Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 135: The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest

This is really amazing!

Destroy the foundation of our country?

A bookseller?

Are you serious?

Wang Anshi, who has always supported Zhang Fei, is also like a two-zhang monk, confused.

It's impossible to get a piece of it!

Han Qi, Fu Bi and other well-educated and talented academicians and scholar-officials were also in a state of bewilderment.

Is the foundation of our dynasty so unstable?

Although they knew that Zhang Fei was prosecuted for the crime of "making jackets, books and jackets", but the crimes can be big or small. A small religious sect, more than ten people, gathered in the middle of the night to meditate. It belongs to this crime, but it also belongs to this crime to deceive people with false rumors and gather rebellion.

Strictly speaking, it is even beyond this crime to destroy the foundation of the country.

Lu Gong was also stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, and immediately raised his eyebrows and warned: "You are a little pen, don't talk nonsense here, how can a bookseller destroy the foundation of our dynasty and the country."

As far as the matter is concerned, this kind of thing really can't be said casually!

It's just that in view of Zhang Fei's past deeds, Lu Gong wrote only a verbal warning.

After all, he has talked about the law of the ancestors.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Reporting to the magistrate, Xiaomin is definitely not trying to scare me. My legalist ancestor Han Feizi once said that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant nest. So don't look at this matter as small, but if it is not controlled , It is enough to destroy the foundation of our country."

Lv Gong listened to him throwing the ground, and even Han Feizi moved out, so he asked: "You are talking about it, how can this move damage the foundation of our dynasty?"

Xu Zhiqian silently handed Zhang Fei two documents.

Zhang Fei took it and held up a copy, "I have a piece of historical material here, which I want to present to the prefect."

The literary officials came up immediately, and Zhang Fei's eucalyptus was presented to Lu Gong again.

Opening the book, Lu Gong couldn't help but wonder: "Wang Mang's new deal?"

Wang Anshi's heart trembled, and he cheered up immediately.

New Deal?

Isn't it an insinuation?

Or maybe this kid is going to help me secretly again?

He was both scared and looking forward to it.

Han Qi and the others were also curious about how a pirated print was involved in Wang Mang's New Deal.

Could this have anything to do with Wang Anshi?

At this juncture, as long as the New Deal is mentioned, it is really like nothing.

I heard Zhang Fei say again: "Not bad! This historical material is mainly about the currency policy implemented by Wang Mang."

Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others were even more curious.

They are all too familiar with this policy, but what does it have to do with this case?

A piece of pirated printing is related to the foundation of the founding of the country and Wang Mang's New Deal.

This is really outrageous.

Zhang Fei looked at Wen Yu, then raised his head and said: "The currency reform of Wang Mang, in simple terms, is the new currency issued by the imperial court at that time, and its stipulated value is much higher than the value of the currency itself.

However, according to the common sense of survival of the fittest, the bad ones are naturally no match for the good ones, but the actual situation at that time was that the new coins worth five baht were expelled.

I wonder if anyone has considered why this is the case? "

Fu Bi and Wang Anshi almost said the same thing: "The evil money prospers day by day, and the righteous money dies day by day."

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Bad money is bad money, and good money is good money.

To put it more simply, bad money drives out good money.

Zhang Fei glanced at Wen An, then nodded with a smile: "Scholar 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 an isolated case, but a phenomenon that happens all the time.”

Lu Gong asked curiously: "But what does this have to do with this eucalyptus?"

Zhang Fei replied: "Since it is a phenomenon, it means that it is not only limited to coins, it is applicable to any affairs."

At this time, Xu Zhiqian who was standing next to him silently handed a copy of the document to Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei opened it directly, looked at it, and said: "There was a eucalyptus in the Xianping period, which can illustrate this point. Increase the weight by two, and sell for a higher price. At the beginning, there were only two or three chickens, but within a month, there was no chicken that was not stuffed with sand in the entire market, even the peasant women from the village. In the end, it is the imperial court's use of strict law to control the spread of this phenomenon."

In the Northern Song Dynasty, food control was very strict, especially in Bianjing, water-injected meat cost 60 sticks. If the meat deteriorates, he will be exiled for one year. If the meat is poisonous, he will be sentenced to death directly.

Lu Gong nodded and said: "The official also knows about this."

Zhang Fei said: "Coins are fine, chickens are fine, so articles and poems are no exception."

Many people suddenly realized.

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 is also really painstaking.

Lu Gongzhu also reacted, pondered a little, and said: "The two should not be confused, whether it is coins or chickens, they are all goods, but poetry and articles are not goods, nor are they sought for profit. , This is an elegant talk of literati, even if pirated copies are rampant, poetry and articles will not be reduced, and there will be more books in bookstores."

But Zhang Fei said: "The prefect's words are wrong. If pirated printings are rampant, there may be books everywhere in the market, but poetry and articles will definitely decrease gradually."

Lu Gong wrote and asked: "How do you say this?"

Zhang Fei said: "As I said just now, pirated books are very likely to bring a lot of trouble to the real author, damage his reputation, and even go to jail.

Once the piracy spreads, it will bring all kinds of troubles to the literati, so the literati will inevitably choose to hide their works, no longer publish their poems and articles, and at most only share them with friends, in order to avoid being published. Business pirates.

In fact, this is already happening now. "

Speaking of this, he swept his gaze, and many scholar-bureaucrats immediately nodded.

Zhang Fei continued: "Then there will be many excellent works silently buried under the loess, and this will be a huge loss for my Song Dynasty.

And when the number of poems and articles is greatly reduced, booksellers will definitely name celebrities and mix them with bad works in order to seek profits, which will lead to the phenomenon that bad works drive 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 far as my clumsy work is concerned, how can I show it to others, it has nothing to do with pirated printing."

Speaking, he sighed again: "But some friends I know, they really choose to hide works because of pirated copies."

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Wang Anshi said: "My boy, it's really unexpected to think of using this theory to fight this lawsuit!"

He has also done research on this phenomenon, but it is mostly because of finances. He did not expect to hear this theory in court, and it was summarized so perfectly.

Sima Guang nodded and said: "And the explanation is just right!"

This kind of phenomenon has actually happened. For example, some literati value their calligraphy very much, but most of the booksellers today are shoddy, full of typos and missing characters. Choose to cook poems and essays with friends, not to make them public.

This is only seen as a personal choice, but it is indeed scary if this phenomenon occurs on a large scale.

Zhang Fei turned a page of the text and read: "Perhaps then we will bid farewell to the bright era of 'after the Yanhong, the orioles go back, and count the floating life', and usher in the 'magpie's voice, The vulgar cloud reports the literary depression of Ximing'."

"The sound of magpies chirps, and the vulgar cloud announces happiness"?

What the **** is this?

I, Song Fenghua, should not be reduced to this!

Many scholar-bureaucrats feel that Zhang Fei is a bit alarmist, and the poems written by my book boy are much better than this!

Really not.

"However!"

Zhang Fei continued: "The foundation of our dynasty is to rule the country with literature. Emperor Zhenzong once said that 'the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu'. Over the past dynasties of the Shengli Dynasty, these excellent works have a very good educational effect on the younger generations.

Conversely, once this literary masterpiece gradually decreases, it will also indicate that the foundation of our dynasty's rule of the country is slowly rotting. If this is not destroying the foundation of our country, what is it? Although the content of this collection of poems is innocuous, but pirating books is definitely a crime of making a jacket and a jacket. "

"Well said!"

Only an old voice was heard.

Gong Lu turned his head to look, and saw that it was a scholar-bureaucrat sitting in the courtyard.

The old man yelled, and the rest of the scholar bureaucrats also nodded, expressing their agreement.

Many people applauded it in front of the gate!

This exposition is really a perfect exposition for their literati.

They are very satisfied with every word in it.

Hmm.

This kid is not as hateful as in the legend.

But this makes Lu Gong very difficult. There is no problem with this statement. The proliferation of pirated printing has indeed caused such problems. Many of his friends often complain, but this statement alone can judge a Such a heavy charge is obviously inappropriate.

But he couldn't find a reason to overthrow Zhang Fei's statement for a while.

Although there is suspicion of talking about toxicity regardless of dosage, Zhang Fei cited a very classic example, that is, the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest.

Scholar bureaucrats and great writers who came here to hear the hearing obviously supported Zhang Fei's point of view.

Although they are only here to hear the trial, in view of their fame and status, we must also consider their attitude.

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But in Lu Gongzhu's view, this is just a civil lawsuit, and the bookseller didn't have this intention, and the judgment shouldn't go too far. In order to protect the bookseller, he didn't let him go to court. After thinking twice , Said: "Although this move is suspected of endangering the foundation of our dynasty, but after investigation by the official, gathering sages has absolutely no intention of harming others and harming the country, and stealing prints is only for personal gain."

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, looked around again, and said loudly: "Just now Zhang San used poetry and articles as an example of being convicted and exempted from office, and this official will also use this as an example. An unintentional act will lead to death, which is neither the foundation of our dynasty nor the benefit of the literati."

Many scholar-bureaucrats nodded slightly again.

Lv Gongzhu observed for a while, and then continued: "Therefore, this official pronounces the sentence here, gathering sages to steal and print Su Shi's poems, and infringing on Su Shi's reputation and interests. It was an unintentional mistake, and this law lacks an explanation for piracy, so the judge temporarily waived the cane punishment, and only needs to compensate Su Shi for the loss. As for the specific amount of compensation, it will be determined at the appropriate time."

According to the crime of making jackets, books and jackets, the minimum must be sixty sticks. However, Lu Gong believed that this is not possible, but he could not refute this crime, so he gave a temporary exemption on the grounds of lack of explanation in the law.

There are actually many cases of such judgments, otherwise, how would those negligence come about.

Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wang Anshi and others all nodded their heads.

If it is a crime based on the nature of the bad country, it will be a death penalty.

Don't even think about it.

But this is clearly not true.

No matter what, it is not a sin to die.

And those scholar-bureaucrats also expressed that they could accept it. After all, Lu Gong's work did not overthrow Zhang Fei's argument, and he was charged with this crime.

Lu Gongzhu asked Zhang Fei again: "Zhang San, do you have anything to say?"

All eyes were on Zhang Fei.

Judging from Zhang San's previous attitude, he would definitely be dissatisfied, otherwise, he would not sue for this crime.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei got up and cupped his hands and said: "Xiaomin obeys the magistrate's judgment."

Xu Zhiqian was taken aback suddenly, 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 the penalty was reasonable, Zhang Fei's attitude made people feel a bit anticlimactic and stopped abruptly.

Could it be asking the price again and paying back the money on the spot?

As the party involved, Su Shi 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.

But fortunately, there is no such sentence.