Chapter 147: Strange Case 2

"Your Majesty," Zhao Pu stood up: "Gu Tianzhong, the assassin of Guizhou, did report the case to the Criminal Department. Chen carefully read the file, the evidence in this case is conclusive and there is no doubt, and he is waiting for August to be red and September to be decided in autumn. ”

The execution of people at the execution ground is a big deal. Even in a feudal society, it is not the state government officials who say they will kill them, they still need to report to the Criminal Department and wait for the Criminal Department to review it. Of course, under normal circumstances, the Criminal Division will uphold the original sentence. But Zhao Pu replied like this, a little suspicious of avoiding the important and trivial.

Tuoba Heng accused Gu Tianzhong, the assassin of Guizhou, of crossing the border to handle the case, which may intensify the contradiction between Dachu and Shu, while Zhao Pu simply talked about the matter, only talking about this murder case of bullying men and women.

Xu Zhongya sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and said nothing with a smile on her face. Wang Yun is a privy envoy in charge of the military, and this case is obviously civil affairs, and it is taboo for the privy envoy to inquire about civil affairs, so he naturally hangs up on his own affairs and does not say anything.

Fan Zhen was a little worried and echoed Tuoba Heng and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Tuoba's words are reasonable. Now I have a good relationship with Shu, and Gu Tianzhong is also handling cases across the border... It's too presumptuous! I don't know why, Fan Zhen originally wanted to accuse Gu Tianzhong, but when the words came to his lips, he turned the words around again. Recklessness is much smaller than dereliction of duty, causing trouble, and other crimes, even so small that they can be ignored.

Han Xizai didn't have as many worries as Fan Qian, and said arrogantly: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is a trivial matter. According to the law of Da Chu, Li Dajiang sued the bully *** in Guizhou, and Gu Tianzhong, the assassin of Guizhou, handled the case according to the law, and there was nothing to find fault with. The only thing that makes people inappropriate is that this bully is not in our Da Chu, but also in Shu. But killing people to pay off debts and pay off debts is a matter of course, even if Gu Tianzhong crosses the border to arrest people, the minister thinks it is excusable. Han Xizai's left sentence is "small matter", and the right sentence is "extenuating circumstances", which naturally means clearly: this matter is just settled, don't pursue it. This kind of trivial matter cannot be put aside to get the study of the Eight Classics at such a grand court meeting.

Ma Yun is reminiscing bitterly and sweetly, and naturally connects this matter with the loss of power and humiliation of the country at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and is secretly happy that Da Chu under his leadership can easily bully and bully others, so that the people of Shu don't even dare to say a word of protest. Ma Yun was thinking about his thoughts, and his ministers had already begun to discuss what you said and what I said.

This group of people discussed and discussed, and no one could convince anyone. Because the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable. Why? Zhao Pu's point of view is very clear, this matter is handled according to the procedure, there is such a provision in the law of Dachu, which protects the people's right to sue, even if the case does not happen locally, but as long as the people involved are locals, they can go to the government to fight the lawsuit. Why did the Chu State formulate such an awkward law at that time? Just because when Ma Yun was deliberating the law, he said a sentence: Officials protect each other, and politics is not clear. As a result, Xu Zhongya and others immediately realized that this was the emperor's fear that in the future, the officials would protect and oppress the people. So, when they were resting, they added such an article, and it is impossible for all officials in the world to stand on the same line.

But Tuoba Heng's worries are not bad, this Gu Tianzhong is bold and reckless, the cross-border case can represent Da Chu, he is not qualified to return to the state assassin history, according to the procedure, he should go to the court step by step, and he should not make decisions without authorization.

Why didn't Gu Tianzhong play the court, but instead made up his own mind? First, he couldn't wait. After such a back and forth, most of the month has passed. If someone else complains about it, he will not accept it, but this is a violation of the law by officials. If this Li Dajiang went to the Yamen of Jingnan Province to complain, his future would be dim; Second, Supreme Leader Ma Yun doesn't like people who only follow the rules, and when he plays like this, he actually pushes the problem to the court and the emperor. If the emperor issued an order not to accept it, it would hurt the emperor Shengming; If the emperor gives the order, in case the Shu Kingdom makes a riot and there is no room for maneuver, it is likely that he will be the one who is unlucky in the end.

Gu Tianzhong thought about it for a while, and then came up with his own idea. What's more, he was not a fool, he intuitively felt that Da Chu could benefit from this incident. What are the benefits? Zhao Pu has already begun to speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Gu Tianzhong's move is not only correct, but meritorious! Your Majesty would like to be rewarded with it! ”

Tuoba Hengqi's beard trembled, and after arguing for a long time just now, Zhao Pu did not retreat but advanced, not only was he not persuaded by himself, but he took credit for Gu Tianzhong.

Zhao Pu's high-profile work woke Ma Yun up from his contemplation. If the ministers below knew that their leaders were actually distracted when they were almost fighting in the heat of their dispute, it is estimated that they would vomit blood and faint. It is estimated that Ma Yun has faced this situation many times, and after being awakened by Zhao Pu, not only did his face not turn red and he did not pant at the moment, but asked gracefully: "Zhao Aiqing, how did you start talking about this?" ”

After seeing the case file, the minister has been hesitating. This may be a godsend for our Da Chu. ”

Tuoba Heng glared at Zhao Pu, and there were two words in his heart: flicker, then flicker. It's not that Tuoba Heng doesn't know Zhao Pu, nor does he not know that Zhao Pu is a high fighter, but Tuoba Heng thinks from the bottom of his heart that he is not right, because it is not in accordance with the procedure. What is the most important thing in the world, rules, if there are no rules, how should the central imperial power reflect the dignity? How did the imperial court keep its decrees consistent?

Zhao Pu ignored Tuoba Heng, who was blowing his beard and glaring at him, and continued: "The officials of Shu are corrupt like the wind, and the politics are dark. It is the yamen that opens to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money. There are countless people who have been wronged, but there is no way to ask for help. But Gu Tianzhong crossed the border to investigate the case, obviously looking at it to avenge the grievances of the people of Guizhou, but in fact, he was redressing the grievances of the people of Shu who were unable to seek help. In time, not to mention far away, just in the Kuizhou area, the minister thinks that a shadow government can be set up to deal with the government affairs of Kuizhou on behalf of our Great Chu, and completely empty the history of Kuizhou in Shu. Kuizhou is the eastern gateway of Shu, once Kuizhou is lost, Shu can be a drum! ”

Ma Yun was stunned when he heard this, his mind turned sharply, and he weighed the pros and cons. Zhao Pu's words made Ma Yun very moved. Why? The main reason for this is not because Mrs. Blossom is beautiful, Ma Yun's "lust" heart is uplifted, and he wants to go to Chengdu to talk to Mrs. Blossom; It's not because I have been a pen pal with Meng Chang all day long, and my relationship is too good, so I want to send someone to invite Meng Chang to Jinling to meet. As long as the reason is that Sichuan is a country of abundance. The land is fertile, the population is large, there has been no big war, the economic situation is maintained well, and getting Sichuan will greatly improve the comprehensive national strength of the Chu State, and at the same time, the Guanzhong region of the Great Zhou Dynasty will also be under the front of the Chu army.

But there is a very important problem here, that is, the relationship between Chu and Shu is an alliance. thought that Chu and Li Tang were in an alliance in the past, but Ma Yun quickly turned his face and didn't recognize anyone, but Shu and Li Tang were different. In the Li Tang era, there were many large and small countries in the world, but now there are only Zhou, Chu, Han, Shu, and Khitan, and the four-nation alliance dealt with the puppet Zhou State. In this case, Da Chu suddenly made a black hand on the Shu State, which didn't make the Han State and the Khitan people chill. So, although Ma Yun is salivating, he just can't do it.

Shadow 'government'? Jack Ma's eyes lit up. Can... But is this reliable? The meaning of Zhao Pu's words, Ma Yun could hear it. Isn't Shu officialdom dark? Then the wronged people can think of Li Dajiang and go to Guizhou to apply for a hukou, and then Gu Tianzhong is in charge of trying the case, so that Gu Tianzhong has become a judge in Kuizhou in addition to being the assassin of Guizhou. But isn't this a bit of a loss? Co-authored Kuizhou had an accident, Gu Tianzhong was in charge of trying the case, but the taxes of the people of Kuizhou were still handed over to the Kuizhou government, and it had nothing to do with Dachu. I did this job for you, but you took the money, and maybe you still have a reputation of "dogs and rats meddling", this... Isn't that a thankless effort?

Ma Yun shook his head slightly, but this matter had already completely moved Han Xizai and the others. If Ma Yun has to keep the world in mind for himself, then Han Xizai is a real "scholar", and he only thinks about the word "world". Since it is the world, then you can't just focus on Da Zhou, even if Da Zhou is currently the strongest. For the Shu Kingdom, the Han Kingdom, and the Khitan Kingdom, Han Xizai and they also tried their best to lay the groundwork in order to deal with them in the future. For the Han State, Zhao Pu, Han Xizai and others have come up with some methods, such as "force" the Han State to cede Hebei to the Khitan, leaving an opening for the Chu State to attack the Han State and the Khitan in the future. But there is no good way for Shu State, because Meng Chang is too fickle, and he was ambitious to annex Guanzhong at the beginning, who knew that after Fengxiang's defeat, his guy made a 180-degree turn, closed the country, and guarded the Meridian Valley, and refused to send troops to Guanzhong again. Meng Chang was so honest, which made Chu State a little uncomfortable, and worried about Shu State all day long.

The Shu soldiers are too weak, and Meng Chang is a layman in military affairs, and he still doesn't listen to the advice of the Chu State and concentrates the army in the Meridian Valley, but in case the pseudo-Zhou goes to Qinzhou and kills in from Longyou, how can the Shu State resist it. At that time, once Sichuan is lost, the situation in Chu will be embarrassed. Therefore, the state of Chu has always wanted to control Kuizhou and control the key to the Sichuan Basin in his own hands.

But Meng Chang suddenly became as sensitive as a girl in love, and he was nervous about any action of Chu State.