Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 522: Civil and military and law (7)

Sophistry!

This kid is really the same as his father-in-law, and he likes to show off his knowledge.

Compared to the excitement of the generals, some civil servants disagree.

Because of this "will not accept the orders of the foreign emperor", it has never been a law, and in fact there is no decree to judge it.

However, what Zhang Fei said is not wrong. Of course, the general's improvisation on the battlefield is allowed. It is impossible for the enemy to come to the door. The general should first seek the emperor's consent before deciding whether to fight back .

This is obviously impossible.

If it is counted from the moment when Zhong Er dispatched troops, he must have disobeyed the edict, but if it is counted from the initial inducement to surrender, this is not necessarily the case. Whether Zhong Er's previous confession is true is very critical.

This is also the reason for the dissatisfaction of those civil servants, who think that Zhang Fei is justifying this kind of embarrassment.

At the same time, they also understood why Zheng Xie appeared here.

Zheng Xie also felt that Zhang Fei was somewhat biased, but he had to admit that what Zhang Fei said was more reasonable. It's long, and it's not an ear pen."

Zhang Fei hehe said: "I am not partial to any party. Since there are disputes in this case, these disputes must be heard clearly. Zheng Xueshi should have heard it just now. The deputy envoy kept emphasizing that it was at a critical moment. Things have changed, so he chose to send troops decisively, so I need to figure this out."

Zheng Xie nodded, "I understand."

Zhang Fei coughed lightly, and asked, "According to Scholar Zheng, what was the imperial court's attitude towards the temptation to surrender Wei Mingshan brothers?"

Zheng Xie said: "I don't agree with this."

Zhang Fei was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked: "Can Bachelor Zheng's opinion be taken as the court's decision?"

"That can't."

Zheng Xie hurriedly explained.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I'm asking about the court's attitude."

Zheng Xie nodded, thought for a moment, and then replied: "The initial attitude of the imperial court was to let Yanzhou side try it out, and did not expressly object to it, but this matter caused quite a lot of controversy in the imperial court, and most Ministers are against this."

Zhang Fei nodded helplessly. "I've heard about this too, but the opinions of those ministers are not within the scope of consideration here. As Xueshi Zheng said just now, the imperial court is about laws, not political opinions."

Zheng Xie wondered: "But Guo Xianggong also explained his political views just now."

How can this be done without stating political views.

Zhang Fei said: "That's just to understand the ins and outs of the whole matter. As for his political opinions, they will not have the slightest impact on the final judgment."

Guo Kui's expression darkened when he heard that, I dare to say it for nothing! You brat.

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, and then asked: "Then the first kind of deputy envoy lured Wei Mingyi Mountain, judging from the law, is it against the imperial edict?"

Zheng Xie thought for a while, then shook his head: "No."

If it was not allowed, Lu Shen would have stopped Zhong Er a long time ago, and he would not issue an edict later to let Lu Shen and Xue Xiang plan.

Zhang Fei asked: "Why didn't the court refuse from the beginning."

Zheng Xie said: "Because the imperial court is not clear about the specific situation, in order to prevent the border generals from being greedy, they ordered that the prefect Lu and Xue Zhuanyun envoys take charge of this matter."

Speaking of this, he immediately added: "At this time, the court was still hesitating, and had no determination to recover Suizhou. After all, the official had just ascended the throne at that time and was facing severe financial difficulties. If a big war breaks out, the century-old country may be destroyed, but no one thought that the deputy envoy would send troops without waiting for the edict."

Zhang Fei asked: "Assuming that the deputy envoy waited until the edict, and Lu Zhifu and Xue Zhuanyun envoys thought it could continue, would the deputy envoy's behavior count as a violation of the edict?"

Zheng Xie asked back: "I don't know what President Zhang asked?"

Zhang Fei said: "Because I want to make sure that the decision of the imperial court at that time clearly opposed the recovery of Suizhou."

Zheng Xie hesitated for a while, then shook his head, "That's not true."

Zhang Fei asked: "Just now what Guo Xianggong said, Zheng Xueshi must have heard it. He thinks that the terrain of Suizhou is so critical that Xixia has been entangled until now. Did the court know at that time, no matter what the process is? , as long as Suizhou is recovered, Xixia will definitely send troops to take it?"

Zheng Xie nodded and said, "Of course I know."

Zhang Fei said: "Since we know that doing so will trigger a war, why didn't the imperial court refuse to surrender from the very beginning? Why are we hesitating?"

Zheng Xie struggled for a while, and said: "In the beginning, the officials wanted to recover Suizhou, but many ministers, including me, felt that this move would trigger a war with Xixia, and urged the officials to recover Suizhou. , gave up the surrender, so it was finally decided to let Lu Shen and Xue Zhuanyun envoys take charge of this matter."

Zhang Fei said: "But your persuasion did not completely change the officials' minds?"

Zheng Xie nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "If I say that during this period, the deputy envoy's behavior of inducing surrender, specifically, is to persuade Wei Mingshan to surrender through Wei Mingyi Mountain, which is also allowed by the court."

Zheng Xie nodded, and said truthfully: "After successfully inducing the surrender, the deputy envoy Zhong reported to the imperial court. Although it caused controversy, he was not considered to have disobeyed the imperial edict at that time."

Zhang Fei said: "So the imperial court thinks that the deputy envoy Zhong disobeyed the edict because the deputy envoy Zhong sent troops without waiting for the edict, and he returned to Qingjian City immediately without the prefect Lu's order."

Zheng Xie nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhang Fei continued to ask: "Scholar Zheng has repeatedly emphasized that this move will lead to military disasters. Then from the eyes of the court at that time, what kind of state is my country and Xixia in?"

Zheng Xie said: "I also agree with what Guo Xianggong said just now. It is neither war nor peace. Although there have been repeated conflicts, the two sides still maintain exchanges of envoys, and the conflicts are ended through peace talks. In the overall situation, whether it is our country , or Xixia is unwilling to break out a war."

Actually, this sentence is not clear. The reason why they are unwilling to break out into a war is because there is still a Liao country here. Before the two sides are sure, they dare not make a move easily. Otherwise, it will be a lose-lose situation for both sides. , the fisherman reaps the benefits.

However, I can't say this clearly, but everyone sitting here is very clear in their hearts.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Compared to the conflict between our country and Xixia that broke out between the Jiayou period and the fourth year of Zhiping, is there any difference in the recovery of Suizhou this time? Or, is this move better than before? Any conflict is much more serious."

Zheng Xie couldn't help frowning slightly, shook his head and said, "That's not true."

Before Li Liangzuo sent troops to attack several times, no matter what, it cannot be said that it is very serious if we send troops first, and it is not serious if the other party sends troops first.

This is not inferior. In the face of Xixia, the ministers of the Song Dynasty still felt that they were superior. This is exactly the case. Li Liangzuo hopes to gain the respect of the Song Dynasty through force. This is also the root cause of the main conflicts during the Jiayou period.

Xi Xia thinks that you have to treat me and the Liao Kingdom equally.

But in the eyes of Song Dynasty, your ancestors were former ministers of our court, they belonged to traitors, and they could only be at the same level as Shi Jingtang.

Zhang Fei asked: "If the chief judge believes that the deputy envoy Zhong sent troops to Suizhou, it is just one of several conflicts between the two countries, and there is nothing special about it. Does Xueshi Zheng agree?"

"Old man... old man agrees."

Although Zheng Xie came prepared, he started to sweat when he was asked, thinking, this is not fair, why should you only ask me. So he asked back: "But the old man doesn't understand what this has to do with this case."

Zhang Fei said: "Because I have to judge whether this is a special event or an ordinary event. Assuming that the two countries are relatively peaceful, then the behavior of this deputy envoy will definitely directly affect the relationship between the two countries. It is very likely that they are greedy for merit and have no regard for the overall situation.

However, if the two parties are already in the stage of intrigue and mutual attack, then the behavior of such a deputy is not necessarily greedy for success, but may be just a countermeasure, or a self-protection measure. Xianggong has already stated that taking Suizhou can make Yanzhou rest easy.

And this will also affect my judgment, because if it is a special event, it is similar to the decision of whether to go to war or not.

However, if it is just an ordinary incident, then the military general will have some decision-making power, and the state of the two countries at that time is also a key factor for me to judge the motive of the deputy envoy to send troops. "

Zheng Xie said: "Even if this is just an ordinary incident, even if he sent troops before as a countermeasure, then the prefect Lu ordered him to come back later, but he didn't carry it out, so what's the explanation?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Scholar Zheng, I didn't invite you here to argue with me, nor to teach me how to judge cases. Brother's attitude, and according to your observation, what was the situation of the two countries at that time. You just need to tell me the truth."

Zheng Xie questioned: "But your question is biased."

Zhang Fei immediately asked: "For example."

Zheng Xie said: "You only choose the issues that are beneficial to the deputy envoy, but avoid the issues that are unfavorable to the deputy envoy, such as why the deputy envoy did not obey the order and return to Qingjian City."

Zhang Fei immediately asked: "Excuse me, Xueshi Zheng, why did the Deputy Envoy Zhong not obey the order and return to Qingjian City."

"...?"

Zheng Xie immediately looked astonished.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Scholar Zheng, actually I don't need to explain everything to you, it's just because you don't know much about the court trial, so I explain.

I invited Xueshi Zheng to come here, not to argue with me, nor to ask Xueshi Zheng to explain his own claims, but to provide relevant evidence, that's all.

The reason why Xueshi Zheng thinks my problem is unfair is not because of me, but because Xueshi Zheng has already made a judgment in his heart, and he cannot tolerate any doubts. It is not me who is really prejudiced, but Xueshi Zheng. We ask ourselves if this is the case. "

He was soft-spoken and always had a smile on his face.

Zheng Xie was not as calm as before, his old face was flushed, and after a while, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Zheng failed to provide much help to the judge."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "No, no, I am very grateful that Bachelor Zheng has worked so hard to come here. Xueshi Zheng did not perjure himself. In other respects, everything is fine. No need to apologize.

But I don't have any other questions for the time being, so I ask Xueshi Zheng to go down and rest first. "

Zheng Xie sighed and walked down depressed.

When Lu Shen saw it, he felt extremely sad in his heart.

Zong Gu said excitedly: "This kid really has some tricks."

Zhe Jizu nodded again and again.

As far as the current situation is concerned, it is obviously more beneficial to them.

Zhang Fei said loudly again: "There is another key witness in this case, which is Xue Xiang, the current dispatch envoy. I am busy implementing the New Deal on Southeast Sixth Road, so I can't take time to testify here, but Xue Fayun sent his chief secretary Ding Xiang to testify here. I don't know if the procuratorate has any objections to this?"

Many officials frowned.

Su Zhe stood up and said, "The procuratorate has no objection."

Zhang Fei immediately sent Ding Xiang to testify in court.

When Ding Xiang came to the middle, he first saluted and then sat on the chair.

Zhang Fei said: "Ding Xiang, Zhiping four years, where are you?"

Ding Xiang replied: "At that time, I was in Xiezhou, assisting Xue Fayun to deal with the salt money."

Zhang Fei said: "What do you usually do with Xue Fayunshi?"

Ding Xiangdao: "I assisted Xue Fayun to draft the text, and made suggestions for Xue Fayun."

Zhang Fei asked again: "Did you know that at that time, the imperial court ordered Xue Fayun and Lu Zhifu to deal with the matter of recruiting and surrendering the famous mountain?"

Ding Xiang nodded and said: "I know, I was the one who handed over the edict to Xue Fayun."

Zhang Fei said: "Did the deputy envoy occupy Suizhou at that time?"

Ding Xiang nodded and said: "Suizhou has been occupied."

Zhang Fei said: "Is Xue Fayun instructing the deputy envoy to do this?"

Ding Xiang shook his head and said: "No. Because when we received the edict, the deputy envoy had already occupied Suizhou."

Zhang Fei said: "When did Xue Fayun know about this?"

Ding Xiang said: "It should be less than five days before receiving the edict."

Zhang Fei asked again: "Afterwards, the prefect Lu ordered that the Deputy Envoy Zhong return to Qingjian City. Can Envoy Xue Fayun know?"

Ding Xiang said: "I only found out later, I didn't know it at first."

Zhang Fei asked: "Did the prefect Lu discuss this matter with Xue Fayun?"

Ding Xiang shook his head and said: "We were not in Yanzhou at the time, so the prefect Lu did not discuss with us."

Zhang Fei said: "Then what is Xue Fa's attitude after learning that the deputy envoy Zhong has occupied Suizhou?"

Ding Xiang said: "Xue Fayun envoy is very supportive of Deputy Envoy Zhong occupying Suizhou."

Zhang Fei said: "Did Xue Fayun inform the Deputy Envoy of his thoughts?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Because Xue Fayun envoy believed that the deputy envoy was a subordinate of Lu Zhifu, and that Lu Zhifu should be the main one, and Xue Fayun envoy did not expect that Lu Zhifu would ask the Zhongfu envoy to return to Qingjian City. After that Envoy Xue Fayun once argued for the deputy envoy, and expressed his willingness to be punished on his behalf."

"The result?"

"As a result, I was demoted to Jiangzhou."

"Haha...!"

Suddenly someone laughed.

Looking at the sound, it is really that idiot Cao Dongdong.

Seeing everyone looking over, Cao Dongdong quickly shut up and lowered his head.

Zhang Fei just shook his head helplessly, and continued to ask: "According to the imperial edict, do you think the prefect Lu needs to discuss with Xue Fayun?"

Ding Xiang hesitated for a moment, and said: "It would be the best if we can discuss with Xue Fayun, but there is nothing wrong with it. At that time, the troops were sent to occupy Suizhou, and the situation was very urgent at that time, and the envoy Xue Fa was not aware of the situation at that time, even if there was no such edict, the prefect Lu still had the right to order the deputy envoy to return to Qingjian City."