Chapter 185: The confrontation between the liar and the judge

Zhou Bangshi slowly recalled the two or three things he had dated with Zhao Xing, and gradually became a little surprised: "Yes, Zhao Xiandi is a very independent person. He always controls his help to others within his ability, and always makes it necessary not to harm himself. His family has a great business, and his daily income should be more than a thousand guan. What does Qin Guan and other friends take away a few things, what does it mean to him? But what Zhang Laozi wants to harm his money industry. He relies on that trade route to make a living and help Zhang Laozi want to damage his own way of making a living, so he refused.

Yes! I am the same. Hangzhou has been in great desert for two consecutive years, and middle-class families can no longer survive, but because of the help of Li Ren, I not only did not suffer major damage, but I earn tens of thousands of dollars a year, so I refuse to give up Li Ren. It is because Li Ren is my rare friend and my reliance on living in this wasteland year. Li Ren is unwilling to destroy the roots for Zhang Laozi, just as I refuse to offend Li Ren for Zhang Laozi...

So, on the other hand, was Zhang Laozi's request a little too much? The postman also delivered the official edict to him, but he refused. Now that he even sent another copy, what's the point? Just refuse as usual, but he wants to leave the people to bet on his wealth for this...

What's wrong with me? I didn't plan to be an official, I originally wanted to be a free life as a farmer, but now I am dealing with the powerful and powerful, what are I doing? Ideas? When Zhao Liren returned to Hangzhou with me, he once said on the boat: When Wang Jinggong was there, the new law had been destroyed, and it was the group of new parties in front of me who destroyed the new law. How did their "ideas" always remain the same? Now, these people are now shouting to promote the new law... Perhaps, as Zhao Liren once said: lies! fool the people! The so-called "ideas" are just tools to become officials again, regain power, exclude dissidents, and plunder people's wealth.

I am such a tool. Old Chang Zhang asked a lot. I would not hesitate to harm myself and shout for them. What will I get?...Maximize cost and benefit? What benefits do I pay for? A farmer? No, the cost and benefit I pay is asymmetrical - Li Ren once said: Anyone who asks others to be content with costs and asymmetrical state of benefits, and anyone who asks others to "selflessly contribute" is a liar! The purpose of their opposition to fair trading is to maximize their own benefits..."

Zhou Bang's heart was pried open a crack. When he reported to Zhang Dun, his tone was very tactful and he tried his best to come up with many reasons to explain this for Zhao Xing. Zhang Dun listened to his explanation expressionlessly. After a long time, he spoke indifferently: "I understand, since Li Ren refused, it's all!"

After Zhang Dun finished speaking, he ignored Zhou Bangshi, who was trying hard to explain, and walked into the back hall with his hands behind his back.

Zhou Bangshi was left aside, feeling quite embarrassed, and was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Dun. Since then, he no longer came to the door. Even if Zhang Dun invites him, he began to push back and forth...

On that day, Zhao Xing saw Zhou Bangshi away and sat alone in the pavilion on the mountain. He wandered for a long time and said to himself: "Maybe, it's time to use that letter."

When he thought of it, Zhao Xing waved to Jin Buer, took out a letter from his arms, and ordered: "You quietly enter Beijing overnight and hand the letter to the Taiwei Feng Shining. Remember, you must hand it to Feng Shining in person... But first contact Tong Guan, and it is said that it is news from the Lezhi County Lord. Please help meet with Taiwei Feng."

Jin Buer took the letter and turned around to say goodbye. Zhao Xing was still standing in the stone pavilion. After a long time, he murmured in a low voice: "It's hard for anyone in the court to be an official!"

Zhang Dun is a wolf, a wolf who will retaliate. Zhao Xing's refusal was equivalent to angering him, but Zhao Xing knew that Zhang Dun's purpose was his loach. He saw a group of fashionable literary youths who liked to pass letters and letters through loach, and wanted to test the rules of loach operation, so he asked Zhao Xing to intercept the letters - as soon as this starts, there will be more similar requirements in the future.

Zhao Xing did not reject Zhang Dun to protect those scholars, because Zhang Dun's request was too much. Zhao Xing, who had no desires for others, now realized that he was not the same as Zhang Dun, and the day of a complete break is coming sooner or later. Now Zhang Dun is the weakest time, and it is just right to break. In order to avoid revenge after Zhang Dun rises again, he could only use his trump card and quickly win over the royal relationship.

The next day, Zhao Xing went to work as usual, and there was no impact on him on the surface. Gao Qiu was not sure that there was a big boss hidden behind Zhou Bangshi. He walked without any awareness and talked to Zhao Xing all the way: "Today is the day of revenge, but I have to be busy all day. I asked Jian Nei to bring us lunch. I am not very skilled in the craftsmanship, but I have to be wronged..."

Gao Qiu wanted to show off his wife, and his wife was also a jasper born in a wealthy family in the capital. Gao Qiu was lucky to become a small official without going through the imperial examination and marrying such a wife, so he was very proud and wanted to show off from time to time. Working hours are the best time to show off.

When the two of them walked into the yamen, there were a lot of people here. Zhao Xing had not taken office for a long time, which caused Hangzhou City to accumulate a lot of lawsuits.

The law of the Song Dynasty had a statute of limitations, so the yamen runners also invented a countermeasure: when the case is difficult to be tried, they would not accept the complaint, or put the complaint in the hands of the guards, and waited for the guards to investigate and then formally submitted it to the upper level. In this way, the guards became the key figure in the lawsuit. For example, Song Jiang was such a corrupt official who built his own underworld by trapping litigation - oh, the mainstream propaganda was a "hero".

Now, Gao Qiu is the role of Hangzhou Yamen.

The officials of the Song Dynasty accepted litigation cases and did not charge registration fees, handling fees, work fees, etc. However, they all had a red envelope as usual when accepting cases. However, the yamen runners in the Song Dynasty did not have the evil situations of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The latter had no money and refused to accept complaints. Although Gao Qiu received red envelopes with mercy, there were also examples of not accepting red envelopes for cases, because the official positions in the Song Dynasty set up "folding houses and extra beds". This means that there are many supervisory officials.

There are several magistrates in the Hangzhou Tongzong Yamen, and there is also a judiciary in charge of criminal prisons, named Mao Pang. However, after Zhao Xing took office, many magistrates consciously resigned in order to free up seats for him to place his own people. This is a custom in the officialdom, and it is generally called: one emperor and one official.

However, the Ai Shi, who had a good relationship with Zhao Xing, also stayed there so that the yamen would not be severed. Some of those who had left the position would go to new positions with Jie Shu, while some of them would seek new officials. In the past, their relationship with the new Jinshi paved the way for this. After these people left, the remaining gap was added to Zhao Xing's tribe members.

Now, the Zhao Xing tribes are still very awkward to deal with yamen affairs, and most of them are only by Gao Qiu. Because of this, Gao Qiu accepted a lot of complaints. However, Gao Qiu is also a smart person. He lives in Zhao Xing's home and consciously collects too much money, so he took out half of the red envelopes he received for the yamen runners to share, which made him gain a good popularity among the yamen runners.

All morning, Gao Qiu led the Cheng clan members to be busy. Occasionally, if there are cases that are easy to be tried, he would write a verdict and forward it to Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing stamped the yamen without saying a word - the case will be settled. For a slightly more complicated case, Gao Qiu would send yamen runners to investigate - how complicated are those so-called "specially complex" cases? They are worth up to twenty cents.

In the afternoon, Qin Guan came to work swayingly. He asked for leave for Su Shi first: "Li Ren, Gan Liaozi is here. The teacher wants to accompany him. If you don't come to the yamen today, you can do whatever you have."

Zhao Xing rolled his eyes - when did Su Shi work well?

Well, Su Shi’s experience in Hangzhou can be summarized in one sentence: he does not bring famous prostitutes and famous monks. Although he has done many things, it is practical things to do for the people, most of the time, he plays with famous prostitutes and monks, and plans things and lets his men do it.

This also shows that Su Shi was a very inattentive person and was not focused when playing. Other officials of the Song Dynasty were not like Su Shi. They were focused when playing and when handling official duties. So they only played, "not worrying about civil affairs."

Su Shi was so painful that Zhao Xing and his group of people... Of course, Qin Guan was not included in this, and this guy could only be considered half a person at most. Except for occasionally helping Su Shi copy documents, he could not find any other time - well, he would definitely be found in the tiles and tiles.

Qin Guan greeted him and walked away again. After a while, noon had passed, and Zhao Xing opened a formal trial of the case. The guards had summoned all the plaintiffs and defendants in charge of the case, and had all witnesses. Zhao Xing handled the disputes that cost a few cents of money quickly. Those who should be beaten the board and those who should be fined, and those who should be fined, so he could not pay the money, so he asked him to do labor.

Su Shi was a man who agreed with the exemption law. When he went to Hangzhou, he had quietly modified the Responsible Law into a variant of the Responsible Law: those who made small mistakes used labor instead of fines, while the wealthy families did not pay labor, paid money, and used money to buy other people's labor. This money was exactly equivalent to a criminal fine. In this way, it was equivalent to a criminal fine for the prisoner to be paid by the large family, and the prisoner needed to use labor to repay the wealthy family's money.

This plausible "service law" makes people speechless because the original exemption law requires idle labor to be carried out, while Zhao Xing punishes prisoners for labor, which is a legal punishment for prisoners. As long as the parties are willing and the person who contributes the money is willing, no one can blame them.

Zhao Xing, who was prepared, handled these small cases very quickly. He reached a conclusion in two or three minutes per case, and Gao Qiu wrote his judgment quickly. At sunset, more than fifty notices had been posted in front of the newly brushed powder wall, all of which were handled on the same day.

After three days of trial, Zhao Xing handled all the backlog of cases. He only had three major cases left. He repeatedly weighed these three cases. Gao Qiu reminded him: "Sir, you can't delay it. These three cases should expire."

"Transfer to Xu Zichuan", Zhao Xing decided to start with the Xu Zichuan case.

This case is a typical case of a Song Dynasty property dispute: Xu Zichuan's family was poor. After passing the imperial examination, a wealthy man married his daughter Yan. Yan brought a very generous dowry, which improved Xu Zichuan's family's situation and allowed him to study with peace of mind.

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, a woman’s dowry was specifically used to “add makeup”. In addition, it was to support her daughter. If a woman died before giving birth to a child, the dowry would be returned to her daughter’s parents.

Xu Zichuan has two brothers who are ignorant and are gambled by nature. Yan sold part of his dowry and married his wife to his two brothers-in-law. Originally, these two brothers-in-law should have been separated, but because these two people had no means of making a living, they insisted on not separating the family. Xu Zichuan's only ability was to study, so Yan took care of housework. However, no matter how capable she had, she could not resist two gambling people and a person who could only read books. In a few years, her dowry was torn apart, and then she died of dying during childbirth.

Yan gave birth to a young daughter, who was raised by Xu Zichuan, and his father-in-law was able to help him at any time and could make do with it. However, the gambling debts owed by the two gamblers became increasingly large, and Xu Zichuan had no choice but to sell his daughter to a brothel to pay off the debt, which angered his father-in-law.

Yan sold his dowry to marry his brother-in-law, and was unanimously praised by the poor scholars. They wrote books and biography for Yan, hoping that he could meet such a good wife, pawn all his property and spend it for his brothers. The scholars all called him "virtuous", which is the "virtuous" and "filial piety" promoted by Li Gonglin.

Xu Zichuan sold his daughter to pay off his brother's debts, and was also highly praised by scholars. They all called him "debate". His father-in-law came out to seek justice for his daughter and granddaughter. The scholars called him "disrespectful" and "lost money in his eyes", "only looking at money", and "full of money all over his body".

This is the trickier case. Xu Zichuan received unanimous support from the literati, and although his father-in-law had legal support, he was at a disadvantage in public opinion.

In this case, Xu Zichuan's father-in-law Ma San is the plaintiff. He believes that his daughter has passed away and his son-in-law sold the orphan again. Then all the daughter's bones and blood are gone. Xu Zichuan should return his daughter's dowry according to law, otherwise he must redeem his granddaughter and raise him. In this way, Ma San will no longer pursue the dowry.

Xu Zichuan, supported by scholars, was righteous. He believed that his wife was a model of virtuousness. She spent the money herself. She was willing to spend it to marry her brother. What would he do? So Ma Sanli should not ask him to pursue it. If he wanted to find it, he would go to his dead daughter to pay for it. As for him selling his daughter to pay the gambling debts for his brother, it also fully reflected his care for his brother. This was taught by the moral articles of the saint. Ma San, a businessman, was not worthy of arguing with him about these saints' principles.

In the lobby, Xu Zichuan was crowded with people, and countless scholars came to the lobby to support him. They scolded each other in unison, buzzing like groups of bees flying. Ma San looked lonely on the other end, and he looked at the son-in-law in anger, gritting his teeth, and Xu Zichuan looked like a moral role model, proudly.

Zhao Xing flipped through the file and asked Xu Zichuan casually: "Gongshi, right? Today's case involves illegal possession of property, slave trafficking, and abuse of children... Are you sure you want to fight this lawsuit?"

Ma San was stunned. His complaint was just asking his son-in-law to return his makeup. In fact, his original intention was to force his son-in-law to redeem his granddaughter, but the complaint Zhao Xing said was much more serious than this. He secretly glanced at Gao Qiu while secretly feeling happy.

Gao Qiu nodded slightly there. When Xu Zichuan heard Zhao Xing's words viciously, he decided to put a big hat on Zhao Xing first and let the other party take a gaze: "Sir, I heard that you were born as a businessman, so you shouldn't have known Ma San for a long time, right?"

Zhao Xing laughed, and he asked softly: "Ma San, who is that?"

Xu Zichuan was a little confused. Didn’t he really know him? He replied casually: “My father-in-law is here!”

Zhao Xing's face sank and slapped the awkward: "Bold, since it's your father-in-law, why do you call him by his name? In front of me, I clearly don't even know the superiors and inferiors. Is this the reason for the saint you read? Crazy and unfilial! Unfilial!"

Without waiting for the other party to react, Zhao Xing hurriedly shouted: "Come here, call for the learning instructions and remove his fame and fortune."

Zhao Xing wanted to put Xu Zichuan's fame and fortune away, it was simple! Nowadays, all over the city of Hangzhou are Su Shi. In the year of great disaster, Su Shi and Zhao Xing worked together to provide disaster relief and gained a high reputation among the people. Now, even if Zhao Xing wants to walk sideways in Hangzhou, people praise him for his "powerfulness", let alone the fame of a scholar.

Removing fame and reputation means that Xu Zichuan will never be able to come from the imperial examination again. With such a reputation, he cannot even become an official.

As soon as Zhao Xing said this, the poor scholars in the hall immediately realized that this master was not something that could scare him if there were too many people! This was a person who dared to cut off the dragon horns of the Dragon King, and the other party could make them doomed if they talked.

Suddenly, the lobby was as cold as a cicada, and there was peace.

Xu Zichuan panicked and quickly kowtowed, begging for mercy. Zhao Xing pointed at Ma San and said, "Don't beg me, go and beg your father-in-law."

Ma Sanli sighed: "Forget it, this evil is always my blindness. Please forgive me, Lord Zhao."

Zhao Xing nodded. Xueyu had arrived at this time. Gao Qiu pointed out the students, wrote down their names one by one, and asked Xueyu to sit in the back hall, waiting for Zhao Xing's further instructions.

There is a deterrence of Xueyu, and the students who are ignorant of the world have become much more honest. Zhao Xing asked again: "Xu Zichuan, are you still suing?"

How can Xu Zichuan not fight? The money has been spent. How do you ask him to return Ma San? So he hesitated for a long time and gritted his teeth and replied: "Sir, the students consciously follow the teachings of the saints. If they don't realize they are guilty, please observe clearly."

Zhao Xing nodded, and said nothing, and wrote a verdict on the letter: "Yan's virtuous and virtuous family, everyone praised it; Xu Sheng was unfilial, and he stole his wife's property and did not care about the orphans, how could he tolerate his behavior? He supported each other and his wife was peerless; once he passed away, his old love was thrown away, and the tiger poison did not eat his son, but Xu Sheng sent his daughter to the brothel, how could he tolerate his wolves? His father-in-law was old, and he was given three meals to help him, and he was scolded in the hall, and regarded it as unfilial and disrespectful. Such a person did not see a trace of remorse, which made people outrageous. If he didn't love his family, why did he love his country, how could he love his king? Judgment: Xu Zichuan took away his fame, the property was from Yan's dowry, and sold his daughter to redeem him, and his daughter was raised by Ma San. This sentence..."

The verdict is full of nonsense, and it is said. Poor scholars have many sages to justify, but the big hat of "If you don't love your family, why love your country? How can you love your king?" is irrefutable.

Yes, Xu Zichuan even cheated all his money even if he loved him so much, and his biological daughter would be sold to brothels in exchange for praise from others. So, who would you let him love such a person?

No matter how many great principles are, no matter how high the banner of filial piety and brotherhood is, Zhao Xing completely exposes this cold and disgraceful person from the power of the king.

When the two parties are constantly quarrel, the group of people from the struggle school are staring wide-eyed and looking for enemies. Who dares to easily attack the monarchy at this time? Wouldn't it be the target of the three factions?

Xu Zichuan knelt in the hall and begged and repented in all kinds of ways, but Zhao Xing was no longer interested in listening to what he said. He pointed to the students who were ready to move and said, "The Master's words are the only word "loyal". If you are a husband, you should love your wife; if you are a father, you should love your son; if you are a minister, you should love your king; Xu Zichuan is blinded by his eyes, just for one "brother", throwing other feelings behind his head. In this case, if one day he will serve as a guard, will he harm the people for his brothers?

You don't understand the truth, and as he makes trouble, today I will ask Xueyu to record his name and reprimand him. I have worked hard to raise you, so you should work hard to serve your parents. How could you be incited by these people with ulterior motives? Forget it, I think you are ignorant and leave, and I won't pursue it today."

Zhao Xing raised his big stick high and gently fell down. The students who had just experienced Zhao Xing's strict methods had seen this. When they heard that Zhao Xing was unwilling to pursue it, they quickly agreed and rushed to flee the yamen.

Xu Zichuan was dragged out by the yamen runners, and Ma San bowed to Zhao Xing repeatedly, and asked a little worriedly: "Sir, is it appropriate to raise the Xu family's daughter to my family? I just want him to get this granddaughter back..."

Zhao Xing raised his eyebrows: "Duh, his family is so poor that he is only gambling. I will award him the child today. Can you be sure that he won't sell it tomorrow?"

Ma San suddenly realized and quickly bowed to thank him. Although he failed to get his daughter's dowry, his original purpose was not this. Now that his granddaughter can return to his side, his wish has been fulfilled, so he quickly bid farewell.

The next case was also about the dispute over the dowry of women - 70% of property disputes in the Song Dynasty were about women's inheritance rights, because women had inheritance rights only in the Song Dynasty, and most traditional people were not yet adapted. In this era, the education of women was mainly to lure women to give up their property rights. The law was contrary to traditional education, which caused many disputes in the Song Dynasty. Later, after learning from nomadic peoples and completely depriving women of property rights, everything was restored to its original state...

There was a previous example. The plaintiff and the defendant in this case knew that Zhao Xing was tough and accidentally angered him. He even sold his house and completely swept the person out. In this case, no matter how Zhao Xing said, how they were willing, they divided the property without any objection.

After the two cases were handled, the yamen clerks had already seen from Zhao Xing's attitude that the new magistrate supported the woman's property rights, which undoubtedly pointed out a new way for them - property cases were the most abundant. In the past, officials who encountered this incident liked to calm down the situation. Zhao Xing's decisive handling made the clerks start to have new ideas in their minds.

Regardless of whether Zhao Xing agreed or not, he finally had to deal with that super big case: the case of cow eating seedlings.
Chapter completed!