In Zhou Lizhong, the priest was in charge of the judiciary, and under him there were judges in charge of the prison, and the judges in charge of hearing cases were called "magistrates".

Zhao's biggest judge, "Dali" Deng Xi, is nearly fifty years old, his sideburns have turned white, and his meticulous beard sticks to his chin, making his thin face look more and more old-fashioned.

This magistrate's life experience is extraordinary, he was dissatisfied with the law of childbirth, so he wanted to change the old law forged by Zheng Guo, and privately created the criminal law, written on the bamboo slip, which is called "Bamboo Punishment". He also imparted legal knowledge to Zheng Guoguo and businessmen, openly contracted lawsuits, and litigated for others. This made Zheng Guosi and the judges very passive, as long as Deng Yi was present, no one dared to preside over the lawsuit.

This incident finally alarmed Zheng Guo's ruling power, he debated with Deng Xi in the township school, but was dismissed and defeated, and locked up the township school in anger and shame, and also issued a confinement order to Deng Xi, intending to kill Deng Xi!

At the request of the Deng clan, Zhao Wuxian united with some merchants and doctors of Zheng Guo to rescue Deng Xi and send him to the Zhao clan. After Deng Yi entered Zhao, he did not stay in the lower palace, but began to trek in Changzi, Jinyang, Wenxian and other places, going deep into the people to understand the suffering, and finally on the basis of Zhao Xuanzi's law, a new set of laws was formulated, called "Zhao Law". And with the support of Zhao Ying, he opened a government-run school, recruited disciples, and taught the knowledge of law and litigation.

The Jin civil war disrupted this rhythm, but it also gave Deng Yi some opportunities for new attempts, such as the rare public trial of a prince of a country......

"I have tried the theft case of the common people as a traitor, tried the loss of weapons in the army, and tried the major case of the Handan clan's rebellion, but I have never taken over the lawsuit against a foreign son......"

Deng Xi flipped through the thick file, raised his eyes and frowned at Zhao Wuxian, and summoned him from Chaoge for hundreds of miles, just for this matter, but he felt a little tricky. Deng Xi is very handy in handling civil, clan, and military cases, but the verdict of a foreign son is unheard of and unseen.

If it is to be linked to the practice of the present world, it is military justice and transnational justice.

As the so-called "immortal soldiers, the great punishment of the army", war needs to have strict military discipline, in ancient times before the war there was an "oath", the Jin State and the Zhao family had more strict written military regulations, the army of Sima, the judge to violate the military law to punish severely, to their own people to burn and kill looters is also a big crime, naturally to correct the criminal code.

But although Gongzi Yangsheng committed something in the war, he was not a general of the Zhao family, and the military law of the Zhao family could not be extended to him.

Since Yang Sheng is a foreigner, he can also be involved in transnational justice. Generally speaking, the presiding officer of transnational cases is the supreme Zhou Tianzi, and later the Son of Heaven lost power, and became the overlord, and the princes had their own set of "international law" to deal with disputes, wars, and lawsuits between the secretaries and doctors of the two countries.

But if there is no hegemony today, Zhao Wuxian is not the secretary of the Jin State, and it is okay to detain the son of the enemy country, or even kill him, but it is a bit nondescript for him to send an official to arbitrate the crime of the son Yangsheng.

So Deng Xi was a little difficult, "General, there is no old precedent to follow in this matter, how do you plan to let me try it?" ”

Zhao Wuxian had just arrived in Yuncheng, and he didn't take a breath to start Zhang Luo's matter, he smiled and said: "Didn't Mr. revise "Zhao Law" and write "Lu Law" by extension, just follow this law." ”

Deng Xi pursed his lips: "But Yangsheng is the son of Qi State." ”

"How to deal with foreigners who commit crimes in the territory of the Zhao clan and the territory of the Lu State, isn't it also written in the regulations?"

"But that's for the light knights, the wanderers, and the merchants."

Zhao Wuxian pondered for a moment and said: "This is indeed my omission, the scope should be expanded, all-encompassing, in the future, the laws of the Zhao family and the Lu country will implement such a principle, the son violates the law, and the common people are guilty of the same crime!" ”

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"Childe broke the law, and he is guilty of the same crime as the common people?" chewing on this sentence repeatedly, Deng Xi inexplicably felt a trace of excitement.

For a long time, the phrase "can't punish the doctor" has always been the basis for meat eaters to evade the punishment of the law and be a traitor, Deng Xi was dissatisfied with this status quo in Zheng Guo, so he privately repaired "Bamboo Punishment", but even he didn't dare to take such a big step.

However, he also noticed that Zhao Wuxian was talking about the same crime, not the same punishment. Since Gaotao, the first person who pioneered the prison, crime and punishment have never been unified. is also a crime of homicide, the common people may be executed, but the doctor will only be fined food and money, which is also the helplessness of the times, Zhao Wuxian still left a line for the privileged class.

From exoneration to conviction, this is already a valuable progress!

But Deng Xi is still not sure, Zhao Wuxian's meaning is to convict Yang Sheng of a major crime, which can be punished? His verdict in prison included a punishment plan, which was a bit unsure of the severity of the case, after all, the other party was the son of a country.

"When did the gentleman become so cramped?" Zhao Wuxian shook his head, as if he was a little disappointed.

"Reason, governing jade, the vein of all things is only the most dense jade, the reason why Gao Tao named the person in charge of justice is that he hopes to be able to adjudicate complex illegal acts through strict rules, and judge right and wrong, so as to maintain order in the world, Mr. can be tried according to his own revised law, why ask me what I mean?"

Deng Xi was silent, yes, the lesson of Zheng Guo offending the powerful was a turning point in his life, and after a prison that almost died, he was indeed a little timid when he came into contact with the criminal law and the verdict.

Because he doesn't believe that there is a king in this world who does not want to be above the criminal law and use his power to distort the law in order to achieve his own goals!

But Zhao Wuxian surprised him, this little general, who treats the criminal law like a newborn baby, has a tolerance and understanding that the princes of other countries do not have.

He asked seriously: "Is the general really willing to let me arbitrate independently?" ”

Zhao Wuxian promised: "This is the case now, and it will be the same in the future, until the time has to come, I will never interfere with Mr.'s justice!" ”

Deng Xi suddenly laughed: "I guess that the general must have hated Gongzi Yang to the core, and he will kill him quickly, but now he has handed over the rope that sentenced him to me, what if the punishment I condemn Yang Sheng is not what the general expects?" ”

"Even so, I'll take it with ease." Zhao Wuxian smiled, making Deng Yi lose his mind for a while.

With his hands behind his back, he looked out of the window of the Yuncheng Shogunate's mansion, which had been besieged by the Qi people for several months, and had lost its former glory, and it might take three or five years to return to its pre-war state.

"I have heard that in ancient times, the judgment was a divine judgment, and the witches of the clan used a stone beast to lightly offend a person to determine whether he was guilty or not. However, this kind of trial is nominally the will of ghosts and gods, but in fact, it is not all in the hands of Wu Zhu, so that unjust, false, and wrongful cases are rampant, and there are many innocent people, so Gao Tao categorically abolished this system, so that the judgment has changed from divine judgment to human judgment......"

Deng Xi nodded: "That's true." ”

Wuxian continued: "People often say that the heavens have eyes, and those who are guilty will be punished by God, but I don't believe in any God's punishment, only in human punishment. The crimes committed by Yang Sheng in Xilu are obvious to the people of Yuncheng, and the evidence is everywhere, and there is no need to collect it carefully, there are countless litigants who have come to complain of blood and tears. ”

He turned around and said solemnly: "I also believe that Mr. is fair, as a descendant of Gaotao, I have always hoped to reproduce the justice and strictness of law enforcement at that time, so that there are no more grievances in the country, so that the people can get their own facts, so that the wicked do not dare to commit adultery, this is the prosperous era of the law regulating the world." I have always believed that the law is the foundation of a hundred generations, and Zhaoji started from this Yuncheng trial, and I am here to ask for the people's life, and tomorrow's trial will be entrusted to Dali! ”

Zhao Wuxian bowed to him, and Deng Xi hurriedly returned the salute, feeling awe-inspiring in his heart. Perhaps because of the same surname Ying, he felt that Zhao Wuxian, like Gaotao, had a rare face and respect for the law, and the Zhao family did look very much like "governing the country according to law".

He solemnly promised: "Only Ming Keyun, Shi Xiang Wei Ming, Deng Xi must abide by these two points of Gaotao, and punish according to the crime!" Give justice to the people of Xilu! ”

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"In ancient China, the judiciary did not set up special investigation organs (Jinyiwei and Dongxichang in the Ming Dynasty were special cases) to handle criminal cases. At the same time, there was no procuratorate in ancient times to prosecute ......"

This is the criticism of the ancient Chinese judiciary by later generations, but history has quietly changed in the embryonic period of the law, and although the Yuncheng trial was a judgment of the victor against the loser, it created many precedents......

First of all, on behalf of the officials, the judges of Yun, Wenshang and other counties jointly initiated a public prosecution against the Qi Army. In strict accordance with the established investigation procedures, Deng Xi sent a group of detailed officials under his "Dali" to make secret investigations, and collected evidence and testimony submitted by more than 1,000 people who had suffered from the scourge of the Qi army, and recorded them in the case file.

Next, Gongzi Yangsheng and other war criminals who were imprisoned in Yuncheng were brought forward for trial by Deng Xi and his students.

The court in the Spring and Autumn Period was called "under the thorns", and the thorns under the thorns in Yuncheng were not as majestic and tall as the courts in later generations, which could only accommodate dozens of people, and only a small number of witnesses and supervisors sent by Zhao Wuxian could come in to observe the trial, and he himself did not even show up, which was to let Deng Xi decide.

A bell rang, and Dali official Deng Xi walked into the court wearing a high badge crown, dressed in black and looking very solemn, which made everyone who spoke quietly subconsciously silenced.

Deng Xi sat behind the case, and the students, who were also dressed in black, ran back and forth, handed over the confessions in the file that he had seen several times, and at the same time kept summoning important witnesses for questioning, every sentence was very patient, and every word was truthfully recorded by the scribe.

In this way, several hours passed, and Gongzi Yangsheng, who was escorted up in shackles, even had the opportunity to defend himself, but the evidence in the court was like a mountain, and the public opinion outside the house was indignant, and his self-defense was impossible to talk about, so he could only keep emphasizing his identity as a son, and asked for Zhao's tolerance.

In fact, letting the prisoner defend himself is just a passing scene to show "judicial fairness", and his crimes, Deng Xi has already known in his heart.

In the end, after a short adjournment, Deng Xi announced the verdict based on the "Lu Law", taking the "Lu Law" as the outline, taking into account the reasoning and precedent.

In Deng Xi's verdict without the slightest emotion, the crime of conviction, homicide, plus bad land, massacre, rape, and even a "crime against humanity" added by Zhao Wuxian, one after another was like a mountain falling from the sky, smashing on Gongzi Yangsheng and other Qi soldiers, pressing them out of breath.

The sin is so serious, what about the punishment?

"Where is General Zhao? I am the son of Qi State, how can I suffer such humiliation? "The future of history, Qi Mourning, is now just a little sparrow who has been frightened and uneasy, watching the cage cover his head.

Until now, Gongzi Yangsheng still doesn't believe that he will be heavily punished, wars come and go, similar to what he did, who among the princes hasn't done it? In the end, even if he is captured, he will be lenient, this is the privilege of the princes and grandsons of this era, the law of the princes and grandchildren, the princes and grandchildren? In their eyes, it is a useless iron tripod, a simple piece that can be easily broken and stepped on under their feet!

It's a pity that this is in the Zhao family, in the Lu country, not the Qi country......

Deng Xi got up, so did the officials on his side, and the Zhao Junjun officials and staff who were watching the audience also subconsciously stood up, this posture made them feel a certain "sacred".

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Deng Xi announced the arbitration from him, from the self-discipline law, from more than a thousand unjust souls in Xilu, and from tens of thousands of people!

"Gongzi Yangsheng is the first evil, the crime is unforgivable, after parading through the streets, he will be cut in the city!"

PS: As a legally illiterate, I checked the information all night, and I can only write it like this, readers who study law spray lightly, and the second chapter is after dinner

(To be continued.) )