Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 18
In life, Sima Guang is definitely a very, very humble and generous gentleman, but like Wang Anshi, he is also very stubborn on some principled issues and will never give in easily.

Therefore, everyone jokingly called Wang Anshi "Shouxianggong", and Sima Guang was also called "Sima Niu" at the same time.

Once this bull's temper comes, no one can hold it back!

If their ruling ideas are completely consistent, in fact, whether they go to the left or to the right, it is definitely a blessing for Da Song.

Maybe what happened later would not happen.

Sadly, there is no if.

After retiring, Sima Guang blamed himself very much and was very angry. He never thought that it would end like this. At the beginning, he had a certain chance of winning, but in the end he was defeated by his opponent in a daze.

Immediately asked someone to bring the court trial record just now, and while watching it, he studied it, why, such a simple murder case, it is really possible to label it as over-defense.

It's really off the mark.

At this time, Lu Gongzhuo, Wang Shiyuan, Qi Hui, Liu Shu and other professional judges also rushed over, and none of them came to their senses, how could this happen.

Seeing Sima Guang sitting on the chair with a sullen face, looking at the trial record, he was not comfortable making a sound, so he sat quietly and waited.

After a long while, Sima Guang slapped the notes on the table, and sighed angrily, "You're really careless!"

When he just left the class, his head was in a daze, but when he read the transcript with the attitude of a bystander, he suddenly found that since the beginning of his interrogation of Wei Ada, he has been led by the nose by Zhang Fei .

The key is that Zhang Fei uses the disparity in status between the two of them to compare him with the emperor.

He knew that this was definitely not the other party's brainstorm, the other party was clearly prepared and was waiting for him to jump into the pit.

But ask yourself, if you give him another chance, will he choose to do something else?
Wang Shiyuan was also a little puzzled by this, and immediately said: "Scholar Sima was too gentle with that kid just now, he is so arrogant, he despises the court, and he committed the crime below, why didn't he be punished?"

He made a very professional opinion.

If he were to be replaced, Zhang Fei would have been beaten so hard that he could only interrogate on his stomach.

You are so cowardly, how can you interrogate me!

He even suspected that Sima Guang was deliberately releasing water.

Sima Guang is really suffering. If he really beat Zhang Fei in front of the court at that time, I believe no one would dare to stop him, including Wang Anshi, Xu Zun and others. Who would put them in the eyes of this group of masters.

But if the fight goes on, the conservatives will lose the future, and it doesn't matter whether the lawsuit is fought or not.

In the future, as long as they reject the emperor's opinion, Wang Anshi will definitely use it as an argument, and you will be allowed to argue with the emperor, Sima Guang, and no one else will be allowed to argue with you.

From the side, is the emperor not as good as you?
Zhang Fei's ingenious argument directly brought in the dispute between prime minister and imperial power, which was actually the turning point of the trial.

Because this made Sima Guang completely lose his dominant position.

This point is also very important, because it directly led to the change of the entire trial process. Even the stern and selfless Bao Zheng couldn't handle the case so gently.

Zhang Fei is like a fish in water, because he is used to the atmosphere, while Sima Guang is at a loss.

A collapse of thousands of miles, of course, is a matter of course.

Mr. Lu understood Sima Guang's difficulties. He had to think about the overall situation, so he really couldn't fight. He said, "I can't blame Master Sima for this matter. Now that the matter has come to an end, we should discuss how to judge this case?"

Qi Hui immediately said: "That kid is clearly playing tricks and confusing the public, so it's impossible for him to be overprotective. If he wants to be sentenced like this, it's not encouraging the people to commit crimes."

Wang Shiyuan nodded and said: "It's reasonable, there is no reason to go to other people's house to defend yourself, and that kid has not produced hard evidence. If he is sentenced like this, it will cause endless harm!"

This is really a slap in the face.

As the highest judges of the Song Dynasty, they refused to surrender even if they surrendered their crimes. .

Sima Guang said: "If we still want to uphold the original sentence, we must find evidence to refute the other party's inference that the woman had no intention of killing. You immediately send people to Dengzhou to investigate the details of the woman."

Since the witnesses and material evidence in this case are all solid facts, he didn't know enough about Ah Yun's past and family affairs, so he didn't investigate that much.

He believes that this is the main reason why he is at a disadvantage, so if he wants to dismiss Zhang Fei's appeal, he must start from the details.

Over there, Xu Zun and Zhang Fei returned to the mansion, and saw that Zhang Fei had a complacent expression on his face, as if everything was over, but he knew that Zhang Fei did not present any solid evidence, but only provided some corroborating evidence and ingenious excuses , This lawsuit still has to be fought, so he warned: "Don't be careless, Sima University did not pronounce a sentence in the hall, but said that he would continue to investigate. It can be seen that he is not convinced, and he will definitely find a way to refute your reasons. And Bachelor Sima is one of the smartest people in Song Dynasty."

Zhang Fei smiled confidently: "Within ten days, Bachelor Sima will definitely give a verdict."

Hearing that his tone was so loud, Xu Zun immediately sneered and said, "You are too arrogant."

Zhang Fei said: "If your benefactor doesn't believe it, why don't you bet on something?"

Xu Zun is also a very individual person, and asked: "How do you say you gamble?"

Zhang Fei said: "If I lose, I will be entrusted by Engong for one year for free, but if I win, Engong will not only cancel my debts, but also give me thirty pennies."

"A word is settled!"

Xu Zun still doesn't believe in this evil, ten days?Hmph, you have too much faith in my Da Song's efficiency.

Zhang Fei said: "It's a deal."

Xu Zun suddenly thought of something, and said, "Wait a minute! The verdict will be given within ten days, but they didn't say how they will judge it?"

Zhang Fei said: "It's not how they want to be sentenced, but how we should try to get them to be sentenced."

Gone!

It's really floating!

Xu Zun glanced at Zhang Fei, and said earnestly: "Although your boy has been very popular in the hall just now, don't get carried away. You are just a commoner after all. This secret rivalry is beyond your capabilities."

Zhang Feiyun said calmly: "There is no secret rivalry, because the opponent has already lost."

Xu Zun was quite drunk, waved his hands and said, "Forget it! Forget it! I'm too lazy to argue with you. Then how do you judge this case?"

"Release immediately." Zhang Fei said.

Xu Zun was taken aback, and said: "How is this possible? Even if you are convicted of excessive defense, it is still a crime and you must be punished."

Zhang Fei said with a smile, "Do you still remember the reasons why Master Sima opposed surrendering himself to commute?"

Xu Zun subconsciously said: "They think this case is a malicious case, so even if they surrender themselves, they will not be able to get a reduction in crime."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Although I played too defensively, it doesn't mean that I have given up surrendering and reducing the crime. If the case is judged as excessively defensive, then of course it is not a malicious case, so the surrender can be used to reduce the crime." , Sima University can hardly refute any more, and if she is too defensive, she will be reduced by two grades, and Ayun has been in prison for nearly half a year, which is enough to make her release immediately."

"Yes! If the sentence is excessive self-defense, it will fully comply with the mitigating regulations for voluntary surrender."

Xu Zun suddenly realized, and suddenly looked at Zhang Fei with a hint of shock, and said, "Did you also take the official family and the Grand Master Wang into consideration?"

Zhang Fei said: "I didn't consider them, I only considered benefactor, no matter what their purpose is, but after all they gave Engong great support, benefactor should also give back to them, so benefactor can also get more support."

Xu Zun only felt that this son was really unfathomable!
If Zhang Fei is only proficient in the law and can speak eloquently, then he can understand it, but now this issue has more political significance. In fact, the sentence is too defensive, and the filial piety he defended, so it is impossible to give a heavy sentence.

But Zhang Fei still wants to get a more lenient sentence by surrendering himself to reduce the crime.

It sounds aggressive, but it's deeply political.

Because the dispute between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang is whether it is applicable to voluntary surrender, but this lawsuit was fought too defensively. Even if Zhang Fei wins the lawsuit, whether it means Wang Anshi won is not easy to say.

There is a political difference between adding surrender to reduce crime and not adding surrender to reduce crime.

The more he thought about it, the more he found it incredible. This couldn't help arousing Xu Zun's love for talent, and he thought, this kind of talent can't be let go easily!Do I have to find a way to delay it for ten days.

"Engong doesn't want to be a hindrance, dragging it on for ten days, right?"

"What did you say? Ahem!"

Xu Zun suddenly opened his eyes wide and said, "You bastard, would I be that kind of shameless villain?"

"That's fine."

Zhang Fei said: "Tomorrow benefactor will fight for the immediate release of Ah Yun."

Xu Zun was stunned for a moment, and said, "This has not yet been judged!"

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "But benefactor can at least express his attitude!"

Xu Zun saw that the kid didn't seem to be acting kindly, so he said, "What kind of trick do you want to play?"

Zhang Fei wanted to cry but said without tears: "This case has already been tried, shouldn't Dali Temple give its own opinion?"

Xu Zun always felt that this kid was playing tricks again, but he couldn't say what.

"Not good! Not good!"

At this moment, a maidservant ran in in a panic, panting, "Master, something is wrong, Miss Qian'er is on hunger strike."

Xu Zundao: "Tell her, if you starve for another ten days, you will let her out."

"what?"

The maidservant opened her small mouth slightly, staring blankly at Xu Zun.

Zhang Fei also looked at Xu Zun in disbelief, thinking, is this really his own?
Xu Zun gave him a vague look, it was all caused by you kid.

(End of this chapter)