"Ouch! There are so many people. Look at these people, they are all so tall and powerful. Old Tao, if we recruit so many people this time, do you think we will be kicked out?"
A young Royal Policeman couldn't help but feel very worried when he saw the crowded scene in front of the school ground, because he was just a former Yamen officer transferred to the Royal Police. In addition to his family conditions, he was not as good as the Imperial Guards in many aspects. He was very worried. He asked Tao Yonghan beside him.
Tao Yonghan chuckled: "You silly boy, just wait for your promotion."
The young royal policeman asked in astonishment: "Promoted?"
Tao Yonghan said: "When you came in, had your senior brother been promoted?"
The young Royal Policeman immediately beamed with joy and said in surprise: "I understand...!"
As soon as he spoke, Tao Yonghan suddenly held his hand.
The young royal was stunned, glanced at Tao Yonghan, and then followed his gaze. When he saw two old men just coming out of the school grounds, they quickly stepped aside.
These two old men were Sima Guang and Wang Anshi.
Of course, none of them were in the mood to pay attention to Tao Yonghan and the others.
"Jiefu, what do you think?"
Sima Guang asked with a solemn expression.
Wang Anshi sighed: "I feel wronged."
Sima Guang was stunned for a moment, "Why are you aggrieved?"
Wang Anshi sighed: "I have forgotten sleep and food, and worked day and night to formulate this new law and regulations, hoping to improve people's livelihood and enrich the national treasury. For this, I have suffered so much infamy and turned against many old friends, but I did not expect , I actually made a wedding dress for you, Sima Junshi, do you think I am wronged?"
Sima Guang said quickly: "Don't make any insinuations. This matter has nothing to do with me, and I didn't instruct them to do this."
"Of course I know that. You can't do this either."
Wang Anshi nodded and changed the subject, "But you can refuse!"
"I."
Sima Guang hesitated for a moment, then cheered and said with a serious expression: "Don't be so weird here. I know what you want to say. Let's see what Zhang San will do. If it increases the burden on the people, no matter where the money is spent, I will object. of."
This stubborn old man. Wang Anshi's smile faded and his interest faded: "You'd better arrange the people first."
Sima Guang snorted and did not answer.
This incident indeed made Sima Guang a little embarrassed. He originally did not agree with this recruitment law, but in the end the money was spent on him.
Is there anything more outrageous than this?
Of course Wang Anshi was unhappy, and the reason why he didn't care about it was entirely because Zhao Xu was also involved.
After he returned, he immediately went to Sinong Temple and explained everything to Han Jiang.
Han Jiang only agreed to preside over the recruitment law because he supported the new law. However, it turned out to be completely different from what he imagined. Now Han Jiang doesn't even know who is presiding over the reform.
Moreover, Wang Anshi's explanation did not satisfy him.
"Jiefu! They're going to kill first and then show off."
Han Jiang was very excited and said: "They have recruited everyone, so we at Sinong Temple have no way out in setting taxes. We can only set taxes high to meet their requirements."
Logically speaking, Sinong Temple should make statistics and dismiss yamen servants, then make budgets based on the required manpower, set taxes, and recruit people according to the orders of each department.
But the problem is that the police station is not under their control, and the expansion is a direct order from the emperor. The two are cooperating, not superiors and subordinates, which leads to such a big deviation.
Wang Anshi said: "You don't have to worry about this. You can just handle it fairly when the time comes."
Han Jiang smiled bitterly and said: "We come up with the budget first and then decide the taxes. How is this fair? What can they do?"
After Wang Anshi hesitated again and again, he said: "They are the royal police, and the government will give them some subsidies."
Han Jiang frowned and said, "You mean."
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "But you must also give reasonable tax items. In the future, many affairs will be under the control of the Royal Police, and the expenditure they save must also be included in it."
Han Jiang nodded and said, "Don't worry, as long as their number is reasonable, I won't make things difficult for them."
Over there, Zhang Fei stayed at the school until the evening before leaving. After all, this was the first day, and he had to keep a close eye on the situation. This change was to replace the previous mixed police officers with professional talents. Regarding the quality of these auxiliary police officers, The requirements are relatively high.
And he had to constantly adjust some standards based on the actual situation, and tell Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi what they should pay attention to.
When he returned home, he saw Mrs. Xu Zhiqian and Mrs. Gao Wenyin. Zhang Fei was filled with happiness. He also saw Xu Zun and Xu Lingxiao sitting in the hall.
Zhang Fei whispered to Xu Zhiqian: "No wonder you went out to meet me today. It turns out that your father-in-law and the others are here!"
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him: "No, I'm waiting for you to come home for dinner. I've been chatting with Sister Gao at the door."
Zhang Fei asked hurriedly: "You haven't eaten yet!"
Gao Wenyin said: "You didn't say you wouldn't go home to eat, so Mr. Xu said he would wait for you."
Since some furniture has not been completed yet, they have not moved to the big house yet, but the two families are already eating together, which makes Xu Lingxiao and his wife happy.
In the two years since the two became officials, their taste has become a little salty. They are not used to the Xu family's simple food and prefer the Zhang family's food. However, they will still pay Gao Wenyin monthly food expenses.
In fact, Zhang Fei in his previous life was relatively independent and left home early, but now he yearns for a big family.
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "If I don't come back on time next time, you can just eat. You don't have to wait for me."
Xu Zhiqian smiled slyly and said, "If I don't wait for you to come, how can we have a lively meal today?"
Zhang Fei exclaimed: "So you want to gossip!"
Sure enough, before the meal was even served, Xu Zun asked, "Xian son-in-law! Your singing is really confusing."
Unless Zhang Fei said anything, he would usually not take the initiative to ask, because he was afraid that he could not help but interfere with Zhang Fei's decision, but now that newspapers have been published, it is natural to ask.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Actually, I also know that both my father-in-law and Zhi Qian thought that I would recruit a few people and replace all the servants."
Xu Zun smiled and said nothing, acquiescing.
They were really expecting a surprise, but the surprise turned out to be ordinary.
Zhang Fei said: "When it comes to litigating and doing business, you can probably hope to turn corruption into magic, but as far as the law is concerned, there is no way to cheat. One more royal policeman will have a better effect. Kaifeng Mansion just needs so many royal policemen." police."
Xu Lingxiao said: "That's not necessarily true. Many magistrates and counties don't have royal police, but the public security is pretty good."
Zhang Fei said: "Brother is talking about public security, but what we are pursuing now is justice."
Xu Lingxiao asked puzzledly: "What's the difference?"
Zhang Fei thought for a while and said: "The quality of public security does not equal the quality of the judiciary. To put it simply, the magistrates mentioned by the elder brother tell the people what they should do, while the judiciary tells the people what they cannot do."
Xu Zun nodded thoughtfully.
Xu Zhiqian also frowned in thought.
Xu Lingxiao said with a confused look on his face: "It sounds like the former is better."
"I usually ask you to learn more laws, but you don't listen. You just ponder those useless articles and poems."
Xu Zunai glanced at his son without hesitation, and then said: "The people are only allowed to do whatever they want, because they are afraid that the people will wander around and make it difficult for the county government to manage, so they tell you what you can't do, which means that even if you walk around, you can still manage it well." , you say which one is strong and which one is weak."
Xu Lingxiao said: "But we can also prevent people from walking around."
Xu Zun said angrily: "Since the Qin Dynasty, how can there be such legislation? If the people are in an emergency, they can't even leave the house? Can this be called a law?"
Seeing that his father looked unhappy, Xu Lingxiao didn't dare to say anything.
Xu Zun shook his head and said to Zhang Fei: "That being said, it will cost a lot of money!"
Xu Zhiqian nodded: "According to the new regulations, all this money will be counted on the people in the future."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Under the law, even if there are more taxes, the people will not complain too much."
Xu Lingxiao opened his eyes wide and said, "Is it so magical?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zun suddenly said: "Xiao'er, don't say these words to outsiders, do you understand?"
Xu Lingxiao nodded: "I understand, kid."
Seeing Xu Zun's serious expression, Zhang Fei couldn't help but ask: "Father-in-law, what is the situation in the court?"
Xu Zundao: "I'm scolding you, but I'm laughing in my heart!"
Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why did daddy say this?"
Xu Zun sighed: "The royal police alone will have to recruit 10,000 people, not counting other expenses. After calculating this amount, how much tax exemption will the court have to collect? Can the people not complain? As long as it causes public resentment, then they will That’s enough reason to ask the officials to stop the new law. In fact, today they have already made a report and explained all the possible situations that may happen in the future. Then they will be able to confidently say that their original suggestions were not wrong.”
After saying that, he looked at Zhang Fei again and said: "Xian son-in-law, even if you are sure about this matter, you must be extremely cautious. After all, you only have one pair of eyes and you cannot see through it."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "My son-in-law will take your father-in-law's words to heart."
Xu Zun saw it very clearly. This issue of the newspaper was a great encouragement to those conservatives. Although they appeared very angry, they were ecstatic in their hearts.
There is a saying that goes well, if you want to destroy something, you must first make it crazy.
In their view, the expansion of the police station is a crazy act.
Even Han Jiang thinks so.
According to the specific process, we should first make statistics on the situation of ordinary households and the number of laborers to be recruited, and then set the hiring standards.
Sinong Temple is still counting, and the police station will directly expand by 10,000 people, and it will only be limited to the judiciary.
The funny thing is that this recruitment law actually has little to do with the judiciary, because the recruitment law targets the issue of yamen servants, and the yamen servants in the judiciary actually only account for a very small part, and basically replace the rural bureaucracy. service.
When the Ordinance Department of the Second Government formulated the regulations, they mainly spent money on replacing yamen servants rather than rural servants. Although the number of rural servants was large, Wang Anshi and others believed that a monthly payment of two to three hundred cash would be enough, as well as tax exemptions. There is tax-free treatment.
This is a kind of semi-employment. In the past, you paid for it completely at your own expense, but now you are given a little money and a little privilege.
If we do this now, the cost will increase by more than a tiny bit.
It seems that as soon as this new law came out, it veered off course.
You're taking such a big step and you're still going astray. How can you not hold your balls back?
Meng Mansion.
"Meng Zhiyuan seems to have made a mistake in his prediction."
Liu Shi, the doctor of Duzhi, said to Meng Qiansheng worriedly.
Meng Qiansheng, the magistrate of the magistrate's court, smiled and asked, "How do you say this?"
Liu Shidao: "Previously, Meng Zhiyuan thought that the Taxation Department only had two or three kittens and was unviable, but now the police station has expanded to 10,000 people, including the tax policeman. Once this number increases, it cannot be underestimated." watch for."
Meng Qiansheng sighed: "I overestimated Wang Jiefu and the others, but you can't blame me. Who would have thought that they would do such a stupid thing."
Having said this, he chuckled: "Yes, the more royal police there are, the more things they can manage, but the maladministration of our government is financial, not public security. They recruit people at any cost, exacerbating the redundancy of officials." The disaster has made the financial situation worse, who do you think will fill this hole?"
Liu Shi said: "Of course it's the common people."
Meng Qiansheng chuckled and said: "If there is public dissatisfaction in the capital, the officials cannot ignore it. We just wait and see the good show."
