Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 723: Everyone does his own thing

Chapter 723 Everyone goes their own way

Although Wang Anshi is confident, eloquent, and seems to be reasoning, in fact, he just told Wen Yanbo and the others that he would not make the slightest concession on this.

Because he was cornered, there was no possibility of him giving in.

However, Yushitai actually has no room for extra concessions. If the procuratorate can conduct a retrial after Yushitai's verdict, then who will take Yushitai seriously in the future.

In the past, the judgment of the Yushitai could be said to be the final judgment, because the Criminal Court usually only investigated the trial files of Kaifeng Prefecture, and would not check the Yushitai. The reason was that the Yushitai usually targeted ministers. , you can either make a judgment to stop it. If you can't stop it, then it can be said that the coffin board is closed.

Usually, it was the emperor who nodded from behind.

So, this will have a huge impact on Yushitai.

This meeting between the prime ministers eventually broke up on bad terms.

None of the results.

This is almost becoming a dead end.

"I didn't expect you, Kanfu, to be so diligent at your age."

Fu Bi looked at Wen Yanbo with an angry face, stroked his beard and said with a smile.

Wen Yanbo glanced at Fu Bi, immediately restrained himself, and said helplessly: "It's not that I want to argue with them, but that brat Zhang San went too far this time."

Fu Bi asked: "What does this have to do with Zhang San?"

Wen Yanbo snorted angrily: "This matter is most likely related to him, because he is the only one who is sure to win this kind of lawsuit. If Wang Jiefu had not discussed it with him in advance, would he dare to hand over Xue Xiang to the procuratorate? ”

"You are right, that kid was probably planning this behind the scenes."

Fu Bi nodded thoughtfully.

Wen Yanbo said: "But by doing this, he undoubtedly forced the censors into a desperate situation. Even if the public prosecutor and the law forced the trial, the censors would not be able to recognize the judgment of the public prosecutor and the law. This would make the entire judicial system a mess. ."

Jiang Zhiqi and other censors have long spoken harsh words. No matter what the public prosecutor and the procuratorate do, the censorship station will never pay attention. As long as Xue Xiang leaves the procuratorate, the censorship station is determined to arrest him.

Fu Bi nodded slightly.

Wen Yanbo glanced at Fu Bi secretly, "Fu Bi doesn't seem to agree with what I did."

Fu Bi was startled, shook his head and sighed: "That's out of the question. If I didn't support you, I wouldn't have spoken just now. It's just."

Wen Yanbo asked: "Just what?"

Fu Bi said: "Although I don't like Xue Xiang's personality, his experience reminds me of my encounter with brother Fan Xian during the Qingli period."

Wen Yanbo immediately said: "How can a villain like Xue Xiang be compared with the two of you."

"That's not the point."

Fu Bi waved his hand and said, "If I or you were in Xue Xiang's position, would this matter have changed? Do you want to be tried in the Yushitai or in the Procuratorate? ”

Wen Yanbo frowned and said: "Maybe the rich will choose the Public Security Bureau, but many ministers will choose the Yushitai."

Fu Bi nodded and said, "That makes sense!"

Penal Court.

"I knew that the son-in-law of the Xu family was naturally rebellious and could not be trusted. Now that it has been proven one by one, why are you still being polite to them?"

Liu Shu was so anxious that he paced back and forth in front of Sima Guang and said angrily.

Sima Guang asked: "Then what do you think I should do?"

Liu Shudao: "According to regulations, the public prosecutor's office is the trial court. The prime minister can order them to hand over Xue Xiang to the Yushitai. At most, he can order their procuratorate to assist the Yushitai in the investigation."

Sima Guang said: "The power of the Judicial Court is to review the case only after the judgment of the public prosecutor and the law. It is still under investigation, so I forcibly ordered them to hand over the person to the Yushitai. This is against the rules! ”

Liu Shu really wanted to cry but said without tears: "It's already been such a time, why do you still have to worry about such minutiae?"

Sima Guang said: "Why is Xue Xiang so disgusting? Isn't it because he doesn't follow the rules in everything and puts profit first in everything. If I do this now, what's the difference between me and him?"

".!"

Liu Shu was speechless. He respected Sima Guang because Sima Guang abided by Confucian morals and rules, but at this moment he felt a little disgusted with them.

Sima Guang glanced at him and sighed: "After this case is over, I will submit my resignation."

Liu Shu said hurriedly: "Ms. sir, that's not what I meant."

Sima Guang nodded and said: "But I have made up my mind."

In the eyes of conservatives, Zhang Fei was promoted by him. Now Zhang Fei's counterattack has caused dissatisfaction among many people. Unless he stands up now and stops Zhang Fei, otherwise, he will be the leader. I definitely can't stand it.

But he is unwilling to violate his principles.

And he believes that if the procuratorate has found specific evidence but does not prosecute, this is definitely not what he wants to see. But if there is no specific evidence, the imperial court will not accept the case.

So, he is unwilling to intervene and undermine the system of the Procuratorate.

But he also knew in his heart that doing so would indeed hurt the efforts of many people, including himself. He was also very eager to drive Xue Xiang out of the government and the opposition.

I can only resign and apologize.

But instead of apologizing to the emperor, he apologized to his colleagues.

The prime ministers could not reach a unified opinion, and the officials below were fighting fiercely. This time, the reformists and the powerful class all supported the public prosecutor and the law, and they were very, very united.

I’m just saying that the core members of the reformists cannot afford to lose, while the powerful class hopes to take this opportunity to drive a wedge between the Public Security Bureau and the conservatives. After this case is over, they will turn around and attack the Public Security Bureau. But no one will protect the public security organs.

Since no one can reach a conclusion, the final arbitration power falls on the emperor.

But the whole matter has reached a dead end, and there is no room for maneuver for either party.

The emperor can only choose one of the two. The loser must withdraw from the government and the opposition.

But the emperor was unwilling to make a choice between the two,

In the Chui Gong Hall, Wang Anshi and Wen Yanbo had a heated argument, but it ended without any resolution.

The emperor also did not make a decision.

The matter is stuck here.

This also bought Zhang Fei valuable time.

Inside the carriage.

"The person you want is already on his way to the capital and will arrive soon."

Li Bao said to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei nodded, "Where is Xihe?"

"No reply yet."

Li Bao suddenly said: "But there will be some movement from the Taxation Department."

Zhang Fei asked: "What's the noise?"

Li Bao said: "The tax department has heard that many people may evade taxes this year, but there is no warning in advance. I judge that they must think that the public security organs cannot protect themselves now, so they made a temporary decision to pay less tax. ."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The tax department will be very unhappy."

Li Bao said: "The tax department is also very worried."

Zhang Fei said: "Then let them worry, so as not to alert the snake."

Since there is no explicit prohibition from above, the procuratorate is still continuing to investigate. As for whether Yushitai admits it or not, the procuratorate cannot force it.

Daming Mansion.

I saw a group of people and horses galloping on the official road, with sand and dust billowing behind them.

The man in the middle, although galloping on horseback, seems to be preoccupied.

This person was none other than Lu Huiqing, who was working on flood control in Daming Prefecture. He never expected that he would encounter such a thing just after he left, and that Wang Anshi and the New Deal would be in a desperate situation.

At this moment, he no longer cares so much. If Wang Anshi falls, then given his purpose and status, he will not be able to hold up the banner of reform.

He must rush back to the capital immediately.

But just as we arrived at the outskirts, we suddenly saw a fast horse approaching from the opposite side.

"Call!"

The flying knight on the opposite side stopped first, and immediately the man shouted: "Is this Lu Xiaokan on the opposite side?"

Lu Huiqing also stopped and took a closer look, "Wang Xian."

This person is Wang Anshi's guard.

Wang Xian got off his horse, cupped his fists and saluted, "Wang Xian has met Lu Xiaokan."

Lu Huiqing also hurriedly dismounted, stepped forward and tugged on Wang Xian's sleeve, "How is my teacher?"

Wang Xian said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Xiaokan Lu, everything is fine with my husband. It was precisely because my husband was afraid that Xiaokan Lu would be worried, so he sent me to inform Xiaokan Lu."

"Beijing.!"

After that, he glanced around, pulled Wang Xian to the roadside, and asked, "What's the situation in the capital now?"

Wang Xian directly took out a letter and handed it to Lu Huiqing.

Lu Huiqing hurriedly took it and opened it immediately. After looking at it carefully, he struggled for a while and sighed: "That's it! It's over now. There's no use for me to go back."

Although he has reservations about Zhang Fei, he knows that Zhang Fei has always defended the Public Procuratorate and the Law. Without the Public Procuratorate and Law, Zhang Fei will lose everything. According to the letter, the reformists are now bound to the Public Procuratorate and the Law. Zhang Fei I will definitely try my best.

Just as he was about to go back, he suddenly saw a carriage coming up the east bank of the river. He felt that the carriage looked familiar.

After hesitating for a moment, he walked towards the intersection.

After a while, he met the carriage at the intersection.

On the carriage, two dusty old men came down. They were Hou Shuxian and Liu Yi, the dean and deputy dean of Damingfu Water Conservancy College.

"It's a transporter, what a coincidence!"

"Two deans, where did you just come back from?"

"Over there at the Ergu River."

"How is the situation over there now?"

Lu Huiqing asked immediately.

Hou Shuxian and Liu Yi looked at each other, stroking their beards and saying nothing.

Lu Huiqing said hurriedly: "If you have anything to say, you can just say it. We are here to solve the problem."

"The situation over there is not good!"

Hou Shuxian said: "As Han Xianggong said, while we are widening the river here, the silt downstream is also increasing day by day. This is not a permanent solution."

Liu Yi said: "Besides, the Minister of River Control has not really solved the problem of the Ergu River. Chanzhou is still plagued by floods. In addition, because Chengdu has supervised the Daxing Water Conservancy in the past few years, too many trees have been cut down, which has damaged many river embankments. ."

Lu Huiqing said: "So you both think you should choose Beiliu?"

Hou Shuxian said: "It's not that we choose to flow north, but that the river chooses to flow north. However, if we let the river flow north, we can't guarantee whether floods will be avoided."

Liu Yi said: "But according to the current situation, it is difficult to avoid floods in the east flow. We followed the Beiliu river to Damingfu before. We found that the previous floods in the Beiliu were due to the disrepair of the river. If the dams are strengthened, flooding can actually be reduced."

Lu Huiqing said: "This is also my biggest headache. Currently, the vast majority of ministers in the DPRK support Dongliu, because it is related to the defense of our northern border. Now, although we have the right to choose Beiliu, Once there is a flood, we are not to blame."

Both Hou and Liu were silent.

What to do?

They could only provide technical advice, and the final decision had to be made by Lu Huiqing, the newly appointed Hebei transit envoy.

Lu Huiqing added: "It seems that for the present plan, we can only make two preparations. The east-flow river channel is used to monitor and consolidate the river defense fortifications left by Cheng Dujian. The main purpose is to prevent more people from dying due to floods. In this way It can reduce the pressure of public opinion.

At the same time, we follow Vice President Liu’s idea and concentrate our efforts on strengthening the north-flow river. If the east-flow breaks its banks again and the river still chooses to flow north, then we will take advantage of the situation and change it to the north-flow river. ”

Hou Shuxian and Liu Yi nodded at the same time.

Lu Huiqing has always been opposed to Wang Anshi's large-scale flood control. In his opinion, this is a thankless task. He came here mainly to make up for some of the mistakes he made at the beginning, and to clear up this responsibility, and finally hand over the river control to the water conservancy. Academy, he escaped in time.

Compared to the Hebei region that is still in turmoil, Jingdong East Road has slowly returned to its former peace. Qingzhou is due to debt restructuring and business laws, which has increased finances, lightened the burden, and made life more prosperous for the country.

As for Qizhou and other places, because Chang Pingsi was promoted to spread money and build water conservancy projects, the people had work to do and the land was irrigated, so naturally they would not complain.

Recently, Su Shi also came to Qingzhou, mainly to repair the relationship between Qingzhou and Qizhou. Because of the previous competition between the two laws, Qingzhou was completely cut off from other states and counties.

But after all, Qingzhou is the provincial capital of Jingdong East Road, and currently the public security, security and law are completely spread out on Jingdong East Road, so we must quickly establish a hierarchical relationship between the public security, security, and law.

On the other hand, Su Shi also came to visit Ouyang Xiu.

Ouyang Xiu was grateful for promotions to both Su Shi and Su Zheke, and the key is that their political philosophies are also very similar.

At noon.

Fan Chunren invited Su Shi to a restaurant next to the Procuratorate.

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I saw that every customer inside had a newspaper in hand, and they were reading it with gusto.

Fan Chunren quickly asked: "Have you reported out of the new residence again?"

The shopkeeper said: "What's new is that Southeast has lost the case, and there are new variables. The public security bureau and the procuratorate finally intervened."

Nowadays, in the Qingzhou Public Affairs Bureau, the Di Newspaper Court is a powerful tool for attracting money. Whenever there is any movement in the capital, the Di Newspaper Court will immediately publish an article about the loss of the case. This news is about to be turned into a TV series by the Procuratorate. , they also distributed it in two newspapers.

But there is no way. Since the government has a monopoly on information, it is always a big deal. Nowadays, many officials regret choosing the academy instead of Dibao Academy.

"Really?"

Fan Chunren hurriedly said: "Bring me one quickly."

The shopkeeper said sarcastically: "They have all been sent out."

Fan Chunren frowned and said: "It's really unreasonable. The Dibao from the Dibao Court actually sent it to the restaurant first and not to our official office."

Su Shi smiled and said: "I have to spend money to book a restaurant, so of course I have priority. Their business is to make money."

Although Fan Chunren is not ashamed to do this, he thinks that the Business Law will solve the problem of redundant officials in Qingzhou. If he does not make money, those officials will have to come back to receive their salaries.

The shopkeeper didn't even smile, nor did he smile, but he felt happy in his heart.

In fact, this is what Shen Kuo asked Yan Jidao to do. Officials are the main consumers of reading materials. If the official offices are sent first, there is no need for the officials to go to restaurants to see them. If the restaurants are sent first, officials can be forced to go to restaurants to consume. This Di quoted price can be increased.

After a while, someone finally returned the Di Bao, and the shopkeeper immediately sent the Di Bao to Su Shi and Fan Chunren.

"Southeast Province lost the case, another variable occurred, the public prosecutor and the law finally intervened?"

Su Shi held the Di newspaper in his hand and turned his head to look at the shopkeeper, "That's the title you just said!"

"Yes!" The shopkeeper nodded, with some doubts in his eyes. Is this strange?

"It's okay! You go and do your work first."

"The little guy will get busy first."

After the shopkeeper left, Su Shi said with a smile: "This Yan Jidao is really the true successor of Zhang San. He abandoned their Yan family's literary talent and relied on this gimmick to attract people's attention."

In the past, the Di Bao was a very traditional announcement. Today's Di Bao is more entertaining and very thorough in its analysis. People love this.

Although this is against tradition, it makes money and is not shabby.

"This is not a gimmick!"

Fan Chunren put down the newspaper and said, "As you expected, Wang Jiefu really used the procuratorate to prosecute. It seems that your letter was not delivered to the capital in time."

It turned out that after Su Shi learned about this incident, he immediately thought that Wang Anshi might prosecute him from the procuratorate, so he quickly wrote to Sima Guang and asked him to guard against this move. But unfortunately, he did not use the official fast horse, because this was Private letter.

Su Shi didn't care, and said with a smile: "Even if it is delivered in time, it may not be able to stop it. After all, the public prosecutor's office is all about evidence. Since the procuratorate dares to take this case, it proves that they have conclusive evidence in their hands. They are wrong. The mistake was that I shouldn’t have chosen Yushitai initially.

But we should choose the Public Security Bureau first, regard the Yushitai as a backup, and use the Yushitai to supervise the Public Security Bureau. In that case, we will not be so passive. ”

Fan Chunren said: "I think the best solution is for the Yushitai to prosecute through the procuratorate. After all, the trial system of the Yushitai is far less fair and just than the public prosecutor's office."

Su Shi smiled and said: "Maybe this is Zhang San's intention."

Tokyo, Imperial Court.

After Zhao Pian carefully reviewed the indictment and relevant evidence submitted by Zhang Fei, he said to Zhang Fei: "Prosecutor Zhang, although the evidence provided by your procuratorate is sufficient for a trial, the Yushitai may not accept it. This trial."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Our procuratorate pursues fairness and justice, not to win the approval of the Yushitai."

Zhao Bian said: "But this case is closely related to Yushitai. If they don't participate, how will it be tried?"

Zhang Fei said: "The key to this case is whether Xue Xiang is innocent. We don't have enough evidence yet to prove that Yushitai is suspected of bending the law for personal gain, so if they don't participate, it won't affect anything. Of course, Our Procuratorate may get some conveniences, but this is their own fault, and they cannot blame our Procuratorate.”

Zhao Bian said: "But the problem is that in this case, we may not be able to implement the verdict. The Yushitai has threatened that no matter what we do, they will arrest Xue Xiang."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "They are so cruel, what can we do? We only do what we should do. As for what they want to do, that is their business."

Zhao Bian asked: "Can't we achieve perfection?"

Zhang Fei said: "Our procuratorate has also tried hard, but our people can't even get through the gate of Yushitai, and we have no other choice."

Zhao Peng sighed, "Our imperial court still needs to discuss it, and someone will be sent to notify your procuratorate at that time."

"Yes."

This seems to be an unsolvable situation.

The Yushitai is not even talking about it. You do not respect me, and I do not recognize the trial of your public prosecutor. This time, even the emperor is helpless. Because of this case, the court has been completely divided. On one side is One side unreservedly supports the Yushitai, while the other side unreservedly supports the Public Security Bureau.

Zhao Xu simply stopped asking.

Both of them are masters, so they can’t afford to offend.

Slip away!

Sima family.

"Alas, this Su Zizhan, he didn't know how to get a fast horse to deliver such an important thing. If it had been delivered a month earlier, why would it be like this!"

Sima Guang couldn't help complaining as he put down Su Shi's letter.

After a while, Liu Shu suddenly visited.

"Mr. Sir, the imperial court has just issued a notice and has decided to open a court session on the third day to accept Xue Xiang's case."

"This is what I expected."

Sima Guang nodded and said: "Xianggong Zhao originally wanted to put the case to the public prosecutor's office for trial, alas..."

Sighing, he asked again: "What did Wen Gong and the others say?"

Liu Shudao: "None of them will attend. I wonder if my husband will go?"

Sima Guang pondered for a moment, "Of course I will go. I also want to see where Xue Xiang was wronged by Yushitai."

Anyway, he has already decided to leave, so it doesn’t matter.

In this regard, he is very similar to Wang Anshi. Neither of them is greedy for power. They become officials just to realize their ambitions. If they cannot realize it, they will leave immediately and will never stay for power. In court, they were not interested in any of that.

Both of them do not own any family property or take concubines, and their lives are extremely simple. They do not want anything for food, clothing, housing and transportation. Power is just a tool to realize the burden. If it cannot be realized, power becomes meaningless. Even Fan Zhongyan can't compare.

Three days later.

I saw a team of more than a hundred royal policemen marching toward the imperial court.

The leader was Cao Dongdong, who had just returned. He and Ma Xiaoyi were seen sitting on a tall horse, followed by a number of carriages.

The royal police on both sides were three layers inside and three layers outside to protect the carriage.

This attracted countless people to watch.

"Who is sitting in the carriage?"

"It is said to be the shipping envoy and some witnesses who lost the case in Southeast."

"Do witnesses need to be protected like this? There was no such battle in the original rebellion case."

"You don't understand this. It is said that the Yushitai has issued a wanted order for the shipping envoy. This is to prevent the Yushitai from arresting the shipping envoy."

"Huh?"

Alum upstairs.

I saw a group of middle-aged people in brocade clothes standing in front of the window on the fifth floor, looking at the team in the distance.

It was Jiang Zhiqi, Peng Siyan and other censors admonishing officials.

"Not to mention, the ability of the public prosecutor, prosecutors, and courts to impress people is really convincing!"

"Yes! They knew we wouldn't go up to arrest people, so they still staged this battle. Who are they trying to scare?"

"As long as we don't agree, then Xue Xiang is a wanted criminal, and I don't believe he can still stay in the court."

Today Zhang Fei, Wang Gong, Qi Ji and others came to the imperial court early to prepare.

Qi Ji glanced around and saw that they were all reformists. He couldn't help but whispered: "Prosecutor Zhang, no one is here, including Bachelor Sima."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Whether they come or not, the imperial court's judgment is legally binding."

Qi Ji said: "I hope so."

He really didn't believe it, because the power of the Yushitai was no less than that of the Public Security Bureau, and should even be considered above that of the Public Security Bureau. If they didn't admit it, would it really make sense to continue the trial?

At this moment, a high-pitched announcement was heard, "The Emperor has arrived!"

The officials present were shocked when they heard the words. They all looked around and saw Zhao Xu entering the court accompanied by Liu Zhao.

They all knew that the emperor had secretly come here to watch the trial before, keeping a very low profile. This was the first time he came here in such a high profile.

After a brief daze, all the officials, including Zhang Fei and others, immediately went over to salute.

Zhao Xu just wrote lightly: "No need to be polite, I just have nothing to do today, so I came over to take a look."

All the officials looked at each other in confusion.

Zhao Xu has never expressed his opinion before, which side he prefers. Although he only said that he would come and take a look, if he sits here, the gold content of this trial can be imagined.