Although Lu Huiqing always talks about fairness, justice and neutrality, in fact, in his heart, he has no respect for the law at all. He is even more traditional than Gu Ji.
The law was merely a weapon in his political struggle.
In his belief, if you don't remove the roots of the grass, it will grow again in the spring breeze.
Things have come to this point. They have an absolute advantage and the government is clearly biased towards them. This person is greedy, and he hopes to use this to deal a heavy blow to the conservatives in one fell swoop.
This time he has involved many conservative backbones.
But he also knew Xu Zun's character. Although he had a good relationship with Wang Anshi, if he heard this, Xu Zun would probably go to jail.
Relatively speaking, Zhang Fei is obviously more reasonable and knows the pros and cons. The key is that Zhang Fei is Xu Zun's son-in-law.
Therefore, he wanted to achieve this goal through Zhang Fei.
But as the saying goes, hit the snake at its most vulnerable part.
This blow of yours only hits the opponent's tail, which may be good for showing off your strength, but if you want to cut it off directly, that is a bit unrealistic. After all, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and other conservative leaders are still fine. If you don't play it well, they may bite you back and you will be in big trouble.
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Especially using the procuratorate to fabricate charges is indeed a bit risky.
After discussing with Zhang Fei, Lu Huiqing also felt that handling the matter impartially was the best way to avoid losing more than gaining.
What if there is a pleasant surprise?
No one can tell.
......
"Sanlang, wipe your face first. I've asked Xiaotao to boil some water."
As soon as Zhang Fei returned home, the virtuous Gao Wenyin immediately handed him a hot handkerchief.
"Thank you, ma'am."
Zhang Fei took the handkerchief and put it directly on his face, "Oh... it feels so good."
Gao Wenyin asked, "Sanlang went to play Cuju again today."
Zhang Fei nodded: "Those idiots didn't piss me off to death. Look, my voice is hoarse from scolding."
“You deserve it!”
Xu Zhiqian walked in and snorted, "You are really not doing your job properly."
With so many things happening now, this guy actually still has the mood to play football, which really makes Xu Zhiqian anxious to death.
Zhang Fei took down the handkerchief, and Gao Wenyin beside him took it over.
Um?
Zhang Fei subconsciously looked back at Gao Wenyin, thinking, you are taking care of her too meticulously. Then he said to Xu Zhiqian, "What do you mean by not doing your job? Didn't I tell you that football is related to the future of the charity organization and cannot be taken lightly?"
Xu Zhiqian said worriedly: "But this sounds outrageous!"
Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said, "Beauty, I think I need to remind you. Do you still remember how you evaluated my article at that time? But what was the result? My articles are more popular than those of Wang Xueshi and Sima Xueshi. Everyone loves to read them. If that's the case, why can't everyone love my football?"
Gao Wenyin nodded and said, "That's true. Even Xiaotao and Daniu like to listen to Sanlang's articles."
"Love...love to listen?"
Zhang Fei didn't react for a moment. There were no radios in those days, right?
Gao Wenyin explained: "They don't know many words, so I have to read them."
Zhang Fei was speechless. You are too humble to be a lady.
Xu Zhiqian also admitted that the article was so popular that it became a ballad. She said, "But even if you can succeed, so what? Forget about your football. Even if all the Tokyo 18 clubs belong to you, you still can't make much money. You can't compare with Baifanlou, the Ma family, and the Chen family."
There are Cuju competitions nowadays, and everyone knows how much money can be made.
The wealthy businessmen in the capital city just took out some money to reward the Cuju players for fun, and no one said they wanted to do this business.
Zhang Fei shook his head helplessly and said weakly: "With your business skills, don't mention making money to me. Just spend your money in peace. This is what you are good at."
Xu Zhiqian blushed and whispered, "I'm just afraid of having no money to spend."
"you...!"
As they were chatting, Xu Zun suddenly walked in.
"Daddy is back!"
"Father-in-law."
Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian stood up immediately.
"Um."
Xu Zun nodded.
Xu Zhiqian saw that Xu Zun had something to discuss with Zhang Fei, so she tactfully left with Gao Wenyin.
Xu Zun glanced at Zhang Fei and said with a chuckle, "Perhaps even Wang Jiefu didn't expect that he would be seen through by a kid like you. Not long ago, the government appointed me as the prosecutor to be in charge of the procuratorate."
Before today, he had doubts about Zhang Fei's predictions.
Because during this period Wang Anshi never looked for him.
He judged that Wang Anshi might want to directly attack the procuratorate and weaken its power, rather than just replace it with a new person.
result.......
Zhang Fei quickly bowed and said: "Congratulations..."
"Don't be too busy congratulating me yet."
Xu Zun raised his hand and sighed, "I don't know how to be a prosecutor now."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "In fact, with my father-in-law's experience, he is more than qualified to be the prosecutor. There is no need to worry."
"You can't say that." Xu Zun waved his hand and said, "This political stance has brought down Su Shi and Fan Chunren. It shows that it is not easy to be an official!"
Having said that, everyone has a political stance.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "But my father-in-law is different from them. They are still used to following subjective wishes, but this only applies to the scribes, not the prosecutors. My father-in-law's previous trials were always based on objective evidence and legal regulations.
The difference from previous trials is that prosecutors must adhere more to objective evidence rather than subjective judgment. No matter how serious the case is, even if you know who the murderer is, as long as there is insufficient evidence, prosecution cannot be initiated.
So what father-in-law should pay attention to in the procuratorate is to ask for it. "
"Ask for it?"
"It's to ask the police station for more evidence."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Father-in-law is the prosecutor, and his main responsibility is to determine whether the evidence constitutes the conditions for prosecution."
Xu Zun said: "But there is no standard for judgment at present. If there was, Fan Chunren and Su Shi would not have gotten into trouble."
Zhang Fei said: "Therefore, father-in-law needs to rely on his own experience to develop a set of judgment criteria. This is also the core of the procuratorate."
Xu Zun stroked his beard and muttered to himself, "Judge whether the evidence constitutes the conditions for prosecution."
Suddenly I found this prosecutor quite interesting.
If you ask him to go to court, he really has no interest in it, but if you talk about building a procuratorate system, he is very interested.
"Then you say...!"
Xu Zun suddenly seemed to remember something and asked Zhang Fei again: "The government has handed over the case of Fan Chunren and Su Shi forming a clique for personal gain to me for review. How should I judge a case like this?"
This kind of factionalism is often just factionalism, it is a very metaphysical thing, if you believe in it, it exists, if you don't believe in it, it doesn't exist.
After all, the current political parties don’t issue party membership cards.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Father-in-law, you only need to ask them a few questions."
"Is it that simple?" Xu Zun asked in surprise.
Zhang Fei nodded.
......
Fu Bi did not attend the meeting today because he was very tired of this kind of thing, but he was still concerned about his old friend's son. He also instructed Wen Yanbo to ensure Fan Chunren's life was safe.
Therefore, after the meeting, Wen Yanbo immediately ran to find Fu Bi.
Fu Bi nodded slightly: "In that case, Wang Jiefu doesn't seem to want to break this rule."
Wen Yanbo said: "But Wang Jiefu's ambition is beyond doubt. Xu Zhongtu controls the procuratorate and will definitely not file a lawsuit against the new law.
Fortunately, Sima Junshi had seen through it long ago, so he made arrangements in advance and took advantage of the situation to transfer Fan Chunren and Su Shi to key prefectures and counties, where he established public security, procuratorial and judicial organs to check and balance Wang Jiefu. "
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Fu Bi sighed, "But if we can't even defend the capital, there's no point in talking about this place. Wang Jiefu can transfer people away at any time."
Wen Yanbo said: "Therefore, Lord Fu must stay in the court and support Sima Junshi."
Historically, after Wang Anshi came to power, they left the capital one after another because they were firmly opposed to the Qingmiao Law, but Zhao Xu firmly supported Wang Anshi. In this case, it became meaningless for them to stay in the court, so they might as well leave and do some achievements in the local area.
But now it is different. Now they have to stay in the court and continue to complete the judicial reform, even if they do not agree with it.
Fu Bi said nothing about this. After all, his era had passed and he was no longer as sharp as before. He then asked, "Will Fan Chunren and Su Shi be in danger?"
Wen Yanbo said: "Although Xu Zhongtu was rather unorthodox in handling some matters, he generally did not go beyond the bottom line of the law and was a very fair and strict official. Since Fan Chunren and Su Shi had no intention of forming a clique for personal gain, I believe Xu Zhongtu would not slander them."
Fu Bi said: "But you still have to be careful. There is no standard for sentencing for crimes like forming a clique for personal gain. Anything can happen."
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The next day, Xu Zun rushed to the Procuratorate to take up his post. A large number of officials in the court had already submitted memorials to express their grievances on behalf of Fan Chunren and Su Shi. The longer it was delayed, the more complicated the situation might become.
We must act quickly and decisively.
However, Fan Chunren and Su Shi, the two stubborn guys, never expected this would be the result.
Overnight, he went from being the owner to the suspect.
My lungs are about to explode with anger.
We agreed to compete in class, and now you're playing political games again.
It's totally unsportsmanlike.
Therefore, when they saw Xu Zun, their anger was evident on the paper.
Xu Zun asked with a smile: "Do you know why you are standing here now?"
Fan Chunren said bluntly: "We were harmed by the traitors."
Su Shi teased, "It seems that what your son-in-law did is something that others cannot imitate."
We just imitated Zhang Fei, but in the end we didn't even get to go to class.
Pure double standard!
Xu Zun almost laughed out loud. He ignored Su Shi and continued to talk to Fan Chunren, "Fan Chunren, you said that you were harmed by traitors, but this evidence shows that Liu Shu, Qi Hui and others have been in close contact with you recently, and they are conspiring to sue you. I wonder if this is true?"
Fan Chunren said: "We are discussing how to sue and how to win the case. This is not a conspiracy. We are not hiding anything. Many people know about this."
Xu Zun nodded and said, "Then why do they want to help you? Is it out of colleagues or friendship?"
Fan Chunren said truthfully: "Maybe there is this reason, but the main reason is that they are also against the new policy."
Xu Zun asked: "Did you know in advance why they were helping you?"
They both nodded at the same time.
Xu Zun asked curiously again: "How did you know?"
Fan Chunren said: "Because we have discussed the new policy before."
Xu Zun said: "Then are you also opposed to the new policy like them?"
Su Shi said first: "We just oppose some of the regulations."
Fan Chunren nodded.
Xu Zun asked again: "During your investigation, did you consult the officials of the Regulations Department of the Two Prefectures?"
The two looked at each other tacitly, shook their heads at the same time, and their faces gradually became a little embarrassed.
Xu Zun then asked, “Have you only discussed this with officials who oppose the new law?”
The two thought about it and nodded at the same time.
Xu Zun nodded: "I understand, you guys go down."
What do you understand?
Su Shi was surprised and asked, "Is that all the questions?"
Fan Chunren also looked at Xu Zun with a puzzled look.
Xu Zun asked back: "Do you have anything else to say?"
"no."
Su Shi shook his head and asked curiously, "Then does Prosecutor Xu think that our prosecution violates the rules?"
Xu Zun smiled and said, "What do you think? How can a prosecutor only discuss with like-minded people and then decide whether to initiate prosecution without investigating or consulting the parties involved? Maybe the Regulations Department of the Two Governments has other arrangements, or maybe they need to supplement the subsequent regulations.
You first considered your opposition to the new law, and then considered using judicial means to achieve your goal. Your goal is to correct what you think is wrong, not to uphold the laws of the Song Dynasty. You can't even distinguish between right and wrong and breaking the law, what else can I ask you?"
After hearing these words, Fan Chunren's face turned red and white.
Every word Xu Zun said hurt his heart, and he realized what a big mistake he had made.
In this case, he considered political purposes and perhaps the country and the people, but he ignored the fact that he was a prosecutor and was still immersed in his career as a censor.
But the prosecutor is actually the same as Wu Zuo, a highly professional official position, and everything has to be done according to the rules. You can't just do whatever you want.
If the judicial department does this, it will be all over.
But they were only thinking about how to file a lawsuit and how to force Wang Anshi to make concessions. They regarded Wang Anshi as an enemy. Since he was an enemy, why bother to consult him? Don't talk nonsense, just do it.
Su Shi raised his head and said, "Prosecutor Xu is wrong!"
Xu Zun looked at him in confusion.
Su Shi said: "Fan Chunren is not a prosecutor now, he is just a legal aid writer, he is not at fault."
Xu Zun was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "That makes sense. I will report this truthfully."
Fan Chunren said: "But when I participated in this matter, I regarded myself as a prosecutor."
Xu Zun smiled and said, "The law is the law, not what you think it is."
Chief Justice of the Northern Song Dynasty
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