These landowners in the south of the Yangtze River are still crying for the little interest, but they don't know that they are actually very lucky, at least much happier than the powerful people in the capital.
Due to time constraints and the deployment of the Public Security Bureau, it is impossible to implement the warehouse tax in Huainan this year.
There is no way around this.
However, the imperial court still announced the news that the warehouse tax will be fully implemented next year.
However, the new tax law will be implemented this year. The elites of the Taxation Department have already been in place. They are all hungry and thirsty. If the new tax law is not implemented, the Taxation Department will scold them. They have been hungry for a long time.
However, the landowners of the Huainan generation are completely unaware of the seriousness of this matter and are still scolding them. What kind of bullshit laws and warehouse taxes are they? We have to report them to the government. This is simply nonsense.
The tax department was very happy. They liked such unruly rich people and wished they could remain so.
All the prize money depends on them.
In comparison, Jingdong East Road was relatively calm. They had already learned about this news from Di Bao earlier, and later the government officially announced that the warehouse tax would be implemented next year.
Then the food supply in the grain store increased day by day.
Qizhou Imperial Court.
"Zizhan, have you heard that the price of food has dropped to twenty-seven cents."
Wang Anguo asked Su Shi.
Su Shi smiled and said: "No need to hear that the food from the grain store will soon be put on the street."
Wang Anguo said with a smile: "This is really unexpected. The matter is not yet clear. The landowners just released the grain directly, and no one even came to complain."
Su Shi chuckled: "The Wu Tian case last time made them frightened. They don't dare to take any chances anymore. Moreover, there are all the Royal Police outside now. In the past three months, our Procuratorate has only contacted
The last criminal case, the rest are all civil lawsuits."
Jingdong East Road has completely lost its ability to resist, because the last time the bandits were suppressed too hard, it directly frightened the local landlords and gentry. The key point is that the number of the Royal Police is still increasing, because the commander of the Palace Front Division came here in person
, all the forbidden troops here were transferred to the royal police, and Jingdong East Road has become a large police district, with more police officers than in the northwest.
Qizhou has also changed from a state capital with the worst security to one with the best security.
Therefore, as soon as the news of the warehouse tax came out, even though it would not be implemented until next year, the landowners did not hesitate to release the grain directly. If it were released again next year, the price of grain would definitely be lower.
Wang Anguo added: "It's really strange to say that these people can't even do anything to robbers in the military camp. When they go to the Royal Police, they feel like a different person. They are not afraid of the more powerful grass bandits. They beat those
The grass bandits are running away in confusion."
Su Shi smiled and said: "Does the president know who is currently supporting the Qingzhou Business College?"
Wang Anguo asked: "Who?"
"These are the Royal Police."
Su Shi said: "The military camp has always been very corrupt. These soldiers never get full salaries. They often go to the commander's house to do odd jobs, just like servants.
But it's different when you go to the police station. As long as you work hard and make progress, the money and bonuses will not be less. Therefore, their children are most suitable to study in the professional college. At the same time, they still have the word "royal" on their heads, and
They are deeply loved by the people, and have a lot of status, honor, and money. How can they not work hard?
I know that at the beginning of the year, someone spent two hundred dollars to bribe a royal policeman, but they failed because they were afraid of losing their police uniform."
Wang Anguo nodded.
Su Shi added: "But it's just the beginning, so we can't explain anything yet. At the beginning of the founding of the country, our army's combat effectiveness was not bad, but then it slowly decayed. We still have to supervise the Royal Police at all times."
Just as he was talking, the civil servants came to report that Zhang Dun, the transfer envoy to Qizhou, and Zeng Bu, the prefect of Qizhou, arrived.
Wang Anguo immediately asked someone to invite them in.
When the two entered the house, they immediately apologized to Wang Anguo and Su Shi, saying that they were late.
It turns out that Su Shi came to the imperial court today because Zhang Dun and Zeng Bu said he had something to discuss with them.
After sitting down, Wang Anguo asked: "I wonder if you two have anything to discuss with us?"
Zhang Dun said: "I wonder if you two know that there are many barter phenomena in Qizhou."
After hearing this, Su Shi immediately said: "Don't you two want to issue salt banknotes?"
Zhang Dun was stunned immediately. Zeng Bu laughed and said, "Zizhan is really smart."
Su Shi didn't appreciate it at all and shook his head directly: "I don't agree."
This Su Zizhan is really annoying! Zeng Bu's expression changed slightly, and he said in a cold tone: "Why?"
Su Shi said: "Because if the government can solve financial problems with a piece of paper, it will definitely be indiscriminate and the people will be miserable."
Zhang Dun immediately said: "But this is all caused by your Public Security Bureau. Everywhere the Public Security Bureau goes, local business will prosper, which leads to a shortage of coins. Not long after the Public Security Bureau went to Hezhong Prefecture, a large number of salt banknotes and salt bonds were issued. Now Gyeonggi Province
The land also issues tax coins, which shows that this is the only way to go."
Su Shi said: "There have always been salt banknotes in Hezhong Prefecture. The tax coins issued in Gyeonggi Province are for disaster relief. This has nothing to do with the Public Security Bureau."
Zeng Bu rolled his eyes and said hehe: "I heard that the reason why the people of Hezhong Prefecture trust salt banknotes is because Su Ziyou has extraordinary ability and always supervises the issuance of salt banknotes and salt bonds..."
Before he could finish speaking, Su Shi said: "Prefect Zeng never wanted to use my brother to provoke me. Ziyu Zeng wrote to me and told me that he did not agree with Yan Chao. It was just because Zhang San was better than him in means, so he had no choice but to
I can accept it. But I have no reason to accept it.”
The implication is that both of you are not as good as Zhang San.
Zeng Bu couldn't hear the sarcasm, and the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said to himself, "God has eyes for this guy when he was beaten, but it's a pity that he was beaten in the eyes, not in the mouth."
Zhang Dunwu said calmly: "We are not here to quarrel with you two, we are here to solve the problem. Nowadays, the business development on Jingdong East Road is rapid, but it is stagnant due to lack of coins. As long as there are enough coins, it will be inevitable
We will make further progress. To this end, we recruited businessmen in advance to develop salt in Binzhou. Now the salt production there has increased a lot, and we have enough ability to issue salt banknotes."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What is missing is coins, not salt banknotes." Su Shi said.
Zeng sermon: "May I ask Prosecutor General Su if he has a magic trick?"
Don't just talk without practicing, come up with a solution.
Su Shi said: "Since the capital can regulate grain through a warehouse tax, why can't we solve the currency problem through a copper storage tax.
Nowadays, the value of coins is already increasing. If we impose taxes on copper and at the same time give merchants the power to mint coins, the number of coins will inevitably increase."
Zeng preached: "If merchants are allowed to mint coins, good and bad coins will be mixed, and the consequences will be more serious."
Su Shi said: "We can formulate a coinage law to ensure this, and the Public Security Bureau also has the ability to do this."
Zeng Bu and Zhang Dun were stunned because they couldn't defeat Su Shi, so they couldn't help but look at Wang Anguo angrily.
Wang Anguo said: "I also agree with what Prosecutor General Su said. The risk of issuing salt banknotes is too great, so we should try to avoid it."
Zhang Dun said: "But copper is limited, and if business continues to prosper, salt banknotes will still have to be issued."
Su Shi said: "Let's talk about it then."
Seeing that he was unable to make money, Zhang Dun said: "Issuing coins is the power of our government."
Su Shi said: "But without the support of the public security organs, the people will not believe it."
"You...take your leave."
Because this was not the first time they had quarreled, they moved very smoothly, but everyone was used to it, and they had to sit down and continue discussing after they were arguing.
In fact, Zhang Dun also knows that Su Shi's method is also feasible. At present, the price of coins is indeed rising. As long as private minting is liberalized, the currency will be alleviated.
But they wanted to keep the currency in the hands of the government.
Unfortunately, they met Su Shi, a super liberal. Su Shi's idea was that the government should collect taxes seriously and give businessmen more freedom. He had no objection to warehouse tax and liquor tax, and was very much in favor of it.
However, Zhang Dun is right in what he said. Everywhere the police, procuratorate and law go, there will inevitably be a shortage of money. The reason is that the public security, procuratorate and law will promote business prosperity, the frequency of transactions will increase, and the currency will remain unchanged, then there will be a money shortage.
The phenomenon.
Therefore, Zhang Dun and Zeng Bu were also very anxious. As long as they issued currency, business would become better, but without the support of the public security organs and law, they would not be able to issue it because the people would not believe it.
Zeng Bu even thought that if a natural disaster covered Jingdong East Road, they would be able to issue banknotes smoothly.
God does not fulfill people’s wishes!
Qingzhou was no exception. Wang Juqing, the transshipment envoy, was also competing with Qian Yi and Fan Chunren. Neither Qian Yi nor Fan Chunren agreed to issue salt banknotes.
It can also be seen that innovative and conservative political ideas continue to conflict in local areas.
On the contrary, the party struggle in the capital has somewhat died down, because the imperial power is being asserted and everyone is competing around their interests, leaving the dispute over political ideas aside.
What's even more terrible is that an anti-corruption storm swept across the entire Gyeonggi area and suddenly erupted. During this period, no one reacted.
In just half a month, procuratorates and police stations in various places arrested more than 60 officials.
The ruling and opposition parties were shocked.
Because such large-scale corruption cases rarely occurred in the Song Dynasty, but when some of the details came out, everyone was confused again.
It turned out that this was not a major corruption case, but that some low-level officials were using the disaster relief to run out of food, or colluding with merchants to purchase goods needed for disaster relief at high prices.
There are dozens of strings, or hundreds of strings.
It was only then that everyone slowly came to their senses, mainly because this was the first time the imperial court had provided work-for-relief on such a large scale, and at the same time it had issued millions of tax coins.
The imperial court had gone through some restructuring before. The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works were in a hurry in terms of implementation. They were messing around in the early stage. The key point is that the executive offices at the bottom have not changed, and there is no vertical integration. There is a lack of supervision from above to below.
This creates a breeding ground for corruption.
The high-ranking officials in the DPRK did not dare to move. At that time, they did not have much thought and were all focused on the political struggle. But the lower-level officials watched the money pass into their hands and thought about how to get a little. Who can find it? In the past, everyone also
They all do this, and besides, the world is so chaotic now, and everyone is focusing on the warehouse tax.
It is also true that no officials paid attention to these matters before.
Including Wang Anshi, they were all kept in the dark and had no time to care about such trivial matters.
But they were really back on their feet. They met a group of calves. He Zhizhong, Wang Hui and the others had just been in the academy. They had been baptized in morality and law. They were full of passion. No matter how much or how little you fished, they would catch them if they found them.
The more I grab, the more energetic I become.
Finally felt the joy of the Procuratorate.
At the same time, the royal police also want to make meritorious deeds, and they have been exploited by these low-level officials in the past. They have revenge and complaints, and they are also very cooperative with the prosecutor's office.
For those low-level officials, when they were first arrested, they were not very panicked. They thought it was not a big deal. In the past, it could be regarded as official benefits. At best, they would go to other places, and at worst, they would be dismissed.
Position.
But who knew that the procuratorate would prosecute all cases with the death penalty.
He immediately passed out and passed out.
I just arranged for a few relatives to eat and drink here, and you want to give me a death sentence?
The officials in the DPRK were also dumbfounded.
Your procuratorate is crazy for wanting to make meritorious deeds!
Is this a death sentence?
This, this, this...!
They don't know how to describe it.
But the procuratorate also has laws to follow, precedents, and regulations, and the imperial court must accept it. Whether or not to impose the death penalty will only be known after a trial.
After many days, the imperial court was once again completely surrounded. The people looked at the two people in the dock, their eyes full of anger.
There was only one person standing in the courtyard, and of course this person was Prosecutor Zhang.
"I also have to explain this. Regarding the sentencing of corruption crimes, our government is inconsistent in many cases. Some punishments are very light or even no punishment. However, some corrupt officials have been sentenced to death. And according to the past thirty years,
Judging from the jurisprudence, our court has never sentenced corrupt officials to death. At the same time, we have also abolished punishments such as imprisonment and cane punishment. The most common punishment is to be sent to the border state. And judging from the amount of money involved by the two defendants, it is indeed not a lot.
.”
Zhang Fei lowered his head and looked at the copy, "According to the evidence from our procuratorate, the amount involved by the two defendants together is only 120 yuan, which is much less than the amount involved in some previous cases.
.”
At this point, he changed the topic, "However, we cannot ignore the current environment. At this moment, the whole country, the monarchs and the people are working hard to resist natural disasters, and the money they embezzled was meant to be used.
Come to help the people.
Some people may say that it is just twenty or thirty more places, but it may also be twenty or thirty lives. Because the court uses limited money to provide relief, it is no different for them to give such life-saving quotas to their relatives.
To seek wealth and kill.
Therefore, on behalf of the Procuratorate, I hereby implore the Chief Justice to sentence the first defendant Liu Guang and the second defendant Chen Mu to death by hanging."
"good!"
"well said!"
"death penalty!"
"Sentence them to death!"
...
The frustrated people outside immediately started shouting hysterically.
Embezzling relief money is seeking wealth and killing people.
This must be the death penalty.
He spoke as if they had never met before.
But in fact, such low-level corruption is not uncommon. I guess Chen Mu and Liu Guang don’t think it is corruption. The key is such a big project, involving so many people and so much money, so I will just do it
Dozens of strings have been picked out by you. Will I be able to play happily in the future?
But in the face of Zhang Fei's unequivocal words and the people's common hatred, Chen Mu and Liu Guang were completely panicked, and they kept bowing to Zhao Pinzuo and begging for mercy.
Zhao Pin glanced at Zhang Fei, then at Chen Mu and Liu Guang. He held the gavel in one hand and tried to get up several times. After hesitating for a while, he coughed lightly and said, "As prosecutor Zhang said, I am going to those who deal with corruption."
There are many precedents, pardons, and regulations regarding punishment. The president of this court needs to carefully review the relevant laws before making a final decision. The trial will end here for today."
As he spoke, he picked up the gavel and tapped it lightly.
As soon as the sound fell, a huge shadow suddenly appeared. Everyone immediately looked up and saw a huge dark cloud floating above their heads, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.
Could it be...!
Zhao Pin didn't even want to leave. He raised his head and stared blankly at the dark clouds. Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
Sudden!
A huge drop of water fell down.
There was a snapping sound, very crisp.
Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, listening to this long-lost voice.
One drop!
Another drop!
Da da da da!
Soon, heavy rain poured down.
A huge cheer immediately sounded outside the hospital, and the people hugged each other and cried in the heavy rain, or sang and danced, and the tears and rain quickly intertwined.
After a lapse of seven months, the people in the capital finally waited for the heavy rain.
Compared with the common people, the judicial officers in the court were in a hurry.
Evidence!
Copywriting!
Zhang Fei didn't care so much and took Xu Zhiqian to hide under the eaves.
Xu Zhiqian whispered: "Zhang San, won't this be self-defeating?"
Zhang Fei asked in astonishment: "What do you mean?"
Xu Zhiqian said: "It snows in June?"
There has just been an anti-corruption campaign here, and it is going to rain heavily. God wants them to die!
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "No way. This is not a matter of two officials, but a large group of people. Even if the chief judge wanted to, he would not dare!"
...
However, there is a place that is more lively than here.
It's the palace.
The eunuchs and maids all ran to the open space and cheered.
The concubines also cried with joy.
The Queen Mothers of the two palaces breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went to the show to thank the Buddha.
In fact, the palace has been very depressed for more than half a year, even though the disaster relief situation outside is very good.
The main reason for this is the emperor.
Because this involves the emperor's restructuring and the induction of heaven and man.
Zhao Xu has always been under a lot of pressure. Whether he was discussing with Zhang Fei or Wang Anshi and others, he was not as lively and cheerful as before. He was always worried.
Zhao Xu also rushed to the altar as soon as possible to worship heaven and earth.
It really scared him to death.
I don’t know if it is really the end of the world. I have just finished worshiping heaven and earth and changing my clothes. Another good news came from the west front. Wang Shao’s army defeated Ji Siluo and successfully relieved the crisis in Hezhou.
When Zhao Xu heard the news, he burst into tears immediately.
Damn it!
It’s not easy!
...
Of course, this rain just makes everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Before this rain, no one knew how long the drought would last. The unknown is the most frightening thing. However, disaster relief must continue. Although this rain can reduce
Some losses, but not enough.
In addition, it is about this corruption issue.
The procuratorate directly prosecutes all acts of corruption with the death penalty.
This also triggered great debate between North Korea and China.
But what Zhang Fei didn't expect was that most conservative officials supported the death penalty, while the reformists were firmly opposed to it.
Initially, Zhang Fei believed that the vast majority of officials should oppose it, so that he could force the Legislative Council to legislate on it.
Unexpectedly, there were quite a few people who supported it, including Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang.
And this actually involves the idea of the monarch and the scholar-bureaucrats co-ruling the world.
According to this idea, the country not only belongs to the emperor, but also to our scholar-bureaucrats.
Scholar-officials like Wen Yanbo think that these corrupt officials are greedy for the country's money and the welfare of our scholar-officials, so they must be severely punished. There are also some moralists who think that we are all officials and scholars, so you are a loser.
The face of our scholar-bureaucrats.
Of course, there are still more people who oppose the death penalty, mainly because too many officials are involved, so Zhao Pin does not dare to judge lightly.
Legislative Council.
"Prosecutor Zhang, you really don't know how to respect the old and care for the young. Usually when you face cases like this, you always understand the severity. What's going on this time? They all have to impose the death penalty. Aren't you embarrassing the chief judge?
?”
Fu Bi asked Zhang Fei angrily and funnyly.
Zhao Pin on the side was also helpless. This time, the Procuratorate really caught him off guard.
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Zhang Fei said: "When I go back to Fugong, there is a reason for me to do this, because our procuratorate can only have one standard, but I have read all the previous cases, including the regulations in "Song Xingtong" and the official orders. , except for the death penalty, there is no unified standard. For this reason, we use the death penalty to set it uniformly."
Zhao Pin wondered: "That's not what you said in court."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "President, our Procuratorate aims to convict, and the words spoken in court are aimed at the success of the prosecution. Of course I will speak more sensationalistically, because this is my duty, no matter what I think in my heart What do you think? It’s just like the chief judge’s distress at this moment. Maybe the chief judge doesn’t want to impose the death penalty, but in view of his responsibilities, he can’t do whatever he wants.”
"What a mouth you have!"
Zhao Pin couldn't help but shook his head helplessly.
A smile flashed in Fu Bi's eyes, and he said to Zhang Fei: "So your procuratorate did not want to sentence those officials to death, but was forced to do so."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "We have no choice."
Fu Bi pondered for a while and said: "Let's put aside those precedents first, what do you think we should do?"
Zhang Fei said: "I think the unification of penalties is the most important. As for how to unify, I don't know, and I'm not very good at it, but our procuratorate will only prosecute according to one standard. Otherwise, it is all our public prosecutors' decision." , This cannot convince the public, and it also violates the laws of our ancestors, which are to prevent things and to control them."
Fu Bi nodded and looked at Zhao Pin again.
Zhao Pin thought deeply, nodded and said, "I have to admit, this brat is quite right."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Thank you very much, President, for the compliment."
Zhao Pin glared at him fiercely.
Fu Bi glanced at Zhang Fei meaningfully, thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay! Our Legislative Council will carefully consider this issue."