Chapter 590: The Controversy Between the Three Laws (4)
After the government responded to the lawsuit, the entire Hezhong Prefecture 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 people.
Fan Zhen and Yuan Jiang were representatives of the conservatives and the reformists respectively.
The key here lies in the duel between judicial reform and new laws. Whether the imperial court's judgment can be implemented is also an unsolved mystery.
Assuming that Fan Zhen wins the lawsuit and allows low interest rates, the Young Crops Law will be completely abolished. Wang Anshi will definitely not agree, and there will inevitably be some games.
This is something even many prime ministers are looking forward to.
Because for now, Fu Bi, Sima Guang, and Wen Yanbo cannot stop the new law.
It just so happened that it was now the end of autumn, and the people were already busy with their farm work. In the streets and alleys, in the city and in the countryside, everyone was talking about this lawsuit.
It has even had a certain economic effect. The business of taverns and tea shops is much better than last year!
Transshipment Department.
Yuan Jiang glanced at Li Min beside him 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 Xiangzhuang's sword dance, aiming at Peigong. On the surface, it is just for the government's ban, but in court, they may use it to
This ban is used to attack the Youth Law, which is their main purpose."
Yuan Jiang remained silent and continued to ask: "Then are you sure you can destroy their intentions?"
Li Min immediately said: "Please rest assured, Bachelor Yuan, I promise that I will not let them succeed."
Yuan Jiang then smiled and nodded, "I really didn't choose the wrong person!"
At this moment, a doorman came outside and said, "I would like to inform you, Bachelor of Science Yuan, Wei Tongpan, and He Yanjian to see you."
"Invite them in."
Yuan Jiang said to Li Min again: "Go back and prepare first. If necessary, you can come to me at any time."
"Yes, Xiaomin, take your leave."
Li Min had just gone out when he saw Wei Yingfang and He Chunlin entering the house.
When they met, Wei Yingfang and others had a flash of doubt on their faces.
After entering the hall, the two of them bowed to Yuan Jiang first. Wei Ying asked conveniently: "Does Academician Yuan really intend to ask this little ear pen to represent the government in litigation?"
Yuan Jiang nodded, "Exactly."
He Chunlin said hurriedly: "Bachelor Yuan, the other party invited Bachelor Fan."
Yuan Jiang chuckled and said: "Before I came here, I worked with Fan Jingren in the Hanlin Academy. Although he was knowledgeable and intelligent, it had nothing to do with the litigation. Look at that Zhang San. He didn't even write an article.
The writing was not smooth, but he was able to compare with talented officials such as Fan Chunren, Su Shi, and Su Che. Litigation relies on experience and means, and knowledge is only secondary."
The two looked at each other.
is that so?
To be honest, they have never believed in ear pens. Before they went to court, they never knew about ear pens, because in the eyes of officials, ear pens are scholars who are not even qualified to take exams. How can they be compared with scholars? Please give ear pens a try.
Writing a plea is worse than an official defending himself.
The other party invited Fan Zhen, which was reasonable.
A bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is definitely a genius among geniuses.
Therefore, they were shocked when Yuan Jiang hired Li Min to respond to the lawsuit!
Li Min VS Fan Zhen.
The pros and cons 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 find out what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd, so as to spread the news.
...
Imperial Court.
After what Gao Wenyin said last time, Zhang Fei tries his best to have breakfast at home recently.
However, due to the cooler weather, Zhang Fei could only temporarily move his favorite outdoor restaurant to the corridor.
This morning, Zhang Fei hugged Gao Wenyin and murmured in a low voice, making his lovely wife chuckle, and walked slowly towards the dining table.
Xu Zhiqian, who had been waiting here for a long time, rolled his eyes. It was not because she was jealous, but because he felt that Zhang Fei was becoming more and more neglectful. How long had it been since he had just gotten up?
"Good morning Zhi Qian!"
"Is it still early?"
Xu Zhiqian immediately glared at him, "Now that the government has responded to the lawsuit, why are you still recharging your energy?"
It made sense for Zhang Fei to relax and recharge her batteries before. Now that the lawsuit has been settled, she should return to the overtime status she has been waiting for.
"Not raised."
Zhang Fei sat down and said aggrievedly: "I have been exporting these past few days!"
"What output?"
Xu Zhiqian glanced at Zhang Fei in confusion, not bothering to guess the riddle, and asked: "When do you plan to open the court?"
Zhang Fei said: "Seven days at the earliest, half a month at the latest, let's see how they prepare?"
Xu Zhiqian asked anxiously: "Then how prepared are you?"
Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "Zhi Qian, we are not ear pens now, but the president and the chief registrar. Since both of them have already invited ear pens, what else should we prepare? It depends on how well they prepare. We are
Passively, whoever can impress me will win."
Xu Zhiqian pondered for a moment, "Then you don't have your own opinion?"
Zhang Fei said: "If you have an opinion, how can you say it's fair? Our job is after they finish fighting. 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, "That's the same."
When they were ear pens, they had a very clear goal, and they could work hard towards this goal, but if they still have a clear goal now, that would be bending 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 and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Li Si hurriedly said: "We have already eaten. If there is nothing else, I will go and get busy."
"Go ahead."
After Li Si left, Xu Zhiqian asked: "What book?"
Zhang Fei said: "Book of Rites."
"...?"
Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei dumbfounded, "Do you read the Book of Rites?"
"yes!"
Zhang Fei wondered: "Can't I watch it?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "But you never read these books."
Zhang Fei sighed: "I just want to understand what this sect is all about."
Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but smile: "The Book of Rites can only tell you the origin and cause of the patriarchal clan, but it cannot explain the current patriarchal system."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei put down the book and asked, "Then you should tell me about it."
Xu Zhiqian said: "The patriarchal system recorded in the Book of Rites has ceased to exist long after the Qin and Han Dynasties. Today there is no patriarchal system in the strict sense, only the gentry, who often manage the countryside based on their reputation and wealth.
Just like Fan Gong, the charity village system he created in his hometown after he became an official has recently become very popular in villages across the country, and they have established such charity villages one after another. They usually send people to study, and provide relief in times of natural disasters.
Visit the villagers to gain their support.
In addition, this kind of charity village gradually received support from the court. When encountering a famine, the government sometimes was not well prepared, so it needed to rely on the charity village to provide relief first, but the court would also provide support to the charity village later.
Then they used education to establish and maintain order in the countryside. How can the government have so many people to manage it? Although there are royal police now, some remote villages cannot be managed, so gentry is needed."
Zhang Fei nodded slightly and suddenly looked at Gao Wenyin, who was helping him serve food, "Madam, you seem to be from a squire family."
Gao Wenyin was stunned for a moment, "My father is just a teacher, and he is only slightly famous in the countryside. But the family does not have much land, and it is difficult to help the people."
Zhang Fei said: "That means you must have fame and wealth to be qualified to manage the countryside."
Xu Zhiqian and Gao Wenyin nodded at the same time.
Zhang Fei said: "Then Bachelor Sima will not be able to manage the countryside when he returns to his hometown in the future. I heard that he still doesn't have an acre of land in the countryside."
Xu Zhiqian hurriedly said: "Sima Bachelor is different. Even if he becomes an official, he will have great influence in the court. Some wealthy households in the countryside, big landowners, and even local officials will probably follow his advice.
In fact, rural management does not have a very specific set of rules. It is often formed naturally, and it is usually the powerful families in the village who make the decision. Most of these people have people in the court and have fields at home."
Zhang Fei nodded.
At this moment, Li Si came over again and said, "Third brother, the essay collection is here."
"Why is he here so early?" Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment.
Xu Zhiqian said angrily: "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 bowed to the three of them.
"What's up?"
"Third brother, Li Min has already taken over 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 humbly: "If possible, I would also like to go over and help."
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Because the other party is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy?"
Qiu Zhengwen chuckled.
Zhang Fei chuckled: "If you want to go, you can go, but you must behave well and don't embarrass us. It's best to teach them, the Hanlin Academy bachelors, a lesson."
"Why!"
Qiu Zhengwen nodded excitedly.
After Qiu Zhengwen left, Gao Wenyin asked curiously: "Can Zhengwen and the others win a bachelor's degree from the Hanlin Academy?"
Zhang Fei said: "Madam! It's true that Bachelor Sima and Bachelor Wang don't dare to leave the field, which has seriously affected my record. The highest record I have so far is just defeating Fan Chunren, a little admonisher. Although I defeated him many times, I am embarrassed 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 proudly.
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 of this lawsuit have something to fight. Even if I end up in the end, I dare not say that I will win because there are too many issues involved, even in terms of good and evil.
It’s hard to tell, it just depends on which one of them performs better.”
.......
After breakfast, Zhang Fei asked Cai Jing to ask both parties whether the trial would start in seven days, half a month, or a month. This would be acceptable.
But both sides seemed to be full of confidence, saying that the trial would begin in seven days.
In previous lawsuits, it was almost always led by the court president and the prosecutor's office, and both parties did not trust ear pens. But this time, it is not as simple as ear pens, but a group of ear pens.
Needless to say, Fan Zhen had more than a dozen think tanks helping him analyze.
Here Li Min also invited all the ear pens from Beijing to fight this lawsuit.
I don't have any other intention, I just want to fuck these old masters and step on them to get the upper hand.
Because Li Min and the others also knew why the people of Hezhong Prefecture were reluctant to hire ear pens. It was because they thought ear pens were inferior to officials.
If we could get rid of the celestial group composed of Hanlin Academy scholars and high-ranking scholar-bureaucrats, then everyone would come to ask for ear pens.
You must know that their bookstores will open one after another next year. They take this battle very seriously and will go all out.
This is really too gimmicky.
Not to mention the common people, there were also countless officials who applied to observe the trial in court during this period.
Cai Jing likes this kind of moment very much. No matter how he arranges it, it's time to show his ability.
Seven days pass in the blink of an eye.
Today is the day for the trial to begin, especially since the weather has turned cooler. The court session is scheduled for three quarters past midnight, but before midnight, there are already huge crowds of people inside and outside the imperial court.
The squires from No. 28 Township had to stand outside and watch the trial.
When Fan Zhen appeared, many officials and scholar-bureaucrats gathered around him.
"You can't kill a chicken with a bull's knife, but you can't use a small ear-pen to kill a chicken. Why do you need Brother Jing Ren to take action?"
"Don't dare! Don't dare!"
Fan Zhen shook his head repeatedly, "You guys don't know, these ear pens are not easy to mess with. Let's just say that Zhang San, the president of the court, is an ear pen."
"Ear pens are just opportunistic. In the face of true talent and learning, their true colors will be revealed."
Faced with everyone's disdain, Fan Zhen didn't know what to say. He quietly looked around and looked at the layout of the imperial court. Suddenly he saw that the rows of seats in the upper left corner were empty. He couldn't help but said: "Are there any other distinguished guests here today?"
Want to come?"
"I don't know, why does Brother Jingren ask that?"
"Look, there's no one on the seat over there."
Everyone turned to look, and one person exclaimed: "Assistant jury?"