Sima Guang will probably be struggling for a while, because he must be biased towards Lu Shen. At the same time, he also knows that Zhang Fei must be kind to Zhong E if he wants to hear this case. There is a conflict in this.
He really may not agree.
However, Zhang Fei was very interested in this eucalyptus. After sending Sima Guang away, he returned to his room, lay half on the sofa, propped up his legs, and studied it carefully.
Sima Guang was confused, but it didn't mean that it was not feasible. It could still be done through Zhao Xu, so the key was whether Zhang Fei could do it himself.
"If I were just a lawyer, this lawsuit would not be difficult for me. No matter which side I helped, I would win. But as a judge, how should I deal with it... Well, I don't know.
Am I qualified for the position of judge?"
Although the lawyer and the judge work in the same room, they are two completely different professions. Although Zhang Fei has studied professionally and can develop in the direction of a judge, he has never been a judge. He is looking forward to it at this time.
, and worried.
I don’t dare to take it lightly and must treat it with caution.
Suddenly I heard someone outside the door say: "That's you. If my brother sits like this, I'm afraid he will be scolded to death by his father."
Turning his head to look, he saw Xu Zhiqian, dressed as a man, standing in front of the door, looking at him with a smile.
"So I only dare to put this chair in our house, but I don't dare to put it outside."
Zhang Fei sat up, pulled Xu Zhiqian into his arms who had just walked in, kissed her lips gently, and asked: "How are you busy?"
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him and said: "It went relatively smoothly. Those ladies naturally want to help the Royal Police make police uniforms. The problem now is that I don't know if they can do it well."
With that said, she took the essay from Zhang Fei's hand and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Zhang Fei did not intend to hide it from her, and said with a smile: "This may be my next lawsuit, but it may be tried as the presiding judge."
"Yeah?"
Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei in shock.
Zhang Fei nodded slightly, "But it hasn't been decided yet, so you must not reveal this matter, otherwise, our whole family will be in danger."
"I know."
Xu Zhiqian nodded and looked at it carefully again. After a while, she frowned slightly and said with a hint of frustration: "It happened again."
Zhang Fei asked: "What do you think?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "Of course I support General Zhong. This will affect your life. If you have to wait for the court's reply for everything, how can you win the war? The key is that we have already captured Suizhou. This is not true."
Even if you hit me and give it back, the other party won't appreciate it! This Lu Shen is really weak and pedantic."
Although she is a woman, she has a character that hates evil and hates evil. She definitely belongs to the Eagle brand.
Zhang Fei just smiled slightly at this.
Xu Zhiqian glanced sideways, "Don't you agree?"
"No! That's what I told Bachelor Sima just now."
Zhang Fei shrugged slightly, but changed the subject, "But if I were the president of the court, I couldn't say that."
Xu Zhiqian asked: "Why?"
Zhang Fei did not answer but asked: "If Zhong E attacks and the whole army is wiped out, what will you think?"
Xu Zhiqian blinked and remained silent.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It can be seen that we use the results to judge whether this is right or wrong. Erbi can use this to litigate, but the president's words can never do this.
The result is just a factor that can be referenced. The key is the process. We must understand clearly whether there are sufficient reasons to support Zhonge's judgment at that time.
If General Zhong is just greedy for merit, he should be punished even if he wins. The law does not allow one general to kidnap the entire country. We must encourage such warmongers. Military generals should shout and kill all day long, but
The general should not have the final say on whether to fight or not, but if there is a good reason at the time, then it is okay.
Therefore, this document is only enough for us to understand the general background of the matter. If we really want to hold a trial, we will have to re-investigate."
Xu Zhiqian nodded slightly: "You are right. If the general disobeys the order, it will not work."
At this point, she suddenly glanced back and said, "So, you have decided to go to the northwest."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I have to go."
Xu Zhiqian's eyes flashed, "Then...will you take me there?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Of course! I don't know how long I will stay when I go, so you and your wife will go with me, and I will officially hire you as my chief bookkeeper."
"real!"
Xu Zhiqian stood up excitedly, and without paying attention for a moment, her head hit Zhang Fei's chin.
"Hey young!"
The couple covered one's head and the other's chin.
"Zhi Qian, you are trying to make me die before I leave the army!" Zhang Fei covered his chin and was about to cry without tears.
"Don't talk nonsense."
Xu Zhiqian's face turned red, "I was so excited at the moment." He sat down hastily and asked concernedly: "Are you okay?"
Zhang Fei gently rubbed his chin, "Maybe I can only kiss you, but not eat."
Xu Zhiqian spat and saw that he was not seriously ill, so she felt relieved and said, "Did you really mean what you just said? You want me to be your chief clerk?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "If the court is not willing, then I will not go. Without you, I can't be the president of the court."
In terms of life, he can't do without Gao Wenyin, but in work, he can't do without Xu Zhiqian. Over the past two years, all the articles about his lawsuit were written by Xu Zhiqian, who can express his thoughts most clearly.
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Xu Zhiqian felt a burst of joy when she heard this, and couldn't wait to ask: "When will we go?"
Zhang Fei said: "It may take some time, this matter still needs to be done."
At this moment, Qingmei came to the door and said, "Sister Qian'er, the water is ready."
Xu Zhiqian said: "I'm going to take a shower first, and we'll discuss it in detail later."
Zhang Fei asked with a question mark on his face: "Why do you have to wait?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "I'm going to take a shower now!"
"Let's wash together, let's chat while washing!"
"I'm not going to wash with you. How can I finish washing?"
"Hey, you! My jaw hurts. It hurts so much... Hey, you! Hey, you!"
"Okay! It's up to you."
Xu Zhiqian stood up and stamped her feet fiercely.
"Go, go, go!"
Zhang Fei immediately stood up, hugged Xu Zhiqian, and sang: "I love taking a bath, the turtle falls, la la la...!"
...
Now that he has a definite goal, Zhang Fei has to start making arrangements for it, but he doesn't have many cards in his hand. It can even be said that there is only one, and that is Li Bao.
"Our people are all on Jingdong Road and Jiangnan, but there aren't many people in the northwest."
Li Bao said to Zhang Fei with a slight embarrassment.
In fact, this was all arranged by Zhang Fei. He had previously deployed Yangzhou and Dengzhou, and Shi Tingxiu and Feng Nancy also went there.
This time, it was a complete 180-degree change, and Li Bao was speechless about this.
Zhang Fei also scratched his head in embarrassment. This plan could not keep up with the change, and suddenly asked: "Don't we know many salt merchants this time?"
Li Bao nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "Most of these salt merchants are familiar with the northwest. You find a few trustworthy salt merchants and let them do things for us, and we help them make money. Everyone gets what they need."
Li Bao frowned and said: "This salt merchant is the most cunning businessman in the world. In my opinion, no salt merchant can be trusted. We can get some information from the salt merchants, but if we want them to be used by us, the risk is not small."
.I suggest finding someone, or a few people, to be salt merchants, and with our ability, we can support them. This is not a difficult task."
"It's up to you."
Zhang Fei said again: "By the way! Do you know that Suizhou happened in the fourth year of Zhiping?"
"In the fourth year of Zhiping, Suizhou was recovered?" Li Bao thought for a while and said: "It seems that Suizhou was recovered in the fourth year of Zhiping. Something happened in the middle, but I don't know much about it."
Zhang Fei said: "You secretly send someone to investigate."
Li Bao frowned and hesitated: "Should we do this first...!"
Zhang Fei nodded: "Of course you have to tell the officials first, but remember, it is better not to find out than to let the news leak."
Li Bao nodded and said, "I know."
Not long after Li Bao left, Lu Huiqing came.
"I just came from the office. I heard that you haven't been there in the past two days. Could it be that you are sick?"
"No! It's just that I was too busy recently and had to recuperate at home for two days."
Zhang Fei extended his hand again and said: "Xiaokan Lu, please sit down."
"Thank you!"
After Lu Huiqing sat down, he praised again: "I have to say that this tax exemption is very successful, even far exceeding the expectations of my teacher and me."
Zhang Fei said humbly: "Where! Where! Collector Lu has won the award. The success of this tax exemption lies in the fact that Academician Wang dared to include official households and monk households. Otherwise, it would be impossible to collect so much tax."
"
Lu Huiqing smiled and said: "So my mentor is also having a headache now. There are no tax departments and public prosecutors in other state capitals. Unfortunately, there has been no movement from Bachelor Sima. It will take a long time until the public prosecutors law is implemented across the country.
!”
Zhang Fei said: "Having said that, I think for the time being, other state capitals should also implement it seriously. If they fail to implement it, then send them to the Public Security Bureau and the Taxation Department. I believe they won't like it."
Lu Huiqing laughed and said, "We think so too, so my mentor will not wait for Bachelor Sima's prosecution, but chooses to strike while the iron is hot."
At this point, he suddenly changed the topic, "But for now, this can't be considered a success. Although the money has been collected, it is not certain whether it will be enough. After all, this money has to support tens of thousands of police officers."
, tax police, and also have to bear the responsibility of transporting the goods.”
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "The charity foundation has made complete preparations. As soon as the imperial court starts to attract investment and pledge goods, the charity foundation will be able to take over immediately. But whether it can be used depends on the arrangement of the system, not on the method of transporting goods.
Price."
Lu Huiqing asked: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Can we distinguish between public and private matters? If the goods coming and going between officials are all public expenses, it will be a bottomless pit, and I can't guarantee that it will be enough."
Lu Huiqing smiled and said: "You can rest assured that we have already thought of a way to deal with this."
Zhang Fei asked: "What can we do?"
Lu Huiqing said: "Generally speaking, officials' private goods transactions, especially valuables, are relatively confidential. The former Yamen servants were equivalent to their domestic servants, and they were very relieved.
As long as we set up strict systems and review the accounts clearly, they will never dare to do what they did before. Otherwise, all their actions will be under our control. Coupled with the existence of the Taxation Department, they will definitely
Will be even more afraid.
But the premise is that you cannot collude with them and create false accounts to deceive the government."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "We will never collude with them, but if they are willing to spend money, we will keep it secret for them."
Lu Huiqing chuckled and said, "It's up to you."
.......
Alum Tower.
Zhang Fei and Fan Zheng stood on the second floor, looking down at the rehearsal of Yan Jidao, Fu Shichun and several singing girls on the first floor.
"What do you think, third brother?"
Fan Zheng asked.
Zhang Fei asked: "What do you think?"
Fan Zheng said excitedly: "The third brother's idea is really wonderful. Let the singing girls perform a story on the stage, and then add lyrics and music. This has never been done before. I believe everyone will love to see it."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Are you willing to pay for this?"
Fan Zheng smiled and nodded: "Yes, I don't want to see this scene in Pan Lou."
Zhang Fei laughed and said, "That's fine."
Fan Zheng was stunned for a moment, "Third brother, don't you have any objection?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "No! It's okay if you think it's okay."
To be honest, he really couldn't tell the smell. If he saw it, he would probably fall asleep with just one stick of incense, but it didn't matter. This was not a show for him, and the people of Song Dynasty might not accept his idea.
Come on.
Fan Zheng, the businessman, plus Yan Jidao, the artistic genius, and Fu Shichun and Cao Dongdong, the playboys, as long as they all nod, it shouldn't be a big problem.
"I came to you today, not to talk to you about this matter." Zhang Fei added: "How are you prepared for the transportation team? The imperial court is already urging you."
Fan Zheng said hurriedly: "We are ready, and Uncle Ma introduced one of his brothers. I have talked with him. That man does have rich experience. How about I arrange for the third brother to meet him."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "It's fine if you think it's okay."
Fan Zheng said sarcastically: "Third brother, for this kind of thing, you have to...you have to make the decision, I...!"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "Have some confidence in yourself, I believe you can do it. But I will help you draw up relevant contracts and determine the appropriate compensation method. In fact, it is reasonable for problems to arise. You often walk by the river.
As long as everyone has the confidence to avoid getting their shoes wet, it will be fine."
Fan Zheng nodded and said, "I...I'll do my best."
Now Zhang Fei's mind is no longer on this. He had planned in advance that he would not do it himself. To be honest, this kind of business is not what he is good at.
He only comes up with ideas and has no involvement in the execution.
...
Over there, when Li Bao informed Zhao Xu of Zhang Fei's instructions, Zhao Xu was very surprised, because he also planned to give this information to Zhang Fei, but he didn't go to find it immediately because of his face. Now Zhang Fei took the initiative to mention it,
So he immediately summoned Zhang Fei.
"Did you discover this by yourself, or did Bachelor Sima tell you?"
"It was Bachelor Sima who told me."
"strangeness!"
Zhao Xu couldn't help but coo and asked, "How did Bachelor Sima tell you?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Sima Shi hopes that Lu Shen can get a fair verdict, but he is still very hesitant about it and has not made a decision."
Instead, Zhao Xu nodded in understanding and said, "But you're not saying that this guy must be more biased towards generals."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Based on the information we have so far, in fact, neither of them is wrong. It can also be said that they are both wrong. Maybe they can stage a reconciliation between the general and the prime minister in court."
"I don't have any extravagant hopes for peace between the general and the prime minister." Zhao Xu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I'm just afraid of complications."
Zhang Fei asked: "What do the officials mean?"
Zhao Xu glanced at him, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I won't hide it from you. Zhong'e is a general I value very much. I still count on him to help me destroy Xixia. I can't let him be in danger of political struggle."
middle."
Zhang Fei said: "If the officials really value him, they should take a hammer and awl and polish it carefully instead of putting it in a baby and taking care of it carefully."
Zhao Xu hummed: "The way to polish generals is on the battlefield, not in the court."
Zhang Fei said: "But it must be in court."
Zhao Xu's expression froze.
Zhang Fei continued: "There is actually no conflict between observing discipline and adapting to circumstances, but a general who does not obey discipline cannot have much hope. Maybe Zhong E's choice at the time was the right one, but he must also understand that obeying
Giving orders is the bounden duty of a soldier, not a grievance."
Zhao Xu looked at him and said with a smile: "It seems you are very interested in this?"
Zhang Fei nodded and added: "And in terms of results, there is no danger in cheating, but they must be beaten to make them understand that the court will reward meritorious deeds and punish faults."
Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said: "Since you are full of confidence, let's make it a decision."
Zhang Fei said: "But Bachelor Sima is still hesitating."
Zhao Xu chuckled and said, "He can hesitate on this matter for a long time. I have my own way."