Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 586: Triangle relationship

This order caused a thousand waves.

This government ban immediately caused an uproar in the countryside.

Because of this ban, it can be said to be very rare, but it can also be said to be very common.

The relationship between the squire and the emperor is not only the relationship between the monarch and the people, but also a cooperative relationship in between.

Generally speaking, the squires will cooperate with the work of the imperial court, and have even implemented many decrees that they do not support in their hearts, which shows that the squires still obey the decrees.

But often the imperial court just promulgates policies, saying that this low-interest lending, if it is in the past, it is directly prohibited, and you are not allowed to do so, instead of saying that the patriarchal clan has no right.

Because the patriarchal clan is the only system for the squires to maintain the stability of the countryside, and it is also the basis for rural self-government.

The emperor is very tolerant of the patriarchal clan. As long as it doesn't affect my regime, you can do it like this, and you can do it like this. Even if you soak the pig cage, the court doesn't know much about it.

Because the country is so big and the customs are different in different places, it is impossible to judge by one law. The patriarchal clan is a very good supplement to the unified dynasty.

The two sides have a high degree of tacit understanding.

But this time is different, this time the government issued a direct order, expressly stating that the patriarchal clan has no right to do so.

That's extremely rare.

The squires were ready to deal with it. After all, Yuan Jiang had already uttered harsh words, and they were ready to fight, but they didn't expect Yuan Jiang to be so cruel and directly issue a ban on the patriarchal clan.

This is the rhythm of turning defense into offense!

This has brought unprecedented unity within the village.

More than thirty squires rushed directly to the government office.

"Yuan Houzhi, why did you do this?"

Liang Youyi blew his beard and stared at Yuan Jiang, and asked angrily.

An old man with pale beard and hair named Xu Bangsheng also said: "Bachelor Yuan, what you did is really too much."

They all fixed their eyes on Yuan Jiang's head, and Cai Yanqing, who was right on the side, did not exist.

But in fact, this ban was issued by the government, not the transfer department.

But everyone knows that this is the ban issued by the transfer department.

Cai Yanqing will definitely not do this.

"Too much?"

Yuan Jiang suddenly raised her hand and slapped the table hard, startling the old people present, "Who is it? Usury has been rampant for a long time, and you don't care about it, but the court just announced the implementation of the Green Crop Law in Hezhong Mansion, and you Knowing that the Green Crop Law stipulates an interest rate of two cents, you immediately set an interest rate of one cent five cents. Is it true that the imperial court lends money to your village, which violates your patriarchal law? What are you trying to do? Are you rebelling?"

My two cents of interest, your patriarchal law stipulates one and five cents of interest, so if I go to your village to lend money, it will be illegal to pay back!

An old man with a rosy face and a slightly fat body hurriedly said: "Houzhi, you have misunderstood, our patriarchal clan only stipulates that those families in the village, and outsiders go to the village to lend money, our patriarchal clan has nothing to do with it." , let alone the imperial court."

They are, so to speak, legal professionals.

When they formulated this patriarchal law, they also considered various issues, and they could not let the government catch them. In the regulations, they only prohibited the villagers, and did not say that outsiders were not allowed to lend usury in the village.

But the villagers all believe that no one is allowed to lend usury in the village.

In fact, it is not allowed.

"No misunderstanding."

Yuan Jiang said: "Everyone knows very well that I, Yuan, am not a brat. Don't say that this is to help the court fight usury."

"Assisting the imperial court is one thing, but on the other hand, we have long been dissatisfied with usury and exploiting the villagers. We really don't know what is wrong with doing so?" Liang Youyi said brazenly.

Yuan Jiang sneered: "There is nothing wrong with the government doing this."

"You are making unreasonable words." Xu Bangsheng frowned and said, "Who gave you the power?"

Yuan Jiang cupped her hands and said to the sky: "Naturally is it an official?"

"Really? Is this an official order?" Xu Bangsheng asked immediately.

Yuan Jiang said: "Why bother the government for such a trivial matter, but the government absolutely has the power. Otherwise, you can also allow private wine making and salt making regulations in the patriarchal clan of your village."

"You are simply messing around." Liang Youyi said: "Can this be the same thing? The imperial court has express regulations on wine making and salt production, but the imperial court's regulations on interest are between five and six cents. Here Under the law, everything should be allowed. As for the young crop law, it is just a court policy or a sale, not a decree."

They are all old drivers in the officialdom, and they speak clearly.

Yuan Jiang is not a good person either, and said with a smile: "You also said that the court stipulates that the interest is five or six cents, but you stipulate that the interest is one and five cents. What will the people think then? The court is not as benevolent as you? Why are you so eager to buy people's hearts?"

"You are pure blood spouting."

Liang Youyi said: "Everyone knows that this five-cent interest can benefit the villagers, but the imperial court prohibits us from lending at low interest rates for self-interest. Isn't the imperial court afraid of losing the hearts of the people?"

Yuan Jiang smiled and said: "My ban is not to prevent you from lending at low interest rates. Of course you can do this, and the government encourages it very much. I just don't allow you to add this interest to the patriarchal clan. You are so fanfare. Can I not suspect that you have ulterior motives?"

"The imperial court has never stipulated that we cannot do this."

"It is now prescribed."

"You...you don't have this power?"

"You have no right to disobey government orders."

"We don't have any, but we have the right to write to the court and ask for clarification."

"Go ahead. But please remove this ordinance from the patriarchal line as soon as possible."

"You don't want to succeed. Farewell."

These scholar-bureaucrats were not afraid of Yuan Jiang, so they got up and left.

This time Cai Yanqing didn't get up to smooth things over, he knew it was meaningless, because the other party clearly wanted to target the young crop method, if they refused to give in, Yuan Jiang would not let it go.

.......

Imperial Court.

"Teacher!"

When Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian entered the meeting room, Cai Bian and the others stood up immediately.

Zhang Fei was taken aback by them, "Wow... when did you become so polite?"

The four looked at Zhang Fei in surprise at the same time.

In terms of words and deeds, we are much better than the teacher!

Don't dare to say it, but this matter of etiquette, they ask themselves, they can definitely kill Zhang Fei in an instant. As a teacher, Zhang Fei is really standing up and sitting down.

But they have no time to worry so much now, so Ye Zuqia said excitedly: "Teacher, have you heard?"

"What?"

Zhang Fei asked.

Ye Zuqia said: "It is the government's order to prohibit the patriarchal clan from stipulating the lending interest."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I heard, is this illegal?"

The four looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

Cai Bian said: "We don't know that."

Zhang Fei said: "If you don't know, it is not illegal. What does it have to do with us?"

Cai Jing suddenly said: "But the students think that they may come to our imperial court to file a lawsuit."

Zhang Fei glanced at him, "How do you say that?"

Cai Jingdao: "They have only two options now, either to appeal to the imperial court or to our imperial court, but the students think that there is little hope of appealing to the imperial court, because the imperial court has only confirmed the promulgation of the Young Crop Law not long ago, and they appeal at this time, They may still be reprimanded by the imperial court, but from a judicial point of view, they have an advantage, so the students think that most of them will come to our imperial court to appeal.”

The other three also nodded frequently.

If you want to appeal the ins and outs of this matter to the imperial court, not to mention Wang Anshi, Zhao Xu will have to scold your mother, don't you intend to oppose the imperial court.

"Very good analysis."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded, "Let's talk about it now."

Ye Zuqia said: "If they really appeal to the imperial court and sue the transshipment department, it will be a big deal! Don't we have to prepare early?"

Xu Zhiqian pursed her lower lip slightly, thinking to herself, your teacher has been recharging his energy for many days.

Zhang Fei suddenly asked: "Are you getting your salary now?"

All four of them were taken aback for a moment, then nodded immediately.

When I came to Hezhong Mansion, I always took it, didn't you know?

Zhang Fei said: "Then your task is to do what is right now, not to prepare for what may happen in the future. This is not a natural or man-made disaster, and it must be prevented in advance.

Now that the imperial court still has a lot of things to deal with, you are still in the mood to think about other things. If you are so energetic, you can help out at the door, build the house, and everyone is rushing to finish the work. "

"This is the student's judgment yesterday, please have a look at the teacher."

Ye Zuqia directly handed over his "homework".

Cai Bian also hurriedly changed the subject, saying: "Teacher, we've tried all the lawsuits related to debt disputes recently, isn't there still a lot of harassment and embezzlement lawsuits in the court?"

Zhang Fei said: "Every kind of lawsuit will be tried by the teacher first, and then it will be handed over to you for trial. And you are only a half-finished trial now. After all, both parties have not yet defended, so don't be so ambitious."

"Yes, teacher."

"By the way! Have your assistants been arranged?"

"It's been arranged."

"Then don't think about those who have what you don't have. If you are really idle, teach them and explain the law of the law to them. They are proficient in doing things, and you are also relaxed!"

"Yes."

.....

Next, Zhang Fei seriously summarized to them that they had reviewed the case recently, and they really had no distractions.

It was the four of them, but they still couldn't forget the government's ban.

In fact, it is very common to sue the government now, but if this matter comes to the imperial court, it will definitely be the first time in history.

Because it involves patriarchal clan, government orders and justice.

In the past, it was just a dispute between government orders and justice, which was relatively simple. Everyone performed their duties, but the addition of the patriarchal clan has become a three-player game, which will become very complicated.

Because the patriarchal clan is a very special thing, since it has the attributes of a government order, it also has a judicial attribute.

The key patriarchal clan and the imperial court system are maintained by tacit agreement without express regulations.

Cai Bian and the others had no clue, so they hoped to discuss it with Zhang Fei, who knew that Zhang Fei ignored them at all.

After the meeting ended, Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian left the meeting room with disappointed eyes.

"If this matter really comes to the imperial court, it seems that there is no chance of winning."

Xu Zhiqian said curiously.

Zhang Fei asked: "Whose position are you speaking from?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "Of course it is the Transshipment Department. If it is a high-interest loan, then this ban is not a problem, but now the other party is lending at a low interest rate. This ban is neither popular nor reasonable."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "There is still something to fight, there is no lawsuit in this world that cannot be fought."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "If I let you fight, what are your chances of winning?"

Zhang Fei said: "That depends on who the opponent is and who the presiding judge is, but at least there is at least a 50% chance of winning."

"So tall?"

Xu Zhiqian said in surprise.

Because she is at most 10%, this ban seems to him to be unreasonable and untenable at all.

In particular, the Young Crop Law is still under the banner of benefiting the people.

Isn't this a slap in the face?

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Because there is no expressly stipulated relationship between the two, the balance was based on the subjective judgment of the officials before, but the imperial court is about evidence, and both sides have room for manipulation. It depends on what they will do." Hit."

At this moment, Li Si came over, "Third brother, Mr. Su Xiao is here."

Xu Zhiqian was stunned for a moment, and said: "Mr. Su Xiao must have come here for this."

Zhang Fei hehe said: "Maybe he has been gearing up for a long time."