Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 535: A confused account

This Su Zhe is no better than Su Shi, he is still relatively stable, although he thinks that the current imperial court has too much authority, and the procuratorate also needs to increase its presence, but he will also see what is going on, and will not be like Su Shi's romanticism , Relying on his extreme intelligence, he thought he could do whatever he wanted.

In fact, a real wise man is one who knows how to compromise with reality, such as Fu Bi, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang.

Don't look at Wang Anshi, but in fact his new law is a kind of compromise. He knows that the three redundancies can't be solved for the time being. Fan Zhongyan has already demonstrated it once. The only way is to make money.

Su Zhe thinks that he needs to find out the whole story before making a decision.

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"Brother, Brother Zhe, are you going back?"

Seeing Zhong Gu and Zhe Jizu entering the house, Zhong Er couldn't help asking.

After the trial of this lawsuit, Zhong Er and Lu Shen had to stay in Hezhong Mansion, waiting for the arrangement of the court, but many officials had already left Hezhong Mansion.

Zong Gu and Zhe Jizu also planned to go back in the near future.

"Maybe a few days later." Zhong Gu said.

Zhong Er immediately asked: "Could it be because of the eucalyptus about the soldiers' compensation."

Zong Gu was surprised and said: "You also know."

The kind nodded.

Zhe Jizu said: "Although this case is small, it is commonplace, but this time the public security law is investigating it personally. We have to see how the public security law will deal with this matter."

Zhong Er asked in a low voice: "This has nothing to do with Zhongshou and the others, right?"

Zhe Jizu sighed and said: "He said that this has nothing to do with him, but he is also worried that it will implicate him. After all, this military expenditure has always been a waste of money, and now people in the army are panicked. !”

Zhong Gu said: "We are worried that this is a conspiracy. If we really want to investigate to the end, no one knows how many people will be involved."

"Actually, I also have this kind of worry." Zhong Er nodded, "Why don't we remind Judge Zhang."

Zhe Jizu said: "I have inquired about this. Currently it is the procuratorate who wants to investigate, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court for the time being. He said that the procuratorate will wait until the procuratorate finds the evidence, and then the procuratorate will file a lawsuit against the imperial court.

The president of the court is biased towards us, but the chief prosecutor of Su is not sure. This matter has nothing to do with us. Let's just wait and see. "

Zong Gu said: "It's actually good, we can also learn more about this public prosecutor's law from this."

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Forwarding Division.

"Oh, it's Zhifu Cai who is here."

Yuan Jiang got up and arched her hands, "I'm rude, I'm rude."

Cai Yanqing clasped his hands and said: "Yanqing came here with the presumptuousness. If you disturb me, I hope the transfer envoy Haihan."

"Where! Where!"

Yuan Jiang stretched out her hand and said, "Prefect Cai, please sit down."

"Thank you."

After Cai Yanqing sat down, Yuan Jiang said with a smile that was not a smile: "Cai Zhifu came today, but for the investigation of the procuratorate?"

Cai Yanqing smiled and nodded, "It seems that people from the Procuratorate have already come."

Yuan Jiang nodded and said, "It's been a long time ago, but if it involves military expenses, our transshipment department can't get rid of it."

This transfer envoy can be said to be the minister of finance of a province. The local government is responsible for the collection and payment of taxes. Once the collected money and goods enter the county warehouse or state warehouse, it will belong to the transfer envoy. , and where needed, deploy.

Judging from this arrangement, we know that in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was very difficult to separate this place, and most of the finances were collected by the central government.

The transshipment envoy represents the central government, and they are all temporary appointments.

Cai Yanqing asked again: "I don't know how the transfer envoy thinks about this matter?"

Yuan Jiangyun said lightly: "This is about my predecessor, it has nothing to do with me, and I have no need to compete with them. They just want to check some accounts, so I will let them check."

Cai Yanqing immediately understood that it seemed casual, but in fact he was quite cooperative. But he sighed: "In my opinion, it's useless to check, this is a mess."

Yuan Jiang immediately asked: "How do you say that?"

Cai Yanqing said: "There is no quota for this military expenditure, the loss in the middle is huge, and there are various miscellaneous items converted to soldiers, and many government offices are involved. It is really as if the procuratorate wants to find out this account. It's like finding a needle in a haystack."

Yuan Jiang couldn't help frowning, and said: "As far as the matter is concerned, from this point of view, there are indeed many problems in this regard."

Cai Yanqing said: "In my opinion, the real problem lies in the redundancy and corruption in the military and government. It is also because of this that there is such a large number of forbidden troops. The local finances alone cannot afford it." , In the middle of this, central government funding is needed, financial support from other states and counties, and the accounts are also very complicated, so that people can take advantage of it. If these three redundancies are not resolved, nothing can be discussed.”

After hearing this, Yuan Jiang couldn't help being silent.

Cai Yanqing glanced at him secretly, then looked outside, and then said with a smile: "It seems that Chief Prosecutor Su is not as stable as Chief Judge Zhang, and he may return without success this time. I heard that many officials , I want to take advantage of this to teach this public prosecutor a lesson."

Yuan Jiang glanced at him, nodded with a smile and said, "It's time for them to suffer."

Even so, there was a hint of worry in his eyes.

In fact, Cai Yanqing came here to tell Yuan Jiang, don't look at the eucalyptus, but there is a big hole inside, once the public prosecutor jumps in, it may not be able to get out!

He also hopes that the public security law can play a role, but don't jump into it at the beginning. With your little people, I'm afraid you won't even be able to find yourself if you jump in.

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Imperial Court.

"Alas... this couple is really pitiful. The husband fought **** battles for the country and became disabled, but when he returned home, he had to sell his wife and children. This is really chilling!"

Gao Wenyin, who never asked about business affairs, was sitting at the table and expressing her own opinions. Obviously, she felt the same about this.

I really hold my breath when I look at it.

Zhang Fei said: "So now you know how meaningful your husband's job is."

Gao Wenyin asked eagerly: "Will Sanlang seek justice for them?"

Zhang Fei hesitated, and said: "Then we have to look at the specific evidence."

Xu Zhiqian suddenly said: "If we only look at the evidence, I guess it will be very difficult."

Zhang Fei looked at her suspiciously.

Xu Zhiqian said: "Actually, our dynasty's pensions for soldiers are still very generous. Although the treatment of some generals and soldiers is hundreds of times different, most soldiers can still guarantee food and clothing.

The annual income of the guard soldiers is about 50 guan, and the annual income of the Xiang soldiers is about 30 guan. According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, if a soldier fights on the border, the military salary will be divided into two, half will be given to the soldier, and the other half will be given to the family members. Those who become disabled due to the war and cannot continue to stay in the army also have two options. On weekdays, half of the money and food will be given throughout his life, or thirty guan at once. "

Zhang Fei said: "Since the court regulations are so, it is obvious that the government did not distribute money and food to Chen Guang according to the regulations."

Xu Zhiqian said: "According to the regulations, the government can issue silk instead of money and food, because the money collected by the government is only a small amount, most of which are cloth, grain, wine, salt, tea, pickles, and what the government has As for the quality of the cloth, there is no specific statement. Therefore, there are special dental staff responsible for helping the families of these soldiers and exchanging these found goods for money and food for daily needs.”

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Is that so? There is also a special dentist to do this?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded, "Because the families of many soldiers don't know how to sell supplies, so there are special dealers to help. Cloth is hard to sell, and Yaren have to collect a sum of money to go. After this conversion, the families of soldiers often get much less than they actually do.

Since the government distributes cloth to Chen Guang's wife every month, it is not considered a violation of the government order.

As for the arrears of pensions, it is also common, because the amount of pensions is not fixed every year. If the finances are sufficient and there is a surplus in the warehouse, then it is easy to say, but if the finances are insufficient, it may be postponed. After all, the part of Shaanxi Military expenses have to be allocated from the capital. "

Gao Wenyin said: "Then it's not impossible to send this little money!"

Xu Zhiqian said: "Governments generally give priority to spending on front-line wars, followed by the salaries and pensions of civil servants and generals, and finally the soldiers' turn."

Speaking of this, she paused for a while, "And it's not a little money. This kind of situation may be very common. If Chen Guang asks for money and food, then the rest of the soldiers will come to ask for it."

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said: "No wonder I have been looking for specific information about this case, but the procuratorate still has no voice. It seems that they also encountered difficulties."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Zhang San, do you have a solution?"

Gao Wenyin also opened her watery eyes, looking at Zhang Fei eagerly.

Zhang Fei thought for a while, and said: "We must be very cautious about this matter. If we judge that the government should pay compensation, but the government delays it with insufficient financial resources, or uses rotten cloth to make up the money, it will affect our imperial court's reputation." Authority."

Gao Wenyin said: "But last time Saburo also asked the government to compensate those salt merchants."

Zhang Fei said: "That's only how much money, and the issuance of salt debts can help Jieyan get more. If it's just Chen Guang, it's easy to solve, but I'm afraid it will attract more people, and the government may really I can't afford it. Alas...when it comes to money, the imperial court may have a different face."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Your method of making money is powerful, so why not help the court find a way."

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said: "This is not the same thing as a salt debt, this method is not so easy to think about! Let's not talk about these, let's see what the procuratorate will do, maybe Chief Prosecutor Su will have a solution .”

He did not want to come to the Northwest before, and this is also the reason. The salt administration and the military administration are all muddy waters, and there must be illegal activities in them. The imperial court wants to talk about the law. .

As for the salt debt, he was prepared, but he was really unprepared for this matter.

.......

Prosecutor Su?

Attorney General Su has big heads now.

Su Zhe originally wanted to see the specific situation. If the other party was willing to settle the matter, he would be willing. After all, he also knew that the interests involved were very complicated, and the procuratorate was not yet able to trace the source.

But how do you know that none of the government offices will give face, you can investigate if you want, anyway, we are also acting according to the rules, and the imperial court will judge it when the time comes.

But after checking, they found that something was not right.

"Prosecutor, this... can't be investigated!"

Looking at the accounts filled with the room, Chen Qi couldn't help but said: "We need to investigate clearly, the government is indeed doing things according to the rules. At that time, there were only those cloths. It's really hard to get to the bottom of the sky!"

Wang Shen also said: "Furthermore, the Department of Pensions, the Military Treasury, the Transshipment Department, the Warehouse Department, the Grain Institute, and other official departments are shirking responsibility from each other. In the end, they must find out the head of the third department, because in the end it is the third department. According to the order of the third department, the transit envoys will distribute the food reserves of the counties and states in Hezhong Prefecture, including military expenditures, which may not be checked for a year, and those people are obviously playing with us."

The government office that manages the military pay is composed of many government offices. To prove that there was only that kind of rotten cloth in the warehouse at that time, and the rest of the money and food had a specific plan, that would require checking the accounts of many government offices.

Whether it is Sima Guang or Wang Anshi, they have raised some doubts about the cumbersomeness of the public security law.

Because verification is not an easy task.

Su Zhe clenched his fist tightly, punched the table, and said angrily: "If I didn't worry about causing more people to come to sue and burden the country's finances, I would not give them a chance. I really need to investigate, no Within three days, I will be able to find evidence and file a lawsuit with the imperial court. Since they are so ignorant, then we have no need to save face for them."

But at this point, he slowly loosened his clenched fist, "But if you want to sue, I'm afraid you still have to discuss it with the imperial court. After all, it may cause many soldiers to come to file a lawsuit. It is also immeasurable."