Chapter 557: The First Battle of Three Redundancies (10)
"What is Mr. Su Xiao thinking?"
When he came out of the Transportation Department, Zhang Fei saw that Su Che was silent and couldn't help but ask.
Su Zhe was startled for a moment, turned his head to look at him, and said, "I was thinking, what you just said is indeed very harsh at first sight, but if you think about it carefully, it actually makes sense."
He said thoughtfully, "Actually, what we did was not excessive, we just corrected their mistakes, but why is it so difficult?"
Zhang Fei asked back: "What do you think of Mr. Su Xiao?"
Su Zhe pondered for a while and said: "I think it is responsibility. Everyone knows the problem, but everyone knows the stakes involved, so no one dares to take up this responsibility. They can only muddle along, make small repairs, and use their own
Career comes first.”
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Before Bachelor Wang, you can say that."
Su Che laughed and said, "Scholar Wang did not face the problem head-on, but found another way."
Wang Anshi did play a roundabout way. To be honest, Sima Guang's cost-cutting policy was indeed a fundamental solution. The problem was the three redundancies, which had to be eliminated no matter what. However, Sima Guang only hit the nail on the head with his words.
If it's not a matter of day and night, can Zhao Xu pay attention to him?
Zhang Fei said: "Finding another way is just a means to solve the problem."
Su Che said with a smile: "But Wang Xueshi's method only looks beautiful. Let's take the Qingmiao Law. The government provides money and lends it to the people, but even good people will inevitably use it indiscriminately, and those who repay overdue will be
, there must be many. State and county government agencies have to spend manpower and material resources to press for rent and debt. If they all act in accordance with the law, they will only lose more than they gain."
The reason why he left the Ordinance Department of the Second Government was because he insisted on the green seedling law and quarreled with Lu Huiqing every day. Wang Anshi was also unhappy with him, but he was arranged by the emperor, otherwise, he would have been kicked out long ago.
Zhang Fei said: "I think the reason why these problems cannot be solved is because everyone is blaming, but no one stands up and thinks of ways to solve these problems."
How could Su Zhe not hear his sarcasm? He was dissatisfied and said: "The real solution is to always close the warehouse. Sell when the price is high, buy when the price is low, stabilize prices, and provide help to the people in normal times.
Only in this way can the people gain stability and the phenomenon of usury can be effectively reduced.
I mentioned to Academician Wang several times that we should pay more attention to the Cangping Law and not replace it with the Green Shoot Law, but he ignored it because his purpose was to make money for the country rather than sincerely serving the people."
Zhang Fei said: "What Scholar Wang wants is to kill two birds with one stone."
Su Zhe glanced at him and did not argue with him. He would never support it anyway, and instead said: "But now it seems that judicial reform can solve the problem better. Judging from this matter, our public prosecutors can supervise those
Officials face the problem head-on, and those officials can also use our public prosecutors and the law to take action without fear of taking unnecessary responsibilities. After all, these responsibilities can be passed on to us."
In fact, when he was initially transferred to the Procuratorate, he had no choice but to do so because he and Wang Anshi could not work together. They were different and did not work together.
In his view, this is just a transition.
But after this incident, he found that judicial reform could effectively solve Sima Guang's worries.
In fact, the imperial court does not lack capable ministers and officials, such as Fan Xiang and Xue Xiang. They are very capable. But the problem is that this affects the interests of too many people. They cannot bear the responsibility of this personnel. They are impeached every day. Who will be punished?
Come on.
Now that the Public Security Bureau can point out this problem and force the government to solve it, capable officials no longer need to fear being impeached. We are also forced to do so.
Now he is becoming more and more interested in this job.
Although politics and law are separated, they can influence each other.
.......
However, many officials have not yet understood this level. In their view, this kind of behavior of the public prosecutors and law can only be described in one word.
Shameless!
Do you really know how difficult it is to stand and talk without back pain?
Who doesn’t know that arrears and the deduction of military pay are bad, but if it were to be easily solved, they would still wait for you to tell them, just because it is not easy to solve!
You just point out the problem without providing a solution.
If it’s not shameless, then what is it?
What's even more shameless is that Zhang Fei really means this.
This is your responsibility, not mine. If you can't solve it, tell the court and ask someone else to solve it.
Having said that, Wang Shao and Guo Kui are definitely not willing.
You can never tell the emperor that I am incompetent and cannot even meet the most basic requirements.
If you say so, your official career will definitely end here.
Then they have only one choice before them.
to solve problems.
...
Wei Mansion.
"What?"
Liang Youyi opened his eyes angrily, "You put your hot face on someone's cold butt, and you are despised by others. How can you stand it?"
He had already been enjoying his old age, but this time Zhang Fei was so angry that he couldn't sleep for several nights. He regarded it as a great shame and humiliation.
But he didn't dare to run to confront Zhang Fei on his own, and he also wanted to fight against Zhang Fei behind his back.
But now that I heard that the government planned to cooperate with the imperial court, I was ridiculed again by Zhang Fei, who almost fainted.
Revenge is far away!
He Chunlin said anxiously: "Even Wang Jinglue and the others can't do anything about that kid?"
Wei Yingfang waved his hands and said: "You all calm down first. We have far underestimated the imperial court's support for the public prosecutor and the judiciary. The disarmament issue has been going on for more than ten years, but there has been no movement. Then the procuratorate submitted a memorial, and the imperial court immediately decided to disarmament.
If we continue to run rampant like this, we may really be arrested by the imperial court and imprisoned."
After Wang Shao's reprimand, they also realized the power of the public security organs.
Liang Youyi's face turned red, "Are we just going to let a kid with a dirty mouth bully us?"
Wei Yingfang said: "Let's take a look again, but we must not be rash on this matter anymore. Now we have to get things done first. Otherwise, the court will only blame us for our incompetence, but not Zhang San and Su."
Ziyou."
At this point, he sighed, "We should never, absolutely should not, threaten the public security organs with illegal things. This is their authority. Alas... This is really coming to your doorstep to be slaughtered!"
Cao Yi, who has always advocated confrontation with the imperial court, could not help but feel a little scared at this time, "I am angrier than everyone else, but at this moment, we must judge the situation. If we continue to fight, we will be the ones injured."
This time it really scared them.
They all put down their dignity and took the initiative to invite Zhang Fei to come over for discussion. Moreover, Wang Shao and Guo Kui presided over the meeting. As a result, Zhang Fei treated them indiscriminately, which made them lose face.
If you still can't see the situation clearly, wouldn't you be stupid?
If this disarmament thing is messed up, who will die?
The key point is that Wang Shao and Guo Kui will not go crazy with them. They have risen rapidly in the officialdom and will not gamble their career with the police, prosecutors and law.
At this moment, a swordsman came into the room and handed a notice to Wei Yingfang.
When Wei Yingfang saw it, he couldn't help being shocked, "They are serious about it!"
"What's true?" Tang Zhongwen was like a frightened bird.
Wei Yingfang said: "The imperial court has just issued a notice to improve the lending regulations."
"So fast?"
Everyone stood up excitedly and gathered around.
You must know that many of the people sitting here are big landowners in Hezhong Prefecture. The reason why they are sitting here now is because they heard that the imperial court wants to improve the lending regulations.
Generally speaking, the imperial court did not change the regulations of the "Song Xingtong".
It just unifies some previous conflicting regulations and edicts.
For example, in the miscellaneous orders of "Song Xingtong", it is stipulated that "those who use property for public or private purposes shall be allowed to do so according to private contracts, and the officials will not be responsible. The monthly profit shall not exceed six cents, and even if the accumulated days are large, it shall not exceed
Double."
In other words, the interest rate of 72% per year cannot exceed double no matter how long it lasts.
But later both Zhenzong and Renzong issued edicts, both with four points and five points.
This time the imperial court set a profit of five points.
He also quoted an edict issued during the Zhenzong period, "The people have to pay interest and have no right to take away their land and cattle and livestock to pay for it."
You cannot use interest money to seize farmers' fields and cattle.
Another thing is to improve the debt collection regulations of the "Song Xingtong" and make sure that creditors are strictly prohibited from taking the debtor's property privately and using his body as a pledge.
At this point, officials are responsible.
In the face of non-repayment, you must go to court to resolve the matter. The imperial court has the responsibility to ask for legal interest from the creditor.
In addition, the guarantee law remains unchanged, but it is not allowed to force others to guarantee or force others to borrow money.
None of this matters.
They all know these regulations.
The most important thing is one of the regulations and one of the lending principles.
The regulation is that interest must be calculated based on the current market price of the loaned item. No matter what is repaid, it must be calculated based on this price.
As for the latter principle, it is the principle of consistency between official and private officials.
Previously, the punishment regulations were different when you owed money to the government and to private individuals.
If you owe money to the government, it may be confiscated directly, but if you owe it to a private person, the government's punishment method is moth punishment. If you don't pay back, you will be given a beating. If you don't pay back, no matter how hard it is, if you still don't pay back, then...then you can solve it yourself.
But if you owe it to the government, it may be confiscated directly, or you may even be imprisoned.
It's exactly the same now.
This made those big gentry mad.
No compromise!
We have to do it!
The only way for landlords to develop is through land annexation, and the most common method is through lending.
Although these regulations have existed before, but currently, it seems that this imperial court is really good at arresting people, and it is unlikely that they will turn a blind eye or close one.
Aren’t you blocking our development path?
"As expected."
Guo Xiaofa suddenly stroked his beard and said.
Wei Yingfang asked: "Why did Guo Tixing say this?"
Guo Xiaofa said: "Have you ever heard of the Green Crops Law that Wang Jiefu will promulgate?"
Some people nodded.
But there are also some people who don't know why.
Cao Yi immediately explained to them.
Guo Xiaofa added: "It is said that many ministers in the DPRK support the Public Security Law, hoping that the Public Security Law can fight against the Qingmiao Law. Now it seems that this is indeed the case!"
"No."
He Chunlin said in confusion: "It seems to me that the Public Security Bureau is laying the foundation for the Youth Law."
Guo Xiaofa said: "That's not important. The consistency between public and private is the most important thing. In other words, the government cannot force them to guarantee or lend money, nor can they confiscate people's property at will. The purpose of Wang Jiefu's reform is to make money for the country.
Under such regulations, can Qingmiaofa still make money?"
When Cao Yi heard this, he had an idea: "In that case, why don't we add fuel to the fire?"
Wei Yingfang asked: "How to add it?"
Cao Yidao: "Let's lend money at a lower interest rate. Anyway, public and private matters are the same. As long as we don't break the law, we can bring the conflict to the imperial court and let Wang Jiefu go to the imperial court to hold him accountable."
A gentleman snorted: "You are speaking lightly. Is there no risk in lending? Do you think it is easy to collect debts? Who is willing to lend money with such a low interest rate?"
Qingmiao Law's monthly interest rate is two cents, and the annual interest rate is 24%. They are now lending at a minimum of double.
The gap is too big.
Cao Yi said, "We don't dare to let go, and the government doesn't dare to let it go either. Our low interest rates are only for those who are able to repay. As long as the government finds us trouble, then we will go to the imperial court to appeal. If Wang Jiefu's reform
If he fails, he will definitely not spare Zhang San."
Wei Yingfang nodded frequently and said: "I think this method is feasible. We can't fight with the imperial court over illegal matters, but this matter is absolutely legal, so we don't need to be afraid. Let them fight, and wait until they both lose.