Lu Sizhen was puzzled by Li Xin's model of setting up a presiding judge and setting up a government to prosecute criminals. But looking down, it became more and more confused. Extremely? Juries were to be appointed, and there were as many as 11 juryers. Looking at it further, I was even more stunned, judging from the description of the jurors later, it was these jurors who finally decided the verdict! So what else does the presiding judge do?

Lu Sizhen, whose face was constantly changing with Li Xin's gaze, understood his incomprehension of this method, so he waited for him to ask.

"This official still has a few doubts, and he dares to ask General Li." I saw Lu Sizhen pointing to the top of the article and said: "For example, this official lawsuit seems to be inappropriate, could it be that the government has become a plaintiff?" This is not the dignity of the court. ”

"Besides, if the final verdict is made by many jurors, what is the use of the presiding judge?"

Li Xin explained them one by one in detail.

"Since Li Xin has already announced that the people of Taiyuan must be fair and openly try this case, then it is necessary to be impartial, and of course there will be no overkill. And Lord Lu asked Li Xin for his plan, Li Xin for the court and for the people, he would not act hastily, and should do his best. ”

In this sentence, Li Xin actually expressed his dissatisfaction with Lu Sizhen's questioning very euphemistically, and he had already issued a statement that people related to the Three Guards, including himself, would not touch Zhang Shi's case. The implicit meaning is also very obvious, it is you Lu Sizhen who has come to seek advice again and again, and he has made suggestions, since you have many dissatisfactions, why don't you solve it yourself?

Lu Sizhen suddenly realized his gaffe, and remembered last night's conversation, so he stabilized his mind, his role this time was not to make a plan, but to instigate Li Xin, the more outrageous he did, the better, as long as he kept a proper distance from him, this matter would be a beautiful thing for Zhang Xiang.

Thinking of this, the thrifty affairs of this probationary envoy immediately felt that the future was full of brightness, as if the position of the probationary envoy was already recruiting him. After a few moments, Lu Sizhen's attitude came to a 180-degree reversal.

"General Li is exhausted, the officials and people of Taiyuan are obvious to all, who dares to erase the general's credit, Lu is the first to agree! To tell the truth, if it weren't for someone holding on to this matter and making a big fuss, Lu would have liked that Zhang Yingguan's case would be made a big and small matter, and then the adulterer would be adulterous. The woman was punished, and the soldiers were comforted as the court, and the people were born and died! ”

Then he sighed again, "Since it is to support, we must face it positively, Lu is only worried that the general's method is too novel and some people can't accept it......"

The words were very beautiful, but when they fell into Li Xin's ears, they only felt extremely awkward, but they reached out and didn't hit the smiling person, and people took the initiative to show favor, so they didn't have to hold on to it.

Lu Sizhen said very sincerely: "Lu doesn't know much about many of these details, and I also ask General Li to elaborate on them one by one, give advice, and then catch the medicine according to the prescription!" ”

This point makes sense, and Li Xin agrees, so he patiently began to explain in detail one by one.

"First of all, the presiding trial, the official prosecution and the jury are not stacked beds, but the functions of the ordinary presiding judge are divided into three."

"Oh? One point and three? ”

Lu Sizhen felt very novel and a little disdainful of Li Xin's division of the functions of the chief examiner, and said that it was not a stacked bed frame house, and it was obviously something that one person could do, but you just divided it into three people, did you think that the matter was not procrastinated enough, and the differences of opinion were not small enough? But there was a sudden look on his face, and he nodded frequently.

Li Xin didn't know anything about the belly slander in Lu Sizhen's stomach, and still took the trouble to explain.

"The reason why a person's errand is divided into three parts is because of the word fairness. After all, a person's ability and insight are limited, and their views on the case are often subject to a series of subjective factors such as growth experience, personal likes and dislikes, etc., so that justice and fairness can be achieved to the greatest extent! ”

Lu Sizhen pointed to the jurors on the article, "So, the jurors who decided the final verdict, General Li set up a total of eleven people?" ”

"That's right."

"General Li does not have a list of jurors listed in the article, so I wonder where the jurors must be selected?"

Lu Sizhen got to the bottom of it, and Li Xin high-fived and praised.

"Lord Lu is asking the key point! As for the selection of jurors, Li Xin's construction is based on the defendant's household registration. ”

"What if you were more specific?"

"For example, Zhang Shishi, although he is a military general, he is a citizen of Gaoyang, and he should be selected from the nationality."

The civil register includes Confucianism, student membership, yin and yang nationality, etc., is it possible to have such a wide range? Lu Sizhen didn't think so, but he always reminded himself that no matter what, he would follow him, and there would be ministers in the DPRK and China at that time. If it is said that the nationality of the people can not be chosen at will, from the peasants to the first assistant of the cabinet, they are all among the people's nationality, if a group of illiterate white households are selected, will the court not lose face?

However, even if Lu Sizhen cooperates with a ghost, he actually has a clear eye.

"Can you please ask General Lee to come up with another detailed list of jury selection?"

Why can't it, Li Xin thought about it and dictated it immediately, and the secretary office on the side buried himself in the record, recording all the one, two, three, four words in Li Xin's mouth. After a while, the book office handed over an ink-drenched detailed rule to Lu Sizhen. Lu Sizhen looked up and down, very satisfied, and admired Li Xin's amazing imagination, this method is really ingenious.

Then, Lu Sizhen put the detailed rules away, and pointed to other names, the selection range of the list of counselors, and Li Xin dictated them one by one, until the sun was about to set, and then he saw that the table was already full of thick stacks.

At noon the next day, this thick stack of contents was rushed to the Beijing Division for 800 miles, and almost overnight it spread throughout the Beijing Division's officialdom.

In the cabinet hall, the ministers were told to see this simply unbelievable interrogation method.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous! Inquest and trial of cases is the duty of officials, and he Li Zhengxi is like this, isn't he despising the law of the imperial court? ”

As he spoke, he reprimanded line by line, "Look here, the final verdict of the trial is deliberated by 11 jurors, and the majority of opinions is decided, what is this for?" If a group of people are chaotic and quarrel for a year and a half, three years and five years, will the case not be closed? It was clearly a trick by the guy to delay the case. ”

There are also people who have a rather ambiguous attitude, "Not necessarily, Li Zhengxi keeps claiming to be fair, he really does this, at least ......" The minister who spoke paused for a moment, and then continued: "At least to the greatest extent, a good person will not be wronged!" ”

This person's vision is really good, and this set of methods itself is to avoid innocent people from being punished to the greatest extent, and the reason why Li Xin did not mention this point in the explanation is to avoid the relationship with Zhang Shi.

How do you know that someone immediately sneered: "Wronged a good person? I think it's a cowardly criminal. ”

"Master Li's words are wrong, although this law increases the cost of punishing criminals, but it makes innocent people suffer less unjustified disasters, when it is said that Li Zhengxi still has a benevolent heart."

"Humph! If everyone in the world thinks like Lord Zhou, I'm afraid that the Ming Dynasty will not be as chaotic as it is today......"

As soon as this remark came out, the ministers who had just been talking about Xing Zheng were suddenly cold, and the lobby was suddenly silent, and the topic was suddenly pulled to the taboo.

At this time, the eyes of all the ministers were all cast on the two cabinet scholars Zhang Sizhi and Xue Guoguan, who had been silent, but the two of them were like old monks, as if everyone's discussion had nothing to do with them, in fact, it was indeed irrelevant, but it was a local case involving the angry murder of an adulterer and an adulteress by a military general, and the ministers who really couldn't work hard in the imperial court.

In fact, what everyone cares about is nothing more than that this matter involves the most controversial person who has always been the eye of the storm in the imperial court, Li Xin, the former general of Shanxi Town, and most of them are waiting to see his excitement.

At night, the residence of Zhang Sizhi, a cabinet scholar. The housekeeper Zhang Fu traveled hundreds of miles back and forth between Beijing and Shanxi overnight, but he rushed back, and he didn't even bother to drink saliva and went to see his master.

Zhang Sizhi was very satisfied with Zhang Fu's errand this time, and Lu Sizhen seemed to be very exquisite, and his cooperation was also very good, and Li Xin's shocking behavior would inevitably attract a lot of criticism and criticism for him.

After listening to Zhang Fu's report, Zhang Sizhi carefully asked a few questions about the details, and then waved his hand expressionlessly to make him retreat. In Zhang Sizhi's strategy, he secretly supported Li Xin, which included a large amount of gold and silver from the Jin merchants, and at the same time attached to his vested interests. Of course, so many actions were also made during the period when Yang Sichang was in Zhenglong. Yang Sichang repeatedly tried to bring down Li Xin, but every time he was stirred up by Zhang Sizhi's thousands of pounds. The reason is that Li Xin's cunzài, even if it can't pose a fatal threat to Yang Sichang, can be used as a toad lying on Yang Sichang's feet to disgust him.

And the reason why Zhang Sizhi has done so many tricks and feet in secret is still the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, because only by removing this stumbling block can he achieve his long-cherished wish. Now, Yang Sichang has suffered repeated defeats, the embankments of the Yellow River have been dug by thieves, and the situation in Henan is almost completely defeated, and his downfall can be imagined, it is already a matter of time.

Without the threat of Yang Sichang, Zhang Sizhi's next big enemy naturally shifted from Yang Sichang to Sun Chengzong, who was the superintendent of Shanhaiguan.