Chapter 42: Trickery and Conspiracy (5)

[The third update, red ticket, collection. For personal reasons, from tomorrow the update time will be changed to zero, twelve and nineteen. The three changes remain the same, but the update time is advanced. 】

Cheng Yu was stunned: "What are you doing?!" ”

"Hi ......" Liu Yi sighed, for Cheng Yu's sluggishness, "Murder and surrender can be reduced to the coherence of the second-class punishment, and there is no "Law Shu" [that is, "Tang Law Shu" or "Yonghui Law Shu"]! ”

"Ahh Cheng Yu was stunned.

Han Gang has talent to learn! Now they have to admit that this piece of Kungang Puyu from the northwest may not be able to make poetry, but Jingyi is already familiar with it, and Wang Shao, Wu Yan and Zhang Shouyue are right. Wang Anshi's blue eyes are not wrong, and the emperor's special purpose is even more correct!

Since Han Gang has learned like this, he can't take chances anymore. Whether it is the division of family property or the disputed land and property with many contradictions, it may not be difficult for him. Song Chengtang Law, at this time, the general "Criminal System" was simply a plagiarism of "Law Shu", and neither of them can guarantee that Han Gang has not read "Criminal System" and "Law Shu". If the case can be resolved with the provisions of Tang Law, it may be right in his hands.

But the Ayun case is different, there are injured people, there are murderers, and the murderer also pleaded guilty, which seems very simple, but there is a trap in it.

The two glanced at each other, and nodded vigorously at the same time, Han Gang, who had not yet entered the official, would inevitably step into the trap.

Han Gang waited eagerly, and when Liu Yi and Cheng Yu came back again, he immediately showed a warm smile like sunshine. The first few levels are so easy to pass, and the difficulty of the last question will definitely not be high. Liu and Cheng, the two Liu Neiquan Lingcheng who Han Gang still didn't know the name of the Dao, were one of the most benevolent people he met in the officialdom. Han Gang had a good impression of them.

The bright smile on Han Gang's face stabbed the fragile hearts of Liu Yi and Cheng Yu, and in the eyes of the two Ling Cheng, the smile of this young Qinzhou candidate was full of malicious irony. Liu Yi hated even more in his heart, and handed the file that he had finally turned over to Han Gang.

Han Gang took the dossier and flipped through it, his smile was even bigger, and his gratitude was a little more. Just as he had guessed, the final verdict was simpler, not a cumbersome division of family property, nor a dispute over property, nor a headless case, but a case of attempted murder, in which the offender confessed his guilt in court and demanded that a verdict be written, stating the charges, the verdict, and the laws cited.

What kind of exams are guaranteed to get a perfect score? ———— the test with the standard answers of the Advance Knowing Dao is sure to get a perfect score.

Han Gang almost laughed out loud, it was like taking the college entrance examination and finding that he had done all the exam questions by himself, and he even knew the standard answers to each question well. I really don't know if it's my luck, or if Liunequan's test is so easy.

Han Gang has seen this case. Dengzhou Ayun's case, even because of his unfamiliarity with the law, and at the same time, he has only read the popular "Criminal System" in general and has not studied it intensively, but he still knows it well. Because of this case, it directly triggered a large-scale confrontation between the reformers and the anti-reformers, which shook the officialdom.

In the first and second years of Xining, an attempted murder case that upset the entire court was established, and the law of 'murder has been injured, according to the question, surrender, and the theory of subtracting two from murder' was established. If it were an ordinary doctor, they wouldn't care about the criminal law. But Han Gang, who has been in contact with this case before, whether he is before or now, how can he not know?

The facts of this case are actually very simple: during the funeral of the Dengzhou woman Ayunju, because her uncle was greedy for a dowry, she was married to the farmer Wei Gao, and Wei Gao himself was ugly and old, Ayun did not like it, so this fierce Shandong woman took advantage of the night to cut Wei Gao with a knife more than a dozen times. But the woman was weak and only cut it. And when Ah Yun was summoned to the government as a suspect, she confessed to herself without waiting for interrogation.

The attempted murder is well sentenced, and he should be hanged according to the law, and Ah Yun confessed his guilt without waiting for trial and torture, and at this time it was considered to be a voluntary surrender, and according to the earlier edict of the Son of Heaven, it should be reduced by two degrees. Dengzhou Zhizhou Xu Zun's sentence was exile.

However, this verdict was overturned when it was reviewed by the trial court and Dali Temple, because they believed that Wei Gao was Ah Yun's husband, and that the woman's murder of her husband was a criminal and a heinous crime, and that he should be executed according to the law. Because Wei Gao is not dead, he can be reduced by one and hanged.

After the review opinions of Dali Temple and the Criminal Court reached Dengzhou, Xu Zun argued that Ah Yun was married but not married, and that the funeral period violated filial piety, and that she should be punished and severed in the Song Dynasty, so she was not Wei Gao's wife, and should be treated as a 'mortal', that is, an ordinary person who has nothing to do with it, and Xu Zun insisted on the original verdict.

At this time, Dali Temple also said that Ayun's marriage in the filial piety period is a violation of the law for marriage, and it should be added to the crime, and at the same time, in the "Criminal System", there is an article that 'there is damage to people, and there is no case of surrender', and Ayun is not recognized as surrendering.

For this matter, Xu Zun and Dali Temple started a pen and ink lawsuit, and then alarmed the entire court. Zhao asked the Criminal Department to review the trial, and the result was to support the sentence of Dali Temple and the Trial Court - hanging. And Xu Zun was still unconvinced and insisted on his own opinion.

Soon after Zhao ascended the throne, he was unable to make a decision, so he agreed to let senior officials from the two systems and above participate in the discussion. Wang Anshi supported Xu Zun, while Sima Guang supported the decisions of the Dali Temple, the Trial and Criminal Court, and the Criminal Department. Each of them had a group of supporters behind them, and they turned from a debate to a quarrel with each other, and the simple criminal law decision lasted for more than a year, and when the new law began to be implemented, it gradually turned into a political [harmonious] struggle between the reformers and the anti-reformers.

And when criminal becomes political, the result is not judged by the law, Wang Anshi is getting the holy will, so after the most Lu Ah Yun was pardoned by the Son of Heaven, not beheaded, not hanged, not flowed, and not punished, nominally arranged and exiled, in fact, the next amnesty let her be released directly to the township. At the same time, the law of 'murder has been injured, according to the question, surrender, from murder to two degrees', which is from Zhao Ji's book, overwhelmed the provisions of the "Criminal System" and became the law in the world.

Regarding the Ayun case, Han Gang's opinion is similar to that of Xu Zun. Ah Yun was hired by his uncle during his mother's funeral, and the so-called unmarried relationship is illegal and should not be recognized. And Ah Yun only slashed Wei Gao, he was not dead, and she herself admitted her guilt with a good attitude, and the sentence should be commuted.

The case has been in trouble in the court for more than a year, and the court newspaper that sent it to the local government also published the verdict. Ordinary people can't see the newspapers, not even county-level officials—they are generally only distributed to the prefectures—but Han Gang's teacher, Zhang Zai, is a military judge in Weizhou, and he can see it, and the students have discussed the case, and Han Gang certainly participates in the discussion. The classmates had different opinions, so when they asked Zhang Zai, Zhang Zai wrote the word 'benevolence' with a pen and did not answer directly.

When the reborn Han Gang recalled this memory, he discussed it with Wang Shao and Wang Hou in his spare time, and both of them held the same point of view as Han Gang, the law is there, and it is enough to act according to the law - in addition, Wang Sunsin happened to be present at the time, and his opinion was just the opposite, and he was directly rude - "Such a poisonous woman, killed the matter!" ”

The laws of the Song Dynasty were written laws, and although the adjudicators had a certain degree of flexibility and variation, they mainly adjudicated cases in accordance with the law. Since the law is clear, of course it is easy to judge. And Han Gang also knew everything before and after the Ayun case. When he faced the attempted murder case of Dengzhou Ayun again, it was not difficult to judge, or even how to write the verdict - the standard answer was in his heart. If the examiner dares to make a mistake and make trouble in front of the Son of Heaven, it will be Han Gang's reason.

Looking at Han Gang's vigorous writing, rows of upright Sanguan regular script appeared on the page. Looking at Han Gang's verdict, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu's smiles gradually retracted, and their faces turned pale a little.

'How is that possible!? ’

The two of them yelled in their hearts, the newly issued order, how could Han Gang Yijie Buyi know the Tao? He is only nineteen years old, how can he be as clear about the laws and regulations as an old official?! Han Gang's three letters of recommendation said that he killed people, said that he saved people, and said that he was amazing, but none of them mentioned that he could judge people!

'What to do?' Liu Yi and Cheng Yu looked at each other. Han Gang passed the test and went very smoothly. This ...... How to explain to the above.

"What's going on?"

Suddenly, a loud voice came from outside the door. As soon as the words came into their ears, the faces of the two were no longer pale, they were simply green. They turned their heads little by little, and the hard neck bones were as dry as a door shaft that had not been used for a long time, "Chen Juquan?!" ”

A man walked through the hall door. The person who came was thin and short, a whole head shorter than Han Gang, but Fang Cai's voice like a Hong Zhong came from his mouth. On the thin body, the court clothes worn by the face sanctuary have not yet been changed. Long legs, black rhino belt, and a green official robe representing six or seven grades, which is loose and loose. On the side of the belt, there is also a small waist bag embroidered with silver silk - a silverfish bag.

Han Gang bowed and saluted, and this thin man was the judge of the internal affairs - Chen Xiang.

After Chen Xiang came in, no one paid attention to it. walked to the table first, looked down at the test questions that Liu Yi gave to Han Gang, and then glanced at the two Ling Cheng whose faces were blue and white, shook his head and sneered, "No wonder! ”

Liu Yi and Cheng Yu's bodies trembled, and they opened their mouths, but they didn't say anything. Both of them know very well that their top boss, Chen Xiang, the judge of the internal affairs and the head of the secret pavilion, is by no means a foolish character. has been up and down in officialdom for a long time, and some small means can't deceive him at all. Otherwise, he wouldn't have deliberately waited for him to go to the Chongzheng Hall before calling Han Gang.

Liu Cheng and the others lamented in their hearts that their luck was too bad, why would Chen Xiang come back after going to Tingright?

It is rare to see officials who are willing to do things, and the judges of the 100 Divisions in Beijing rarely hear that they will return to the directors of the Department after they are in court, and most of them are herding sheep and going home. Being an official is like this, if you work too hard, you are not an official, then you are called an official! Liu Yi and Cheng Yu usually have something to do, and they try to push it to the officials below.

Chen Xiang picked up the Moyi exam paper made by Han Gang again, and after just one glance, he nodded: "The words are good!" …… It's just a little less verve. Buy more gold and stone rubbings and flip through them, learn to write, don't be a copyist. ”

Han Gang nodded and was taught.

Chen Xiang glanced at ten lines, put down the answer sheet, and praised again: "It can be regarded as a talented learner." ”

Chen Xiang has seen a lot of Yin Supplement officials who bite the pen because they can't write, and they are really talented and energetic, and they have already gone to the Jinshi or Mingjing examinations. In fact, the number of people who are recommended by others and who become officials from cloth clothes is very small, and the number of those who are really talented and learned is even smaller. He has been in Liunequan for more than a year, and with Han Gang, he is only a palm - this still includes the Yin Supplement Official.

After reading Han Gang's previous test paper, Chen Xiangjing sat on Liu Yi's seat and asked, "What step has you taken now?" ”

“…… Only the case is decided. Leo Yi hesitated for a while and replied in a low voice.

"Is the verdict written?" Chen Xiang asked Han Gang again.

Han Gang stepped forward and presented the file together with the answer sheet: "Please judge it." ”

Chen Xiang flipped through the file first, then raised his eyes and swept the two subordinates. looked at Han Gang's answer sheet again, and immediately sneered: "Cocoon yourself!" ”

The four-word comment made Liu Yi and Cheng Yu blushing again.

And seeing this scene, if Han Gang still didn't understand, he would be ashamed of his IQ. He understood, and he was also amused by Fang Cai's own cleverness, and even a little afraid, but fortunately, Liu Yi and Cheng Yu underestimated themselves.

Chen Xiang happily picked up the pen and marked a few words on the test paper. He looked up at Han Gang and said, "Congratulations." ”

Han Gang understood and hurriedly saluted, "Thank you for judging Quan!" Turning around, he saluted Liu and Cheng again, "Thank you two Lingcheng." ”

Straightening his waist, his mood relaxed in an instant, made Han Gang forget the etiquette for a while, and he let out a long sigh. I got my wish, but I didn't see joy, and I was only at ease in my heart:

"Finally qualified!"