Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 462 Law Is the Foundation

Chapter 462 Law Is the Foundation

The biggest difference between Northwest and Jiangnan is that there are a large number of warlords in the Northwest, and they are similar in other aspects. This is also the main reason why Zhang Fei does not want to go to the Northwest.

Warlords and foreign enemies will make many simple problems very complicated. Many great prime ministers, such as Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang, have all served as officials in frontiers.

If you don't go to the border to make meritorious service, it will be difficult to convince the public in the court.

The Northwest was the most difficult problem in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Now that he plans to go, the first thing Zhang Fei considers is this question, how to get along with these warlords.

Either draw a clear border with them, and leave no one in charge, but this seems impossible. Zhang Fei has also inquired that in the northwest region, the army is not only engaged in farming, but also engaged in business, and is also deeply involved in salt administration.

In a word, it is impossible to avoid it.

Then you can only contact, but apart from the emperor, who can be above the law.

This is the most troublesome legal problem.

It can be seen that if Zhang Fei wants to go, there is only one choice, which is to include the army into the public security system.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty used literature to control the military, the gray income of the generals was more than that of the civil servants. If you ask who is willing to be supervised by the law, they will definitely resist. If a mutiny is triggered in the frontier state, it is extremely dangerous.

After thinking about it, we can only use the suppression of civil servants and generals to make those soldiers accept the public prosecutor's law.

Zhang Fei thought of setting up a military court.

However, using literature to control martial arts is the law of the ancestors. Although Zhao Xu is eager for war, this really cannot be changed casually. If the army cannot be controlled, the situation at the end of the Tang Dynasty may appear again.

He still seemed very cautious, and said with a little doubt: "What do you mean, let the military court replace the supervision of civilian officials?"

"No!"

Zhang Fei hurriedly shook his head, "If the military imperial court replaces the civilian officials, then what reason do those officers and soldiers have to accept the supervision of the public security law? I mean, maintain the original supervision system, but set up a military imperial court to balance the two.

On the one hand, it can support the civil servants. If the military general really has a different heart, he will be judged by the imperial court.

Under legal circumstances, soldiers can devote themselves to the battle without too many scruples, which can improve the combat effectiveness of our army. "

Having said that, Zhao Xu suddenly felt that this idea was a good idea, he must be going to war, otherwise, there would be no point in making money, and he would definitely have to rely on generals.

At this time, the preparations for the army began, and it was almost the same.

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

Zhang Fei said: "If the officials send me to the Northwest, we can't focus on publicizing the Public Prosecution Law, nor can we say it is to rectify the salt administration. If that is the case, we will tell those people clearly that I am going to be their enemy, and we have to arrange a task for me. go.

It is best if it involves civil and military disputes, and at the same time it is beneficial to the general, and this general has a good reputation in the Northwest, and then the government will send me to try the case. Construction of Public Security Law. "

After hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help laughing and said, "Your condition is a bit too much."

Zhang Fei smiled embarrassedly: "There is no way. If there is no very reasonable reason, then I guess it will be difficult for me to gain a foothold in the local area. If I go with the task of avenging the generals, at least the army will Will not be hostile to me.

At the same time, the local salt merchants and officials couldn't figure out what the purpose of my visit was for a while, and they attacked me if they didn't come up. "

That is the Longtan Tiger's Den, naturally there are conditions.

You can't give me a Beetle to go across the mountains, but I have to give me a Hummer!

Zhao Xu thought about it for a while, wondering: "How can such a thing happen."

Zhang Fei said: "No, I've heard a lot!"

"a lot of?"

Zhao Xu's expression changed, "Do you think I'm such a fool?"

"what?"

Zhang Fei said: "No, no, that's not what I mean, what I mean is that there are many civil officials making things difficult for generals."

Zhao Xu said: "That is also a minority."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Of course I know it's a minority. I only need one case, so there are relatively many!"

Zhao Xu chuckled and said, "Okay, I'll think about it."

Zhang Fei nodded, and said: "I also mentioned it to Bachelor Sima. If the officials have ideas, they can hint to Bachelor Sima to mention it. In this way, the officials will not be involved. What is really going to happen? The officials can still give me some support.”

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up, this is a good idea, and he asked again: "Where is the Yanzheng?"

Now Zhang Fei has gradually become an all-round player in Zhao Xu's mind. You are going to try the case. What about the Yanzheng?

For Zhao Xu, finances are the top priority.

But Zhang Fei wrote lightly: "It doesn't matter, just send an official with strong execution ability."

"is it?"

Zhao Xu said in shock.

Zhang Fei nodded, very confident: "Under the public security law, even an ordinary policy can achieve good results, but in the case of corrupt officials, even if God has an idea, it will only It looks ordinary and won't last long.

The problem with the current salt administration is that due to unfavorable supervision, everyone is fishing in troubled waters, which leads to the loss of a large amount of salt profits, so that the imperial court is forced to keep the price of salt high.As long as the public security law is based on the local area, then the salt administration is only a small problem. "

He is still relatively good at law and financial issues. He can only come up with ideas and let him do it himself. He can't do it, because many problems now are beyond his consideration.

He now has great doubts about salt money, and he asked Xu Zhiqian to monitor this matter before. After all, the times are different, and the securities may not be acclimatized.

Due to the success of the tax exemption, Zhao Xu is full of confidence in this public prosecution law, without so many doubts, and thoughtfully said: "Since Bachelor Sima recommended you to go, then I will let Xueshi Wang go to the government." I recommend going alone."

In history, he was completely biased towards Wang Anshi. Sima Guang was unhappy, so he asked him to go to Luoyang to write a book. Balance strategy.

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's fine."

Zhao Xu asked again: "What about the procuratorate and the police station?"

Zhang Fei immediately said: "Su Prosecution and Cao Dongdong, Su Prosecution doesn't need to say much, compared to his elder brother, he considers more meticulously, and will only provide me with help, and will not cause me trouble. As for Cao Dongdong's words, After all, they are from the Cao family, so they can have a certain amount of prestige, and they can also bring goodwill to the local generals."

Su Zhe is more reassuring than Su Shi. Su Shi is more nervous and will add a big trouble to you from time to time.

Zhao Xu smiled wryly and said, "But people may not be willing. If it's going to the south of the Yangtze River, I don't think Vice Marshal Cao will have much opinion. If it's going to the Northwest, Vice Marshal Cao may have some opinions."

Zhang Fei said: "It depends on the officials, but I know Cao Dongdong really wants to go."

You can't just lie down!

Zhao Xu glanced at him and said with a smile, "I think the problem shouldn't be too big."

Although the Cao family is also a family of generals, they are relatives after all. For the Cao family, the meaning of relatives is obviously more important than the family of generals.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Xu suddenly remembered something, "You should know why those big landlords are eager to destroy the exemption tax by creating a money shortage at all costs after paying the exemption tax."

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "Because they are very worried that the imperial court will also hand over the autumn tax to the tax department, and now they have a lot of fear of the tax department."

"That's right." Zhao Xu nodded, and said again: "Then does the autumn tax belong to the tax department?"

Zhang Fei said: "If it is handed over to the tax department, it will inevitably adopt self-declaration. The tax department does not have so many people knocking on doors, but the tax department does not know the situation of the land very well. For the time being, the tax department still cannot afford tax burden.

But now the government can slightly reduce some additional burdens caused by the autumn tax on the people, such as transfers and changes. After all, the royal police have replaced many household heads and Lizhengs. The Royal Police has become corrupt. Secondly, the tax department will really take over the two taxes in the future, and there will be no need for these fees.Finally, this can also reduce the resistance of some big landlords to the autumn tax. After all, the tax exemption has saved them a lot of money. "

In fact, the two taxes in the Northern Song Dynasty were really not high, but the extra burden was very heavy, and it was even said that it was the big one.

Zhao Xu seemed a little hesitant, the finances are just like this, and you still reduce the income, this.

Zhang Fei saw what Zhao Xu was thinking, and immediately said: "Officials, if the taxes of those big landlords can be collected, even if it is reduced, the financial revenue may be doubled. This can be seen from the exemption tax. When I came out, before the common people paid their taxes enthusiastically, it took half a day to pay only 30 guan, but as soon as those big landlords paid their taxes, they immediately reached [-] guan.”

Zhao Xu nodded with a smile: "Although that is the case, it is not easy to collect their taxes. Now I haven't said anything, and they have already made such a fuss."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The reason why they make such a fuss is to give the officials this feeling. I think in this competition of perseverance, whoever can withstand the greater pressure will have the last laugh, but according to me In view of this, the officials will definitely have the last laugh."

Zhao Xu snorted, "Why do you say that?"

Zhang Fei replied: "Just because the official family is very young, this is a huge advantage, and it is irreversible. As long as the official family can hold their breath, the victory must also belong to the official family."

Zhao Xu laughed, "This is also your advantage."

In fact, this is also a key reason why he is willing to promote Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei is as young as him, and they can grow together. Wang Anshi is old after all.

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Wen Yanbo put down the copywriting in his hand, rubbed his eyes lightly, "I used to be idle, but now I can't finish this job!"

Lu Gong also sighed: "Who says it's not, the reform of the clan has to be dealt with over there, and the matter of salt money has to be dealt with here."

Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Sima Guang who was buried in his work, "Maybe Junshi is the happiest."

Sima Guang is really a pure workaholic, only Wang Anshi can match him.

Sima Guang said coldly, "Uncle Hui, I happened to overhear."

Lu Gong laughed, and said again: "But Junshi, recently there are more and more officials in the court who support the establishment of the Regulations Department of the Second Mansion."

Sima Guang raised his head and asked, "What do you two think?"

Wen Yanbo stroked his beard and said with a smile: "They originally wanted to use your public prosecutor's law to deal with Wang Jiefu, but it turned out that your public prosecutor's law is protecting Wang Jiefu. Now they choose to support Wang Jiefu, in fact, they are forcing you to deal with Wang Jiefu's public prosecutor's law."

Sima Guang said with emotion: "It can be seen that they are only pursuing their own interests, not the monarch and the country."

Lu Gongzhu asked, "Junshi, how do you plan to deal with it?"

"Do your best and obey the destiny."

Sima Guang smiled slightly, and suddenly said: "That's right! Do you still remember the case of rape in Zhiping four years?"

Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "Of course I remember, it is said that the kinder attacked without authorization, but the dust of this case has already been settled."

Sima Guang said: "But at that time, Zhong Er hadn't been arrested and questioned, and Lu Shen, the commander in chief of Yanzhou who exposed the case, was relegated to Qinzhou. .”

Wen Yanbo said: "At that time, the kinder won the battle, and it was impossible for the officials to blame him."

In fact, they all knew that Zhao Xu had ideas about Northwest.

Duke Lu asked, "Junshi, why did you mention this all of a sudden?"

Sima Guang was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly said: "It's nothing, I just heard about it by chance two days ago."

(End of this chapter)