"Jiaoyu? Why did Jiaoyu come forward to respond to this kind of thing? Where is their county magistrate?"
Faced with Gao Pingshi's question, Liang Wu immediately smiled and praised: "Xiandi is indeed very smart. This question is a hit to the point!"
Gao pragmatically smiled and didn't reply. I think that Mr. Gao was also a secretary to the county's top leader back then. He actually handled most of the official affairs of the county committee. Most of the time, the old secretary (secretary) just took charge of the general affairs and made the decisions. If he didn't click "sort it out" Wasn't his ability to "grasp the clues and grasp the key points" replaced by others long ago?
It's just that in this life, he has never personally gone to a government office at the county government level. He doesn't know how different it is from later generations, so he can only ask about this level.
After Liang Wu praised it, he immediately replied: "The reason why Jixi County's petition was responded to by Jiaoyu is actually a reflection of Jixi County's attitude towards the matter: What they mean is that this so-called Huizhou The human silk silk case itself is not a legal issue, but a moral issue."
Gao Pragmatic was a little confused by this sentence and frowned: "Is tax burden sharing a moral issue? Why do you say this?"
"Tax burden sharing itself cannot be a moral issue. Jixi County has something else to say." Liang Wu waved to the master standing next to him before continuing to talk to Gao Pragmatically: "Brother Xian, brother Fool, here is the article about Jixi County. Shen Wen, you will definitely understand after reading it."
Master Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and handed Gao Jiamo an article. Gao Pangshi took it and looked at it carefully. He found that this scholar was indeed a scholar. Although compared with Shuai Jiamo's original article, his article was less informative. Not much, but the sword and pen have hidden secrets, which can be considered quite skillful.
At the beginning of the article, Yang Jiaoyu also shouted a political slogan, which shows that the political consciousness of people who can thrive in the officialdom is not too low - "In order to show kindness, obey the national code and follow the government's annals, and give gifts to save those who are biased. Su is in trouble."
After the slogan was shouted, the style of the painting suddenly changed. First, he scolded Shuai Jiamo for "disrupting the country's system and abusing his superiors and subordinates." He was really a shameless litigator who "pretended public affairs and used private interests." The prime minister is unruly.
After scolding for a long time, Yang Jiaoyu finally came to the topic. First of all, he admitted Shuai Jiamo's discovery that today's "human ding silk silk" is indeed the "summer tax raw silk" in the early years of the Republic of China. However, he also explained that according to the records of the government, the imperial court discovered that She County owed Xia Mai 9,700 shi, and ordered them to pay the summer tax of raw silk, a total of 8,780 shi to the Nanjing shipping warehouse. Therefore, the root cause of this incident was originally caused by She County's own mistakes and had nothing to do with other counties.
Then he added that this tax has been paid for more than 170 years and no one has ever protested. It was not until the 14th year of Jiajing that two unruly people from She County, Cheng Peng and Wang Xiang, filed a complaint. Feng Shiyong, the prefect of Huizhou at the time, presided over an investigation and even went to the inspection court to check the printing records. The conclusion was that "Ren Ding Silk Silk" was The She County shall be paid separately. So for the next thirty years or so, everything was calm and everyone was in peace. Who would have thought that now there would be another litigant, Shuai Jiamo, who ignored the wise decision of his superiors and wanted to cause trouble.
Gao Pangshi majored in law in college, so when he saw this, his first reaction was: If the Ming Dynasty implemented case law, then this case could indeed be finalized according to the judgment of Feng Shiyong, the former Huizhou magistrate. How to bloom lotus tongue is also versatile.
But the problem is that although China's past dynasties have been fundamentally about individuals governing society, from a legal perspective, statutory law has always been implemented, not case law.
The so-called case law refers to the legal system implemented in Britain and the United States in later generations. Judges can decide cases based on previous judges’ judgments on the same or similar cases.
Statutory law is also called civil law system, Chinese law system, etc., such as France and China, which are representatives. The characteristic is that no matter what the case, as a judge, you must pick out the items according to the laws and regulations being implemented, and correspond them one by one. What should I do? Whatever the case is, the previous cases have nothing to do with the case at hand. You can only judge the case according to the current laws and regulations.
In 536 BC, the ruler of Zheng State "cast a punishment book on a tripod and regarded it as the standing law of the country." This was the first official promulgation of written law in Chinese history. It was more than 2,000 years ago in the fourth year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, although Yang Jiaoyu's article is good, Gao Pragmatic believes that it is untenable from a theoretical point of view.
Because Gao pragmatic and Gao Gong had discussed this matter in detail before, he remembered that Shuai Jiamo had already figured it out very clearly at that time. According to the discount rate during the Longqing period, 8,780 pieces of raw silk were converted into 20,480 shi of wheat, which did not match the 9,700 shi that She County owed. Even according to the discount rate during the Hongwu period, it is unlikely to be that much different.
It can be seen that although Yang Jiaoyu is good in knowledge, he is still a liberal arts student. I am afraid that he does not understand this numerical account.
But it doesn't matter, because although the ability of liberal arts students to settle accounts is questionable, their ability to sensationalize is unquestionable.
Yang Jiaoyu said emotionally in the article: "Our Jixi is a lower county, with a radius of only 24 miles. The land is barren and the people are poor. The annual grain of grain is less than 700 shi; their She County has a radius of 220 li. In Sili, a small amount of grain can earn more than 60,000 shi per year. With such a huge gap, there are still ungrateful people like Shuai Jiamo who want to pass the burden of the upper county to the lower county! Is there any justice?"
It was not too late. After he finished crying, he added a "suggestion" with a profound meaning, saying, "Let's accept it as usual, so that the common people can avoid the worry of sudden changes for the common people, and it will be convenient for the officials and the people."
When Gao Pragmatic saw this, he suddenly understood: It turned out that Yang Jiaoyu's previous words could actually be regarded as nonsense, but the real literary talent was here.
Although this sentence seems humble, it actually contains a vague threat. As long as you read it backwards, the meaning is very clear: If you don't tax taxes as they are, it will inevitably cause a civil uprising. At that time, both the government and the people will be divided. Sorry for the inconvenience!
You should know that although this threat came from the Jixi representative, it was actually the consensus of the five counties. In other words, if this matter does not have a satisfactory result in the end, the entire Huizhou Prefecture will be in chaos.
Next year is the year of pilgrimage inspection. Magistrate Duan, you should make your own decisions.
Gao pragmatic stretched out his fingers and flicked the manuscript paper in his hand, and said with half-squinted eyes: "Brother Liang, this Yang Jiaoyu... is well aware of the true meaning of officialdom. This method of threatening Shangguan with civil uprising is very slippery. Well." He said, without waiting for Liang Wu to speak, he thought to himself and said: "I guess after reading this petition, the Huizhou government must have understood it and there is nothing more to say?"
Liang Wu was startled. He looked at Gao Pragmatic as if he were a monster, and then subconsciously glanced at Master Zhang next to him. Then he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a dry voice: "Master Gao, you... you are really discerning."
Well, this scared me so much that even my virtuous brother didn’t dare to scream.
