Six days after the results of the investigation were published, the factory guards sued Wang Tu, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, Zhang Wenda, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and Zheng Sanjun, the secretary of the Nanjing Household Department, for bending the law for personal gain, and the trial was officially held in the Nanjing court.

Nanjing Sanshangshu invited a lawyer to deal with it, but he did not come forward. This is permitted under the new rules of the Court, and they will only appear in court when they are required to testify. And on the factory guard's side, there were already top students from the law school as prosecutors.

The court has been in existence for almost two years, and on weekdays, the court hears cases in accordance with the steps prescribed by law, and everyone has seen it. But this lawsuit is different, the factory guard sued Nanjing Sanshangshu, which is a very strange thing.

In the past, the factory guards could arrest whoever they wanted, and after being arrested, they were locked up in the imperial prison, and the emperor said that whatever crime you are is what the crime is, and sometimes the emperor has not been convicted, maybe he has died in prison. It is the first strange thing that someone has to go through the courts to convict someone today.

In the past, don't talk about Shangshu, it is a seven-grade county order, if you commit a crime, you need the emperor in the capital to convict him, and the factory guards sent by the emperor can arrest him, and the official trial must also use Dali Temple. Nowadays, a second-grade official like Shangshu can convict him by relying on a small Nanjing court and a small seventh-grade judge, which is the second rarity.

Because of these two oddities, a large number of people flocked to the Nanjing court to hear the trial. According to the law, the people have the right to be heard, but this time there were too many people who wanted to hear the trial, and the seats in the court were limited, so Wang Yaliang had no choice but to order the bailiff to post a notice outside the courthouse, and the number of people entering the court could only be limited according to the number of seats every day.

Those who did not have access outside were very dissatisfied, and some people clamoured that the court must be biased. Wang Yaliang was furious when he got the report, so he wanted to order the bailiff to beat them away, but Chen Yincong said: "There is no need for this. There is absolutely no way that this case will be heard in one day, so you have people who are now outside the court to exclude and send them a certificate that they will come to the hearing tomorrow, so that they have nothing to say. “

Wang Yaliang said: "The law stipulates that if you despise the court, you can beat them with a stick, why let them go." “

Chen Yincong said: "Since you want to use this matter to expand the influence of Dali Temple, why do you want to fall out with the people? Wouldn't it be nice to have them as witnesses? “

Wang Yaliang asked the bailiff to distribute the voucher to the people outside to enter the court on the second day, but soon not only the second day was distributed, but even the fourth day. And after the news broke, a large number of people came to line up that day, asking to participate in the subsequent hearing.

The lawyer invited by Sanshang Shu is Liu Jinyun, the most famous lawyer in Nanjing, who has a very powerful mouth and is called Liu Yizui. He knew that his side would definitely lose this lawsuit, but he didn't need to win, he just needed to let Sanshangshu withdraw from this case and push all these illegal things on his subordinates. He is still very confident in this.

On the first day of the trial, the prosecutor of the factory guard began to present Huai'an Qianguan's confessions, which were read by the court's clerk in court, and Wang Yaliang and the two assistant judges listened attentively and examined the confessions one by one.

When the clerk read the confession of Wang Zhenwu (Wang Ji's family), Liu Jinyun spoke, believing that the confession was not necessarily true, and that it was most likely obtained after being tortured by the factory guards, and asked for the confession to be verified in person.

This was originally a court procedure, and both sides had to question the suspect, so Wang Yaliang announced that Wang Zhenwu went to court. After Wang Zhenwu went to court, the first clerk stepped forward to him and said: "Wang Zhenwu, you must ensure that what you say is the truth or the whole truth, if you dare to give false testimony, you will be severely punished by the law, and your crime will be increased by one degree." If it is a death sentence, it becomes a death sentence, remember not to make mistakes. “

Wang Zhenwu nodded in understanding. The clerk took him to take an oath: "His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is above, and I, Wang Zhenwu, promise that the testimony I have given is all the facts or the whole of the facts, and if there is any perjury, I am willing to add one degree to the crime." ”

After taking the oath, Liu Lisi, the prosecutor of the factory guard, began to ask: "Wang Zhenwu, after the factory guard arrested you, did he torture you?" Is there anything you have to say that needs to be changed or added? ”

Wang Zhenwu once heard that someone had changed his confession, and as long as he changed his confession, he could not prove that he had been tortured and made a false confession in a situation that was unfavorable to him, and he would definitely be punished by one degree of guilt. It's okay to add it, but if you add it now, unless the revelations are in line with the prosecution's intentions and turn yourself into a tainted witness to protect, in the end it will only end up being a lifetime of leaving your hometown in the capital.

He hesitated for a while, looked at Liu Jinyun's expectant eyes, and then looked at the forensic doctor next to him who was eager to try, Liu Lisi was ready to beat him into the abyss at any time, and said: "I have not been tortured, and the testimony I said is all facts, and there is no supplementary part." ”

The people who were watching were in an uproar, and Wang Yaliang took the startled wood and patted it, and a clerk shouted: "Be quiet, there is no noise in the courtroom." Witnesses continue to be examined by counsel on both sides. ”

Liu Lisi retreated with satisfaction and said, "Your Excellency, I don't have anything to ask for the time being. ”

Liu Jinyun stepped forward and said: "Wang Zhenwu, you are a scholar of the former Shangshu Lord Wang Ji, what made you appear in Lord Wang Ji regardless of this friendship for many years?" ”

Liu Lisi stepped forward and said: "Your Excellency, Wang Zhenwu is just Wang Ji's family, and it does not conform to the principle of concealment of relatives, please judge the judge to judge that witnesses do not need to answer such questions." ”

Wang Yaliang said: "Witnesses do not need to answer this question, please pay attention to your words." ”

Liu Jinyun didn't care either, and continued to ask: "Wang Zhenwu, I won't say much about your report on the head of the family, why do you say that your marriage was given by Zhang Wenda, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials." The dignified officials and the secretary of the department, would they care about these things of you? ”

Wang Zhenwu hesitated for a moment and replied: "The combination given to us by the head of the family is indeed brought by Zhang Xiaoji, and it is seen by the little one, this will not be wrong." ”

Liu Jinyun said: "You see that Zhang Xiaoji brought it, Zhang Xiaoji is just Zhang Shangshu's family, since you can report the head of the family, then Zhang Xiaoji can't betray Zhang Shangshu and steal the combination?" Your Excellency, the lawyer asked that Zhang Xiaoji be summoned to court. ”

Wang Yaliang agreed to his request, Zhang Xiaoji had already been detained by the factory guards, and Jinyiwei escorted him to the court, and after the clerk told him the rules, took the oath and other procedures, Liu Jinyun began to question.