Second watch time.

Xu Zun returned home with a hint of drunkenness. When he saw his son, daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law, they all came to the door. He apologized slightly and said, "You are not asleep yet!"

"If daddy isn't back, how can I dare to sleep?"

Xu Lingxiao said quickly.

After all, Xu Zun is quite young, so his family is still a little worried if he doesn't come home tonight.

Arriving at the hall, Mu Zhen quickly poured Xu Zun a cup of hot tea.

Xu Zhiqian said slightly worriedly: "Dad, at your age, you should avoid going out drinking at night, so as not to hurt your body."

"I don't want to go socializing, no..." Xu Zun suddenly glanced at Zhang Fei standing aside, "Isn't it all your husband's fault?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and said, "Is it because of the appeal by the people in Hedong?"

"What else could it be?" Xu Zun smiled bitterly and sighed: "Everyone who wants to invite me to drink today is almost queuing from the south gate to the north gate."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Is it so exaggerated?"

"dare you laugh?"

Xu Zun glared at him angrily. In fact, he didn't like socializing either. In fact, many old friends came forward to ask him out this time. He added: "What happened this time is really different from the past. In the past, no matter how noisy you were, you wouldn't

Few people came to me to inquire about information, because they also know my character, but this time everyone came to me shamelessly and asked me to advise you to put the overall situation first and not to mess around."

Xu Zhiqian murmured in a low voice: "People have grievances, why can't they appeal?"

Xu Zun glanced at Xu Zhiqian helplessly, without saying anything, and said to Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, I have no intention of interfering with your duties. I just want to tell you the situation in the court. As for how you deal with it, that's up to you."

Matters of the Supreme Court."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "I know."

.....

In the past, when Zhang Fei was doing this, it was a struggle for everyone's interests, paying more taxes and doing less illegal things, that's all.

Moreover, Zhang Fei often occupies the moral high ground, is consistent with Confucianism, and can win the support of many people.

But this time it's different, this time it's fatal!

It even involves the survival of the country.

Therefore, this time, both the reformists and conservatives, loyal ministers and treacherous ministers are all very worried about this.

Because this matter fell into Zhang Fei's hands, they had no way to control it, so they lowered their profile and went to Xu Zun to inquire about the information. This clearly indicated that Zhang Fei must be aware of the stakes involved.

Xu Zun knew about the relationship between Zhang Fei and Zhao Xu. Without the emperor's nod, he would not have dared to discuss this matter. Moreover, Zhang Fei was actually better at this aspect than him, so he just informed Zhang about the situation.

Fiji.

Even the vast majority of ministers in the DPRK are very worried about this.

But in fact it is limited to North Korea and China.

Since these people filed a lawsuit publicly and also requested the Legal Aid Agency, the news spread quickly and immediately aroused heated discussions, but the atmosphere was completely opposite to that between North Korea and China.

This reason is also very simple. The people who are suing now are the people who have been treated arbitrarily by the Liao Kingdom, which can more arouse the empathy of the people. However, as a minister, you must still pay attention to the overall situation. For example, Fu Bi's response to

In fact, he was also very angry, but he didn't think it was a good time to break up with the Liao Kingdom.

But whether it was the bartender of the restaurant or the young scholar, they all complained that the Liao Kingdom was too arrogant and unreasonable, because this was not just once or twice, but every time.

When I hear it, I get angry and angry.

But they have given up hope in the court, because it has been the same every time, so what is the difference this time?

Therefore, they now place all their hopes on the Chief Justice, hoping that the Chief Justice can give them something different.

The existence of the Grand Chief Justice is also the biggest difference from the past.

However, Zhang Fei only released the news. Too many people were involved, and the case was complex. The Supreme Court still needed to collect more evidence before it could make a judgment.

There has been no decision yet to review the case, but there is no suggestion that it will be dismissed.

...

The highest royal court.

"Since Mr. Zhao has dismissed it, why should you take the trouble again?"

Sima Guang said with a serious face: "If it were just a simple judicial case, I would definitely not intervene, but this case, unlike any previous case, will affect the public prosecutor and the law.

Because no matter how you judge, your judgment cannot determine the direction of this matter. This must be decided by the court and the officials.

If you make a ruling but cannot implement it in the end, this will definitely affect the authority of your chief judge.

Also, if your judgment affects the court's negotiations, even if you have not affected it, but the negotiations there are unfavorable to our court, someone will blame you for this fault.

The current situation is very unfavorable to our government, and we are in need of a scapegoat!"

Although he did not support breaking up with the Liao Kingdom, he really did not want to influence Zhang Fei's judgment when he came to Zhang Fei. It was just that he knew that Zhang Fei's judgment was useless in this matter. He was purely helping Zhang Fei.

Fei analyzes the stakes.

No matter how you judge, you can't decide the direction of the whole thing. It will only damage your authority and get you into trouble.

If you really want to cede territory, you have to find someone to take the blame. If you step in, you will definitely be the first choice.

This kind of thing happened many times in the Song Dynasty, but in the past it was always Diplomatic Hour who took the blame, and Sima Guang was very worried about this.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Thank you, Bachelor Sima, for your concern, but what I think may be a little different from what Bachelor Sima sees."

Sima Guang said in surprise: "It's different? What's different?"

Zhang Fei said: "Sima, like most people, sees diplomacy and relations between countries, but what I see is the interests of the people.

Yes, I can't decide on the diplomatic aspect, but I can decide whether the people should receive compensation. As Mr. Zhao said in the reason for the rejection, this is a diplomatic matter and is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

It is true that diplomacy does not belong to the imperial court, but the people have suffered huge losses due to diplomacy. Then I think the imperial court must be responsible for these people. They lost their land for no reason but did not receive any compensation. This is simply an insult to the judiciary.

It insults the idea of ​​legality.”

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sima Guang was startled, "Oh, you want to help those people get compensation?"

"certainly."

Zhang Fei said: "At least judging from the current evidence, they should receive compensation."

Sima Guang nodded repeatedly when he heard this, "This should be compensated." As he spoke, he glanced at Zhang Fei with a hint of suspicion, and said: "Let's do this. I suggest that the court pay compensation to those people first, and don't do anything on your side.

After all, Doctor Han is still negotiating with the Liao envoy in Youzhou, so don't make trouble."

Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment and said: "Sister Sima, you know me. I just look unruly, but in fact I am the most disciplined...!"

"I know you very well. You know the rules best, but you are not the one who obeys them the most."

Sima Guang interrupted him and chuckled: "Don't talk about this kind of thing to the common people, even I have never thought that you can go to the imperial court to file a lawsuit. I had suspected before that the common people from Hedong had wings to fly here.

. Only you can think of this method, because you are the only one who knows best how the public security system works."

"...?"

"Why don't you say anything? Aren't you very good at speaking?" Sima Guang snorted.

Zhang Fei felt very aggrieved and said, "I thought Academician Sima was here to care about me, but it turned out he was here to test me."

"Is there any need to test this?"

Sima Guang snarled angrily and said, "If I didn't care about you, why would I come here to this muddy water?"

Having said this, he whispered again: "You have to know that this matter cannot be decided by any one person. If this decision is to be made, there will be countless hands holding him. And the person who took advantage of this matter,

He will inevitably become a scapegoat. Zhao Xianggong is selfless, but he also chose to be wise in this matter to protect himself."

This is not just one or two times. Even now, he has figured out Zhang Fei's routine. This matter cannot be that simple.

But he believed that not even the emperor could make the decision alone, because it involved too many aspects, and if something went wrong, no one could protect you.

Zhang Fei was slightly moved when he heard his sincere tone. After all, such words are usually not allowed to be said. His expression changed and he smiled confidently: "Actually, I have always understood this truth."

Sima Guang frowned slightly and said, "So you still decided to do this."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I just decided to keep this option. As for whether to use it or not, that's not what I have to consider."

...

Household Department.

"Hey! It's the president of the court, a rare visitor, a rare visitor indeed!"

Wang Anshi stood up, cupped his hands and smiled.

"Xueshi Wang really upset me."

Zhang Fei quickly bowed his hand in return, then smiled bitterly and said: "Scholar Wang, you'd better call me Zhang San, it's more palatable to me."

"Don't dare."

Wang Anshi said: "It's not that I'm afraid of the authority of your chief judge, but if I call you too close now, I'll get into trouble."

Zhang Fei curled his lips and said, "Senior Sima has even cared about me, unlike you, Scholar Wang, who has kept a distance from me. This is so unloyal."
To be continued...