civilwarnovels Chapter 580 Let's see who makes the mistake first
Chapter 580 Let's see who makes the mistake first
Chapter 580 Let's see who makes the mistake first
In fact, Zhang Fei has always been very cautious about the expansion of the police station, and even did not hesitate to let the imperial court go to the front to cover the expansion of the police station.
He also successfully borrowed the issue of veterans' recovery of military pay, opened the branch office in front of the village, and used self-declaration to deepen the connection between the villagers and the police station.
Do everything possible to hide your ambitions and make everything logical.
However, he only analyzed the landlord's desire for profit, and ignored a group of intelligent scholar-bureaucrat groups hidden in the village.
The landlord had never agreed to Wei Yingfang's suggestion before, and even demanded a head-on confrontation with the imperial court, but those scholar-bureaucrats who had retreated from the court faintly felt an unprecedented crisis.
Once this continues, the patriarchal clan system since ancient times will be dealt a devastating blow, and the public security law will directly take over the management of the village.
This is to dig out the roots of scholar-bureaucrats.
Because the real power of this group of scholar-bureaucrats is not in the court, but in the countryside. Otherwise, why would thousands of scholar-bureaucrats who are powerless to challenge the emperor.
Are you crazy?
The fundamental reason is that the emperor needs to rely on scholar-bureaucrats to manage the countryside.Such as tax collection and conscription, these are all squires helping the court.
At the same time, when a scholar-bureaucrat entered the court as an official, he also represented various places, not just him alone.
This is also why, often when the prime minister becomes an official, he is unwilling to stay in the prosperous Bianjing, but wants to return to his hometown to benefit the villagers.
It is conceivable that once the Royal Police can collect taxes and conscript soldiers, then... then why do we need squires?
In fact, some scholar-bureaucrats had already understood Zhang Fei’s purpose, and they were also waiting for the opportunity, because the big landlords also belonged to the ruling class, and they were not like the scholar-bureaucrats, who had generous treatment and no worries about money to spend. The demands of the two sides were different. How to unite them.
Wait!
When the public prosecutors and the law will push the landowners to a desperate situation, the squires can stand up and unite everyone.
This established a very strong fortress in the countryside.
Fortunately, Zhang Fei is not a stubborn person, seeing that the other party has seen through his plan, he quickly showed his pattern.
Encourage them to settle privately.
As far as legal thinking is concerned, such as this kind of lawsuit, reconciliation is actually the best solution.
As the saying goes, it's hard for an upright official to break up housework!
This wave of lawsuits, like the tide, comes and goes quickly.
With the intervention of the squires and the compromise of the landlords, many villagers came to the imperial court and demanded to withdraw their lawsuits.
The Legal Aid Department had to apply to the royal court again to get back the pleadings handed in.
But I was exhausted from those pens!
"Oh, what a waste of work!"
Li Min said with emotion while packing up the materials.
Qiu Zhengwen said with a smile: "Brother Li can also think that we are stopping the loss in time. After all, we have not been busy for a few days. If this does not happen, then we may have to be busy for several months."
"That's true."
Li Min nodded, and immediately said: "But are you sure, they won't come here in the future?"
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Qiu Zhengwen is really not sure, after all, they don't know the struggle above.
"A good news, a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
Fu Shichun asked Zhang Fei.
"Good news."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Because the bad news must be that the plans we arranged before have all been cancelled."
Fu Shichun nodded with a smile and said: "After the mediation of those gentry, the landlord is willing to give more favorable terms, so many self-cultivating farmers do not need to rely on the uniforms of our police station to make a living and pay back the money."
Having said that, he paused for a while, "The good news is that those big landlords have already started to file their autumn taxes in full."
Zhang Fei said: "This is really good news."
Fu Shichun said with a smile: "However, this method is different."
Zhang Fei asked in surprise, "The way is different?"
Fu Shichun said: "They use one township to declare."
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, not understanding why he said: "What do you mean?"
Fu Shichun said: "It is that they make statistics in the village first, and according to the rules set by the government, use the land deed to calculate how much they need to pay, and then report to us."
"They are really crazy."
Zhang Fei laughed, "That's fine! You can ask someone to ask them, if tax evasion is found out, who will be responsible for it? Is it their country gentry?"
Fu Shichun said: "They have given an explanation for this."
"Really?" Zhang Fei looked at Fu Shichun suspiciously.
Fu Shichun said: "That's what they said. People report to the royal police, and the royal police hand over to the government. If there is tax evasion, will the royal police be responsible? If they don't need to be responsible, then they don't need to." Responsible, anyone who evades taxes will be arrested."
Zhang Fei blinked, "Are they all so good?"
This explanation is actually about power.
Of course, the Royal Police does not need to be responsible, because their power is only responsible for accepting declarations and then reporting them, and does not involve investigating tax evasion and tax evasion.
In the same way, the squires are just doing the same job as the royal police.
They are responsible for statistics, tax collection, and then sent to the branch office, if someone evades tax, then you go to them.
The question is, do they have this power?
They explain this way, of course, because they think they have the power to collect taxes, but in fact they do.
After all, the imperial court has no express regulations at present, and the royal police will take over the villages in an all-round way, and the emperor dare not say so.
In the past, the government relied on the gentry to collect taxes.
Fu Shichun said with a smile: "Most of the squires are official officials. They know every regulation better than us. But in this way, it will be difficult for our royal police to get in touch with the villagers. This is back to the same as before. We and the squires Butt."
Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Then, are they forcing the villagers to report taxes to them, or is it up to the villagers to choose?"
Fu Shichun said: "I heard that the government is already negotiating with them. In all likelihood, the government will hand over this power to them. Have you forgotten that we don't have the right to collect taxes for the time being."
Zhang Fei said depressedly: "So you think this is good news?"
This move really closes the gates, and you, the Royal Police, can never enter the countryside.
Fu Shichun smiled and said, "I'm not comforting you."
"Thank you very much for your reassurance."
Zhang Fei laughed at himself and said, "Maybe it was too smooth at the beginning, which made it hard for me to accept this small setback."
Fu Shichun laughed and said, "Then what should we do now?"
Zhang Fei glanced at him, "I see you seem very happy."
Fu Shichun smiled and said: "When I was forced to come to Hezhong Mansion, you were also gloating."
Zhang Fei said: "But now we have to help each other."
Fu Shichun immediately said: "Don't worry about that, I have a clear distinction between public and private, I'm here to tell you these news, gloating is only secondary, the main purpose is to discuss countermeasures with you?"
"You have said all the countermeasures, public and private are clearly distinguished."
Zhang Fei sighed, and said: "Abiding by the principles, doing everything according to the rules, and doing whatever the government arranges, this is the foundation of our public security law in Hezhong Prefecture."
If you can't hit, you can only retreat, practice your internal strength, and wait for the opponent to make mistakes first.
Coincidentally, the other party thought the same way. In fact, those squires also knew that this dog can't change his eating shit. The reason why the landlord was willing to compromise was entirely due to the aggressiveness of the public security law.
What they are after is also to kill each other before they make mistakes.
Of course, it cannot be denied that some honest country gentry also wanted to use the imperial court to rectify the ills existing in the countryside.
Society is very complicated, so remember not to generalize, otherwise, big problems will arise.
And they think that the other party will make mistakes first because of the existence of the young crop method.
As soon as Fu Shichun left, Yuan Jiang came to the imperial court through the night.
"The villagers are used to relying on the squires, and now they stipulate an interest rate of one-fifth according to the patriarchal law, and the villagers will definitely choose to borrow from them."
"I know."
Zhang Fei nodded.
Yuan Jiang said: "Then can you issue a decree to prohibit them from doing so?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult."
Yuan Jiang said: "During the Renzong period, the imperial court issued a decree against Ya people who monopolized market transactions, and severely cracked down on the practice of bullying the market. Can you use this decree to prohibit them?"
Zhang Fei thought for a moment, "If I was just a pen, I would think that this lawsuit can be fought, but the victory is not high, because we have to prove one thing first, that is, what they are doing is really to maintain usury and crack down on the young crop law.
But now they are saying to the outside world that assisting the court in combating usury is also the responsibility of the squires, and before their criminal evidence is found, the possibility of winning the case is very low. "
Yuan Jiang frowned and said: "Actually, this matter belongs to the power of the government. The government can issue orders to prohibit them from doing so."
Because the Song Dynasty had an official consultation system, it was possible to monopolize a certain line with administrative orders.
Zhang Fei said: "If this problem can be solved with just a single order, then the imperial court does not need to introduce the Green Crop Law. The essence of the Green Crop Law is to attack usury with low interest rates."
At this point, he paused for a while, and then said: "Scholar Yuan, in fact, what the squires do is benefiting the common people, so why don't we enjoy it."
Yuan Jiang sighed: "How can it be so simple. First of all, they did this to kill the Green Crop Law. After this law is abolished, usury will surely come back again.
Secondly, Xueshi Wang has just allocated [-] yuan in interest. If Qingmiaofa does nothing, do you know how much pressure Xueshi Wang will face in the court?The entire New Deal could be in jeopardy. "
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Scholar Yuan is really worrying too much. Scholar Wang is dedicated to serving the people, and the Qingmiao Law is entirely to combat usury. Now that the Qingmiao Law has appeared, the effect is remarkable, and Xueshi Wang will be very pleased."
Yuan Jiang squinted at him, "Are you really not understanding, or are you pretending not to understand for the old man here?"
Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "I really don't understand."
Yuan Jiang said: "If the role of the Green Crop Law is only to combat usury, then why bother to calculate the interest, two cents interest is not low. Wouldn't it be better to directly adopt the regular liquidation method to lend money without interest."
Zhang Fei said: "So the young crop law is still to make money for the country?"
Yuan Jiang said: "It's needless to say? Which new law is not the pursuit of killing two birds with one stone. If the method of equalization loses, it is not only to combat businessmen's hoarding, but also to make money for the country on the other hand."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "If that's the case, it will be easy."
Yuan Jiang asked, "What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Fei said: "No matter what the squires are doing now, no matter what their purpose is, they can at least restrain the usury. This is half of the goal. The rest is just to make money. As long as we make more money, isn't it killing two birds with one stone?" ?
The promotion of the Changping Division is not only set up for the Young Crop Law, but also includes salt banknotes, salt debts, and so on.To be honest, if the Youth Law does not take compulsory actions, it will not make much money.
Because the Green Crop Law really loses the poor, but most of the poor do not have collateral, and borrowing money from them requires taking extremely high risks. Generally speaking, those who are a little richer will not easily borrow money. How much money can you make every year if you don’t borrow from the top and don’t have the ability to borrow from the bottom? "
Yuan Jiang said: "There may not be much money in the Hezhong Mansion alone, but it can add up to a lot."
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "The cost of debt collection by the government is estimated to be able to offset the interest income."
Yuan Jiang said: "According to the Qingmiao Law, if there is no mortgage, the guarantee of the upper-class household is required, and the government can rely on the upper-class household to recover the debt."
Zhang Fei laughed and said, "But if it is not mandatory, how many high-end households are willing to do this guarantee?"
Yuan Jiang fell silent.
Zhang Fei continued: "Salt banknotes, salt debts, and lending to merchants, these costs are low, but the benefits are very high, why not take this broad road."
(End of this chapter)