Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 519 Civil and military and law (4)

Chapter 519 Civil, Military and Law ([-])

This Guo Kui's reputation in the northwest is really extraordinary. You must know that he was successively promoted by two generations of prime ministers, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi.

Is this the rhythm to pull him into the water?

Because in such a case, you are afraid of this kind of thing!

Facing everyone's stares, Guo Kui just smiled. After all, he has seen big scenes, and he has seen a lot of bloody storms in officialdom.

"Prefect Lu, please rest assured that Mr. Guo is also one of today's witnesses. I will ask him about related matters later."

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile, then lowered his head to read the copy.

At this time, most of the guests sitting here were seeing the imperial court trial for the first time. Seeing Zhang Fei dawdling and asking two questions, they just looked at the copy and couldn't help shaking their heads.

This is the so-called superiority by ability.

Are you ready?

Hugging Buddha's feet here temporarily.

For example, Bao Zheng and Fan Zhongyan tried the case by memorizing all the evidence beforehand, so that they could deal with unexpected events in court.

It is very embarrassing for literati to not turn over the book while arguing.

After carefully reviewing the document, Zhang Fei raised his head, looked at Lu Shen and said, "At the beginning of the fourth year of Zhiping, the chief of the Xixia tribe ordered Xixia to belong to our dynasty, and the person in charge of this matter at that time seemed to be the prefect Lu."

Lu Shen was taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately.

Many civil servants were upset.

Many of them also knew about this matter, but it had nothing to do with the Suizhou battle. Zhang Fei suddenly mentioned this matter, apparently to catch Lu Shen's weakness.

really!

This kid tends to be kind.

On the contrary, the generals over there were secretly delighted.

Zhang Fei asked: "I don't know how the prefect Lu made his choice at that time?"

Lu Shen said, "At first I refused."

Zhang Fei asked: "Why?"

Lu Shen said: "Because I am worried that it will trigger a war between the two countries."

If I were a pen, if he answered like this, then he would be finished, alas. Unfortunately, I am a judge.Zhang Fei'an resisted the turmoil in his heart, and nodded, "What about after that?"

Lu Shen said: "Later, Zizi was persuading me to accept his surrender, and I agreed. I remember that not long after, Xixia came to ask for someone, and Zizizheng gave me an idea to let Xixia use Jingxun in exchange, but the other party did not." Promise, and this matter will be over."

In this case, he never denied Zhong Er's military talent and vision, but he also believed that Zhong Er was arrogant and did not obey military orders.

Zhang Fei asked, "Who is this Jingxun?"

Lu Shen said: "Jing Xun was originally a general in Yanzhou, but he fled to Xixia because of a crime. He is very clear about our Yanzhou's terrain."

Zhang Fei nodded, "Prefect Lu seems to be extremely cautious when facing the surrender of the enemy general. Can prefect Lu explain his position on foreign affairs?"

Lu Shen said: "I have always advocated peace talks, not war. Facts have proved that in peacetime, our Song Dynasty will gain a long-term advantage. This is our country's strengths. It is precisely because of this that the other party always wants to challenge Disasters will interrupt the prosperity of our country and at the same time stabilize the uneasy situation in the opponent's country. And every time our Song Dynasty launches a war, no matter whether it wins or loses, the people will be devastated and mourned."

Having said that, he paused for a while, looked at Zhang Fei and said, "Has Judge Zhang seen the scene after the war?"

Zhang Fei froze for a moment, shook his head and said, "No."

Lu Shen said: "In exchange for food, eating grass and gnawing trees, there is no grass for a hundred miles. It is not a natural disaster, but caused by hunger. You will know why I want to avoid foreign wars as much as possible."

Many officials looked moved and nodded frequently.

The officials in the Northwest all knew that what Lu Shen said was true.

But there were also some officials who sneered and muttered, as if they wanted to go up and argue with Lu Shen.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Although I haven't seen the misery that prefect Lu said, I hope I don't see it in my lifetime. Moreover, I have seen prefect Lu's achievements in Yongzhou. In the face of harassment from local tribes, prefect Lu is Choose to rectify the local officials, strengthen the military, use martial arts as a deterrent, and defeat the enemy without fighting, and finally force Nanjiao to send envoys to pay tribute, so that the people of the two places can be peaceful."

Lu Shen couldn't help being stunned, as if he was not used to it, in his heart, Zhang Fei was the enemy, but these words were obviously beneficial to him.

Is this a flattering tactic?

The guests on both sides also looked confused.

Which way are you headed?

Lu Shen's political achievements in Yongzhou can indeed prove that his proposition in Yanzhou is reasonable, and his proposition is consistent. In Yanzhou, he also rectified the administration of officials, built fortresses, and strengthened armaments, forcing the other party not to dare to attack. To attack, he just doesn't advocate waging war.

He is a standard dove. Doves are not capitulators. Doves just believe that war cannot achieve political goals.

In fact, a mature political system must have both doves and hawks, because war is just a continuation of politics. If there is any benefit, we must fight to the end, and the ruling class will be put on top, unable to step down, and the country will be gone if it is fought.

If there are only doves, it means that people have bricks and I have a face, and it will be even worse if I take the Tianling Gai to catch the mace, at least the hawks will fight back.

Only when both factions exist can the ruling class be able to choose whether to use the dove faction or the hawk faction according to the current situation.

For example, now, Zhao Xu began to reuse the hawks one after another, but he did not abandon the doves in the court. If he couldn't beat them, he had to turn back.

This foreign matter must be flexible, be brave when it is time to be brave, and be cowardly when it is time to be cowardly, but a mature politician will be very cowardly, at least not visible on the surface.

But inflexible diplomacy is definitely a dead end.

However, Lu Shen never thought of using his own evidence in Yongzhou to support his claim.

conspiracy!

There must be a conspiracy here!

There are bound to be twists and turns.

But when everyone cheered up and looked forward to the turning point, Zhang Fei said: "The president of the court has no problem for the time being, and the prefect Lu can go down and rest for a while."

Is this gone?

Lu Shen was stunned.

What kind of trial is this.

The guests on both sides also looked at each other in blank dismay.

Did not ask for a result.

After this series of questions, no one can see which side Zhang Fei is leaning towards.

You must know that the people sitting here are all veteran drivers in the officialdom, and their skills in observing words and expressions are all top-notch at the moment. After all, the people and things they encounter every day are very complicated.

In a daze, a court policeman had already stepped forward.

Lu Shen stood up, suddenly feeling unfinished, and wanted to continue chatting.

Because this kind of semi-open, straightforward chat is extremely rare in the officialdom, without those hypocritical compliments and vicious calculations.

Anyway, Zhang Fei asked directly, and he answered truthfully, and no one shy away from it.

After coming down, he felt that this royal court was really unusual.

Zhang Fei took the opportunity to drink a cup of tea, then knocked on the hammer and said, "The Deputy Envoy of Chuan Zhong Er Zhong."

Zhong Er came to the court very consciously, but compared to Lu Shen's calmness, his expression was a bit complicated. In fact, when he sat down, he was eager to try, wishing to argue with Lu Shen in court, but when he appeared in court, It was uneasy again, like sitting on pins and needles.

After Zhong Er sat down, Zhang Fei asked: "Deputy Minister Zhong, you should have heard the confession of prefect Lu just now."

Kind of nodded.

Zhang Fei looked down at the copy, then raised his head and said: "According to the evidence we have obtained, in the content you reported to the court at the beginning, it clearly stated that you have successfully lured Wei Mingshan to surrender.

But Zhifu Lu just said that you lied about the military situation just to ask the court to allow you to send troops. How do you explain this? "

Zhong Er suddenly said emotionally: "I didn't lie, I just reported the truth."

It turned out that those words just now had been held back in his heart.

Zhang Fei asked curiously: "However, some soldiers saw Wei Mingshan mounted his horse with a gun, ready to fight with our army. I wonder if this is true?"

Zhong Er hesitated for a moment, and said: "This is also true, but I only found out afterwards that Wei Mingshan did not agree to surrender."

Zhang Fei asked: "Only after the fact?"

Zhong Er said: "Because I persuaded Wei Mingshan to surrender his brother Wei Mingshan through Wei Mingshan who had surrendered. Who would have thought that Li Wenxi would act as a hindrance, and lied that Wei Mingshan had agreed to surrender in order to get money.

If I really just want to be greedy, then I don't need to spend money to induce surrender, which may fail. "

Zhang Fei nodded, and asked again: "Then how did you accept Wei Mingshan's return?"

Zhong Er pondered for a moment, and said: "As Lu Zhifu said, I attacked with the whole army and surrounded the family account of Weiming Mountain by surprise attack. But this is very normal on the battlefield."

Zhang Fei asked: "Really?"

Zhong Er nodded and said: "First of all, even if Wei Mingshan agrees to surrender, there may be fraud in it. I must be fully prepared. No matter whether the other party really surrenders or not, I will choose this method, so as to ensure that in case .

I also reported the facts to the imperial court, and there will be no surprises if I am not sure about it.Therefore, in the edict issued by the imperial court later, it was also ordered to let Zhifu Lu and Xue Zhuanyun envoy at that time plan the matter, and I would contact the other party. It can be seen that the imperial court did not think that our army had taken Suizhou, but only supported our army Lure the other party.

Secondly, in the past cases of inducing surrender, many tribal leaders agreed to surrender, but their subordinates were unwilling to surrender. As a result, when our army accepted them to surrender, their subordinates defected and the whole plan failed. I cannot give them this opportunity.

That's why I sent troops directly without waiting for the imperial edict, because once the news of this kind of thing leaked, most of the success would fall short, and it was a close call at that time. "

Zhang Fei said: "So the Deputy Envoy Zhong considered various possible accidents at that time and made careful arrangements."

Zhong Er nodded and said: "Before sending troops, I knew very clearly where the opponent's main force was, as well as the number and deployment of their soldiers and horses, so even though Wei Mingshan had no intention of surrendering at that time, our army was able to do so without any trouble. One soldier and one soldier captured 300 chiefs, 1 households, and [-] soldiers."

Zhang Fei said: "But did Deputy Envoy Zhong consider that this would lead to a war between our country and Xixia. At that time, the official had just ascended the throne, and we were not ready for war with Xixia."

Zhong Er said: "I never thought that my Great Song Dynasty and Xixia coexisted peacefully at that time, and the war on the northwest border never stopped. Suizhou is my homeland in the Central Plains, but it is still occupied by Xixia. Where did this peace come from?" Talk about it."

(End of this chapter)