The Federal Supreme Court, the hall was brightly lit, and the nine judges looked at the two-foot-high case file on the table and pondered, this case is not complicated, it is very easy to make a decision, but there is no precedent for whether it can be accepted since ancient times, and everyone has discussed it many times and cannot make up their minds.

"Gentlemen, the reproaches in various places are getting worse day by day, and we can't drag it on!" Chief Judge Liu Tianren broke the silence.

"The Datong Federation decided the case by judging, and accepting this case will inevitably lead to unlimited jurisdiction, although our country is strong, it cannot control the affairs of the world, if it fails, it will not cause a big disaster, and I want to think about it for the future, I insist on refusing to accept it." The Datong High Court appealed against the Datong High Court's inadmissibility, and Wang Ying always supported the Datong High Court.

"I support Ziheng, and accepting this case will definitely cause endless harm." Omulon nodded in agreement.

Zhu Yiqian shook his head: "The old man thought about it for a few months, and felt that he couldn't just consider the harm of expanding his jurisdiction, China has been killing since ancient times, and it is true that foreign people have slaughtered Han people, and Han people have slaughtered Han people even more, but the princes and princes are the losers, and once the villain gains the power and becomes the heroic master in the history books, his accumulated sins cannot be resolved. ”

"What the old gentleman said is extremely true, but unlimited jurisdiction is really risky, I think that the president, as the prince of the Qing Dynasty and Jin, and is under the command of His Royal Highness the King of Ding, the prime minister of Jiangbei Military Affairs, we can use this to exercise jurisdiction." The Manchurian Assertion said.

"No, the president's title of Prince Jin does not have an edict from the inner court of the Qing court, but it is just acquiesced by the Eight Banners, and the succession and abdication of King Ding is a farce, and the name is not right." Wang Ying shook her head and said.

"The law must be logical, if the case is judged by the president's status as the prince of Jin, the Qing court may also use this as an excuse to interfere in our country's internal affairs, and the edict of the king is even more undesirable, so that the federation will not inherit the Ming state, these two excuses can scare people, and they will not be seen in official documents." Wei Jingyu also said.

Before Erle could answer, Sanji Gyatso, the Tibetan magistrate, said with a wry smile. "Let's continue to delay, we will fight with the Qing Kingdom sooner or later, and the matter will be over if we fight."

"No, the protracted delay has caused public dissatisfaction, and if it is not resolved, where is the authority of the Supreme Court?" Timur from Yarkand complained.

"We can't hesitate any longer, justice and justice are in our hands, and this case will be severely judged in accordance with the law, so that Zhu Chongba, Dolgon and others will have nightmares from now on." Guo Linsheng stood up and shouted.

"Have you ever thought about the future of the Commonwealth, and will our descendants be burdened with such a heavy burden from now on?" Wang Ying also stood up and retorted.

The nine chief judges discussed until the sky turned white and there was no result, Liu Tianren yawned and said with a smile: "Since we can't unify our opinions, let's vote." ”

The nine returned to their official rooms, Liu Tianren, Wang Ying, and Wei Jingyu believed in Western Christianity, Omulun, Erle, Sanji Gyatso, and Guo Linsheng believed in Lamaism, and Zhu Yiqian and Temur believed in Islam.

When the day was bright, the nine chief judges returned to the council hall, Zhu Yiqian, Erle, Temur, and Guo Linsheng raised their hands in favor of accepting the matter, and Wang Ying, Sanji Gyatso, Wei Jingyu, and Omulun opposed the acceptance.

"Unlimited jurisdiction does have consequences, but I can't tolerate villains doing whatever they want, in order to leave a relatively clean world for future generations, I am in favor of accepting it." Liu Tianren stood up and said solemnly.

"In this case, I propose that the Supreme Court bring this case to trial, and the nine of us will preside over the case, and if there is any infamy in the future, we will bear it together." Wang Ying sighed and said, and everyone else nodded in agreement.

The list of suspects was quickly drawn up for the nine major judges, the Qing Emperor Fulin was young and did not take responsibility, the regent Dolgon ranked first, Duoduo ranked second, Han Dai, Turai, Yild and other thirteen officers of the Eight Banners followed, and there were even more officers of the Green Battalion, Li Benshen, Li Chengdong, Hu Maozhen, Zhang Tianlu, Zhang Tianfu, Tian Xiong, Ma Degong and other 51 people were on the list, almost all the senior generals of the four towns of Jiangbei who did not die. In this case, no arrest warrant was issued, but the intention was to notify the Qing court to transfer the above-mentioned suspects to Datong for trial within three months.

After the meeting, the Liberal Party announced that it would remove Duoduo and four other suspects from their positions in the party and expel them from the party.

The presidential palace and the prime minister's office were shocked when they heard the news, and Li Fugui immediately ran to Datong after receiving Wu Xian's report, and the two went to the Supreme Court together.

"This is a declaration of war, do you plan to let the citizens of Datong shed more blood?" Li Fugui said after reading the case filing documents, but the nine chief judges were indifferent, he was a little angry, "According to the Fengzhou Decree, major and doubtful cases should be convened by the Grand Commander to convene two governments, one court and one law department for trial, okay, this case ends here, and the presidential palace will deal with other matters." ”

"That's the old rule, the "Datong Constitutional Law" has deleted it, and the Federal Supreme Court is the highest trial level, and there is no need to try it!" Wang Ying replied coldly.

"Why are you so brainless, the law must also obey the overall situation, it is not time for war yet!" Wu Xian said angrily.

"How to deal with the overall situation is your business, and how to judge the case according to the law is our business, please don't say much." Wang Ying did not back down.

Li Fugui couldn't help but stand up and shouted angrily: "Where do you insist on going your own way and leaving the president? ”

"The authority of the Supreme Court is unshakable, and if the president wants to interfere in the trial, then ask him to be the chief judge, and I resign!" Liu Tianren also stood up.

"We resign too!" The other eight Grand Judges stood up at the same time to answer.

Li Fugui and Wu Yu were so angry that they stomped their feet away, and immediately sent someone to inform Li Yu when they left the gate of the court.

Li Yu is still arguing in Bauktu, the three guys in Khalkha are easy to talk to, and they are willing to do things as long as they give money, but Tulu Baihu is willful, and asks that the treatment cannot be lower than that of Batur, and the position of Humba Tulu Shixun and vice president must be given to him, and his granddaughter will also marry Li Jin, Li Yu agreed to propose to the parliament to award him Humba Tulu Shixun, and the others did not let go, and the two bargained for several days without results.

Xue Zongzhou quietly came in and handed over a letter, and Li Yu said "It's time to go to war" after reading it, threw the letter on the table, and then half-closed his eyes and pondered.

Gon Bu picked up the letter first, but he didn't know a word, he looked at Li Yu stupidly and asked, "I answer, what are you thinking?" ”

"You guys are disobedient, I'm wondering if if I'm going to take you with me if I die."

"I answer, you are younger than us, and you can't die." Shuolei, Gunbu, and Subadi were startled, and together they surrounded Tulubaihu and threatened to lure him.

"Forget it, I'm obedient, I answer, I also want a manor like this, and I also have a hot spring for bathing." Tulubaihu finally relented.

"You four come with me to the Barbarian Mountain, and you will leave immediately!" Li Yu opened his eyes and shouted loudly.

In mid-December, Li Yu convened a joint meeting of the General Office and the Metropolitan Governor's Office in Manhan Mountain, which lasted for five days before it ended, and the war machine of the Datong Federation began to slowly kick in.

When the notice of the Supreme Court of the Federal Court of Datong was sent to Beijing, Dolgon was first dumbfounded, and then laughed heartily, calling all the princes, Baylor, and important ministers to watch like a treasure, and also called Wang Erzhu, Datong's ambassador to the Qing Dynasty, to read it in public.

"I said a long time ago that you should be more restrained, don't go too far, look, the disaster is really coming," Wang Ershun read the notice happily, and then said to Dolgon with a sympathetic face, "Uncle, I see that you have called everyone to Datong, this kind of thing can't be avoided, and if you confess your sins and repent, you may not be able to get an amnesty." ”

"Wang Ershun, you seem to have been on an errand in the Baoyi Mansion before, according to my Qing Dynasty's "Fugitive Law", fugitive slaves should be sent to the original owner for a hundred whips, what about this king doing it for you first?" Dorgon said with a smile.

"That's not good, Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty once issued an edict that those who fled to Fengzhou would be extrajudicial and would not be held accountable." Wang Ershun shook his head, Emperor Taizong did say this before his death, and he only fined the families of the officers and soldiers who defected to the Eight Banners, and did not punish them too severely.

"Clever words, how come this king doesn't know, come here, drag this slave down and give him a hundred lashes, and then send him to Baoyi Mansion to continue to be a slave." Dorgon sneered and snapped.

Several guards rushed into the main hall, holding down Wang Ershun and dragging him out, Wang Ershun still shouted indifferently: "Gentlemen, take it easy, I am from Prince Jin's family." ”

There was a commotion among the Manchurian ministers, and Daishan, Hauge and Abatai glanced at Zilharang, and Zilharang said to Dolgon with a smile on his face: "This slave has always been naughty, and he should be cleaned up, but he used to be a slave of Erlu, and later went to Fengzhou to seek refuge with the old master, according to the rules of our Manchurians, it seems that he is not a fugitive slave." ”

"Uncle, Wang Ershun is the messenger of Datong, don't do anything bad for this minion." Qi Chongge and Wang Ershun have a good relationship in private, and they also stood up and said good things.

The Manchurians are talking nonsense, it is nothing more than that the Qing Dynasty and Datong are relatives, breaking the bones and connecting the tendons, leaving a little favor, and not doing anything - these fools don't realize that the Qing Dynasty and Datong are two courts, two routes of life and death decisive battle, and their minds are still stuck in the previous stage of group fights between tribes.

"Well, put this slave in the house, and you can't go out without the king's decree," Dolgon waved his hand angrily, twisted his face to Hanchen and said loudly, "The frog at the bottom of the well does not know the size of the world, and I will not accept, participate, recognize, or carry out this farce, and let it become the laughing stock of the world." ”

"Datong ugly people don't learn and don't know how to disturb the world with evil pressure, and the minister thinks that he should cut off the trade routes of Shandong and the Yangtze River and teach them a lesson." Gong Dingyu came out of the queue and played.

Or Hanchen is smart, Dolgon smiled and nodded, but unexpectedly, Hubu Shangshu Ying Erdai jumped out, pointed at Gong Dingyu and scolded angrily: "Nonsense, the two business roads can collect more than 300,000 taels of taxes a year, where does the money come from when the business roads are closed, are you paying to make up for the shortfall?" ”

"Yes, when the Han people are officials of my Qing Dynasty, they have to pay for food, so why take advantage of them in vain."

"Han officials are the most greedy for ink, and the money in the family is uncountable, but the people in our Eight Banners are so poor that they can't do it in vain!"

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The Manchurians began to talk nonsense again, turning over and over with one meaning - the rivers and mountains laid by Lao Tzu should be sat by Lao Tzu, Hanchen couldn't understand the Manchu words, but he could guess the general meaning, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything.

"Scatter!" Dolgon, knowing that the men were playing the question, waved angrily and shouted, but when the crowd had dispersed, he called back some of the right-hand men.

"The Manchurians are illiterate, don't read, and don't know how to read etiquette, the ministers don't have to care, the king will immediately issue an edict, the people of the Eight Banners and others perform their duties, and they must not interfere in government affairs in violation of the law, you just have to be bold, and the king will administer justice for you," Dolgon smiled and motioned to Hanchen, who knelt down and kowtowed, to stand up, and then said to Chen Mingxia, the servant of the ministry, "This king knows that you are also very bitter, but the Qing Dynasty has a hundred things to be enjoyed, especially the money and food are the tightest, and the officials of the Ministry of Officials should pay attention to practical matters, and do not have to be limited to small courtesies." ”

Don't be confined to small courtesies, and push the flag people who don't understand the rules to the side, this is not a secret promise to reopen the bad rules, the Ming Dynasty is back, the Hanchen are so excited that they burst into tears, and they knelt down again and shouted "Uncle Shengming".

The Han ministers of the Great Qing Dynasty worked together to contribute to the country, the soldier of the Ministry of War said that he must train 500,000 elite soldiers for the Qing Dynasty, the Ministry of Industry said that he wanted to build more guns and soldiers, and the Ministry of Rites said that he would criticize the fallacy of Datong and criticize the smell, and the Household Department of the Household Lang was the most absolute, and suggested that the "three salaries" of the Ming State should be incorporated into the regular tax, and the people should also contribute to the country.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my heart will not die, the war is coming, my Qing Dynasty inherited the Chinese Zhengshuo is the destiny of heaven, from today onwards, we will unite and hate the enemy, and the unification of the world is just around the corner." Dorgon shouted ambitiously.

"Uncle Shengming!" The Hanchen were in high spirits and shouted in unison.

The Datong Federation and the Qing Empire were preparing for war almost at the same time, but the competition between the powerful countries was unpredictable, and either side was a little weak-hearted, Li Yu boasted that he never bullied the little white face, so he let Dolgon make the first move, and Dolgon did not blush and said that the Qing Dynasty was a state of etiquette and would never take the initiative to provoke.

Both sides sharpened their knives, but they did not dare to take the first step easily, the pen and ink war was in full swing, Datong Manchuria Division reprimanded Dolgon for fornicating with Concubine Zhuang to assassinate the first emperor, and forced the Eight Banners to leave their hometowns, both moved to the Han land and looted and killed the Han people were particularly brutal, and the Han people were in trouble and would be angry with the Manchus, who wanted to make the weak Manchurian clan in the pass? Looking at the current Qing Dynasty, the laws of the Ming Dynasty are the laws of the country, the Ming Dynasty is demoted to fill the court, the Ming Dynasty's bad rules are reproduced in the officialdom, the Ming Dynasty's three salaries are combined into a positive tax, and the Ming Dynasty's corruption harms the people, which is known to know that Dolgon betrayed Manchuria and wanted to be the lackey of the Ming's greed and treachery, which is not only the enemy of the Han people, but also the public enemy of Manchuria. The Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty is not soft-mouthed, insulting Datong is an evil Confucian, a horse thief, a profiteer, and a chaotic people, everything is mercenary and does not talk about benevolence and righteousness, and it uses strange tricks and tricks to take advantage of it, and confuses people's hearts with heresies.

The pen and ink war became more and more intense, the literati on both sides appeared on the stage, scrambling to pour dirty water on each other, the lurkers of the Qing State and the smugglers of Datong also got involved, and tried to spread rumors and post notices in the towns and villages of the other side, and Datong occasionally sent out hot air balloons to drop posters, and this farce did not come to an end until the spring ploughing of the second year, at this time, a major event occurred in Zhejiang that was unexpected by both sides.

In November last year, a small team from Fujian out of Xianxia Pass into Jiangxi, this force of about 1,000 people, mostly wearing Confucian uniforms of scholars, weapons disorderly, horses but dozens, the local militia did not care too much, banging gongs and guns to drive people away, but this group of Fujian people claimed to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty of the gentleman's army, do not expel Hu Lu will never return to the hometown, regardless of the obstruction to run to fight Guangxin Fu City, Guangxin prefect, garrison dare not slack off, dispatched the defense army and militia to disarm all this group, and then escort the captives to Nanchang to report their merits.

Jiangxi commander Jin Sheng, and political envoy Yang Tinglin were startled when they saw the captive, and the leader was actually the current Confucian Huang Daozhou, who was as famous as Liu Zongzhou. Huang Daozhou entered the Commander's Mansion with his head held high, overturned the banquet and scolded the officials present for betraying the Ming Dynasty, and committed himself to Hu Lu to help the abuse, if it is not as soon as possible, it will be infamous for the ages, Jin Sheng and Yang Tinglin did not dare to fight back after being scolded, and invited the old man to the post house to rest with a smiling face. However, the old man Huang's insult also revealed the secret, the Longwu court has regarded Datong and the Qing Kingdom as the enemy, and wants to take Jiangxi as a later response, and then enter Zhejiang to recover Hangzhou, and by the way, also step on the court of King Lu, this plan was postponed because of Zheng Zhilong's cowardice, but Emperor Longwu was determined to send troops - this news was too important, and Ma Guangyuan, who was sitting in Nanchang, quickly sent someone to inform the Wuchang Governor's Mansion and the Anqing camp.

Li Huai of Wuchang had a headache, this hidden danger was not in addition to being unable to deal with the Qing army with all his might, and it was most advantageous to strike first, but he was unwilling to get his hands dirty, and after thinking about it again and again, he sent a letter to the old marshal of Anqing, suggesting that Chen Bing should wait for an opportunity on the border between Jiangxi and Fujian, and use troops to weaken the military strength of the Longwu Imperial Court, and at the same time ordered that Huang Daozhou be sent directly to Datong, and the rest of the prisoners were dismissed.

The old marshal received the letter and scolded Li Yushan for also learning to slip, and sent Ma Bao to lead a cavalry to Nanchang - Bo Luo is Li Yu's brother-in-law, Ma Bao is Li Yu's righteous son, the two are related to each other, and they have met in naturalization, Ma Guangyuan understood and quietly sent Ma Bao to Hangzhou.

In September last year, the court of King Lu sent Fang Guoan and Wang Zhiren to attack Hangzhou, although they were defeated and fled, but this henchman did not get rid of the big trouble, Bolo was always angry, and he was overjoyed to hear Ma Bao's explanation, and immediately found Zhang Cunren, the governor of Zhejiang, and the three decided to fight each other and not offend each other, and used Taizhou Mansion and Jinhua Mansion as a buffer zone between the two armies.

In mid-March, the main force of the Qing army drove to the north bank of the Qiantang River, and Ma Guangyuan was relieved, and immediately dispatched troops to form an oppressive situation in Fujian.