Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 535 A Confused Account

Chapter 535

This Su Zhe is no better than Su Shi, he is still more stable, although he thinks that the current imperial court is too powerful, and the procuratorate also needs to increase its presence, but he will also see what is going on, and will not be like Su Shi's romanticism, relying on He is so smart that he thinks he can do whatever he wants.

In fact, a real wise man must know how to compromise with reality, such as Fu Bi, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang.

Don't look at Wang Anshi, but in fact his new law is a kind of compromise. He knows that the three redundancies cannot be solved for the time being. Fan Zhongyan has already demonstrated it once. The only way is to make money.

Su Zhe thought he had to find out the whole story before making a decision.

"Brother, brother Zhe, are you going back?"

Seeing Zhong Gu and Zhe Jizu entering the house, Zhong Er couldn't help asking.

After the trial of this lawsuit, Zhong Er and Lu Shen had to stay in Hezhong Mansion, waiting for the arrangement of the court, but many officials had already left Hezhong Mansion.

Zhong Gu and Zhe Jizu also planned to go back in the near future.

"Maybe it will be a few days later." Zhong Gu said.

Zhong Er immediately asked: "Could it be because of the case about the soldiers' compensation."

Zhong Gu was surprised and said: "You also know."

Kind of nodded.

Zhe Jizu said: "Although this case is small, it is quite common, but this time the public prosecutor's office will investigate it in person. We have to see how the public prosecutor's office will deal with this matter."

Zhong Er asked in a low voice, "This case has nothing to do with Zhongshou and the others, right?"

Zhe Jizu sighed and said: "He said it has nothing to do with him, but he is also worried that it will implicate him. After all, this military expenditure has always been a messy account, and now people in the army are panicked!"

Zhong Gu said: "We are worried that this is a conspiracy. If we really want to investigate to the end, no one knows how many people will be involved."

"Actually, I also have this kind of worry." Zhong Er nodded, "Why don't we remind Judge Zhang."

Zhe Jizu said: "I have inquired about this, and the procuratorate is currently investigating, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court for the time being. They said that the procuratorate will wait until the procuratorate finds the evidence, and then the procuratorate will file a lawsuit against the imperial court.

The head of the court is biased towards us, but Nasu chief prosecutor is not sure. This matter has nothing to do with us. Let's wait and see what happens. "

Zhong Gu said: "Actually, this is also good, we can also learn more about this public prosecutor's law from this case."

Forwarding Division.

"Oh, the prefect Cai is here."

Yuan Jiang stood up and cupped her hands, "I'm rude, I'm rude."

Cai Yanqing clasped his hands and said, "Yanqing came here with the presumptuousness, and if he disturbs you, I hope the transfer envoy Haihan."

"Where! Where!"

Yuan Jiang stretched out her hand and said, "Prefect Cai, please sit down."

"Thank you."

After Cai Yanqing sat down, Yuan Jiang said with a smile that was not a smile: "Cai Zhifu came today, but for the investigation of the procuratorate?"

Cai Yanqing smiled and nodded, "It seems that people from the procuratorate have already come."

Yuan Jiang nodded and said: "It's been a long time ago, but if military expenses are involved, our transshipment department can't get rid of it."

This transfer envoy can be said to be the Minister of Finance of a province. The local government is responsible for the collection and payment of taxes. Once the collected money and goods enter the county warehouse or state warehouse, it will belong to the transfer envoy. Adjust as needed.

Judging from this arrangement, we know that in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was difficult to separate the territory, and most of the finances were collected by the central government.

The transshipment envoy represents the central government, and they are all temporary appointments.

Cai Yanqing asked again: "I don't know how the transfer envoy thinks about this matter?"

Yuan Jiangyun said lightly: "This is the matter of my predecessor, it has nothing to do with me, and I have no need to compete with them. They just want to check some accounts, so I will let them check."

Cai Yanqing immediately understood that it seemed casual, but in fact he was quite cooperative.But he sighed: "In my opinion, it's useless to check, it's just a muddled account."

Yuan Jiang immediately asked, "How do you say that?"

Cai Yanqing said: "There is no quota for this military expenditure, there is a huge loss in the middle, and various miscellaneous items are converted to the soldiers, and many government offices are involved. It is really like finding a needle in a haystack just by the procuratorate trying to find out this account. "

Yuan Jiang couldn't help frowning, and said: "Let's talk about the matter, judging from the case, there are indeed many problems in this regard."

Cai Yanqing said: "In my opinion, the real problem lies in the redundancy, the military and government corruption is also caused by this, and the maintenance of such a large number of forbidden troops cannot be afforded by the local finances alone. It needs central appropriation, financial support from other states and counties, and the accounts are also very complicated, so that people can take advantage of it. If these three redundancies are not resolved, nothing can be discussed.”

After hearing this, Yuan Jiang couldn't help being silent.

Cai Yanqing glanced at him secretly, then looked outside, and then said with a smile: "It seems that Chief Prosecutor Su is not as prudent as Chief Judge Zhang. He is afraid that he will return without success this time. I heard that many officials want to borrow In this matter, it is best to teach this public prosecutor a lesson."

Yuan Jiang glanced at him, nodded with a smile and said, "It's time to make them suffer."

Even so, there was a trace of worry in his eyes.

In fact, Cai Yanqing came to tell Yuan Jiang, don't look at the case as a small one, but there is a big pit inside, once the public prosecutor jumps in, it may not be able to get out!

He also hopes that the public security law can play a role, but don't jump into it at the beginning. With your little people, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find yourself if you jump in.

royal court.

"Oh, this couple is really pitiful. The husband fought bloody battles for the country and became disabled, but when he returns home, he has to sell his wife and children. This is really chilling!"

Gao Wenyin, who never asked about official business, was sitting at the table and expressing her own opinions. Obviously, she felt the same about the case.

Looking at it is really suffocating.

Zhang Fei said: "So now you know how meaningful your husband's work is."

Gao Wenyin asked eagerly: "Will Sanlang seek justice for them?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while, then said: "Then it depends on the specific evidence."

Xu Zhiqian suddenly said: "If we only look at the evidence, I guess it will be very difficult."

Zhang Fei looked at her suspiciously.

Xu Zhiqian said: "Actually, our dynasty's pensions for soldiers are still very generous. Although the treatment of some generals and soldiers is hundreds of times different, most soldiers can still guarantee food and clothing.

The annual income of the soldiers of the imperial army is about [-] guan, and the annual income of the Xiang soldiers is about [-] guan.According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, if a soldier fights on the border, the military salary will be divided into two, half will be given to the soldier, and the other half will be given to the family members. Those who become disabled due to the war and cannot continue to stay in the army also have two options. On weekdays, half of the money and food will be given throughout his life, or thirty guan at once. "

Zhang Fei said: "Since this is the court's regulation, it is obvious that the government did not distribute money and food to Chen Guang in accordance with the regulations."

Xu Zhiqian said: "According to the regulations, the government can issue silk instead of money and food, because the money collected by the government is only a small amount, most of which are cloth, grain, wine, salt, tea, pickles, and the government can issue whatever they have. As for Whether the cloth is good or bad, I don’t have any specifics. Therefore, there are special dental staff who are responsible for helping the families of these soldiers and exchanging these found goods for money and food for daily needs.”

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Really? There are also special dentists who do this?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded, "Because the families of many soldiers don't know how to sell their supplies, so there are special dealers to help, but they also need to look at the goods. For example, salt, tea and wine are easy to sell, but these cloths are hard to sell. , Yaren had to collect a sum of money to leave. After this calculation, the soldiers' families often received much less than they actually did.

Since the government distributes cloth to Chen Guang's wife every month, it is not considered a violation of the government order.

As for the arrears of pensions, it is also common, because the amount of pensions is not fixed every year. If the finances are sufficient and there is a surplus in the warehouse, then it is easy to say, but if the finances are insufficient, it may be postponed. It has to be transferred from the capital. "

Gao Wenyin said: "Then it's not impossible to send this little money!"

Xu Zhiqian said: "Generally, the government gives priority to the expenditure of the frontline war, followed by the salaries and pensions of civil servants and generals, and finally the turn of the soldiers."

Speaking of this, she paused for a while, "And it's not a little money. This kind of situation may be very common. If Chen Guang asks for money and food, then the rest of the soldiers will come to ask for it."

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said, "No wonder I've been looking for specific information about this case, but the procuratorate still hasn't made a sound. It seems that they also encountered difficulties."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Zhang San, do you have a solution?"

Gao Wenyin also opened her watery eyes, looking at Zhang Fei eagerly.

Zhang Fei thought for a while, and said: "We have to be very careful about this matter. If we judge that the government should pay compensation, but the government delays it with insufficient financial resources, or makes up the money with rotten cloth, it will affect the authority of our imperial court."

Gao Wenyin said: "But last time, Sanlang also asked the government to compensate those salt merchants."

Zhang Fei said: "That's only how much money, and the issuance of salt debts can help Jieyan get more. If it's just Chen Guang, it's easy to solve, but I'm afraid that it will attract more people, and the government may really not be able to afford it." .Hey, when it comes to money, the imperial court may have a different face."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Your means of making money are so powerful, why don't you help the court find a way."

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said: "This is not the same thing as salt debt. This method is not so easy to think about! Let's not talk about this, let's see what the procuratorate will do. Maybe Chief Prosecutor Su will have a solution."

He didn't want to come to the Northwest before, that's the reason. The salt administration and the military administration are all muddy waters, and there must be illegal activities in them, and the imperial court wants to talk about the law. If the judiciary can't correct it, it will be more harm than good.

Regarding the salt debt, he was prepared, but he was really unprepared for this matter.

Attorney General Su?

Prosecutor Su now has a big head.

Su Zhe wanted to see the specific situation. If the other party was willing to settle the matter, he would be willing. After all, he also knew that the relationship of interests was very complicated, and the procuratorate was not yet able to trace the source.

But how do you know that none of the government offices will give face, you can investigate if you want, anyway, we are also acting according to the rules, and the imperial court will judge it at that time.

But after checking and checking, they found that something was not right.

"Prosecutor, there is no way to investigate this!"

Chen Qi looked at the accounts all over the room, and couldn't help but said: "It is necessary to investigate clearly, the government is indeed doing things according to the rules. At that time, there were only those cloths. It is really difficult to get to the sky!"

Wang Shen also said: "Furthermore, the Department of Pensions, the Military Treasury, the Transshipment Department, the Warehouse Department, the Grain Institute, and other government agencies are shirking their responsibilities to each other. In the end, they must find out the third department, because in the end it was the Transshipment Envoy. According to the order of the third division, to distribute the food reserves of the states and counties in Hezhong Prefecture, including military expenses, this may not be checked for a year, those people are obviously playing with us."

The government office that manages the military pay is composed of many government offices. To prove that there was only that kind of rotten cloth in the warehouse at that time, and that the rest of the money and food had specific plans, it required checking the accounts of many government offices.

Whether it is Sima Guang or Wang Anshi, they have raised some doubts about the cumbersomeness of the public security law.

Because verification is not an easy job.

Su Zhe clenched his fist tightly and slammed it on the table, furiously said: "If I didn't worry about causing more people to come to sue and burden the country's finances, I would not give them a chance. If we really want to investigate, it will take less than three days. , I will be able to find evidence and bring a lawsuit to the imperial court. Since they are so ignorant, then we have no need to save face for them."

But at this point, his clenched fist slowly loosened, "But if you want to sue, I'm afraid you still have to discuss it with the imperial court. After all, it may cause many soldiers to come to sue, and the consequences may be immeasurable. of."

(End of this chapter)