Chapter 317: Life imprisonment
In the past year, how to deal with Sun Wen is a very hot topic, some people say everything, after all, Sun Wen is the first president of the Republic of China, his identity is really sensitive, and the treatment of him is definitely not simple, if he is dealt with, it is possible to deny the merits of some people in the Xinhai Revolution, and these people started by the Xinhai Revolution, denying Sun Wen is tantamount to declaring that their position is not legitimate, and then there will be a huge crisis.
And if Sun Wen is dealt with with with political crimes, it will undoubtedly undermine the objectivity and fairness of the law, and it is also an intolerable thing for scholars of the Republic of China who pursue judicial autonomy, so these people continue to run for Sun Wen, and those who can say something are basically found, and even Xu Shichang, a veteran of Beiyang, personally wrote a letter to Qiao Guangyuan, asking the old man to come forward to persuade Qiao Yu to let Sun Wen go.
However, Qiao Yu understands very well that the more people say clearly, the more pressure there is, the more they must hold on, and they must not give Sun Wen any chance of resurgence, Qiao Yu also sent a large number of cadres to personally preside over in order to interrogate Sun Wen, including Liang Qichao and Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Taiyan and Sun Wen's family can be described as a deep hatred, in order to bring Sun Wen to justice, he hired the famous jurist Huang Youchang as a representative of the prosecution to prosecute Sun Wen.
Huang Youchang was just in his early thirties at this time, but he was already a very famous legal expert, in 1902 he entered the Iwakura Railway School to study, and later specialized in law, and after returning to China, he taught in Hunan, and later entered Sichuan University to teach, and then participated in the formulation of many laws in Sichuan, he is also a member of the Unified Mingzhu Party, this time Sun Wen was tried, he also knew how heavy his burden was, but the more this is the case, the more it can reflect the value of a legal worker, and the southwest side has undergone careful investigation, a large amount of incriminating evidence has been discovered, which is also the source of Huang Youchang's confidence.
Playing against Huang Youchang is Ju Zheng, Yu Youren and Zhang Shizhao, these three are all members of the Kuomintang, and their fame and knowledge are also leaders for a while, but although they are members of the Kuomintang, they are not the most core members, compared to Wang Zhaoming, Jiang Zhiqing, Chen Qimei This kind of confidant is still too much behind, at that time, some people said that Sun Wen's most trusted is hooligans and gangsters, hooligans refer to Chen Qimei, gangsters are Jiang Zhiqing, Ju Zheng and the other three are not Sun Wen's descendants, and they are not clear about many of Sun Wen's secret contacts. Therefore, they were not arrested, and this time they were asked to defend Sun Wen, which was also to demonstrate the fairness of the law.
At the turn of the old and the new in 1918 and 1919, Sun Wen, Wang Zhaoming, Hu Hanmin, and Jiang Zhiqing were sent to the dock, and the Southwest Supreme Court was full, observers from all walks of life, reporters from various newspapers all gathered here, and all the political figures represented by Huang Xing also arrived.
After the supreme judge announced the opening of the trial, the prosecutor took the lead in explaining the reasons for the prosecution, and Huang Youchang looked a little excited in the face of countless attention, but the emotional fluctuations made Huang Youchang's words more imposing.
There are three crimes against Sun Wen prosecuted by Huang Youchang, the first is to instruct his subordinates to assassinate Tao Chengzhang, Song Jiaoren, and Huang Yuanyong, the second is that Sun Wen privately signed the Sino-Chinese Alliance, betrayed a large amount of sovereignty, had complicated relations with all walks of life in the country, and accepted funding from the political circles, and the third was to unfurl the blue sky and white flag without authorization during his stay in Guangzhou, and openly treason against the country.
In addition to the murder in the first article, the remaining two charges all involve the issue of treason, Huang Youchang immediately listed a large number of human and material evidence, all of which point to Sun Wen, which seems to be ironclad evidence, and it is the first time that reporters and people watching know what Sun Wen did in such detail, especially the three assassinations, which are all sensational cases, without exception, they all pointed the finger at Yuan Shikai at that time, but now it is revealed that the murderer is someone else, and it is Sun Wen, the leader of the revolutionary party, is too amazing.
After Huang Youchang spoke, the defendant's lawyer Ju Zheng immediately defended Sun Wen: "I think that the three main crimes announced by the prosecution are not established, and the evidence provided is not enough to prove that Mr. Sun Wen is the mastermind behind the scenes, Tao Chengzhang's case was all committed by Chen Qimei and Jiang Zhiqing, and it was their personal grudges that led Chen Qimei to assassinate Tao Chengzhang, and the most favorable evidence for this crime is only Jiang Zhiqing's confession, but although Jiang Zhiqing believes that Mr. Sun is behind the scenes, this is just speculation. The same is true of Huang Yuanyong's case, it is also Lin Sen's private action, and it has nothing to do with Mr. Sun, between the old and the new of the country, the society is extremely chaotic, and the alliance is also uneven, it is very unfair to blame Mr. Sun for all the crimes just by guessing. ”
Ju Zheng is indeed a sharp mouth, and the audience nodded frequently: "As for the relationship with Yue himself, it is just a normal cooperative relationship, if Mr. Sun wants to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he must use all forces as much as possible, and he is the closest neighbor of China, and it is even more normal to adopt a cooperative attitude, some conditions may damage some interests of the country, but it is also an expedient measure, politics itself is full of deceit, how can things that have not been implemented at all be counted? I can also come up with other agreements reached between Mr. Sun and Yue Ben in favor of China, the treaty itself is used to tear up, this is a political issue between countries, as for the so-called national flag is even more ridiculous, Beiyang and Sichuan together betrayed the country's rights and interests, Mr. Sun can't object, as for the flag is just a symbol, to show the difference, it does not mean anything, you must know that the Republic of China was founded by Mr. Sun and many martyrs, it is really laughable to say that he is treasonous! ”
Ju Zheng dismissed all the accusations, Huang Youchang continued to report all kinds of human and physical evidence, but there was always a lack of the kind of thing that would kill with one blow, Ju Zheng was always able to escape, as long as it involved political issues, all of them were blamed for falsehood and wrongdoing, and all the responsibility for the assassination was taken off by Jiang Zhiqing, and for a while Zhang Taiyan and others were also sweating on their heads, and it was not easy to sanction Sun Wen.
And Sun Wen lowered his head from beginning to end, without saying a word, as if he was an old monk in the meditation, he has been old for more than a year, although there is food and drink in prison, and there are regular check-ups by doctors, but Sun Wen also feels that this time is not the same as before, I don't know if there is a time for him to make a comeback.
Just when the two sides were arguing, Wang Lingji, the director of the Southwest Investigation Bureau, suddenly came to the courtroom and whispered two words to Zhang Taiyan, Zhang Taiyan's eyes suddenly lit up, and Zhizhu was in his hand.
"Your Excellency, I would like to provide two new witnesses!" After the prosecution's request was not allowed, two people were brought to the courtroom, one after the other, led by a middle-aged man, who was quite handsome. However, the bags under his eyes were blue, and he looked a little overly drunk, but his eyes were very sharp, like an eagle, and behind him was a very honest middle-aged man.
Everyone is familiar with the person who walked in front, he is the famous syphilis governor Chen Qimei, this former Sun Wen's closest confidant, what surprised everyone was that this Chen Qimei was not assassinated more than two years ago, how could he come back to life now, his appearance suddenly shook the audience, and even Sun Wen in the dock felt bad.
"Yingshi, weren't you assassinated by the people sent by Yuan Shikai, why are you still alive!"
"Sun Wen, do you still want to fool people today, the day I was assassinated was less than twenty days after Yuan Shikai's death, at that time Yuan Shikai was already seriously ill, and he didn't even have the energy to deal with the aftermath, and he still had the heart to assassinate me, you treat everyone in the world as a fool, Sun Wen, I just didn't expect that after working hard for you for half a lifetime, I actually ended up with such a fate, it's really sad and lamentable!"
In the original history, Chen Qimei and Yuan Shikai both died in 1916, Yuan Shikai on June 6, and Chen Qimei on May 18, less than 20 days before and after, Yuan Shikai was seriously ill at that time, and the old Yuan had already abdicated, the imperial farce had failed, where was there still the ability to assassinate people, Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne and the emperor made his reputation completely ruined, and it was undoubtedly the easiest and most irresponsible to put any charge on him.
In fact, Qiao Yu had long known that Chen Qimei and Tao Chengzhang's case was inevitably involved, so he had long been ready to arrest Chen Qimei and bring him to justice, so as to hit Sun Wen's prestige, but just when Qiao Yu sent someone to prepare to arrest Chen Qimei, this Chen Dudu was targeted by another force, and the agents in the southwest immediately decided to rescue Chen Qimei and brought him to the southwest to recuperate.
After careful investigation, the southwest found that the assassination of Chen Qimei was actually the person sent by Sun Wen, it was precisely because Chen Qimei helped Sun Wen do too many despicable deeds, Sun Wen was careful that Chen Qimei leaked the matter, so he secretly bribed the killer to kill Chen Qimei, Chen Qimei, who escaped from death, knew the truth and his resentment towards Sun Wen suddenly reached an unstoppable level, and he worked hard for him, and finally ended up with a bird hiding his bow, how could he not make people burst into rage.
At this time, Chen Qimei appeared, Chen Qimei participated in almost all the things in Sun Wen's early days, he was the direct planner of the assassination of Tao Chengzhang and Song Jiaoren, and now he has come out to testify, no matter how Ju Zheng's side argues, it is useless, Chen Qimei poured beans into a bamboo tube and told all of Sun Wen's actions.
From before the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Wen in order to obtain the support of the Ben, promised the Black Dragon Society to give up the three eastern provinces, and also had a daughter with the woman, and finally abandoned the chaos, after Yuan Shikai seized the throne of the president, Sun Wen wrote a letter to the Ben, asking for the three eastern provinces and Mongolia in exchange for the support of the Ben, and also wrote a letter to the British, to use the south of the Yangtze River in exchange for the support of the British, and betrayed the country everywhere.
The person who came with Chen Qimei was Lin Sen, Huang Yuanyong, who he instructed the assassin to assassinate, and the instigator behind the scenes was Sun Wen, with the testimony of such two people, plus other ironclad evidence, any denial of Ju Zheng and others became extremely pale, and Ju Zheng and others were unwilling to defend Sun Wen anymore, the leader who had always been admired was such a ruthless, unrighteous and unscrupulous person, it was really unbelievable.
After the debate, after a simple adjournment, the court announced the verdict, Sun Wen was sentenced to death, Jiang Zhiqing was hanged, Wang Zhaoming was sentenced to ten years in prison, Hu Hanming was sentenced to five years in prison, after the verdict was announced, Qiao Yu and Duan Qirui, the ruling party of Beiyang, jointly issued an amnesty order, sentenced Sun Wen to life imprisonment, and the remaining three people maintained the original verdict, after dealing with these big fish, the rest of the small shrimp and small fish were also dealt with, three years later, Sun Wen died of illness in prison, this series of people completely disappeared!
(To be continued)