Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 712: Professional governance

As for Liu Inzan’s questions, the meeting did not give a specific answer.

In fact, it means that the Imperial City Division will handle it by itself by default.

But at the initial stage, Sima Guang and the others still planned to use this case to impose restrictions on the Imperial City Division, so Liu Renzan and others must be severely punished. However, under Zhang Fei's lobbying, Sima Guang still chose to take a long-term view. Just try to ensure that this kind of thing never happens again.

As long as the emperor agrees to let the Imperial City Department connect with the Public Security Bureau, whether to punish Liu Renzan or not is not that important.

The king and his ministers finally reached a consensus.

But in fact, this consensus was completely manipulated by someone behind the scenes, and that person was Zhang Fei.

Although Zhang Fei, the instigator, did not directly participate in this meeting, he was the mastermind behind it. Today he came to the palace and was having a leisurely drink in the attic.

After the meeting, Zhao Xu went directly to the attic.

"These ministers of mine are truly worthy of being the pillars of the country. If I hadn't discussed this with you a long time ago, I might not have been able to escape unscathed this time!"

Zhao Xu picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, feeling filled with emotion again.

Zhang Fei was shocked, "Your Majesty, what's the problem?"

Zhao Xu first waved his hand, then said with a slight embarrassment: "I wanted to use this matter to fight with them, but the result was a complete failure."

Although everyone was acting just now, Zhao Xu actually tried his best because he wanted to take advantage of these prime ministers to get into a fight. Anyway, he had his back, but he found that he still couldn't resist.

This Sima Guang is playing the red face, while Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo are playing the bad side. He doesn’t even know how to answer the next question.

It turns out that the little emperor's wings are hard and he wants to go to heaven! Only then did Zhang Fei suddenly realize something. He suddenly had a thought in his mind and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, no one can reason with them. How many books have they read? How many books have we read? They have classic articles at their fingertips. If they want to gain the upper hand, , we have to find another way."

Zhao Xu asked curiously: "How to find another way?"

"Two words, professional!" Zhang Fei replied.

"Professional?"

"Not bad."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "For example, Bachelor Sima is very rigorous in his conduct, but his financial suggestions are generally approximate figures, such as one million guan or one hundred thousand guan. But if His Majesty Being able to be accurate down to every penny, no matter how good the speaker is, Bachelor Sima will never be able to argue with His Majesty.

For example, when building a river, Bachelor Sima only saw a huge amount of labor and harm to the people. But if His Majesty could accurately tell him how many people this river can benefit, how many acres of land can be irrigated, and how many acres of land can be taken care of? Even among the common people, Bachelor Sima was at a loss for words. ”

Zhao Xu thought for a while, "I still don't quite understand."

Zhang Fei added: "To put it simply, their benevolent government mainly depends on their thoughts, which are all empty. It is one thing to say it, and another thing to do it. But if they don't do it, they will If you cannot deny these truths, then they will always make sense.

So, as long as Your Majesty concretizes the benevolent government and makes it real, then they will have no power to resist, and then Your Majesty will be able to suppress their principles. ”

"Use 'do' to refute 'say'?" Zhao Xu said thoughtfully.

Zhang Fei said: "That's exactly it."

Zhao Xu asked again: "How to concretely implement this benevolent government?"

"Professional talents."

Zhang Fei said: "Your Majesty should use more professional talents, so that they can well check and balance those ministers. For example, Bachelor Sima advocates recuperation and rest, thinking that this is beneficial to the people, but if your Majesty asks Bachelor Sima, the court will accept him Based on the policy, how much the people's income can be increased, and how much the treasury's income will be increased, Bachelor Sima is determined not to answer.

Then whoever calculates the final answer will win the debate.

How to calculate, this requires a large number of mathematical talents. Use them to calculate. How much can the wealth of the people and the country be increased by adopting recuperation and recuperation? And how much can the wealth of the people and the country be increased by adopting Mr. Wang’s New Deal? How much to increase.

This will not only weaken the rhetoric of Scholar Sima, but also make it easier for His Majesty to govern the country. ”

Zhao Xu was surprised: "But can this be calculated?"

"Of course."

Zhang Fei said: "Just how much income can the corvee affect the people's income? Your Majesty only needs to find two hundred households, one hundred households will serve, and one hundred households will not. At the same time, make sure that the number of acres and the fertility of the land are about the same. . Look at the difference in annual income between the 100 households who serve and the 100 households who do not serve. If there is a difference, conduct an investigation to see what are the specific reasons for the gap. In this way , and also help how the court should govern in order to satisfy the people's service without affecting the lives of the people.

Now it is an exemption law, but the principle is the same. These data can give the court a reference to see how much remuneration can be given to the people to make up for this loss, so that there is no difference in income between those who serve and those who do not serve. Based on this, It can also accurately calculate how much exemption tax should be collected, which is the most reasonable amount. ”

After saying these words, Zhao Xu was suddenly enlightened and enlightened, but he was also very curious: "What you said makes sense, but why did no one in our ancestors think of this?"

"Because there is no need."

"How do you say this?"

"Take the Tang Dynasty, for example, which was a land equalization system plus a military system. They only needed to calculate the number of acres and households to get a relatively accurate number."

Zhang Fei said: "But this does not apply to our Song Dynasty. First of all, our Song Dynasty does not have the vast land of the Tang Dynasty!"

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Xu looked a little lonely. He subconsciously picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

Zhang Fei saw this and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, everything has two sides. It is precisely because our land is not as good as that of the Tang Dynasty, so the court pays more attention to improving farmland water conservancy technology. In other words, as long as we lay down With the same territory, the wealth of the Song Dynasty will definitely exceed that of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Don't comfort me, it's much harder to gain territory than improve technology!"

The Song Dynasty really thought about Xihe and Yanyun, and almost went crazy thinking about them.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "No, no, on the contrary, it is much more difficult to improve technology than to gain territory."

Zhao Xu asked: "How do you say this?"

Zhang Fei said: "Suppose that due to technological improvements, the output of this mu can be doubled, and the output of iron can be doubled. Who in the world can beat us? Isn't the territory easily accessible?

On the contrary, if you have a vast territory but the technology is backward, isn't it just for others? ”

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "What you said makes sense."

Zhang Fei added: "Secondly, in the Song Dynasty, the commercial tax has exceeded the agricultural tax. This has never happened in the past dynasties. To govern a country with such developed commerce, it is necessary to rely solely on Confucianism. The truth is that it is difficult to take care of all aspects, which requires more complex calculations.

Finally, due to the rise of commerce, it also changed people's way of life. When the Tang Dynasty was at its most powerful, the commercial prosperity of Chang'an was not as good as that of Bianliang, Tokyo. ”

Zhao Xu smiled and asked: "How do you know?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "There is a phenomenon that illustrates this point. The people in Chang'an will not take the initiative to break down the walls and open the shops directly on the street, but the people in Bianliang will do this. Because money can be made, this is caused by strong demand. The market has not satisfied the people of Bianliang, which shows the prosperity of business. But it also makes the people's lifestyle more complicated, which also requires more professional management. Means.

The reason why litigation science flourished in the Song Dynasty is also the same. Because people became more closely related, disputes naturally increased, and litigation science began to flourish. ”

After hearing these words, Zhao Xu felt very comfortable and his eyebrows began to rise. Although our territory and national defense are far inferior to those of the Tang Dynasty, we also have our own shining points.

Zhang Fei struck again while the iron was hot: "But Bachelor Sima is still stuck in the way they governed in the Tang Dynasty. As long as Your Majesty takes a step faster, they will soon feel that they are unable to do what they want."

Zhao Xu couldn't help but think about it seriously. He actually agreed with Zhang Fei's professionalism because he had tasted the benefits in the Taxation Department, but he never thought that applying this professionalism to the game of power would bring him great benefits. What advantages come.

When I think about this carefully, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

Benevolent government must be upheld.

But it is impossible to explain the benevolent government in principle to Sima Guang and others, and ten Zhao Xus are useless.

But if we talk about benevolent government at the data level, Sima Guang and the others may not be their opponents.

While Zhao Xu was thinking, Zhang Fei quickly picked up the wine glass, took a small sip first, and then poured it in one gulp. This made his mouth really dry.

It can be seen that it is not easy to feed three families. What he has to consider is not only how to deal with this thorny problem, but also how to operate to meet the needs of three families at the same time.

For example, in this case.

Wang Anshi obtained the labor force needed for the New Deal.

Sima Guang gained the expansion of judicial power, and at the same time restricted the Imperial City Division, indirectly restricting imperial power.

And Zhao Xu.!

In fact, there is a mistake here. Sima Guang and Fu Bi thought that Zhao Xu's exchange with them was just not to hand over Liu Renzan and the others.

They didn't pay much attention to what Zhao Xu said at the end, which was to rectify the tax department.

They thought it was just Zhao Xu's angry words.

It doesn't matter.

But this is not actually the case. In fact, this last sentence is Zhao Xu's exchange condition.

Soon, they realized that something might be wrong.

This is not a simple internal rectification, but a drastic reform of the Imperial City Division.

On the second day, Zhao Xu suddenly issued an order to split the Imperial City Department into two and establish a new department - the State Security Department.

From now on, the Imperial City Department will only protect the Imperial City and really become a gatekeeper, while the State Security Department will be fully responsible for investigating rebellion and cases that endanger the country.

That's all.

After all, no one expects Zhao Xu to completely abandon the Imperial City Division. This is also impossible.

The key to this is that there is also a very important personnel arrangement, that is, Zhao Xu transferred the tax envoy Li He, the head of the Capital Taxation Department, to the Sheji Security Department to be the supervisor.

What a shame!

The ministers and dignitaries broke through their defenses instantly.

Thinking about that paralyzed face with no oil or salt, it suddenly makes my hair stand on end!

The meaning of this arrangement is very clear, that is, to transform the Social Security Department into a tax department.

The department that the powerful are most afraid of right now is the Taxation Department. Now the autumn tax is just around the corner, and this year is unusual. It will directly collect the total tax, not just the exemption tax, but also the tax money of these powerful people. , will be greatly increased. Whether this finance can generate revenue depends on this year. They are still having a headache, how to deal with the tax department.

As a result, there is another Social Security Department with the same structure?

Not only is the money at stake, but this person is also threatened, whether he can speak in the future.

They even complained about Qi Maguang and the others, saying, "Why are you doing so much trouble? It's really not worth the gain!"

Sima Guang and others also reacted quickly and immediately announced that they would divide the "Song Xingtong" into four parts, the "State Security Law", the "Criminal Law", the "Civil Law", and the "Military Law".

Not only that, but two special imperial courts will be established to connect the "Social Security Law" and the "Military Law".

You have mitosis, and I can do it too, and I split it into four.

This contingency left the ministers a little confused.

In other words, the Department of Social Security, like the police department, only has investigative powers but not judicial powers?

It seems to be quite beneficial to them.

Han Mansion.

“What a rare guest!”

Han Qi held a cane in one hand and walked into the hall with the support of his old servant. When he saw Fu Bi was about to get up, he quickly waved his hand and said, "It's better to move less of your legs!"

Fu Bi glanced at him and thought, you are already like this, but you still have the nerve to talk to me.

After sitting down, Han Qi said: "What kind of wind brought you Fu Yanguo here today."

He couldn't even remember how long it had been since Fu Bi visited his home.

Fu Bi said: "I came to visit you today mainly because of the "State Security Law."

Han Qi looked at him with a hint of doubt.

Fu Bi asked again: "Have you heard about this?"

Han Qi nodded.

Fu Bi added: "We must be cautious about this law. Although we only want to include the relevant laws in the Song Dynasty Xingtong, I am afraid that I have omitted it or added more, so I want to ask. Your suggestions."

This law mainly involves imperial power, and imperial power must be fully considered. However, with experience in this area, Fu Bi knew very well that Han Qi was better than himself.

Han Qi looked at Fu Bi suspiciously, "Yan Guo, you don't want to drag me into trouble, do you?"

Fu Bi frowned and said displeasedly: "Am I, Fu Bi, this kind of person?"

Han Qi said: "I didn't know it before, but now."

Fu Bi asked: "Have I changed now?"

Han Qi said: "Now your methods are much better than before."

"Means?"

Fu Bi was stunned for a moment, "Are you talking about persuading officials to establish the "Social Security Law"?"

Han Qi frowned slightly, "What? Could it be that Sima Junshi had the idea? This is unlikely?"

Fu Bi asked: "What on earth are you talking about?"

Han Qi said: "Aren't you doing all this to make the courtiers more dependent on the public security organs?"

"Rely on the public security organs?" Fu Bi said.

Han Qi said: "Now the government has ordered the establishment of the State Security Department, which is more worrying than the Imperial City Department. However, you have also established the State Security Law and ordered the establishment of an imperial court to specifically hear such cases. In this case, who would dare to think of every possible way to target the public security organs? If they are sued by the then Ministry of Public Security and Security, it will not be a matter of paying more taxes."

In fact, the proportion of officials involved in such cases is much higher than that of ordinary people, but nine times out of ten, they are not really trying to rebel.

From this point of view, it is actually more beneficial for the minister to connect the Public Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau with the Ministry of Social Security, because the trial system of the Public Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau is less likely to cause unjust cases.

Fu Bi stroked his beard and said, "Yes! The public prosecutor and the law are the biggest winners."

Han Qi asked: "Didn't you plan this?"

Fu Bi shook his head and said truthfully: "We just hope that the Imperial City Department will be restrained and cannot arrest people randomly."

Han Qi asked again: "Then whose idea was this "Social Security Law"?"

Fu Bi opened his eyes, and a figure suddenly flashed in his mind.

Han Qi frowned and said, "Zhang San?"

Fu Bi nodded.

The public prosecutor's office is making so much noise here, and Wang Anshi is not willing to be lonely over there. I am the protagonist!

The Ordinance Department of the Second Government immediately announced that it would carry out reforms for the Xiang soldiers.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted national attention.

It's just that the State Law is only relevant to the emperor, and others just watch the excitement.

But the transformation of soldiers is closely related to the people!

The Ordinance Department of the Second Government was established.

"Zi Gu, I couldn't help you last time, so I invited you here this time just to make it up to you."

Wang Anshi said to Zeng Gong very enthusiastically.

Zeng Gong felt a little panicked, "Say something first."

Wang Anshi said: "I plan to let you serve as the minister of the Ministry of Industry concurrently."

Zeng Gong said in surprise: "Secretary of the Ministry of Industry?"

"Not bad."

Wang Anshi said: "Aren't I going to reform the Xiangbing army? There should be several departments in it, each responsible for one thing, such as building bridges and roads, water transportation, and building buildings and houses. Most of these new departments will be divided into Go to the Ministry of Industry."

Zeng Gong wondered: "The Ministry of Work has no authority."

Wang Anshi said: "It didn't exist before, but now it does, and it will become a department with considerable power."

Zeng Gong couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why?"

To raise the Ministry of Industry, wouldn’t it mean returning to three provinces and six ministries?

This is no small matter!

Wang Anshi was about to answer when Chen Shengzhi suddenly came.

"Zi Gu is here too."

"Privy Envoy."

Zeng Gong bowed his hand.

The three of them bowed to each other, and Chen Shengzhi said to Wang Anshi: "Jiefu, regarding the reform of the Xiang Barracks, are you a little too hasty?"

Wang Anshi asked: "How do you say this?"

Chen Shengzhi said: "Many people in Sanya are dissatisfied with this."

Wang Anshi frowned, "They are dissatisfied because they often use soldiers to help them do private work. What's worse, they even drag soldiers to work in their shops."

Chen Shengzhi said: "So you should know how many people this will offend. In fact, you can reform, but you don't need to separate the Xiangbing camp into three yamen!"

Wang Anshi said: "I did this because of this. Military discipline has long been weakened in the Xiangbing camp. If I don't separate the entire Xiangbing camp, unless I reform the three yamen, it will be almost useless. ."

It was the same as his previous plan, which was to start from scratch. The entanglement of interests in the three yamen was too complicated and more corrupt than any other government agency. As long as it still existed in this system, no matter how it was changed, it would be a waste of money.

Therefore, he insisted on changing the Xiang Barracks into an administrative department.

Chen Shengzhi asked: "If you mark it out, wouldn't this problem happen?"

Wang Anshi said: "Look at the royal police, most of them are from the Forbidden Army. What is it like in their barracks and what is it like in the police station? Isn't it obvious whose problem this is?"

Chen Shengzhi said: "That's because the police station's salary is sufficient."

Wang Anshi said: "Do you think that in Sanya, even if reforms are carried out, the salary can be paid to the soldiers in full? Also, it is not only a problem of salary, but also a problem of discipline.

Almost all the officials in the three yamen are powerful people, while the police station, except for the Cao family, is all ordinary officials. Who dares to disobey discipline. ”

Chen Shengzhi asked again: "Then where do you plan to place the Xiangbing camp?"

"Ministry of Industry!"

"Really considered to be in the Ministry of Industry?"

Chen Shengzhi said in surprise.

Zeng Gong smiled bitterly and said, "I was also curious about this just now."

Wang Anshi said: "The Ministry of Industry is just an empty shell at present, which is very suitable for my reform plan. I also plan to let Zigu, who is also the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, be in charge of this matter. It just so happens that Kaifeng Mansion has no judicial power. It used to be much easier."

Chen Shengzhi said: "Have the officials agreed?"

Wang Anshi nodded.

Chen Shengzhi and Zeng Gong looked at each other in tacit understanding.

Zeng Gong suddenly said: "But the Xiangbing system is based on our military system. If it were to be separated, there would be a lot of changes to be made!"

Wang Anshi said: "I have already considered this. The main change is the entrance and exit. After the Xiang Barracks is placed under the Ministry of Industry, a strict recruitment system will be established, instead of the random recruitment like before.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry is mainly responsible for abnormal projects and the maintenance of rivers. As for those large projects that are not so urgent, they will be reserved first. If there is a natural disaster, these large projects will be launched. At that time, the court will directly allocate funds. We use money to recruit disaster victims to work, help the victims tide over difficulties, and at the same time complete these major projects. ”

Chen Shengzhi said: "But this requires a lot of money!"

Wang Anshi said: "I sent someone to calculate an account. If they are recruited into the Jinxiang barracks, it will be a burden for decades, but if it is a large-scale project, it will only take one year at most. When the disaster is over, they will return Being a household farmer is much less than what it costs to be recruited into a military camp."

Zeng Gong said: "But where can the local government get so much money?"

Wang Anshi said: "The Changping Division will be responsible for this matter."

Now that the Changping Division has been promoted as the financial hub of the New Deal, if the Ministry of Industry is revitalized, then Wang Anshi will have more industrial departments in his hands. Of course, this is due to the birth of the Business Law and the last hearing, which made Wang Anshi Pay more attention to farmland water conservancy laws.

With finance on the left and industry on the right, who can be the enemy?

While Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were making frequent moves, Zhang Fei, the instigator, seemed to have disappeared and returned to his ordinary work in the Procuratorate, yawning and drinking tea.

"Ah!"

Zhang Fei stretched out and said to Zhou Zheng, who was immersed in work: "Xiao Zhou, it's almost time, you can go home."

Zhou Zheng raised his head: "I still have some things to do."

"There are so many things to do."

Zhang Fei said: "Have a good rest recently, tax collection will start soon, and you will be busy then."

"Yes."

After giving some instructions, Zhang Fei packed up his things, left the procuratorate, and came to the door. Suddenly he saw Long Wu driving a carriage in front of him. He couldn't help but be startled. He tried not to ride in the carriage on this hot day, but He reacted immediately and got on the carriage. As expected, Li Bao was sitting inside.

"What happened?"

"The first thing is about the Social Security Department." Li Bao asked: "Does the Social Security Department and the Taxation Department share a set of intelligence personnel?"

Zhang Fei smiled and asked: "Do you think this is possible?"

Li Bao said: "I'm also thinking about this problem. All the people in the tax department live on bonuses, and they don't pay attention to things like rebellion. In other words, we have to recruit another group of people? ”

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "But the spies on the border defense side are all assigned to the Social Security Department. As for the country, a group of backbones are selected from the Taxation Department, and then a group of people are selected from the Forbidden Army. Let them blend into water transportation, the transportation team of a charity foundation, the police station, and other government agencies or private businesses with a wide range of activities.

Of course, you can also share information with the Department of Taxation, but it is best if you are responsible and do not allow the two parties to contact each other directly. This way, both parties can also supervise each other. ”

Li Bao nodded, then suddenly thought of something and said, "Also, Big Dog recently sent a letter."

Zhang Fei asked: "What's the matter?"

Li Bao said: "The banknote merchants and salt merchants over there have become very crazy, and the price of salt is also rising."

Zhang Fei asked: "Did they exchange grain for salt?"

Li Bao nodded and said: "Yes. These grains are just enough for Xihe to get through this most difficult hurdle. But the transportation department really doesn't have much salt in hand, and it is only enough to pay the interest. If the salt debt expires, , they all went to exchange for salt, and it was all over."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "No, they want to sell it at a high price. If they can't sell it and the government can pay the interest in full, they will definitely choose to postpone it.

Everything is going according to plan. With this empty city plan, we will defeat them. ”