.

Wang Guorui knew that the water behind this case was too deep, and it was completely the last desperate struggle between the feudal landlord class and the capitalist class. If this case is not tried well, then the feudal landlords will find another opportunity to restore, and the capitalist class will soon suffer a heavy blow, so Wang Guorui must not be careful. Wang Guorui is also an old fritter in a political situation, so he can naturally see that the water in it is deep! If the trial is not good, I am afraid that Wang Guorui's efforts for a long time will be in vain. (To be continued......)