Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 590 The Controversy of the Three Laws ([-])

After the government responded to the lawsuit, the entire Hezhong Mansion was completely shocked.

Because in this lawsuit, almost everyone's interests are involved, without exception.

High interest rates and low interest rates are closely related to the common people.

Fan Zhen and Yuan Jiang were representatives of conservatives and reformers respectively.

The key point is that there is also a hidden confrontation between judicial reform and the new law. It is also an unsolved mystery whether it can be implemented after the royal court's judgment.

Assuming Fan Zhen wins the lawsuit and allows low interest rates, the Green Crop Law will be completely abolished. Wang Anshi will definitely not agree to it, and there will inevitably be some games involved.

This is even what many prime ministers are looking forward to.

Because at present, Fu Bi, Sima Guang, and Wen Yanbo cannot stop the new law.

It just so happened that it was the end of autumn, and the people were almost busy with their farm work. Everyone in the streets and alleys, in the city and in the countryside, was talking about this lawsuit.

It even gave birth to a certain economic effect. Compared with last year, the sales of taverns and tea shops are much better!
Forwarding Division.

Yuan Jiang glanced at Li Min beside her, and asked, "What do you think about this lawsuit?"

Li Min pondered for a while, and said: "Xiaomin has already gone to the imperial court to inquire. Xiaomin thinks that the other party is just Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, which is intended for Pei Gong. On the surface, it is just a ban against the government, but in court, they may borrow it This ban is to attack the young crop law, which is their main purpose."

Yuan Jiang remained silent, and continued to ask: "Then are you sure to destroy their intentions?"

Li Min immediately said: "Bachelor Yuan, please rest assured, Xiaomin promises that they will not let them succeed."

Yuan Jiang nodded with a smile, "The old man really did not choose the wrong person!"

At this time, the door official said outside: "Qi report to Bachelor Yuan, Wei Tongpan and He Yanjian are asking to see you."

"Please come in."

Yuan Jiang said to Li Min again: "Go back and prepare first. If you need it, you can come to me at any time."

"Yes, Xiaomin will leave."

Li Min just went out when he saw Wei Yingfang and He Chunlin entering the house.

After this meeting, Wei Yingfang and the others had a look of doubt on their faces.

Entering the hall, the two first saluted Yuan Jiang, and Wei Ying asked conveniently, "Does Bachelor Yuan really intend to invite this little Er pen to represent the government in a lawsuit?"

Yuan Jiang nodded, "Exactly."

He Chunlin hurriedly said: "Bachelor Yuan, the other party invited Bachelor Fan."

Yuan Jiang said with a chuckle: "Before I came here, I worked with Fan Jingren in the Imperial Academy. Although he is knowledgeable and talented, it has nothing to do with litigation. Look at that Zhang San, even an article is very important." The writing is not smooth, but he can compare with Fan Chunren, Su Shi, Su Zhe and other talented officials. Litigation depends on experience and means, and knowledge is only secondary."

The two looked at each other.

Is that right?

To be honest, they never believed in Erbi. They never cleared up Erbi in the lawsuit before, because in the eyes of the officials, Erbi was a scholar who didn’t even have the qualifications to take the exam. How could he be compared with Jinshi? Please, Erbi It is better for an official to defend himself than to plead with a pen.

It was reasonable for the other party to invite Fan Zhen.

A bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is definitely a genius among geniuses.

Therefore, they were taken aback when Yuan Jiang hired Li Min to respond to the lawsuit!

Li Min VS Fan Zhen.

The advantages and disadvantages of this are too obvious.

In fact, they hoped that the government would lose, but Yuan Jiang's sudden appearance made them a little confused, so they wanted to inquire and see what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, so as to inform them.

royal court.

After what Gao Wenyin said last time, Zhang Fei has been eating breakfast at home as much as possible recently.

However, due to the cooler weather, Zhang Fei could only temporarily move his favorite open-air restaurant to the corridor.

This morning, Zhang Fei held Gao Wenyin in his arms and chattered in a low voice, which made his wife giggle, and walked slowly towards the dining table.

Xu Zhiqian, who had been waiting here for a long time, just rolled her eyes, not because she was jealous, but because he felt that Zhang Fei was becoming more and more irresponsible, what time is this, he just woke up.

"Morning Zhiqian!"

"It's too early?"

Xu Zhiqian glared at him immediately, "Now that the government has responded to the lawsuit, why are you still recharging your energy?"

Before Zhang Fei relaxed herself and recharged her batteries, it made sense, but now that the lawsuit has been settled, she should return to the long-awaited overtime state.

"No."

Zhang Fei sat down and said aggrievedly, "I've been exporting for the past few days!"

"What output?"

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously, not bothering to guess the riddle, and asked, "When do you plan to hold the court?"

Zhang Fei said: "Seven days at the earliest, half a month at the latest, let's see how they prepare?"

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly asked: "Then how are you preparing?"

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Zhiqian, we are not Erbi now, but the chief judge and the director. Since both of them have already invited Erbi, what else do we need to prepare? Let's see how they prepare. We are Passive, whoever can impress me wins."

Xu Zhiqian pondered for a moment, "Then you don't have your own opinion?"

Zhang Fei said: "If you have your own opinion, how can you say it's fair. Our job is after they finish the fight. We don't need to prepare too much before, because we don't know how they will fight, and we can't prepare."

Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly, "It's the same."

When they were Erbi, they had a very clear goal, and they could work towards this goal, but if they still have a clear goal now, that would be to bend the law for personal gain!

Xu Zhiqian asked again: "Then who do you think will win?"

At this moment, Li Si and Xiao Tao came over and presented breakfast.

Li Si handed a book to Zhang Fei, "Third brother, this is the book you want."

"Thank you!"

Zhang Fei took it over, "Have you eaten yet?"

Li Si hurriedly said: "We have already eaten, if there is nothing else, I will go to work."

"Go ahead."

After Li Si left, Xu Zhiqian asked, "What book?"

Zhang Fei said: "Book of Rites."

".?"

Xu Zhiqian stared at Zhang Fei dumbfounded, "Do you read the Book of Rites?"

"Yup!"

Zhang Fei wondered, "Can't I watch?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "But you never read these books."

Zhang Fei sighed: "I just want to know what is going on with this patriarchal clan."

Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but smiled and said: "The Book of Rites can only tell you the origin and cause of the patriarchal clan, but cannot explain the current patriarchal clan system."

"is it?"

Zhang Fei put down the book and asked, "Then tell me."

Xu Zhiqian said: "The patriarchal clan system recorded in the Book of Rites has ceased to exist long after the Qin and Han Dynasties, and now there is no strict patriarchal clan system, only the gentry, and they often manage the village by virtue of their fame and wealth.

Just like Fan Gong, after he became an official, the yizhuang system created in his hometown has recently become very popular in all townships across the country, and this kind of yizhuang has been established one after another.Usually ask people to study, and in case of natural disasters, help the villagers so as to gain the support of the villagers.

In addition, this kind of yizhuang has gradually received the support of the imperial court. In the event of a famine, the government sometimes needs to rely on the yizhuang to help it, but then the imperial court will also give support to the yizhuang.

Then they use education to establish and maintain order in the village.How can there be so many people in the government to manage it? Although there are royal police now, some remote villages cannot be managed, which requires gentry. "

Zhang Fei nodded slightly, and suddenly looked at Gao Wenyin who was helping him with food, "Ma'am, you seem to be from a country gentleman's family."

Gao Wenyin was stunned for a moment, "My father is only a teacher, and he is only well-known in the village, but his family doesn't have much land, so it's hard to help the people."

Zhang Fei said: "That is to say, you must have fame and wealth to be qualified to manage the village."

Xu Zhiqian and Gao Wenyin nodded at the same time.

Zhang Fei said: "Then Bachelor Sima will not be able to manage the village when he returns to his hometown. I heard that he doesn't even have an acre of land in the village."

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly said: "Scholar Sima is different, even if he becomes an official, he will have a lot of influence in the court, and some wealthy households, big landlords, and even local officials in the village will mostly follow his advice.

In fact, rural management does not have a set of very specific rules. It is often formed naturally, and it is generally decided by the rich clans in the village. Most of these people have people in the court and have land at home. "

Zhang Fei nodded.

At this moment, Li Si came over again, "Third brother, the essay competition is here."

"What is he doing here so early?" Zhang Fei was stunned.

Xu Zhiqian said unhappily: "It's getting late now."

"Ahem!" Zhang Feiquan pretended not to hear, and said to Li Si, "Let him come over."

After a while, Qiu Zhengwen came over and saluted the three of them.

"what's up?"

"Third brother, then Li Min has already accepted the lawsuit from the government, and plans to ask me, Lu Bangxing and others to help."

"What are your plans?" Zhang Fei asked.

Qiu Zhengwen said awkwardly: "If possible, I also want to go and help."

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Because the other party is a bachelor of the Imperial Academy?"

Qiu Zhengwen chuckled.

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "If you want to go, go, but you must behave well, don't embarrass us Erbi, it's best to teach them a lesson for these Imperial Academy scholars."

"Hey!"

Qiu Zhengwen nodded excitedly.

After Qiu Zhengwen left, Gao Wenyin asked curiously, "Could Zhengwen and the others have won a bachelor's degree from the Imperial Academy?"

Zhang Fei said: "Ma'am! It's really that Bachelor Sima and Bachelor Wang didn't dare to leave, which seriously affected my record. The highest record so far is just defeating a small admonisher Fan Chunren. Although I have defeated many times, I am ashamed to say it. "

Gao Wenyin pursed her lips and smiled, "Yes, yes, no one can compare to you."

"This is a fact."

Zhang Fei smiled triumphantly.

Xu Zhiqian said: "But you haven't said yet, who can win this lawsuit?"

Zhang Fei said: "Imperial Court. No matter who wins, we are the biggest winners."

".?"

Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes slightly, and said, "I'm asking about both of them."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "Then I really don't know. In fact, both sides have to fight this lawsuit. Even if I end up, I dare not say that I will win, because there are too many issues involved in it, even if it is from the point of view of righteousness and evil. It’s also not clear, it depends on who of them played better.”

After breakfast, Zhang Fei asked Cai Jing to ask both parties whether the court session would be held in seven days, half a month, or a month. This is all possible.

But both sides seem to be full of confidence, and both said that the court will start in seven days.

In previous lawsuits, it was almost always dominated by the chief judge and the procuratorate, and both parties did not trust Erbi, but this time, it was not as simple as Erbi, but the Erbi group.

Needless to say, Fan Zhen over there, more than a dozen think tanks helped him analyze it.

Here, Li Min also invites all the Erbis from the capital to fight this lawsuit.

There is no other meaning, just to fuck this group of old masters and step on them.

Because Li Min and the others also knew in their hearts why the people in Hezhong Mansion were reluctant to invite Erbi because they thought Erbi was not as good as an official.

If you can kill the heavenly group formed by the academicians of the Hanlin Academy and the scholar-bureaucrats, then everyone will come to invite Er Bi.

One must know that next year their bookstores will be opened one after another. They value this battle very much, and they will go all out.

This is really too gimmicky.

Not to mention the common people, there were too many officials who applied for in-court observation during this period.

Cai Jing likes this kind of moment very much, how to arrange it, but it's time to show his ability.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

Today is the day of the trial, especially since the weather has turned cold. The court session is scheduled for the third quarter of the hour, but before the hour of the hour, there are already crowds of people inside and outside the imperial court.

The squires from the 28 townships had to stand outside to watch the trial.

When Fan Zhen appeared, many officials and scholar-bureaucrats surrounded him.

"How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer and a small Er pen, how can you get Brother Jing to do it?"

"Don't dare! Don't dare!"

Fan Zhen shook his head again and again, "You don't know, these Erbis are not easy to provoke, so let's say that Zhang San, the chief judge, was born in Erbi."

"Er Bi will only be opportunistic, and will show his true colors in front of real talents and learning."

Faced with everyone's dismissive glances, Fan Zhen didn't know what to say. He looked around quietly, looking at the layout of the imperial court, and suddenly saw that the row of seats in the upper left corner was empty, and couldn't help saying: "Is there any distinguished guest today?" Want to come?"

"I don't know, why does Brother Jing ask such a question?"

"Look, there is no one in the seat over there."

Everyone turned their heads to look, and one exclaimed, "Assist the jury?"

(End of this chapter)