Maybe it's just the name similarity, purely a coincidence.

Chen Biqing explained: "Fu means revival, and She means a community."

Association culture is one of the characteristics of the Song Dynasty, and people in the Song Dynasty liked to form associations the most.

To drink, you need to form a drinking club, to play cards, you need to form a card club, and to find women, you need to form a real men's club.

Zhao Ning has no plans to attack civil society organizations yet. After all, for Zhao Ning, the main conflict now is still to destroy the summer and cut the money.

There is no way to eradicate this society for the time being, but it will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

However, what Chen Biqing said about restoring society obviously had ulterior motives.

Zhao Ning asked: "I wonder what this restoration of society means?"

"Of course it is the ancient etiquette and benevolence that educates the people, makes them stable, and makes the country stable for a long time."

Ancient etiquette refers to the ancient system of Zhou rites.

The Zhou Dynasty ruled the world with rituals, and Confucianism was born out of Zhou rituals.

Zhao Ning couldn't help but sigh, it was still the same Confucian way.

Even the Confucius Mansion was ruined by him, but these Confucian scholars still want to go back to the past.

Zhao Ning added: "Brother Chen, is this also the reason why you oppose the death penalty?"

Chen Biqing said: "Actually, it is not easy for the imperial court to train an official. Some officials have political achievements, but it is a pity that they will be executed for corruption."

Zhao Ning didn't say much, just smiled, cupped his fists and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave."

"If Mr. Zhao is willing to join Fushe, we welcome him at any time."

"Okay, if I have any ideas, I will go find you, little brother Chen."

After saying that, Zhao Ning turned and left.

He was not interested in staying any longer and walked towards the door.

Along the way, I heard people talking about what happened just now.

"Officer, I have inquired clearly. The man who debated with Chen Biqing is named Li Mengbo, and he is the son of Li Guang, the governor of Jiangdong."

"Oh, it turns out he is Li Guang's son."

Zhao Ning was a little surprised. Li Guang was quite low-key. His son came to Tokyo to study without saying a word.

Li Guang's style is indeed worthy of the title of "one of the four ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty".

Not long after, Zhao Ning walked to the door. The people at the door who had collected money before saw Zhao Ning and immediately treated him with respect.

"Is the officer going back now?"

Zhao Ning clasped his fists and said, "I'm back. I have a lot of work to do today."

"The officer is so polite. It's a good journey, officer. Welcome to come again next time."

Having money is fun.

Once a person has money, the people around him will be good people and will be polite to you.

At this time, Gao Qiu ran over with his people: "Officer, I'm back."

"Let's go."

"Sir, let me tell you, this garden is extremely luxurious. I don't know how much it costs to build such a garden. Think about it, where did he get so much money? It's really..."

"Will you ask him later?"

"okay!"

After leaving here, Zhao Ning wandered around again.

When I returned to the palace, it was already afternoon.

"Gao Qiu."

"I'm here."

"Have you never heard of this Fushe?"

"Of course I know."

"you know?"

"I know that Fushe was established by a group of scholars. They write articles, travel around, and recite poems and essays on weekdays, which is nothing."

"Is there someone named Chen Biqing in Fushe?"

"Ah, it is true. His father is a counselor in Hexi, and his eldest father is a transshipment envoy on Jiangnan West Road. We have records in the Imperial City Department."

"How is this person's usual activities?"

"This man is a student at the University of Tokyo. He is excellent in all subjects and is favored by many people. He has a lot of friends on weekdays and is said to have good moral character."

"Do you have any objections to the imperial court?"

"Not really. I heard that an article was written praising the imperial court's tough attitude towards the Jin Kingdom." Gao Qiu asked, "Why did the officials suddenly ask about this person."

"It's nothing. Send someone to watch him carefully. Record what he said and who he met."

"yes!"

"Don't get discovered."

"Don't worry, officials, our work is very reliable." Gao Qiu's eyes suddenly flashed like stars.

He suddenly remembered something and said: "By the way, officials, recently some people in the court were discussing the Jiangdong case about corrupt officials, and the debate was quite heated."

"Oh, how to discuss it?"

"I have heard that some officials believe that these officials should be given a lighter sentence."

"How can I be given a lighter sentence?"

"According to past rules, it should be beheading. Recently, an official from Dali Temple made an application to the Ministry of Punishment. It is best to kill with caution. The Ministry of Punishment has different opinions on this matter."

"What disagreement?"

"Some people think that he should be killed and that the law should be strictly enforced to serve as a warning to others. Some people think that he should not be killed again, and he can be sentenced to jail or sent to the border as an official."

"There were so many differences before?" Zhao Ning continued to ask.

"It happened before, but it was resolved quickly, but I don't know why it was so big this time, and other yamen were also involved."

Zhao Ning said thoughtfully: "Tell me, what did they say?"

"Also regarding Jiangdong's case, some people say he should be executed, while others say he should not be executed."

It seems that today’s debate is no coincidence!

Zhao Ning's mind started spinning rapidly.

Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment were both cleaned up by Qin Hui.

When Qin Hui was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he had great authority.

His authority was naturally given to him by Zhao Ning, and his purge of the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple was naturally approved by Zhao Ning.

Why did Zhao Ning acquiesce?

Because of the situation that year, the Zhao Guan family planned to use a group of cruel officials to attack the old faction and the surrender faction in the court.

Qin Hui executed these very well.

After several major cleanings, Qin Hui completed everything very beautifully.

After the Great Purge, all parties were filling their posts, and overall there was unprecedented support for the New Deal.

This also greatly weakened the resistance to the implementation of the New Deal in the Song Dynasty.

Why in the past when corrupt officials were found out, those who deserved to be killed, and those who deserved to have their homes confiscated and exiled, why was there such a big controversy this time?

Zhao Ning asked Gao Qiu: "Why do you think there will be controversy this time?"

"The officials in Jiangdong are all members of Qin Xianggong, as well as the Ministry of Punishment, so naturally..."

Gao Qiu was quite courageous. Others might say some high-sounding words, but he directly stated the fundamental reason.

"Are you saying that people from the Ministry of Punishment want to show extrajudicial mercy to the officials involved in the Jiangdong corruption case?"

"This is just my guess."

Zhao Ning thought for a moment and realized that things might not be that simple.

People from the Ministry of Punishment want to kill with caution, so why do people like Chen Biqing use benevolence in public to promote not killing?

Zhao Ning immediately realized the crux of the problem.

After the Fifth War between Song and Jin Dynasties, a group of people who advocated restoring the past ideals appeared among the interest groups within the Song Dynasty.

In the past few years, he, Zhao Ning, killed too many people, and some people did not object on the surface, but they were always frightened in their hearts.

Most of them have evidence, and they are also worried that their heads will be in danger if they are caught.

Therefore, we began to work from the legal perspective, promoting lenient sentences, in an attempt to return to the past era when scholar-bureaucrats were not killed.
Chapter completed!