Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 180: They are all ruthless people

Sima Guang is a traditional concept of governing the country, which is to pursue the state of hiding wealth among the people.

But this "people" is worth discussing.

Does it mean ordinary people?

It can only be said to be included, but not the main group.

Ordinary people only have so little money, and it has nothing to do with being rich. Why do they need to hide it, and no one will **** it if it is exposed.

It mainly refers to squires and landlords.

They are conservatives, and they have a concept. If the money is put in the hands of these gentry and landlords, they and the country will become a community and depend on each other. Then they will become the backbone of the country, have a sense of social responsibility, and be trustworthy , can make the country more stable.

For example, when a disaster occurs in a local area, they are on the front line and can help the affected people to tide over the difficulties in a timely manner.

If it is said that it is reported to the central government first, and then the central government issues a disaster relief plan, this back and forth will delay a lot of things.

The message today is very limited.

In fact, they are not whimsical, talking nonsense. There are indeed many such cases. When a disaster occurs in this place, the government will ask the squires and gentry to donate money for disaster relief. They will donate more or less, and some are forced , and some are active.

This is indeed a very common thing in the Song Dynasty.

But compared to their privileges and illegal income, this ratio is really very large, and it is still expanding.

The plate is so big, if you have more, I will have less.

As a result, the country's finances have become very embarrassing, which in turn has caused the country to be unable to do other things and can only sit quietly.

This is stagnation.

Conservatives are content to stagnate.

But Wang Anshi is not satisfied with the status quo. He is very opposed to the concept of hiding wealth from the people. Money in your pockets is your personal property after all.

This is not the way to govern the country.

Wang Anshi's philosophy is to have the state control everything, and the wealth is concentrated in the center, and then distributed by the center in a unified manner, twisted into a single rope, so that great things can be done.

He himself admits that his goal is to make money for the country, but he is targeting these rich businessmen and landlords.

And Zhang Fei's plan is to touch the cakes of these landlords and squires, and the national treasury will also benefit from it. Of course Wang Anshi is willing.

Where is Sima Guang?

This is contradictory to his philosophy!

That's why Zhang Fei emphasized "legality" to him.

You support judicial reform, but the result is to defend illegal behavior, so what is the significance of your reform?

This sentence made Sima Guang speechless.

He and Wang Anshi are arguing every day whether to increase taxes or not. Wang Anshi definitely wants to increase taxes for the rich, but he is using a roundabout strategy to increase taxes in different ways, either explicitly or to increase taxes for the rich.

This is a structural contradiction with the conservatives' idea of ​​hiding wealth from the people.

But Zhang Fei is not.

Zhang Fei wants to recover legal taxes.

Sima Guang can't say that tax evasion is also hiding wealth from the people, right?

The key point is that he himself does not think so. He is asking for no tax increase, or even tax reduction, but this is different from tax evasion.

Furthermore, his judicial reform must also face tax evasion and tax evasion. From this point of view, Wang Anshi and Zhang Fei are willing to be the bad guys, and at the same time they can fight for judicial independence. He can indeed enjoy the benefits.

…But it will indeed make many people afraid of his judicial reform.

Just like Lu Huiqing, it's really hard to judge the pros and cons of this matter.

Therefore, Sima Guang did not give any answer, but he did not continue to stop Zhang Fei either.

It's hard to judge this matter, we have to wait and see first.

But this is enough for Zhang Fei.

He explained to Sima Guang not because he was afraid that Sima Guang would stop him.

As for Sima Guang's judicial reform, it was Zhang Fei who pushed behind it.

After sending Sima Guang away, Zhang Fei returned to the back hall, looked at the decadent Fan Li, walked over, and said with a smile: "There is no need for members to be depressed, at least we are still alive, which proves that we are still very capable."

Fan Li sighed: "How can I not be clear about this, but I always feel that, San Lang, you should accept it as soon as you are good. If you keep walking on the edge of the cliff, something will happen sooner or later."

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said, "I will learn from this lesson."

"Really?"

Fan Li didn't believe it.

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said, "Don't you think I'm a fool? I've already fallen in this pit, and I have to step on it again."

Fan Li nodded slightly, Zhang San didn't look stupid, it was impossible for him to make the same mistake.

Don't worry, of course I won't step on it, I just filled it up so that no one needs to be afraid. Zhang Fei asked again: "That's right! Didn't Ma Yuanwai and the others come to ask about the situation?"

Fan Li was immediately happy, "They have also been tortured by you, but recently they have learned to be good, they dare not offend us, but they dare not get too close to us, but they should cooperate, Still cooperate."

Ma Tianhao and Chen Maoqian are really numb.

The ups and downs were so huge that they were about to split their nerves, so they simply regarded it as an ordinary business cooperation, and everyone kept a certain distance.

Zhang Fei nodded and said with a smile: "This is the best, it's just a business, and I don't want them to be affected by this."

While chatting, Xu Zhiqian suddenly hurried into the shop.

"What is it?"

Zhang Fei asked.

Xu Zhiqian came to Zhang Fei and said in a low voice, "Come back with me, my brother is here."

"Brother? Oh."

Zhang Fei talked to Fan Li before leaving with Xu Zhiqian.

Because Gao Wenyin and the others moved in, it was naturally inconvenient for Zhao Xu to go to Zhang's house again, so he could only choose to go to Xu's mansion quietly.

When I came to Xu's mansion, I saw Zhao Xu sitting alone in the backyard drinking wine, looking very lonely.

"Xiaomin!"

"Sit down!"

Zhao Xu listlessly pointed to the opposite side.

"Yes."

After Zhang Fei sat down.

Zhao Xu asked again: "Have you finished dealing with the fine?"

"It's all over." Zhang Fei nodded, and seeing that Zhao Xu was extremely depressed, he clasped his fists and said, "The little people deserve death for their crimes. If you hurt Your Majesty, please punish him."

Zhao Xu sighed deeply, and said: "It is true that you have acted recklessly in this matter, but I am also very clear in my heart how serious the consequences will be. I will stop you, but they threaten me with the stability of the country, I really can't swallow this tone."

…Don't look at how embarrassing he was in compromising at the time, but that was because he was a monarch and he had to put the world first.

However.

He was actually very, very angry.

Because what he is after is to extend the imperial power, he is very sensitive about this situation.

After all, he just gave Zhang Fei a plaque, and those who are a little more sensible just whisper it.

They don't.

Just hit the face.

They just want to say, you, Zhang Fei, don't think that with the imperial plaque, you can do whatever you want.

We are not afraid at all.

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely make up for my mistakes."

Zhao Xu looked happy, "It seems that you have already thought of a countermeasure."

He came here today for one purpose, to get back this matter, and this matter must not be left alone. In fact, he also understands Zhang Fei's character, but he is worried that Zhang Fei will choose to calm down if he takes him into consideration. So he came to express his attitude, as long as you have the means, then we will fight back.

This is something neither Wang Anshi nor Sima Guang expected.

Zhao Xu's acting skills are really at the level of a movie king. At that time, he didn't fight much, and his attitude was to make big things small and small things small.

The third division dared to be so arrogant, and even sent someone to count them, for fear that the citizens would not know.

Zhang Fei immediately informed Zhao Xu of the whole plan and how he lobbied Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

He jumps left and right between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, but he has another relationship with Zhao Xu. The emperor is still different. Unless you want to rebel, otherwise, you must get the emperor's support for whatever you do. Don't hide it as much as you can.

Once the emperor becomes suspicious of you, it is very scary, and a frank ear pen, no matter what you say, the emperor will not care too much, after all, he can only say hello, he can't do anything.

After Zhao Xu heard this, he couldn't help being overjoyed. If this matter turned into a struggle between the judiciary and the administration, or between the government and government, it wouldn't pose too much threat to him. Instead, he could control the situation. Said: "As expected of Zhang San, the ear pen, he convinced Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi at the same time. Awesome! Awesome!"

Zhang Fei smiled modestly: "Although there are many contradictions in their ruling philosophy, they certainly do not support tax evasion."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and said, "Do you need my help?"

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Don't dare to bother Your Majesty, I caused this, and I have the responsibility to make up for it."

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "This time you do it freely, and I will protect you later."

As he spoke, he raised his glass and said, "I wish you a great victory."

Then Lu Huiqing is definitely Wang Anshi's right-hand man. Within a few days, he found both people and eucalyptus.

"Master, do you know Mr. Wei from Luomapo, Kaifeng County?"

"Mr. Wei?"

Wang Anshi shook his head: "I haven't heard of it."

Lu Huiqing said: "This man's name is Wei Yushan, a man from Tokyo. His great-grandfather was once a Jinshi in the Zhenzong Dynasty, but because of his dishonesty, corruption and bribery, he was exiled from the capital. After his death, his son sent him to the village for burial. , but later his descendants began to do business in Bianjing again, and soon became a well-known rich household in Kaifeng County by virtue of some of his father's connections in the court.

…Now that Wei Yushan is a tyrant in the village, no one dares to provoke him, and no one dares to go to his house to collect taxes. For what Wei Yushan did, he ran to the Wei family to urge to pay the tax, but not only did he not receive the tax money, but Wei Yushan also counted part of his family's land tax on Geng Ming.

Although this Geng Ming is from a high-class household, he couldn't bear the tax money of the Wei family. In the end, Geng Ming was forced to take the initiative to divorce his wife and let his wife take his son back to his natal family to escape, while he went to a Taoist temple to become a monk. , Only then escaped the revenge of the Wei family. "

After hearing this, Wang Anshi excitedly said, "Didn't that idiot sue the officials?"

Lu Huiqing said: "It's the government that counted the tax money on Geng Ming's head. My teacher should know that many government officials can't collect the tax, so they have to pay it themselves in the end."

Wang Anshi frowned and asked, "Does he dare to sue?"

Lu Huiqing said: "Although Geng Ming has become a monk, he has always been thinking about revenge and reuniting with his wife and children."

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "That's him."

Lu Huiqing said: "But teacher, that Wei Yushan is not small."

Wang Anshi asked: "Isn't he just a rich man? His ancestors were only minor Jinshi, so don't worry about it."

Lu Huiqing said: "Wei Yushan has always admired Wang Hong very much. He believes that torture should be used to deal with troublesome people. Therefore, the relationship between the two is not bad. In addition, his second daughter is the concubine of King Chang, so he is the only Dare to be so arrogant and domineering."

Wang Anshi couldn't help squinting at Lu Huiqing, you are deliberately trying to make fun of me.

The ruthless words have already been released, you give me a royal relative.

What do you want me to do?

This King Chang is Zhao Xu's younger brother, not an ordinary prince!

Lu Huiqing explained: "There are three reasons why the students chose this case. First, it is also related to the frontline of the Yamen, which can provide support for the teacher's reform.

Secondly, although relatives of the emperor are involved, this struggle stems from judicial reform, which can also make Bachelor Sima even more in a dilemma. He Sima Guang always speaks righteously, for the sake of the country and the people. Let's see if he can do what he says when facing the royal relatives.

Thirdly, if Wei Yushan can be taken down, the rest of the landlords will not dare to be arrogant again, once and for all. "

His methods are also very ruthless.

I, Lu Huiqing, did it myself, so it can't be a trivial matter.

Wang Anshi was a little hesitant, so he made a trip and asked Sima Guang to throw his feet up in the air to make everyone laugh.

But he was looking forward to seeing if Sima Guang could be as unselfish as Bao Zheng when he really met the emperor's relatives. After all, both he and Sima Guang had been under Bao Zheng's subordinates.

In addition, he was also very displeased with Wei Yushan's behavior. Ask for his opinion."

Lu Huiqing nodded.

Wang Anshi asked again: "Did anyone be found in Kaifeng County?"

According to Zhang Fei's plan, they had to find a judicial officer in the prison department to stand up and raise the banner to fight against the county government.

Lu Huiqing said: "I found it, and asked Lu Jia, who joined the army for justice."

Wang Anshi frowned and said, "Uncle Lu Hui's nephew?"

Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "The students have inquired about the prison officials in Kaifeng County. Only Lu Jiawen complained about Zhang Fei's grievances, and the students also talked with Lu Jiawen. He has always supported the teacher's reform. "

Wang Anshi sighed: "You are really getting more and more complicated."

Everyone has a background.

This is really a big game.

Lu Huiqing said: "If you simply ask a landlord to pay taxes, even if you win, it will not have the effect of deterrent, and it will not be worthwhile for your mentor to do it yourself."

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