Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 413 Judiciary must go to the county

Chapter 413 Judiciary must go to the county

This time Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, the old enemies, united the front very outrageously.

Although their purpose is different, Wang Anshi's purpose of this recruitment law is to earn the difference in the price, collect more taxes, and spend less money, but there is still a critical point in the middle, and too much tax should not be collected, so as not to cause public resentment , but it must be as economical as possible. His purpose is always to enrich the treasury and improve finances.

Sima Guang opposed Wang Anshi before, because he believed that the service recruitment law might increase the burden on the people. He originally hoped that Zhang Fei could specialize, save manpower, and avoid the tax exemption from causing too much burden on the people.

As a result, Zhang Fei did the opposite.

Not only will the most expensive business be handed over to businessmen, but it will also recruit [-] more police officers.

But before they came, when the two met, they "greeted" each other. Wang Anshi thought it was Sima Guang playing tricks to add to his troubles, while Sima Guang thought that Wang Anshi had too much appetite and didn't care about the life and death of the people.

After some quarrels, I realized that the other party didn't know about it, and it was all Zhang San's fault, which is why the two of them were so angry just now.

I wipe!You two counselors and political affairs teamed up to deal with me for a small pen, do you want to show some face?Zhang Fei felt a little uneasy in his heart, and said with a sarcastic smile: "Please sit down, please, please sit down, let me explain to you."

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang made eye contact for a moment, then sat down and listened to his explanation.

Zhang Fei poured a cup of tea for them, and then explained: "Yes, these 1 people sound a lot, but in fact it is not too much, because not all of these 1 people are staying in the police station. As you said, it includes the tax police and the court police, who are responsible for duties ranging from investigation, pursuit, prosecution, punishment, and tax collection, etc. Calculated in this way, the sixteen counties of Kaifeng Prefecture, the 1 There are really not many people."

Wang Anshi raised his eyebrows and said, "In other words, these 1 people are only related to judicial issues."

Zhang Fei nodded: "Yes."

Wang Anshi was furious.

Where the hell is this girl, taking the money I earned to help Sima Guang reform?

Sima Guang was afraid that Wang Anshi would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said: "Zhang San, you have to do everything according to your ability. You are expanding the enrollment by 1 people, and you are only in charge of the judiciary. Do you know how much burden this will add to the people?

In fact, I think it is possible to hire servants first, and phase out servants. You are too hasty, and when you pay the tax-free money, many people will lose their families.

And your legal system is to defend the individual rights and interests of the people, isn't that putting the cart before the horse? "

For Sima Guang's point of view, Wang Anshi agreed very much, and he planned to do so.

We need money first, but people should not let go of it completely. In this process of gradually transforming into employment, we can accumulate a lot of wealth.

Zhang Fei said: "In terms of other aspects, I don't know, but I don't think that in terms of judiciary, it is not possible to use employment in parallel, because if any link goes wrong, it will destroy the entire judicial system.

I checked the previous officers and found that many Lizheng and township chiefs rely on the court to rely on themselves and use all means to exploit the villagers and domineering. The better ones are that they don't care about anything and hide if they can.

They are not law enforcement, they are just maintaining the most basic stability in the countryside and assisting the court in collecting taxes. This has nothing to do with the law. If they are not replaced, it is actually nothing to put a few royal policemen in the city. meaningless. "

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, "In addition, I think it's better to take it gradually, and increase the exemption tax every year, which will make the people even more uncomfortable."

The imperial power may not be in the county, but the judiciary must be in the county. Although there are family laws in the township, the facts prove that the family law is completely different from the judiciary. It is not that the laws are different, but in principle. The judiciary must intervene in it. Otherwise, the common people would not be exploited so badly by the landlords.

He recruited 1 people in one go, just to lay down the judicial system. As long as the front line is stable, the establishment of courts and procuratorates will be much easier.

If the front line fails, the courts and procuratorates will not be able to play their role.

This is also the worst point in ancient justice, that is, the bottom layer is too bad, and the imperial court is unwilling to spend money on the bottom layer, which relies heavily on the ability and leadership of the magistrate.

But when it comes to the judicial system, this front line is often the most important.

This can be seen from the Royal Police in Kaifeng Mansion. Why the people admire the Royal Police so much is because they have never felt it before.

Even now, Sima Guang can't figure out the reason for this. His inherent thinking depends on law enforcement officials, not law enforcement officials. It is necessary to pass the character test.

Wang Anshi understood the truth, but he was also very dissatisfied, "Don't I know that the more royal police there are, the better the law and order will be. I also hope that 1000 million troops can directly wipe out Xixia, but is this possible? You The status quo cannot be ignored.”

Sima Guang couldn't help looking at Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi also noticed it, and turned his head to look at Sima Guang, "Why is Junshi looking at me like this?"

Sima Guang asked curiously, "Isn't this the advice I often give you?"

The corners of Wang Anshi's mouth twitched a few times, and he smiled coldly: "Your suggestion is to ignore the reality and bad governance."

"you."

Sima Guang suddenly glanced at Zhang Fei, who was holding back a smile, and turned his head, stroking his beard, as if hinting to Wang Anshi that we should all speak together now, and we will find a place where there is no one to quarrel later.

Wang Anshi understood, and said angrily to Zhang Fei: "If you want to pay for it yourself, let alone 1 royal police, even if there are [-], I won't care about you. If you do this now, my New Deal None of them could be executed, and the ministers of the DPRK and China didn’t know about it, and they thought it was all ordered by me.”

He is Da Song's housekeeper now, of course he feels uncomfortable when you spend so much money!

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Scholar Wang, can you read the content in the newspaper specifically?"

Wang Anshi said: "I read it back and forth several times, I don't think there is any misunderstanding."

Zhang Fei said: "But Xueshi Wang must have overlooked one point, that is, it is difficult for ordinary citizens to meet those conditions, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army are relatively more likely to meet them."

Wang Anshi asked curiously, "So what?"

Zhang Fei said: "Before I suggested that the Yamen should discuss with the officials. Whenever a soldier from the Imperial Army comes to the police station from Sanya, the grain from his original military salary will be used to supplement the police station."

Wang Anshi frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Has the official agreed?"

Zhang Fei nodded.

Seeing this, Wang Anshi was silent in thought.

If there is such a condition, it is tantamount to encouraging the soldiers of the Imperial Army to quit!

The imperial army is the backbone of the defense of the capital, and it is also very valued by the emperor.

So it is conceivable that there may be other reasons behind this.

Sima Guang also noticed something tricky, and pretended to be shocked: "This is simply nonsense. The imperial army can be used to defend the capital, so how can they act rashly."

Zhang Fei immediately said: "But the Royal Police are also protecting the capital, protecting everyone."

Wang Anshi couldn't help but glanced at Zhang Fei, thinking, could it be that the officials wanted to use the police station to train another elite division.

Recall the comparison between the Royal Police and the Forbidden Army. Although the Royal Police is definitely not as good as the Fourth Army in terms of riding, archery and kung fu, but in terms of mental outlook and discipline, the Royal Police is much better than the Forbidden Army. Come to the police station.

With such a mental outlook, it is difficult for the forbidden army to win battles even if they are highly skilled in martial arts.

But in the Song Dynasty, it was very difficult to elevate the status of soldiers. If you do this, it is a way!

Thinking of this, Wang Anshi's expression softened a lot.

The reason why he was excited was because he wanted to use the money to train soldiers. Judicial reform was Sima Guang's business. He was scolded and Sima Guang benefited. This is unreasonable!

But if it is said to be used for military training, then he can accept it in his heart, this is his dream, and it is also Zhao Xu's dream.

A rich country and a strong army, the meaning of a rich country lies in the strengthening of the army, and the elimination of Xixia.

Since the Chanyuan alliance, the Song Dynasty hated Xixia far more than hated Liao, and the northwest is still fighting.

Zhang Fei continued: "After the Royal Police fully take over Kaifeng Mansion, those unreasonable local taxes, such as unreasonable overtaxes, will be cancelled, and business taxes will be improved according to the law, so as to increase fiscal revenue."

Cancellation of excessive taxes can increase fiscal revenue instead.

The reason is that because the imperial court was unwilling to spend money to support officials, it gave them great convenience and collected taxes indiscriminately to supplement expenditures.

Now that the Royal Police has taken over, the tax collectors have become tax policemen. The tax policemen are supposed to be paid, so many tax payments are meaningless.

In fact, this is also in line with Wang Anshi's reform philosophy, which is to provide officials with salaries and lay the foundation for rectifying the administration of officials.

But Wang Anshi was also well aware of the difficulties, so he said: "There is a saying that a strong dragon does not overwhelm a local snake. Do you think those who have collected taxes are ordinary officials? Those people are all local gentry."

Zhang Fei replied: "Kaifeng Mansion is the territory of the dragon. If Kaifeng Mansion can't do it, then let alone other places."

The strong dragon does not suppress the top snakes, but the problem is that this is at the feet of the emperor, and the gentry here are suppressed by the imperial power, such as Dengzhou, Yangzhou and other places, the gentry in those places are the real top snakes.

Based on this, if Kaifeng Mansion can't take over, then there is no need to talk about other places.

The point of contention is still in the local area. Zhang Fei’s expansion in Kaifeng Mansion actually has another purpose, which is to train the Royal Police. Then how will these auxiliary police officers be promoted step by step, and finally let them go to the local police chiefs.

Break down the interference of local judiciary by those local tyrants.

Sima Guang said: "Although this is the case, it is not as simple as you said. The power of the township is intricate. Let's say that nine out of ten of the Kaifeng County government servants are the sons of Kaifeng County gentry, and the county magistrate recruited them. Entering the yamen means relying on their connections to maintain law and order and collect taxes."

Zhang Fei said: "The yamen also discussed this matter with the tax department, and they said there is no problem at all."

Wang Anshi was surprised: "Really?"

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's what the Yamen said."

Wang Anshi couldn't help looking at Sima Guang again.

This tax department usually doesn't show its mountains and dews. Could it be that it is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon inside.

The most difficult thing in this world is to collect taxes.

If the Department of Taxation can bring up the tax and there is no riot, then...then he doesn't care.

Zhang Fei said: "But they also have demands."

Wang Anshi asked anxiously, "What request?"

He wants to learn.

Zhang Fei looked at Sima Guang and said, "It is to change the local Sisi Yuan into the Imperial Court as soon as possible, and set up a procuratorate."

Upon hearing this, Wang Anshi smiled and said, "It will probably be ten years later."

Sima Guang stared at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense."

Wang Anshi asked: "Then what are you talking about?"

Zhang Fei also looked at Sima Guang curiously.

Sima Guang was a little uncomfortable being seen by the two, and he said with little confidence: "If there are all the royal police, I will arrange for an official to go there. How long will this take?"

(End of this chapter)