Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 215: For example, scholar-bureaucrats are useless

Shenzong decreed to maintain the old proposal.

The place where the deed tax is paid must be paid in accordance with the law.

This immediately caused fierce opposition from many ministers in the DPRK and China. They believed that this would not help ease the situation, but would further aggravate the situation and cause more public grievances.

But Shenzong was unmoved.

The reformers led by Wang Anshi naturally also fought back in the court. The court collects taxes according to the law. What's wrong?

You are so excited, maybe you are also evading taxes.

He even went to Shenzong, saying that he would investigate the taxation of those ministers who opposed the court's taxation.

Of course, Shenzong didn't care about it.

If we have to investigate this, we will not be able to end it.

And this made Fu Bi and other Qingli ex-officials very worried, as if the Qingli party struggle was imminent.

They knew very well why Wang Anshi refused to give in, and they also knew why the other party was aggressive.

There is no solution to this problem.

As a conservative, Sima Guang has not made any remarks on this, and he has been busy with legal aid.

It went very well.

In fact, not everyone agrees to this matter, and many people have reservations about it, and even oppose it.

This is clearly a wind of litigation.

Erbi and Zhang San, who have all kinds of bad deeds, can still be vividly remembered.

Instead of suppressing litigation, it sparks it.

This is putting the cart before the horse.

However, this timing is too good to choose the lesser of these two evils.

Now that everyone is united as one to fight against Wang Anshi, if this matter is stirred up again to distract everyone's attention, Wang Anshi may succeed.

Furthermore, Sima Guang occupies the moral high ground. Even if there is no interest in litigation, it is the same as before. People who cannot afford tea and eat people to write pleadings will suffer. This is not fair. The people of the country are already at a disadvantage in litigation.

Nowadays, the imperial court can provide the common people with help in this area without spending a penny, and can also gain a good reputation, so why not do it.

This was also supported by Zhao Yan, Wen Yanbo, Fan Chunren, Su Shi, Su Zhe and others.

Easy.

Wang Anshi cried with envy. They are both reforms, why is there such a big difference.

Hanlin Academy.

Sima Guang, who stood on the last shift, was sitting in the room, flipping through books on litigation.

Although he has decided to promote legal aid and give legal status to litigation, he still has some reservations in his heart. He consults some views on litigation in the past dynasties to see if he can avoid the ills caused by litigation.

Suddenly, the door opened from the outside.

Sima Guang looked up and saw Wang Anshi walking in angrily.

The two look at each other.

One lowered his head and continued to read, while the other turned his face arrogantly to one side.

It's really a tacit understanding.

After a while, Wang Anshi sat down opposite Sima Guang and asked, "Why are you here?"

Sima replied without raising his head, "The Zhengshi Hall is too noisy."

Wang Anshi looked around and said sarcastically, "Isn't it noisy here?"

Sima Guang closed the book, "It's a bit noisy now."

Wang Anshi glanced at Sima Guang and asked, "You've been relatively quiet recently, are you plotting some conspiracy in secret again?"

Sima Guang heheed twice: "You may not even be able to stop this conspiracy, do you still need a conspiracy?"

Wang Anshi asked: "What conspiracy?"

Sima Guang asked: "Do you have to collect this summer tax now?"

Wang Anshi nodded: "Not bad."

Sima Guang said: "If someone secretly instigates those subordinate officials to take the opportunity to exploit the people and arouse even greater public resentment, what should you do?"

Wang Anshi dismissively said: "At the feet of the emperor, they dare."

Sima Guang said with a smile: "Don't forget, you are the one who forced them to pay taxes, and those tenant farmers can't pay taxes, so they have to do whatever they can."

Before Wang Anshi started the political reform, he had already thought of this day.

Using history as a mirror, we can know routines.

Wang Anshi said: "Sima Junshi, you are also a member of government affairs. You know that they will do this, but you wait for me to see a joke. Are you perverting the law for personal gain?"

Sima Guang said: "I remember that I told you long ago that to govern a country, you must first govern the officials. If the officials are not well-informed, a good law can also become a bad law. What's more, you can't even talk about a good law."

Wang Anshi said: "Let's wait and see."

After saying that, he got up and left.

After leaving the Hanlin Academy, Wang Anshi hurriedly found Lu Huiqing, and ordered: "You immediately lead the Xiangdu officials to inspect the matter of urging the payment of the summer tax, and don't let anyone get in the way."

Why did he set up the Department of Regulations of the Second Government and the post of Minister of Interests and Interests? This is the way to prevent it. He expected that there would definitely be problems in terms of implementation, but this matter was not in his plan. , he forgot for a moment.

As soon as Lu Huiqing heard it, she understood, "My teacher is worried that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble."

Wang Anshi nodded.

Lu Huiqing said: "Don't worry, teacher, the students will not give them a chance."

When Lu Huiqing was about to go out, Wang Anshi suddenly called Lu Huiqing again, "Wait a minute."

Lv Huiqing turned around and asked, "What else is there to tell me?"

"No, no!"

Wang Anshi shook his head again and again, "You can't do this!"

Lu Huiqing asked: "What do you mean by my mentor?"

Wang Anshi said: "I promised before that if the people don't increase the tax and the country uses the country, the new law will not get the support of those landlords. If there is no public support, it will not be successful."

Lu Huiqing immediately said: "However, this matter has benefited many people. They don't have to bear the taxes that do not belong to their own land. Compared with the taxes borne by those tenant farmers, they are not worth mentioning." , Moreover, they are also tax evaders, so it is only natural for them to pay taxes."

Wang Anshi sighed: "It is true to say so, but if we go to urge taxes, we will stand on the opposite side of the people. This is absolutely unacceptable."

Speaking of this, he shook his head and sighed: "It's my fault too, I was too impatient to ignore this point."

Lu Huiqing said: "But if the order is changed from day to day, there will be endless troubles."

"I also know this, the tax must be collected."

Wang Anshi nodded, and said again: "But don't go to pay the taxes yet, you should take someone with the Kaifeng government to conduct a comprehensive survey to find out the current plight of the tenant farmers. Is this instigated by someone behind, or are they really The life of the landlord is very difficult, we have to find a way to pay the money to those landlords.”

Being shocked by Sima Guang, he calmed down instead. The idea of ​​his new law is to reduce the burden on the common people, and at the same time increase the tax revenue of the wealthy gentry and landlords, filling the national treasury.

The transfer of taxes is something he must prevent. If he forces the people to pay taxes in order to seek his own authority, it is tantamount to putting the cart before the horse.

It is absolutely impossible. His new law must win the support of public opinion.

He must not let this happen.

As for Shenzong Zhao Xu, although he firmly supported Wang Anshi on the surface, he now has another choice.

There are three people sitting at this card table.

In this day and night, Zhao Xu quietly ordered Zhang Fei to be called into the palace.

Zhao Xu asked directly: "What do you think of this matter?"

Zhang Fei replied: "I thought that if this matter is not resolved, His Majesty will always be trapped here."

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "You are quite right. This is what I am worried about. As long as I make a little move, they can threaten me with the people. What's the point of the imperial court slapping down on taxes while the landlords intensify their efforts, I will never do this."

Why did he support Wang Anshi and not Sima Guang? , the imperial court is even poorer, and wealth is linked to power.

Without money, even the army can't move.

Speaking, he looked at Zhang Fei again and said, "Can you solve it?"

Zhang Fei pondered a little, and replied: "Recently, I have read all the laws about tenant farmers, but without exception, they are all beneficial to landlords. If you want to fight, you can only make a white contract to violate the law, but the court has explained in advance. , as long as the deed tax is paid, the past will be forgotten."

From the perspective of the law, the government and the landlord are one. For example, in the Xingtong of the Song Dynasty, it was clearly stated that if the tenant farmers did not pay taxes, the government would intervene to urge them to pay.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning.

Zhang Fei glanced at Zhao Xu and thought, if I can't help him solve this problem, I'm afraid I won't be qualified to sit at this poker table in the future.

Zhao Xu came to him, proving that he was still sitting at the poker table and could be relied upon.

But if Zhao Xu can't share his worries, Zhao Xu will naturally gradually alienate him.

He pondered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I have two strategies. One strategy can solve the near superiority, and the other strategy can solve the long-term concerns. I don't know which strategy your Majesty wants to listen to first?"

Zhao Xu was overjoyed immediately, and pondered for a while, "Listen to Jinyou first."

Zhang Fei said: "The key to your Majesty's concern at present is that the power of public opinion is controlled by them. In fact, many tenant farmers have been exploited by the landlords all the time, but there has been no such disturbance. Now that the imperial court takes action, it is still in accordance with the law. Taxes are collected, but public opinion is like a torrent. If His Majesty cannot control the power of public opinion, it will be difficult to reverse the current situation."

Zhao Xu nodded again and again when he heard it, and said: "But I just open my mouth, how can I talk to them."

Zhang Fei said: "I have a strategy, which can help His Majesty regain the power of public opinion, at least to draw with them."

Zhao Xu hurriedly said: "Hurry up."

Zhang Fei said: "It is to print and distribute tabloids."

"Publish tabloids?"

"Yes."

Zhang Fei said: "Your Majesty, have you ever heard of a type of movable type printing?"

Zhao Xu thought for a while before saying, "I've heard of it."

Zhang Fei said: "My genuine bookstore has been researching this technology recently, and it is now mature, and this technology can quickly print articles."

When Zhao Xu heard this, he waved his hands again and again and said: "It's useless, public opinion has to be reasonable, even if you print the article on paper, they can still refute you to pieces."

You must know that he is sitting on the first civil servant team, you are crazy if you compare writing articles with them.

It's better to go to court.

Zhang Fei said: "So it's a risky move to write about topics that they dare not debate."

Zhao Xu asked: "For example?"

"For example, scholar-bureaucrats are useless."

"What do you mean by that?"

Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously.

"Ahem, what I mean is that it is useless to write about scholar-bureaucrats. They are selfish and selfish. They are thieves who steal the country. You can't rely on scholar-bureaucrats."

".?"

Zhao Xu was in a cold sweat, "If you write like this, can they let you go?"

Zhang Fei said: "I didn't say I'll post it!"

Zhao Xu asked: "Then who will send it!"

"Other than you, Your Majesty, who would dare to say this."

"Should I send it?"

Zhao Xu couldn't help turning pale, "Aren't you hurting me?"

Zhang Fei said: "How dare the little people, I mean, this has to be posted secretly, and they cannot be found out. Only Your Majesty, you have the ability to do it. I can only provide some techniques and ideas."

Zhao Xu glared at him immediately.

If this is caught, then he will be finished. If he offends the literati in the world, he may not even be able to sit firmly on the throne.

However, it's quite cool to scold those scholar-bureaucrats.

After thinking about it, Zhao Xu came up with a clever plan, "How about this, I will give you people and money, but you still do it."

"Huh?"

(End of this chapter)