Chapter 135: Thousand-mile embankment, destroyed by ant nests
This is really shocking and endless!
Destroy the foundation of our country?
A bookseller?
Are you serious?
Even Wang Anshi, who had always supported Zhang Fei, was as confused as the two-foot-long monk.
There is no way this can be brought together!
Han Qi, Fu Bi and other academic and talented academics and scholar-bureaucrats were also in a state of confusion.
Is the foundation of our country so unstable?
Although they knew that Zhang Fei was prosecuted for the crime of "making coats, books and words", this crime could actually be big or small. A small sect with more than ten people gathering in the middle of the night to meditate would fall under this crime.
, but misleading people with lies and gathering for rebellion also falls under this crime.
Strictly speaking, it goes beyond this crime to undermine the foundation of the country.
Lu Gongzhu was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses. He immediately raised his eyebrows and warned: "You are a small-minded person. Don't talk nonsense here. How can a bookseller destroy the foundation of our country?"
Discuss the matter as it stands, this kind of thing really shouldn’t be talked about casually!
However, in view of Zhang Fei's past deeds, Lu Gongzhu only gave a verbal warning.
After all, he has discussed the methods of his ancestors.
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Reporting to the magistrate, the common people are definitely not making alarmist remarks. Han Feizi, the ancestor of Legalism, once said that a dike thousands of miles long will be destroyed by ant nests. Therefore, even though this matter is small, if it is not controlled, it will be enough."
It destroys the foundation of our country."
Duke Lu heard that he was so arrogant that even Han Feizi moved out, so he asked: "Tell me, how can this move destroy the foundation of our dynasty?"
Xu Zhiqian silently handed Zhang Fei two copies of the document.
Zhang Fei took it and raised a copy directly, "I have some historical materials here that I want to submit to the prefect."
Literary officials came up immediately, and Zhang Fei's essay was presented to Lu Gong again.
When Lu Gong opened the book and looked at it, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Wang Mang's new policy?"
Wang Anshi felt a chill in his heart and immediately cheered up.
New Deal?
Isn't it meant to be an insinuation?
Or maybe this guy wants to help me secretly again?
He was both fearful and expectant.
Han Qi and the others were also curious as to why a pirated copy was involved in Wang Mang's new policy.
Could this have something to do with Wang Anshi?
At this juncture, as long as the New Deal is mentioned, everything will be under control.
He then heard Zhang Fei say: "That's right! This historical material is mainly about the monetary policy implemented by Wang Mang."
Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others were even more curious.
They are very familiar with this policy, but what does this have to do with it?
A piece of pirated printing involves the foundation of the country and Wang Mang's new policies.
This is really outrageous.
Zhang Fei looked at the article, then raised his head and said: "Regarding Wang Mang's coin reform, to put it simply, it was the new coins issued by the imperial court at that time, and their prescribed value was much higher than the value of the coins themselves.
However, according to the common sense of survival of the fittest, the bad ones are naturally no match for the good ones. However, the actual situation at that time was that the new currency, which was not worth enough, drove away five baht worth.
I wonder if anyone has thought about why this is the case?”
Fu Bi and Wang Anshi almost said the same thing: "Cruel money will multiply day by day, and honest money will perish."
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Bad money is bad money, good money is good money.
To put it simply, bad money drives out good money.
Zhang Fei glanced at the article, then nodded with a smile: "Master Wang is right, this is exactly what Jia Yi, a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, pointed out, and Wang Mang's New Deal did not appear until a hundred years later. This is enough to prove that this is not
It’s a phenomenon, it’s a phenomenon that happens all the time.”
Lu Gongzhu asked curiously: "But what does this have to do with this?"
Zhang Fei replied: "Since it is a phenomenon, it means that it is not limited to coins, but applies to any matter."
At this time, Xu Zhiqian, who was standing next to him, silently handed a copy of the article to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei opened it directly, looked at it, and said: "During the Xianping period, there was a eucalyptus that can illustrate this point, that is, chicken stuffed with sand eucalyptus. At that time, some profiteers stuffed sand into chickens in order to increase their weight.
Two, selling for a higher price. There were only two or three chickens in the beginning, but within a month, there was no chicken in the whole market that was not stuffed with sand. Even the peasant women from the village did this. Finally,
It was the imperial court's strict legal control that stopped the spread of this phenomenon."
Food control in the Northern Song Dynasty was very strict, especially in Bianjing, where meat injected with water would be punished with a sixty stick. If the meat spoiled, they would be exiled for one year. If the meat was poisonous, they would be sentenced to death.
Mr. Lu nodded and said, "I also know this."
Zhang Fei said: "Coins are good, chickens are good, so articles and poems are no exception."
Many people suddenly realized it.
After going around for a long time, it turned out that he wanted to prove this point.
I have to say, this angle is really tricky!
No one thought of this beforehand.
It was really painstaking.
Lu Gongzhu also reacted, pondered for a while, and said: "The two cannot be confused. Whether it is coins or chickens, they are all goods, but poems and articles are not goods, nor are they sought for profit. This is
Even if piracy spreads about the elegant talk of literati, the number of poems and articles will not decrease, and there will actually be more books in bookstores."
Zhang Fei said, "The prefect's words are wrong. If pirated printing becomes widespread, there may be books everywhere in the market, but the number of poems and articles will gradually decrease."
Lu Gongzhu asked: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "As I just discussed, pirated books will most likely bring a lot of trouble to the real author, ruin his reputation, and even go to jail.
Once piracy becomes widespread, it will bring all kinds of troubles to literati. Then literati will inevitably choose to hide their works, no longer publish their poems and articles, and will only share them with friends at most, in order to avoid being pirated by booksellers.
In fact, this has already happened.”
When he said this, he glanced around, and many scholar-bureaucrats nodded immediately.
Zhang Fei continued: "Then there will be many excellent works silently buried under the loess, and this will be a huge loss to the Song Dynasty.
And when the number of poems and articles decreases significantly, booksellers, in order to seek profits, will definitely use the names of celebrities and mix in bad works, which will lead to the phenomenon of bad works driving out good works."
Wen Yanbo whispered to Fu Bi: "Isn't he talking about you, Mr. Fu?"
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Fu Bi hurriedly said: "As for my humble work, I don't have the nerve to show it to others. It has nothing to do with piracy."
As he spoke, he sighed: "But some of my good friends really chose to hide the works because they pirated them."
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Wang Anshi said: "What a good boy, you actually thought of using this theory to fight this lawsuit. It's really unexpected!"
He has also done research on this phenomenon, but it was probably because of finances that he did not expect to hear this theory in court and summarize it so perfectly.
Sima Guang nodded and said, "And the explanation is just right!"
In fact, this phenomenon has already happened. For example, some literati value their calligraphy very much, but most booksellers today are shoddy, with typos and missing words all over the text. It makes people feel distressed to see it. Some famous people only choose to communicate with their friends.
I don’t choose to make poetry and essays public.
But this is just regarded as a personal choice, but if this phenomenon occurs on a large scale, it will indeed be very scary.
Zhang Fei turned over a page of the article and read: "Perhaps by then we will be far away from the glorious era of 'the orioles return after the Yanhong, and calculate the thousands of floating things', and usher in the 'singing of magpies, and the customary cloud announces good news'
Ming's literary depression."
"The sound of the magpie is singing, and the folk clouds announce the joy"?
What the hell is this?
I, the Great Song Dynasty Fenghua, should not end up like this!
Many scholar-bureaucrats think that Zhang Fei is a bit alarmist, and the poems written by my school boy are much better than this!
Not really.
"However!"
Zhang Fei continued: "The foundation of our dynasty is to govern the country with culture. Emperor Zhenzong once said, 'There is a house of gold in the book, and there is a beauty like jade in the book.' Therefore, the excellent literary works are far superior to those of previous dynasties."
, these masterpieces have a very good educational effect on future generations.
On the contrary, once the number of these literary masterpieces gradually decreases, it will also indicate that the foundation of our country's rule of law is slowly corrupting. If this is not destroying the foundation of our country, what else is it? Although the content of this collection of poems is harmless, but
Pirate printing of books is definitely a crime of making coats and books."
"Well said!"
Only an old voice was heard.
Mr. Lu turned his head and looked, and it turned out to be a scholar-bureaucrat sitting in the courtyard.
The old man shouted, and the other scholar-bureaucrats nodded in agreement, expressing their agreement.
There were many people in front of the door cheering for it!
This discussion is really a perfect discussion for their literati.
They were very satisfied with every word in it.
Um.
This kid is not as hateful as the legend says.
But this makes Lu Gongzhu very embarrassed. There is no problem with this discussion. The proliferation of pirated copies has indeed caused such problems. Many of his friends often complain. However, based on this discussion alone, it is difficult to judge such a serious person.
The accusation is obviously inappropriate.
But he could not find a reason to overturn Zhang Fei's argument for the moment.
Although there is a suspicion of discussing toxicity regardless of dose, Zhang Fei cited a very classic example, that is, a thousand-mile embankment was destroyed by an ant nest.
The scholar-bureaucrats and great writers who came here to hear the trial obviously supported Zhang Fei's view.
Although they only came to hear the trial, given their reputation and status, their attitude must be taken into consideration.
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However, in Lu Gongzhu's view, this was just a civil lawsuit after all, and the bookseller had no such intention. The judgment should not go too far. In order to protect the bookseller, he did not let him go to court. After thinking about it again and again, he said:
"Although this move is suspected of endangering the foundation of our dynasty and the country, my official has found that the gathering of talents has no intention of harming anyone and harming the country, and the pirated seal is only for personal gain."
Having said this, he paused for a moment, looked around again, and said loudly: "Just now, Zhang San used the example of being exempted from office after being convicted of a poem and article. I also used this as an example. If because of an unintentional remark, an unintentional person will be punished."
If you do this, it will lead to death. This is not the foundation of our dynasty, nor is it the benefit of literati."
Many scholar-bureaucrats nodded slightly.
Lu Gongzhu observed for a moment before continuing: "Therefore, I hereby pronounce the verdict that Juxian pirated and printed Su Shi's poems, which infringed on Su Shi's reputation and interests. Although he committed the crime of making a coat of arms and writing a coat of coats, he did so unintentionally.
Because of the loss, and the lack of explanation for piracy of seals in this law, I sentence him to be temporarily exempted from the cane punishment, and only need to compensate Su Shi for his losses. As for the specific amount of compensation, it will be determined at the appropriate time."
According to the crime of making a coat and writing a coat, the minimum penalty is sixty sticks. However, Lu Gongzhu believed that this was not enough, but he could not refute this crime, so he gave him a temporary exemption on the grounds that the law lacked explanation.
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There are actually many cases of this kind of judgment. Otherwise, how would those comments come about?
Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wang Anshi and others all nodded.
If the crime is judged based on the nature of the country, it will definitely be a capital crime.
No need to think about it.
But this is obviously not right.
No matter what happens, the crime will not lead to death.
And those scholar-bureaucrats also expressed that they could accept it. After all, Lu Gongzhu did not overturn Zhang Fei's argument and still gave him this crime.
Lu Gongzhu asked Zhang Fei again: "Zhang San, do you have anything to say?"
All eyes were focused on Zhang Fei.
Judging from Zhang San's previous attitude, he would definitely be dissatisfied, otherwise, he would not prosecute him for this crime.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei stood up, cupped his hands and said, "The people obey the magistrate's decision."
Xu Zhiqian was suddenly startled and looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.
That's it?
This is different from what you said!
Wang Anshi and Sima Guang also looked at each other. Although this penalty was reasonable, Zhang Fei's attitude made people feel that it was anticlimactic and ended abruptly.
Is it another case of asking for a high price and paying back on the spot?
Su Shi, who was involved, breathed a sigh of relief.
Enough! Enough!
In fact, if the death penalty is really imposed, he will definitely stand up and stop it. He is the plaintiff and has this power.