Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 358 Legalists
With the passage of the court, the great detour strategy went completely in the opposite direction, from attacking north to detouring south. The materials and resources required were astronomical, enough to keep the court busy for a while.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Fan Zheng. His task is only to prescribe evil prescriptions, and the specific steps will be carried out by the officials of the Song Dynasty.

"Fan Zheng, the evil doctor!"

All the officials in the dynasty couldn't help but secretly resented that Fan Zheng was so easy to prescribe evil prescriptions and added a lot of important responsibilities to all the officials in the dynasty out of thin air.

However, Fan Zheng didn't care about the opinions of the officials. In his opinion, it was far less important than solving his brother Su Dun's troubles.

In the punishment department,

Forensic doctor Su Dun is famous. Many ironclad cases have been confirmed. In Su Dun's hands, he can overturn the ironclad cases based on just clues, find the real culprit, clear the wrongs of those who have been wronged, and punish those who have violated the law.

Su Dun alone has contributed one-third of the performance of Kaifeng Imperial Prison, which makes Su Dun almost a hated existence.

"Liu Wendong, Magistrate of Lankao County, you are suspected of embezzlement and perverting the law. You were beaten into submission and took human life lightly. Now the evidence is conclusive. What do you have to say?" Su Dun said angrily.

Lankao County Magistrate Liu Wendong was a scumbag among officials. He did everything possible to get promoted, and there was a lot of resentment throughout Lankao. He was even beaten for the sake of political achievements, resulting in the death of many people.

Lankao County Magistrate Liu Wendong's face turned pale. If he had been found guilty of corruption before, he would not be afraid. At worst, he would be sent to Lingnan, and there would be no chance of a comeback in the future.

However, since Fan Zheng proposed the evil imperial edict, all the criminal officials were no longer in exile and instead went to jail. Since then, they have lost their personal freedom and have no chance of making a comeback.

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng, forensic doctor Su Dun!" Liu Wendong was filled with hatred. Without these two people, how could he have ended up like this? The two of them worked together, one found evidence of his crime, and the other went out of his way to build a prison. , also called it euphemistically, not killing scholar-bureaucrats, but treating scholar-bureaucrats favorably. According to his crime, he is enough to sit in jail until he dies of old age!

"Little Su Dun, do you think you can bring peace to the world if you catch me? There are more officials in the world who are more corrupt than me and bend the law. Don't think that just you, Su Dun, can clear up Yuyu and bring peace to the world. Unjust prison, let alone Su Dun, even ten or eight of you can never hope to turn this turbid world into a clear sky and clear water." Liu Wendong laughed wildly.

Fan Zheng frowned and looked at the arrogant Liu Wendong coldly.

"And your forensic doctor, Su Dun, is just relying on your father, the world-famous Su Daxiang, and your brother, Fan Zhengwei, a popular evil doctor who is close to the official family. Otherwise, you are just a kid, how can you show off your power over me?" Liu Wendong said coldly.

How would a newly weak child be seen in Liu Wendong's eyes if he were ordinary? However, the identity behind Su Dun was extremely special, which prevented him from making any dirty tricks behind his back. Otherwise, when Su Dun first appeared in Lankao County, he would have been sure to let Su Dun. Escape and return in embarrassment.

"Take it away!"

Su Dun waved his hand and asked someone to take Liu Wendong back. I believe that before long, Liu Wendong will have a place in the single cell of Kaifeng Prison.

However, after what Liu Wendong said, Su Dun no longer had the excitement of solving the case before, but was filled with sadness.

The longer he served as a criminal judge, the more disappointed he became in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. Corrupt officials were rampant, and every case made people grit their teeth. As Liu Wendong said, he alone was unable to change the pattern of the Song Dynasty court.

Without the background of his father and Fan Zheng, he would have been dismissed from his post many times, and he would not even be able to save his life. In one of the murder cases he solved, the deceased was a passionate young county magistrate. Unfortunately, he had no background behind him. Designed to die unjustly.

When Fan Zheng and Yang Jie found Su Dun, they saw that Su Dun, a young man who was just in his weak years but full of energy, was already dark.

"Fan originally thought that Brother Su was unwilling to get married because he had not met the person he loved, but he did not expect that Brother Su was already old." Fan Zheng sighed.

"You're old! Could it be that Brother Fan is suffering from hysteria? Brother Su is actually [-] years old this year. Who dares to say that he is old?" Yang Jie said in surprise.

From his medical skills, one can tell at a glance that although Su Dun is not strong now, he still has a normal body and has no serious illness or disaster.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "What I'm talking about is not Brother Su's body, but Brother Su's psychology. Brother Su is under too much pressure in his heart now."

Su Dun turned around with a tired look on his face and said: "Sometimes I really envy you two. You can treat patients without any distractions, and you can come up with evil prescriptions repeatedly to solve everyone's problems. However, my forensic doctor is not like that. He is used to it. The greatest evil in the world, evil deeds that are forbidden repeatedly, will even happen again in the future."

Yang Jie couldn't help but sigh. He practiced medicine all day long and had the joy of bringing people back to life, while Su Dun dealt with corpses all day long. Behind every corpse was a tragedy. Over time, Su Dun, who already suffered from heart disease, was naturally affected. had an impact.

Fan Zheng was moved in his heart and said: "It's rare for brothers and I to meet each other today, why not have a drink!"

"It should be so!" Yang Jie said knowingly when he heard Xian.

Su Dun was also very moved. He determined to follow Bao Qingtian's example and kill the evil officials in the world. However, reality gave him a heavy blow. It could be said that he was exhausted. Now that his two best friends were here, he naturally had to indulge himself completely. Fan.

At that moment, the three of them found a remote restaurant and asked for a private room to avoid all disturbances.

After drinking for three rounds, Su Dun was drunk, his face turned red, and he finally relaxed and said, "Liu Wendong's words are true. Without the background of Brother Fan and my father, Su might be as innocent as the magistrate of Meng County who never rests in peace."

"At least Brother Su won, and Liu Wendong was finally brought to justice. This matter has been reported in the court. Everyone clapped their hands and praised him. The officials are even preparing to upgrade Brother Su to a higher rank and bring more punishments." Yang Jie comforted.

Even though he was in the doctor's house, he heard about the deeds of forensic doctor Su Dun.

Su Dun shook his head and said: "Brother Yang doesn't know something. Su was able to defeat Liu Wendong only by relying on his father's relationship and gaining strong support from the court. Only then was he lucky enough to find evidence of Liu Wendong's crime. In fact, there are many The evidence of the unjust case has been lost long ago, and even if Su tried his best, he still could not reverse the case."

Su Dun raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, feeling extremely depressed.

"You have tried your best. Now you have sent many officials to prison and alerted many officials." Fan Zheng sighed.

The Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats, and the protection between officials was extremely serious. Now there is a forensic doctor Su Dun who is an expert in solving crimes. He has repeatedly solved major cases. The crimes of many officials have been exposed and sent to the imperial prison. The threat of the imperial prison and Su Dun made the officials behavior has been greatly restrained.

"Prison!"

Su Dun snorted coldly and said, "Su wishes he could be like Mr. Bao Zheng and kill all the criminals under the guillotine."

He has experienced too many official cases. Once officials do evil, the consequences will be a thousand times worse than those of ordinary people.

Just losing their official position and entering a single-room prison is simply too cheap for them.Fan Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. The Song Dynasty did not kill scholar-bureaucrats, and even punished those who were not worthy of death. The imperial edict he proposed to change the method had already angered the officials, who united to fight against the doctors, in an attempt to make him succumb.

"It's a pity that the tiger-headed guillotine and dragon-headed guillotine are just in the play and cannot appear in the Kaifeng government office. Even Bao Zheng has not killed officials. At most, they will be sent to Lingnan." Fan Zheng shook his head.

Su Dun paused immediately, raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp, trying to drown out the resentment in his heart.

"Now is the best situation. With Brother Fan's imprisonment and Brother Su's forensic skills, corrupt officials can be punished." Yang Jie raised his glass.

Su Dun shook his head and said: "At that time, Master Bao Zheng's reputation was known to the whole world, but he still could not be banned by the criminal officials in the world, let alone Su! With the power of one person, he will never be able to fight against the darkness in the world."

Su Dun was a little discouraged. He was talented and intelligent, but how could he not know that what Liu Wendong said was true. There were endless corrupt officials in the world, and it was impossible for him, Su Dun, to fight against the entire Song dynasty bureaucracy.

Fan Zheng's eyes flashed and he said, "I wonder if Brother Su is willing to reform Legalism!"

"Reformer!" Su Dun was suddenly startled. The drunkenness that had just filled his head immediately disappeared, and he looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

"Can Legalists also change the law?" Even Yang Jie exclaimed.

There have been constant disputes over the reform in the court, and the old and new parties have taken turns in power. However, all the focus is on financial management and never involves laws.

Fan Zheng said calmly: "Doctors can change their methods, the court can change their methods, and the Legalists can also change their methods! If you are poor, change will lead to success. This principle is applicable to everyone in the world. Since Bao Zheng has not banned corrupt officials in the world, let alone We, I am afraid, there is only one way to change the Song Dynasty's crimes of corruption and bending the law, and that is to reform the Legalists."

Su Dun's eyes suddenly lit up. He had personally experienced the medical reforms, and was very familiar with the court reforms. Naturally, he knew that the only way to break the current deadlock was through legal reforms.

"The reason why officials all over the world are blatantly corrupt and bending the law is because the presiding official decides the case in one word. Absolute power will lead to absolute corruption. Therefore, the first step in reforming the law is to break the official's one-word decision!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Brother Fan, please teach me!" Su Dun said solemnly to Fan Zheng.

"This matter is very simple, that is, the appeal is allowed!" Fan Zheng said loudly.

"Appeal?" Su Dun and Yang Jie said dissatisfied.

Fan Zheng explained: "In the past unjust cases, it was up to Brother Su to find the wrongly accused case from the files all over the sky. Don't the victims know whether they were wronged or not, but they would have suffered. If Brother Su hadn't discovered it, , they may not be able to redress their grievances for the rest of their lives. If the victim is given an opportunity to appeal in the case and the county government office decides the case unfairly, he can appeal to the government office for a second instance judgment."

"Second instance verdict?" Su Dun's heart moved. The magistrate was the county magistrate's immediate superior and controlled the county magistrate's promotion and future. How could the county magistrate hand over the corruption and perversion of the law into the hands of his superiors?

Furthermore, if the second instance judgment is implemented, as long as the county magistrate and the prefect are upright, they will not sit back and watch unjust cases happen.

"This recipe is wonderful!" Su Dun said excitedly and waved his fist.

A county magistrate is simply a local emperor, controlling the life and death of the people in a county. It can be said that the Pojia County Magistrate is not just a lie, he actually has such power.

The second-instance system directly broke the county magistrate's authority in judging cases, preventing the county magistrate from engaging in unscrupulous corruption and bending the law. Moreover, the prefect is the official closest to the county magistrate. If a problem is discovered, the injustice can be redressed as quickly as possible.

"What if the prefect and the county magistrate are colluding?" Yang Jie suddenly interjected.

In an instant, Su Dun's expression froze. If the county magistrate and the prefect were to collude, the people who had been wronged might never have a chance to stand up again.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Then let's talk about sunk costs. It may only cost one hundred guan to bribe a county magistrate, but it may take as much as [-] guan to bribe a prefect. How can an ordinary family spend so much money? , this alone will greatly reduce the possibility of the two collaborating."

"Sunk costs!"

Su Dun nodded. From a cost perspective, the price of bribing a county magistrate and bribing both a county magistrate and a prefect at the same time is hugely different. Ordinary families simply cannot afford such a high price. This alone can reduce the occurrence of unjust cases. .

Yang Jie was unconvinced and said: "Reducing the possibility of complicity does not mean that it will not happen."

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "This matter is indeed possible, and the Criminal Division where Brother Su is located is where he can use his skills."

Su Dun nodded slightly. In fact, the existence of the Criminal Division was similar to the second-instance system, monitoring cases all over the world. Fan Zheng proposed that the people involved in the case be allowed to appeal, the prefect be allowed to have a second trial, and the Criminal Division be supervised, which would be enough to significantly reduce the blatant corruption and perversion of the law by officials.

At the moment, Fan Zheng explained the trial system of later generations and Su Dun one by one.

"In the second instance system, arrests and trials are not subordinate to each other, and the criminal department actively intervenes in vicious cases." As Fan Zheng introduced the systems of later generations, Su Dun suddenly felt like drinking sweet rain. According to Fan Zheng's strategy, he became a forensic scientist. , will definitely make the judicial system of the Song Dynasty more fair and leave countless Liu Wendongs nowhere to hide.

"You are trying to poke a hole in the court!" Yang Jie said with a bitter smile.

Whether it was Qingli's New Deal or Wang Anshi's reform, it either involved official administration or financial management, but did not involve Legalism. Once this policy was implemented, the Song Dynasty would set off a new round of reforms, and the situation in the court would be even more turbulent.

Su Dun's eyes were firm. He was known as the forensic doctor Su Dun. This time he would set a precedent for legalism.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Since ancient times, reformers have faced difficulties. Our ancestors Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi were both famous for their reforms, but they were ostracized by hundreds of officials. Their official careers were bleak. If you want to reform the Legalists, just Fan and Uncle Su I’m afraid I won’t be able to protect you, so I’m going to find a third backer for you!”

"The third backer? What backer in the world can resist the siege of hundreds of officials." Su Dun said with a bitter smile.

"Royal?"

Fan Zheng paused word by word.

Su Dun smiled bitterly and said, "How can the royal family stand up for Su without any reason?"

"Of course it won't be without reason. I heard that Princess Xu is already fifteen years old and is looking for a husband. If you are the consort, no one will dare to target you in the future." Fan Zhengyu said in shock.

(End of this chapter)