Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 623 The new governor is a very good official
In the Tang Dynasty, officials were not allowed to sit in on cases as they were in the later Ming and Qing Dynasties. Of course, the court did not say that they were not allowed to sit in.Between allowing and not allowing, most officials will choose not to allow.

During the trial process, the people were officially allowed to attend the trial, and the official who watched the trial happened to be Di Renjie behind Wang Ping'an.But even Di Renjie was in the middle and late stages. Due to the accumulation of experience in solving cases, he had a strong self-confidence, and he was not afraid of the people listening in, so he allowed the people to stand outside and watch him solve the case.

Even in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it did not become the norm for officials to allow people to sit in on cases. It was only in a few heinous cases that the government would only allow people to sit in when the case was finalized.

However, in the early Tang Dynasty, when the family style had just been broken, no official was officially open to attend.It's not like in the movies and TV dramas, where the officials in the hall patted the gavel, and a group of people outside watched and booed. This kind of situation... Anyway, it rarely happened in the early Tang Dynasty, except for very special cases.

Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, not to mention the gap between aristocratic families and ordinary people, even among aristocratic families, there were still high-grade and low-ranking families. There was no connection between officials and ordinary people. What power to watch?This is one of them.

The second is serious, especially for officials, that is, not all officials are proficient in the law, and sometimes they can't think of which law to use when trying a case, so they have to investigate immediately, what a shame!If an official cannot think of which law to use when trying a case, and there are people watching outside, the official can only slap the gavel and ask him to withdraw from the court for another trial.

If you're not an official, you can say whatever you want if you don't sit behind a major case, but once you become an official, your mentality will change immediately.Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were still officials who ran back to investigate the law when trying cases. In the early Tang Dynasty, when the clan style was still strong, officials wanted to allow the common people to attend the trial at the risk of embarrassment. That would be like daydreaming.

An era has its own characteristics, and this is a reality. If any official can break the characteristics of this era, he will definitely be remembered by the people, and his deeds will be widely spread.

For example, Di Renjie is like a god in judging cases!
It's a pity that the current Di Renjie is still a small county magistrate, and he is not the old Di Ge who can come to analyze by stroking his beard in the future. His self-confidence has not yet been cultivated!

When Di Renjie heard Wang Ping'an said that the people were allowed to sit in on the hearing, he immediately became anxious. He is the county magistrate, so he must go to court to try the case, and it is impossible to leave it all to his subordinates. Now, he can't afford to lose this person, and no one can afford to lose him if he changes it!
Di Renjie pulled Wang Ping'an's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Brother, if you have something to say, go in and talk about it. What do you listen to? What do the common people know? Why do you let them listen? Besides, let them listen, isn't it a waste of time? Time to do some work, earn more money, and add some food to the bowl of the wife and children!"

Qiu Tingxuan was sweating on his forehead, and he also said: "Yeah, I'm not sick... Lord Governor, for the sake of the common people, it's better not to let them sit in and do their own work. Officials have official duties, and common people have common people's work." Ah, not to be confused!"

Wang Pingan turned around and glared at the two of them, and said, "What does it mean to be confused? This official calls the trial of the case open, and the verdict is transparent. The people will supervise my officialdom in Gyeongju, and it will bring a breeze to Gyeongju!"

All the officials in Gyeongju ran out from behind. When they heard Wang Ping'an's words, they all grinned, and they were still calming down. What are you doing slowly? Are you trying to fix us on purpose?Chaser, you are the governor, how many cases can you try?We are not allowed to do the trial work, and we will be the ones who will be scolded then!

The people below were very excited when they heard this.Regardless of whether this matter can be achieved or not, Wang Ping'an just said that, and the passion of the people below was "incited" by him. Hundreds of people shouted: "Master Qingtian, Wang Qingtian, Wang Qingtian!"

Excitement is excitement, but the common people have forgotten one thing.The people supervise the officials?Even if something tricky comes out of the supervision, what can we do with the officials?Who dares to do that!

But Wang Ping’an’s ability to say this is a very good performance in itself. Whether he can make political achievements is one thing, but whether he can make people feel that he has made political achievements is another matter. This is what should not be confused thing!

Wang Ping'an said loudly: "I am an official in Qingzhou, and the public trial begins with me!" He waved his hand and said, "Come on, bring a chair, and the governor is here to judge the case. Also, knock the gong up." , yelling in the street, let the common people come to observe and supervise the trial of the case, if the judge is not clear about the case, if there is a mistake in covering up the wrong judgment, the villagers can point it out on the spot, and the judge will correct it immediately!"

The guards thought to themselves: "You are really not afraid of making things big. Today you start this job, but in the end, someone else will take it for you. That's a big trouble!"

One thing more is worse than one thing less, but the guards dare not be dissatisfied in public, anyway, they are not required to judge the case.The head of the guard looked at Che Sitong behind Wang Ping'an, and saw that Che Sitong's face was ashen, black and bright, as ugly as it could be.

Just because it was too ugly, the chief officer didn't dare to watch it any more, so he waved his hand to tell the officers to do it quickly.An officer brought a chair for Wang Ping'an, and let the governor sit at the door, while a dozen other officers, carrying gongs, ran to the street to gather the people.

Wang Pingan pointed at Lizheng, and said, "Untie him. Before the case is finalized, he cannot be regarded as a criminal. Just let him kneel aside, and kneel down the steps. You are the same!" The last sentence was for Boss Du. .

Both Li Zheng and Boss Du knelt down at the bottom of the steps, and behind them were a few guards, and behind them, more and more people gathered.

After a quarter of an hour, thousands of people came to watch the excitement.The common people are talking about it, but they don't understand why the new governor is going crazy. He just tried the case, why should he open the trial?

Some people whispered: "Isn't the new governor a well-known little miracle doctor in Chang'an? I heard that he is good at seeing doctors. Could it be that he is also very good at judging cases?"

Some common people said: "This is called the three fires of the new official taking office. Just watch, something will happen today!"

"This is going to kill people, this new governor is ruthless!" Another commoner said.

Among the common people there are many people who are sensible, at least they think they are reasonable. One of them said: "If you don't want to be ruthless, you have to be ruthless. If you are not ruthless, can you collect taxes? Just look at it, today the new governor must You can't kill people, let us all know that he is ruthless, and then increase taxes, see who dares to refuse to pay, and if you don't pay, your heads will be chopped off in public!"

Quite a few commoners spat out, and said one after another: "Master Guan raises taxes, we have to pay them, how can we escape you?"

Among the crowd, Jin Sanquan was also among them. He heard that Wang Ping'an was going to open the trial, so he naturally wanted to listen.But he didn't hear how Wang Pingan tried the case, but he heard the discussion of the people first.He thought to himself: "No way, the prince is not that kind of person, he can't be more ruthless than his predecessor, right?"

Seeing that it was almost time for people to come, Wang Pingan said: "Okay, the governor will start the trial now. Plaintiff, you should make a statement first!"

Lizheng was a little silly, not to mention that his forehead was covered with sweat, even his clothes were soaked in sweat, his whole body seemed to have just been fished out of the water, and he even felt a little exhausted.Listening to Wang Ping'an's words, he didn't understand who the plaintiff was.

The guard at the back pushed him and said: "Speak up, the governor asked you to state the case, you are the plaintiff!"

Li Zheng groaned, but still didn't understand what was going on.

Wang Pingan had no choice but to say again: "You are Lizheng of Hetou Village, the person in charge of supervising Boss Du, please tell me what happened!"

It was only then that Lizheng realized that he was the plaintiff after a long time, and the meaning of the statement was to talk about things, and just say things, and what kind of statement did he say, he thought the statement was a personal name!

He told the story of the incident again, emphasizing that he was thinking about the safety of the governor, so he made this misunderstanding.

After Wang Ping'an listened, he asked Boss Du to tell the story, and Boss Du told him about his entering the city today, saying that he forgot to report to Lizheng, and it was not intentional.

After listening, Wang Ping'an stood up and asked: "Dear folks and elders, have you heard the reason for this case clearly?"

It's not a complicated case, so it's impossible to hear clearly.When people heard that Boss Du was under supervision, it was because of what happened nearly 30 years ago. Everyone felt incomprehensible, and felt that Boss Du had been wronged. Isn't it full?

But to say that Lizheng is holding a chicken feather as an arrow, this kind of behavior is a bit excessive, but he is also focusing on his duties, and he is not at fault. If he is punished for this, it will be unfair to Lizheng. Who would dare to work for the government again in the future.

Some people whispered: "According to what they said, who should be killed?"

"Officials and officials should kill the man surnamed Du, right? Li Zheng is one of the officials." Some people guessed.

And some people said: "Not necessarily, killing one's own people can show ruthlessness. I guess the governor wants to kill, and he also wants to kill Li Zheng!"

The common people guessed everything, but they only whispered, and no one answered Wang Ping'an's words loudly.

Wang Pingan waited for a while, he didn't expect the people to shout anything.He said: "In this case, Lizheng is right. He is responsible and concentrates on his work. I need such an official in Qingzhou. Come here, take the money from the treasury and reward Lizheng."

Li Zheng was overjoyed. He thought that the governor would punish him. Isn't the governor an acquaintance with Boss Du? How could he let him go and fix Boss Du instead?
The people who were watching were a little disappointed, as it turned out that the officials were fighting with each other, and some thought: "This governor is not cruel enough, after all, he should use the ordinary people instead of killing his own people!"

(End of this chapter)