Article 268 The Controversy of the Laws

"Didn't Emperor Renzong find out at that time?"

"That's right! How could this kind of thing be hidden from Emperor Renzong? ”

Of course, this matter couldn't be hidden, and in the end, it was discovered by Emperor Renzong. However, in order to take care of the face of Pang Ji, an old minister, Emperor Renzong did not pursue the matter. However, since then, Sima Xianggong has never served as any magistrate, and Emperor Renzong also made Sima Xianggong a living housekeeper, and later became a Tongzhi Yuan. Unexpectedly, such a person could become a prime minister one day. Governing the country is not as simple as writing a book! Obviously, this Liu Gongzi is a little dissatisfied with Sima Guang's succession as prime minister.

Someone remembered Song Renzong's goodness again, and couldn't help but lament: "Alas! The emperor's grace is vast, but in exchange for such a result. ”

"Yes! The one in the palace doesn't know what to think, Sima Xianggong is just able to write books, I really expect him to govern my Great Song Kingdom, and the people will suffer! "The son who choked Liu Gongzi just now really dared to say anything, although he didn't hang a sign saying don't talk about state affairs, but everyone who came here has a boundary, that is, to talk less about things in the palace.

As for Princess Fukang, who has died, since she has passed away, it is still okay to hug her for her.

"Okay, let's not talk about things in the palace. Liu Gongzi, you should continue to talk! I have also heard of the Dengzhou Ayun case, and if you want me to say, just this time, Sima Xianggong did a good job. This girl was beheaded in the first place, and she dared to murder her husband. Hum! Zhang Shusheng mentioned the son just now, and then expressed his opinion.

However, as soon as Zhang Shusheng said this, he was immediately mercilessly ridiculed by people who understood the truth: "Cut, Zhang Turtle, if you say so, your Hun family should also be pulled out and beheaded." humiliated his husband in public, and he has been many times. In my opinion, it's much worse than this Ah Yun, and it's enough to be executed for Ling Chi. You say, don't you? ”

"Yes!"

“……”

"That's right, Zhang Shusheng, hurry up and go to Kaifeng Mansion to beat the drum and voice the grievances! Anyway, the current Kaifeng Mansion Yin happens to be a student of Sima Xianggong. I'm sure I'll get you. ”

A group of unscrupulous people began to make a fool of themselves, making Zhang Shu's face flush with anger.

He hurriedly argued: "Fart, my Hun family is good to me!" Ma Guang Single, no wonder you have been a single man all your life, it turns out that the roots are here! Husbands and wives occasionally quarrel with each other, that's called mood, do you understand! ”

"Hahaha, okay, since we all know it, let's talk about our views on this case." Liu Gongzi also smiled, and then stopped everyone from continuing to laugh at Zhang Shusheng, and he continued: "For this case, I don't agree with Zhang Shusheng's opinion, he is just purely angry with others. If you want me to say, there was no need for this case to be tried in the first place. What's more, Sima Xianggong actually wanted to overturn the case. ”

This time, it was the nickname Ma Guang who couldn't figure it out, he touched a few mustaches under his chin and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"In fact, the key to this case has been written on this paper, and it is also the real reason why it does not need to be tried." Liu Gongzi said this, and deliberately stopped, just to deliberately sell a pass here.

"For a young girl in mourning, filial piety is not as important as a scoundrel who buys a wife. Yes! I understand that the officials at all levels who tried this case were fools. Such an obvious case actually made a fuss. Several presiding examiners were inconclusive. This time it was Zhang Shusheng who reacted first, and he complained.

"Hey, this boy, can you tell us about what you see?" Or the boy who interjected at the next table just now.

Zhang Shusheng pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "What is there to say, a filial daughter who is guarding her mother's filial piety, during the funeral, was sold to an ugly bachelor by her uncle, or uncle, for a few stones of grain. Moreover, this guy is not only a gangster, but also a scoundrel in the township. Ah Yun was angry, he was really forced to have no choice, so he ran to the old bachelor's house one night, took a firewood knife and prepared to kill the other party. As a result, because Ah Yunnian was weak and weak, he only cut off one of the other party's fingers in the end. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shusheng deliberately glared at Ma Guangshan fiercely with his eyes.

"What are you glaring at me? There are many singles in the world, is he still my relative? Ma Guangzhu was stared at by him for a while.

Zhang Shusheng continued: "At that time, after the magistrate arrested Ah Yun, he sentenced Ah Yun to death on the charge of 'murdering her husband'. From this point of view, it is fundamentally wrong. Ayun hurts people, this is really wrong. However, according to the law, all men and women who are in the period of filial piety, no one, including parents, is allowed to marry them in name, not to mention that this Ayun was already fatherless, motherless, and helpless at that time. This magistrate is really confused! He was convicted of this crime! ”

This time, even Ma Guangshan began to cry out for Ah Yun: "That's right! Since the marriage is not established, what kind of murder is there for the husband? It's not shallow for faint officials to harm the people! ”

"That's right, this case was later handed over to Xu Zun, the governor of Dengzhou, who did not agree with the judgment of the magistrate, so he wrote his opposition to the case file on the grounds that the marriage between Ah Yun and the scoundrel was invalid, and handed it over to Dali Temple and the trial court. However, what people didn't expect was that Dali Temple and the Criminal Court actually upheld the sentence of the magistrate. Because, no matter what Ah Yun's identity is, she did deliberately murder the scoundrel at that time, and according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as it was a deliberate murder, she had to be sentenced to death. "When it comes to specific punishments, Liu Gongzi deserves to be the authority here, and everyone understands when he explains it like this.

"Actually, there is another detail in it, many people don't know, the person who sold Ah Yun to the scoundrel is Ah Yun's own uncle, and she, the only relative, had two or three daughters older than Ah Yun in the family at that time?"

"Cut, Liu Gongzi, I didn't expect you to have a day when you dropped your bookbag, a few girls from the countryside, you are embarrassed to say anything to be in the boudoir. Hahaha! Ma Guangzhu laughed.

“……”

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Sorry, slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue!" Liu Gongzi took the opportunity to take a sip of tea to cover up his slip of the tongue.

Later, I heard that Xu Zhizhou refused to let this helpless young girl die like this, so he looked up the law, and at this time, the emperor issued an edict saying that the murder had caused personal injury, but if the official interrogated the prisoner and sentenced the prisoner, if the prisoner truthfully confessed to the circumstances of the crime, he was treated as a voluntary surrender, and the crime was reduced by two levels according to the murder crime. Therefore, this conscientious Xu Zhizhou appealed to the Criminal Department on the basis of the edict of the former emperor.

However, the Criminal Department actually did not recognize the edict of the former emperor, and still had to uphold the original verdict.

It was at this point that the case took another dramatic turn. Lord Xu was transferred to Dali Temple as the secretary of Dali Temple, which was the highest official of Dali Temple, and at this moment, Lord Xu took the initiative to review this case, so here, Ah Yun was changed to a fixed-term imprisonment.

However, the imperial historians of the Imperial Historical Observatory are gone. The imperial historians wrote letters one after another, impeaching Lord Xu, saying that Lord Xu took advantage of his position to pervert the law.

The law is nothing more than human affection, but now according to the law, Ah Yun should also be exempted from the death penalty!

At this time, this Sima Xianggong once again made his appearance, and the emperor handed over the case to the Hanlin Academy, so that the two most famous ministers in the Hanlin Academy at that time, Master Sima and the Xianggong, judged. Let's guess, how did Sima Xianggong and Xianggong judge it? ”

"Do you still have to guess? Filial piety comes first, Sima Xianggong has always paid attention to filial piety, and he will definitely go to Ah Yun. If the minister is so awkward, he will definitely say goodbye to the emperor. The boy at the next table said.

"Hahaha, this son is just the opposite. In the final analysis, in the end, this case became a dispute over the importance of the law and the edict, which was also the famous 'law dispute' that was known all over the world at that time. Liu Gongzi didn't let everyone wait, and directly said the answer that some people already knew.