"Shang Consort!"
Yang Jie and Su Dun were suddenly shocked and looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.
The most noble thing about being an official in the entire Song Dynasty was to pass the Jinshi examination, and the roll call was held outside the Donghua Gate. Any official with some ideals would not go to the consort.
Just because once he becomes the Prince Consort, his official career is almost over, and he will only bear the title of Prince Consort and become a sinecure.
Yang Jie frowned and said: "Brother Fan, please don't say it's a joke. How can you let Brother Su go to the Prince Consort? Wouldn't that ruin Brother Su's future?"
Although Yang Jie was a doctor, he also knew how despised the prince-in-law was in the official circles of the Song Dynasty.
Su Dun also twitched his face. He was the forensic doctor Su Dun, and he was the son of the world-famous Su University scholar. He had never thought of becoming the consort.
Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Brothers, do you still remember the Prince Consort Wang Shen?"
Yang Jie and Su Dun frowned. How could they not know about their consort Wang Shen? In order to please Duan Wang Zhao Ji, Wang Shen wanted to kidnap Master Li by force. Fortunately, he was rescued by Yang Jie, and they became a happy couple. Marriage.
If the imperial edict was established in advance, there would definitely be a place for Wang Shen.
"The Prince Consort Wang Shen is full of misdeeds, but he still runs rampant in Kaifeng City. He relies on the reputation of the royal family. If we hadn't found Wang Shen's flaw and used Chen Shimei to destroy Wang Shen's reputation, Wang Shen would have lost his reputation. Protective golden body, if not for this, we might not be able to stand him at all." Fan Zheng said with a look of luck.
Su Dun nodded, he naturally knew how arrogant Wang Shen was.
Fan Zheng looked at Su Dun and said: "If Brother Su wants to follow the path of Bao Gong, the reputation of Fan and Su's bachelors will be enough to ensure that Brother Su is safe and sound. And if Brother Su wants all the sins in the world to be punished, then To reform the legalists, we must find another backer, and that is the royal family. With the identity of the royal consort, Brother Su will have no resistance to the legalist reforms. Of course, the price is that brother Su will lose the opportunity to become a marquis or prime minister. .”
"Be granted the title of Marquis and pay homage to the Prime Minister!" Su Dun couldn't help but feel a sense of longing. He asked all the officials in the world who wouldn't want to be granted the title of Marquis and pay homage to the Prime Minister one day.
However, Su Dun smiled bitterly. He was not a Jinshi, but became an official with the help of his position as an imperial doctor. Now that he had offended many people in the Tixing Division, he might have already cut off his path to becoming a marquis or prime minister.
"For the sake of peace in the world and for the evil in the world to be punished, I can take the path of a prince-in-law!" Su Dun said proudly.
"Brother Su!" Yang Jie couldn't help being shocked and looked at Su Dun.
Su Dun shook his head and said: "Princess Xu is the biological sister of the official family, and Su is not the legitimate son of the Su family, and her mother is a concubine. Speaking of which, Su is the one who is so high up, maybe the royal family still doesn't like her. .”
Although Su Dun said it lightly, everyone knew that if it weren't for the reform of the Legalists, Su Dun would never have embarked on the path of being a prince-in-law.
"Don't worry! Fan will definitely be the matchmaker for Brother Su's marriage." Fan Zheng assured, patting his chest.
"Then I will give you a toast to Brother Fan. By then, Brother Fan has married the most talented woman in the world, Brother Yang has married the most beautiful woman in Kaifeng, and I have married the most noble princess in the world. You and I, the three brothers, will definitely become a good story. "Su Dun raised his wine glass and said loudly.
"Brother Su!" Yang Jie couldn't help but sigh. He naturally knew that Su Dun was quite envious of his and Fan Zheng's perfect love. Unfortunately, he never met the one he liked. Now, in order to reform the legal family, Su Dun decided to accept the humiliation of the emperor's consort.
At that moment, the three people raised their glasses and sighed with emotion. After a while, Su Dun, who was worried, was already drunk.
Fan Zheng and Yang Jie worked together to send the drunk and unconscious Fan Zheng back to the Su Mansion.
"Why do you drink so much wine?"
Wang Chaoyun and Su Shi came over after hearing the news. They frowned when they saw the drunken Su Dun, and worked together to send Su Dun back to the room.
Fan Zheng said loudly: "My nephew, fortunately, he has lived up to his fate. Brother Su is already preparing to get married."
"ah!"
Su Shi was stunned when he heard this. He did not expect that Fan Zheng was so efficient and that the task just entrusted to Fan Zheng had been completed so quickly.
"Great! I don't know which girl Dun'er fell in love with. I'm going to propose marriage right now!" Wang Chaoyun was overjoyed when he heard this. His resentment towards Fan Zheng for getting Su Dun drunk had long since disappeared.
Fan Zheng suddenly felt guilty and said, "It would be best for my uncle and aunt to ask after Brother Su wakes up."
Su Shi waved his hand and said: "No matter which family the girl is from, as long as Dun'er is willing!"
Su Shi had already worried about Su Dun's marriage. Now, as long as Su Dun agrees to get married, he will naturally agree to anything as long as his family is clean.
However, Su Shi didn't know how much he would regret saying these words after tomorrow.
After walking out of the Su Mansion, Yang Jie looked at Fan Zheng helplessly and said, "Are you sure you want Brother Su to be Princess Shang?"
The Su family was considered a high-ranking family in the Song Dynasty. Among the dignitaries, Princess Shang was not a dishonorable person who would ruin her future.
Fan Zheng asked back: "Aren't the princesses of the Song Dynasty good? They have a gentle personality and are filial to their parents. It can be said that they are the most suitable princesses in all dynasties to marry, let alone become a princess. Their appearance is naturally first-class. Princess Xu, you are I have also seen him, and he and Brother Su are indeed a good match."
Yang Jie suddenly became speechless. Compared with the Tang Dynasty princesses' misbehavior, the Song Dynasty princesses were indeed the best in all dynasties. They were first-class in terms of cultivation and education. However, the rise of scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty, for their own future, It would be detrimental to one's official career to have a consort, so naturally no one would be willing to do so.
Yang Jie asked back: "Princess Xu is indeed a good match. Are you sure she will fall in love with Brother Su?"
Fan Zhengxin said: "It depends on the fate of the two of them, but we can make Brother Su famous in Kaifeng City. Once Princess Xu hears about Brother Su's name, the next thing will be easy to handle!"
"Get famous?" Yang Jie frowned.
Fan Zheng smiled mysteriously and said: "It is not my intention to be a prince, but I hope the world will be peaceful! After tomorrow, this poem will accompany Brother Su's name and become famous all over the world."
"It's not my intention to be a prince, but I hope the world will be peaceful!"
Yang Jie couldn't help being shocked. This sentence could be said to be tailor-made for Su Dun. In order to reform the Legalists and punish all the evil in the world, he would not hesitate to cut off his own path to becoming a prince and becoming a prime minister.
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In the Su Mansion!
"Well!"
After a night, Su Dun woke up from a hangover and suddenly felt a headache.
"Dun'er, wake up!"
Su Dun had just woken up when he heard a familiar gentle voice coming from his ears.
"Mother!"
Su Dun turned his head and saw his mother Wang Chaoyun looking at him with joy.
"I heard from nephew Fan Xian that Dun'er is getting married. I wonder whose girl she is from?"
Su Dun agreed to get married, which made Su Shi and his wife relieved! Wang Chaoyun personally waited for the drunken Su Dun to wake up.
"Get married!" Su Dun couldn't help but be startled, and the memories of yesterday suddenly came to his mind.
"Legalist!"
"Shang Consort!"
………………
The other situations were recalled one by one in Su Dun's mind, and Su Dun suddenly woke up and no longer felt drunk.
Su Shi also came after hearing the news. When he saw Su Dun's silence, he thought that Su Dun was shy, so he said loudly: "If Dun'er is a girl from a certain family, tell me as soon as possible. I, the Su family, still have the thin noodles."
Su Dun took a deep breath and said solemnly: "I heard that Princess Xu is preparing to get engaged, and the child is preparing to marry the prince-in-law!
"What?"
Suddenly Su Shi and his wife were shocked. He did not expect that Su Dun would choose such a path that was beyond everyone's expectations. No wonder Fan Zheng left with such a guilty conscience.
"Do you know that marrying a consort is the same as marrying into a wife, and once you marry a consort, your career will be affected." Su Shi said in a deep voice.
Although the Song Dynasty allowed foreign relatives to serve as officials, they were very guarded against foreign relatives. It was impossible for foreign relatives to be granted the title of marquis or prime minister, as there was a possibility of usurping the throne.
"I understand, kid!" Su Dun nodded without hesitation.
"You..." Su Shi was furious. Although Su Dun was his youngest son, he was the best-developed among the four sons. He was already famous in the government and the public at a young age, and was destined to be limitless in the future. However, he chose to go to the top of the list. A road of no return.
"My child has made up his mind!" Su Dun was determined and said goodbye to his parents now. He still had many cases to deal with.
"Evil doctor Fan Zheng!"
Looking at his son's leaving figure, Su Shi gritted his teeth and said that he had indeed asked Fan Zheng to persuade Su Dun to get married, not to persuade Su Dun to marry his consort.
"Master is so happy! So happy!"
Just when Su Shi was secretly resentful, the housekeeper of Su Mansion hurriedly came to report the matter.
"A happy event? How can this be considered a happy event?" Su Shi said with a wry smile.
The steward of the Su Mansion was surprised and said: "Young Master Dun's poem is widely circulated in Kaifeng City, and many literati are full of praise for it."
"A poem by Dun'er!" Su Shi was stunned.
Su Dun, under the guidance of Fan Zheng, wrote the implicit poem "Linjiang Immortal" and then gave up writing to practice medicine and embarked on the path of forensic medicine. Now, poetry is born again.
"That's right! Young Master Dun's words, 'I don't want to be granted the title of Marquis, but I hope the world will be peaceful!' Now in Kaifeng City, it can be said that everyone knows it." The official of the Fan Mansion said happily.
"It's not my intention to be a prince, but I hope the world will be peaceful!" Su Shi couldn't help but be shocked. At this moment, he finally understood Su Dun's intention to accept the prince's consort. Perhaps he had always underestimated his son. Su Dun had never been granted the title of prince or prime minister. The idea is to make the world peaceful and sins to be punished.
At this moment, he somewhat understood the behavior of Fan Zhengshang's consort.
Sentencing!
Everyone looked at Su Dun with strange eyes. Once upon a time, Su Dun was as high-spirited as a dazed young man. He ignored the warnings of his colleagues and sent officials to prison one after another. As a result, many colleagues also stayed away from him.
"It's not my intention to be a prince, but I hope the world will be peaceful!"
Now that they heard this poem, many young officials from the Sentencing Department suddenly became excited and admired Su Dun's selflessness a little more.
"Who doesn't know how to speak bold words? I'm afraid it won't be long before the edges are smoothed by reality!" Some officials from the Criminal Division shook their heads.
Once upon a time, they were not as high-spirited as Su Dun. However, after coming into contact with the officialdom, their enthusiasm gradually cooled down and they became the people they once hated.
"Brother Fan is such a gift, I'm so ashamed of myself!"
Su Dun naturally heard this poem, but he understood Fan Zheng's good intentions. Whether he was a reformer or Princess Shang, he urgently needed to be famous. In the Song Dynasty, when the literary style was at its peak, a popular poem was more than enough. After countless years of hard work.
Moreover, Su Dun took this poem as his own with peace of mind. On the one hand, it was Fan Zheng's intention, and on the other hand, it was his truest portrayal, so he naturally accepted it.
At the moment, Su Dun let go of his mind and carefully recalled Fan Zheng's proposal about the legalist reform yesterday. He immediately wrote with great spirit, adding Fan Zheng's views and the reality of the Song Dynasty, and presented the legalist strategy for reform.
When Su Dun handed over this memorial, the whole court was shocked.
"Legalist!"
When both the old and new parties believed that the Song Dynasty's reform was almost complete, Su Dun actually proposed the legalist reform.
"Su Dun, that's the forensic doctor Su Dun who was granted the title of marquis not by my will and who wishes for peace in the world!" Zhao Xu asked with interest.
Fan Zheng cooperated: "It is this person who is the official of the Qi Dynasty. Su Dun is not only one of the three heroes who followed Wei Chen's reform, but he is also the son of a disciple of Su University.
"No wonder he has such ambition and literary talent!" Zhao Xu praised.
"Thank you for the official's compliment, I don't deserve it!" Su Shi said modestly, but in fact the corners of his mouth were already cracked. Su Dun was quite proud to be praised personally by the official.
"Appeal and second instance system!"
“Appeal cases from each county that are dissatisfied with the judgment will be handed over to the magistrate for second instance.”
"Okay! This is a good method!"
Zhao Xu looked at the memorial in his hand and praised the case. The introduction of the second instance system gave unjust cases an additional avenue to appeal, which was enough to calm the people's hearts and greatly reduce cases of corruption and perversion of the law.
"Although the second instance system is good, this move may cause dissatisfaction among officials all over the world." Lu Dafang said worriedly.
Everyone knows that the second instance system is more rigorous than the first instance system and greatly reduces the occurrence of unjust cases. However, the power of trial has always been the greatest power in the hands of the county magistrate. Now that the second instance system has been established, it can be said that the power of the magistrate has been greatly weakened. This naturally caused Many officials were dissatisfied.
"That's right, and all the cases in each county are concentrated in one state. The prefect has only one person and limited energy. How can he govern a state at the same time and also try cases in one state." Zhang Dun also shook his head and retorted.
Everyone knows that as long as there is a lawsuit, it is impossible to satisfy both parties, so the probability of appeal in every case is very high. This move greatly increases the workload of the prefect, and even places the prefect's heavy responsibility on judging the case. , there is no time to take into account people's livelihood.
Su Song stepped forward and said: "Our court has general magistrates in various states. From the perspective of the veteran, it is better to let the general magistrate be responsible for trying the second instance cases. In this way, the magistrate is responsible for people's livelihood and government affairs, and the general magistrate is responsible for judging the cases. Isn't it the best of both worlds? .”
Zhao Xu was immediately moved. The Song Dynasty had a long history of setting up general judges. However, the presence of the prefect made the general judge's position extremely awkward. It would indeed be most appropriate if the general judge was responsible for the second instance cases.
"This method is feasible!" Zhao Xu said with great interest.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult for one person to complete so many cases. In the end, I'm afraid we will have to send officials to take charge of the second-instance cases. I, the redundant official of Song Dynasty, will be a bit heavier." Zhang Dun frowned.
As members of the New Party, their first solution to the reform is redundant troops and redundant officials. The second-instance system has increased the workload of the government and may only add more officials.
Fan Zheng objected: "Redundant officials refer to officials who only receive a salary and do not have to do anything. The second-instance system is beneficial to both the country and the people. It can just place a group of idle officials who understand the laws of the Song Dynasty. How can this increase redundant officials?" "
Zhao Xu nodded slightly, feeling very attracted to the reformists in his heart. Compared with the benefits brought by the second instance system in eliminating corruption, perverting the law and avoiding unjust cases, the salary of a few more officials was nothing to mention.
(End of chapter)
