Chapter 16 Before the fourth quarter

After completing Zheng Guo's ideological work and obtaining Zheng Guo's begging certificate, Zheng Guo's rescue road map can only be regarded as the first step.Before continuing our narration, it is necessary for us to understand the operation of Qin's judicial system. The highest permanent judiciary in the State of Qin is named Ting Wei, and its chief is also called Ting Wei, which is Li Si's current official position.Ting Wei has two main responsibilities: one is to try the cases assigned by the King of Qin;It can be seen from this that Ting Wei does not personally try cases too often. Under normal circumstances, most cases are tried and judged by the local government on its own. , and Tingwei will make the final audit decision.Of course, it is not difficult for us to understand that although Ting Wei is the highest judicial organ in the name of Qin, the highest judicial power and final ruling power are always in the hands of King Qin Yingzheng.When encountering particularly important cases, such as the case of Lao Ai's treason, Ying Zheng skipped the Tingwei level and directly appointed Li Si, who was then a guest minister, to preside over the trial, and personally monitored it from beginning to end.

In the state of Qin, cases can be divided into two categories according to the different subjects of litigation: one is called official corrections, that is, state officials file charges against criminals on behalf of the government, which is similar to modern public prosecutions; the other is called civil lawsuits, namely The parties directly complain to the government, similar to the modern private prosecution.In the specific case of Zheng Guo, the Xianyang local government filed a public prosecution.According to the tradition of the Qin State, the local government does not set up a special judicial institution, the administrative organ and the judicial function are integrated into one, and the local chief executive also handles the judiciary.Therefore, the presiding judge of Zheng Guo's case is the highest chief executive of Xianyang——Nei Shiteng.

Therefore, the second step in the road map to rescue Zheng Guo is to find Nei Shiteng to handle the transfer of the case, transfer the case of Zheng Guo from Nei Shi to Tingwei, and from the local government to the imperial court. Seeing Li Si's visit, Nei Shi Teng hurriedly greeted him with a smile, and said in his mouth: "It turns out that it is Mr. Ke Qing, who has lost his way and welcomes you. Forgive your sin." I'm afraid I forgot it for a while, haha." Li Si has been a guest minister for seven years, and Nei Shiten has also called him a guest guest for seven years, so he is used to it, so it is no wonder that he can't change his words for a while.Nei Shiten smiled awkwardly, "Yes, yes, Sir Tingwei, congratulations to your promotion."

Li Si was pressed for time, and he was not polite, so he went straight to the point and said what he wanted.After hearing this, Nei Shiten had a strange expression on his face. The internal history is equivalent to the mayor of Xianyang. Although the power is prominent, it is also a position that is easy to be angered, so it is not easy to take it very well.Theoretically, all the big and small things that happen in Xianyang territory are all under Nei Shi Teng's jurisdiction.However, Xianyang is the capital city where all the high-ranking officials in Qin's political arena gathered, let alone Yingzheng. He stumbled and got in the way.No, even though he was the chief judge of Zheng Guo's case, he followed the clan's wishes throughout the trial process.He thought Zheng Guo's case was settled, and he would be sent to the execution ground tomorrow, his head would be chopped off, and his head would be hung on the city gate.And on the side of the clan, he can also make favors because of this.Unexpectedly, Li Silai suddenly popped up from the slanting stab, looking for him to pick someone up.

Nesten was undoubtedly disgusted with Li Si's breaking out of the sky, resisted from the bottom of his heart, and refused to hand him over.Nei Shiteng has also experienced in the political arena for many years, and he knows that Li Si and the clan are in opposition. Zheng Guo's case is clearly Li Si who wants to wrestle with the clan, and it has nothing to do with him.His best choice is of course to stay out of it, but the reality is that he has to be caught in the middle. If you can't please both sides, then at least you must not offend both sides.Nei Shiteng then asked: "Tingwei wants to retry the Zheng Guo case?" Li Si nodded.Nei Shiteng said: "Tingwei knows..." He hesitated to speak.Li Si understood Nei Shiteng's situation, so he said: "There is no need to worry about Nei Shi. Nei Shi transferred Zheng Guo's case according to national law, and Li Si retried Zheng Guo's case according to national law. Forgive others and have nothing to say."

Nei Shiteng asked again: "In the opinion of Tingwei, was the judgment of Zheng Guo's case wrong?" Li Si nodded.Nei Shiteng became nervous. According to the laws of the State of Qin, once a wrongful judgment is made, he, the presiding judge, will have to bear the corresponding charges and punishments. The clan will not come forward to take these charges and punishments for him. He can only give The clan is a scapegoat.Nesten carefully asked: "Dare to ask where is the mistake?" Li Si replied: "The sentence is too light." Nestern felt much more at ease.There are three kinds of misjudgments: those who judge a case with improper sentencing are the crime of "missing punishment"; those who intentionally receive a light sentence for a felony or receive a heavy sentence for a misdemeanor are "incompetent" crimes; For the crime of "long imprisonment".Li Si said that his sentence was too light, so he would only be prosecuted for the crime of miscarriage of sentence, and the fine would be fined, so that it would not affect his official career.So Nei Shiten handed it over to Zheng Guo, and at the same time he couldn't help being curious. Li Si was finally going to compete head-on with the clan. He couldn't know who would win and who would lose. There is a good show.

After passing Nei Shiten's hurdle, the next step is to obtain Ying Zheng's approval.Because the Zheng Guo case has always been handled by the clan, Ying Zheng naturally came to talk to the clan before making a decision. The clan was also surprised when they heard Li Si's request to convene Zazhi, change the sentence of Zheng Guoche torn apart, and punish his three clans. They didn't know what Li Si was up to.They originally thought that Li Si and Zheng Guo were in the same group and would ask for Zheng Guo's sentence to be commuted.They were expecting that too, they were waiting for Li Si to make this mistake.As a South Korean spy, Zheng Guo endangered the national interests of Qin State, and he must die for the crime. As long as Li Si dared to ask for a commutation of Zheng Guo's sentence in this serious case, they would have a chance to retaliate. They could make a fuss and bring Li Si down. .

However, Li Si not only did not ask for a commutation of Zheng Guo's sentence, but instead demanded a heavier punishment for Zheng Guo. This move was beyond their expectations and they could not understand it.Could it be that Li Si wants to steal the credit of their clan by splitting Zheng Guo?Or, as the new court lieutenant, Li Si wants to show his prestige through this iron case that must win? The clan was uncertain about Li Si's intentions, but Li Si's requests were all within the scope of the court lieutenant's duties and within the scope permitted by the law. There was really no reason to refuse.Besides, as long as Zheng Guo is still guilty of capital punishment, it is nothing more than a distinction between seriousness and seriousness, and it will not be regarded as refuting the face of their clan.The imperial family did not express any objection, so Yingzheng issued an edict, "At the request of Tingwei Li Si, call Zazhi to re-examine Zheng Guo's case."

In Xianyang Palace, court battles are imminent!