Why Kaifeng Prefecture again?
In fact, according to the system, the most appropriate thing to do in a case like this would be to file a lawsuit with the Dali Temple.
Although the Court of Criminal Justice is currently the highest court in the Song Dynasty, cases that have not been tried by the Dali Temple cannot enter the Court of Criminal Justice. Only when you are dissatisfied with the judgment of the Dali Temple can you file a lawsuit with the Court of Criminal Justice.
However, the highest judge of the Dali Temple was Xu Zun.
Fan Chunren and Su Shi were not stupid. They knew very well that this case could be accepted or not, so the key lay in the judge's political philosophy. If he supported Wang Anshi, he would definitely not accept the case.
Xu Zun appeared neutral on the surface, but everyone knew that in his heart he was biased towards Wang Anshi. If this were submitted to the Dali Temple, it would probably be rejected directly.
As the highest provincial court in the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng Prefecture is qualified to hear this case. The key is that the new acting prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zeng Gong, is still on his way to take up his post. The person currently in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture is the Tongpan Li Kai.
Li Kai certainly leans towards the conservative side.
Before the critical moment, Zhang Fei had set many precedents in Kaifeng Prefecture, including some credit given to Wang Anshi. Li Kai was not afraid because there were precedents anyway.
Moreover, when Liu Shu and Qi Hui were lobbying Li Kai, they assured Li Kai that Kaifeng Prefecture only needed to accept this case, but this case would definitely not be tried in Kaifeng Prefecture. How could Wang Anshi let Li Kai, a small judge, decide such a big matter? By then, it would either be the Dali Temple or the Court of Criminal Justice.
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This abacus is so loud.
On the second day after the lawsuit, Su Shi got up early and came to Panlou. He thought that everyone would discuss the matter today.
Su Shi wanted to become famous in one battle.
But the whole Pan Building was filled with "constipation".
No one talked about their lawsuit.
This made Su Shi as confused as a monk.
Is it because we didn’t beat the drum yesterday?
Upon asking, I found out that an article in the news newspaper titled "Sending Peaches from a Thousand Miles Away to Cure My Constipation" had attracted great attention.
Su Shi felt sick and disappointed. He asked for a newspaper and read it for a while. Sweat broke out on his forehead and he muttered, "Is this... an article? Anyone who can recognize so many characters would not write so badly. Who wrote this?"
Just like today's breakfast, it was so hard to swallow.
Su Shi quickly got up and left, then went to the roadside and found a stall to sit down.
result....
"It turns out that all those rotten peaches from a few days ago were tribute peaches."
"Speaking of this, what was the final outcome?"
"It seems that the peach merchants reconciled with the people who had stomach problems and compensated them with some money."
"Conspiracy! This is definitely a conspiracy!"
"I have seen that peach before. It looks big and tender. It is definitely not an ordinary peach. How could the police station not find it?"
"Who dares to investigate such a thing?"
"What's funny is that the imperial court has repeatedly stressed that poisonous food will be severely punished, but the imperial court itself has done the same. This is really absurd."
......
Su Shi was completely depressed.
So...is there no one paying attention to our procuratorate?
......
Cao family!
"Superintendent Cao, you're looking for me!"
Zhang Fei said breathlessly.
"What on earth is going on?"
Cao Ping shook the newspaper in his hand and shouted excitedly: "Let me ask you, what is going on?"
He heard about this early in the morning and quickly ordered someone to bring a newspaper from Baifan Building. When he saw it, everyone was dizzy.
Because this matter had been perfectly resolved two days ago.
After all, no one was killed. The most serious thing was just a stomach upset, which is not a rare thing. And now that the other party is willing to return the money, who would be willing to make a fuss!
Unexpectedly, Today's News revealed the inside story.
And it even has such a disgusting title.
Zhang Fei remained silent.
Seeing that he was guilty, Cao Ping was even more angry and said, "Our Cao family trusted you so much, but you are so ungrateful and repaying kindness with hatred. This is really unreasonable."
Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "Superintendent Cao, this...this has nothing to do with me. I was forced to do this!"
“Forced?”
Cao Ping asked nervously, "Who forced you to do that?"
Zhang Fei said, "Lu proofread it."
"What?"
Cao Ping stood up anxiously, "Lü Huiqing?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yesterday, Lu Xiaojian came to me in the evening and told me the inside story of this matter and asked me to publish it in the newspaper."
Cao Ping felt something was wrong. He paced back and forth, then suddenly turned around and said, "He told you to go up, so you went up. Where is your usual courage?"
When Zhang Fei was arrogant, Sima Guang still confronted him.
How could I be afraid of a little guy like Lu Huiqing?
Zhang Fei explained: "I refused at first because our newspaper only publishes facts, but he even showed me the shipping ledger of the warehouse over there. It was irrefutable evidence. I...I couldn't refuse!"
Cao Ping was surprised and asked, "He also produced evidence?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "This is only the first issue. There are two more issues to come, and we will continue to reveal the inside story."
Cao Ping suddenly broke out in a sweat and asked anxiously, "Did they mention our General Police Department?"
Zhang Fei immediately said, "Originally, his article contained some innuendos, blaming the General Police Department for not conducting a thorough investigation. Therefore, I rejected his article on the grounds of insufficient evidence, and then wrote this article myself, which would not involve the General Police Department."
“Did you write this article?”
"yes!"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I thought my article was so poorly written that no one would read it. I never thought it would reach Superintendent Cao so quickly. But...but I really tried my best!"
"Tribute peaches? Equal distribution?"
Cao Ping slapped his forehead heavily, "I'm really killed by the incident at Nagu Temple this time."
Zhang Fei was surprised and asked, "Has the Chief Superintendent known about this?"
"I don't know, I know nothing, don't talk nonsense." Cao Ping's eyes widened immediately.
"oh."
"Can you please not post the next two issues?" Although there were only two of them in the room, Cao Ping couldn't help but lower his voice.
Zhang Fei said, "Superintendent Cao, I'm really sorry. I can't afford to offend Proofreader Lu!"
Cao Ping sighed: "But do you know that you are being used?"
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly and said, "Chief Superintendent, you know, this is not the first time. The Mingshi Newspaper and the Xinwen Newspaper have even scolded me. Based on the facts, I am only responsible for printing and making a little money. If the Taifu Temple can refute it with facts, I am also happy to help them print."
Cao Ping was speechless for a moment.
That's true.
No one would really blame Zhang Fei for this.
Because the legitimate bookstores have already said that as long as you can make money, you can publish articles that insult the legitimate bookstores or the Bian Jing Law Firm.
Someone has done this before, and the legitimate bookstores actually printed it.
This is also one of the reasons why everyone can tolerate the news newspaper.
At least it's fair.
At this point, Cao Ping had no time to blame Zhang Fei, so he quickly went to the police station and sent someone to investigate the matter.
He has done his best for Gu Ji.
Now that the matter has been disclosed, if we don’t investigate it, we will only get into trouble.
On the other side, Gu Ji had actually been prepared. After all, this was an unlucky year, so he had to make thorough preparations. He had already ordered people to modify the account books and credit all the profits from this batch of tribute peaches to the court's account.
This is actually making money for the court.
When the court investigates, it won't be too excessive.
......
When he returned to the Bian Jing Law Firm, Xu Zhiqian came to greet him as soon as he entered the door. "Zhang San, this article was written by you, right?"
"She is indeed my wife."
Zhang Fei was immediately surprised and said, "You are the first one who recognized that this was written by me."
Xu Zhiqian was very puzzled and asked: "Why...why didn't you come to me?"
Zhang Fei's expression immediately changed, and he said unhappily: "How dare you say that? You are shy, afraid of being seen, and afraid of being seen. If I ask you to write an article, you will complain about me for several days. So I just wrote it myself."
Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei awkwardly, "You...you are really not ashamed. You dare to publish this article in the newspaper. No, I'm afraid this can't even be called an article."
Zhang Fei said: "I am setting an example for you. With my example in front of you, you should not be shy in the future."
"Forget it... forget it, you should write it yourself from now on. I won't write it anymore."
Xu Zhiqian just kept shaking her head. She thought to herself, everyone knew that she had already been betrothed to Zhang Fei. Once Zhang Fei's article came out, if she wrote another one, she was afraid that everyone would talk about her and Zhang Fei together. The couple would set a new record for articles, which would be even more embarrassing for her.
At this time, Fan Li suddenly came over and asked, "Sanlang, where did you find the person who wrote this article?"
Zhang Fei said: "I can write it!"
"You can write it?"
"Yeah! Isn't it similar?"
"Uh...haha, Saburo really didn't lie."
"What lies?"
"Sanlang, you really can't write an article."
“Puff!”
Xu Zhiqian really couldn't help but laughed out loud.
Zhang Fei coughed, "Zhi Qian, I'm going to the football field, are you coming?"
Before Xu Zhiqian nodded, Fan Li suddenly said, "Wait a minute, Sanlang, what kind of football are you going to practice again?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes! I have nothing to do recently."
Fan Li said: "Maybe something will happen later."
Zhang Fei asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
Fan Li said, "Haven't you heard that the Procuratorate suddenly sued Wang Daxueshi's new policy in Kaifeng Prefecture yesterday? I think Wang Daxueshi might come to you."
Don't worry, he won't come looking for me. Zhang Fei pretended to be enlightened, "Oh, right, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten about it."
Fan Li said awkwardly, "That's right, everyone out there is talking about constipation."
Xu Zhiqian blushed when she heard this and said, "Zhang San, even if you want to write, don't write so rudely!"
Zhang Fei said: "I originally wrote about dry shit, but I wrote about constipation just to pursue elegance. Isn't that enough?"
"......?"
Xu Zhiqian's cheeks puffed up slightly, and she covered her mouth and walked to the side.
Zhang Fei warned Fan Li seriously, "Don't overthink it. She's not pregnant."
Immediately, Xu Zhiqian shouted angrily: "Zhang San, what nonsense are you talking about?"
......
"Did you know about this?"
Wang Anshi pointed at the newspaper on the table and questioned Lu Huiqing.
Lu Huiqing said embarrassedly: "I only found out about this yesterday."
Wang Anshi asked, "Who wrote this?"
"Zhang San wrote it himself."
Lu Huiqing didn't dare tell anyone that he had revised the article.
Wang Anshi was excited and said, "Why don't you dissuade him? Even a dog wouldn't read such an article."
"I tried to dissuade him, but he said that's how it should be written. And..."
"And what?"
Wang Anshi asked.
Lu Huiqing said: "And what he said seems to be quite right."
"What do you mean?"
"His article received far more attention than that of my mentor and Sima Xueshi," Lu Huiqing said embarrassedly.
Wang Anshi exclaimed: "How is this possible?"
Lu Huiqing said: "I also think it is impossible, but it is the fact. For example, the articles of my mentor and Sima Xueshi are only discussed in restaurants and teahouses.
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Even the street sweepers were talking about his article. Everyone loved to read it. It was even made into a ballad, with songs like "Sending peaches a thousand miles, finally reaching the toilet" and "Eating tribute peaches can cure constipation." And so on. Nowadays, no one in the streets is talking about the prosecution of us by the procuratorate."
"......?"
Wang Anshi quickly picked up the newspaper again and took a look. Did I miss something?
I read it carefully, over and over again, several times, but the result is still the same, it is just written like shit.
Other people's writing is in line with the topic, but his writing style is in line with the topic.
this......!
"Is this...is this propaganda?"
Wang Anshi's eyes gradually became dull.
Chief Justice of the Northern Song Dynasty
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