Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 799: Why did the Chief Justice rebel?

In fact, many dignitaries in the court still hope that Zhao Xu will not compromise. As long as the emperor does not compromise, they will be able to come back sooner or later.

This works well.

But they never expected that Zhao Xu decided to hand over the inner cache without delaying for too long.

This signal is very obvious.

Because this is not a verbal compromise, but the handing over of real money.

So everyone has received this signal very clearly. If anyone dares to make a noise at this time, he or she is lighting a lamp in the toilet and seeking death.

But no one said that the emperor should pay taxes.

The reason is very simple. If the emperor paid taxes, then they might not even be able to drink the soup. They still have privileges. It’s just that income other than legal privileges has to pay taxes, and some salt and iron. Privileges such as wine are also converted into currency.

In fact, Wen Yanbo and the others have not thought about it this way, because asking the emperor to pay taxes is purely formalism and can serve as an example, but the actual significance is not great.

But after the inner library was handed over, it was of great significance.

Because in feudal society, it does not mean that the money in the treasury belongs to the emperor. If this is the case, then the emperor will need an internal treasury.

The emperor's handing over of the inner treasury means that the national finances have been unified and stored under the national system.

And this also made people's hearts begin to unite.

These are of great significance.

Especially at this moment.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhao Xu is willing to make compromises. In fact, his reason tells him that doing so can gain huge rewards. However, human nature makes him very entangled. If he were not forced by foreign affairs, he really would not Meet.

This series of operations has also aroused everyone's attention to overseas business.

Because this judgment was beneficial to business going out to sea, it can even be understood that the imperial court gave policy encouragement, and even the emperor himself pocketed the port tax.

It is enough to prove that there is profit in it.

You don’t need to think about it to know that there will definitely be more and more people going overseas to do business in the future.

However, the court actually did not pay much attention to this matter. This time, few people questioned the judgment of the chief judge, because the court was more concerned about financial unification, weapons production, and territorial law.

The current division of power is very clear. The Political Affairs Hall and the Third Division are busy with financial unification and weapons production, while the Legislative Council is revising territorial laws.

Although the general policy has been set, there are still many details worth discussing, so Fu Bi invited Zhang Fei, Zhao Pian, Xu Zun, Sima Guang and others to come here today for discussion.

"I invite you all to come here today. I have something to discuss with you."

Fu Bi said: "Recently, I read the hall records in the Xihe area and found that the customs of many local people are very different from those in the Central Plains. However, some of the regulations in the interim law are completely based on the customs of the Central Plains. Previously, President Lu and others did not This is allowed even if it is not determined in accordance with those regulations. But if it is based on territorial law, this may cause problems. When many Jizhou states are included in territorial laws, similar problems will also arise."

Liu Shu said casually: "This is the difference between barbarians and civilization. The laws of our dynasty are based on Confucianism. If we follow the temporary laws, it will make the local people progress and it will be more conducive to the unity of the country."

The implication is that if everyone believes in Confucianism, they will naturally become a family.

Xu Zun shook his head and said: "This is not the difference between barbarians and civilization, but the difference between nomadism and farming. Both the Han and Tang Dynasties occupied the Western Regions for hundreds of years, but they did not change the local customs."

Liu Shudao: "There are still some changes."

Sima Guang said: "It is also because the Han and Tang Dynasties reclaimed farmland there, thus changing the living habits of some people, which made those people's thoughts more biased towards our Central Plains. Regarding this point, I support Zhong Tu views."

"I think so too, but it's also a headache. And."

Fu Bi said: "According to the letter from Chief Lu and Chief Prosecutor Fan, the local people are willing to join our court mainly because of the public prosecutor's law and the legal system, rather than Confucianism."

As soon as these words came out, the judicial officials sitting here felt slightly unhappy.

Although this is true, you don’t need to say it!

Fu Bi looked at Zhang Fei again and said, "I wonder what the chief judge has to say about this?"

Zhang Fei said: "Why the legal system is so popular among the local people is because the specific concept of the legal system is a consensus among people to defend their rights and interests. This consensus naturally does not distinguish between ethnic groups. There is no such place. People are born to think that stealing is honorable."

Fu Bi nodded slightly, "That makes sense."

Zhang Fei said: "Therefore, I suggest that the Legislative Council extract the regulations that conform to the legal concept of the legal system from the provisional law and formulate a basic law. As for the other things, they can be allowed to legislate by themselves and authorized by the court. Establish local legislative councils."

Sima Guang said: "But this will cause trouble for the president of the court. Assuming that the Xihe area adopts Tibetan or party customs and legislation, if the president of the court is transferred from the Central Plains, he may not be acclimatized!"

Zhang Fei said: "When local laws are enacted, those local laws must return to the court and be formulated into texts. As the president of the court, I should read more regulations. This should not be a problem."

Sima Guang almost laughed, "Really?"

"Ahem, of course my personal habits are also different. For example, I have a poor memory, so I can only flip through books."

Zhang Fei said slightly embarrassed.

As far as the matter is concerned, he is actually very good, because it is very difficult for him to memorize the current sentence format. The key is that those who can sit in this room are all the top geniuses in the world. In terms of talent, there is no comparison. He never compares.

Comparing poems with Su Shi, and comparing articles with Wang Anshi, you have to think too hard to do these comparisons. In romantic occasions, copy a little, pretend to be cool, and create an atmosphere. That's fine. In formal occasions, he Generally, I just give in. I can't write well, so I just hire a gunman. What do you think? It's not that I don't work hard, but that no matter how hard I try, I can't compare to you, so I might as well do what I'm good at.

Having said that, in fact, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi are used to it and rarely criticize Zhang Fei on this matter. But when they heard Zhang Fei advise people to read more laws, Sima Guang couldn't help it.

Fu Bi laughed twice, and then said: "The president of the court is right. Laws and regulations will not be changed easily. As long as the laws of various places are compiled into books, as a judicial official, it is not difficult to remember these."

Zhao Pian stroked his beard and said: "In fact, the concept of the legal system is not inconsistent with Confucianism. Although Confucianism emphasizes morality, it only binds interests to morality, while the legal system only puts interests aside. On the surface. In fact, as far as the law is concerned, it should be more accurate. I think the difference between the Central Plains and the Bianzhou may only be that there are not many differences in household marriage laws, inheritance laws, and the division of family property. , as long as they accept the legal system, Confucianism will influence them sooner or later."

Sima Guang and the others nodded frequently when they heard this.

If the legal system is not close to Confucianism, they will not support it, and it is impossible to deviate from this core value.

Zhao Bian added: "However, this Jizhou Prefecture is generally on the border and has frequent external contacts. On the contrary, I think there may be problems here, such as the issue of private salt. In the end, this is mainly local, but The imperial court is the main one?"

Zhang Fei said: "Tariffs are always determined by the state, and border states cannot decide on their own."

Zhao Bian said: "If salt is banned in Xihe, the people of Xihe will not be able to eat salt. What will happen?"

Zhang Fei said: "Don't worry, because the chief judge will definitely deny the court's policy. The policy cannot be at the cost of depriving people of their lives. You can ban it, but you must make reserves in advance. This is the role of the Public Security Bureau, of course. , Zhengshitang will definitely not like it."

Zhao Pian was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile, "That's true. Nowadays, everyone says that it is getting more and more difficult to be an official."

Fu Bi also smiled and nodded.

This is why he has to come as the chief judge. If you don’t know how to come, he will directly deny it to you. How do you do it?

After all, the power to interpret the legal system is still in the hands of the chief judge, and they have to admit that there are still some places where they cannot turn around.

At this moment, an uninvited guest suddenly came, it was Yushi Jiang Zhiqi.

"What's the matter with Chiang Censor?"

Fu Bi asked slightly surprised.

Jiang Zhiqi first bowed, and then said: "When we return to Fu Gong, we have a case in Yushitai that requires the Chief Justice to come back with us to assist in the investigation."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was extremely shocked.

Arrest the Chief Justice at the Legislative Council?

You have a lot of fun at Yushitai!

Xu Zun immediately became anxious, "Is there some misunderstanding?"

Jiang Zhiqi smiled and said: "We just asked the chief judge to assist in the investigation. There is no misunderstanding for the time being."

Zhang Fei stood up and said calmly: "Father-in-law, don't worry, now the Censor's Office has to present evidence, and it may even go to the Supreme Court."

Jiang Zhiqi said: "The Chief Justice is really funny. If we really go to the Supreme Court, it is impossible for the Chief Justice to try him personally."

As he spoke, he added, "We at Yushitai have always talked about evidence."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I have been in it before."

Jiang Zhiqi said: "Aren't you safe and sound?"

Zhang Fei said: "But I will definitely not stay inside this time."

"President please."

"Please."

Said, Zhang Fei handed over to Fu Bi and the others again, "Sorry, I have to go to the Yushitai first to help Jiang Yushi and the others investigate the case."

After that, he left with Jiang Zhiqi.

Sima Guang looked at Xu Zun anxiously, "What on earth is going on?"

This is so sudden.

Xu Zun said with a confused face: "I don't know either."

Fu Bi said: "Don't worry, Jiang Yushi came to the Legislative Council to ask the chief judge to leave. If the chief judge is innocent, he will be safe and sound."

Yushitai.

"Sorry, I'd like to trouble the Chief Justice to come in person."

Feng Jing, who was waiting at the Yushitai table, personally made a cup of tea for Zhang Fei.

Nowadays, no one dares to underestimate Zhang Fei anymore, because they have discovered that the authority of the chief judge is still quite strong. Now if they do small tricks to offend him, once they are found out, it will basically be over.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Feng Zhongcheng is too polite. It is my duty to assist Yushitai in the investigation. Even along the way, I didn't understand what was going on?"

After thinking for a moment, Feng Jing asked: "I wonder what the relationship between the Chief Justice and the charity foundation is?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment and said: "The suggestion to establish a charitable foundation was made by me. I was still the person in charge before, but after I went to Hezhong Mansion, it was handed over to Fan Zheng, the young proprietor of Baifan Tower. Now I can only say that I am a major donor to charitable foundations."

Feng Jingdao: "Are there still interests?"

Zhang Fei pondered for a while before replying: "Charitable foundations are dedicated to donating money to others. Unless you hold a position in it, there will be no direct interest. However, charitable foundations involve a lot of buying and selling. My store also has business cooperation."

Feng Jingdao: "But as far as we know from our investigation, many of the movements of the charity foundation are the idea of ​​the chief judge."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Yes. But I only gave suggestions, and they adopted my suggestions."

Feng Jingdao: "So, is it the president's idea for the charity foundation to build cargo ships at Dengzhou Port and do maritime business?"

"Yes."

"Does the Chief Justice know that the maritime merchants involved in the Dengzhou Qiannu case heard by the Chief Justice last time actually had a close relationship with the charity foundation?"

"I really don't know that."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "But now I know why Feng Zhongcheng invited me here. Feng Zhongcheng thought I was seeking benefits for the charity foundation."

Feng Jingdao: "I don't think so, I just doubt it."

Zhang Fei said: "The real benefit that the charity foundation gets from the law is that when the interim law was revised, the sea ban regulations were deleted, and my ruling only allows maritime merchants to use crossbows to protect themselves overseas. If the imperial If Shi Tai uses this to accuse me, if I just shut up and don't say a word, Yu Shi Tai can't win."

Feng Jing smiled and said: "Of course we know that the Chief Justice's family is extremely wealthy, and the Chief Justice really doesn't care about the interests of maritime merchants."

Zhang Fei said: "Although I have never considered this issue, what Feng Zhongcheng said is absolutely true."

Feng Jingdao: "So, why does the chief judge think I invited you here?"

Zhang Fei was stunned, "I really don't know this."

Feng Jingdao: "We found that as early as the beginning of last year, the Chief Justice had transferred at least 500,000 yuan, perhaps as much as 1 million yuan, through Majia Jiekupu. Can the Chief Justice explain where the money went? Going?"

Grass! It’s been ten years of sharpening my sword, and I’ve made a lot of progress, and you’ve all found out. Zhang Fei suddenly realized, "Feng Zhongcheng won't suspect me of treason, right?"

Feng Jingdao: "I am just investigating impartially. After all, the judgment of the chief judge is conducive to the production of weapons, and the charity foundation has long-term donations to arms supervision, and this is also facilitated by the chief judge. At the same time, this huge amount The amount disappeared without a trace, and the only place it could go to was overseas."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I really admire Feng Zhongcheng's imagination and his ability to connect these things together."

Feng Jingdao: "So I ask the president of the court to explain to me, where did the money go?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "Sorry, I can't say that."

Feng Jingdao: "President, you know the rules."

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly: "So I plan to stay here longer."

At this moment, a censor entered the hall and whispered something in Feng Jing's ear.

Feng Jing nodded and said to the censor: "Please help me entertain the chief judge."

With that said, he said "Excuse me" to Zhang Fei again, and then went out.

When I came to the front hall, I saw Lan Yuanzhen, a noble man, sitting inside.

"I heard that you arrested the Chief Justice?" Lan Yuanzhen asked directly.

Feng Jingdao: "The noble man said something serious. Instead of arresting him, he asked the chief judge to assist in the investigation."

Lan Yuanzhen said: "What's the matter?"

Feng Jingdao: "Sorry, the case is still under investigation and the information cannot be leaked for the time being."

Lan Yuanzhen said: "The officials asked us to come over and ask."

Feng Jing said tentatively: "I didn't expect to disturb the official family so quickly."

Lan Yuanzhen was not fooled and asked again: "What kind of case is it?"

Feng Jing had no choice but to tell Lan Yuanzhen the whole story.

After Lan Yuanzhen heard this, he thought for a while and said, "We know it. Farewell."

After that, he left.

Lan Yuanzhen returned to the palace and immediately reported the matter to Zhao Xu.

"They actually found out."

Zhao Xu frowned and asked Lan Yuanzhen: "Didn't you ask them to release him immediately?"

Lan Yuanzhen said: "Your Majesty, it is very simple to ask the Yushitai to release people. Besides, they have insufficient evidence, but the Yushitai will definitely spread the news, and when the time comes they will definitely After getting to the bottom of it, there are not a few people in the DPRK and China who want to attack the Chief Justice.

So if this matter is not explained clearly, the rumors outside will bring a lot of trouble to the officials and the chief judge, and may even affect the reputation of the chief judge. ”

Zhao Xu frowned slightly and said, "Just say that the money was given to me."

Lan Yuanzhen said: "Your Majesty, when the Chief Justice used this money, he was just a prosecutor. If His Majesty said that, some people might question that the Chief Justice was bought with money."

Zhao Xu said: "It is not an accident that Zhang San is appointed as the president of the court."

Lan Yuanzhen said: "It is inevitable that someone will say this deliberately to slander the officials and the chief judge."

Zhao Xu frowned, "Do you think I should tell the truth?"

Lan Yuanzhen said: "Since the integration of the public prosecutors and the judiciary, the Yushitai has been feeling aggrieved and trying every means to establish its authority. After finally seizing this opportunity, they will not let this matter pass easily. ”

After Zhao Xu thought for a while, he nodded and said: "You are right, it seems that you can't hide it anymore."

After weighing it again, he ordered: "Go to the Yushitai again, and according to my decree, Feng Zhongcheng and the chief court chief will come to the palace to discuss matters."

"As commanded."

After Lan Yuanzhen left, Zhao Xu felt that something was missing, so he said to the chamberlain beside him: "It is reported that Duke Wen, Duke Wang, and Sima Shangshu have come to the palace to discuss matters."

"As commanded."

An hour later.

Inside the palace.

Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang communicated with each other with their eyes, but they all knew nothing about the answers.

What the **** happened.

Zhao Xu suddenly said: "Feng Zhongcheng."

"I am here."

"First tell everyone the whole story of this matter."

"Yes."

Feng Jing immediately informed Wen Yanbo and others about the investigation at Yushitai.

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Half a million dollars?

I still refuse to tell the reason.

It sounds scary!

What on earth is this kid doing?

Zhao Xu said: "Don't guess anymore, I borrowed the five hundred thousand guan, and I didn't let him say it."

Feng Jing immediately asked: "Why did Your Majesty borrow money from the Chief Justice? There should be no shortage of money in the treasury at that time."

Obviously, he suspected that Zhao Xu was covering up Zhang Fei.

Wen Yanbo also nodded slightly.

This reason is not convincing enough.

Zhao Xu said: "Because I don't want anyone to know for the time being, and if five hundred thousand coins are transferred from the internal storage, the news will definitely leak out."

Wen Yanbo frowned secretly. Could it be that he used the 500,000 yuan to trade with the Liao Kingdom? He asked rather dissatisfiedly: "I don't know what it is. Your Majesty needs to be so cautious and not let the ministers know."

Zhao Xu said: "It's like this. Recently, the weapons supervisor has developed a very powerful weapon, but it still needs to be tested on the battlefield. It happened that the border of Xixia was in chaos at that time, so I decided to secretly build several weapons in the northwest. The weapons supervisor specializes in producing this kind of weapon, and then borrows the hands of those merchants to test it in Xixia.

I didn’t want to tell you at the time. Firstly, I was afraid that the news would leak out and make Xixia be on guard. Secondly, I was worried about causing your worries. I just wanted to test the weapons, not to change the country’s strategy. I still wanted to You can focus on internal affairs. ”

Is that what happened?

In fact, they had long suspected that Zhao Xu and Zhang Fei were plotting something, but they were unable to find any clues.

Now that Zhao Xu confessed to them, none of the ministers here believed it.

What kind of weapon still needs to be operated like this?

Feng Jing asked directly: "I don't know what kind of weapon it is. Why do you need your Majesty to take such a big risk? Can you let me see it?"

Don’t you believe me? Zhao Xu said slightly unhappily: "Since I have confessed this matter to you, I will let you see it. However, this is the top secret of the country. If anyone leaks the news, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"I obey."

Zhao Xu made an appointment with them again to go to Beiyuan School Ground tomorrow afternoon to see this new weapon.

The ministers were extremely curious, what kind of weapon was it?

Actually, they all knew that the Ordnance Inspector had developed a bamboo-tube firearm. After all, the Royal Police were already using it, but that weapon really wasn't so mysterious.

As soon as he came out of the palace, Wen Yanbo tested Zhang Fei and said, "The president of the court is really generous, and the price is 500,000 yuan."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I'm not very interested in money. If Duke Wen wants to borrow it, I will borrow it too."

"Really?"

Wen Yanbo said in surprise.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "My wife has to donate tens of thousands of dollars every year."

How arrogant!

Wen Yanbo just smiled and nodded.

After they left, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang pinched Zhang Fei on the left and right.

Zhang Fei said: "Don't look at me like that, I'm really unjust. This official asked me to borrow money. Can I not borrow it?"

Wang Anshi asked with a smile: "Is it as simple as just borrowing money?"

Sima Guang said: "According to what Feng Zhongcheng said, the date of borrowing the money is highly consistent with your inspection in the northwest."

Zhang Fei said: "After all, this is a huge sum of money. If I don't go there in person, I won't be able to get the money out. But I handed the money to the designated person and didn't care about it anymore."

"I don't believe it."

"I don't believe it either."

"If you two don't believe it, there's nothing I can do about it."

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly.

Sima Guang snorted: "Just keep it a secret, and let the Yushitai investigate what happened later. Be careful that your position is not guaranteed."

Zhang Fei said: "Then I will go back and be an Erbi."

"You."

Sima Guang angrily scolded: "You are really ignorant."

After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left.

The emperor can tell such things and they can guess, but Zhang Fei cannot confess because he is the president of the court and he must abide by the law!

After Sima Guang left, Wang Anshi suddenly asked: "Zhang San, what kind of weapon is this?"

Zhang Fei said: "It's a firearm."

Wang Anshi asked: "Can it replace the war horse?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, "It shouldn't be replaced for the time being, right?"

Wang Anshi asked again: "Can it be replaced in the future?"

Zhang Fei said: "I don't know about that. I'm not very good at military affairs. Why does Wang Xueshi ask that?"

Wang Anshi sighed: "Let's wait until this matter is over."

"Oh."

After leaving the imperial city and arriving at the carriage, Li Bao was seen sitting in it with an embarrassed look on his face.

"I've been under investigation for so long, but you guys found out later than me what the **** you're doing."

Zhang Fei complained to Li Bao.

Li Bao said: "I'm really sorry. This was our negligence. We didn't expect Yushitai to have such means. At present, we suspect that this may be the work of Yushitai's newly established Supervision and Law Department. This official department It’s also quite mysterious. They may be imitating the Department of Taxation, and there must be people from them in Jiekupu.”

Zhang Fei said: "A government office that has been established for less than two years has compared you to others?"

Li Bao said while sweating profusely: "We will find out about this matter immediately, and we hope Sanlang can help us say a few good words to the officials."

Zhang Fei said: "But I can't help you with this kind of thing too many times."

Li Bao thanked him repeatedly.

Zhang family.

"Nowadays, there is a lot of discussion between the DPRK and China about this matter. In just half a day, various rumors have already emerged one after another. If the officials do not confess, this may really affect you!"

Xu Zun said with lingering fear.

Xu Zhiqian snorted: "I thought they would calm down a bit, but I never thought that they would still persist in using such despicable methods."

"No wonder Yushitai, this fly can't bite seamless eggs."

Xu Zun said to Zhang Fei again: "Your status is different now. Any flaws may affect your authority as the chief judge. You can no longer act as arbitrarily as before."

Xu Zhiqian can complain, but as an elder, he still has to give priority to teaching. Zhang Fei's shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he is not so disciplined.

This was no problem before, but now that you are the chief judge, every move you make is related to the authority of the chief judge, and you can no longer be so casual.

"My son-in-law will definitely take your father-in-law's warning to heart." Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Besides, I don't think this is a bad thing."

Xu Zhiqian said: "Isn't this a bad thing?"

"Of course not."

Zhang Fei said: "We believe in the public prosecutor and judicial system, not the chief judge, prosecutors or the royal police. Today, the public prosecutor and judicial team is getting larger and larger, and there are more and more matters involved. In the future, the public prosecutor and judicial team will definitely There will be many black sheep, and this needs to be checked and balanced by the Yushitai.

After this incident, officials who believe in the public security, procuratorate, and law have to think carefully. Even the president of the court has to go to the Yushitai to drink tea. Will he let them go?

Overall, I am very satisfied with their performance. ”

Xu Zhiqian said: "Aren't you worried that Yushitai will frame you?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Now the Yushitai also needs to make accusations through the imperial court. As long as they act according to the system, there is nothing to worry about. The stricter they investigate, the more stable the public security system will be."

Xu Zun asked: "But will this affect the official's plan?"

Zhang Fei said: "It should be less common now. The current actions against Xixia are in line with the national strategy."