Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 752: Can I still eat

Chapter 752: Can I Still Eat?

(Summary of the previous article, the end part has been modified. It is a problem with Tubo in Xihe, not Xixia...)

What are you really afraid of?

And this specific situation is more serious and complicated than Wang Anshi imagined.

The person fighting against the Song Dynasty this time was the Tubo leader Dong Fei, who was also the second-generation leader of the Zun (gu, first pronunciation) Silu regime. His father had surrendered to the Song Dynasty earlier and had assisted the Song Dynasty in attacking Xixia. He made a lot of contributions and was awarded the title of Grand Tutor by Shenzong after his death.

But people were willing to surrender to the Song Dynasty, not out of loyalty, but to ensure the stability of the Xisiluo regime.

But who knew that the Song Dynasty suddenly wanted to expand its border with the Xihe River, which directly endangered their Xisiluo regime, so Dong Xiang immediately turned to form an alliance with the Xixia Alliance, and the Xixia Queen Mother Liang even married his beloved daughter to him.

This time, not only did Xixia send troops, but Xixia also stationed troops on the border, preparing to launch an attack.

The Song army entered Xihe and forced the two sides to become allies.

At the same time, Suizhou, Yanzhou, Fuzhou and other places sent letters one after another, requesting to send troops to Xixia, mainly the Zhejia, Zhongjia and Gaojia.

In fact, there is also an internal dispute among the generals. Wang Shao's faction is leading the strategy of Xihe, while Zhong'e and Zhe Jishi's faction advocates approaching Hengshan and attacking Xixia out of Hengshan.

After Wang Shao won a great victory, most of the northwest resources were invested in the Xihe area, especially the bounty this time, which really made the Hengshan faction jealous with blood dripping from their eyes.

Because this was the first bounty after the reform, it was very large. Later they learned that Zhao Xu had directly paid one million coins.

We were born at the wrong time. When we won the war, the imperial court happened to be short of money. That is, from the fourth year of Zhiping to the first year of Xining, Wang Shao was just starting out and acted blindly. It happened to be when the imperial court was rich. .

The key point is that after the last military trial, the morale of the Western Army is high. The general is no longer so afraid of civil servants supervising the army. Let you supervise the army, but don't interfere blindly. If you don't accept it, we will go to the imperial court to litigate.

They really want to fight!

Now that they saw something happened to Xihe, they quickly wrote to the court, asking us to come. We can send troops to Xixia to solve Xihe's dilemma.

Originally, most of the dove faction in the court was dominated by doves. Sima Guang and others did not advocate the expansion of the Xihe River. They also warned Zhao Xu that we originally had a good relationship with the various Tibetan ministries and should jointly control Xixia. However, the expansion of the Xihe River would inevitably anger Tubo, causing Tubo to fall to Xixia.

At that time, the entire Xihe border expansion plan was mainly promoted by Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi relying on power.

But this time and that time.

Now the emperor and the powerful are fighting vigorously.

Internal fighting is endless fun.

The situation between North Korea and China has become very delicate.

When the dignitaries heard the news, they were immediately overjoyed.

This is really a God-given opportunity!

Hit!

Hit him!

Many ministers suggested sending troops to Xixia.

If Zhao Xu wants to send troops to Xixia, he must change his domestic strategy, that is, he must give up the high-pressure policy in the country in order to obtain the support of the landlords and gentry from all over the country. Although they are suppressed now, their strength is not If they have not been weakened, they must rely on them for war mobilization. The key is that the court cannot provide so much food for disaster relief and must prepare for the war.

At this time, the dignitaries began to show off their magical powers, bribed the eunuchs, and whispered into Zhao Xu's ears, saying that everyone was very willing to support the emperor's disaster relief and could release food so that the emperor could concentrate on the northwest war, but don't do this Warehouse tax, this is so unkind.

At the same time, they also went to discuss with Wang Anshi. We also support the tax and currency policy of the third division, but the warehouse tax must be abolished.

That was brought up by the procuratorate and belongs to Sima Guang. How could you, Wang Anshi, be associated with Sima Guang? If the Xihe area failed, then Wang Anshi would be the sinner!

What’s interesting is that conservatives like Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo also saw it this way, so they immediately became firm supporters of the warehouse tax, and used this as a reason to resolutely oppose war. This internal problem has not yet been resolved. You Do you want to commit suicide if you want to start a war?

Some people even asked the emperor to withdraw from the Xihe area quickly if he could not hold on.

Repair internal affairs first, and then defend against external enemies.

But this time, the conservatives were clearly on the decline, and the war faction was stronger. Because of the warehouse tax, many scholar-bureaucrats who originally supported Sima Guang and the others temporarily chose to support sending troops.

Zhang family.

"Do I have to withdraw?"

Zhang Fei looked at Wang Anshi very depressedly.

“It’s not necessary to withdraw.”

Wang Anshi said: "I came to you today just to take care of you, because the current situation in the DPRK is very unfavorable to your bill, and the officials may change their minds. But if you are forced to Making a compromise will have a big impact on the procuratorate, so you have to think of a compromise quickly. If the situation is unfavorable, take action first so that the officials can take advantage of the situation without making you bear the responsibility. ."

Zhang Fei questioned: "But now that we are not ready, it is a bit risky to rashly start a war with Xixia."

Wang Anshi frowned and said: "Actually, I also know that now is not the time to start a war. The officials have only ordered Wang Shao to put defense first, but now Xixia is ready to make a move. Once the Xihe war goes unfavorably, Yanzhou and Sui will The state will definitely send troops. Although it is not certain yet, in any case, it is not appropriate for the country to continue fighting, and food must be stored."

For him, Xihe must be saved no matter what, but the warehouse tax is not that important to him.

He makes decisions quickly.

Now let me tell Zhang Fei that you really regard Zhang Fei as one of your own.

Zhang Fei nodded, "I understand. Thank you, Bachelor Wang, for reminding me. I will find a way to solve this problem."

Wang Anshi sighed: "This person is not as good as God."

Zhang Fei said in surprise: "Aren't you afraid of changes in the sky?"

Wang Anshi's expression froze, and then he glared at Zhang Fei.

As soon as Wang Anshi left, Xu Zhiqian, who had been eavesdropping, walked into the house and asked, "Do you really want to withdraw this warehouse tax?"

She absolutely supports the warehouse tax.

"Of course not."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "But Academician Wang must focus on Xihe, and the warehouse tax will not have a big impact on him. It is impossible for me to persuade him to continue to implement the warehouse tax. In this case, Why waste your words."

This matter involves the core interests of both parties, so each party will make a choice that is beneficial to them.

Xu Zhiqian saw that he looked calm and not panicked at all, so she asked: "Then what are you going to do next?"

Zhang Fei thought for a moment and said: "Erect another hilltop."

If there is a war on this border, it will have a great impact on internal affairs.

The officials in the DPRK and the Central Government also generally estimated that the emperor would definitely take back some of the tax coins, so they began to use tax coins crazily. This made the businessmen who supported the procuratorate panic. It is not good for your officials to sell tax coins like this. ah!

More and more businessmen are beginning to boycott tax coins.

Those wealthy businessmen who did not want to offend the public prosecutor and the law also used tax coins to buy salt and grain like crazy, trying to minimize their losses, but the main thing was salt, because in terms of grain, these wealthy businessmen still had food in reserve.

It can be said that if there was no salt, the tax coin would probably collapse.

Seeing this situation, some scholar-officials within the conservative party also began to continue to put pressure on Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Sima Guang and others, hoping that the Legislative Council could review the warehouse tax, and said that as long as the Legislative Council is willing to review it, then they We will continue to support the suggestions of Sima Guang and others and persuade more people to support them.

This has indeed shaken the thinking within conservatives.

Is it worth it for a warehouse tax?

The key point is that the warehouse tax may not be successful!

Legislative Council.

"The lower official Zhang Fei has met the rich man."

Zhang Fei bowed his hands and saw that Zhao Bian was there, so he hurriedly saluted again, "The Chief Justice is also here!"

Zhao Peng nodded and said, "Come here today to discuss something with the rich man."

"Prosecutor Zhang, please sit down."

Fu Bi raised his hand and pointed to the chair next to him.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Fei bowed again and sat down.

Fu Bi asked: "I wonder why Prosecutor Zhang suddenly paid a visit?"

Zhang Fei said: "That's it. A few days ago, Xueshi Wang came to me and hoped that I would provide a compromise bill to abolish warehouse tax. He said it very vaguely, but in fact he hoped that we could take the initiative. Remove the warehouse tax and put the overall situation first."

Fu Bi asked: "So Prosecutor Zhang came here today to hope that the Legislative Council will cancel the warehouse tax."

"No."

Zhang Fei shook his head, "On the contrary, I have rejected Bachelor Wang because I don't think the two things have anything to do with each other. Now that politics and law are separated, there is no need for us to serve them, and neither should our procuratorate. If anyone wants to withdraw the bill, they must provide sufficient justification, not subtle threats."

Fu Bi first looked at Zhao Pian, then pondered for a while, and then said: "To tell you the truth, many people have come to the Legislative Council, but have you ever thought that if you reject them, the Legislative Council will become The target of public criticism."

Zhang Fei said: "But if it succeeds, the Legislative Council will also gain sufficient authority, and the entire public security and judicial system will become more stable. If they can use various methods to coerce the Legislative Council, in the future the Legislative Council will We will only become their playthings, and it is impossible to defend the legitimate rights and interests of the country, the monarch and the people. Judging from the facts, it is us who are really thinking about the overall situation, not them. They all just want to fish in troubled waters."

Fu Bi asked: "Do you think I will listen to you?"

Zhang Fei said: "I'm not here to lobby the rich man, I'm just here to express my attitude."

Fu Bi nodded and said, "I know Prosecutor Zhang's attitude."

Zhang Fei waited for a moment and saw that Fu Bi seemed to be planning to speak, so he said: "If there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Yeah."

Fu Bi did not retain him.

After Zhang Fei left, Zhao Pian immediately said: "It seems that this boy and the rich man want to get together."

Fu Bi shook his head and said: "It's not that he and I thought about it together, but that we were always in his plan."

The next day.

Royal Palace.

"Your Majesty, the recent minister and the chief justice are each preparing to publish an article reaffirming the support of the Legislative Council and the Imperial Court for the warehouse tax."

"Oh?"

Zhao Xu was surprised and said: "Why is this?"

Fu Bi said: "Because recently many people have suggested that the Legislative Council review this law, which has made people panic. The Legislative Council has the responsibility to appease people's hearts on this issue."

Zhao Xu lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then asked: "Does Mr. Fu think they are right?"

Fu Bi said: "They did not provide enough reasons. They seemed more like threatening the Legislative Council. If the Legislative Council can be blackmailed by them, how can they protect the legitimate rights and interests of the country, the monarch and the people."

Zhao Xu asked again: "But there is indeed war outside now."

Fu Bi said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the Legislative Council passed this bill was after multiple reviews and through hearings, it was finally determined that this bill can protect the rights and interests of the country, the monarch and the people.

However, whether we are expanding our territory or defending our country, we are also defending the rights and interests of the country, the monarch, and the people. The demands of the two are completely consistent.

But why at this time, the two seem to be very contradictory, and one must be inseparable.

Obviously, there are evil people at work here. These people are extremely selfish. They just want to take advantage of the country's difficulties in exchange for their own interests. If they succeed, no matter what choice your Majesty makes, the result will be disastrous. It will benefit them, but it will also hurt the country and His Majesty.

Therefore, we must not compromise with them on this matter, because their purpose is completely opposite to His Majesty's idea. ”

Zhao Xu squinted his eyes, pondered for a while, then suddenly laughed and said: "I have long heard that rich men hate evil as much as hatred, but today I finally saw it!"

Fu Bi smiled awkwardly.

Isn’t Zhao Xu just hinting that you have hidden it deeply enough?

Zhao Xu immediately added: "Since Mr. Fu has been appointed as the chairman of the Legislative Council, I naturally trust Mr. Fu's judgment."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Fu Bi cupped his hands.

Although Zhao Xu did not express his position clearly, Fu Bi was already satisfied.

Soon!

Fu Bi and Zhao Pian successively published two articles in the News, reviewing their support for the two bills, and stated that the Legislative Council would never overturn the bill without legitimate reasons. They also angrily criticized those who tried to intervene. Officials of the Legislative Council.

The words are quite sharp, as if returning to the style of his youth.

Zhao Pian also re-examined the court and will decide according to the law, warning everyone not to take any chances, and at the same time urging the procuratorate and police station to perform their duties at all times and not to be disturbed by anything.

These two articles came out and immediately scared everyone into a cold sweat.

Actually, Zhao Bian’s article is nothing. As an iron-faced censor, he has always been very annoying. On this matter, I didn’t try to persuade Zhao Bian because everyone knew that telling Zhao Bian This matter is to send the sheep into the tiger's mouth.

The key is Fu Bi.

Fu Bi has always been very low-key and kind to others when he returned to the DPRK. Apart from occasionally criticizing Wang Anshi's new policies, he basically did not participate in any struggles. After going to the Legislative Council, he stayed behind closed doors.

In everyone's opinion, Fu Bi just stood up for Zhao Xu, boosted his popularity, and waited to retire and return to his hometown. He was just a monk clocking the clock, and his era was completely over.

But in this article, Fu Bi's targets of anger included Zeng Jin's "comrades-in-arms," ​​that is, some scholar-bureaucrats within the conservative party.

This is also the first time that Fu Bi expresses his attitude, which is to firmly support the public security system.

However, almost all prime ministers are involved in this game.

Fu Bi doesn't give face to anyone, that is to say, we are on equal footing, your prime minister can't control our Legislative Council, and we are not from the same group, so don't get close to me in front of me.

The Han family.

"Alas!"

Han Qi looked at Fu Bi's article and sighed: "I, Han Qi, have defeated him all my life, but at this age, I have to lose to him. It's really hateful!"

Han Zhongyan didn't know why, "Why did my father say this? It has nothing to do with my father?"

"I lost because it had nothing to do with it."

Han Qi said with excitement: "If I were in good health, I would not stand idly by. How could I allow him to dominate the country? Now I can only watch him show off his power in the court."

"Showing off one's power?"

Han Zhongyan was confused.

Han Qi said: "You still don't understand this. Fu Yanguo is trying to establish a new mountain. In fact, I have seen through his little thoughts a long time ago. Compared with Sima Junshi, he is the one who truly supports the judicial system. However, the time was not ripe before, so he has been making concessions and pretending, but in fact he intends to use the public security system to fulfill our wishes back then."

"Really?" Han Zhongyan said: "I really haven't noticed this. Before, everyone thought that rich men went to the Legislative Council just to support themselves."

"He, the rich man, hates evil very much. I just offended him a little, and he has hated me for decades. If he wants to retire, he will definitely go back to his hometown and will never stay in the capital. He must be so cowardly. It’s purposeful. It’s a pity that I’m half dead.”

Having said this, Han Qi sighed with regret again.

Han Zhongyan asked: "What would you do if your father was still in the court?"

Han Qi said: "No need to ask, of course I am the same as him, but I will be faster than him, bolder than him, and more successful than him. It is not his turn to set up this banner yet."

Indeed.

When Fu Bi published this article, he actually stated that he wanted to take up the banner of public security, procuratorate, and law.

And unlike Sima Guang, when he erected this banner, he also officially announced his complete separation from the conservatives. In other words, the public security, prosecution and law will have to go forward on their own in the future without interference from factions.

The key is that Fu Bi is famous all over the world.

He stood forward, and the morale of the police and prosecutors was greatly boosted.

Many officials immediately stood up and declared their support for the Legislative Council.

In fact, there are a small number of officials in North Korea and China who believe in the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and the Law. However, they have suffered from the fact that the Public Security Bureau, the Public Security Bureau, and the Law were closely bound to the conservatives. They are often ignored, or they are directly classified as conservatives.

Zhang family.

When Zhang Fei saw this article, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the corner of his mouth.

Xu Zun on the side put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "Zhang San, I am really impressed by your eloquence. I didn't expect that you could convince the rich man to make such a big decision. This is simply incredible!"

Xu Zhiqian also nodded, with both admiration and doubt in her eyes.

He never expected that Zhang Fei would go to convince Fu Bi, which was much harder than convincing Wang Anshi or Sima Guang.

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "My father-in-law thinks highly of my son-in-law. I don't have the ability. I guess even if I don't go, the rich man will stand up."

"Really?"

Xu Zun said in surprise.

Because everything that happened in the past was always done by Sima Guang and Zhang Fei. Fu Bi was basically in a state of caution and self-preservation, and no one could be offended. He was a good man.

Who would have thought that Fu Bi was holding back his ultimate move.

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Father-in-law, you might as well think about it, who has been secretly supporting the public security system, rather than supporting me, Zhang San. It's not Bachelor Sima. In fact, Bachelor Sima is more focused on Bachelor Wang. ’s New Deal.

Only Fu Gong has always supported the concept of the public security system and the rule of law. It was Fu Gong who gave me the right to make precedents, and it was Fu Gong who helped me pass those precedents. Even the warehouse tax and tax currency bills were all made by Fu Gong. He advocated the adoption, and Fu Gong has been formulating new regulations in accordance with the legal system.

Many people just see the rich man staying behind closed doors, as if he has entered a state of retirement. Since he wants to retire, why does he spend so much energy on the police, procuratorate, and law?

It can be seen that the rich man is the one who firmly supports the public prosecutor and the law. When I went there, the Chief Justice was also there. I guess Fu Gong was discussing the matter with the Chief Justice at that time. ”

Xu Zun thought for a while, "Looking back, it is really like that."

Xu Zhiqian suddenly asked: "Why did Mr. Fu stand up again this time?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Because the Public Security Bureau has begun to take shape, there is no need to look at other people's faces, but at this time we need a flag-bearer to unite the Public Security Bureau and the Law to compete with the Political Affairs Hall. Nowadays, most people in the DPRK Oppose the warehouse tax. If the Legislative Council can still preserve the warehouse tax under such circumstances, it will be enough to prove that the Legislative Council is not under the political hall. The key point is that preserving the warehouse tax will not affect the war on the Western Front. It is just that some people are asking for it. Take the opportunity to tie these two things together."

Xu Zun nodded, "Then the public security tribunal and the law will have to walk the next road on their own."

"Yeah."

Zhang Fei nodded, "This is the true separation of politics and law."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "What about your relationship with Bachelor Wang and Bachelor Sima?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I am not a flag bearer, and I have not offended them. In this way, Bachelor Wang will only need me more."

Xu Zhiqian's eyes lit up, "You are really cunning."

"What is cunning? Can you speak? It is the separation of politics and law, not the separation of politics and law. Sometimes we have to cooperate, and I am the only middleman."

After that, Zhang Fei asked Xu Zundao: "Father-in-law, do you also want to write an article?"

Xu Zun was stunned and said: "Writing is fine, but what should I write about?"

Zhang Fei shrugged and said: "Write anything you want, anyway, it's just to boost morale."

Police station.

"Ya Nei, are you looking for me?"

Cai Jing came to the police station and gasped slightly.

He is now very busy, and the changing situation has also made their WFP be careful not to release too much food, lest the court change their plans.

While he was busy, a royal policeman suddenly came and said that Yanei asked him to come to the police station.

"Yuan Chang is here."

Cao Dongdong immediately jumped up and put a hand on Cai Jing's shoulder, "Chang Yuan, how do I treat you in this office?"

Cai Jing smiled and said: "Yanei Hezhong Mansion took great care of Cai Jing, and Cai Jing has always been grateful."

"Haha, I really did not misjudge the person." Cao Dongdong laughed a few times and said: "Now there is a small matter in my office. I wonder if Chief Yuan is willing to help me."

Cai Jing asked cautiously: "I wonder what it is?"

Cao Dongdong said: "I just want to write an article and publish it in the newspaper, but Xiaochun is not here. Your teacher's article is not as good as mine, so I can only ask you for help."

Cai Jingdao: "This is a small matter, but what should the yamen write?"

Cao Dongdong said: "Now that the Legislative Council and the Royal Court have published articles, our police station cannot lag behind. Others don't know it and think that our royal police are illiterate. We have to write an article to boost morale."

Cai Jing nodded and said: "Okay."

Cao Dongdong winked again and said, "Can you please write my name, Cao Dongdong, in the signature?"

Cai Jing quickly said: "It must be signed by Ya Nei."

If Cao Dongdong asked him to sign, he would not write it. He is now in charge of the WFP and does not want to cause this trouble.

The Procuratorate and the Police Department also published articles one after another.

This is also a formal declaration to the outside world that the public security organs, prosecutors and the judiciary are completely independent.

The results are immediate.

The originally dying tax coin immediately became strong again.

At the same time, many businessmen have begun to take sides, and they are willing to accept tax coins.

Many businessmen who made their fortune relying on the Public Security Bureau, like those officials, absolutely support the Public Security Law, but the Public Security Law has always been constrained by conservatives, and everyone is a little afraid of it.

Both the conservatives and the reformists were completely dumbfounded.

Confused.

Whether they supported Wang Anshi or tempted Wen Yanbo and others, they all wanted to abolish the warehouse tax.

Now Fu Bi directly tells them that it is useless to find them, so don't mess around. It is impossible for the Legislative Council to repeal this bill.

The imperial court even stated that violations of the law will be prosecuted.

The critical police department also stated that the Royal Police will fully support the law.

No, isn't your police station part of the Ministry of War?

What?

What now?

Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others could only stare.

As if overnight, everyone lost control of the public security organs.