"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to remind you that we are judges, guardians of justice and fairness, and if we cannot uphold justice and fairness, then what qualifications do we have to sit in the position of judges? The objects to be tried, no matter how noble their former identities were, no matter how prestigious they were in the past, now they are war criminals, all their former identities and prestige no longer exist, but just ordinary criminals who put down major crimes, we don't need to care about their former identities, we don't need to look at other people's faces, we just need to stick to the justice in our hearts, I remember when I first studied law, My teacher asked us to reach out and swear an oath in accordance with the legal code to uphold the fairness and justice of the law without any selfish motives.

I don't know why Judge Jonathan and some other judges are so taboo about sentencing Terauchi to death, is it because the harm caused by Japan has only occurred in North Korea and China? If the Japanese army had ever set foot on your soil and the Japanese army had massacred your parents, brothers and sisters on your soil, would you still have the opinion you have now?

I believe that our Entente will definitely win the final victory over the Central Powers, and that a military tribunal will be set up to try some war criminals of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the purpose of sentencing Terauchi Masashi to death is not to necessarily kill him, but to warn future generations through this trial that they will be able to remain rational when they have the idea of starting a war, and after starting a war, and not to kill innocent civilians. The Germans had behaved well when they waged the war, and they had almost no cases of civilian killings in the occupied territories. Even if some casualties were caused, they were caused by accidental injuries or accidental explosions by stray bullets. Why were the German soldiers able to do it, but the Japanese not? What is the purpose of the law? Is it just punishment? Wrong, the ultimate goal is to make a norm that future generations can take as a warning, so we must judge justly, justice, ladies and gentlemen, I'm done."

The judges of various countries were silent after listening to Zhang Ruao's words, and they were all thinking about Zhang Ruao's words. I was also thinking about whether my insistence was correct.

Qin Liankui looked at everyone, knocked on the table and said, "Do the others have any other opinions?" ”

No one spoke.

Qin Liankui pondered for a moment, thought for a while, and said: "Okay, since no one has other opinions, then this is the end of our meeting today, and tomorrow before the verdict is announced, we will vote on whether to impose the death penalty or life imprisonment, and adjourn the meeting!" ”

In the evening, Huaguo Judge Zhang Ruao took North Korean Judge Li Weizhong to Qin Liankui's accommodation, and Qin Liankui opened the door to take a look. Surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

Zhang Ruao smiled and said, "Brother Qin, don't you invite us in and sit?" ”

Everyone said so, and Qin Liankui was embarrassed not to let the two of them in, so he got out of the door and waved his head to the two: "Please come in!" ”

After entering the house. Qin Liankui invited the two of them to sit down, poured a cup of coffee for each of them, and sat down with a glass of wine and asked, "Brother Zhang." You two came to me so late, I don't know what to do? ”

Zhang Ruao took a sip of wine and said, "Brother Qin." Looking at today's meeting, the majority of the judges who disagree with the death penalty for Terauchi Masatake. This attitude of theirs is not at all the impartial attitude that a judge should have! ”

Qin Liankui said with a smile: "Actually, this is also understandable, after all, the victim countries are only North Korea and Hua, the Japanese have not caused harm to their country, whether or not the temple is sentenced to death is not important to them, but it, Western countries basically believe in Catholicism, and several Southeast Asian countries are Buddhist countries, it is understandable that they do not approve of the death penalty, I think you can go to the residence of the judges of those Southeast Asian countries to see if you can convince them, and you can also go to France." , Belgium and several other countries' judges' representative offices! ”

North Korean judge Li Weizhong was puzzled: "My lord, I can understand going to several representative offices in Southeast Asia, but I can't understand when I go to the representative offices of several countries such as France and Belgium, they are also Western countries, they all look at the faces of the British, how can they be persuaded by us?" ”

Qin Liankui smiled when he heard this, and only after taking a sip of red wine did he say: "Think about it, on the battlefield on the Western Front, which countries did the German army cause the most damage? In the future, if Germany and Austria are defeated, their war criminals will definitely be tried, and the representatives of the countries that will suffer the most will not ask for your heads? ”

Zhang Ruao and Li Weizhong looked at each other the same, and the two understood at the same time and exchanged support! Now if the representatives of France, Belgium, and several countries in southeastern Europe support the Chinese side, when the time comes to try the German and Austro-Hungarian war criminals, they can support the representatives of France, Belgium, and other countries, and as long as the judges of those countries are not stupid, they will agree to such an exchange.

The two of them were overjoyed, and immediately put down their wine glasses and got up and said to Qin Liankui: "Brother Qin, thank you really for reminding us, otherwise we wouldn't have thought of this way at all, let's go!" Farewell, farewell".

Qin Liankui sent it to the door and said: "When I meet and vote tomorrow morning, I will choose the secret ballot method, and I will personally sing the vote when the time comes, I hope you can succeed, go slowly!" ”

Zhang Ruao and Li Weizhong first went to the residence of the French judge's representative Fein, and Fein was quite surprised by the arrival of Zhang Ruao and Li Weizhong, but invited the two into the room out of politeness.

"What's the matter with you two coming to me so late?" Finn asked directly after asking the two of them to sit down.

Zhang Ruao went straight to the point and said: "Tomorrow morning, the judges of various countries will meet to bid on whether Terauchi Masashi will be sentenced to death, and then I hope that Mr. Fein can choose to support the death penalty of Terauchi Masatsuki!" ”

Fei En was stunned when he heard this, but then shook his head and said: "No, no, Mr. Zhang, we have different views on this matter, there is a fundamental difference in opinion between us, I don't think it is necessary to sentence Terauchi Zhengyi, why not sentence him to life imprisonment?" I don't know why you're so insistent."

Zhang Ruao looked at Fein and said: "Sir, Germany is not far from defeat, the trial of German and Austria-Hungarian war criminals is definitely not far away, as far as I know, Germany has caused the most harm to Western countries is France, and now most of France's territory is still in the hands of the Germans, more than two million French soldiers have been killed in recent years, and hundreds of thousands of troops have become prisoners of the German army. I believe that if you had held this view at that time, sir, I can guarantee that you will never survive in France, that the angry French citizens will absolutely tear you to pieces, and what do you think would be the final result without our support? The British definitely did not want to weaken Germany too much, because they would fear that France would dominate the continent, and therefore they would certainly not support the death penalty for German war criminals, how many supporters do you think you had at that time? We need you, you need us, we are all victims of war, aren't we? We, the victims, should be united, not divided and disintegrated by the British, and if we don't see eye to eye, we'll all be toyed with by the British, right? ”

"Oh, oh, oh, Mr. Zhang, I was confused by what you said, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you have to let me think about it, I have to straighten it out!" Finn clutched his head, feeling a little agitated.

Zhang Ruao hurriedly said: "Of course, of course, you think about it, we will definitely not bother you!" ”

After that, Zhang Ruao looked at Li Weizhong, and the two of them smiled at the same time, both of them knew that Fein was moved, after all, it was closely related to the interests of his own country, and if it was related to his own personal safety, Fein would definitely have other ideas, and ideology was not so important when it came to national interests and personal interests.

Finn has a fierce struggle in his heart, he is a judge, and at the same time he is also a nobleman, there is a strict hierarchy between people in this society, there is an insurmountable gap between nobles and commoners, as a nobleman, it is natural to speak for the nobles, to safeguard the interests of the nobles, in his opinion, although Terauchi Masayi is Japanese, but also an aristocracy, this world war is actually a war initiated by the upper class, since the opponent has lost, there is no need for the victorious side to do too much, leaving a way for the other party to live, but also to leave a way out for yourself.

However, the current situation is completely different for Finn, as Zhang Ruao said, France is the country that has suffered the greatest disaster on the Western Front, and when the time comes to try German war criminals, the French will definitely demand the death penalty for German war criminals, and he must obey the will of the people, otherwise he will be torn to pieces by the angry people, he does not want to be torn to pieces, and he must defend the interests of France, so he must propose and strongly demand the death penalty for German war criminals, at that time he needs the support of his allies, In addition to the representatives of several other European countries that have also been hurt a lot, if the allies can win the support of the representatives of some countries on the Chinese side, they will be absolutely sure of victory.

Fein weighed it for a quarter of an hour before deciding to agree to support the death penalty for Terauchi Masashi when the vote was held tomorrow.

Next, Zhang Ruao and Li Weizhong visited representatives from Belgium, Greece, Montenegro and other countries, and persuaded them in the same way.

The next morning, Qin Liankui convened the judges and representatives to vote, in order to respect the wishes of the delegates, Qin Liankui announced the method of secret ballot, before the vote was called, Zhang Ruao secretly glanced at Qin Liankui, Qin Liankui knew that Zhang Ruao had successfully persuaded the French representative and the representatives of several other countries last night, so that he did not need to play tricks in the process of counting the votes.

The counting ended quickly, and to the surprise of Jonathan, the representative of the British judge, he began to suspect that there was a problem with the counting votes, but when Qin Liankui turned over the front of all the votes, he knew that someone on his side must have changed his mind halfway, but the matter was already a foregone conclusion and could not be changed.

Qin Liankui then announced the result and sentenced Terauchi Zhengyi to death. (To be continued......)