Chapter 883 Xiangzhou Case

Cai Cheng stepped forward: "Your Majesty, this wind must not last. ”

"The South China Sea is thousands of miles away, and it is difficult to temper it, and the so-called whip is beyond the reach of those who are also long. Even if it is profitable, it will also be difficult to enter China. ”

"Furthermore, if the border ministers follow suit, what if it happens in Xiongzhou, Yan'an, and Weizhou?"

"Your Majesty, the saint has a long-term plan and should not be regarded as a momentary gain. Therefore, the minister believes that it is not appropriate to reward heavily. ”

Wu Chong has recently been hacked by the Imperial History Observatory, and at this time, he heard the words: "Your Majesty, the imperial court system, the official of serious crimes, is the farthest to be relegated to the ear." And Su You, Li Shunju, and Wang Shao are all important in the DPRK and China, and they can be described as the country's cadres. ”

"For the sake of the Emperor Song's Antai, the three of them crossed the sea, went to the desperate region, and rushed thousands of miles to create this situation."

"Since the incident, the three divisions have not supported it with a single article, and the tribute has been exchanged before and after, no less than tens of millions. Expand the land for thousands of miles, revitalize the sea trade, pay equal attention to grace and power, and worship the four realms. ”

"The boat of billions, the ants travel on the sea, the book of tribute, the knot on the way, how can you be good at the side of things?"

"The iron of Yezhou is used for three points when entering the country; The gold of Guangyuan is half of Thailand. The rest of the genera of silver, tin, pearls, jade shells, fragrant wood bark, rhino tortoiseshell, are countless. ”

"The benefits of Meizhou are beyond the reach of the barbarians, and I can take them ridiculously."

"Its land is vast and thousands of miles, and it is ripe for three times in one season. In just a few months now, more than 20,000 acres of polders have been obtained, harvested for two seasons, tens of thousands of stones of rice, and also beneficial fish salt, sea trade, is my Song Dynasty and one or two Zhejiang roads. ”

"This battle was at the invitation of the countries, born because of the current situation, and the Great Song Dynasty fought to protect the ships of the countries."

"Where is this to start a war? This is obviously self-defense, could it be that when the robbers kill in front of me, my Da Song still has to open the door and kill him? ”

"The Great Song Dynasty occupies reason everywhere, from the national letters and statements of the countries, it can be seen at a glance, Su Mingrun, Li Shunju handle government affairs, it can be described as meticulous and thoughtful, in this matter, where is there a little flaw in the Great Song Dynasty?"

"Wang Quanbin Pingxi Shu, did not see this work; King Cao Lu destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty and reaped its benefits. ”

"Su Mingrun's move is to control his talents, and what he sees is not for a while, but for eternity!"

"Yushi Typhoon hears about it, of course, it is its right to do it. However, once something happened to Jiaozhi, he thought that it must be the border ministers who made a provocation, and after speculating and speculating, he deeply constructed a bullet seal and slandered the important ministers. I admonished Taiwan, since Ouyang Wenzhong, he has become more and more arrogant, this is not the intention of the imperial court to set up a royal history platform and rectify the nuclear check and balance of the ministers! ”

The prime minister fired directly at the Yushitai, and there was an uproar in the palace, Wu Chong didn't want to be the prime minister? !

The cause of the incident was a major case operated by Cai Qu.

When Han Qi sentenced Xiangzhou, three thieves robbed homes in the township and were later driven out of their homes by their neighbors.

The boss of the gang was very angry, thinking that the robbery could not be done, mainly because the armor members joined together to disrupt the robbery steps, so the boss gave an order to the two apprentices: "In the future, rob people, and those who save them will be killed first!" ”

After some time, the gang of robbers went to rob another family. The head of the household was a single old woman, and the three robbers tied her up, "begged for goods", tortured her, and forced her to hand over her belongings.

The old woman wailed, and when the neighbor heard the wailing, he couldn't bear it, so he went over to persuade the robber: "This old woman has no property, and it's useless for you to kill her like this." ”

Keeping in mind the master's order, the thief's apprentice turned around and stabbed the "nosy" neighbor to death several times.

The government quickly arrested the three robbers, signed the Xiangzhou judge Chen Anmin, and the Xiangzhou law official Pan Kai, according to the provisions of the "Song Criminal Rule: Thieves and Thieves Law": "Robbers are not allowed to make money, and they will be imprisoned for two years; …… Those who hurt people, hanging; Murderer, beheaded; The same goes for killing and injuring slaves and maids; Although he is not a rich man, he is killed and injured because of theft. "Three robbers were convicted of death.

With the approval of the Hebei West Road Criminal Division, the death sentence was executed.

It seemed simple, but just three years later, last year, the case was turned over again.

Zhou Qing, an official after the Xingzhong Shushu Punishment Hall, questioned the verdict of the case, arguing that the applicable legal provisions were flawed.

Because according to the new law revised by Xiningjian, "all those who kill people, although they are dead, are executed for their servants, and although they are plundered, if they can be subdued first, they will be asked according to the question, and if they want to raise the law, they will be reduced by one level."

Zhou Qing believes that if this article is followed, then in this case, through the previous instigation of the gang boss to the apprentice to "kill the rescuer first", it can be concluded that in this gang, the boss is the leader and the main culprit in this homicide case.

And the two apprentices who started killing people were only carrying out the orders of the gang boss and should be accomplices.

In addition, after they were arrested, the three of them "went to prison and were subdued first", which was a voluntary surrender.

Therefore, according to the new Xining Law, the commutation clause of the new law is used.

However, the local district court in Xiangzhou sentenced them to death, and the criminal department did not refute it later, which was flawed, which is "a wrongful conviction for capital crimes." ”

Committing a capital crime is a misjudgment by the government and killing someone who should not have been killed, which is a major dereliction of duty!

The reason why Zhou Qing is so concerned is because when Wang Anshi changed the law, he made an incentive measure.

"If the torture room can be compared with the criminal court, Dali Temple, and the criminal department who have violated the law, they will be moved to another official."

Zhou Qing was originally a magistrate in Jiangning Mansion and was very talented.

Wang Anshi has always admired him, and after becoming the prime minister, he promoted him to the Zhongshu torture room. It is specifically responsible for random inspections of criminal judgment files in previous years, checking whether there are any misjudgments, misjudgments or doubts, and submitting rebuttals.

Encouraged by the relocation of one official after another, Zhou Qing "nitpicked in order to lose it", and was promoted to the official affairs of the reserve treasury envoy and the middle of the book and the punishment room within four years.

This is not a problem, because from the legal point of view, as long as Zhou Qing's doubts are tenable, it will play a good role in correcting the law.

So Zhao Ji handed over the case to Dali Temple for review.

Dou Ping and Zhou Xiaogong, the Dali commentators in charge of the review, believe that although the thief has told his apprentice that "those who are saved will be killed first", but the "rescuer" here obviously refers to "those who carry out the war and come to fight".

In this case, the neighbor who was killed was only "persuaded with good words", so it could not be counted as a "rescuer" in the premise of the thief.

In other words, the premise of the thief's instigation is not valid in this case.

Therefore, the thief killed him, and he was the principal offender in this case, and could not be recognized as an accomplice, and should of course be sentenced to death according to the law. There was nothing wrong with Sangshu's verdict.

After the two discussed, they went to ask Zhou Qing's boss, Liu Fengshi, the official of the Zhongshu Prison Inspection.

Liu Fengshi listened to the explanations of the two and asked, "You two are judges, you can take a good idea yourself and reply to Your Majesty, why do you bother to tell me?" ”

Dou said on Tuesday: "However, this case cannot be recognized as a 'capital offense'." ”

Liu Fengshi said: "Then you should stick to the judgment, no one has ever instructed you, and this case must be ruled as a 'capital offense'." ”

As a result, Dali Temple made a review ruling on the Xiangzhou case - there was no misjudgment of "capital crime" in the Xiangzhou case, and Zhou Qing's request was rejected.

Zhou Qing was not satisfied, insisted that the judgment in the Xiangzhou case was improper, and asked for reconsideration.

So Zhao Ji submitted the case to the Criminal Department for consideration.

In the end, the judge of the Criminal Department held that Zhou Qing's questioning was justified and that the verdict in the Xiangzhou case was wrong.

Of course, Dali Temple was not satisfied with this ruling, and when Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Zhongshu Torture Room launched a big debate on the case, a report from the Imperial City Division completely changed the direction of the incident - "Xiangzhou Law Division Pan Kai, Dali Wealth Abuse Law", "More than 3,000 Yuan, bribe Dali Temple"!

bribing the legal department, obstructing judicial fairness, and corrupting the law of the Great Song Dynasty. Of course, Zhao Ji couldn't tolerate it, so he was furious, and immediately instructed Kaifeng Mansion to investigate Pan Kai's bribery in detail.

The case was a serious case and related to the administration of justice by the imperial court, and the Kaifeng Mansion immediately interrogated the current judge Pan Kai and relevant witnesses after receiving the order.

At this point, the nature of the Xiangzhou robbery case has completely changed.