Chapter 17 third quarter

In this debate contest, Wang Anshi stood on the side of Comrade Xu Zun, and his views were similar to those of Mr. Xu - "Murder is already hurt, if you want to do it according to the question, surrender yourself, reduce the second-class theory from murder", this is the emperor's opinion. previously issued edicts. Sima Guang, on the other hand, was wearing presbyopic glasses and dug up the "Song Xingtong" law-"If you hurt others, it is not a case of surrendering yourself." Obviously, Sima Guang has avoided the major controversy of Xiaoyun's killing of his "husband". The opponent seized the handle.

The law of the ancestors is greater than the sky, and it is written in black and white on the "Song Xingtong", which cannot be erased. Discussion on the merits of the case quickly turned into another legal dispute-the country's laws or the emperor's decree is more important, and who has priority in the event of conflicts. If we look at it from today's perspective, we can say that Sima Guang is a good man, he upholds the dignity of the law, emphasizes the rule of law, and handles cases according to the law, while Wang Anshi is the emperor's thug, who is waving the flag for the emperor's autocratic monarchy.

But look at this drama from another angle, and you will find that it is the special audience named Zhao Xu who really decides this hit drama - the young new emperor just came to power, and he really wants to make a difference, so as to change the running track of this empire , There are too many obstacles in front of him, the biggest mountain is called "Ancestral Law", and Xiaoyun's case is like a knife given to him by heaven. Of course, he also found the best swordsman who worked for him——Wang Jiefu. Almost all important officials of the empire joined the debate on the first year of Shenzong, Wang Anshi unexpectedly won the majority of support, and the other two of the "Four Friends of Jiayou", Han Wei and Lu Gong, were obviously both Support Pharaoh.

The result of the first debate was that Wang Anshi won, Zhao Xu made a verdict, Wang Xufang won, and the girl Xiaoyun's life was saved. Of course Sima Guang refused to accept the results, and the officials of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were even more dissatisfied. The emperor's conclusion meant that their previous judgment was a wrong judgment, not to mention that they had to bear the responsibility for judicial mistakes, the most important thing was that they couldn't hold back their face. As a result, the officials of Dali Temple collectively wrote a letter requesting further discussion.

Zhao Xu had no choice but to hold another court meeting to let the judicial elites of the empire compete with Wang Jiefu.This time Sima Guang added a powerful opponent to the lineup, the first "quarrel king" during the Renzong period-Tang Jie, who was then a political adviser. Although Tang Jie is fierce, but Lian Po is old, and he is no longer the opponent of "Bian Xianggong".The result of the debate was that Tang Jie lost his position as a political adviser (Wang Anshi would soon sit up), and died of gangrene at home the following year (it turns out that the empire is not just a military general suffering from this disease).

The Xiaoyun case has been disputed in the empire for more than a year. In the end, Zhao Xu said, shut up, and I will decide all such cases in the future. The result was that neither side would do anything. Everyone fought desperately for more than a year, and the winners and losers were clearly explained. What's the matter?Zhizhigao refused to draft the imperial edict, and Wang Anshi, who has become a political adviser, also said that although the emperor's edict has the force of law, it should not be so hasty. Zhao Xu was rejected, so he had to draw up a new edict and issue a new edict.

Xiaoyun, a girl from Dengzhou, was finally sentenced to exile by editorial management, and soon after, she was amnesty and regained her freedom. What she didn't know was that her fate had become the lid of the empire's Pandora's Box. After the lid was lifted, the trajectory of an empire was changed. Sixteen years later, Sima Guang, who was getting old, finally sat on the throne of the Northern Song Empire. He had no enemies—the friend and later enemy Wang Anshi had gone to Huangquan. What he did in Aspect Year was very simple - tear down everything that Wang Anshi had built. After all the new laws were abolished, Sima Guang still felt inadequate, as if there was still one thing he hadn't done.

After thinking for a long time, he finally remembered that it was the life of Xiaoyun, a girl from Dengzhou. The past events of sixteen years ago were brought up again, and the life of the middle-aged woman Xiaoyun was gone again. Xiaoyun, whose head fell to the ground, does not know whether he is married or has any children, but what is certain is that although the reforms carried out by Wang Anshi and Zhao Xu failed to save the fate of the empire in the end, it gave a humble woman sixteen years of ordinary life .