The government's combination of punches was so fast and urgent that Zhang Fei had no choice but to comfort himself. He really didn't know how to respond for a while.

When it comes to justice in court, they may not be Zhang Fei's match.

But when it comes to playing pranks on people, they are all professionals.

These tricks really come easily to him.

It's still just the warm-up stage.

However, in the initial stage, they did not want to break up with Zhang Fei. After all, Sima Guang was behind the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs. They just wanted to test and see what the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs really meant.

The result is that you don’t even look at the face of the monk, you don’t even look at the face of the Buddha.

As for them, the goodwill shown by Zhang Fei was not even alms, but a direct humiliation.

The government was repeatedly found to have breached the contract.

Doesn’t the government have any respect left?

...

...

In addition, this lawsuit directly angered Yuan Jiang, and even made Cai Yanqing begin to soften his stance, saying that some behaviors were allowed as long as they were within the rules.

Naturally, they did not have too many scruples and directly declared war on Zhang Fei.

Let’s not get better!

Just do it!

......

Government.

"Hehe... Chief Prosecutor Su, excuse me, do the people in Kaifeng Prefecture like to sue so much?"

Wei Yingfang asked Su Che with a smile.

Su Che smiled and said, "That's not the case. It's just that the Legal Aid Department is specifically for helping the poor to fight lawsuits. They are also very good at suing."

"I see."

Wei Yingfang smiled and nodded, and then said, "But this Legal Aid Department is neither a government office nor a business, but it is quite courageous. It just arrived here and wants to sue our government office. This is really unheard of and unseen."

Su Che said, "Why don't you think about it this way, Judge Wei? We officials are also in a dilemma about many things. It would be better to resolve them through litigation. Wouldn't it be less troublesome?"

If the court can solve all the problems, then what is the role of our government office? Wei Yingfang smiled and said, "What Chief Prosecutor Su said is not without reason. But this is just a misunderstanding. The main reason is that our government office does not know what the Legal Aid Department does, so we sent people to ask them and told them not to rush to help people with the lawsuit. We never thought they would be so anxious."

At this point, he nodded, "Okay! Since there is an order from the Political Affairs Hall and the Court of Justice, then our government office will naturally not stop them."

Su Zhe said with a smile: "President Wei, please forgive me. Don't bother with them."

"How dare I do that!"

Wei Yingfang chuckled, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "Oh, right! Is your procuratorate recruiting people recently?"

Su Che nodded and sighed in his heart, I am really asking them to slaughter me.

Wei Yingfang asked, "I wonder how many people you plan to recruit?"

Su Zhe said: "We plan to recruit fifty people in the first batch."

"so much?"

Wei Yingfang exclaimed.

Su Che said: "Because we will have to build procuratorates in other states and counties, we plan to recruit more people and train them slowly."

Wei Yingfang said, "Don't rush to recruit people, because the government's finances are very tight at the moment, and Scholar Yuan is still considering how to compensate the salt merchants, which may require some cuts in expenses. So, please ask Chief Prosecutor Su to send the specific conditions and rules for your recruitment to the government office, and I will discuss it with Prefect Cai first, and we will make a decision when Scholar Yuan has a policy."

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Okay."

The government still controls financial and administrative powers. Although the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs can recruit their own personnel, they must register with the government. Otherwise, the government has no idea how much money to allocate to the procuratorate and is still subject to their control.

When Su Che was about to leave, he happened to meet Cao Yi. The two of them bowed politely without saying much.

Cao Yi came into the hall and asked Wei Yingfang, "Wei Tongpan, what is Su Ziyou doing here?"

Wei Yingfang said: "The Legal Aid Department is suing our government at the Procuratorate."

Cao Yi's heart skipped a beat. "Another lawsuit?"

He really didn't want to go to the royal court.

Wei Yingfang said: "I have already promised not to care about the Legal Aid Department, so the procuratorate will not prosecute."

Cao Yi added: "If they sue us, how can we give in?"

Wei Yingfang said unhappily, "Although this Legal Aid Department is not a government office, it has the orders of the Political Affairs Hall and the Court of Justice. Go ahead and stop it, but I don't have the guts to do that."

"The Political Affairs Hall and the Court of Justice?"

Cao Yi was shocked.

Isn’t the prime minister’s office afraid of being the magistrate of Qiongzhou?

Wei Yingfang nodded and said, "But it doesn't matter. If we let the Legal Aid Department go, they still have plenty of ways to deal with them. Oh, right! What did Captain Lin say?"

Cao Yi said: "Although they are also very dissatisfied with the actions of the imperial court, they also have to consider the Zhong family. Now that the cases of General Zhong and Prefect Lu have not yet been tried, it is not easy for them to offend the imperial court."

Wei Yingfang sneered: "They are imagining that with the imperial court, their military commanders can still ride on the heads of the civil officials. What a fantasy."

Cao Yi smiled and said, "They don't think so, but they are just looking at the face of the Buddha. Someone must have talked to them later. But Judge Wei can rest assured. No matter how the civil and military officials argue, the imperial court is so aggressive that neither the civil nor the military officials will like it."

......

After Su Che left the government office, he immediately went to the imperial court.

“They said the Legal Aid Department does not need government approval.”

Su Zhe sighed and said, "But recruiting people for our procuratorate may not be so smooth."

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "The procuratorate can make its own decision on recruiting people, and does not need to go through the government."

It is his power to build public security, procuratorial and judicial organs.

Su Che said: "But the finances are in their hands, and the prosecutors of Hezhong Prefecture are also officials of Hezhong Prefecture, which is also recorded in the case."

In fact, Wei Yingfang had no intention of targeting the procuratorate immediately. To catch a thief, one must first catch the leader. It was indeed the procuratorate that took the initiative to come to the door, so Wei Yingfang felt it necessary to give the procuratorate a warning.

As he spoke, Su Zhe saw Zhang Fei was silent and couldn't help asking, "How do you plan to deal with it?"

Zhang Fei glanced at him and asked, "Mr. Su, do you want to hear the truth?"

Su Che nodded.

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I really don't have a way to deal with it. I still want to ask Mr. Su Xiao for his opinion?"

Su Zhe hesitated for a moment and kindly advised: "Now both sides are angry, and this kind of fighting style of you punching and I kicking will only make things worse. I think we still have to keep calm and enforce the law impartially. We can't be affected by these things. After all, their actions can't really affect us for the time being."

Zhang Fei nodded and smiled, "It's the same as what I thought."

Su Zhe suddenly looked around and asked, "Aren't Superintendent Cao and the others here?"

You're really abrupt in changing the subject! Zhang Fei also knew Su Zhe's character. This is one, two is two. As long as he finds evidence, he will definitely sue. He shook his head and said, "No, it's probably nothing."

Su Che looked at Zhang Fei in confusion.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Given the character of the yamen, if he was targeted, he would come to the door and shout for killing. After all, the Cao family still has some influence here, and they are relatives by marriage, so they will also be cautious."

"That's true."

In fact, Zhang Fei also intended to keep a distance from the police station, because the police station is the front line, the most dangerous, and the easiest to be targeted. When the government asked to transfer some yamen runners to the police station, he did not refuse.

......

After Su Zhe left, Zhang Fei couldn't help but slam the table and said angrily: "Next time I won't be the presiding judge. I want to be the chief prosecutor."

Xu Zhiqian asked: "Why?"

Zhang Fei said: "Being the presiding judge is so passive. No one has filed a complaint, so I really have no way to deal with it. If I were the chief prosecutor, and they dared to do this, I would investigate them to death."

That being said, he had no choice as he had to balance legislation, so he could only serve as the president of the court.

Xu Zhiqian pursed her lips and smiled, saying, "Calm down first. I think what Mr. Su Xiao said makes sense. This kind of revenge will only make us get caught up in a fight with them and forget the original authority of our imperial court. Besides, after these two lawsuits, their losses are more than just a little bit."

"But I have to express my anger anyway. Otherwise, I'm worried they will think I'm a coward."

Zhang Fei suddenly shouted outside: "Li Si! Li Si!"

Li Si appeared in front of the door with a whoosh, "Third brother! What's the matter?"

Zhang Fei said, "Go find Cai Bian."

"yes."

Xu Zhiqian asked hurriedly: "What do you want to do?"

Zhang Fei said: "Don't worry, I'm just responding to show that I'm still alive."

After a while, Cai Bian came into the room and said, "Teacher, you are looking for me."

Zhang Fei said, "You should go to the Salt Administration immediately and urge them. They are still waiting for the government's compensation plan. It will not be a good idea to delay it! In addition, tell them clearly that if they want to delay, the imperial court will increase their fines."

Cai Bian was also young and energetic, so he knew why Zhang Fei did this, and said, "Yes, I will go right away."

After Cai Bian left, Xu Zhiqian whispered, "Haven't you already discussed this with Master Yuan? Why are you doing this?"

Zhang Fei said depressedly: "It was discussed in advance, so I did this. If I force him, Master Yuan can come up with a salt debt plan."

Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him and said, "So you were just pretending."

"That's not the case."

Zhang Fei said: "I will definitely take revenge for this."

Xu Zhiqian hurriedly said: "You are now the presiding judge, not the ear pen."

"I know."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "So I will endure it now, but they also have to protect themselves from falling into my hands."

......

When Cai Bian went there, it seemed that he was responding to the actions of the government, but in fact he was helping Yuan Jiang.

The situation between the two sides is now incompatible. If we don't come up with a solution soon, the royal court will definitely start from here to deal with us.

As expected, when officials such as Wei Yingfang learned that Zhang Fei was urging Yuan Jiang, they became quite anxious.

We need to find a solution to this problem quickly!

Yuan Jiang took the opportunity to come up with his own plan for the salt debt.

"Convert all the old salt notes into salt debts?"

He Chunlin looked at Yuan Jiang in confusion.

Yuan Jiang nodded and said, "This is to imitate the way merchants repay their debts. These debts will be spread over the next few years, and some interest will be paid every year. This way, the financial burden can be alleviated."

Wei Yingfang said: "Isn't this... eating up the food of the next year?"

Yuan Jiang smiled and said, "But if the fiscal growth of Hezhong Prefecture exceeds the interest paid, then it won't be considered as spending money before it's due. What? Don't you have any confidence in me?"

“No, no, no!”

Wei Yingfang said hurriedly: "I think this is a good idea."

He thought to himself, whether the imperial court can last that long is still an unknown. By the time the imperial court is no longer there, haha...!

Yuan Jiang's heart was as clear as a mirror, but he did not point it out. Instead, he asked Cai Yanqing, who was carefully studying the salt debt plan, "What do you think, Governor Cai?"

Cai Yanqing asked: "Is this salt debt just for this lawsuit?"

"Of course not." Yuan Jiang shook his head and said, "I also plan to use this salt debt to hit those merchants who hoard salt notes. Those merchants hoarded salt notes, which made the salt in the salt pond unsalable and even caused the price of salt to rise. This is also a problem.

If there is a salt debt, it can also be exchanged for salt, but it will take one or two years, and interest can be received every year. Those merchants will inevitably speculate on salt debts, which will not affect the sales of salt.

This is only secondary. If we can build up the credit of salt debt, when we really need money urgently, we can also issue salt debt to tide us over the difficulties and then pay it back slowly in the future. "

Cai Yanqing couldn't help but show his delight, and nodded repeatedly, saying: "Master Yuan's method is really indescribable!"

Yuan Jiang sneered: "We can't let that brat look down on us."

Cai Yanqing knew it clearly in his heart. In terms of acting skills, he felt inferior to him. He smiled and nodded, saying, "That's right. We can't let an official who was born as an ear writer outdo us."

Yuan Jiang looked at Wei Yingfang and the others again, "If you have no objection, then we will go to the Imperial Court tomorrow to settle this matter with them."

Officials such as Wei Yingfang expressed no objection.

This is a good idea.

They will not lose anything at all, the interests of all parties will be protected, and at the same time they will have another way to make money from salt debts. It is a hundred benefits with no harm.

They expressed their support.

You little bastard, you still want to make things difficult for us. After this is over, you'll get beaten up.

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