Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 415: Reform Competition

Many officials in the DPRK and China are opposed to the expansion of the police station on the surface, but they are very supportive in their hearts.

But there are also some straightforward children who really object.

For example, the censor Qian Yi.

He played three times a day, saying that this should not be done, as it would increase the burden on the people.

But everything has disappeared, and there is no news.

At the same time, the reformers Lu Huiqing and others are all kinds of yin and yang, to disgust those conservatives who are always against them. This money is all spent on you, which is enough to prove that your judicial reform is the most expensive , You are taking advantage of everything and still swearing at people here, it is really ungrateful.

Qian Wei and the others were honest to the core, how could they bear this kind of insult, so they went to Sima Guang.

"The exemption tax is the life money of the people. If the royal police use this money, can they still get the respect of the people? Can they still enforce the law strictly?"

"Scholar Sima, this is obviously a trick by Wang Jiefu and the others. They intend to use this to pull you into the water. If you don't stop it, if something goes wrong, he will definitely put all the responsibility on you."

"That's right, you can't ask for this money!"

......

Qian Wei, Zhang Jian and others excitedly said to Sima Guang.

Even Wen Yanbo on the side nodded frequently, "Junshi! You have to think about this matter carefully. It is said that even Han Zihua has great doubts about it. Kaifeng is a place in the capital. Chaos, the consequences can be big or small."

Sima Guang, who was silent for a while, let out a long sigh: "Wen Gong Mingjian, I have objected, but I have not been able to change the decision of the officials. As for the expansion of the police station, it has nothing to do with me."

Qian Wei said: "But if you take this money, I'm afraid the common people will complain about the judicial reforms of Bachelor Sima."

Sima Guang nodded, "I've thought of that too. For now, the only way is to stop them from collecting tax exemptions indiscriminately."

Qian Wei asked: "How to stop it?"

Sima Guangdao: "The expansion of the royal police includes the tax police. If they go to the local area, in order to obtain funds, they will definitely collect this exemption tax.

However, according to their functions and powers, the royal police do not obey the county government, but will be restricted by the imperial court and the procuratorate. them. "

Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "But if the exemption tax cannot be collected, where should the money come from?"

Sima Guang said: "That's Wang Jiefu's business."

Qian Yi immediately said: "This is feasible."

Since you can't stop the emperor, let's stop them from extorting money.

Sima Guang glanced at them and said: "Everyone protesting against this matter in the court will not be very effective, and you may be excluded by the other party. Instead of wasting words here, it is better to go to the county Do something for the common people, I wonder if you are willing to take on this important task.”

Qian Wei and the others looked at each other, and agreed immediately without any hesitation.

In the current situation in the court, the reformists have gradually gained the upper hand. They censors are arguing and arguing every day, and they can't change anything, but Qian Yi and the others are really anxious, because they really think that this recruitment method It will definitely increase the burden on the people.

It's better to go to the front line to stop them.

Besides, this is Ji County, and it's not going to a poor country.

Sima Guang, a foreign worker, was forced to have no choice but to speed up the pace of judicial reform, and immediately went to the emperor, expressing that he would comprehensively promote judicial reform in Kaifeng Prefecture.

When Zhao Xu saw his memorial, he almost wept with joy, so he quickly approved it without delay, for fear that Sima Guang would regret it.

Don't look at Zhao Xu's firm support for Wang Anshi on the surface, but in fact he also attaches great importance to judicial reform, but he didn't show it. Sima Guang's foreign work also made him very depressed, but it was not easy to urge him .

After all, his energy is limited, and it is impossible to give great support to both sides at the same time, there must always be a distinction between primary and secondary.

Speaking of which, the reason why Sima Guang wants to work abroad is that he is actually observing the Royal Police, or waiting for the Royal Police. He attaches great importance to the administration of officials.

The expansion of the royal family has provided great convenience for judicial reform. He only needs to arrange troops for the chief officials, and does not need to rectify the administration of officials.

Comparatively speaking, it is much simpler.

The people he recommended this time are all key members of the conservative faction. They are friends he has known for more than ten years. It is the opposite.

As soon as the news came out, the morale of the conservatives was greatly boosted and they rejoiced.

These people are all officials who resolutely oppose the recruitment law. Without exception, Sima Guang sent them out at this time with a very clear purpose!

In fact, this is the scene they are most looking forward to.

Judicial Reform VS New Deal.

It’s really interesting to say that this duel originated from Zhang Fei’s victory in the Zhengshi Tang’s lawsuit against the Third Department of Regulations. Among them, the next tone is set, that is, the judiciary can check and balance the establishment of the second government regulations department.

This makes conservatives look forward to it.

But as time goes by, everyone is very disappointed with this statement. The reason is still because of Sima Guang's foreign work. There is rapid progress over there, but there is no movement here. Could it be that he intends to use his thoughts to limit it?

This time Sima Guang finally made a move.

It did not disappoint.

It also restored the confidence of many people in him.

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This matter involves the entire area of ​​Gyeonggi. Those Ji counties are all located in the capital.

Innumerable news spread to the counties of Gyeonggi Province every day.

Even Dongming County (Heze, Shandong), which is three or four hundred miles away from Bianliang, knows everything that happened in the court.

The county government office, the back hall, but saw a handsome middle-aged man in casual clothes standing in front of the tablet under the window, scribbling a pen and ink.

This man's name is Jia Fan, the magistrate of Dongming County, his great-grandfather Jia Yan. It was Zhao's second son who was in the old team when he was not the emperor, and later became the deputy envoy of the third department. At the same time, he also had another identity, that is, Fan Zhongyan's son-in-law.

There was another person standing beside him, Fan Chao, the director of Dongming County.

"Magistrate, now everyone is in danger outside, and the wind is jittery." Fan Chao whispered.

Jia Fan asked: "Why?"

Fan Chao said: "They learned that the imperial court expanded the number of royal police by 10,000, and they thought that the purpose of doing so was to rob them of their money."

"It's superficial."

Jia Fan put down his pen, and a maid next to him immediately brought a handkerchief. While wiping his hands, he said: "The malpractice in the Yamen War has reached the point where it has to be corrected. If the government wants to do something, Nothing wrong."

Fan Chao said: "But now the government's finances are struggling to maintain the current expenditure, and now they have to implement the recruitment law and expand the police station. These expenses can only be borne by the people."

Jia Fan paused, and after a while, he sat down, "It's not up to us to control this matter, since the officials have already decided, we can only execute the order.

Now that the police station is expanding, I believe that the exemption tax will be collected this summer, and the royal police probably won’t be able to catch up. You order them to quickly count the households of the people to avoid delaying the emperor’s life. "

Fan Chao glanced at Jia Fan, pondered for a while, "Yes, I will do it right away."

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Ji County, Zhongmu.

"Good! Good! Good time!"

Du Zhiping, the magistrate of Zhongmu County, looked at the letter and nodded with a smile.

A civil official in front of him was puzzled and said: "Magistrate, what's so good about this, when the royal police come, they will inevitably extort money in order to support the expansion of the police station. There is already a raging public opinion outside." /

"This is a good thing!"

Du Zhiping raised his head and said with a smile: "Before this official, I was unwilling to waste too much people's power and increase the burden on the people. The rivers were silted up and the bridges were damaged. They were all left untreated.

Nowadays, the imperial court has switched to the law of enlistment, and then the people will get something if they deal with these affairs, so it is not a waste of people's resources. You order to go down and recruit people to deal with those unfinished business. "

The official asked: "All of them?"

Du Zhiping nodded.

"That would require recruiting a lot of people!"

"Anyway, this exemption tax comes from the people, and then it is used for the people, and it is convenient for the people. Isn't it the best of both worlds."

"Yes...I'll do it now."

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Tokyo, Bianliang!

In a large courtyard on the left side, I saw a young man standing in the garden wielding a hoe, but the beautiful woman next to him was terrified.

"Sanlang, you...you stop first."

"What?"

The young man looked back at the beautiful woman who was sweating on her forehead.

The beautiful woman said: "You...you better stop digging, I'm afraid you will dig your own feet."

"How is this possible?"

"Third brother! Ma'am is right, it's really easy to poach your feet with such a skill."

"Is there any other way to say something about wielding a hoe?"

"I...I'll give the third brother a demonstration."

"Okay, come and try it, I don't believe it yet."

The young man handed the **** to the attendant beside him.

The attendant took the **** and started digging. A few **** down could do half an hour's work of the young man.

"Ah! There are some tricks."

The young man said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Sanlang, drink tea."

The beautiful woman handed over a cup of tea, and said with a smile, "Although this farm work is simple, Saburo has never done it before, and he can't do it himself."

"Well, my **** is really not suitable for digging the ground." The young man nodded and said.

The three people in the courtyard are Zhang San, Li Si, and Gao Wenyin.

Gao Wenyin can't do these heavy jobs, she can only use a small shovel to handle the potted plants, so Zhang Fei volunteered to help, but the result was a mess.

"Aren't Sanlang very busy now, don't come here to help me." Gao Wenyin said.

Li Si stopped suddenly and said: "Ma'am, Third Brother has invited someone to come here to talk about something."

"Shut up!"

Zhang Fei glared at him immediately, and then said to Gao Wenyin with a little embarrassment: "I am here today to help my wife dig the ground, and by the way, invite someone to come over and talk about trivial matters."

Gao Wenyin nodded with a smile.

Suddenly I heard Long Wu's yelling from outside the door, "Who are you?"

Zhang Fei looked up, "Long Wu, let him in."

I saw a man walking in, it was Li Bao.

"Brother Leopard, don't come here without any problems."

"Congratulations to Saburo on his wedding."

"Thank you very much! This way please."

The two saluted each other, then went to sit down in the middle of the pavilion.

Zhang Fei smiled and asked, "Where is Brother Bao recently?"

Li Bao smiled embarrassedly: "I haven't been wandering around yet."

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "Brother Bao is being modest, you are a hero everywhere."

Li Bao said in embarrassment: "That's not true, occasionally we help those cunning and cunning people."

Zhang Fei laughed, "What is required by the duty, what is required by the duty." He said again: "By the way, where are Lao Qi and Shi Er now?"

Li Bao said: "They said they were going to Qingzhou to visit a brother, but now I don't know where they are. But the two of them really like doing this job, and they have met many green forest heroes."

Feng Nanxi and Shi Tingxiu used to like to do what is right, but they are not enough to protect themselves, but they are different now, and now the Secretary of the Imperial City is backing them, so they can let go of their hands.

It's really not too cool.

But Zhang Fei has never dared to let Niu Beiqing know about this, otherwise, that guy would definitely be arguing to go, but in Zhang Fei's opinion, Niu Beiqing is more suitable for taking care of the nursing home, and he has to be scared off just like him Many thieves.

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Fei's expression changed, and he said seriously: "Brother Bao, whether the tax department can become a blockbuster depends entirely on this battle."

Li Bao clasped his fists and said: "Sanlang, please rest assured. Although the tax department has only been established for one year, I have been operating in the capital for many years. I know the situation in those counties very well. At this time, many counties are already in the capital. Dig a trap secretly, just wait for Saburo to step on it."

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Let them dig. It's better to be idle than to stay at home and worry."

Li Bao laughed, and said again: "These people are conceited and talented, but after working for a long time, they still don't know what justice is. It's really ridiculous to toss around there."

Zhang Fei waved his hand: "Maybe it's because I haven't filed a lawsuit for a long time, making them forget that I was born in an ear pen."