Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 722: Stoke a hornet’s nest

Chapter 722 Stirring a hornet’s nest

This Xue Xiang must have stayed in the Procuratorate, because as long as he goes out, he will definitely be arrested by Yushitai. Once he enters Taiwan Prison, even if the Procuratorate files charges, he may not be able to get him out. Yushitai You can ignore the prosecutor's office.

Now it depends on the procuratorate’s decision whether to accept Xue Xiang’s prosecution.

First of all, of course, we need to review the evidence submitted by Xue Xiang. If the evidence is not enough, then there is nothing to say.

"What do you think?"

After reviewing Xue Xiang’s evidence, Xu Zun looked at Zhang Fei, Wang Gong, and Qi Ji.

Qi Ji took the lead and said: "Based on the evidence provided by Xue Xiang, it seems that someone is behind this case. However, his evidence cannot overturn the confessions of those people, so we cannot overturn the Yushitai." Judgment, if we do nothing unnecessary, we will only offend many people."

Wang Gong shook his head and said: "You can't say that. The key is that Xue Xiang provided corresponding evidence to prove that he was not involved in the case. However, the Yushitai judged Xue Xiang guilty. As far as our public prosecutors are concerned, From the perspective of the system, this is enough to meet the standard of prosecution, because our public prosecutors and law are based on the rule of law and defend the legitimate rights and interests of individuals."

"That's true."

Qi Ji couldn't help but rub his forehead with a headache. This really made him feel a little at a loss. Suddenly, he looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Prosecutor Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Fei pretended to be silent. After a while, he said: "I think this should be regarded as two cases. Yushitai mainly targeted the shipping department, but Xue Xiang was the shipping envoy, so he was counted as the first offender. , and Xue Xiang is suing Yushitai in his own name. Although the two overlap, we should focus more on Xue Xiang personally, then the evidence he provides is enough to prosecute."

The Yushitai uses the old system to conduct trials, but the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate are new systems. There are contradictions in their understanding of justice, and they cannot accommodate each other. If the Public Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau accommodate the Yushitai, then the system of the Public Security Bureau, the Procuratorate, and the Law will be It’s completely over!

Qi Ji and Wang Gong looked at each other.

Of course, this evidence is enough for prosecution, but if he prosecutes Yushitai, it may trigger a battle for judicial power, or even a fight between the public prosecutor, the law, and conservatives.

Is it worth it?

Xu Zun saw what they were thinking, so he said: "You don't have to think too much, we just need to discuss the matter. As long as we do this, no matter what happens, I will shoulder the responsibility."

Qi Ji and Wang Gong immediately understood what he said.

But Qi Ji said more conservatively: "I think with this evidence, at least our procuratorate should investigate the case and wait until more evidence is obtained before deciding whether to prosecute."

Zhang Fei and Wang Gong also nodded to express their support.

The prosecution will directly enter the judicial process, and the royal court will intervene, and there will be no turning back. The key is that this situation has never been encountered before!

No one knows what kind of conflicts it will cause.

Soon, the matter spread, because Xue Xiang entered the procuratorate in full view of the public and could not hide it. Moreover, the procuratorate had no intention of concealing anything to avoid disclosing the truth.

This moment made the whole thing dramatic.

The conservatives who were still partying before were immediately dumbfounded.

Aren’t the public security organs on our side?

How could they stab us in the back?

Is the message wrong?

Or is there something unknown happening?

The reformists who had been mourning their concubines were immediately dumbfounded.

Aren’t the public prosecutors and prosecutors the enemy?

How could they help us with the lawsuit?

At this time, if the police, prosecutors and law don’t take action, their defeat is certain!

This. What exactly is this operation?

Incredible!

Faced with the intervention of the Procuratorate, no matter which faction they belong to, they find it incredible!

As a result, everyone's eyes were focused on Sima Guang. After all, he was the leader of judicial reform.

You are not unaware of this, are you?

However, Sima Guang was even more confused than them, but he quickly realized that he was directly in front of Zhang Fei, not caring about avoiding suspicion.

"Do you know what you are doing?"

Urgent!

He was really anxious this time. Seeing that he had a chance to win, and seeing that the other party was trying to kill the hozen, he even sacrificed a small part of the interests of the public prosecutor and the procuratorate. As a result, the public prosecutor and procuratorate stabbed him in with a knife.

This.!

Zhang Fei was about to cry again but said without tears: "Master Sima Mingjian, I was really wronged!"

"Stop it!"

When Sima Guang heard this, he almost jumped up and stared, "I don't know you yet, tell me, what do you want?"

Zhang Fei's words really made his ears tingle, but this kid was never wronged, every time he was the one who was responsible.

Zhang Fei said: "It's not what I think, but Xue Xiangzhen produced some evidence to prove that he was wronged."

"Nonsense."

Sima Guang said: "There is a mountain of ironclad evidence over at Yushitai. What evidence can he produce?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Originally, this was a secret of our procuratorate, but since Bachelor Sima asked, I can only tell the truth."

"Stop coming!"

Sima Guang immediately rolled his sleeves and said: "I don't want to inquire about the secrets of your procuratorate."

If you really had the nerve to ask, I wouldn't have said that. The corner of Zhang Fei's mouth twitched slightly, and he almost stopped laughing. He spread his hands and said, "Then what does Bachelor Sima want me to do?"

Sima Guang said: "It's not what I told you to do, but what exactly do you want to do? Zhang San, this is not the first time. This appointment is a bad idea you came up with. You wanted to protect Wang Jiefu. At the beginning Those officials didn't let you come to the trial, but they were just on guard against your move, so who knew you would still get in."

"This really has nothing to do with me."

Zhang Fei explained with a depressed look: "When they suppressed our public prosecutors so much, I didn't even fart. Moreover, Bachelor Sima also came to see me before. I also thought that it should not be handed over to the procuratorate. This would instead Causing misunderstanding.

As for the shipping agent coming to sue, our procuratorate is also very confused. Should we accept it? But if we don't accept it, then Bachelor Wang will definitely ask us for help. At that time, the public prosecutor's office may be destroyed, and my father-in-law may also be punished.

But even so, we have not yet decided whether to prosecute, but we need to investigate first. ”

Sima Guang couldn't help but frowned. The system of the Procuratorate was there. If there were grievances and no prosecution was carried out, other officials would definitely not let the Procuratorate go. There were countless officials in the DPRK who hated the Procuratorate. : "The Yushitai interrogation lasted for so long, and there were absolutely no mistakes or omissions. Why did Xue Xiang sue the Yushitai?"

Zhang Fei collapsed immediately, "I want to tell you the evidence, but you don't want to listen."

Sima Guang said: "Since this is the secret of your procuratorate, can I listen to it?"

He has always cherished his reputation very much. If Wang Anshi knew that he intervened in the procuratorate's investigation in order to deal with Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi would definitely hold on to this.

Zhang Fei was completely speechless, "Then how do you want me to explain, Bachelor Sima?"

Sima Guang asked: "Let me ask you, did you interfere with this?"

"Absolutely not."

Zhang Fei said: "My father-in-law, Inspector Qi, and Inspector Wang have reviewed the evidence one by one. They also think so. Even if you don't believe me, Bachelor Sima, you should believe in the rules of our procuratorate. , I am not Erbi like before, everything is decided by me.

Inspector Qi and Inspector Wang are not stupid. They followed me to offend Yushitai and protect Xue Xiang. Do they want their lives?

Moreover, why didn’t Academician Sima doubt Academician Wang, and instead came to doubt me? ”

Sima Guang snorted: "Who told you that you are a habitual criminal?"

".!"

Zhang Fei immediately became depressed.

Sima Guang sighed, "But this will put me in a dilemma!"

Zhang Fei immediately said: "I have put myself in Bachelor Sima's shoes, and I don't think this will embarrass him."

Sima Guang smiled bitterly and said, "Why won't I be in trouble?"

Zhang Fei said: "Because Academician Sima has always been selfless and abides by the law, I am willing to inform Academician Sima of the evidence provided by Xue Xiang, but Academician Sima is unwilling to listen, which is evident.

So what if our procuratorate prosecutes us? No matter what the result is, we just want justice. Isn't this the purpose of Sima's judicial reform? ”

Sima Guang smiled coldly: "Without you, your statement would be true."

Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"

Sima Guang said: "Because your mouth can confuse right and wrong."

Zhang Fei asked seriously: "For example?"

".!"

The Ordinance Department of the Second Government was established.

"Of course I asked him to go."

Wang Anshi glanced at Deng Wan with a smile, and then nodded.

Deng Wan was overjoyed and asked: "Did Mr. Wang first ask Prosecutor Zhang Xu?"

The implication is to ask whether there is any behind-the-scenes operation.

Wang Anshi shook his head with a smile and said, "Why ask first? Do you think Yushitai's verdict is fair?"

"No!"

Deng Wan immediately said: "Of course it's unfair."

"That's it."

Wang Anshi smiled and said: "We have enough evidence to win this lawsuit. They always used the public prosecutor's office to target me before, but this time I'm just treating them the way they want.

Otherwise, why do you think Yushitai could judge it? ”

Deng Wan was shocked, "It turns out. It turns out."

Wang Anshi smiled and nodded, obviously acquiescing.

He had to explain this way, because the Yushitai's verdict had already made the reformists very unstable. Many people speculated that Wang Anshi had lost the emperor's trust and that the situation was over.

Only this explanation can stabilize the morale of the army.

This is all my plan. It explains from the side why Yushitai was able to pass the verdict, and it also proves that he has not lost the emperor's trust.

Deng Wan's eyes flickered a few times, "Xueshi Wang's plan is very clever. It can also alienate their relationship with the public prosecutor and the law."

Wang Anshi smiled and nodded, "That's right."

But I was also panicking. If I had to go to court, I could only decide whether to live or die. After all, it was not Zhang Fei who had the final say. The judge was the chief judge, and Zhao Pian was a conservative person.

The most annoying thing among them is Yushitai. In their view, the Procuratorate is trying to ride on their shoulders and slap them in the face.

The key point is that Yushitai has always believed that he, like Dali Temple, is the immediate superior of the Public Security Bureau.

This is disobedience to superior orders.

So Xu Zun was immediately called to the Yushitai. Although they all guessed that this was most likely the idea of ​​that brat Zhang San, Xu Zun was the prosecutor after all!

As a veteran of three dynasties, Wen Yanbo still suppressed the anger in his heart and asked Xu Zun: "Can Prosecutor Xu give me an explanation?"

Jiang Zhiqi and the other censors all looked at each other angrily.

You must know that Xu Zun is not a conservative, but prefers Wang Anshi. Conservatives have always disliked Xu Zun, but the appearance of Zhang Fei has eased this hostile relationship.

Xu Zun explained in a calm tone: "The process of the matter is that Xue Xiang came to the Procuratorate to sue and submitted relevant evidence to prove that he was innocent. Our Procuratorate just acted in accordance with the rules."

"You are just making excuses."

Jiang Zhiqi said angrily: "If there is a problem, why didn't your procuratorate raise it before? Our Yushitai did not hide anything.

After the verdict of our Yushitai, your procuratorate immediately jumped out. I think you are deliberately targeting our Yushitai in an attempt to suppress us. This is your wishful thinking. ”

Xu Zundao: "I'm not that naive."

Peng Siyan sneered and said: "Who dares to say that you, Xu Zhongtu, are naive? You son-in-law must have seen that our Yushitai took the limelight out of your public prosecutor's office, so you went to collude with Wang Jiefu and Xue Xiang in order to ruin the reputation of our Yushitai."

Wen Yanbo also fully agrees with this.

This benefit is too obvious.

Previously, they had prevented the public prosecutor from intervening, which had aroused speculation among many people. The reformists also seized on this and attacked the conservatives. You just want to organize unjust imprisonment and frame Zhongliang. Later, evidence continued to come out. Only then did public opinion gradually change.

But if the public prosecutor intervenes at this time and eventually overturns the verdict, it will not be a confirmation of the arguments of the reformists, and the Yushitai will suffer a big blow. Their last move is too vicious.

Wen Yanbo frowned and warned: "Prosecutor Xu, according to the laws of the imperial court, our Yushitai is above your public prosecutors, and the judgments of the Yushitai are almost the final judgments, and only the trial court can intervene. Your procuratorate is suspected of overstepping its bounds by doing this."

"First of all, according to the regulations of the court, our Public Security Bureau and the Court of Justice are above the Dali Temple and the Court of Justice, not the Yushitai. The court has not explicitly explained the relationship between the Public Security Bureau and the Yushitai."

Xu Zun explained calmly: "Secondly, I have already said that these are two cases. Our procuratorate is only investigating whether Xue Xiang broke the law, not to overturn Yushitai's judgment. I personally do not I believe those people are telling the truth."

Wen Yanbo frowned. Although the Yushitai was on the same level as Dali Temple and the Criminal Court, the imperial court did stipulate that the highest trial of the Public Procuratorate was in the Criminal Court and was not included in the Yushitai. : "If you want to prosecute, that's your business, but Xue Xiang has been convicted by the Yushitai. No matter what your procuratorate wants to do, Xue Xiang should be handed over to our Yushitai first."

Xu Zundao: "This is against the rules, because Xue Xiang believes that he has been wronged and provides relevant evidence. If we hand Xue Xiang over to the Yushitai before investigating clearly, this will obviously not be good to Xue Xiang. It’s not fair, and it’s not in line with our public security system.”

Jiang Zhiqi said angrily: "Then you will never leave the Yushitai today."

"Hey!"

Wen Yanbo was shocked by these words and quickly stopped Jiang Zhiqi. If Xu Zun was detained, this problem would become very serious. And if you do this, Wang Anshi will definitely attack them for this reason. Shitai, the reformists must now fully support the procuratorate, and said to Xu Zun: "We, Yushitai, will investigate your procuratorate."

Xu Zun nodded and said: "Our procuratorate has always been law-abiding and we are not afraid of anyone's investigation."

"In this case, there is nothing to say. Please come back first, and we will send someone to your procuratorate to investigate soon."

Wen Yanbo said lightly.

"I resign."

After Xu Zun left, Jiang Zhiqi immediately said: "Mr. Wen, why did you let him go?"

Wen Yanbo said: "Because we still don't know what evidence Xue Xiang provided to the procuratorate. What if this is a trap?"

Jiang Zhiqi said: "If they really succeed in suing, then how can our Yushitai gain a foothold in the government?"

Wen Yanbo said: "Of course we must do our best to stop the Procuratorate. They have to perform their duties, and so can we. The duty of our Yushitai is to supervise the officials of the DPRK and China. You should immediately send someone to the Procuratorate to investigate."

"Yes."

This move by the Procuratorate really stung a hornet's nest.

Yushitai doesn't care about innovation or conservatism. If the procuratorate really reverses the case, will Yushitai still be alive?

For Yushitai, this is almost a life and death battle.

Yushitai immediately sent people to the Procuratorate to investigate. From the chief prosecutor to the prosecutor, no one was spared.

At the same time, officials in Taiwan remonstrated and impeached the procuratorate for colluding with the criminal Xue Xiang, bending the law for personal gain, and conspiring against evil intentions.

Conservative officials also spoke out in support of Yushitai.

At the last minute, your procuratorate intervened, and the conservatives were so angry that they were furious!

The reformists quickly united around the Public Security Bureau and tried their best to defend the Public Security Bureau. At the same time, they said that we had already said that they avoided the Public Security Bureau in order to frame Zhongliang.

Look, as we said, there is indeed grievance in it, and it is such a huge grievance that even Sima Guang can't stand it anymore.

Because Sima Guang presided over judicial reform, in terms of common sense, without his nod, can the procuratorate intervene?

Sima Guang really couldn't tell the truth.

Although he led judicial reform, he rarely interfered with the operation of the public prosecutors and the judiciary.

But the reformists said this deliberately to cause them to be divided internally.

What’s funny is that before this case, it was clear that the reformists hated the public prosecutors and the law, while the conservatives supported the public prosecutors and the law. Now, it has completely changed.

Those neutral ministers were confused.

But this has indeed had a very bad impact on conservatives.

Sima Guang's position as the leader is also in danger.

The conservatives hope that Sima Guang will put pressure on the procuratorate, but Sima Guang is relatively old-fashioned. He only said that if the trial by the public prosecutor and the court is unfair, the trial court will definitely intervene, because it is still in the investigation stage and has not entered the judicial process. No results have been produced, and the Trial Court has been unable to intervene.

This made many people very disappointed with Sima Guang.

As long as you give us a kick now, the reformists will be completely finished. If you are talking about principles to us now, are you sick in the head?

I almost need to urinate.

Political Hall.

"Master Wen, please calm down!"

Zhao Bian said: "I think the Procuratorate also has its own difficulties. If someone appeals and presents evidence, the Procuratorate cannot turn a blind eye. In this case, Yushitai will impeach the Procuratorate for dereliction of duty, right?"

Wen Yanbo said: "What Mr. Zhao said is wrong. This country has national laws and families have family rules. If the procuratorate can easily intervene in Yushitai's trial and overturn Yushitai's judgment, then Yushitai will still have people in the future. Any action?

From now on, all cases, large and small, will be handed over to the Procuratorate, and no other government agencies will be able to try them. No matter how they are tried, they can be prosecuted from the Procuratorate. If the procuratorate believes that there is injustice involved, it can assist the Yushitai, or transfer the case to the Yushitai, and should not appeal separately.

This will make the country's judicial system chaotic and disorderly. ”

He is also an old debater. I will not prevent the procuratorate from performing its duties, but everything has its ups and downs. You can help our Yushitai!

If you do this, everything will go haywire.

Sima Guang nodded and said: "Yes, we can ask the procuratorate to assist Yushitai in hearing the case."

"Why didn't Yushitai assist the procuratorate in the investigation?"

I saw Wang Anshi walking in.

Wen Yanbo glanced at Wang Anshi and asked coldly: "I wonder what Jiefu has to say?"

"Don't dare! Duke Wen is polite."

Wang Anshi bowed his hands and said again: "It's just that the Procuratorate has made it very clear that these are two cases. How can the Procuratorate assist Yushitai."

Wen Yanbo said: "This is clearly a case. Our Yushitai convicted Xue Xiang, but the procuratorate wanted to appeal for Xue Xiang."

Wang Anshi said: "Although the Yushitai convicted Xue Xiang, the people who accused him were not Xue Xiang, and this case is not about Xue Xiang personally.

For another example, even if the procuratorate succeeds in prosecuting the case, it will only prove that Xue Xiang is not guilty personally, rather than overturning the Yushitai's judgment. Others will still be convicted.

Of course, I still don’t understand why Yushitai convicted Xue Xiang. I believe that the public prosecutor and the law are fair and impartial and will definitely find the answer for me, so I will never agree to combine the two cases into one. case, and let the procuratorate assist Yushitai. ”

Fu Bi suddenly said: "But what Kuanfu said is not unreasonable. The intervention of the procuratorate will make the country's judicial system chaotic and disorderly. After the imperial court's decision, the Yushitai will have to When will the retrial begin?"

When things have evolved to this point, no matter what Fu Bi thinks, he must stand on Wen Yanbo's side.

The key point is that what Wen Yanbo said is indeed reasonable. As for the design of the national system, appeals must be made level by level. The top has the final say. If the following can easily overturn the judgment above, there will be no end.

Wang Anshi said: "If the Yushitai can produce this evidence, I will not object to the Yushitai continuing the retrial. I only care about fairness and justice.

Let me tell you frankly today. I just don’t believe in the clandestine and secretive trial system of Yushitai. This is not enough to convince the public.

Only the trial system of the Public Security Bureau can convince me, because the system of the Public Security Bureau is open, fair and impartial, and can make everyone understand the whole story, and the final decision is made by the imperial court.

Xianggong Zhao is known as the iron-faced censor. If the procuratorate can convince Xianggong Zhao, then Xue Xiang will be wronged. Do you really think what I said makes sense? ”

Sima Guang immediately glared at him, as if to say, get out of here.

Wang Anshi is also an excellent debater. What Wen Yanbo said is indeed reasonable, so he directly attacked the trial system of the Yushitai. I think there are problems with the system of the Yushitai. The key point is that everyone with a discerning eye knows that the trial of the Public Security Bureau The system is obviously better.

Not even Fu Bi can refute this.