Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 654: Eat your own fruit

Chapter 654 Eat your own fruit

The reason why Zhang Fei dared to say it was because he was just saying it. This is the Legislative Council, not the imperial court. How bad, or how good, the ultimate decision rests with the Legislative Council.

The pressure is all on the legislature.

But isn't that the original intention of Fu Bi to arrange Zhang Fei to go to the procuratorate?

In Beijing, your authority and qualifications are not enough to convince the public, and your judgment will inevitably be questioned, so the Procuratorate is more suitable for you. The real power should return to the Legislative Council.

As the saying goes, with great power comes great responsibility.

The next step is to test the Legislative Council.

At this time, Fu Bi didn't care about the headache, so he came to Zhao Xu and asked, "Does the official have anything to say?"

Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "I haven't fully comprehended President Zhang's explanation for a while. If there is a result in legislation, Mr. Fu will come and explain it to me."

The implication is that I don't want to take this blame, you can handle it yourself.

Fu Bi can only cup his hands and say: "The old minister takes orders."

Zhao Xu stood up, "I will go back to the palace first."

"The old minister respectfully sends the official home."

Zhao Xu got up and left immediately.

The ministers all stared at Zhao Xu, hoping to realize a little bit of holy meaning from his back.

After Zhao Xu left, Fu Bi announced the end of today's Legislative Council.

Of course, the Legislative Council cannot only be open for one day, and it will last until the Chinese New Year. There are many issues to be discussed, but today is Zhang Fei's special session.

As soon as Zhao Xu left, two big groups immediately formed in the scene.

The reformists surrounded Wang Anshi, while the conservatives surrounded Sima Guang.

Everyone's face is full of worry.

Because Zhang Fei's theory touches the interests of everyone, it is not only a problem of redundant officials, but also usually, if you want to charge a little more money, it may not work. What else do you mean.

"Scholar Sima, what Zhang San said is very dangerous, don't try it lightly."

"What he said is reasonable, but it will also offend many people."

"That kid just talks, but we are the ones who offend others, which is really cunning."

All in all, all in all, it is unavoidable that people are so sophisticated. This case will make the public prosecutor's law tread on thin ice, and will inevitably make more people oppose the public prosecutor's law.

"What if it is a last resort?"

Facing everyone's persuasion, Sima Guang suddenly asked.

A last resort?

Everyone suddenly realized a very serious problem.

Sima Guang swept his eyes and said: "The situation in Qingzhou, you all know what's going on, they forced us to this point, should we bow our heads and admit defeat?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone suddenly realized, ouch! Isn't this the solution to Qingzhou's problem?

Core conservatives such as Liu Shu immediately demanded that the Qingzhou government directly restructure its debts.

Yes, this is all forced by them.

Besides, if you don't do this, the public security and law enforcement in Qingzhou must be in a dilemma.

Now the situation in Qingzhou is already very serious. Under Lu Huiqing's operation, the government is tearing down the east wall and repairing the west wall. Instead, it has become heavily in debt. If there is no debt restructuring, or the court does not save it, the public security law will definitely be over. , Advance and retreat is a dead end.

But the imperial court is impossible to save. Even if the emperor is willing, Sima Guang will not be willing, because as long as the imperial court intervenes, the Qingzhou Rebellion will be blamed on the public security bureau, and Fan Chunren and his career will face a big blow However, it is impossible for Sima Guang to let Fan Chunren and the others bear the burden.

Only by reorganizing debts and overthrowing and starting over again can the situation be brought under control, avoiding the destruction of the public security system, and reduce the burden on the government, increasing the future finances, and turning defeat into victory.

What's more important is that the debt restructuring will hurt the government officials the most, because the main redundant officials are concentrated in the government. After all, the public security law has just been established, and it is impossible for redundant officials to appear. They are the ones who are responsible for this trick, so debt restructuring is just to repay them in the same way and let them reap the consequences.

It's cool to think about it, although it will also touch their interests, but if they fail, the consequences they will face will be more serious.

Partisanship has reached such a point, we must not be soft-hearted, let us live first.

Conservatives have supported Zhang Fei's remarks.

Wen Yanbo and Lu Gong have read the works, and generally know Zhang Fei's path. This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Deng Wan, Pei Wen and other reformers over there are also advising Wang Anshi, don't trust Zhang Fei, this kid is full of bad intentions.

If the officials are dismissed, how much resistance will there be!

Who will support your reforms.

You have to figure this out.

Wang Anshi stroked his beard and laughed, "Why don't you listen? Well said! Well said!"

Deng Wan wondered: "Where did Wang Xueshi say this?"

Wang Anshi said: "Just now, Zhang San has been emphasizing that it is only right and proper to repay debts. It is not a default. The government should be like this, and the people should be like this. In Qingzhou, the government owes money to the people, but in Jingdong Dong In other state capitals along the way, it is not the money owed by the government to the people, but the money owed by the people to the government. If we explain it this way, the chaos on Jingdong East Road is not due to the New Deal, so it is better to let them ask for it for us. Don't get it, we all win."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

They only cared about the money owed by the government, but they didn't think that the money owed by the people to the government should be the same.

After understanding this principle, everyone is suddenly enlightened.

Let the Public Procuratorate ask for it. If you want to get it without riots, that's up to you. But they all think that the situation on Jingdong East Road is very serious, so it's impossible to get it.

If it is not possible, it will prove that Zhang Fei's theory is not valid, and it will be self-defeating.

Deng Wan suddenly asked: "What about the Qingzhou problem?"

Meng Gansheng glanced at Sima Guang, and immediately said: "The other party will definitely ask Qingzhou to carry out debt restructuring based on Zhang Fei's precedent."

The rest looked at Wang Anshi again.

Debt restructuring is scary.

Wang Anshi frowned and said: "That's right, they will definitely do this, and then take the opportunity to eradicate our people, but the premise is that they have to solve the debt problem of Jingdong East Road. This case must treat everyone equally."

Even so, everyone looked very dignified.

In case they do work it out, don't we all have to go home and raise pigs?

This is the Legislative Council, not the Political Affairs Hall. It is not meant to resolve a political dispute. Once Zhang Fei's words become the law, it is really terrible.

Many people looked at Fu Bi in unison, and at this time Fu Bi was talking with Zhang Fei.

"Sigh, you are really worrying!" Fu Bi couldn't help but said earnestly.

I have to say that Zhang Fei's theory is beyond his expectations, and it is much more ruthless than laying off officials, because it will touch the unique exploitation system of feudal society, and whether there are redundant officials, debt restructuring can be carried out , as long as there are financial problems.

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "What about the Bachelor Wang?"

Fu Bi was stunned for a while, stroked his beard, thought for a while, nodded and smiled and said, "But you have to understand, it's not that Wang Jiefu doesn't know the root of his talent. Put forward the idea that the people do not add taxes, but the country uses them.”

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I know."

Fu Bi asked curiously again: "Even Wang Jiefu is afraid, aren't you afraid?"

Zhang Fei said: "But I am not advocating dismissal of officials. I also know that there will be great resistance. I still want to consolidate the law of the legal system and the law of the public prosecutor, but I hope that the country can be truly governed by law."

Fu Bi let out a sigh: "The country is truly governed by law?"

Zhang Fei nodded: "I have faced many problems in the Hezhong Mansion, but I have never pursued the responsibility of the relevant officials. Of course, on the one hand, I do not want the conflict to intensify, but on the other hand, I also consider their difficulties. .Because many of these problems are caused by finances forcing officials to break the law. The reason for this is that there is no final solution mechanism.

As long as there is a problem with the government's finances, it must be transferred to the people, then it will definitely violate the law, and eventually the government will force the people to rebel. Although this kind of thing has happened many times in my dynasty, there has never been a solution mechanism that can avoid this problem for a long time.

More importantly, this will eventually lead to the fact that the judiciary is always facing impact. In other words, you can’t have both, if you want finances, you must destroy the judiciary. possible foothold. "

Fu Bi nodded lightly, but anyone who has read the cases of Hezhong Mansion knows that most officials are using financial problems to provide legal support for their illegal actions, which is also the biggest problem Zhang Fei faces in Hezhong Mansion .

If it weren't for Yuan Jiang's policies, Zhang Fei might not have ended up in the same place.

This is also the reason why many people question the public prosecutor's law.

They believe that the public security law will destroy the administrative system, because many problems are rooted in the court. If the government is held accountable, it will be difficult for the government to do anything, and the finances will face a greater crisis, and the gains outweigh the losses.

The success of the Hezhong Prefecture is entirely dependent on personal ability, and it does not mean that the Biede Prefecture can also succeed.

The only way to replicate the success of the Hezhong Mansion is to introduce a bankruptcy bill, which will have very strict requirements on the competence of officials.

But you can't easily get money from the people, so you can only think of other ways.

Zhang Fei continued: "Even ordinary people know that if the income decreases and there is no way to increase it for a while, the expenditure must be reduced, and the country should do the same. This judgment is not for laying off officials, but for There is really no other way to ensure that the country will not perish because of this, and it is better to do this than to force the people to rebel."

This bill may not be used, but it cannot be without it.

Fu Bi nodded and asked again: "You are very reasonable, but do you think the Legislative Council can pass it?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government."

Fu Bi laughed and said, "It's really a good one who is not in his position and does not seek his own government!"

This sentence also applies to him, because the Legislative Council is not up to him, it needs the consent of many people.

If it is normal, it will definitely not pass.

But if the current situation cannot be overcome, the problems facing Jingdong East Road will not be resolved.

However, most people don't want the problem of Jingdong East Road to be resolved. They just want the reformers and conservatives to die together. Moreover, they absolutely do not support the program of debt restructuring.

Although Wang Anshi believes that it is possible to use his strength to make use of this precedent to help raise the Changping Division to collect money.

But they are not stupid. The problem on Jingdong East Road is only temporary after all, but if this bill is passed, it will be tantamount to putting a rope around their necks and killing them at any time.

So, immediately after the end of this Legislative Council, many ministers impeached Zhang Fei for deceiving the public, wanting to destroy the law of the ancestors, and directly asked the emperor to question Zhang Fei.

In fact, they also know that it is very difficult to accuse Zhang Fei of the crime, because both Wang Anshi and Sima Guang support him. They just want to tell the emperor that they must not do this. If they do this, the consequences will be very serious.

However, at this critical moment, two waves of refugees from Jingdong East Road entered the capital unknowingly, and what was even more frightening was still behind, directly giving Wang Anshi's mansion and Sima Guang's mansion to him. Surrounded.

Although the forbidden army rushed over soon and captured all these refugees.

But it still caused great panic.

In ancient times, it was very rare to want to leave your hometown. Although the Song Dynasty was relatively easy, the two groups of refugees combined had nearly 200 people, and they unexpectedly crossed many obstacles without a sound, appeared in the capital, and returned to the capital. The prime minister's mansion was surrounded.

The people are all dumbfounded!

Is this the other way around?

However, the ministers of the DPRK and China have long heard the news that some people will come to the capital to sue the imperial court. Before that, they also secretly supported it, so that the states and counties along the way would not be stopped.

Because these two waves of refugees came from Qingzhou and other counties on Jingdong East Road.

Surrounding Wang Anshi were the people of Qizhou and Dengzhou, and you came up with the Young Miao Law, which resulted in the destruction of Lao Tzu's family.

The ones who surrounded Sima Guang were government servants and cao soldiers from Qingzhou. It was your judicial reform that made our military pay gone.

Although the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty are not very good, they cannot be allowed to drive straight in. As long as they are not blind, they can be found anyway, so there is only one reason, and someone must have escorted them in secretly.

The one who can have this power must be the prime minister, and it's not just one person, it must be a group of people.

Originally, many opponents of reform were looking forward to this day, but this happened after the Legislative Assembly. This, um... is a bit subtle.

What they expect is that these people will come to complain, but both sides are unable to solve these problems, then the emperor will inevitably be forced by public grievances, at least 50 boards each.

But there is a solution now, it depends on whether the two parties are willing to cooperate.

Then this has become an opportunity for cooperation between the two parties.

After Zhao Xu learned of this, he immediately issued an order to ask the public prosecutor to investigate the matter thoroughly immediately.

This immediately caused panic.

Zhang family.

"Daddy, what's the situation now?"

Seeing Xu Zun coming back, Xu Zhiqian immediately went up to greet him and asked with concern.

Xu Zun gave her a glare, "Now you have to rest easy and raise your baby, don't ask these things."

Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and looked at Zhang Fei with aggrieved eyes.

Zhang Fei smiled and asked, "Father-in-law, how is the current investigation going?"

Xu Zun sat down, "The situation is a bit complicated. According to what the people said, if we really want to investigate, many officials may be involved."

Zhang Fei asked curiously: "Is it so serious?"

Xu Zun nodded and said: "This involves forcing others to borrow money, raising interest rates through conversion and loss, and robbing more land to pay off loans, etc. If we really investigate, it may be It will be out of control.”

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "My son-in-law thinks so. No matter what, the procuratorate must enforce the law impartially."

Xu Zun hesitated for a while and said, "You are trying to force them to accept debt restructuring."

Zhang Fei chuckled: "My son-in-law is just providing two ladders for Bachelor Wang and Bachelor Sima."

Wangfu.

"Teacher, Zhang Zihou has sent you a letter."

Lu Huiqing hurriedly handed a letter to Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi received the letter, and before he opened it, Lu Huiqing couldn't wait to say: "The officials on Jingdong East Road all know that people have come to the capital to complain, and now they are all panicked, and they are asking Zhang Zihou for help. I said that I just fully support the young crop law, so I hope that the teacher can save them once."

After hearing this, Wang Anshi didn't bother to read it. He threw the letter aside and said, "Are they sincerely supporting the New Deal, or are they hoping to kill people with a knife."

Lu Huiqing said with a smile: "But they will definitely support cooperation with each other now. Although the debt restructuring is difficult for them to accept, if this matter is not handled properly, they may face prison."

Actually, the officials on Jingdong East Road didn't expect such a big disturbance, they couldn't handle it long ago, and now those people even sued the capital, they just want to protect themselves now.

No matter what the conditions are, they will agree. It is better to be laid off than to log in Qiongzhou. Moreover, the financial situation of Jingdong East Road is far from reaching the point of debt restructuring.

Officials in Qingzhou, do our shit, dead friends will not die poor.

And this is tantamount to providing support to Wang Anshi, thereby blocking the mouths of officials such as Meng Gansheng.

Many officials involved in this case have already filed a case in support of Zhang Fei. Their reason is that we officials are unparalleled in justice. The people have no money to pay their debts. We do not persecute them. It will also lead to public resentment.

Give us this jurisprudence, and we will be able to rule in accordance with the law.

Must support.

Wang Anshi nodded, "Go talk to Xu Zhongtu and see how much evidence the procuratorate currently has."

Lu Huiqing said: "The students know."

The procuratorate has yet to conduct an in-depth investigation. What we know for the time being is just the one-sided words of those people. Xu Zun also informed the emperor of the origin of these people.

Zhao Xu also held a meeting immediately.

Changing Arch Hall.

"What the **** is going on?"

Zhao Xu took a memorial, slammed it on the table, and questioned a group of ministers.

Sima Guang took the lead to stand up, "What happened in Qingzhou today is exactly what President Zhang said in the Legislative Council that day. Due to the long-term arrears of military pay, those soldiers and government servants came to the capital to appeal. I implore Your Majesty to urge the Legislative Council to hurry up." Pass the case of debt restructuring so that the government can have a countermeasure."

Pei Wen immediately stood up and said: "Scholar Sima's words are wrong. Before the public prosecutor went, Qingzhou has been doing well. How can this be explained?"

Sima Guangdao: "Why didn't Pei Yushi say it? As soon as the public prosecutor went to Qingzhou, thousands of people appealed. It can be seen that Qingzhou's problem is urgent. I also know what Yushitai was doing before?"

Wen Yanbo immediately stood up and said: "The minister is guilty."

Wen Yanbo is the boss of Yushitai, he admits his mistake, so it is inconvenient for Pei Wen to say more.

Zhao Xu immediately said: "This is not the time to question the crime, but to solve these problems immediately."

Sima Guang said: "Your Majesty is wise, the Public Procuratorate is just enforcing the law impartially in Qingzhou. This turmoil is not caused by an unjust case. Fortunately, the Public Procuratorate has gone. Otherwise, in a year or two, the government may force the people to rebel." /

What nonsense!

Many ministers know that Sima Guang is just scaremongering. If the public security bureau does not go, let alone a year or two, ten years or twenty years, it is unlikely that officials will force people to rebel.

Because of the turmoil, they were all secretly manipulated.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to make such a big fuss.

Meng Gansheng immediately stood up and said: "The problem needs to be solved, but it doesn't mean that we need to use debt restructuring. This is absolutely unfeasible. It will make the imperial court lose all support. Please be cautious."

Xie Yun echoed: "The finances of many places are already very difficult, and the government offices are even worse than private houses. This is not because the officials are not capable enough, but because they want to meet the needs of the capital. , It's really unfair!"

Many people immediately stood up and supported Xie Yun.

These people already know what Wang Anshi and the others are thinking, and now they can only rely on themselves to save themselves, and must prevent this judgment from passing.

What's more, these words also have a threatening meaning. The capital's demands are too high, so local officials can only ask for it from the people. If you want to do this, you will kill the donkey. .

Sima Guang stood up and retorted: "But if the debt restructuring is not carried out, there are only two ways. Either the government repudiates the debt and declares that it will not compensate. Or the court allocates money to save it. But if the court allocates money to save it, the consequences will be It is even more unimaginable that many local governments will follow suit, squander their finances, and wait for the imperial court to save them."

Liu Shu and the others immediately stood up to express their support.

This is all your own fault. If you don't provoke those people to appeal, can Qingzhou's debt become like this.

Zhao Xu suddenly looked at Fu Bi and asked, "Fu Gong, what does the Legislative Council think about this?"

Fu Bi said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Legislative Council conducted an anonymous vote on this case, and most of them supported this case."

Meng Gansheng was surprised: "How is this possible?"

Fu Bi said: "That's the truth. If you don't believe me, you can investigate."

Soon Meng Gansheng realized that there are many candidates in this Legislative Assembly, and the candidates are seeking for higher positions, and all of them are pretentious. If you don't come down, how can we go up.

The capable ones are of course sought after by young people, because if they are ranked in terms of seniority, then they can only wait.

Also, most of the officials in the Legislative Council are middle- and low-level officials, and they do all the dirty work. It is precisely because of this that he has the confidence to rise to the top based on his ability, and it is in their interest.

Besides, most of the officials are conservative. After all, Fu Bi is in control of the Legislative Council. They must protect Fan Chunren and the others, and they are also very dissatisfied with the actions of the reformers.

It's ridiculous that some officials from the reformist side also hope to pass it, especially the judicial officials on Jingdong East Road. They now want to protect themselves. Based on these reasons, this must be passed by a majority.

Zhao Xu asked again: "What does Mr. Fu think about this?"

Fu Bi said bluntly: "The old minister is supportive."

Zhao Xu said, "Really?"

Fu Bi nodded and said: "Because President Zhang's judgment is based on a very serious situation. Many rebellions in history books are caused by local financial difficulties. The vicious circle eventually led to the government forcing the people to rebel, and the court sent troops to suppress it. Allocating money to appease, this will actually make the finances worse, and even face the risk of subjugation.

But for a long time, there is no good way to deal with this kind of situation. The veteran thinks that this case can be ignored, and the veteran does not recommend using this case to solve financial problems, but it must be because it is in times of crisis. It is indeed possible to prevent the situation from getting worse. "

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

Sima Guang immediately said: "The financial situation of Qingzhou has reached a very critical moment, water transport has been stopped, and next year's tax revenue may not come up at hand. If this case is not used, there is a high possibility of mutiny Or a civil uprising."

Zhao Xu hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Do you have a solution?"

A silence answered him.

If you don't renege on your debts and don't exploit, there is no solution to this problem.

Because with their hard work, Qingzhou's problems have become very serious, but now they are all regretful.

They just wanted to kill the public prosecutor in one fell swoop. They did it recklessly in the first place, and they must make Qingzhou's finances irreparable.

After all, it is only a state, and the imperial court really wants to save it, but it can still be saved.

How did Zhang Fei know that Zhang Fei would propose debt restructuring, and the hammer fell directly on his feet.

It's really killing me!

Meng Gansheng resolutely said: "The current problem in Qingzhou can only be allocated by the imperial court."

Zhao Xu said: "Didn't Qing just hear what Bachelor Sima said? If the imperial court allocates money, the consequences will be even more unimaginable."

".!"

This time there was complete silence.

Zhao Xu waited for a while, and said: "Well, let's implement debt restructuring in Qingzhou for the time being. If it works, the Legislative Council will legislate on it."

Sima Guang immediately said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Wang Anshi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, according to President Zhang, debt restructuring applies to the people first, so it applies to the government. The crisis in Qizhou and Dengzhou is because the people owe the government money." If you refuse to pay back the money, logically speaking, that should be the case!"

Sima Guang immediately retorted: "The crisis in Qizhou and Dengzhou is clearly caused by the government forcing the rich households to share equally."

Although they already have a tacit exchange, they still have to hate.

Wang Anshi said: "The public security law is about evidence. How can you conclude that the government has forced others to borrow money? This is all voluntary. If so, the public security law can enforce the law impartially. The government should also recover the arrears.”

Suddenly a large group of people stood up and supported Wang Anshi.

Sima Guang said: "Qizhou and Dengzhou don't have public security laws."

Wang Anshi said: "That's also because of your problem. You are slow to popularize the public security law, but you are eager to legislate in the court. In this way, the country will be messed up by you."

More people stood up to support it, and at the same time said that the current public security law is only so small, and the Legislative Council should not rush to enact legislation.

The current situation, they also know that they can't stop it, so they will wait until this wave of crisis has passed before they come out to stop it, it won't be so difficult.

Zhao Xu immediately said: "Scholar Sima, I hope you can immediately popularize the public security law on Jingdong East Road, and assist the government in recovering the young crop money."

"The minister obeys."

Sima Guang had no choice but to salute, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, according to the precedent of debt restructuring, the imperial court can only make a judgment according to law. Debt restructuring is the government's responsibility. The public security law can only enforce the law impartially, and cannot intervene."

Zhao Xu looked at Wang Anshi again.

After hesitating for a while, Wang Anshi said: "I think the Qingzhou transfer envoy can solve Qingzhou's problems."

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "I hope you don't disappoint me this time."

At this time, Liu Zhao from Zhongshushe suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the problem on Jingdong East Road is not only debt, but also taxation."

Zhao Xu hurriedly asked: "What's your plan?"

Liu Zhaodao: "For the current plan, the only way is to arrange for the tax department to go there."

As soon as many people opened their eyes, they wanted to stand up and object, but Zhao Xu spoke very fast, without thinking, "Quick!"

Patter!

Several fluorene boards fell directly to the ground.

This is really losing my wife and losing my army!