In the end, Wang Anshi is more inclined to Legalism. He still hopes to eliminate all dissatisfaction with an iron fist. He is not here to show off his power. He is just going to beat Xiangguo Temple. If you dare to do this again next time, then I will not stay.
Any affection.
In Zhang Fei's view, as long as the other party does not use illegal means to target him personally like Wang Wenshan and Wang Hong, then he will not easily use killing moves. He must follow the rules in everything and cannot act recklessly.
Because if he didn't follow the rules, he might have died in Dengzhou Prison.
He firmly adheres to this concept.
Although Xiangguosi's behavior is annoying, it is done within the rules and there is nothing wrong with it. Besides, Zhang Fei has to continue to cooperate with Xiangguosi, who is the largest financial backer of the charity foundation.
Not long after Wang Anshi left, Xu Zhiqian walked in. Today she was dressed as a man, with a tall and heroic figure. She looked around and said, "Huh? I heard that Bachelor Wang is here?"
"Just left."
Zhang Fei asked again: "How is the situation outside?"
Xu Zhiqian sat down and said: "Currently, there have been no changes among the rural households, because they took advantage of the low food prices and exchanged all the coins in their hands for food. Although now everyone no longer hoards coins.
, but because they lack the means to earn coins, they still lack coins in their hands."
This woman couldn't sit still at home, so she returned to her job and was responsible for the Legal Aid Department and charity matters.
Zhang Fei nodded slightly and asked Xu Zhiqian: "What are your plans?"
Xu Zhiqian thought for a while and said: "I heard that there are still a large number of police uniforms to be made at the police station. Before, we only found citizens, but the citizens have many ways to make money. I hope that the police uniforms can be made
Give it to those rural households to do it."
Zhang Fei said thoughtfully: "We can directly decide on the police uniforms donated by the charity foundation, but for the rest, Sinong Temple has to allocate funds. I will discuss it with them then. I believe this problem is not big."
At the same time, I thought in my mind, this Sinong Temple has collected so much money, it has to be spent!
But then I thought about it, it might not be that easy. Wang Anshi also needed money for his reform. He wanted to manage finances for the country, which required principal.
Xu Zhiqian lowered her voice and said: "This problem is not trivial. You'd better test it first, but don't rush into it."
Zhang Fei asked curiously: "Why?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "This is a lot of money. Maybe Sinong Temple has already made arrangements. I'm not saying that the Han Temple Committee is corrupt. It's just that in the past, the officials of the government would use it to take care of those who didn't have money."
An official with a salary."
"That's it!"
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "When I talk to Han Si, I will take the initiative to mention this, so as not to make it difficult for him."
Although this is against the rules, there is no other way. Those officials hope to make money by doing this kind of work. If the superiors do not give these tasks to them, then they will not work hard.
Xu Zhiqian added: "In addition to police uniforms, there are also movable type workshops and football leagues."
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment and said: "The rural households can't do these jobs, right? These are all technical jobs!"
Xu Zhiqian said: "Technical work can be left in the workshop, but some basic crafts can be left to the villagers, such as making the pig sacs for footballs. These can be washed by the villagers first.
If it is dried, there is also the soil from the movable type workshop. They may not be able to carve words, but they can still make the soil into squares."
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Yes, it can, but how many people can it help?"
"I can help anyone who can."
Xu Zhiqian added: "Moreover, since the royal police established a foothold in the countryside, it has become more convenient for people to do business with the countryside."
"Yes, increasing connections with the countryside can also make rural households rely more on the Royal Police."
Zhang Fei nodded and said to Xu Zhiqian: "Okay, you can make a detailed plan first. After all, this has to be discussed with Fan Zheng."
Xu Zhiqian nodded happily.
Nowadays, writing plans is really her strong point. After all, she helps Zhang Fei write various articles every day. Although her artistry has not improved at all, her professionalism has greatly improved.
"Third brother!"
Li Si suddenly walked in. He looked around first and saw that no one else was there. Then he whispered: "Third brother, the officials want you to enter the palace."
Xu Zhiqian frowned and said, "Did something happen?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I guess they summoned me to the palace for a celebration banquet. This time the official family will also make a lot of money."
Xu Zhiqian looked startled and whispered: "Don't say such nonsense, be careful as this wall has ears."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.
Zhao Xu is undoubtedly the biggest winner in this incident. The success of the tax exemption has also initiated the reform of the clan. The key is that he himself has made a lot of money.
It’s so delicious!
We must invite Zhang Fei, our confidant, into the palace to celebrate.
"Haha, a small salt banknote can easily resolve this money shortage crisis and make me feel bad. It's so happy! I'd like to toast you."
Zhao Xu raised his glass to Zhang Fei generously.
Zhang Fei raised a glass to greet him, drank it all, put down the glass, but there was not much joy on his face, and said: "The official family is overly praised. In fact, it is only possible to win this time because of one thing."
Zhao Xu asked: "Which point?"
"It's the salt policy."
Zhang Fei explained: "If the salt policy had not been completely controlled by the imperial court, we would not have been able to win easily. It is true that even this clever woman cannot make a meal without straw!"
Zhao Xu nodded slightly.
Zhang Fei added: "The officials may not make trouble for the time being, but that doesn't mean they will give up. As long as the court wants to tax them, they will definitely come back.
But now the imperial court only has less than 10% of the official land. In terms of coins, the imperial court cannot compete with the people. The only thing the imperial court has in its hands is the salt administration, which it has complete control over. It must manage the salt administration well."
Since salt banknotes are directly linked to salt, Zhang Fei knew very well that the imperial court would definitely continue to issue salt banknotes. As long as it was reasonable, it could promote business development, and securities were also a kind of currency.
But if the salt policy is not managed well, this strategy will not work until the proliferation of illegal salt.
"I also know this."
Zhao Xu looked dignified and said quite seriously: "Actually, the salt policy is more related to the situation in the northwest. A large part of the military expenditures of the northwest border states comes from the Jiezhou Salt Policy; in addition, there is also the salt tea trade with Xixia. Whenever the salt policy comes out,
The problem is that there is bound to be chaos in the northwest border, and I often have a headache because of it."
Why the salt solution is so important is not that only Jiezhou produced salt in the Northern Song Dynasty, nor is the salt output very funny, but because the salt solution is directly related to the finances of the border states and is closely related to the trade of Xixia.
Almost every time Xixia fought with the Northern Song Dynasty, it was because of salt, while the conflict with the Liao Kingdom was because of territory.
Because the green and white salt of Xixia is good and cheap, it only costs four cents a pound to sell it to the border. This is the main financial income of Xixia. After all, there is not much arable land in Xixia and it is all Gobi. As long as the Song Dynasty prohibits salt trade with Xixia
, then there will definitely be a war.
It can be seen that the Song Dynasty actually took the initiative with regard to Xixia. If the emperor did not want to fight, he would be more relaxed. Xixia would also be more relaxed, but if he wanted to fight, he would immediately tighten it.
Zhao Xu has always regarded Xixia as if he had something stuck in his throat. If he doesn't spit it out quickly, he will definitely beat him. Therefore, since he came to the throne, he has been slowly tightening the salt tea trade with Xixia. Therefore, the people in the border states completely need to rely on salt.
It is provided by decomposed salt. If there is no decomposed salt, it can only be imported from Xixia.
It failed several times because the people in the border states rebelled. The imperial court cut off the cheap salt from Xixia and did not provide cheap salt. The people had to ask, what was the point of attacking Xixia?
It was Fan Xiang, Xue Xiang and the others who solved this problem.
Once there is a problem in Jiezhou, it will affect both the border and the interior.
Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Fei again and said: "Therefore, I also hoped to go to the northwest to build a good public security law."
The success of the tax exemption made him look at the Public Security Bureau in a different light. He also hoped that the Public Security Bureau and the Law could help him govern the northwest and prepare for the war.
Zhang Fei said: "But there are border troops in the northwest, and many of them have been passed down from generation to generation. They have their own military laws. How should the public security organs and the procuratorate deal with them?"
Zhao Xu didn't know how to get along, but he also saw that Zhang Fei was a little shaken, so he said: "What do you think, I will try my best to support you."
He said try his best, not try his best.
It can be seen that he is also afraid.
Zhang Fei suddenly asked: "What do the officials think those generals are most afraid of?"
Zhao Xu was silent for a while and said with a smile: "You should be most afraid of the censor's impeachment."
Zhang Fei asked again: "Why?"
Zhao Xu just looked at him with a smile without saying a word.
Why the military generals were afraid of impeachment by the imperial censor was because the emperors of the Song Dynasty were very afraid of their generals. Usually if there was any trouble, the emperor would take action.
But you can’t say these words!
Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "The reason why I ask this is because I think that under this system, many military generals were framed by civilian officials, which ultimately caused the Song Dynasty to lose good generals."
Zhao Xu hesitated for a while, then said in a subtle and euphemistic way: "Our dynasty has always used civil servants to control military affairs, and most civilian officials impeach military generals mostly because military generals disobey orders, so..."
He didn't finish what he said, but by being able to say this to Zhang Fei, he already trusted Zhang Fei very much.
Why do civilian officials suppress military generals? This is why civilian officials construct charges and frame military generals. In fact, the core essence is the dispute between civil and military officials. If military generals do not obey orders, civilian officials will immediately fabricate charges to impeach them.
When the emperor judges whether the accusation is false, he often does not only consider the evidence, but starts from the rule. The system is to control the military with civility. If you don't listen to him, you may not listen to me. Then do I still dare to use you?
This cannot be relaxed at all.
The so-called "false accusation" may not be a false accusation in the eyes of the emperor.
After all, the emperor's perspective is different from everyone else's. He stands tallest.
Of course, the emperors of the Song Dynasty actually killed relatively few generals. Most of them just gave you a sinecure and asked you to go home and stay.
Zhang Fei said: "But this often makes the easy victory slip away from the hands, and also makes the generals fearful."
Zhao Xu asked directly: "Do you have the best of both worlds?"
Zhang Fei said: "I'm wondering if this can be used to introduce public security laws?"
Zhao Xu frowned and asked, "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "If the Public Security Bureau wants to gain a foothold in the northwest, the first thing to do is to suppress those troops. But you can't defeat them by force, so you can only make them accept the Public Security Law by using both kindness and power.
If they are not afraid of impeachment by civilian officials, then why not set up a military imperial court..."
Zhao Xu was surprised and said: "Military Imperial Court?"
"good!"
Zhang Fei nodded, "As the name suggests, this military court is dedicated to hearing all cases related to the military. What military generals fear most is civilian impeachment. If the military generals can get a fair trial, I believe they will be willing to accept it."
Zhao Xu frowned and said: "But there is military law in the army, won't the two conflict?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "As far as I know, the current military law is composed of laws and disciplines. Once a military imperial court is established, the legal part will be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. For example, deserters, leaking secrets, etc.
Criminal acts, whether by generals or soldiers, must be handed over to the imperial court for trial, and officials can also use the imperial court to check and balance the army.
In this way, it will not only allow the public security, procuratorate, and law to gain a foothold in the northwest, but it will also provide our army with combat effectiveness."