Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 561

There is no perfect system in this world, but the construction of any system is like building a house. Only when the foundation is solid can the house be solid.

In particular, the construction of the legal system must not be rushed.

Any law that is eager for success may cause permanent damage to the country.

At the end of summer and early autumn, the cicadas do not slough off.

Butterflies flying in the air turned into fallen leaves.

Everything looks quiet and beautiful, at ease.Everything is so poetic and picturesque.

After several fierce struggles in the summer, the imperial court finally gained a firm foothold in Hezhong Mansion, and the public security and law enforcement gradually got on the right track.

The official business has also become extremely busy.

The Four Little King Kongs have also changed from being sad at the beginning to being fully committed at this time, and the breath of the law accompanied by the fragrance of paper and ink permeated every corner of the imperial court.

Zhang Fei, who had just come out of the small lake, was currently wrapped in a coat, sitting in the pavilion, carefully reviewing the papers handed over by Cai Bian and the others.

He told Cai Bian and the others to read it first, write down their thoughts on the judgment, and then hand it over.

This is also their homework.

"How do you think they judged?"

Xu Zhiqian asked a little gossip.

But Zhang Fei's answer is still depressing.

"Just overtake you!"

".?"

Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Fei glanced at her and said with a smile: "Before, they were similar to you. They often ignored objective rules, and only judged by their own subjective right and wrong. They completely followed their own feelings. This time, they have made some progress."

Xu Zhiqian said, "Haven't I made any progress?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Being more charming and charming, is that considered progress?"

Xu Zhiqian immediately gouged him out, "Slick tongue."

After a short pause, he asked again: "By the way! It seems that there has been no news from the Transshipment Department for a long time, and I don't know how it is going?"

Zhang Fei said hehe: "It's a big deal, there's no rush."

Xu Zhiqian said: "Because this is a big deal, and you are also involved in this plan, don't you intend to help?"

Zhang Fei frowned slightly, put down the paper in his hand, and said with emotion: "If it was before, I would probably try to find a way to help."

"Are you seventy or eighty now?" Seeing his old-fashioned look, Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but find it funny.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Although I am not seven or eighty years old, I have experienced things that many old people have never experienced. Ever since I became an official, I found that everything has two sides, and you can still say that it is perfect and perfect. But the result may be exactly the opposite of what you imagined.

Or as the ancients said well, if you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you listen to one side, you will be dark. There is no absolutely correct voice in this world.I can only provide them with some technical support, but they must consider more carefully than me on how to do it. "

Xu Zhiqian thought for a while, "Are you referring to Bachelor Wang and Bachelor Sima?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "They have inspired me a lot, so I will try my best to do what I am good at."

He picked up another piece of paper and shook it.

Although he has a broader vision and more advanced policies, the battle between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang made him understand that what you think is perfect is not necessarily perfect, but may be full of loopholes.

On non-judicial policies, he only comes up with some ideas, but he generally does not intervene in how to do it. It is only the judiciary that provides checks and balances to ensure that reforms will not break through this bottom line.

Xu Zhiqian nodded, and asked again: "Then when do you plan to hold the court?"

Zhang Fei said: "It's the busy season of farming. We'll wait until after the autumn harvest to hold a trial, and try to resolve all these cases before the cold winter arrives."

At this moment, Li Si came over, "Third brother, Bachelor Sima sent a letter."

Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian's hearts skipped a beat at the same time.

Why did Sima Guang send a message suddenly?

Could it be...

Li Si handed over a small square wooden box.

Isn't there a hidden weapon hidden inside?Zhang Fei carefully opened the wooden box, but saw that there was a letter inside, opened it, and couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly asked, "What did the letter say?"

Zhang Fei said: "Scholar Sima probably didn't see through it, the letters are all praising me."

As he spoke, he handed the letter to Xu Zhiqian, then picked up the small wooden box, looked at it for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's really elegant to send a letter in a wooden box."

After hearing this, Xu Zhiqian frowned slightly, "Is there just a letter inside?"

Zhang Fei nodded, and tapped inside again, "There is no cassette, there should only be a letter, and I hope that Bachelor Sima will give you a gift. I might as well find a way to pick up the remaining food from the sky."

Xu Zhiqian couldn't help muttering: "But the letters between literati are not so particular! What's more, Bachelor Sima is notoriously simple!"

Zhang Fei said: "This wooden box looks very cheap and rough. It is not as good as the wooden box delivered by Baifan Building. It is very in line with the style of Bachelor Sima."

Xu Zhiqian put down the letter, "Show it to me."

Zhang Fei immediately handed the wooden box to Xu Zhiqian.

Xu Zhiqian took a closer look and said, "It seems that Bachelor Sima has seen through your plan."

Zhang Fei looked surprised, "How do you say that?"

Xu Zhiqian pointed to the engraving on the wooden box, "Look, what is this?"

Zhang Fei took a closer look, "One window is open."

Xu Zhiqian said with a smile: "Scholar Sima is mocking you for being all-round."

Zhang Fei said: "Is it true? What does this have to do with Eight Faces Linglong? Shouldn't you give me Yu Linglong?"

Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes, and said: "I told you to read more books, but you didn't listen to them. The eight-faced exquisiteness comes from the Tang Dynasty poet Lu Lun's "Fu De Peng Zulou Sends Yang Dezong back to Xuzhou". The windows are bright and spacious. Although there are no four houses and eight windows in this pattern, if you look closely at the windows, there are four grids and eight pages, and the paint is very bright, the meaning is already very obvious."

"That's what happened."

Zhang Fei suddenly realized, and immediately asked: "Then what does he mean?"

Xu Zhiqian glanced at the letter again, and said: "The content of this letter is to praise you for gaining a firm foothold in Hezhong Mansion so quickly, that is to say, he also knows that the public prosecutor's law is the biggest beneficiary of this matter, I think I just want to sarcasm you and imply that it knows your whole plan."

"It's his style."

Zhang Fei was a little relieved. In fact, he had also thought about it, and he would see through Sima Guang. After all, those few were not easy to provoke, but it was not the first time he did this. He was not very afraid, as long as he could hide it from others. , suddenly said: "Who told you to read so many books, otherwise, we wouldn't be able to understand it, and it would piss him off, don't you believe it?"

"Shameless."

Xu Zhiqian spat and gave him a deep look of contempt.

"who said it."

Zhang Fei hummed: "This is not indecent, I have to write a letter to satirize him."

Xu Zhiqian was frightened immediately, and said: "You should save your writing."

"Isn't it because you're here?" Zhang Fei said, "Help me think about it. What kind of poems, articles, or gifts can be used as a metaphor for constipation. Toilet? This expression may not be clear, how about putting a lid on it?"

"????"

Indeed, as Zhang Fei said, this is not the first time he has done this. Sima Guang is angry, but he will not abandon Zhang Fei because of this. Before Zhang Fei set off, he was very worried. He also knew that it was not easy to gain a firm foothold so quickly.

If the key public security law is not authoritative, it will not be able to contain the new law, and the young crop law will definitely be passed.

But Sima Guang didn't want to pretend to be in the dark, so he had to satirize Zhang Fei a few words.

At this time, Sima Guang didn't have the heart to think about Zhang Fei anymore. Yuan Jiang's memorial had just been approved, and Wang Shao's and Guo Kui's memorials followed one after another without stopping.

If you want to change things like military affairs, it must be the highest decision of the imperial court.

And this time what Wang Shao wants to move is the law of his ancestors, that is, the more defensive law.

This can be said to be one of the core contents of the military system in the Northern Song Dynasty.

"This time, that time."

This time Wang Anshi did not let Lu Huiqing come out to take the lead. After Sima Guang expressed his worries, he stood up decisively, "The law of reform was established at the beginning of the founding of the country. Therefore, the more defensive law was implemented, but now the country has settled down, and the biggest threat comes from foreign enemies.

However, the more garrison law has sharply reduced our army's combat effectiveness and caused great internal friction. It is really not applicable to the current situation, and the court should make timely adjustments.

And if you want to get rid of the scourge of redundant troops, you must disarm your troops, but if you disarm rashly, the enemy may take advantage of it. This requires improving the combat effectiveness of our army, and then we must change our defense methods. Otherwise, the combat effectiveness of our army will be greatly reduced. It is impossible to get promoted, and it is impossible to talk about disarmament.

The disadvantages of this are already very clear in Wang Jinglue's memorial. "

Facing Wang Anshi's dominance this time, neither Wen Yanbo nor Fu Bi said a word.

It's really true.

The more garrison law is completely internal, but now there are continuous wars on the border, enemies on both sides, and because of the worrying combat effectiveness, this indirectly affects the country's finances, administration, and even the livelihood of the people.

It is the root of all evil.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked, "I don't know what you can do to get rid of this evil?"

Wang Anshi immediately said: "First of all, reduce the establishment of our army, and change the four-level organization of Xiang, Jun, Battalion, and Capital into the three-level organization of General, Department, and Team. It will. Secondly, in the process of incorporating the military camps, we can also eliminate those weak ones.

Secondly, each general can set up two positions as principal and deputy, and select experienced generals to train soldiers specially.

In the end, it should be rewarded with etiquette and righteousness, and should not make it unhappy.Therefore, the tattoo system should be abolished, soldiers should be given more respect, and the military pay and rewards should be paid in full and in a timely manner. "

He spoke eloquently, obviously thinking about it long ago, but it has nothing to do with Zhang Fei, Zhang Fei knows nothing about disarmament.

This is a very important method in Wang Anshi's reform, that is, the art of war.Originally, Baojia Law and Baoma Law would be followed by Baojia Law and Baoma Law, which was a set of strategies to strengthen the army, but now the police station is in conflict with Baojia Law and Baoma Law, so he decided not to talk about it for the time being, and see if the police station satisfies him requirements.

Sima Guang questioned: "In this way, how can we prevent local generals from monopolizing power?"

Wang Anshi said eagerly: "How can it be so easy to monopolize power? The Tang Dynasty Jiedu envoys were able to separate one side because they held the three major powers of finance, military administration, and administration.

And we just return the general administration to the generals, the administration cannot interfere with the military administration, but the military administration cannot interfere with the administration, and at the same time, the finances are still in the hands of the third division. If the army can be paid enough, how can the soldiers follow those generals to seek rebellion? You must not forget , according to the reform plan of Bachelor Yuan, the family members of soldiers will go to the Changping Division to receive military pay.

The military pay no longer enters the barracks, the soldiers only need to obey the military orders, and the general has to deduct and fine the soldier's military pay, and he also needs to explain to the Changping Secretary that the soldiers don't need to rely on the general's nose to survive, and at the same time, the military imperial court checks and balances it, and the benefits are far-reaching better than its harm. "

Fu Bi nodded slightly.

In fact, he was opposed to this, because the root of this idea is very similar to the military and political reforms he and Fan Zhongyan envisioned during the Qingli period.

In addition, now it is a two-pronged approach. Although the power of the general has been improved, it is limited to the military and government, and the power of the transfer department in charge of finance has become stronger. At the same time, the military court is in charge of military law. This seems to be better. limits.

Wen Yanbo said: "Xueshi Wang's words are justified, and the law of defense is finally inside, and the law of Xueshi Wang is more important than the outside, so we can first implement this method in the northwest and north. After all, the foreign enemy is the most important in that side, and the south does not move. This also stabilizes the rear.”

He also agrees, but he also thinks that stability should be sought while changing. The granary is in the south, where there can be no chaos, and the key public security law has not yet fully established itself.

Compared with Song Renzong, Zhao Xu is obviously more courageous. He is even more eager to strengthen the army than Wang Anshi. In fact, it is because of this that they can "fall in love at first sight". Immediately he made a decision and said: "According to what Wen Gong said, it will be implemented in the northwest and north for the time being. This matter will be handed over to the Department of Regulations of the Second Government."

Wang Anshi cupped his hands and said, "I take orders."

(End of this chapter)