Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 687: The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn’t stop

Chapter 687 The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn’t stop

Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger!

This sentence is absolutely very true, and the reason is that the emperor has supreme power, but the emperor is an ordinary person, not a **** without emotions. It is impossible to control his emotions all the time, as long as he is emotional If there is a slight fluctuation, a small life may be lost.

This is Li Shimin. In his early and middle period, the most enlightened period, he also accidentally killed loyal ministers. Although he realized his mistake immediately later, there is no resurrection after death.

Those who believe in the emperor will basically not end well.

Zhang Fei adopts a candid strategy when dealing with Zhao Xu. I will tell you all about the stakes and consequences, and you can make your own choice.

Even if Zhao Xu agreed to sacrifice part of his power, Zhang Fei did not dare to overdo it. He was still very cautious and asked the emperor what he thought first, because the emperor could not keep his words, and you don't know what he was thinking.

Of course, this also reflects from the side that the rule of law is valuable.

After coming out of the palace, Zhang Fei did not go back to the procuratorate, but went home directly because he knew that Xu Zun would be waiting for him at home.

Sure enough, when he returned home, Xu Zun was sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea with a frown on his face.

"What do the officials say?"

Seeing Zhang Fei, Xu Zun asked.

Zhang Fei said: "The officials need to find out the situation first, but our procuratorate also has to send people to investigate to avoid exposing the truth in the future."

Xu Zun nodded and asked, "What do you think of this case?"

Zhang Fei said: "One of the biggest doubts about this is why the sailors fled en masse. If these sailors were deserters, then why should they report it? For such a big matter, shouldn't Cheng Fang directly appeal to the court? It can be seen that there must be something unknown here.

I estimate that Cheng Fang must have improperly enforced the law and caused the sailors to flee, so he did not dare to speak out. The other party's confidential letter seemed to be suing Cheng Yi, but in fact it was to sue Cheng Fang.

I just said that the other party hopes that our procuratorate will do this, thereby stoking the relationship between the public prosecutor and the government. ”

Xu Zun nodded and said: "You think the same as me. In fact, the other party is not trying to hide it. He knows that we will soon find out what is going on, but it will still give us a headache. Because once the **** is involved, this It’s very difficult to do this.”

Zhang Fei asked: "Have you never punished eunuchs before?"

"Of course there have been punishments. But almost all of them were ordered by officials themselves."

As he spoke, Xu Zun suddenly looked around and said to Zhang Fei: "One thing you have to remember is that eunuchs are not unkillable, it's just that the officials must do it themselves.

Because eunuchs represent imperial power, you can only accuse them, but you cannot decide their life or death. Therefore, it is also taboo to try eunuchs according to law! ”

Zhang Fei nodded.

Xu Zun said again: "If the officials want to protect Cheng Fang, what will you do?"

"I will.!"

Zhang Fei glanced toward the backyard and saw that Xu Zhiqian was not eavesdropping, so he said: "Of course I will stand on the official side."

Xu Zun was stunned and looked at Zhang Fei in surprise.

Zhang Fei said hey: "Father-in-law, my son-in-law is not as principled as Bachelor Sima and others. If the officials don't agree, then there is nothing we can do, so why put ourselves in danger."

When it comes to the imperial power, he does his best and obeys destiny. If the emperor doesn't agree, he will never force it.

Xu Zunfuxu chuckled and said: "This surprises me, but if you think so, I feel relieved."

It depends on whether you are upright or not. In a feudal society, it would be crazy to blame someone directly on the emperor.

Bao Zheng only dared to target relatives of the emperor and did not dare to target the emperor directly.

Xu Zun asked again: "Then what are you going to do next?"

Zhang Fei said: "Just conduct a normal investigation and don't take it too seriously. Since the secret complaint was filed against Cheng Yi, we will investigate Cheng Yi. It is best to delay it for some time and let the officials think carefully first. , we will decide what to do after the officials have considered it carefully, so that no one will regret it."

Xu Zun nodded, "I'll leave this case to you."

He was a little worried at first, but seeing that Zhang Fei was so unprincipled, he felt relieved.

You cannot go against the imperial power.

At this moment, I suddenly heard Niu Beiqing's rough voice coming from outside the door, "Mr. En, Mr. Sima is here."

Weng and son-in-law were startled at the same time.

Xu Zun asked: "Is he here for this matter?"

"I don't know."

Zhang Fei shook his head, "If not, should we tell him?"

Xu Zundao: "Let's not talk about it for now. I am the one who makes the decision in this procuratorate. Whether I say it or not, he will not blame you."

Zhang Fei nodded.

While speaking, Sima Guang had already arrived in the courtyard, "Your father-in-law is here."

Seeing that his tone was relaxed, it didn't seem like he was here for this matter.

The three of them bowed to each other, and Xu Zun asked Sima Guang to sit down.

Sima Guang did not beat around the bush and said straight to the point: "Zhang San, regarding the cooperation between the Taxation Department and your firm, were you the one who facilitated it?"

Sima Guang also knew the relationship between the Taxation Department and Zhang Fei quite well.

It turns out that this is what I came for. Zhang Fei breathed a sigh of relief and immediately replied: "I gave this suggestion only after the Taxation Department found me."

Sima Guang frowned and said: "The Taxation Department is a government agency, and taxation is the top priority of the country. How can you suggest that the Taxation Department cooperate with the firm? Where do you want to set up the third department?"

Xu Zunzhi nodded: "Whoever said it was not the case, I was still teaching him a lesson just now."

Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "This can only be blamed on the failure of the Third Division, but who can be blamed?"

"???"

Sima Guang opened his eyes wide and said: "The three divisions are not up to expectations?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "According to the Taxation Department, the accounts provided to them by the three departments in recent years have never been all correct, and there are many mistakes and omissions. The most important thing is that they are a little too slow. The same transaction There is a one-month difference between submitting the accounts to the lawyer and submitting them to the third division."

"One month?"

Sima Guang opened his mouth.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "What the law firm can calculate in one day, it takes a month for the third division to calculate."

"How is this possible?"

Sima Guang closed his mouth and said: "We all have the same algorithm, why is it one month different?"

Zhang Fei explained: "The algorithms are also different. The key is that the manpower is very different."

Sima Guang asked: "How many accounting offices does your lawyer have?"

Zhang Fei said: "There are currently more than 1,500 accounting offices in the capital."

"How much more?"

"More than fifteen hundred." Zhang Fei replied.

Sima Guang was shocked and said: "You have so many accounting houses?"

Zhang Fei said: "Because the firm's calculation business is so extensive, it has involved hundreds of thousands of people, and it also helps businesses such as Ailan Building and Charitable Foundation calculate taxes, so it needs so many accounting offices."

Sima Guang suddenly became depressed. He had never seen an accounting room of this size before.

This really doesn't compare.

You are so cruel.

The key is that the tax calculation business is too buggy. If you can make money, of course you can support so many people.

Zhang Fei added: "This is actually not the key, because the procedures for the three departments are complicated, and the tax declaration will take up to ten days to start calculating, and then you have to go through the procedures of several government agencies. , and the office does not have so many complicated procedures."

Sima Guang said: "How come I have never heard that the third division is too slow to calculate taxes before."

Zhang Fei said: "That was just in the past. The current tax system requires that accounts be produced as soon as possible and no mistakes can be made, because after the tax department collects the tax, it will immediately prosecute the tax evaders, and this step must be accurate. Accurate accounts, otherwise, you may lose the lawsuit.

At the same time, the Taxation Department has also considered that if it is left to the Third Division to calculate and something goes wrong, the Taxation Division will still be responsible, and the Third Division will not care. However, if it is an office, the office will bear part of the responsibility, and the Taxation Division will Make compensation. ”

Sima Guang then nodded to express his understanding.

Usually, the three companies calculate, a little less, a little more, a little longer, the three companies finally come out with the accounts, even if there is a difference of two or three months, no one will care, but it is different now, you have to use these accounts to sue , if the words in court are not accurate, it is very likely that the case will be lost. If it is delayed for too long, problems may also occur.

To put it simply, the three companies cannot keep up with the pace of the Taxation Department and the Public Security Bureau.

It can also be seen that the emergence of the Public Security Bureau is not only changing the judicial system, but also making all industries more standardized and professional.

Not only the number of accounting offices in the Taxation Department is increasing, but also the number of accounting offices in Ailunlou and Majiajiekupu. Only the number of accounting offices in the government is decreasing.

The man walked to higher places and the water flowed to lower places. Many officials in the government were poached by the merchants.

Xu Zun asked: "Jun Shi, are many people in the DPRK talking about this matter now?"

Sima Guang nodded and said: "But no one thought that Sansi would be inferior to a law firm in settling accounts. Alas."

Xu Zun asked again: "What should we do?"

Sima Guang said: "I will go and inquire first to see if the Third Division is really that bad. If so, there is nothing we can do."

As he said that, he asked Zhang Fei: "But if the national accounts are left to private individuals to calculate, will it reveal secrets?"

Zhang Fei said: "First of all, there is a confidentiality agreement. Secondly, taxation is a public account and is disclosed to the public, making it difficult to falsify."

Sima Guang nodded.

Xu Zun suddenly asked: "By the way, Jun Shi, have you told the officials about the reform of the Judicial Office?"

Sima Guang said: "I have written a memorial, but there has been no reply yet. This kind of matter involves many government agencies, so we cannot rush it. Moreover, in the capital, with us here, we will not destroy the system of public security, procuratorate, and law. ."

Xu Zun nodded and said: "That's true."

After sending Sima Guang away, Zhang Fei said: "It seems that Bachelor Sima is not aware of the Daming Mansion case."

Xu Zundao: "This is not something we found, but someone who informed us. They can make this known to the public at any time, and you have to be prepared."

"I will get it."

Zhang Fei said: "But we can also use the cooperation between the tax department and the lawyer's office to cover up the matter first."

Xu Zun nodded.

Zhang Fei just arranged for Qi Ji to take a few prosecutors to quietly go to Daming Mansion to investigate, and also told them not to worry, to investigate slowly and to find out clearly.

However, no one in the DPRK or China is discussing this matter for the time being. They are all discussing the cooperation between the tax department and the law firm.

This is simply incredible.

They are even questioning whether the Taxation Department has the right to make the decision?

Because they only found out about this after the cooperation.

The Taxation Department also gave its own explanation, that is, the Taxation Department's own accounting room is seriously insufficient. Currently, it can only maintain the calculation of exempted taxes, but cannot calculate all taxes. It is too late to expand enrollment now.

At the same time, the efficiency of the Third Division Office is too slow, and there are often errors in the accounts. It is simply unable to meet the requirements of the public security system, so we can only seek cooperation from law firms.

The key point is that the Taxation Department is subordinate to the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue has long been ignored by the Third Division. Although the final tax money will be handed over to the Third Division, the Third Division has no jurisdiction over the Taxation Department.

Sima Guang also went to investigate specifically, and the result was just as Zhang Fei said, the efficiency was astonishingly slow and could not satisfy the taxation department's system.

Not only that, this matter has also caused heated discussion among the people.

The news published another article explaining the reason. Only then did everyone realize that the government was worse than a workshop.

Zhang Fei then took out Wang Anshi's articles, one on the left and one on the right. They did not mention the career method at all, but they all hinted at the employment difficulties of scholars and the hardships of taking exams. He also took out Liu Qing For example, he also asked whether these knowledge can help scholars and candidates solve their livelihood difficulties.

This is also true. The wages of the accounting office have now doubled compared to before.

There were a lot of discussions among the people and the court, which of course also "alarmed" Emperor Zhao Xu.

Cui Gong Hall.

Li He stood up first and informed Zhao Xu of the reasons for cooperating with the Taxation Department.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu was in disbelief and said, "Is this true?"

The ministers were silent.

Hint to the Emperor, this is true.

Deng Wan stood up and said: "This is actually all the fault of Bianjing Law Firm. It is said that their firm spent high prices to invite many civil servants from government agencies to the firm."

Sima Guang said: "When people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. There is no way around it."

Lu Huiqing immediately retorted: "Now that the burden on the imperial court is so heavy, how can there be money to increase the wages of those civil servants? In my opinion, they are sincere. If this continues, the national finance will have to rely on their businessmen in the future. But what should we do!"

Sima Guang also felt that this was indeed inappropriate.

Zhao Xu worriedly said: "What should we do? Nowadays, merchants give more wages than the imperial court, but the imperial court is already burdened with redundant officials and it is difficult to increase salaries."

Pei Wen immediately said: "Your Majesty, the owner of the office is Zhang Prosecutor. As a court official, he actually went against the court. Such a disloyal minister should be punished by the court."

Xu Zun immediately said: "What is disloyalty? Are there not many ministers in the court doing business? But have they paid taxes for this? If they all paid enough taxes, then the court would have money to give to those civil servants Increase wages.

The office pays at least thousands of taxes every year and has never done anything illegal. The court has no regulations and cannot hire people at high prices. Those civil servants all go there by themselves. ”

Pei Wen didn't dare to argue with Xu Zundou when he saw it happened. He was fighting for his son-in-law and was not willing to fight for his life, so there was no need to fight with him.

Wang Anshi suddenly stood up and said: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to solve."

Zhao Xu hurriedly asked: "Do you have any good ideas for Scholar Wang?"

Wang Anshi said: "We can let the new Jinshi do these things. In this way, we can meet the needs of the court without increasing the burden of redundant officials.

Rushuang Academy currently has a group of outstanding students, many of whom have passed Jinshi, and some of them were admitted by Enyin. They can be arranged to join the Taxation Department to help.

After a few more batches of graduates, the Department of Taxation will no longer need to rely on law firms. ”

It has been exactly three years since the School of Mathematics opened, and the first batch of students has graduated.

Many ministers' eyes lit up. This was a good idea. It could infiltrate the Department of Taxation. They immediately stood up and expressed their support.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly and said: "This method is very wonderful."

He doesn't care about infiltration, because the real tax department is hidden.

Wen Yanbo whispered: "Jun Shi, why are you still standing there?"

Sima Guang was startled, glanced at Wen Yanbo, suddenly came to his senses, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, the public prosecutor's office in the capital is currently short of manpower, and there are also a group of very outstanding students in the School of Law who have completed their studies. I suggest that they be arranged Enter the public security bureau and serve as a judge."

Suddenly many ministers also stood up to support.

These two schools symbolize economic reform and judicial reform. If students from the Mathematical School can enter the imperial court in advance, the Law School will suffer a devastating blow, and everyone will go to the Mathematical School to study.

Wang Anshi was secretly proud that Sima Guang was helping him.

Zhao Xu nodded and said: "Okay, I also want to see if the Imperial College can cultivate talents for the country!"

Once the news came out, it was a big deal.

Because the Tax Department and the Public Security Bureau are the two most popular government agencies at the moment, their power is increasing step by step.

Entering these two departments represents power.

At present, the Imperial College is mainly prepared for Enyin's children. There are also Jinshi, but there are relatively few, because those who can pass the imperial examination will most likely be reused. Those Enyin's children are very jealous, because there are many Enyin at the moment. A disciple is a nominal person with the same background as them. After three years of studying at the Imperial College, he can directly enter the real power department.

This caused their parents to desperately send them to the Imperial College.

The key point is that the idea of ​​​​dismissing officials in the court is very strong. Who knows what will happen tomorrow? This is the continuation of the family!

The police department is not willing to be left alone. Although the expansion of the Royal Police has been completed, it wants to get involved and announce that it is recruiting foreign workers. The salary is higher than that of the ordinary Royal Police.

It is true that the police department currently lacks such talents as police officers.

The court hearing system of the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate is entirely based on professional talents, which is understandable.

This one after another big news has caused a lot of discussion among the people. It turns out that one can become an official by studying arithmetic, law or medicine well.

At this time, Wang Anshi finally showed his fox tail.

He announced the implementation of the Business Law throughout Gyeonggi and the construction of several colleges that did not involve traditional learning. The main subjects were arithmetic and law, as well as agriculture, geology, medicine and other miscellaneous subjects.

And those with excellent grades can enter the Imperial College to study.

This kind of knowledge is not tested in scientific examinations. However, due to the reform of the Imperial College, students from these two schools with excellent grades can be recommended to become officials.

It means that students from the Polytechnic College also have the opportunity to become officials, but the prerequisite is to be admitted to the Imperial College.

Immediately, the charity foundation announced that it would donate 10,000 yuan to the government to build colleges and hospitals. It also stated that it would donate some children from poor families to enroll in this college every year.

Wang Anshi also immediately returned the favor, saying that donors to the charity foundation would be given priority in admission, but tuition fees would still have to be paid.

This immediately attracted the attention of the general public. In any era in China, education is the eternal focus.

Many wealthy families came to inquire about tuition fees.

If you study well, you can become an official. If you are not good enough, you can also go to a place like an office to find a high-paying job. You will definitely not lose money!

But this made the scholar-bureaucrats of the Confucian school feel a sense of crisis as they watched these miscellaneous studies being highly valued by the people.

But they can't say what it is.

The reason why Wang Anshi engages in these studies is that all the colleges now are Confucian, and many failed students are placed in them, and the career law is prepared for officials. If Confucianism is also engaged in, what will happen to other colleges? I can only take the wrong approach.

The main purpose is to generate income, place idle officials, and reduce the burden on the court.

There is absolutely no talk of breaking the dominance of Confucianism.

But in fact, Wang Anshi wanted to let more students with similar ideas to him enter the court and serve as officials, so that his ideas would be passed on and the New Deal would not stop the people and the government.

Office.

"Haha!"

Wang Anshi smiled and said: "Zhang San, your propaganda methods are really amazing!"

"Where! Where!"

Zhang Fei asked again: "How many people want to sign up now?"

Wang Anshi said excitedly: "Thousands of people have already wanted to sign up, and there will definitely be more in the future."

Zhang Fei said: "Now we can proceed to the second step. With these generous rewards, we can seduce idle officials to enter the academy."

You must know that Qingzhou carried out business law reforms due to debt restructuring, which resulted in the inability to pay salaries. However, there was no debt restructuring in the capital, and the court did not decide to lay off officials.

Beijing’s approach is the other way around, first publicize it, attract students, get tuition, and then recruit teachers from the DPRK.

"A generous reward?"

Wang Anshi waved his hand and said: "I don't think it will happen. If you give less, you can recruit more people, and the burden on the court will be lighter. At that time, I will let people spread rumors about cutting officials in the court. Those idle officials will I will definitely be unable to sit still and rush to come to this academy."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "That's okay."

Wang Anshi added: "However, regarding hospitals, it has caused some concerns among private pharmacies."

Zhang Fei said: "I've also heard about this. I think it's possible to incorporate some ancestral secret recipes that have been tested over time into public hospitals."

Wang Anshi quickly asked: "How to include it."

Zhang Fei said: "It's very simple. When patients come to the hospital for treatment, the hospital can directly designate them to go to those pharmacies to buy medicines. This can also expel some fake medicines."

Wang Anshi said: "But medicinal materials are very profitable. I also asked for many traditional medicine prescriptions from the palace."

Zhang Fei said: "There is no conflict with this. Use the best and benefit. Folk prescriptions can be used as supplements to hospital prescriptions. If there is a contradiction, then it depends on which one is better and whether the other party can afford the money. Doctor These can be used to decide which medicine to give the patient."

"This is feasible."

Wang Anshi asked again: "Where is Di Bao Yuan?"

Zhang Fei said: "The Di Bao Yuan is also very simple. It can be used to announce some imperial policies, disasters, and wars. These are things that our private tabloids cannot publish, but the people must understand them. The sales volume must be very stable. However, the article should be as popular as possible."

Wang Anshi suddenly said: "I suspect that you started this tabloid specifically to make up for your shortcomings in writing."

Zhang Fei said angrily: "Xueshi Wang, can you call me inadequate? I can't. Because I can't write popular articles. Almost every article I publish is ghostwritten by my wife. I I have never written one."

"You are honest, kid." Wang Anshi chuckled.

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said: "The key is still not to hide it!"

Wang Anshi laughed and said: "But if the article is well written, it cannot be reported. This is really unreasonable."

"No."

Zhang Fei said: "Di Bao Yuan can also publish celebrity newspapers for special audiences. I will withdraw them here."

Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this not good?"

Zhang Fei said: "My bookstore sells books every year, but I don't know how much it makes. I didn't want to get this scholar's newspaper for a long time."

Wang Anshi nodded, "Fortunately, Yan Jidao has already taken up a position in Di Newspaper Institute, and our Di Newspaper Institute can also print books."

Zhang Fei said hey: "But the copyright is in my hands. If Di Newspaper Institute wants to print it, you have to pay me."

This profiteer. A flash of anger flashed in Wang Anshi's eyes, and he added: "The copyright is in your hands, but celebrities are all in the court. If you want to buy the copyright in the future, it will not be that easy."

Zhang Fei remained silent. How much money can your court spend?

Wang Anshi was not convinced and glanced at Zhang Fei, "Let's wait and see. If these articles and classics can't beat you, then we literati will commit suicide."

One wave has not subsided, but another wave has arisen.

While everyone was focusing on business law, the news that Sima Guang proposed to integrate the Emperor's Judicial Office also came out.

This immediately aroused overwhelming opposition, and some officials were so anxious that they almost broke their pens.

They are now very afraid of the Public Security Bureau and want to weaken the power of the Public Security Bureau. You are still here to strengthen the power of the Public Security Bureau. You want us to die!

The leader of the opposition was the man behind the news - Lu Huiqing.

Because only a few of them know about this matter.

Wang Anshi's main consideration is the national financial aspect, while Lu Huiqing wants to help Wang Anshi gain more power so that the New Deal can be implemented.

Lv Huiqing knew that many people in the reformist faction did not have similar ideas to Wang Anshi, but their interests made them turn to Wang Anshi.

This is very different from the conservative side, which has exactly the same philosophy.

If we only rely on ideas to fight, we will never be able to defeat each other.

Only through a struggle for interests can we unite those around us.

The facts were just as Lu Huiqing expected. After their opposition, many dignitaries and officials immediately gathered around the New Deal.

Sima Guang also immediately counterattacked.

The two factions fought again.

In fact, Zhao Xu had already had a plan in mind, but he did not rush to express his position this time. Instead, he used their debate to understand each official's views on the matter.

Because of this matter, he and Wang Anshi had different views. He hoped to carry out a comprehensive restructuring of the government offices, but Wang Anshi believed that on this matter, the existing government offices should each perform their duties, and there was no need to engage in a major war, lest the gains outweigh the losses.

The key point is that Wang Anshi did not fully consider Zhao Xu's attitude like Zhang Fei, but still had a preaching attitude.

But Zhao Xu is already in his twenties and is no longer the nineteen-year-old little emperor.

Zhao Xu is now a little eager to try. He wants to find ministers who have similar ideas to him.

However, he did not take any initiative on this matter. In the end, he followed Wang Anshi's suggestion and split a very critical office in the Judicial Office, namely the Department of Prisons and Prisons, into two.

On the one hand, it integrates the authority of the public prosecutor and the law, and on the other hand, it strengthens the supervisory power of the Yushitai.

It can be regarded as appeasing the two factions.

Don’t grab it, each person gets half.

However, Zhao Xu arranged for Hanlin scholar Wang Gui and supervisory censor Cai Que to take charge.

After all calculations, the two factions were evenly matched.

After all, the Yushitai was given the power to supervise the public security organs.

The Public Procuratorate is to defend its own system, while the Yushitai is only supervising and cannot interfere with the Public Procuratorate's system.

But the tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop.

You want to quell the party dispute, but someone refuses to let you do so.

A very exciting news came out.

It is the case of Cheng Yi, the deputy envoy of the regiment training of Daming Prefecture, who committed rebellion and protected the escaped soldiers.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were both shocked.

Cheng Fang was recommended by Wang Anshi and shouldered the important task of regulating the Yellow River. It was also related to Wang Anshi's farmland water conservancy law.

And Cheng Yi is a close friend of Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo.

If these two people meet.

The two factions will definitely suffer a **** blow and will not give in easily.