I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 42: Reasoning in court, Su Liang’s aura
After half an hour.

A brand new confession is released.

Zhang said that while she was being detained, a man in black clothes with most of his face covered came to visit her in prison.

Promised to give her a thousand dollars and let her claim that she had had an improper relationship with Ouyang Xiu before getting married.

The man also taught her how to deal with inquiries from officials and made her memorize "Wang Jiangnan".

Later, Cui, the cousin of Zhang's adulterer Chen Jian in Bianjing, came to Kaifeng Mansion to visit the prisoner and told Zhang that someone had given her three hundred guan of money to keep for Zhang.

Zhang also said that she and Chen Jian were in true love, and she only wanted to take the money and fly away after being imprisoned.

……

Immediately, Su Anshi ordered Cui to be captured in Kaifeng Mansion.

The latter confessed and handed over the three hundred dollars.

But she didn't see the face of the man in black who gave her the money.

Su Anshi, Su Liang, and Wang Zhaoming knew that the instigator behind this matter was skilled in criminal law, and it would not be easy to find the man in black.

As for whether it was Yang Riyan's instigation, that would probably be even harder to find out.

The Kaifeng government office is rich in wealth and wealth. Working here as an errand will not only provide you with a lot of information, but will also help you get promoted.

Therefore, many officials have their own people here.

Ouyang Xiu's popularity was surprisingly poor, and there were too many people who wanted to expel him from Bianjing City.

However, it has now been confirmed that Ouyang Xiu's accusation of adultery was indeed a false accusation.

As for the crime of deceiving the Zhang family for dowry, strictly speaking, the property bought with the money belongs to the Ouyang family, so Ouyang Xiu can only be regarded as doing something wrong. It is a bit exaggerated to say that he defrauded money.

After the three people gathered together, they wrote the testimony and submitted the file to the ban.

……

The next day, the sun had just risen.

The chief officials of the three departments of the two governments are Su Anshi, the judge of the household department of the third department responsible for Ouyang Xiu's incest case, and prosecutors Wang Zhaoming and Su Liang.

There were also the censor Zhongcheng Wang Gongchen, the supervisory censor Li Ding, and the admonishment Yuan Youzhengyan Qian Mingyi who had been impeaching Ouyang Xiu. They all came to the imperial court.

Zhao Zhen sat in front of the imperial case with a smile on his face.

He raised the file in his hand and said, "Everyone should have read this file. Ouyang Xiu's accusation of adultery is a false accusation. As for defrauding Zhang's dowry money, Ouyang Xiu just wanted to leave the money to his sister. It’s not a serious crime, how do you think it should be punished?”

Swish!
Qian Mingyi, the right commentator of the Admonition Yuan who wanted to get rid of the title of "fake bumper", took the lead to stand up.

"Official family, I believe that even if Ouyang Xiu is not guilty of adultery, Zhang is his niece after all. His niece committed adultery and caused such a big joke, so Ouyang Xiu has the unshirkable responsibility to discipline her; in addition, Zhang's Although the dowry money belongs to the Ouyang family, it also belongs to the Ouyang family, and the fault also lies with Ouyang Xiu. This is a violation of personal ethics."

"It is inappropriate to discipline the juniors and it is a violation of personal ethics. Both crimes should be punished at the same time. They should be severely punished!"

"I second the proposal. Nowadays, the people are very angry. Ouyang Xiu is a model for scholars all over the world. He is no longer suitable to be an official in the court. I hope that the official family will demote him and let him go!" Li Ding, the supervisory censor, added.

As soon as Li Ding finished speaking, Censor Zhongcheng Wang Gongchen stood up.

"I believe that poor discipline and personal ethics are minor crimes. At the moment, there is no evidence to prove that Ouyang Xiu committed incest, but there is no smoke without fire. If he didn't have such a habit, how could this kind of thing happen to him? As a Hanlin bachelor of our dynasty, he was once the aide to the imperial court, and his conduct was not good. When he was young, he had the pleasure of having sex with prostitutes and feasting. Now there is a scandal of incest with his niece, which is really embarrassing to the scholar-bureaucrats of the whole dynasty. I think , No heavy punishment is not enough to make the people angry, and no heavy punishment is not enough to make the scholar-bureaucrats and officials throughout the dynasty take this as a warning!"

Wang Gongchen is also a loud voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Changchao stood up.

"My minister agrees!"

"Officials know that Ouyang Xiu's incest incident is not only known to the people. Soon, the Liao Kingdom, Xixia, Goryeo and other countries will know about such dirty and dirty things. Ouyang Xiu has lost not only his own face, but also our court. The face of a scholar-bureaucrat, he has completely disgraced the face of our Song Dynasty! Such hypocrites with corrupt conduct and pretending to be noble should be removed from the ranks of our officials immediately, otherwise... otherwise... Taizu Taizong , Emperor Zhenzong knows about it, I’m afraid he will also be angry about it!”

After Jia Changchao finished speaking, Vice Minister Chen Zhizhong also stood up.

"I second my opinion, Ouyang Xiu's incident has hurt my face and made people all over the world laugh at him. I hope the officials will punish him severely!"

These five people were the ones who were attacked the most by Ouyang Xiu.Now they have received their most violent revenge.

After hearing this, Su Liang couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead.

Qian Mingyi and Li Ding just wanted to drive Ouyang Xiu out of Bianjing City.

Wang Gongchen wanted to demote Ouyang Xiu to a commoner.

Jia Changchao and Chen Zhizhong were even more ruthless. They wanted to put Ouyang Xiu to death!
At this time, Wu Yu on the side couldn't help but stood up.

"Prime Minister Jia Shu, Wang Zhongcheng, and Vice Prime Minister Chen, you are exaggerating. It is clearly written in the file that Academician Ouyang has not committed incest. Without such behavior, how can we talk about losing the face of all scholar-bureaucrats and officials?" Da Song’s face?”

Wang Gongchen immediately retorted: "Although the matter has not been done, the bad impact has already been caused. Didn't Vice Minister Wu hear what the people were talking about?"

Jia Changchao even flicked his long sleeves and said: "In the official family, I will never serve as an official in the same court as such an official who disgraces the court!"

Jia Changchao and Wang Gongchen's words were aggressive.

Du Yan and Wu Yu, who wanted to defend Ouyang Xiu, frowned and couldn't think of how to defend themselves.

At this time, Su Liang finally couldn't bear it anymore.

According to these people's logic, Ouyang Xiu Lingchi's sentence would be light.

Su Liang strode out of the queue, cupped his hands and said, "Officials, I have something important to report. This matter is even more incredible than the incest case of Academician Ouyang!"

"What's the matter? Tell me quickly!" Zhao Zhen looked confused, and everyone else looked at Su Liang.

"I want to impeach Prime Minister Jia Shu, Vice Prime Minister Chen and Wang Zhongcheng for hanging out with prostitutes and getting drunk in the house!"

"According to reports from my informant, on the ninth day of last month, Prime Minister Jia Shu, Vice Prime Minister Chen and Wang Zhongcheng stayed drunk at Sangjia Wazi. A total of six women stayed in bed that night, and one woman was assaulted by Prime Minister Jia Shu. He was beaten and his private parts were injured in many places!”

After Su Liang finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent.

Immediately, Jia Changchao's angry roar was heard.

"Su Liang, you fart!"

In the Chui Gong Hall, he cursed his husband in front of the officials.

Jia Changchao was the first one.

On the side, the third commander Zhang Fangping, who was not too concerned about the fuss, opened his mouth in surprise and murmured: "This... this is incredible!"

He seemed to believe it.

"Su Liang, you are crazy. You are biting randomly. My family can prove that the Japanese officer did not go out!" Chen Zhizhong said angrily.

Wang Gongchen on the side rolled up his sleeves, his eyes were blood red, and he was almost about to fight Su Liang.

Su Liang smiled slightly.

"What I just said is indeed fabricated."

"But if I go to Sangjia Wazi and find six singers, and each of them gives them a hundred guan of money, I can have them come to Kaifeng Mansion to sue the three husbands for having sex with prostitutes, committing violence, and not paying them back. It will be as bad as it is. Damn it. I think the news that the three great princes of my court were together with prostitutes will spread throughout Bianjing City the next day."

"Three days later, the Kaifeng Mansion conducted a thorough investigation and proved the innocence of the three husbands. However, this scandal has already been spread, and it is definitely more attractive than the incest incident of Ouyang Bachelor."

"Wang Zhongcheng, you just said that although the matter has not been done, the bad impact has already been caused. So if this happens, can the three of you be considered as losing the face of our scholar-bureaucrats? The face of our Song Dynasty? Are the three of them? Should I resign and go home, or commit suicide to apologize?"

"If you follow this logic, then if you want to frame an official who disagrees with your political views, you can just pay a singer. It's too simple!"

"Isn't this the rogue logic you just used? In the name of attacking personal morality, with the intention of ruining Academician Ouyang's reputation, do you still have the law of the Song Dynasty in your eyes?"

Su Liang turned to look at Jia Changchao and others.

The Chui Gong Hall was extremely quiet at this moment, so quiet that one could hear the rapid beating of the heart.

(End of this chapter)