After Zhang Fei came out of the palace, he saw that it was already afternoon, so he did not go to the procuratorate. After all, he had just drank a little wine, and he didn't like to worry about trivial things, so he went home directly.
"Sanlang is back."
Niu Beiqing, who was lying in the lump to enjoy the coolness, saw Zhang Fei getting off the carriage and stood up unsteadily.
Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Daniu, can you look after the home and the hospital while lying down like this?"
Long Wu on the side said: "He relies on his face to scare people, not his ability."
Niu Beiqing was furious when he heard this and said: "Xiaowu, if you have the guts, let's go draw some other day."
Long Wu turned his head and said calmly: "I don't know how to fight."
"you."
Just as Niu Beiqing said a word, he saw Zhang Fei walking towards the gate. He suddenly thought of something and hurriedly chased after him, "Sanlang, um, here comes the Sima Bachelor."
"Where?" Zhang Fei asked.
Niu Beiqing said: "Sitting in the hall."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "Finally I can't hold it in any longer."
These days, Sima Guang wanted to come to Zhang Fei countless times, but in the end he held back.
Today he didn't need to avoid suspicion, so he rushed over immediately.
After entering the courtyard, I saw Sima Guang sitting in the hall alone, holding a newspaper in his hand. Xu Zun hasn't come back yet, so he probably won't be able to go home until the afternoon, because the procuratorate now has to process a lot of official documents.
"Zhang San has met Bachelor Sima."
As soon as he entered the hall, Zhang Fei bowed his hands.
Sima Guang smelled the smell of alcohol and looked him over, "Where have you been drinking?"
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "I just went to celebrate with someone."
Sima Guang did not expect that Zhang Fei went to celebrate with the emperor and said sourly: "Yes! Congratulations on winning another lawsuit."
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "This is all under the care of Bachelor Sima!"
"Don't dare!"
Sima Guang raised his hand and said, "I am so virtuous and talented, but I can't take care of you. After all, you hide everything you do."
Zhang Fei said: "I didn't hide it."
As soon as these words came out, Sima Guang immediately became furious and stood up suddenly, "Even now, you are still here denying it. You have long thought that the law of sitting and sitting is incompatible with the law of public prosecutors. That's why you dared to do such a cruel thing before. It seems that you want to build a large number of prisons, but in fact you just want everyone to abide by the public security laws. But I am confused, you just told me, will I stop you? "
If you do it once or twice, that's it. You can't do it again and again to show your ability.
You must know that they generally gave no resistance to Zhang Fei's actions. This is already a huge amount of trust. If it were someone else, the court might not be able to open.
Zhang Fei was startled by this old man. After a moment, he came back to his senses and explained without tears: "Sister Sima, you also said that I just abide by the public prosecutor's law. I have always been If so, do we need to report this to Bachelor Sima?"
Sima Guang was stunned for a moment and asked: "If there were no contradictions between the public prosecutor's office and the court's law, would you still do this?"
"Yes!"
Zhang Fei said confidently: "If the court wants to retry it in Dali Temple, I have no problem. This is the rule. How the rules are set, just do it.
Instead, it’s Bachelor Sima! "
As he spoke, he sighed.
Sima Guang was stunned, "What about me?"
Zhang Fei said aggrievedly: "I don't dare to say it."
"Stop doing this."
Sima Guang snorted: "There is something Zhang San dare not say. Tell me, use your sharp tongue. I want to see how you push this accusation onto me." "
Zhang Fei said sarcastically: "I'm not pushing, I'm just stating the facts."
Sima Guang said impatiently: "I would like to hear high opinions, I would like to hear high opinions."
Zhang Fei said: "I just feel that it's not that I'm hiding it and don't trust Bachelor Sima. On the contrary, it's that Bachelor Sima doesn't believe me. He always thinks that I'm playing some evil trick and that everything I do is a conspiracy. of.
But in fact, since I joined the officialdom, everything I have done has followed the rules, and I have never played any tricks.
If you really believe me, Bachelor Sima, you can completely foresee this outcome. No guilty person will be able to escape, and I will not harm any innocent person. "
After saying this, Sima Guang couldn't help but feel a little confused, frowning and thinking.
Don't say it, it seems to be the case. In fact, Zhang Fei has always been abiding by the rules and emphasizing the rules. The reason why the result is unexpected is because the result is guided by the rules, not the people they are accustomed to. to guide.
Thinking about it this way, it seems that I really don't believe him and think he is using some conspiracy.
But how could Sima Guang give in easily? He suddenly said: "Whether Wu Tian, Luo Hai and others have any intention of rebellion, you should know in your heart."
Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "I don't know. I only look at the evidence. As a prosecutor, I will not speculate on whether others are good or bad, because this will appear very unprofessional. We will only analyze the evidence. According to The evidence shows that our procuratorate can convict them of conspiracy, so of course we will work hard in this regard."
Sima Guang stroked his beard, suddenly his old face turned red, and he sat back, "You are worthy of opening a Darer pen, this mouth can really speak."
Zhang Fei looked at him and asked, "Did Bachelor Sima drink too?"
Sima Guang stared, coughed, and said: "I'm not the only one who thinks so, everyone thinks so."
Zhang Fei said: "That's because everyone is focusing on me, as if I can control anything, but in fact I am nothing. What I really rely on are rules and laws, not power, so this is completely !”
Sima Guang glanced at him and said, "How can you judge a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart?"
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "I didn't say that."
"But that's what you think."
Sima Guang snorted and said: "But it makes some sense. I have been thinking about what you are planning, but I didn't think that you were just following the rules."
At this point, he suddenly nodded, "Now that I think about it, this is also the way to your success, because you always stand on the side of the rules. Therefore, we are all helpless with you. After all, according to the laws of the court, we all have to Follow the rules.”
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "This is also the essence of the public prosecutor's office. You cannot break the rules easily, even for the sake of justice."
"Even for justice?"
Sima Guang nodded slightly, "The same is true for the adultery case in Liuyun Temple. Everyone thinks that you are helping Liu Qing and severely punishing Monk Miaokong, but in fact you are just defending the principle of following the husband's rule, so it's wonderful Monk Kong’s punishment was reduced by more than half.”
Having said this, he paused for a moment and then said: "But speaking of the rules, you did not abide by the law of continuous sitting in this case."
Zhang Fei said: "If the procuratorate follows the law of joint sitting, the system of the procuratorate will be completely destroyed. It can also be seen that the law of joint sitting has exceeded the powers of the Public Security Bureau, but if someone is dissatisfied, they can appeal to Dali Temple, and we also support it, and the joint sitting law can be implemented there. It’s just that the superiors are unwilling to appeal to Dali Temple, it has nothing to do with me.”
Sima Guang frowned and said: "But this is always a problem. In the future, the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate will become the only judicial system in the Song Dynasty, and Dali Temple will also have to change accordingly. How should this problem be solved?"
Zhang Fei said: "Either the Political Affairs Hall changes the system of public security, prosecution and law, or the Legislative Council changes relevant laws."
Sima Guang asked: "Do you think the system should be revised or the law should be revised?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I think the time is not yet ripe to make a decision. But the current situation is not bad. If we can go to Dali Temple, it must be a very serious case. As for those small cases, even if It involves the continuous sitting method, but in fact some tolerance can be given appropriately."
Sima Guang nodded, this was in line with his thoughts. This kind of thing must not be rushed, it must be done step by step.
After chatting with Zhang Fei for a while, Sima Guang stood up and left. In fact, he was just complaining. He was actually quite satisfied with the result.
But he never thought that as soon as he left Zhang's house, he would meet someone he least expected to meet at the corner.
Wang Anshi.
Of course, the same is true for Wang Anshi.
The two looked at each other, and there was only one word in each other's eyes - bad luck.
Wang Anshi glanced at the door of Zhang's house and said with a smile: "I just taught someone a lesson!"
Sima Guang thought about it and asked: "Who should I teach?"
Wang Anshi said: "Of course it's that boy Zhang San. He has only been in the procuratorate for a short time, but he has caused a storm in the city and almost caused a bloody storm. You have to teach him a lesson."
Sima Guang smiled and said: "It's too late for me to praise him, so where can I teach him a lesson?"
Wang Anshi was surprised and said: "Sima Junshi, have you changed your gender?"
Sima Guang said: "I am already at this age, why should I change my gender?"
Wang Anshi looked very unhappy and said: "Then you are targeting me. What he has done is worse than what I have done. If it were me, you can't drag me and scold me every day."
Sima Guang nodded and said: "If it were you who were the judge, it would be a great misfortune for the world!"
Wang Anshi was angry, and regardless of etiquette, he pointed at Sima Guang and said, "You said, what a big misfortune it is."
Sima Guang said: "In the final analysis, this case also stems from taxation. Taxation is related to finance. If it were you, you have already been convicted of treason. You would not care about the law. For you, it is enforceable , you may not implement it, and most of the time it will be implemented.”
Wang Anshi did not deny it and asked: "What's wrong?"
Sima Guang said: "This is the difference between you and Zhang San. The beauty of his move is that he does not perform the continuous sitting method. If he performs the continuous sitting method, it will definitely backfire on himself, and this is the mistake you often make."
Wang Anshi said: "Would you like to hear the details?"
Sima Guang said: "Once the continuous sitting method is implemented, someone will definitely add fuel to the flames, frame up the blame, and implicate all those innocent people. Even if there is only one person, there will definitely be someone in the court who will take advantage of this to make a big fuss, and then turn against him." So much so that all your previous efforts are in vain."
Wang Anshi said: "You are really strange. You all know that there are people who are adding fuel to the flames and framing the blame. Instead of blaming them, you blame the people who judged according to the law."
Sima Guang said: "I blame them for not being able to solve the problem. I've already told you that if you do this, a worse result will inevitably occur, but you still do it. It's not your fault."
Wang Anshi was a little uncomfortable with the rebuke, and suddenly he had an idea and said: "It's not that I am stubborn, but that I don't want to listen to your nonsense, Sima Junshi. In Hezhong Mansion, didn't I make compromises in my new policy? But why am I in Jingdong?" Donglu is unwilling to compromise, so don’t you think about your own reasons?”
Sima Guang said angrily: "What have I done to make you hold such grudge against me?"
Wang Anshi smiled and said: "If you did something, I won't blame you, but you just talk. Why am I willing to compromise in Hezhong Mansion? Isn't it because that boy Zhang San dares to do something Because he can propose a solution or alternative plan. If it makes sense and can improve finances, then why don't I listen.
Where are you, Sima Junshi? If you just say that my new deal is not working and can't come up with an alternative plan, why should I listen to you? Just now you said that the great thing about Zhang Feimiao is that he did not perform the continuous sitting method. If it were you, I, Wang Anshi, would dare to use my reputation to guarantee it, and you would not dare to accuse them of treason. "
"You are using strong words and it is simply hopeless."
"You are not that medicine."
Wang Anshi snorted, "I'm looking for medicine. Farewell!"
Sima Guang gritted his teeth and said, "I hope that medicine can cure your stubbornness."
Over there, Zhang Fei had just seen off Sima Guang. He originally wanted to see the two pregnant women in the backyard, but Wang Anshi came again.
There was no other way but to quickly order someone to prepare tea.
"When I came over just now, I happened to meet Jun Shi. Have you been punished again?"
Wang Anshi said jokingly.
Zhang Fei didn't hide it, he just said: "Sister Sima is both an elder and a superior, so he deserves to be punished."
boom!
Wang Anshi slammed the table, "I knew that old thief didn't tell the truth. With his personality, how could he praise you?"
"ah?"
Zhang Fei felt confused, "Xueshi Wang, what are you talking about?"
Wang Anshi's expression dimmed and he coughed twice, "Congratulations on winning this lawsuit."
"Thank you! Thank you!"
Zhang Fei quickly cupped his hands.
Wang Anshi said: "Next time Sima Laoer asks you why I came to you, just say that I came to praise you."
".?"
Zhang Fei looked at Wang Anshi confused.
Wang Anshi said: "Did I congratulate you?"
"yes."
"That's fine."
Wang Anshi coughed and changed the subject: "Although the case has been concluded, the problem on Jingdong East Road has not yet been resolved. Don't be careless."
Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Bachelor Wang, I will always pay attention to the situation over there."
"besides!"
Wang Anshi handed several manuscripts to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei asked: "What is this?"
Wang Anshi clicked his tongue, "I wrote the article on the Business Law according to your ideas. Can you see if it works?"
"oh."
Only then did Zhang Fei remember it and quickly took it. After a quick glance, he nodded and said, "Very good."
Wang Anshi wondered: "You can tell by just looking at it like this?"
Zhang Fei said seriously: "An article like this needs to be able to attract attention at a glance, without careful appreciation."
"Yeah?"
"of course."
"Then when do you plan to send it?"
Wang Anshi asked again.
Zhang Fei said: "Wait for a few days, because everyone has been talking about the rebellion recently. Let's wait until the storm has passed."
Wang Anshi's expression changed, "You have no intention of adding fuel to the flames?"
Zhang Fei asked: "What do you mean, Scholar Wang?"
Wang Anshi said: "Let the Taxation Department fully take over the taxation of Gyeonggi Province."
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, "Shouldn't it be Wang Xueshi who advises the officials?"
Wang Anshi said: "Do you know how many people this will offend?"
The Taxation Department is neither part of the New Deal nor judicial reform. Wang Anshi also has to worry about the people around him, so it is not easy for him to talk about it.
But Wang Anshi really hopes to change the tax in Gyeonggi to the same as that in Hezhong Prefecture, because there are too many rich families in the capital. If he can collect a 20% tax, it would not be too great. And the more the capital collects, the more money the imperial court will have. The more grain there is, the pressure on water transportation will be reduced a lot.
Zhang Fei pondered for a while, "Does Master Wang suggest using public opinion to influence the court to make decisions?"
Wang Anshi nodded.
Zhang Fei said: "I'll think about it seriously."
Wang Anshi immediately said: "This opportunity cannot be missed, and it will never come back. The hero of this case is the Taxation Department. This is a great excuse!"
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I understand."
Wang Anshi suddenly remembered something and coughed, "The charity foundation seems to have made a lot of money recently."
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, "I will ask the charity foundation to donate a sum of money to the cause of construction of hospitals and colleges."
Wang Anshi immediately cast an appreciative look at Zhang Fei.
Wang Anshi saw much further and more thoroughly than Sima Guang. In the final analysis, the root cause of this case was finance, and the purpose was to collect taxes.
Money is the root of all evil!
Without finance, everything is bullshit.
And this is the only reason why Zhao Xu strongly supports judicial reform.
The contradictions in the Song Dynasty today are actually very simple. Land annexation is very serious. The people have no money to pay taxes, but the landlords have money and do not pay taxes. This puts the Song Dynasty court into a dilemma.
This is also a problem faced by the middle dynasty.
Zhao Xu originally pinned all his hopes on Wang Anshi and tried every means to collect all the money. But the problem was that Wang Anshi's New Deal ultimately had to rely on the old system to function, and in the old The system is filled with vested interests. They hold power and can shift risks downward.
In the end, it turns out to be making money from the people.
Now Zhao Xu is attacking with both fists. On the one hand, he uses Wang Anshi's New Deal to change the existing fiscal policy, but on the other hand, he uses Zhang Fei to build a new system.
The essence of this new system, as Zhang Fei said, is to emphasize rules and nothing else.
Follow the rules and you can't say it's wrong.
The key point is that this rule is an old rule. The reason why the Tax Department causes the powerful and powerful people such a headache is that the Tax Department does not deny their privileges and does not destroy the existing system. It only collects taxes beyond the privileges.
It's just that now the powerful have annexed too much land, and their privileges cannot cover it at all, and the logic cannot be justified, so they can only be forced to find bandits for help.
They were greedy by nature, but Zhao Xu was even more greedy.
Although they are abiding by the rules and not destroying their privileges, Wang Anshi is slowly changing the existing system, such as the immunity from service law, which is weakening their privileges.
The emphasis of the public prosecutor's office is to be as immovable as a mountain, so Wang Anshi just needs to move.
Every movement and silence made everyone feel uncomfortable.
After obtaining the emperor's consent, the Qizhou rebellion case finally came to an end, but it was not completely over and had to return to Qizhou Public Security Bureau.
Because these thirty-five people are only the first offenders, there are still hundreds of people waiting to be tried.
The capital just sets the tone.
Is it considered treason, or is it charged with tax evasion, murder, robbery, etc.
The final tone was decided on the crime of rebellion, but this crime of rebellion was based on the public security system. This was the first time, and it was actually a milestone.
Procuratorate.
"Huh it's finally over."
Qi Ji breathed a sigh of relief, "The trial of this case is really scary!"
Everyone else sitting there also nodded frequently.
Xu Zun put down the official document in his hand and said, "You won't go there just because you are afraid, without learning anything from it and what are the shortcomings of our procuratorate?"
Wang Gong immediately said: "Actually, the key to winning this case lies with the Taxation Department, not with our Procuratorate."
Xu Zun asked: "How do you say this?"
Wang Gong said: "Because the key evidence was secretly given to Prosecutor Zhang by the Department of Taxation. If our procuratorate were to investigate, would we still be able to find this evidence?"
Qi Ji nodded and said: "What Wang Duyou said makes sense. Judging from this lawsuit, the evidence is very important. Our Procuratorate must also form an investigation team like the Taxation Department."
After this lawsuit, they felt that their participation was not enough. The reason was that they lacked investigation. If the tax department does not help, what will they do then?
Xu Zundao: "Although our procuratorate has investigative powers, we mainly rely on the police station to verify this kind of thing."
Qi Ji said: "But the police department is obviously not as good as the tax department. According to the opinion of the subordinate, we can either form an investigation team ourselves, or put pressure on the police department and let the police department learn from the tax department and strengthen the verification methods."
Xu Zun nodded slightly.
Rich Mansion.
"It's Kanfu here."
Fu Bi put down the copywriting in his hand and hurriedly said to Wen Yanbo, "Please sit down."
After Wen Yanbo sat down, he asked, "What is Mr. Fu looking at?"
"Transcript of the Qizhou Rebellion Case."
Fu Bi said: "This lawsuit will bring many problems to the Legislative Council, such as the definition of tax law and the relationship between the Public Security Bureau and the Public Security Bureau."
Wen Yanbo said: "In fact, both of these are related to the monarch. If tax is defined as evil, how can the benevolence of the monarch be demonstrated? If the law of sitting together is abolished, how can the majesty of the monarch be demonstrated?"
Fu Bi said: "The definition of the tax law can be explained by Zhang San to the Legislative Council. As for the joint prosecution law, by the way, have you ever thought that when the Public Security Bureau and the Procuratorate try the crimes of commander Xie Liuwu and others, they will also face joint prosecution According to the law, according to the system of our dynasty, if any official commits corruption and accepts bribes, the person who recommended him will also be punished."
Wen Yanbo said: "I have also thought of this, but under normal circumstances, it is only political punishment, such as demotion or external placement, and does not involve criminal punishment. There should be no contradiction between the two."
As he said this, he suddenly realized, "Fu Gong's intention is to change Lien Li's punishment from criminal punishment to political punishment."
Fu Bi nodded, "The judicial reform does not emphasize the separation of politics and law. The system of public security, prosecution and law does not allow innocent people to be implicated, but administrative punishment can be given. The officials can make the decision, and it will not damage the power of heaven. At the same time, And avoid undermining the public security system."
Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "This method is feasible, but it must be done with caution. It is not yet known how many aspects will be affected by the public security system."
Meng Mansion.
"It's a near miss."
Xie Jun sighed: "If this is really linked, not only the nobles of Qizhou, but also many officials in the capital may be implicated."
Meng Qiansheng nodded, "But everyone has to be careful in the future, especially their relatives. Judging from Zhang San's attitude, if the procuratorate catches him, they will definitely not let him go."
Pei Wen snorted: "This is really frustrating. In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that the cause of this case is that the tax department wants to collect money, so this rebellion case was launched. But now we still have to safeguard the public prosecutor's law, and we have to It is really unreasonable to sing praises for the police, prosecutors and the law."
Xie Yun sighed: "There is no way, who can let others have the handle."
"handle?"
Pei Wendao said: "Which of the clans and relatives in the capital pays taxes? Why doesn't the tax department investigate them?"
After saying that, he saw Meng Qiansheng and Xie Yun looking at him blankly, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
Meng Qiansheng said thoughtfully: "The lower beam will be crooked only if the upper beam is not straight!"
