Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 598: No break no stand

Since the Public Security Bureau came to Hezhong Mansion, everyone's eyes have been focused on the imperial court. To them, the Royal Police are just a group of tool people.

There is a saying that the king is the first to capture the thief. They think that as long as the imperial court is killed, the royal police will be defeated by themselves. The key point is that there is no need to compete with a group of ordinary people.

Unconsciously, the police station at this time has grown into a behemoth with 5,000 police forces, and because of its strong execution ability, it can even compete with the military.

They are still immersed in the dispute between the young crop law and judicial reform, but they never thought that this police station would be deployed suddenly, and dozens of people were arrested within two days.

The key point is that these people are either local bullies, or they have connections in the government, and they are all relatives.

This really caught the officials by surprise, and they couldn't figure it out for a while.

Where is this going to be sung?

Don't you play cards according to routine?

What's interesting is that people who are outside the system are not surprised by this at all. Instead, they think it's normal, and some people even claim that they have already expected it.

This is because of the superficial phenomenon seen by the common people. Then in the court before, the two sides attacked back and forth and stripped each other's underwear completely. The imperial court saw it, so why didn't they just ignore it?

Isn't it normal to call the police now to crack down on these illegal activities?

As for those people who have been oppressed all the year round, when they saw that the police station really took action, they immediately went to the police station, the procuratorate, and the imperial court to file a complaint. .

Before those officials could react, the Royal Police dispatched more than 3,000 people, arrested 367 people, sealed up 56 shops, and destroyed six roadblocks.

This directly broke the record of eradicating crime and evil, which had been maintained by Bianjing before, but a total of more than a thousand people were mobilized.

This shot is like a thunderbolt, which is suffocating.

The police station also won their highlight moment because of this. I saw that there was a lot of traffic in front of the police station headquarters, coming in and out, and it was non-stop for twelve hours, and inside the police station was even crying. Mother, there are constant quarrels.

"Young master, we are here."

Qin Yijie hurriedly got off the carriage and looked up, but saw that the police station was already overcrowded, and they had already squeezed into the yard.

I saw familiar faces sitting on chairs and being lectured by the Royal Police.

"Police, I was wronged! I was really wronged! I am a butcher who can do anything. It must be that other butchers are jealous of my business, so they come to wrong me."

"Whether you were wronged, we will investigate. Also, before you were arrested, there was only one butcher who sued you for occupying his meat case, buying and selling by force, but after you were arrested, another More than a dozen people came to your door to accuse you of forced buying and selling, so don’t tell me everyone is idle and has nothing to do, so they come here to wrong you?”

"I am!"

"Hey! Police, we are really forced. Our village is all barren and barren, but we only hope to collect some tolls to survive. I used to help the villagers get ahead."

"Stand up for the villagers? Do you think we are blind? Your farm is almost encircling the entire village. There are fifty-six households in your village. Twenty-one households went begging on the street last year alone. You just think about the villagers in your heart. You didn’t pay tolls at all!”

"Police, everyone is your own person, you don't look at the monk's face, you have to look at the Buddha's face!"

"Who is your own person, who is your brother, has nothing to do with this case, how many times do I have to tell you?"

"I'm sorry, policeman, I'm Er Bi hired by Zhou Yuanwai."

"Come here to take a statement."

"Yes yes yes."

"Hey, Mr. Qin."

Finally, a royal policeman spotted Qin Yijie who was standing in a daze at the door, and immediately came over to greet him.

Qin Yijie swallowed, "Are you, Superintendent Cao there?"

"Our superintendent is in the back hall."

The royal policeman whispered: "Young Master Qin, who are you here to protect?"

Qin Yijie was taken aback, "What's the protection? I just happened to come here to find something to do with Superintendent Cao."

"Save it! Save it!"

The royal policeman nodded repeatedly, but his eyes clearly showed disbelief. At this time, 10,000% of the people who went to the police station were related to their relatives, and said: "Young Master Qin, please come inside, please come inside." /

"It's time to work."

When I came to the back hall, I could smell the smell of hot pot from a long distance. When I entered the gate, I saw that Cao Dongdong was eating boiled mutton while chatting with Fu Shichun. Thinking about the situation outside, it was like two people This world is so unreliable no matter how you look at it!

"Brother Qin, you came just in time, have a drink or two with me."

When Cao Dongdong saw him coming, he pulled him over.

"Yamei, why do you still have the time to drink?" Qin Yijie wondered.

"I've been holding back for several days. Today I can't rest for a long time, so I quickly drink two cups, but the pony is going to the police, and Xiaochun has to take care of things, so I can only drink it by myself."

Cao Dongdong is a dude.

Qin Yijie couldn't help looking at Fu Shichun, who just shook his head helplessly, and then asked Cao Dongdong: "Yanei, I heard that your police station has arrested a lot of people recently!"

Cao Dongdong grinned and said: "This is the order of the imperial court. Someone went to the imperial court to file a complaint. The evidence is solid, and the imperial court ordered us to arrest people."

"So that's what happened."

Qin Yijie nodded, his eyes dodged a few times, and then he whispered again: "The yamen may not know that you have arrested many people this time, and they are all relatives of those uncles and uncles in the camp. Temple, see if you can."

You must know that since Cao Dongdong came to Hezhong Mansion, he has always received the support of the military. Many people here are related to the military camp. Those people are very unhappy about this, so they sent Qin Yijie to find out what happened thing.

You can't be ungrateful!

Cao Dongdong waved his hand and said: "Brother Qin, don't worry, nothing is wrong, let those uncles and uncles find someone to guarantee, and I will let him go."

"Warranty?"

The corners of Qin Yijie's mouth twitched, who dares to vouch for this, is he going to die? After all, there are still people who have been convicted of multiple crimes these days. Thinking about it, I better ask first before saying, "Ya Nei, what is going on, these things don't happen in a day or two, why did the police suddenly arrest people?"

Cao Dongdong glanced outside, and then said: "It's really no wonder we don't show affection. It's really that those people have done too much, and we can't ignore it. But Brother Qin, please rest assured, I, Cao Dongdong, will not betray those people Uncles, let them guarantee the person out, as long as the person doesn’t run away, it’s fine, the most is to pay some fines, and what should be paid back to others, just like this, we are just pretending.”

Pretending to be? Qin Yijie thought to himself, are they looking for political achievements? Asked: "Really?"

"Really."

Cao Dongdong nodded, "But Brother Qin, don't go outside and talk about this."

Qin Yijie nodded hurriedly: "I can save this, I can save this."

Cao Dongdong took Qin Yijie's hand again, sticking his tongue out: "Brother Qin Xian, we are also from the Sanya, and we are very clear about the sources of income here, such as selling salt, selling wine, buying horses, so many Is it worthwhile to occupy other people's houses and force them to buy their own goods?"

Who can compare with your family. Qin Yijie sighed: "Some relatives who don't know what to do, that's inevitable."

In fact, this is not the case. Many of the people arrested today are relatives of small officials. They live on this extra money. It is not their turn to do high-end business.

Cao Dongdong said again: "This time I, Cao Dongdong, can guarantee that nothing will happen, let alone those uncles and uncles, but I won't be able to keep it next time, as there are still the procuratorate and the imperial court. Troubled Brother Qin to tell those uncles and uncles that this kind of work should not be done in the future, the money is not much, and it is easy to be caught."

Qin Yijie hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Ya Nei for your kindness, I will tell those uncles about it."

Nowadays, many people are afraid of being implicated. If they just spend some money, whether to compromise or not is another matter. At least they have a bottom line in their hearts.

A smile flashed across Fu Shichun's eyes.

Cao Dongdong seems unreliable, but being unreliable also has the advantage of being unreliable. Some things are difficult for them to say, but Cao Dongdong can say whatever he wants, anyway, you can guess.

Wei Mansion.

"When I let you enter the police station, I just hoped that you could inquire about the news inside, but you are still addicted. Could it be that you got close to Cao Yanei, and the wings are hard and can't be manipulated."

Wei Yingfang reprimanded a young man in front of him.

The young man looked aggrieved and said: "Wei Tongpan has learned a lesson, the villain has never forgotten Wei Tongpan's advice."

Wei Yingfang said: "Then why did the police station make such a big move, and you didn't even mention it beforehand?"

The young man said: "This can't be blamed on the villain. The villain also received the order suddenly at that time, and then immediately started to act. Even before the arrest, the villain didn't know what they were going to do, and there was no time to notify Wei Tong. .”

"You!"

"Wei Tong, please calm down."

Cao Yi stood up, stopped Wei Yingfang, and said, "Perhaps it's no wonder they are. Many people have not received the news. The police station's operation is obviously well-prepared, and naturally they will not leak the news in advance." /

Wei Yingfang said: "Then what should we do now? My mother-in-law learned that her younger brother was arrested, and quarreled with me every day at home."

Cao Yi sighed: "My brother-in-law was also arrested. I was worried at first, but now it seems that it is relatively safe."

Wei Yingfang asked: "How do you say that?"

Cao Yidao: "The police station arrested so many people at once, and behind those people are all famous figures. If they are all punished, then all the officials in Hezhong Mansion must not be offended."

Wei Yingfang nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, do they dare to punish so many people?"

Cao Yidao: "So we will wait and see what happens, and see what their intentions are. If they are too impulsive, they will be caught by the imperial court. Moreover, people will naturally make trouble with them."

It is no exaggeration to say that the operation of the police station this time has created a feeling of shaking the whole Hezhong Mansion. have this effect.

The reason is that all the people arrested by the Royal Police this time are related households, all of whom have various backgrounds in the government.

The officials were all dumbfounded, they didn't even dare to guarantee it, even if the police station allowed them to do so, as long as they were willing to guarantee it and paid a little guarantee money, they could take the person back.

Officials are speculating on the intention behind this action.

Is it because Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong, and the purpose was to catch them.

This even includes the procuratorate. This action was taken without warning, and the procuratorate had no prior knowledge. However, according to its authority, many of these people have already committed criminal cases, and the procuratorate must intervene.

However, is it really no problem to sue so many related households at once?

Su Zhe was not Su Shi, he came based entirely on his temperament. He was more cautious and came to the imperial court immediately.

Because he knew the relationship between Cao Dongdong and Zhang Fei, Cao Dongdong would not be so reckless without Zhang Fei's order.

"Good!"

Zhang Fei frankly admitted: "This action was arranged by me."

Su Zhe asked: "I don't know what your purpose is for this move?"

Zhang Fei said: "Rectify the administration of officials."

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This time to rectify the administration of officials, it's really a fresh start!"

Rectifying the administration of officials is a big matter, you are so hasty, and you don't even discuss it with us.

Zhang Fei said: "Mr. Su Xiao suddenly thinks that my method is actually relatively mild."

Su Zhe frowned slightly, thinking.

From the point of view of rectifying the administration of officials, this is nothing. In the past, when rectifying the administration of officials, they directly targeted the officials, but this time Zhang Fei only investigated their relatives, and no official was arrested.

Zhang Fei said: "Actually, our imperial court has recently received a lot of secret lawsuits, all of which are aimed at those bullies in Hezhong Mansion, and these bullies basically have connections in the Yamen.

There are roughly two types of official corruption. One is to use the convenience of one's position to directly ask for money from the people. This method is actually very forbidden.

The key is the second type, which uses power to occupy some livelihoods and form a monopoly to exploit the people. They have no ability and rely entirely on their brother-in-law or uncle.

It's like the Zhoujiazheng store in the southern suburbs, relying on his connections in the prison, he actually recruited a group of prisoners and forced passing businessmen to live in their store, but the prices of food and drinks in his store were even more expensive than those in the Alum Building.

The damage caused by this kind of behavior to the country is far better than directly using the position to ask for money from the people, because those who work in the yamen have to pay attention after all, and they are unscrupulous. "

Su Zhe nodded slightly, and said again: "But when we first came, we hinted to the outside world that we would not settle old accounts, otherwise, the process would not be so smooth. To tell you the truth, I also It is not in favor of settling old accounts, it will force them to jump over the wall, which is not conducive to the stability of Hezhong Mansion."

Zhang Fei said: "I have no intention of settling old accounts, I just want to tell them that until this point, our imperial court will never allow this situation to continue like this.

You should earn as much as you can to make money based on your ability, but if you still want to rely on relationships and rely on arrogant means to amass wealth, then what awaits them is bound to be a disaster in prison. "

Su Zhe nodded slightly. This kind of behavior must be prohibited, otherwise, he would not be able to enforce the law. He said, "Then what should we do with this group of people now?"

Zhang Fei said: "Your procuratorate will take over and be responsible for the investigation, and then discuss with them and give them a chance to reconcile, but those who deserve compensation must be compensated, and the punishment must be punished. If you don't teach them a lesson, they won't realize it. It depends on our determination. At most, they are exempted from punishment, but the specific decision is still up to your procuratorate.”

Su Zhe smiled and said, "It seems that if I don't come to you today, you will come to me."

Zhang Fei nodded, and said: "Recently, our imperial court has been in the limelight, so we should let your procuratorate and police station show their prestige."

"Thank you very much!"

Su Zhe heheed twice, and said again: "Okay, I know what to do."

Although he also knows that this is not a good job, he is still a little excited because many previous cases are civil lawsuits, and their procuratorate is only responsible for supervising the trial of the imperial court, but this time it is different. In criminal cases, it is their turn for the procuratorate to show their talents.

Zhang Fei's suggestion to Zhao Xu is to shift the focus to commercial taxation to make up for the lack of finances, and to avoid direct war with the landlords. The first step is to revitalize the business, and these related households are the whole All obstacles in the plan must be eradicated.

Only under the premise that the interests of businessmen can be basically guaranteed, can business become prosperous and business taxes increase.

At the same time, the relationship between Qingmiao Law and Yuan Jiang's letter has also been quickly spread to the capital.

This immediately caused an uproar in the capital.

Wang Anshi broke out directly. In the court, he complained about their collusion between the public security law and the landlords, and the reformists also launched an attack on judicial reform.

You can also deny Lao Tzu's administrative order, but who gave you this power?

The key point is that they feel wronged by the whole reform. It is obvious that those gentry are causing trouble. It is clearly written in the hall records. All of them used to lend usury in the past. As a result, the court made two cents of interest, and they will come one right away. One point to five, isn't this blatantly against the court?

Some people even directly fanned the flames, saying that the imperial court's decree was even higher than the official's decree.

After all, the New Deal is approved by the government.

However, Sima Guang did not give way to Wang Anshi this time, he jumped out immediately, confronted Wang Anshi head-on, and resolutely defended the imperial court's verdict.

You must know that Sima Guang had been reluctant to leave before because of the judicial reform. Now that Wang Anshi is directly attacking the judicial reform, he will not bear it anymore. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to stay in the court.

Moreover, Zhang Fei's verdict boosted the morale of the conservative faction headed by Sima Guang.

At the same time, this involves the power of the squires, and the relationship between the conservatives and the squires is very close.

Combined with the fact that Sima Guang took the lead this time, the conservatives were united like never before and desperately defended the verdict.

Among them, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, and Zhao Yan, the great prime ministers, did not hide it, and directly stood up, saying that there was no problem with the verdict.

Although they opposed the Green Crop Law before, they spoke very euphemistically. The reason was that Zhao Xu was determined to support the new law. If he continued to oppose it, he could only force Zhao Xu to break with them.

But this time is different. This time they are protecting the judicial reform, not attacking the Youth Law. There will be no direct conflict with the emperor, so there is no need to be euphemistic.

The two sides were arguing a lot. In the judiciary and the administrative department, there was a heated debate. One of the key points was whether the imperial court had the right to deny the administrative order.

Wang Anshi could drive Fan Zhen out of the court, but he couldn't directly kill the prime ministers Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang, Zhao Bian, etc., and finally quarreled in front of the emperor.

The emperor has to make a decision.

After Zhao Xu finished reading it, he said to Sima Guang: "Scholar Sima, judging from this record alone, those country gentry and landlords are clearly targeting the young crop law. I can see it at a glance. Don't you gentlemen see it? "

The tone is obviously biased toward Wang Anshi.

Sima Guang immediately said: "Your Majesty, President Zhang's judgment on this point is very detailed. The interest of one cent and five has long been stored in the villages. It did not appear because of the Young Crop Law. In the palace, if it can be heard by His Majesty, it must be usury. In fact, there are still a lot of low-interest loans among the people.

In addition, the government did not provide specific evidence to prove that they were targeting the young crop law. Even if it is, it is just a kind of competition, and reasonable competition is not illegal.

Moreover, the imperial court also gave an explanation for this. Of course, the government has the right to prohibit an act that is not illegal, but this prohibition is not conducive to the interests of the country and the monarch, so it overruled this prohibition. "

"It's nonsense!" Wang Anshi scolded angrily: "They are openly resisting the policy of the imperial court, and the imperial court is even helping the tiger. If they don't care, everyone will be against the imperial court in the future. Then how can we ministers govern the country? How can it not affect the interests of the country and the monarch."

Zhao Xu nodded straightly.

Wen Yanbo retorted: "This statement is wrong. The policy of the imperial court is the young crop law. They did not oppose the young crop law. They just filed a lawsuit against the sudden ban issued by the Hezhong government, and they won the lawsuit with dignity. In our case It seems that this will effectively put an end to some policies that go against the will of the people and prevent local officials from acting recklessly."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly again.

When Wang Anshi heard this, not only was he not annoyed, but he was delighted.

Wen Yanbo was absolutely opposed to the Young Crop Law in the past, but his words have an underlying meaning, that is, it is wrong to oppose the Young Crop Law, and what the imperial court rejected was not the Young Crop Law, but the ban.

It is tantamount to acknowledging the young crop law in disguise.

Sima Guang suddenly said: "Wang Jiefu! You used to brag about your financial management skills, but in the end, people only need to cut the interest by half. Your young crop method is vulnerable and can only be suppressed by power. You This is the legalist technique in the cloak of financial management, and it is not as easy as raising taxes according to the decree."

Fu Bi secretly glanced at Sima Guang, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Sima Guang is really professional at angering Wang Anshi.

"Sima Junshi."

Wang Anshi immediately flew into a rage. It doesn't matter if you insult me. You can't insult my financial management skills. How long can the greedy landlords last, I will put it here, in less than a year, they will reveal their true colors, and then we will see who is really thinking about the people."

Sima Guang hehe said: "Can your young crop method last for a year?"

"You."

Wang Anshi glared at him, and suddenly said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, just looking at the Tanglu can't explain the problem. I suggest sending another official to monitor the case."

Sima Guang's heart trembled, and he immediately said: "The procuratorate is in charge of supervision over there, so why send another person there?"

Wang Anshi said: "I don't trust the procuratorate. There are many cases from Hezhong Mansion, but the procuratorate has not rejected one. Now I suspect that the procuratorate has colluded with the imperial court, and there is a lack of supervision."

Wen Yanbo frowned and said, "You have no proof, why do you say that?"

Wang Anshi said: "That's why I suggested that the court send people to investigate. After all, the public prosecutor's law is in the trial period, and the procuratorate is also in it. It is reasonable for the court to send people to monitor."

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, Bachelor Yuan also mentioned about the taxation of Hezhong Prefecture this year. The police station only asked them to declare on their own. As a result, the tax this year has increased by at least 50%. It can be seen how serious the situation of tax evasion in Hezhong Prefecture is, and at the same time, there is still a phenomenon of abuse of labor power in Hezhong Prefecture. Therefore, Bachelor Yuan implores the court to set up a tax department in Hezhong Prefecture, and at the same time implement the exemption law in Hezhong Prefecture. It is better to let Han Si go to monitor it. At the same time, implement the law of immunity from service.”

Zhao Xu pursed his lips and nodded again and again, but in fact he was a little panicked now, because he was aware of the whole plan, and he admired Wang Anshi's acting skills from the bottom of his heart!

The officials of the Hezhong Mansion over there hoped that they could fight. Wang Anshi had to give some response and give administrative support, so he must send someone there.

But it's just a show.

It's just that Wang Anshi's acting skills are so superb that Sima Guang was completely kept in the dark.

Sima Guang thought that Wang Anshi did this to retaliate against those squires. The methods of the tax department were terribly frightening to the rich and powerful in the capital. All-round encirclement and suppression, so he said: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the Hezhong Mansion have been too busy recently. In my opinion, we should wait."

Wang Anshi snorted: "This is all caused by your judicial reform. Why do you let my new law wait? Why don't you let them calm down."

Sima Guang said: "Can you explain something rationally, because there is a grievance in the first place, so you will go to the imperial court to file a lawsuit. This proves that the public security department went just right."

Wang Anshi said: "So the tax department can't go."

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Sima Guang was speechless immediately.

Zhao Xu saw that the heat was about the same, and finally said: "Xueshi Wang is right. The public security law is in the trial stage and should be supervised. As for the tax department and the exemption law, they have achieved good results in the capital. At the same time, there are officials in Shaanxi Road every year talking about the suffering of the servants, and it should also be implemented in Hezhong Prefecture to get rid of the bad government as soon as possible.”

Fu Bi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the Public Procuratorate is a system of its own, and there are layers of supervision. If you send people to supervise, I'm afraid it will damage the justice."

The envoy of the Song Dynasty was a key reason why the government orders were not clear, because there were too many envoys, and the officials below did not know who to listen to.

The reason why the public security law is successful is because it has its own school, and no one can control it.

If another person is sent to supervise the trial of the public security bureau, it will only influence the judiciary, and the gain outweighs the gain.

Zhao Xu said: "The Han Temple matter is only to investigate the cause of the case, and will not interfere with the judicial trial. If the trial by the imperial court is correct, I am not afraid of other people's investigation."