Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 415 Reform Contest
Many officials in the DPRK and China are opposed to the expansion of the police station on the surface, but they are very supportive in their hearts.

But there are also some straightforward children who really object.

For example, the censor Qian Yi.

He played three times a day, saying that this should not be done, as it would increase the burden on the people.

But it all disappeared, and there was no news.

At the same time, the reformist Lu Huiqing and others are all kinds of yin and yang, to disgust those conservatives who are always against them. This money is all spent on you, which is enough to prove that your judicial reform is the most expensive one. It's really ungrateful to still scold people here even though it's cheap.

Qian Wei and the others were honest to the core, how could they bear this kind of insult, so they went to Sima Guang.

"The exemption tax is money for the people's lives. If the royal police use this money, can they still gain the respect of the people? Can they enforce the law strictly?"

"Scholar Sima, this is obviously a trick by Wang Jiefu and the others. They intend to use this to lure you into the water. If you don't stop it, if something goes wrong, he will definitely put all the responsibility on you."

"Yes, you can't ask for this money!"

Qian Wei, Zhang Jian and others excitedly said to Sima Guang.

Even Wen Yanbo on the side nodded frequently, "Junshi! You have to think about this matter carefully. It is said that even Han Zihua has great doubts about it. Kaifeng is a place in the capital. If something goes wrong, the The consequences can be big or small."

Sima Guang, who was silent for a while, let out a long sigh: "Wen Gong Mingjian, I have objected, but I have not been able to change the decision of the officials. As for the expansion of the police station, it has nothing to do with me."

Qian Wei said: "But if you take this money, I'm afraid the common people will complain about the judicial reforms of Bachelor Sima."

Sima Guang nodded, "I've thought of that too. For now, the only way is to stop them from collecting tax exemptions indiscriminately."

Qian Wei asked, "How to stop it?"

Sima Guang said: "The expansion of the Royal Police also includes the tax police. If they go to the localities, they will definitely collect this exemption tax in order to obtain funds.

However, in terms of authority, the royal police do not obey the orders of the county government, but will be restricted by the imperial court and the procuratorate. I plan to immediately set up the imperial court and the procuratorate in the sixteen counties of Gyeonggi to restrict them. "

Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "But if the exemption tax cannot be collected, where should the money come from?"

Sima Guang said: "That's Wang Jiefu's business."

Qian Wei immediately said: "This is feasible."

Since you can't stop the emperor, then stop them from extorting money.

Sima Guang glanced at them and said: "Everyone protesting against this in the court, the effect is not satisfactory, and you may be excluded by the other party. Instead of wasting words here, it is better to go to the county to do something for the people sincerely." Something, I don’t know if you are willing to take on this important task.”

Qian Wei and the others looked at each other without much hesitation, and immediately agreed.

The reformist faction has gradually gained the upper hand in the current situation in the court. These censors are arguing and arguing every day, and nothing can be changed, but Qian Yi and the others are really anxious, because they really think that the recruitment law will definitely be aggravated. burden of the people.

It's better to go to the front line to stop them.

Besides, this is Ji County, and it's not going to a poor country.

Sima Guang, a man of foreign labor, was forced to have no choice but to speed up the pace of judicial reform, and immediately went to the emperor, expressing that he would comprehensively promote judicial reform in Kaifeng Prefecture.

When Zhao Xu saw his memorial, he almost wept with joy, and quickly approved it without delay, for fear that Sima Guang would regret it.

Although Zhao Xu is a firm supporter of Wang Anshi on the surface, in fact he also attaches great importance to judicial reform, but he has not shown it. Sima Guang's foreign work also makes him very depressed, but it is not easy to urge him.

After all, his energy is also limited, and it is impossible to give great support to both sides at the same time, there must always be a distinction between primary and secondary.

Having said that, why Sima Guang wants to work abroad is actually observing the Royal Police, or waiting for the Royal Police. He attaches great importance to the administration of officials.

The expansion of the royal family has provided great convenience for judicial reform. He only needs to arrange troops for the chief official, and does not need to rectify the administration of officials.

Relatively speaking, it is much simpler.

The people he recommended this time are all key members of the conservative faction. They are friends he has known for more than ten years.

Once the news came out, the morale of the conservatives was greatly boosted and they rejoiced.

These people are all officials who resolutely oppose the recruitment law. Without exception, Sima Guang sent them out at this time with a very clear purpose!
In fact, this is the scene they are most looking forward to.

Judicial reform vs. the New Deal.

It’s really interesting to say that this duel originated from the lawsuit that Zhang Fei won in the Zhengshitang to set up the Third Division. The next keynote is that the judiciary can check and balance the establishment of the second government regulations department.

This makes conservatives have expectations for this.

But as time went by, everyone was very disappointed with this statement. The reason was still because of Sima Guang's foreign work. There was rapid progress over there, but there was no movement here. Could it be that he planned to use his thoughts to limit it?

This time Sima Guang finally made a move.

Did not disappoint.

It also restored the confidence of many people in him.

This matter involves the whole of Gyeonggi, and there are people in those Ji counties in the capital. After all, this is under the feet of the emperor, but you can't do anything recklessly.

Every day, countless news spread to various counties in Gyeonggi Province.

Even Dongming County (Heze, Shandong), which is three or four hundred miles away from Bianliang, knows everything that happened in the court.

In the back hall of the county government office, I saw an imposing middle-aged man in casual clothes standing in front of the writing desk under the window, wielding a pen and ink.

This man's name is Jia Fan, the magistrate of Dongming County, and his great-grandfather Jia Yan.It was Zhao's second son who was in the old team when he was not the emperor, and later became the deputy envoy of the third department. At the same time, he also had another identity, that is, Fan Zhongyan's son-in-law.

There was another person standing beside him, Fan Chao, the director of Dongming County.

"Magistrate, now everyone is in danger outside, and the situation is jittery." Fan Chao whispered.

Jia Fan asked, "Why?"

Fan Chao said: "They learned that the imperial court expanded 1 royal policemen, and they thought the purpose of doing so was to rob them of their money."

"It's superficial."

Jia Fan put down his pen, and a maid next to him immediately brought a handkerchief. While wiping his hands, he said: "The abuses in the front of the Yamen have reached the point where they have to be corrected. If the government wants to do something, why should it be wrong?" have."

However, Fan Chao said: "But now the imperial government's finances are barely able to maintain the current expenditure, and now they have to implement the conscription law and expand the police station. These expenses can only be borne by the people."

Jia Fan paused, and after a while, he sat down, "This matter is out of our control, since the officials have already made a decision, we can only carry out the order.

Now that the police station is expanding, I believe that the exemption tax will be collected this summer. The royal police probably won’t be able to keep up. You order them to quickly count the households of the people to avoid delaying the emperor’s life. "

Fan Chao glanced at Jia Fan, pondered for a while, "Yes, I will handle it right away."

Ji County, Zhongmu.

"Good! Good! Good time!"

Du Zhiping, the magistrate of Zhongmu County, looked at the letter and nodded with a smile.

A clerk in front of him was puzzled and said: "Magistrate, what's so good about this, when the royal police come, they will inevitably extort money in order to support the expansion of the police station. There is already a raging public opinion outside."

"It's a good thing!"

Du Zhiping raised his head and said with a smile: "Before, I was unwilling to waste too much people's energy and increase the burden on the people. The siltation of the river and the damage of the bridge have been left alone, so I didn't deal with it.

Now that the imperial court has switched to the law of enlistment, and then handles these affairs, the common people will get something, so it is not a waste of people's resources.You order to go down and recruit people to deal with those unfinished business. "

The official asked, "All of them?"

Du Zhiping nodded.

"That would require recruiting a lot of people!"

"Anyway, the duty-free tax comes from the people, and then it is used for the people, and it is convenient for the people. Isn't it the best of both worlds."

"I'm going to do it."

Tokyo, Bianliang!
In a large courtyard on the left side, I saw a young man standing in the garden wielding a hoe, but the beautiful woman next to him was terrified.

"Saburo, you...you stop first."

"how?"

The young man looked back at the beautiful woman who was sweating on her forehead.

The beautiful woman said: "You better stop digging, I'm afraid you will dig your own feet."

"how can that be?"

"Third brother! What Madam said is right, it's really easy to poach your feet with such a skill."

"Is there any other explanation for wielding a hoe?"

"I'll give the third brother a demonstration."

"Okay, come and try it, I don't believe it yet."

The young man handed the hoe to the attendant beside him.

The attendant took the hoe and started digging. A few hoe down could do half an hour's work of the young man.

"Ah! There are really some tricks."

The young man said with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"Sanlang, drink tea."

The beautiful woman handed over a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "Although this farm work is simple, Saburo has never done it before, and I can't do it myself."

"Well. My hoe is really not suitable for digging." The young man nodded.

The three people in the courtyard are Zhang San, Li Si and Gao Wenyin.

Gao Wenyin couldn't do such heavy work, she could only use a small shovel to handle the potted plants, so Zhang Fei volunteered to help, but the result was a mess.

"Isn't Sanlang very busy now, don't come here to help me." Gao Wenyin said.

Li Si stopped suddenly, and said: "Madam, Third Brother has invited someone to come here to discuss matters."

"you shut up!"

Zhang Fei glared at him immediately, and then said to Gao Wenyin with a little embarrassment: "I am here today to help my wife dig the ground, and by the way, invite someone to come over and talk about trivial matters."

Gao Wenyin nodded with a smile.

Suddenly, Long Wu's shout came from outside the door, "Who are you?"

Zhang Fei looked up, "Long Wu, let him in."

I saw a man walking in, it was Li Bao.

"Brother Leopard, don't come here unharmed."

"Congratulations to Saburo on his wedding."

"Thank you very much! This way please."

The two saluted each other, then went to sit in the middle of the pavilion.

Zhang Fei asked with a smile: "Where is Brother Bao recently?"

Li Bao smiled shyly, "I'm not wandering around yet."

Zhang Fei said with a chuckle: "Brother Bao is being modest, you are a chivalrous man everywhere."

Li Bao said in embarrassment: "That's not true. Occasionally we also help those cunning and cunning people."

Zhang Fei laughed, "What is required by the duty, what is required by the duty." He said again: "By the way, where are Lao Qi and Shi Er now?"

Li Bao said: "They said they were going to Qingzhou to visit a brother, but now I don't know where they are. But the two of them really like doing this job, and they have met many green forest heroes."

Feng Nanxi and Shi Tingxiu used to like to act bravely for righteousness, but they were a loser and couldn't protect themselves enough, but it was different now, and now the Secretary of the Imperial City supported them, so they could let go of their hands.

It's really not too cool.

But Zhang Fei has never dared to let Niu Beiqing know about this, otherwise, that guy would definitely be arguing to go, but in Zhang Fei's view, Niu Beiqing is more suitable for looking after the house, and he has to scare off many thieves with his appearance .

After exchanging pleasantries, Zhang Fei's expression changed, and he said seriously: "Brother Bao, whether the tax department can become a blockbuster depends entirely on this battle."

Li Bao clasped his fists and said: "Sanlang, please rest assured. Although the tax department has only been established for a year, I have been operating in Gyeonggi for many years. I know the situation in those counties very well. At this time, many Ji counties are already digging traps secretly. , just wait for Saburo to step on it."

Zhang Fei laughed and said: "Let them dig, this idleness is idleness, it's better than staying at home and worrying."

Li Bao laughed, and said again: "These people are conceited and talented, but after working for a long time, they still don't know what justice is. It's really ridiculous to toss around there."

Zhang Fei waved his hand: "Maybe it's because I haven't filed a lawsuit for a long time, making them forget that I was born in Erbi."

(End of this chapter)