The process of trying Wu Shiying and Ying Guixin was very tortuous, and it has now reached the stage of summoning Hong Shuzu, but Hong Shuzu refused to come to Shanghai because he was in Beijing. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Yang Chao called Yuan Shikai several times, hoping that he could arrest Hong Shuzu and hand him over to Shanghai Free City for trial.

Yuan Shikai was unwilling to arrest Hong Shuzu because of insufficient evidence, but instead demanded that Chen Qimei and others be tried as soon as possible.

Chen Qimei's assassination of Tao Chengzhang has not yet been concluded, Chen Qimei had no way in Japan before, but this time he went to Shanghai to make trouble, but he was caught, which is cola.

Yuan Shikai specially sent Wang Chonghui, the chief of justice, to participate in the trial of Chen Qimei and the killer Jiang Guangtou.

After the bald brother assassinated Tao Chengzhang, he immediately absconded to Japan and became Chen Qimei's confidant.

But the context of this matter is clear, Tao Chengzhang is also a veteran of the Alliance, Chen Qimei and their affairs were quickly dug up, it was an internal fighting incident of the Alliance, and the parties did not deny it, but found reasons for themselves, such as the bald brother and Chen Qimei insisted that Tao Chengzhang also wanted to assassinate them at that time, so they killed to stop killing.

This is the logic of a group of green gangsters, full of the flavor of the rivers and lakes, and they think that their own logic is reasonable.

But it was not legal, Wang Chonghui sentenced Chen Qimei and the bald brother to death in accordance with the current law, and the two were shot dead on the banks of the Huangpu River in August.

When Yang Chao saw the photo of the bald brother in the newspaper before the execution with a frightened and confused face, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, a man died like this.

After shooting Chen Qimei and the bald brother for murder, Brother Pao jumped up and down in Japan and scolded, mobilizing public opinion to condemn Yuan Shikai for killing revolutionary heroes, but there is a bird to use, and he can't beat it, so what can he do if he scolds twice.

Moreover, the newspapers did not sympathize with Chen Qimei, and the newspapers supported by Yang Chao and Yuan Datou soon stirred up the trend. After the execution of Chen Qimei, the backbone of Brother Pao's men, the press was full of praise, saying that this move demonstrated the dignity of the law.

Brother Pao is not a vegetarian, he instigated a wave of trial of Hong Shuzu, and directly hit Yuan Shikai, bluntly saying that Yuan Shikai commanded Hong Shuzu to assassinate Song Jiaoren.

At this time, the eldest brother found that he couldn't protect Hong Shuzu, so he could only hand him over to Shanghai, and let Wang Chonghui, Wu Tingfang and others form a special court for trial.

Hong Shuzu, his father is a Huai military officer, very energetic in the officialdom, during the Guangxu period, Hong Shuzu was introduced to Liu Mingchuan to serve as a staff officer of the Chinese army, which is a standard Huaijun background, the same as Yuan Shikai's background.

He was sentenced to three years in prison for accepting 2,000 taels of silver from the French army for the arms robbery incident, and escaped to Wuchang by bribing the jailer. Expelled from Hubei, he was appointed to the Hankou Qingwen Bureau under his father's old friend Cen Chunxuan, and colluded with foreigners to forge land deeds and sell them to foreigners, resulting in foreign affairs negotiations.

Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, ordered the arrest, and Hong Shuzu pleaded with Zhang Zhidong through Zhao Bingjun, who was the Qing police officer at the time, and Hong Shuzu was expelled from Hubei, and then ran to the Shanghai concession.

After the outbreak of the Hai Revolution, he was appreciated by Yuan Shikai. After Yuan Shikai became the president of the Republic of China, he appointed Hong Shuzu as the secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, and awarded the Order of Jiahe of the third class, becoming Yuan Shikai's descendant.

Obviously, this is a scumbag, colluding with foreigners to sell arms, colluding with foreigners to forge land deeds, but he has been able to get out of danger safely many times, this person is a bold and reckless second-generation official.

The trial in the Shanghai court, witnessed by reporters from all walks of life, slowly became clearer and clearer.

Hong Shuzu confessed that in March this year, he came to Shanghai and found his old friend, Ying Guixin, a member of the Youth Gang and the chief inspector of Jiangsu in Shanghai. After promising Ying Guixin that after the matter was completed, he would award 500,000 yuan in cash and award the promise of second-class meritorious service, Ying Guixin found the Qinggang brothers, and Wu Shiying, who was born as a ruffian, as a killer, and forcibly killed Song Jiaoren at the train station.

Not long after the case, the murderers Ying Guixin and Wu Shiying were arrested in the concession one after another, and confessed to the main culprit Yuan Shikai, the planner Zhao Bingjun, and the direct commander Hong Shuzu.

Hong Shuzu did appear in Shanghai at that time, so there was a major suspicion, so the court had the power to summon Hong Shuzu for questioning.

After being tried by the court, Hong Shuzu confessed, but said he was only acting on orders.

Obviously, Hong Shuzu was very dissatisfied with his arrest by Yuan Shikai and sent to Shanghai, thinking that he was abandoned by Yuan Shikai, and he planned to exonerate himself and pull Yuan Shikai and them out.

"You said it was President Yuan who instructed you?"

Wang Chonghui asked with a gloomy face, his gloomy face was not that he was unhappy, but that he was a little nervous, judging the president of a country is not common abroad, and it is impossible to inquire at all, because the head of state has immunity, and only after leaving office, can he be tried by the court.

Therefore, as long as Hong Shuzu can prove that it was Yuan Shikai who gave him the order, then Yuan Shikai could not be arrested, and Hong Shuzu would not be guilty, and this reason was also the reason used by Wang Favor and the judges to persuade Hong Shuzu.

"Our client has evidence!"

Mr. Hong's lawyer had already presented a stack of newspapers to the judge.

Wang Chonghui picked up the telegrams and began to recite them one by one in front of all the observers, a large number of Shanghai celebrities, foreign consuls, and some eyeliners secretly sent by Yuan Shikai.

The content of the telegram made Yuan Shikai's eyeliner change color, they didn't expect that this guy Hong Shuzu actually kept the secret telegram back and forth, didn't he already let this guy destroy it.

There is mainly a secret telegram from Hong Shuzu to Ying Guixin: "When the winter telegram arrives at Zhao, it is handed over to the brother, and the face is presented to the president. ”

This is Hong Shuzu telling Ying Guixin that Yuan Shikai knew about Ying Guixin's plan and hoped to carry out the assassination plan as soon as possible.

On 24 February, Hong Shuzu sent a telegram: "The letter has been presented to the President and the Prime Minister for reading. In the future, do not call the State Council, because Zhi (known as Zhao Bingjun) has handed over the secret book, and it will be owned by his brother and one manager. ”

This is to ask Ying Guixin not to send a telegram directly to the State Council in the future, so as not to be exposed, and at the same time, Zhao Bingjun is involved.

On 13 March, Hong Shuzu telegraphed: "The destruction of the Song Dynasty's honorable position should be handled properly. ”

This is Hong Shuzu's promise to reward Ying Guixin with his title for assassinating Song Jiaoren.

On 14 March, Ying Guixin sent a telegram: "The bandits in Liangshan have come out to disturb (referring to Song Jiaoren's speech in major cities accusing Yuan Shikai), the danger is very serious, and an urgent order has been issued to try to arrest him." ”

On the 21st of March, Ying Guixin sent a secret telegram: "The bandit leader has been destroyed, and our army has not suffered any casualties. ”

This is a report that has successfully assassinated Song Jiaoren.

Hong Shuzu's defense lawyer used these telegrams, especially some of them sent from the State Council, as evidence to prove that Yuan Shikai was the mastermind, Zhao Bingjun was an accomplice, Hong Shuzu was in charge of liaison, and Ying Guixin and Wu Shiying assassinated Song Jiaoren.

Because Hong Shuzu provided new evidence, Wang Chonghui announced a temporary adjournment on the grounds that the court needed to re-collect evidence for investigation.

Soon the evidence was reported in newspapers across the country, and a wave of criticism of Yuan Shikai was set off across the country.

Yuan Shikai and Zhao Bingjun didn't expect that Hong Shuzu would dare to keep these secret messages, and immediately came forward to otherwise contact Wang Chonghui for these evidence.

Whether these evidences really have their own court evidence collection and investigation, people like Wang Chonghui have ideals and will not be manipulated by the powerful, and whether those telegrams were sent from the State Council, with the technology of this era, they still have the ability to distinguish, because the telegram exchange of the telegraph bureau is recorded.

But at this critical moment, Zhao Bingjun died suddenly!

How did Zhao Bingjun die, poisoned to death, who poisoned him? Nobody knows.

Zhao Bingjun had four thousand diarrhea and dizziness, convulsions, and bleeding, but he was conscious before he died, explained to his family, and buried him near the imperial mausoleum after his death: "To bury himself at the foot of the mausoleum, close to the first emperor as an order."

Because Zhao Bingjun did not confess to Yuan Shikai before his death, this became an unsolved case.

At the same time, it brought difficulties to the trial work in Shanghai, because Hong Shuzu's evidence can only prove that he has a direct connection with Ying Guixin, can only prove that he participated in the assassination of Song Jiaoren, and even whether Zhao Bingjun participated or not is only Hong Shuzu's side of the story, and there is no ironclad evidence at all.

There is no direct contact with Yuan Shikai in the back.

Wang Chonghui could not sue Zhao Bingjun, let alone Yuan Shikai, on the grounds of insufficient evidence.

In the end, Hong Shuzu and the three were convicted of murder in the name of assassinating Song Jiaoren and executed.

Due to insufficient evidence, Yuan Shikai and Zhao Bingjun were exempted from prosecution.

This is the correct legal procedure, which is completely legal, but Brother Pao is unacceptable, or there are a large group of people, who can't accept it, because many people believe that Yuan Shikai is guilty and think that the law is unfair.

Brother Pao made a big splash in the newspapers, demanding that Yuan Shikai step down and that Yuan Shikai be responsible for Song Jiaoren's death.

Brother Pao's voice received considerable support, because everyone believed that it must be Yuan Shikai who conspired to kill Song Jiaoren, and after seeing that the trial involved him, he murdered Zhao Bingjun and killed him, so the voice demanding Yuan Shikai to step down was loud.

"Respect the law, believe in the law!"

Yang Chao commented on this.

The law is the law, and it only talks about evidence, not about human feelings, and does not take into account the feelings of the people, and is not held hostage by public opinion.

However, Yuan Shikai did play ruthlessly, but it was a failure.

"The era of Yuan Shikai is over!"

After seeing this result, Yang Chao couldn't help but sigh.

Yuan Shikai's era is over, because through these two years of observation, Yang Chao found that Yuan Shikai is still an old-school figure in his bones, a purely Chinese-style political figure.

Zhao Bingjun can die for Yuan Shikai, a typical Chinese-style relationship between the lord and the dead, I believe that Yuan Shikai will definitely treat Zhao Bingjun's family well, but Yuan Shikai's move will also betray his relatives, because as the boss of a traditional feudal force, when he can no longer protect his subordinates, his subordinates will not follow him.

And for more than a year, Yuan Shikai's various methods are incompatible with this era. First of all, in the political operation of the Congress, Yuan Shikai, who was in Beijing and had the right time, place and people, actually lost to a figure like Song Jiaoren, and obviously Yuan Shikai had no experience in representative politics at all.

When there is danger, he still uses the same old routine, assassination, murder, etc.

Yuan Shikai, like Brother Pao, also tends to use knives for his own power. (To be continued.) )