Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 518: Civil and military and law (3)

But I saw that Lu Shen was gray-haired, thin, with sunken eyes, but his eyes were piercing and piercing, he was wearing a gray shirt, and his back was straight.

On the other hand, Zhong Er, who was sitting on the other side, was just the opposite. He was tall and hulking, but his eyes were a little erratic and his expression was uneasy.

Judging from the appearance, the two represent civil and martial arts, so they couldn't be more suitable.

The two of them had actually arrived long ago, but they didn't appear in the courtyard, but stayed in a special room, and they just came here.

Zhang Fei tilted his head to look at Lu Shen, and asked with a smile, "What's your opinion, Governor Lu?"

Lu Shen looked directly at Zhang Fei, "Lu has some opinions on President Zhang."

This question made the civil servants present hold their breath.

They also know what Lu Shen wants to question, but this is hand-picked by the officials, and you can't change anything if you question it, and you will offend him.

"Any opinion on me?" Zhang Fei couldn't help being stunned, and immediately asked: "Prefect Lu, please tell me."

Lu Shen said: "I don't think Zhang Zhang is worthy of virtue."

"Doesn't morality match?" Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I have never been very good in morality. More than one person has said this. I am just a law-abiding citizen of the Song Dynasty. That's all. That's all, it's incomparable with a modest gentleman like Lu Zhifu."

"Poof!"

Xu Zhiqian who was behind her never expected that Zhang Fei would say such a sentence, she couldn't hold back for a while, and quickly lowered her head, but fortunately, the guests were also dumbfounded and didn't notice.

Lu Shen was also dumbfounded.

How can you answer like that, how can I ask this question.

Zhang Fei added: "What I mean by 'opinion' is whether everyone, including me, has an interest in this case, not morality. What is above this is relying on ability."

Both Su Zhe and Shangguan felt a little offended.

We are still very ethical.

Lu Shen asked: "You use this case to threaten the royal court, the government's appropriator, is this considered a relationship of interest?"

Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Who said that?"

Lu Shen said: "Needless to say, you deliberately postponed the trial just to blackmail the government. Although I don't agree with the behavior of the government, Chief Judge Zhang should report to the court instead of blackmailing him with official duties. , This is not bending the law for personal gain, if everyone is like this, how can we talk about the imperial system."

He is also a master of law, and he is very concerned about moral issues. If he is wrong, you can report him, but you can't use this method.

He kept holding back his breath.

Zhang Fei leaned back and rubbed his forehead dejectedly, "Prefect Lu, let me tell you frankly that you have left a very bad impression on me, because you just open your mouth when you speak. It's unbelievable."

Lu Shen is clean, upright, and dignified as the magistrate of Chengdu Prefecture. There is only two acres of vegetable land in his family. He has the same virtue as Sima Guang. No one has ever given him such an evaluation. He was very happy, and asked with a smile: "Why did Judge Zhang say that?"

Zhang Fei asked: "Dare to ask Governor Lu, is there a set date for the court session?"

Lu Shen thought for a while, "That's not true."

"Since there is no such thing, why postpone the trial. Secondly."

Zhang Fei said: "What do you mean by blackmailing the government office? It is obvious that our imperial court is waiting for funds to hold a court session. If the government government does not allocate funds, all the ministers and generals will have to sit on stones, and those witnesses who want to appear in court will have to sit on the stone." Living in caves and hunting for a living. Soldiers wait for weapons to go to the battlefield, is this a threat? I thought it was common sense."

Cai Yanqing, who was sitting below, was embarrassed and ashamed.

Wei Yingfang is out of anger, you are really talking about it with open eyes, the funds I give you don't include these things!

Lu Shen was slightly suspicious, and said: "You"

"Rejected!"

Zhang Fei picked up the mallet impatiently and hit it, there was a bang, Lu Shen was so frightened that he almost bit his tongue, and was dumbfounded.

Zhang Fei glanced at the audience and said, "Any other opinions? If so, think carefully about whether the interrogator has any interest in this case. If so, show evidence and don't come here." It’s a waste of everyone’s time. If you have any questions that are not related to this case, you can ask the chief judge after the trial is over. The weather is so hot that the chief judge doesn’t want to work overtime until noon.”

Wow!

What a powerful official!

Is this the legendary imperial court?

Wang Shao, Guo Kui, Lu Gongru and other leaders were all dumbfounded.

Anyway, he is a magistrate, and his rank is higher than yours, and he is also older than you.

You really have bad morals!

Zong Er wanted to be tougher, but he was questioned over there, so he couldn't shrink back and opened his mouth, but he felt a little guilty for no reason, so let's forget it after thinking about it.

Zhang Fei just waited for a while, then knocked the gavel, and said: "The court will begin."

OK! The old man wants to see what you are capable of. Lu Shen held back his breath, and he has no evidence for the time being that the imperial court is just waiting for the government's funds to be uncovered.

But soon Zhang Fei gave him a chance to open his mouth.

Without too many introductions, Lu Shen was passed directly to the court.

Lu Shen has always been the presiding judge. He has never been tried by anyone, let alone how the imperial court handles cases. He looks around in a daze. Am I not in court?

A court policeman came over and led him to sit in the middle seat.

The surrounding civil servants were a little dissatisfied. Prisoners usually stood in this seat. Although Lu Shen was sitting, it looked like he was being interrogated.

In their view, Zhong Er is the defendant.

But Lu Shen didn't feel anything wrong. Sitting on it, he was calm and calm.

It is a perfect explanation of what it means to be upright and not be afraid of the shadow.

Zhang Fei said: "Prefect Lu, the head of the court wants you to put aside the matter just now, because your confession is crucial to the case, please think carefully before answering."

When Lu Shen heard this, he felt even more annoyed. You are clearly mocking me. Because just now Zhang Fei said that he would come as soon as he opened his mouth, so he ignored Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei didn't care about it. He read the following case and said: "According to the news that the chief judge has learned, the prefect Lu participated in the entire process of the First World War in Suizhou. I would like to trouble the prefect Lu to summarize the process of this battle roughly. Say it again."

Already sitting up, Lu Shen will not be in a hurry to fight against Zhang Fei. We will talk about this matter later, so he said: "This happened in the fourth year of Zhiping, at that time."

"What month and day?"

Zhang Fei asked.

Lu Shen was taken aback for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said, "It's about mid-September. I don't remember the exact date, so it's not easy to calculate."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Please continue."

Lu Shen went on to say: "At that time, Lu was in charge of Zhiyan Prefecture, and Zi Zizheng was in charge of Qingjian City."

Zhang Fei asked again: "What is the relationship between the two?"

Lu Shen looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.

You don't even know this, what are you judging?

Zhang Fei looked at him in surprise, as if asking, is there any problem with my question?

Forget it, he is just a yellow-mouthed kid, why am I angry with him. Lu Shen took a deep breath and said, "Qingjian City belongs to Yanzhou and is located two hundred miles northeast of Yanzhou."

Zhang Fei said: "So the general Zhong at that time was a subordinate of Lu Zhifu."

Lu Shen nodded and said, "Exactly."

Zhang Fei waited for a while, saw that he did not continue, so he glanced at the copy again, "According to the investigation by the head of the court, it was the prefect Lu who recommended General Zhong to be in charge of Qingjian City. I wonder if it is true?"

Lu Shen nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "Why did Zhifu Lu recommend General Zhong? Is it because the two families have a relationship?"

"Of course not."

Lu Shen said righteously: "I have always recommended others only for their ability, not their family background. At that time, I thought that the seed was brave and resourceful, and he could take on the important task of defending Qingjian City."

Chang Er, who was sitting below, had a slightly depressed face.

Although with his family background and ability, he will rise to the position sooner or later, but it is indeed Lu Shen who gave him a hand and gave him a chance to make meritorious deeds. Otherwise, it may be a few years later.

However, many magistrates and county magistrates who supported Lu Shen just shook their heads.

I can't wait to shout the slogan "The Heart of a Wolf".

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Prefect Lu, please continue."

Lu Shen said again: "At that time, it was Xixia's brothers Wei Mingshan and Wei Mingyishan who were entrenched in Suizhou, and their tribes. After our army instigated a rebellion, that Weiming Yishan had secretly belonged to our Song Dynasty.

The seed is using Wei Mingyishan to lobby his brother Wei Mingshan, intending to take back Suizhou in one fell swoop, and also reported this plan to the court.

But without waiting for the imperial edict, and without reporting it to me, he led the whole army of Qingjian City to attack and occupied Suizhou in one fell swoop.

Because our army is not yet ready to go to war with Xixia, and the current officials have just ascended the throne, so in the name of Wuzhao, I demanded that Zizheng come back immediately, but Zizheng refused to obey and clashed with the Xixia army. They won the victory, but it almost caused a catastrophe. Fortunately, Li Liangzuo, the leader of Xixia, died of illness at that time, so the fight did not continue. This is the whole incident. "

Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "According to what Lu Zhifu said, the seeds are reporting the plan to the imperial court in advance."

"Yes."

Lu Shen nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "Does this comply with the court's law?"

Lu Shen nodded.

Zhang Fei asked again: "The magistrate Lu said that he has not waited for the imperial edict, so did the imperial court issue an edict at that time?"

"Yes."

Lu Shen nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "What does the edict say?"

Lu Xu said: "At that time, the imperial court ordered Lu X and Xue Xiang, the transfer envoy at that time, to be responsible for planning this matter, and then Zi Zizheng came forward to lure the enemy commander Wei Mingshan."

Speaking of this, he changed the subject, and said again: "But according to the investigation later, the seed lied about the military situation because of his greed for merit. In fact, his lure to surrender was not successful, and it was very risky for him to send troops this time. "

Zhang Fei asked: "How do you say that?"

Lu Xu said: "At that time, the seed was just using Wei Mingyishan to bribe Wei Mingshan's confidant named Li Wenxi, so that Li Wenxi falsely passed on Wei Mingshan's order and expressed his willingness to surrender to our army, but Wei Mingshan didn't care about it. Unbeknownst to him, Wei Mingshan didn’t know that his younger brother had surrendered to our army until Seed Zheng killed him, so he put down his arms and surrendered with him. But Seed Zheng submitted a memorial to the court saying that Wei Mingshan had agreed to surrender.”

Zhang Fei asked: "Is there any evidence for what Lu Zhifu said?"

"Of course."

Lu Xu said: "At that time, a soldier saw Wei Mingshan mount a gun and prepare to fight our army. It was his younger brother Wei Ming Yishan who stopped him. If Wei Mingshan was ready to surrender, why did he mount a gun?

Moreover, the seed attacked at that time, not to accept the surrender of Wei Mingshan, because he chose the method of surprise attack, which is enough to prove that he actually knew that Wei Mingshan had not surrendered. "

Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "Let's not care whether the seed is known or not. After that, our army has occupied Suizhou. Even if he left the army without an edict, it shouldn't be to question him. If Lu Zhifu recalls him, it means I want to give up Suizhou."

Lu Shen said: "The reason I have just said is that because the officials had just ascended the throne at that time, and our army was not yet ready for a war with Xixia, the war between our country and Xixia is not a short-term victory or defeat, but a long-term plan. To go to war, you must at least deploy troops and prepare food and grass.

The situation at that time was very dangerous. Xixia had already sent troops to come, and after discussion, the imperial court also decided to abandon Suizhou after burning it, and did not ask our army to stick to Suizhou. "

"Really? But the burning of the abandoned city that the prefect Lu said did not happen." Zhang Fei couldn't help but wonder.

"You can ask Guo Xianggong about this, he is the clearest."

Lu Shen turned his head to look at Guo Kui who was on the side.