Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 658: Real Finance

As soon as this career method came out, everyone was caught off guard. No one thought that Wang Anshi was hiding such a trick, and everyone was calculating the gains and losses.

At the same time, the royal court and the Legislative Council have repeatedly issued notices, and even published articles in news newspapers, saying that Qingzhou may face debt restructuring, but the main reason is that the local finances are very chaotic and the debts are huge. Qingzhou's finances are already difficult. bear.

In any case, it means that the court is not trying to take the opportunity to dismiss officials, but is forced by reality.

And the evidence is the law of the business.

Even if the debt is restructured, those officials will not be laid off immediately, and the Department of Regulations and Regulations of the Second Government will issue a business law to accommodate these officials.

I hope everyone will work together to get out of the predicament.

The Department of Regulations and Regulations of the Second Government also published an article to publicize the business law. One of the most important points is that the business law is not designed for Qingzhou, but a trial implementation in Qingzhou. If it is successful in Qingzhou, it may spread to the whole country .

In short, in short, it is definitely not enough to just lie down and eat, and you still have to work. But at the same time, he also said that the elderly posting officials do not need to participate in it, but they can also choose according to their own ability and physical condition, but their salaries will all be borne by the business bureau. Will be affected, of course, those officials who have become officials are not included.

This immediately de-escalated the entire situation.

The opposition is also willing to accept this condition for the time being. After all, they also want to procrastinate, not to make a comeback, because there is currently no chance of a comeback.

Plus, it's the cold winter season, so you can't make trouble if you want to.

And when most of the opposition subsided, the morale of the sluggish reformers was greatly boosted, because the final result was that the public security law would kill them, and it was the career law introduced by Wang Anshi that saved them.

And they all believed that Wang Anshi came up with a business method temporarily to alleviate their crisis, because no one knew about this business method before, so there was only one possibility, and that was Wang Anshi's temporary idea.

The tree is big enough to enjoy the shade, so most of the opposition continued to stand on the side of the reformers. conservative.

This is very crucial to Wang Anshi. Although this battle ended up hurting both sides, the attack on the reformers was actually far better than that on the conservatives.

The reason is simple. Many officials who follow the reformist faction are looking for official careers, but the young crop law on Jingdong East Road almost caused them to lose their official positions, which made them hesitant.

But the promulgation of the business law has **** everyone's interests.

The approval of this policy also shows that Wang Anshi has not lost his power, and Zhao Xu supports Wang Anshi.

The fact is also the same, Zhao Xu did not show any wavering towards the New Deal, today he still summoned Wang Anshi alone to the palace to discuss matters as before.

"Mister's business method is really like timely rain. Now there are nearly 90% fewer memorials to impeach Fan Chunren, and the court is gradually returning to its former peace."

Seeing Wang Anshi, Zhao Xu still praised Wang Anshi like a little fanboy.

"The official's reputation is too high, this is the job of the minister."

Wang Anshi said again: "And according to my minister's prediction, as long as the court goes all out, the income that the business law can bring to the finances will be able to greatly alleviate the burden of redundant officials in our court."

Zhao Xu knew this plan in his heart, but he still asked with great interest: "Really?"

Wang Anshi nodded and said: "It's like hospitals and colleges. On the surface, the income is only medical fees and tuition fees. In fact, it is not the case, and there are also expenses for medicinal materials and books.

As long as the people of the world trust the hospitals and colleges of the imperial court, the medicinal materials of the hospitals and the books of the colleges can be sold directly to the people of the world, which is enough to make up for Qingzhou's financial crisis. "

Zhao Xu nodded frequently.

Wang Anshi said again: "But this requires talents to implement."

Zhao Xu immediately said: "It's okay to tell me who you like, sir."

Wang Anshi said: "First of all, it is the hospital. I hope that the government will send some medical officials in the palace to provide support, especially the formula of some cheap medicinal materials in the palace."

Forget those expensive prescriptions, the common people cannot afford them.

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "No problem."

Wang Anshi said: "In addition, I also like the two of you."

Zhao Xu asked: "Who?"

Wang Anshi said: "The minister recommended Shen Kuo, Si Tianjian, to be in charge of this business law. This man is knowledgeable, proficient in all kinds of knowledge, and has outstanding abilities. He is the only suitable talent in the court."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and said: "This person is indeed very suitable, who is the other person?"

Wang Anshi said: "It is Yan Gong's son, Yan Jidao."

"Yan Jidao?"

Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, and said: "He doesn't seem to be in the court now, but he is the editor-in-chief of the genuine bookstore, specializing in publishing books."

Wang Anshi said: "I know it, but he is also a salary official, and he still gets a salary. In the past two years, all the books written by him have been sold well. Last year, the envoys of the Liao Kingdom bought whole books from genuine bookstores." Ten carts of books, the minister recommended him to be the dean of the residence newspaper, and at the same time supervise the compilation of the college's books."

Since he regards books as commodities, he must find excellent talents to rewrite them. The previous books must not be bought with much money.

Zhang San may never have imagined that the husband would compete with his genuine bookstore for talent. Zhao Xu smiled secretly, nodded again and said: "As for the candidates for the career law, Mr. has full power to decide, and I have no opinion."

This kind of position does not affect any power. Of course, he can give Wang Anshi more freedom.

"The minister obeys."

Wang Anshi cupped his hands slightly, and then said again: "In addition, I also summarized the lessons and shortcomings that I have learned from the trial implementation of the new policy in Hezhong Mansion and Jingdong East Road this year. I think that the reason why the new law faces so many problems, and why we encountered such problems Many people objected to it because of the chaotic implementation and ineffective supervision.”

If there is a mistake, you have to admit it. The emperor is not stupid. It doesn’t make sense to just say that a traitor caused such a big disturbance. The fly doesn’t bite seamless eggs. Not sure.

Wang Anshi must also have a review with the boss.

Zhao Xu said very euphemistically: "This still needs the assistance of the public security department."

Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "The Public Prosecution Law is indeed conducive to the implementation of the New Deal. This minister does not deny it, but it is only an aid. The New Deal is more faced with institutional deficiencies."

"Really?"

Zhao Xu was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Where did you start talking about this, sir?"

Wang Anshi said: "Whether it is in Hezhong Mansion or Jingdong East Road, the order to establish the regulations of the second mansion can only go to the Transshipment Department. If it continues to be implemented, the Transshipment Department will inevitably face our court. It is not difficult to see from Jingdong East Road that some states and counties have implemented very well without any problems, but there are also some states and counties that are full of problems. The disadvantages of our court system are always affecting Implementation of the New Deal.”

Zhao Xu nodded, and felt that what Wang Anshi said made sense. Setting up the Division of Regulations of the Second Government can only avoid the complicated system of the central government, and it can be directly assigned to the Transshipment Division, but what about the Transshipment Division?

"I don't know how the master plans to get rid of this evil?" Zhao Xu asked again.

Wang Anshi said: "Frozen three feet, not a day's cold, this bad government is not easy to solve for the time being, so I am in the Hezhong Mansion, trying to cooperate with businessmen, and achieved great success."

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, "By the way, do the officials know about the charitable foundation?"

Zhao Xu was taken aback, "Of course I know."

Wang Anshi said: "This charitable foundation is not a personal business, but a joint business of many businessmen. This charitable foundation relies on loans and even directly invests money in businessmen to make profits and achieve great success. .

As for the promotion of the Changping Division in the Hezhong Prefecture, it is actually following the example of a charity foundation and has achieved good results. The minister's new law is mainly aimed at finances, and it is the same as doing business.

Therefore, this minister suggested that the new law should be implemented by directly cooperating with businessmen by promoting the Changping Division to bypass the complicated local government offices.

The order of the imperial court is still issued to the Transshipment Department, and the Transshipment Department directly executes it by promoting the Changping Department. The Department of Promoting Changping follows the example of a charitable foundation and is only responsible for overall planning, lending, and appropriating money.

Such as the exemption law and transportation, the sales of the uniform transportation method, the loan of the young crop law, and the market transaction law that the minister will promulgate next year, all focus on the promotion of the Changping Division, and the promotion of the Changping Division will then be passed with various industries businessmen to make a profit.

In this way, the local government can be bypassed, and local resistance can also be avoided by the way. "

Zhao Xu couldn't help but his eyes lit up, nodded and said: "This strategy is very good."

Actually, they have been playing this trick all the time, that is, they start from scratch, and when encountering resistance, we just bypass them and don't play with them.

It's three feet frozen, you go digging ice, how can you have so much time.

This lesson also made Wang Anshi realize that many officials don't care about the life and death of the New Deal at all. Zhang Fei proposed to set up a super financial institution and concentrate all the finances on the promotion of Changping. Use this to bypass the local government.

Wang Anshi said again: "In addition, I also carefully studied the success of the Hezhong Mansion. The key reason for the success of the salt banknotes in the Hezhong Mansion was the lack of coins in the area. You only need to distribute a certain amount of salt money, and some of the salt money will be left among the people, and this part of the income can also be regarded as financial income.

Almost all parts of my dynasty are facing a shortage of coins, and I think that the court should take this salt money seriously, because it can make up for the lack of finances in a short period of time. "

Zhao Xu hurriedly asked: "Sir, do you have any suggestions for this?"

He is also very interested in this thing, but Zhang Fei has not discussed it with him in depth.

Wang Anshi said: "Develop a very detailed production and supervision process. I asked someone to bring back some of the salt banknotes from the Hezhong Mansion. The production is rough and has no aesthetic feeling. It doesn't look expensive in my hand. This means that the imperial court does not pay much attention to it, and a beautiful salt note can make the people more confident.

This minister thought that the imperial court could first recruit talents in this field to design complex and exquisite salt banknotes, which would be difficult for people to imitate.

More importantly, the issuance and supervision of salt banknotes are still based on raising the Bianzhou military salary, rather than being regarded as an independent currency. Financial considerations should be taken into account, and it can also be directly handed over to the Changping Department to issue an appropriate amount according to the financial situation of each place. "

Zhang Fei is in Hezhong Mansion, and does not have the property of salt banknotes. The main issue is based on the Commercial Law formulated by Fan Xiang and Xue Xiang. The main function of salt banknotes is to raise food for the frontier state, not according to the currency situation. of.

Zhao Xu asked: "Don't you pass the third division?"

Wang Anshi said: "The third division doesn't know the situation of coins in various places. The promotion of Changping Division has been dealing with merchants all year round, so it is clear about the specific situation of various places."

Zhao Xu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Just follow what Mr. said."

He also likes bypassing the third division. But then, he laughed again: "It seems that the master has learned a lot of lessons during this trial!"

Wang Anshi immediately said: "Actually, the minister's new law is based on the experience of the ancestors, and then adjusted and improved according to the situation of our dynasty, not the minister's first creation. If there is no successful experience, how dare the minister suggest to the officials. "

Some people say that Wang Anshi is an obstinate, arrogant, and self-willed man. This statement is true, but it all lies in his proposition and philosophy. He believes that fiscal deficits can be reversed through fiscal policies. It's not about the specific means. None of his new laws are thought up by him, and none of them are the first. They are all based on the experience of previous or present people, and there are successful cases, so he uses them.

As long as this method is in line with his ideas and ideas, he can use it.

Zhang Fei's idea of ​​a super-financial institution, salt banknotes, and salt debts are all in line with his ideas. At that time, he was ecstatic when he learned of this plan, and he personally approved it. Plan to do it, without his approval, Yuan Jiang really dare not do it.

He can immediately absorb these methods and use them for me.

In addition, he was so eager to suggest to Zhao Xu because of the situation.

He also knew in his heart that the emperor might have been shaken by the new law, so he had to make adjustments to strengthen the emperor's determination to support the new policy.

In addition, the success of the public security law and the emperor's favor for the public security law doomed his legalist thinking to be difficult to achieve. Jiuding.

This is actually very troublesome.

He has to make a change.

Here he borrowed the method of charitable foundations to directly obtain profits through investment and loans to businessmen.

Moreover, this can help him avoid the complicated bureaucratic system and control the overall situation.

This is the biggest difference between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang. Sima Guang does not agree with these financial management ideas at all. It is a crooked way, which can only win for a while, but not for a long time, because it will hurt the people in the long run.

Wang Anshi highly admires financial management methods, and he can quickly absorb this knowledge and use it in his own policies.

After meeting Wang Anshi, Zhao Xu summoned Sima Guang in person, but now he has two wings flying together, and he can't care about one and lose the other.

The matter Sima Guang talked with Zhao Xu was very simple, and it was about the hiring of the Jilu officer by the Public Procuratorate.

The responsibility of our Public Prosecution Law is to implement it, and it is the department with the highest requirements. If we just throw rotten fish and rotten shrimps at our Public Procuratorate, how can we do it? Moreover, the reason why the Public Prosecution Law can achieve such success is that the Public Procurement Law can directly adjudicate Get rid of the wrong people.

Those posting officials are all uncles, and they are used to being lazy. When they come to the public security bureau, if they don't work hard, what should they do?

This will bring down the ethos of our public security and law enforcement.

It is very difficult for these post-paid officials to be dismissed. The number of procedures is really jaw-dropping, and they are basically iron rice bowls.

Sima Guang insisted on asking them to apply for the post, starting from the lowest position, and staying in the post according to their ability.

If you come up to be the chief prosecutor directly, you will definitely not be able to get rid of it, because the chief prosecutor must be appointed by the imperial court. Although the Hezhong Mansion is in a special situation and directly recruits talents from the local area, they have all applied for it. The chief judge still does not have this of power.

Zhao Xu readily accepted his suggestion, because Sima Guang only aimed at the low-level officials of the Public Security Bureau, and the upper-level officials were decided by the court. Instead of easily recruiting people from the people, this will aggravate the phenomenon of redundant officials in the court.

Of course Sima Guang agreed. It's not that he didn't want to recruit, because the public security bureau lacked numeracy and literacy talents.

The Zhang family.

"Director Zhang, the renovation of your house has been completed, why don't you go and see for yourself."

Li Bao came to the house, rubbed his hands together, and said to Zhang Fei.

"No need!"

Zhang Fei shook his head, "I believe Brother Leopard has done more meticulously than I thought. Come, come, sit, the hot pot is specially prepared for you."

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Li Bao was also polite and sat down immediately.

Zhang Fei personally poured a cup of hot wine for Li Bao, "Have a cup of wine to warm up your body."

Li Bao raised his glass and drank it, smashed it a few times: "This is really comfortable."

Of course, Zhang Fei didn't have time to relax, so he asked Li Bao to come over for a drink.

Zhang Fei asked: "How is the arrangement of the tax department on Jingdong East Road?"

Li Bao said: "The government has already sent people there."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

Zhao Xu is more active than anyone else in collecting taxes. Let alone the cold winter, even a snowy day, you have to rush there immediately.

Come back to trouble, this tax money must not be less.

Zhang Fei smiled, and said again: "When I was in Hezhong Mansion, I heard that our people in Jingdong East Road were already impatient."

Li Bao hurriedly said: "That's true, because Chief Judge Zhang asked us to go to Jingdong East Road first, and the scale of development there is even bigger than Hezhong Mansion now."

Zhang Fei asked: "Then this year's autumn tax, should there be no problem?"

Li Bao grinned and said: "The problem is definitely not there. We have made sufficient preparations, but it will definitely be a bloodbath!"

"It's bloody?" Zhang Fei frowned.

Li Bao smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang does not know something. There are various armies on the Shaanxi Road, and they are all elite troops from the Song Dynasty. On the contrary, there are fewer grassroots bandits there, and the people are relatively simple. The most troublesome thing is the army.

But Jingdong East Road is different, especially in Qizhou, Qingzhou, and Dengzhou. The officials there are weak and the forbidden army is corrupt. As a result, there are grass bandits on almost every mountain in the area, and there are thugs and rogues everywhere. It seems that Qizhou is the place with the worst law and order.

This time Jingdong East Road has become like this, but there are also reasons for this. If we find another place, we will go to add fuel to the fire, and it may not be able to burn. "

Zhang Fei said: "Really or not?" He muttered in his heart, as if Liangshan was over there.

Li Bao said: "Of course it's true, you can just ask Feng Nanxi. Otherwise, our tax department would not have developed so fast there. For our tax department, there are really a lot of talents. Many talents in Hezhong Prefecture were all transferred from Qizhou."

Zhang Fei couldn't help but worried: "Then can you handle it?"

Li Bao said: "The task will definitely be completed, but a lot of force may be used. Otherwise, Chief Judge Zhang will go to sit in the town in person, so that the use of force may be less."

Zhang Fei said in a bad mood: "You have said that, I will not go if I am killed, I am most afraid of these things."

"Really?"

Li Bao was surprised.

Zhang Fei said: "What do you mean?"

"No, it's not interesting."

Li Bao quickly shook his head, thinking, Chief Judge Zhang is so cruel, why would he still be afraid of this?

Zhang Fei said thoughtfully again: "Actually, that's fine too. Back in the capital, we were still somewhat restrained, but in the Hezhong Mansion, we had settled down the army in advance, and later it was mainly Wendou, so we should also show it." Take a look at the force of our tax department, you can apply to the officials at that time, and get some bed crossbows, it is said that the thing is more powerful and can avoid our damage."

".!"

Li Bao swallowed and said: "But that can't avoid the injury of others."

Zhang Fei said: "Then they will pay taxes honestly! The robbery is amazing!"

Li Bao nodded blankly, and then said: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, are you joking?"

Zhang Fei said: "Of course not, I never joke in business."

"Then I will tell the officials that you asked for it."

"OK."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Li Bao smiled coquettishly, and quickly had a drink with Zhang Fei, suppressing his shock, and suddenly said with emotion: "To tell the truth, Mr. Zhang, what I am most worried about the Taxation Department is that if they all pay taxes honestly, then our people should pay their taxes." Where to go."

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, then hehe said: "You are thinking too far. First of all, tax evasion will never be extinct. If we don't get the bonus, we are incompetent and there is no reason.

Secondly, there are still so many places in the country, this is very early.

Finally, isn't there a neighbor? "

Li Bao was stunned and said: "Next door?"

Zhang Fei said: "There is really nowhere to put it, so I can only go to Liao Kingdom to collect it."

Li Bao said cheerfully: "Chairman Zhang is joking."

Zhang Fei smiled and shook his head, "I'm not joking."

Li Bao blinked, "Why are we going to Liao to collect taxes?"

Zhang Fei said: "Is the Yanyun sixteen states our territory in the Central Plains?"

Li Bao hesitated, but nodded.

Zhang Fei said: "As long as it belongs to us legally, then we can collect taxes. As for whether we can receive it, it depends on our ability."

Li Bao scratched his head and said, "But the land is finally occupied by the Liao Kingdom."

Zhang Fei said: "For tax collection, who cares about these."

Li Bao said: "We really never thought about it, but it's a pity that it's hard for us to fight Xixia, let alone Liao."

At this moment, Niu Beiqing came to the door, "Sanlang, Mr. Yan Xiao, please see me."

Yan Jidao?

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Please ask Mr. Yan Xiao to go to the back room, I will come right away."

He asked Li Bao a few more words, let him find those craftsmen to eat together, and he himself hurried to the back room.

Seeing Yan Jidao, after the two exchanged pleasantries, Yan Jidao said: "Yan came to visit a few days ago, unfortunately, Sanlang was busy with official duties at that time!"

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "I'm really sorry, I...!"

"Yan understands."

Yan Jidao raised his hand, and said again: "Chairman Zhang has come back this time, and there are too many things to deal with, understand, understand."

There was a bit of envy in the voice, at your age, your background, being the chief judge, why am I the son of the dignified Mr. Yan, unexpectedly.

Yan Jidao immediately said again: "I didn't intend to disturb Saburo today, but I have something to tell you."

Zhang Fei asked: "What's the matter?"

Yan Jidao said: "The imperial court suddenly ordered me to go to Qingzhou to serve as the dean of the Institute of Business Administration and to write textbooks for the School of Career."

"Huh?"

Zhang Fei asked in surprise, "Hasn't Mr. Yan already resigned?"

Yan Jidao said: "But Yan is still a salary official, and still has the imperial salary, Yan can't refuse, and he doesn't want to refuse, but it's thanks to Chief Judge Zhang for giving me this opportunity, so I can be promoted today. "

He can be the editor-in-chief at any time, but the opportunity of promotion is really hard to come by. He still wants to seize this opportunity and see if he can make it up.

At present, he still has ambitions, after all, he has not been beaten by politics.

This Wang Jiefu is hateful! Zhang Fei squeezed out a smile, "Then I wish Mr. Yan Xiao all the best."

"What the hell, I'm going to help you with a plan and set up a business unit. You've poached my talent away. You Wang Anshi, you're really ungrateful. I'm %&*#￥@!"

"What ungrateful?"

Xu Zun, who had just returned home, saw Zhang Fei muttering there, and couldn't help asking.

"My father-in-law is back."

Zhang Fei hurriedly got up, saluted, and said casually: "It's about business."

Just in time, Xu Zhiqian also entered the back hall, "Daddy, you are back."

Xu Zun nodded, and said to Zhang Fei: "Everyone in the court today is discussing your entry into the procuratorate."

Zhang Fei is still fine, so Xu Zhiqian hurriedly asked: "How is it?"

Xu Zundao: "Fu Gong has already petitioned the officials, but once the news came out, almost all the ministers objected, and they all asked Zhang San to go back to the Hezhong Mansion."

Xu Zhiqian asked, "Why?"

"Why else." Xu Zundao: "Of course it's because of fear. At the beginning, Zhang San was just a pen, which already gave them such a headache. Now that he enters the capital's procuratorate, he must not scare them so much that they can't sleep at night."

Xu Zhiqian snorted: "They are guilty of thieves."

Xu Zunfu smiled, but did not deny it.

Zhang Fei was very calm and said, "Then what should we do now?"

Xu Zun asked: "Have you not discussed this matter with the officials?"

"No!"

Zhang Fei said: "I thought it was just a trivial matter. After all, it's not that I was promoted to be the chief prosecutor."

Xu Zundao: "This is a trivial matter, but it may take some time."

Xu Zhiqian said: "If the government orders, can they delay?"

Xu Zundao: "The imperial court has an imperial court system, and the officials can't mess around. The main reason is that Zhang San's transfer is a normal transfer, not a direct appointment, so this needs to be reviewed by the Ministry of Officials, the Eastern and Western Courts, and other official offices. , and when these government offices heard that Zhang San was going to be transferred back to the capital, they all went on vacation, and now they can't find anyone, so they can only wait until next year, but next year they will definitely try to delay it."

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