Zhou Bangshi slowly recalled the two or three things he had done with Zhao Xing, and gradually became a little abrupt: "Yes, Brother Zhao Xian is a very assertive person, and his help to others is always controlled within his ability, and he always wants not to harm himself." His family has a big business, and his daily income should exceed more than 1,000 yuan, Qin Guan and other friends take a few things, what is it to him? But what Zhang Laozi wanted to endanger was the industry he made money from, he relied on that trade route to make a living, and to help Zhang Laozi, he wanted to damage his own way of making a living, so he refused.

Yes! So do I. Hangzhou has been in the wilderness for two consecutive years, and the middle-class family can't survive, but because of the help of the divorce, not only did I not suffer major damage, but I got an extra income of tens of thousands of yuan every year, so I refused to give up leaving. It is because of the departure of people is my rare friend, and it is my dependence to survive in this famine year. I refuse to destroy the root for Zhang Laozi, just as I refuse to offend Zhang Laozi......

So, thinking about it the other way, is Zhang Laozi's request too much? The postman also served him the official letter, but he refused, and now even if he sends another copy, what is it, just refuse as usual, but he wants to leave people and gamble his fortune for this......

What's wrong with me? I didn't plan to be an official, I originally wanted to live a free life with Tian Sheweng, but now I am maneuvering among the powerful, what is it for? Idea? ——When Zhao Liren returned to Hangzhou with me, he said on the boat: In the days when Wang Jinggong was here, the new law had been completely destroyed, and it was the group of new parties in front of him who destroyed the new law. How has their philosophy been consistent? Now, this group of people is now clamoring for a new law...... Perhaps, as Zhao Liren once said: deceive! Fools! They are called the Earth Concept. It's just a tool to regain his position as an official, regain power, exclude dissidents, and loot people's wealth.

I am such a tool, Elder Zhang asks a lot, I do not hesitate to sacrifice myself to cheer for them, what will I get? …… Maximizing costs and benefits? What do I expect from the cost? A farmer? No, the cost and benefit I pay are asymmetrical - I have said that anyone who asks others to be content with the asymmetry of costs and benefits, and who asks others to give selflessly, is a liar! They oppose the purpose of fair trade. I want to maximize my benefits......"

Zhou Bang's heart was pried open, and when he reported to Zhang, his tone was very tactful, and he tried his best to come up with many reasons for Zhao Xing to explain this matter. Zhang listened to his explanation expressionlessly, and after a long time, he said lightly: "I know, since I don't want to leave people, it's okay!" ”

After Zhang finished speaking, he didn't pay attention to Zhou Bang's desperate explanation. Walk into the back hall with your hands behind your back.

Zhou Bangshi was left to the side, feeling embarrassed, and a little dissatisfied with Zhang in his heart. After that, he no longer took the initiative to come to the door. Even if Zhang invited, he began to push back and ......

On the same day, after Zhao Xing sent Zhou Bangshi away, he sat alone in the Banshan Pavilion. He lingered for a long time, and said to himself, "Perhaps, it's time to use that letter." ”

Just do it when you think of it, Zhao Xing beckoned Jin Fuji. A letter was pulled out of his bosom. Ordered: "You quietly enter Beijing overnight and hand over this letter to Taiwei Feng Shining." Remember, you must hand it over to Feng Shining in person...... You can contact Tong Guan first, and say that it is the news of the county lord of Lezhi, and ask Tong Guan to help make an appointment with Taiwei Feng. ”

Jin Buji took the letter, turned around and said goodbye, Zhao Xingyu stood in the stone pavilion for a long time, and muttered in a low voice: "No one in the court is difficult to be an official!" ”

Chapter is a wolf, a wolf who will repay his eyes. Zhao Xingdi's refusal was tantamount to angering him, but Zhao Xing knew that Zhang's purpose was his loach stack. He saw that a group of fashionable literary youths liked to pass on the draft letters through the loach stack, and wanted to test the rules of the operation of the loach stack, so he asked Zhao Xing to intercept the letters—this is the first to open, and there will definitely be more similar requests in the future.

Zhao Xing didn't refuse Zhang to protect that group of students, because Zhang's requirements were too much. Zhao Xing, who has nothing to ask for from people, has now realized that he is not a Taoist with Zhang, and the day of a complete break will come sooner or later, and now Zhang happens to be the weakest time, and the break is just right at this time, in order to avoid revenge after Zhang's re-rise, he can only come up with a killer weapon and quickly win over the royal relationship.

The next day, Zhao Xing went to work as usual, on the surface, he couldn't see the impact of this incident on him, Gao Yu didn't know that there was a big guy hidden behind Zhou Bangshi, he walked all the way without realizing it, chatting with Zhao Xing all the way: "Today is the day of the announcement, but we have to be busy all day, I asked the cheap to bring us lunch." Leaving people, the craftsmanship of the cheap mainland is not high, but you have to be wronged......"

Gao Yu wants to show off his wife, and his wife is also a small jasper born in a wealthy family in the capital. He didn't go through the imperial examination to become a petty official, and marrying such a wife was considered lucky, so he was very proud, and he had to show off from time to time, and working time was the best time to show off.

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

The law of the Song Dynasty had a statute of limitations, so the officials also invented a countermeasure: if the case was not well tried, they would not accept the complaint, or put the complaint in the hands of the detention department, and wait for the detention department to investigate the ** and then formally submit it to the top. In this way, the priest has become a key figure in the lawsuit, such as Song Jiang, a petty corrupt official who has established his own underworld through ad libration litigation - oh, the mainstream publicizes him as a "good man".

Now, the role of Hangzhou Yamen is assumed by Gao Yu.

The government of the Song Dynasty accepted the lawsuit and did not charge registration fees, handling fees, production costs, etc., but when they accepted the case, they usually had a red envelope. However, the officials of the Song Dynasty did not have the evil form of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the latter resolutely refused to accept the complaint without money. Although Gao Yu received red envelopes softly, there were also examples of not accepting red envelopes to accept cases, because the official position of the Song Dynasty was set up as "stacked houses and extra beds". This means that there are a particularly large number of Ombudsmans.

There are several detention directors in the Hangzhou General Judgment Yamen, and there is also a law cao in charge of the prison, named Mao Peng. But after Zhao Xing took office strongly, many of the directors consciously resigned in order to make room for him to settle his own people, which is a common practice in officialdom. It is generally called: a son of heaven and a courtier.

However, the original good relationship with Zhao Xing also stayed, so that there would be no fault in the affairs of the yamen. Some of those who went to work were transferred to new positions with Jieshu, and some were seeking new officials—in the past, their relationship with Xinke Jinshila was paved for this. After these people left, the remaining blanks were filled by Zhao Xing's clansmen.

Now, the people of the Zhaoxing clan are still very jerky in dealing with the affairs of the yamen, and most of them are only high-minded. Because of this, Gao Yu accepted a lot of complaints. However, Gao Yu is also a clever person, he lives in Zhao Xing's house, and it is inappropriate to consciously collect too much money. So half of the red envelopes he received were taken out and shared with the officials, which made him gain a good popularity among the officials.

Throughout the morning, Gao Yu led the Cheng clan to be busy, and occasionally, when there was a case that was good to try, he would write a verdict and transfer it to Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing would stamp the big seal without saying a word in the yamen - the case was over. And the case is a little more complicated. Gao Yu will send officials to investigate—how complicated are those so-called "particularly complicated" cases? Worth up to twenty strokes.

In the afternoon, Qin Guan came to work leisurely, and he asked for leave for Su Shi first: "Leave." The Sam is here. The teacher wants to accompany him, if he doesn't come to the yamen today, you can watch and do something. ”

Zhao Xing rolled his eyes - when did he Su Shi go to work well.

Well, Su Shi's experience in Hangzhou can be summed up in one sentence: do not bring famous prostitutes and famous monks. Although he has also done a lot of things, all of them are practical things for the people, but most of the time. He was in the process of traveling with famous prostitutes and monks. Playing and playing, things are planned. Let the men do it.

This also shows that Su Shi is an extremely inattentive person, and he is not attentive when playing. And the other officials of the Great Song Dynasty are not like Su Shi, they concentrate on playing when they play on the ground, and they also concentrate on playing when they are dealing with official business. So they only play and "don't worry about mundane affairs."

Su Shi is like this, but it hurts Zhao Xing's group of people...... Of course, this does not include Qin Guan, this guy can only be regarded as half a person at most, except for occasionally helping Su Shi transcribe the documents, he can't be found at other times - well, he must be found in Goolan Vashe.

Qin Guan greeted him and walked away again. After a while, noon had passed, Zhao Xing opened the court to formally try the case, and the prosecutors had already summoned all the plaintiffs and defendants in charge of the case, and the witnesses were also ready.

Su Shi is a person who agrees with the exemption law, and when he arrived in Hangzhou, he had quietly revised the errand service law into a variant of the exemption law: those who made small mistakes replaced fines with labor, while large families did not pay for labor, but paid money, and used money to buy other people's labor, which was just equivalent to a criminal fine. In this way, the criminal fine of the offender is paid by the large household, and the prisoner needs to use labor to repay the large household's land money.

This specious "errand service law" makes people speechless, because the original exemption law is to hire idle laborers to carry out the land, and Zhao Xing here sentences the prisoner to hard labor, which is a legal punishment for the prisoner, as long as the party is willing and the person who pays the money is willing, no one can blame.

Zhao Xing, who had been prepared, dealt with these small cases very quickly, he made a conclusion at a speed of two or three minutes per case, and Gao Yu worked hard to write his verdict on the side, and at sunset, more than 50 notices had been posted in front of the newly painted powder wall, all of which were cases handled that day.

After three days of trial and all the backlog of cases, Zhao Xing only had three major cases left in his hand, and he repeatedly weighed these three cases, Gao Yu reminded on the side: "My lord, you can't delay it, these three cases should be due." ”

"Pass on Xu Zichuan", Zhao Xing decided to start with Xu Zichuan's case.

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

According to the law of the Song Dynasty, a woman's dowry was used exclusively to "add makeup", in addition to supporting her daughter, if the woman died without giving birth to a child, this dowry had to be returned to the woman's parents.

Xu Zichuan has two brothers, who are unlearned and unskilled, and are good at gambling by nature. Yan sold part of the dowry and married daughters-in-law to his two younger brothers-in-law. Originally, these two little uncles should have separated from each other, but because these two people had no means of making a living, they insisted on not separating their families. And Xu Zichuan's only skill is to read. Yan took care of the housework, but no matter how good she was, she couldn't stand two gambling people and a person who could only watch the land, and within a few years, her dowry was tossed away, and then, she died in childbirth.

Yan gave birth to a little daughter, this little daughter was raised by Xu Zichuan, and her father-in-law could make do with it at any time. But the gambling debts of the two gamblers are getting bigger and bigger. Xu Zichuan had no choice but to sell his daughter into the Qinglou 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 students. They wrote a biography for the Yan family, wishing that they could meet such a good wife and pawn their property for their brothers' expenses. Scholars all called him "virtuous", that is, the "virtuous lady" and "filial piety" propagated by Li Gonglin.

Xu Zichuan sold his daughter to pay off his brother's debts. He was also violently praised by the scholars, who all called him "cowardly", and his father-in-law jumped out to seek justice for his daughter and granddaughter. Scholars scolded him for "disrespecting the old" and "losing money". "Two eyes only look at money", "full of copper stench".

This case is more difficult because Xu Zichuan has the unanimous support of the literati, while his father-in-law, although he has legal support, has fallen behind in public opinion.

In this case, Xu Zichuan's father-in-law, Ma San, was the plaintiff, and he believed that his daughter had passed away and his son-in-law had sold the orphan again. Then all the blood and bones of the daughter are gone. Xu Zichuan should return his daughter's dowry in accordance with the law, otherwise he must redeem his granddaughter. raised an adult, so Ma San was willing to stop asking for dowry.

And Xu Zichuan, who was supported by the scholars, was right, he thought that his wife was a model of virtuous lady, the money was spent by herself, and she was willing to spend it to marry her brother, what could he do? So Ma Sanli shouldn't have gone to him for recovery, but if he wanted to find it, he would go to his dead daughter for recovery. As for his selling his daughter to pay off his brother's gambling debts, it also fully reflects his love for his brother, which is taught by the moral articles of the sage, and Ma San, a businessman, is not worthy of arguing with him about these sage truths.

In the lobby, Xu Zichuan was full of people, and countless poor students volunteered to come to the lobby to support him, they reprimanded in unison, buzzing like a swarm of bees. Ma San looked lonely, he looked at this son-in-law angrily, gritting his teeth, and Xu Zichuan looked like a moral model, triumphant.

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

Ma San was stunned, his complaint only asked his son-in-law to return the makeup money, in fact, his original intention was to force his son-in-law to redeem his granddaughter, but Zhao Xing's complaint was more serious than this, and he secretly glanced at Gao Yu while secretly rejoicing in his heart.

Gao Yu nodded slightly there, Xu Zichuan listened to Zhao Xing's fierce words, he decided to put a big hat on Zhao Xing first, and let the other party throw a mouse bogey: "My lord, I heard that you were born as a businessman, should you have known Ma San a long time ago?" ”

Zhao Xing smiled, and he asked softly: "Ma San, who is it?" ”

Xu Zichuan was a little confused, didn't the other party really know him, he replied casually: "My father-in-law below!" ”

Zhao Xing's face sank, and he was shocked: "Bold, since it's your father-in-law, why do you call him by his name?" Acting like this in front of the official, it is clear that you don't even know the superiority and humility, is this the sage principle you read? Paradox! Unfilial! ”

Without waiting for the other party's reaction, Zhao Xing hurriedly shouted: "Come on, call the scholar to come, and remove his fame." ”

Zhao Xing wants to put aside Xu Zichuan's fame, it's simple! Now the city of Hangzhou is Su Shi's manpower, and in the year of the catastrophe, Su Shi and Zhao Xing worked together to provide disaster relief, and won a high reputation among the people.

The removal of fame means that Xu Zichuan will never be able to come from the imperial examination again. With such a reputation, he can't even go out.

As soon as Zhao Xing said this, the group of poor students in the hall immediately woke up - this lord is not something that they can scare if there are many of them! This is a person who dares to cut off the dragon horns of the dragon king, and the other party can make them unrecoverable by moving their mouths.

Suddenly, the lobby was full of silence.

Xu Zichuan panicked, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy, Zhao Xing made a face, pointed at Ma San and said, "Don't beg me, go and beg your father-in-law." ”

Ma Sanli sighed: "That's it, this evil obstacle." After all, I am blind, and I ask Lord Zhao for forgiveness. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, at this time the Xue Yu had already arrived, Gao Yu pointed to those students, wrote down their names one by one, and asked the Xue Yu to sit in the back hall and wait for Zhao Xing's further instructions.

With the deterrence of learning, I don't know that the students are much more honest, Zhao Xing asked again: "Xu Zichuan, are you still fighting a lawsuit?" ”

Can Xu Zichuan not fight. The money has been spent, and you ask him how to return Ma San, so he hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and replied, "My lord." Students consciously follow the teachings of the saints in everything they do, and they do not feel guilty. ”

Zhao Xing nodded, didn't say anything, and wrote the judgment on the pleading: "Yan's virtuous lady, everyone praises it; Xu Sheng is not good. Stealing and selling his wife's property and not caring for orphans, how can he bear it? Help each other in time of need with what little we have. The wife is peerless; Once gone. The old love is all thrown away, the tiger poison is not yet eaten, but Xu Sheng sent his daughter into the Qinglou, how can he bear the wolf's heart? The father-in-law is old, and he receives three meals, and he is still reprimanded in the court, which is regarded as unfilial piety and disrespect. Such a character. There is no trace of remorse, which is outrageous. Don't love their home. How can he love his kingdom, how can he love his king? Verdict: Xu Zichuan Ge went to fame, the land and house came from the Yan family's dowry, and the ransom daughter was sold, and his daughter was raised by Ma San, this sentence ......"

There are a lot of words in front of the verdict, and what is said is nonsense, and the poor students have a lot of sages and sages to justify, but the big hat of "if you don't love your family, how can you love your country, how can you love your king" is irrefutable.

Yes, Xu Zichuan even cheated out all his money even if he loved his wife so much, and his own daughter had to be sold into the Qinglou in exchange for a compliment from others, so, who do you let him love for this kind of person?

No matter how much the truth is said, no matter how high the banner of filial piety is raised, Zhao Xing completely exposes this cold person from above the monarchy.

At this moment when the two parties are constantly strife, and the people of the struggle school are looking for enemies with wide eyes, who dares to easily attack the monarchy at this time, doesn't it happen to become the target of the three factions?

Xu Zichuan knelt under the hall and begged and repented in every way, but Zhao Xing was no longer interested in listening to what he said, he pointed to those students who were about to move and said: "Master has ten thousand words, and the only word of loyalty is also." If you are born as a husband, you should love her wife; Born as a Father, love His Son; Born as a minister, you should love his king; Xu Zichuan is blindsided, just for one brother, leaving other feelings behind, in this case, if one day one side is the shepherd, will he kill the people for his brother again?

You don't know what is going on, and as he makes a fuss, today I will ask the scholar to write down his name and surname, and reprimand him once. Your parents have worked hard to raise you, you should study hard to serve your parents, how can you be instigated by these people with ulterior motives...... Remember, you are young and ignorant, and retreat, and you will not be held accountable today. ”

Zhao Xing's big stick was raised high and fell gently, where did the students who had experienced Zhao Xing's harsh methods just now seen this, and when they heard that Zhao Xing was unwilling to pursue it, they hurriedly agreed, and quickly ran away from the yamen.

Xu Zichuan was dragged out by the officials, Ma San threw his hand at Zhao Xing again and again, and asked a little uneasily: "My lord, the daughter of the Xu family, is it appropriate to raise it to my family?" I just want him to get this granddaughter back......"

Zhao Xing raised his eyebrows: "Duh, his family is poor and only gambles, today I sentenced that child to him, can you be sure that he will not sell it tomorrow?" ”

Ma San was stunned and hurriedly bowed his hand to thank him. Although he failed to ask for his daughter's dowry, his original purpose was not to do so, and now that his granddaughter can return to his side, his wish has been fulfilled, so he hurriedly leaves.

The next case is also about women's dowry disputes - 70% of the property disputes in the Song Dynasty are about women's inheritance rights, because women have inheritance rights only in the Song Dynasty, and most traditional people are not adaptable, and the education of women in this era is mainly to induce women to give up property rights, and the law is contrary to traditional education, which caused many disputes in the Song Dynasty. Later, after learning from the nomads and completely depriving women of their property rights, everything returned to the way it was......

There is a precedent first, the plaintiff and defendant in this case knew that Zhao Xing had a strong wrist, and accidentally angered him, and he even sold people's houses, completely sweeping people out of the house. In such a situation, no matter what Zhao Xing said, how could they be willing, and they divided the property without any objection.

After the two cases were handled, the officials of the yamen had seen from Zhao Xing's attitude that the new general judgment was very supportive of women's property rights, which undoubtedly pointed out a new path for them - property cases were the most oily, and officials in the past liked to settle things when they encountered this matter. And Zhao Xing's handling was categorical, which made the officials begin to turn new thoughts in their hearts.

Regardless of whether Zhao Xingken is willing or not, he finally has to deal with that super big case: the case of cows eating seedlings.

Zhao Xing took a deep breath and ordered: "Summons the plaintiff Xu Laohan, summon the criminal—I mean summon the cow, and then summon the defendant Ning Laohan." ”