Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 267

"This Fan Sijian is really getting worse."

Zhang Fei, who repeatedly yelled "objection", sat down, took a sip of tea, and couldn't help complaining.

Xu Zhiqian smiled lightly, and teased, "I didn't learn from you."

Zhang Fei glared at her with feigned anger.

Fan Chunren's last question was in the absence of any evidence. This is clearly to remind everyone that Wang Anshi did this to protect his new law.

From a moral point of view, this is playing hooligans.

But this is the most common tactic used by lawyers. Zhang Fei has used it a few times, and it made Fan Chunren very angry at first, thinking how could it be so despicable.

Now um. Really fragrant.

But I have to say that this questioning really put a lot of pressure on Wang Anshi.

"call."

With a heavy panting sound, Wang Anshi slowly stood up from the witness chair, and walked towards his lifelong enemy, Sima Guang, with staggering steps.

Actually he didn't want to.

After Wang Anshi sat down, Sima Guang was like Wang Anshi's servant, looking left and right, anxious, and said to the air: "Hurry up, hurry up, go to that veil and wipe it for our University Master Wang. One point, the sweat on his face has almost washed away the dirt on his face. Hehehe!"

When it came to the latter, Sima Guang, who was always moody and furious, almost leaned forward with laughter.

Wang Anshi was expressionless.

This time he admitted it.

He stopped pleading.

He himself also thought that his answer just now was simply terrible, and it was completely manipulated by Fan Chunren, thanks to Zhang Fei who helped him turn it back later, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

I can't tell.

After Sima Guang finished mocking to his heart's content, Wang Anshi opened his mouth and said, "Whenever the two of us become bullied, we can only laugh at each other for fun."

As soon as this remark came out, Sima Guang couldn't help being startled, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he said with a serious face: "Yes. You said that we two political advisers, why are we sitting here, and we are surrounded by an Erbi and an admonisher?" , teasing recklessly, and can only make fun of suffering."

After saying that, the two looked at each other tacitly, as if they had reached some kind of agreement.

Wang Anshi frowned, and thoughtfully said: "This admonisher is easy to talk about, we have a chance to teach him a lesson, the key is that this pen is not easy to handle."

Sima Guang nodded in deep agreement: "That's right, that kid is very cunning. He usually treats us with respect, but he is arrogant and domineering in court."

Wang Anshi said: "But in the courtroom, we may really not be his opponents."

Sima Guang sighed: "It's a pity that he was recommended to be an official several times, but he refused. You can't escort him into the court as an official."

As soon as the words came out, the two seemed to suddenly think of something, and looked at each other tacitly, with a gloomy smile on their faces.

And after a short break in class, the second defendant, Song Minqiu, finally came to class.

Another defendant, Su Shi, who has been forgotten by others, has dull eyes and ashen face. He knows that his journey to the court has come to an end, and he muttered in his mouth: "Fake! It's all fake! This is just A scene, they are using the law to play, they are blaspheming the law... a group of shameless villains."

There was a hint of sobs in the voice.

But no one cared about him, everyone's eyes were on Song Minqiu, and they all looked very nervous, even Wang Anshi and Sima Guang couldn't stand it, Song Minqiu.

On the contrary, Fan Chunren and Su Che looked relaxed.

Zhang Fei stood up suddenly, "Mr. Song, can you tell me what happened on the third night of this month?"

Song Minqiu nodded, "I had a drink with some friends in Pan Lou that night. During the dinner, I heard Su Zizhan talking about the ban on tabloids. I agree with this, so I wrote down what Su Zizhan said, and then Order someone to transcribe it into a tabloid and secretly put it in front of the doors of various restaurants."

Zhang Fei glanced at the copywriting and asked, "May I think so, Mr. Song himself is very opposed to the ban on tabloids."

Song Minqiu nodded: "Yes. I am very opposed to it. Even if I didn't hear Su Zizhan's words, I still plan to publish tabloids to express my protest against the ban."

Zhang Fei asked again: "Did you learn about the tabloid ban from Su Zizhan?"

Song Minqiu shook his head: "No, I knew about it that afternoon, and when we met that night, we were talking about it."

Zhang Fei said: "But do you clearly know what Wang Xueshi is worried about?"

Song Minqiu nodded: "I know."

Zhang Fei said: "But you still object."

Song Minqiu nodded.

Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"

Song Minqiu said: "Because I like collecting books very much in my life. Although I have many rare books, many precious books have been lost and may never be found again. Therefore, I am very much in favor of printing articles on tabloids. , Those classic articles and poetry collections will be passed on. This is my most precious wealth in China.

As for Wang Jiefu's worries, that's purely true! "

At this point, he sneered, and then spit out two words clearly, "Evil government. In my opinion, this is no different from Qin Shihuang's burning of books and burying scholars. It is said that it is forbidden to discuss current affairs in tabloid newspapers, but if it is really allowed If he succeeds, the entire literary world will be silent, no one will dare to talk about current affairs, and no one will dare to write articles about current affairs, and of course, no one will dare to oppose him, Wang Jiefu."

It is not difficult to hear that every word of his is filled with anger.

This also won the cheer and support of many people inside and outside the hospital.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Then do you know that you will cause such a big turmoil when you publish tabloids?"

Song Minqiu shook his head and said: "I don't know, but I hope to attract everyone's attention and force the court to withdraw this ban."

Zhang Fei said: "That's why, you only wrote what Su Shi said in the tabloid, but you didn't write about Wang Xueshi's worries."

Song Minqiu nodded.

Zhang Fei asked: "If I say that you deliberately caused social unrest, would you admit it?"

"I object."

"I admit."

Fan Chunren and Song Minqiu said at the same time.

Zhang Fei looked helplessly at Fan Chunren, and said, "I'm done asking."

Fan Chunren smiled helplessly, and asked Song Min again: "Song Zhigao, before this, what was your relationship with Wang Xueshi?"

Song Min begged, "Not bad."

Fan Chunren asked: "Can you tell me more about it?"

Song Min begged: "He used to come to my house to borrow books."

Fan Chunren said, "Did you lend it to him?"

Song Minqiu nodded: "I have always admired Wang Jiefu's talent, and I also like his writing. I also talked about subsets of poems with him."

Fan Chunren said: "Have you ever had any problems with him, including conflicts caused by official duties?"

Song Minqiu shook his head, "No."

Fan Chunren asked again: "I heard that you came to Kaifeng mansion on your own initiative to inform Li Tongpan that you published the tabloid."

Song Minqiu nodded.

Fan Chunren said, "Why?"

Song Min begged, "Because I don't want to involve Su Zizhan."

"I'm done asking."

Fan Chunren sat down.

Zhao Yan looked at Zhang Fei again, Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I have nothing to ask."

Song Minqiu was completely dumbfounded. Just now you were targeting Wang Anshi so much. Why is it my turn? With just a few words, who... who is the defendant!

He didn't know that he and Su Shi were just the trigger for this lawsuit, and that the real defendant was Wang Anshi, not him. The key to the dispute between the two sides was the tabloid ban and Wang Anshi's motives.

This is what everyone cares about.

It was the same for Li Dalin afterwards, he came to the hall and was asked a few questions in a hurry, just going through the motions.

Then go directly to the closing statement process.

Zhang Fei stood up first, and said: "First of all, we give up the lawsuit against Su Shi, because it turns out that he was only expressing his views on the tabloid ban and had nothing to do with the tabloids. As Wang Xueshi said, he never Forbid others to talk about current affairs."

Su Zhe breathed a sigh of relief.

I won't thank you, but if you are capable, you will punish me!Su Shi arrogantly turned his face to one side.

He originally wanted to use this lawsuit to break Zhang Fei's myth of being undefeated, but he just went through the motions and didn't have any chance to perform. He was really disappointed.

"Secondly."

Zhang Fei continued: "Song Minqiu and Li Dalin absolutely committed the crime of making a jacket, a book and a jacket. They knew the whole story, but they only published Su Shi's remarks, and did not include Wang Xueshi's worries. Among them, it is used to sow discord, arouse everyone's anger, and create social unrest.

Although Song Minqiu's explanation for this seems reasonable, everyone must understand that the root cause of his opposition is that he likes to collect books, which is his personal interest, and creating social turmoil is an extreme Selfish behavior.

And this is exactly what Wang Xueshi is worried about. "

Speaking of this, he looked down at the copy, and said: "At the meeting at that time, Wang Anshi expressed this point of view very clearly. Why did he prohibit tabloids from discussing current affairs? People's attention, so that it caused social unrest and brought endless trouble and consumption to the court.

These are the original words of Wang Xueshi.The nature of what Song Minqiu did is exactly the same as what Wang Xueshi said, except that a businessman seeks profit, Song Minqiu seeks pictures and texts, and killing someone for an article is also murder, there is no difference between the two. "

Having said that, he raised his head, looked around, and continued: "Everyone must not ignore that movable type printing is a brand new technology that can print a large number of tabloids in a very short period of time. It can make some classic articles last forever, but at the same time, it can also spread wrong information throughout Tokyo in an instant. As for the consequences, no one knows for the time being, because it hasn't appeared yet.

However, the leak of secrets by the Judicial Court and the attention caused by the Celebrity News have shown that there are indeed hidden dangers.

Wang Xueshi is a political adviser, and his duty is to assist the Holy One in governing the world, not to please his own personal likes and dislikes like Song Minqiu.I don't know what Zhizhi's role is, so I can't comment on it.

But in the case of foreseeing hidden dangers, it is impossible for Wang Xueshi to remain indifferent.But in the face of a new thing, the imperial court has no way to restrict it for the time being, so it can only ban it first, but it does not completely ban tabloids, but only prohibits discussing current affairs in tabloids.

Just like the wild horses that have just been captured, they will not be put into the stables immediately, but will be put into them after being tamed. What Wang Xueshi did is not a kind of taming, isn't this what the ancestors advocated? ? "

Many people sitting here nodded frequently.

Before that, they were aware of the problem.

I heard Zhang Fei continue to say: "Fan Sijian mentioned the new law several times just now, thinking that Wang Xueshi did this to protect his new law. I think this is a very superficial and ridiculous view.

How ridiculous that he even defined the new law of the court as the private property of Wang Xueshi.As a writer, I am also very concerned about the new law, but this does not mean that I like to study the personal belongings of Scholar Wang, I do not have this habit.

I pay attention to the new law because it is the policy that the imperial court will promulgate. The law is the law of the world, is closely related to every common people, and represents the imperial court.I don't know whether Wang Xueshi has this plan, because there is no evidence to prove it, but what I want to say is, even if it is, isn't it the duty of Wang Xueshi to ensure that the imperial court's policies are implemented?

But one thing can be proved, that is, if there are no tabloids, Su Shi’s remarks will attract the attention of the court, but will not cause turmoil. If there are no tabloids, Song Minqiu’s opposition will be understood and supported by everyone, but it will not make him a defendant.

This ban is precisely to ensure that everyone can discuss current affairs without worrying about the consequences.

The premise of the innocence of the speaker is that the words must be bounded, and there are no rules without rules, and the same is true for speech.But Song Minqiu obviously didn't know anything about it, and made a hindrance, using an almost naive behavior that harmed the interests of the country to satisfy his own desires.Every act of his is enough to make a jacket, write a jacket, and speak, and as an official, he should be punished one more.

Therefore, I implore the presiding judge to sentence him to hang. "

(End of this chapter)