Chapter 186: Pure nonsense

The Song Dynasty stipulates that three no-beatings are not beaten: the old do not beat, the woman does not beat, and the night does not beat. This means: the elderly do not punish, the women do not punish, and the night does not punish... We all know that the "evil" in the Song Dynasty, but if these "three no-beatings" are still implemented now, it may reduce a lot of all evil.

The plaintiff and defendant in this case are all old men and cannot be punished with additional sentences, so no matter how the case is judged, it will be a headache because no one can beat him.

Let’s get fined, two old men rely on their seniority and refuse to pay - who dares to punish their crimes? Who can cure their crimes? Respecting the elderly and loving the young is one of the Chinese traditions, and it belongs to filial piety. Who dares to take the blame for the world and make things difficult for two old men?

Because of this situation, Qin Guan froze and left the "cow chewing seedling case" for Zhao Xing to deal with it.

But Zhao Xing was so worried!

The Song Dynasty was a patriarchal society. There was a large clan behind the two old men. Due to folk conflicts such as snatching water and feng shui between clans, the two clans had already accumulated countless grudges. This time, Old Man Ning deliberately shed a cow to the old man Xu's field. On the surface, the two old men were in a lawsuit, but behind the two clans had a conflict. The two old men went to the court, and the two tribes outside the court were seriously in opposition, and they were waiting for the judgment to make a fuss...

Zhao Xing asked in the hall: "Whose cow?"

Old Man Ning replied: "My cow!"

Zhao Xing asked: "Who made the mistake?"

Old Man Ning replied: "The mistake that the Niu made is not me!"

Zhao Xing simply said: "Okay, kill the cow!"

Old Man Ning jumped: "Is the unclean official, can the Song Dynasty's criminal law govern the ox?"

Zhao Xing answered with the situation: "Oh, you know that you can't control the cows - I believe you know that the Song Dynasty's criminal law controls people. You are the master of the cows! The master is the master of the 'wrong'. The cows make mistakes and cannot take responsibility. It's very good, the master will take responsibility! Now this official verdict: He ordered Old Man Ning to eat up all the seedlings in Old Man Zhao's fields and then compensate Old Man Zhao for the value of the land output that year."

"Dog official!" Old Man Ning cursed: "My cow only ate a few of his seedlings, but he, Old Thief Xu, asked me to compensate for the production of the entire field. You, the dog official, actually helped him, it's unreasonable!"

Zhao Xing replied: "I am a dog official. I know that you don't have to shout so loudly? When a cow enters the field, it is your responsibility. The punishment is based on the principle of 'compensation for victimization'. As long as you are optimistic about your own cow, how can you have such a lawsuit?"

There was noisy outside the hall, and the people shouted: "Dog official!"

Zhao Xing was furious: "I can't cure the old man, and I can't cure you young people - I would rather not know that our family is nicknamed "Zhao Laohu", and is known as "can't be provoked". People come, those who cause trouble outside the detention hall will punish them for roaring in court and obstructing the official office... What, there is no such crime? Detain first! "Crime of gathering people to cause trouble"? Resist the yamen runners and arrest them with weapons! Follow this first!"

The law Cao Maopang was a little embarrassed. The criminal armed forces in Hangzhou were 15 archers and 45 archers in the third squad of the yamen runners... There were 300 young and strong people outside the hall. Usually, when encountering this, local officials like to calm down the situation, but Zhao Xing insisted on doing it, and he was a little scared!

But he forgot that Su Shi was the top military and political leader in Hangzhou, and Zhao Xing had served as the Mizhou regiment signing verdict. After Zhao Xing retired from Mizhou, there were still 180 people following him. In addition, Zhao Xingguang had 300 servants. If you want to talk about who is the biggest bully in Hangzhou, Zhao Xing said he was the second, but no one dared to say that he was the first.

After knowing that the Ningxu tribes have to make small troubles every year to make local officials difficult, and the public security situation in Hangzhou deteriorated, Zhao Xing hid his servants in the yamen early. Now when he greeted him, Mao Pang was still hesitating, and there was already screaming outside the hall...

After the voice was calmed down, Zhao Xing continued to make a judgment: "Old Man Ning, I won't let you suffer any losses. The land is 10 acres in total. You can eat all the seedlings of ten acres, and you will give them all the seedlings, and then you will fully compensate Old Man Xu. How about it?"

Old Man Ning was uneasy, and Old Man Xu was very dissatisfied and jumped up to ask: "Dog official, his cow ate my seedlings and should have compensated me. Now you ask him to take all the seedlings away, what should I do - I will do it in my seedlings and he will eat them in vain."

"I am a dog official - you and Old Man Ning have a rare consensus on this point, so I won't care about you anymore. Listen, the cow is yours. Since Old Man Ning doesn't teach the cow, the cow will be yours for one year. A year later, the cow is different from now, such as losing weight, dead, fattening, or losing hair. In short, if there is a little difference, you will compensate you!"

"God, this is a cow, it is clearly the ancestor... Sir, I won't sue." Old Man Xu cunningly discovered the trap set by Zhao Xing: "This cow is one year older, and its teeth are different from this year. How can I make it exactly the same?"

"If you don't sue, that won't work. Old Man Ning doesn't want to!" Zhao Xing's face twisted together in confusion.

Old Man Ning is not stupid, and he immediately asked carefully: "Sir, you just said that I would eat all the seedlings, but you judged my cow to Old Man Xu. If I ask me to chew, I will never let my old man chew with his teeth!"

"Wonderful, this is what I mean! Didn't you say that the Criminal Law of the Song Dynasty cannot control the cow? I can't punish the cow. I will punish you! The cow is supported by him for one year. You can eat up all the seedlings in the fields and give orders to the yamen tomorrow. Three yamen runners will watch it, not allow others to destroy the seedlings of Old Man Xu's house!"

"Dog official, how could you judge the case like this? The old man won't sue it!" Old man Ning was furious.

"You decided?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Old man won't sue!" Old man Xu also cursed angrily.

"That's right," Zhao Xing slapped the table and shouted: "What a big deal, a few seedlings are going to court. How many administrative resources have you wasted? Go and get home. In the future, you can solve such a problem by yourself... Do you understand if you want to talk about river crabs?"

"Administrative..., the river crab, don't understand! But, sir, the old man can't wait, the old man's son and nephew..."

"House", Zhao Xing waved impatiently: "It is okay to gather people to besiege the government and behead his head for treason. If you don't sue, I am in a good mood today. I will show the public in front of the yamen tonight. Go back and discipline it well - look at your children, they have all slipped to the brink of rebellion. If you don't discipline them, it will be a serious crime to kill the clan!"

Old Man Xu led the criminal - that was the cow, glared at Old Man Ning fiercely. The two old men rushed to the side angrily to discuss the issue of mutual compensation. 300 strong men with blue noses and swollen faces outside the lobby were shackled, and Zhao Xing led the people in the yamen to handle the case leisurely. There were three hundred people showing at the door, and the people who came in were honest, for fear of angering Zhao Xing...

Several cases were handled, and it was still early. The law Cao Maopang and his men carried people to execute the judgment. The guards were busy accepting the case lawsuit. Zhao Xing was idle and walked around the government office with a teacup. While moving his body, he observed the arrangements of the government office. At the same time, he also talked about family matters with the yamen runners. Gao Qiu followed him, and his expression was also very leisurely.

Gao Qiu has taken some young people from Cheng clan to accept lawsuits these days, and he has been given a lawsuit. He has suffered a series of disasters in Hangzhou, and he has confiscated much money for red envelopes. However, Cheng clan followed Zhao Xing to run the sea trade, and the strange things leaked from his hands were already very impressive. The children followed him and gave him a gift to him for several nights.

Gao Qiu lives in Zhaoxing's castle, and his life is taken care of by these young people. The thank-you gifts sent by the Cheng clan were sent to the capital for sale through Zhao Xing's loach, each piece was enough to be worth a salary of one or two years. This kind of life made Gao Qiu very happy, so he taught the Cheng clan members to spare no effort. In addition, he looked down on the red envelopes and thought that the small money of three or five chunks of money could not afford to lose that person. Therefore, others rushed to take on the case, and he stood by and watched.

But Gao Qiu was brought by Su Shi after all, and Zhao Xing first got involved in Zhenglu, so all the cases were finally summed up. So, the elegant Gao Qiu gradually began to gain a reputation as honesty. He distributed all the red envelopes he received to his subordinates, allowing him to gain a good reputation among his subordinates. So along the way, many people quietly nodded to him.

After walking around, Gao Qiu saw Zhao Xing doing nothing and started chatting: "Li Ren, I heard that you were transporting fruit trees and seeds in Changzhou, saying that you were planning to prepare for drought. Li Ren thought there would be drought in Hangzhou next year?"

Zhao Xing looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "I don't know, no one can tell the weather. It's rare for two consecutive years to drought."

After a breath of relief, Zhao Xing continued: "I heard that there has been a severe drought in Europe. From last year to this year, except for some lowlands, farmers have no grain harvest. Now the food is the most expensive there and the goods cannot be sold."

Gao Qiu vaguely knew something about Zhao Xing, and he asked indirectly: "I heard that your concubine Chen has a fief in Jiaozhi. The Nanyang area is rich in resources. The rice is ripe three times a year. No one will starve you if you are hungry."

Zhao Xing shook his head: "It's hard to say! I heard that there is a severe drought in India this year. The water of the Ganges River has become much shallower and many wells have dried up. This Tianzhu is a granary in the world. Europe has drought, and generally purchases food from India. If the Tianzhu country is not able to collect, then the scarcity of food in the future will be unbelievable."

Gao Qiu was also a little worried when he heard this: "When will this famine be... I heard that the court is preparing to cast a new minus ten coins, but it has been discussed for a long time. Now there are famines everywhere, I am afraid the time is wrong."

The reason why Gao Qiu mentioned "being ten coins" was because he knew that this was Zhao Xing's idea. Fan E proposed this idea at the end of last year, but a year later, except for the idea of ​​minting gold coins, Fan E's other memorials were rejected one by one.

Zhao Xing had seen the gold medal gold elves last year, but because the decision to "become ten coins" could not be made, the imperial court could not decide on the exchange rate of the new coins, so it did not implement the gold medal gold elves.

However, since this year, Zhao Xing's banking industry has achieved rapid development. The Israelites were born bankers. Zhao Xing just proposed an idea and then took advantage of his position to help them open several points in Mizhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou and Tokyo Bianliang City. These Israelites immediately developed rapidly like parasitic vines, relying on Zhao Xing's logistics industry. Now they have opened banks to Jiaozhi, Japan, and Goryeo, becoming a cross-border settlement institution.

No matter how much money is printed, Zhao Xing has made huge profits by relying solely on the interest rate, which makes his wealth become more and more abundant. Gao Qiu knows a little bit of the inside story. Now that he hears that even a rich man like Zhao Xing, who is unimaginable, has begun to consider storing grain, he can't help but feel cold in his backbone and can't help asking: "Li Ren, the situation is really serious? I was thinking just now that Hangzhou has a fertile territorial capacity, and growing sweet potatoes on this land is a big loss, and growing rice is cost-effective. "

Zhao Xing suddenly cut off Gao Qiu's words and asked: "How have you received red envelopes recently?"

Gao Qiu smiled calmly: "I don't care much about those red envelopes. I'll give them all the small money to the yamen runners."

Gao Qiu wanted to continue the topic just now, but Zhao Xing jumped again and said with emotion: "How much is enough? The salary given to them by the imperial court is not small, including charcoal, money for saving money, rewards, money for clothes, carriages and horses. The sum of these money is enough to support a family of twenty. Why do you still want money? How much is enough?"

Gao Qiu smiled awkwardly, and he couldn't answer.

At this time, traditional and modern times, it was called "the unspoken rules of the officialdom". A commoner studied hard for several years and finally "successfully" - that is, how can he gain the respect of others? Those who study hard think that the most respected is money. If others don't give him money, they think it is disrespectful. Therefore, no matter how generous his salary is, he still has to collect "respect" from several copper coins that the people respect.

These respects are all classified into various titles, such as "Carbon Respect", "Jin Respect", and "Nian Respect" - if not, it is not enough to reflect their hard work in learning!

Zhao Xing jumped again and said, "Okay, they want money, so I will ask them to get enough at once - I didn't plan to do this, but now it seems that I have to do this. How easy is it for the villagers to accept the common people's 'men respect'? Call the yamen runners and I have something to say to them."

When the yamen runners heard that Zhao Xing was going to find some money for them, they rushed forward. Originally, the yamen runners in Hangzhou were in three shifts, but at this moment they arrived very well, and even the yamen runners who worked night shifts arrived.

Looking at a team of yamen runners who were not missing, Zhao Xing had to sigh that the temptation of money was irresistible. Under the communication situation in the Song Dynasty, those yamen runners who were not on duty at home actually surpassed the harsh traffic restrictions in less than an hour and rushed to the scene.

"You all have heard of it. Recently, glass workshops have emerged everywhere in my Song Dynasty. Nowadays, glass is selling very well. I have a glass recipe in my hand, so I can find a way out for everyone.

As far as I know, there are two craftsmen in the Mizhou Tuanzhuang who can fiddle with glass. The magistrate (Su Shi) also served as the military commander of Liangzhexi West Road Military. I used the official seal of the magistrate to transfer these two glass makers from Mizhou to Hangzhou. These two glass makers were the masters and opened the glass workshop belonging to my Hangzhou government office.

I calculated that it would take about 10,000 guan to open a medium-sized glass workshop, and there were also venues and manpowers. I heard that Hangzhou had a lot of jobs and fields, and each person had dozens of hectares, or even hundreds of hectares. We took out ten hectares of land to build a workshop. Hangzhou is located in a port, and the materials used for making glass can be transported directly by sea, and the goods can also be sold everywhere through the Grand Canal.

Therefore, we invested 10,000 yuan, accounting for 50% of the capital. Hangzhou troupe trained a prison camp and built a glass factory with the strong prisoners in Hangzhou jails as laborers. It counted 20% of the shares, and the government office produced an official land, accounting for 10% of the shares. The two glass masters each accounted for 10% of the shares.

This glass yard uses official fields and team training, and it must be calculated, and it is also the official property of the government office. The matter is planned by me, and I will pay 5,000 guan, which is considered to have 25% of the shares. The remaining 5,000 guan is calculated as 25% of the shares, that is, 5,000 guan, and the funds will be subscribed by the officials and runners at all levels of the county government. How much money each person pays, you will measure your own financial resources. A copper coin is not much, and a thousand guan is not much. But how much money is spent, we will pay dividends according to the share...

In addition, you will hand over all your jobs and fields. I plan to try planting some new species, but there will be profits every year. I will pay 30% of the amount of money, and I will pay 30% of the money. I will pay 4% of the money to the farmer. So the final way to divide the money is to give 30% of the money to each of you and me, and a total of 6% of the money, and we and the farmer will pay 40% of the money..."

Zhao Xing briefly explained the new words he had just said, and then left them for everyone to think about it. He walked aside with Gao Qiu and had tea and chatted.

He originally thought that the huge amount of 5,000 guan would make people doubt it, but he did not expect that the temptation of glass was really great. After everyone heard that they wanted to make this magical thing, the amount of 5,000 guan had been subscribed for a while. After arguing, the final result of the discussion was still handled in the traditional Chinese way - the shares were allocated according to the level.

Glass has always been a high-tech technology in China. Even in modern times, clear and transparent lead-containing glass is called "artificial crystal". It is not sold at the price of glass, but at the price of jewelry.

This year, more than a dozen glass workshops emerged in the Song Dynasty. Their products eventually followed the high-end route of jewelry, and did not become popular as Zhao Xing expected. Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhao Xing felt that it was necessary to thin the huge profits of glass, because it gradually became popular...

Not long ago, the fact that he donated glassware was strongly opposed by Su Shi, which made him realize this. Therefore, he simply used the official power to completely make glass a Paleolithic technology, so that it was cheap enough for ordinary people to afford it.

There were official kilns in the Song Dynasty, but there was no official glass workshop. What Zhao Xing wanted to run here was the first official glass workshop in the Song Dynasty. This time, he tied all the officials in Hangzhou together to form a close interest group.

As for the specific share allocation of glass workshops, Zhao Xing did not participate in the debate. Of course, he occupied 25% of the shares at once, and the other officials did not want him to participate too much, just because he came up with the idea, he found the craftsmen, and he mastered the recipe, so it was hard for everyone to ask him to cut it.

After a heated discussion, local officials divided their shares according to their positions. Since the company had a strong official atmosphere, Zhao Xing naturally stipulated that once an official resignation, he must forcefully sell his shares and then make room for the new official...

This is actually a "convention on integrity". Through this official blessing and gift organization, he tied all officials in Hangzhou together, causing the cost of embezzlement to rise sharply. Once an official is dismissed due to embezzlement, the forced-sold shares may be taken over by later officials at the floor price.

While Hangzhou officials were discussing the dividend plan enthusiastically, Gao Qiu pulled Zhao Xing out of the yamen quietly. He led Zhao Xing to a farmland, pointed at the crops everywhere, and continued his question just now: "Li Ren, do you think Hangzhou will have a severe drought next year? Will it be like last year, and the rain and snow are abnormal?"

Several keel water trucks were parked beside the fields. Several farmers were trampling into the fields. In several fields with water, several farmers were pushing the seedlings and horses into the fields to sow winter wheat.

Zhao Xing knew that the Japanese said that the keel was invented by Su Shi and believed that the keel was the ancestor of modern industrial conveyor belts, so Su Shi should also be the father of modern conveyor belts. Chinese historians were very uncomfortable with the Japanese. They believed that the keel was not invented by Su Shi, but because the credibility of Chinese experts was too low, their words were directly ignored by the Japanese and the international community.

However, in that debate, Zhao Xing believed in private that perhaps the lying rate of Chinese experts was as high as 99.99%, but they were probably right about the keel waterwheel... But it was not Zhao Xing's business and he was not interested in pursuing it. At that time, the Song Dynasty did believe that in order to help Hangzhou resist drought, Su Dongpo invented two agricultural technologies in epoch-making - "keel waterwheel" and "seedling horse".

The seedlings that Su Shi invented did not pass on to future generations, and even the drawings were not passed on. It was only in Hangzhou County Chronicles and some books from the Song Dynasty that Su Shi was very tired when he saw the people in Hangzhou planting rice seedlings. Therefore, this knowledgeable and talented top scholar specially created this tool that could make people plant rice seedlings straight.

Zhao Xing did not know about the debates about the seedlings and horses in later generations. The seedlings and horses he saw now were a device similar to a chicken bus: a single wheel, a farmer pushed it through the seedling fields, and the device in front of the chicken bus, like a chicken head, knocked and knocked in the mud. Every time he inserted two sharp mouths into the mud, two seedlings were always left on both sides of the wheels.

From afar, Zhao Xing couldn't see the specific device of the chicken bus. He stood there and muttered to himself: "It should be a hub-type crawler device. Each hub holds a seedling to the chicken's mouths. The hub sends the seedlings to the chicken's mouths on both sides... The effect is not too high, and the seedlings must be divided in advance, and the speed is not as fast as hand transplanting. But with this thing, women and children and other weak laborers can also plant seedlings all day long - especially for old men and women who can't bend their waists."

Gao Qiu led Zhao Xing to the farmland. He originally wanted Zhao Xing to see the resumption of the planting in Hangzhou. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xing muttered something to the mechanical device in the field. He quickly interrupted Zhao Xing's distraction: "Leaving people, although there is a drought this year, I did not starve many people in Hangzhou. After the autumn harvest, all the fields from ten to ten will be resumptioned. Unless this winter is still as irregular as last year, we only need to harvest one season next spring, and there will be no hunger police in Hangzhou.
Chapter completed!