The lobby of the government office.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry that the juniors can't greet the elders in person because of trivial matters."

Guo Dan walked into the lobby quickly, and bowed his hand to the squires in the lobby, apologizing slightly.

Tong Li and Wu Guansheng came in with him, since Dong Ping went back, this place is under Tong Li's management for the time being, because Guo Dan is just a businessman, if a relatively high-level official is sent to station, then both parties will feel very uncomfortable, and Tong Li's official position is not high, and at the same time he is Guo Dan's top boss, the key is that he has nothing to do with Zhang Whale, and it is most suitable for him to be stationed here.

The old man smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, I also know that you are very busy now, so you should focus on affairs." ”

This old man's name is Wang Yu, a squire from Tiekou in Ji County, who once served in the Ministry of Rites, and wrote several books on etiquette, which were adopted by the imperial court, and because of his old age, he was quite respected in Weihui Mansion.

The rest of the squires were also in favor of letting Wang Yu come forward to negotiate with Guo Dan.

"Thank you for your understanding, thank you for your understanding."

Guo Dan arched his hand again, then invited them to sit down, and said: "When the younger generation first came to Weihui Mansion, he should have visited you in person, but he really can't take time out at present, but because of this matter, it is imminent, so it is really not appropriate to invite you to come...... By the way, do you elders already know about this? ”

Wang Yu's expression changed, and he said quite seriously: "We already know about this matter, but we must not do this, if this ancestral law is abolished, it will be punished by heaven, and it will cause opposition from the world, I hope you will consider it carefully!" ”

Guo Dan glanced at Huang and Xu Erlao, and said confusedly: "When did the junior say that he wanted to abolish the patriarchal law?" ”

Huang and Xu Erlao glanced at each other, and their faces looked a little weird.

Wang Yu immediately asked, "Then what do you mean?" ”

Oh! I see, this old man is bluffing me. Guo Dan quickly reacted and said with a smile: "I'm just talking about respecting the law, so it's fair to everyone." ”

"Respect the law?"

Wang Yu frowned slightly and said, "This law should be observed by everyone, and there is no need to negotiate it." As for this patriarchal law, hehe, since ancient times, it has been based on the law, supplemented by the patriarchal law, because this law is mostly aimed at good and evil in this world, but it is impossible to determine whether it is respectful or not, and the patriarchal law is aimed at this moral and ritual law, such as the three outlines and five constants, the two are complementary to each other, how to conflict. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Wang Lao is reasonable, I said respect for the law, and I don't just refer to the law, including this patriarchal law. ”

Wang Yu was stunned, this time it was his turn to look at Huang and Xu.

You two aren't trying to sow discord.

Huang and Xu Erlao were shot while lying down twice in a row, and they had the heart to cry to death, and they didn't know where to start.

Guo smiled lightly: "Elder Wang said before that the patriarchal law is aimed at morality and etiquette, and the younger generation dared to ask, before the future of the younger generation, many people held sticks, robbed houses, and robbed food, how is this etiquette?" ”

Wang Yu immediately said: "This is all because of the construction of the Luwang Mansion, which made the people's livelihood miserable, otherwise, how could they do that, although it is not in line with the etiquette, but it is also excusable, and the fault is not them." ”

Guo nodded with a smile and said: "Of course, the younger generation knows that it is extenuating, so the younger generation has never punished anyone, but this also shows that this food is the basis of the etiquette law, once the people are not happy, it will definitely be accompanied by the collapse of etiquette, I don't know if Wang Lao agrees." ”

Wang Yu nodded slightly and said, "What you said is not unreasonable. ”

Guo Dan said: "And everything I have done is to hope that the people of Weihui Mansion can live and work in peace and contentment, this is the basis of the ritual law, the foundation of the patriarchal law, and the foundation of the law. ”

Wang Yu couldn't help frowning slightly.

This logic makes so much sense that it is impossible to refute.

Guo Dan continued: "Let's talk about this again, this matter is all because there are two women in Dashu Village who come to work in the textile workshop, but according to the patriarchal law of Dashu Village, women must teach their husbands and children at home, and they are not allowed to go to the fields, let alone go out to work.

But these two women, one husband died, the other husband was sick in bed for a long time, if they did not go out to work, they were afraid that the whole family would starve to death. ”

Wang Yu nodded and said, "If that's the case, then it's indeed excusable." ”

Huang and Xu Erlao looked at Wang Yu depressedly, you are selling us!

Wang Yu was slightly sweating on his forehead, and he also felt the depressed gaze of Huang and Xu Erlao, so he said: "But the patriarchal law of Dashu Village is not wrong, this woman still shouldn't show her head ......." ”

Guo Dan immediately interrupted him, "Elder Wang is right, this is the reason why I invited you to come, how to solve these problems. ”

Wang Yu asked, "Then I don't know how you plan to solve it?" ”

Guo Dan said: "I promised the imperial court that I must let the people of Weihui Mansion live and work in peace and contentment, and I am here for this task." Taking the case of Dashu Village as an example, those two women want to earn money to support their families, and they are taking the right path, which is definitely what I support, but it is not allowed by the patriarchal law of Dashu Village, and this is where the contradiction lies.

So the solution I gave was to leave the decision in the hands of the person concerned, and no one could force them to do anything under any pretext as long as it wasn't against the law, which I thought was fair. To put it mildly, if you use the patriarchal law to force them to the detriment of my interests, then I can also use power and money to harm your interests, but the result is a defeat for both sides. ”

After these words, many squires showed hesitation.

In fact, the squire also dealt with the government in this way, the two sides cooperated with each other and governed together, but their philosophy was the same, if this matter was handled by the government, the magistrate would definitely hand over the two women to them, because the officials would also feel that women could not come out to work.

But Guo Dan's governance philosophy is different, which is the root of the contradiction.

But the problem is that it is Guo Dan who manages Weihui Mansion now, and the two still have to cooperate, and if they can't fight, confrontation will only hurt both sides.

Wang Yu thought for a while, and said, "In other words, we can't force that woman to go back, and you can't force them to come here to work. ”

"Of course."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "In order to show my sincerity, I am willing to hand over the right of judgment to you, and at the same time, I also hope that you can explain this matter clearly in front of the villagers and tell them the power they have." Again, if you don't see the same thing, then I can too, respect and integrity are on both sides, not one side. ”

There were many squires with embarrassed expressions on their faces, and they were indeed thinking that even if we didn't force them, we could keep the women of the village from going out.

Wang Yu asked, "Although I have just heard about this judgment power, I don't know what you plan to do?" ”

Guo Dan led his hand to Tong Li, who was beside him, and said: "This is the Tong Qi team, they are currently in charge of the security of our Weihui Mansion, my idea is this, they are in charge of reconnaissance, interrogation, and investigation, but it is up to you to judge whether a person is guilty or not guilty." ”

One of the squires asked, "If we are guilty or not guilty, they must listen to us?" ”

"Of course."

Guo Dan nodded, and said: "But if they feel that you are ignoring the evidence and engaging in favoritism, they can file a lawsuit with the litigation yuan, that is, they can challenge your judgment, but they must abide by your decision, and at the same time seek justice by formal means." ”

"The court of justice?"

Huang Lao was surprised.

He hadn't heard that last time.

Guo smiled lightly: "That's the case, the Tongqi team is responsible for the investigation and inspection, and you are responsible for the judgment, but there is also a special litigation court in the middle, and the litigation court decides whether to prosecute, whether to arrest, whether to detain, if the investigating party is favoritism, there will be people who are willing to file a lawsuit against the lawsuit, then you can also judge whether they are guilty or not, and they can also file a lawsuit against you in the litigation court."

However, according to the laws of the Imperial Court, they have the power to use punishment, and for the sake of fairness, I will abolish their power to use punishment, and you must abolish the power of the ancestral shrine to use punishment, and no one has the power to use punishment until your judgment. ”

The squires nodded slightly.

In addition, if they can be punished, then the operability of the investigating side will be greater, and it will be beneficial for them to abolish lynching on both sides.

Wang Yu asked again: "Then who is in charge of this litigation court?" ”

Since it is such a structure, the litigation court is very crucial.

Guo Dan said: "I selected a group of people from the scholars in Weihui Mansion to serve as the people. ”

"By you?"

Wang Yu looked at Guo Dan cautiously.

Guo smiled lightly: "Elder Wang, this scholar of Weihui Mansion, of course, is interested in you, so let me choose, I think it's fair." ”

Wang Yu nodded slightly, and said: "You have said this, it sounds very fair, and we can accept it, but the question is, it is you who are currently taking over Weihui Mansion, you can set these rules today, and he can abolish these rules in the future, who will supervise you?" ”

He came out of officialdom, and naturally he knows very well about the checks and balances of power.

Guo smiled lightly: "I don't know if you know, the imperial court has always sent inspectors to guard the imperial history here, specifically to supervise me, and the basis of their supervision is the contract I signed with the imperial court, because I am a businessman, so the contract is the most important."

I will announce in public that during my takeover, the Weihui Mansion will be honored by the contract, not by me, in fact, it is impossible to respect me, I am also a businessman at present, and the Tong Qi team is under His Majesty's orders, and they are not under my control.

If I commit a crime, they will arrest me, and if they don't arrest me, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will trouble them. If you agree, I will sign a contract to bind both of us, and we will all do according to the contract. ”

Wang Yu pondered for a while, then made eye contact with the other squires, and said, "We still have to discuss this matter." ”

"Of course, but I hope it doesn't take too long, because it's imminent."

"We'll get back to you tomorrow."

"It's a deal."

PS: I slept hard, much more comfortable, today is still two watches, tomorrow three watches, and one watch, if there is no accident, the day after tomorrow will also be three watches.