Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 550 The first battle of the three redundancy ([-])
As the logistics base of the Northwest Army, Hezhong Mansion has a very strong military atmosphere.

Regarding the matter of soldiers begging for military pay from the procuratorate, it has long been rumored, and the enthusiasm remains high.

In the evening, the neighbors who were tired all day did not go back to the house to rest early, but gathered together in threes and fives, talking about asking for military expenses.

"It's a big mess, but can I get the money back?"

"Why can't, Chen Guang is going to get it, and everyone else will get it too, as long as there is evidence."

"Chen Guang is alone, and now there are thousands of people asking for it. Can he really get it?"

"Not bad! The imperial court can't afford so much money."

While chatting, a person suddenly heard shouting: "Liu Laoqi."

"exist!"

A tall and thin middle-aged man immediately ran to the front of his house, only to see two royal policemen standing in front of the door.

"I'm talking about Liu Laoqi. With this little effort, you have to run over and have a chat."

One of the royal policemen frowned disapprovingly.

Liu Laoqi hurriedly said with a shy smile, "Oh! Don't we trust your Royal Police about this matter?"

"You're pretty good at talking."

The royal police handed him the household registration, "Keep your household registration, remember, your house number is 357 now, recognize these symbols."

"Hey hey!"

That Liu Laoqi nodded straightly, and said gossip again: "That's right! Do the two policemen know about the soldiers begging for military pay?"

The royal policeman said with a smile: "If your family has grievances, you can tell us, but if it has nothing to do with you, then don't ask more. Farewell."

Hedong County, Gui Township.

Under a large shed, I saw three or five royal policemen sitting in it drinking tea and chatting.

"Yamei, we can't make mistakes in such a small matter, you don't have to come in person."

Ou Jun said to Cao Dongdong very distressed.

Cao Dongdong glanced at him sullenly: "You have been with this yamen for so long, but you still can't tell that this yamen is idle and bored, and you have to go out to get some air."

Ou Jun froze for a moment, then nodded immediately.

While chatting, I suddenly heard a crisp voice, "Excuse me, are the elder brothers the Royal Police?"

Cao Dongdong immediately turned his head to look, saw that it was a young woman of young age, and immediately held Ou Jun who was about to get up, "I'll do it!"

He immediately got up and stepped forward, with a thick voice, "Little lady, I am Cao Dongdong, the Royal Police Superintendent, look, Emperor!"

As he spoke, he showed off the "Huang" character on his shoulder. At present, it is really rare for the entire Hezhong Mansion to wear this kind of "Huang" character uniform.

The young woman hurriedly bowed her knees and saluted, "Ms. Cen has met you!"

"Hey!"

Cao Dongdong immediately stretched out his hands to help Mrs. Cen, but the moment he touched it, the beauty was startled, and Cao Dongdong quickly withdrew his hands, "Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean it, but you don't need to salute."

Cen's cheeks were dizzy, she nodded and said softly, "No, it's the girl who is being rude."

"it's okay no problem!"

Cao Dongdong asked again: "By the way, what's the matter with you?"

Cen said: "I want to seek justice for my husband. I heard from the folks that you can come here and ask the Royal Police to write a pleading paper."

"Husband?"

Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes and asked, "Why doesn't your husband come by himself?"

Cen choked with sobs and said, "My husband...he was already killed."

A look of joy flashed in Cao Dongdong's eyes, and he hurriedly said: "Little lady, please sit here. If you have any grievances, you can tell this superintendent, and this superintendent will definitely help you get justice."

He courteously invited Cen to the chair, and suddenly kicked Ou Jun, "What are you doing in a daze, you haven't poured tea yet."

"Pour... pour tea? Oh, yes yes yes."

The cake and tea were served immediately.

Then Ou Jun took the other two royal policemen out of the shed, so as not to interfere with the important affairs of the yamen.

"Master!"

Ou Jun couldn't help but said with emotion: "Ya Nei is indeed an expert in this field, he is really good at predicting things!"

"Brother Jun, what do you say?"

"Don't you understand, Ya Nei is not here to breathe, but to see the widow."

"Yes! Let's come here to help stop the soldiers to seek justice, and we will definitely meet widows."

"High! Really high!"

"The two of you are not yet married, so ask the yamen for advice."

"Hey hey!"

It was already evening, but the gate of the procuratorate was still full of people.

"That's all for today. Our procuratorate will be closed, and there are still people who want to appeal. Please come back tomorrow."

While Wang Shen was yelling, the royal police who maintained order pushed the crowd outside.

"It's still early, let me hand over the evidence first, I have been waiting for a day."

"It's still early? It's getting dark."

"I brought candles."

A man took out a candle.

Wang Shen almost didn't swear, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, don't worry, our procuratorate must have counted and made another appeal. It doesn't make much difference if you come early or late. You can come back when you are free. If you are crowding here and queuing, don't delay your work."

Having said that, Wang Shen also knew that they would still gather together tomorrow, because the military camp was completely conniving, and asking for leave for this matter would definitely be approved.

After finally clearing the venue, the sky darkened. When Su Zhe came to the front yard, he saw those procuratorates lying on the table, sound asleep.

"Have you eaten yet?"

"not yet!"

Wang Shen shook his head and said, "The people were driven away just now, and they immediately fell asleep on their stomachs."

"Everyone has worked hard these past few days." Su Zhe said, "Wake them up, tell them to eat quickly, and go home to rest."

"Hey!"

After giving the order, Su Zhe went to the back hall, and saw Chen Qi leading more than [-] probationary inspectors reviewing the evidence recorded today.

Seeing Su Zhe coming, Chen Qi immediately got up and walked over.

"How many copies are there?" Su Zhe asked.

"More than 800 copies."

As he said that, Chen Qi couldn't help complaining again: "The police station is the worst thing. They don't send people to help us here, but go to surrounding counties to help those soldiers who parked. Isn't this deliberately torturing our procuratorate? "

Su Zhe smiled slightly: "It's not to torture us, but to plan for themselves."

Chen Qi sighed: "I've thought of this too. Our procuratorate takes all the responsibilities, and every day we get up early and stay late every day, working hard to death. It's really unreasonable for their police station to silently make a fortune."

"The police station is good, it's good for us, and we don't need to record everyone's situation."

Su Zhe nodded with a smile, and said again: "In this way, you sort out the evidence that is conclusive and the amount involved is relatively large."

"I see!"

Chen Qi nodded.

Compared with the exhausting work of the procuratorate, day and night, [-], the imperial court and the police station are relatively more relaxed.

Today Ma Xiaoyi and Fu Shichun came to the imperial court to have a drink.

Zhang Fei came to the house and saw Ma Xiaoyi and Fu Shichun sitting in front of the wine table, already eating, especially Ma Xiaoyi, holding a sheep knuckle and chewing, his mouth was full of oil.

Fu Shichun was as elegant and calm as ever, even though Ma Xiaoyi was the only friend here.

"Huh? Why didn't the Yamen come?"

"He met a little widow recently, and he went to show his hospitality." Fu Shichun laughed.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, sat down and said: "No way! We asked you to go to the village to help those soldiers to appeal, not to ask you to find widows."

Ma Xiaoyi held a piece of meat in his mouth, shook his head, and said vaguely: "We didn't go there, but my brother went looking for it alone."

".!"

Zhang Fei was speechless for a while.

Fu Shichun said: "Actually, the more unrestrained the yamen behave, the less others will be afraid of us. Anyway, he can't help with this matter, so it's better to use him to confuse everyone."

Zhang Fei nodded slightly, and said again: "But you have to watch a bit, don't let him get caught by others."

Fu Shichun said: "This is why you forced me to come."

"Cough cough!"

Zhang Fei asked seriously: "How is the development of your police station?"

Ma Xiaoyi wiped his mouth, "Third Brother, this Hezhong Mansion is not as difficult as imagined, but let alone how smooth it is, the branch offices of the surrounding townships have been established. Compared with when I was in the capital, it is much easier. Too much, back then when I led the team out, the squires talked about everything I did, and I was very aggrieved."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Then work harder, spread the scene quickly, and serve the folks with all your heart, so that they get used to finding the Royal Police. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Ma Xiaoyi nodded straightly, "Hey! I know."

Fu Shichun laughed and said, "Zhang San, are we a bit unkind? Let the procuratorate do all the dirty and tiring work that offends others, but we take the opportunity to grow stronger."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "This is the end of the matter, so much as you can get! Come, come! Let's have a toast for the tomorrow of the police station."

"Do it!"

Ma Xiaoyi was eating too much, so he raised his glass and drank it all.

So far, there is no doubt that the police station is definitely the biggest and biggest winner.

It's really making a fortune in silence.

Earn crazy!
Not only by popularizing house numbers, re-census of the household registration of the people in the city, but also by helping those soldiers who have been parked, take the initiative to go to the countryside to help them redress their grievances.

This will open the branch office.

If the police station goes to the countryside in normal times, those country gentry and landlords will definitely obstruct it, so it is actually the hardest thing for this police station to grow.

Because the imperial power does not come down to the county, this power cannot be given by the emperor.

But this time, because of everyone's concerted efforts to build a procuratorate, the police station is tantamount to fighting in disguise. Everyone is very tolerant of this, and some squires even encourage villagers to go to the Royal Police.

Of course, all of this was arranged by Zhang Fei and planned long ago.

Since the game is so big, the risk is so high, the benefit is so great!

Of course, the procuratorate will not wait to find out the salary of all the soldiers. It may not be possible for a year or two. Never underestimate the number of soldiers in the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the military coins account for only a small part, most of which are food, cloth, tea and salt, and the accounts are also very complicated and difficult to count.

Today, Cai Yanqing, Yuan Jiang, Wei Yingfang, Tang Zhongwen, and Qin Zhongshou were invited to the Procuratorate.

"I don't know if Prosecutor Su invited us here, what is your order?"

Tang Zhongwen asked strangely.

Su Zhe opened the door a little, looked at the dark area outside, and said, "Everyone has seen it too."

Qin Zhongshou immediately said: "We can't blame us for this, they wanted to come by themselves. If we dissuade you, I'm afraid your procuratorate will accuse us of bending the law for personal gain."

Su Zhe nodded and smiled and said, "They are naturally allowed to come here. But according to the evidence we have investigated in the past few days, there are a lot of embezzlement and arrears of military expenses in the military camp. Don't you all know?"

Qin Zhongshou was still stunned for a while, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with Su Zhe's words, and immediately said: "This has nothing to do with us."

Tang Zhongwen suddenly came to his senses and stood up excitedly, "Chief Prosecutor Su, don't try to wrong someone."

Before the procuratorate sued the Transshipment Department, they had nothing to fear. Just now when Su Zhe asked, they didn't react for a while, and suddenly thought that they would not turn their guns around and go directly at this person.

It was still Yuan Jiang who had a big picture, and waved his hands and said: "You all stay calm and don't be impatient. Chief Prosecutor Su is a clean and honest official, how could he slander others so easily, so much military salary, let you be greedy, you can't be greedy! Sit down!"

Tang Zhongwen suddenly thought, yes!If you want to focus on people, it may involve [-]% of the officials in Hezhong Mansion.

Immediately sat down confidently.

Su Zhe smiled and said: "Our procuratorate mainly looks at the evidence, and this is the problem. Facts have proved that there are indeed large-scale arrears and deduction of military pay. You should not be ignorant!"

Cai Yanqing opened his mouth, glanced at Yuan Jiang from the corner of his eye, and resisted making a sound, he was afraid that his talk would disrupt Yuan Jiang's plan.

Yuan Jiang said: "Manager Tang, you know what's going on best, you can talk to Attorney General Su."

Tang Zhongwen immediately said: "Of course we know about it, but this is because the imperial court's finances are insufficient and have not allocated us enough military expenses. We also do not have enough money, so we can only default."

Su Zhe said: "This empty talk has no basis. I wonder if your transshipment department has any evidence in this regard?"

Tang Zhongwen said: "Of course there is."

Su Zhe said: "Could you please send the evidence in this regard to the transshipment department, because the evidence is sufficient at present, but we must first determine who we should sue."

Tang Zhongwen said confidently: "Yes!"

The reason why he is so confident is that the gap in military expenditure is indeed not small, especially in Hezhong Prefecture, because they first need to meet the military expenditure of the frontier state, and the reserve army naturally gets less.

In comparison, the embezzlement and embezzlement of military pay are all superficial.

quickly!

Only three days later, the Transshipment Department sent the specific accounts to the procuratorate.

In fact, before that, they had already prepared, because this account is the most favorable evidence for them, and also the most critical proof. It is indeed the lack of military expenditure, not being corrupted.

royal court.

by the lake.

"Chairman Zhang is here again!"

Seeing that Zhang Fei's hair was wet again and wrapped in a coat, Su Zhe couldn't help feeling depressed.

Zhang Fei cupped his hands and said: "It's a coincidence, I hope Mr. Su Xiao will forgive me a lot."

"It's okay! I came at a bad time."

"I don't know why Mr. Su Xiao came here?"

"I came here today to tell you that I have already asked for an account from the Transit Department."

"is it?"

Zhang Fei asked: "How big is the gap?"

Su Zhe sighed: "Converted, the military expenditure of Guanghe Zhongfu is short of more than 30 guan."

Zhang Fei couldn't help taking a deep breath when he heard the words, "The military expenditure of Guanghe Zhongfu is so much lower."

Su Zhe nodded and said: "The entire Shaanxi Road may reach more than 100 million guan, but this is just a lack of accounts, in fact it is not so much."

Zhang Fei was surprised and said, "Is there anyone else who is willing to advance money?"

"That's not it."

Su Zhe said: "It's because of the prefect Cai and Xue Fayun's efforts to increase the military expenditure. It can be seen from this that we really want to sue them for corruption and bribery, but we may not be able to sue them."

The government is desperately collecting money, even if it is greedy, there is no one who is greedy for the court.

Zhang Fei asked: "I don't know what Mr. Su Xiao plans to do next?"

Su Zhe said: "If you have no problem, I plan to go to the court and ask for the reduction of soldiers."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I have no problem."

Su Zhe nodded, but his eyes were sizing up Zhang Fei, and he suddenly asked, "Is it up to you to arrange the matter at the police station?"

Zhang Fei was taken aback, nodded with a smile and said, "It was my suggestion."

Su Zhe asked again: "You planned it a long time ago, right?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a while, and said: "It's not too early, I only thought of it when the procuratorate decided to prosecute."

Su Zhe asked with a smile, "I don't know what other plans President Zhang has."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "No more! You know my relationship with Cao Yanei, and I have been helping him with advice on the police station."

Su Zhe sighed, "If Chief Judge Zhang still hides his plans, I might have to sleep more soundly."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Really not."

(End of this chapter)