Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 250 Tat for Tat

Tit for Tat?
That's a really good idea.

Xu Zhiqian's eyes lit up.

She knew very well in her heart that it was almost impossible to fight Kaifeng Mansion again this time.

Regarding privileges, it is really a high-tension line that cannot be touched. Since ancient times, no one has been able to do this.

Never had it.

It can only be clarified by tabloids.

Xu Zhiqian immediately took action with Zhang Fei.

Since Xu Zhiqian had only written pleading papers, but not newspaper articles, she had no idea for a while, so Zhang Fei could only say that she was the ghostwriter.

Let Zhang Fei write, Zhang Fei may not be able to do it, if you let him speak, it will be a long story!

And Zhang Fei was very emotional, criticizing those scholar-bureaucrats, the big landlords, saying that they want to rule the world with the scholar-officials, but you use tenant farmers to threaten the court. This kind of behavior does not deserve this kind of treatment.

"It's absolutely impossible to write like that."

Xu Zhiqian put down her pen.

Zhang Fei excitedly said, "Why not?"

Xu Zhiqian looked at the irritable Zhang Fei, "Calm down first."

Zhang Fei said solemnly: "I'm very calm now, they have made such a shady move against my father-in-law, if I don't fight back this time, then no matter what I do in the future, they will use my father-in-law to threaten me."

Xu Zhiqian said: "If you were calm, you wouldn't think so. What you just said just now proves that my father is right. The imperial court should take back those privileges."

Zhang Fei asked: "Is there a problem?"

"Of course there are problems."

Xu Zhiqian said: "If you want to argue about right and wrong, the tabloids can't solve the problem, and the officials won't agree to do so. In this case, to prove that my father is right and they are wrong. What's the point? And it will only confirm their speculation, thinking that this is a conspiracy of my father."

Zhang Fei blinked and asked, "Then how should you say it?"

Xu Zhiqian thought for a while, "We should start with the court's concerns."

Zhang Fei asked, "What are you worried about?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "Uncle Sima and the others are worried that those big landlords will take the opportunity to dismiss the tenants. We can even write down the reasons for the previous lawsuit, and focus on the tenants instead of the fight with the big landlords. .”

As expected of my wife, she can still stay sober under such circumstances.Zhang Fei also thought so, and pretended to think about it, "It would be a little difficult to write this way, because it has to be proved from the side, the cause and effect of this matter. Can you do it?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded confidently and said, "Although my article can't catch the attention of Grand Master Wang and the others, I should still be able to do it."

Zhang Fei nodded: "That's okay, let's split up. You write here first, and I'll go to the printing workshop to prepare."

"Ah."

Xu Zhiqian said: "Go quickly."

After getting out of Xu's mansion and getting into the carriage, Zhang Fei's expression changed slightly, and he said to himself: "Zhiqian, you can't blame me for hiding this from you, if I let you know, I will take your father to play this kind of flirty operation , then you must not chase me for eight streets!"

Come to the genuine bookstore.

In fact, there is nothing to prepare at all.

After spending so much money and spending more than half a year, there is not a single page printed, all of which are in preparation.

You can get whatever you want for movable type and printing plates.

As a result, when Hou Donglai heard that there was finally work to do, he almost cried with joy.

Zhang Fei felt a little distressed that the money was well spent.

The only thing to prepare now is the design of the newspaper layout.

You must know that today's residence newspapers and tabloids are all a book. Although the content is the content of newspapers, the style is similar to books.

Zhang Fei wants to create the first paper newspaper.

At the same time, people in the court are still panicked.

Although Sima Guang kept explaining, this was really a misunderstanding.

But a few days ago, Zhao Xu became famous. Do you think this is a misunderstanding?

Who dares to believe it!

God knows what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd.

Shen House.

"This is really God's help!"

Shen Huaixiao laughed loudly.

Du Xiu asked: "Brother Shen, what do you say?"

Shen Huaixiao said: "Originally the officials let Uncle Lu Hui be the planner, and they would definitely not let us go. To tell you the truth, I have already packed my luggage, but now that they are making such a fuss, other ministers will definitely support us of."

Cao Han also nodded and said: "I agree with Brother Shen's statement. We have to make a fuss about this. It is impossible for the officials to do this. The more we work hard, the more they will support us."

Du Xiu and Tang Ji also reacted and looked at each other with joy.

For them, it's a real turn of events.

In the previous lawsuit, they cheated and were caught. The officials were very tolerant without strict investigation. Someone must take responsibility. Naturally, they cannot escape.

Because the three courts have been controlled by their judges.

But it's different now. Many people think that this is a serial drama, and if they want to stab it to the end, they must defend their own interests, so they will definitely do their best to protect them.

Court of Justice.

"Junshi, have you found out who did this?"

Wen Yanbo asked Sima Guang.

Of course he believed in Sima Guang. This was a misunderstanding. What he was curious about now was who leaked such a confidential meeting.

"no!"

Sima Guang shook his head, "I don't even dare to speculate when this matter has become so troublesome, and they don't allow Kaifeng Mansion to investigate this matter."

Judging from this tabloid, those scholar-bureaucrats thought it was done by a friendly army. Without this tabloid, they would have been kept in the dark, but they could talk about the facts and divulge court secrets, which is a violation of the system.

If anyone is found out, then this person may be punished.

They are all desperately protecting this person, preventing the Kaifeng government from investigating the matter.

Sima Guang, who knew the truth, thought it was funny, and Zhang Fei was about to spoil it.

Wen Yanbo asked again: "Then what are you going to do?"

Sima Guang sighed: "No matter how I explain it, they don't believe it. We can only quickly revise that law and promulgate it, so that they can know. We really have no such plan."

Wen Yanbo nodded slightly, "But this matter has to be clarified by the officials themselves, otherwise, everyone will inevitably be suspicious."

Sima Guang nodded slightly.

In fact, he now feels a little regretful in his heart. He was really obsessed with ghosts at that time, and he listened to Zhang Fei's nonsense.

He really didn't expect that there would be such a big disturbance, because Zhang Fei didn't tell him that he would write an article to slander Xu Zun.

This operation is really quite enchanting.

Even if Zhang Fei made it well-behaved, it wouldn't be like this.

He had to ask Zhang Fei for clarification.

Over there, Xu Zhiqian wrote a large article very quickly. Since the content of the previous lawsuit was very rich, Zhang Fei planned to publish it in three installments.

At this moment, the advantages of movable type printing are reflected, and everyone typesets quickly.

Although some characters are not carved well, the Chinese language is broad and profound, and a few characters can express the same meaning. This is not more beautiful than the article. This kind of gossip can be read no matter how it is written.

After Xu Zhiqian left, Zhang Fei called Hou Donglai over, "Print a thousand copies first, and sell them directly to those tea shops and restaurants for thirty cents a piece."

Hou Donglai asked in surprise, "Is it so expensive?"

It has been calculated before that the cost of [-] copies is about five cents per copy, after all, the number of words is a bit more.

For three thousand copies, it can probably be reduced to two pennies.

Zhang Fei said: "We are selling this to a restaurant, not buying an individual, it doesn't matter if it is more expensive, they can afford it."

But I was crying in my heart, it was not easy, and finally I was able to make free TM money.

If you don't make money, you will go bankrupt.

Hou Donglai said again: "But our workshop is all craftsmen, and there is no one who sells newspapers."

Zhang Fei clicked his tongue, "Won't you find someone to sell it? Do you still need me to teach you how to do this?"

But as he said that, he was taken aback for a moment, "It's not necessary, as long as we release the news, those restaurants and tea shops will come to you."

This follow-up is what everyone is looking forward to.

As long as the government doesn't stop it, there will be a fire!
At this moment, Li Si ran in suddenly, and whispered in Zhang Fei's ear, "Third Brother, Grand Master Sima is here."

Come to me now, this old man is really calm!Zhang Fei immediately asked Hou Dong to come and work in the workshop, and then personally invited Sima Guang to the house.

As soon as the door was closed, the old man glared at each other, "What do you want to do, kid?"

Zhang Fei was very wronged and said: "Scholar Sima, I was forced by you."

Sima Guang's heart skipped a beat, "It's nonsense, when will I force you to spread rumors to slander your father-in-law?"

Zhang Fei said: "But Master Sima insists on letting my father-in-law speak. If I don't do this, someone will doubt my father-in-law. I decided to do this after careful consideration. It's the safest way."

After Sima Guang heard this, his confidence dropped sharply, "Yes, no one doubts your father-in-law nowadays, but they all take it seriously, and they don't even believe my words. What do you say?"

He also had to admit that after doing this, no one doubted that it was their son-in-law who did it.

Still desperately protecting the culprit.

Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "Scholar Sima, don't worry, I'm prepared."

As he said that, he took out the article written by Xu Zhiqian and handed it to Sima Guang, "I plan to retaliate and use tabloids to explain."

Sima Guang was not surprised by this, nor did he think that Zhang Fei's purpose was to get newspapers. After all, no one knew how powerful the newspapers were.

After reading it carefully, Sima Guang nodded frequently, but after reading it, he frowned: "Did you write this?"

Zhang Fei said: "No, how could I write such a good article, it was Zhiqian who wrote it."

Sima Guang stroked his beard and said, "Xu Zhongtu's tutor is still lacking!"

".?"

Zhang Fei looked at Sima Guang in bewilderment.

Sima Guang said: "The intention of this article is very good, and the thinking is clear. This is the style of writing. How about I help you write an article."

He likes the idea and thinking of this article very much. It clearly describes the thoughts of the imperial court, as well as the cause and effect.

Did not say for those scholar-bureaucrat class.

It is this style of writing, which is really hard to describe in one sentence, too straightforward, and it is basically difficult to find a sentence in the Confucian classics.

Although Sima Guang's articles are not as good as those of Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu, etc., he is also a great writer. In his opinion, this article is at the child's level, so how can he get it right?

At the same time, his thoughts were gushing like a fountain, and his hands were itchy.

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "It's too late, I've already done the typesetting, and if Master Sima writes it, people will recognize it at a glance."

Sima Guang nodded slightly disappointed, but immediately said: "No, I will write."

"what?"

Zhang Fei looked at Sima Guang puzzled.

Sima Guang said: "I am also involved in this matter. Of course I have the responsibility to explain all this. You ask someone to help me prepare pen and ink, and I will write an article."

This caught Zhang Fei by surprise, he hurriedly explained movable type printing to Sima Guang, some words were missing!

Sima Guang said: "No problem, if not, I can change it."

Seeing that this old man had to write this article, Zhang Fei could only let him.

(End of this chapter)