As soon as Zhang Fei arrived here, he encountered the Wu Zhang case, followed by the illegal salt case. He really couldn't stop breathing. Although the prosecutors and the royal police were trained in this case, the establishment of the system was still delayed. .
We need to catch up quickly. If this Judicial Office has no system, it will be a joke.
After receiving Zhang Fei's guidance, Cai Jing and the others immediately got busy, because according to Zhang Fei's request, they had to be divided into several courts. No need to think about it, they were the future presidents of the court. How could they not work hard?
At the same time, the police department and the prosecutor's office are also expanding their power.
The Procuratorate is stepping up preparations for the examinations in law and litigation, while the police department is stepping up the construction of branches and posts in various streets in preparation for full takeover.
Facing the aggressiveness of the police, prosecutors and law, the people on the other side were depressed.
There is no way. These two lawsuits not only did not hinder the construction of the Public Security Bureau, but actually made the Public Security Law a blockbuster. At least many people are very supportive of the Public Security Law.
It can be said that it has established a firm footing.
This made them somewhat passive, and at the same time, a big boss from the central government landed in Hezhong Mansion.
Shaanxi Road Transport Envoy, Xieyan Envoy, and Yuan Jiang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy.
This power is really not small, and it can basically control salt, transport salt, and other major powers.
Generally speaking, the salt envoy is placed together with the punishment and prison department. It was Fan Xiang who used the facts to tell the court that in order to implement the salt law well, it was necessary to have the power of punishment and prison. Otherwise, there would be no way to manage it. , but now that the Public Security Bureau has come, these two positions have been separated, and Wang Anshi merged the transfer envoy with them.
Because Jiulufa will come here soon, the transfer envoy on Shaanxi Road cannot afford to lose anything to Wang Anshi.
Government office.
"Prefect Cai, Bachelor Yuan, they have too much power in the public prosecutor's office. They can control everything. If this continues, they will have the final say in Hezhong Prefecture. How can this be done? This is also against the laws of our ancestors of the Song Dynasty. .”
He Chunlin was both aggrieved and angry. When he saw Yuan Jiang, his immediate boss, he immediately felt bitter.
He was humiliated by the commander on stage, but he remembered it in his heart.
Guo Xiaofa sighed and said: "Now that the Public Security Bureau is here, there is no need for the Prison Department to exist."
Wei Yingfang said: "Actually, there is no problem with the imperial court's verdict in this lawsuit, but no one can check and balance their public prosecutors. This is really disturbing."
Cai Yanqing said nothing and just looked at Yuan Jiang.
Yuan Jiang stroked his beard and laughed.
He Chunlin asked: "Why is Bachelor Yuan laughing?"
Yuan Jiang said: "You guys! You're all still in the dark!"
"In the dark?"
The officials sitting here all looked at each other.
"Isn't it?"
Yuan Jiang asked: "Do you know why the Public Security Bureau suddenly came to Hezhong Mansion?"
Wei Yingfang said cautiously: "We heard that this is because of Bachelor Sima's judicial reforms."
"You only know one, but you don't know the other!"
Yuan Jiang smiled and shook his head.
Wei Yingfang hurriedly asked: "What do you mean by Bachelor Yuan's words?"
Yuan Jiang said: "It's because the Public Security Bureau and Zhang San made the imperial relatives, prime ministers and censors in the capital so miserable in Kaifeng Mansion, so they tried their best to send Zhang Fei and the Public Security Bureau away. At that time, they met Xu In the case of state smuggling of salt, they proposed to implement the public prosecutor's law in Hezhong Prefecture, mainly to send over the three pieces."
"So that's what happened!"
Wei Yingfang suddenly realized.
The rest of the officials have understood. No wonder those officials wrote to them desperately and be careful. It turns out that you can't guard against it.
MD!
This official is really not a good person.
Yuan Jiang said again: "So! I heard your complaints in the Hanlin Academy and my ears got calluses."
This was a coincidence. He supported the public prosecution in his heart, but he couldn't say it out loud. By saying this, he was actually implying that those prime ministers couldn't do anything to Zhang San, so how could I cure him?
He Chunlin said aggrievedly: "But the public prosecutor, the procuratorate, and the law can control everything. How can we serve the court? There is nothing we can do."
"Why!"
Yuan Jiang waved her hand and said: "What Yanjian He said is an exaggeration. The imperial court can only judge whether it is illegal, but has no right to interfere with our duties. This is still very clear."
He Chunlin said: "Bachelor Yuan, in fact, we have difficulties in many things. Take the salt households as an example. No one wants those salt households to starve to death, but we have nothing to do. The money required by the imperial court is increasing every year. , but Jiezhou’s salt output is only so much. If we don’t take more, the court will blame us.
The salt officials also need to eat, and they have no salary. If we don't feed them, we won't be able to collect the salt. We are forced to have no choice, so we let the salt merchants secretly sell a little salt. "
"You're right. Zhang San just stands and talks without hurting his back. They win people's hearts. Let's get scolded. If he has the ability, he will make up for the finances. We don't care. Let him take care of it alone."
"You are all experienced officials. It's best to say as few words as possible." Yuan Jiang waved her hand.
Cai Yanqing nodded and said: "What Bachelor Yuan said is true. These words can't scare anyone. They will only cause trouble for themselves."
He Chunlin and others also remained silent.
They also know that they cannot scare Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei made it very clear that the redundancy of officials in the imperial court is so serious that you have to do it. What a joke, how many people are eyeing your position.
Wei Yingfang said: "But how to solve this problem? There is only so much money, and it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!"
In the past, politics was the law, and everyone could discuss it privately. They turned a blind eye to many things, but it is different now. Those who break the law will really be prosecuted. However, salt politics is a puddle of muddy water, and there are many illegal things. ah!
Yuan Jiang first asked Cai Yanqing, "What does Magistrate Cai think of this?"
Cai Yanqing pretended to be thoughtful, then shook his head and said, "Cai doesn't know what to do about this matter for the time being."
He knew that Yuan Jiang asked politely, this was the Yanzheng after all.
Yuan Jiang pondered for a while and then added: "Actually, when I was the magistrate of Haimen County, I encountered similar problems before, but I never thought of a solution. This lawsuit gave me some ideas."
Cai Yanqing hurriedly asked: "What is the clever idea of Bachelor Yuan?"
"There's no such thing as a clever idea."
Yuan Jiang waved his hand and said: "What Salt Supervisor He just said makes sense. If the salt officials don't get reasonable remuneration, they won't be able to collect the salt. They can only find a way to ask for it from the salt households, or I can’t blame them.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The imperial court did not make a verdict, but the salt envoy had the power to punish those salt officials. This new official took office and was very angry. Before they came here, they were very guilty and wanted to die. When Yuan Jiang came now, they could not hide it even if they wanted to. Can't stop it!
Yuan Jiang said this to show that bygones are bygones.
Yuan Jiang added: "At present, almost all the profits from the salt industry are sent to the border, so that the price of salt in Hezhong Prefecture is almost the same as that in Bianjingdu.
The previous lawsuit was all about the prolific salt households. As for this part of the salt, the court only stipulated that it must be sold to the government, but it did not specify how much, or even none, it didn't matter. What the court required was twelve Thousands of pounds of salt.
In this case, why don't we use this part of the salt as local finance, we cooperate with the salt farmers to make salt, and then our government is responsible for selling this part of the salt, and the profits are used to pay the salt officials' remuneration. This can not only encourage salt farmers to be more productive, but also give them a good price, and also crack down on illegal salt sales. What do you think? "
Cai Yanqing's eyes lit up when he heard this.
This is a great move!
Quite literally killing two birds with one stone.
Directly count the profits from this part of the salt government operation as everyone's reward. In this way, everyone will work hard and give the salt farmers a good price. The harder they work, the more they will get.
Moreover, salt households are also divided into large households and small households. In the past, large households sold more private salt than small households. With this change, the private salt of large households must also be taken back.
This can also crack down on illegal salt sales. These interests belong to the officials, and selling illegal salt is to compete with them for profit.
This definitely won't work.
All the officials looked at each other, knowing that the new boss was definitely not a kind person, but a powerful character.
Any official who supports Wang Anshi has two skills in the economy, because Wang Anshi wants to manage finances, and those who don't know how to manage finances will definitely not support him. Yuan Jiang's method is to directly nationalize the previous part of the private salt industry. , the routine is still the same, except that the profits are not local but not central, and are directly linked to the remuneration of officials.
He Chunlin asked in a low voice: "Can the court agree?"
This could affect the military's finances.
Yuan Jiang smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. I will explain it to the court."
If the boss is so powerful, then there is no way they can object!
Everyone agreed.
Yuan Jiang nodded and said: "Okay, that's settled. Then you will show me the accounts of salt production."
"yes."
"Besides, there is one more thing."
Wei Yingfang suddenly said: "As soon as the Royal Police comes, many government officials will become redundant. How to arrange these government officials?"
Yuan Jiang hurriedly said: "It depends on how Magistrate Cai arranges it."
Cai Yanqing glanced at Wei Yingfang and said, "What does Wei Tongpian think about this?"
Wei Yingfang said: "Currently, the police station is also short of personnel. It is better to transfer them to the police station."
Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "This is natural, but are they willing to go?"
Wei Yingfang said: "If they don't want to, we can only let them go home."
Cai Yanqing said: "Then you can arrange this matter."
"yes."
After leaving the government office, He Chunlin found Wei Yingfang and said, "Wei Tongpan, you're not going to just give up, are you?"
Wei Yingfang said: "How could I give up?"
He Chunlin immediately said: "In that case, why did you transfer those government officials to the police station?"
Wei Yingfang sighed and said: "Looking at the situation now, we won't be able to drive them away for a while, and the auxiliary policemen in the police station are all former Yamenmen, and none of them are from us. Instead, they are against us." We are all hostile. And the government officials in the mansion are all the sons of wealthy gentry. How could they agree with the police station and put them in? There are people among us!"
He Chunlin's eyes lit up and he said, "This is indeed a good idea."
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, some salt merchants and banknote merchants came to me before and said they were going to the imperial court to file a complaint."
Wei Yingfang was stunned for a moment and said, "What do they want to sue?"
He Chunlin said: "Isn't it the salt banknotes? It used to be two hundred catties. In the past few years, more salt banknotes have been issued. Now they can only receive one hundred and twenty catties at most. They want to sue the government."
Wei Yingfang was stunned for a while and said, "Are you stupid? Aren't they just going to sue you as salt officer?"
He Chunlin chuckled: "Wei Tongpan, it was not our idea to issue more salt banknotes, it was Deputy Ambassador Xue's idea back then. Now many officials want to find trouble with Deputy Ambassador Xue. No matter how big the trouble is, It's impossible to blame us.
In addition, if the imperial court decides that they win, the court will have to pay compensation. When the public prosecutor comes, the court will lose money. How can the court feel comfortable? "
Wei Yingfang thought for a while and said, "But it's not very good for Bachelor Yuan to cause such a problem just after he arrived here."
He Chunlin said: "Those businessmen can come and ask us. In fact, they still fear us in their hearts. We may not be able to stop them. Businessmen regard money as life, can they give up? The emperor must be blamed for this. , who asked him to judge the government for breach of contract, which made those businessmen think of suing our government."
Wei Yingfang wanted to calm down. The more the lawsuit went on, the greater the power of the imperial court would be, and it would be a thankless task. But he also understood that it might not be possible to stop it. The key to this case would be to make the imperial court feel uncomfortable. If not He would never hesitate about the previous illegal salt case. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said, "Let them go. Let's do our own thing first."
Imperial Court.
"This land belongs to our imperial court."
A small official pointed to a large piece of land outside the imperial court gate and said.
"Are they all ours?"
Zhang Fei asked excitedly.
The clerk nodded.
"That's OK!"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.
Cai Bian, who was accompanying him, asked, "Teacher, why are you suddenly concerned about this matter?"
Zhang Fei said: "Once we waive litigation fees, will the number of people filing lawsuits increase or decrease?"
Cai Bian said: "Of course it is increasing!"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "So before long, this will be the judicial center of the entire Hezhong Prefecture. All the bookstores will be built here, and all the Erbi and tea eaters will squat here."
Cai Jing immediately said: "Teacher, are you planning to build these places into shops and then rent them out to those people who eat tea?"
Zhang Fei said: "There are also restaurants and hotels. You should have noticed that after the first two lawsuits, the restaurants in the city are overcrowded. Why go there? It's better to be nearby. Then we can collect some rent and supplement our emperor's income." court expenses."
Shangguan Jun and Cai Bian both had some doubts. We are both presidents of the court, so why are we doing business?
Only Cai Jing nodded and said: "This is a good idea. With this money, we will not be subject to government checks and balances due to finances."
You must know that the finances of the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate belong to the local government!
"clever!"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "This matter will be fully handled by Cai Jing."
In the capital, with the emperor around, funding from the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate is naturally indispensable, but here, that is not necessarily the case. You have to leave a way out for yourself in case of emergencies.
Cai Jing cupped his hands and said, "Teacher, please rest assured that the students will do their best."
"Zhang San! Zhang San!"
A shout was heard.
I saw Cao Dongdong and Fu Shichun riding towards this side.
In a moment, he arrived in front of him.
"Why are you here?"
Zhang Fei said in surprise.
Cao Dongdong got off his horse and dismissed the petty officials without even noticing, and then said: "Just now, Magistrate Wei Tong came to our police station and said that he would transfer those yamen officers to our police station."
Fu Shichun said: "They may want to take the opportunity to arrange some details to come to our police station."
Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Did you agree?"
Cao Dongdong shook his head and said: "Not really, but we can't refuse. Otherwise, how will those people be accommodated?"
Zhang Fei thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's really hard to refuse. Now the finance of the police station also depends on the government. In this way, if they want to come, then they all come. Your police station recruits people according to its own plan, and at the same time retains Half the spots are for the military.”
Cao Dongdong's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea. This army can be regarded as the natal family of our old Cao family and belongs to our own people."
Cai Bian on the side suddenly said: "Teacher, Prosecutor General Su is here."
Zhang Fei looked up and wondered: "It's really lively today!"
"Why are you all here?"
Su Che walked over and found that Cao Dongdong and the others were also there, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Zhang Fei just said something roughly, and then asked: "Why did Mr. Su Xiao come here?"
Su Che let out a long sigh and handed over a copy of the document, "This is not an indictment from our procuratorate. It just means that those businessmen who want to file a complaint must first go to the procuratorate to file a lawsuit."
Zhang Fei opened it and frowned: "This is really endless."
Su Che smiled and said, "It seems they want to tire you to death."
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "This is a good idea."
Cai Bian asked: "Teacher, what case is it?"
Zhang Fei handed him the copywriting.
Cai Jing and Shangguan also gathered around.
"Salt banknotes?"
The two of them exclaimed at the same time.
Su Zhe said: "It seems that they have been inspired by the last lawsuit. The imperial court can rule against the government for breach of contract."
(End of chapter)
