Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 42: Lion Fights Rabbit

"Xu Zhiqian, come out for me."

Zhang Fei went straight to the door of Xu Zhiqian's boudoir, with his hips on his hips, and shouted loudly.

"Xu Zhi!"

With a creak, the door opened, and Xu Zhiqian came out of the room, glanced at Zhang Fei lightly, and asked, "What's the matter with you?"

"What can I do?"

Zhang Fei laughed immediately, and raised his hand: "We are so familiar, don't play charades, I don't have the skills, so I will ask you, what did you tell Qingmei to say to those rich gentry? "

He still had a little hope for this, hoping that Xu Zhiqian would not be wiped out.

Xu Zhiqian said frankly: "I just told them that you only help the poor in the lawsuit, so they don't want to think about it."

It's over! It's over! It's all over!

"Why do you decide for me?" Zhang Fei was completely mad.

Destroying someone's fortune is like killing one's parents.

Xu Zhiqian snorted softly: "It's you who don't keep your integrity and say it nicely, but in your heart you plan to use these poor people to attract rich people to come to your door to sue you. I'm doing this for your own good. , lest you go astray.”

"For my own good?" Zhang Fei was so kind when he heard it, he scratched his forehead in anger, choked up and said, "It's so hot, this girl didn't find a girlfriend, but she found a mother, especially It's really amazing."

Xu Zhiqian heard it clearly, and spat: "I don't have a son as old as you."

"You have a good idea."

Zhang Fei exploded directly on the spot, and said angrily: "I said big sister, I also have to earn money to support my family and help the poor to file lawsuits. Do you think it's really that easy, or do you believe me too much and think I can fight against all odds?" Unbelievable, you can get hundreds of coins every time, and you won't be retaliated against, besides, is it unrighteous to make money from the rich? What kind of **** is this."

Xu Zhiqian reasoned and argued: "If you want to make money from the rich, you can only work as a **** for the tiger, help the tyrants and abuse the people, and exploit the people together with them."

Zhang Fei was so angry that he gasped and said: "I haven't done anything yet, you are here to label me and exploit the people, you think I am stupid, help them exploit the people, how many people can there be?" Money is not enough for them to stuff their own teeth. If you are stupid, don't think that others are as stupid as you."

Xu Zhiqian also became excited, "Is it me or you? If you do more justice now and don't lose your tongue, your future will be limitless. Don't destroy yourself just to covet such petty gains." Future."

"What kind of future is unlimited? What kind of self-destructive future?" Seeing that she not only refused to admit her mistake, but was talking nonsense here, Zhang Fei was so anxious that she danced with anxiety: "What the **** are you talking about? With your fate, I have to rely on my own struggle for the future, but now I have ruined it all, this is an opportunity I have worked hard to win, you really don’t feel pain in your back when you stand and talk."

"You are really hopeless." Xu Zhiqian stomped her feet fiercely and said with a flick of her sleeves, "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, anyway, I'm doing it for your own good."

"It's over! It's over!"

Zhang Fei covered his face with his hands, "I really found a mother back. God!"

"What are you arguing about?"

Suddenly, someone behind me spoke.

The two looked back and saw Xu Zun walking over.

Zhang Fei gave Xu Zhiqian a hard look, and said, "Acknowledge your relatives."

"Daddy, don't listen to his nonsense." Xu Zhiqian glanced back at Zhang Fei, then noticed Xu Zun's strange expression, and asked, "Daddy, why are you back?"

Xu Zun glanced at Zhang Fei and said, "Something went wrong."

Zhang Feidun felt an ominous premonition.

Generally, this buddy of "misfortune" never walks alone.

"What? Kaifeng Mansion received more than 30 pleadings in one morning?"

Xu Zhiqian looked at Xu Zun in shock.

Xu Zun nodded and said, "And it's all about contract disputes."

Zhang Fei's heart trembled, and he frowned: "They want to take the bottom line!"

Xu Zun nodded and said: "I think so too. Since ancient times, all dynasties have banned disputes, but I can't help it, but the debate on this has never stopped."

"Ah! Not good!"

Xu Zhiqian also reacted: "Originally, the government always obeyed the 'officials follow the political law, and the people follow the private contract' for this kind of contract lawsuit. Such a dispute would not even disturb the Kaifeng government, but the Li Siyi case , but set a precedent. The Kaifeng government must treat them equally, but it is impossible for the Kaifeng government to deal with these disputes every day. If this continues."

Zhang Fei said: "The imperial court can only prohibit litigation. Simply put, I am now facing the risk of losing my job."

Aren't you good at talking?

OK!

We serve!

We will seal your mouth and cut it off from the source.

Xu Zun nodded and said: "It's possible, but it doesn't necessarily mean that litigation will be banned, and it may be that more restrictions will be imposed. Their next step should be to sue the officials, but what will be the specific result? At the moment, we can't make a rash judgment, we still have to see the reaction of other ministers in the DPRK and China, but the current situation is very bad."

Xu Zhiqian, who wanted to understand, couldn't help feeling angry: "It's unreasonable, they are clearly guilty of thieves, avenging their own personal revenge, afraid that one day, Zhang San will expose their scandals, it is really deceiving."

Speaking, she excitedly said to Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, we must not give in to this, we must fight them to the end, I don't believe they can cover the sky with one hand."

Zhang Fei is stupid.

Is everything that happened just now an illusion?

He vaguely remembered that a second ago, they were still arguing.

Xu Zun patted Zhang Fei's shoulder lightly.

Zhang Fei turned around and looked at Xu Zun.

Xu Zun looked at him with firm eyes, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the old man will definitely support you in this matter, even if you lose this official uniform, you will not hesitate."

In order to avoid suspicion, he seldom intervened in the previous lawsuits, but this matter is different. The other party is obviously playing tricks and bullying the younger, and he can't bear this kind of thing.

When Zhang Fei heard the words, he was both moved and ashamed. Although he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, he felt that he had failed Xu Zun and caused him trouble, so he tried hard to squeeze out a smile: "Benefactor, please rest assured." , I will not give in just because of this, they are trying to bring me down with this, that would be too contemptuous of me, I still have a lot of tricks I haven't used. So, I implore benefactor not to get involved in this matter because of me."

Xu Zun frowned and said, "But if I don't support you in court, you can't reverse this matter at all."

Zhang Fei said: "As long as I can still speak with this mouth, I'm not a loser."

Xu Zun saw that he was restless, and he didn't seem to have an idea. He was silent for a moment, and nodded slightly: "Okay, I will keep your mouth. As for the rest, I will leave it to you to deal with."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Thank you benefactor."

Speaking, he looked at Xu Zhiqian again, with a very complicated expression on his face, he struggled for a while, and sighed in his heart, that's all, that's all, for the sake of benefactor, I'll take a step back. "I'm very sorry about the matter just now."

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei in surprise: "Are you still in the mood to say this now?"

"I'm fine."

Zhang Fei really can't laugh or cry, after a long time, I still have a small belly.

Xu Zun asked: "What are you talking about?"

Zhang Fei was slightly stunned, and said truthfully: "My benefactor doesn't know, in fact, I have always wanted to use Li Si's case to increase my reputation, and then do business with those wealthy gentry."

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei in surprise, thinking, why did he speak so frankly, could there be another reason for it?

"I see!" Xu Zun nodded slightly, then glanced at Xu Zhiqian, and probably guessed what they were arguing about, after all, he knew his daughter very well.

Zhang Fei said again: "But me!"

"Don't explain, I believe you." Xu Zun interrupted Zhang Fei with a wave of his hand.

Zhang Fei's expression froze, he was a little surprised, "Benefactor really believes me?"

Xu Zun said with a chuckle: "This man is not bad-hearted, the old man can still see clearly, although your kid is a little tricky, but your heart is not bad."

At this point, he glanced at his daughter for a while, and said, "If Qian'er does something that makes you unhappy, don't take it to heart, I believe she is doing it for your own good."

Is it for my own good? This should be the mantra of the ancients. Zhang Fei nodded with a wry smile, but he really doesn't have the mood to care about those things now.

Because he is facing an existential crisis.

And right now he's unprepared.

Kaifeng Prefecture can be said to be the highest judicial department in the Song Dynasty. This general lawsuit cannot be brought to Kaifeng Prefecture. However, this morning, more than 30 pleadings have been received. This has set a record, and it may be difficult in the future. break in.

Mr. Lu was stunned when he first learned about this matter.

When did this Kaifeng mansion become a public latrine, and all **** was thrown in Kaifeng mansion.

But soon he realized that someone was obstructing it, and the background might not be small.

Otherwise, I would not dare to break ground on this Kaifeng mansion.

Lu Gongzhu is not a person who is afraid of things. After realizing it, he was furious, and even played on the Kaifeng mansion. How dare you. The dog-headed and tiger-headed guillotines at home have been useless for a long time. Quickly polish it up a bit and see which blind guy will jump over by himself.

But what happened next left him speechless.

On the same day, more than 20 officials from the four departments of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Judgment Court, and Yushitai jointly petitioned for an order from the imperial court to curb the trend of litigation.

Subsequently, dozens of officials heard the news.

Among them are many scholar-bureaucrats who are at home.

Song Shenzong was frightened by the large number of people and the speed.

This is not a big deal!

But this is no accident.

The reason is very simple. If this trend is encouraged, it will harm the interests of their scholar-bureaucrat class.

If Chen Yuteng has no background, can he become the biggest landlord in Xiangfu County?

So, who in the court is Chen Yuteng?

Who can guarantee that what happened today will not happen to them.

Different political views are just internal struggles.

There is nothing to say about winners and losers.

But to the outside world, they are quite united, the meat must rot in the pot.

Therefore, as soon as someone took the lead, these people stood on the same front by coincidence, and began to add fuel to the flames behind.

Just as Xu Zun expected, they also directly pointed their spearhead at Zhang Fei. The Xu Mansion put up a big battle and provoked the common people to fight, so that the common people flocked to it.

If it is not stopped, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Although Xu Zun, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu and others also stood up and spoke for justice, saying that Zhang Fei also won the lawsuit within the rules and did not violate the rules.

But their arguments pale in the face of the collective indictment of the entire system.

The key point is that those people didn't say they would punish Zhang Fei, they just used Zhang Fei's incident to ask the court to suppress the wind of litigation, otherwise, Kaifeng Mansion would have to go to court every day.

Song Shenzong reacted very quickly, and quickly ordered Chen Shengzhi, the privy envoy, to lead Wang Shiyuan and Qi Hui to discuss the matter.

The privy envoy is the prime minister of Song Dynasty.

It seems unreasonable for him to deal with such a trivial matter.

But Chen Shengzhi knew very well in his heart that Shenzong wanted to calm things down.

Because this case is more or less related to Wang Anshi, and there are already people with bad intentions in the court, who intentionally or unintentionally tie the dispute with Wang Anshi.

This is a very dangerous signal.

Shenzong would never allow such an accident to happen.

Besides, suppressing litigation is not a bad thing for the emperor.

After half a day, they discussed a specific plan.

It's really not a big deal after all.

It is also very simple to deal with.

They decided that in the future, if people from Erbi want to defend others in court, they must be recommended by the bookstore.

This is one of them.

Secondly, in the future, the people of Erbi in Bianjing must also pass the examination held by the Ministry of Criminal Justice before they can obtain or keep the official documents in their hands.

The purpose of these two conditions is very simple and clear. It is obviously impossible to completely prohibit the common people from suing.

But in this way, Zhang Fei is basically cold.

First of all, he was not recommended by the tea eater.

Secondly, the officials may not give him a pass either.

After all, they are not of one mind.