Chapter 687: The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesnt stop
Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger!
This sentence is absolutely very true, and the reason is that the emperor has supreme power, but the emperor is an ordinary person, not a god without emotions. It is impossible to control his emotions all the time, as long as his emotions fluctuate slightly.
, maybe a small life was lost.
This is Li Shimin. In his early and middle period, the most enlightened period, he accidentally killed loyal ministers. Although he realized his mistake immediately later, he could not be resurrected after death.
Those who believe in the emperor will basically not end well.
Zhang Fei adopts a candid strategy when dealing with Zhao Xu. I will tell you all about the stakes and consequences, and you can choose for yourself.
Even though Zhao Xu agreed to sacrifice part of his power, Zhang Fei did not dare to entrust him with anything. He was still very cautious and asked the emperor what he thought first, because the emperor could not keep his words, and you don't know what he was thinking.
Of course, this also reflects from the side that the rule of law is valuable.
After coming out of the palace, Zhang Fei did not go back to the procuratorate, but went home directly because he knew that Xu Zun would be waiting for him at home.
Sure enough, when he returned home, Xu Zun was sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea with a furrowed brow.
"What did the officials say?"
Seeing Zhang Fei, Xu Zun asked.
Zhang Fei said: "The officials need to find out the situation first, but our procuratorate also needs to send people to investigate to avoid exposing the truth in the future."
Xu Zun nodded and asked: "Then what do you think of this case?"
Zhang Fei said: "One of the biggest doubts about this is why the sailors fled en masse. If these sailors were deserters, then why should they report the matter? Shouldn't Cheng Fang directly appeal to the court for such a big matter? It can be seen from this
There must be something unknown.
I guess it must have been Cheng Fang's improper enforcement of the law that caused the sailors to flee, so he didn't dare to speak out. The other party's confidential letter seemed to sue Cheng Yi, but in fact it was to sue Cheng Fang.
It’s just that the other party wants our procuratorate to do this, so as to sow discord between the public prosecutor and the government.”
Xu Zun nodded and said: "You think the same as me. In fact, the other party is not trying to hide it. He knows that we will soon find out what is going on, but it will still give us a headache. Because once eunuchs are involved, this kind of thing will happen.
Very tricky.”
Zhang Fei asked: "Have you never punished eunuchs before?"
"Of course there have been punishments. But almost all of them were ordered by officials themselves."
Saying that, Xu Zun suddenly looked around, and said to Zhang Fei: "You have to remember one thing, eunuchs are not unkillable, it's just that the officials must do it themselves.
Because eunuchs represent imperial power, you can only accuse them, but you cannot decide their life or death. Therefore, it is also taboo to try eunuchs according to law!"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zun asked again: "If the officials want to protect Cheng Fang, what will you do?"
"I can....!"
Zhang Fei glanced toward the backyard and saw that Xu Zhiqian was not eavesdropping, so he said: "Of course I will stand on the official side."
Xu Zun was stunned and looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.
Zhang Fei said hey: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law is not as principled as Bachelor Sima and others. If the officials don't agree, then there is nothing we can do, so why put ourselves in danger."
When it comes to dealing with imperial power, he does his best and obeys destiny. If the emperor doesn't agree, he will never force it.
Xu Zun Fusu chuckled and said: "This surprises me, but if you think so, I feel relieved."
Uprightness depends on everything. In a feudal society, it would be crazy to go directly to the emperor.
Bao Zheng only dared to target the emperor's relatives and did not dare to target the emperor directly.
Xu Zun asked again: "Then what do you plan to do next?"
Zhang Fei said: "Just conduct a normal investigation and don't take it too seriously. Since the secret complaint was filed against Cheng Yi, let's investigate Cheng Yi. It would be best if we delay it for some time and let the officials think it through first.
We will decide what to do after everyone has carefully considered it, so that no one will regret it."
Xu Zun nodded, "I'll leave this case to you."
He was a little worried at first, but seeing that Zhang Fei was so unprincipled, he felt relieved.
You can't go against the imperial power.
At this moment, I suddenly heard Niu Beiqing's rough voice coming from outside the door, "Mr. En Xiang, Mr. Sima is here."
Weng and son-in-law were startled at the same time.
Xu Zun asked: "Is he here for this matter?"
"I have no idea."
Zhang Fei shook his head, "If not, should we tell him?"
Xu Zundao: "Let's not talk about it for the moment. I am the one who makes the decision in this procuratorate. Whether I say it or not, he will not blame you."
Zhang Fei nodded.
When he spoke, Sima Guang had already arrived in the courtyard, "Your father-in-law is here."
Seeing that his tone was relaxed, it didn't seem like he was here for this matter.
The three of them bowed to each other, and Xu Zun asked Sima Guang to sit down.
Sima Guang did not beat around the bush and said straight to the point: "Zhang San, regarding the cooperation between the Taxation Department and your firm, was it you who facilitated it?"
Sima Guang also knew the relationship between the Tax Department and Zhang Fei quite well.
It turned out that he was here for this matter. Zhang Fei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately replied: "It was the Taxation Department who found me and I gave this suggestion."
Sima Guang frowned and said: "The Taxation Department is a government agency, and taxation is the top priority of the country. How can you suggest that the Taxation Department cooperate with the firm? Where do you want to set up the third department?"
Xu Zunzhi nodded: "Whoever says it's not the case? I was still teaching him a lesson just now."
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "This... this can only be blamed on the failure of the Third Division, then... then who can be blamed?"
"???"
Sima Guang opened his eyes wide and said: "The three divisions are not up to expectations?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "According to what the Taxation Department said, the accounts provided to them by the three departments in recent years have never been all correct, and are full of errors and omissions. The most important thing is that they are too slow. The same accounts are submitted.
There is a difference of one month between the calculation by the lawyer and the calculation by the third party."
"A month?"
Sima Guang opened his mouth.
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "What the law firm can calculate in one day, it takes a month for the third division to calculate."
"How can this be?"
Sima Guang closed his mouth and said: "Everyone has the same algorithm, why is it one month different?"
Zhang Fei explained: "The algorithms are also different. The key is that the human power is very different."
Sima Guang asked: "How many accounting offices does your lawyer have?"
Zhang Fei said: "There are currently more than 1,500 accounting offices in the capital."
"How...how much?"
"More than fifteen hundred." Zhang Fei replied.
Sima Guang was shocked and said: "You have so many accountants?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because the firm's calculation business is so extensive, it has involved hundreds of thousands of people, and it also helps businesses such as Baifanlou and charity foundations calculate taxes, so it needs so many accounting offices."
Sima Guang suddenly became depressed. He had never seen a counting house of this size.
This really doesn't compare.
You kid is so cruel.
The key is that the tax calculation business is too buggy. If you can make money, you can certainly support so many people.
Zhang Fei added: "This is actually not the key, because the procedures for the three departments are complicated, and you have to wait for more than ten days at most before the calculation starts, and then you have to go through the procedures of several government agencies, and the affairs
So there won’t be so many complicated procedures.”
Sima Guang said: "How come I have never heard that the third division is too slow to calculate taxes before?"
Zhang Fei said: "That was just in the past. The current tax system requires that accounts be produced as soon as possible without making mistakes, because after the tax department collects the taxes, they will immediately prosecute the tax evaders, and in this step, accurate accounts are required.
, otherwise, you may lose the lawsuit.
At the same time, the Taxation Department has also considered that if it is left to the Third Division to calculate and something goes wrong, the Taxation Division will still be responsible, and the Third Division will not care. However, if it is an office, the office will bear part of the responsibility and compensate the Taxation Division.
"
Sima Guang then nodded to express his understanding.
Normally, the three divisions would calculate, a little less, a little more, a little longer, and the third division would finally come out with the accounts. Even if there was a difference of two or three months, no one would care. But it is different now. You have to use these accounts to sue in court.
If it is not accurate, it is very likely that you will lose the lawsuit. If it takes too long, there may also be problems.
To put it simply, the three companies cannot keep up with the pace of the Taxation Department and the Public Security Bureau.
It can also be seen that the emergence of the Public Security Bureau is not only changing the judicial system, but also making all industries more standardized and professional.
Not only are the number of accounting offices in the Taxation Department increasing, but also those in Baifanlou and Majia Jiekupu, while only the number of accounting offices in the government is decreasing.
This man walked to higher places and the water flowed to lower places. Many officials in the government were poached by the merchants.
Xu Zun asked: "Jun Shi, are many people in the court talking about this matter now?"
Sima Guang nodded and said: "But no one thought that Sansi would be inferior to a law firm in settling accounts. Sigh..."
Xu Zun asked again: "What should we do?"
Sima Guang said: "I'll go and inquire first to see if the Third Division is really that miserable. If so, there's nothing we can do about it."
After saying that, he asked Zhang Fei: "But if the national accounts are left to private individuals to calculate, will it reveal secrets?"
Zhang Fei said: "First of all, there is a confidentiality agreement. Secondly, taxation is a public account and is disclosed to the public, making it difficult to falsify."
Sima Guang nodded.
Xu Zun suddenly asked: "By the way, Jun Shi, have you told the officials about the reform of the Judicial Office?"
Sima Guang said: "I have already written a memorial, but there has been no response yet. This kind of matter involves many government agencies, so we cannot rush it. Moreover, in the capital, with us here, we will not undermine the system of public security, prosecution and law."
Xu Zun nodded and said, "That's true."
...
After sending Sima Guang away, Zhang Fei said: "It seems that Bachelor Sima is not aware of the Daming Mansion case."
Xu Zundao: "This is not something we found, but someone who informed us. They can make this known to the public at any time, so you have to be prepared."
"I'll get it."
Zhang Fei said: "But we can also use the cooperation between the Tax Department and the lawyer's office to cover up the matter first."
Xu Zun nodded.
Zhang Fei just arranged for Qi Ji to take a few prosecutors to quietly go to Daming Mansion to investigate, and also told them not to worry, to investigate slowly and to find out clearly.
However, no one in the DPRK or China is discussing this matter for the time being. They are all discussing the cooperation between the tax department and the law firm.
This is simply...unbelievable.
They are even questioning whether the Taxation Department has the right to make the decision?
Because they only found out about this after the cooperation.
The Taxation Department also gave its own explanation, which is that the Taxation Department's own accounting offices are seriously insufficient. Currently, it can only maintain the calculation of exempted taxes, but cannot calculate all taxes. It is too late to expand enrollment now.
At the same time, the efficiency of the Third Division Office is too slow, and there are often errors in the accounts. It cannot satisfy the public security and judicial system at all, so we can only find cooperation with law firms.
The key point is that the Taxation Department is subordinate to the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue has long been ousted by the Third Division. Although the final tax money will be handed over to the Third Division, the Third Division has no jurisdiction over the Taxation Department.
Sima Guang also went to investigate specifically, and the result was just as Zhang Fei said, the efficiency was astonishingly slow and could not satisfy the taxation department's system at all.
Not only that, this matter has also triggered heated discussions among the people.
Another article appeared in the newspaper explaining the reason, and everyone realized that the government was worse than a workshop.
Then Zhang Fei took out Wang Anshi's articles, one on the left and one on the right. They didn't mention the career method at all, but they all hinted at the employment difficulties of scholars and the hardships of taking exams. He also took Liu Qing as an example.
He also asked whether these knowledge can help scholars and candidates solve their livelihood difficulties.
This is also true. The wages of accountants now have doubled or tripled compared to before.
There was a lot of discussion among the people and the court, which of course also "alarmed" Emperor Zhao Xu.
Chui Gong Hall.
Li He took the lead and informed Zhao Xu of the reasons for cooperating with the Taxation Department.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hearing this, Zhao Xu was in disbelief and said: "This... is this true?"
The ministers were silent.
Hint to the emperor that this is true.
Deng Wan stood up and said: "This is actually all the fault of Bianjing Law Firm. It is said that their firm spent high prices to invite many civil servants from government agencies to the firm."
Sima Guang said: "When people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. There is no way around it."
Lu Huiqing immediately retorted: "Now that the burden on the imperial court is so heavy, how can there be money to increase the wages of those civil servants? In my opinion, they are sincere. If this continues, the national finance will have to rely on their businessmen in the future. But what can we do?"
OK!"
Sima Guang also felt that this was indeed inappropriate.
Zhao Xu worriedly said: "What should we do? Nowadays, merchants give more wages than the imperial court, but the imperial court is already burdened with redundant officials and it is difficult to increase salaries."
Pei Wen immediately said: "Your Majesty, the owner of the office is Zhang Prosecutor. As a court official, he actually went against the court. Such a disloyal minister should be punished by the court."
Xu Zun immediately said: "What is disloyalty? Are there not many ministers in the court doing business? But have they paid taxes for this? If they all paid enough taxes, then the court would have money to increase wages for those civil servants.
The office pays at least thousands of taxes every year and has never done anything illegal. The court has no regulations and cannot hire people at high prices. Those civil servants all go there by themselves."
When Pei Wen saw Xu Zundou's incident, he didn't dare to argue with him. He was fighting for his son-in-law and was not willing to risk his life, so there was no point in fighting with him.
Wang Anshi suddenly stood up and said: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to solve."
Zhao Xu hurriedly asked: "Does Master Wang have any good ideas?"
Wang Anshi said: "We can let the new Jinshi do these things. In this way, we can meet the needs of the court without increasing the burden of redundant officials.
Rushuang Academy currently has a group of outstanding students, many of whom have passed Jinshi, and some of them were admitted by Enyin. They can be arranged to work in the Taxation Department to help.
If we wait for a few more batches of graduates, the Department of Taxation will not need to rely on law firms."
It has been exactly three years since the School of Mathematics opened, and the first batch of students has graduated.
Many ministers' eyes lit up. This was a good idea. It could infiltrate the Department of Taxation. They immediately stood up and expressed their support.
Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said: "This method is very wonderful."
He doesn't care about infiltration because the real tax department is hidden.
Wen Yanbo whispered: "Jun Shi, why are you so stunned?"
Sima Guang was startled, glanced at Wen Yanbo, suddenly came to his senses, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Public Security Bureau in Beijing currently lacks manpower, and there are also a group of very outstanding students in the School of Law who have completed their studies. I suggest that they be arranged to serve in the Public Security Bureau
.”
Immediately, many ministers also stood up to support.
These two academies symbolize economic reform and judicial reform. If students from the School of Mathematical Sciences can enter the imperial court in advance, then the School of Law will suffer a devastating blow, and everyone will go to the School of Arithmeticology to study.
Wang Anshi was secretly proud that Sima Guang was helping him.
Zhao Xu nodded and said: "Okay, I also want to see if the Imperial College can cultivate talents for the country!"
...
Once the news came out, it was a big deal.
Because the Tax Department and the Public Security Bureau are the two most popular government agencies at the moment, their power is increasing step by step.
Entering these two departments represents power.
At present, the Imperial College is mainly prepared for Enyin disciples. There are also Jinshi, but there are relatively few, because those who can pass the imperial examination will most likely be reused. Those Enyin disciples are very jealous, because many Enyin disciples are now.
A nominal person with the same background as them can directly enter the real power department after studying in the Imperial College for three years.
This caused their parents to desperately send them to the Imperial College.
The key point is that the idea of dismissing officials is very strong at the moment. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? This is the continuation of the family!
The police department is not willing to be left alone. Although the expansion of the Royal Police has been completed, it wants to get involved and announces that it is recruiting foreign workers. The salary is higher than that of the ordinary Royal Police.
It is true that the police department currently lacks such talents as police officers.
The court hearing system of the Public Security Bureau is entirely based on professional talents, which is understandable.
This one after another big news has caused a lot of discussion among the people. It turns out that one can become an official by studying arithmetic, law or medicine well.
At this time, Wang Anshi finally showed his fox tail.
He announced the implementation of the Business Law throughout the Gyeonggi region and the construction of several colleges that did not involve traditional learning. The main subjects were arithmetic and law, as well as agriculture, geology, medicine and other miscellaneous subjects.
And those with excellent grades can enter the Imperial College to study.
This kind of knowledge is not tested in scientific examinations, but due to the reform of the Imperial College, students from these two schools with excellent grades can be recommended to become officials.
It means that students from the Polytechnic College also have the opportunity to become officials, but the prerequisite is to be admitted to the Imperial College.
Immediately, the charity foundation announced that it would donate 10,000 yuan to the government to build colleges and hospitals. It also stated that it would donate some children from poor families to enroll in this college every year.
Wang Anshi also immediately returned the favor, saying that donors to the charity foundation would be given priority in admission, but tuition fees would still have to be paid.
This immediately attracted the attention of the general public. In any era in China, education is the eternal focus.
Many wealthy families came to inquire about tuition fees.
If you study well, you can become an official. If you don't do well, you can go to a place like an office and find a high-paying job. You won't lose anything!
But this made the scholar-bureaucrats of the Confucian school feel a sense of crisis when they saw these miscellaneous studies being highly valued by the people.
But they can't say what it is.
Because the reason why Wang Anshi engages in these studies is that all the colleges now are Confucian, and many failed students are placed in them, and the career law is prepared for officials. If Confucianism is also practiced, what will happen to other colleges? I can only be a sword
Go off the beaten path.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The main purpose is to generate income, place idle officials, and reduce the burden on the court.
There is absolutely no talk of breaking the dominance of Confucianism.
But in fact, Wang Anshi wanted to let more students with similar ideas to him enter the court and serve as officials, so that his ideas would be passed on and the New Deal would not stop people from destroying the government.
Office.
"Ha ha!"
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "Zhang San, your boy's propaganda methods are really outstanding!"
"Where! Where!"
Zhang Fei asked again: "How many people want to sign up now?"
Wang Anshi said excitedly: "There are already thousands of people who want to sign up, and there will definitely be more in the future."
Zhang Fei said: "Then we can now proceed to the second step. With these generous rewards, we can seduce idle officials to enter the academy."
You must know that Qingzhou carried out business law reform because of debt restructuring, which resulted in the inability to pay salaries. However, there was no debt restructuring in Beijing, and the court did not decide to lay off officials.
Beijing's approach is the opposite, first promote it, attract students, get tuition, and then recruit teachers from the DPRK.
"A generous reward?"
Wang Anshi waved his hand and said: "I don't think so. If you give less, you can recruit more people, and the burden on the court will be lighter. At that time, I will let people spread rumors about cutting officials in the court, and those idle officials will definitely sit down.
I can’t help but strive to come to this academy.”
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's okay."
Wang Anshi added: "However, regarding hospitals, it has caused some concerns among private pharmacies."
Zhang Fei said: "I've also heard about this. I think it's possible to incorporate some ancestral secret recipes that have been tested over time into public hospitals."
Wang Anshi quickly asked: "How to include it."
Zhang Fei said: "It's very simple. When patients come to the hospital for treatment, the hospital can directly designate them to go to those pharmacies to buy medicines. This can also expel some fake medicines."
Wang Anshi said: "But medicinal materials are very profitable. I also asked for many traditional medicine prescriptions from the palace."
Zhang Fei said: "There is no conflict with this. Choose the best and use it according to benefits. Folk prescriptions can be used as supplements to hospital prescriptions. If there is a contradiction, then it depends on which one is better and whether the other party can afford to pay. Doctors can use these based on these
To decide which medicine to use for the patient."
"That's feasible."
Wang Anshi asked again: "Where is Di Bao Yuan?"
Zhang Fei said: "Di Bao Yuan is also very simple. It can be used to announce some imperial policies, disasters, and wars. These are things that our private tabloids cannot publish, but the people must understand them. The sales volume must be very stable, but the articles are still
Try to make it as simple as possible.”
Wang Anshi suddenly said: "I suspect that you started this tabloid specifically to make up for your shortcomings in writing."
Zhang Fei said angrily: "Xueshi Wang, can I be called inadequate? I can't be called that. Because I can't write popular articles. Almost every article I publish is ghostwritten by my wife. I am an
I haven’t written anything either.”
"You are quite honest," Wang Anshi said with a smile.
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said: "The key is still not to hide it!"
Wang Anshi laughed and said: "But if the article is well written, it cannot be reported. This is really unreasonable."
"no."
Zhang Fei said: "The Di Newspaper Institute can also publish celebrity newspapers for special audiences. I will withdraw them here."
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this not good?"
Zhang Fei said: "My bookstore sells books every year, but I don't know how much it makes. I haven't wanted to get this scholar's newspaper for a long time."
Wang Anshi nodded, "Fortunately, Yan Jidao has already taken up a position in the Di Newspaper Institute, and our Di Newspaper Institute can also print books."
Zhang Fei said hey: "But the copyright is in my hands. If Di Newspaper Institute wants to print it, it has to pay me."
This profiteer. A flash of anger flashed in Wang Anshi's eyes, and he added: "The copyright is in your hands, but celebrities are all in the court. If you want to buy the copyright in the future, it will not be that easy."
Zhang Fei remained silent, how much money can your court spend?
Wang Anshi was not convinced. He glanced at Zhang Fei and said, "Let's wait and see. If these articles and classics can't beat you, then we literati will commit suicide."
...
One wave has not subsided, and another wave has arisen.
Just as everyone was focusing on business law, news came out that Sima Guang proposed integrating the Emperor's Judicial Office.
This immediately aroused overwhelming opposition, and some officials were so anxious that they almost broke the pen barrel.
They are now very afraid of the Public Security Bureau and want to weaken the power of the Public Security Bureau. You are still here to strengthen the power of the Public Security Bureau. You want us to die!
The leader of the opposition was the man behind the news - Lu Huiqing.
Because only a few of them knew about this matter.
Wang Anshi's main consideration was the national financial aspect, while Lu Huiqing wanted to help Wang Anshi gain more power so that the New Deal could be implemented.
Lu Huiqing knew that many people among the reformists did not have similar ideas to Wang Anshi, but their interests made them turn to Wang Anshi.
This is very different from the conservative side, which has completely the same philosophy.
If we only rely on ideas to fight, we will never be able to defeat each other.
Only through the struggle of interests can we unite the people around us.
The fact was just as Lu Huiqing expected, with their opposition, many dignitaries and officials immediately gathered around the New Deal.
Sima Guang also immediately counterattacked.
The two factions fought again.
In fact, Zhao Xu had already had a plan in mind, but he did not rush to express his position this time. Instead, he used their arguments to understand each official's views on the matter.
Because of this matter, he and Wang Anshi had different views. He hoped to carry out a comprehensive restructuring of the government offices, but Wang Anshi believed that on this matter, the existing government offices should each perform their duties, and there was no need to go to war, lest the gains outweigh the losses.
The key point is that Wang Anshi did not fully consider Zhao Xu's attitude like Zhang Fei, but still had a preaching attitude.
But Zhao Xu was already in his twenties and was no longer the nineteen-year-old little emperor.
Zhao Xu is also eager to try now. He wants to find ministers who have similar ideas to him.
However, he did not take any initiative on his own in this matter. In the end, he followed Wang Anshi's suggestion and split a very key office in the Judicial Office, namely the Department of Prisons and Prisons, into two.
On the one hand, it integrates the authority of the public prosecutor and the law, and on the other hand, it strengthens the supervisory power of the Yushitai.
It can be regarded as appeasing the two factions.
Don't grab it, each person gets half.
However, Zhao Xu arranged for Hanlin scholar Wang Gui and supervisory censor Cai Que to take charge.
After all calculations, the two factions were evenly matched.
After all, the Yushitai was given the power to supervise the public security organs.
The Public Procuratorate is to defend its own system, while the Yushitai only supervises and cannot interfere with the Public Procuratorate's system.
But the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop.
You want to quell the party strife, but someone refuses to let you do so.
A very breaking news came out.
It was the case of Cheng Yi, the deputy envoy of the regiment training of Daming Prefecture, who committed rebellion and protected the escaped soldiers.
Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were both shocked.
Cheng Fang was recommended by Wang Anshi and shouldered the important task of regulating the Yellow River. He was also related to Wang Anshi's farmland water conservancy law.
Cheng Yi was also a close friend of Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo.
If these two people meet.
The two factions will definitely suffer a bloody blow and will not give in easily.