Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 513: It’s finally here

However, the government's counterattack especially prevented Li Min from litigating, which also made Duan Chaobei and other salt merchants and banknote merchants feel uneasy.

Because as far as common sense is concerned, both sides have already torn their faces, so will the government still abide by the judgment of the imperial court?

It can be seen from this that what they trust is not the law, but the power.

So they immediately found Li Min.

Actually, Li Min was beating drums in his heart, but he still pretended to be calm and comforted everyone.

"Everyone, please rest assured. I have asked President Zhang before, and President Zhang said that because the government did not raise any doubts about my official documents before, I am now part of this case. If there is no absolutely legitimate reason, You cannot easily separate me from this case.”

As for these remarks, Duan Chaobei and others were confused.

So Li Min explained again: "In short, I can sue this lawsuit to the end."

Duan Chaobei said: "But the government's investigation of Brother Li is obviously unwilling to obey the judgment of the imperial court. Then...if the government refuses to accept it, what should we do?"

Li Min hesitated a little. After all, he was not sure that the government would obey. Judging from the current situation, it didn't seem like he would accept punishment. The law, I think they should not easily disobey the law."

At this moment, a person came in and whispered something in Li Min's ear.

Li Min was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately said to Duan Chaobei and the others: "I just sent a letter from the imperial court. Under the urging of the imperial court, Bachelor Yuan and the others will come to the imperial court tomorrow to discuss the details of how to compensate." /

Duan Chaobei and the others couldn't help being overjoyed.

Li Min asked again: "Will you go with me tomorrow, or should I follow the government's compensation plan first, and then discuss it with you?"

Duan Chaobei and others looked at each other again.

Soon, they said that Li Min would go on their behalf.

They want to sit on it, so they don't dare to negotiate conditions. Although their actions are supported by many officials, it doesn't mean that they really dare to confront those officials.

Especially in the current situation.

......

Huayin County is where Tongguan is located, and it is just to the southwest of Hezhong Mansion. The distance between these two places is only more than a hundred miles.

In fact, as early as two months ago, that kind of errand had already rushed to Huayin County secretly.

Because this is an important military area, the military is very powerful, and at the same time, it does not belong to the Hezhong Mansion, but belongs to the Jingzhao Mansion (Chang'an). Kinder hides in it, so that he can secretly inquire about the situation of the Hezhong Mansion, and can also arrival.

"Father, Uncle Qin sent a secret letter."

A tall, handsome young man entered the room, and handed a confidential letter to the leopard-headed eagle-eyed, burly middle-aged man sitting on the chair.

This middle-aged man is Zhong Er, and the young man is his eldest son Zhong Pu.

After Zhong Er received the secret letter, he immediately opened it and looked at it. Gradually, his face became more and more sad.

Zhong Pu couldn't help worrying: "Father, what did you say in the letter?"

Chong Er sighed, and said: "Now the Fuya and Yansi have completely torn faces with the imperial court. It seems that we have to hurry over."

Zhong Pu was surprised and said: "Since those civil servants and the imperial court have already fought, it is a good thing for my father!"

Chang Er sighed: "Your Uncle Qin said that there are many people in the army who are dissatisfied with the imperial court. It's just because of my sake, so I forbear for now, but the situation is not easy to control."

Speaking, he handed the letter in his hand to Zhong Pu.

After Zhong Pu looked at it, his face was full of confusion, "This imperial court is not pleasing to the left and right, so which side will he lean towards?"

"I can't see it as a father! But judging from the whole matter, it is estimated that the other party will still be biased, otherwise, there is no need to re-examine this case."

Chang Er shook his head and sighed, "I would rather face a hundred thousand enemy troops on the battlefield than face a civil servant in the hall."

Because all the officials who requested a review of the case were officials who supported Lu Shen, so in terms of the unspoken rules in the officialdom, this must be against him.

Military generals are very afraid of this, because this is the specialty of civil servants, how can they outplay each other.

Chang Er is very pessimistic about this, but this public prosecutor's law makes him a little confused, so he came to Huayin County early, just to see what the public prosecutor's law means.

But after looking at it for a long time, I didn't understand which side the public prosecutor's law is leaning towards.

Even neutral enough to offend both sides.

Then Qin Zhongshou hurriedly sent a letter asking him to go to the Hezhong Mansion. At present, what the military suppressed did not have a direct conflict with the imperial court, but the civil servants began to fight with the imperial court.

Where did he expect it? He is a supporting role, and the protagonist is Zhang Fei. The purpose is not a civil and military dispute, but reform.

Chong Pu asked: "What is Daddy going to do?"

"This has to go."

Chang Er asked again: "Where is Lu Zhifu now?"

Zhong Pu said: "Prefect Lu fell ill on the way out of Shu, and was delayed for some time. Calculated, he should have arrived at Jingzhao Mansion."

It turned out that Lu Shen didn't mean that he was afraid of the public prosecutor's law.

Chang Er said: "You go and prepare, we will leave tomorrow, we must arrive at Hezhong Mansion before Lu Zhifu, lest anyone think we are guilty."

"Yes."

......

This morning, Cai Yanqing, Wei Yingfang, Yuan Jiang, and He Chunlin came to the imperial court to propose a compensation plan from the government.

Compared to the past, today's atmosphere even has a slight chill in the superficial greetings.

"I hope we didn't make Zhang Ting wait for a long time."

Yuan Jiang said with a skinny smile.

Zhang Fei said: "Actually, our imperial court does not want to urge you, we know the difficulty of the salt administration, so we just hope that you can give an accurate date."

Li Min, who was caught in the middle, saw that their faces were uneasy and uneasy, and he dared not speak, so he sat quietly by the side as if on pins and needles.

Yuan Jiang said: "In these days, the official has carefully reviewed the previous issuance of salt banknotes and the price of salt banknotes. It was about three years ago that the government gradually exchanged salt with less than two hundred catties of salt. Banknote.

For the salt banknotes issued during this period, we, the Salt Division, are willing to take responsibility and provide compensation. "

Zhang Fei frowned and said, "But the salt note does not stipulate that the other party must exchange it for salt within a limited time."

Yuan Jiang said: "But it is also because of the speculative behavior of banknote merchants that Yanchi hoards a lot of salt, so that salt banknotes must be issued to sell the unsalable salt. The merchant is also responsible. You can’t blame the government entirely.”

Zhang Fei nodded and turned his head to look at Li Min.

I'm sitting in the middle, so I can't always help you!

Li Min plucked up his courage and said: "Scholar Yuan's words are wrong. This is an omission when the government formulated the rules. We can't blame the merchants. Merchants speculate in salt money. This is not illegal, so why should we bear the responsibility. "

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He Chunlin angrily scolded: "You businessmen are hoarding and making huge profits, and you have the face to shirk your responsibility."

Li Mindao: "Xiaomin did not shirk responsibility, Xiaomin was just discussing the matter, even if the businessman's behavior was immoral, but the imperial court was talking about the law, not morality."

Yuan Jiang suddenly looked at Zhang Fei, and said: "I remember that when Chief Judge Zhang was teaching at the Imperial College, he also said that morality can be used as a reason for committing a crime. This salt is related to the lives of the people, but the banknote merchants don't care about the people. Interests force the government to issue excessive salt bills and sell the salt in Yanchi to meet the needs of the people. If they don’t have to bear any responsibility, it’s not justified.”

Zhang Fei pondered a little, nodded and said: "They do have to bear part of the responsibility, but the government has not issued a decree to prohibit this kind of behavior, or to make up for these loopholes, and they have indeed spent real money The government cannot use this as an excuse to deny the legitimacy of the salt banknotes. Maybe the merchants holding the salt banknotes have moral defects, but the salt banknotes cannot be judged illegal because of some behaviors of the holders. Maybe the people who hold the salt money today are not the money dealers who are hoarding money, and our royal court can't judge this."

Yuan Jiang and Cai Yanqing looked into each other's eyes, and said again: "Just now I said that the amount of salt exchanged for salt bills has gradually decreased since three years ago, so that's it, all the salt bills issued before are all counted." In this year, the government also starts to calculate from the first year of Xining, and pays compensation in three years."

"Three years?"

Li Min was surprised.

Cai Yanqing ignored him, but said to Zhang Fei: "Mr. Zhang, Hezhong Mansion's finances are very tight at present, and we don't know how much money there is outside. According to our calculations, it will be within three years at the earliest. Only then can it be fully paid off, otherwise, it will affect the operation of the government and the military expenditure of the Northwest."

Zhang Fei pondered for a while, and then asked: "I don't know how to apportion it to three years."

Yuan Jiang said: "We will convert all the salt banknotes with a face value of two hundred catties into government debts. As I said just now, starting from the first year of Xining, the salt banknotes issued this year and the previous ones Even if it is the first year, we will compensate the interest of the first two years this year, and the interest and principal of the third year will be paid next year, and so on for subsequent payments."

Li Min immediately said: "Isn't next year the fourth year?"

Yuan Jiang said: "How can interest be calculated in the first year, because the first year is for sale, and most salt merchants exchange salt banknotes from the border, and they should go to Yanchi to exchange salt in the second year. If you calculate it, the interest should be calculated at the end of the second year of Xining. It will be the third year at the end of next year."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "It's reasonable."

Li Min asked again: "How is the interest calculated?"

Yuan Jiang said: "Based on the principal of buying salt banknotes, a salt banknote is worth 4,800 yuan, and the annual interest is 6 out of 100, 288 yuan."

Li Min questioned: "May I ask, this salt money is salt, why not use salt to calculate interest?"

If the calculation is based on two hundred catties of salt, the annual interest is twelve catties of salt, which is calculated at a price of forty Wen, which is four hundred and eighty Wen, which is about two hundred Wen short.

He Chunlin said: "If the calculation is based on money, the government can directly compensate you, but if the calculation is based on salt, you can go to the designated Yanchi to collect it yourself. You must know that the salt in Yanchi is unstable. If it’s a bit off, if you don’t go to collect it, then you can only blame you, but not our government.”

In Yanchi, which is a bit farther away, the optical travel fee may not be able to afford it. Li Min thought to himself, these officials are really powerful, and their calculations are more shrewd than businessmen.

He can't say that the selling price is used to determine the interest. How can the seller calculate the interest on the 4,800 cash given to you by the government.

Zhang Fei looked at Li Min.

Li Min said: "I have to discuss this with my employer."

Zhang Fei nodded, "Then you go first."

"Yes."

After Li Min left, Zhang Fei suddenly said to Cai Yanqing: "Prefect Cai, when will you pay us for the reconstruction of my government office?"

As soon as the words came out, the four looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.

Zhang Fei said: "This shouldn't be a very excessive request, right? Or do you think I can live in the same standard house as the official family."

Cai Yanqing hesitated a little, Wei Yingfang immediately said: "I'm really sorry, we didn't think carefully at that time, and the imperial court didn't explain this point. Therefore, our government government did not plan for this expenditure."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Is your government's financial expenditure so planned? This is how much."

Wei Yingfang said hehe: "Our Hezhong government's finances have to bear the Northwest military expenses. If we don't plan more carefully, how can we do it? In addition, Bachelor Yuan has already discussed with us. Because we have to compensate those salt merchants, this year's payment The salt interest for our government office may be less, and we are also very embarrassed."

Zhang Fei said: "So the salary of the chief judge is no longer included in the government's planned expenditure?"

Wei Yingfang said: "Of course it is, but we didn't expect that the police station and the procuratorate would recruit so many people and give them such high salaries. Therefore, our government has to carefully consider whether we should use this money." First call the procuratorate, the police station, or your imperial court."

At this moment, Cai Jing entered the house and said, "Report to the Chief Judge that General Zhong has arrived."

Good guy, you are here. Zhang Fei turned his eyes, and ordered: "Let General Zhong stay here for a while, the imperial court is currently in financial difficulties, and is temporarily unable to hold a trial on this case."