After Wang Anshi went out, he actually went to see Zhang Fei, not just to express anger.
I have to say that this was really beyond Zhang Fei's expectation.
Hey young! This old man Lu is usually not showy, but at critical moments, he is more ruthless than anyone else!
But he has no intention of negotiating with Mr. Lu, and he doesn’t take commission. The five hundred thousand yuan has nothing to do with him. The key is that Mr. Lu also wants to use the money to take care of the people, which is in line with them. the goal of.
So he also advised Wang Anshi: "Master Wang, calm down. In fact, I think what Magistrate Lu did is completely acceptable."
"accept?"
Wang Anshi stared, "We have been busy for a long time, but the Kaifeng Mansion just waved his hand and picked the fruit away. It is really unreasonable."
He asked Zhang Fei again: "Does the Kaifeng Mansion have the authority to do this?"
Did you ask me? Zhang Fei was a little speechless, but after all the money was spent, he thought about it seriously, "If it is a criminal lawsuit, of course the Kaifeng government has the power to intervene, but if it is a civil lawsuit, it has no power. But the problem is, here Whether the case is civil or criminal is up to the Kaifeng government."
After a pause, he added: "If Academician Wang is unwilling, we can only discuss it within the court."
"Forget it, let's not get into trouble." Wang Anshi said, "You go and talk to Magistrate Lu. We can agree, but our Ordinance Department of the Second Prefecture must also have the power to supervise this matter."
"This should be no problem."
Zhang Fei nodded with a smile and said to Wang Anshi: "Master Wang, even if the Kaifeng Palace does this, the hearts of the people are still on our side. No one will think that the Kaifeng Palace won it for them."
Wang Anshi hummed, "You know better."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Then I'll go talk to Magistrate Lu."
"go Go!"
Wang Anshi waved his hand.
In fact, he also wanted to use the money to win people's hearts for the establishment of the Ordinance Department of the second government.
Reform will not work without the support of public opinion.
At present, he wants to carry out reforms against Yamen, so he will spend more of this money there.
Lu Gongzhu readily accepted Wang Anshi's humble request.
At this moment, the people outside the Kaifeng Mansion were about to stretch their necks looking at the closed door.
It's already past the time for the trial to begin, why isn't the door open yet?
At this time, various conspiracy theories are emerging one after another.
Suddenly, there was a creak and the door opened.
Everyone squeezed forward desperately, hoping to grab a good seat.
"Don't crowd! Stop crowding first!"
Huang Gui, who came out, raised his hand to stop everyone. At the same time, several government officials also stopped in front of the steps.
Huang Gui said to everyone again: "This episode is over."
"it's over?"
Ma Xiaoyi said excitedly: "Didn't you say that the trial can be held in open court? Why is the trial closed?"
I've even taken off my pants, and you're just going to show me this?
"Yes! Could you guys...!"
"Don't think too much about it," Huang Gui said, "Since the other party has already confessed, the case ends here."
"Confess?"
"ah...!"
"It's over...my money."
"Ouch! Ouch!"
Waves of wailing came and went. ….
Huang Guicai was too lazy to pay attention to these gamblers. He nodded to the two yamen beside him, and the two yamen immediately posted the verdict on the wall next to him.
The crowd moved there quickly like locusts.
"Wow...are you really going to pay 500,000 yuan?"
"What are you talking about? Yesterday, Zhang Daerbi asked Du Shaojing to pay 500,000 guan alone, and now he wants 108 of them to pay 500,000 guan. There must be something shady in this."
"Don't talk nonsense. See clearly. Not only did those landlords promise to help the tenant farmers pay taxes, but they also
Guaranteed to change covenants to ensure tenant farmers were not left liable for taxes. "
"That's a really good thing."
"Moreover, they also promised that most of the high interest rates will be waived."
"No matter what exemption, you still have to pay back ten times the principal."
"Just be content. Anyone who owes loan sharks may not be able to repay it in their lifetime. If it were ten times the amount, those tenant slaves would have paid it off long ago."
...
Some people stood on top of the verdict and discussed it, while many people copied the verdict with pens and ink, and then left here quickly.
This eucalyptus is not just about these 108 landowners.
"Brother Chen, why are you leaving so fast?"
Ma Tianhao stepped forward and pulled Chen Maoqian away in a hurry and shouted.
Chen Maoqian whispered: "What else can I do? Of course I should pay taxes quickly!"
Ma Tianhao joked: "Can you pay it all?"
Chen Maoqian said helplessly: "You have to pay it. Today, Grand Scholar Wang can sue these one hundred and eight people, and tomorrow he can sue us for five hundred thousand guan. Who can bear this? We will talk about it later. I will first gone back."
Ma Tianhao held him tight and refused to let go, "Wait a minute, don't you understand? This is a legal issue. Do you understand the law? You are going to pay taxes now. If someone catches you, aren't you going to fall into a trap?"
Chen Maoqian said: "You can't bet that the government won't sue you, right? Think about it, if you sue a group of people, you will have an income of 500,000 yuan. Can the government not sue you? This is much better than collecting taxes."
Ma Tianhao said: "Even if you want to pay taxes, you have to find someone who understands the law."
"A person who knows the law?"
Chen Maoqian was startled.
Just then, someone shouted: "Zhang Sanlang is out."
"Zhang Sanlang, I won't let you kill me this time."
"There's something fishy, there must be something fishy in this, it doesn't count."
"Why did the other party suddenly admit his guilt? You guys fought back and forth yesterday?"
"Damn! Are you blind? Yesterday, you called it coming and going?"
Amidst the endless complaints, Zhang Fei protected Xu Zhiqian from inside, got into the carriage, waved coolly, got into the carriage, and walked away amidst a group of complaints.
Chen Maoqian looked at Ma Tianhao, "What do you mean?"
Ma Tianhao said: "We throw hundreds of coins at their office every year. What is the purpose? Isn't it just this kind of thing?"
Chen Maoqian nodded and said: "Yes, yes, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten about it. It's also my fault that Zhang Sanlang, what he does always makes people fearful and stay away, let alone say it's okay. I don’t even want to go to him if something happens.”
Ma Tianhao sighed bitterly: "But the world has changed now!"
Chen Maoqian nodded.
The fact that all of this can be accomplished means that in the future, we should not only consider power, identity, and relationships, but also consider judicial issues. ….
...
In the courtyard.
"It's really boring. How can they become so vulnerable?"
Su Shi stood up, stretched, and said to Su Zhe with a smile: "Third brother, go and get the money with the second brother."
Su Zhe looked at Dese's brother, dumbfounded: "Second brother, although you won this time, I still don't recommend doing this. Nine out of ten bets will result in losing. If we lose, then we will have to sleep on the street. "
Su Shi smiled and shook his head: "This is not a gamble."
Su Che was stunned for a moment and asked, "Second brother, why are you so sure that Zhang San will win?"
"Because..." Su Shi suddenly lowered his voice: "The official family cannot afford to lose this battle!"
Su Zhe was startled and nodded: "I see." As he said that, he frowned again, "Then this matter is not over yet."
Su Shi chuckled: "Of course it's not over."
Of course it's impossible to just get them across the lake.
It's impossible for the emperor to ignore this kind of thing, not to mention that the emperor wanted to use this to establish his authority.
Zhao Xu, who has been silent all this time, held a meeting in Chui Gong Hall this afternoon to discuss this matter.
Eucalyptus.
Han Qi, Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang all participated.
"The tax bills from two years ago actually match the account books from five years ago. This is really a strange thing!"
Zhao Xu sneered.
The ministers were all silent.
This time we admit defeat.
I'm going to call you a ruthless kid.
Lu Gong wrote: "According to the prisoner Zhou Cai, he bribed Wang Hong, the then magistrate of Kaifeng County, and asked for a batch of tax banknotes. As for why it was registered in the account books five years ago, he had no idea. Affection."
Zhao Xu asked, "Do you believe what he said?"
Lu Gongzhu replied truthfully: "Reporting to your Majesty, I think there are many doubts about this case, and Zhou Cai's words cannot be trusted."
"It's really sad that Wang Hongdu was sent to Qiongzhou and still had to be taken advantage of."
Zhao Xu sarcastically said, "In my opinion, this matter cannot be handled by one person, but I don't want to investigate one by one. All the officials of the three ministries and courts will be dismissed from their posts to investigate. What do you think? "
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
The ministers said in unison.
Do they dare to say no?
If you dare to say "no", then check them one by one.
There is no other way, if you mess up, you can only abandon the pawn to save the commander.
Although the officials in the three Gouyuan are all small officials, replacing them all will have a huge impact on their power.
However, this place has a lot of people coming and going, and it can still be reorganized.
But Zhao Xu did not intend to give them a chance to make a comeback this time, and heard him say: "The Gouyuan was originally set up to supervise the Third Division, but from now on, it seems that the Gouyuan did not play a supervisory role, but instead cooperated with the Three Divisions. Si is embarrassed to work for a woman. And taxation is related to the country's overall plan, and there is no room for failure.
Therefore, I have decided to abolish the three ministries and departments, and establish a new Taxation Department, and merge the Municipal Taxation Department into it, which will be subordinate to the Ministry of Household Affairs. The head officer will be directly appointed by the central government and will be located in various roads to specialize in tax audits and be responsible for monitoring and recovering tax evasion and tax evasion. Things. "
So cruel!
The ministers sighed in their hearts at the same time.
Before this person was replaced, even the department was laid off, so he just stabbed him to the bottom with a stick.
Appointed by the central government, most likely by the emperor. In other words, this department is not only subordinate to the three departments, but also has strong independence. ….
This officer was not appointed by the Third Division, so why should they listen to your Third Division?
The reason why it is placed in the household department is simply because there is no other way. After all, the three departments are in charge of the world's affairs. If the audit department is not placed here, the three departments will not be able to work.
The reason for doing this is to ensure that the current three divisions can operate well and at the same time supervise the three divisions.
In fact, there have been more than ten occasions when the three departments of the Gouyuan were divided into three parts and sometimes merged into one. The reason was that on the one hand, the emperor of the Song Dynasty was worried that the power of the three departments of the Gouyuan would be too great, but on the other hand, he was worried that he would not be able to supervise the three departments. .
This back and forth also resulted in the Sanbu Gouyuan being completely controlled by the Third Division, and it had become extremely corrupt. With just one word from the judge of the Third Division, the Gouyuan directly changed the account books.
This time Zhao Xu was determined. Even if the power was too great, I would still set up this tax department. If there was no money, what power would there be?
But both Han Qi and Fu Bi felt that it was understandable for the emperor to do this.
Nowadays, the Sanbu Gouyuan has indeed lost its original responsibilities and is completely controlled by the judges of the Third Division. In other words, the Third Division is completely unsupervised.
The oil and water here is really unimaginable.
How can it be done without supervision?
But Wang Anshi was a little confused, I...my municipal tax department is just gone?
You didn't even say hello.
Not kind!
But how did he know that there were three people sitting at this table, not just him and Sima Guang.
Zhao Xu said again: "As for the Third Division?"
The ministers can't bear it. Are you asking for too much?
Zhao Xu glanced at him and said, "I was also negligent in this regard. Prime Minister Ji was ill at home for many days, which resulted in the failure of the three divisions to be managed. I
Failure to notice this in time. Today I plan to promote Magistrate Lu to the rank of Third Chief Envoy. Do you have any opinions? "
Lu Gongzhu was both a good friend of Wang Anshi and a good friend of Sima Guang, so it was acceptable to both parties for him to act as the middle man.
All the ministers agreed.
Lu Gongzhu also quickly thanked the emperor for his kindness, but he felt a little uncomfortable because he was taking over a lame Third Division!
Zhao Xu looked directly at Mr. Lu and said, "I hope you can rectify the three divisions and prevent this kind of thing from happening again."
Mr. Lu said hurriedly: "I will do my best to live up to the divine grace."
Many ministers were almost crying.
The price is too high.
Zhao Xu's words almost made it clear to Mr. Lu that the reason why I did not move the Third Division does not mean that I do not intend to move, but that I will leave it to you to establish your authority.
It is conceivable that after Mr. Lu took office, the Third Division also suffered a wave of purges.
But this wave of purges was much lighter than the one in Gouyuan. After all, it was left to the Third Department Envoy to do it. It would just be a new group of people, and the power structure had not changed.
But overall, the cost is very high.
But if you lose, you have to admit it, and you can only slowly get it back later.
However, this time, the officials were allowed to see clearly the true face of the little emperor. He was not Zhenzong, nor Renzong. He was very ambitious!
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