Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 140 Before Dawn Breaks

Zhang Fei, who is a liberal arts student, only remembers the theory of many miscellaneous things, which is probably just a few words.For example, for gunpowder, he knows the ratio of charcoal and sulfur, but you have to ask him how to get the sulfur needed for gunpowder and how to make the charcoal, he has no idea at all.

But he firmly believes that money can make up for everything.

Besides, movable type printing already exists in modern times, but few people use it. If you spend money to get it, you can definitely get it.

After returning home, Zhang Fei immediately called Feng Nanxi.

"Grandfather! You are looking for me."

Feng Nanxi came to the hall.

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "You pay one hundred guan from the cashier to the printing shop, oh, and another one hundred guan to the law firm."

The reason why he has to pay [-] to the law firm is because he did not get actual income from these two lawsuits, but according to the cooperation contract between him and the law firm, he can only get [-]% of the income, and the remaining [-]% is To put in a law firm.

Originally, he also considered letting the law firm take a stake in the printing workshop, but after thinking about it, it would cost a lot of money, and Fan Li was not interested in it.

In order not to argue with Fan Li in the future, he still planned to do it himself.

Then he has to make up the money.

Rules cannot be broken.

"Grandpa, then..."

Feng Nanxi nodded, seeming to hesitate to speak.

Zhang Fei asked: "If you have anything to say, just say it."

Feng Nanxi said: "Grandfather, the accountant has spent a lot recently. If this continues, it will be used up soon."

Almost all of Zhang Fei's current wealth comes from the mortgage contract, and only part of it is the hundreds of Guan he earned from Cao Dongdong.

But after that, there was no income, but the expenditure was increasing day by day, especially with so many people in the family. As the account manager, Feng Nanxi must remind Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Don't worry, we will have a steady stream of income soon, and we will use it first if we have enough money at home."

Feng Nanxi nodded and said, "Yes, I see."

After talking with Feng Nanxi, Zhang Fei went to the backyard and saw many flowerpots in the empty backyard, and a graceful figure was busy in front of the flowerpots with a small shovel.

This figure is naturally Gao Wenyin, Zhang Fei is rarely at home these days, she is more at ease, busy taking care of this potted plant.

Of course Zhang Fei was happy to see it, it was better than sitting in the room and recalling the sadness.

"My husband is back."

Gao Wenyin straightened up, and suddenly found Zhang Fei standing in the corridor.

Zhang Fei nodded, walked over, and said with a smile: "With these flowers and plants, it really feels different."

Gao Wenyin asked: "Does your husband also like flowers and plants?"

Zhang Fei blinked, "I only know how to pick flowers."

Gao Wenyin pursed her lips and smiled, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said: "That's right! Husband, you asked me to make those shorts for you. I've already done almost the same. Do you want to show it to you?"

"So fast?" Zhang Fei asked in surprise.

Gao Wenyin said: "The shorts are easy to make, but it doesn't take much work."

Although she called her husband, she still had a feeling of gratitude in her heart, so she would do whatever Zhang Fei requested as soon as possible.

"Okay! Quickly show it to me."

"Husband, wait a moment."

Gao Wenyin washed her hands, and then went to her own house. After a while, she took out a pair of brand new turquoise shorts.

Zhang Fei frowned, "This color..."

Gao Wenyin asked: "Doesn't my husband like this color very much?"

"Uh, I just want to say that it suits me quite well." Zhang Fei nodded awkwardly, but he didn't know that it was just a work uniform, and he never wore it normally.

When I took it over and took a look, I suddenly found that there were embroidery on the bottom of the trousers, which was very exquisite, but it was just the pattern on it.

"Ma'am, where did your idea of ​​embroidery come from, little bird?"

"I don't know what you like, husband, so I just showed some birds and flowers on it. Don't you like it, husband?"

"Uh, it's not that I don't like it, it's just..."

"Just what?" Gao Wenyin asked anxiously.

Zhang Fei said: "It's just that it doesn't fit my figure."

Gao Wenyin said in surprise: "My husband hasn't tried it yet, so how do you know the size is wrong?"

Zhang Fei said, "I mean this little bird."

"Little bird?"

Gao Wenyin looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while before saying: "Actually, I love eagles more than birds, and I think eagles are more suitable for me."

Gao Wenyin nodded half-understood, "Okay, I'll change it later."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Why don't you change the color? Although I like this color, it's better to keep the shorts plain."

Gao Wenyin nodded and said, "Yes, I wrote it down."

Over there, Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi are ready, but Zhao Xu thinks that before officially launching the reform, there is one thing he has always been thinking about.

It is the law of the ancestors.

In the original lawsuit, he did not judge Zhang Fei to win, but he also did not judge Zhang Fei to lose.

But he always remembered that he couldn't let go of this opportunity.

After all, he was too young, and he was a little out of breath under the pressure of his ancestors.

He intends to resolve the matter at today's executive meeting.

Unexpectedly, the meeting had just started, and before he had time to speak, Sima Guang gave him a memorial first.

It is the judgment of the Kaifeng government on the case of Jijuxian.

"Well, I think this verdict from Kaifeng Mansion is very appropriate and there is no problem."

Zhao Xu suddenly looked at Sima Guang next to him, and asked, "This case is not a big one, why did you show it to me?"

Sima Guang didn't answer this question, and handed over another pleading paper, "Your Majesty, please take a look, this is a pleading paper received by Mr. Youxiang a few days ago."

Zhao Xu took it again, looked at it for a while, "It's about the Yan family." After looking at it for a while, "This case is exactly the same as Su Shi's lawsuit against Ji Juxian!"

Sima Guang nodded and said, "Exactly, how does His Majesty think the sentence should be judged?"

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said, "These two lawsuits are exactly the same, so naturally the punishment should be the same."

There is no difference between the two lawsuits at all.

Naturally, there can be no discrepancy in the judgment.

Sima Guang said: "However, the lightest crime for making jackets, books, and jackets is the punishment of sixty sticks, and the sentence given by the prefect of Lu is only for compensation, and the punishment is not in accordance with the law."

"That's true." Zhao Xu nodded, thought for a while, and didn't know how to criticize, so he swept his eyes and asked, "What do you think should be judged?"

Tang Jie immediately stood up and said, "I thought that the crime of making jackets, books, and jackets was incompatible with this crime itself, but it was Naerbi Zhang San who used clever discrimination to put these two crimes together."

Wang Anshi said with a smile: "I was there at the time. In my opinion, the reason why Zhang San did this is because there is no law in my dynasty that prohibits the piracy of other people's poems."

Tang Jie said: "Piracy is indeed wrong, but without those booksellers, the world may have no books to read."

Wang Anshi immediately said: "The minister's words are wrong. The pirated books are not free for the world to read, and the world still needs to pay for them. But all the profits from the collection of poems belong to the bookseller, and the poets don't get any profit. , which is extremely unfair to the author.”

Many ministers nodded slightly.

If you don’t make money, it’s like many people transcribe and enjoy and learn by themselves. That’s understandable. If you use other people’s poems to make money, the author doesn’t get any money, even if you ask for it, this is a bit too much.

Tang Jie said: "Although this is the case, the literati in the world can't print their own collections of poems and sell them."

Wang Anshi said: "That's not necessary, but the imperial court can stipulate that anyone who wants to print other people's poems must obtain the author's consent, and both parties must sign a contract. In this way, the author can claim his own benefits according to his own wishes."

Sima Guang glanced at Wang Anshi in surprise.

Tang Jie snorted and said: "Scholars write poems and lyrics for self-cultivation, so it's not profitable. Does Wang Xueshi have the nerve to sell his articles for money?"

Wang Anshi was stunned and stunned for a while. He was really embarrassed to do this. At that time, he rejected Zhang Fei, but said: "This depends on the author's own needs. You can talk about benefits or not. "

Tang Jie said reluctantly: "But this will prompt scholars to compete for fame and fortune."

Wang Anshi said: "This gentleman loves money, and he gets it in a proper way. What's wrong with fighting for fame and fortune based on ability? Scholars all over the world want to be a Jinshi and become an official in the court. Isn't this a struggle for fame and fortune? If you follow the plan In other words, why not cancel the scientific examination as well."

Tang Jie said excitedly: "You are misinterpreting the old man's meaning."

Wang Anshi said: "You misinterpreted my meaning. This has nothing to do with fighting for fame and fortune. I just hope that scholars have the right to make decisions about their own works. Is this also wrong?"

Having said that, many ministers nodded their heads one after another.

Zhao Xu hurried out to smooth things over, "It's just a verbal misunderstanding, you two don't want to hurt your friendship."

Tang Jie retreated resentfully.

This is actually not a misunderstanding, but a grievance.

Tang Jie also agreed with Zhang Fei's argument. He just had some opinions on this charge, but he just didn't like Wang Anshi's quick talk of profit. Simply put, he just didn't like Wang Anshi.

Zhao Xu didn't dare to ask them any more, and asked Sima Guang, "According to Qing's opinion, how should we deal with it?"

Sima Guang said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, most of the laws of our court followed the laws of the Tang Dynasty, why there is no law to prevent pirated printing in the laws of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no sushi like Su Shi.

The reason is that the printing technique of the Tang Dynasty was not as good as that of our dynasty, and the number of bookstores was far less than that of our dynasty. Most of the poems and articles of famous writers were copied, so there is no crime of piracy.

Another example is the shop facing the street. The Tang Dynasty had the Lifang system. Although our dynasty also had this law, no one followed it. As for how to regulate it, there is no clear document. The same is true for the curfew system. "

Those who were sitting nodded their heads one after another.

The Lifang system has yet to give a specific answer.

The imperial court has expressly forbids invading the streets to open shops, but the common people don’t agree, otherwise how can they make money if they don’t open shops facing the streets!
There is no going back now.

Sima Guang continued, "According to my humble opinion, these problems can be solved only by breaking the law by introducing laws and regulations."

Wen Yanbo immediately stood up and said: "No, there will be endless troubles after breaking the law by citing the law."

Many people also looked at Sima Guang in surprise.

Sima Guang patiently explained: "Although there are hidden dangers in quoting laws to break the law, these hidden dangers can be avoided. The imperial court can use the law as a supplement to the law. Where the law is not enough, use the law."

Wen Yanbo said: "But I usually use pardons to make up for the lack of laws."

Sima Guang said: "Such small lawsuits like this have to be handed over to His Majesty for review and instructions one by one. His Majesty can't handle it at all. Moreover, in order to avoid the hidden danger of breaking the law by introducing regulations, the imperial court can also formulate a strict system of amendments. Every three years Revised once, after the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Trial and Criminal Court have collected and amended, the big ones will be approved by His Majesty, and the small ones will be promulgated by Zhongshu."

Citing an example to break the law?If he can break the law, so can I.Wang Anshi had a thought, and immediately stood up and said, "I think Bachelor Sima's words are right!"

Sima Guang glanced at Wang Anshi, didn't he know what he was planning, and silently despised him, "If I don't quote laws to break the law, you seem to know how to break the law."

It is not the ruling philosophy of the conservatives to introduce laws and regulations, but if they do not do so, the general environment will not allow it.Secondly, if he didn’t do this, Wang Anshi would have to reform the law. The enactment of the law is lagging behind, and the amnesty is also very slow. The key point is that the emperor and Wang Anshi still wear the same pair of pants, so we can only use examples to deal with the new law.

Wang Anshi keenly caught Sima Guang's gaze, and said to himself, you know how to mock me all day long, don't you have a virtue yourself.

Zhao Xu looked at the two of them, smiled to himself, and said: "In this case, I have authorized the Kaifeng government to introduce regulations to break the law, but if you think it is a common practice, I will trouble you to formulate a more detailed regulation."

Sima Guang said: "I obey."

Zhao Xu swept his eyes and said, "In addition, I have something to announce, which is about the law of the ancestors."

It's time to come.

Tang Jie, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others all closed their eyes and sighed secretly.

Zhao Xu glanced at them, knowing that they were all prepared, so he said: "The lawsuit about the law of the ancestors a few days ago, you should have not forgotten."

Tang Jie hurriedly said: "It's just a lawsuit, how can it be!"

Don't wait for him to finish.Zhao Xu then said: "I didn't want to talk about that lawsuit. What I want to talk about today is the law of the ancestors. The law of the ancestors is the foundation of a country. How can it have a name without reality.

I read through the historical records, and it is still Taizong's edict, which is the most appropriate as the law of the ancestors. "

Tang Jie persuaded: "Your Majesty, this sentence alone is too general, and I am afraid it will be used by traitors."

The meaning of saying this was to cast a glance at Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi was smiling, but he was MMP in his heart.

Zhao Xu asked: "According to Qing's opinion, how should I express it?"

Tang Jie hurriedly said: "I think some core policies of Taizu Taizong should also be included in it."

Of course they don't want to set the tone, but there is no way now, the emperor must set the tone, if they continue to object, then when they quarrel with the emperor in the future, the emperor will no longer listen to the law of the ancestors.

Zhao Xu didn't know what he was thinking, "How about this, everything is based on Taizu Taizong's period, how many officials, how many soldiers, how many government offices, how much salary."

Wen Yanbo immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, governing the country is not a child's play, how can you be arrogant."

Wang Anshi immediately came out and said, "But what if this is my suggestion?"

Sima Guang immediately shouted: "Wang Jiefu, what do you want to do?"

Wang Anshi said with a smile: "What I mean is, if I now report to Your Majesty and suggest that all the policies of Taizu Taizong's period, such as salary, official position, military administration, etc., be exemplified as the ancestor's law, will you agree?"

Sima Guang was silent.

Tang Jie wanted to say more, but Wen Yanbo quietly pulled down his sleeve, signaling him not to argue any more.

Zhao Xu said: "This matter is settled."

(End of this chapter)