Even though Wang Anshi was confident, eloquent, and seemed 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 has been forced into a desperate situation, there is no possibility for him to give 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 trial court usually only investigated the trial files of Kaifeng Mansion, and would not check the Yushitai. The reason is that the Yushitai usually targeted ministers. You either
As for the judgment of stopping, if it cannot be stopped, then it can be said that the coffin board has been closed.
Usually, it was the emperor who nodded from behind.
Therefore, this will have a huge impact on Yushitai.
This meeting of prime ministers eventually broke up on bad terms.
There is no result.
This is almost becoming a dead end.
"I didn't expect you, Kuanfu, 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 hadn't discussed it with him in advance, would he dare to hand over Xue Xiang to the procuratorate?"
"You're 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 Security Bureau forced a trial, the censors would not be able to recognize the judgment of the Public Security Bureau. This would make the entire judicial system a mess."
Jiang Zhiqi and other censors have long spoken harsh words. No matter what the public prosecutors and the procuratorate do, the censorship station will never pay heed to it. 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, "Master Fu doesn't seem to agree with what I'm doing."
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 behavior, 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 at the Yushitai or at the Procuratorate?"
Wen Yanbo frowned and added: "Maybe the rich will choose the Public Security Bureau, but many ministers will choose the Yushitai."
Fu Bi nodded and said, "That makes sense!"
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Court of Punishment.
"I knew that the son-in-law of the Xu family was naturally rebellious and could not be trusted. Now that they have 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, above 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 Criminal Court is to transfer files for review 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 Shuzhen was about to cry without tears and said: "It's already 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 aroused the dissatisfaction of many people. Unless he stands up now and stops Zhang Fei, otherwise, he will definitely not be the leader.
Go down.
But he is unwilling to violate his principles.
Moreover, he believes that if the procuratorate has found concrete evidence but does not prosecute, this is definitely not what he wants to see. However, if there is no concrete evidence, the imperial court will not accept the case.
Therefore, 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 opposition parties.
I can only resign and apologize.
But he did not apologize to the emperor, but 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.
It’s just that the core members of the reformists cannot afford to lose, and the powerful class hopes to take this opportunity to alienate the relationship between the Public Security Bureau, the Procuratorate, and the conservatives. After this case is over, they will turn around and attack the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Law.
People will protect the public security organs.
Since no one could reach a conclusion, the final arbitration power fell to 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, and the loser must withdraw from the government.
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.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The emperor has not made 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 and the law are unable to protect themselves, so they made a temporary decision to pay less tax."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The tax department is 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 enemy."
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.
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Daming Mansion.
I saw a group of people and horses galloping down the official road, with sand and dust billowing behind them.
There was a man in the middle, although his horse was galloping, he seemed to be worried.
This person was none other than Lu Huiqing, who was working on flood control in Daming Prefecture. He never imagined 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 about 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 he arrived at the outskirts, he suddenly saw a fast horse approaching from the opposite side.
"Hush!"
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 bodyguard.
Wang Xian got off his horse, cupped his fists and saluted, "Wang Xian has met Lu Xiaokan."
Lu Huiqing also hurriedly got off the horse, stepped forward and pulled Wang Xian's sleeve, "How is my teacher?"
Wang Xian said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Xiaokan Lu, everything is fine with my husband. It is precisely because my husband is afraid that Xiaokan Lu will be worried, so he sent me to inform Xiaokan Lu."
"Capital...!"
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 had reservations about Zhang Fei, he knew that Zhang Fei had always defended the Public Security Bureau. Without the Public Security Law, Zhang Fei would lose everything. According to the letter, now that the reformists are bound to the Public Security Law, Zhang Fei would definitely
I will do my best.
Just as he was about to go back, he suddenly saw a carriage coming up the east bank of the river. He thought the carriage looked familiar.
After hesitating for a moment, he walked towards the intersection.
After a while, he met the carriage at the intersection.
I saw two dusty old men coming down from the carriage. They were Hou Shuxian and Liu Yi, the dean and deputy dean of Damingfu Water Conservancy College.
"It's the 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."
"Things are not good over there!"
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 Ergu River. Chanzhou is still plagued by floods. In addition, due to the supervision of Daxing Water Conservancy in recent years, too many trees were cut down, which 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, we can't guarantee whether flooding will be avoided if the river is allowed to flow north."
Liu Yi said: "But based on the current situation, it is difficult to avoid flooding in the eastward flow. We followed the north flow to Damingfu before. We found that the previous floods in the north flow were caused by the disrepair of the river. If the dams are strengthened,
, it can actually reduce flooding.”
Lu Huiqing said: "This is also my biggest headache. At present, 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
, then we cannot absolve ourselves of the blame.”
Hou and Liu were both 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 current plan, we can only make two preparations. Monitor the east-flow river and consolidate the river defense fortifications left by Cheng Dujian. The main purpose is to prevent more people from dying due to floods, which can reduce public opinion.
pressure.
At the same time, we follow Vice President Liu’s idea and concentrate our efforts to strengthen the north-flow river channel. If the east-flow river breaks its banks again and the river water still chooses to flow north, then we will take advantage of the situation and change it to the north-flow river channel.”
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 handed over the river control to the Water Conservancy Institute. He
Get out in time.
...
Compared with Hebei, which is still in turmoil, Jingdong East Road has slowly returned to its former peace. Qingzhou's debt restructuring and business law have increased finances, lightened the burden, and made life more prosperous as the country goes by.
In Qizhou and other places, because Changping 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 the previous competition between the two laws caused Qingzhou to be completely cut off from other states and counties.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, Qingzhou is the provincial capital of Jingdong East Road, and currently the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate are completely spread out on Jingdong East Road. We must quickly establish a hierarchical relationship between the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Law.
On the other hand, Su Shi also came to visit Ouyang Xiu.
Ouyang Xiu was kind to both Su Shi and Su Zhe for promotion, and the key is that their political ideas were 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 hurriedly asked: "Have you reported out of the new residence again?"
The shopkeeper said: "What's new is that Dongnanjun has lost the case. There are new variables. The public security bureau and the procuratorate finally intervened."
Nowadays, in the Qingzhou Public Affairs Office, the Di Newspaper Office is a powerful tool for attracting money. As soon as there is any movement in the capital, the Di Newspaper Office will immediately publish an article about the case of Jun's defeat. It has almost been turned into a TV series by the Procuratorate. This news, they still
Distribute 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.
"Yeah?"
Fan Chunren said hurriedly: "Bring me one quickly."
The shopkeeper said sarcastically: "They have all been sent out."
Fan Chunren frowned and said: "It's really unreasonable. The Di Newspaper from Di Newspaper 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 was not ashamed to do this, he thought that the Business Law would solve the problem of redundant officials in Qingzhou. If he did not make money, those officials would 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 officials to go to restaurants to see them. If restaurants are sent first, officials can be forced to go to restaurants to consume. Here is the price.
can be improved.
After a while, someone finally returned the newspaper. The shopkeeper immediately handed it over to Su Shi and Fan Chunren.
“Dounanjun lost the case, something changed again, the public security bureau and the procuratorate finally intervened?”
Su Shi held the newspaper in his hand and turned his head to look at the shopkeeper, "That's the title you just mentioned!"
"Yes!" The shopkeeper nodded, with some doubts in his eyes. Is this strange?
"It's okay! You go and do your work first."
"Then I'll go 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 only 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 to let him guard against this move. Unfortunately, he did not use the official fast horse, because this was a 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. That's what they were wrong about.
You should not choose Yushitai initially.
Instead, we should choose the Public Security Bureau first, regard the Yushitai as a backup, and use the Yushitai to supervise the Public Security Bureau. That way, we won’t be so passive."
Fan Chunren said: "I think the best solution is for the Yushitai to also 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 Pin 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,... but 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 Pindao: "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
They will get some convenience, but this is their own fault, and they cannot blame our procuratorate."
Zhao Pindao: "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 arrogant, what can we do? We only do what we should do. As for what they want to do, that is their business."
Zhao Pin asked: "Can't it be perfect?"
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 Pin 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, and one side has no reservations.
One side supports the Yushitai, while the other side unreservedly supports the Public Security Bureau.
Zhao Xu simply stopped asking.
Both sides are the masters, so they can't afford to offend.
Slip away!
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Sima family.
"Sigh... 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?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sima Guang put down Su Shi's letter and couldn't help complaining.
After a while, Liu Shu suddenly visited.
"My lord, 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: "Xiangong 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 in Yushitai."
Anyway, he had already decided to leave, so it didn'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 in the court for power.
, they are not interested in those.
Both of them did not own a family property or take concubines, and their lives were extremely simple. They did not care about anything for food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Power was just a tool to realize the burden. If it could not be realized, power would become meaningless. Even Fan Zhongyan found this point.
Not comparable.
...
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 had 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 Jun."
"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."
"ah?"
...
Alum upstairs.
But I saw a group of middle-aged people in brocade clothes standing in front of the fifth floor window, looking at the team in the distance.
It was Jiang Zhiqi, Peng Siyan and other censors and admonishers.
"Not to mention, the public prosecutor's ability to impress people is really impressive!"
"Yes! They knew we wouldn't go up to arrest anyone, 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 whisper: "Prosecutor Zhang, no one is here, including Bachelor Sima."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Whether they come or not, the imperial court's judgment has legal effect."
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, was it really meaningful 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 this and looked around, only to see Zhao Xu entering the court accompanied by Liu Zhao.
They all knew that the emperor had secretly come here to watch the trial before and kept a low profile. This was the first time he came here in such a high profile.
After a brief moment of confusion, 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 had never expressed his opinion before, which side he was leaning towards. Although he only said that he would come and take a look, if he sat here, the value of this trial could be imagined.