PFC Chapter 135 The embankment in Li was destroyed by an ant nest
Chapter 135 The embankment in Li was destroyed by an ant nest
Chapter 135 The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest
This is really amazing!
Destroying the foundation of our country?
a bookseller?
Are you serious?
Rao Wang Anshi, who has always supported Zhang Fei, is like a two-zhang monk, confused.
This is how can not pull together ah!
Han Qi, Fu Bi and other well-educated and talented academicians and scholar-bureaucrats were also in a state of bewilderment.
Is the foundation of our country so unstable?
Although they knew that Zhang Fei was prosecuted for the crime of "making jackets, books and jackets", but this crime can be big or small. A small religious sect, more than ten people, gathered in the middle of the night to meditate, it belongs to this crime , but deceitful words to confuse the crowd and gather rebellion also belong to this crime.
Strictly speaking, damaging the foundation of the country has even exceeded this crime.
Lu Gong was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, and immediately raised his eyebrows and warned: "You are a little pen, don't talk nonsense here, how can a bookseller destroy the foundation of our dynasty and the country."
As far as the matter is concerned, this kind of thing really can't be said casually!
It's just that in view of Zhang Fei's past deeds, Lu Gong wrote only a verbal warning.
After all, he has talked about the law of the ancestors.
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Reporting to the magistrate, Xiaomin is definitely not trying to scare me. My legalist ancestor Han Feizi once said that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed by an ant nest. Therefore, although this matter is small, it is enough if it is not controlled. It will destroy the foundation of our country."
Lu Gong heard him throwing the ground, and even Han Feizi moved out, so he asked: "You are talking about it, how can this move damage the foundation of our dynasty?"
Xu Zhiqian silently handed Zhang Fei two copies of the copy.
Zhang Fei took it and directly raised a copy, "I have a copy of historical materials here, which I want to present to the magistrate."
The clerk came up immediately, and Zhang Fei's copy was presented to Lu Gong again.
Lu Gong opened the book and couldn't help being surprised: "Wang Mang's new policy?"
Wang Anshi's heart trembled, and he cheered up immediately.
new deal?
Wouldn't it be an insinuation?
Or is this kid going to help me secretly again?
He was both terrified and looking forward to it.
Han Qi and the others were also curious, how could a case of printing piracy be involved in Wang Mang's New Deal.
Could this have something to do with Wang Anshi?
At this juncture, as long as the New Deal is mentioned, it is really like nothing.
He also heard Zhang Fei say: "That's right! This historical material is mainly about the currency policy implemented by Wang Mang."
Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others were even more curious.
They are all too familiar with this policy, but what does it have to do with this case?
A printing piracy case involved the foundation of the country and Wang Mang's New Deal.
This is really outrageous.
Zhang Fei looked at the copy, then raised his head and said, "Regarding Wang Mang's currency reform, in simple terms, it is the new currency issued by the imperial court at that time, and its stipulated value is much higher than the value of the currency itself.
However, according to the common sense of the survival of the fittest, the bad ones are naturally no match for the good ones, but the actual situation at that time was that the new coins worth five baht were expelled.
I wonder if anyone has considered why this is the case? "
Fu Bi and Wang Anshi almost said the same thing: "The evil money prospers day by day, and the righteous money dies day by day."
Bad money is bad money, and positive money is good money.
To put it more simply, bad money drives out good money.
Zhang Fei glanced at the copy, then nodded with a smile: "Scholar Wang is right. This is exactly what Jia Yi, a famous scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, pointed out, and Wang Mang's New Deal did not appear until a hundred years later. This is enough to prove that this is not an isolated case." , but a phenomenon that happens all the time.”
Lu Gongzhu asked curiously: "But what does this have to do with this case?"
Zhang Fei replied: "Since it is a phenomenon, it means that it is not limited to coins, but applies to any business."
At this time, Xu Zhiqian who was next to her silently handed a copy to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei opened it directly, looked at it, and said: "There was a case in the Xianping period, which can illustrate this point, and that is the case of chicken stuffed sand. At that time, some profiteers stuffed chickens with sand in order to increase their weight and increase their weight." , sold at a higher price. At the beginning there were only two or three chickens, but within a month, there was no chicken that was not stuffed with sand in the entire market. Even the peasant women from the village did this. The imperial court used strict law to control the spread of this phenomenon."
In the Northern Song Dynasty, food control was very strict, especially in Bianjing, where water-injected meat cost [-] sticks.If the meat deteriorates, he will be exiled for one year. If the meat is poisonous, he will be sentenced to death directly.
Lu Gong nodded and said, "I know about this case."
Zhang Fei said: "Coins are fine, chickens are fine, so articles and poems are no exception."
Many people suddenly realized.
After going around for a long time, it turned out that he wanted to prove this point.
I have to say, this angle is really tricky!
No one thought of this beforehand.
Also really painstaking.
Lu Gongzhu also reacted, pondered a little, and said: "The two should not be confused. Whether it is coins or chickens, they are all goods, but poems and articles are not goods, nor are they sought for profit. Even if piracy is rampant, there will be no reduction in poetry and articles, and there will be more books in bookstores."
But Zhang Fei said: "The magistrate's words are wrong. If pirated printings are rampant, there may be books everywhere in the market, but poetry and articles will definitely decrease gradually."
Lu Gong wrote and asked: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "As I said just now, pirated books are very likely to bring a lot of trouble to the real author, damage his reputation, and even lead to prison.
Once the piracy spreads, it will bring all kinds of troubles to the literati, so the literati will inevitably choose to hide their works, no longer publish their poems and articles, and at most only share them with friends, in order to avoid being pirated by booksellers.
In fact, this is already the case today. "
Having said that, he glanced over, and many scholar-bureaucrats immediately nodded.
Zhang Fei continued: "Then there will be many excellent works silently buried under the loess, and this will be a huge loss for my Song Dynasty.
And when the number of poems and articles is greatly reduced, booksellers will definitely name celebrities and mix them with bad works in order to seek profits, which will lead to the phenomenon that bad works drive out good works. "
Wen Yanbo whispered to Fu Bi: "Isn't he talking about Fu Gong?"
Fu Bi hurriedly said: "As for my clumsy work, how dare I show it to others, it has nothing to do with pirated printing."
As he spoke, he sighed again: "However, some friends I know, they really chose to hide their works because of pirated copies."
Wang Anshi said: "My boy, it is really unexpected to think of using this theory to fight this lawsuit!"
He has also researched this phenomenon, but it is mostly because of finances. He did not expect to hear this theory in court, and it was summarized so perfectly.
Sima Guang nodded and said, "And the explanation is just right!"
This kind of phenomenon has actually happened. For example, some literati attach great importance to their own calligraphy, but most booksellers today are shoddy, full of typos and missing characters, and they feel distressed. Cook poetry and essays, don't choose to make them public.
But it's seen as a personal choice, but it's scary if it happens on a large scale.
Zhang Fei turned a page of the copywriting and read: "Perhaps then we will bid farewell to the bright era of 'after the Yanhong, the orioles go back, and calculate the floating life and thousands of emotions', and usher in the 'sound of magpies, and the sound of common clouds announces happiness' 's literary bust."
"The sound of magpies chants, and the vulgar cloud announces happiness"?
What is this ghost?
I, Song Fenghua, should not be reduced to this!
Many scholar-bureaucrats think that Zhang Fei is a bit alarmist, and the poems written by my book boy are much better than this!
Not really.
"However!"
Zhang Fei continued: "The foundation of our dynasty is to govern the country with literature. Emperor Zhenzong once said that 'the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu'. , These masterpieces have a very good educational effect on the younger generations.
Conversely, once these excellent literary works gradually decrease, it will also indicate that the foundation of my country's rule of literature is slowly rotting. If this is not destroying the foundation of my country, what is it?Although the content of this collection of poems is innocuous, but pirating books is definitely a crime of making a jacket and a jacket. "
"Well said!"
Only an old voice was heard.
Lu Gong turned his head to look, and saw that it was a scholar-bureaucrat sitting in the courtyard.
The old man yelled, and the rest of the scholar-bureaucrats also nodded, expressing their agreement.
Many people applauded it in front of the door!
This exposition, for their literati, is really a perfect exposition.
They are very satisfied with every word in it.
Ok.
This kid is not as hateful as in the legend.
But this makes Lu Gong’s work very difficult. There is no problem with this discussion. The proliferation of pirated printing has indeed caused such problems. Many of his friends often complain, but based on this discussion alone, it is judged that such a serious The accusation is obviously inappropriate.
But he couldn't find a reason to overthrow Zhang Fei's statement for a while.
Although there is suspicion of talking about toxicity regardless of dosage, Zhang Fei cited a very classic example, that is, the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by an ant nest.
The scholar-bureaucrats and great writers who came here for the hearing obviously supported Zhang Fei's point of view.
Although they were only here for the trial, given their fame and status, their attitudes must also be considered.
However, in Lu Gongzhu's view, this is only a civil lawsuit, and the bookseller did not have this intention, and the verdict should not go too far. In order to protect the bookseller, he refused to let him go to court. After thinking twice, he said: "Although this move is suspected of endangering the foundation of our country, but after investigation by the official, gathering sages is absolutely not harmful to others and harming the country, and stealing seals is only for personal gain."
Speaking of this, he paused for a while, looked around again, and said in a clear voice: "Just now Zhang San used poetry and articles as an example of being convicted and dismissed from office, and this official also uses this as an example. Doing so will lead to death, and this is neither the foundation of our dynasty nor the benefit of the literati."
Many scholar-bureaucrats nodded slightly again.
Lu Gongzhu observed for a while before continuing: "Therefore, I am here to pronounce the sentence. Gathering sages to steal and print Su Shi's poems has infringed on Su Shi's reputation and interests. Due to the lack of explanation for the piracy in this law, the judge temporarily exempts him from the cane punishment and only needs to compensate Su Shi for his losses. As for the specific amount of compensation, it will be decided at that time."
According to the crime of making jackets and jackets, the minimum must be sixty sticks.However, Lu Gong believed that this is not possible, but he could not refute this crime, so he gave a temporary exemption on the grounds of lack of explanation in the law.
In fact, there are many cases of such judgments, otherwise, how did those negligent discussions come about.
Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wang Anshi and others all nodded their heads.
If the crime is judged based on the nature of the bad country, it will be a death penalty.
Don't even think about it.
But this is obviously not right.
No matter what, it is not a sin to die.
And those scholar-bureaucrats also expressed that they could accept it. After all, Lu Gong's work did not overturn Zhang Fei's argument, and he was charged with this crime.
Lu Gongzhu asked Zhang Fei again: "Zhang San, do you have anything to say?"
All eyes were on Zhang Fei.
Judging from Zhang San's previous attitude, he would definitely be dissatisfied, otherwise, he would not sue for this crime.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei got up and cupped his hands and said: "Xiaomin obeys the magistrate's judgment."
Xu Zhiqian was taken aback suddenly, and looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.
That's it?
This is different from what you said!
Wang Anshi and Sima Guang also looked at each other. Although the penalty was reasonable, Zhang Fei's attitude made people feel a bit anticlimactic and stopped abruptly.
Is it another extortionate price and pay back the money on the spot?
Su Shi, who was the person involved, breathed a sigh of relief.
enough!enough!
In fact, if the death penalty is really imposed, he will definitely stand up and stop it. He is the plaintiff and has this power.
But fortunately there is no such sentence.
(End of this chapter)