"After the ban on city affairs, another way of making money for Tongpan was cut off. I guess Li Daochong was very angry." Zhang Bor said with a smile.
Li Bao said: "It is too easy for these corrupt officials to just cut off their wealth. What's more, the general magistrate is also in charge of taxation and can make money by exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes."
Zhang Bor shook his head and said: "Jinzhou is too poor, and it can't raise a few taxes and levies. Once the exploitation is too heavy, it will inevitably arouse civil unrest."
Zhu Ming smiled and said: "Okay, there is no need to talk about this matter. The rural soldiers have been recruited and have been practicing for a few days. Qian Chen is about to take them to inspect the counties. You two should go along, just in case someone jumps over the wall. If there is resistance,
, you can kill them on the spot!”
"Yes!" The two of them accepted the order.
At this moment, a subordinate official ran over in a panic: "Prefect, Li Dapuan and his men are rushing in. We can't stop him!"
Ju Ming smiled and said: "No need to stop him, just let him in."
Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. Li Daochong has been driven crazy.
"Snapped!"
Li Daochong led his men to Huangtang and whipped out a document: "Prefect Zhu, who gave you the authority to intervene in the affairs of the Changping Division? Changping, Jinzhou, is affiliated to Changping, South Jing Road. Changping, South Jing Road,
And it belongs directly to the central government. Even the transfer envoy can't take care of ordinary affairs. What do you mean by being the governor of the state?"
Zhu Ming slowly put aside the documents and asked: "To lend money to merchants, a Municipal Yisi or a Municipal Yiwu must be established. This yamen was only set up at the border or above Wangzhou in the past. Is Jinzhou Wangzhou? No! And the Municipal Yisi
It has been canceled a long time ago, and even Prime Minister Cai has not restored it. It is unreasonable and unfounded for you to set up this yamen in Jinzhou."
"I didn't set it up. Jinzhou Changping Sishi Yiwu existed twenty years ago!" Li Daochong defended.
Ju Ming sneered: "Has it been set up to comply with the regulations a long time ago? It's their own business that the previous magistrates don't care about. Since I came to Jinzhou to be an official, I have to take care of this kind of thing!"
Li Daochong pounded the table continuously and said, "Where did you get the power to manage ordinary affairs?"
Ju Ming asked: "Are the merchants of Jinzhou citizens of Jinzhou? Since they are citizens of Jinzhou, how come they have no right to intervene when they are being violated?"
After turning over and over, the same words came out. Li Daochong was so angry that he kicked the table: "I can't tell you clearly! I'm going to impeach you for exceeding your authority and acting recklessly!"
"Then you go to impeachment. Why do you lose your temper at my place?" Zhu Ming didn't care.
The local official positions in the Song Dynasty were extremely complex, with layers of constraints and mutual constraints. Multiple departments often had jurisdiction over a single matter.
Officials who are timid and have too many worries will naturally find it difficult to get things done.
But if you are a powerful person like Ju Ming who has no taboos and is the chief officer, you can really suppress the subordinate officers and lose their temper.
"Invite Ambassador Wu!" Ju Ming shouted.
The subordinate immediately went to ask the secretary-general.
Wu Mao was working outside and rushed over when summoned.
Zhu Ming said: "Wu Zhishi will tell Li Dafan about the market affairs."
Wu Mao said as he recited the article: "When King Shu established the capital and promoted the Yisi, it was subordinated to Sansi and Taifu Temple successively. This Yamen and the local Yiwu have been abolished long ago. Since then, they have not been restored, so
If there is a market transaction, it can only be handled by the Changping Yamen. There is no way to follow the Jinzhou City transaction and there is no order to implement it, so it should be banned!"
Li Daochong didn't take Wu Mao seriously before, but now he couldn't help but take a second look: "Who do you think you are? How dare you contradict me face to face!"
"I am the Jinzhou Observation Envoy, assisting the prefect in handling state affairs." Wu Mao held his head high and felt a sense of joy in his heart.
Ju Ming ordered in front of Li Daochong: "Jinzhou City Yiwu is an illegal and private yamen, without even a single official. Send an order to Wang Jia, the guest of your right, to take the yamen officials to the city Yiwu.
The affairs were sealed. All the account books and property were confiscated, and all the officials were dismissed!"
"How dare you!" Li Daochong roared.
"Why don't I dare?" Zhu Ming stood up to confront him and shouted, "Go and do it immediately!"
"Yes." Wu Mao accepted the order and stepped back.
Not long after, there was a noise outside, and Wang Jia summoned a large number of government officials to set off.
Li Daochong finally panicked and stopped making noise here. He quickly ran out to stop it himself.
"Please get out of the way, Mr. Li." Wang Jia said.
Li Daochong led several followers and blocked the gate of the state government office: "Who dares to move?"
Wang Jia, neither humble nor arrogant, said: "We also obey orders. If you are dissatisfied with the decision, please go and tell the prefect."
The two sides just stood there, and more and more officials came to watch the fun. Even the common people passing by stood far away from the gate of the state government, looking at the back of the judge and whispering.
Li Daochong embarrassed him and actually confronted a group of government officials.
The longer the confrontation lasts, the more status you will lose!
After thinking about it carefully, Li Daochong said: "I'm stopping you here because I have other important matters."
The guy left on his own, leaving only a few of his followers to block the door. He planned to go back to the trial hall and call in more officials to support the scene.
Yang Pu, who had been observing secretly, quickly ran over to report the news. Zhu Ming hurriedly walked out, pointing at the few followers and angrily yelling: "Where are these unscrupulous people from? They blocked the state government office, and they were all thrown into the prison and beaten!"
"yes!"
Wang Jia didn't dare to take action against Tong San. Now that Tong San was gone, there was nothing to worry about.
Under the watchful eyes of many officials, a group of officials from the state government actually rushed towards Tong Magistrate's personal followers. They were so numerous that it was difficult for the few personal followers to escape, and they were quickly pinned to the ground and tied up.
hiss!
All the officials took a breath of cold air. The people Zhu Ming had detained before were just officials who were responsible for the public affairs.
But at this moment, they dared to detain Tong Fan's personal entourage, and the two chief officials of Jinzhou completely fell out.
Moreover, Tong Juan was completely defeated and Zhizhou was completely victorious!
The magistrate of Zhizhou was not only a bigger official, but also acted with reason and evidence. The reason why Tong Ming and his followers were detained was because these people blocked the state government office. The reason why Jinzhou City Yiwu was seized was because the city Yiwu was an illegal private institution.
With a high position and a reputation as a master, what can Tongpan use to fight?
What happened today has ruined Li Daochong's prestige and lost his face. The subordinate officials have decided to report their work to the magistrate.
"Follow me!"
Wang Jia asked several government officials to escort his followers to the prison, and he led more officials to rush to the market affairs.
At the same time, some petty officials secretly went to inform merchants.
Ever since Ju Ming revealed the news of renovating the Changping Division, merchants have been suspicious and kept an eye on the situation of the state government.
When Wang Jia and his men rushed to the market for business, nearby merchants also arrived soon after.
For merchants, the business affairs in Jinzhou City are no different than Shura Fields.
This thing was invented by Wang Anshi, but even Wang Anshi's younger brother Wang Anli said that the market change law would lead to poverty for the people.
In the second year of Yuanfeng, the New Party finally admitted that the Market Change Law had failed, because the merchants suffered miserably, and they also raised prices, which harmed the people, but the court did not increase revenue. So, where did everyone's lost money go?
Of course it’s the officials who are corrupt!
In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was always a lack of money in the market, and merchants had difficulty in financing. The annual interest rate on loans was often more than 100%. Wang Anshi set the annual interest rate on the funds lent by the Municipal Affairs Bureau at 20%, which on the surface was a policy to benefit the people.
However, because the capital of Shiyiwu is not enough, it is impossible to come up with so much cash. Therefore, businessmen who want to borrow money must first bribe officials and then get priority in obtaining low-interest loans.
This is nothing. In order to implement the Market Change Law and gain political achievements, the officials were not satisfied with just lending a small amount. Then they distorted other contents of the Market Change Law and began to buy and sell by force in the market. Many profitable businesses must go through
Buy and sell through an intermediary in the market.
They often seize a large amount of goods and force the merchants to pay rent, or even directly apportion it. Then they take the deposit rent given by the merchants and then lend money to the merchants to improve their political performance. In this way, the government can earn 20 yuan in vain without paying a penny of principal.
% interest, you can also get rapid promotion in political performance.
The interest earned also mysteriously disappeared out of thin air.
Jinzhou is located in a remote place, with the sky high and the emperor far away. The market exchange law that had been abolished long ago was actually reintroduced twenty years ago and continues to exploit merchants to this day.
Seeing Wang Jia leading people to seize the city's Yiwu, Dai Chengsi, who witnessed the whole process of the prefect's trial that day, said to the merchants around him: "Prefect Zhu is really a capable minister in this world!"
The merchant shook his head: "I'm afraid that Governor Zhu will not be an official in Jinzhou for long."
"It's good to be able to stay for one year. It makes us feel bad!" Dai Chengsi already hated the city affairs.
This guy has passed the imperial examination more than once, and he is also a merchant in Jinzhou. Although his family fortune is only a few thousand dollars, he is also a prominent figure in Jinzhou.
Wang Jia is still sealing the place, but Guo Wenzhong has already brought people over to post notices.
Dai Chengsi hurried over to check it out, and became even more excited after reading it.
The notice reads:
First, Jinzhou Yiwu is an illegal private institution and should be banned. Jinzhou merchants can repay the loan and interest in advance, and the interest is calculated on a monthly basis, and the interest for the remaining months of this year does not need to be paid. Those who are willing to repay in advance can go to the state
The government pays the money, and the money is put into the state government's treasury.
Second, all the officials of Jinzhou City Yiwu should be dismissed, and they should no longer cause trouble. The Yaren (official intermediaries) of City Yiwu should also be dismissed, and they should no longer interfere in commercial activities, and they should no longer interfere with the market's forced buying and selling.
Violators will be punished!
Dai Chengsi discussed with the merchants and said: "All guilds in Jinzhou should present the Ten Thousand People's Umbrella to the prefect!"
Offering the Wanmin Umbrella is just one of them. Various business guilds can take the opportunity to reach a consensus. From now on, everyone will advance and retreat together. Even if Governor Zhu leaves Jinzhou and the government wants to reset the city affairs, the leaders should unite to resist.
The basis for the boycott is the notice posted by Ju Ming today!
Li Daochong finally hurried to the scene with the officials from the Interrogation Hall.
However, he didn't know whether to go to jail to get his personal entourage back, or to stop the officials of the state government from sealing up the city's transactions. If a quarrel broke out and he lost again, how could he have any dignity left?
This Governor Zhu is unreasonable... No, he is too reasonable. Everything he does has a legal basis. He uses chicken feathers as command arrows and does not save face for Tongpan at all.
As a general judge, Li Daochong was neither reasonable nor prestigious. Even the officials listened to Zhizhou. What could he use to fight Ju Ming now?
After thinking about it, Li Daochong rode to the Siliyuan and roared for his personal entourage.
The Executive Yuan immediately released the person, but those who were accompanying him were all beaten up. Although their lives were not in danger, they were able to stay in bed for ten days and a half. Who dared them to block the state government office?
Song Ning, who joined the army as a recorder, was too involved with Li Daochong. It was already too late to change his family. He came to discuss it privately: "Li Dafan, you can't just sit back and wait for death. The person named Zhu has only been in Jinzhou for more than a month, and he has already caused so much trouble." Things. Who knows what he will do next?"
Li Daochong said impatiently: "What can I do? He is the prefect, he is the chief official. The first level of official rank is overwhelming, not to mention that he is also a court official and knows the state!"
Song Ning said: "The chief magistrate should write to Prime Minister Cai quickly and transfer this person named Zhu as soon as possible, otherwise Jinzhou will be in trouble."
"I have already written a letter, and I have written two letters one after another. It will take time to send it to the capital." Li Daochong was very worried.
Song Ning thought about it and came up with a bad idea: "He closed down the city's business affairs and dismissed many officials. He also issued an official document ordering the counties to ban private toll stations (illegal toll stations) and dismissed many officials. These officials did not If they lose their livelihood, wouldn't it be full of resentment? Let them go to the state government to cause trouble!"
"What's the use of making trouble?" Li Daochong said, "The man named Zhu is tough. If he catches someone if he makes trouble, he will still be afraid of those petty officials who have been dismissed?"
Song Ning said: "Whether it's useful or not, if we make trouble, we have to cause him some trouble."
Li Daochong had no choice but to agree to this matter.
Toads don't bite, but they always disgust people. Those clerks who were laid off are toads.
(Thanks to Yanwo classmate for the reward, ^_^!)
This chapter has been completed!