In the pre-Imperial era and the founding of the Empire, the main political framework had been established. Li Mingxun separated the three powers of legislation, justice and administration, forming their own independent systems, but the empire did not implement the separation of three powers, but the separation of three powers.

The three power systems are mutually restricted, but they are all responsible to the emperor of the empire.

The two generations of kings of the empire. In the forty-five years of practice, the administrative system has become an important tool for the emperor to rule the empire and a stage for various political forces to compete. Military aristocrats, bourgeoisie, workers, etc. all occupy a place in it.

The imperial legislative system was clearly divided into the Senate and the House of Parliament. Among the three power systems, the imperial emperor had the worst relationship with the legislative system, especially with the House of Parliament, because the bourgeoisie gradually controlled considerable power in the House of Parliament by virtue of its own advantages, so they naturally hoped to weaken the imperial power.

Relatively speaking, the royal family maintained the best relationship with the judicial system.

First of all, the judicial system is relatively simple. The imperial emperor only needs to maintain good relations with the seven Supreme Court Supreme Court, and does not have to deal with so many miscellaneous people. The emperor has always been the strongest backing of the imperial court.

The Imperial Court has seven Supreme Courts to form a Supreme Court group. This Supreme Court enjoys the highest power in the judicial system. Only the emperor can deny the decisions they made, but it is only theoretically because neither generation of emperors have exercised such power.

The seven Supreme Justices were completely nominated by the emperor, and there was no term limit. As long as the emperor was not dissatisfied or had personal intentions, they could work until their death. In the short forty-five years of the empire, a total of twenty-seven judges served as members of the Supreme Justice Group. All members who had already stepped down from office were resigned for personal reasons, and the emperor had never dismissed any Supreme Justice.

Especially Li Junhua, he maintained a good relationship with the seven Supreme Justices of the Empire, whether it was a business or a private relationship.

In theory, the emperor is the highest authority in the judicial system, but because of respect, this authority has always belonged to the Supreme Court, and the method of becoming the Supreme Court was very special. During the Taizu era, Li Mingxun directly selected someone he liked to serve as the Supreme Court, which was quite at will. In the era of Li Junhua, a system was gradually formed.

A Supreme Court must first have the resume of judges at all levels, so few are the youngest judges, and the youngest one is only 47 years old. Nobles, officials, bourgeois backgrounds, etc. will not become the Supreme Court.

Many times, when a Supreme Court judge steps away, he will recommend another person to replace him, but this person must be satisfied with the emperor.

If you want to take over, you must be investigated. The bonus point does not lie in your case closing rate or how much contribution you have made to the imperial judicial system. The key is whether the judge dares to challenge authority.

A judge who has made a hundred fair judgments is not as good as a positive challenge to local tyrants or nobles when competing for the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court should have the experience that the Supreme Court should have to dare to safeguard the interests of ordinary people from the privileged class and the upper class of the empire.

After Li Zhaoyu returned to Shin Kyoung, he rested for two days. During the rest day, he brought some fresh fruits and appeared in an apartment equipped by the Supreme Court of the Empire. He was going to visit one of the most senior judges in the Imperial Supreme Court, named Gong Zheng, who is now 74 years old and has been the Supreme Court for twenty years.

This judge was in Shanxi when he was young. For the benefit of coal miners, he faced the capitalists and nobles head-on. Someone once joked that the wealth of the "wealthy or noble" who were sent to prison by him could buy a Shen Jingcheng. He was a respectable judge.

In this community, Gong Zheng has a separate courtyard, which is the public property of the Imperial Court. Gong Zheng not only has a deep friendship with the royal family, but also has some other connections. His wife Chen was a female official next to the Empress Dowager. When Chen was in the palace, he was called Aunt Chen by the Emperor and King Yu, and Li Zhaoyu and others wanted to call her Grandma Chen.

At the door of the apartment, Li Zhaoyu met the maid from Gong Zheng's family. The maid also knew Li Zhaoyu because he had been here before, but he didn't come many times.

"The old man is not at home, the eldest son, he went out early in the morning and said he would come back only at eleven o'clock. It should be because he was visiting a friend." The maid said.

When Li Zhaoyu heard this answer, he felt that this girl was arranged by Gong Zheng to deceive him, because Gong Zheng, as a judge, he pays great attention to his circle and rarely heard that he takes the initiative to visit friends, especially on holidays, when this judge is resting, fishing is the most popular thing.

"What friends are you going to visit with the old man?" Li Zhaoyu asked.

The maid said, "It seems to be Lord Su."

"Who is Lord Su?" Li Zhaoyu was even more disbelief. Since he could use the title of Lord, he was probably from the administrative system, and Gong Zheng always kept a distance from these people.

"I don't know much either. It is said that I came back from Seoul..." The maid thought about it before remembering some useful details.

As soon as Li Zhaoyu heard that he would come back from Seoul, he immediately understood that the so-called Lord Su is Su Ri'an, and no one needs to worry about this current Bao Gong when he interacts with him.

Gong Zheng and Su Ri'an were also old friends. When Gong Zheng became the Supreme Court, Su Ri'an worked in the supervisory agency under the House of Representatives. The two cooperated well and had many answers. It is said that Gong Zheng had also wanted to recommend Su Ri'an as the Supreme Court, but eventually gave up.

Because the emperor had no idea of ​​letting Su Ri'an enter the judicial system, he arranged for him to enter the administrative system. After working in the Ministry of Justice under the Cabinet for a period of time, Su Ri'an was arranged to Cape Town, and then went to Jiangdong Province on the Korean Peninsula to serve as the head of a province. This time he would take charge of one.

This is an inevitable process for entering the cabinet, and there have been rumors that Su Ri'an was the first prime minister arranged by the emperor for the successor. Like Gong Zheng, Su Ri'an was also an extremely difficult person to deal with.

Li Zhaoyu was about to leave, but the maid stopped him and said, "Young Master, aren't you going to wait for the old man to come back at home?"

"Why did I say that?" Li Zhaoyu asked.

The maid was surprised: "But that's what the second young master said."

"Zhaocheng?" Li Zhaoyu realized that Li Zhaocheng had arrived, and he hurried into Gong Zheng's house.

Only Gong Zheng and his wife live in this family, while Li Zhaocheng is holding wool with his hands in the living room and knitting sweaters with Grandma Chen. The two of them are talking about the strange things about Li Zhaocheng going abroad this time. They make Grandma Chen tilt back and forth and put down her knitting needles from time to time.

"Did you see, Grandma Chen, I said, you don't have to wash fruits, someone is coming to the door." Seeing Li Zhaoyu coming in with something in, Li Zhaocheng said proudly.

Li Zhaoyu had to wash fruits. When Grandma Chen was going to make it convenient, he got free and asked, "Zhaocheng, why are you here?"

"Why can't I come?" Li Zhaocheng said with a smile.

Li Zhaoyu said: "Is the Emperor who asked you to come?"

He thought it was the emperor who arranged something to two people, but Li Zhaocheng gave a completely different answer. He said: "Last night, the emperor went to the royal palace and talked about Lin Shirong's affairs, and said he had entrusted it to the elder brother. Today I went to your place to discuss it. I heard that you were going out and you were most likely to come here, so I came early."

Li Zhaoyu was even more puzzled: "What are you going to get involved in?"

"Let's help you stand up." Li Zhaocheng said.

"Stand up?" Li Zhaoyu was puzzled. Li Zhaocheng smiled: "You will know later."

At noon, Gong Zheng came back and the group had lunch together. Gong Zheng knew that the two of them came not only to visit, but must have had serious things, so after dinner, he took them to the study.

Because Gong Zheng likes to get straight to the topic, Li Zhaoyu did not hide it and told Lin Shirong about it, but Gong Zheng looked confused. As the Supreme Court of the Empire, he had not heard of this case yet, and according to the rules, the case is now not handed over to the Supreme Court.

"Although I don't know about this case, the eldest son came right. In the end, such cases will be handed over to the Supreme Court, and one-seventh of them may be handed over to me. If I take the initiative, this case will definitely fall into my hands in the end." Gong Zheng said.

Li Zhaoyu said: "So I'll come to you."

Gong Zheng asked: "Why? Lin Shirong is from King Cheng, a royal family, and your nephew, but obviously this is not enough for the two young men to come forward."

"No, it's the eldest brother who came forward, I'm just a foil." Li Zhaocheng said with a smile.

Gong Zheng nodded slightly: "That's not worthy of the eldest son's appearance."

Li Zhaoyu didn't want to lie, and said honestly: "This is the emperor's arrangement."

"What is the emperor's attitude?" Gong Zheng asked, he respected the emperor very much. Although Lin Shirong's case would definitely have a great impact, to put it bluntly, even if it was the worst, it would be a conviction of manslaughter. Considering that Lin Shirong had just made a big splash at the Imperial National Games, this balloon flight did break the altitude record, which was very positive.

Therefore, if the emperor had a positive attitude, Gong Zheng thought he would definitely respond positively.

Li Zhaoyu knew that as long as he said now, the emperor hoped that Lin Shirong would be exempted from guilt, he could convince Gong Zheng, but he did not want to lie to this respectable judge, and even believed that it was not worth lying for Lin Shirong.

"The emperor has no attitude, he just entrusts me with this matter." Li Zhaoyu said honestly.

Gong Zheng nodded and said, "Then I must at least review the case file carefully."

"I have brought the case file transferred from Chongming." Li Zhaoyu handed him the case file, obviously he was prepared for it. It is logical that this is not in compliance with the rules, but Gong Zheng knew that Li Zhaoyu would not tamper with such issues, because even if he agreed to him today, it would be meaningless, and the case still needs further review.

Gong Zheng put on his glasses and read them carefully. While looking at them, he asked Li Zhaoyu about some details. Li Zhaoyu knew everything. As long as Gong Zheng asked, he told the truth, but he just responded to Gong Zheng's inquiry with the truth, but did not tell them. At least Li Zhaoyu did not take the initiative to speak out by the efforts made by the very eye-catching president of the Sky Sports Society, and Gong Zheng did not take the initiative to ask.

Because in his opinion it doesn't matter at all.

After asking, Gong Zheng put down the file and said, "If everything is as the grandson of King Cheng said, then he is almost at fault, but with the death of Ms. Chen, there is no evidence to prove whether what he said is true or false. If he is based on the principle of prosecuting nothing, I believe that the eldest son will not find me to plead with him."

Li Zhaoyu nodded. Even if he was suspected of being guilty, because Lin Shirong and others had caused deaths, they could not prove that he was truly innocent and he was indeed involved in it. Lin Shirong would definitely be in prison for other evidence-based crimes.

"I think Lin Shirong is innocent and he did not lie."

"Actually, the eldest son knows that what you think is not as important as I think." Gong Zheng smiled and said, "The eldest son came this time to make me think that what he said was the truth, right?"

Li Zhaoyu nodded: "Yes, I'm very hesitant and contradictory because I can't provide evidence to prove this."

"Yes, but there is no negative evidence. I want to have such a thought, it is actually very simple. Master, you are willing to use your honor to guarantee it. Did he really not lie?" Gong Zheng stared into Li Zhaoyu's eyes and asked seriously.

Li Zhaoyu hesitated. He regarded honor as more important than his eyes, but did not have much friendship with Lin Shirong. He used his honor to guarantee Lin Shirong, so he had to hesitate.

"You don't have to answer immediately, you can think about it carefully." Gong Zheng persuaded.

Li Zhaoyu asked: "Sir, what is the so-called guarantee?"

Gong Zheng said: "You need to issue a written proof, but it will not be made public. I will only stay in my documents. Lin Shirong will use his second half of his life to prove that he is a good person and he will not lie easily. If one day, Lin Shirong causes trouble again or is considered to be a lie, then your original guarantee to him will be made public."

"Okay, I can issue this certificate." Li Zhaoyu made up his mind.

Li Zhao took over: "I will sign my name too."

Gong Zheng smiled and looked at the two twin young men in front of him with interest, saying, "Now I believe that Lin Shirong really didn't lie. In this way, I feel at ease."
Chapter completed!