The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 981 Please give me some advice

The proprietor of the grain store.

Fang Yun walked out and asked, "Why is that so?"

The servant followed closely behind and said: "I don't know very well. I just heard that the grain shop in charge of the palace shopkeeper is about to close down and he will lose his livelihood. However, I also heard that the palace shopkeeper has a bad temper and usually He likes to beat his wife and children. The most serious one was when he broke his thick arm. It was so miserable to beat his wife unconscious with a wooden stick. I heard that when his mother was still alive, she was often seen with injuries on her face, but his mother said she was injured and never said it was the palace manager who beat her. Yes. Some people have always said that his mother was pissed off to death.”

"There are still such evil people in Ning'an County? Why has no one reported it?" Fang Yun asked.

The guard was stunned for a while and then said: "That's someone else's family matter."

Fang Yun also realized that his thinking was too advanced. In the Qin Dynasty, if parents killed their children or masters killed slaves, the government would not only not accept the case, but would also punish those who complained. In the Han Dynasty, parents could still beat their children, and if they were beaten to death, they would only be fined.

As for domestic violence cases where a husband beats his wife, the government will generally not intervene and will usually be resolved within the clan. For example, the clan elders will punish the man, up to and including whipping. But in fact, unless the woman has a higher status, the clan elders rarely punish the man.

Therefore, the party suffering from domestic violence will inevitably tolerate it, even if the man is beaten.

Family scandals should not be made public.

Fang Yun took a deep breath. The previous changes to the penalty were all about the severity of the sentence. However, if legislation were to target domestic violence, although it would not be considered to be completely contrary to human ideals, it would inevitably face huge resistance.

Even if a semi-saint legislates domestic violence, it may only affect one country. Once the saint dies, the legislation will inevitably be in vain.

Clan and country can never coexist peacefully because the power of clan naturally resists the law.

In Shengyuan Continent, the Legalists are the staunchest opponents of the clan, but the wealthy families themselves belong to the clan, which makes reforming the clan a big problem for the human race.

Fang Yun frowned and walked forward quickly.

As the county magistrate Fang Yun, he could ignore it, but as Fang Yun who owns the world of strange books, who has his own responsibility to revitalize the human race, and who once lived in the ancient country of China, he absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of behavior.

"I may not be able to control the human race, no, I'm afraid I can't even control Mizhou, but I will never allow the beasts under my control to go unpunished!"

Fang Yun walked out of the back office, and Yu Bachi hurried over, helplessly saying: "You know it, right? Logically speaking, this matter will be left to the Gong family to solve. Our county government will just pay attention to it, and at most it will be whipped. But now... The lower official is worried that this incident will cause a bad reaction, so he temporarily detained the palace manager in prison. "

As Yu Bachi spoke, he carefully observed Fang Yun's expression.

Fang Yun, however, looked forward and walked slowly while saying, "Are you afraid that someone will use his identity as the 'grain shop owner' to cause trouble, saying that he beat his wife and children to death because he lost his livelihood?"

"Yes." Yu Bachi said.

Fang Yun said: "What a joke! The reason for the collapse of the grain store is that the left prime minister and his party harmed me. What's more, people who beat their wives and children to death because they don't obey are no different from animals!"

"That's what your Excellency said. Then... the lower official will lock him up until the matter subsides and then hand it over to the palace family to deal with?"

Fang Yun asked back: "Then the innocent Gong died like that? His young son died like that?"

Yu Bachi smiled bitterly and said: "Sir, I know that you are different from those ordinary bureaucrats. Not to mention his identity as a grain shop owner, the issue of whether he killed his wife and children is full of controversy. If you are not careful, you will... Being attacked. At that time, your rating in the prison department may be ruined due to a big mistake."

"The more I argue, the clearer it becomes. If I make a mistake and become a famous negative precedent for the human race, and get a bad reputation, it is also my contribution to the human race. Yu Bachi!" Fang Yun said the last word, raising his voice.

"Yes!" Yu Bachi responded hurriedly.

"I want to open a court to interrogate the murder suspect Gong shopkeeper. I will give you an hour to bring all the relevant people here! Including the Gong family's neighbors, the clerk at the grain store, the clerk next door to the grain shop, Gong The shopkeeper’s relatives, the Gong clan’s relatives, and his son’s classmates and friends must not be mistaken!”

"As you command!"

Yu Bachi had a bitter look on his face, but he left quickly without any further words of advice.

Fang Yun immediately began to circulate letters, informing the Xingdian officials stationed in Ning'an and the Legalist staff, and asked the Legalist staff to prepare opinions for his reference.

As expected, the officials of the Criminal Palace said they would definitely be there and wanted to know the trial process, but they also vaguely mentioned that Fang Yun should be careful about the trial.

The Legalist aides were conscientious and tried their best to oppose Fang Yun from hearing this case during the palace examination. They hoped that Fang Yun could postpone the case until the end of the palace examination, because if this case is not taken care of, the first class of the prison department may be beaten. It fell into the second grade, but was rejected by Fang Yun and the reasons for the rejection were given.

"Two lives are worth more than one Class A!"

The Legalist staff made up their minds when they saw Fang Yun, so they had no choice but to help him with all their strength.

For an hour, Yu Bachi continued to communicate with Fang Yun, and the Legalists continued to list the information Fang Yun needed. However, some books were not available in Ning'an County and only existed in some academic palaces and even holy courtyards.

Fang Yun has not yet entered the Holy Court, so he originally could not use the official seal to check the books in the "Classics Court", but he is a virtual saint, and he can directly use the official seal to check all the books in the Holy Court within the city. However, the premise is that text and ink must be consumed.

It is very difficult for ordinary scholars to earn literary works, because literary works generally need to be on the literary list to earn them, and there are few opportunities to get literary works on the discussion list.

However, Fang Yun has long been a frequent visitor on the literary list, and the number of literary works he has is no less than that of many university scholars or even great Confucian scholars, so he doesn't need to care at all.

So, during this hour, Fang Yun kept flipping through relevant classics.

When the time came, Fang Yun walked into the court. Ao Huang, like before, followed Fang Yun closely to learn the knowledge of the human race.

Fang Yun sat in the court and scanned the hall. The hall was a little dark in the afternoon. The yamen runners lined up on both sides, and the county magistrate Tao Dingnian actually came in advance.

Fang Yun nodded to Tao Dingnian and looked outside the hall. He saw dozens of people standing outside the door, most of whom were brought by Yu Ba Chi, including officials from the criminal hall and officials from the county government.

Some of them cried softly and occasionally cursed.

Finally, Fang Yun's eyes fell on a person's face.

Ji Zhibai.

Yu Ba Chi had just discovered Ji Zhibai and hurriedly winked at Fang Yun, who nodded to show that he knew.

"Could it be..." Fang Yun had a bad idea in his mind, but then he slammed the gavel.

"Open the court!"

"Powerful... powerful..."

"Bring the suspect Gong Wu!" Fang Yun shouted.

Two yamen runners escorted a middle-aged man with a dusty face into the hall. Fang Yun took a closer look and saw that the man was disheveled and confused, but his eyes occasionally flashed a hint of fierceness, and he did not show any regret.

Fang Yun was about to ask questions when he saw Ji Zhibai step into the court. He walked towards the shopkeeper Gong and smiled, "Since the shopkeeper Gong has suddenly encountered a big change and is slow to speak, the Gong family begs me to participate in the lawsuit on behalf of the shopkeeper Gong. Then, please give me more advice, County Magistrate Fang!"