Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 352
According to Zhang Fei's theory of legal system, then the legalist law is super-centralization, that is, the monarch alone has the final say, and no disobedience is allowed.

The Confucian law is the rule of "virtue". At the level of "law", everyone is unequal, and what follows is that everyone is also unequal at the level of "morality". Whoever is the greatest should have the highest virtue. Therefore, they often ask the emperor to set an example.

This is actually a way to limit the emperor.

It's just more tactful.

However, the particularity of the founding of the country in the Song Dynasty led to the Confucian law being further advanced, and the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.

Under such a design, there will indeed be many disadvantages, such as talking about a trivial matter for a long time, but if history is used as a mirror, this is better than the emperor's arbitrariness.

It is also because the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together, and there is great freedom in academic discussions.

In fact, Fu Bi has already pointed out the mystery of the legal system, but Wen Yanbo just said, don't take this class, this is because Zhang Fei is just a small pen, if Zhang Fei is a scholar-bureaucrat, Wen Yanbo probably won't say that. can speak.

Because restricting the monarch was also the goal of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty, but this legal system also restricted the scholar-bureaucrats, which would destroy the Confucian class system.

Then again, Zhang Fei's legal system is nothing compared to Wang Anshi's "three no's".

Wang Anshi's "three nos" basically want to completely subvert Confucianism.

If it is said that heaven, ancestors, and human words are all ignored, the entire system of Confucianism is not valid.

But Wang Anshi finally started the reform.

Zhang family.

Gao Wenyin carried the pastry along the corridor and walked towards the lobby, when she suddenly saw a figure leaning against the window, it was Xu Zhiqian.

She couldn't help being curious, so she walked over and called softly, "Mistress Xu."

Xu Zhiqian was so frightened that she turned her head and saw that it was Gao Wenyin, and hurriedly made a silent gesture.

Gao Wenyin asked in a low voice, "What are you doing here?"

"I listen to what they're saying."

As Xu Zhiqian said, she snorted again: "I knew it wasn't that simple. The chicken and the egg are all lies. Just when I got home, my dad rushed back to talk with him. After a while, Sima Uncle is here too."

Gao Wenyin was confused, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

Xu Zhiqian originally wanted to say that it was probably not a good thing, but she thought that Gao Wenyin's psychological quality was relatively poor, so she said: "Tell me a lesson, there is probably nothing wrong with it, maybe he said something amazing that aroused the interest of Dad and Uncle Sima. "

Speaking of this, she muttered again: "It's just why I'm not allowed to listen in."

Gao Wenyin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "It's fine! It's fine! Then I'll go in first."

Xu Zhiqian nodded.

But as soon as Gao Wenyin entered, she felt that something was wrong. Zhang Fei, Xu Zun, and Sima Guang didn't speak, and she didn't dare to say anything. She quickly put down the pastry, and then backed out.

As soon as she went out, Sima Guang asked Zhang Fei with an incredulous expression: "You said you came up with this legal system to deal with those students?"

This class was really terrible, completely out of his expectation, and after Fu Bi and the others discussed it, it almost became an idea, but Sima Guang asked Zhang Fei to attend the class, so we have to ask clearly what is going on.

It doesn't matter if you don't ask, but if you ask, people will be dizzy.

Zhang Fei actually told him that this legal method was thought up by himself to specifically hate those students.

It's outrageous!

Zhang Fei nodded: "Yes!"

Sima Guang blinked, then stood up suddenly and said angrily: "Nonsense, do you know that Fu Gong said that your legal system can establish a sect, you...you actually said that you are dealing with those students?"

Xu Zhiqian, who was hiding outside the window, heard his yelling clearly, and couldn't help but look surprised.What the hell did he say in class?
"Create a sect?"

Zhang Fei was also stunned, "I don't have this ability, I just because they have been mocking me these days for being uneducated and unworthy of being a teacher, and even affecting my father-in-law and Zhiqian, I am very upset .

Then I was thinking, I have to talk about something they don’t know, if they know, then I definitely can’t say it, so I thought of this legal system. "

Sima Guang looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously, and then at Xu Zun who was beside him.

Xu Zun stroked his beard and said uncertainly: "It doesn't seem like it was premeditated."

Sima Guang knew this best. It was he himself who wanted to use the Guozijian to teach and promote Zhang Fei, but it was not Zhang Fei's request.

But he couldn't believe it, you made such a big thing out, and it turned out to be fighting against those students.

We all know that you, Zhang San, are narrow-minded, and you must retaliate, but you didn't expect that you are so small, this is simply a state of perfection.

Unbelievable.

"Really?" Sima Guang asked again.

"real."

Zhang Fei nodded very positively.

Is he a genius or a fool?Do you care about this matter?Sima Guang frowned, and hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense about that."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I will never talk nonsense. If I say it, I will lose my grade. I just want to show that I am knowledgeable."

".!"

Only the uneducated would think so.Sima Guang immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and asked anxiously: "Then why don't you tell me about this legal system?"

Zhang Fei immediately said: "My idea is actually very simple. I just hope to elevate the law study to a higher level and give it a little thought, but I haven't figured out how to say it specifically."

Sima Guang was immediately dumbfounded, "You didn't think about it, how did you speak so clearly above."

Zhang Fei said: "I just want to deal with this class. Anyway, they will definitely not understand for a while, so just fool around."

Sima Guang suddenly realized, "No wonder you run so fast, even the officials can't call you."

Zhang Fei suddenly had lingering fears in his heart and said: "It was really dangerous at that time. Fu Gong, Wang Xueshi, and Wen Gong all took action. I didn't expect this, and it made me flustered."

Sima Guang anxiously said: "But you can run for a while, but you can't run forever."

Zhang Fei said: "I'm planning to discuss this issue with Bachelor Sima. I don't think it's necessary to take this class. When I enter the classroom, I'm not a teacher, but an enemy. It's not that I'm afraid of them, but I'm free to do whatever I want. Run and quarrel with them."

Sima Guang waved his hand and said: "There is no need to discuss this. You must attend the next class. If you don't explain this clearly, you may be in more trouble."

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "But I'm just preparing for one class."

Sima Guang said: "Then you think about it now, I will arrange the lessons and try to delay it for you."

"Ouch!" Zhang Fei covered his face, "Scholar Sima, do you think we are too busy?"

Sima Guang was very conflicted. In fact, Zhang Fei agreed with Zhang Fei's idea of ​​elevating the status of law studies, but it's a bit too big.He also wanted to cry, "How did I know that you would come up with a legal system, I still don't understand this knowledge thoroughly."

Xu Zun nodded in deep agreement.

He just came back just now, just wanted to discuss with Zhang Fei.

This point of view is very rare.

Among a hundred schools of thought, only Yang Zhu mentioned it, but the problem is that Yang Zhu did not leave any works.

"Maybe it's because I haven't figured it out myself." Zhang Fei scratched his head, "I'll think about it again, how to be round by then."

round?
OMG!

Sima's bald head was all big, and he couldn't help telling: "Think carefully, think carefully, after class you will not be facing those students, but Wang Jiefu and Fu Gong."

"what?"

"This is your own fault."

"If Bachelor Sima doesn't let me go!" Zhang Fei complained.

Sima Guang opened his mouth, but thought to himself, this kid is like a donkey, he won't move unless you whip him.Instead, he said: "You also know that this punishment is not suitable for a scholar-bureaucrat. If something happens, the old man will definitely be fine."

Zhang Fei was surprised and said, "Scholar Sima, you... won't you protect me?"

Sima Guang snorted, "I'll protect you. If something goes wrong, I'm responsible for it myself. But at most I'll be an official in a local area. You're different."

Zhang Fei's face was startled, "Uh, does this count as a scholar-bureaucrat from the ninth rank?"

Sima Guang smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Zhang Fei nodded: "I also want to be a scholar-official." But he added in his heart, if he can't be, I will use the law to drag you all down.

After repeated instructions from Sima Guang, he rushed to the Guozijian, because Zhang Fei's next class was scheduled for tomorrow, who would dare to let the emperor wait.

But the emperor will not wait.

The emperor had come long ago, but he was at Xu's house. Sima Guang had just left, and before Xu Zhiqian could ask him about it, Zhang Fei was called away by Zhao Xu.

He and Zhang Fei have always talked alone, and Xu Zun's father and daughter stayed at Zhang's house obediently.

Seeing Zhang Fei, Zhao Xu asked with a smile, "You have premeditated this matter, right?"

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Did I hide it from His Majesty?"

The reason why Zhao Xu knew this was because Zhang Fei had mentioned the cage of power, but after listening to Fu Bi's explanation, he felt that the cage seemed too big and uncontrollable, so he asked, "Who are you?" What's your plan?"

Zhang Fei replied: "I want the tripartite confrontation."

"Three-legged confrontation?" Zhao Xu asked in surprise.

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Your Majesty must have discussed this matter with Wang Xueshi and Wen Gong, right?"

Zhao Xu nodded.

Zhang Fei asked again: "Is there some entanglement in their statement, is it that they neither agree with it, but they don't clearly oppose it?"

Zhao Xu asked curiously, "How did you know that?"

Although Wen Yanbo mentioned it, he only expressed his concerns, and his attitude was not firm. As for Fu Bi, Sima Guang, and Wang Anshi, they had reservations.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Xueshi Wang's new policy is obviously more in favor of the Legalists, while Duke Wen and the others want to stick to Confucianism. My legal system is different from these two schools, and it is impossible to be absorbed by the two schools. become the third.

If Confucianism completely negates the rule of law, Confucianism subtracts the rule of law, and what you get is the rule of virtue, which means self-evidently, it is to defend the rights and interests of scholar-bureaucrats, and scholars Wang will definitely use this to attack them.

Because the law of the legal system is to protect the legitimate rights and interests of individuals, and Wen Gong and others advocate hiding wealth from the people. If they want to deny this right, it is either the so-called hiding wealth to the people, or they are hiding wealth to the scholar-bureaucrats, not the people of the world.

And if Wang Xueshi wants to deny it, it is also contrary to the idea that the people do not add taxes and the country uses them. If you deny that the people defend their legitimate rights and interests, then everyone will guess what you want to do. "

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and asked again: "Even so, what's the point?"

Zhang Fei said: "This idea is different from other factions. If there are only two factions competing, your majesty can only choose one faction if you want to govern martial arts, either black or white. The law of the system can check and balance them at the same time, so your majesty can choose the best. , there is no need to look forward and backward.”

Using thoughts to control power struggles is also an emperor's skill, which can be said to be Zhao Xu's specialty. After thinking for a while, he asked: "Can't they use the law to deal with me?"

Zhang Fei also thought about it, and said: "It is unlikely that they will use this method to deal with His Majesty, but His Majesty may need to restrain himself."

Zhao Xu asked, "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei explained: "Because it is impossible for Wen Gong and others to give up the Confucian law, and it is impossible for Wang Xueshi to give up the Legalist law. As long as Your Majesty does not oppose the legal system, it is very likely that there will be a tripartite confrontation. The problem is that , since His Majesty does not object, but does not lead by example, then they will definitely use this to attack His Majesty."

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up, and he fell silent immediately.

Ideology is the core interest of the two factions of innovation and conservatives.

If there was no Confucianism, the conservatives would not have any reason to oppose the new law, and they would not have supported the law of the rule of law. If they did not support it, they would certainly not restrict the emperor with the knowledge of the law of the rule of law.

If they dare to do this, Confucian law will be abolished.

This was originally intended to limit the emperor, but they definitely wouldn't use it.

Then the emperor can turn it around and use the law of the legal system to check and balance the law of Confucianism.

In fact, it is mainly the method of Confucianism. Although Confucianism is beneficial to the rule of the monarch, it is not too harmful to enrich the country and strengthen the army. Zhao Xu must suppress the method of Confucianism if he wants to govern with literature and martial arts.

Brother wants to fight a war, but you want to hide your wealth from the people, so it’s a big deal.

The law of Legalism is actually the most beneficial to Zhao Xu, but the problem is that the law of Confucianism is too powerful, and the law of Legalism has no way out, and the common people will not accept it.

Wang Anshi himself knew this, so what he said was that the people don’t add taxes and the country uses them. This is obviously to keep a distance from the Legalists. If it is a Legalist, just add taxes.

Comparing Wang Anshi's and Sang Hongyang's economic policies, the main difference is that Wang Anshi's New Deal took into account Confucianism, while Sang Hongyang's method was to make money for Emperor Wu, using legalist techniques rather than virtue.

Zhao Xu was very moved, because he had a plan before, if there is really no way to deal with this group of scholar-bureaucrats, then set up a power cage, exchange them with a limit of 0.5, I lose a little, and you lose more.

Because his purpose is to make the country rich and powerful.

Now it seems that in a short period of time, the emperor can set an example without losing anything. This is no problem. As for the future, we will talk about it later.

The key point is that Confucianism is so strong, the chance of losing is relatively small, just keep a balance.

In addition, if he can achieve supremacy, this problem may not be a problem.

Zhao Xu asked: "Can you achieve the three-legged confrontation in this class?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "No. I have to think about it slowly and see how to do it."

Zhao Xu's expression froze, and he said in shock, "Haven't you figured it out yourself?"

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "I have a clear idea about the three-legged confrontation, but I haven't figured out how to structure this legal system."

Zhao Xu was dizzy, "If you haven't thought clearly, just say it."

Zhang Fei said embarrassingly: "Actually, I was also forced to do this by Bachelor Sima, but don't worry, Your Majesty, it's not important."

Zhao Xu asked with a question mark on his face: "It's not important?"

Zhang Fei said: "Isn't there a public prosecutor's law? Giving this little idea to the public prosecutor's law is enough for them to drink a pot, but at the same time it will not hurt your majesty."

The public security law was not set up for him.Zhao Xu's eyes flickered, and he asked again: "Then what do you do after class?"

Zhang Fei chuckled, "I told Bachelor Sima to move back."

Zhao Xu laughed angrily at this kid, "Where are you going with the rigorousness of your lawsuit?"

Zhang Fei immediately said: "If there is a lawsuit, I will definitely not do it, after all, teaching is just a side job."

Zhao Xu's expression changed, and he said very seriously: "Let me remind you again, you are an official now, lecturing is your main job, and litigation is a side job."

"Oh yes."

(End of this chapter)