The reason why those officials were nervous about the crime of rebellion was because rebellion would lead to a series of crimes, and the implications were wide-ranging. As for Luo Hai's personal safety, not many people actually cared about it, because the Department of Taxation had conclusive evidence that they were funding Wu Tian, ​​especially for killing him.

I've beaten many tax policemen, but even if it's not considered a crime of rebellion, it's probably a dead end!

However, after being reminded by Zhang Fei, Li Guozhong suddenly realized a very big loophole, that is, there was a very sharp contradiction between the public security system and the joint sitting system.

The public prosecutor's office only looks at evidence, but the court's joint prosecution looks at blood ties and interpersonal relationships.

It is impossible for the public prosecutor to bring all the parents and neighbors to court because there is no evidence to prove that they were all involved.

The Crown Court cannot convict a person who does not exist in the indictment.

In the old judicial system, because the official presided over the trial, there was no opponent in the court. The two divisions, Ji and Ji, only assisted, or a kind of division of labor.

The judge makes a judgment based on the two statements.

They have the power to include many people.

When it comes to the continuous sitting system, there must be innocence, but this innocence is actually recognized by the judiciary. When it comes to the crime of rebellion, it is better to kill a thousand people than let one person go.

But this is not allowed by the public security system.

The current systems of the Liaison Law and the Public Security Bureau cannot match.

If there is no large-scale implication, just kill these people, and Li Guozhong and others will have achieved their goal!

However, Li Guozhong has not made any announcement for the time being, and this has to be left to the backend. If it is raised during the trial, the Royal Court and the Procuratorate may make adjustments to the prosecution.

We have to wait until the verdict is reached before taking any further action.

...

However, many people have not realized this, including Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

However, Wang Anshi absolutely supports a heavy sentence, because they are partly responsible for the chaos on Jingdong East Road. They can also use the same tactics to deal with his new policies. The Public Security Bureau is clearing the way for him, and of course he is willing to enjoy it.

Its success.

However, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and others were deeply worried about this.

After the trial, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and others went to a small garden on the edge of the imperial city to rest. After all, the weather was very good these days and they didn't like to stay indoors.

Lu Gong wrote: "Judging from today's trial, the procuratorate won the case, which is already difficult to reverse. However, this time Zhang San seems to really not intend to show mercy. This is not like his style."

In the past, Zhang Sandu still had three points of leeway and would consider the overall situation. This is what they admired about Zhang Fei very much, and he could not do things to perfection.

Wen Yanbo said thoughtfully: "In the past, Zhang Fei was just an Erbi, which can also be said to be a businessman. Businessmen naturally have three points of leeway in doing things, but now that Zhang San is an official, he should be hoping to take advantage of this case.

, to further assert the authority of the Procuratorate and the Taxation Department. But doing so is really ill-considered!"

Sima Guang asked: "Where did Duke Wen start from saying this?"

Wen Yanbo said: "At present, the Public Security Bureau has just been built on Jingdong East Road, and is still weak and unable to control the situation. Once those people are all convicted of rebellion, someone will secretly add fuel to the flames and pull more innocent people into it, which will

If someone gets caught, all the responsibilities will fall on the public security organs, which will only outweigh the gains and losses."

Once a rebellion occurs, it may be uncontrollable. Is it really just Luo Hai and others who collude with the bandits?

There must be more than that!

What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.

The people below will definitely report it, and in the process, many people will definitely add fuel to the flames, because this time there will be more and more opponents, and the situation will get completely out of control.

These are all routines.

Sima Guang was familiar with history books, and he knew very well about this situation that Wen Yanbo was definitely not alarmist. He couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that Zhang San is no longer an Erbi, but a prosecutor. According to the system, the procuratorate is independent

Yes, I can't interfere."

Wen Yanbo glanced at Sima Guang sadly. In fact, he said these words to ask Sima Guang to intervene.

Fu Bi on the side frowned and said nothing, thinking, what on earth did I overlook?

He also believed that if some innocent people were implicated in this case, it would definitely be more than worth the loss and would be extremely detrimental to the public prosecutor and the law. However, he believed that Zhang Fei would not do this because Zhang Fei valued the public prosecutor and the law more than anyone else. But based on the current case,

Look, Zhang Fei is just trying to kill them, making it clear that he will not give them a way to survive.

Fu Bi thought there must be a mystery in this.

But it was precisely because they limited their attention to Zhang Fei's operations and ignored the imperial court that made the final decision, that they didn't understand it for a while.

We can only continue to wait for the follow-up, after all, the lawsuit has not yet been completed.

...

Over there, after Zhang Fei captured Wu Tian and Luo Hai, he immediately speeded up. Among the next thirty-two people, they were all in groups of four, because they were all similar to Luo Hai, but the goods they funded might be different. Some

They give money, and some give food, but the amounts vary.

During these trials, Zhang Fei mainly emphasized the amount of funding they provided, because this was the biggest difference with Luo Hai.

As for Li Guozhong and others, they still did their best to emphasize the environment on Jingdong East Road at that time and the panic caused by the Qingmiao Law.

After five more trials, all 35 people charged by the procuratorate finally appeared in court.

Next comes the closing argument.

First, of course, the prosecution makes its closing argument first.

Zhang Fei took a sip of tea, stood up, glanced at the copy, and said: "As for the first defendant Wu Tian, ​​I can only say that the crimes he committed are too numerous to describe.

Although the other party repeatedly tried to describe him as an ordinary robber, because in the legal provisions of "Song Xingtong", the crime of rebellion was attributed to the "law of thieves and thieves".

However, "Song Xingtong" has a very clear explanation of rebellion and banditry.

In "Song Xingtong", the crime of treason is defined as seeking to endanger the country. "Conspiracy" refers to "intentional". Only when you have a purpose and deliberately commit acts that endanger the country and the monarch can it be defined as the crime of treason.

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, which is also very, very small.

There are still obvious differences between the two.

As for the crimes Wu Tian committed, his purpose was obviously not to possess other people's property. First of all, he had an unforgettable hatred for the court, the government, and officials. He longed to overthrow the rule of the court and officials, and he took action.

Burning warehouses, robbing official silver, smuggling official knives, and coercing officials to do his bidding.

Secondly, in Liu Lian's confession, she once said that Wu Tian hoped to use her to do regular business. But the facts proved that Wu Tian was using Liu Lian to bribe or blackmail officials to obtain some prohibited goods, such as official knives, such as

War horses, such as bows and arrows, etc.

This is also the biggest difference between Wu Tian and ordinary bandits. He is not only seeking money, but also using money to expand his power, expand his interpersonal relationships, and even infiltrate and corrupt the government.

Finally, the other party argued that Wu Tian’s various actions were in response to the imperial decree. I don’t want to say more about this because he has now been arrested and he has lost this qualification.

Based on the current evidence, it is sufficient to prove that Wu Tian had reasons, premeditation, and deliberately undermined the stability of the country. Therefore, I implore the imperial court to sentence Wu Tian for the crime of rebellion."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, took another sip of tea, turned over a page of copy, and continued: "As for Luo Hai and the other thirty-three people, the current evidence is enough to prove that they funded Wu Tian, ​​not

He wanted to avoid taxes, defend his own power, and seek more power, including the power to compete with the imperial court.

And throughout history, anyone who supports those who rebel against thieves seeks power, a power that is not restricted by laws and systems.

The only way to gain this kind of power is to overthrow the existing system and laws, which are the two main pillars supporting the country. This is definitely an attempt to endanger the country. Therefore, I implore the Chief Justice to sentence them to assisting in the rebellion.

crime."

After he finished his closing statement, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo and others all looked at each other with worried expressions. At this point, Zhang Fei's work has basically been completed. Everyone can clearly feel that Zhang Fei's work is basically completed.

Fei just didn't intend to leave any room.

After a while, Li Lei stood up and said: "As for Wu Tian, ​​about Luo Hai, and about all the defendants in this case, have they committed a crime? They are absolutely guilty. Even if I am employed by them, I have never committed a crime."

to deny the crimes they committed.

But it is not a crime of rebellion. I don’t think so. As prosecutor Zhang said, seeking to endanger the country is a deliberate and purposeful act. But I don’t think Wu Tian, ​​Luo Hai and others deliberately undermined the stability of the country.

When you feel scared, panicked, and forced into a desperate situation, all you do is actually just to protect yourself. Take Wu Tian as an example, why he fell into the trap of a bandit because he was bullied by officials and his family’s farmland

He was taken away by the government and his parents died as a result.

He can only turn into a bandit and rob for a living.

Why did he attack the tax police? Because it was the tax police who targeted him first. Why did he want to expand his power? Because he attacked the tax police and he was worried about retaliation.

Everything he did was to protect himself and survive. Although he was guilty, it was not rebellion. In addition, everyone should not ignore one point, that is, the environment on Jingdong East Road at that time. Not to mention the common people, many wealthy households were The young people were forced to make money and their families were destroyed, and they were heavily in debt. Among them, it was common for common people to attack tax collectors. This was actually not much different from what Wu Tian did.

Luo Hai and others are good citizens. They would not attack officials or murder tax policemen, so before the crisis, they chose to fund Wu Tian. Of course, this was a wrong choice, but they were just out of Self-preservation.

Therefore, I sincerely request the Chief Justice to sentence my client without any intention of treason."

After Zhao Pin heard this, he suddenly asked: "Defense, do you know our regulations on defense?"

Li Lei was stunned for a moment, and then said with a guilty conscience: "I know."

Zhao Pin added: "Then you should know that the defense regulations cannot be applied to harming innocent people?"

Li Lei was speechless.

You are too reluctant to protect yourself. If you protect yourself, you rob and kill people. If you protect yourself, you burn food.

Zhao Pin just pointed out this point, and then announced: "Today's trial ends here. After the president of the court has reviewed all the evidence, he will select a date to open the court and pronounce the verdict."
To be continued...