The biggest difference between the Northwest and Jiangnan is that there are a large number of warlords in the Northwest. Other aspects are similar, which is also the main reason why Zhang Fei is unwilling to go to the Northwest.

Warlords and foreign enemies can make many simple problems become extremely complicated. Many great prime ministers, such as Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang, have served as provincial governors.

If you don't go to the border to make achievements, it will be difficult to win the support of the people in the court.

The Northwest was the most difficult problem for the Northern Song Dynasty.

Now that he was planning to go, the first thing Zhang Fei considered was how to get along with these warlords.

Or they could draw a clear line between the Yellow River and the Han River and stop interfering with each other, but this seemed impossible. Zhang Fei had also inquired about it. In the northwest region, the army was engaged in farming, trading, and was deeply involved in the salt administration.

In a word, it is impossible to avoid it.

Then we can only contact each other, but who else except the emperor can be above the law?

This is also the most troublesome issue for the law.

It can be seen that if Zhang Fei wants to go, he has only one choice, which is to incorporate the army into the public security, procuratorial and judicial system.

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Although the Northern Song Dynasty used civil officials to control the military, the military generals had more gray area income than the civil officials. Who would be willing to be supervised by the law? They would definitely resist. If a mutiny was triggered in the border states, it would be extremely dangerous.

After much thought, the only option is to use the suppression of civil officials and military generals to force those soldiers to accept public security, procuratorial and judicial measures.

Zhang Fei thought of setting up a military court.

However, using civil power to control military power is the ancestral method. Although Zhao Xu longs for war, this cannot be changed casually. If he cannot control the army, the situation at the end of the Tang Dynasty may occur again.

He still seemed very cautious and said with a hint of doubt: "You mean, let the military court replace the supervision of the civilian officials?"

"No!"

Zhang Fei hurriedly shook his head. "If the military court replaces the civil officials, then what reason do those soldiers have to accept the supervision of the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs? What I mean is to maintain the original supervision system, but set up a military court to balance the two.

On the one hand, it can provide support to civil officials. If the military generals really have ulterior motives, they will be judged by the imperial court. But on the other hand, it can also supervise civil officials to prevent treacherous officials from harming loyal officials.

Under legal circumstances, soldiers can devote themselves to the battle without worrying too much, which will improve our army's combat effectiveness."

After hearing this, Zhao Xu suddenly felt that this was a good idea. He must go to war, otherwise there would be no point in making money, and he would definitely have to rely on military generals.

It’s almost time to start preparing for war.

Zhao Xu asked again: "Then what are you going to do?"

Zhang Fei said: "If the government sends me to the northwest, I can't focus on promoting the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, nor can I say it's to rectify the salt administration. If that's the case, it's telling those people that I'm going to be their enemy, and I have to be assigned a mission.

It would be best if it involves a dispute between civil and military officials, and it also benefits the military general, and this military general has a good reputation in the northwest. Then the government will send me to try the case. In this way, we can smoothly build the public security, procuratorial and judicial system in the local area. "

After hearing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your conditions are a bit too many."

Zhang Fei smiled embarrassedly and said, "There is no other way. If I don't have a very reasonable reason, then I think it will be difficult for me to gain a foothold in the local area. If I go there with the mission of redressing the grievances of the generals, then at least the army will not be hostile to me.

At the same time, the local salt merchants and officials could not guess what my purpose was for the time being, so they would not attack me right away. "

That is a dangerous place, so naturally there are conditions.

If you can't give me a Beetle to cross the mountains, you have to at least give me a Hummer!

Zhao Xu thought about it for a moment and said with great difficulty: "How can such a thing happen just like that?"

Zhang Fei said: "No way, I've heard a lot!"

"a lot of?"

Zhao Xu's expression changed, "Do you think I am such a tyrant?"

"ah?"

Zhang Fei said: "No, no, no, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that there are many civil officials who make things difficult for the military commanders."

Zhao Xu said: "That is also a minority."

Zhang Fei hurriedly said: "Of course I know it is a minority. I only need one case, which is relatively more!"

Zhao Xu laughed and said, "Okay, I'll think about it carefully."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I have also mentioned this to Scholar Sima. If the emperor has any ideas, he can hint to Scholar Sima to bring them up. This way, the emperor will not be involved. If something really happens, the emperor can still give me some support."

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up. This was a good idea. He then asked, "What about the salt administration?"

Now, in Zhao Xu's mind, Zhang Fei has gradually become an all-round player. You are going to try the case, but what about the salt administration?

For Zhao Xu, finance is the top priority.

Zhang Fei said lightly: "It doesn't matter. Just send an official with strong execution ability."

"Yeah?"

Zhao Xu was shocked.

Zhang Fei nodded and said confidently: "Under the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems, even an ordinary policy can achieve remarkable results. However, under the situation of official corruption, even if God comes up with an idea, it will only appear ordinary and will not last long.

The problem with the salt administration now is that due to poor supervision, everyone is taking advantage of the situation, resulting in a large loss of salt profits, so that the court is forced to keep the salt price high. As long as the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs are based in the local area, then the salt administration will only be a small problem. "

He is more adept at legal and financial issues, and he can only give advice. If you ask him to do it himself, he won't be able to do it because there are many problems at hand that he cannot consider.

He now has great doubts about the salt notes and has asked Xu Zhiqian to monitor the matter. After all, times have changed and securities may not be able to adapt to the local environment.

The success of the exemption tax also made Zhao Xu full of confidence in the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs. He did not have so many doubts and said thoughtfully: "Since it was Scholar Sima who recommended you, I will let Scholar Wang recommend someone to the government."

Historically, he was completely biased towards Wang Anshi. If Sima Guang was unhappy with him, he would send him to Luoyang to write books. If Wen Yanbo was unhappy with him, then Wen Yanbo would also leave. However, due to the arrival of Zhang Fei, Sima Guang also carried out reforms, so Zhao Xu had to adopt a balancing strategy.

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's fine."

Zhao Xu asked again: "What about the procuratorate and the police station?"

Zhang Fei immediately said, "Prosecutor Su and Cao Dongdong. As for Prosecutor Su, he is more thoughtful than his brother. He will only help me without causing me any trouble. As for Cao Dongdong, he is a member of the Cao family after all. He can have a certain prestige and bring goodwill to the local generals."

Su Zhe is more reassuring than Su Shi. Su Shi is more nervous and will cause you a big trouble from time to time.

Zhao Xu smiled bitterly and said, "But they may not agree. If we go to Jiangnan, I guess Vice Marshal Cao won't have too many objections. If we go to the northwest, Vice Marshal Cao may have some objections."

Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "That depends on the government, but I know Cao Dongdong really wants to go."

You can't just lie there!

Zhao Xu glanced at him and said with a smile, "I think it shouldn't be a big problem."

Although the Cao family is also a military family, they are ultimately foreign relatives. Now for the Cao family, foreign relatives are obviously more important than military families.

After saying this, Zhao Xu suddenly seemed to remember something, "You should know why those big landlords, after paying the exemption tax, are so eager to create a money shortage at any cost in order to undermine the exemption tax."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Because they are now very worried that the court will also hand over the autumn tax to the tax commissioner. Now they are quite afraid of the tax commissioner."

"That's right." Zhao Xu nodded, and then asked, "Then does the autumn tax belong to the Department of Taxation?"

Zhang Fei said: "If it is handed over to the tax commissioner, it will definitely be a voluntary declaration. The tax commissioner does not have so many people to knock on every door, but the tax commissioner is not very familiar with the land situation. For the time being, the tax commissioner cannot bear the burden of autumn taxes.

But now the government can slightly reduce some of the extra burdens caused by the autumn tax on the people, such as transfer and conversion. After all, the Royal Police has replaced many heads of households and village heads. If these are retained, firstly, the Royal Police may become corrupt. Secondly, if the tax commissioner really takes over the two taxes in the future, these expenses will not be needed. Finally, this can also reduce the resistance of some large landowners to the autumn tax. After all, the exemption of military service and taxation has increased their money.”

In fact, the two taxes in the Northern Song Dynasty were not really high, but the additional burden was very heavy, and it could even be said that it was the biggest burden.

Zhao Xu seemed a little hesitant. The financial situation is already like this, and you are also reducing the income.

Zhang Fei saw what Zhao Xu was thinking and immediately said, "Your Majesty, if we can collect taxes from those big landlords, even if we reduce them, fiscal revenue may be able to double. This can be seen from the exemption tax. Before, the people were eager to pay taxes, but after half a day, they only paid 60,000 strings of cash. But once those big landlords paid taxes, the amount immediately reached 300,000 strings of cash."

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded: "That being said, it is not easy to collect taxes from them. Now, I haven't said anything, and they have already made such a fuss."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "The reason why they are making such a fuss is to give Guan Jia this feeling. I think in this competition of perseverance, whoever can withstand greater pressure will have the last laugh. But in my opinion, Guan Jia will definitely have the last laugh."

Zhao Xu said, "Why do you say that?"

Zhang Fei replied: "Just because the Guan family is very young, this is a huge advantage, and it is irreversible. As long as the Guan family can hold their composure, victory will definitely belong to the Guan family."

Zhao Xu laughed, "This is also your advantage."

In fact, this is also a key reason why he is willing to promote Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei is as young as him, and they can grow together. After all, Wang Anshi is old.

Government Affairs Hall.

"call."

Wen Yanbo put down the document in his hand and rubbed his eyes gently. "I used to have nothing to do, but now I can never finish this work!"

Lu Gongzhe also sighed: "Who said it wasn't? They have to deal with the royal family reform over there, and we have to deal with the salt and money issue here."

At this point, he suddenly looked at Sima Guang who was working hard at the side, "Maybe Junshi is the happiest."

Sima Guang was truly a pure workaholic, and only Wang Anshi could be compared with him.

Sima Guang suddenly said, "Uncle Hui, I just happened to hear it."

Lu Gong laughed and said, "But Junshi, recently more and more officials in the court support the establishment of the two government regulations office."

Sima Guang raised his head and asked, "What do you two think?"

Wen Yanbo stroked his beard and smiled, "They originally wanted to use your public security, procuratorate and court to deal with Wang Jiefu, but it turned out that your public security, procuratorate and court were protecting Wang Jiefu. Now that they choose to support Wang Jiefu, they are actually forcing you to deal with Wang Jiefu's public security, procuratorate and court."

Sima Guang sighed: "It can be seen that they are only concerned about their own interests, not the monarch and the country."

Lu Gong asked, "Jun Shi, how do you plan to respond?"

“Do your best and leave the rest to fate.”

Sima Guang smiled slightly and suddenly said, "Oh, right! Do you still remember the case of Zhong Yan in the fourth year of Zhiping?"

Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "Of course I remember. It was said that Zhong Yan attacked without authorization, but the case has already been settled."

Sima Guang said: "But at that time, Zhong Yan had not yet been arrested and charged, and the Yanzhou garrison commander Lu Shen who exposed the case was demoted to Qinzhou and has not been reused since then. Last year, some people even complained for Lu Shen."

Wen Yanbo said: "Zhong Yan won the battle at that time, so it is impossible for the government to blame him."

In fact, they all knew that Zhao Xu had ideas about the northwest.

Lü Gongzhu asked, "Jun Shi, why did you suddenly mention this?"

Sima Guang was slightly startled, and said quickly: "Nothing, I just happened to hear about this a few days ago."

(End of this chapter)