LRAB Chapter 522 Civil and military and law (7)
Chapter 522 Civil and military and law (7)
Chapter 522 Civil and military and law (seven)
sophistry!
This kid is really the same as his father-in-law, and he likes to show off his knowledge.
Compared with the excitement of the generals, some civil servants disagree.
Because this "will not accept the orders of foreign emperors", it has never been a law, and in fact there is no law to judge it.
However, what Zhang Fei said was not wrong. The general’s improvisation on the battlefield is of course allowed. It is impossible for the enemy to come to the door. The general should first seek the emperor’s consent before deciding whether to fight back.
This is obviously impossible.
If it is counted from the moment when Zhong Er dispatched troops, it must be a violation of the edict, but if it is counted from the initial induction of surrender, this is not necessarily the case. Whether Zhong Er's previous confession is true is very critical.
This is also the reason for the dissatisfaction of those civil officials, thinking that Zhang Fei is justifying the kind of embarrassment.
At the same time, they also understood why Zheng Xie appeared here.
Zheng Xie also felt that Zhang Fei was a bit biased, but he had to admit that what Zhang Fei said was more reasonable. Logically speaking, this was one thing at all, but he just teased: "Chairman Zhang, you are now the president of the judge, and you are also the president of the court. Feier pen."
Zhang Fei hehe said: "I am not partial to any party. Since there are disputes in this case, we must try these disputes clearly. Zheng Xueshi should have heard it just now. Deputy Envoy Zhong kept emphasizing that it was at a critical moment, and changes would happen later, so He chose to go decisive, so I need to find out."
Zheng Xie nodded, "I understand."
Zhang Fei coughed lightly, and asked, "According to Scholar Zheng, what was the court's attitude towards the temptation to surrender Wei Mingshan brothers?"
Zheng Xie said: "I don't agree with this."
Zhang Fei was taken aback for a moment, and immediately asked: "Can Bachelor Zheng's opinion be taken as the court's decision?"
"That can't be."
Zheng Xie hurriedly explained.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I'm asking about the court's attitude."
Zheng Xie nodded, thought for a moment, and then replied: "The initial attitude of the imperial court was to let Yanzhou side try it, and did not expressly object to it, but this matter caused quite a lot of controversy in the imperial court, and most of the ministers opposed it. This matter."
Zhang Fei nodded helplessly. "I've also heard about this, but the opinions of those ministers are not considered in this case. Just as Xueshi Zheng said just now, the imperial court is about laws, not political opinions."
Zheng Xie wondered: "But Guo Xianggong also explained his political views just now."
How can this be done without expressing political views.
Zhang Fei said: "That's just to understand clearly the ins and outs of the whole matter. As for his political opinions, they will not have the slightest impact on the final judgment."
Guo Kui's expression darkened when he heard that, I dare to say it for nothing!You brat.
Zhang Fei pondered for a while, and then asked: "Then the first kind of deputy envoy lured Wei Mingyi Mountain, judging from the law, is there any disobedience to the imperial edict?"
Zheng Xie thought for a while, then shook his head: "No."
If it was not allowed, Lu Shen would have stopped the kinder a long time ago, and he would not issue an edict later to let Lu Shen and Xue Xiang plan.
Zhang Fei asked: "Why didn't the court refuse from the beginning?"
Zheng Xie said: "Because the imperial court is not clear about the specific situation, in order to prevent the border generals from being greedy, they ordered that the prefect Lu and Xue Zhuanyun should preside over this matter."
Speaking of this, he immediately added: "At this time, the imperial court was still hesitating, and had no determination to recover Suizhou. After all, the official had just ascended the throne at that time and was facing severe financial difficulties. If this incident broke out, In a big war, the century-old country may be destroyed, but no one thought that the deputy envoy would send troops without waiting for the edict."
Zhang Fei asked: "Assuming that the deputy envoy waited for the edict, and the prefect Lu and the envoy Xue Zhuanyun thought it could continue, would the deputy envoy's behavior be considered a violation of the edict?"
Zheng Xie asked back, "I don't know if President Zhang is asking such a question?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because I want to confirm one thing, whether the imperial court's decision at that time clearly opposed the recovery of Suizhou."
Zheng Xie hesitated for a while, then shook his head, "That's not true."
Zhang Fei asked: "Scholar Zheng must have heard what Guo Xianggong said just now. He thinks that the terrain of Suizhou is so critical that Xixia has been entangled with it until now. Did the court know at that time that no matter what the process is, as long as it is recovered? Suizhou, Xixia will definitely send troops to seize it?"
Zheng Xie nodded and said, "Of course I know."
Zhang Fei said: "Since we know that doing so will lead to war, why didn't the imperial court refuse to surrender from the very beginning? Why are we hesitating?"
Zheng Xie struggled for a while, and said: "In the beginning, the officials wanted to recover Suizhou, but many ministers, including me, felt that this move would trigger a war with Xixia, and urged the officials to give up the surrender. , so it was finally decided to let Lu Shen and Xue Junyun be in charge of this matter."
Zhang Fei said: "But your persuasion did not completely change the officials' minds?"
Zheng Xie nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "If I say that the Deputy Envoy's behavior of inducing surrender during this period, specifically, is to persuade Wei Mingshan to surrender through Wei Mingyi Mountain, this is also allowed by the court."
Zheng Xie nodded, and said truthfully: "After successfully inducing the surrender, the deputy envoy Zhong reported to the imperial court. Although it caused controversy, he was not considered to have disobeyed the imperial edict at that time."
Zhang Fei said: "So the imperial court thinks that the deputy envoy Zhong disobeyed the edict because the deputy envoy sent troops without waiting for the edict, and he returned to Qingjian City immediately without the order from the prefect Lu."
Zheng Xie nodded and said, "Yes."
Zhang Fei continued to ask: "Just now, Xueshi Zheng has repeatedly emphasized that this move will lead to military disasters. Then in the eyes of the court at that time, what kind of state was our country and Xixia in?"
Zheng Xie said: "I also agree with what Guo Xianggong said just now. It is neither a war nor a peace. Although there have been repeated conflicts, the two sides still maintain exchanges of envoys, and the conflicts are ended through peace talks. In the overall situation, no matter whether it is our country or Xixia. They don’t want to have a war.”
In fact, this sentence did not explain clearly. The reason why they are unwilling to break out into a big war is because there is still a Liao country on this side. Before the two sides are not sure, they dare not fight lightly. profit.
But I can't say this clearly, but everyone who is sitting here is very clear in their hearts.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Compared to the conflict between our country and Xixia that broke out between the Jiayou period and the fourth year of Zhiping, is there any difference in the recovery of Suizhou this time? In other words, is this move more important than any previous conflict?" , are much more serious."
Zheng Xie couldn't help frowning slightly, shook his head and said, "That's not true."
Li Liangzuo sent troops to attack several times before, no matter what, it cannot be said that it is very serious if we send troops first, and it is not serious if the other party sends troops first.
This is not inferior. In the face of Xixia, the ministers of the Song Dynasty still felt that they were superior. This is exactly the case. Li Liangzuo hoped to gain the respect of the Song Dynasty through force. This is also the root cause of the main conflict during the Jiayou period.
Xixia thinks you have to treat me and the Liao Kingdom equally.
But in the eyes of Song Dynasty, your ancestors were former ministers of our court, belonged to rebel ministers, and could only be at the same level as Shi Jingtang.
Zhang Fei asked: "If the chief judge thinks that the deputy envoy Zhong sent troops to Suizhou, it is just one of several conflicts between the two countries, and there is nothing special about it, does Xueshi Zheng agree?"
"Old man, old man agrees."
Although Zheng Xie came prepared, he started to sweat when he was asked, thinking, this is not fair, why should you only ask me.So he asked back: "But the old man doesn't understand what this has to do with this case."
Zhang Fei said: "Because I have to judge whether this is a special event or an ordinary event. Assuming that the two countries are relatively peaceful, then the behavior of this deputy envoy will definitely directly affect the relationship between the two countries, so his behavior is very likely. It is greedy for merit and aggressive, regardless of the overall situation.
But if the two parties are already in the stage of intrigue and mutual attack, then the behavior of such a deputy is not necessarily greedy for success, but may be just a countermeasure, or a self-protection measure, as Guo Xianggong has just said , Taking Suizhou can make Yanzhou rest easy.
And this will also affect my judgment, because if it is a special event, it is similar to the decision of whether to go to war or not. This must not be the decision of the military commander.
However, if it is just an ordinary event, then the general will have some decision-making power, and the state of the two countries at that time is also a key factor for me to judge the motive of the deputy envoy to send troops. "
Zheng Xie said: "Even if this is just an ordinary incident, even if he sent troops before as a countermeasure, then the prefect Lu ordered him to come back later, but he didn't carry it out. How can you explain this?"
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Scholar Zheng, I invited you here not to argue with me, nor to teach me how to handle cases. I just hope that you can provide me with evidence to clarify the court's attitude towards the lure of Wei Mingshan brothers at that time." , and according to your observations, what was the situation of the two countries at that time. You just need to tell me the truth.”
Zheng Xie questioned: "But your question is partial."
Zhang Fei immediately asked: "For example."
Zheng Xie said: "You only choose issues that are beneficial to Deputy Envoy Zhong, but you avoid talking about issues that are not conducive to Deputy Envoy Zhong, such as why Deputy Envoy Zhong did not obey the order and return to Qingjian City."
Zhang Fei immediately asked: "Excuse me, Xueshi Zheng, why did the Deputy Envoy Zhong not obey the order and return to Qingjian City?"
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Zheng Xie immediately looked astonished.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Scholar Zheng, actually I don't need to explain everything to you, it's just because you don't know much about the trial of the imperial court, so I explain.
I invite Xueshi Zheng to come here, not to argue with me, nor to let Xueshi Zheng explain his own claims, but to provide relevant evidence, that's all.
The reason why Xueshi Zheng thinks my problem is unfair is not because of me, but because Xueshi Zheng has already made a judgment in his heart, and there is no room for doubt. It is not me who is really prejudiced, but Xueshi Zheng. in this way. "
He is soft-spoken and always has a smile on his face.
Zheng Xie was not as calm as before, his old face was flushed, and after a while, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm really sorry, Zheng didn't provide much help to the judge."
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "No, no, I am very grateful that Xueshi Zheng has worked so hard to come here, and it has actually helped me a lot, and it is very normal for Xueshi Zheng to have his own opinions and ideas. False testimony, other aspects, are all right, no need to apologize.
But for the time being, I have no other questions, so I ask Xueshi Zheng to go down and rest first. "
Zheng Xie sighed and walked down depressed.
When Lu Shen saw it, he felt extremely sad in his heart.
Zhong Gu said excitedly: "This kid really has some tricks."
Zhe Jizu nodded again and again.
As far as the current situation is concerned, it is obviously more beneficial to them.
Zhang Fei said loudly again: "There is another key witness in this case, and that is Xue Xiang, the current dispatch envoy. I am busy implementing the new policy, so I can't find time to come here to testify, but Xue Fayun sent his chief secretary, Ding Xiang, to testify here. I wonder if the procuratorate has any objections to this?"
Many officials frowned.
Su Zhe stood up and said, "The procuratorate has no objection."
Zhang Fei immediately sent Ding Xiang to testify in court.
When Ding Xiang came to the middle, he saluted first, and then sat on the chair.
Zhang Fei said: "Ding Xiang, Zhiping four years, where are you?"
Ding Xiang replied: "At that time, I was in Xiezhou, assisting Xue Fayun to deal with the salt money."
Zhang Fei said: "What do you usually do with Xue Fayunshi?"
Ding Xiang said: "I assisted Xue Fayun to draft the document and made suggestions for Xue Fayun."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Do you know that at that time the imperial court ordered Xue Fayun and Lu Zhifu to deal with the matter of recruiting and surrendering Wei Mingshan?"
Ding Xiang nodded and said: "I know, I was the one who handed over the edict to Xue Fayun."
Zhang Fei said: "At that time, did the deputy envoy occupy Suizhou?"
Ding Xiang nodded and said, "Suizhou has been occupied."
Zhang Fei said: "Emissary Xue Fayun ordered the deputy envoy to do this?"
Ding Xiang shook his head and said, "No. Because when we received the edict, the deputy envoy had already occupied Suizhou."
Zhang Fei said: "When did Xue Fayun know about this?"
Ding Xiang said: "It should be less than five days before receiving the edict."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Afterwards, the prefect Lu ordered that the Deputy Envoy Zhong return to Qingjian City. Can Envoy Xue Fayun know?"
Ding Xiang said: "I only found out later, I didn't know it at first."
Zhang Fei asked: "Did the prefect Lu discuss this matter with Xue Falun?"
Ding Xiang shook his head and said, "We were not in Yanzhou at the time, so the prefect Lu didn't discuss with us."
Zhang Fei said: "Then what is Xue Fa's attitude after learning that Deputy Zhong has occupied Suizhou?"
Ding Xiang said: "Xue Fayun envoy is very supportive of Deputy Envoy Zhong's occupation of Suizhou."
Zhang Fei said: "Did Xue Fayun inform the Deputy Envoy of his thoughts?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because Xue Fayun thought that the deputy envoy Zhong was a subordinate of the prefect of Lu, and that the prefect should be the main one. Moreover, Xue Fayun did not expect that the prefect Lu would ask the deputy envoy to return to Qingjian City. After that, Xue Fayun He once argued for the vice envoy, and expressed his willingness to be punished on his behalf."
"The results of it?"
"As a result, he was demoted to Jiangzhou."
"Ha ha.!"
Suddenly someone laughed.
Looking around, he is really that idiot Cao Dongdong.
Seeing everyone looking over, Cao Dongdong quickly shut up and lowered his head.
Zhang Fei just shook his head helplessly, and continued to ask: "According to the imperial edict, do you think the prefect Lu needs to discuss with Xue Falun?"
Ding Xiang hesitated for a moment, then said: "It would be the best if we can discuss with Xue Fayun, but there is nothing wrong with it. The troops were sent to occupy Suizhou, and the situation was very urgent at that time, and the envoy Xue Fa was not aware of the situation at that time, even if there was no such edict, the prefect Lu still had the right to order the deputy envoy to return to Qingjian City."
(End of this chapter)