Sima Guang's traditional philosophy of governing the country is to pursue the realm of hiding wealth among the people.
But this “people” is worthy of discussion.
Does it mean ordinary people?
It can only be said that it is included, but it is not the main group.
Ordinary people only have such a small amount of money, which has nothing to do with "wealth", so why should they hide it? No one will snatch it if it is exposed.
Mainly refers to squires and landowners.
They conservatives have a concept that if this money is placed in the hands of these gentry and landlords, they and the country will become a community and interdependent. Then they will become the backbone of the country, have a sense of social responsibility, can be trusted, and can make people
The country is more stable.
For example, when a local disaster occurs, they are on the front line and can help the affected people tide over the difficulties in a timely manner.
If feedback is first sent to the central government, and then the central government issues a disaster relief plan, this back and forth will delay a lot of things.
Today's information is very closed.
In fact, they are not just whimsical and talking nonsense. There are indeed many such cases. When a disaster occurs in this place, the government will ask the gentry and the gentry to donate money for disaster relief. They will donate more or less. Some are forced to do so, and some are forced to donate money.
It's proactive.
This was indeed a very common thing in the Song Dynasty.
But compared to their privileges and illegal gains, this ratio is really very large, and it is still expanding.
The plate is only so big, if you have more, I will have less.
As a result, the country's finances have become very difficult, which in turn has led to the country being unable to do anything else and can only sit quietly.
This is stagnation.
Conservatives are content to stagnate.
But Wang Anshi is not content with the status quo. He is very opposed to the concept of hiding wealth among the people. Putting money in your pocket is your personal property. Whether you give it to others or not depends on your mood.
This is not the way to govern a country.
Wang Anshi's idea is that the state should control everything, and the wealth should be concentrated in the central government, and then uniformly distributed by the central government, so that the top and bottom can be twisted into a rope, so that great things can be done.
He himself admitted that he only wanted to make money for the country, but he was targeting these wealthy businessmen and landowners.
Zhang Fei's plan is to take advantage of the landowners and squires, and the national treasury will also benefit from it. Of course Wang Anshi is willing to do so.
Where is Sima Guang?
This is contradictory to his philosophy!
Therefore, Zhang Fei emphasized "legitimacy" to him.
You support judicial reform, but the result is to defend illegal behavior. So what is the meaning of your reform?
This sentence left Sima Guang speechless.
He and Wang Anshi fought every day over whether to increase taxes. Wang Anshi definitely wanted to increase taxes on the wealthy, but he was using a roundabout strategy, changing methods to increase taxes. He either stated it clearly or wanted to increase taxes on the wealthy.
This is a structural contradiction with the conservative idea of hiding wealth among the people.
But Zhang Fei is not.
Zhang Fei wants to recover legal taxes.
Sima Guang can't say that tax evasion is also about hiding wealth from the people, right?
The key point is that he doesn’t think so himself. He is asking not to increase taxes, or even reduce taxes, but this is two different things from tax evasion.
Moreover, his judicial reform will definitely have to face tax evasion. From this point of view, if Wang Anshi and Zhang Fei are willing to be the bad guys, and at the same time they can fight for judicial independence, they can really enjoy the benefits.
…But it will indeed make many people fear his judicial reforms.
Just like Lu Huiqing, it's really hard to judge the pros and cons of this matter.
Therefore, Sima Guang did not give any reply, but he also did not continue to stop Zhang Fei.
It is difficult to judge this matter, we have to wait and see first.
But this is enough for Zhang Fei.
When he explained to Sima Guang, it was not that he was afraid of Sima Guang's obstruction. This was just a secondary reason. He just wanted to continue to win Sima Guang's trust. If he didn't explain this matter clearly, Sima Guang would definitely doubt him.
As for Sima Guang's judicial reform, it was Zhang Fei who single-handedly promoted it.
After seeing off Sima Guang, Zhang Fei returned to the back hall, looked at the decadent Fan Li, walked over, and said with a smile: "There is no need to be depressed outside the army. At least we are still alive, which proves that we are still very capable."
Fan Li sighed: "How can I not be clear about this, but I always feel that, Sanlang, you should stop when you are ready. If you keep walking on the edge of the cliff, something will happen sooner or later."
Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said: "Every time I learn a lesson, I will learn from it."
"real?"
Fan Li didn't believe it.
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Do the members think I'm a fool? I've already fallen into this pit and I want to step on me again."
Fan Li nodded slightly. Zhang San didn't look stupid and couldn't make the same mistake.
Don't worry, of course I won't step on it. I just filled it up so that no one needs to be afraid. Zhang Fei asked again: "By the way! Didn't Ma Yuanwai and the others come to ask about the situation?"
Fan Li was immediately happy, "They have also been tortured by you, but recently they have learned to behave. They don't dare to offend us, but they don't dare to get too close to us, but they should cooperate.
"
Ma Tianhao, Chen Maoqian, they are really stupid.
The ups and downs were so huge that they almost had a nervous breakdown, so they simply treated it as an ordinary business cooperation and kept a certain distance.
Zhang Fei nodded and said with a smile: "This is the best. It is just a business, and I don't want them to be affected by this."
While they were chatting, Xu Zhiqian suddenly hurried into the store.
"What's up?"
Zhang Fei asked.
Xu Zhiqian came to Zhang Fei and whispered: "Go back with me quickly, my senior brother is here."
"Senior brother? Oh."
Zhang Fei spoke to Fan Li and left with Xu Zhiqian.
Due to the presence of Gao Wenyin and others, it was naturally inconvenient for Zhao Xu to go to Zhang's house, so he could only choose to go to Xu's house quietly.
When I arrived at Xu Mansion, I saw Zhao Xu sitting alone in the backyard drinking wine, looking particularly lonely.
"Xiaomin!"
"sit down!"
Zhao Xu pointed to the opposite side listlessly.
"yes."
After Zhang Fei sat down.
Zhao Xu asked again: "Has the fine matter been dealt with?"
"It's all done." Zhang Fei nodded, and seeing Zhao Xu was in an extremely low mood, he cupped his fists and said, "This little citizen deserves death for his crime. Your Majesty has been implicated, so please punish him."
Zhao Xu sighed deeply and said: "You did do something reckless in this matter, but I know very well how serious the consequences will be. In fact, if they mention it even a little bit, I will stop you for the sake of the overall situation.
However, they are threatening me with the security of the country. I really can’t swallow this tone.”
...Although he was very hesitant to compromise at the time, that was because he was a monarch and had to put the world first, and he could not act out of anger just because of such a trivial matter.
but.
He was actually very, very angry inside.
Because what he pursues is to assert imperial power, he is very sensitive to this situation.
After all, he had just given a royal plaque to Zhang Fei, and those who were more sensible would just keep it secret.
They prefer not to.
Just slap it in the face.
They just want to say, Zhang Fei, don't think that you can do whatever you want with the imperial plaque.
We are not afraid at all.
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will definitely make up for it."
Zhao Xu looked happy, "It seems you have already thought of a countermeasure."
He came today with one purpose: to get things back together. The matter must not be left alone. In fact, he also understood Zhang Fei's character, but he was worried that Zhang Fei would choose to settle the matter if he took care of him, so he came here
Show your attitude, as long as you have the means, we will fight back.
This was something neither Wang Anshi nor Sima Guang thought of.
Zhao Xu's acting skills were indeed at the level of a movie actor. At that time, he didn't put up much resistance, and his attitude was to minimize big problems and trivial matters.
Only the Third Division dared to be so arrogant and even sent people to count, as if they were afraid that the citizens would not know.
Zhang Fei immediately informed Zhao Xu of the entire plan and how he persuaded Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.
He jumped left and right between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, but his relationship with Zhao Xu is another. The emperor is still different. Unless you want to rebel, otherwise, you must get the emperor's support for whatever you do. Can you keep it secret?
Try not to hide it.
Once the emperor becomes suspicious of you, it is very scary. However, no matter what a frank ear pen says, the emperor will not care too much. After all, he can only talk about it and he can't accomplish anything.
After hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but be overjoyed. If this matter evolved into a struggle between justice and administration, or a struggle between government agencies, it would not pose a great threat to him. Instead, he could influence the situation and said: "
As expected of Zhang San, he actually convinced Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi at the same time. Amazing! Amazing!"
Zhang Fei smiled modestly and said: "Although there are many contradictions in their governing concepts, they certainly do not support tax evasion."
Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said, "Do you need my help?"
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "I dare not bother Your Majesty. I caused this, and I have the responsibility to make up for it."
Zhao Xu nodded and said: "This time you can go ahead and do it freely. I will protect you from behind."
With that said, he raised his glass and said, "I wish you a great victory."
Lu Huiqing was definitely Wang Anshi's right-hand man. Within a few days, he found both the man and the eucalyptus.
"Does my mentor know Yuan Wei from Luomapo in Kaifeng County?"
"Exceptor Wei?"
Wang Anshi shook his head: "I've never heard of it."
Lu Huiqing said: "This man's name is Wei Yushan, a native of Tokyo. His great-grandfather once passed the Jinshi examination in the Zhenzong Dynasty. However, he was demoted from the capital due to corruption and bribery. After his death, his son sent him to his hometown for burial. But later
His descendants began to do business in Bianjing. Relying on his father's connections in the court, he soon became a well-known wealthy family in Kaifeng County.
…Nowadays, Wei Yushan is a tyrant in the village. No one dares to mess with him, and no one dares to go to his house to collect taxes. Until three years ago, a government official named Geng Ming couldn’t stand Wei Yushan’s actions.
As a result, he went to the Wei family to collect taxes. As a result, not only did he not receive the tax money, Wei Yushan also charged part of his family's land taxes to Geng Ming.
Although Geng Ming was from a high-class household, he could not afford the taxes from the Wei family. In the end, he forced Geng Ming to divorce his wife and let her take her son back to her parents' home to escape. He went to a Taoist temple to become a monk.
To escape the Wei family’s revenge.”
After Wang Anshi heard this, he immediately said excitedly: "Didn't that fool go to the official?"
Lu Huiqing said: "It is the government that counts the tax on Geng Ming. My mentor should know that many Yamen servants cannot collect the tax and end up having to pay it themselves."
Wang Anshi frowned and asked, "Does he dare to sue?"
Lu Huiqing said: "Although Geng Ming has become a monk, he has always been thinking about revenge and reuniting with his wife and children."
Wang Anshi nodded and said, "It's him."
Lu Huiqing said: "But my mentor, Wei Yushan's background is not small."
Wang Anshi asked: "Isn't he just a rich man? His ancestors are only a small Jinshi, so there is no need to care."
Lu Huiqing said: "Wei Yushan has always admired Wang Hong very much. He believes that torture should be used to deal with unruly people, so the relationship between the two is not bad. In addition, his second daughter is the concubine of King Chang, so he dares to do this
Arrogant and domineering.”
Wang Anshi couldn't help but glance sideways at Lu Huiqing, "You must be trying to laugh at me on purpose."
The cruel words have been released, please bring me a relative of the emperor.
What do you want me to do?
This Prince Chang is the younger brother of Zhao Xu, so he is no ordinary prince!
Lu Huiqing explained: "The students chose this case for three reasons. First, it was related to the government affairs and could provide support for the teacher's reform.
Secondly, although relatives of the emperor are involved, this struggle stems from judicial reform, which can also make Sima Bachelor even more dilemma. Sima Guang always talks about justice and serving the country and the people. You might as well take a look at him.
When facing the emperor's relatives, can you keep your word and do what you say?
Thirdly, if we can capture Wei Yushan, the rest of the landowners will not dare to be arrogant anymore, and we can be done with it once and for all."
His methods are also very ruthless.
I, Lu Huiqing, personally took action, so there is no way it was some small trick.
Wang Anshi hesitated a little, and used a stumbling block to throw Sima Guang on all fours to make everyone laugh. That was fine, but pushing Sima Guang into the ditch seemed a bit excessive.
But he was also looking forward to seeing if Sima Guang could be as impartial and selfless as Bao Zheng when he really met a relative of the emperor. After all, he and Sima Guang had both served as Bao Zheng's younger brothers.
In addition, he was also very dissatisfied with Wei Yushan's behavior. It's fine if you don't pay, and you have to let others torture him to death. After thinking about it again, he said: "Go talk to Zhang San first and ask him.
Opinion."
Lu Huiqing nodded.
Wang Anshi asked again: "Have you found anyone in Kaifeng County?"
According to Zhang Fei's plan, they have to find a judicial officer in the prison department to stand up and fight against the county government.
Lu Huiqing said: "I found it. I asked Lu Jia, a member of the judicial army."
Wang Anshi frowned and said, "Uncle Lu Hui's grandnephew?"
Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "The student went to inquire about the prison officials in Kaifeng County. Only Lu Jiawen stood up for Zhang Fei. Moreover, the student also talked to Lu Jiawen. He has always supported his mentor's reform."
Wang Anshi sighed: "You are really making it more and more complicated."
Everyone has a background.
This is really a big deal.
Lu Huiqing said: "If you simply ask a landlord to pay taxes, even if you win, it will not have a deterrent effect, and your mentor will not need to take action personally."
Nancy Beiqing reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this