Ji Tang

Chapter 732 The Bottom Line
"But please remember that this case has become a hot topic. If it cannot be handled fairly, it will attract others to follow suit and will have an immeasurable impact on future convictions."

Ji Song's words suddenly enlightened everyone, and everyone understood that this matter was no longer a matter of who was right or wrong.

Sometimes when something has too great an impact, it is inevitable to choose the advantages that outweigh the disadvantages.

Was Shang Yang guilty at that time?Was Chao Cuo guilty back then?Is Master Yan guilty?

No, none of them are guilty, but when most people think he is guilty, he is a sinner.

Just like this property ownership case, everyone knows that there is something wrong with this uncle.But there is no evidence. Someone has confirmed that this child's ancestors are indeed from a wealthy family, and it is not an exaggeration to leave some property to the family.

And that uncle had been favored by the child's ancestors, but now he is demanding the family property after the death of the child's parents, without any family affection at all.

Not talking about the favor back then, but calling him the child's elder. Such behavior is even more disgusting.If the sentence is really awarded to this uncle, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles in the future!

"What does the Marquis mean?"

At this time, no one cared about why Ji Song appeared here, but asked for advice.

"Check, check carefully. Let's first check that uncle based on the presumption of guilt. Regardless of whether he is guilty or not, we will first assume that he is guilty and find out his past and whether he has the ability to lend so much money to others."

"In addition, the deaths of these parents are somewhat coincidental. They accidentally fell off a cliff and died just after taking out the money. Both of them died. The bodies were bitten by wild beasts. It is impossible to tell whether it was an accident or homicide."

"This matter must be investigated thoroughly and the people must be given an explanation."

"Also, this incident also exposed a problem!"

Everyone was stunned, wondering what Ji Song meant?
Ji Song did not show off and said directly: "That is the imperfection of the property inheritance law and the irregularity of private lending."

"If the loan can be recorded in front of the government or a reputable person, or if there is a third party present to prove it, then the matter will be clear."

"But no, just based on a deed that I don't know is true or false, the officials of the Tang Dynasty were at a loss what to do. They even made such a judgment even though they knew there was a problem."

He looked around at the crowd, took a deep breath and said, "This is the dereliction of duty of our Criminal Department! So, starting now, within three days, each of you will come up with a proposal on the Property Inheritance Law and the Private Lending Law."

"I would like to report this matter to Your Majesty and incorporate it into the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and try to prevent this matter from happening in the future."

Ji Song also understands that private lending has been a big problem since ancient times.

It is impossible to eliminate it. Everything has its pros and cons. It is inevitable for people to borrow money from others in times of difficulty. This is also a spontaneous mechanism for social self-mediation.

It can prevent people in difficulty from having no way to go, and it even has a positive meaning to a certain extent!
But this is based on good social credit. Once one party increases the interest rate, or the borrower is not trustworthy, disputes will inevitably occur.

If this is an economic dispute that often occurs between people, it will be difficult to prevent it in future generations. The only way is to set the highest interest rate at the legal level and protect their legitimate interests legally.

Illegal lending such as excess or compound interest is not recognized by law.

After everyone left, Di Zhisun said: "Master Hou, private lending has been a mess since ancient times. Whether it is the previous dynasty or this dynasty, the government basically lets them solve it by themselves and rarely takes care of it."

"Because I can't control it at all. Things like this happen all the time. Even lower-ranking officials often borrow money when they are in trouble, let alone ordinary people."

Pei Hongxian also said: "Yes, private lending has been around since ancient times, and the interest rates vary. Originally, private lending to each other was a good thing, but more often it became a way for unscrupulous lenders to make money. The borrowers' families were often ruined, and it really needed to be rectified. "But this matter is difficult, very difficult, Mr. Marquis"

Ji Song waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "These princes all know that it is impossible to prevent it. But as the compilation of laws, we want to give the people a last hope at the legal level. We must not Leaving them with no choice but to destroy their families and their families.”

Ji Song said as he walked: "To determine the maximum interest rate for private loans, the annual rate must not be raised above 20.00% in any form or for any reason, otherwise the law will not recognize it."

“Once you are sued by the government, you don’t have to pay back anything except the principal.”

"In addition, any form of intimidation, threats, or using family members and children to pay debts will occur as a last resort. Once this is done, not only will the principal not be repaid, but the legal responsibility of the parties will also be held."

"Don't think that just handing over a slave to pay for the crime will be enough. The lender will be held directly responsible for this matter."

"Since you know that the other party cannot afford to repay it, but you still want to lend it to the other party and charge high interest, he must have an agenda. This matter must be eliminated from the root."

Ji Songlin always said a lot, but in general it is only natural to repay debts, but only to the borrower and his property, and not to threaten his family and children in any form.

After Ji Song finished speaking, he asked Pei Hongxian to write down everything he just said. After he confirmed that it was correct, he put it away.

"At this time, you must follow up. You cannot close the case just because you are confused, let alone use torture to force the other party to admit. You must be well-reasoned and well-founded. You must not bend the law for personal gain or use severe torture to extract confessions, so that the people and the parties concerned can be convinced."

He said sincerely: "This incident will become a template for such cases in the future and will definitely be the basis for other officials to judge cases. Therefore, we must not be careless."

Di Zhisun and Pei Hongxian solemnly said: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, we will definitely keep an eye on this matter and we will never let them do anything wrong."

"Well, I will write the whole story into a memorial and submit it to His Majesty for reading tomorrow."

He looked at the sky and didn't expect that it would be dark after a while. He said, "Okay, everyone, let's go home. Let's do it tomorrow!"

"Master Marquis, please go back and rest first. We will be back after a busy meeting."

Ji Song nodded, knowing that they were still busy, so he didn't care.

On the way home, Ji Song thought about what happened today and wondered if there were any other mistakes.This matter was too troublesome. In later generations, such incidents were classified as civil disputes. The government did not participate if it could but tried to mediate.

Because if there is too much control, it will inevitably lead to fire and even bigger disputes.

But for a while, the country made big moves on this matter.

The unruly people were classified as evil forces, and they were severely punished and investigated, which greatly destroyed their arrogance.

Financial disputes have been a difficult problem since ancient times, but now it is great to be able to set a legal bottom line.

But he also knows that this is only the bottom line, and other things can no longer be achieved by the current system.In fact, it is more about giving hope to everyone and restraining the powerful from being too unscrupulous!
Shake your head and stop thinking about this.

I have done everything I can do, but no matter how much I do, I am still powerless.

Manpower is sometimes poor, and I am not an omnipotent god. I can only try my best to do my best.
(End of this chapter)