Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 622: Official prestige greatly boosted

Here we go!

It's finally here!

This is really looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, and finally looking forward to this Han Jiang.

Wei Yingfang and the others were so excited that tears welled up in their eyes. Our backbone has finally arrived, and we no longer need to be oppressed by the imperial court.

You must know that during this period, they have been holding back all the time, and they did not desperately try to make things worse for the public prosecutor. They just waited for Han Jiang's arrival, but they never thought that this wait will last for more than half a year!

How did they know that Han Jiang traveled the mountains and rivers at public expense on this journey, visiting all her friends and confidants, and she was very happy.

In short, if Yuan Jiang doesn't believe him, he will never show up in Hezhong Mansion.

Because on the surface he is here to suppress the Public Procuratorate, but in fact he is not. It will be quite embarrassing, and it will make it difficult for Wang Anshi and Zhang Fei to sing this play.

After receiving Yuan Jiang's letter, he immediately rushed to Hezhong Mansion.

But Wei Yingfang and the others were still kept in the dark, and they really welcomed Han Jiang very warmly.

"Han Temple matter, please come to the house!"

"Please."

Entering the hall, I saw a generous table in the middle of the grand hall, but the food and wine on the table were not delicacies from mountains and seas, but ordinary banquets.

Han Jiang saw it in her eyes and thought, she knew that this meal was not delicious!

"Master Zhuo, how do you do things? How can you entertain Han Temple with such ordinary food and drinks. Also, why don't you even have a singing girl?"

Wei Yingfang immediately reprimanded Zhuo Qun angrily, and looked around, not to mention singing prostitutes, not even a maidservant.

You must know that the standard banquet in the Song Dynasty must be accompanied by singing girls, because the literati in the Song Dynasty, no matter they are loyal or treacherous, are very good at poetry, wine, articles and beauties, and there is no banquet without beauties. Of course, such as Sima Guang and Wang Anshi Abnormal" level of self-discipline is not within the scope of the discussion.

Zhuo Qun said aggrievedly: "The Minister's Office only allocated so much money, I'm an official!"

"It's unreasonable, I'll go find them."

"Hey! Wei Tong, please stop."

Han Jiang hurriedly stopped Wei Yingfang, "The finances are not good, and everyone's life is difficult. It's okay, it's okay, everyone please sit down."

He has eaten all kinds of delicacies in Luoyang and other places, and now he just wants to eat something light.

"Han Temple please in advance."

Cai Yanqing hurriedly said, pretending to avoid this topic.

But how is this possible? After holding back this grievance for so long, after sitting down, Wei Yingfang took advantage of this to complain: "The matter of Hansi, our Hezhong Mansion was not like this. No matter how difficult the finances are, this banquet The money is still available, and this is all due to the public prosecutor's office. No matter what our government does, the procuratorate will come to check the accounts, causing all officials, big and small, to be frightened, and they have to hesitate for a long time when they ask them to allocate a penny. The envoys from the capital were very dissatisfied, and hoped that they would explain the matter to us when they returned to Beijing.”

When Yuan Jiang heard this, she immediately beamed with joy. This is a good thing, and we will follow this standard next time.

Like Sima Guang, he is also a frugalist.

Actually, the procuratorate really didn't investigate this matter, but the last time the lawsuit concerning military pay involved the expenses of the Minister's Office, which caused the Minister's Office not to dare to spend extravagantly. You all said that, why don't you ask the procuratorate to investigate and just let it go, so that the procuratorate won't be stigmatized.

It seems that they are really suffocated. I didn't even take a sip of water, and they started to complain. Han Jiang smiled wryly to herself, then suddenly glanced at Yuan Jiang and Cai Yanqing, and said, "Brother Hou, Cai Zhongyuan, what are you doing these days, why are you in such a mess, you can't even issue government orders."

Yuan Jiang immediately said: "It's not about Zhong Yuan, it's all my Yuan Jiang's fault, alas, but I can't help it, I don't know that the imperial court can control everything."

"Isn't the Public Security Bureau only concerned with the judiciary?" Han Jiang asked with a frown.

"Ouch!"

He Chunlin waited for this sentence, and hurriedly said: "Don't listen to others about the Han Temple. The public security law is not only about the judiciary, but even our government cooperates with businessmen. They have to investigate. In the past six months, we These officials are sitting on pins and needles, and dare not do anything, after all, we don't understand the law of the rule of law, and the imperial court still has the power of judicial interpretation."

"What the **** is going on?"

Han Jiang pretended to be puzzled and said, "Tell me, why did the imperial court reject the government's ban?"

Cai Yanqing said rightly: "The Han Temple is exhausted, why don't we eat first and talk about it tomorrow."

"Now."

Han Jiang frowned and said, "If I don't make it clear, I can't eat it."

Wei Yingfang and the others were overjoyed, they were just waiting for your words! Immediately, chatter started talking in Han Jiang's ear, all kinds of fuel and vinegar were added to add fuel to the fire.

Bang!

When Han Jiang heard this, she was furious and slammed the table, "It's really unreasonable, their public prosecutors are really deceiving people."

Speaking, he turned to Wei Yingfang and the others, "You are really worthless, why bother with the imperial court."

Yuan Jiang said: "We don't want to pay attention to it, but the problem is that the people believe in the public prosecutor's law, and they are more willing to listen to the public prosecutor's law. What can we do?"

"Brother Hou, you!"

Han Jiang said: "How should I say that you are good? You follow the public prosecutor's law. Of course you are not their opponent. The court stipulates that the administration and the judiciary do not interfere with each other. Is this difficult to understand?"

Yuan Jiang arched her hands and said, "I hope you can give me some advice about Han Temple."

"Do you still need me to point this out?"

Han Jiang was so angry that she shook her head, "Let's talk about this ban and this lawsuit. Why did you issue this ban? Isn't this just giving people an excuse? Isn't this just giving the public prosecutor an opportunity to take advantage of it? You go directly to the village to lend money Young crop law, I want to see who dares to openly oppose the government."

Speaking of the latter, he was shocked and full of domineering.

Wei Yingfang cried aggrievedly: "But those big landlords rely on the public prosecutor's law to make decisions for them. They have nothing to fear."

"The public security law is only in charge of the judiciary. Can they manage the liquor tax? Can they manage the servants? Can they manage the privileges? Can they manage the water conservancy? With so many means in the hands of the government, why don't you know how to use them! Those big lands The main thing is to openly oppose the court, our government can make his fields dry without a drop of water. The government can deprive them of the right to brew wine. The government doesn't need to explain this kind of thing, how will he be handled by the public security law." Han Jiang is Both voice and color are exuberant, and the mouth is frothy.

Officials like Wei Yingfang are old drivers. How could they not use these means? Otherwise, how would they control those big landlords? Of course they won't use it in a dispute with the public prosecutor!

He Chunlin said: "But the procuratorate can investigate."

"That depends on whether you are smart enough."

Han Jiang said: "If the canal changes its course, there will be winners and losers. What can the procuratorate find out?"

Wei Yingfang said: "So that means the procuratorate still has the power to investigate?"

Han Jiang glanced at him and sighed: "I finally understand where you lost. You are trying to drive away the public prosecutor!"

Is it so straightforward?

Wei Yingfang and the others dared not speak to each other.

Han Jiang said with a wry smile: "This is the decision of the officials and all the political officials. How can you and I change it? It's wishful thinking. You always want to target the judicial power of the public prosecutor, then you must be a Defeat again and again, because this power is in their hands, can you fight it? But in fact, the power of this government is definitely greater than that of the public prosecutor.

Before I came, I was wondering what the **** was going on, why the government was suppressed by the public security law, so you guys! "

He sighed angrily.

Yuan Jiang immediately said: "Since we are talking about this, Yuan will just say that there is no room for two tigers on this mountain. They are staring at them everywhere, making people panic. What should we do?"

Wei Yingfang and the others also nodded repeatedly.

Han Jiang said depressedly: "But you can't use brute force, it will only backfire."

Wei Yingfang immediately said: "I hope you can give me some advice about Han Temple."

"Didn't I make it clear just now?" Han Jiang said: "As long as the government uses its power well, the public security law is just our servant. The public security law can stop your ban, but can they stop the young crop law? The public security law You can compensate the military pay, but we cannot forbid us to reduce the military pay.

Public security laws can only prohibit what we do, but not our power. We have the final say on how much tax to collect and how much salt debt to issue.

He forbids us to do this, so let's do it that way. There is only one way to achieve our goal, but as long as the public security law can't prohibit it, then they have to **** our policies. It can also be handed over to the Public Security Bureau to deal with, they are just a group of servants.

But the current situation is that he doesn't allow you to do this, and you just want to do it, and you can't win this lawsuit. Aren't you sending it to your door for people to play? But as long as you make good use of the power of the government, the hearts of the people will definitely turn to us, because every citizen has to rely on the government's policies to earn a living. Relying on the public prosecutor's law can only ensure that they will not be bullied, but whether they can eat or not depends on the government. policy. "

After these words, all the officials woke up like a dream, and they had a new understanding of the separation of politics and law. Looking back on everything they did before, they really regretted it.

Was it a power struggle?

Shallow!

It's just a matter of saving face.

They just couldn't swallow it.

In fact, the power is always in their hands, but they still want to use Tianling Gai to fight against the imperial court, can they not be beaten?

But in fact, the imperial court has no way to help them formulate policies. It can only see whether you are breaking the law.

This solution doesn't work, so let's change it.

The imperial court can only stare blankly!

Yuan Jiang glanced at Wei Yingfang and the others, and said: "But the public security law also has the power to arrest us, who is not afraid of this!"

Han Jiang said with a chuckle: "Compared to those supervisory censors, the public prosecutor's law is so kind. The public prosecutor's law wants to arrest anyone. The complicated procedures are really jaw-dropping, but the censor wants to impeach you. It's just a sentence." It's a matter of words. Many officials in the capital have realized that the imperial court can actually protect them. Now if an official in the capital commits a crime, he will go to the procuratorate instead of Kaifeng.

If you really committed a crime, going to Kaifeng Mansion is a dead end, but if you go to the imperial court, you still have a chance to survive. "

He Chunlin opened his eyes wide, "Really?"

Han Jiang pointed at him and said: "Especially you officials, who manage complicated affairs and involve salt interests. There are always negligence. The court must investigate clearly."

Wei Yingfang nodded again and again, "Yes yes yes! This is our fault, we are too impulsive, please forgive me. I will toast Han Sishi."

"Don't drink this wine, I'm not in the mood."

Han Jiang waved his hand, and said to Yuan Jiang and Cai Yanqing: "Brother Hou, Zhong Yuan, this young crop law is a decision of the court, it must be implemented, it cannot be slack, and it is impossible to compromise. Hurry up and prepare. According to the rules, the officials don’t believe in lending money for young crops to rural households, and those landlords don’t want to die, and dare to oppose the government.”

Yuan Jiang said awkwardly: "But I just put a lot of money in the Majia Jieku shop to borrow money. The profit there is higher than lending to rural households."

"Really?"

Han Jiang's expression changed and he asked.

Yuan Jiang nodded.

Han Jiang frowned, "Since we can improve our finances, we can't give up, but the Green Crop Law must be implemented!"

Cai Yanqing immediately said: "The next official has a strategy, maybe it can be done."

Han Jiang said: "Zhongyuan, tell me quickly."

Cai Yanqing immediately said: "It's like this. The rural households in our Hezhong Mansion are no better than those in Jiangnan. Some poor rural households can't afford to repay the two-part profit. Didn't the new policy require us to build new water conservancy projects? It was abolished, why don't we recruit these poor rural households to build water conservancy projects, let them earn some rations, and get through this crisis, and by the way, we can send some salt money as money for young crops."

"This strategy is not bad."

Han Jiang nodded pretendingly, and said again: "But I don't care about this, you two can figure it out, but you have to lend money to young crops, the officials and Wang Xueshi value this very much! "

"Yes."

Cai Yanqing nodded.

Wei Yingfang suddenly winked at Cao Yi.

Cao Yi understood it, and immediately said: "The Han Temple matter, and the tax department, are really deceiving!"

Before he finished speaking, Han Jiang raised her hand and said, "I have nothing to do with the tax department, so don't tell me."

Wei Yingfang was taken aback, "The tax department doesn't care about Han Temple?"

Han Jiang sighed: "They are even checking the tax of the clan now. They just say that even if they find out, the clan can be exempted from punishment, but the fine must be paid. I will go to the tax department, maybe I can't even ask for a cup of tea. to."

In an instant, the hall became completely silent.

Every official's face showed an unprecedented fear.

Han Jiang said again: "You have to know that behind this tax department is the government. If we take the reason, we are not afraid. The government can't ignore the court's laws, but if we don't take the reason, it will cause trouble to the government. If you go in front of your family, you are asking for trouble."

"Understood! Understood!"

Wiping off his sweat, Wei Yingfang said, "What happened to Han Temple really awakened the dreamer with just one word!"

However, there is still some balance in my heart. It turns out that Chen Ming's paralyzed face is not aimed at us, they are the same for everyone.

But in this way, the tax is probably impossible to escape, unless you don't get caught, Han Jiang's words are very obvious, if there is no evidence, you are not afraid to quarrel with the emperor, if you have evidence, then you have to Acknowledge the punishment, only the status of the clan can be exempted from the punishment, you can weigh it yourself.

But no matter what, Han Jiang's words still boosted morale, that is, to lend money, whoever of you dares to compete with the court at a low interest rate, you can try it.

The next day, Han Jiang went to the imperial court again.

Because he is an observer, the apparent purpose of coming here is to deal with the injunction lawsuit. He must be going to the imperial court to investigate.

"Han Temple matter, please come inside, please come inside."

Seeing Han Jiang, Zhang Fei was also very enthusiastic.

Han Jiang looked at him coldly, "I'll tell you the truth, if it wasn't for Wang Jiefu's begging, I really wouldn't want to come here to cooperate with you kid, I don't know how many years I would have to live short!"

Wow, how much shadow did it leave him with the self-declaration last time? It seems that I still have to restrain myself, otherwise, I will soon become a lonely family. Zhang Fei said embarrassingly: "The Han Temple matter is serious, in fact, the people in Hezhong Mansion say that I am quite easy-going."

"It's pretty easygoing."

Han Jiang heheed twice, "You have only been in Hezhong Mansion for a year, and the memorial to impeach you is no less than two hundred, which is really rare in a hundred years!"

"Two hundred ways? Is it true or not? Hansi matter, I am young, don't lie to me." Zhang Fei was taken aback, he really didn't know about it.

Han Jiang hummed: "I can still lie to you, even the officials in Shu and Hebei are impeaching you."

Zhang Fei immediately slapped his thigh, "Oh! I said at the beginning, I can't come, you are all over! It's over!"

"Stop! Stop!"

Han Jiang hurriedly stopped him: "We forced you to come, so we are helping you now. The two hundred memorials to impeach you didn't pull you down."

"It's just causing trouble for the Han Temple." Zhang Fei said with a face of shame.

"I'm fine, you mainly caused Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi a lot of trouble."

Han Jiang waved his hand, suddenly his expression changed, and he said seriously: "On the way here, I learned that the situation of the court has changed. Nowadays, many people attribute the success of Hezhong Mansion to the public prosecutor's law, but what exactly is it? The matter, you should be clear in your heart."

"Clear."

Zhang Fei said: "If it weren't for the New Deal, it would be impossible for the public security law to gain a foothold here."

"It's good that you know that."

Han Jiang said: "So now Wang Jiefu urgently needs the achievements of the New Deal. Recently, your imperial court has been restrained a little. You can't let you alone in this limelight."

Zhang Fei hurriedly explained: "Recently, I have been very restrained, I believe that Han Temple should also be listened to by Bachelor Yuan."

Han Jiang nodded slightly.

He had a secret meeting with Yuan Jiang last night.

Zhang Fei was deeply worried again: "However, I also wrote a letter to Wang Xueshi. I lack the **** of the public security and law enforcement. The key is that those local officials can't believe it. I'm afraid that some moths will appear in it!"

Han Jiang stroked her beard and said, "This is what I was worried about at first, but judging from the current situation, it is not impossible."

Zhang Fei knew the reason and asked: "How do you say this about Han Temple?"

Han Jiang glanced at him, and said with a smile: "It's all thanks to you! You made waves in Hezhong Mansion, scaring many local officials into sleepless nights, otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people impeaching you , It also made many ministers in the DPRK and China more firmly support the New Deal. If those local officials fail to enforce the law, then Bachelor Sima will definitely promote judicial reform in the local area.”

"I see." Zhang Fei nodded, "I'm relieved."

Han Jiang said again: "Only in terms of finances, Wang Jiefu and I have also discussed the situation of Hezhong Mansion. This young crop method may not be suitable for Shaanxi Road, because the fields here are far less fertile than those in Jiangnan, and the people are also relatively small. Poverty, many places only receive once a year, your salt debt plan is actually more suitable for Shaanxi Road.

Therefore, my opinion with Wang Jiefu is that you should stay on Shaanxi Road and work hard, and then those people will take advantage of the power of the public security and law enforcement to implement the New Deal in other places. "

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I see, I will do well."

Han Jiang couldn't help but sized Zhang Fei up, and said with a smile, "Are you so obedient?"

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said: "Han Temple is a clear lesson. I am dedicated to helping Xueshi Wang solve problems. I never create problems, but the way to solve problems may be a little radical."

"It's more than a little radical."

Han Jiang glanced at him, as if to say, stop pretending in front of me, you boy, and asked, "Don't you plan to push the public security law to the whole country?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a while, and asked back: "Does Wang Xueshi hope that the public security law will not be pushed to the whole country?"

"Uh."

Han Jiang asked herself directly, waved her hands and said, "That's not true, but now is not the time."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Understood."

Han Jiang still looked at Zhang Fei suspiciously. He has already been fooled once. Don't underestimate Zhang Fei's reasonableness. When he operates, it may be another matter, which will make people frightened .

After the two chatted about it, Han Jiang left.

As soon as he left, Xu Zhiqian followed, "Why didn't Han Sishi stay for lunch?"

The envoys are visiting, and the banquet is not prepared. Can you still get along in this officialdom?

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "He is now fully supporting the government to suppress our public security law, so eating with me will arouse suspicion."

Xu Zhiqian let out a slight "ah" in fright, but then she reacted, "Then how should we cooperate?"

Zhang Fei said: "Let things go back to the original track."

"Huh?"

Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei curiously.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Actually, in the final analysis, the public security law is only auxiliary. The most important power in a country is still the executive power. The problems facing the country also need to be solved by the executive power, not the judiciary. The judiciary only helps the monarch. Keep the bottom line with the common people. Last year we were already overwhelmed, but this must not be the norm. If the judiciary is also in charge of the administration, it will be the legalist law, and the government should still govern the local area.”

Xu Zhiqian frowned and said: "But those people are cruel and ruthless. If they easily suppress our public prosecutors, they will not let us go."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The strength of the Public Security Bureau is not offense, but defense, because the judiciary can only intervene after something happens. Now we have a firm foothold, and the Han Temple incident is not really coming. We don't need to worry too much about our public prosecutors, but we should keep a low profile for now, and let the focus of Hezhong Mansion return to the government first."

Xu Zhiqian asked again: "If they commit crimes, can we arrest them?"

"Must be able!"

Zhang Fei said: "Before things happen, they have the final say, but after things happen, it's us who have the final say. Fighting is always inevitable, but as long as it's under the rules, it doesn't matter."

After going back, Han Jiang naturally told Wei Yingfang and the others, and she also reprimanded Zhang Fei once more. Everyone is sharing the worries of the king, how can there be any difference between the enemy and us, such things can actually be discussed in private, there is no need to get involved It makes everyone lose face.

Of course, this alone is definitely not enough.

Han Jiang has to do something to increase the morale of the government, such as promoting the forgotten youth loan.

In fact, both Yuanjiang and Cai Yanqing have already finished the stove, and they are waiting for him to light the fire.

He nodded, and the government suddenly made a sharp turn, saying that they would provide money loans and work loans to rural households, and they could borrow money to repay the money, or they could use work instead.

At the same time, officials were sent to a village to publicize, mainly to deter those big landlords.

If you dare to lend money at a low interest rate, just give it a try and see if I can kill you.

If you count on the imperial court, then you can count on it.

But you don't want to get any economic privileges from the government. As long as it is monopolized by the government, you don't even want to touch it.

Most landlords just knelt down without saying a word, saying that they would never lend money at low interest rates, brother, you better come, we will withdraw first!

Because these big landlords didn't intend to borrow at all, but if they don't borrow, it's not easy to mess around in the countryside. Those gentry read them every day. Still don't fight with officials.

Scared! Scared!

One after another, they borrowed the donkey from the **** and offered various courtesies to re-establish friendly relations with the officials.

We are still a family.

Now that the business environment is better, everyone is now on the business side, and borrowing money is also an investment in Jiekupu.

Nowadays, many Jieku shops also want to get the flying money and transportation projects from the government. Because the government canceled the official labor, they have to change it to hired labor. It's just that it's impossible to compete with the Ma family with the strength of a family, and they are also raising funds.

Although there are still some squires who ignore the government and insist on fulfilling the agreement, they are no longer popular. The government ignores them and does not threaten them, because most of these people are retired officials, and they are not afraid of threats from the government. ask for trouble.

The young crop method was carried out very smoothly.

But for Hezhong Mansion, this is already a form that outweighs benefits, and the government didn't expect to rely on this to improve finances, so it was very casual, that is, the Ma family was in charge of the city, and the villages were handed over to warehouse managers in various places.

But in the eyes of outsiders, as soon as Han Jiang came, he immediately made good government orders, scaring those big landlords from jumping, and they didn't dare to go to the imperial court. This government is still a government, and they have ten thousand ways to kill you.

Before, there was a feeling that the building was about to collapse, and the government seemed to be replaced by the imperial court.

Looking at it now, obviously not.

For a while, the official authority was greatly boosted.