Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 621: There is no permanent enemy

The progress of this new law on Jingdong East Road is exactly as Wang Anshi expected.

In the entire Jingdong East Road, except for a few backbone members of the conservative faction like Fan Chunren, the rest of the officials and bureaucrats almost all fell to the reformist faction.

Although it is said that governing the country first governs officials, if everyone supports you and sincerely follows your lead, this is actually a kind of governing officials. Although it will not last long, it can at least have a very wonderful start. For Wang Anshi, it is very important.

Actually, Lu Huiqing came here to be responsible for explaining the stakes to the officials and lobbying them to fully support the new law. If the Young Crop Law fails, judicial reform will soon come to Jingdong East Road.

Bless yourselves then.

This account is not difficult to calculate, you must have lost blood.

Zhang Dun is in charge of promoting the young crop law in an all-round way, and he is the real executor.

As for the way they adopt to promote the new law, it is still driven by administrative orders.

After they arrived, within a few days, they directly promulgated administrative orders formulated by the Department of Regulations of the Second Government in various places, stipulating that all households in Fanzhou County can go to the local government before the two harvests in summer and autumn every year Borrow cash or grain to subsidize farming. The borrowers are rich and poor, and 10 people are the guarantees, checking each other. The loan amount is divided into five grades according to the assets of each household. The first grade households can borrow 15 credits each time, and the lowest grade households can borrow 1 credit each time. The loan in that year will be repaid with the two taxes in summer and autumn, and the interest will be 2 cents per period.

At the same time, the money and food in the Changping warehouses in various places are used as capital, and all are used for the young crop method.

This is a little different from Hezhong Mansion. Hezhong Mansion collects 2 cents of interest every year, but here is every installment. There are two installments a year, which is actually 2 cents of interest every half year.

Of course, this is also because the land in Hezhong Mansion is not as good as that here, and the agriculture is far less developed than Jingdong East Road, but debt collection may encounter many problems.

In addition, the key to Hezhong Mansion is salt profit. Although Wang Anshi is stubborn, he is actually very flexible in financial management. After Zhang Fei's persuasion, he also agrees that the key to improving Hezhong Mansion's finances is to Salt debt, salt money, not borrowing.

This also led to Hezhong Mansion's Changping warehouse still keeping the relief money and food. Anyway, if someone borrows it, it will be borrowed, and if no one borrows it, it will be considered a bird.

In fact, the Hezhong government has not yet promulgated this decree. In this regard, the business is directly delegated to the merchants, and the merchants are allowed to lend money for themselves. Willing to accept salt debt collateral.

But it still follows Wang Anshi's strategy. If Wang Anshi didn't nod, Yuan Jiang wouldn't dare to do it.

However, as we approached the period of lean and yellow, some problems also appeared in Hezhong Mansion.

Imperial Court.

"What happened?"

Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian came to the office and asked Ye Zuqia who stayed behind in the Hezhong Mansion.

Ye Zuqia got up quickly, "We just received a lawsuit, a farmer sued the local gentry for dishonesty, and refused to lend him money."

"Really?" Zhang Fei asked: "The specific reason is why, can you ask me? Could it be because the other party has no collateral, or this person's credit is not good?"

Ye Zuqia said: "According to what the farmer said, he borrowed money last year and paid it back on time, but this year he couldn't borrow money. There shouldn't be any problems in this regard, but we haven't sent anyone yet Investigate."

Zhang Fei said: "Then send someone to investigate. Our imperial court is talking about evidence, not speculation."

Xu Zhiqian asked curiously: "Didn't they promise at the beginning that they would lend to farmers in the village at a low interest rate of one cent five from this year?"

Ye Zuqia said: "According to what I know, it's because those big landlords saw that the government invested money for young crops into Ma's Jiekupu, and many of them are also expanding their leather goods. , wool, medicinal materials and other workshops, so they don’t want to lend to ordinary farmers in the village at such a low interest rate. But this is just a rumor and has not been confirmed.”

"It's really unreasonable!"

Xu Zhiqian said angrily: "Our imperial court really shouldn't have believed them."

She is the most uncomfortable with this kind of behavior, because she has seen too many people who were driven into desperation by these big landlords, and she really hates this, so she firmly supports Wang Anshi, and it is the same now.

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Fei smiled wryly, "We didn't believe them at the beginning, but they won the lawsuit."

"It's true that good people don't get rewarded, and bad people live for thousands of years." Xu Zhiqian muttered in a low voice, getting angry and cursing, but she could bear it very well, otherwise, Xu Zun would have been cheated to death by her long ago.

Ye Zuqia said awkwardly: "Speaking of the injunction lawsuit, the teacher only vetoed the government's injunction, but there are not many restrictions on the gentry and landlords.

According to their regulations, when borrowing money in the village, the interest cannot exceed 1.5 cents, but it is not mandatory for the big landlord to lend to the rural households. Just like this case, the big landlord is not asking for high interest rates. , In fact, it is not against their agreement. "

Xu Zhiqian turned her eyes and asked Zhang Fei: "If it is violated, can our imperial court intervene?"

Zhang Fei pondered: "If it is violated, it is a civil dispute. It depends on how they agreed and whether there is a detailed list of responsibilities. If not, we can't control it. But if there is no violation, then we will definitely I can't control it."

Xu Zhiqian was a little disappointed, and suddenly had an idea, "Why don't you ask Xueshi Fan, he was the one who fought the lawsuit, and he is one of the supporters, so he should be responsible for it."

Yes! It is necessary to use this to put some pressure on those squires and reduce their influence at the same time. Zhang Fei pondered for a while, then turned his head and called out: "Li Si."

"In!"

Li Si immediately appeared in front of the door.

Zhang Fei said: "Go to the Legal Aid Department and ask Mr. Fan to come."

As soon as Fan Zhen came, he blushed without saying anything.

Zhang Fei was not too tactful, and said bluntly: "Mr. Fan, I invite you to come here today, mainly to ask about the situation of borrowing in the village. Now it is almost the time when the rations of many farmers are scarce. Continue."

Before he finished speaking, Fan Zhen covered his face and sighed, and said in shame: "Actually, I already knew about this and asked about it. There are indeed some big landlords who are not very active about it. We are trying to persuade them They help the villagers."

Zhang Fei said: "Since Mr. Fan already knew about it, let me just say that facing this situation, our imperial court doesn't have much to do, because it's not illegal, but at the time of the court trial, you were the gentry When defending, it is conclusive, and if it breaks its promise, it will have a bad impact on everyone."

Fan Zhen nodded repeatedly and said, "I know this, I will go and urge them again."

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said, "Then there is old Mr. Lao Fan."

Fan Zhen asked suddenly: "Is it true that the imperial court cannot intervene in this matter?"

Zhang Fei said: "It is not sure yet, because our imperial court has not yet investigated, but judging from the current situation, it is indeed difficult for our imperial court to intervene, because it is impossible for our imperial court to force them to lend to farmers. Can tell how they agreed at the beginning, and urge them to fulfill the agreement."

Fan Zhen's face was gloomy and gloomy.

Actually, he knew early on that this kind of thing could not last for a long time, but he never expected that some people would repent this year, and there were quite a few of them. Judging from their last sentence, he was actually not very sure .

The same is true.

When Fan Zhen went to the village to urge him upright, he almost vomited blood from the anger.

Those big landlords are all good people, and their speech skills are also set. They plausibly stated that all their money and food have been invested in shops, and where the money comes from, they will be lent to rural households.

If you borrow money to buy a house or a field, don't be too cautious. If you don't pay back the money, the property will belong to me. The rate of return, who would like to borrow!

The key to doing this is that it can neither drive away the Young Crop Law nor the Public Prosecution Law.

Speaking of which, if we want to deal with the young crop method, then we have to invest money in Jiekupu to compete with Majia Jiekupu.

Not only that, but they also brazenly discussed with Fan Zhen whether they could sue the government. They thought it was Chang Pingcang's responsibility to help the rural households, but the government invested Chang PingCang's money to the Ma family to solve the treasury This should be regarded as a crime of dereliction of duty.

Indeed, Changping Warehouse has the authority almost equivalent to gratuitous relief, so it charges a little interest, or even directly free of interest.

Fan Zhen was tired, and directly stated that this is not the responsibility of our Legal Aid Department. If you want to sue, you should ask someone to sue.

It is enough to prove their shamelessness to force a person who is so opposed to the Young Crop Law into such a situation.

Of course, everything cannot be generalized. There are still a group of dignified gentry lending money at low interest rates according to the agreement, but without the support of these big landlords, they are also powerless, and it is impossible for them to take out all the grain for loan to the townspeople.

If you can't do ideological work, you can only ask for a clear conscience.

However, these big landlords really went to the imperial court and the procuratorate to sue.

Anyway, you can't complain, and you won't be punished.

Su Zhe was directly amused by them. You really have no lower limit and ignored them, because Changping warehouse is mainly responsible for preventing low grain prices from hurting farmers and raising grain prices. As for borrowing money Most of the functions are only applicable during the famine years, and the grounds for prosecution are obviously not enough.

When Xu Zhiqian heard them complaining, she was almost fainted by their anger. She didn't care about the image of a lady, and immediately cursed, "I have never seen such a despicable and shameless person, how could they have the face to complain here?" .”

We don't bother you, but you still come to sue.

Zhang Fei glanced at her and said, "You have been with me for so long, why are you so unprofessional."

Xu Zhiqian said: "Did I scold you wrong?"

Zhang Fei said: "Of course it's wrong. Our imperial court doesn't talk about being mean and shameless, but only about evidence. This is a good thing. They know how to achieve their goals through litigation to defend their legitimate rights and interests, but their evidence is insufficient. That’s all.”

It is clearly unreasonable to sue. This is exactly what the public security law is after.

No matter how despicable and shameless a person is, he has the right to be protected by the law.

Of course, this approach will make many people cast aside, but there is no way, because if you do it the other way around, it must be the worst result, and no one has the time to be immoral.

Xu Zhiqian was still angry, and snorted: "I'm just a little master, I don't have much self-cultivation, if I don't scold a few words, I feel uncomfortable."

"Then you should continue scolding." Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Don't make my wife angry."

While speaking, he also closed the door, giving Xu Zhiqian an excellent environment to vent.

Xu Zhiqian pursed her lower lip, almost laughed out loud, and gave him a blank look, the anger in her heart cooled down a little.

While chatting, Li Min suddenly came.

"You are a busy person, why come to me when you have time."

"No matter how busy you are, you can't be as busy as the chief judge."

Li Min flattered him first, and then said: "Actually, I came here today to ask the chief judge a question."

"What's the problem?" Zhang Fei asked.

For a long time, Zhang Fei has given Li Min, Lu Bangxing and the others some hints as to what attitude and size the imperial court will have in any case, but whether they can win the case or not depends on themselves.

This is also to help their pens grow. After all, the law of the rule of law has not been formed into a written law, and their pens are sometimes unclear.

Li Mindao: "It's like this. Some customers came to me and asked me, if I don't implement the agreement in the village, is it illegal? Will I be held criminally responsible by the imperial court?"

Xu Zhiqian snorted softly and turned her head aside.

Li Min panicked, he knew this Mrs. Zhang's temperament, and he only blamed himself for being unlucky, coming at the wrong time, and not seeing Zhang Fei alone.

Zhang Fei said: "It depends on the specific situation, how they agreed, whether it conforms to the principle of the contract, or not, depends on the details of their debts and their responsibilities. Under normal circumstances, there will be no criminal responsibility, and at most it will only be a civil lawsuit. "

Li Min immediately explained: "At the beginning of the lawsuit, it was the chief judge who decided the case. The chief judge should be very clear that their agreement was actually very simple, and it came from before the principle of contract."

Zhang Fei said: "Looking at the agreement alone, it should not be mandatory, but you have been in the lawsuit for so long, you should also know that there is no lawsuit that cannot be fought, and I cannot give you any guarantee."

"Understood! Understood!"

Li Min nodded repeatedly.

Government office!

"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!"

Yuan Jiang was pacing back and forth in the lobby, "At first they forced us to give up the ban, but now they beat us back and went to the procuratorate to sue us. Is it true that our government is easy to bully?"

Wei Yingfang hurriedly said: "Bachelor Yuan, it is the imperial court who rejected our ban."

"They are also the main criminals."

Yuan Jiang scolded angrily.

Seeing that Yuan Jiang had gone berserk, Wei Yingfang dared not speak.

The key point is that many officials also think that what those big landlords did is too much. It’s fine if you don’t treat us as officials, but you simply don’t treat us as human beings!

The Public Prosecution Law is your father, and you can go to sue if you have nothing to do.

Cai Yanqing said: "I have a plan."

Yuan Jiang hurriedly said: "Prefect Cai, tell me quickly."

Cai Yanqing said: "We can also sue them for not following the agreement and making this matter a big deal, let's see how the imperial court will respond?"

"That's a great idea!"

Yuan Jiang's eyes lit up, and she said again: "But it's not enough, our government also has the right to decide this matter, Wei Tong judge, you send someone to urge them to implement their agreement. Remember, you must make a show of it, ahem, The momentum is huge, so that the common people can see their faces."

"Huh?"

Wei Yingfang felt Alexander immediately.

Yuan Jiang frowned and asked, "Aren't you willing to go?"

Wei Yingfang hastily said: "No, the next official will send someone there immediately, send someone there."

Yuan Jiang said to Zhuo Qun again: "Master Zhuo, please go to the Procuratorate and invite Chief Prosecutor Su. Doesn't he like to come? I specially invited him here today."

"Yes."

Seeing Su Zhe, Yuan Jiang roared like a tiger without saying a word, and Su Zhe almost couldn't breathe.

Look!

Look!

The big landlords you maintain everywhere, this is the virtue.

Now that I have moved the money away, they don't want to borrow it anymore. You public security bureaus are also deeply involved, so you can figure it out.

Su Zhe couldn't laugh or cry: "Scholar Yuan, the original judgment was made by the imperial court, not our procuratorate. Of course, our procuratorate is also very supportive, and I personally think it has nothing to do with this matter."

"None of this?"

He Chunlin sarcastically said: "Procurator Su, why didn't you have such insight when you came to check the accounts!"

Su Zhe said neither humble nor overbearing: "I'm just discussing the matter. I've also heard about the situation in the village, but it has nothing to do with that lawsuit, because that lawsuit ruled that the government has no right to prohibit the people from agreeing on a legal loan interest rate." , That’s all, it’s very reasonable, as for whether they will borrow or not, it’s not in it.”

"What did you say?"

Yuan Jiang said: "If it weren't for the lawsuit at the beginning, how could there be today? The money for the young crops was originally used to help the people. You are on the left to collect money for the country, and the one on the right is fighting for the interests of the people, forcing the government to take the young crops. The money is distributed to merchants to borrow money, and now when the people need relief, you tell me to ignore your business?"

Su Zhe said bluntly: "If the new law is really to help the people and reduce the burden on the people, no interest should be charged, or the people should be helped at the extremely low interest rate of the Changping warehouse. If the government does not charge such High interest rate, the agreement of the other party, becomes meaningless, and so many things will not happen, after all, this is still an interest, not a benevolent government.”

Although he also knows the virtues of a big landlord, this does not change his view on the Young Crop Law.

Two points of profit, if you say to help the common people, then Majia Jiekupu is also helping the common people!

Speaks better than sings.

If the government borrows money without interest to help the poor, no one will say anything more.

But the official was furious when he heard it, and glared at Su Che with puffy eyes. You are clearly making unreasonable words, and you are really afraid that the hooligans are educated.

Su Zhe is also fearless. He has long expected this kind of thing to happen, but he believes that those big landlords will not borrow at most. This is a personal choice. If the government comes, everyone may have to It's even more terrifying to borrow.

"You can't be the master, I will tell the emperor."

Yuan Jiang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so she waved her sleeves and left angrily.

Su Zhe didn't care, and said with a smile: "Our procuratorate is supposed to monitor, not to call the shots."

Get up and bow your hands, "Farewell."

"No delivery!"

Na Yuanjiang really ran to find Zhang Fei, but when he saw Zhang Fei, he didn't lose his temper, but said to Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, last year your public prosecutor's law made all the limelight, but our government has lost all face." Loss, but this is not a long-term solution, this year our government must recover the lost land and regain the trust of the people."

Zhang Fei nodded and smiled, "Scholar Yuan has something to say, but it's okay to say it."

Yuan Jiang said: "In any case, even if our government comes here to sue, your imperial court can't force those big landlords to borrow money from the people, but let them know that it's okay if you don't borrow money."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's what I did."

"Have they come to ask?"

"Yes."

Zhang Fei said: "But I didn't cheat public affairs for personal gain. In fact, they are not illegal, and our imperial court has nothing to do with it."

Yuan Jiang nodded and said, "I'm relieved."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "You're just a feint, and you're going to lend money to the common people again."

Yuan Jiang nodded: "That's right, our government wants to regain the hearts of the people through the Green Crop Law,"

After finishing speaking, he sighed again, "Do you know that many ministers in the current court believe that the achievements of the Hezhong Mansion last year should belong to your public prosecutors, which puts great pressure on Xueshi Wang."

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "So Yuan Xueshi should write a memorial quickly and inform the court of this matter."

Yuan Jiang was stunned for a moment, and said: "In this way, some people may take advantage of the issue and attack your public prosecutor's law."

Zhang Fei said: "It doesn't matter, our public security law did not make a mistake, and it is our turn to be wronged by the public security law."

Yuan Jiang said: "This is what I admire most about you, you are reasonable."

"Thank you, Bachelor Yuan, for your compliment."

Zhang Fei said again: "But borrowing money from ordinary people is not an easy job."

Yuan Jiang hurriedly asked, "What's your plan?"

Zhang Fei wondered: "Scholar Yuan didn't think of how to borrow it, so he should do it."

Yuan Jiang said: "Of course I have countermeasures, I just want to ask if you have better suggestions."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "This is what Zhang San admires most about Bachelor Yuan, so don't feel ashamed to ask."

"Less nonsense, is there?"

"No."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "You asked me to think about a salt debt and take advantage of opportunities. I might be able to do this, but you asked me to seriously lend money to the people. How could I do that!"

"Nothing you asked."

"Can't I care about it?"

"It's done! It's done! Remember, you have to cooperate with me this time."

"Understood."

Zhang Fei readily agreed.

How to cooperate is actually very simple, just follow the footsteps of the government.

After Yuan Jiang went back, he hired Lu Bangxing and other pens, and then filed a lawsuit with the imperial court, suing the gentry and landowners for failing to abide by the original judgment.

On the other hand, officials are sent to the villages to urge them to lend to the needy people immediately at a rate of one-fifth.

Wait until the government makes the momentum and everyone knows about it.

The imperial court directly dismissed the government's lawsuit on the grounds of insufficient evidence. Of course, both the imperial court and the procuratorate gave corresponding reasons.

But the government didn't care about this. On the one hand, they scolded the imperial court for being irresponsible and favoring the gentry and landlords.

The result of course is that the talk collapsed.

In fact, many squires also know that they are in the wrong, but they are just a very loose alliance. They all know that the binding force is very small because they stand together because of the common enemy. quick.

However, they are all human beings, and they cannot admit that they are wrong, otherwise, they will not have to bear all the responsibility. They said that we also have loans, but it is impossible to take care of every common people who need loans.

Secondly, no one violated the original agreement, because there was no agreement at the beginning that no loan was allowed, but everyone agreed that the interest on the loan should not exceed 1.5 cents, and everyone has the right not to borrow money. The power of borrowing, is it true that everyone in your Youth Law must borrow it?

These words left those officials speechless.

Of course, many of them are two-faced people, and they are on the side of the country gentleman.

But Yuan Jiang refused to give up, and directly issued a government order, forcing those big gentry and landlords to lend loans to the people to help the people overcome this difficulty.

The big landlords directly filed a complaint and went to the imperial court directly.

There is no need for a court trial. There is no way to force someone to borrow money. You are groundless. The imperial court directly stated that the government's decree is illegal.

The big landowners immediately became confident.

Everything in this world is so funny.

In the past, these big landlords and squires were still planning how to get rid of the public security bureau and the taxation department to avoid paying taxes, but now they are hiding under the wings of the imperial court, making faces at the government.

Hit me!

Come and hit me!

The people who used to regard the government as exploiters are now on the side of the government, hoping that the government can seek justice for them.

This is the effect Yuan Jiang hopes to see.

Although it was once again rejected by the imperial court, it doesn't matter, it can win the hearts of the people.

Many people who used to be afraid of the Green Crop Law now support the Green Crop Law. Those big landlords are really unreliable!

Unreliable and unreliable.

The question is, what now?

When things turned out like this, those big landlords also made up their minds not to borrow at all. Anyway, they offended the government, but for the common people, this was worse than before. Although it was usury before, at least they could borrow money. .

However, the government invested money in Ma's Jiekupu again.

At this moment, Han Jiang finally arrived at Hezhong Mansion.

Could this be the legendary hunk from heaven?