Watching the people walking into the Yamen in strange clothes, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Lin Yi in puzzlement and said, "County magistrate Lin, why is that?"
"These people wear strange clothes and break into the Yamen, but no one stops them. Doesn't that make the law of Daming as dignified as nothing?"
Lao Zhu wanted to use these excuses to make Lin Yi feel bad, but Lin Yi asked, "Sir, if officials and businessmen collude to frame people together, and people have no way to complain, how will people respond?"
Hearing Lin Yi's heckling, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied without thinking, "Of course it's to go to the superior Yamen to complain, or to the capital!"
Hearing Laozhu's answer, Lin Yi shook his head and said: "Sir, since the people have no way to complain, do you think the collusion of officials and businessmen can let them out of their own territory?"
Speaking of this, Lin Yi pointed to the people in front of him and continued: "If you want to achieve a fair and honest trial, then the people must have their own spokesmen!"
"Even if officials and businessmen collude with each other, at least someone will help them argue, right?"
"And even if the officials and businessmen collude to murder the people, the people can secretly entrust the case to others and let others appeal on their behalf!"
"In this way, wouldn't it solve the problem of collusion between officials and businessmen?"
Hearing Lin Yi's words, Lao Zhu was directly resented and speechless
It seemed that he saw Lao Zhu's face was not very good looking. Lin Yi quickly added, "Of course, no one is perfect. When the laws of the Ming Dynasty were promulgated, it was estimated that he would not think about these things, or did not think about them at all..."
"So the demotion is not aimed at the emperor!"
After Lin Yi's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang's face looked much better. After all, the law of the Ming Dynasty was not written by him.
He is just an idea, and people at the bottom make it according to his idea. As for the details, he must not know.
Hearing what Lin Yi said, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood Lin Yi's idea. He pointed to those people in strange clothes and said, "So they are the people you call worthy of trust?"
"Exactly!"
"In the Song Dynasty, there was a judge saying..."
"But all the judges are talking about money. It is inevitable that some lawless people will take advantage of it and sell the people at last."
"So we in Qi County will reform on this basis. If there is a dispute between the two sides and we need to find the Yamen to solve it, we must pay a certain amount of public prosecution fees!"
"In addition, as the spokesmen of both sides of the trial, we call them lawyers, which means the teachers who uphold the law!"
"On this basis, we also launched a nine level evaluation function. Lawyers who serve the people wholeheartedly will be rewarded and evaluated by voting!"
"The higher the level, the more famous the lawyer will be, and the more salary and rewards will be!"
"Therefore, no one will joke about his reputation unless he doesn't want to have a foothold in this field!"
"If the lawyer commits fraud and falsehood, the Yamen will punish him severely!"
Public prosecution fee?
lawyer?
Evaluation?
Listening to Lin Yi's explanation of the lawyer, even the layman Zhu couldn't help sighing at the subtlety of this procedure!
However, Lao Zhu and his party still know a little about how to implement it
Empress Ma listened attentively and said with great interest, "In that case, the magistrate of Lin County will see if all the people are here, so that I can see if it is really like what the magistrate of Lin County said!"
Hearing Empress Ma's words, Lin Yi saw that the people had arrived, and immediately replied, "Madam, wait a moment, I will let them start!"
After saying that, Lin Yi looked at the robbers and victims in the Yamen lobby and the lawyers of both sides and said, "Let's start!"
"Both sides will now begin their defense!"
"The plaintiff speaks first..."
As Lin Yi's voice dropped, the plaintiff's lawyer immediately stepped forward and said:
"Your excellency, when my client passed through Makou Mountain half a month ago, Zhao Si and his gang blocked the way and robbed him. They lost a total of 1500 liang worth of goods and injured two servants. This is the evidence given by the shipping party and the receiving party, as well as the injury examination report given by the hospital. Please learn from it!"
The plaintiff's lawyer said that, and directly bowed to hand over his own paper and evidence!
When the Yamen Runner took the paper and was about to hand it to Lin Yi, Lin Yi stared, and the Yamen Runner immediately came back to his senses, and then handed the paper to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Lao Zhu is finally satisfied with Lin Yi's wisdom
Just after taking the paper, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little blind. He pointed to the disordered bills and the clues of time and place on the paper and asked, "Why are each paper so messy, can't it be simpler?"
In response to Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Lin Yi had to explain: "Sir, the bill is used to check whether the amount of loss reported by the plaintiff is true, which is also to prevent false accusations!"
After talking about the bill, Lin Yi pointed to the time and place on the paper again and said, "As for the time and address described on the paper, it is to determine the scene of the crime, prevent cross regional reporting, and interfere in other counties' affairs!"
"In addition, the signature and fingerprint of the client above represent that the plaintiff entrusted the matter to the lawyer, indicating the lawfulness of the lawyer!"
When Lin Yi finished explaining one by one, not only Zhu Yuanzhang marveled at the preciseness of the process, but also Zhu Biao and Empress Ma looked at Lin Yi hotly
Talents!
Great talent!
For a while, after listening to his explanation, Empress Ma wanted to make Lin Yi an official in the capital and help his old Zhu, while Zhu Biao even had the idea of becoming a teacher!
"What a man! All his evidence is here!"
"If everyone in the world is like Lin County Magistrate, why should Daming not be rich and powerful?"
Zhu Biao couldn't help praising him, but when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's sharp vision, he immediately shut his mouth again.
"You flatter me!"
"It's just a matter of duty..."
"Of course, the trial has just begun. Now it's the defendant's turn to defend himself!"
Lin Yi gives Zhu Biao a "good eye", and then says to Zhu Yuanzhang again.
Lao Zhu nodded, and then continued to watch the next interrogation
"Your Excellency, my client..."
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to catch something, then interrupted the lawyer's words, looked at Lin Yi and asked, "Wait! The robbers can also hire lawyers? Isn't it only the two sides who have disputes are qualified?"
Lin Yi nodded and then explained: "The robbers are also natural persons at this stage, so of course they have the right to hire lawyers!"
"It's just that we didn't really ask them to hire their own lawyers, but the notary lawyers the Yamen found for them!"
"The role of the notary lawyer is to find loopholes in the plaintiff's defense, so that the defendant is not falsely accused!"