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"This Fan Sijian is really getting worse and worse."
Zhang Fei, who shouted "objection" several times, sat down, drank a sip of tea, and couldn't help complaining.
Xu Zhiqian smiled lightly and said teasingly, "I learned bad habits from you."
Zhang Feiyang glared at her angrily.
Fan Chunren's last question was asked without any evidence, which was clearly intended to remind everyone that Wang Anshi did this to protect his new law.
From a moral perspective, this is hooliganism.
But this is the most common trick used by lawyers. Zhang Fei has used it several times. At first, it made Fan Chunren very angry and he thought it was despicable.
Now...mmm...it smells so good.
But it must be said that this questioning did put great pressure on Wang Anshi.
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"call...."
With a heavy gasp, Wang Anshi slowly stood up from the witness chair and walked with staggering steps towards his lifelong enemy, Sima Guang.
In fact, he didn't want to.
After Wang Anshi sat down, Sima Guang looked around anxiously like Wang Anshi's servant, and shouted to the air, "Quick, quick, go get that handkerchief and wipe our Grand Secretary Wang. If you're any later, the sweat on his face will wash away all the dirt. Hehehe...!"
Speaking of the latter part, Sima Guang, who usually did not show his emotions, almost laughed out loud.
Wang Anshi had a blank expression on his face.
This time he admitted it.
He stopped quibbling.
He himself thought that his answer just now was terrible and he was completely controlled by Fan Chunren. Fortunately, Zhang Fei helped him to turn the situation around, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
There is no way to tell.
After Sima Guang finished his ridicule, Wang Anshi said, "When did we become bullied? We can only ridicule each other for fun."
Sima Guang was stunned when he heard this. The smile on his face gradually disappeared. He said seriously, "Yes. Tell me why the two of us, the Vice Ministers, are sitting here and being teased by a spy and a censor. We can only take pleasure in suffering."
After saying that, the two looked at each other tacitly, as if they had reached some kind of agreement.
Wang Anshi frowned and said thoughtfully, "It's easy to deal with the Sijian. We have plenty of opportunities to teach him a lesson. The key is that it's difficult to deal with the ear pen."
Sima Guang nodded in agreement: "That's right, that boy is very cunning. He is usually very respectful to us, but he is arrogant in court."
Wang Anshi said, "But in court, we may not be his match."
Sima Guang sighed, "It's a pity that he refused every time I recommended him to be an official. We can't force him to serve as an official in the court."
As soon as the words came out, the two seemed to suddenly remember something, and looked at each other tacitly, and a sinister smile appeared on their faces at the same time.
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After a short break in the court, the second defendant, Song Minqiu, finally came to the court.
Another forgotten defendant, Su Shi, had a dull look in his eyes and a pale face. He knew that his journey in court had come to an end. He muttered, "Fake! It's all fake! This is just a show. They are using the law to perform a show. They are blaspheming the law... a bunch of shameless villains."...
There was a hint of sob in the voice.
But no one cared about him. All eyes were focused on Song Minqiu. Everyone seemed very nervous. Even Wang Anshi and Sima Guang could not stand it. This Song Minqiu...
On the contrary, Fan Chunren and Su Che looked relaxed.
Zhang Fei suddenly stood up and said, "Mr. Song, can you tell me what happened on the third night of this month?"
Song Minqiu nodded and said, "That night, I met with a few friends at Panlou for a drink. During the meal, I heard Su Zizhan talking about the ban on tabloids. I agreed with this very much, so I wrote down Su Zizhan's remarks and asked someone to copy them into a tabloid.
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Secretly placed in front of the doors of major restaurants."
Zhang Fei glanced at the document and asked, "May I take it that Mr. Song himself is also very opposed to the ban on tabloids?"
Song Minqiu nodded: "Okay. I am very opposed to it. Even if I didn't hear what Su Zizhan said, I also planned to publish a tabloid 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 we met that night to discuss it."
Zhang Fei asked, "But do you clearly understand what Master Wang 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 to collect books all my life, although I have many rare books, there are also many valuable books that have been lost and may never be found again. Therefore, I strongly support printing articles in tabloids. In this way, those classic articles and poetry collections can be passed down. This is the most precious wealth of our China.
As for what Wang Jiefu is worried about, that is purely...!"
Having said this, he sneered and then uttered two words clearly, "Bad politics. In my opinion, this is no different from Qin Shi Huang's burning of books and burying of scholars. It is said that it is forbidden to discuss current affairs in tabloids, but if he succeeds, the entire literary world will be silent. No one will dare to discuss current affairs, no one will dare to write articles about current affairs, and of course, no one will dare to oppose him, Wang Jiefu."
It was not difficult to hear that there was anger in every word he said.
This also won the cheers and support of many people inside and outside the hospital.
Zhang Fei asked again: "Then did you know that your sending out of the tabloid would cause such a big commotion?"
Song Minqiu shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I hope to arouse everyone's attention and force the court to withdraw this ban."
Zhang Fei said, "That's why you only wrote about what Su Shi said in the tabloid, but didn't write about what Wang Xueshi was worried about."
Song Minqiu nodded.
Zhang Fei asked: "If I say that you deliberately caused social unrest, would you admit it?"
"I object."
"I admit it."
Fan Chunren and Song Minqiu said at the same time.
Zhang Fei looked at Fan Chunren helplessly, then said, "I've finished asking questions."
Fan Chunren smiled helplessly and asked Song Min again, "Song Zhigao, what was your relationship with Wang Xueshi before this?"
Song Min asked, "Not bad."
Fan Chunren asked: "Can you tell me more about this?"….
Song Minqiu said, "He used to come to my house often to borrow books."
Fan Chunren asked, "Did you lend it to him?"
Song Minqiu nodded and said, "I have always admired Wang Jiefu's talent and I like his writings. I also discussed poetry with him."
Fan Chunren asked, "Have you ever had any conflicts with him, including any conflicts caused by official duties?"
Song Minqiu shook his head, "No."
Fan Chunren asked again, "I heard that you took the initiative to come to Kaifeng Prefecture to inform Li Tongpan that it was you who published the tabloid."
Song Minqiu nodded.
Fan Chunren asked: "Why?"
Song Min begged, "Because I don't want to implicate Su Zizhan."
"I'm done asking questions."
Fan Chunren sat down.
Zhao Yan looked at Zhang Fei again, and Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I have nothing else to ask."
Song Minqiu was completely dumbfounded. You guys targeted Wang Anshi just now, 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 merely the fuse that led to the lawsuit. The real defendant was Wang Anshi, not him. The key to the dispute between the two parties was the tabloid ban and Wang Anshi's motives.
This is also true for everyone.
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The same thing happened to Li Dalin later. He came to the court and was asked a few questions briefly, just going through the motions.
Then we will move directly into the closing argument process.
Zhang Fei first stood up and said, "First, we will give up the lawsuit against Su Shi, because the facts have proven that he was just expressing his views on the tabloid ban and had nothing to do with the tabloids. As Wang Xueshi said, he never prohibited others from discussing current affairs."
Su Che was completely relieved.
I won't thank you, if you have the ability, you can punish me! Su Shi turned his face away proudly.
He had wanted to use this lawsuit to break Zhang Fei's undefeated myth, but he found out that it was just a formality and he didn't have any chance to show his abilities. He was extremely disappointed.
"Second."
Zhang Fei continued, "Song Minqiu and Li Dalin are absolutely guilty of publishing Su Shi's words. They knew the whole story, but they only published Su Shi's words and did not include Wang Xueshi's concerns. They did this to stir up trouble, arouse people's anger and create social unrest.
Although Song Minqiu's explanation for this seems to make sense, everyone must understand that the fundamental reason for his opposition is that he likes to collect books, which is his personal interest, and creating social unrest is an extremely selfish act.
And this is exactly what Master Wang is worried about."
At this point, he looked down at the document and said, "At the meeting, Wang Anshi expressed this view very clearly. The reason why he banned tabloids from discussing current affairs was because he was worried that businessmen would exaggerate facts and attract attention in order to seek profits, thus causing social unrest and bringing endless trouble and consumption to the court.
These are the original words of Wang Xueshi. What Song Minqiu did is exactly the same as what Wang Xueshi said, except that the businessman was seeking profit, while Song Minqiu was seeking an article. Killing someone for an article is also murder, there is no difference between the two.
At this point, he raised his head, looked around, and continued, "You must not ignore that movable type printing is a brand-new technology that can print a large number of tabloids in a very short 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 what consequences it will cause, no one knows for the time being because it has not yet appeared. ….
However, the previous leak of information from the Court of Criminal Justice and the subsequent incident caused by the Mingshi Daily have already shown that there are indeed hidden dangers.
Wang Xueshi is the assistant minister of state affairs, whose duty is to assist the emperor in governing the country, not to please his own personal likes and dislikes like Song Minqiu did. I don't know what the duties of the imperial edict maker are, so it is inconvenient to make any comments on it.
But in the case of foreseeing hidden dangers, Wang Xueshi could not remain indifferent. However, facing a new thing, the court had no way to restrain it for the time being, so it could only ban it first, but it did not completely ban tabloids, but only banned discussions of current affairs in tabloids.
Just like a wild horse that has just been captured, it will not be put into the Taoist horse pen immediately, but will be put into the pen after it is tamed. What Master Wang did is also a kind of taming. Isn't this what the ancestral law advocates?"
Many people present nodded frequently.
They were already aware of this problem before.
Zhang Fei continued, "Just now, Fan Sijian mentioned the new law several times, and thought that Wang Xueshi did this to protect his new law. I think this is a very superficial and ridiculous view.
He actually defined the new law of the court as Wang Xueshi's private property. How ridiculous. As an ear writer, I am also very new to law, but this does not mean that I like to study Wang Xueshi's private property. I don't have this hobby.
I am making new laws because this is the policy that the court will promulgate. The law is the law of the people of the world, closely related to every citizen, and represents the court. I don't know if Wang Xueshi has this intention, because there is no evidence to prove this, but what I want to say is that even if he does, isn't it Wang Xueshi's responsibility to ensure that the court's policies are implemented?
But one thing can be proved, that is, if there were no tabloids, Su Shi's remarks would be criticized by the court, but would not cause unrest; if there were no tabloids, Song Minqiu's opposition would be
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Everyone understands and supports it, 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 within the boundaries. There is no order without rules, and the same is true for speech. Song Minqiu obviously knew nothing about this, and he obstructed it, using an almost childish behavior that harmed the interests of the country to satisfy his own desires. Every one of his actions satisfied the crime of making false statements, and as an official, he should be punished even more severely.
Therefore, I implore the presiding judge to sentence him to death by hanging."
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