Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 405: Auxiliary police

The administration of officials in the Northern Song Dynasty is indeed a bit outrageous.

In fact, most of the people who are in charge of local affairs are officials. Even in many decision-making, officials still have the right to make decisions. Officials know how to eat, drink and have fun every day. Zhang Fei's uncle Xu Lingxiao also belongs to this part of officials.

Xu Lingxiao is good at poetry and articles, but not good at handling official affairs, far inferior to Xu Zhiqian.

Under this system, it is indeed unlikely that there will be officials like Jiedushi.

Actually, there is nothing wrong with this, no matter who cares, in many details, officials are more reliable than officials, but the key point is that officials have no salary, they can only get some subsidies, of course Well, the officials hired by the officials themselves pay the money themselves, it depends on the officials' financial resources, and if they hang out with Han Qi, they must be popular and hot.

The combination of these two points is a big problem.

One side has the power, but the other side has no money.

The results speak for themselves.

If the common people ask the government to do something, they can't spend some money.

As a result, under normal circumstances, the common people are not willing to go to the government office for help.

If this point is not changed, no matter how good the law is, it will have no meaning.

But what Yu Da said is quite right, those officials have no choice but how to make a living if they don't make money.

The imperial court actually knew about this, but they could only turn one eye and close one eye.

One thing to say, there were indeed relatively few officials in the Northern Song Dynasty who were corrupt during this period, but there were countless corrupt officials, far better than those in the Tang Dynasty.

In history, when Wang Anshi promulgated the Recruitment Law, there was an inconspicuous decree hidden in the middle, which was the "Cang Law".

In fact, it is very simple, that is, to incorporate officials into the national salary system.

Then, Wang Anshi began to rectify the administration of officials.

Although Wang Anshi was not as cautious as Sima Guang, he was limited to details. On key issues, Wang Anshi thought very clearly.

If you don't pay a salary, but you want to punish corrupt officials, that's pure hooliganism, and they won't do it.

However, due to the emergence of the police, Wang Anshi did not rush to introduce the Cang Law, but hoped to use the entire police system to implement the Cang Law.

The unprecedented success of the police is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Incorporating officials into the police system can quickly gain the approval of the people.

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Compared to Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and the others, Zhang Fei lacks the mind to cultivate himself, govern the country, and bring peace to the world. He is a trainee lawyer who lives a well-to-do life, so he doesn't have this mind at all.

Although after coming to the Northern Song Dynasty, this kind of thinking began to sprout in my heart, but it is still not comparable to the current literati.

But having said that, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang did not possess his professionalism.

Since he wants to develop the business of household rating evaluation, he will definitely do it seriously and will never be perfunctory.

Moreover, if Wang Anshi cannot promote the new law, then his plan will not be successful.

Isn't the entire judicial reform just because of Wang Anshi's New Deal? Otherwise, Sima Guang would not have done it.

Therefore, Zhang Fei will definitely support Wang Anshi with all his might.

But at present, he has to be busy moving. Today he came to the flower market, wanting to buy some better flower seeds back, because Gao Wenyin likes to grow flowers very much, but he is reluctant to spend money on expensive flower seeds.

"Hey boy! It's Saburo here."

The shopkeeper of a flower shop warmly greeted Zhang Fei when he saw Zhang Fei coming.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Shopkeeper, I want to buy some flower seeds."

The shopkeeper asked: "I don't know what flower seeds Sanlang wants?"

Zhang Fei said: "Peony flowers, rose flowers, these two kinds are essential, and the rest of the shopkeepers will see and sell them."

The shopkeeper said: "I heard that Sanlang bought a big house recently, presumably these flower seeds are used for the new house."

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said, "How do you know that I bought a house?"

The shopkeeper let out a sigh: "Don't Sanlang know that wherever you buy now, the rent will rise there."

"Is that an exaggeration?"

Zhang Fei smiled helplessly, thinking to himself, when I was beaten back then, I didn't see the rent of that house lowered.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of arguing behind me.

"What? You said that this method of recruiting is good?"

"I feel pretty good."

Zhang Fei looked back and saw two scholars coming out of this tea shop arguing.

"Where is it?"

"In the past, it was only targeted at the upper-class households, causing many families to be ruined, but now everyone shares it equally, and everyone only needs to pay a little money. I think this is quite reasonable."

"A little money is nothing to the upper-class households, but to the poor people, it may also ruin their families. If a family is destroyed, the cost may be the destruction of a dozen poor households, so is the life of the poor not their life?"

"Your words are simply unreasonable. It is clearly written in the newspaper that the poor households pay less than half of the rich households, so what else?"

"Is the wealth of the poor household half that of the rich household? Forget it, I won't argue with you. This difference is not conspiring with each other. Let me leave."

The two broke up unhappy.

I heard the shopkeeper sigh again, "Oh...there are people arguing about this draft law every day for the past two days!"

Zhang Fei turned around, "Really?"

"Compared to the previous method of losing everything, this recruiting method is really terrible. There are many people who support it, but there are also many people who oppose it. Let's talk about our store. I support it, but my guy doesn't like it." Very dissatisfied."

"Why?"

"I belong to a third-class household. Every year when it's my turn or my family's, I have to spend a lot of money to manage it. My guy doesn't need it. And once this service law is promulgated, he will have to pay this amount every year." Exemption money."

"Won't you give the guy a raise?"

"Do you want some rose flowers?"

"Huh? Yes... yes."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.

I bought the seeds and just left the flower market when a white-faced boy came over.

Zhang Fei recognized him, only Zhao Xu's attendant.

In the palace, in the attic.

"The minister..."

"How many times do I have to say that?"

Zhao Xu was quite dissatisfied when he saw that Zhang Fei wanted to salute.

"Uh... the emperor is good, no, the official is good. It's not...!"

"Hehe."

Zhao Xu smiled, then stretched out his hand to lead to the opposite side, "Sit down. Sit down."

"Thank you, official."

Zhang Fei sat down awkwardly.

Not polite, he doesn't even know how to greet him.

Zhao Xu asked with a smile: "Do you know why I came to you?"

Zhang Fei said: "The recruitment law?"

Zhao Xu asked again: "What do you think about this?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Is this the fifth or sixth official to ask me this question."

Zhao Xu said: "Then how do you answer?"

Zhang Fei said: "I don't know. I don't know. I can't tell."

"Then what do I ask you?"

"It is ten thousand times better than the labor law, but the obstacles encountered may also be great."

"There are also many ministers in the court who object, such as Sima Junshi. They all oppose the collection of tax exemption for the poor. What do you think about this?"

"I think this is the best way to go."

"Really?"

Zhao Xu hurriedly asked: "How do you say that?"

Zhang Fei explained: "The poor are the majority. If the money of the poor is exempted, then all the burdens will be concentrated on the second, third and fourth class households. This situation may be worse than the labor law. It will not take a few years. accounts may disappear altogether.

As for those rich people who are really rich, they don't collect much tax. According to the service law enacted by Xueshi Wang, this official household only collects half of them, but if we talk about wealth... ... "

The richest people in the world are relatives of the emperor and court officials. Their taxes must not be collected, so they can only be shared by the poor. Otherwise, such a huge expenditure will all be on the middle class.

Even if he is asked to do it, he can't think of a better way than this, after all, this is not typing on the keyboard.

Zhao Xu nodded, and couldn't help sighing: "It can be seen that this recruitment law is only an expedient measure! But even this expedient measure has been opposed by many people, such as Mr. Zhao and the others. It will also give corrupt officials an opportunity to take advantage of."

Zhang Fei nodded: "Govern the country first by governing the officials. Before this step is completed, Zhao Xianggong's worries will inevitably happen."

"This is also the reason why I came to you today."

Zhao Xu said: "Actually, Xueshi Wang is also aware of this, so he proposed to assign most of the duties to the Royal Police. While reforming the law, he will rectify the administration of officials. I also agree with this very much, so I will transfer all the exemption tax What do you think of using the finances of the police station to expand the police?"

Zhang Fei said: "I knew about this in advance, and I think it is feasible, but it can only be used as a long-term policy, and it cannot be directly expanded to the whole country. It will add a huge financial burden.”

"I know this. Regarding this matter, I will still count it in the judicial reform." Zhao Xu frowned, and said again: "But will this affect the people's perception of the Royal Police?"

It can be seen that he cares about the Royal Police very much.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Some people will definitely think so, but it doesn't matter. As long as the Royal Police maintain their current attitude, I believe they will change their views on this matter."

Zhao Xu said: "But the police station has to take on so many things suddenly, so it must expand the team. Can you guarantee that the Royal Police will not have any problems?"

Zhang Fei said: "There will definitely be problems, so I suggest developing auxiliary police."

"Auxiliary Police?"

"It is a policeman who specializes in assisting the Royal Police."

Zhang Fei said: "Their treatment is not as good as that of the Royal Police, so that they can reduce the financial pressure in the initial stage, but they can also work hard to become the Royal Police, giving them the opportunity to go up and spur them on. Police supervision.

Of course, I think the royal police should be given better treatment, such as organizing to study the law at the law school, so that the royal police can be both civil and military. In this way, the Royal Police will be more attractive for talents to join. "

Zhao Xu nodded: "It should be so! Most of the officers understand the law. If the royal police don't understand the law, it will only make people laugh."

Zhang Fei added: "Besides that, it is also inappropriate to assign most of the duties to the police station. After all, the authority for many matters is not in the police station, but in various departments. However, it can be done through the police station. On this platform, the police are trained and then sent to various government offices.

For example, the tax bureau can set up a royal tax police, and the procuratorate and the imperial court can all be equipped with special police. "

Zhao Xu suddenly said: "Isn't the tax bureau going to develop secretly?"

Zhang Fei hehe said: "Those are elites. In the future, they will be specially used to deal with those big landlords and wealthy businessmen who evade taxes. On the surface, we should arrange some people to handle some daily affairs."

"That's right, that's right, that's reasonable. If all of them are assigned to the police station, whether the police station listens to the various bureaus, or all the bureaus have to ask the police station for help, this is not appropriate. I still thought too simply before, "

Zhao Xu said again: "Then who should do this matter?"

Zhang Fei said: "Of course it is Cao Dongdong."