Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 646: Comparing bad methods

Tokyo Bianliang.

At this time, it was time to release the Yamen, and the officials were in twos and threes, chatting and walking outside the imperial city, but today they were not talking about the Goulan Washe incident yesterday, but they were all talking about one thing.

That is the return of the madman Zhang San.

"Oh, that brat is back."

"Has it been three years? How do I feel that the exemption tax was levied just yesterday."

"Even if it takes three years, it is not necessary to transfer him back to the capital. He can go to Bashu or Qiongzhou to build a public security law. He is so young and he is not a Jinshi. It takes a lot of experience."

"Why go to Qiongzhou? Most of the Shaanxi Road has not yet established a public security law."

"Really? Why are you in a hurry to call him back?"

"It seems that Fu Gong suggested that he go to the Legislative Council to explain some judgments."

"I heard that the officials have not revoked his position as the chief judge of Shaanxi Road. Maybe he will have to go back after a while."

"You're overthinking this. I heard that Zhang San was transferred back this time for the sake of Qingzhou's public prosecutor."

"is it?"

"Haven't you heard that the Qingzhou Public Security Bureau is in trouble."

At this time, two people walked out of an official office passing by, they shut their mouths at the same time, bowed their hands to the two people, and walked away.

These two people are Lu Huiqing and Deng Wan.

Deng Wan glanced at those people, and said to Lu Huiqing: "It stands to reason that Zhang San rushed back quickly, so there should be his whereabouts, but there is no news at all for the time being."

Lu Huiqing knew in her heart that it was he who wrote Zhang Fei to ask him to come back later, "He may not be able to solve the problem in Qingzhou when he comes back."

Deng Wan nodded and said, "It's really possible. Maybe that kid just delayed on purpose and didn't want to get into this muddy water. Anyway, he has a very good relationship with Xueshi Wang."

But the public security law is also very important to him.Lu Huiqing muttered in her heart, and suddenly asked, "What's the situation in Qingzhou?"

Deng Wan said: "It's very lively over there. It is said that the number of people who went to the lawsuit alone has reached 3000 to [-] people, and [-] to [-]% of them are related to the government. If there is a sentence, the government must pay compensation. Now Fan Chunren and the others are still procrastinating there, deliberately not trying these cases, and focusing on the trial of usury.

However, there are also troubles, because even if the usury is reduced to the legal interest, many people can't afford it. Fan Chunren and the others can only follow Zhang San's example, stop the interest rate from rising again, and ask them to pay in installments, but the people have to pay immediately. Taxes, after paying taxes and losing money, you must borrow money to live, and the people will only live more bitterly than before.They are now riding a tiger! "

It's really hard to move an inch without money, and it's wrong to do anything, and it's the same for public security and law enforcement!

Lu Huiqing smiled, and asked again: "Is there no money in Changping warehouse in Qingzhou?"

Deng Wan said with a smile: "How much money Chang Ping warehouse can have, I can't borrow it at all. Soon, there will be problems there."

Lu Huiqing said: "Then you should arrange someone to talk to those big landlords, and let them make trouble. It is best to solve them before Zhang San comes back. After all, Zhang San is still the chief judge, and he has a good relationship with Bachelor Sima."

Deng Wan said: "Do you still believe that Zhang San can solve Qingzhou's problem?"

Lu Huiqing said: "It's better not to cause extra problems. A quick decision is in our best interest."

Deng Wan nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements later."

Lu Huiqing said: "What's the situation in other counties on Jingdong East Road?"

Deng Wan said: "The Young Crop Law has been implemented very smoothly. This year, Jingdong East Road's finances must be improved to a higher level."

Lu Huiqing couldn't help asking: "Is there no problem at all?"

Deng Wan was taken aback for a moment, then said awkwardly, "There are some problems, but they are harmless."

Lu Huiqing raised her eyebrows and asked, "What's the problem?"

Deng Wan said: "Some wealthy households expressed dissatisfaction. Some of them shared some money for young crops, and some had to guarantee for ordinary farmers. The ordinary farmers were not paid. In the end, the government had to ask them for it."

Lu Huiqing snorted and said: "They usually evade so much tax, why don't they say it? If the tax department goes, they are afraid that they will pay more, which should have been paid by them. We want to prevent it, just don't do it here. At this critical moment, it will cause public grievances, and you send them a letter to let them keep an eye on it. At this critical moment, there must be no mistakes."

"Ah."

Court of Justice.

"I heard Chunren wrote again."

Wen Yanbo quickly walked into the lobby, and said to Sima Guang who was meditating inside.Lu Gongzhu and Fu Bi followed behind him.

Sima Guang nodded, handed a letter to Wen Yanbo, and said to Lu Gongzhu and Fu Bi who were looking at him questioningly: "The problems over there are becoming more and more complicated, even if it's a usury case, they can't try it." gone."

Fu Bi asked, "Why?"

Sima Guang said: "Because even if the interest is reduced, the common people will still not be able to pay the money."

Lu Gong said: "Then follow Zhang San's judgment in Hezhong Mansion and pay back in installments."

"Even if we do that, the common people have to borrow money to pay taxes." Sima Guang sighed, "Before the public prosecutor's law, those common people can hide for a while, but now after the public prosecutor's trial, the common people can't hide even if they hide."

Lu Gong couldn't help asking: "Could it be that the people of Qingzhou are not as good as the people of Hezhong Mansion?"

Fu Bi stroked his beard, "That's not the case. After Zhang San made such a judgment in Hezhong Mansion, on the one hand, he provided livelihood for those people. For one tax, the people do not have to pay the summer tax, and at the same time, the new tax law has reduced the tax paid by the local people a lot, so that they can pay back 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 from the construction of the public security law, and partly from the construction of water conservancy in the New Deal, but it is all related to salt money. Related, there is no salt money in Qingzhou."

Several big guys looked at each other.

Zhang Fei had a good time in Hezhong Mansion, and there was a trick in it, that is, the Public Prosecution Law first provided legal guarantees for salt debts and salt banknotes, and then provided salary guarantees for ordinary people. When the government got money, it would then feed back the Public Procurement Law.

Of course, the tax adjustment has also made the burden on the people very light. If you work hard, you can still afford it. If you don't work hard, the imperial court will enforce it.

Qingzhou Public Procuratorate just went, encountered such problems, and at the same time did not have time to promote the growth of Qingzhou's finances, the order was wrong, and naturally it was a mess.

All in all, we still need fiscal growth so that people can earn more livelihoods.

Lu Gong said: "Since there is no salt note, how about handing out Jiaozi?"

Fu Bi shook his head and said: "This move is tantamount to seeking fish from a tree. It is not difficult to make friends, but the difficulty is that someone is willing to accept it! The success of the salt banknotes of Hezhong Mansion is not only due to the public security law, but mainly because of the behind-the-scenes law. Yanchi guarantees that the public security law plays a role in it, just to ensure that you can buy salt with salt money at any time, but in Qingzhou, the public security law cannot guarantee that Jiaozi can exchange coins at any time."

"That's true."

Lu Gong nodded, and said again: "The current plan is to reduce the government's expenditure as Fan Chunren said."

Sima Guang was also very tangled.

Everyone understands the truth, but the problem is that it can't be done!

If it were so simple, it wouldn't have been done long ago. How could it have waited until now? After all, during the Renzong period, some people had already proposed the disaster of three redundancy, and there have been people calling for it in recent years.

Wen Yanbo said: "If you want to blame, you can blame Zhang San, he made everything up, but now he has just set off, I'm afraid it's too late."

Sima Guang hurriedly said: "It's not easy for him. He didn't plan to come back. After all, many places in Hezhong Prefecture have not completed the construction of public security and law. He must have a lot of things to arrange."

Fu Bi said: "Then let Chunren and the others delay for a while, and let Chang Pingcang provide interest-free loans to those people in need."

Wen Yanbo said: "However, if we want to win, it does not lie in the establishment of the local public security law, but in the fact that the public security law can increase Qingzhou's finances. However, if we do so, it will inevitably affect Qingzhou's finances."

Fu Bi said: "The number of people is not large for the time being, and Qingzhou's finances can still afford it. This little money will not affect anything. Apart from this, we have no other choice!"

Sima Guang nodded slightly, "According to Fu Gong's request, I will immediately write back a letter to Fan Chunren."

This is actually the idea of ​​their conservatives, to revitalize Changping warehouses and provide people with ultra-low interest or even interest-free loans. This is one of the reasons why they oppose the Green Crop Law. High, and the borrower is still the government.

Wangfu.

"Ha ha!"

Wang Anshi said with a smile: "I have said long ago that without the support of the New Deal, they would be unable to carry out public prosecution and law enforcement. They just don't believe it. This is a good show."

Lu Huiqing said: "The students arranged for people to go there before, trying to make Qingzhou more lively."

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "Very good! Don't worry, the bigger the trouble, the better. I don't want to entangle them for too long on this matter."

Lu Huiqing said: "Students understand."

Wang Anshi asked again: "How is the situation in the other state capitals on Jingdong East Road?"

Lu Huiqing said: "Everything is going very smoothly."

But Wang Anshi said: "But I heard from Zhang Dun that local officials have borrowed the green crop law, corrupted the law by taking money?"

Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "It is true that this happened, but there are not many of them at present, and the situation is not serious. It is all done by some evil officials. In fact, such a situation is inevitable, but those people still treat it like this. Implementing the Youth Law is our top priority, but at present we still need to rely on those officials, and we will deal with them after the overall situation is settled."

Wang Anshi nodded slightly, "You have to watch carefully, don't make trouble at this critical moment."

"Yes."

After Lu Huiqing left, Wang Anshi's expression gradually became dignified. He slowly took out a secret letter from his sleeve, which was written to him by his younger brother Wang Anguo. The three words are really not bad at all."

On the other hand, when Zhang Fei left Hezhong Mansion, he didn't drive all night, but he didn't go sightseeing, but stopped and went, drove for a while, and stopped to rest for two days.

After walking for more than half a month, I just arrived in Luoyang.

Here, there is a person waiting for him, it is Li Bao.

As the weather has turned cold, there is only one small boat floating alone on the Luohe River.

"Does our tax department admire beasts?" Zhang Fei asked when he saw Li Bao.

Li Bao was stunned for a moment, "What does Judge Zhang say?"

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, and then laughed loudly: "Coincidence! Coincidence! No, it's not a coincidence. We all come from poor families, and our parents didn't read any books, so we can only take this name."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "However, these names are really suitable for our tax department. There are many people called Brother Dog and Brother Leopard in the world, and it is easy to hide. If they are called Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, they are really obvious."

Li Bao didn't dare to answer these words.

Zhang Fei chuckled, and asked again: "What's the situation over there now?"

Li Bao said: "The situation is very bad."

"is it?"

Zhang Fei hurriedly asked: "How bad is the law?"

Li Bao first gave a rough overview of the situation on Jingdong East Road, and then said: "Because of the guarantee system of the Green Crop Law, ten households guarantee one household, resulting in more and more people dragging in the green crop money. This situation is in danger. , we may not be able to control the situation now, if there is a slight disturbance, something big may happen."

"It's almost the same." Zhang Fei nodded thoughtfully, and said, "I asked you to arrange someone to buy the debt. How is the situation?"

Li Bao said: "It must be getting smoother and smoother, because many people really don't pay it back. It is very difficult to collect these debts. Those creditors are naturally willing to sell the debts to us. At present, we are one after another. More than [-] debts have been collected."

Zhang Fei said: "Continue to collect, you can release all the money in your hands, try to collect small debts, don't ask for large debts, and at the same time mortgage the previously resettled fields, and strive to lend more money for young crops from the government. .But remember one thing, don't let people 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 prosecutor's law is quite dangerous, because local officials and wealthy tycoons are secretly encouraging everyone to go to the public prosecutor's court to file a complaint, but the local public prosecutor's law does not dare to give the same judgment as Judge Zhang. This puts them in a dilemma, and the local people's enthusiasm for public security is decreasing day by day."

Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Don't they have any countermeasures?"

"They are still dragging it on. It seems that there is no good solution." After speaking, Li Bao said flatteringly: "It still needs President Zhang to go forward."

"Stop it."

Zhang Fei said: "I can't solve the problem even if I go, and I can't change the money. It seems that I have to go back slowly."

Li Bao chuckled and said, "I'm afraid Chief Judge Zhang can't slow you down."

"why?"

"Because we heard that Bachelor Sima has been watched in Luoyang."

"real or fake?"

"It's true, someone will come to urge you soon."

Sure enough, the next day someone came to urge Zhang Fei to hurry up.

It's no wonder that Sima Guang was in a hurry. Many people were already impeaching Fan Chunren and the others. As soon as they went to Qingzhou, Qingzhou was turned into a mess. The finances continued to support them, but the law and order became worse and worse.

Because as soon as the public security bureau went, they were trapped by thousands of lawsuits, and they couldn't get away from law and order. At the same time, the local government officials were slack, and there were more thieves and thieves.

This also shows the role Cao Dongdong played in Hezhong Mansion. Once he left, he had the support of Qin Zhongshou and the others. At the same time, Zhang Fei attracted all the firepower to himself. This did not occur.

Officials in Qingzhou really gained wisdom by eating a ditch. They did the opposite and gave all kinds of support to the Public Procuratorate. Then he urged them to file a complaint.

It's really one set for the face and one set for the back.

Fan Chunren couldn't be clear about it, but the key is whether he can give the people a fair verdict in court. If he can, those public security issues will be resolved soon.

The hardest thing right now is not being able to give.

Although Sima Guang sent another group of people there later, they were too busy.

Conservatives can only attack Jingdong East Road, the people are heavily in debt, and the people are in dire straits.

However, Jingdong East Road's financial growth is very obvious, and you don't need to think about which side Zhao Xu will lean towards.

Even if you are heavily in debt, you still have income. Your expenditure has increased a lot, but you have not seen the results!

Under Sima Guang's urging, Zhang Fei and his party could only rush day and night, and finally arrived at the outskirts of Bianjing for several days.

As soon as he entered the boundary, he was stopped by a person.

It was Sima Guang.

"Oh! 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: "Scholar Sima is here to see off those young talents who are going to Hezhong Mansion to study public security law?"

".?"

Sima Guang coughed twice, and said with a trace of guilt: "It's not that I delay on purpose, I'm actually thinking of you."

Zhang Fei said solemnly: "I would like to hear the details."

Sima Guang glanced at him awkwardly, and explained seriously: "The reason why I can send people there in the future is because I want to pick out a group of talented and good-behaved people to prevent black sheep from appearing in the public security bureau. After all, you are alone. In the Hezhong Mansion, you can't see it, if you go to some people with bad intentions, it is very likely that your efforts will be in vain.

And a person with good moral character, even if he makes mistakes, will not destroy the public security law.In fact, this candidate has already been decided, but later I heard that you have cultivated a group of talents, 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."

"Really?"

Sima Guang himself did not believe it.

Zhang Fei nodded very seriously and said: "Really. For public security, talent is only second, and the key is rigor and character. This is also my experience from Hezhong Prefecture. The students of Hezhong Prefecture's court are far less talented than Cai. Bian them, but they can also do this job well, just need patience and humility. Therefore, I suggest that in the future, the selection of candidates for the public security bureau should be like this."

Seeing that Zhang Fei didn't seem to be joking, Sima Guang couldn't help feeling very relieved, he really understood Long live, nodded with a smile and said, "It's rare that you can think so thoroughly, I'm very pleased!"

Zhang Fei nodded, and asked again: "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: "How can Zhang San have such virtue? Dare to work with Bachelor Sima to welcome him here. Zhang San is really ashamed!"

Sima Guang said unhappily: "You still have the nerve to say, why don't you come next year."

"Uh."

Zhang Fei said embarrassingly: "I didn't expect to let me come back so soon, and the things on my side have not been handled properly. So..."

"Okay, okay, it's no wonder you!"

At this point, Sima Guang glanced left and right, and suddenly grabbed Zhang Fei's sleeve, "Let's talk as we walk."

That is to pull Zhang Fei forward.

Xu Zhiqian could only order Long Wu to drive and follow slowly.

Zhang Fei asked: "What? Is there any trouble in Qingzhou?"

"It's not all your fault." Sima Guang snorted.

"Ming Jian, Bachelor of Sima, I wrote to say that there must be something wrong with Jingdong East Road, but I didn't say that the public security department should go to Qingzhou alone!"

Zhang Fei said with an aggrieved face.

Sima Guang said: "Do you think I think that Wang Jiefu is forcing you to do this? Besides, if the public prosecutor's law can't work without you, then why is there any need to carry it out?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I've heard about it, but I just want to say that I can't blame Qingzhou's problems."

"I don't blame who you blame." Sima Guang said: "Your judgment cannot be enforced at all. If Fan Chunren and the others make such a judgment, even if the government is willing to compensate, Qingzhou's finances will inevitably suffer major problems. At that time, everyone will blame it. It was caused by the public prosecutor's law, and the consequences are disastrous."

Zhang Fei said: "Scholar Sima, I'm alone there, I can only do this."

Sima Guang said: "I didn't say you didn't do well, on the contrary, you did too well, but other royal courts have to follow your precedent, but the problem is that they can't do it, what's the financial situation, don't you It is clear how to compensate for this."

Zhang Fei frowned and said: "Actually, I also took advantage of the new policy to achieve such success, because at that time, Bachelor Yuan went there and also sought to gain a foothold in the Hezhong Mansion. He secretly borrowed my judgment to unite those officials. Later, I Go to discuss with him privately again, discuss the solution to the problem first, and then I will judge."

There was no need to hide his dealings with Yuan Jiang from Sima Guang. He had done this before in the capital. He was an undercover agent. His relationship with Wang Anshi had never been broken, and Sima Guang knew about it.

Sima Guang also knew it in his heart, and said: "The prefect of Qingzhou supports the public prosecution law, but there are only so many financial expenditures. The public prosecution law has already taken up a lot of expenses, and there is no money to pay for compensation."

Zhang Fei said: "Actually, the key to my success with Bachelor Yuan is not to cooperate. If the prefect Cai cooperates with me, it will be very difficult to succeed."

Sima Guang hurriedly asked, "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei said: "Because the 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 you can't leave, but you shouldn't leave."

Zhang Fei said: "Scholar Sima, do you still remember the legalist law and the legal system law that I mentioned?"

Sima Guang nodded, "Of course I remember."

Zhang Fei said: "The law of the legal system is only a part of the legalist law, and this part is only judicial power and does not involve any other affairs.

In other words, judicial reform is to extract this part of power from the legalist law, forming the separation of politics and law, or the independence of the judiciary.The public security law is only to ensure this, because the old judicial system cannot separate the judiciary from the legalist law.

The only difference lies in this, and the rest are roughly the same. Both the public security law and the old judicial system follow the "Song Xingtong" and seek fairness and justice.

But from the perspective of the country, this is still a whole, and none of them can be separated. "

Sima Guang frowned and said: "That is to say, we lost before by mistakenly confusing the law of the legal system with the law of the Legalists, thinking that the law of the legal system can also solve these problems."

Zhang Fei said: "In other words, you are taking the law of the legal system and using it as the law of the Legalist school. This will not only cause problems, but also destroy the law of the legal system."

"Ouch!"

Sima Guang slapped his forehead, and suddenly he was 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 law has administrative power, it becomes the law of the legalists. Those people use the laws of the legal system as the laws of the legalists, thinking that without the New Deal, the problems can be solved by the laws of the legal system alone.

But in fact, the law of the rule of law has no such power at all, and this is the predicament of Qingzhou.

In fact, Fan Chunren was also trapped in it. He asked for the reduction of officials, which is right, but this is not something that the judge should consider. It is all administrative, and the judge only needs to consider how to make a judgment.

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 he figured it out, Sima Guang became even more anxious. He had already taken this step and couldn't take it back. He asked, "Then what should we do now?"

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, and said: "When I came here, I also thought about it. At present, there may be only one way to break the situation."

Sima Guang hurriedly asked: "What way?"

"Worse than anyone else."

"what?"

"To put it simply, it is to compete who dies first."

Zhang Fei said: "As far as I know, Qingzhou itself doesn't have too many problems. The problems are all concentrated in the public security law, but Jingdong East Road is different. I have already said in the letter that the actions of Jingdong East Road officials will bet all their belongings on the gamble." If we don't hold on to this for too long, the disadvantages of the Green Crop Law will be exposed. In this way, Xueshi 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 are almost unable to hold on."

Zhang Fei said: "Qingzhou will not be sentenced. Of course, we can't persist. Let Judge Qian and the others judge. One by one, it will not affect the finances for the time being. At the same time, it can also gain the hearts of the people. As long as the other party has problems first, we will be stable." win."