Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 618 Institutional Competition
Although Wang Anshi's character is obstinate, he is by no means a reckless man. He still has a very clear judgment on the whole situation. Either because of his forehead, or because of Ouyang Xiu's anger, he wants to put aside the public prosecution and go it alone.

It’s just that he knows that according to the current situation in the DPRK and China, if we continue to cooperate with the Public Security Law, the New Deal will become precarious, because the voices opposing the Public Security Law within the reformers are getting louder, and finance is the country’s problem. It is also Zhao Xu's greatest expectation for him. Wenzhi and martial arts cost money.

On the contrary, regardless of the public security law, it is possible to gain the support of local officials. At this moment, this effect is better than using the public security law to rule officials.

However, among them, he still had a small misjudgment.

He believes that the success of the public security law in Bianliang and Hezhong prefectures depends entirely on Zhang Fei's personal ability, rather than the entire system of the public security law.

And this judgment is mainly due to his many secret contacts with Zhang Fei. He is very clear why the public security law can gain a foothold in Hezhong Mansion. It is not fair or just. It is only on the surface. Many means have been used to create this illusion.

Of course, he admired Zhang Fei very much and believed that Zhang Fei's talent could indeed help his New Deal, but he didn't think that the Public Security Law could bring him much benefit to the New Deal.

Without Zhang Fei, the public security system would not have been successful, and Fan Chunren and Su Shi are the best proofs.

Therefore, after some consideration, he believes that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages of setting aside the public security law. He can use officials' worries about the public security law to unite them with him and complete the reform.

In fact, this is what he had thought a long time ago. The reformers have been using this to divide the conservatives and strengthen their own power, and they have achieved great success so far.

Ouyang Xiu's memorial just speeded up the whole process.

If you want to ask, in history, who is the real master of Gonghuo, no matter how you rank, Ouyang Xiu must be on the list, otherwise, there must be problems with the credibility of this list.

He can always hold a torch, find the fuse accurately, and then ignite the fuse inadvertently, but you can hardly tell that he is intentional, because he always detonates his own people, leaving the enemy standing in the distance looked at each other.

This is the best part.

During the Qingli New Deal, he wrote a crony theory, which directly pushed the party struggle to a climax, and finally caused the Qingli New Deal to die, a proper pig teammate.

But even Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi didn't know what to say.

Because what Ouyang Xiu said was very reasonable.

In fact, from that crony theory, we can even see the political system of modern society.

Afraid of geniuses telling the truth.

And at this moment, just like that moment, a memorial from Ouyang Xiu was like a gunshot, causing the dispute between the two laws to start sprinting on the track.

He didn't do it on purpose. He has been living in Qingzhou in recent years, leisurely, and has no intention of returning to the central government. However, he does not support the Qingmiao Law. Like Sima Guang and the others, he believes that the Qingmiao Law will eventually become a money-grabbing law. , because he also knows that Wang Anshi's main purpose is to make money for the country, and serving the people is just a slogan.

However, he didn't know much about the public security law, because the public security law in Dengzhou next door didn't seem to have any movement, and he just wanted to find a reason to prevent the young crop law from entering Qingzhou.

But the reason he found was to detonate the powder keg directly.

Wang Anshi's hatred for him directly exceeds Sima Guang.

However, Fu Bi knew very well in his heart that this matter would definitely anger Wang Anshi, but he also wanted to make up for it, because he believed that the public security law could make up for the shortcomings of the New Deal, but Wang Anshi obviously did not think so. If he could realize this problem earlier , and can be adjusted in time.

But he also knew that Wang Anshi's character was very obstinate, and he would not agree with this fact if he hadn't revealed it.

Based on the situation of Hezhong Prefecture, Fu Bi now supports the new law to fly alone, because he believes that there must be problems with the new policy, which can prove the excellence of the public security law, because Fu Bi is very clear in his heart that the obstacles encountered by the public security law are gradually worse than the new policy. Be big.

Even if Sima Guang wanted to promote the full implementation of the Public Security Law, he would not be able to. There are more and more opposition parties in the DPRK and China, and the current situation in the DPRK and China is very complicated.

It's just that Fu Bi was afraid of Wang Anshi's revenge and worried that the Legislative Council would be involved, so he didn't say anything.

It never occurred to Zhao Xu to tell Wang Anshi about it.

Although in history, Zhao Xu fully supported Wang Anshi, but the appearance of Zhang Fei gave him another choice, and one more person on the poker table. What Fu Bi thought was also what he thought.

It happens that one method is on Shaanxi West Road, and the other method is on Tokyo East Road.

One left and one right, one east and one west.

The implementation methods adopted by the two are also completely different. Wang Anshi still adopts the traditional method, which is to rely on the government's administrative orders to promote the New Deal.

He deliberately selected two generals, Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dun, as the promotion officials, to go to Dongdong East Road to implement the Young Crop Law.

In Hezhong Prefecture, due to the existence of the public security law, the administration is greatly constrained, and the government has transformed into a commercial way to operate the New Deal.

Of course, this was not uncommon for the Song Dynasty. For example, tea, salt, and wine were all cooperation between the government and private merchants, and they were more commercial, but what the government sold was privileges, not commodities.

However, the move of the government to cooperate with Majia Jiekupu still caught many people by surprise.

As a representative of country gentry and big landlords, Liang Youyi hurried to Wei's mansion again to inquire about the situation.

In the last injunction lawsuit, the squires and big landlords won a big victory. Now they are waiting to eat melons. They never thought that the government would cooperate with the businessmen. This is really unexpected for them, and they don't know what happened.

"Your government really intends to cooperate with Majia Jiekupu?"

Liang Youyi looked at Wei Yingfang in shock.

Wei Yingfang nodded and said: "According to Yuan Xueshi's intention, the Tiju Changping Division is only responsible for relief, water conservancy, salt debt, and salt banknotes, but in terms of lending, it is delegated to the Jieku Shop of the Ma family."

"Can this work?"

Liang Youyi was a little dumbfounded, "The Young Crop Law is not a new national policy, how can it be entrusted to businessmen?"

He Chunlin sighed: "Bachelor Yuan's reason is that you squires forced you to do this. Anyway, the Transshipment Department has completely given up lending money to villagers, and at the same time hopes to lend money to merchants and estates, just like It is the same as the housing loan in the capital, so as to complete the achievements of the young crop law."

"Did we really force it?"

Liang Youyi frowned and said, "Tell me, could it be that they bluffed and didn't intend to lend money to those farmers, but instead let us lend money to farmers at low interest rates to pay the imperial court, while the government borrowed the money?" To merchants with higher profits."

Cao Yi frowned and said: "We have thought about this too, but the regulations of the Young Crop Law were formulated by the imperial court, and lending to businessmen, although the profit is high, but the number of borrowers is very limited, and they can't make too much money."

Liang Youyi said: "Since the policy of the imperial court is set in this way, is the government's doing this a violation of the government order?"

Cao Yi shook his head and sighed: "It's hard to say, because the imperial court didn't stipulate what method the government must use to lend money, and Yuan Xueshi used the government to borrow money, and many scholar-bureaucrats complained that it was an excuse to compete with the people for profit. , so it makes sense to lend money through the private Jieku shop, and we can only find out after the Han Temple incident comes."

Liang Youyi looked at them, "Then what should we do now?"

Wei Yingfang and the others looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

In fact, the two of them are still discussing the matter of checking the accounts. If the government is not willing to let them check the accounts, then the Majia Jieku Shop will not accept the salt debt as collateral.

However, after the news spread, it immediately caused an uproar.

Especially those big landlords, they think that they have been played with, the young crop law, and the exemption law are just trying to cover up, and the real killer is the tax department.

The fundamental purpose of the government is to collect taxes. To be precise, it is to collect taxes from these big landlords.

They are all experts in money lending, and they know how much money they can make by lending money to merchants, and the answer they come up with is that it is impossible to improve finances.

The only thing that can improve finances is the mysterious, arrogant, and terrifying tax secretary.

However, now they still owe a large amount of deed tax, and they will face the integration of various taxes this year. They are all trying to figure out how to avoid this tax.

It's a pity that due to the existence of the public security law, the previous routine can no longer be played, because there is no way to bribe the entire public security law, not to mention that their relationship with the public security law is very bad. Just at this time, with the rise of bookstores, they have gradually become accustomed to seeking help from Erbi , So they ran to Li Min to discuss countermeasures.

Although it was not the first time they had dealt with each other, after all, what they were talking about was illegal, and they still spoke in a rather cryptic way. After all, Li Min was not one of them.

After listening for a long time, Li Min finally understood, and said directly: "You all should want to legally avoid taxes, right?"

All the big landlords were startled, can this be said directly?It's the imperial court outside!
Li Min explained: "Legal tax avoidance is legal, and there is nothing to worry about, just like before when everyone stored their land in temples and Taoist temples."

"Yes, yes, we just want to seek legal tax avoidance."

In this way, these big landlords felt a little relieved and admitted it directly.

Li Mindao: "At present, we can only provide advice to everyone. We can only accurately calculate our own income and not pay an extra penny in taxes. However, if we want to legally avoid taxes, it is still very difficult."

"What kind of difficulty is it?"

"The tax department only has the right to inspect taxes, but whether it is tax evasion or not is determined by the imperial court, and the imperial court mainly looks at evidence. From a judicial point of view, income that has not been investigated is not subject to tax, but There is also a three-year limit. As long as it can be guaranteed that it will not be found out within three years, it can be regarded as legal tax avoidance.

The key lies in the evidence, but since no one knows how the tax department inspects the tax, they are not like the Royal Police, who investigate openly, and no one knows where their evidence comes from? "

A big landlord said suddenly: "I know that."

Li Min was surprised: "You know?"

The big landlord nodded and said, "They recruited tax collectors and some dutou from the barracks, and they want to rely on their experience to check taxes."

Is it that simple?Li Min didn't even believe it, so he said: "I don't know, so I can't guarantee that you will not be found out."

One person asked: "What will happen if you are found out?"

Li Min said: "Then we can only plead guilty and accept punishment."

"Is there no other way for you Erbi?"

"At present, there is only one way to pay less tax."

"any solution?"

"do charity."

Li Min told them about the Bianjing Charity Foundation.

As a result, it immediately attracted fierce opposition from the other party. This money is a real donation, that is not a fake donation, and you can’t get it back at any time, so it’s better to pay taxes.

Naturally, Li Min didn't force them, and only said: "What we, Erbi, can do now is to ensure that you are not wronged. As long as they don't have enough evidence, they won't be able to make you pay taxes."

The implication is that if the temple is used to legally avoid taxes as before, Erbi does not have the ability for the time being, because they do not know how the tax department finds the evidence. Once the evidence is found, the lawsuit will definitely lose. Regarding On this point, Zhang Fei had already hinted at them what attitude the imperial court would have in dealing with tax evasion.

To put it simply, this kind of government will be very difficult to fight.

These big landlords looked at each other in blank dismay, could they really just gamble?
Li Min saw it in his eyes and said: "I would like to suggest to everyone that you are not absolutely sure, so don't gamble. Once the evidence is found, the consequences will be very serious. You should have heard of it. Many rich men in the capital are planted on top of the tax department."

"I heard that the first offender will not be punished. If we only pay less than a few dozen guan in taxes, is it true that at most we will only be fined a hundred or so guan?"

"I know what Yuanwai means. Yes, according to the imperial court's decree, as long as you are the first offender, whether you are intentional or not, you are only fined. But I still don't recommend you to do this, because once you are found out, if you are not the first offender , the consequences would be very serious.”

A group of big landlords made eye contact, as long as the government's finances are not good, it is still unknown whether the public security law can last until the second year!
Xu Qingnian suddenly said: "That's right! Do you know about the cooperation between the government and Ma's Jiekupu?"

Li Min nodded and said, "I heard."

Xu Qingnian said: "The government cooperates with the Ma family's Xie Ku shop. All business is handed over to the Ma family. What about the other Jie Ku shops in this city? Who is the opponent of the Ma family's Xie Ku shop?"

Li Min had an idea, pondered for a while, and said, "If you all have needs in this regard, I can sue them for this."

As soon as the rest of the people heard this, they immediately filed a lawsuit.

Xu Qingnian said this because his family also opened Jiejie Kupu, and they were worried that their business would be hit. Although the rest of them did not open Jiejie Kupu, they were willing to try as long as they could cause trouble for the government.

Just at this moment, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded outside.

"What's that sound?"

Everyone panicked.

Li Min hurriedly explained: "This is the sound of the law school dismissing get out of class."

Smiling inwardly, these people were arrogant in their mouths, but they were still very afraid of the imperial court in their hearts.

law school.

"You are the luckiest students. You can learn while doing things, and you can quickly integrate what you have learned. Therefore, we hope that you will do your best whether you are in the Legal Aid Department, or in the Royal Court or the police station. , This will be the most precious wealth in your life."

Zhang Fei said to the students while packing up the copywriting.

"The teacher's teachings, the students must remember in their hearts."

"get out of class."

Zhang Fei took the copy and walked outside.

"Teacher, walk slowly."

The students all stood up and bowed.

"Ah."

Zhang Fei just nodded his head slightly, stood in front of the door, looked at the dark sky outside, "Everyone, please make way."

There is no way, Chief Judge Zhang is now the idol of the whole people. Whether it is a court session or a class, there will always be a group of loyal fans standing outside quietly listening.

"President Zhang, when is your trial?"

"Yes! We haven't watched President Zhang's trial for a long time."

"What? Cai Er and the others didn't do well in the interrogation?"

"They did a good trial, but we still hope to see President Zhang trial the case."

"If there is a big case, I will personally try it."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.

During this period, he has been taking classes in the law school. On the one hand, these students have a foundation in law, and they also learned the basics of legal law last year. It should be Zhang Fei who taught them some legal thoughts and some more advanced trial methods. .

On the other hand, it's because the Four Little King Kongs haven't had time to teach them recently. After all, they have to go outside to take charge of their own affairs soon, and they have to absorb experience as soon as possible.

They now have to try more than ten or twenty cases every day, because now many people have come to the imperial court for lawsuits over big disputes. Now everyone agrees that the imperial court is the most fair, and even if they make trouble unreasonably, they will not be punished , the most is that it will not be accepted, the key is not to ask for money.

Judiciary is undoubtedly the cheapest commodity in Hezhong Prefecture.

Zhang Fei didn't stop the situation either, and asked them to lead a few students, and try all they could, regardless of the size of the case.

At present, the Public Security Bureau is in urgent need of talents, but there is not much time for them. The method of master leading apprentices is the fastest.

After graduating from law school, Zhang Fei was not in a hurry to return to the imperial court, but went to Dagou's restaurant.

The big dog immediately greeted him personally, and brought Zhang Fei to a private room.

"What's the situation outside now?"

After sitting down, Zhang Fei asked in a low voice.

The big dog said: "Many big landlords outside now generally believe that the tax department is the biggest enemy, and they are trying to avoid taxes. In many transactions, they try not to choose to sign a contract, and directly trade money and goods. But the current practice , has become more and more difficult, and many merchants still require a contract to state the distribution of profits and debts.

Our people estimate that they will choose to hide some taxes, and see if the tax department can find out. Anyway, the first offender will not be punished, just figure out how much compensation will be paid in the end. "

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with their prediction. The government should collect taxes to maintain finances. The new policy is only to adjust expenditure and income and generate more taxes at the same time. Are you sure?"

The big dog suddenly grinned, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, they won't escape. They are all rich and powerful, and they can't hide. In this year, our people are enough to check them out."

People in the taxation department all rely on bonuses to make their fortunes. Who cares about how much tax the people have to pay?

"It's good that you have confidence."

Zhang Fei nodded, and said again: "I came here today because I have something to tell you. Do you know that the imperial court has decided to implement the exemption law and young crop law on Tokyo East Road."

The big dog nodded and said: "I just heard about it too, and I haven't decided on it before."

Zhang Fei said: "How many people do I have over there?"

The big dog immediately said: "We are really full of talents over there, but we have never been able to use them. I really look forward to our tax department going over every day."

"Not urgent!"

Zhang Fei said: "Let them collect information secretly. When the tax department is gone, their information can be exchanged for bonuses. In addition, this year's slack is coming soon. It is estimated that the Green Crop Law will definitely be launched in Tokyo East Road during this period. I We need to receive the news from there as soon as possible, especially about the local implementation of the Immunization Law and the Young Crops Law.”

The big dog immediately said: "Understood! I will send the letter later."

Now Zhang Fei can no longer confine his sights to Hezhong Mansion, but to cast his sights on the whole country, because the real competition between the two courts kicked off, he has to pay attention to the situation between North Korea and China, he is no longer the former Erbi, just find someone to cover him, No powerful person would fight with his wealth and life, but now that he is a chief judge and has offended too many people, he cannot afford to lose in this struggle.

And the government over there has also discussed with Ma's Jiekupu after several days, and finally decided on the audit plan of the two parties, and reached a cooperation contract. The government will first invest [-] yuan in Jiekupu, and also promised that there will be more Invest ten thousand.

But as soon as the contract was signed, Su Zhe came to the door.

"Hey! What kind of wind is it today that brought the Chief Prosecutor of Su University here?"

Seeing Su Zhe, Yuan Jiang naturally wouldn't show any embarrassment, which shows that his acting skills are always online.

Su Zhe bowed and said meaningfully, "I'm so sorry! Zhe has come to cause trouble for Bachelor Yuan again."

The officials sitting here couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.

Yuan Jiang frowned, "What's the matter?"

Su Zhe said: "Someone has sued you for promoting Chang Pingsi and Ma's Xie Kupu privately."

".?"

He Chunlin who was on the side said: "Acceptance in secret? Our promotion of Changping Division is just to cooperate with Majia Jiekupu. Everyone knows this. Why did the accreditation come from in private? Is your procuratorate in a hurry? There are so many civil servants. If you don’t look at it, just stare at our transshipment department.”

Yuan Jiang first raised her hand to signal He Chunlin not to get excited, and then said to Su Zhe, "What evidence do they have to sue us for giving and receiving secretly?"

Su Zhe said: "The reason for their prosecution is that Chang Ping Division suddenly chose to cooperate with the Ma family and did not inquire about other Jieku shops. The Changping Division also invested [-] guan, and they feel that this is unfair, and there must be tricks in it."

He Chunlin said: "Who our government cooperates with is our own business, and no one can control it."

Su Zhe said: "Our procuratorate has no control over who the government cooperates with, but our procuratorate has the right to investigate why Majia Jiekupu was selected for the promotion of Changping Division. You should also know that this kind of money transaction is the easiest to breed. Corruption, some people have doubts, our procuratorate can't sit idly by."

He Chunlin looked at Yuan Jiang.

Yuan Jiang sighed, waved her hand and said, "Check it out! Check it out! I'm too tired to argue with you now."

Originally they thought that the procuratorate was just asking questions, but they didn't expect that the current procuratorate is in its complete form, and the procuratorate's procuratorate procedures were all determined by Zhang Fei at the beginning.

More than a dozen inspectors and seven or eight accounting offices questioned the officials involved in the matter one by one, and at the same time reviewed the relevant accounts and the contract between the government and the Majia Jiekupu one by one.

They even called Fan Zheng to interrogate him together.

It made those officials tremble with fear.

Fortunately, they have good reasons for cooperating with Majia Jiekupu, and no one is taking advantage of troubled waters.

First of all, behind the Majia Jiekupu is the Majia Pawnshop and the Charity Foundation. They have sufficient financial guarantees, and they will never run away just because of a mere [-] yuan.

Having said that, in the face of [-] guan, those who are not tempted are really rare!

Secondly, the imperial court and the charitable foundation already have transportation cooperation, so it is reasonable to strengthen cooperation with them and hand over the flying money business to them.

Because there is no transportation guarantee for your flying money, it is also impossible to play.

Finally, and most importantly, Yuan Jiang also stated that the government is not opposed to cooperating with other businessmen, as long as they can meet the requirements for cooperation with the government, including transportation teams, any businessman can cooperate with the government, mainly with collateral.

After a full seven days of investigation, all the inspections were completed, and the procuratorate finally stated that there was no problem.

But for the government, this is not a false alarm, but a shock, and the degree of dislike for the procuratorate directly exceeds that of the imperial court.

Your procuratorate can investigate everything!

Indeed, as Su Zhe said, this kind of transaction is very easy to breed corruption, and it is also a good project for officials to make money. Now that the procuratorate is so staring, who will dare to make money in the future.

Facing the investigation methods of the procuratorate, the current methods of corruption are completely inadequate.

(End of this chapter)