Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 298 Urban Reform
Give it a try.

That is to say, it doesn’t matter.

Zhao Xu's tone, in the eyes of Wen Yanbo and others, was also full of worry, not so firm.

Little did he know that Zhao Xu was bright with one hand and dark with the other.

After all, the power of the emperor of the Song Dynasty was subject to many checks and balances. There was the law of the ancestors, and there was the class of scholar-bureaucrats. It was not the kind of one-size-fits-all, but Zhao Xu wanted to do a lot, and he wanted to do a lot.

So he must use his power carefully.

And he gave great support to Wang Anshi's reforms, no matter what the opposition said, he was unmoved.

Just to change.

This also led to the fact that he didn't have much strength in the cooperation with Zhang Fei, and he couldn't give Zhang Fei too much support. He could only help Zhang Fei out and provide some technical support.

Whether it's a license plate or an invasion of the street, he always follows the trend, pushes the boat along the way, and behaves very low-key.

If he gives full support on both sides, the ministers will point the finger at him.

If this happens, he can't bear it.

However, Zhao Xu's limp attitude made the entire Zhengshitang relatively conservative in dealing with this matter.

Although Wang Anshi yelled fiercely, he didn't put too much effort into this matter, he just yelled a few words to show his attitude.

That's it.

He also had to preserve his strength at this time.

However, the current system is that the General Police Department is under the Zhengshitang, and public security policies must go through the Zhengshitang.

After Wen Yanbo and the others discussed, they issued a very conservative decree to the General Police Department.

To put it simply, in one sentence, your memorial has been approved by the official.

They already had reservations about this, and the emperor's attitude was so weak, they were even less confident, and they were unwilling to take the blame.

This memorial was written by Cao Ping, so you can memorize it.

We are not supporting you, but monitoring you.

In the final analysis, it is execution, execution, or TM's execution!
Everyone is full of doubts about the government's execution.

It also includes Cao Ping himself.

But there is one thing, Cao Ping is different from Wen Yanbo, Cao Ping is a relative, and he performed this secret performance just to test Zhao Xu's attitude.

Zhao Xu's attitude is weak and tough, he doesn't care that much, he only cares whether Zhao Xu supports it or not.

Now Zhao Xu has expressed his attitude and supports this.

Then Cao Ping will go all out.

But this is not a trivial matter, not as simple as the last license plate. Naturally, Cao Ping can't be like before, fishing for three days and posting nets for two days, with a look of indifference.

He also began to take the position of chief police superintendent seriously, and began to dispatch troops and generals. He transferred his confidants from the guards to the chief police station to appoint the chief of police, and then held a meeting to discuss the matter.

In the lobby of the General Police Station, there was a circle of generals sitting, the only one standing there was Zhang Fei, the Yaqian officer.

"If any of you can complete this task, I will promote him to deputy superintendent."

Cao Ping didn't play tricks with these old subordinates, it was sugar-coated bullets.

Every general is sitting upright, with a firm face, unmoved.

Not even a single fart.

License plates cost money, but house demolition is terrible!
How many people are offended by this.

Sooner or later they will be liquidated.

This was all within Cao Ping's expectation. In the end, his eyes fell on Zhang Fei.

But Zhang Fei was unmoved.

Cao Ping was stunned for a moment, you are immoral, the idea is that you did it, you have to be responsible!
Zhang Fei thought to himself, I can't be a deputy superintendent again.

Just at this time, someone outside the hall reported: "Report to the chief superintendent, the chief of the left wing asks to see you."

The sheriff in the left wing is Cao Dongdong.

At present, the general police station has just been finalized, and the positions have not yet been divided. There are only two, the superintendent and the sergeant, and each police station has a sergeant.

Cao Ping frowned when he heard that, and said reluctantly: "Let him in."

I saw Cao Dongdong enter the hall with his younger brother Ma Xiaoyi, clasped his fists and said: "I have to deal with important matters, so I came late, I hope the Chief Superintendent will forgive me."

Cao Ping looked at such a serious son, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Now he misses that foolish son very much.

In fact, he didn't inform Cao Dongdong at all, but he was too embarrassed to say so, and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you Chief Superintendent."

After Cao Dongdong sat down, he asked the person beside him, "Second Brother Gao, what are you talking about?"

Gao Qiang immediately said: "The chief superintendent says whoever can complete the task of rectification in the city will be promoted to deputy chief superintendent."

Cao Dongdong's face tightened, "Is there a confirmed candidate?"

Gao Qiang immediately shook his head and said, "No."

Cao Dongdong breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately commented to Cao: "Chief Superintendent, I think that looking at the entire police station, no one can complete this task except this officer."

The generals sitting there immediately looked at Cao Dongdong approvingly.

It's really a boy born from a hero since ancient times!

The corner of Cao Ping's mouth twitched, and he said, "You still have to deal with the license plate, how can you have the time to take care of it?"

Cao Dongdong said: "The matter of the license plate has been dealt with almost, just let people watch it."

"The next official is willing to keep an eye on Sergeant Cao."

All the generals said in unison.

Cao Dongdong was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Don't have so many people staring at you."

Cao Ping gritted his teeth and said, "Your experience is still inexperienced."

Cao Dongdong said: "As far as the police chief is concerned, I have more experience than those sitting here."

All the generals nodded in unison again.

Cao Ping said again: "This task is very difficult!"

"I enjoy the challenge. If it is not difficult, I have no interest." Cao Dongdong said calmly.

"It's true that heroes come out of youth since ancient times, and Sergeant Cao is really a role model for my generation."

"It's really unreliable. Congratulations to the chief superintendent for getting Lin'er."

"congratulations."

A rainbow fart made Cao Dongdong ecstatic, but made Cao Ping miserable.

You bastards are pushing my son into the fire pit!

But so far, if he doesn't agree, no one will be willing to do this job. He said helplessly: "Okay! This task will be handled by Sergeant Cao."

"The next official must fulfill his mission." Cao Dongdong clasped his fists immediately.

Cao Ping gave him a sneaky look, then got up and left.

As soon as he left, those generals immediately got up to congratulate Cao Dongdong, all of them were sweating profusely, they were in a panic just now, for fear of taking on this task.

They are all old drivers, so they don't know the danger.

And Zhang Fei was quietly called to the back hall by Cao Ping.

"You brat, you came up with the idea, but you let Dong'er do it? It's really unreasonable."

When Cao Ping saw Zhang Fei, he was furious.

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Chief Superintendent, I'm just a yamen frontier, and I can't hold back."

Cao commented: "I can promote you to the police chief!"

Zhang Fei said embarrassingly, "I'm here to serve."

Cao Ping said again: "Did you do so many things when you served in the military?"

Zhang Fei said: "Isn't this issue already discussed last time?"

Cao Ping snorted angrily, "Are you here to take revenge on them or me?"

Zhang Fei said: "Chief Superintendent, you wrote this memorial, even if the Yamen is not responsible, will those people let you go?"

After hearing this, Cao Ping said angrily, "You made this happen, but our father and son are responsible for it. You are really shrewd."

Zhang Fei said: "But the chief police officer and Ya Nei are responsible for the credit, and I have nothing to do with it. And I think it is a good thing for the Cao family to have the Ya Nei take charge. If the Ya Nei can complete the task well, then In the future, no one will dare to refuse to accept the succession of the Chief Superintendent."

Cao Ping blinked, his expression softened a little, and he sneered, "You really think about my Cao family!"

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "I and Ya Nei are brothers and sisters, this is nothing."

Cao commented: "Are you really sure?"

Zhang Fei said: "Please rest assured, Chief Superintendent, I will never let them go easily."

When he said this, Cao Ping felt relieved.

If Zhang Fei wants to say that he is for the country and the people, who will believe it?
But when he said he wanted revenge, Cao Ping immediately believed him.

Zhang Fei said again: "Chief Superintendent, I think I have killed a lot of people. If there is an accident, the Chief Superintendent only needs to push all the responsibility to me, and they will be very happy to accept this condition."

Cao Ping smiled, "Go out."

"Retire from humble office."

Back in the lobby, the generals had already left, and I saw Cao Dongdong slumped on the chair, as if after a gaochao, his face was full of aftertaste!

It can be seen that Zhang Fei came, Cao Dongdong provoked it, and said anxiously: "Zhang San, this matter depends entirely on you."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Don't worry, we have such a perfect plan, nothing will happen."

As he said that, he said to Ma Xiaoyi again: "Xiao Ma, I asked you to find someone, oh no, how did you find someone?"

Ma Xiaoyi said: "Third brother, don't worry, everything has been arranged, and the third brother will give the order."

"Cough cough!"

Cao Dongdong glanced at Ma Xiaoyi.

Ma Xiaoyi immediately said: "Just wait for my brother to give an order."

Cao Dongdong said: "Then let's get started."

As far as the military is concerned, food and grass go first before soldiers and horses are dispatched.

But as far as politics is concerned, propaganda should go first before soldiers and horses are dispatched.

Zhang Fei did this before.

But this time, Zhang Fei took another approach. They didn't let the news paper take the lead, but chose soldiers and horses to go first.

In the early morning of this day, a team of patrolmen came to No. [-] Tianshui Lane and set up warning signs at the end of the main street, strictly prohibiting traffic.

This quickly attracted a lot of onlookers.

What is this doing?
Suddenly there was a thunder on the ground, but all the remaining walls of the square were knocked down, and clouds of dust rose from the ground, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

After the dust dissipates.

I saw some patrolmen setting up bamboo fences at the place where the walls of the square collapsed.

"The fenced area will belong to your private house in the future. If you want to open a business here, you only need to take the land deed to the police station and pay ten pennies, but if you build a house, you only need to pay one hundred pennies .”

I saw a patrolman talking to a salesman.

When the salesman heard the words, everyone was stupid, I... I am not dreaming, am I?

When I woke up, an extra piece of land of this size was in vain.

There is still a distance between the square wall and the house. This area is not small, and you can directly build a shed or a small tea shop.

In Bianliang, such a large piece of land, even if it is ten guan, what is the difference between this and the free gift?

Second Sweetwater Lane.

"Your hut was a square wall before, right?"

"Yes, I won't bother you patrolmen, I dismantled it myself before."

"You don't obstruct the traffic here. You just need to take the house deed to the police station and pay one hundred coins, and this land can belong to your private house."

"Do you only need one hundred Wen?"

"Yes."

"Hey! I'll go later."

"I know, I know, go to the police station and pay [-] yuan to change the house deed, and I will go right away."

"You need to pay ten pennies here."

"Why? The neighbor next door is the same as me, so why does he only need to pay one hundred pennies while I need ten pennies?"

"He is a residence, you are a shop, and if you use it as a residence, you only need to pay one hundred Wen."

"Why?"

"The primary purpose of our rectification is to improve residential buildings; secondly, the trouble caused by shops to public areas is much higher than that of residential land; finally, shops facing the street are more valuable. If you are dissatisfied, you can complain to me , my alarm number is 218."

"Oh! How can it be! Ten guans are ten guans. I will pay them tomorrow."

Of course, these merchants knew about the lawsuit of Spring Breeze Ten Miles, and they were very nervous. They never thought that ten guans of money would be enough to settle the matter, and they could also obtain a legal house deed.
The quick action of the patrolmen also surprised the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Without revealing any wind, he acted directly.

This really caught them off guard, and they were about to shout a few words.

Wen Yanbo and Sima Guang also hurried out to inspect.

"I thought that the General Police Department would use tabloids to publicize it like issuing license plates. I never thought that this time they would send people to tear down the square wall first."

"Mr. Wen thought, why did they do this?" Sima Guang asked.

Wen Yanbo stroked his beard, "Tearing down the walls of the square will only gain the hearts of the people. No matter what they do in the future, the people who will benefit will definitely support them with all their strength. It will cause a lot of opposition.”

Sima Guang nodded and said, "I think so too. As long as the police department doesn't announce the contents of its rectification, even if officials from the DPRK and China fan the flames, the panic caused will be very limited. After all, everyone is more willing to believe the facts in front of them. "

Wen Yanbo said: "The key still depends on how the implementation is going to be."

A fool can accomplish anything that benefits others.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Suddenly a dense sound caught their attention, they looked up and found that they had come to Bianhe Street.

Looking for the reputation again, I saw a lot of people around the opposite shop, curious, the two walked over.

I saw a patrolman knocking a wooden sign into the wall.

Wen Yanbo asked a bystander, "What is this doing?"

"I heard it's a house number."

"House number?"

"It is said that the wall of the square was demolished, so this house number is set up, and it will be managed in the future."

A person beside said: "This is the same as the license plate, but it is hung on the door wall."

"But it's different. You have to pay for the license plate number, but you don't charge for this house number."

"Who says no money, but you still have to charge ten Wen for manual work."

"That's how much, it's the same as confiscation."

Sima Guang raised his head on tiptoe and saw that the house number read "Bian 8058". He was surprised and said, "Have you acquired more than 8000 households?"

One person laughed and said, "It's not more than 8000 households, it's 58 households, but those starting with 6 or 8 are all shops. Those starting with 1 are all government offices. Those starting with [-] are all rented public housing, and the rest are all It’s a private house, and the word in front is the first word of the street name.”

"I see."

Sima Guang nodded slightly.

Wen Yanbo stroked his beard and said, "His symbol really gets better the more you look at it!"

Sima Guang nodded and said, "If you write a few characters, most people don't know them, but these symbols, even those who don't know the big characters, all know them. This house number is really very helpful for management."

(End of this chapter)