Bianliang, Tokyo.
At this time, it was time to leave the office, and the officials were walking in groups of twos and threes, chatting and walking outside the imperial city. However, today they were not talking about yesterday's affair with Goulan Washe, but they were all talking about one thing.
That is the return of the madman Zhang San.
"Oh, that brat is back again."
"Has it been three years? Why do I feel like the tax exemption was imposed yesterday?"
"Even if it takes three years, he doesn't have to be transferred back to the capital. He can be sent to Bashu or Qiongzhou to build the public security system. He is so young and is not a Jinshi, so this requires a lot of experience."
"Why go to Qiongzhou? Most of the areas on Shaanxi Road have not yet built public security law."
"Really? Then why bother bringing him back?"
"It seems that the rich man suggested that he go to the Legislative Council to explain some judgments."
"I heard that the officials have not revoked his official position as chief of the Shaanxi Road Court. Maybe he will have to go back some time later."
"You are overthinking this. I heard that Zhang San was brought back this time for the sake of Qingzhou's public prosecutor's office."
"Yeah?"
"Have you not heard that Qingzhou Public Security Bureau is in trouble?"
At this time, two people walked out of an official office passing by. They shut their mouths in unison, bowed their hands to the two people, and walked away.
These two people were Lu Huiqing and Deng Wan.
Deng Wan glanced at those people and then said to Lu Huiqing: "Logically speaking, Zhang San rushed back quickly, and there should be traces of his whereabouts, but for the time being there is no news at all."
Lu Huiqing knew clearly that even if he wrote to Zhang Fei and asked him to come back later, "His return may not be able to solve the problem in Qingzhou."
Deng Wan nodded and said, "It's really possible. Maybe that kid just delayed his return on purpose and didn't want to wade into this muddy water. Anyway, he has a very good relationship with Bachelor Wang."
But the public prosecutor's office is also very important to him. Lu Huiqing muttered in her heart and suddenly asked: "What's the situation over there in Qingzhou?"
Deng Wan said: "It's very lively over there. It is said that the number of people who came to sue alone has reached two to three thousand, and 60 to 70% of them are related to the government. If there is really a verdict, the government must compensate . Now Fan Chunren and the others are still stalling, deliberately not trying these cases, and only trying the loan sharks.
However, they also encountered trouble, because even if the interest rates on loan sharks were reduced to within the legal range, many people would not be able to repay them. Fan Chunren and the others could only follow Zhang San's example and stop the interest rate from rising again and let them compensate in installments, but the people would have to pay immediately. Taxes, after paying taxes and losing money, you will definitely have to borrow money to live, and the people's lives will only be more miserable than before. They are riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off! "
It’s really hard to move without money. Whatever you do is wrong, and the same goes for the public security organs!
Lu Huiqing smiled and asked again: "Is there no money in Qingzhou Changpingcang?"
Deng Wan smiled and said: "How much money can Chang Pingcang have? I can't borrow it at all. Soon, there will be problems there."
Lu Huiqing said: "Then you arrange for people to talk to those big landowners and let them cause trouble. It is best to deal with them before Zhang San comes back. After all, Zhang San is still the president of the court and has a good relationship with Bachelor Sima."
Deng Wan said: "Do you still believe that Zhang San can solve Qingzhou's problem?"
Lu Huiqing said: "It's best not to create extraneous problems. It is in our best interest to make a quick decision."
Deng Wan nodded and said, "I'll make arrangements later."
Lu Huiqing asked: "What is the situation in other states and counties on Jingdong East Road?"
Deng Wan said: "The implementation of the Green Crops Law has been very smooth. This year, the finances of Jingdong East Road will definitely be improved to a higher level."
Lu Huiqing couldn't help but ask: "Is there no problem?"
Deng Wan was stunned for a moment and said sarcastically: "There are some problems, but they are not serious."
Lu Huiqing frowned and asked, "What's the problem?"
Deng Wan said: "There are just some wealthy households who are dissatisfied. Some of them share some of the money for young crops, and some have to vouch for ordinary farmers. The ordinary farmers can't pay, and in the end the government has to ask them for it."
Lu Huiqing snorted: "They usually evade so much tax, why don't they say anything again? If the tax department goes, they are afraid of handing over more money. This money should be paid by them. We want to prevent it, that is, don't do it here Sometimes, when public dissatisfaction arises, you send a message to them and ask them to pay more attention. At this critical moment, no mistakes can be made."
"Um."
Court of trial.
"I heard that Chunren has written again."
Wen Yanbo quickly walked into the lobby and said to Sima Guang, who was deep in thought inside. Behind him were Lu Gongzhu and Fu Bi.
Sima Guang nodded, handed a letter to Wen Yanbo, and then said to Lu Gongzhu and Fu Bi who looked at him inquiringly: "The problems over there are becoming more and more complicated, and they can't even try the loan sharking case." ”
Fu Bi asked: "Why is this?"
Sima Guang said: "Because even if the interest is reduced, the people will not be able to pay back the money."
Lu Gong wrote: "Then follow Zhang San's judgment in Hezhong Mansion and repay it in installments."
"Even if we do that, the people will still have to borrow money to pay taxes." Sima Guang sighed, "Before the public prosecutor and the law went there, those people could hide for a while. Now after the trial by the public prosecutor and the law, the people can't even hide."
Lu Gongzhu couldn't help but ask: "Are the people in Qingzhou worse than the people in Hezhong Prefecture?"
Fu Bi stroked his beard and said, "That's not true. After Zhang San made such a judgment in Hezhong Mansion, on the one hand, he provided livelihood for those people. On the other hand, the arrival of the tax department will reduce the tax burden. With this tax, the people do not have to pay summer tax, and at the same time, the new tax law has reduced the taxes paid by the local people a lot, so that they can repay it in installments."
Sima Guang nodded and said: "That's right, but there is no tax department in Qingzhou. At the same time, the livelihood provided by Zhang Fei is partly due to the construction of the Public Security Bureau, and partly due to the construction of water conservancy projects in the New Deal. However, it is all related to the salt banknotes." Relatedly, there is no salt banknote in Qingzhou."
Several big guys looked at each other.
Zhang Fei was playing around in Hezhong Mansion, but there was a trick in it. The Public Security Bureau first provided legal guarantees for salt debts and salt banknotes, and then provided salary guarantees for ordinary people. When the government had money, it would then support the Public Security Bureau.
Of course, the tax adjustment has also made the people's burden very light. If they work hard, they can still afford it. If they don't, the imperial court will enforce it.
The Qingzhou Public Security Bureau encountered this kind of problem just after arriving. At the same time, there was no time to promote Qingzhou's financial growth. The order was wrong, and naturally it made a mess.
Generally speaking, we still need fiscal growth to allow people to gain more livelihood.
Lu Gong said: "Since there are no salt notes, why not give out jiaozi?"
Fu Bi shook his head and said: "This is tantamount to asking for fish by chance. It's not difficult to hand out jiaozi, but the difficulty is that someone has to be willing to accept it! The success of Hezhong Prefecture's salt banknotes is not only due to the public prosecutor and the law, but mainly to the fact that there are people behind it. The role of the Salt Pond Guarantee, in which the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate plays a role, is to ensure that you can buy salt with salt banknotes at any time, but in Qingzhou, the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate cannot guarantee that Jiaozi can exchange coins at any time."
"That's true."
Lu Gongzhu nodded and said: "The only solution for now is to reduce government expenditures as Fan Chunren said."
Sima Guang was also extremely confused.
Everyone knows the truth, but the problem is that it can’t be done!
If it was so simple, if it hadn't been done long ago, why would it have waited until now? After all, during the Renzong period, some people had already raised the issue of the disaster of three redundancies, and in recent years, some people have been calling for it.
Wen Yanbo said: "If you want to blame it, blame Zhang San. He was the one who caused everything. But now he has just started. I'm afraid it's too late."
Sima Guang said hurriedly: "It's not easy for him over there. He had no plans to come back. After all, the construction of public security, procuratorate, and law has not been completed in many places in Hezhong Prefecture. He must still have many things to arrange."
Fu Bi said: "Then let Chunren and the others delay for a while and let Changpingcang provide interest-free loans to those people in need."
Wen Yanbo said: "But if we want to win, it does not depend on the establishment of the local public security law, but on the fact that the public security law can increase Qingzhou's finances. But if we do this, it will inevitably affect Qingzhou's finances."
Fu Bi said: "The number of people is not large at the moment. Qingzhou's finances can still afford it. This little money will not affect anything. Apart from that, we have no other way!"
Sima Guang nodded slightly, "According to Master Fu's wish, I will immediately reply with a letter to Fan Chunren."
This is actually the idea of their conservatives, to revitalize Changpingcang and provide people with ultra-low interest or even interest-free loans. This is also one of the reasons why they oppose the Qingmiao Law. They believe that the interest rate of Wang Anshi’s Qingmiao Law is still too high. High, and the lender is still the government.
The palace.
"hehe!"
Wang Anshi said with a smile: "I have long said that without the support of the New Deal, it will be difficult for them to move forward with the public security, prosecution and law. They just don't believe it. Now they are in for a good show."
Lu Huiqing said: "The students had arranged for people to go there to try to make Qingzhou more lively."
Wang Anshi nodded and said: "Very good! Don't worry, the bigger the noise, the better. I don't want to be entangled with them for too long on this matter."
Lu Huiqing said: "Student understands."
Wang Anshi asked again: "What is the situation in the other state capitals on Jingdong East Road?"
Lu Huiqing said: "Everything went very smoothly."
Wang Anshi said: "But I heard from Zhang Dun that local officials have borrowed the Qingmiao method and corrupted the law?"
Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "It does happen, but it's only a small number at the moment, and the situation is not serious. It's all done by some evil officials. In fact, situations like this are inevitable, but those people still think Enforcing the Young Crops Law is our primary responsibility, but at present we still need to rely on those officials, and we will deal with them when the overall situation is decided."
Wang Anshi nodded slightly, "You have to be more careful and don't cause trouble at this critical moment."
"yes."
After Lu Huiqing left, Wang Anshi's expression gradually became solemn. He slowly took out a secret letter from his sleeve, which was written by his brother Wang Anguo. He stared at it for a long time and sighed: "With Zhang What San said is absolutely correct."
When Zhang Fei left Hezhong Mansion, he did not drive all night, nor did he go sightseeing. Instead, he stopped and walked, traveled for a while, and then stopped to rest for two days.
After walking for more than half a month, we just arrived in Luoyang.
Here, there is a person waiting for him, it is Li Bao.
Since the weather has turned cold, there is only one small boat floating alone on the Luo River.
"Does our tax department worship wild beasts?" Zhang Fei asked when he saw Li Bao.
Li Bao was stunned for a moment, "How can President Zhang say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "It's either Brother Leopard or Brother Dog. Will there be Brother Chicken or Brother Tiger next time?"
Li Bao was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Coincidence! Coincidence! No, it's not actually a coincidence. We all come from poor families, and our parents have never read anything, so we can only choose this name."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said: "But these names are really suitable for our tax department. There are many people called Dog Brother and Leopard Brother in the world, and it is easy to hide. If they are called Wang Anshi or Sima Guang, it will be really obvious."
Li Bao didn't dare to accept this.
Zhang Fei chuckled and asked, "What's the situation over there now?"
Li Bao said: "The situation is very bad."
"Yeah?"
Zhang Fei hurriedly asked: "Why is it so bad?"
Li Bao first gave an overview of the situation on Jingdong East Road, and then said: "Due to the guarantee system of the Qingmiao Law, every ten households will guarantee one household, which leads to more and more people dragging in Qingmiao money. This situation is precarious. , we may not be able to control the situation now, and if there is a slight disturbance, big trouble may happen."
"It's almost the same." Zhang Fei nodded thoughtfully and said, "I asked you to arrange for someone to acquire the debt. How is the situation?"
Li Bao said: "It must be getting smoother, because many people really can't pay off these debts. It is difficult to ask for these debts. Those creditors are naturally willing to sell the debts to us. At present, we are gradually, More than 100,000 yuan of debt has been collected."
Zhang Fei said: "Continue to collect, you can release all the money in your hands, try to collect small debts, and don't accept large ones. At the same time, mortgage the previously resettled fields and try to borrow more money from the government for young crops." . But remember one thing, don’t let anyone find out.”
"I know that." Li Bao nodded.
Zhang Fei asked again: "What's the situation in Qingzhou?"
Li Bao said: "The situation in Qingzhou is actually not serious, but the local Public Procuratorate is quite dangerous, because local officials and wealthy people are secretly encouraging everyone to complain to the Public Procuratorate, but the local Public Procuratorate does not dare to give the same verdict as President Zhang. This puts them in a dilemma now, and it also makes local people’s enthusiasm for the public prosecutor and the law diminish day by day.”
Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Don't they have any countermeasures?"
"Currently they are still stalling. It seems there is no good solution." As he said that, Li Bao said flatteringly: "This will require President Zhang to go."
"Stop it."
Zhang Fei said: "I can't solve the problem even if I go, and I can't change money. It seems that I have to go back slowly."
Li Bao chuckled and said, "I'm afraid, President Zhang, you won't be able to slow down anymore."
"Why?"
"Because we heard that Bachelor Sima has been watched in Luoyang."
"real or fake?"
"It's absolutely true, someone will rush you soon."
Sure enough, someone came to urge Zhang Fei to hurry up the next day.
It's not surprising that Sima Guang was anxious. Many people were already impeaching Fan Chunren and the others. As soon as they arrived in Qingzhou, they made Qingzhou a mess. The finances continued to support them, but the public security became worse and worse.
Because once the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate left, they were trapped by thousands of lawsuits and couldn't spare their time to improve public security. At the same time, the local government officials were slacking off, and the number of thieves became more numerous.
This also shows the role played by Cao Dongdong in Hezhong Mansion. As soon as he left, he got the support of Qin Zhongshou and others. At the same time, Zhang Fei attracted all the firepower to himself. The police station has been developing in a wretched way, slowly dealing with public security issues, that is, This did not happen.
The officials in Qingzhou have learned a lot from their mistakes. They have gone against the grain and given all kinds of support to the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate. They really give them whatever they want. But secretly, they also allocate part of the expenses of the Yamen and the Forbidden Army to the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate. Then he encouraged them to file a complaint.
It’s really one thing in front of you and another thing behind your back.
Fan Chunren couldn't be clear in his heart, but the key was whether he could give the people a fair verdict in court. If he could, those public security problems would be solved soon.
The hardest thing right now is not being able to give.
Although Sima Guang later sent a group of people there, they were still too busy.
Conservatives can only attack Jingdong East Road, where people are heavily in debt and have a hard time making a living.
However, the financial growth of Jingdong East Road is very obvious. You don't need to think about it to know which side Zhao Xu will prefer.
Even if you are heavily in debt, you still have some income. Your expenses have increased a lot, but you have not seen any results!
Under Sima Guang's urging, Zhang Fei and his party could only travel day and night. After several days, they finally arrived at the outskirts of Bianjing.
As soon as he entered the boundary, he was stopped by someone.
It was Sima Guang.
"Ouch! Bachelor Sima."
Zhang Fei got off the carriage, stepped forward quickly, saluted, and looked behind Sima Guang.
Sima Guang was stunned, "What are you looking at?"
Zhang Fei said: "Isn't Bachelor Sima here to see off the young talents who are going to Hezhong Mansion to study public security and law?"
".?"
Sima Guang coughed twice and said with a hint of guilt: "This is not my intention to delay, I am actually thinking about you."
Zhang Fei said seriously: "I would like to hear the details."
Sima Guang glanced at him awkwardly and explained seriously: "The reason why I have no time to send people there is because I want to select a group of talented and good-character people to prevent black sheep from appearing in the public prosecutor's office. After all, you are alone You can't see it in Hezhong Mansion. If there are some people with evil intentions, your efforts may be in vain.
And people with good moral character will not undermine the public security system even if they make mistakes. In fact, this candidate had already been decided, but later I heard that you had trained a group of talents yourself, so I sent those people to Qingzhou. "
"So that's what happened." Zhang Fei nodded slightly, and then said: "I completely agree with what Bachelor Sima thinks."
"real?"
Sima Guang himself didn't believe it.
Zhang Fei nodded very seriously and said: "Really. For the public prosecutor, talent is only secondary, the key is rigor and character. This is also the experience I gained from Hezhong Prefecture. The talents of the students who studied in the Hezhong Prefecture are far less talented than Cai Bian and others, but they can also do their job well, they just need patience and humility. Therefore, I suggest that the public prosecutor, procuratorate, and law should do the same in the selection of candidates in the future."
Seeing that Zhang Fei didn't seem to be joking, Sima Guang couldn't help but feel very relieved. He really understood Long Live. He smiled and nodded and said: "It's rare that you can think so thoroughly. I'm so relieved!"
Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "Then why is Bachelor Sima here?"
Sima Guang's expression froze, and he suddenly said excitedly: "Of course I am here to wait for you!"
"wait for me?"
Zhang Fei was immediately flattered and said: "Zhang San, how could he be so virtuous? How dare he help Bachelor Sima to come here to welcome him? Zhang San is really ashamed of himself!"
Sima Guang said angrily: "You still have the nerve to say, why don't you come only next year?"
"Well."
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "I didn't expect that I would be asked to come back so soon. The matters on my side have not been properly handled yet. So..."
"Okay, okay, I can't blame you!"
At this point, Sima Guang glanced around and suddenly grabbed Zhang Fei's sleeve, "Let's talk as we walk."
Just pull Zhang Fei forward.
Xu Zhiqian could only tell Long Wu to drive the car and follow slowly.
Zhang Fei asked: "What? Is there any trouble in Qingzhou?"
"It's not all your fault, kid." Sima Guang snorted.
"Sima Xueshi Mingjian, my letter is saying that there must be a problem on Jingdong East Road, but I didn't say that we should let the police, prosecutors and law go to Qingzhou alone!"
Zhang Fei said with an aggrieved look.
Sima Guang said: "You think I think, isn't this all forced by Wang Jiefu? Besides, if the public prosecutor, procuratorate and law can't do it without you, then is there any need to continue to implement it?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "I have heard about this, but I just want to say that I cannot be blamed for Qingzhou's problems."
"It's not your fault." Sima Guang said: "Your judgment cannot be implemented at all. If Fan Chunren and others make this judgment, even if the government is willing to compensate, Qingzhou's finances will inevitably have big problems, and everyone will blame them. It was caused by the police, procuratorate, and law, and the consequences are disastrous."
Zhang Fei said: "Sister Sima, I can only do this when I am alone there."
Sima Guang said: "I didn't say you didn't do well. On the contrary, you did very well. But other imperial courts also have to follow your precedents, but the problem is that they can't do it. What's the financial situation? Don't you? Understand how to compensate for this."
Zhang Fei frowned and said: "Actually, I also took advantage of the New Deal to achieve such success, because when Academician Yuan went there, he also pursued a foothold in Hezhong Mansion. He secretly used my judgment to unite those officials. Later I I went to discuss it privately with him and discuss the solution to the problem first, and then I will make the judgment."
There was no need to hide his affair with Yuan Jiang from Sima Guang. He had done it in the capital. He was an undercover agent. His relationship with Wang Anshi had never broken down, and Sima Guang also knew about it.
Sima Guang knew it in his heart, and said: "The Qingzhou prefect supports the public prosecutor, procuratorate, and law, but the financial expenditure is so high. The removal of the public prosecutor, procuratorate, and law has already taken up a lot of expenses, and there is no money to compensate."
Zhang Fei said: "Actually, the key to the success of Bachelor Yuan and I is not cooperation. If Magistrate Cai cooperates with me, it will be very difficult to succeed."
Sima Guang asked hurriedly: "How do you say this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Because Prefect Cai does not have the power to reform."
Sima Guang looked at Zhang Fei doubtfully, "Do you mean that judicial reform is really inseparable from Wang Jiefu's New Deal?"
"It's not that we can't leave, but that we shouldn't leave."
Zhang Fei said: "Do you remember the Legalist method and legal system method that I mentioned, Master Sima?"
Sima Guang nodded and said, "Of course I remember."
Zhang Fei said: "Legal law is only a part of Legalist law, and this part is only judicial power and does not involve any other matters.
In other words, judicial reform is to extract this part of power from Legalist law to form a separation of politics and law, or judicial independence. The public prosecutor's office is just to ensure this, because the old judicial system cannot abstract justice from the legalist law.
The only difference is this, the rest are roughly the same. The public prosecutors, law and the old judicial system all follow the "Song Xingtong" and seek fairness and justice.
But from the perspective of the country, this is still a whole, and none of it can be missing. "
Sima Guang frowned and said: "In other words, we lost before and mistakenly confused the legal method with the legalist method, thinking that the legal method can also solve these problems."
Zhang Fei said: "In other words, you are taking the legal method and using the legalist method. This will not only cause problems, but also destroy the legal method."
"Ouch!"
Sima Guang slapped his forehead, and he was suddenly enlightened and enlightened.
He finally understood why there were so many problems in Qingzhou City. The police, procuratorate, and law could only correct mistakes, but how to correct them was within the administrative power.
Once the public security organs and the procuratorate have administrative power, it becomes legalist law. Those people use the legal system as the legalist law. They think that problems can be solved by relying solely on the legal system without the New Deal.
But in fact, the legal system does not have this power at all, and this is Qingzhou's dilemma.
In fact, Fan Chunren was also trapped in it. He asked for the reduction of officials, which was right, but this was not something the president should consider. It was all administrative, and the president only needed to consider how to make a decision.
Zhang Fei has always adhered to this point in Hezhong Mansion, which is why, when looking at the financial report, it is all due to the New Deal.
After thinking about it, Sima Guang became even more anxious. He had already taken this step and could not take it back. He asked, "What should we do now?"
Zhang Fei pondered for a while and said: "When I came here, I also thought that there might be only one way to break the situation."
Sima Guang asked hurriedly: "What can we do?"
"Comparing who is worse."
"What?"
"To put it simply, it's about who dies first."
Zhang Fei said: "As far as I know, there are not many problems in Qingzhou itself. The problems are all concentrated in the public security, procuratorate, and law, but Jingdong East Road is different. I have already said in the letter that what the officials of Jingdong East Road did was to bet all their property on the line." If we can't hold on for too long, the shortcomings of the Green Seedling Law will be exposed. In this way, Bachelor Wang will come to ask for help, and then we can take the opportunity to solve Qingzhou's problems."
Sima Guang said: "But now it seems that we can no longer hold on."
Zhang Fei said: "Qingzhou is holding on without a verdict. Of course we can't hold on. Let Judge Qian and the others judge. One by one, the verdict will not affect the finances for the time being. At the same time, it can gain the hearts of the people. As long as the other party has problems first, we will be stable." win."
