After leaving Chui Gong Hall, Tang Jie excitedly said to Wen Yanbo.
Wen Yanbo sighed: "If I could have stopped you, I wouldn't have stopped you. Your Majesty did not declare that Zhang San won the lawsuit, which was already a great honor to us."
Tang Jie's old face was full of annoyance and embarrassment, "It's my fault that I'm useless because I can't compete with someone who has a good ear."
Wen Yanbo consoled him: "It's settled, it's settled. In fact, it doesn't matter. We can still rely on this edict to persuade the officials."
"Things need to be prevented, and things should be controlled." In the final analysis, it is still a pocket method, it depends on how you can demonstrate it.
Tang Jie sighed: "Then Wang Anshi will definitely make a big fuss out of this."
The ancestral law was originally a powerful tool to restrain Wang Anshi's reform, but now it may provide support for Wang Anshi.
That's what hurt the most about that lawsuit.
Everyone can use the pocket method.
Wen Yanbo smiled bitterly and said, "There's nothing we can do about it."
With that lawsuit going like that, it was impossible not to pay a price for it.
The person standing opposite is not a religious man or woman!
This is actually not surprising to them.
Although they expected that Zhao Xu would not directly judge Zhang Fei to win at that time, they also knew that Zhang Fei's discussion of the ancestral method was very beneficial to the emperor.
It is very likely that the emperor will still set the tone for the ancestral method.
Putting aside the emperor's personal interests, for the new law, the previous ancestral law is a roadblock!
Therefore, before starting the reform, this roadblock must be removed.
Otherwise, every word in the new law may violate the ancestral law.
"If you lose, you have to admit it. How old are you, and you still want to act naughty?"
Wang Anshi came out later and ridiculed Sima Guang.
"I don't want to argue with you today."
Sima Guang quickened his pace as he spoke.
Wang Anshi immediately chased after him, "Wait a minute, I have something else to talk to you about."
Sima Guang hummed, "I have nothing to talk to you about."
"You've got it! You've got it!"
Wang Anshi directly pulled Sima Guang's sleeve.
Sima Guang was frightened and said, "You are pulling and pulling, how unbecoming you are, please let go."
Wang Anshi refused to let go, "I really have something serious to talk to you about."
"Let go first."
"Let go and don't leave."
"Wang Jiefu!"
"Okay, okay, I'll let go first."
Wang Anshi let go of his hand and asked: "How do you plan to judge the Yan family's eucalyptus?"
Sima Guang was stunned for a moment and replied cautiously: "I've already said that we should use examples to break the law, but you still ask?"
Wang Anshi said: "If you use the law to break the law, all the bookstores in the capital will be sued immediately. You can't punish all the stores to those authors."
Sima Guang said: "I have considered this myself."
Wang Anshi said: "Just wait."
"What are you waiting for?"
"I will immediately ask His Majesty to legislate on this matter."
"This is a judicial matter, you still want to take care of it?" Sima Guang said angrily.
Wang Anshi hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I am establishing tax laws. Didn't I just say that if you print books in the future, you must obtain the author's consent. The bookstore can pay remuneration in exchange for the author's consent. I will suggest to Your Majesty,
Collect deed taxes in this area to protect the rights and interests of authors.
If you wait for me to enact this tax law, then you will be able to impose penalties according to the law, either by asking those booksellers to pay money to the authors, or by not allowing printing.@·”
He wants to draw a clear line with me. He doesn't care about judicial matters, but I can't interfere with his financial reforms. Sima Guang looked at Wang Anshi suspiciously, "Is this your idea?"
Wang Anshi asked: "How do you know it wasn't my idea?"
Sima Guang hummed: "If it goes according to your wishes, I'm afraid the imperial court will print it itself."
Wang Anshi was a little embarrassed and coughed: "I won't hide it from you. This is Zhang San's idea."
"I knew it."
.
Sima Guang looked at him with contempt.
Wang Anshi said: "Do you agree?"
Sima Guang asked: "How much tax do you plan to collect?"
"10%." Wang Anshi said: "Collect it from the author. This will not increase the book price too much."
This is not much. Sima Guang suddenly asked: "It seems that you are ready."
Wang Anshi laughed.
Sima Guang nodded helplessly: "Okay! I'll wait for you."
Wang Anshi was obviously testing him and guarding against him. You can carry out judicial reform, but tax law must not be included in the judicial system. He was very worried that Sima Guang would use this to enact tax law, and the purpose of his reform was that tax law accounted for
very big.
If Sima Guang did not agree, he would definitely interfere with the judiciary.
Sima Guang knew that he had no power to reform the tax law. After all, the emperor did not support him, so he could only agree to Wang Anshi.
Let's not interfere with the water of the well.@*
I was feeling uneasy, but it was finally coming.
Yes.
coming soon.
Not to mention Zhao Xu, Wang Anshi had no patience to wait any longer, and even the opposition had no patience to wait.
They were already kneeling on the execution ground, but the guillotine still lingered. The onlookers felt uncomfortable watching it!
Zhao Xu first formally promulgated the ancestral law.
And he played it very well this time. He directly carved Taizong's edict on the stone tablet, and then erected it in front of the gate of the imperial city.
The edict was issued yesterday, but today the stone tablet is standing here.
It was obviously prepared long ago.
Can the ministers not understand what is going on?
can only say.
You little emperor is so cruel!
But they lost the lawsuit and had to swallow the bitter pill with tears.
But everyone knows that the good show is yet to come.
Sure enough, on the second day after the monument was erected, Zhao Xu officially announced that he would carry out reforms to deal with the country's maladministration, and established the Department of Regulations of the Third Department, with Chen Shengzhi and Wang Anshi in charge to preside over the reforms.
This is a bombshell.
The courtiers were all confused.
Especially the officials of the third department headed by Tang Jie, the Prime Minister.
Establish three Ordinance Departments?
Then what does our third division count?
Who is real?
Wang Anshi quickly told them who was the real Sansi.
On the day this edict was promulgated, Wang Anshi promulgated the Royalty Law in the name of establishing the Three Regulations Department.
The method will be summarized in the deed method, that is, tax collection by deed.
Also on the same day, Duke Youxiang of the Kaifeng Mansion filed a lawsuit against Yan Jidao and gave his own verdict.
Sanluzhai was deemed illegal.
The explanation is a judgment based on precedent.
That's how the Kaifeng Prefecture ruled. This is the only way my small court can rule.
But the judgment returned to Kaifeng Mansion for review.
The Kaifeng Prefecture also provided amendments and explanations for Youxiang Gong's judgment, mainly focusing on three points. First, it will be considered illegal to make profits by printing other people's works without the author's permission.
There are still many manuscripts in contemporary times.
But the regulations only state "printing". In other words, hand copying is allowed, even if you copy and sell it, it is still allowed.
It can be seen that this method is specifically for printing.
Secondly, the term of protection is counted as fifty years after the death of the author. If you want to print the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu, it does not violate this regulation.
Third, regarding the specific compensation matter, a fine of fifty guan was set. After all, this industry is not a huge profit at present, and the fine cannot be set too high.
However, it was not fully implemented in Bianjing until seven days later.
This gives the printing workshop a buffer time.
Of course, Sanluzhai was not awarded to Yan Jidao.
Sanluzhai was ordered to immediately stop printing and selling any poetry collections about Yan Shu. If he wanted to continue selling them, he must obtain authorization from the Yan family.
This law and this case were implemented at the same time, and copyright law was born naturally.
Of course Sima Guang would not stand up and cooperate with Wang Anshi on his own.
Lu Gongzhu was a mutual friend between him and Wang Anshi, and he also supported Wang An.
Shi reformed, so Sima Guang asked Mr. Lu to cooperate with Wang Anshi.
Many literati and scholar-bureaucrats were very excited about this.
But the officials of the three departments were all stupid.
You enact tax laws, but we don’t even know about them.
It can be seen that the regulations establishing the three departments are above their three departments!
The roof of the imperial city was immediately torn down.
This is so shameless.
Many people did not expect Wang Anshi to do this.
Of course, some people have thought of it.
at dusk.
"Wen Gong is really good at predicting things. He really did this." Sima Guang sighed.
At the beginning, Wen Yanbo saw that reform was imminent, but Wang Anshi still refused to rectify the administration of officials, which was inconsistent with common sense. The only explanation was that Wang Anshi planned to bypass the entire system.
Wen Yanbo smiled bitterly and said: "But I didn't expect him to be so ruthless. He directly promulgated the tax law without the discussion of the second government and the third department. Although this tax law is insignificant, it shows the power of this department! No wonder the officials had to do it beforehand.
We must first promulgate the laws of our ancestors. It can be said that the establishment of three departments of regulations is trampling on the laws of our ancestors with every move."
The ancestral system is to divide the power of affairs. If you do this and monopolize power, it is completely the opposite.
Sima Guang was also worried, but he still persuaded him: "This is only temporary after all. The key is the new law. We don't know the details yet. Wen Gong still needs to be patient, don't be impulsive!"
Wen Yanbo glanced at him and sighed: "Of course I know that, but even if I don't go to court, I can't stop the censors below. If the admonishers go to court, someone must have already come to impeach Wang Anshi."
This censorship station is a very strange department. The censor Zhongcheng cannot stop the censors below from reporting, and the censor Zhongcheng himself is often impeached.
With that said, Wen Yanbo glanced at Sima Guang again and said, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to fight Wang Anshi in the court to avoid party strife?"
Sima Guang glanced at him, frowning and thinking.
Over there, Wang Anshi, after arguing with Tang Jie for a whole day, left the battlefield to Lu Huiqing and went home.
As soon as I got home, I heard my wife's laughter. It turned out that there was a guest at home.
It was none other than Zhang Fei.
"Why are you here, kid?"
Wang Anshi looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously.
He understands Zhang Fei's character very well, and he will go to the Three Treasures Palace for everything!
"I'm here to congratulate Bachelor Wang."
Zhang Fei quickly stood up and congratulated.
Wang Anshi waved his hand and said: "The work has not been completed yet, so why should I be happy?"
Mrs. Wang said: "After all, Zhang San also has good intentions."
Wang Anshi glanced at his wife and was forced to say to Zhang Fei: "Okay, okay, I know what you mean."
Mrs. Wang added: "Husband, I will help you pour a pot of hot tea."
Wang Anshi said hurriedly: "Thank you, madam, thank you madam. I have been arguing with that old man Tang all day today, and I have stopped talking about it."
Mrs. Wang advised: "We are all ministers of the same palace, can you talk to me if you have something to say?"
Wang Anshi exclaimed: "Madam, you don't know something. How can I argue with him? He blocked me in the room and scolded me. There is nothing I can do!"
Mrs. Wang shook her head helplessly, "I'll help you pour tea."
After saying that, she said to Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, you stay here for dinner, I will ask the servants to prepare more dishes."
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Thank you madam for your kindness, but I still have some things to deal with later, so I won't bother madam. Update without error@"
Mrs. Wang did not force herself and went out of the house.
As soon as Mrs. Wang left, Wang Anshi asked Zhang Fei: "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Zhang Fei chuckled: "Scholar Wang should know about the tax calculation of my shop."
Wang Anshi nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "Isn't this a royalties law promulgated? But those booksellers and literati may not know how to pay taxes, and the establishment of three regulations departments may not have enough manpower. Why doesn't Academician Wang calculate the royalties and hand them over to
Small shop.”
Wang Anshi's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhang Fei again, "Be more direct."
Zhang Fei said directly: "Before, the three divisions used their power to threaten.
Those merchants are not allowed to come to me to calculate taxes. If Academician Wang can give this tax calculation to small shops, then the merchants will know who is the real third division and who should listen to them in the future. Update without error@"
Wang Anshi pointed at Zhang Fei and said with a smile: "You kid."
Zhang Fei laughed out loud.
Wang Anshi nodded without thinking too much: "Okay! I promise you."
"Thank you, Bachelor Wang."
For Wang Anshi, this was truly a stroke of genius. When he established the third department of regulations, he had to establish his authority and credibility immediately. Zhang Fei took the initiative to turn himself into Shang Yang's tree. How could he refuse?
Coincidentally, the Third Division had previously targeted the Bianjing Law Firm for tax calculation. If he could help Zhang Fei turn things around, then everyone would know who to listen to in the future.
When Mrs. Wang came to the room with tea, she found that Zhang Fei had left, "Is Zhang San gone?"
Wang Anshi said: "He just came to talk to me about some small things, and then left after talking."
After Mrs. Wang put down the tea, she glanced at Wang Anshi and said with a smile: "This Zhang San is really capable of causing trouble, and he also has a lot of ways to make money. I heard that he opened another bookstore."
"Haha, my cousin is right. This guy has a lot of evil ideas. He has one plan after another. Sometimes he is surprised and sometimes he is frightened."
While talking, Wang Anshi suddenly felt that something was wrong. He looked at his wife nervously and said, "Cousin, you didn't sign any contract with him, right?"
Mrs. Wang quickly praised: "My cousin is really good at predicting things!"
No wonder this brat left so fast. It turned out that Wang Anshi said depressedly: "Cousin, our family is not short of this little money, what did you promise him to do?"
Mrs. Wang said: "I just think that the royalties law was promulgated by your cousin yourself, and our family should also set an example."
As Wang Anshi's wife, she is also very eloquent.
Wang Anshi said sarcastically: "But this is my work after all. You should ask me first."
Mrs. Wang said: "I saw that the booksellers who pirated your poems and articles didn't ask you, but my cousin didn't seem to care, so I made my own decision after thinking about it."
Wang Anshi awkwardly picked up a cup of tea and wanted to ask his cousin how much he sold it for. If it was too much, he would be suspected of accepting bribes, but he was too embarrassed to ask.
Didn't Mrs. Wang know her cousin's thoughts and took the initiative to tell her: "One hundred guan a year for five years, he will also give the Yan family this price."