Censorate.

Sima Guang is a very diligent person. He completely follows the standards of an ancient gentleman. He examines himself three times a day and makes himself live a very fulfilling life every day.

So he arrived at the Censorate very early.

In the past, every time he came over early in the morning, he would read a few pages of classics first, which was equivalent to rinsing his mouth in the early morning. However, rinsing his mouth cleanses his mouth, while reading classics cleans up his thoughts.

In recent years, he has developed a habit of reading a few pages of the Song Dynasty Weekly Daily every day. If he doesn’t have to read the Song Dynasty Weekly Daily, he will read other newspapers.

In addition to the Song Dynasty Weekly newspapers, there are also newspapers such as "Wen Digest", "Wen Xin Diaolong", "Song Dynasty Business Daily", "Bianjing Morning Post" and other newspapers.

Newspapers like Wenxin Diaolong are purely literary newspapers that discuss poetry, songs, classics and art.

Bianjing Morning News reports the daily news in Bianjing City, which involves various policies and regulations, as well as some social and family issues. Although trivial, it is quite beneficial for understanding people's livelihood.

As for the Great Song Business Daily, it is news about various industrial operations. Sima Guang used to be biased against business, but over the years, he saw the changes in business towards the Song Dynasty, and his ideas were more or less changed.

This is the big trend in society.

However, Sima Guang likes to read the Song Dynasty Weekly, because the depth and breadth of this newspaper are the best.

For Sima Guang, a gentleman who cares about national affairs and the world, the Song Dynasty Weekly won him even more favor.

Because the discussions in the Song Dynasty Weekly are quite in-depth, he often contributes to the Song Dynasty Weekly. Although not many of them can be published, he is also insisting on submitting.

Sima Guang is also a wonderful person. He had to cut and paste all the articles he had published on the Song Dynasty Weekly newspaper and kept them in the notebook. If those who had not been published on the notebook, he would also find a notebook to record them so as not to be lost.

In fact, Sima Guang himself knew that not everyone liked to read the articles he wrote.

Most of the issues discussed in the Song Dynasty Weekly are about national and social issues.

Most of what he discussed were moral articles, etc.

However, he didn't care and insisted on submitting the articles. If someone occasionally made an appearance, he would inevitably use it as a topic of conversation with his friends, which was a good fun.

What he likes the most is actually to watch.

Some people use pseudonyms in the Song Dynasty Weekly newspaper, but most of them use real names.

Sometimes, in an issue of newspapers, there are many famous scholars and scholars who speak.

Among them are high-ranking officials of the imperial court, etc.

The articles they published are in their field, and the depth involved is amazing.

Sima Guang also learned a lot in it and broadened his horizons.

Especially for an author named Zhou Shuren, according to Sima Guang's guess, this name should be a pseudonym because no one knows who he is.

This article by Zhou Shuren has always been very sharp. The arguments he wrote can reach the essence in just two or three sentences, and go straight to the inner world through the turbulent appearance.

Most of the suggestions he put forward are highly enforceable and can coordinate the interests of all parties, which is a good idea.

But it would be extremely bitter if he scolded people.

He remembered that a woman in Bianjing had died before and had been in a ritual for decades.

Many people at that time praised him. In an article, Cheng Yi said in a sentence [Starting to death is a small matter and losing his morality is a big matter], which was used by an official from Kaifeng Prefecture to praise this woman.

When Zhou Shuren learned about this, he immediately wrote an article to scold this trend.

Zhou Shuren believed that if a woman's husband died, he would be in a state of being unable to live in food and clothing.

In his "Full Land Agreement" signed by Fan Wenzheng, he stipulated that the remarriage of widows will be given fees, and it is natural for women to remarry women.

If we advocate keeping the rituals, we should also use the words "Starting to death is a small matter and lose the rituals to be a big matter" to restrain women, which is inhumane and will cause many women to fall into extremely painful situations.

Such officials really don’t understand the suffering of others. Every mouth is a stench.

Zhou Shuren's scolding was extremely bitter and asked the official to come out to clarify, saying that he had no intention of this.

Even Cheng Yi quickly entered the newspaper to explain, saying that his words "Starting to death is a small matter of loss of justice" were not what he meant.

Sima Guang admired Zhou Shuren quite a bit, because although the articles published by Zhou Shuren were different from his own style, Zhou Shuren's opinions were always upright and very pragmatic, so Sima Guang admired them very much.

As soon as Sima Guang arrived, he quickly asked the clerk: "Have the Great Song Zhou Dynasty reported to you?"

The clerk smiled all over his face: "Sir, you have already delivered it. I have put it in the library basket for you. You will be able to see it as soon as you enter."

Sima Guang nodded with a smile.

The clerk smiled and said, "The strong tea is also prepared for you, and it is just ready to drink it to refresh yourself."

Sima Guang nodded even more satisfied.

He hurried into the public hall and indeed saw a newspaper in the library basket. Because the Song Dynasty Weekly newspaper had a lot of content, it was made into books. A thick book was all-encompassing, enough for him to read it well for a few days.

Sima Guang first looked at the directory roughly before turning on the homepage.

Seeing the first article, Sima Guang couldn't help but squint his eyes.

He has an impression of this article. The last issue talked about the farmer taking his family to the water. This issue has indeed become the headlines.

After reading the reason why the farmer took his family to throw himself into the water, Sima Guang's face turned red and his beard was so angry that he was blown over.

"It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable!"

Sima Guang said angrily.

"Well, Junshi, what's wrong? I heard you roar early in the morning!"

Fan Chunren passed by the door, stretched out and looked in.

Sima Guang took a deep breath: "Yaofu, just happen, come and read this article."

Fan Chunren said: "Oh, I have something to do... Well, forget it, take a look first."

Fan Chunren came in and took it and took a look, and then he was also angry: "It's outrageous, it's outrageous! It's really..."

The two of them were gazing in the public hall.

Fan Chunren said: "The Song Dynasty Weekly generally does not list a single article and look at the ones behind it."

The two of them put their heads together and read the second article.

Sure enough, the second article and the headlines echo each other, and it is an analysis of the previous article written by Zhou Shuren.

Under Zhou Shuren's analysis, the context of the tax laws of the Song Dynasty was clearly presented to them.

The ins and outs of the tax law, advantages and disadvantages, and areas where loopholes are easily exploited are written one by one.

The brutality of those local tax collectors was also vividly described.

Sima Guang and Fan Chunren were indignant.
Chapter completed!