The bailiff immediately escorted Lei Zhenchun down, and the commotion above the courtroom broke out immediately, not only the people in Beiyang, but also the reporters were surprised. Announcing the verdict in half an hour? Isn't that a bit too anxious?

Everyone didn't leave, because they all knew very well what kind of verdict Zou Rong would make in this trial would not only determine the fate of Lei Zhenchun alone, but to a certain extent, what the victors of Yang Dagui would do with their losing side.

Half an hour passed quickly, and when Zou Rong and the others re-entered the courtroom, there was no need for him to strike the hammer again, and the noise suddenly fell silent. Lei Zhenchun was also brought in again to stand in the defendant's seat, a group of people in Beiyang were very nervous, Zhao Bingjun's hands kept wiping the sweat on his forehead, and Mr. Li next to him asked in a low voice: "Lao Zhao, you have been involved in the law, how do you say this will be judged?" ”

Zhao Bingjun glared at him, obviously the tension of the situation has made many people in Beiyang lose their normal judgment, do you know how to judge Lu Dao after engaging in the law? Does this case have anything to do with the law after all? Yes, there really is, because Lei Zhenchun did break the law. But the problem is that it's not a credential at all!

"Silence!"

Zou Rong stood up and picked up the verdict in his hand, Zhao Bingjun felt that his heart was in his throat, as if it was not Lei Zhenchun who was on trial, but himself.

"Defendant Lei Zhenchun, male, 37 years old, Han nationality...... On May 10 of the first year of the Republic of China, the procurator instituted a public prosecution on charges of embezzlement, bribery, arson, and other crimes, and after trial, it was ascertained that the evidence of the defendant's crimes was conclusive, and the defendant Lei Zhenchun confessed in court......"

Lei Zhenchun has a lot of things, and Zou Rong read it for five minutes, Zhao Bingjun has been listening carefully, and at the same time staring at Zou Rong holding a few pieces of paper in his hand, waiting for him to see that the paper is almost gone. Zhao Bingjun suddenly felt a burst of excitement, and slapped Mr. Li next to him on the leg: "There is a door!" ”

This verdict is very carefully written, first of all, Lei Zhenchun's own affairs, the verdict only found the two crimes of corruption and bribery, as for those who make the outside world feel disgusted by the oppression of the people, the category of cunning and robbery only used the sentence "occupy fertile land". Especially the heavy story of robbing people's girls, the verdict didn't mention it at all!

There are also arson and explosion cases under Lei Zhenchun's shoulder, and the verdict is pronounced as an ordinary criminal case, and each sentence is five years. One was sentenced to seven years.

Zhao Bingjun obviously felt that this was Yang Dagui's gang who were letting Lei Zhenchun go, and they didn't kill them all.

"This court now pronounces its verdict, and all stand up."

"Considering that the defendant Lei Zhenchun did his duty as a Chinese citizen during the Great Patriotic War, the judgment is as follows: Defendant Lei Zhenchun is guilty of embezzlement. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, five years in prison for accepting bribes, and seven years in prison for arson. The crime of destroying other people's property was sentenced to five years in prison, and the combined sentence was 20 years! It also confiscated 2,000 acres of fertile land that he had occupied, confiscated a set of real estate in Beijing, and confiscated 1.4 million francs in his French bank deposits. and a fine of 300,000 silver dollars. Defendant, are you convinced by the verdict? Is the right to appeal required to be enforced? ”

Lei Zhenchun was stunned for a moment, he always thought that he was going to be sentenced to death. He had been waiting for that result. But now I suddenly heard that I was sentenced to 20 years in prison, which was really unexpected. How is twenty years? You must know that Lei Zhenchun is not yet forty, and the fixed-term imprisonment can be commuted or paroled, and the most important thing is that they only confiscated more than one million of their deposits in French banks.

Lei Zhenchun only started making money during this period of time, and his deposits in French banks were the bulk of his money, but there were still some fragments of loose money stored in other banks, adding up to a lot, and there were still three or four hundred thousand left after paying the fine. When he comes out at the age of forty or fifty, no matter how much he still has to do, it is not a problem to at least provide for his mother and live on his own.

Spending more than ten years in prison is not something to be happy about, but when he thought he was dead, the result was really a surprise.

"No, no opinion, I don't appeal."

Zou Rong smiled, Lei Zhenchun's reaction was obviously expected by him, after handing over the verdict to Lei Zhenchun for signing, Zou Rong suddenly slowed down his voice and said in court: "Lei Zhenchun, Commander Yang asked me to bring you a message, he remembered the previous friendship in his heart, but the national law is difficult to violate, so he can't help you now, if you have any difficulties and ideas in the future, you can directly talk to Commander Yang." ”

This sentence is not so much for Lei Zhenchun to hear, but for these people in Beiyang who are now panicking, its subtext is to tell the people of Beiyang that the friendship volunteers who once fought side by side have not forgotten, and now that things have been decided, even Lei Zhenchun can live, you don't need to worry, as long as you don't do anything anymore, the volunteers will definitely not be wiped out.

No one who can play this game is a fool, and some meanings can be understood as long as they convey the other party, Yang Du promoted Zhang Huaizhi to trial Lei Zhenchun, and the two actions have conveyed Commander Yang's attitude towards them to Beiyang, and in Yuan Shikai's opinion, there is really no hope, and the Beiyang people have reacted.

Those guys who were on Yang Du's list immediately took the initiative to come to the door, and they didn't deny it, we did something wrong about corruption and bribery, and now we take the initiative to admit our mistakes.

And some people who didn't make much mistakes, their hearts gradually calmed down, and they saw that Zhang Huaizhi and Tang Shaoyi are still working in the government, and they have also begun to try to re-accept their positioning in their posts and work with peace of mind.

Although the turmoil has not yet been concluded, the situation has really stabilized. The people of Beiyang and the fighters for democracy stopped making trouble, and some work was carried out in an orderly and slow manner.

At this time, Lao Yuan had returned to normal in the hospital, but Yang Du did not allow him to walk out of the hospital for half a step, how Yuan Shikai came out could not be decided until Yang Dagui came back and the two of them discussed. One thing is for sure, as China's first president, Lao Yuan represents China's face.

Regardless of Yang Xiaolin or Yang Du, they are not willing to pull the old Yuan into court, the Chinese are not French, so Yuan Shikai's end will definitely not be the second Louis XVI, Yang Du sent a telegram to Yang Xiaolin when the situation in Beijing has stabilized, it is very clear that it is best to let Yuan Shikai accept the reality of stepping down, and then complete the transition of power in a decent way.

This is what Mr. Sadaoyi said, the Chinese solution. Yang Xiaolin is almost in Beijing.

Everyone can see that the handling of Beiyang is actually a concession by Yang Xiaolin after they win, and whether Yuan Shikai can compromise after the most difficult is the key to the problem. If Lao Yuan cooperates, those whole incidents are hello and I am good, if Yuan Shikai has to fight for his life, then there is really no way.

In fact, there are many things in this world that are the layer of window paper, and it is better for everyone not to pierce it, and it is not good for anyone to break it. The situation in Europe is the same, Yang Xiaolin did not expect at all, because of China's victory in the war against Russia, the situation in the Balkan powder keg suddenly became more tense.

At the same time that Yang Xiaolin had wiped out more than a million Russian troops, the Austro-Hungarian Empire expanded southward, formally annexing Bosnia and Herzegovina, two small Balkan states. For a time, public opinion in the world was in an uproar, and the French were furious, and hurriedly increased their troops to the Swiss border, demanding that Austria-Hungary withdraw from these two countries immediately, otherwise France would talk to them with artillery.

Austria-Hungary did not bother with France at all, and Wilhelm II of Germany quickly issued a statement that if the French army dared to enter Switzerland and intervene in this war in which Austria-Hungary "liberated" the Balkan people, German troops would not hesitate to enter French territory!

The Austro-Hungarian Empire complicated the already tense situation by daring to do so because they had made a secret agreement with the Russians.

The Turks took advantage of the war between Russia and China to make a surprise attack on Lao Maozi, which made Lao Maozi suffer a lot of losses, how could Nikolai be the kind of person who was willing to suffer? In addition, the Balkan countries were not friendly to their "protectors" for a period of time, so Nicholas II quietly told Austria-Hungary that if you go to fight the Balkans, you can fight as much as you can, and I will definitely not intervene. The condition is, I fight Turkey, and you don't care!

They are like two robbers who have fallen in love with a piece of treasure at the same time, and they hit it off! The French couldn't reach the Balkans, and the Germans didn't dare to mess around when they let it out, and Russia didn't bother with asking Russia to send troops.

When the Russians acquiesced to the invasion of Austria-Hungary, the Balkan countries were powerless to resist, and France really couldn't help them, so they could only watch Austria-Hungary celebrate.

In the eyes of the robbers, this may be an unjust distribution of spoils, and the Balkan countries demanded that Britain and France intervene forcefully and do not hesitate to start a war. But their demands were ignored by Britain and France, because in the final analysis the interests there had little to do with Britain and France.

Don't expect gentlemen to come out and administer justice, because they can't stand for justice. This episode slowly turned into an unchangeable fact after the statements of several countries, and Austria-Hungary carried out the actual military occupation of Bosnia.

The gentlemen never thought at this time that their indulgence would become the fuse of the future war, because they had no idea how unwilling all the nations in this world were oppressed by them!

By the time the Austro-Hungarian army entered Bosnia, the revolt never ceased.

Xiong Daban used three bullets to ignite the war in the whole of China in Wuchang, which is really nothing. A few years later, a young Serbian named Princip set the earth on fire with two bullets, and he explained to the whole world the indomitability of a people. (To be continued......)