Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 529: Third party

Sentenced!

Finally the verdict!

The gentlemen who have been waiting for several days finally ushered in the final verdict.

But the taste has changed.

Is it rotten?

This is how it tastes.

It's not that they haven't thought about it, the final judgment is not what they expected. As far as the process is concerned, no one can see how the judgment will be.

But they all believe that the main theme of this lawsuit is civil and military.

But after the final verdict came down, they gradually discovered that neither the civil nor the military were the protagonists, but the imperial court was the real protagonist.

That is to say, at this moment, they have no time to worry about kindness, or Lu Shen, who is completely regarded as a passerby, everyone's eyes are on Zhang Fei, and everyone is thinking about the guiding principles of each judgment .

Yes.

He did not change any of the laws.

But he had a sentence that made everyone vigilant, that is, all laws and regulations involving military law must be based on his guiding principles.

Equal to these principles, will become the general program of the entire military law.

This is more exciting and worrisome than any civil and military battle.

Does he really have this power?

Will these principles be broken again, and the pattern of using literature to control martial arts.

As long as this person is not stupid, he knows that most of these principles are beneficial to military commanders, and they are to give military commanders more power.

Although Zhang Fei also emphasized that any war is also a continuation of politics, this is just one more high-sounding reason for the civil servants.

"Chairman Zhang, can I let the old man say a few words."

Zheng Xie suddenly stood up and said.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Scholar Zheng, please tell me."

Zheng Xie said: "Director Zhang said just now that "Shang Xinglu" and "Wu Yao Zongjing" should be based on, um, those guiding principles that Judge Zhang just said."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Zheng Xie immediately said: "First of all, I don't know whether President Zhang really has this power. Secondly, President Zhang's guiding principles seem to make some sense, but in my opinion, they are too general and difficult to implement well. I am afraid that in the future, generals will use this as a reason to be good at military and monopolize power, and repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty, which is also against the law of the ancestors."

Many civil officials also nodded frequently, including Su Zhe.

Although it is generally believed in history that the generals of the Song Dynasty were indeed relatively useless, they could not overturn a whole boat with one blow.

For many civil officials, supporting the use of literature to control the military is not so narrow that they only want to elevate their own status, elevate the status of scholars, and belittle military generals to death. In fact, many military generals are also scholars.

There is another important reason for this, that is, they are really afraid of generals.

The sword must be in the hands of the generals. If it is not strictly controlled, if they do not obey orders, it will definitely be a disaster for the world.

This is the lesson of history, not fabricated by literati.

Seven out of ten of the Jiedu envoys at the end of the Tang Dynasty were like animals. Living under their rule would be worse than death.

It is actually true to strictly control generals.

But how to control it is really a very profound knowledge.

It's like now, when they heard what Zheng Xie said, they immediately glared at each other.

We will also talk about this kind of bullshit!

They thought the verdict was fair.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I was ordered to build the imperial court here, including the construction of the military imperial court. Of course, this 'construction' refers not to the renovation of this house, but to the construction of this system, so , I have the right to do this. After Xueshi Zheng returns to Beijing, he can ask for clarification."

Zheng Xie nodded and said: "The old man will definitely find out."

That being said, he probably also knew that Zhang Fei had something to gain. The emperor, the government affairs hall, and the trial court were all sitting there. It is estimated that he had not returned to Beijing, and the verdict had already been sent to the capital.

He left a message here just to go back and argue, because he felt that Zhang Fei had too much power.

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile, and said: "As for those guiding principles just now that are difficult to implement, of course I will clearly state what situations they apply to, and it will not be just a general sentence."

Zheng Xie shook his head and said: "Even if it is written clearly, the old man thinks it is difficult to judge. For example, for the tolerance of the frontline fighters, how lenient and how much can it be, it is difficult for Chief Judge Zhang to describe it. One point, then someone will definitely use this to get rid of the crime in the future."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It seems that Xueshi Zheng is very dissatisfied with my judgment!"

Zheng Xie frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he said: "To tell you the truth, Chief Judge Zhang, I do have some disagreements, but Chief Judge Zhang also gave his own explanation. It doesn't matter what you are worried about. President Zhang can try it clearly, but others may not."

He went to Zhang Fei's class and knew that this person's attainments in law studies were unique, and he was ashamed of himself.

But what he is worried about is not the verdict, but the impact of this verdict on the future.

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "Therefore, there is only one chief judge of the military court at present, and that is me, Zhang Fei, and no one else can judge him."

Speaking of this, he looked around and said with a smile: "I believe that during the trial process, many people feel impatient, thinking that the same thing, why so many people are invited to testify, in fact, just find someone A general who was involved in the case at the time would be able to ask that I was purely trying to confuse and deliberately create suspense."

Suddenly, many people coughed and slightly avoided Zhang Fei's gaze.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Don't be embarrassed, this is normal, and everyone present may have had this thought."

"Who is sorry."

Guo Xiaofa snorted: "Isn't it?"

Zhang Fei glanced at him, and couldn't help but smile slightly, "Anyone who has this kind of thinking, often their own attainments in law studies may not be very high."

Your tone is a little too loud!

The officials of Hezhong Mansion looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.

You must know that law study is a compulsory course for officials in the Song Dynasty, and those who have passed the Jinshi degree have very good attainments in law.

Cai Bian, Ye Zuqia and the others looked like they were watching the excitement. The expressions on the faces of these officials were very similar to their original self.

Zheng Xie didn't care, he still recognized what Zhang San said, but he just said that Zhang Fei was not a modest person.

But when Guo Xiaofa heard this, his beard became crooked. He is Guo Tixing, and said: "Why did Judge Zhang say that?"

Zhang Fei explained: "Because you have been waiting for the result, you only have the result in your mind, but in the judicial trial, the result is not important. I give a random judgment, and it is also a result.

As for judicial supervision, you often reverse the process from the result. Once you think the result is unreasonable, you will find the reason from the process.

But this is simply putting the cart before the horse, and it is a taboo in the judiciary. If the result is what you agree with, for example, if I try it casually, and then judge the deputy guilty, maybe you will not feel that the trial is meaningful. What is the problem, you are sure it should be like this"

As soon as these words came out, generals such as Zhong Er and Zhe Jizu nodded frequently.

Well said!

That's the thing, their fairness only belongs to the result they want.

Lv Gongru, Yuan Jiang, Cai Yanqing and other officials couldn't help but secretly frowned.

If Zhang Fei didn't say it, they still didn't think that what Zhang Fei said seemed to be true.

Only when the result is something they don't agree with, they will look at the process. If the result is something they agree with, they really don't care what means you use.

Whether a cat is white or black, the cat that can catch mice is a good cat.

But combined with the trial method of the imperial court, it seems that it is really not right to do so.

Zhang Fei glanced at them, and smiled again: "But what you agree with may not necessarily be right. This way, people change the judiciary. You don't worry about this, but worry about my guidance. In principle, it’s really a bit of a waste of time!

In fact, from the perspective of the judiciary, the process is far better than the result. The result of a fair process is not necessarily just, but it must be fair and just. Judiciary pursues justice, but it is wrong to have a fair and just judiciary. "

This concept, Zhang Fei, Xu Zhiqian, Cai Bian and others have said.

But it is the first time to say it in public.

It immediately caused many people to think deeply.

Indeed!

During the entire trial process, they were always looking forward to the result, but they didn't care about whether the process was fair or not, which made them feel impatient with the entire trial.

"I'm going back to Xueshi Zheng before that question."

Zhang Fei continued: "Scholar Zheng thinks that although those guiding principles have some truth, they are too general, which will give people an opportunity to take advantage of, and this opportunity to take advantage of refers to the process of the trial, not the result. .”

Zheng Xie nodded frequently, and then fell into self-contradiction.

He does value the result, but what he is really worried about is the process.

This.

He was born as the No.

I heard Zhang Fei say again: "The trial process like before will indeed give people an opportunity to take advantage of. Zheng Xueshi's worries are definitely far-sighted. However, this has nothing to do with my guiding principles, but the previous trial If it were not for this, the imperial court would not have sent me to build this military imperial court, nor would it have re-examined the matter."

This sentence directly hit Zheng Xie's Achilles' heel, and also made most of the people present dumb.

Because whether it is Lu Shen, Chong Er, or their supporters, they all feel that the previous judgment is unfair and that there is something wrong with the trial system, which is why this lawsuit came about.

What is worrying is the process, but this process is not the process of the imperial court, but the previous trial process.

What the imperial court brings is a new process!

Cai Bian and the others looked at them suspicious of life, and couldn't help laughing secretly, you are not much better than us!

"So!"

Zhang Fei said: "It is to completely eliminate the previous bad government, so the imperial court decided to order me to come here to build a military imperial court. .

And those guiding principles are based on the trial system of the military court, so I have repeatedly emphasized that those principles are only applicable to the military court. "

They didn't think too much about it, they only understood one thing, there is only one store, there is no other branch.

Zhang Fei glanced around again, "This is the end of this case. If anyone thinks it is unfair, they can take the evidence to the procuratorate, or go directly to the imperial court to file an appeal.

This is all possible. As I said just now, our imperial court only pursues a fair, just, and open process. As for the result, it is what it is. Evidence and witnesses are the most important part of the process.

If you have enough evidence to overturn my judgment, you can appeal at any time. I am very happy to overturn my judgment. This is also a system of our imperial court, and it is not limited to the military imperial court. We will not think it is It is not a matter of embarrassment, and it is not that it is the fault of the imperial court, as long as the process is fair, just, and open. out of court. "

No one stopped Zhang Fei this time.

Although some of them dissatisfied with Zhang Fei's verdict, each of Zhang Fei's verdicts is based on someone's confession, which makes it impossible to reason. If he can't produce enough evidence, then immediately Can't stand.

But one thing is certain.

It is between civil and military, and there is a third party.

All of a sudden, the existing rules are broken.

Whether it is a civil servant or a military commander, he will be a little confused for a while.

But compared to three days ago, there was no whispering this time, and everyone seemed to leave the imperial court quickly with a tacit understanding.

"Where are they in a hurry?"

Chen Qi felt a little flustered when she saw that they were all calm and leaving quickly.

Su Zhe said with a smile: "They are going to study countermeasures, this can't be said in public."

Chen Qi suddenly realized.

Wang Shen suddenly said: "It's still the Chief Prosecutor Su who is right, this result is beyond our expectation."

The result is based on those judgment principles, and those principles are all Zhang Fei thinks, without knowing these principles, it is impossible to calculate the result.

Su Zhe said: "Actually, I didn't guess right either. I thought he would change the law before, but I didn't think that he didn't change the law, but added this guiding principle for the judgment. It is difficult for us to object."

If Zhang Fei amends the regulations without authorization, he will oppose it, because Song Xingtong is applicable to everyone, unless Zhang Fei can come up with impeccable regulations, who would have thought that Zhang Fei would come up with guiding principles, he would It's hard to argue against that.

"Oh." Wang Shen was taken aback, "Couldn't he be defending us with this move?"

"I think he must also have this consideration."

Su Zhe squinted his eyes and said: "Chairman Zhang is quite right. The process is the most important thing, and the system is the key. Therefore, he is the person our procuratorate should guard against the most, because he has a strong understanding of the legal system." His point of view is far better than that of others. If he wants to make trouble, we will keep watching, but we may not be able to catch him. As long as we can prevent Chief Judge Zhang, then our procuratorate will be considered a success."

As he was speaking, Cai Jing handed the verdict to Su Zhe.

Chen Qi immediately smiled and said, "The Chief Prosecutor is right."

Cai Jing was taken aback, "What are you talking about?"

The three of them just laughed without saying a word.

Cai Jing sensed a trace of unfriendliness from their smiles.

Inside the carriage.

Wang Shao swayed slightly following the carriage, hehe said: "Brother Zhongyuan has to be more serious recently, the finances of the Hezhong Mansion will become very important."

Cai Yanqing stroked his beard and smiled: "So you have already seen it."

Wang Shaodao: "The government suddenly sent this three to build the imperial court, and gave him such great power, it must not only be to reconcile civil and military struggles, coupled with today's judgment, it is enough to show that the government has already If you are determined to go to war with Xixia, you should be waiting for your finances to recover."

Aspiring people like them don't just see the public security system, but use it to capture the emperor's thoughts.

As far as those principles are concerned, no matter how reasonable you say, there is one thing that is beyond doubt, that is, to encourage generals to fight and win battles.

It is definitely necessary to prepare for war.

Then the finances of Hezhong Prefecture will also become crucial.

Cai Yanqing smiled and said, "I am also counting on President Zhang."

Wang Shao looked at Cai Yanqing in surprise.

Cai Yanqing said with a chuckle: "Govern the country first by governing the officials. If the imperial court can bring fair justice to Hezhong Mansion, I will do nothing, and the finances will increase day by day."

The two of them didn't know that Zhang Fei was on the hill beside the road at this time, watching their carriage pass by, and beside him were his three bad friends.

Cao Dongdong, Fu Shichun, Ma Xiaoyi.

"Ya Nei! This time you have to spend some money to invite me back to the brothel. Thank you very much."

Zhang Fei said with a smile.

"Why?"

Cao Dongdong said: "Although your judgment is beneficial to our family of generals, my Cao family is not rare. My Cao family has been loyal and good for generations, and I will not make such a mistake as a vice envoy."

Fu Shichun immediately said: "Hasn't your great-grandfather been demoted because of impeachment?"

"What is demoted? It's a normal transfer. Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." Cao Dongdong snorted.

Zhang Fei said unhappily: "Who told you this."

Cao Dongdong asked: "Then what are you referring to?"

Zhang Fei said: "What I'm saying is, after this judgment, your police station is the biggest winner."

Ma Xiaoyi excitedly said: "Why did the third brother say that?"

Cao Dongdong also opened his eyes wide, looking at him expectantly, "What's the biggest winner, hurry up and tell me."

Even Fu Shichun couldn't help frowning slightly, and he never thought about what this has to do with the police station, let alone the biggest winner.

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "From today onwards, those generals will definitely value the public security law very much, and the most direct way is to find a way to infiltrate it, otherwise, the public security law will be dominated by civilian officials sooner or later. Then you say, in the public security law Among them, which department is convenient for them to infiltrate."

The three said in unison: "The police station."

"Exactly." Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Therefore, your police station must be prepared for a large-scale expansion soon."

Fu Shichun suddenly realized, and looked at Zhang Fei, "No wonder you complained that the deputy envoys didn't arrive earlier than you. It turns out that you wanted to use this to expand the police station. If there is no police station, your imperial court and the procuratorate will still be difficult." Get a foothold."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "There is also the tax department."

Fu Shichun immediately took a deep breath.

Is the tax department coming too?

Then he Fu's business.

Headache!

When the tax department comes, the officials of the Hezhong government will know that the public security bureau is actually a benevolent person, and the real beast is the tax department.

Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes, "Can I transfer to the tax department this time."

Ma Xiaoyi hurriedly said: "I will go too, I will go too."

At the beginning of the first battle in the capital, the tax department was awesome, and the high-ranking officials and dignitaries were frightened by the news.

Zhang Fei said: "If you transfer to the tax department, I can guarantee that your father will definitely break your legs."

Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes and said: "You are my big ear pen, I spent so much money to hire you, can't you help me get rid of my father?"

Zhang Fei said: "Why do you think I told you this and didn't wait for your father to break your leg? Isn't it because I am your big ear pen?"