Volume G, Chapter 53, The Haze
After the two of them said "there are endless troubles" in the living room, they fell into silence. This time, Yang Rui picked up the tea cup, carefully used the lid of the cup to push away the tea leaves floating on the water, and tasted the tea carefully. Although Wu Tingfang held the tea cup, he had no intention of drinking it at all. He could completely imagine the consequences of Yang Rui's move, which was to open the door to equal wealth. If this was the case, there would be only poor people in this country in the future, and the rich would only live in the concession in order to preserve their property.
This is long-term, but in the short term, not to mention that the landlords do not lend money to the silver, and the tenant farmers have no capital to farm, the grain output will be greatly reduced, and even if the landlords resist, they do not know how much murder will cause. In justice, protecting their own private property is natural, but they have to fight against the state machine. The final result will be defeat.
Everyone is equal in the constitution, but now it is beginning to be unequal. Constitutional respects human dignity, but now people's dignity will be ruthlessly trampled on by the state machine. Is this still a constitutional country? This is clearly a country of **!
Wu Tingfang's breathing became more and more rapid, and his beard became more and more straighter. Finally, he said, "Prime Minister, please come back! Although Wu Tingfang is not talented, he knows that human dignity and property are inviolable. If the Prime Minister's Office insists on promoting land reform on its own initiative, then the Tingwei Office can only uphold the ambition of judicial independence and fight to the end to protect the constitution..."
"Haha...haha..." Wu Tingfang didn't say anything about judicial independence, but Yang Rui couldn't help laughing. He laughed all the time, but Wu Tingfang was a little confused. However, when a thick file was taken by Yang Rui on the coffee table, the black words "Assassination Trial Investigation" on the cover hurt his eyes, he finally understood what Yang Rui was laughing at. This was a scandal of the Tingwei Mansion, and he was also ordering the bailiff to investigate the bizarre trial case in Shanghai. He didn't want to be one step ahead of others.
"The Tingwei Mansion was first established, and the judge followed the previous Qing Dynasty. Old customs were inevitable. Shu Tingfang said bluntly that Rome was not built in one day. Judicial independence could not be completed in several years. Taking Britain as an example, if you want to truly achieve judicial independence and judicial justice, it will take the efforts of several generations. You must not give up the food because of the choke. The Prime Minister is not a person who is worried, so why can't you give Tingwei Mansion more time..." Wu Tingfang said dejectedly.
"Most judges came from gentry and officials' families, why is this? This is because of the unequal rights and uneven land. The richer the richer the less money, the less money the less money. In the end, officials will protect each other and protect each other. This unmissible relationship network is offline. Where can judicial independence be? How can judicial justice come? Only economic equality can personality equality, and only personality equality can legal equality, otherwise judicial justice will always be empty.
Laws, judges, Dali Temple, and Tingwei Mansion cannot be transcended. They are closely related to the entire country and society. If the land is not evenly matched, the inequality will become greater and greater, and the resentment of the people will accumulate deeper and deeper. After all, one day there will be people shouting, "The sky is dead. The yellow sky should stand up." But by that time, it will be too late to do anything."
After Yang Rui said something, he stood up and bowed to Wu Tingfang. He quietly left the living room, left the Tingwei Mansion, and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Wu Tingfang sat in the living room for a long time. He waited for the bell to ring before he came to his senses in a daze. He looked at the land reform draft on the coffee table and then looked at the thick Shanghai assassination trial file. After a while, he ordered the documents outside: "Go and take Lord Xu Jingren, Lord Dong, Lord Dong Sujue, Lord Xu Jilong, Lord Xu, Lord Jiang Yiyunjiang, Lord Wang Shuheng, Lord Wang Boyuan, Lord Zhu, Lord Shen Bingfu, Lord Shen, Lord Zhang Xingyan Zhang, Lord Zhang Rongxi, Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang. [Note: In turn, Xu Shiying, Dong Kang, Xu Qian, Jiang Yong, Wang Shitong, Zhu Shen (pseudo), Shen Junru, Zhang Shizhao, Zhang Yaozeng]"
There are seven officials in the Tingwei Mansion, including Wu Tingfang. In addition to these seven people, Chen Junru, Zhang Shizhao and Zhang Yao once had a great influence in the Tingwei Mansion, especially Zhang Shizhao. Although he claimed to be a newspaper runner on that day, he will be transferred from this position next year and take charge of important positions.
Half a quarter of an hour later, a meeting of ten people was held in the study. At first, Wu Tingfang did not talk about the land reform, but about the assassination.
In addition to the trial record, there are also records of the parties before and after, photos, consumption records, bank deposit certificates, and even recording rubber discs. This is the recording of Cai Yin, the new chief of Dali Temple in Shanghai, who earned thousands of taels of silver. Except for those miserable things between men and women, other words are all about showing off to his lover that he has done an extraordinary thing. He didn't even know that the rubber disc under the bed was recording every word he said.
The rubber plate was finally put out, and even Wu Tingfang, all the people were staring at each other and were at a loss. It took a while before Zhang Yaozeng said, "Sir, is this recording possible forged?"
"Since the Prime Minister will send these things over, how can it be forged?" Before others could speak, Zhang Shizhao spoke first. In his opinion, no one here knew much about Yang Rui as he had. "Mr. Wu, what is the intention of the Prime Minister to deliver this thing in person this time?"
Zhang Shizhao asked in an idea, and Wu Tingfang sighed: "He wants to be equal!"
"Jundi?!" Everyone was surprised. Everyone knew about the situation of Jundi in North Korea. It is said that there was no Dali Temple, no court, and only three-person committee. As long as the three people permitted it, the landlord would confiscate his family's property and land for war crimes, and he would be responsible for hard labor and lose his life. This torrent was pushed from the Yalu River to the seaside of Busan, causing wealthy gentry across the country to flee to Japan and the country.
Imagine the scene of North Korea, the official Dong Kang of the ** official said: "Why did the Prime Minister use such a despicable means? The constitutional politics implemented in our country. How can one conclude that constitutionalism will be completely failed if there is any mistake? If so, all countries in the world can abolish the laws and completely change the system of people."
"Yes! The road to constitutionalism is long and bumpy, how can I deny it completely in one case? Is it because the Prime Minister himself involved in the case?" Xu Shiying also said, "I want to go to the Prime Minister's Office to discuss this matter with the Prime Minister! I was responsible for this case at the beginning, and I, Xu Shiying, should bear the crime of dereliction of duty. It has nothing to do with the person in the Tingwei Mansion, and even more so with constitutionalism."
Dong Kang is a student of Shen Jiaben, and Xu Shiying is said to have been in contact with the Prime Minister’s second wife Han Xianfeng, but this is just a rumor. No one has ever seen Xu Shiying go to the Prime Minister’s private residence. He has never heard of Xu Shiying mention Xu Shiying. However, now that he hears Xu Shiying going to the Prime Minister’s Office to discuss this, several people are excited again.
"It's useless to go." Wu Tingfang said: "The Prime Minister came here. He did not say that constitutionalism was bad at all. He only said that if the fields were uneven, then there would be economic inequality between people. The result was that rich bullies those who had no money, and there was no way to talk about judicial justice. Taking the trial of the assassination case in Shanghai as an example, the reason for this result was that most of the judges in the palace were gentry, and they all tended to rescue the defendants. The plaintiffs were either government officials or patrolmen, and one would not shout for justice. The other even complained about the scholars and did not believe it.
All dynasties in our country have given preferential treatment to scholars. At that time, the gentry was the one who called for constitutionalism. Although now, everyone is equal before the law, but they cannot forget the gentry who cannot punish the doctor. Since this case was released, it is certain that it is not so difficult to promote constitutionalism. In addition, in order to prevent this from happening again, the Dali Temple will hire judges later. Children from poor peasants should be hired more children from wealthy businessmen and gentry families. The principle of avoidance should also consider the difference between rich and poor, and should not blindly follow the old examples."
Wu Tingfang only explained how to deal with the fraud in the assassination case in Shanghai. However, he did not explain at all how to deal with it. But even so, as a native of Wujin, Jiangsu, Dong Kang, who knew the local situation, was uneasy. He said: "The fraud case in Shanghai involves the entire academic community. The Mr. Zhang mentioned in the recording is likely to be Zhang Yuanji of Commercial Press. This person was the general office of Nanyang Public School in his early years. The legendary special class was proposed by him. Those of the pre-Dingge Education Association received their support for a long time. It is said that the Revival Society was in the Patriotic Society before, and it was settled after he dropped out of school because he funded thousands of taels. If this person was involved in the case, the world would be in chaos!"
"The iron law is ruthless, why do you have so many concerns?" Wu Tingfang looked at Dong Kang and was very unhappy. He stood up and said, "Just do it like this."
Wu Tingfang decided that when the others were getting up and leaving the study, Xu Shiying said, "What should I do if I have the same thing as the world?"
"What can I do? Any unconstitutional move will never be allowed. We will protect the Constitution in our lives!" Wu Tingfang said. He said it resolutely, but the others were still uneasy. The official Zhu Shen was a little worried, "Sir, aren't we both pleasing to both sides?"
"A few years ago, Lord Shen and I were both unpleasant to me." Wu Tingfang recalled: "Lao Naixun and others claimed that we had no king or father, and tried to destroy the inheritance of China for thousands of years; while the new gentry called us the minions of Manchus and used the constitution to safeguard the rule of Manchus. But Lord Shen, I, Lord Shen, believed that the essence of the law was all in our hearts, so why bother to please others? You all went, I personally sent this file to the Inspectorate."
"Yes, sir!" Wu Tingfang said so, and there was no more talk. The next afternoon, after Cai Yin, the chief of Dali Temple in Shanghai, confessed, Xu Xilin, the chief censor of the Inspectorate, personally brought people to Dali Temple.
"You have the right not to speak. If you speak, then every word you say will be used as a certificate in court; you have the right to ask a coward, and you can ask a lawyer to be present during the interrogation process; if you cannot hire a lawyer, we will..."
After the arrest warrant was presented, the patrol officer read a long inexplicable warning slogan as usual, with half perfunctory and half cold voices. Under the eyes of Xu Xilin and Xu Shiying, Yang Yinhang and Wang Chonghui, who were gathered together to discuss how to deal with the arrest of Cai Yin in Shanghai, looked like earth. They did not expect that Cai Yin, who had patted his chest to ensure that everything was foolish, would confess in one day.
"Take off their black hats." Xu Shiying looked at the two doctors in law studying in the United States who were shaking like chaff in front of him, and was disappointed that they would not be able to make a strong decision.
"Yes, sir!" the bailiff next to him shouted loudly, and his two black hats were taken off immediately.
After looking at the two of them again, Xu Shiying waved her hand powerlessly and said, "Take it away..."
With the arrest of Cai Yin, Yang Yinhang and Wang Chonghui, the already quelled assassination case has caused another stir. Just as the Minister of Agriculture Tao Chengzhang was about to file a land reform case with the Jiyi Academy, Cai Yuanpei hurriedly ran over.
"It turns out, what are you... what are you going to do!!" Cai Yuanpei's tone was blamed and resentful. He just learned that Zhang Yuanji was also taken away by the inspector.
"I, I didn't do anything!" Yang Rui guessed what Cai Yuanpei said, but he didn't want to pay attention to it.
"Have you done anything yet?" Cai Yuanpei shouted sternly, extremely disobedient. Judging from the tooth powder marks on half of his mouth, he should have suddenly come here while brushing his teeth. "I'll ask you, why should you arrest Xiaozhai?!"
Xiaozhai is Zhang Yuanji's name. Yang Rui smiled and said, "I have said a long time ago that our country's judicial independence is independent. It is all about the Tingwei Mansion. It has nothing to do with the Prime Minister's Office. Last month, Wu Zhihui was acquitted. I have said half of the complaints? It's not just acknowledging the verdict..."
Yang Rui talked indifferently. Cai Yuanpei just didn't believe it. He shouted: "It's not that you, Prime Minister Yang, is dissatisfied. How could this case become like this?"
"Brother Jimin, you are so arrogant to me." Yang Rui shook his head and said, "The Shanghai Patrol Police Bureau was sentenced to improper defense. The families of the patrol police who were sentenced to prison shouted for justice at the door of the Shanghai Inspectorate every day. This matter is just that the newspapers in Shanghai disdain to report. How can it be said that it is caused by my dissatisfaction?"
"You!" Yang Rui replied without any leakage. Cai Yuanpei could only stomp his feet in anger, "Brother Xiaozhai will be of great help to me. Without Brother Xiaozhai, there would be no special class! Without special class, there would be no patriotic society! Without patriotic students, there would be no revival club! How could he be, how could he be imprisoned?!"
"According to what you said, Brother Xiaozhai was just arrested, how could he be imprisoned? If he had not violated the law and was not acquitted, it would be impossible to even open a trial. What should you worry about?" Yang Rui saw that he was so anxious, and couldn't help but say more, "Jimin. Haven't you thought about our revolution to create a world where everyone is equal before the law? But why do you always think about opening the Internet when you or someone who has something to do with yourself or someone who has something to do with you?"
"Yes. We want to create a world where everyone is equal before the law, but don't forget that if it weren't for the friendship between friends and teachers and students, how could you take away those forty-four students? At the beginning of the establishment of the Liaodong Revival Army. If it weren't for the friendship between brothers and comrades, how could you form the Revival Army so quickly?" Cai Yuanpei counted the past of the Revival Society. His words were sharp, "As long as it was useful before it was accomplished, there was no taboo, but after it was accomplished, he crossed the bridge and did not remember the old love. If this lasted, the Revival Society would fall apart one day. It turned out that, do you really think that everyone in this world is as cold-blooded and ruthless as you? No, I was wrong. You are also affectionate, and if you are also ruthless, then Cixi would not die."
Cixi died at the hands of Cheng Wu, and Cheng Wu was able to kill Cixi because Yang Rui was too dedicated. In Yang Rui's opinion, the Hangzhou incident was caused by Cai Yuanpei's misjudgment and miscommand command; but in Cai Yuanpei's opinion, the root cause of Hangzhou's defeat was because Yang Rui was dedicated to Cheng Wu. The later leak of rubber stocks was also caused by Cheng Wu's violation of discipline. As for the incident in North Korea some time ago, it was even more so. Although Yang Rui returned safely, the few times made it possible for Cai Yuanpei to repeatedly disrupt national affairs for this woman, Yang Rui was really futile to the country.
Cai Yuanpei's words involved Cheng Xu, which suddenly made Yang Rui alert like a hedgehog. He was not angry, but said carefully: "If the revival will be formed by personal friendship, then I can only say that this is the great misfortune of the revival society and the great misfortune of China. Organizations formed by personal friendship will eventually be the thief of the country and the harm of the people. It will be disbanded one day earlier, and the people will be saved one day earlier, and the people will be eliminated one day earlier. I will shout long live for this.
I know why I mentioned my vision repeatedly in the association? It is because I don’t want the Revival to be an organization formed by personal friendship. Members are not all young people tempted by practical benefits. Everyone in the Revival Society has the vision of reviving China. They know why they strive and know who sacrifice is for. Such a Revival Society is the real Revival Society, and such a revolution is the real revolution.
I was dissatisfied with the trial result before, but what I did was still acting within the law. It was illegal to record the Shanghai judge Cai Yin, but who made his good friend in the concession, and he himself was a big mouth and trembled everything out? The actor was ruthless and had no righteousness. Then, when he heard that he had received a few thousand taels of bribes but only gave him a few hundred taels, he turned around and sued him to the inspector's office. Who can I blame this? Are I blamed for me?
If you are a person, you have personal feelings, but the public is not tolerant! Didn’t you joke about Lu Bicheng in the past that he would become my third wife in the end? But as long as she is my subordinate, she will always be a subordinate. Let’s see why any government items have to be paid for money to print the six words “Public property is not allowed to be used for private purposes”, because many officials always carry public things home with personal feelings, so they have to print them.
Since the founding of Zhou Li in King Wen's Romance, except for the chaotic times of dynasty, the relatives have been emphasized for thousands of years, especially later, a "doctor who is not punished" was a disaster for the country and the people. If Wu Zhihui had an old friendship with you, if Zhang Xiaozhai had not been favored to you, would you have to come to me early in the morning and shout and shout? Wu Zhihui, Zhang Xiaozhai had you running around and shouting for him, but if this case did not involve me, who would have run around and shouting for those dead guards and patrolmen?
Oh! The lives of scholars are precious, and the lives of mud legs are not worthwhile? Those who know try their best to rescue them, and those who don’t know will take the blame. What country is such a country? What government is such a government? What bureaucrats will such a bureaucrats? If this idea is not eliminated, then what is the difference between China and the Qing Dynasty? What is the difference between revolution and non-revolution? If the results of what we sacrificed for and struggled for, then who will dare to face the martyrs after death? Who dares?!"
"Okay! Hello..., don't talk about martyrs. People are not plants and trees, so who can be ruthless? I don't believe that you have no time to be favored and abuse the law." Yang Rui threw a bunch of words over, making Cai Yuanpei speechless. It took him a long time to fight back.
"If I really do evil and abuse my power, I will surrender to the inspector's office." Yang Rui said.
"Okay! Very good! Very good!" Cai Yuanpei's face suddenly calmed down. This time he did not stomp his feet, but drifted out of the Prime Minister's Office like a wind, and he couldn't see it in a while.
"Prime Minister, the report from Lord Tao on the other side of the Jiyi Academy is about to begin. Are we..." After Cai Yuanpei left, after a long time, he heard Li Zilong, who was silent in the room, walk in and said softly.
"Okay! I get it, I'll wash my face and go." Yang Rui replied, getting up and walking towards the bathroom behind the house. However, when he was about to go out to the Jiyi Academy, Lu Bicheng suddenly appeared. She took a resignation statement and said shyly: "Prime Minister, I want to resign."
When he heard Lu Bicheng resign, Li Zilong laughed out loud. Only then did Yang Rui realize that he had just said Lu Bicheng's third room and other things when he was excited. Thinking of this, his face turned red and he was at a loss at a loss to Lu Bicheng.
Fortunately, Lu Bicheng lowered her head, so she stuffed the resignation statement into the man's hand intentionally or unintentionally and gently stroked the man's hand, and she also went away flutteringly. After she left, Yang Rui stood there for a long time before stroking his forehead with his hand, and said to herself: "Am I trying to die? I didn't say I want to marry a third wife!"
After Yang Rui arrived at the Jiyi Academy, he entered through the side door. The Jiyi Academy held meetings every year on October, November, and December to discuss and approve the government bills and policies next year. Although the war with Russia has not ended this year, everyone knows that this is the Prime Minister hanging the foreigners and wanting to get more benefits. If he really wants to announce a cession, the foreigners will be very happy.
Since the war has ended, it is most important to determine the long-term national policy. Just now, Xie Zhangtai from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had just reported on the diplomatic situation and the European war situation. Now Zhang Taiyan is giving a report from the Ministry of Rites. After Yang Rui came in from the side, his speech was interrupted by sudden applause. Following the eyes of everyone, he waved his head strangely when he saw that it was Yang Rui coming in, as if he wanted to say, 'I said who else could be there'.
As Yang Rui sat down, everyone's applause stopped. Zhang Taiyan knew exactly what Yang Rui had to do. He compressed the report that had been half an hour in ten minutes. After reading it, he walked off the rostrum in order to let Tao Chengzhang from the Ministry of Agriculture take the stage earlier.
Amid the wooden hammer sound of 'pa...pa...pa...pa...pa...', Speaker Yang Du asked the congressmen whether there were any objections. This time, unlike before, the venue was full of calls for no objection. After hearing this, he laughed and said, "Then please invite the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture Tao to the stage to give a speech on the long-term plan of the Ministry of Agriculture."
The members of the Revival Society had known what Tao Chengzhang was going to say for a long time, and immediately cheered when he heard the sound. Although these members were controlled by the organizational discipline like archways, they were still farmers, and a large part of them were tenants. They became first-rank officials of the court like dreams, and followed Zhu Kuan-cher to sacrifice to the queen of the world. These people seemed to be reborn, and their thoughts were no longer the livelihood of their family, but the food and clothing of farmers all over the world. Although they may not be able to accurately understand what land reform is and what will bring, since the organization said that land reform can make every family eat and everyone wears warm clothes, why not support it from the heart?
Chapter completed!