Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 598
Since the Public Security Bureau came to Hezhong Mansion, everyone's eyes have been focused on the imperial court. To them, the Royal Police are just a group of tool people.

There is a saying that the king is captured first when the thief is captured. They think that as long as the imperial court is killed, the royal police will be defeated by themselves. The key point is that there is no need to compete with a group of ordinary people.

Unconsciously, the police station at this time has grown into a behemoth with [-] police forces, and because of its strong execution ability, it can even compete with the military.

They are still immersed in the debate between the young crop law and judicial reform, but they never thought that this police station would be deployed suddenly, and dozens of people were arrested within two days.

The key is that these people are either local bullies, or they have connections in the government, and they are all relatives.

This really caught the officials by surprise, and they couldn't figure it out for a while.

Where is this going to be sung?
Don't your public prosecutors play cards according to the routine?
But what is interesting is that people outside the system are not surprised by this at all. Instead, they think it is normal, and some people even claim that they have already expected it.

This is because of the superficial phenomenon seen by the people. Then in the court before, the two sides attacked back and forth and stripped each other's underpants. The imperial court saw it, so didn't it matter?
Isn't it normal to call out the police now to crack down on these illegal activities?
And those people who have been oppressed all the year round, seeing that the police station really took action, immediately went to the police station, the procuratorate, and the imperial court to file a complaint.

Before those officials could react, the Royal Police dispatched more than 360 people, arrested 56 people, sealed up [-] shops, and destroyed six roadblocks.

This directly broke the record of eradicating crime and evil, which had been kept by Bianjing before, but a total of more than a thousand people were dispatched.

This shot was like a thunderbolt, suffocating.

The police station also won their highlight moment because of this, I saw that there was a lot of traffic in front of the police station headquarters, coming in and out, and it was non-stop for twelve hours, and inside the police station was even crying and arguing. The sound continued.

"Son, we are here."

Qin Yijie hurriedly got off the carriage and looked up, but saw that the police station was already full of people, and they had already squeezed into the yard.

I saw familiar faces sitting on chairs and being lectured by the Royal Police.

"Police, you've been wronged! I've been wronged! I'm just a butcher, what can I do? It must be that other butchers are jealous of my business, so they wronged me."

"Whether you were wronged or not, we will investigate. Also, before you were arrested, there was only one butcher who sued you for occupying his meat case, buying and selling by force, but after you were arrested, there were more than ten people I came to your door to sue you for buying and selling, so everyone is idle and has nothing to do, so they came here to wrong you?"

"I, I.!"

"Hey! Police, we are really forced. Our village is all barren and barren, but we can only hope to collect some travel expenses to survive. I used to help the villagers get ahead."

"Stand up for the villagers? Do you think we are blind? Your farm is almost encircling the entire village. There are 56 households in your village. There were 21 households that went begging on the street last year. You just want to beg for the villagers in your heart." Think about it. You didn’t pay tolls at all!”

"Police, everyone is our own person, you don't look at the monk's face, you have to look at the Buddha's face!"

"Who is your own person, who is your brother, has nothing to do with this case, how many times do I have to tell you?"

"Sorry, policeman, I'm Er Bi hired by Zhou Yuanwai."

"Come over here to take a statement."

"Yes Yes Yes."

"Yo, Mr. Qin."

Finally, a royal policeman spotted Qin Yijie who was standing in a daze at the door, and immediately came over to greet him.

Qin Yijie swallowed, "Are you, Superintendent Cao, there?"

"Our superintendent is in the back hall."

The royal policeman whispered: "Young Master Qin, who are you here to protect?"

Qin Yijie was taken aback, "What's the protection? I just happened to come here to find Superintendent Cao."

"Save it! Save it!"

The royal policeman nodded again and again, but his eyes clearly showed disbelief. At this time, [-]% of the people who went to the police station were related to their relatives, and said: "Young Master Qin, please come inside, please come inside."

"It's work."

When I came to the back hall, I could smell the smell of hot pot from a long distance. When I entered the gate, I saw that Cao Dongdong was eating boiled mutton while chatting with Fu Shichun. Thinking about the situation outside, it was like two worlds. No matter how you look at it, it's not reliable!

"Brother Qin, you came just in time, have a drink or two with me."

Seeing him coming, Cao Dongdong pulled him over.

"Yamei, you...how do you still have the time to drink?" Qin Yijie wondered.

"I just held it back for several days. Today I finally had to rest for a while, so I quickly drank two cups, but the pony is going to the police, and Xiaochun has to take care of things, so I can only drink it by myself."

Cao Dongdong is a dude.

Qin Yijie couldn't help looking at Fu Shichun, who just shook his head helplessly, and then asked Cao Dongdong: "Yanei, I heard that your police station has arrested a lot of people recently!"

Cao Dongdong said carelessly: "This is the order of the imperial court. Someone went to the imperial court to file a complaint. The evidence is solid, and the imperial court ordered us to arrest him."

"That's what happened."

Qin Yijie nodded, his eyes dodged a few times, and then he whispered: "The yamen may not know that you have arrested many people this time, and they are all relatives of the uncles in the camp. The flood rushed into the Dragon King Temple, you Let's see if we can."

You must know that after Cao Dongdong came to Hezhong Mansion, he has always been supported by the military. Many people here are related to the military camp. Those people were very unhappy about this, so they sent Qin Yijie to find out what was going on.

One cannot be ungrateful!

Cao Dongdong waved his hand and said, "Brother Qin, don't worry, there's nothing wrong, let those uncles find someone to guarantee, and I'll let him go."

"guarantee?"

The corners of Qin Yijie's mouth twitched. Who dares to vouch for this? He's going to die. After all, there are still people who have been convicted of multiple crimes these days. If they come to vouch for it at this time, they are throwing themselves into a trap.Thinking about it, I'd better inquire first before saying, "Ya Nei, what's going on here, these things don't happen in a day or two, why did the police suddenly arrest people?"

Cao Dongdong glanced outside, and then said: "It's really no wonder we don't show affection. It's really that those people have done too much, and we can't ignore it. But brother Qin, please rest assured, I, Cao Dongdong, will not betray those uncles , Let them guarantee the person out, as long as the person doesn’t run away, it’s fine, the most is to pay some fines, pay back what should be paid back to others, just this little thing, we are just pretending.”

Make a show?Qin Yijie thought to himself, are they looking for political achievements?Asked: "Really?"

"real."

Cao Dongdong nodded, "But Brother Qin, don't go outside and talk about this."

Qin Yijie nodded hurriedly: "I can save this, I can save this."

Cao Dongdong took Qin Yijie's hand again, sticking his tongue out: "Brother Qin Xian, we are also from the Sanya, and we are very clear about the sources of income here, such as selling salt, selling wine, and buying horses. There are so many sources of income. Is it worthwhile to occupy other people's houses and force them to buy their own goods?"

Who can compare with your home.Qin Yijie sighed: "Some relatives who don't know what to do, that's inevitable."

In fact, this is not the case. Many of the people arrested today are relatives of small officials. They live on this extra money. It is not their turn to do high-end business.

Cao Dongdong said again: "This time, I, Cao Dongdong, can guarantee that nothing will happen, let alone those uncles and uncles, but next time I won't be able to keep it. There are still the procuratorate and the imperial court. Please trouble Brother Qin Tell those uncles and uncles, don't do this kind of work in the future, the money is not much, and it is easy to be caught."

Qin Yijie hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Ya Nei for your kindness, I will tell those uncles about it."

Nowadays, many people are afraid of being implicated. If they just spend some money, whether to compromise or not is another matter. At least they have a bottom line in their hearts.

A smile flashed across Fu Shichun's eyes.

Cao Dongdong seems unreliable, but being unreliable also has the advantage of being unreliable. Some things are difficult for them to say, but Cao Dongdong can say whatever he wants, anyway, you can guess.

Wei Fu.

"When I let you into the police station, I hoped that you could inquire about the news inside. You have become addicted to it. Could it be that the wings are so stiff that you can't control them because you got close to Cao Yanei."

Wei Yingfang reprimanded a young man in front of him.

The young man said with an aggrieved face: "Wei Tongpan has learned a lesson, the villain has never forgotten Wei Tongpan's advice."

Wei Yingfang said: "Then why did you not even mention it beforehand when the police station made such a big move?"

The young man said: "This can't be blamed on the villain. The villain also received the order suddenly at that time, and then immediately started to act. Even before the arrest, the villain didn't know what they were going to do, and there was no time to inform Wei Tongsan."

"you!"

"Wei Tong, please calm down."

Cao Yi stood up, stopped Wei Yingfang, and said, "Perhaps it's no wonder they are. Many people have not received the news. The police station obviously came prepared for this operation, and naturally they will not leak the news in advance."

Wei Yingfang said: "Then what should we do now? My mother-in-law learned that her brother was arrested, and quarreled with me every day at home."

Cao Yi sighed: "My brother-in-law was also arrested. I was worried at first, but now it seems that it is relatively safe."

Wei Yingfang asked, "How do you say that?"

Cao Yidao: "The police station arrested so many people at once, and behind them are all famous people. If they are all punished, then all the officials in Hezhong Mansion must not be offended."

Wei Yingfang nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, do they dare to punish so many people?"

Cao Yidao: "So we will wait and see what happens, and see what their intentions are. If they are too impulsive, they will be caught by the imperial court. Moreover, people will naturally make trouble with them."

It is no exaggeration to say that the actions of the police station this time have created a feeling of shaking the whole Hezhong Mansion. If it is just to say that some thieves are caught, or even a few nests of grass bandits, there will be no such feeling. Effect.

The reason is that all the people arrested by the Royal Police this time are related households, all of whom have various backgrounds in the government.

The officials were all dumbfounded, they didn't even dare to guarantee it, even if the police station allowed them to do so, as long as they were willing to guarantee it and paid a little guarantee money, they could take the person back.

Officials are speculating on the intentions behind this move.

Could it be that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance was aimed at Pei Gong, and the purpose was to catch them.

This even includes the procuratorate. This action was taken without warning, and the procuratorate had no prior knowledge. However, according to its authority, many of these people have already committed criminal cases, and the procuratorate must intervene.

However, is it really no problem to sue so many related households at once?
Su Zhe was not Su Shi, he came based entirely on his temperament. He was more cautious and came to the imperial court immediately.

Because he knew the relationship between Cao Dongdong and Zhang Fei, Cao Dongdong would not be so reckless without Zhang Fei's order.

"Not bad!"

Zhang Fei frankly admitted: "This action was arranged by me."

Su Zhe asked, "I don't know what your purpose is for this move?"

Zhang Fei said: "Rectify the administration of officials."

Su Zhe was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "This time to rectify the administration of officials, it's really a fresh start!"

It is a big matter to rectify the administration of officials, you are so hasty, and you don't even discuss it with us.

But Zhang Fei said: "Mr. Su Xiao suddenly thinks that my methods are actually relatively mild."

Su Zhe frowned slightly, thinking.

From the perspective of rectifying the administration of officials, this is nothing. In the past, when rectifying the administration of officials, all officials were directly targeted, but this time Zhang Fei only investigated their relatives, and no official was arrested.

Zhang Fei said: "Actually, our imperial court has recently received a lot of secret lawsuits, all of which are aimed at those bullies in Hezhong Mansion, and these bullies basically have connections in the yamen.

There are roughly two types of official corruption. One is to use the convenience of one's position to directly ask for money from the people. This method is actually very forbidden.

The key is the second type, which uses power to occupy some livelihoods and form a monopoly to exploit the people. They have no ability and rely entirely on their brother-in-law or uncle.

It's like Zhou's Zhengdian in the southern suburbs. With his connections in the prison, he actually recruited a group of prisoners and forced passing businessmen to live in his store. However, the prices of food and drinks in his store were even more expensive than those in Bailian Building.

The damage caused by this kind of behavior to the country is far better than directly using the position to ask for money from the people, because those who work in the yamen have to pay attention after all, and these people are unscrupulous. "

Su Zhe nodded slightly, and said again: "But when we first came, we hinted to the outside world that we would not settle old accounts, otherwise, the process would not be so smooth. To tell you the truth, I don't agree with liquidation either. Old accounts, that will force them to jump over the wall, which is not conducive to the stability of Hezhong Mansion."

Zhang Fei said: "I have no intention of settling old accounts, I just want to tell them that until this point, our imperial court will never allow this situation to continue like this.

You should make as much money as you can, but if you still want to rely on relationships and rely on arrogant means to amass wealth, then what awaits them is bound to be a prison sentence. "

Su Zhe nodded slightly. This kind of behavior must be prohibited, otherwise, he would not be able to enforce the law. He said, "Then what should we do with this group of people now?"

Zhang Fei said: "Your procuratorate will take over and be responsible for the investigation, and then discuss with them and give them a chance to reconcile, but those who deserve compensation must be compensated, and those who should be punished must be punished. If we don't give a lesson, they will not realize our Determined. At best, they will be exempted from punishment, but the specific decision is still up to your procuratorate."

Su Zhe smiled and said, "It seems that if I don't come to you today, you will come to me."

Zhang Fei nodded, and said: "Recently, our imperial court has been in the limelight, so we should also let your procuratorate and police station have a good impression."

"Thank you very much!"

Su Zhe heheed twice, and said again: "Okay, I know what to do."

Although he also knew that this was not a good job, he was still a little excited, because many previous cases were civil lawsuits, and their procuratorate was only responsible for supervising the trial of the imperial court, but this time it was different, all of them were criminal cases. It is also their turn for the procuratorate to show their talents.

Zhang Fei's suggestion to Zhao Xu is to shift the focus to commercial taxation to make up for the lack of finances, and to avoid direct wars with landlords. The first step is to revitalize business, and these related households are part of the entire plan. All obstacles must be eradicated.

Only on the premise that the interests of merchants can be basically guaranteed, can commerce become prosperous and business taxes increase.

At the same time, the relationship between Qingmiaofa and Yuan Jiang's letter has also spread to the capital quickly.

This immediately set off an uproar in the capital.

Wang Anshi directly broke out. In the court hall, he complained that the public security and the law were colluding with the landlords, and the reformists also launched an attack on judicial reform.

You can also deny Lao Tzu's administrative order, but who gave you the power?

The key point is that they felt wronged by the whole reform. It was clearly those squires who made troubles. It was written very clearly in the hall records. All of them used to lend usury before. As a result, the court made two cents of interest, and they immediately came to pay one cent and five cents. , Isn't this blatantly against the court?
Some people even directly fanned the flames, saying that the imperial court's decree was even higher than the official's decree.

After all, the New Deal is approved by the government.

However, Sima Guang did not give in to Wang Anshi this time, he jumped out immediately, confronted Wang Anshi head-on, and resolutely defended the imperial court's verdict.

You must know that Sima Guang had been reluctant to leave before because of the judicial reform. Now that Wang Anshi is directly attacking the judicial reform, he will not bear it anymore. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to stay in the court.

Moreover, Zhang Fei's verdict boosted the morale of the conservative faction headed by Sima Guang, and the denial was really beautiful.

At the same time, this involves the power of the squires, and the relationship between the conservatives and the squires is very close.

Coupled with the fact that Sima Guang took the lead this time, the conservatives were united like never before and desperately defended the verdict.

Among them, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, and Zhao Bian, the great prime ministers, did not hide it, and directly stood up, saying that there was no problem with the verdict.

Although they opposed the Green Crop Law before, they spoke very euphemistically. The reason is that Zhao Xu was determined to support the new law. If he continued to oppose it, he could only force Zhao Xu to break with them.

But this time is different. This time they are protecting the judicial reform, not attacking the Youth Law. There will be no direct conflict with the emperor, so there is no need to be euphemistic.

The two sides were arguing a lot. In the judiciary and administrative departments, there were heated debates. One of the key points was whether the imperial court had the right to deny the administrative order.

Wang Anshi could drive Fan Zhen out of the court, but he couldn't directly kill the prime ministers such as Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang, and Zhao Bian, and finally quarreled in front of the emperor.

The emperor had to decide.

After Zhao Xu finished reading it, he said to Sima Guang: "Scholar Sima, judging from this record alone, those country gentry and landowners are clearly targeting the young crop law. I can see it at a glance. Don't you gentlemen see it?"

The tone was obviously biased towards Wang Anshi.

Sima Guang immediately said: "Your Majesty, President Zhang's judgment on this point is very detailed. The interest of one cent and five has long been stored in the villages. It did not appear because of the Green Crop Law. It is just that you are in the palace, Your Majesty. Among them, if it can reach His Majesty's ears, it must be usury. In fact, there are still many low-interest loans among the people.

In addition, the government has not provided specific evidence to prove that they are targeting the young crop law.Even if it is, it is just a kind of competition, and reasonable competition is not illegal.

Moreover, the imperial court also gave an explanation for this. Of course, the government has the right to prohibit an act that is not illegal, but this prohibition is not conducive to the interests of the country and the monarch, so this prohibition was overruled. "

"It's nonsense!" Wang Anshi scolded angrily: "They are openly resisting the policy of the imperial court, and the imperial court is even helping them. If they don't care, everyone will be against the imperial court in the future. Then how can we ministers govern the country? affect the interests of the state and the sovereign."

Zhao Xu nodded straight.

Wen Yanbo retorted: "This statement is wrong. The policy of the imperial court is the young crop law. They did not oppose the young crop law. They just filed a lawsuit against the sudden ban issued by the Hezhong government, and they won the lawsuit with dignity. In my opinion, This will effectively put an end to some policies that go against the will of the people and prevent local officials from acting recklessly."

Zhao Xu nodded again slightly.

When Wang Anshi heard this, he was not only not annoyed, but was delighted.

Wen Yanbo was absolutely opposed to the Green Crop Law in the past, but his words had an underlying meaning, that is, it was wrong to oppose the Green Crop Law, and what the imperial court rejected was not the Green Crop Law, but the ban.

It is tantamount to acknowledging the young crop law in disguise.

Sima Guang suddenly said: "Wang Jiefu! You used to brag about your financial management skills, but in the end, people only need to halve the interest rate, and your young crop method is vulnerable, and you can only use power to suppress it. It is not as easy as raising taxes according to the decree."

Fu Bi secretly glanced at Sima Guang, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Sima Guang is really professional in angering Wang Anshi.

"Sima Junshi."

Wang Anshi was furious immediately, it doesn't matter if you insult me, you can't insult my financial management skills, pointed at Sima Guang, gritted his teeth, "Okay, I'll let them pay [-] cents of interest, I want to see those honey-bellied swords, greedy How long the gluttonous landlords can last, let me put it here, in less than a year, they will reveal their true colors, and then we will see who is really thinking about the people."

Sima Guang said with a chuckle: "Can your young crop method last for a year?"

"you."

Wang Anshi glared at him, and suddenly said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, just looking at the hall record can't explain the problem. I suggest sending another official to monitor the case."

Sima Guang's heart shuddered, and he immediately said: "There is a procuratorate over there to supervise, so why send someone over there?"

Wang Anshi said: "I don't trust the procuratorate. There have been many cases from Hezhong Mansion, but the procuratorate has not rejected any of them. Now I suspect that the procuratorate has colluded with the imperial court, and there is a lack of supervision."

Wen Yanbo frowned and said, "You have no proof, why do you say that?"

Wang Anshi said: "That's why I suggested that the imperial court send people to investigate. After all, the public prosecutor's law is in the trial period, and the procuratorate is also in it. It is reasonable for the imperial court to send people to monitor."

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, Bachelor Yuan also mentioned the taxation of Hezhong Mansion this year. The police station only asked them to declare on their own. As a result, the tax this autumn has increased by at least [-]%. It can be seen that Hezhong Mansion The situation of tax evasion is so serious, and at the same time, there is still abuse of labor force in Hezhong Prefecture, so Yuan Xueshi begged the court to set up a tax department in Hezhong Prefecture, and at the same time implement the exemption law in Hezhong Prefecture. Implement immunity laws."

Zhao Xu pursed his lips and nodded again and again, but in fact he was a little panicked now, because he was aware of the whole plan, and he admired Wang Anshi's acting skills from the bottom of his heart!
The officials of the Hezhong Mansion over there hoped that they could fight. Wang Anshi had to give some response and give administrative support, so he must send someone there.

But that's just pretending.

It's just that Wang Anshi's acting skills are so superb that Sima Guang was completely kept in the dark.

Sima Guang thought that Wang Anshi did this to retaliate against those squires. The methods of the tax department were terribly feared by the rich and powerful in the capital. Well, so he said: "Your Majesty, the affairs of the Hezhong Mansion have been too busy recently. In my opinion, we should wait."

Wang Anshi snorted: "This matter is all caused by your judicial reform. Why do you let my new law wait? Why don't you let them calm down."

Sima Guang said: "Can you explain some reasoning, because there is a grievance in the first place, so you will go to the imperial court to file a lawsuit. This proves that the public security department went just right."

Wang Anshi said: "That's why the tax department can't go."

".?"

Sima Guang was speechless immediately.

Seeing that the heat was about the same, Zhao Xu finally said, "Scholar Wang is right. The Public Prosecution Law is still in the trial stage and should be supervised. As for the Tax Department and the Exemption Law, they have achieved good results in Gyeonggi. Every year, officials talk about the hardships of servants, and it should also be implemented in Hezhong Mansion to get rid of the bad government as soon as possible."

Fu Bi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, the Public Procuratorate is a system of its own, and there are layers of supervision. If we send people to supervise, I'm afraid it will damage the judiciary."

The envoy of the Song Dynasty was a key reason why the government orders were not clear, because there were too many envoys, and the officials below did not know who to listen to.

The reason why the public security system is successful is because it is a school of its own, and no one can control it.

If another person is sent to supervise the trial of the public security bureau, it will only affect the judiciary, and the gain outweighs the gain.

Zhao Xu said: "Han Sishi is only investigating the cause of this case, and will not interfere with the judicial trial. If the imperial court's trial is correct, I am not afraid of other people's investigation."

(End of this chapter)