Chapter 23 Prefect

The prefect's yamen in Mengzhou, the capital of Tianzhuzhou, is different from the yamen of the school envoy, the former is the education bureau, and the latter is the provincial government plus a bunch of government units such as the Ministry of Justice, the Public Security Bureau, and even the temporary detention center. It covers a vast area and is extraordinary.

There are three archways in front, and there are Rui beast town gates, the door number is towering, there are five gates lined up, Li Zhe and others arrived, led by the messengers in front, entered the main hall, there was already Mengzhou Governor Zhang Jun sitting in the hall waiting for everyone.

"Take someone to commit it!"

"Huh! Brother Jueyuan? "The prefect's old eyes were not dizzy, and he actually recognized Fang Jueyuan at a glance." How did you bring it too? It turned out that he really knew Fang Jueyuan.

Fang Jueyuan was not angry:

"My lord! This book is issued by our daily newspaper, and if you want to be convicted, please convict our daily newspaper as well! ”

"Then, then you say that the person who wrote "Shooting the Condor" turned out to be him?"

The prefect pointed to Li Zhe beside Fang Jueyuan and asked,

"Yes, exactly!"

Fang Jueyuan replied, still full of anger.

seemed to be a little surprised by Li Zhe's age, Zhang Jun was a little puzzled, and then,

"Huh? Why? The prefect Zhang Jun sighed.

"The prefect actually regarded such a strange book as "Shooting the Condor" as an anti-book, so what else is there to say."

Zhang Jun twisted his beard and frowned:

"Brother Jueyuan is serious."

Fang Jueyuan is unrelenting,

"There is nothing serious, my lord, you said that "Shooting the Condor" is an anti-book, then Li Zhe is just writing a book, and our daily newspaper is the main culprit who sent out the book to demagogue, Li Zhe's sin in writing a book is not big, but the spread of this anti-book has caused tens of thousands of people in Mengzhou City to watch it, and everyone is guilty of reciting it, isn't that exactly our daily newspaper?"

These words furrowed Zhang Jun's brows.

The case he had received from his subordinate Criminal Division had been reported to him earlier, and he thought it was the case of an ordinary literati. This kind of thing actually happens every year, and now the people of the Great Song Dynasty are upset, and the literary world is also surging.

What kind of era is this, this is the era of the flourishing commodity economy of the Great Voyage, people's minds have changed, and the old system of the Great Song Dynasty has long been unable to adapt to the drastic changes of this era. Therefore, this kind of anti-book thing has become more and more over the years, and generally no one takes it seriously, and if he is not entrusted by someone, he will not personally pay special attention to this case. As for novels like "Shooting the Condor", how could they, the high-ranking officials, have the heart to read this kind of book, they just flipped through it casually, found the evidence of the slander in the book, and did not read the book carefully at all.

Now Fang Jueyuan said that this book is very popular, and everyone in Mengzhou City recites it, which doesn't sound so right!

Zhang Jun beckoned gently, and a young man standing behind him hurriedly stepped forward and leaned into his ear, and he asked in a low voice:

"The book in this case, "Condor Heroes" is really as Fang Jueyuan said, many people read it?"

The young man replied:

"It's not just a lot of people who read it, my lord, this book has become popular all over half of Mengzhou City, and even the surrounding Puzhou and Sassa have already been spread, if you want to judge this book, you still have to be cautious."

Zhang Jun secretly said in his heart when he heard it, why did he get such a stall this time:

"Brother Jueyuan! Don't say more about it until I understand the facts of the case. It is a private relationship between you and me, but today's matter is a public matter, the official is not talented, but he does not dare to abolish justice because of personal feelings, Brother Jueyuan, you stand aside first, don't disturb the official to judge the case. ”

His face was pale, and he refused to be thousands of miles away, making it clear that he would not give Fang Jueyuan face, and Fang Jueyuan had no choice but to retreat.

"The criminal Li Zhe?"

"In?"

"Who is the surname, and what is the family origin......"

"Under Li Zhe, a native of Dingyuan Prefecture, his father is loyal to Baron Li Yuan, and graduated from Mengzhou Chengzhou School......"

Li Zhe replied honestly, but every word he said made Zhang Jun's mood worse, Baron Zhongyong, this is the hereditary nobleman of the Great Song Dynasty! The group of people who made great contributions to the Great Song Dynasty in the pioneering era. The current Senate is basically all from noble lords.

The empire has developed for so many years, and the first batch of hereditary nobles of that year have gradually declined, unlike those who could abuse the place at every turn, Weifu is self-dictatorated, but with the passage of time, these nobles who had fiefs back then have gradually become small kingdoms within the Great Song Dynasty. Together with the three feudatories, and the children of the imperial dynasty, they guarded the central court of the Great Song Dynasty, and was known as the pillar of the empire, the humerus of the Celestial Dynasty.

How could this Li Zhe be from such a background?

It is not easy for such a person to punish him, and if he really wants to convict Li Zhe, at least the Senate will definitely intervene, and this issue is complicated.

What's more, Li Zhe was also born in Mengzhou State School, this is the Taixue of Tianzhu Zhou, basically half of the children of the powerful are from Mengzhou State School, and even he Zhang Jun himself is also from State School.

This matter is not so easy to do, Zhang Jun thought to himself.

"Why did you write such an anti-book as "Shooting the Condor"?"

"My lord, I am wronged! The disciple was born in a noble lord and studied in a prestigious school, how could he write a counter-book? It's all a false accusation! It's definitely not the truth, and I hope the prefect will see it. ”

"Wronged! Hum! But when you read your book, there are words and phrases in the book that slander the court and the emperor, and there are always some of them! ”

"Don't dare, adults are also scholars, and they must know that this novel must have an imaginary statement, in the hypothetical, at that time, in that era, the low-level people of which era did not know the overall situation, and it was inevitable that there would be anger. It's all based on the characters in the book, but it has nothing to do with the book as a whole! ”

"Humph! Quibble! At a young age, there are a lot of rhetoric. ”

Zhang Jun frowned coldly and said to Li Zhe:

"Before, I thought you were from a loyal and good background in the imperial court, and you wanted to open up the net, but you were full of nonsense, I don't care what excuses you have in your novels, there are always such words in the book. If there is such a rhetoric, then there must be a suspicion of spreading great rebellion, and the more people who read it, the deeper the harm, and what is there to argue about this. ”

You-Li Zhegang wanted to speak, but he held back his words in his stomach, after all, he didn't dare to argue with the prefect in the lobby, he only thought in his heart, then if I describe those big evils in my book, do you also need to be full of loyalty, benevolence and righteousness, then is it still called a bad person?

After Zhang Jun reprimanded Li Zhe harshly,

"Alright! I think that's the case like this, the case is clear, conclusive, it seems that there is nothing to try from this official, today is just a preliminary trial, routine inquiry, I didn't expect you to refuse to repent, bad attitude, Li Zhe, I think you have to wait for this official's order this time, and detain you to the Senate to ask for guilt. ”

Li Zhe was the son of a hereditary nobleman, and if he was sentenced according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, he had to be interrogated by the Senate.

Zhang Jun's words shook Fang Jueyuan and Li Zhe like thunder, this is to force Li Zhe to a dead end!