Less than half an hour later, two other bailiffs brought a middle-aged man in his thirties into the school.
One bailiff stepped forward and whispered to the assistant judge for a while.
The assistant judge took a moment and said: "We have found a new witness Zhang Fengting, so the trial is now open.
Chen Qi, is there anything that needs to be modified in the testimony you just said?"
When he saw Zhang Fengting, Chen Qi knew something was wrong.
He wanted to change his testimony, but he knew that it would only be worse if he changed his testimony.
Although he didn't quite understand what the assistant judge said, it was obviously not a good thing if his testimony was not credible.
He placed all his hopes on Zhang Fengting and gritted his teeth and said: "Your Honor, there is nothing that needs to be modified."
The assistant judge said: "Zhang Fengting, please come forward and take an oath first."
The bailiff came forward with Zhang Fengting, took out a piece of paper and said: "Follow me, I will read one sentence and you will read the other."
Zhang Fengting then read: "I swear on the honor of my father and ancestors: everything I say is the truth or all the facts.
If I violate the oath, I am willing to accept legal punishment and moral condemnation.
The swearer: Zhang Fengting."
Chen Qi heard After his oath, his legs became weak and he fell to the ground unable to support himself any longer.
The assistant judge glanced at him, turned around and asked: "Zhang Fengting, have you met with Chen Qi today?"
Zhang Fengting said: "I've seen it before."
The assistant judge asked: "When did we meet and why?"
Zhang Fengting said: "Just an hour ago, Chen Qi found me, paid me back the money he owed me last time, and asked me to go to the gambling stall tomorrow."
The associate judge asked: "How much does he pay you back and what does he owe you?"
Zhang Fengting said: "I paid back three yuan, which is the gambling debt I owed this month.
He said that he still has three yuan, so he can gamble again tomorrow."
The associate judge asked again: "Can he say where the money came from?"
Zhang Fengting said: "That's not true.
I didn't even ask."
The assistant judge said: "Very good, please wait aside.
Chen Qi, do you have anything else to say?"
Chen Qidao: "This money is what Teacher Liu is willing to give me.
It is a reward for my primary school student's good academic performance."
The assistant judge asked: "The teacher Liu you are talking about refers to Mr.
Liu Mingli, the headmaster of Xiaogang Academy?"
Chen Qi was at a loss for a while before he responded: "Yes."
The assistant judge asked: "Chang Liu, you gave Chen Qi money because you wanted to reward his eldest son Chen Liusheng for his academic performance, okay?"
Liu Mingli stepped forward and said: "Your honor, it was Chen Qi and Chen Liusheng who threatened me about his study status, so I had to give him money."
The associate judge asked: "How can he threaten you with his son's academic performance?"
Liu Mingli said: "Chen Liusheng has very good grades and is the student in our school who is most likely to be promoted to the county intermediate school.
Chen Qi threatened me that if I didn't give him money, he would let Chen Liusheng do poorly in the exam deliberately so that he could not Enter an intermediate school to study.”
The assistant judge asked again: "Chen Qi, what Liu Shanchang said is true."
Chen Qi replied in a low voice: "Yes."
The assistant judge said: "The facts of Chen Qi's extortion case are clear, and the parties have no objections.
According to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty Law, this court sentenced Chen Qi to one year of hard labor, which will be executed immediately.
The six yuan extorted will be returned by Zhang Fengting first Give three yuan to Chen Qi, and then Chen Qi will return it together and leave the court."
Zhang Fengting immediately took out three silver coins and gave them to Chen Qi.
Chen Qi reluctantly took out the other three silver coins from his pocket and returned them to Liu Mingli together.
Liu Mingli smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will give this money to your wife.
Maybe after you leave, they can live more comfortably with the money and food distributed by the court."
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Chen Qi lowered his head and said nothing, and naturally the bailiff took him away.
After the assistant judge also left, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "It seems to be the same thing."
Wei Zhongxian said: "This is the interrogation method personally formulated by the current emperor.
It is of course the best."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said nothing, and then said to Liu Mingli: "In the future, you must pay attention to people like Chen Qi.
It is useless to reason with him.
He will not listen.
If anything happens, go to the court.
By the way, you How long have you been teaching here?”
Liu Mingli replied: "Superintendent, Xiaoke has been teaching here for four years."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Then tell me, why is there such poverty here?"
Liu Mingli hesitated and said: "Master Inspector, Xiao Ke is just a teacher, not from the official school.
It is not Xiao Ke's duty to manage local affairs."
Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "The normal school has stricter requirements than the official school, and the admission score is higher.
It makes no sense that you, a normal student, don't understand civil affairs at all."
Liu Mingli said with a smile: "There are specialties in the arts, so Xiao Ke will not speak nonsense, and the inspector will listen to it and don't make fun of Xiao Ke."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, and Liu Mingli said: "The surrounding areas of Fengyang are poor.
In Xiao Ke's opinion, there are two main reasons.
One is that there are some problems with the court's policy.
After the money and food were distributed, a group of lazy people were raised, and this It has lasted for more than two hundred years, so people here can support themselves without doing any work, so how many people will work hard?"
Seeing that Zhu Youxiao did not respond, Liu Mingli continued: "The second point is the transportation problem.
Fengyang is mountainous and the roads are difficult to travel.
Even if there is some produce here, it cannot be transported out.
This is not only a problem for Fengyang, This problem exists all over the country.
Now the imperial court is overhauling the railway, which can indeed play a role in connecting various places, but in places like Fengyang, the small roads have not been repaired, so it is not of much use. " Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "It seems that Liu Shanchang has also thought about some issues.
Fengyang's subsidy issue is indeed a big problem, but these things must be worried about by the cabinet and ministers.
It's just about building roads. , Now the imperial court is unable to build railways and large roads, and these small roads may not be included in the schedule for a while. " Liu Mingli said: "What the Inspector said makes sense, but Xiao Ke thinks this way.
The imperial court is focusing on building railways and large highways.
Can local people build small roads in various places by themselves?"
Zhu Youxiao shook his head and said: "If you build it yourself, the cement factory will not be able to supply so many places.
How can we solve this problem?"
Liu Mingli said with a smile: "When Xiao Ke was in the capital, he saw a large highway, which was ten to fifteen steps wide, and was smoothed with cement.
This may be because considering the traffic situation for a long time in the future, Xiao Ke did not dare to mess with it.
Said.
But now the paths in various places do not need to be so wide, nor do they need to be paved with cement.
As long as they are two steps wide and then paved with gravel or even loess, donkeys, oxcarts and so on can be passed, so why do they need to be paved?
"How about cementing it?"
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