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Chapter 378 Retrial of the Case
As the saying goes, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. This is a society based on human relationships. No one can truly be completely fair and just, not even Lin Chuyi himself. Therefore, this group of people were not caught by Lin Chuyi in one fell swoop. Instead, they became the "monkey" to be frightened in Lin Chuyi's "killing the chicken to scare the monkey" drama.
After each beating, there is a sweet date. After the beating, it is time to give sweet dates. Based on the information he collected, Lin Chuyi promoted a group of talented but neglected officials, as well as some capable but non-official scholars.
These people received Lin Chuyi's favor and were promoted by Lin Chuyi. Regardless of whether they were of the same mind as Lin Chuyi or not, they had been labeled as "the eldest princess's faction."
How far they will go in officialdom in the future is still an unknown, but at least during the time they develop within the eldest princess' fiefdom, they will be able to avoid many detours in their official careers because of the protection of this additional identity.
The deterrent effect of these consecutive moves can be said to be very strong, because whether Lin Chuyi promoted officials or dismissed or demoted them, the reasons he gave were very sufficient.
Especially when it comes to the big move of dismissing officials, the princess can easily produce the existing evidence and dismiss those who violate the law and discipline from their posts. Who knows if the princess does not have any leverage over the remaining officials.
Family members know their own business. If their little tricks in private were exposed, although it would not destroy all their years of hard work, it would definitely cause huge losses and would inevitably cause serious damage.
The officials who escaped the disaster were naturally unwilling and afraid to take risks again, because they knew very clearly that if they wanted to continue working safely in these three states, in addition to restraining their family members and preventing them from abusing their power to oppress the people and do whatever they want, there was another very important point, which was that they must never go against Her Royal Highness the Princess.
This later became the consensus of all officials serving in the three states of Liuzhou, Qingzhou and Lanzhou.
Lin Chuyi's series of actions have significantly improved the official atmosphere in the three states, making it much more honest and upright.
The economic development of the three provincial capitals of Lanzhou, Qingzhou and Liuzhou has always been relatively backward, and since ancient times they have not been able to be compared with other wealthy provincial capitals.
Therefore, the local officials sent here by the court were either people who had offended the powerful in the court, or people who did not have a strong family background.
After coming to these places, unless you have made some outstanding political achievements, there is basically no hope of being promoted through the right channels. Without the temptation of promotion dangling before their eyes, some officials have lost the motivation to work seriously.
It is precisely because of the inaction of this group of people and their weak background that when faced with local bullies, they will subconsciously choose to retreat and protect themselves, and turn a blind eye to the various bad incidents committed by the local bullies.
What's worse, some people would directly collude with them and engage in favoritism and fraud, causing great suffering to the local people. Over the years, many human-caused false and wrongful cases have appeared in the files of many places.
Gradually, the common people saw the real situation clearly. They realized that the local officials were in collusion with the local tyrants who were rich and unkind, and that reporting to the authorities was a futile effort. When they encountered injustice again, they were unwilling to go to the government office.
Many counties rarely receive a case in a month or even several months, which seems to create a beautiful scene where people live in peace and security in the jurisdiction.
However, the fact is that these places have long been corrupt and the internal problems are so serious that people are shocked. Although the people are complaining, they have nowhere to turn to and no one to seek help.
Today, the instigator of all this has been completely dealt with by Lin Chuyi. However, making these corrupt officials receive the punishment they deserve is not the end of the incident, but just a beginning.
Next, what Lin Chuyi has to do is to seek justice for those innocent people who were implicated and became scapegoats, those who were originally victims but were turned into perpetrators due to distorted facts, and those poor people who suffered unjust treatment and even lost their lives.
Because of this, the second order issued by the princess to the officials of the three states was to ask them to review the old cases, restore the truth, bring the real criminals to justice, and bring justice to the people.
In order to maximize the impact of this incident, Lin Chuyi took great pains. She not only ordered the yamen runners to take various measures such as posting notices and notifying along the streets to widely publicize the incident, but also encouraged the public to go to the yamen gate to watch the trial process, in order to rebuild the people's trust in government agencies.
In addition, Lin Chuyi also used the name of the eldest princess to cooperate with "Wanjuanshu". Through rewards, the contracted authors of Wanjuanshu wrote a large number of books related to the popularization of law, and carefully edited them into a book.
Afterwards, Lin Chuyi had these beautifully printed booklets distributed to large and small opera troupes in the three states.
These professional opera practitioners fully utilized their talents and creativity to skillfully rewrite the contents of the scripts into a series of fascinating theatrical works.
Finally, the government funded and hired these troupes to travel to various counties, towns, and villages to perform legal education shows.
In this way, ordinary people can more intuitively understand and accept correct legal concepts, thereby correcting their original wrong ideas.
In this entertaining and educational way, we tell the people what kind of behavior is illegal, what kind of behavior requires a price to pay, that killing someone requires a life sentence, that newborn babies also have human rights, that one should not wantonly harm someone's life because of wrong ideas, and so on and so forth.
Lin Chuyi's action was originally intended to improve the legal awareness of the people, but unexpectedly, it supported many opera troupes by accident, and invisibly improved the current social status of opera artists, allowing the opera industry in the three states to flourish. Of course, this is all later.
As the cases were retried, many people who had been tortured into confessing and becoming scapegoats successfully cleared their grievances, regained their freedom, and received some material compensation. However, those local tyrants who committed all kinds of evil were used as negative examples by the government, set up as models, and uprooted.
Those who committed less serious crimes were sentenced to confiscation of property and exile as part of a combination of punishments for multiple crimes, while those who committed serious crimes were directly sentenced to death.
On a sunny morning, the sun shone all over the city, making people feel warm, but for those evil local tyrants in the Three Weeks Land, this day was a dark moment in their lives.
They were dressed in prison uniforms and shackles and were taken to the execution ground in prison vans, ready to be publicly beheaded.
The news that the local tyrants were going to be beheaded spread like wildfire throughout the city, attracting countless local people to come and watch. People flocked to the streets to witness these criminals receive the punishment they deserved.
As the death row prisoners were escorted to the execution ground, there were waves of angry shouts and cheers from the people. They had been hit by countless rotten vegetable leaves, dirt, and stones. The arrogance and domineeringness of the past had long since disappeared, leaving only embarrassment and pity.
However, no one would have any sympathy for them because the crimes they had committed were so infuriating.
Finally, the moment of execution arrived, the executioner raised his knife and the heads of the criminals fell to the ground. Instantly, the scene erupted in thunderous cheers and applause.
The people who had been oppressed all shed tears, and the grievances and pains in their hearts were vented at this moment.
As one unjust case after another was redressed and the evildoers received the punishment they deserved, the people's trust in government agencies gradually recovered.
In the past, they might have chosen to swallow their anger for various reasons, but now, they have seen the power of justice and felt the government's determination to uphold fairness and justice.
As a result, the people began to stand up bravely and no longer silently endured injustice. When they encountered injustice, they no longer feared power and dared to seek help from local officials.