good!

Nice question!

It’s so refreshing!

After a series of questions, many officials present seemed to vent their grievances that had been pent up in their hearts for a long time, and many officials even looked a little ferocious with excitement.

It has to be said that Wang Anshi's popularity was indeed too strong when he returned to the court this time. Even some neutral people did not like some of his ways of doing things.

In comparison, the calm and low-key Sima Guang is more popular.

Sima Guang was of course also gloating, and wanted to laugh out loud. You old man, you still laugh at me? You are not as good as me. This is really retribution in this life!

Wang Anshi was completely dumbfounded. He had never expected that the opponent would break through the competitive relationship between him and Sima Guang. This series of moves made him dizzy and unable to fight back.

Wang Anshi, who had never feared anything, was now sweating profusely and filled with fear.

Because it involves his character and his new law.

...

...

Morality was very important in ancient times. With your character, how can people believe in your new laws?

This is fatal.

At this time, Wang Anshi's sharp gaze had disappeared, and he looked at Zhang Fei anxiously.

Boy, you must hold on for me this time.

The last time he testified in class, it was all taught by Zhang Fei, and he was very unhappy. Today he finally realized his mistake. He still has to listen to Zhang Fei in class, otherwise, the end will be very miserable.

When Zhang Fei stood up, many people clasped their fists in front of their chests and said, "Oh, Heaven, oh, Earth, please send a bolt of lightning to kill this guy."

Everyone wants that to be the end.

Some people even believed that as long as Zhang Fei could not clear Wang Anshi's name, it would not matter if he lost the lawsuit.

This was enough to undermine Wang Anshi's position in the court.

This affects the interests of too many people.

The atmosphere suddenly became very tense.

Xu Zhiqian was also very nervous and whispered, "Which document do you want?"

"Need not!"

Zhang Fei replied in a low voice, looking at Wang Anshi's nervous expression, he pursed his lips for fear of laughing, and thought to himself, I never thought that you, Wang Anshi, would be in this situation today. I hope you can learn from this lesson and stop being so arrogant. You have to obey when you should. Geniuses are not omnipotent.

Wang Anshi saw this and felt relieved, taking several deep breaths.

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Just now, Fan Sijian mentioned the relationship between Wang Xueshi and Sima Xueshi. I would also like to ask Wang Xueshi, what is your relationship with Zhang Fei?"

"Zhang Fei?"

Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment and asked, "You?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's right, I'm humble."

Wang Anshi was very cautious this time and could not make any more mistakes. He looked straight at Zhang Fei and said, "Boy, give me some hints."

Zhang Fei asked again: "What is the relationship between Master Wang and me?"

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said, "Very good."

Zhang Fei asked: "Can you tell me more about it?"

He asked me to be specific, which meant to say something positive. Wang Anshi thought about it and said, "I hire you every time I go to court. Not to mention this time, when I closed down your Mingshi Newspaper, you not only had no complaints, but were also willing to help me with the lawsuit. Of course, our relationship is very good."

Zhang Fei said, "In fact, I also feel that Wang Xue Shi has always trusted me very much, so I am also very curious why Wang Xue Shi did not come to me this time and let my official bookstore help Wang Xue Shi publish his article, but chose the court newspaper. Is it because the printing technology of the court newspaper is far superior to that of my official bookstore?"

Wang Anshi suddenly understood and immediately replied: "No, until now, the court reports of the Imperial Court have been copied, not printed."

"copy?"

Zhang Fei said in surprise.

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "The last court report was only copied in dozens of copies."

"Yeah?"

Zhang Fei asked curiously, "But my father-in-law also has a copy."

Wang Anshi said, "That should have been copied by your father-in-law himself."

Zhang Fei asked, "You copied it yourself? Can Master Wang tell me more about it?"

Wang Anshi said: "The court reports are usually on the walls or pillars of the imperial city. If officials like them or the content is very important, they will usually copy them on their own."

"I see."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "You can't even leave the Imperial City. No wonder I haven't heard anyone mention it."

Wang Anshi said nothing.

Zhang Fei continued, "Does Wang Xue Shi know that the genuine bookstore uses the latest movable type printing technology, which can typeset the book in an afternoon and print hundreds or even thousands of copies a day?"

When this was said, the literati were shocked. Is it so exaggerated?

Before this, everyone focused on articles and ignored printing technology.

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "I know."

Zhang Fei asked, "Why has Mr. Wang never thought of asking me to help you publish your article?"

Wang Anshi said: "There are two reasons. First, as you just said, the technology of the court bulletin is far inferior to that of the folk tabloids. I am very dissatisfied with this. I hope that the Jinzouyuan can make improvements. Regarding this, I have discussed it in detail with the officials of the Jinzouyuan, and have already petitioned the government to allocate more funds to the Jinzouyuan so that the Jinzouyuan can improve its printing technology, so that the people can also see the court bulletin and know some of the court's decisions without being misled by treacherous people.

The second, and most important, point is that I have always had doubts about tabloids. I hope to ban tabloids from discussing current affairs. Under such circumstances, how could I publish my articles in tabloids? "

Zhang Fei asked: "Does Scholar Wang know that your article has attracted far less attention than the articles of Scholar Sima, Minister Han, and Miss Xu?"

Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at Zhang Fei and asked, "Can't you just not mention me about this?"

"I object."

Fan Chunren stood up immediately.

Before he could finish, Zhang Fei immediately said to Zhao Yan, "Chief Judge, I am just stating a fact. Every time a genuine bookstore publishes a tabloid, there are thousands of copies, and they are directly distributed to major restaurants. In other words, at the same time, thousands of people can see the articles of Sima Xueshi or Han Xianggong, while there are only dozens of official reports, which means that at the same time, only dozens of people can see Wang Xueshi's articles, and they can't even leave the imperial city. The attention they arouse is naturally incomparable."

Zhao Yan nodded and said, "I agree with your statement."

Fan Chunren sat down depressed.

Su Zhe also whispered: "This kid is really amazing."

Fan Chunren shook his head helplessly.

Many people also looked frustrated. Can this be turned around?

Can you still defend it from a technical point of view?

Zhang Fei then said to Wang Anshi: "Please answer my question, Mr. Wang."

Wang Anshi said: "Of course I know, but...but I admit that I am also a little arrogant."

Zhang Fei asked: "What do you mean?"

Wang Anshi nodded: "I think this is a fair comparison, and I hope that this article can make everyone pay more attention to the official newspapers instead of tabloids."

There was a burst of boos.

You are so shameless.

Sima Guang's mouth twitched and he was about to have a stroke.

It's so disrespectful.

Zhang Fei asked: "That is to say, Scholar Wang does intend to compare himself with Scholar Sima."

Wang Anshi nodded.

Who can hide something that everyone knows?

Zhang Fei asked again: "What's the result?"

Wang Anshi said arrogantly: "The result is undecided. Although your tabloids have received more attention at present, I believe that in the future, especially after I promulgate the new law, my articles will receive much attention."

This arrogant speech immediately caused another round of boos, mixed with bursts of sarcasm.

Zhao Yan slammed the gavel several times and shouted "Silence" several times, and the courtyard gradually became quiet.

Zhang Fei then continued to ask: "Since Wang Xueshi is so confident, why did he close down the Mingshi Newspaper?"

Wang Anshi immediately said, "I have already said this before. I have doubts about tabloids. This is why I didn't ask you to publish my article before."

Zhang Fei said, "But as far as I know, although there were not many people who published tabloids before, they did not cause much trouble. I wonder what Mr. Wang is worried about?"

Wang Anshi said, "Have you forgotten that your father-in-law, Xu Zhongtu, once suffered from tabloids?"

Zhang Fei seemed to have suddenly remembered it, but he had just mentioned this matter, "Only this time."

Wang Anshi shook his head and said, "Not only that, but also this time's tabloid. Twice in total."

Zhang Fei shrugged and said nothing, glancing at Fan Chunren out of the corner of his eye, "Stop you from getting up."

Wang Anshi continued, "In fact, you have just expressed my concerns. The movable type printing technology of your genuine bookstore can complete the typeset in half a day, and print hundreds or thousands of tabloids in a day, which can trigger widespread heated discussions before the day is up.

If it only publishes articles by Sima Xueshi and Han Xianggong, then I will naturally not be worried, but who can guarantee that it will not publish articles like the previous leak case of the Criminal Court.

Just as Sima Xueshi said just now, the content above was taken out of context and fabricated facts, but the tabloid created a huge crisis for the court and made Sima Xueshi anxious. Everyone knows his ability. If it were replaced by an official with insufficient ability, perhaps the tenant lease law would have been abandoned.

If it is a more serious incident, the consequences will be unimaginable. Today's tabloids are completely different from before. This is a technology that has never appeared before. As a minister, I must prepare for the rainy day. I must not wait until a bigger crisis occurs before petitioning the government to ban tabloids. It is not too late to mend the fold before the sheep are lost. "

After these words were spoken, all the officials present fell into deep thought.

Speaking objectively, Sima Guang was indeed a victim of tabloids, but who can guarantee that he will not be the next one? You know, when Sima Guang was victimized, movable type printing was used.

In a sense, Wang Anshi was defending the interests of the entire bureaucratic group by doing this.

"I'm done asking questions."

Zhang Fei sat down.

Xu Zhiqian said excitedly: "It's really wonderful, you can even make up for it. Did you expect the other party to ask this question?"

Zhang Fei nodded.

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Then why didn't you prepare any documents in this regard?"

Zhang Fei said, "Because I didn't expect that Mr. Wang would answer so badly. You can read the third document for yourself, which contains some examples of how to deal with this problem."

After hearing this, Xu Zhiqian immediately took out the third document.

Su Che looked around and saw that the officials all looked doubtful. He whispered, "He said this to the officials, but the scholars will not buy it."

"Also, he must be doing this to protect his new law." Fan Chunren's eyes were firm, and he added: "I know what the purpose of this lawsuit is, and I won't let them succeed."

After that, he stood up and asked Wang Anshi, "Does Wang Xueshi know about the poisonous dried meat eucalyptus in Tokyo during the Xianping period?"

Wang Anshi did not dare to be careless this time, and said carefully: "I know."

Fan Chunren asked again: "Does Wang Xueshi know how the court handled the situation at that time?"

Wang Anshi said: "The court has increased the penalties on the basis of the existing laws. The most important change is that anyone who sells poisoned dried meat will be severely punished regardless of whether they know about it or not."

Fan Chunren said: "At that time, even people died, but why didn't the court directly ban the sale of dried meat, but only punished the merchants who sold poisonous dried meat?"

Wang Anshi certainly knew what he wanted to say, "These two cannot be generalized."

Fan Chunren immediately asked, "May I ask Scholar Wang, for the common people, which is more important, eating jerky or speaking?"

Wang Anshi said: "I did this because..."

"It's because of the new printing technology."

"Exactly."

"If someone can transmit sound over a thousand miles, then according to what Master Wang did, no one should be allowed to speak. In this way, the sound transmission over a thousand miles will be defeated without any attack."

"I object."

Zhang Fei stood up and said, "Myths should not appear in court."

Fan Chunren asked again: "If someone uses his mouth to oppose your new law in the future, will you also not allow others to speak out about current affairs?"

"I object! I object!"

"I'm done asking questions."