Li Kai waved his hand and said: "In this situation, if we continue to investigate, we may get into trouble."
Although the scholars outside have not pointed the finger at the Kaifeng Mansion, their spontaneous behavior is clearly to protect the tabloid. If the Kaifeng Mansion continues to investigate, Li Kai is worried that it will anger these scholars.
You must know that a large part of these scholars are Jinshi, young officials, and their power is also very powerful.
Huang Gui said, "I think we should continue to investigate."
Li Kai looked at Huang Gui, "How do you say this?"
Huang Guidao: "If we give up the investigation, the other party may be more unscrupulous. But now that the situation is turbulent, if another tabloid comes out, it may further get out of control and cause a catastrophe."
Anyway, our Kaifeng Mansion is acting under orders, they blame us, and we have reasons to shirk it, but if another tabloid comes out, it will be our responsibility!"
Li Kai nodded slightly after hearing this, "What the chief clerk said makes sense, then according to what the chief clerk said, continue to send people to investigate the matter, and at the same time send more manpower to ensure that no more tabloids will appear."
Just as he was saying this, a government official stood in front of the door and said, "I'd like to report to the general judge that there is a lawsuit."
Li Kai subconsciously asked: "Isn't it Zhang San?"
Because the provincial government rarely hears cases, only Zhang comes here every day.
The Yamen official nodded: "It's Zhang San."
Li Kai clenched his fist and punched the table hard, "Isn't this kid not messy enough?"
Huang Gui said: "Maybe Zhang San came here just for this matter."
Li Kai frowned, "Yes, the tabloid issue has a lot to do with him. He's not here to sue Bachelor Wang, right?"
Huang Gui did not dare to speak nonsense.
Li Kai immediately asked someone to bring Zhang Fei in.
But when he saw Zhang Fei, Li Kai's eyebrows twitched and his mouth twitched, as if he had already entered a stroke. He gritted his teeth and said sarcastically: "Your business is good!"
Zhang Fei almost laughed out loud, cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for your concern, Tongpan, I can still make ends meet."
Li Kai asked again: "Who do you want to sue this time?"
Zhang Fei said: "On behalf of Wang Anshi and Wang Xueshi, I am suing Su Shi for three major sins: leaking important information, writing acoat scripts, and criticizing Cheng Yu. This is a petition from a common man."
As he spoke, he presented the paper with both hands.
As soon as these words came out, Li Kai and Huang Gui were both shocked and looked at each other with confusion in their eyes.
Huang Gui went directly over and brought the paper. When he saw it, he looked even more confused and handed it to Li Kai.
After Li Kai looked at it, he looked puzzled and said: "Zhang San, are you mistaken?"
Zhang Fei asked doubtfully: "How do you say this to Tongpan?"
Li opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Putting aside my status as general judge, let's discuss the matter. It was Academician Wang who sealed your bookstore, and Su Shi's words were just to protest against you. You
To sue Su Shi for Academician Wang, isn’t this just repaying kindness with enmity?”
Zhang Fei replied: "I am an Erbi."
Li Kaiwu looked at him doubtfully.
Zhang Fei added: "Master Wang paid me to hire me to litigate. As a professional Erbi, there is no reason to refuse, regardless of whether it is beneficial to me personally or not."
Huang Gui asked: "So you also know that Su Shi is complaining for you."
Zhang Fei said: "I don't think so. They are doing it for themselves, and I am a victim of the tabloids, not a beneficiary. My father-in-law was once harmed by the tabloids."
Li Kai and Huang Gui looked at each other again, looking a little hesitant.
Zhang Fei said: "I know that this matter has added a lot of trouble to Kaifeng Mansion. Instead of continuing to be so panic-stricken, it is better to resolve the matter openly. And I think that once Kaifeng Mansion accepts the case, the imperial court will probably send someone else to try it.
"
As soon as these words came out, Li Kai's eyes lit up. This guy was really smart, but he kept his cool. "You should go back first. Our Kaifeng Mansion will consider this case carefully and will notify you when there is news."
"Xiaomin, please retire."
After Zhang Fei left, Li Kai said to Huang Gui: "What this guy said makes some sense."
Huang Gui nodded and said: "Yes! Whether or not to investigate this matter, arrest or not, all depends on whether Su Shi is illegal and whether publishing tabloids is illegal. This is really difficult to judge. Litigation is indeed the best solution.
The way."
Having said this, he paused for a moment and said, "I just don't know if the higher authorities will agree to open a court hearing on this case."
Li Kaidao: "Don't forget that it was Wang Jiefu who hired Zhang San. If Wang Jiefu is not sure, can he sue?"
Huang Gui nodded: "That's true."
Li Kai hardly hesitated and quickly reported it to the court.
Because he knew in his heart that if it could be done, it was definitely not because of him. On the one hand, he was involved in political affairs, and on the other hand, he was a rookie in the court. How could he be tried by a general magistrate? The key point was that Kaifeng Prefecture did not have a prefect, so the court would definitely send someone else.
Come on, if you don't, he'll have to clean up this mess.
It happened that Zhao Bian, Lu Gongzu, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, and Chen Shengzhi were all in the political hall discussing how to resolve this matter.
Everyone was confused when they saw this piece of paper.
Moreover, this petition was written by Wang Anshi himself. At that time, Wang Anshi disliked Xu Zhiqian's poor writing skills, so he asked Zhang Fei to dictate it, and he wrote the petition himself.
"Wang Jiefu, what do you want to do?"
Sima Guang shook the paper and asked Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi said: "I, Wang Anshi, have lived an upright life and am worthy of heaven and earth. Although those people slandered me, I will not rely on my status and power to deal with them. Therefore, I decided to use legal means to defend my reputation."
Sima Guang said: "Don't tell me this, I don't know you Wang Jiefu yet. You will only make things more complicated."
Lu Gongzhu secretly rejoiced that we were gone. This lawsuit was getting more and more complicated, but he persuaded him: "Jiefu, we were all here during the discussion, and we know your worries. This is not a big deal.
There are many misunderstandings, but it is better to defuse the big issue into a trivial one."
"No."
Wang Anshi said: "If everything is reduced to a trivial matter, then nothing can be solved. I hate this conciliatory approach most in my life. Under the clear sky, right and wrong can be clearly understood with a single glance.
I have been involved in political affairs with dignity, but now I am willing to go to court with a little Jinshi, what do you want from me?"
Wen Yanbo said: "As someone who is involved in political affairs, you don't pay attention to the overall situation and are still making strong arguments here. It is really unreasonable."
Wang Anshi said: "As a political advisor, I have become so humble that I have been slandered by others. Do I not even have the power to file a lawsuit now?"
Wen Yanbo said: "But you don't have the final say in Zhengshitang alone."
Wang Anshi asked: "What does Duke Wen mean?"
Wen Yanbo glanced around and asked: "Do you think the court should accept this dispute?"
Sima Guang immediately said: "I object."
Chen Shengzhi said: "I support it."
Lu Gong looked at Sima Guang, then at Wang Anshi, and said, "I will abstain."
All eyes were focused on Zhao Peng.
Zhao Pian said: "Going to court is an open and just method, and there is nothing wrong with it."
Wang Anshi looked at Wen Yanbo with a smile: "Do you want Mr. Fu and Prime Minister Zeng to come over and ask?"
"You can clean it up yourself then."
After Wen Yanbo said that, he left angrily.
We are here to find ways to help you calm this matter, but you still want to add fuel to the fire.
Sima Guang also got up and left.
But after Sima Guang left, he went straight to the Zhang family.
As a result, I found Zhang Fei at Xu's house next door.
At this time, Zhang Fei was sitting in the house talking with his father and daughter from the Xu family. There was also a copy of "Song Xingtong" on the table.
Sima Guang looked at Xu Zhiqian and said with an unkind expression: "Qian'er, you go back to the house first. I have something to discuss with your father and Zhang San."
"Yes, Qian'er is resigning."
After Xu Zhiqian left, Sima Guang asked Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, what do you want to do?"
When it comes to this matter, the three of them are the culprits. Why are they making such a fuss that Zhang Fei went to join Wang Anshi in a lawsuit?
Sima Guang believed that Zhang Fei should discuss this matter with him.
After all, he was also involved in this matter.
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Sister Sima, please listen to my explanation."
Sima Guang couldn't find a place to sit down and said, "Explain first."
"yes."
Zhang Fei nodded and asked: "Does Grand Scholar Sima think that the person who leaked the secrets of the Criminal Tribunal in the first place violated the law?"
Sima Guang was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at Xu Zun.
What do you mean?
Accusing your father-in-law of breaking the law?
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "I'm just assuming."
Sima Guang said: "Of course it is against the law. The law clearly stipulates that if you leak something important, you may be punished by hanging at the most."
Zhang Fei said: "Then printing a tabloid and publishing this secret, is it illegal?"
Sima Guang looked at him again, wasn't it just you who did it? After thinking about it, he said, "It's also illegal."
Zhang Fei asked: "What crime should be punished?"
Sima Guang said: "We should consider them guilty of the same crime."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Is it illegal to print tabloids?"
Sima Guang said: "There are no regulations in this regard."
Zhang Fei said: "If it is not illegal to print tabloids, but at the same time the people who print tabloids do not know that the contents published are court secrets, would it be inappropriate to treat them as guilty of the same crime?"
Sima Guang stroked his beard and thought for a while, then said: "I'm not here to discuss the law with you."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Does Grand Master Sima think Mr. Su has violated the law?"
Sima Guangdao: "We in North Korea are guilty of speech. Moreover, what Su Shi said can only be regarded as improper speech at most, but it cannot be regarded as illegal. If this precedent is set, there will be endless troubles."
Zhang Fei added: "Then Grand Scholar Sima also thinks that Academician Wang's concerns are justified?"
Sima Guang nodded slightly and said: "What Wang Jiefu said has its own truth, and I agree with it."
Zhang Fei said: "If Mr. Su is not punished today, and what Wang Xueshi is worried about happens again then, how should the court treat Mr. Su's words?"
Sima Guang stroked his beard, "Since there were very few tabloids before, most of the things discussed were secret rumors. The court did not have legislative supervision in this regard."
"This is where the problem lies."
Zhang Fei said: "Both of these questions illustrate one point. In this matter, there are actually no specific laws to follow. The only ones that can be related are mainly three laws, the crime of leaking major events, the crime of making a coat and writing a coat, and the crime of making statements.
Criticize the crime of taking advantage of public opinion.
But relying on these three laws, it is almost impossible to try the case fairly. So much so that it has become like this. The public is justified in speaking out, and the mother-in-law is suffering. The final result is who has the most power.
, it’s up to whoever has the final say.
Isn’t this what Grand Scholar Sima is worried about?”
Sima Guang's expression softened slightly, "Do you want to use this lawsuit to improve the laws in this area?"
Zhang Fei said: "I will only defend the interests of my employer. As for the final verdict, that is the matter of the presiding judge."
Sima Guang nodded slightly: "The final judgment is still in the hands of the court."