Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 242 Price
After Wang Anshi went out, he really went to Zhang Fei, not to speak out of anger.

I have to say that this was really beyond Zhang Fei's expectation.

Whoops!This old man Lu usually doesn't show his dew, but at critical times, he is more ruthless than anyone else!
But he didn't intend to negotiate with Mr. Lu, and he didn't get a commission. The 50 yuan has nothing to do with him. The key point is that Mr. Lu also wants to use the money to take care of the people, which is also in line with their purpose .

So he also persuaded Wang Anshi: "Scholar Wang calm down, in fact, I think Lu Zhifu's behavior is completely acceptable."

"accept?"

Wang Anshi stared, "We have been busy for a long time, and he picked the fruit with a wave of his hand in Kaifeng Mansion. It is really unreasonable."

He asked Zhang Fei again: "Does Kaifeng Mansion have the right to do this?"

Did you ask me?Zhang Fei was a little speechless, but after all the money was spent, he thought about it seriously, "If it is a criminal lawsuit, the Kaifeng government has the power to intervene in it, but if it is a civil lawsuit, then it has no power. But the problem is that this Whether the case is civil or criminal is up to the Kaifeng government."

After a pause, he said again: "If Master Wang is unwilling, we can only discuss it within the court."

"Forget it, don't make troubles." Wang Anshi said: "You go talk to Lu Zhifu, we can agree, but we also have the power to supervise this matter."

"That shouldn't be a problem."

Zhang Fei nodded with a smile, and said to Wang Anshi: "Scholar Wang, even if the Kaifeng Mansion does this, people's hearts are still on our side. No one will think that this is what the Kaifeng Mansion won for them."

Wang Anshi snorted, "You know a lot."

Zhang Fei smiled sheepishly, "Then I'll go talk to the prefect Lu."

"go Go!"

Wang Anshi waved his hand.

In fact, he also wanted to use the money to buy people's hearts for the establishment of the Second Government Regulations Department.

The reform will not work without the support of public opinion.

But at present, he is going to reform the law in front of Yaqian, so he spends more of this money there.

For Wang Anshi's humble request, Lu Gongzhu readily accepted it.

But at this moment, the people outside the Kaifeng mansion looked at the closed gate and almost stretched their necks.

It's already past the time for the trial, why is the door still not open!
At this time, various conspiracy theories emerged in endlessly.

Suddenly, with a creak, the door opened.

Everyone is pushing forward desperately, hoping to grab a good seat.

"Don't squeeze! You guys, don't squeeze!"

Huang Gui, who came out, raised his hand to stop the crowd, and at the same time several government servants also stopped in front of the steps.

Huang Gui said to the crowd again: "This case is over."

"ended?"

Ma Xiaoyi excitedly said: "Didn't you say that the trial is open, why is the trial closed?"

I've taken off my pants, why don't you show me this?
"Yes! Will it be you!"

"Don't think too much about it." Huang Gui said, "Since the other party has already pleaded guilty, this case ends here."

"Confess?"

"what!"

"It's over. My money."

"Ouch! Ouch!"

There were bursts of wailing one after another.

Huang Gui didn't bother to pay attention to these gamblers, he nodded to the two yamen beside him, and the two yamen immediately pasted the verdict on the wall next to him.

The crowd moved over there quickly like locusts.

"Wow, I really lost 50 guan?"

"What are you talking about? Yesterday, Zhang Daer asked Du Shaojing to pay 50 guan by himself, but now he asked 50 of them to pay [-] guan. There must be some shady tricks involved."

"Don't talk nonsense, you can see clearly that those landlords not only promised to help the tenants pay taxes, but also promised to change the contract to ensure that the tenants would not bear the taxes."

"That's a really good thing."

"And also, they guaranteed that most of the usurious interest would be waived."

"Whatever is exempted, you have to pay back ten times the principal."

"You can be content, but anyone who owes usury may not be able to pay it off for the rest of their lives. If you count it ten times, it is estimated that those tenants and slaves have already paid off."

Some people stood on the verdict to discuss, and at the same time, many people copied the verdict with pen and ink, and then left here quickly.

This case is not just about the one hundred and eight landlords.

"Brother Chen, why are you walking so fast?"

Ma Tianhao stepped forward and pulled Chen Maoqian who hurriedly left and shouted.

Chen Maoqian said in a low voice: "What else can I do, of course I should hurry up and pay the taxes!"

Ma Tianhao joked, "Can you pay it off?"

Chen Maoqian said helplessly: "That has to be paid. Today, Master Wang can sue these 50 people, and tomorrow he can sue us, [-] yuan. Who can bear it? I'll talk about it later. I'll go back first." .”

Ma Tianhao held him tightly, "Wait, don't you understand? This is a legal issue. Do you understand the law? You go to pay taxes now. If someone catches you, don't you throw yourself into a trap?"

Chen Maoqian said: "You can't bet that the government won't sue you, can you? Think about it, if you sue a group, you will have an income of 50 yuan. Can the government not sue? This is much better than tax collection."

Ma Tianhao said: "Even if you pay taxes, you have to find someone who understands the law."

"A person who understands the law?"

Chen Maoqian was taken aback.

Just at this moment, someone shouted: "Zhang Sanlang has come out."

"Zhang Sanlang, I don't want you to kill me this time."

"There must be tricks, there must be tricks in it, it doesn't count."

"Why did the other party plead guilty suddenly? You fought back and forth yesterday?"

"Damn! Are you blind? Did you call it back and forth yesterday?"

Amid endless complaints, Zhang Fei protected Xu Zhiqian and walked out, got into the carriage, waved his hand chicly, entered the carriage, and walked away amidst a group of complaints.

Chen Maoqian looked at Ma Tianhao, "What do you mean?"

Ma Tianhao said: "We throw hundreds of guns in their office every year, what is the picture, isn't it this kind of thing?"

Chen Maoqian nodded straightly and said: "Yes, yes, if you don't mention it, I really forgot about it. I also blame Zhang Sanlang. What he does is always frightening and far away. Don't say it's okay. I don't want to go to him for anything."

Ma Tianhao sighed bitterly: "But the world has changed now!"

Chen Maoqian nodded.

All of this can be accomplished, which means that in the future, we will not only consider power, identity and relationship, but also judicial issues.

In the courtyard.

"It's really boring, how can they become so vulnerable."

Su Shi stood up, stretched his waist, and said to Su Zhe with a big smile: "Third brother, go with the second brother to withdraw money."

Su Zhe looked at his embarrassing elder brother, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Second brother, although you won this time, I still don't recommend doing this, nine out of ten bets lose, if we lose, then we have to sleep on the street. "

Su Shi smiled and shook his head: "This is not a gamble."

Su Zhe was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Second brother, why are you sure that Zhang San will win?"

"Because..." Su Shi suddenly lowered his voice: "The officials can't afford to lose this battle!"

Su Zhe was stunned, and nodded: "I see." He frowned again after speaking, "Then this matter is not over yet."

Su Shi said hehe: "Of course it's not over."

Of course it is impossible to just fool them.

It is impossible for the emperor not to ask about this kind of matter, let alone the emperor wanted to use this case to build his prestige.

Zhao Xu, who has been silent all this time, held a meeting in the Chui Gong Hall this afternoon to discuss the case.

Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Zeng Gongliang all participated.

"The tax notes from two years ago are actually matched with the account books from five years ago. This is really an anecdote!"

Zhao Xu sneered.

The ministers were all silent.

This time we admit it.

Count you as ruthless.

Lu Gong said: "According to what the prisoner Zhou Cai said, he bribed Wang Hong, the magistrate of Kaifeng at that time, and asked for a batch of tax bills. As for why it was recorded in the account books five years ago, he didn't know anything about it. Affection."

Zhao Xu asked, "Do you believe what he said?"

Lu Gongzhu replied truthfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think there are many doubts in this case, and Zhou Cai's words are not credible."

"Wang Hong was dispatched to Qiongzhou, and he was still being used by others. It's really sad."

Zhao Xu sarcastically said, "From my point of view, this matter cannot be done by one person, but I don't want to investigate one by one. All the officials of the Three Departments of Gouyuan will be dismissed. What do you think? "

"Your Majesty Shengming."

The ministers said in unison.

Dare they say no?

If you dare to say "no", then check them one by one.

There is no other way, if you screw up, you can only abandon the pawns and save the handsome.

Although the officials of the Sanbu Gouyuan are all small officials, if they are all replaced, it will deal a great blow to their power.

However, people come and go, and it can still be reorganized.

But Zhao Xu didn't intend to give them a chance to revive this time, and he heard him say: "The Gou Yuan was originally set up to supervise the Third Division, but from the case, the Gou Yuan did not play a supervisory role. The company is in collusion with each other. Taxation is related to the country's major plans, and there is no room for loss.

Therefore, I decided to abolish the three Gouyuan, and set up another tax department, which will be merged into the city tax department, which will be subordinate to the household department. The chief officer will be directly appointed by the central government, and will be located in various roads, specializing in tax auditing, and responsible for supervising and chasing tax evasion and tax evasion. Things. "

How cruel!
The ministers said with emotion at the same time.

This person has not been replaced yet, and even the department was laid off, so he stabbed him to the end.

Appointed by the central government, most of them are appointed by the emperor. In other words, this department is not only subordinate to the third department, but also has super independence.

This officer is not appointed by the third division, so why does he listen to your third division?
The reason why it is placed in the household department is purely helpless. After all, the third division is in charge of the world's affairs. If the audit department is not placed here, the third division will not be able to work.

The reason for this is to ensure that the current third division can operate well, and at the same time supervise the third division.

In fact, there have been more than ten times that the Sanbu Gouyuan has sometimes been divided into three parts, and sometimes merged into one. .

This tossing back and forth also caused the three Gouyuan to be completely controlled by the third division, and it had become extremely corrupt. With a word from the judge of the third division, the Gouyuan directly changed the account books.

This time Zhao Xu made up his mind, even if the power is too great, I will set up this tax department, and there is no money to talk about power.

But whether it was Han Qi or Fu Bi, they both felt that the emperor's actions were understandable.

Now the Sanbu Gouyuan has indeed lost its original responsibilities and is completely controlled by the judges of the Third Division. In other words, the Third Division is completely out of supervision.

The oil and water in it is really unimaginable.

How can it be done without supervision.

But Wang Anshi was a little confused, I... my city tax department is gone?

You don't even say hello.

It's not kind!

But how did he know that there were three people sitting at this table, not just him and Sima Guang.

Zhao Xu said again: "As for the third division?"

The ministers couldn't stand it anymore, isn't it too much for you?

Zhao Xu swept his eyes away: "I was also negligent about this. I had been ill at home for many days, which caused the third division to be unable to be managed. I didn't realize this in time. Today I plan to promote Lu Zhifu as the third division envoy. Can you help me?" Opinion?"

Lu Gong is not only a friend of Wang Anshi, but also a friend of Sima Guang. It is acceptable for both parties to have him in the middle.

All the ministers agreed.

Mr. Lu hurriedly thanked the emperor for his kindness, but he felt a little nervous. He took over a lame third division!

Zhao Xu looked directly at Lu Gong and said, "I hope you can rectify the third division properly, so that this kind of thing doesn't happen again."

Lu Gong hurriedly said: "I will do my best to live up to the grace of God."

Many ministers were about to cry.

This cost too much.

Zhao Xu's words are almost expressing that Lu Gong wrote that the reason why I didn't move the third division doesn't mean that I don't intend to move, but leave it to you to stand up.

It is conceivable that after Lu Gongzhu took office, the third department will also suffer a wave of purges.

But this wave of cleansing was much lighter than that of Gouyuan. After all, it was handed over to the third envoy, so it was just a new group of people, and the power structure did not change.

But overall, the price is very high.

But if you lose, you have to admit it, and you can only get it back slowly later.

However, this time also let the officials see clearly the true face of this little emperor, he is not Zhenzong, nor Renzong, he is very ambitious!
(End of this chapter)