Xu Zhiqian feels a little awkward about this lawsuit. After all, what she has always wanted is to stand up for the poor, who are in need of help, instead of fighting for these rich people. The rich have already taken advantage of the right time and place, and they still If you help them, the poor will not be able to live.
But in his heart, Xu Zun didn't blame Zhang Fei at all. It's not that he protects the calf, it's just because he and Zhang Fei have the same moral character. He also likes to find various charges to help criminals escape, so in the eyes of others, he Just showing off academically.
On the contrary, Zhang Fei promoted his idea, so instead of blaming him at all, he admired it very much.
Similarly, Zhang Fei also appreciated Xu Zun's decision that he must stay in this house until the end of his stay.
The landlord was so disgusting. He made his house prosperous, but he couldn't accommodate him for a month. It was simply disgusting.
While the son-in-law was chatting, Sima Guang suddenly arrived. He was still wearing official uniforms. He had obviously just finished attending the court meeting.
"Xu Temple Minister, congratulations on your son-in-law."
Sima Guang ignored Zhang Fei and congratulated Xu Zun.
Xu Zun also came from an acting school, and immediately said: "Sister Sima, please don't say that, you are a son-in-law who rides on a dragon. I think it's because of the misfortune of my family. Just now I cursed until my mouth dried up. Oh, this really pissed me off. At the time, Scholar Sima recommended He went to the Imperial Academy and managed to accumulate a little reputation. Now, all of it has been ruined by him overnight. He really failed Jun Shi after all his hard work. What a sin!"
After talking about it, he stamped his feet fiercely, expressing his regret.
Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian were both shocked by Xu Zun's acting skills. If they were not the parties involved, they would have thought it was true.
"Why!"
Sima Guang raised his hand and said with a smile: "There is no need to be angry, Temple Minister Xu. Your son-in-law won the lawsuit in an upright and upright manner. He did not use any dirty tricks. There is nothing to blame. Could it be that Temple Minister Xu also has doubts about Magistrate Zeng's judgment?"
When Zhang Fei heard this, he couldn't help but look at Sima Guang anxiously, thinking, what is this old man planning?
"No no no!"
Xu Zun said hurriedly: "I absolutely support Magistrate Zeng's verdict. However, this kid is calling a deer a horse in court, which is really annoying."
Sima Guang waved his hand and said: "Xu Si's words are wrong. His son-in-law's words just sounded like he was referring to a deer as a horse, but in fact, he made every sentence reasonable and hit the nail on the head. Just now at the court meeting, he almost said All the political advisors support Magistrate Zeng’s verdict.”
Xu Zun was surprised: "Really?"
Sima Guang nodded and said, "Even the prefect Zeng highly praised your son-in-law!"
Xu Zun quickly said to Zhang Fei: "Zhang San, why don't you thank Bachelor Sima quickly?"
"yes!"
Zhang Fei was completely immersed in Xu Zun's acting skills. He was slightly startled and quickly said, "Thank you, Bachelor Sima, for your support to this junior."
After he finished speaking, he felt a little weird.
It has something to do with him.
Sima Guang immediately said: "There is no need to thank me. In the end, what you said is reasonable. Otherwise, even if I support you, Zeng Zhifu will not judge like this."
Zhang Fei suddenly had a feeling of embarrassment in his heart.
This is not like what Sima Guang said. Even if he really agrees with it, he still puts the advice first.
Xu Zun also frowned secretly, seeing that Sima Guang seemed to have something to say to Zhang Fei, so he said: "Scholar Sima, please don't praise this kid again, otherwise, he will definitely become proud and complacent. Just as it happened, I just I have to go home and change my clothes when I get back, so I’ll ask Bachelor Sima to help me teach this kid a lesson.”
"It's my fault for disturbing you." Sima Guanggong cupped his hands and said, "Brother Xu Temple, please excuse me."
"Excuse me!"
With that said, Xu Zun called Xu Zhiqian out together.
After Xu Zun left, Sima Guang looked at Zhang Fei with a smile, his eyes full of admiration.
Zhang Fei suddenly felt that something was very wrong and hurriedly said: "Bachelor Sima, why don't you just teach me a lesson? I'm scared when you look at me like that."
Sima Guang stroked his beard and smiled: "Why did you teach me a lesson? You did the right thing this time. Tracing the root cause, the cause of this case lies in the court's bad administration, not Governor Zhao. Even if Governor Zhao is punished, such things still do not happen. It will decrease. This is treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Now, in the name of selling medicine, you have made it impossible for this bad government to hide. The court has to pay attention to this matter. Everyone thinks you are doing it for money, but I know you are. For Jiangshan Sheji. Eh? Why are you sweating so much?"
day! If you praise me so much, can I stop sweating? Zhang Fei wiped the sweat from his forehead and swallowed, "Sister Sima, what exactly do you want me to do? Just tell me."
A hint of guilt flashed in Sima Guang's eyes, "Why do you say that?"
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "Master Sima, this is not the first time I have won. You can go back and learn that Master Sima always warned me to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, but not today."
"How could you think so? I always take matters into consideration. You made a promise to me when you took over this lawsuit. Now that you have fulfilled your promise, I should praise you. Isn't it right?"
"In other words, Academician Sima just came to praise me and nothing else?"
".!"
Sima Guang coughed and said, "How can you do it with just praise? There must be a reward."
It sounds like you want to punish me! Zhang Fei said cautiously: "What's the reward?"
"I'll reward you with a seat first."
"I'll just stand."
How can this Fei sit peacefully?
Sima Guang did not force him and said: "The right way is to help people to the end and send Buddha to the West. Now you have made the court pay attention to the disadvantages of the Salt Law, but how to solve it?"
Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "This has nothing to do with me. This is not my position and my political agenda..."
Sima Guang hurriedly said: "That makes sense!"
"ah?"
"If you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government. Of course I know this, so I will give up my seat first, and then I can pursue my political affairs."
"Sit in his seat?"
"good."
Sima Guang suddenly looked outside the room, and then whispered: "Didn't we discuss it before and send you to the place?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Sima Guang said: "That's why I plan to send you to the northwest."
"etc!"
Zhang Fei said: "Northwest? Didn't we agree at the beginning that we would choose between Dengzhou and Yangzhou?"
"But it's not decided yet."
"Isn't it?"
"Why not? At that time, I just said that I would go somewhere, but I couldn't decide where exactly. How could I give you a guarantee?"
"Well."
Zhang Fei thought for a moment, he...didn't he promise?
Sima Guang glanced at him, coughed, and said: "Although there are salt ponds in various parts of our country, salt management is the center of the salt policy, and salt benefits are the key to our government's finances. If we want to get rid of the bad salt policies, we must We must first manage the northwest.”
"no."
Zhang Fei immediately said: "Master Sima, please don't think that I am ignorant. The key to the solution of salt is mainly because Xixia is around. And why it was agreed that I go to Dengzhou or Yangzhou in the first place is because Mr. Fan and Mr. Su have already gone there. Establishing the Public Security Bureau, otherwise it will be useless for me to do it alone. I have never been an official and have no experience.
Compared with Dengzhou and Yangzhou, the northwest region not only involves salt affairs, but also military affairs, diplomacy, etc., and I am simply unable to handle these affairs. "
This really frightened him. He really had no experience in being an official, and he had to adapt step by step. Before, the arrangement was for Fan Chunren and Su Shi to recruit troops first, and then he would go over and enjoy the results, but even so, he felt that Bottomless.
The place is like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den!
This time, the difficulty of hell is directly increased, and it is almost life-threatening!
Nowadays, the northwest region is as important to the Northern Song Dynasty as the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, because the conflicts during this period were mainly concentrated in Xixia. The situation there was extremely complicated, and it can be said that one move affected the whole body. .
Sima Guang sighed: "Of course I know this, but if I don't let you go, Wang Jiefu may get there first. Today in the court, Wang Jiefu proposed a more terrifying idea. I must stop him. At present, the only way is to Only by setting up local public prosecutors immediately can we stop him."
Zhang Fei asked: "What do you think?"
Sima Guang said: "Official sale."
"Official sales?" Zhang Fei was stunned. This idea is not very rare!
Sima Guang told Zhang Fei what Wang Anshi said in court, and said: "In this way, the price of goods is determined by the government. But why the salt households were in turmoil in the first place was not because the government forced them to buy at the lowest price. Salt households take the salt and sell it to salt merchants at a high price.
Therefore, the price of official salt remained high, but the salt households fled every year. Wang Jiefu wanted to make money for the country, and he would only intensify his efforts. According to Wang Jiefu's idea, the goods that the people needed daily were bought and sold in this way, and the government controlled everything. Could it be a bad thing? "
Zhang Fei is also very familiar with this. This is the concept of the Market Change Law, but it is very different from what Sima Guang said. Maybe Wang Anshi just mentioned it through the salt policy, but Sima Guang knew Wang Anshi too well and only said a few words. , we have already grasped this core concept, which is government-owned property, government-operated, and government-sold.
However, the complete form of trading method also has the function of liquidation method, which is to purchase unsalable materials and provide loans to merchants.
But facts have proven that this method can only be done in high-risk situations, using coercive means, or the government paying money to subsidize prices, to meet the basic needs of the people. It is an extraordinary time and an extraordinary method.
And in theory, this method will lose money. How much does it cost to manage national transactions, down to the smallest detail? In addition, purchasing unsalable goods means helping merchants bear risks. If you still want to make a profit, the whole concept will inevitably become twisted.
Among all Wang Anshi's reforms, the most controversial one is the Young Crops Law, but this market change law is actually the one that Zhang Fei personally disagrees with the most, because it is impossible to achieve this step due to the current management costs.
The key thing Wang Anshi couldn't control was that the government only made so much.
However, this was not the first day that Zhang Fei learned about this market change. He was still very rational and said: "Senior Sima, although I do not support this, it has nothing to do with letting me go to the northwest. We should still send some capabilities Superb and experienced officials go.”
"You don't have to say this." Sima Guang sighed: "But any officials I send will have to obey the decrees of the Ordinance Department of the Second Government, which is useless. The only way is to go to the local area to build and improve it first. Only by improving the local public security law and improving the local salt law can Wang Jiefu be prevented from using the salt policy as an excuse to implement this law.
The more corrupt the salt administration is, the more reason Wang Jiefu will have to do this. As for the recruitment law incident, you did a very good job, so much so that Wang Jiefu could only watch from the sidelines. I believe you can still do it in the northwest. "
Zhang Fei said with a sad face: "Sister Sima, I can succeed this time because of your support, not because of how powerful I am. But in the northwest, no one supports me. Instead, I have to face the military and local gentry. , salt officials, salt merchants, even Xixia, and other forces, I have no experience in dealing with these matters. "
Sima Guang glanced at him, "Do you really think you can't handle it?"
"Really, I'm not being modest, I swear." Zhang Fei wanted to dig out his heart.
Sima Guang struggled: "But there is no better candidate besides you."
He didn't want to send people to govern. That would be meaningless. In the end, he still had to obey government orders. He wanted to build the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate. In this case, he also found that the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate were completely independent of the influence of the Ordinance Department of the Second Government. Operates independently.
Those officials were jumping up and down anxiously, but they were unable to intervene and could only resort to confrontation.
Zhang Fei said: "But you can't seek medical treatment in a hurry!"
He had already mustered up a lot of courage to go to Yangzhou and Dengzhou. If he went directly to the northwest, what was the difference between this and committing suicide?
The key border forces are all over there, including the Taxation Department and the Police Department.
Sima Guang glanced at Zhang Fei, hesitated for a while, and said: "I just mentioned this matter, but I don't want to rush it. You should think about it again, and I will go back and think about it again."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Yes, I understand."
