The original intervention of the Procuratorate made these officials feel furious. They felt that their dignity had been insulted and their power had been suppressed.
However, it brought them fortune.
Let the unsalable salt debt begin to move.
What an irony.
Having said that, in fact, making money for the country is nothing more than two hands, power and integrity.
Of course, this power is always the foundation, and any means for the country to make money must be based on power, but integrity will be an indicator of how long this regime can last.
A regime with higher integrity will be able to last longer.
And a regime without integrity is actually not much different from a grassroots bandit.
Because when you lose your integrity, you can only use swords and guns to make money, and cannot rely on other means.
This is Zhang Fei's economic theory of public security law, and it is also an important reason for him to persuade Zhao Xu to promote public security law. In fact, Zhao Xu also wants finance, so to impress him, we must start with the economy.
Although the Public Security Bureau does not involve finance, it can bring credibility to the country, and credibility can be transformed into more benefits.
This scene is being played out in Hezhong Mansion at this very moment.
However, Wei Yingfang and the others still didn't quite believe it, and they didn't want to believe it, so they all took carriages and rushed to the Jiji Changping Division.
The promotion of the Chang Ping Division, referred to as the Cang Division, is actually to upgrade the previous Chang Ping Cang into a super financial office, and the purpose is to serve the New Deal.
The main content of this new policy is actually to intervene in private transactions, strengthen the state-owned economy, and use financial management techniques to amass more wealth for the court.
Therefore, Yuan Jiang also renovated this official office before, making Tiji Changping Division more like a shop rather than an official office.
At this moment, this transformation finally came in handy. At least it could handle multiple customers at the same time, and its efficiency was greatly improved.
When Wei Yingfang and others arrived at Changping Division, they saw a lot of people sitting inside. They were all well-known wealthy businessmen in Hezhong Prefecture. Among them, salt merchants and banknote merchants were the main ones, and there were also a large number of subordinate staff going in and out.
out.
These officials can swear to God that they have never seen such hard-working officials.
Is it because the government decided to pay them salaries?
It shouldn’t be!
The cost of distributing salaries is to reduce their additional income and even reduce their authority. There are many dissatisfied officials and they should not work harder for this.
Zhuo Qun's words suddenly made them realize.
They will receive a commission of five thousandths of it.
In other words, of the one million guan salt debt, 5,000 guan belong to them.
The key is, not many people compete with them, they can only continue to involute.
Can they not work hard?
Can you not be diligent?
Even the businessmen felt an unprecedented respect. As they talked, they didn't feel like they were in a government office, but more like they were in a shop.
"Is this a contract?"
A fat middle-aged man weighed the thick contract and said in disbelief.
A subordinate next to him said: "This is a contract. It was brought by our Bachelor Yuan from the capital. I heard that this kind of contract has been adopted in the capital, and the purpose is to cater to the public prosecutor."
"Public Procuratorate?"
The middle-aged man's eyes suddenly lit up and he asked with great interest: "Where do you start talking about this? What does this contract have to do with the public prosecutor and the law?"
The subordinate knew very well that they did not believe in the government, but believed in the public prosecutors and the law. He explained very patiently: "In the past, everyone settled these disputes privately, but since the emergence of the public prosecutors and law, everyone is more willing to go to the imperial court to litigate.
Your Excellency should also have visited the Imperial Court?"
The middle-aged man nodded vigorously.
All the wealthy businessmen in Hezhong Prefecture have been there, and basically all the common people have been there, and there are more and more of them, because at first many people were afraid of the government offices and were unwilling to get involved, but now, the trial of the imperial court
It’s just an entertainment project, go check it out when you have time.
The subordinate official added: "Because the imperial court only recognizes words in black and white, many issues must be written very clearly. If there is a dispute and a lawsuit is filed, everyone will have laws to follow.
You see, the contract also says the inheritance method. If the person who purchased the salt debt encounters an accident, who will it be passed on to? If there is no designation, then it will be calculated according to the inheritance law. If there is a designation, it will be calculated according to the designation.
You can even write multiple heirs, and when the first one cannot inherit, we will count the second one.
Also, if there is a natural disaster in Yanchi, the government can waive interest and postpone repayment. These are written very clearly. If there is a dispute, it is clear how to deal with it when you go to court."
"I see."
The middle-aged man nodded and said, "In that case, I have to read every word clearly."
"That's inevitable."
"But what should I do if I can't read?"
"You can find someone to help here. Look over there, someone hired an ear pen to help examine it."
"Shouldn't this be a dental appointment?"
"I'm not sure about this. Maybe it's because the Ya people are only concerned with business matters, but this involves laws. Many people are still more willing to find ear pens and ask more clearly to know what regulations are beneficial to them.
Ask yourself which regulations are beneficial to the government."
"That's right. Then I have to hire an ear pen to help me analyze it. This is no small business!"
"sure."
In front of the door, a subordinate official raised his hands to a father and son and said, "Congratulations to Mr. Xu for purchasing our company's salt debt."
"Same joy! Same joy!"
"Remember Xu, please remember that if there is any mistake in the salt bond contract, you can immediately bring your household registration to our company to go through the formalities to avoid unnecessary losses."
"Yes, yes, I remember it. If there is nothing else, we father and son will leave first."
"Walk slowly."
After leaving the house, the son asked his father: "Dad, did we buy it too hastily? The salt debt will expire in three years. Who knows what will happen during these three years? When the government
What should I do if I don’t accept the account?”
But the father smiled and said: "If the government refuses to accept the account, there is no difference between this year and three years, because the salt is in the hands of the government. No matter what, you have to buy salt banknotes from the government."
The son said: "But if it is salt banknotes, they can be exchanged at any time, so the risk is relatively small."
"The risk is smaller, but it has little to do with the number of years."
The father waved his hand, "It's because of the existence of the Public Security Bureau. Look at those related households in the past. Weren't they all punished by the Public Security Bureau? Didn't those officials also accept the punishment honestly? That's why so many people came to buy.
This salt debt. But if we buy a three-year debt, the profit will be much higher."
"The price is the same, how can the profit be so much higher? Does dad mean the interest?"
"You kid, you haven't made any progress in these years! Think about it, the production of salt is fixed, and it only produces so much every year. Now these million bonds are due in three years, and those who buy salt bonds
, you don’t have to be a salt merchant. When the time comes, one million pounds of salt will be locked in the salt debt. If the salt price will inevitably rise, then the salt debt will naturally rise with it. At that time, we can make a profit by directly selling the salt debt.
Besides, there is interest during this period, so the profit is much higher!"
"So that's the case. No wonder those people just now asked for repayment with salt when it is due. No one asked for repayment of coins."
"You kid just figured it out now!"
The merchants who dare to come to Hezhong Prefecture to do business all have a certain spirit of adventure. They have to face far more difficulties here than in the capital. At the same time, they are also full of opportunism.
At that time, it had only been a short time since the government issued salt banknotes, and there were people selling salt banknotes to make money.
These banknote merchants and salt merchants have long been eyeing this salt debt. They all believe that buying salt three years from now will be more profitable than buying salt now.
The reason is very simple. If you buy salt now, you don’t know how much salt the court has and how much salt it has sold. But in three years’ time, you can clearly know that one million salt sticks have been sold.
Output is constant.
The price of salt will inevitably increase in three years' time, and there will be more room for manipulation.
Because they have three years to operate the salt three years from now and raise the price. In addition, there will be interest every year. As long as the government does not default on its debts, the profit from this transaction will be even greater.
They had not come to buy before because they were calculating the risks involved.
However, with the intervention of the Procuratorate, the risk is greatly reduced, because businessmen have more trust in the Public Procuratorate.
Of course, the most crucial point is that because the government has a monopoly on salt, merchants can only buy from the government. Unless you do not do this business, otherwise, you must bear the risk.
However, the sale of salt bonds also promoted another industry, which was the bookstore in front of the imperial court.
Due to the emergence of the new contract and the large number of people involved in the salt debt, the key is that they now have to rely on the law to protect their rights and interests. The businessmen are independently looking for ear pens to help them analyze the contract of the salt debt, and now in front of the imperial court
The bookstores were all opened by Erbi from the capital. They were already familiar with this kind of contract transactions and their eloquence was very good, so the merchants also handed over other transaction contracts to the bookstores to draft.
This is really a wonderful start for a new bookstore.
This has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it has also severely affected the dental industry.
Originally, these were all jobs done by dental shops.
Obviously, today's dental industry has not kept up with the changes of the times, and their familiarity with the law is far less than that of ear pens and tea cannibals.
In fact, in many previous cases, many dental stores were also involved. They bullied the people and dominated the market and engaged in fraud. However, Zhang Fei never asked them to liquidate. His purpose was to use bookstores to slowly replace this part of the dental store's business.
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The officials have seen all this and know very well what is going on, but they will not tell the real reasons. Doesn't that prove that the public security laws are conducive to their governance.
They began to praise Yuan Jiang.
Because on the surface, it was Yuan Jiang who wanted to deal with the salt banknote lawsuit.
Wow, this trick of salt debt is really high. It can attract more people and solve the urgent needs of the government.
Anyway, there is not a word about the police, procuratorate and law.
At this moment, the imperial court really had no time to worry about these things, and had no mood to compete with them for credit. It turned out that the last time they eliminated evil seemed to have opened a Pandora's box, causing many people who had been wronged to come to complain.
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Especially those people who are exploited by the government.
Zhang Fei is also busy meeting with the Four Little King Kongs every day, but Zhang Fei still insists on one principle, that is, except for death, they only accept disputes that occurred recently, and disputes before the police, procuratorate, and law are not accepted.
In addition, Zhang Fei also gradually reduced the number of court sessions he held. In general litigation cases, he would first have a meeting with the Four Little King Kongs to study each case. Zhang Fei would set the relevant punishments and then let them go to court to hear them, so that they could experience
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"Huh?"
Zhang Fei suddenly put down the piece of paper in his hand, and found several more from the side for comparison, "Why are so many people suing this tax collector?"
Cai Jing immediately explained: "I was planning to tell the teacher about this. The contract to buy tax was signed between the household and the government last year, but the dispute occurred in early autumn this year. We don't know whether the imperial court will accept them."
lawsuit?"
"We will discuss these later."
Zhang Fei waved his hand and asked: "What does this purchase tax mean? Can any of you explain it to me carefully?"
The four little Vajras looked at each other, as if asking each other, doesn't the teacher even know this?
Xu Zhiqian on the side explained: "To put it simply, this is a tax package system. It is mainly aimed at taxation in some relatively remote areas, and it is mainly based on commercial taxes in the market. There are also some places where the government is responsible for two consecutive taxes.
All taxes are sold to merchants.
The government would set up special shopping malls and outsource the taxation of these markets to merchants. The merchants would pay a sum of money to the government on the spot to obtain the power to collect taxes, and then send people to collect taxes locally to make profits.
For the government, it can not only reduce the cost of tax collection, but also obtain sufficient tax revenue."
Ye Zuqia further added: "The villages in remote areas are very scattered. If the government specially sends people to collect them, the tax collected may not be enough for the labor cost. And because those places are too remote, the government
The local control is also insufficient. Even if we send people there, it is difficult to collect taxes. We package them and sell them to people with means to collect them. This can indeed reduce a lot of burdens on the government."
Zhang Fei nodded slightly after hearing this, "This is a good way."
Shangguan Jun immediately said: "But this is only good for the government, but not good for the people. As Dunli said just now, the taxes in those places are more uncomfortable, so those who buy these taxes are almost wealthy people. They will ask
Some scoundrels go to the local area to collect taxes. The more they collect, the more they make. As long as no lives are lost, the government hardly cares. There will inevitably be some extortion."
Cai Bian added: "The purchase system adopted by the imperial court is for the highest bidder to win. The higher the price paid by wealthy people, the more ruthless they will use to collect money from the people. And because those places have
It’s too remote, and even if something happens locally, the government may not know about it.”
Cai Jing added: "Even if they knew it, it would not affect the government's governance. Therefore, in the past, the common people could only rely on their own means to fight, but they could not resist the harassment of those rogues. Many common people suffered deeply. And
Now when they learn that the public prosecutor, procuratorate, and law will defend the interests of every common person and make decisions for the common people, they come to complain one after another."
Do you think this Song Dynasty can play? It can trade everything, even taxes can be contracted to merchants.
This really saves money and trouble.
But the people suffered and suffered greater oppression and exploitation.
Zhang Fei was deep in thought as he listened to their introduction to the purchase tax. He seemed to be calculating something. After they all finished speaking, he asked: "So do you think this is reasonable?"
Shangguan Jun immediately said: "Students think this is of course unreasonable. The government must at least abide by the law, while those wealthy people are only interested in profit and are no different from bandits."
Cai Bian said: "But unless the imperial court exempts those places from taxes, there seems to be no other way except to find ways to restrain those wealthy people, but in this way, those wealthy people will not be willing to participate in the purchase."
"Really?" Zhang Fei muttered, and suddenly asked: "How many places in Hezhong Prefecture have their taxes collected by merchants?"
"There are fifty-two places in the entire Hezhong Prefecture," Cai Jing replied.
Zhang Fei was surprised: "So many?"
Cai Jing replied: "Because there are many mountainous areas in Hezhong, many villages are almost isolated from the world."
"How much did it cost?" Zhang Fei asked again.
Cai Jing replied: "More than 20,000 strings."
"That's not a lot!"
Zhang Fei nodded, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly said to Cai Jing: "Cai Jing, go to the transportation department and ask Bachelor Yuan to come to your door."
Cai Jing nodded and said, "Yes."
Shangguan Jun said hurriedly: "How do you plan to handle these lawsuits, teacher?"
Zhang Fei said: "I plan to try this case myself, but you have to tell the Legal Aid Department that we are only counting disputes that occurred this fall, and we will not accept the rest."
Over there, Yuan Jiang learned that Zhang Fei had an appointment and came right away.
In a small house on the back mountain, the old man and the young man were sitting at the table. There was a small hot pot in the middle, which was steaming and full of aroma.
With the sale of the salt debt, the urgent need of the government has been solved. If there is an additional income of one million yuan, the previous compensation and salary paid to the officials will not be a problem.
Yuan Jiang's hanging heart was temporarily settled, so even if Zhang Fei didn't invite him, he still had to have a drink with Zhang Fei.
"Haha, President Zhang really knows things well. Many big landowners use grain to buy salt debts, and almost all of them ask for the salt to be repaid when it is due."
"It's actually not that hard to guess."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "First of all, this year is considered a good harvest year, and there are no natural disasters. The food supply is relatively sufficient, and there is no condition for food prices to rise.
Secondly, the emergence of the Green Seed Law has suppressed interest rates again. It will be difficult at least next year to make huge profits through loan sharking. Although the interest rate of 1.5 cents is still higher than the interest rate of salt bonds, it is still difficult to borrow money.
If you don’t sell too much, instead of leaving this grain in a warehouse to grow moldy, it’s better to use it to buy salt bonds. Not only can you earn interest, but you can also control the price of salt, and you can expect to make a lot of money in three years.”
"That's what happened."
Yuan Jiang nodded and said worriedly: "But if they really raise the price of salt in three years, it will cause public resentment."
The annual output of the salt pond is only three to four million salt, which is equivalent to selling one-third of the salt in advance. These salt merchants and banknote merchants are enough to control the price of salt.
Today's salt prices are not cheap to begin with. If they rise any higher, those people will not be able to afford it.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "In the contract, the imperial court only guaranteed to repay the interest every year, but there is no guarantee. The price of salt will be very high. At the same time, the Changping Division has the power to stabilize prices. The imperial court can put more salt in to stabilize the price."
Salt price.”
Yuan Jiang said doubtfully: "There must be enough salt."
Zhang Fei only said: "The imperial court will send someone to resolve this matter, so Bachelor Yuan doesn't have to worry at all."
Yuan Jiang couldn't help but look at Zhang Fei.
Decomposing salt will definitely not increase salt production. If it is necessary to mobilize salt from other places to stabilize it, then the transportation costs will also drive up the price of salt, which is meaningless.
There is only one place where salt can be used for this trick, and that is Xixia salt.
However, after Zhao Xu came to the throne, he immediately issued a fatal order not to import Xixia salt, intending to hit Xixia's economy.
It can be seen that Zhang Fei did not want to say more, so Yuan Jiang did not ask any more questions, and instead said: "But the issuance of salt bonds is actually a waste of food. Disarmament can indeed leave a lot of money, but it can only offset the current financial situation."
If it is missing, in three years' time, Hezhong Mansion's finances will be one million less. This is also a very dangerous thing. Can tax revenue alone increase so much in three years?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The current scale of tax revenue in Hezhong Prefecture will definitely not be able to make up for it, but as the ancients said, if you sow melons, you will get melons, if you sow beans, you will get beans, and if you sow taxes, you will get taxes!"
"Is there any tax for planting?"
Yuan Jiang couldn't help but be stunned, "How to collect this tax?"
Zhang Fei said: "This one million yuan is enough to pay the salary of the officials and the compensation of the soldiers, and there will be a lot of money left. This money can be used to build water conservancy and roads, build water conservancy, increase the yield per mu, and build roads.
It makes it easier for business travelers to do business, and in this way, more tax revenue can be generated, which is called taxation. At the same time, Chang Pingsi can also do business, trade goods, and borrow money."
Yuan Jiang said: "Actually, the construction of water conservancy and roads is also stipulated in the Green Crops Law, but can this be used to generate a tax of one million?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Yes."
Yuan Jiang was surprised: "Why are you so sure?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "On a wide and flat road, you can run very fast even if you drive with your eyes closed, but on a narrow and rugged mountain road, no matter how skilled you are, there is still a risk of falling off the cliff.
The Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate have expanded and paved the way. Any policy implemented by the government has achieved ten times or even a hundred times the effect of the previous one. Coupled with the arrival of the tax department, it is absolutely possible to produce one million yuan in tax revenue in three years.
Even if it is a little less, it can be made up by re-issuing salt banknotes and salt bonds."
Yuan Jiang stroked his beard and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his glass and said, "I'll wait and see."
Before, he might not have believed it, but now, he just feels very much looking forward to it.
After talking about this matter, Yuan Jiang asked again: "By the way, why did you invite me here today?"
Zhang Fei said: "Buy the tax."
Yuan Jiang was stunned for a moment and immediately asked: "Are there any people coming to complain?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "It seems that Bachelor Yuan also knows this situation."
Yuan Jiang sighed: "How could I not know? But there is no way. If the court sends people to collect taxes every year, the taxes may not be enough to offset the cost, and it will cause a lot of trouble. It is thankless!"
Zhang Fei said: "But if this continues, it will affect our Public Security Bureau. A group of scoundrels will go to collect taxes. You can imagine what will happen in the process. If our Public Security Bureau cannot make decisions for those people, the authority of the Public Security Bureau will be greatly reduced. Therefore, I
It has been decided that the matter will be heard in court."
Yuan Jiang said: "But this lawsuit may damage the prestige of the government again. The previous ban lawsuit has already caused dissatisfaction among the officials. You are doing it again now. It is really like adding fuel to the fire. Then I will also
It’s not easy to appease.”
Even though he is tough-talking, he always obeys the imperial court's decision every time. The officials are already holding back their anger. If the frequency is too fast, he will be in trouble!
If he tries to give in again, he might let them see it.
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Scholar Yuan, there is no need to appease them. This time, let them let them have their way. We always cooperate inside and outside, coaxing them is not the same thing. The law is very serious and everyone should abide by it."
, so it is also time to let those officials know that if they lose this lawsuit, then they must be responsible for it."
Yuan Jiang was startled and asked: "Are you sure?"
Zhang Fei nodded confidently.
Yuan Jiang asked again: "Will that have an impact on the finances? The buyout system can alleviate considerable financial pressure."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Don't worry, Bachelor Yuan, it won't happen, because the Taxation Department will solve these problems, and I also plan to use this lawsuit to welcome the arrival of the Taxation Department."
Yuan Jiang said: "Isn't the tax department arriving only next year?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I have asked them to try to arrive by the end of this year."