Chapter 104: The calm before the storm (5th update! Thanks to the leader of 'So What')
This annual vacation is destined to be endless, and they have too many things to do.
This is different from going to court.
Lawsuits are fought according to written regulations, but ancestral laws are not explained by specific regulations.
This requires a complete set of logic to interpret the law, which requires citing examples, laws and regulations, human ethics and etiquette, historical documents, etc.
This workload is not ordinary.
Fortunately, Xu Zun hates socializing the most in his life, and he rarely goes to his colleagues' homes during the Chinese New Year. You must know that he only returned to Bianjing this year.
Xu Zhiqian, on the other hand, invited many of her best friends. During the holidays, they, ladies of the world, often go out together to enjoy the mountains and rivers, and participate in some customary activities.
In comparison, Xu Zhiqian prefers her current job.
Sue the court?
How interesting is this!
If you can't participate in it, you will only regret it for the rest of your life!
However, this year, many people are experiencing uneasiness.
Because everyone knows in their hearts that next year will be a crucial year.
The little emperor, who has been on the throne for a year, has been preparing for a whole year. He should also determine his own policy for governing the country next year. This will be a big drama.
Indeed, many problems in the Northern Song Dynasty had reached the point where they had to be solved.
The debate among the ministers was not whether to resolve the issue, but how to resolve it.
Based on Shenzong's attitude towards Wang Anshi, everyone knew that the emperor would launch Wang Anshi's reform.
Wang Anshi himself was both excited and anxious, and was making desperate preparations. Not only did he not take a vacation, but neither did his subordinates.
Municipal Taxation Department.
"Sue the imperial court?"
Lu Huiqing looked at Wang Anshi in surprise.
Wang Anshi nodded and smiled: "Sometimes, I have to admire this guy's courage!"
Lu Huiqing frowned and said, "How can he sue the court?"
Wang Anshi immediately informed Lu Huiqing of Zhang Fei's intentions.
Lu Huiqing nodded thoughtfully, thought for a while, and said: "If he can really succeed, it will of course be beneficial to us. This is enough to prove that there are many shortcomings in the current service system, and my mentor can use this as an excuse to propose new methods."
, which can alleviate a lot of obstacles.”
"That's what I thought too."
Wang Anshi said: "But originally, my teacher planned to propose the equalization law first, mediate the supply to Tokyo, curb profiteers, save costs, and at the same time reduce the burden on the people, and then propose the recruitment law in a few years, but now it is obvious that
It needs to be changed."
This method of losing has the least damage to the original system, and Wang Anshi did not dare to make big moves as soon as he came up.
However, Zhang Fei’s way of fighting is that this order must be changed.
Lu Huiqing thought for a moment and said: "Actually, the method of uniform loss involves the recruitment method. The two are closely related. If Zhang Fei can succeed, then why not combine the two methods into one, and focus on the recruitment method,
It includes the method of equalization and is proposed together.”
The hardest thing is to get started, so he also believes that if Zhang Fei can charge into the battle and open a gap, then they can take advantage of the situation, or in other words, follow the trend.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
This can avoid many uncertainties.
It's certainly worth a try.
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "You are thinking the same thing as me. Even if Zhang San fails, it will not affect us. We can act according to the situation, advance and attack, retreat and defend. After all, we can borrow his lawsuit, but his
The lawsuit will not involve our reform."
Will it not involve our reform? Lu Huiqing suddenly frowned: "Teacher, no one has ever dared to sue the imperial court. If this is the case, will someone sue our new law in the future?"
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly said with a straight face: "The purpose of reforming the law as a teacher is to serve the country and the people, and get rid of those bad policies. Why should he sue my new law? If it is a law that harms the country and the people, he will sue, so there is nothing for him to do as a teacher."
You can talk."
Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "What my teacher said is absolutely true. We have a clear conscience and have nothing to fear."
But there was a trace of worry in his eyes.
...
Sima Mansion.
"It seems that the officials are determined to change the law!"
Tang Jie, the Prime Minister, frowned and sighed.
The imperial censor Zhongcheng Lvjie said: "There are indeed many ills in the country today, and we should seek to improve it, but we should never, absolutely should not, believe that Wang Anshi. This man seems to be of high moral character, but he is secretly cunning. He takes advantage of the officials' eagerness to
If you seek governance and do what you want, if you don't stop it, the world will be in chaos."
Tang Jie nodded and said, "Yes, Wang Jiefu only believes in Confucianism, but does not know that Confucianism is the foundation. If he is allowed to reform, he will inevitably put the cart before the horse."
Sima Guang glanced at the two men and advised: "We all know that the country has ills. If it is not cured, there will be endless troubles. Wang Jiefu has not yet started the reform, and he does not know what is going on. It is better not to make rash judgments!"
Lu Jie hummed: "But from his words and deeds, we can tell that he is definitely not a suitable candidate."
The two of them were the most opposed to Wang Anshi. They opposed everything Wang Anshi said.
Can they support Wang Anshi's reform?
Of course, both of them have been upright and honest throughout their lives, and Wang Anshi has not said exactly how to change. It does not depend on any vested interests. This is simply a difference in political philosophy.
They were more willing to support Sima Guang's expenditure-reduction policy.
It’s still the same Confucian approach.
The problem was that the emperor did not support it, and the first person Shenzong asked was Sima Guang. As a result, Sima Guang's policy failed to arouse Shenzong's interest at all.
This is very embarrassing.
In their view, Wang Anshi's Confucianism was deviant, because the foundation of current society is Confucianism, and they believed that any reform must be based on Confucianism.
Many things cannot be explained by Confucianism, which will lead to principled contradictions in society.
Sima Guang said: "I have worked with Wang Jiefu for many years and know him very well. He is indeed outstanding. Otherwise, he would not have won the support of the privy councilors and the officials would not have trusted him.
But what we say now is all empty talk. Since His Majesty has chosen Wang Jiefu, why don't we take a look first and do our part."
At this point, he suddenly changed the subject: "By the way! I have been studying the lawsuit recently. Lin Fei's court trial process has benefited me a lot. If it hadn't been for Zhang San, it might have led to an unjust case."
That's right, I plan to improve this dispute system recently."
Lu Hui and Tang Jie looked at each other.
Litigation is nothing more than a trivial matter. An injustice, falsehood or mistake can harm the whole family at most, but if the reform is wrong, the whole world will be harmed!
Lu Hui took the opportunity and sighed: "I am old and ill. I may no longer be able to take on this important responsibility."
While talking, he kept looking at Sima Guang.
Of course he was not referring to a lawsuit.
Now that the reform is imminent, the position of censor Zhongcheng is of vital importance. Lu Jie feels that he has more than enough ambition but lacks the strength to compete with Wang Anshi, so he hopes that Sima Guang will take over this important task.
Sima Guang pondered for a while, "Brother Lu, don't retreat in a hurry. Let's wait and see. I may have other plans."
At present, Sima Guang only quarreled with Wang Anshi in the Hanlin Academy, or he got red-faced when arguing in front of officials, but he never spoke ill of Wang Anshi in private. Not only did he not speak ill of him, but he also advised those officials who opposed Wang Anshi to be a little quieter.
Don't be impatient and give Wang Anshi a chance.
In fact, every issue that Wang Anshi pointed out to the court, he supported with both hands, but his ideas were different.
Of course, when party strife begins later, that's a different matter.
But for now, it’s still the same sentence. They haven’t started doing it yet, so who are you to say it’s not good?
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Zhang family.
"Huh... I've finished writing this article."
Xu Zhiqian rubbed her white, jade-like wrists and breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the room full of essays, she felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart. The little pain was nothing.
She did almost all the preliminary paperwork for this lawsuit alone, while Feng Nancy just helped with the copying. Xu Zun was old after all, so he could only give them experience and not physical support.
Seeing Zhang Fei dividing the written form into parts with wooden clips, he couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm making an index!"
"index?"
"It's very simple."
Zhang Fei explained: "It means labeling all the laws and regulations that need to be cited in each lawsuit, so that the complex can be simplified, and there is no need to copy the entire Song Dynasty Criminal System into it."
Xu Zhiqian's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea."
Winter winter winter!
There was a knock on the door.
"Husband! Madam Xu."
It's Gao Wenyin's voice.
Zhang Fei said: "Madam, come in!"
A squeak!
The door opened and Gao Wenyin entered the room, "Sorry to disturb you."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Why bother me, we are just chatting. Madam, is there something wrong?"
Gao Wenyin said: "The food is ready." After saying that, she looked at Xu Zhiqian again, "Ms. Xu, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, why don't you and your benefactor come here to have New Year's Eve dinner."
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. The days go by so fast!" Zhang Fei patted his forehead and said to Xu Zhiqian: "Ms. Xu, it seems that your brother has not come back this year."
Xu Zhiqian said: "Brother, he only went to take office in the first half of this year. How could he come back in time to celebrate the New Year?"
Zhang Fei said: "Then our two families will eat New Year's Eve together, it will be very lively."
Gao Wenyin nodded.
Xu Zhiqian hesitated, "But my father doesn't like eating at other people's houses."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "In the past six months, I have only been able to be where I am today thanks to my benefactor's care. Now that I have a successful career, treating my benefactor to a meal is not an excessive request, right?"
"Okay! I'll go and ask."
Xu Zhiqian said, then looked at Gao Wenyin, smiled and said: "Mrs. Zhang, you really look like Mrs. Zhang now, you are so considerate."
"Oh no!"
Gao Wenyin blushed and shook her head: "No, I just..."
She hesitated, not knowing how to explain.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "What are you talking about? My wife is grateful, so she has fulfilled her duties as a wife. Madam, do you think so?"
Gao Wenyin nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Xu Zhiqian smiled slyly, and it was obvious that Gao Wenyin's face was completely red, and she was so pretty that she stopped teasing her.
When I walked out of the room, I said, "Ah, the sun is out!"
But the long-lost sunshine illuminated the corridor, the ice and snow melted, and the sound of water dripping under the eaves was heard.
Zhang Fei, who came out later, looked at the mud in the courtyard where his white clothes had faded, and he was in a daze.