It was the time when the government office was released, and the officials were walking in groups of twos and threes, chatting and walking outside the imperial city. However, today they were not talking about yesterday's incident at Goulan Washe stall, but they were all talking about one thing.
That is the return of the madman Zhang San.
"Alas...that brat is back again."
"Has it been three years? Why do I feel like the tax exemption was imposed yesterday?"
"Even if it takes three years, he doesn't have to be transferred back to the capital. He can be sent to Bashu or Qiongzhou to build the public security system. He is so young and is not a Jinshi, so this requires a lot of experience."
"Why go to Qiongzhou? Most of the areas on Shaanxi Road have not yet built the public security law."
"Really? Then why bother bringing him back?"
"It seems that the rich man suggested that he go to the Legislative Council to explain some judgments."
"I heard that the officials have not revoked his official position as chief of the Shaanxi Road Court. Maybe he will have to go back some time later."
"You are overthinking this. I heard that Zhang San was transferred back this time for the sake of Qingzhou's public prosecutor's office."
"Yeah?"
"Have you not heard that Qingzhou Public Security Bureau is in trouble?"
...
At this time, two people walked out of a passing government office. They shut their mouths in unison, bowed their hands to the two people, and walked away.
These two people were Lu Huiqing and Deng Wan.
Deng Wan glanced at those people, and then said to Lu Huiqing: "Logically speaking, Zhang San rushed back quickly, and there should be traces of his whereabouts, but for the time being, there is no news at all."
Lu Huiqing knew clearly that even if he wrote to Zhang Fei and asked him to come back later, "His return may not be able to solve the problem in Qingzhou."
Deng Wan nodded and said, "It's really possible. Maybe that guy just delayed his return on purpose and didn't want to wade into this muddy water. Anyway, he has a very good relationship with Bachelor Wang."
But the public security system is also very important to him. Lu Huiqing muttered in his heart and suddenly asked: "What's the situation over there in Qingzhou?"
Deng Wan said: "It's very lively over there. It is said that the number of people who came to sue alone has reached two to three thousand, and 60 to 70% of them are related to the government. If there is really a verdict, the government must compensate .Now Fan Chunren and others are still stalling, deliberately not trying these cases, and only trying the loan shark ones.
However, they also ran into trouble, because even if the interest rate on the loan sharks was reduced to within the legal range, many people would not be able to repay it. Fan Chunren and the others could only follow Zhang San's example and stop the interest rate from rising again and let them compensate in installments, but the people would have to pay immediately. Taxes, after paying taxes and losing money, you will definitely have to borrow money to live, and the people's life will only be more miserable than before. They are riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off!"
It’s really hard to move without money. Whatever you do is wrong, and the same goes for the public security organs!
Lu Huiqing smiled and asked again: "Is there no money in Qingzhou Changpingcang?"
Deng Wan smiled and said: "How much money can Chang Pingcang have? I can't borrow it at all. Soon, there will be problems there."
Lu Huiqing said: "Then you arrange for people to talk to those big landowners and let them cause trouble. It is best to deal with them before Zhang San comes back. After all, Zhang San is still the president of the court and has a good relationship with Bachelor Sima."
Deng Wan said: "Do you still believe that Zhang San can solve the problem in Qingzhou?"
Lu Huiqing said: "It is best not to create extraneous problems. It is in our best interest to make a quick decision."
Deng Wan nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements later."
Lu Huiqing asked: "What is the situation in other prefectures and counties on Jingdong East Road?"
Deng Wandao: "The implementation of the Green Crops Law has been very smooth. This year, the finances of Jingdong East Road will definitely reach a higher level."
Lu Huiqing couldn't help but ask: "Isn't there any problem?"
Deng Wan was stunned for a moment and said sarcastically: "There are some problems, but they are not serious."
Lu Huiqing frowned and asked, "What's the problem?"
Deng Wan said: "There are some wealthy households who are dissatisfied. Some of them share some of the money for young crops, and some have to vouch for ordinary farmers. The ordinary farmers cannot pay, and in the end the government can only ask them for it."
Lu Huiqing snorted: "They usually evade so much tax, why don't they say anything? If the tax department goes, they are afraid of handing over more money. This money should be paid by them. We want to prevent it, that is, don't do it here
Sometimes, if it causes public resentment, you send a message to them and ask them to pay more attention. At this critical moment, no mistakes can be made."
"Um."
...
Court of Punishment.
"I heard that Chunren has written again."
Wen Yanbo quickly walked into the lobby and said to Sima Guang, who was deep in thought inside. Behind him were Lu Gongzhu and Fu Bi.
Sima Guang nodded, handed a letter to Wen Yanbo, and then said to Lu Gongzhu and Fu Bi who looked at him inquiringly: "The problems over there are becoming more and more complicated. Even the loan sharking case cannot be tried by them."
Already."
Fu Bi asked: "Why is this?"
Sima Guang said: "Because even if the interest is reduced, the people will not be able to pay back the money."
Lu Gong wrote: "Then follow Zhang San's judgment in Hezhong Mansion and repay it in installments."
"Even if we do that, the people will still have to borrow money to pay taxes." Sima Guang sighed, "Before the public prosecutor and the law went away, those people could hide for a while. Now after the trial by the public prosecutor and the law, the people can't even hide."
Lu Gongzhu couldn't help but ask: "Are the people in Qingzhou worse than the people in Hezhong Prefecture?"
Fu Bi stroked his beard and said, "That's not true. After Zhang San made such a judgment in Hezhong Mansion, on the one hand, he provided livelihood for those people. On the other hand, the arrival of the tax department will reduce the tax burden.
As a single tax, the people do not have to pay the summer tax, and at the same time, the new tax law has reduced the taxes paid by the local people a lot, so that they can repay it in installments."
Sima Guang nodded and said: "That's right, but there is no tax department in Qingzhou. At the same time, the livelihood provided by Zhang Fei is partly due to the construction of the Public Security Bureau, and partly due to the construction of water conservancy projects in the New Deal. However, it is all related to the salt banknotes."
Relatedly, there is no salt banknote in Qingzhou."
Several big guys looked at each other.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhang Fei was playing around in Hezhong Mansion. There was a trick in it, that is, the Public Security Bureau first provided legal guarantees for salt debts and salt banknotes, and then provided salary guarantees for ordinary people.
Once you have the money, you can help the police, procuratorates, and law.
Of course, the tax adjustment has also made the people's burden very light. If they work hard, they can still afford it. If they don't, the imperial court will enforce it.
Qingzhou Public Security Bureau had just arrived and encountered this kind of problem. At the same time, there was no time to promote Qingzhou's financial growth. The order was wrong, and naturally it made a mess.
Generally speaking, fiscal growth is still needed to allow people to gain more livelihood.
Lu Gong wrote: "Since there are no salt notes, why not give out Jiao Zi?"
Fu Bi shook his head and said: "This is tantamount to seeking fish by chance. It's not difficult to hand out jiaozi, but the difficulty is that someone has to be willing to accept it! The success of Hezhong Prefecture's salt banknotes is not only due to the public security law, but also mainly to the fact that there are people behind it.
The role of the salt pool guarantee, in which the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate plays a role, is to ensure that you can buy salt with salt banknotes at any time, but in Qingzhou, the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate cannot guarantee that Jiaozi can exchange for coins at any time."
"That's true."
Lu Gongzhu nodded and said: "The only solution for now is to reduce government expenditures as Fan Chunren said."
Sima Guang was also extremely confused.
Everyone knows the truth, but the problem is that it can’t be done!
If it was so simple, if it hadn't been done long ago, why would it have waited until now? After all, during Renzong's time, some people had already proposed the disaster of three redundancies, and in recent years, some people have been calling for it.
Wen Yanbo said: "If you want to blame it, blame it on Zhang San. He was the one who caused everything. But now he has just started. I'm afraid it's too late."
Sima Guang hurriedly said: "It's not easy for him there either. He had no plans to come back. After all, the construction of public security, security and law has not been completed in many places in Hezhong Prefecture. He must still have many things to arrange."
Fu Bi said: "Then let Chunren and the others delay for a while and let Changpingcang provide interest-free loans to those people in need."
Wen Yanbo said: "But if we want to win, it does not depend on building the local public security law, but on the fact that the public security law can increase Qingzhou's finances. But if we do this, it will inevitably affect Qingzhou's finances."
Fu Bi said: "The number of people is not large at the moment. Qingzhou's finances can still afford it. This little money will not affect anything. Apart from that, we have no other way!"
Sima Guang nodded slightly, "In accordance with Mr. Fu's wishes, I will immediately reply with a letter to Fan Chunren."
This is actually the idea of their conservatives, to revitalize Changpingcang and provide people with ultra-low interest or even interest-free loans. This is also one of the reasons why they oppose the Qingmiao Law. They believe that the interest rate of Wang Anshi’s Qingmiao Law is still too high.
High, and the lender is still the government.
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Prince's Mansion.
"hehe!"
Wang Anshi said with a smile: "I have long said that without the support of the New Deal, it will be difficult for the public security organs, prosecutors and law enforcement to move forward, but they just don't believe it. Now they are in for a good show."
Lu Huiqing said: "The students had arranged for people to go there to try to make Qingzhou more lively."
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "Very good! Don't worry, the bigger the noise, the better. I don't want to get entangled with them for too long on this matter."
Lu Huiqing said: "Students understand."
Wang Anshi asked again: "What is the situation in the other state capitals on Jingdong East Road?"
Lu Huiqing said: "Everything went very smoothly."
Wang Anshi said, "But I heard from Zhang Dun that local officials have borrowed the Qingmiao Law and corrupted the law?"
Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "It does happen, but there are only a few of them at present, and the situation is not serious. It is all done by some evil officials. In fact, situations like this are inevitable, but those people still think
Enforcing the Young Crops Law is our primary responsibility, but at present we still need to rely on those officials, and we will deal with them when the overall situation is decided."
Wang Anshi nodded slightly, "You have to be more careful and don't cause trouble at this critical moment."
"yes."
After Lu Huiqing left, Wang Anshi's expression gradually became serious. He slowly took out a secret letter from his sleeve, which was written by his brother Wang Anguo. He stared at it for a long time and said with emotion: "With Zhang
What I said is absolutely correct."
...
When Zhang Fei left Hezhong Mansion, he did not drive all night, nor did he go sightseeing. Instead, he stopped and walked, drove for a while, and then stopped to rest for two days.
After walking for more than half a month, we just arrived in Luoyang.
Here, there is a person waiting for him, it is Li Bao.
Since the weather has turned cold, there is only one small boat floating alone on the Luo River.
"Does our tax department worship wild beasts?" Zhang Fei asked when he saw Li Bao.
Li Bao was stunned for a moment, "How can President Zhang say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "It's either Brother Leopard or Brother Dog. Will there be Brother Chicken or Brother Tiger next time?"
Li Bao was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Coincidence! Coincidence! No, it's not actually a coincidence. We all come from poor families, and our parents have never read anything, so we can only choose this name."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "But these names are really suitable for our tax department. There are many people called Dog Brother and Leopard Brother, and it is easy to hide. If they are called Wang Anshi or Sima Guang, it will be really obvious."
Li Bao didn't dare to accept these words.
Zhang Fei chuckled and asked again: "What's the situation over there now?"
Li Bao said: "The situation is very bad."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei hurriedly asked: "Why is it so bad?"
Li Bao first gave an overview of the situation on Jingdong East Road, and then said: "Due to the guarantee system of the Qingmiao Law, every ten households will guarantee one household, so more and more people are dragging Qingmiao money into it, and this situation is precarious.
, we may not be able to control the situation now, and if there is a slight disturbance, big things may happen."
"It's almost the same." Zhang Fei nodded thoughtfully and said, "I asked you to arrange for someone to acquire the debt. How is the situation?"
Li Bao said: "It must be getting smoother, because many people really can't pay off these debts. It is difficult to collect these debts. Those creditors are naturally willing to sell the debts to us. At present, we are gradually
More than 100,000 yuan of debt has been collected."
Zhang Fei said: "Continue to collect, you can release all the money in your hand, try to collect small debts, and don't accept large ones. At the same time, mortgage the previously resettled fields to try to borrow more money from the government for young crops."
.But remember one thing, don’t let anyone find out.”
"I know that." Li Bao nodded.
Zhang Fei asked again: "What's the situation in Qingzhou?"
Li Bao said: "The situation in Qingzhou is actually not serious, but the local Public Procuratorate is quite dangerous, because local officials and wealthy people are secretly encouraging everyone to complain to the Public Procuratorate, but the local Public Procuratorate does not dare to give the same verdict as President Zhang.
This puts them in a dilemma now, and it also makes local people's enthusiasm for the public security organs and law enforcement agencies increasingly diminished."
Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Don't they have any countermeasures?"
"Currently they are still stalling. It seems there is no good solution." As he said that, Li Bao said flatteringly: "This will require President Zhang to go."
"Stop it."
Zhang Fei said: "I can't solve the problem even if I go, and I can't change money. It seems that I have to go back slowly."
Li Bao chuckled and said, "I'm afraid, President Zhang, you won't be able to slow down anymore."
"Why?"
"Because we heard that Bachelor Sima has been watched in Luoyang."
"real or fake?"
"It's absolutely true, someone will come to rush you soon."
.....
Sure enough, someone came to urge Zhang Fei to hurry up the next day.
It's not surprising that Sima Guang was anxious. Many people were already impeaching Fan Chunren and others. As soon as they arrived in Qingzhou, they made Qingzhou a mess. The finances continued to support them, but the public security became increasingly bad.
Because once the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate left, they were trapped by thousands of lawsuits and couldn't spare their time to improve public security. At the same time, the local government officials were slacking off, and the number of thieves became more numerous.
This also shows the role that Cao Dongdong played in Hezhong Mansion. As soon as he left, he got the support of Qin Zhongshou and others. At the same time, Zhang Fei attracted all the firepower to himself. The police station has been developing in a wretched way, slowly dealing with public security issues, that is,
This did not happen.
The officials in Qingzhou have learned a lot from their mistakes. They went against the grain and gave all kinds of support to the public prosecutors and the law. They really gave them what they asked for. But secretly, they also allocated part of the expenses of the yamen and the imperial army to the public prosecutors and the law.
Then he encouraged them to file a complaint.
It’s really one thing in front of you and another thing behind your back.
Fan Chunren could not be clear in his heart, but the key was whether he could give the people a fair judgment in court. If he could, those public security problems would be solved soon.
The hardest thing right now is not being able to give.
Although Sima Guang later sent a group of people there, they were still too busy.
Conservatives can only attack Jingdong East Road. The people are in debt and have no means of livelihood.
However, the financial growth of Jingdong East Road is very obvious. You don't need to think about it to know which way Zhao Xu will lean.
Even if you are heavily in debt, you are still getting something. Your expenses have increased a lot, but you have not seen any results!
...
Under Sima Guang's urging, Zhang Fei and his party could only travel day and night. After several days, they finally arrived at the outskirts of Bianjing.
As soon as I entered the border, I was stopped by someone.
It was Sima Guang.
"Ouch! Bachelor Sima."
Zhang Fei got off the carriage, stepped forward quickly, saluted, and looked behind Sima Guang.
Sima Guang was stunned, "What are you looking at?"
Zhang Fei said: "Isn't Bachelor Sima here to see off the young talents who are going to Hezhong Prefecture to study public security and law?"
"...?"
Sima Guang coughed twice and said with a hint of guilt: "This is not my intention to delay, I am actually thinking about you."
Zhang Fei said seriously: "I would like to hear the details."
Sima Guang glanced at him awkwardly and explained seriously: "The reason why I have no time to send people there in the future is because I want to select a group of talented people with good conduct to prevent black sheep from appearing in the police, procuratorate, and law. After all, you are alone
You can't see it in Hezhong Mansion. If you go to some people with evil intentions, your efforts may be in vain.
And people with good character, even if they make mistakes, will not undermine the public security system. In fact, this candidate has already been decided, but later I heard that you have trained a group of talents yourself, so I sent those people to Qingzhou.
.”
"So that's what happened." Zhang Fei nodded slightly, and then said: "I completely agree with what Bachelor Sima thinks."
"real?"
Sima Guang himself didn't believe it.
Zhang Fei nodded very seriously and said: "Really. For the public prosecutor, talent is only secondary, the key is rigor and character. This is also the experience I gained from Hezhong Prefecture. The students of Hezhong Prefecture's court are far less talented than Cai
Bian and others, but they can also do their job well, they just need patience and humility. Therefore, I suggest that the public prosecutor, procuratorate, and law should do the same in the selection of candidates in the future."
Seeing that Zhang Fei didn't seem to be joking, Sima Guang couldn't help but feel very relieved. He really understood Long Live. He nodded with a smile and said: "It's rare that you can think so thoroughly. I'm so relieved!"
Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "Then why is Bachelor Sima here?"
Sima Guang's expression froze, and he suddenly said excitedly: "Of course I am here to wait for you!"
"wait for me?"
Zhang Fei was immediately flattered and said: "Zhang San, how could he be so virtuous as to dare to trouble Bachelor Sima to come here to welcome him? Zhang San is really ashamed of himself!"
Sima Guang said angrily: "You still have the nerve to say, why don't you come next year?"
"Well...."
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "I didn't expect that I would be asked to come back so soon. My affairs over there have not been properly handled yet. So..."
"Okay, okay, I can't blame you!"
At this point, Sima Guang glanced around and suddenly grabbed Zhang Fei's sleeve, "Let's talk as we walk."
He just pulled Zhang Fei forward.
Xu Zhiqian could only tell Long Wu to drive the car and follow slowly.
Zhang Fei asked: "What? Is there any trouble over there in Qingzhou?"
"It's not all your fault, kid." Sima Guang snorted.
"Sima Xueshi Mingjian, my letter said that there must be a problem on Jingdong East Road, but I didn't say that the public security organs should go to Qingzhou alone!"
Zhang Fei said with an aggrieved look.
Sima Guang said: "You think I think, isn't this all forced by Wang Jiefu? Besides, if the public prosecutor, procuratorate and law can't do it without you, then is there any need to continue to implement it?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I have heard about this, but I just want to say that I cannot be blamed for Qingzhou's problems."
"It's not your fault." Sima Guang said: "Your judgment cannot be implemented at all. If Fan Chunren and others make this judgment, even if the government is willing to compensate, Qingzhou's finances will inevitably have big problems, and everyone will blame them.
It was caused by the police, procuratorate, and law, and the consequences are disastrous."
Zhang Fei said: "Sister Sima, I can only do this when I am alone there."
Sima Guang said: "I didn't say you didn't do well. On the contrary, you did very well. But other imperial courts have to follow your precedents, but the problem is that they can't do it. What's the financial situation? Don't you?
Understand how to compensate for this."
Zhang Fei frowned and said: "Actually, I also took advantage of the New Deal to achieve such success, because when Academician Yuan went there, he also pursued a foothold in Hezhong Mansion. He secretly used my judgment to unite those officials. Later I
I went to discuss it privately with him and discuss the solution to the problem first, and then I will make the decision."
There was no need to hide his affair with Yuan Jiang from Sima Guang. He had done it in the capital. He was an undercover agent. His relationship with Wang Anshi had never broken down, and Sima Guang also knew about it.
Sima Guang knew it in his heart and said: "The Qingzhou magistrate supports the public prosecutor, procuratorate and law, but the financial expenditure is so high. The removal of the public prosecutor, procuratorate and law has taken up a lot of expenses, and there is no money to compensate."
Zhang Fei said: "Actually, the key to the success of Bachelor Yuan and I is not cooperation. If Magistrate Cai cooperates with me, it will be very difficult to succeed."
Sima Guang hurriedly asked: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because Prefect Cai does not have the power to reform."
Sima Guang looked at Zhang Fei doubtfully, "Do you mean that judicial reform is really inseparable from Wang Jiefu's New Deal?"
"It's not that we can't leave, it's that we shouldn't leave."
Zhang Fei said: "Do you, Academician Sima, still remember the Legalist method and the legal method that I mentioned?"
Sima Guang nodded and said, "Of course I remember."
Zhang Fei said: "Legal law is only a part of Legalist law, and this part is only judicial power and does not involve any other matters.
In other words, judicial reform is to extract this part of power from the legalist law to form the separation of politics and law, or judicial independence. The purpose of the public prosecutors and the law is to ensure this, because the old judicial system cannot be separated from the law.
Judiciary is separated from the law of the family.
The only difference is this, the rest are roughly the same. The public prosecutor's office and the old judicial system all follow the "Song Xingtong" and seek fairness and justice.
But from the country’s perspective, this is still a whole, and none of it can be missing.”
Sima Guang frowned and said: "In other words, we lost before and mistakenly confused the legal method with the legalist method, thinking that the legal method can also solve these problems."
Zhang Fei said: "In other words, you are taking the legal method and using the legalist method. This will not only cause problems, but also destroy the legal method."
"Ouch!"
When Sima Guang slapped his forehead, he was suddenly enlightened and enlightened.
He finally understood why there were so many problems in Qingzhou City. The police, procuratorate, and law could only correct mistakes, but how to correct them was within the administrative power.
Once the public security organs and the procuratorate have administrative power, it becomes a legalist law. Those people use the legal system as a legalist law and think that the problem can be solved by relying solely on the legal system without the New Deal.
But in fact, the legal system does not have this power at all, and this is where Qingzhou's dilemma lies.
In fact, Fan Chunren was also trapped in it. He asked for the reduction of officials, which was right, but this was not something that the president of the court should consider. It was all administrative, and the president only needed to consider how to make a decision.
Zhang Fei has always adhered to this point in Hezhong Mansion, which is why, when looking at the financial report, it is all due to the New Deal.
After thinking about it, Sima Guang became even more anxious. He had already taken this step and could not take it back, so he asked: "What should we do now?"
Zhang Fei pondered for a while and said: "When I came here, I also thought that there might be only one way to break the situation."
Sima Guang hurriedly asked: "What can we do?"
"Comparing who is worse."
"What?"
"To put it simply, it's a matter of who dies first."
Zhang Fei said: "As far as I know, Qingzhou itself doesn't actually have many problems. The problems are all concentrated in the public security, procuratorate, and law, but Jingdong East Road is different. I have already said in the letter that what the officials of Jingdong East Road did was to bet all their property on the line."
If we can't hold on to this for too long, the shortcomings of the Green Seed Law will be exposed. In this way, Bachelor Wang will come to ask for help, and then we can take the opportunity to solve the problem in Qingzhou."
Sima Guang said: "But now it seems that we can no longer hold on."
Zhang Fei said: "Qingzhou is holding on without a verdict. Of course we can't hold on. Let Judge Qian and the others make the verdict. The verdict one by one will not affect the finances for the time being, but it can also gain the hearts of the people. As long as the other party has problems first, we will be stable.