In fact, most people have not yet realized one thing, that is, the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems were not prepared for the small peasant economy at all, but for the upcoming commercial society.

The plan of Qianlongwuyong mainly consists of two parts. The first part is the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, and the second part is to suggest that the emperor shift the focus from agriculture to commerce.

The two complement each other.

When in Hezhong Prefecture, Zhang Fei did not forcibly break through the village’s defenses, which was also one of the reasons.

Because in a pure small peasant economy, the role of the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs is actually limited. Only when the business is more developed, the role of the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs will be truly reflected.

At that time, the villages in Hezhong Prefecture did not need public security, procuratorial and judicial systems so much, so Zhang Fei only completed the connection between the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems and the villages.

Nowadays, it would be more effective to build up the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs first and then activate commercial development.

"Boss, give me two pounds of paper."

Sima Guang, who had just finished his job at court, passed by Huang's paper shop and went over to buy some paper to take back.

"It's Mr. Sima."

...

...

When the paper shop owner saw that it was Sima Guang, he hurried out to pay his respects, and then said, "I'm so sorry, all the paper is sold out."

Sima Guang was surprised, "Sold out?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "In recent days, many people have come to buy paper, pens and ink, but they are all gone."

Sima Guang frowned and said, "The first batch of tax coins will be issued tomorrow."

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Now the Ma family can directly exchange tax coins for currency. No one is worried about the tax coins. On the contrary, Lushi Lane is overcrowded. Many merchants need to sign contracts. Most of the paper and ink are bought by them. In addition, the business college and the hospital need paper, so there is no supply at all."

Sima Guang nodded slightly and asked again: "When will your store have paper?"

The shopkeeper asked, "Hasn't Mr. Sima heard about it?"

"What did you hear?"

Sima Guang was surprised.

The shopkeeper said, "It's like this. The business office is selling some goods, including a lot of paper. Our owner is negotiating with Director Cai now. Maybe we'll have paper in a couple of days."

"Cai Jing?"

Sima Guang thought, didn’t Cai Jing go to Huaizhou?

Baifan Building.

"Mr. Fan."

A young man said to Fan Yong, "You can't do business this way. The court has just decided to issue tax coins. The price of your wine has gone up, and it's gone up too much. Did you go crazy with hunger some time ago?"

Fan Yong groaned, "Please forgive me, Master Liu. This is not my fault. The liquor tax has come out this year. For example, the Hezhi liquor you just drank is subject to a 40% tax. If we don't raise the price, we will lose money no matter how much we sell. Fruit wine is cheaper than before, and the tax is only 5%."

A young man sitting next to him said, "Everyone has been paying attention to the tax currency recently, and forgot that the wine tax has already been announced."

Mr. Liu said, "Forty percent tax is a bit too expensive."

Fan Yong said: "There is no way. It is said that the grain supply has not yet fully recovered. However, the weather has been good this year, so it may be possible that the grain supply will drop next year."

In the largest private room upstairs.

"Director Cai, everyone has signed, take a look."

A clerk handed a contract to Cai Jing.

Cai Jing took it, looked at the signature, stood up, and said to the wealthy businessmen in the room: "The court's inventory can only last for a few months. You will have to rely on yourselves in the future."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The wealthy merchants nodded repeatedly and expressed their gratitude to the court for giving them this opportunity. Huang Can even said, "Once my workshop is built, it will be no problem to supply ordinary paper. Director Cai can rest assured."

This round of fiscal reform mainly focuses on two points: monetization and commoditization. To put it simply, it is to change the supply and demand relationship from the previous self-sufficiency to purchasing from merchants, while placing the medium on paper money.

It can be seen that Xue Xiang is still very smart. Although the tax currency bill was proposed by Zhang Fei, his reform is actually a systematic one. He had already done this when he was in Hezhong Prefecture, reforming the salt banknotes and then promoting the tea-horse trade to obtain more horses with the least money.

However, only the production model has changed, and productivity has not improved significantly.

The imperial court can only do this much. What follows depends on the merchants’ own abilities, whether they can improve their technology and expand production.

The textile merchant Mao Mian asked again: "Director Cai, now the court is issuing tax coins, will the court's weaving workshops sell them?"

All the businessmen present pricked up their ears.

In the past, everyone was self-sufficient and the imperial court also had its own workshops. Now that the system has been changed to currency, these unscrupulous businessmen have set their sights on the imperial court's workshops.

Moreover, as long as the imperial court bought the workshop, they would feel more at ease doing business.

Cai Jing said: "I haven't heard any news about this for the time being. I guess these matters will not be dealt with until the tax and currency law is officially promulgated."

When I came out of the building, I happened to meet Zhang Fei who came out of the charity foundation.

"The student has met his mentor."

Cai Jing hurried over and bowed.

Zhang Fei asked happily: "Cai Jing, when did you come back?"

Cai Jing said, "I just came back the day before yesterday. There are a lot of things to do in this office. I am thinking of visiting my teacher again in a few days."

"No problem! No problem! You know my temper, as long as I get the job done, that's all." Zhang Fei waved his hand nonchalantly and asked, "Then why are you here?"

Cai Jing said: "Now the court has changed to issuing tax coins, but there is still a lot of inventory in the warehouse, and the market is in short supply, so we plan to gradually sell the inventory in the warehouse to merchants. We have just signed a contract with Mr. Huang and others."

The court did not really have no money this time, but had no choice but to issue tax coins purely to adjust its economic policy. In other words, the court had inventory that was originally intended to be distributed to officials, but now it was changed to tax coins. Wang Anshi decided to gradually sell these goods through the Business Agency in exchange for some cash to use as capital for the Food Agency.

Zhang Fei knew about this, of course. He nodded and said, "Have you dealt with the matter in Huaizhou?"

Cai Jing nodded and said, "It has all been handled. Now all the coal mines in Huaizhou belong to our business office. Our business office cooperates with the merchants who mine coal. Those coal merchants have also realized that the demand in the capital is increasing, and the coal production should increase significantly next year."

The coal in Bian Jing mainly came from Huaizhou, but according to national laws, these coal and iron mining industries all belong to the state. It’s just that in the past, the government turned a blind eye to those who mined secretly. Now, it has to be contracted and legalized.

Due to the serious shortage of coal supply last year, Cai Jing went there at the end of last year to deal with the coal mine matters. Those coal merchants were not easy to deal with. These people must be local tyrants, or there were powerful people behind them. But it must be admitted that Cai Jing was very good at handling such matters, and Zhang Fei was far inferior to him.

Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "When will you go south?"

The WFP's main mission is in the South, not the North.

Cai Jing said: "According to the arrangement of Prime Minister Wang, after I finish processing these goods, I will take the money I earned from these goods and go south."

Zhang Fei suddenly laughed and said, "You won't blame me, will you?"

Cai Jing was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why do you say that, Master?"

Zhang Fei said: "I'll arrange such a tough job for you."

Cai Jing said hurriedly: "Teacher, you have helped me so much, I can't thank you enough."

Although he is only half an official now, the prefect has to look at his face. Now many of the government's goods have to go through his hands. He has actually replaced the Shipping Department, and he does not have to abide by the Shipping Department's system. He can take both the official route and the commercial route.

This is power!

He enjoyed it.

The next day.

“Wow wow!”

Gao Wenyin had just let go and was about to go have breakfast with Zhang Fei, but Zhang Buzhi burst into tears in the nanny's arms.

"Kid, mom is just going to have breakfast with dad and will be back soon."

Gao Wenyin gently scratched Zhang Buzhi's little face with her hand, but seeing that it didn't help, she could only hug him again and looked at Zhang Fei helplessly.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Madam, if you continue to spoil your son like this, you will spoil him."

Gao Wenyin gently patted her son's back and said to Zhang Fei, "My son is still young and doesn't understand anything. When he grows up, I will educate him strictly, but I will never let him do whatever he wants."

When he spoke the last part, his tone was very firm.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I am really looking forward to seeing Madam get angry."

Gao Wenyin was surprised and asked, "Does Sanlang really want to make me angry?"

Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Not really, it's just that Madam has never been angry, I just want to see it for myself."

Gao Wenyin rolled her eyes at him and said, "You're already a father, but you're still so poor. You go first. I'll eat in the house."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I have a day off today. I'll come over to accompany you after dinner."

"Um."

When they arrived at the hall, Xu Zun's family was already sitting inside, waiting for them.

While eating breakfast, Xu Zhiqian suddenly winked at Zhang Fei and asked, "Prosecutor Zhang, are you going to collect your salary today?"

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, "Our salaries are still paid by the court."

"That's you, not us."

Xu Zhiqian showed her pay slip.

Zhang Fei was surprised and asked: "Where did you get this pay slip from?"

Xu Zun said unhappily, "Isn't this all thanks to you?"

Zhang Fei said awkwardly: "But before in Hezhong Prefecture, she didn't have a salary!"

Xu Zhiqian said, "You forgot that our salaries in Hezhong Prefecture are earned by ourselves. It doesn't matter whether we get paid or not. But it's different in the capital."

"That's true."

Zhang Fei nodded, feeling inexplicably sad, and asked, "Are you going to get it?"

Xu Zhiqian nodded and said, "I've also made an appointment with Ling'er and the others. After I get my salary, I'll invite them to have a meal at the Ladies' Pavilion."

Zhang Fei said: "Is your salary enough? The Ladies' Pavilion is notoriously expensive, and the price of wine has increased a lot now."

This Ladies' Pavilion was a place specifically for these ladies of noble families to exchange poetry and songs. These ladies of noble families in the Northern Song Dynasty also loved wine, poetry, songs and playing cards.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, basically wherever there was a demand, there were merchants, whether it was bathing, back scrubbing, pedicure, take-out, anyway, they had all the service industries you could think of, and even those you couldn't think of.

Xu Zhiqian said: "Saving a little should be enough."

Zhang Fei nodded: "Then you should bring more money with you, in case you don't have enough money and get detained."

Xu Zhiqian said, "No! The copper coins are too heavy, paper money is more convenient to use."

Xu Lingxiao suddenly asked: "Brother-in-law, little sister, don't you have to go to the government office today?"

Zhang Fei said: "We have a day off today."

Xu Lingxiao said: "But I heard that the Royal Court has been very busy recently. The lawsuits have not stopped throughout the day."

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Those are all civil lawsuits. The bookstores and the Legal Aid Department are busy. We can just send a few people from the Procuratorate to the Royal Court. Nowadays, everyone is busy making money and has no time to commit crimes."

Xu Lingxiao nodded and said, "I almost forgot that your procuratorate is generally only responsible for criminal prosecutions."

Xu Zun suddenly asked, "Zhang San, when do you plan to go to the Imperial Court?"

When Xu Lingxiao heard this, he thought to himself, my brother-in-law is really amazing, other people's promotion depends on other people's moods, but for him, it's a matter of whether he wants to or not, alas.

Zhang Fei said: "At least we have to wait until He Zhizhong can take charge on his own."

On any other day this might have been just an ordinary payday, but today was particularly special.

Because this is the first day that the court officially moves towards monetization.

From today on, ordinary prosecutors and royal police will come directly to Jiekupu to collect their salaries. Why not let officials come here to collect them?

That's because of the officials' face. They can't let the gentlemen line up in front of a shop and ask for their wages from a businessman. How embarrassing!

Shops would not be willing to hire people specifically to deliver salaries to officials as the cost is too high.

But the prosecutors and the Royal Police don't care.

The Royal Police, who were on leave today, arrived at the Ma family early to line up and wait, and everyone was very excited.

The leader was none other than their police superintendent Cao Dongdong.

"Yanei, do you also need to come here to collect your salary?"

The two royal policemen who had just arrived here saw Cao Dongdong was there too, so they hurried over to salute and asked curiously.

"Originally it was not necessary. I asked for it myself. I did the same thing in Hezhong Prefecture. It is more convenient to come here to collect the money."

"Really?"

"I can't fool you. You just need to hand over your household registration and pay slip to them and wait for a while."

"Yanei, I heard that we can deposit money in it and withdraw it when we need it."

"It seems possible. In Hezhong Prefecture, everyone does the same thing. But because the money is flying, the border guards send the money back, and their families may not go to collect it immediately, so it will be kept in this Jieku Shop for the time being."

“I heard there’s interest.”

"That requires a deed, and the interest will only be earned after one or two years of deposit."

"Why is that?"

"Because you have deposited your money for one or two years, Jiekupu dares to lend it out."

"What if I lose money?"

"If they lose money, it's their responsibility. It has nothing to do with us."

Cao Dongdong came to join in the fun, but actually he was just here to show off. They in Hezhong Prefecture had seen this a long time ago.

After chatting for a while, the Ma family finally opened the door. When the steward saw that it was Cao Dongdong, he hurriedly said, "Oh! Who is this blind man who actually made the yamen wait in line outside?"

“Hey hey hey!”

Cao Dongdong said indifferently: "What are you yelling about? Can't you see that I am just chatting with my brothers? Besides, they haven't received any money yet. I am here to show them a demonstration."

"So that's how it is. Young Master, please come in, please come in."

"Stop talking nonsense. Get the money, get the money!"

Cao Dongdong swaggered and threw his household registration and pay slip onto the counter.

After a while, the accountant behind the counter handed back some tax coins and household registration documents.

"That's it!"

"Quick?"

“Hurry, hurry, hurry!”

"Then hurry up and go drink. I'm treating you today."

"Thank you, Yanei."

The sheriffs were so excited that they immediately came forward and followed suit.

At this time, a royal policeman suddenly asked, "Young Master, why don't you see anyone from the Commissioner of Taxation?"

Cao Dongdong was stunned for a moment, then he immediately called the shopkeeper over and asked, "Will the tax commissioner come here to collect his salary?"

"Won't."

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "I asked yesterday. I heard that the tax commissioner has something specially prepared for them. It was arranged by the government himself. It has nothing to do with us merchants."

Cao Dongdong curled his lips and snorted, "These tax police just like to get special treatment. What's so great about it?"

Nowadays, the tax police are really treasures. Only the emperor and Zhang Fei know all their information, and it is all kept confidential. In fact, they have also changed to receive tax coins, but the emperor has opened a window for them in the inner treasury for them to collect the money.

In any case, after this round of tax coins were issued, it immediately set off the entire consumer market. Whether it was restaurants or markets, they were all crowded with people.

In fact, the productivity of merchants at this moment could not keep up. Fortunately, the court was also monetizing, selling some of the inventory in the warehouse to merchants, and the merchants then sold it to officials and soldiers, thus maintaining the supply balance for the time being.

But it is only temporary, and businessmen must quickly expand their productivity.

This will have to wait until the workshop in the new town.

Ministry of Revenue.

"Look, I planned all of this myself. In the first phase, a total of 30 large workshops and 40 small workshops will be built in the east and west towns."

Wang Anshi said to Zhang Fei proudly.

Zhang Fei asked: "The first issue?"

Wang Anshi said: "I plan to build it in three phases. If we build it all at once, we won't be able to sell it at a good price. Also, many merchants are waiting to see the market. Those who are eager to buy now are the ones who were eager to build workshops last year."

"So that's what happened."

Zhang Fei smiled and nodded. He was not unfamiliar with this kind of trick. He suddenly pointed at the circle in the middle and asked, "What is this piece of land used for?"

Wang Anshi said: "This is a market. We will build some stalls, restaurants and teahouses here. But I won't buy the land. I will just rent it."

Zhang Fei asked again: "Why is this?"

Wang Anshi said, "A large workshop like this must support a lot of people. The restaurants and teahouses will have no problem with business, and the rent is quite high. Moreover, those merchants are all very shrewd and cannot be left alone. I will only sell the workshop and not the others. The river next to it also belongs to the court. If they dare to have any evil intentions, the court can use the market and the river to deter them."

Wow. You are too insidious. Zhang Fei felt his hair stand on end. "Mr. Wang, you are really the nemesis of businessmen. You are so mean. What I mean is, "

Wang Anshi didn't take it seriously and snorted, "It's a loss, but I was forced to do so by you."

Zhang Fei said aggrievedly: "What does it have to do with me?"

Wang Anshi said: "In the past, the imperial court didn't need to think of such a trick. Aren't you the public security, procuratorate and court? If I don't stay alert, these merchants will ride on our heads in the future."

"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"

Zhang Fei laughed and changed the subject: "Since Mr. Wang has planned it so perfectly, why did you call me here today?"

Wang Anshi said, "Why else? Of course, we need to draft a contract. The rights and interests involved are quite complicated. The drafted contract must ensure that what I just said can be legally implemented, so as to avoid another dispute in the imperial court."

These landlords are heartless. Zhang Fei couldn't help but feel a little contemptuous.

Wang Anshi added: "There is also the issue of land. If we sell the land to them, what if some people demolish the workshops to build football fields, gambling houses, or brothels? What should we do then?"

Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "The court can pass a decree to give all these lands industrial attributes, which means that these lands can only be used to build workshops and cannot be used for other purposes unless approved by the court."

Wang Anshi nodded slightly, and suddenly thought of something, "I remember that the Temporary Law only has the Farmland Protection Law, which means that no houses can be easily built on farmland. Then why not distinguish between industrial land and commercial land, and not easily convert them to each other."

Zhang Fei explained: "We have discussed this issue, but currently most workshops and shops are located in their own homes, with only differences in size, and it is difficult to distinguish between commercial, industrial and residential land.

But if the scale becomes larger in the future, there will definitely be a distinction, because large workshops will inevitably compete with agriculture for river channels, but there is no need for that now.”

Today's industry and commerce are still in their infancy and should be given encouragement and freedom. If they are all controlled from the beginning, how can they develop?

Wang Anshi nodded and said, "It's fine as long as you have this plan."

After Zhang Fei helped Wang Anshi draft the land contract, the Ministry of Revenue immediately began to buy it.

In less than seven days, all seventy workshops were sold out. The buyers of the large workshops were mainly paper, wine and textiles, especially textiles and paper. The court earned 1.7 million strings of cash from this, of course, including the construction costs.

Although this price is not high compared to the housing prices in the inner city, it is the inner city after all, and your house is built in the suburbs.

In fact, this price is already very high.

Perhaps only Tokyo Bianliang in the whole world can do this.

First of all, there is no shortage of powerful people here, and it is worth it for them to spend tens of thousands of coins to bet on the future.

Secondly, there is no shortage of consumption here.

After all, the capital city is sucking the blood of the entire country, and the majority of them are imperial guards. Seven to eight out of ten financial resources are used for military expenses.

Although the prime minister's salary is high, there are only two or three prime ministers, and how much can they spend? The main consumption power lies with the soldiers.

Then as long as the court continues with monetary reforms and expands production, it will definitely not lose money.

The second and third issues are the highlights.

Because that will have to wait until the final tax and currency bill comes out, and then the merchants will have a clear idea in their minds and will definitely fight hard for it.

The first issue is just a starting point.

But then again, Tokyo Bianliang was unique in the past, but not now. Now a new phenomenal city has emerged in the Song Dynasty, which is Xizhou.

The reason for opening the border at Xihe was, of course, to form a two-pronged attack on Western Xia, but at present the focus of the Song Dynasty shifted from the outside to the inside, and the expansion of the border stopped here.

However, this opened up the Silk Road, which had been closed for over a hundred years.

Xizhou shouldered the heavy burden of the entire Silk Road, and with the emergence of public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, Xizhou changed every year.

As soon as the Privy Councilor Han Jiang left, the Prefect of Hezhong Prefecture Cai Yanqing arrived in Xizhou. He was dumbfounded. Outside the city, there were herds of cattle and sheep, as if he was in the northern desert. But as soon as he entered the city, he saw silk everywhere, as if he had arrived in Tokyo Bianliang.

"Brother Zhong Yuan! Brother Zhong Yuan!"

Suddenly, he heard two excited shouts. Cai Yanqing looked up and saw Wang Shao waving and jogging towards him.

Before he could bow, Wang Shao grabbed Cai Yanqing's sleeve and said sincerely, "Brother Zhongyuan, you have suffered a lot in the past few years!"

In recent years, Cai Yanqing has been in charge of the logistics in the Xihe area, while Yuan Jiang is mainly responsible for the logistics in the northwest. The two are located in the south and the north.

However, the logistics of the Xihe area was really not easy. It was besieged by internal and external difficulties. The tribes here kept harassing, and the warlords in the north were also very unhappy. It was all thanks to Cai Yanqing who maneuvered and tried his best to provide food and fodder for Xihe.

Wang Shao was deeply moved.

When Cai Yanqing saw Wang Shao's enthusiasm, he immediately felt flustered and complained, "Envoy Wang, this is all I can do to help you. To be honest, I came here to see if we can reduce the supply of food and grass. How many troops are there on the northern front?"

"That's enough! That's enough!"

Wang Shao nodded vigorously several times, then pulled Cai Yanqing and said, "Come on, come on! Brother Zhongyuan, follow me quickly."

"Where are you going?"

"You'll find out when you come."

Cai Yanqing followed Wang Shao and ran across two streets until they came to a big market, where they saw grains everywhere, shiny white, much sexier than those thighs.

"So much food?"

Cai Yanqing exclaimed.

Wang Shao said proudly: "Now the price of rice in Xizhou is 500 coins per stone, which is 100 coins more expensive than in the capital. Not to mention Weizhou and other places, even Xixia merchants are risking their lives to smuggle grain here."

Cai Yanqing was shocked and said, "A merchant from Xixia."

Isn't this aiding the enemy?

Wang Shao nodded and said, "Nowadays, the profit from selling grain is not lower than that from selling salt. In addition, our people only investigate smuggled salt, not grain. Those greedy Tanguts are risking their lives to transport grain here, obtain our banknotes, and then buy silk and tea from here.

Not only that, the entire Xihe area added 200,000 hectares of farmland last year. There is no land tax here, and the price of rice is so high, everyone is working hard to farm. This year, the supply of food and grass in Xihe can be reduced by half, and next year it may only need one-third, and no food, just some silk will do. "

The more Cai Yanqing listened, the more mysterious it became. "You don't collect agricultural taxes, and the price of rice is so high, how can you supply the army?"

"As long as you have money."

Wang Shao laughed and said, "We only have buying and selling here, but they all use my paper money for transactions. We charge a small fee for each transaction. This makes more money than collecting agricultural taxes. We don't need too many people. About a hundred accountants can handle it. We don't even need to go out."

His tone was filled with pride.

After several years of being depressed, even after winning a battle, asking for a little more military pay was like a death sentence. Especially the defeat last year, which made Wang Shao almost depressed. He was worried every day and dreamed of being self-sufficient.

Now the dream is slowly becoming reality.

Over the past six months, after some hard work, he repaired the relationship with the Zuo Si Luo regime. Of course, the main reason was that he won the war.

Based on this point, why bother fighting and killing each other if everyone can get rich together in the future? The local people are actually very tired of war. The key point is that the world has changed. Instead of fighting for the chief, it is better for everyone to set up a caravan and go to the Western Regions to sell Song Dynasty's silk and tea. If all goes well, after a few trips, they can marry many wives.

Wang Shao liked adventurous people like them. The more they traded, the more he earned.

Wang Shao is really full of vigor and vitality today!

Cai Yanqing asked, "But with rice so expensive, can people living in the city afford to eat?"

Wang Shao said, "You can see that the number of foot shops in this city is almost the same as that of private houses. People eat in shops, so no one cooks at home. The price of rice is included in the price of vegetables, so it is not noticeable. Moreover, when they eat in restaurants, I also make money because they use my banknotes."

Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "Envoy Wang Xuanfu is really a good man. To be honest, the success of Xizhou is also crucial to the fact that the northwest has been able to continue to provide you with food and fodder. It is precisely because of the increase in goods from the west that the northwest's business has become more prosperous, and the tax revenue can continue to grow."

After the Silk Road was opened, a large amount of goods from the Western Regions flowed into the Central Plains, and the entire northwest region benefited greatly from it.

Horses and livestock are of course worth mentioning, but there are also leather, wool, rouge, jewelry, and medicinal herbs.

These are all what the Central Plains needs.

Coincidentally, the Northwest had just completed reforms at that time, and this wave of goods entering the country made the Northwest's business more prosperous.

But when it comes to this matter, Wang Shao's arrogance is slightly restrained. "I have to admit that I only account for 30% of the credit here, and 70% belongs to the public security, procuratorate and courts. And it's not just a business. It is precisely because of the existence of the public security, procuratorate and courts that the surrounding small tribes are willing to submit to us."

Before the Song Dynasty entered, this area was in chaos. Whoever had the bigger fist would be the boss, and it was very difficult for small tribes to survive. After the Song army entered, it first defeated several large tribes.

The public security, procuratorial and judicial organs pursue fairness and equality, so small tribes are willing to follow the Song people. Not only do they not have to pay taxes here, but they can also be protected by the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs. If they have a dispute with anyone, they will go to court. Everyone is the same. If they hang out with the Zuo Si Luo, they have to pay a lot of protection fees every year.

Cai Yanqing smiled and said, "Then I wonder if Envoy Wang Xuanfu has had an argument with the Imperial Court or the Procuratorate?"

Wang Shao was stunned for a moment. "They do quarrel quite often, especially that old man Fan Zhen. He is so stubborn that he won't understand no matter what you say."

Cai Yanqing chuckled and said, "Mr. Fan is old after all, so it's inevitable that he doesn't have enough energy. When Chief Prosecutor Su is transferred here one day, you will find out that Mr. Fan is actually quite kind."

The two of them got along better and better as they talked, criticizing the president of the court and the chief prosecutor harshly.

It's really a love-hate relationship.

Although the Song Dynasty was not a country of vast territory and abundant resources, it was still a place where people experienced mixed feelings of sadness and joy every day.

The west is thriving, but the dam in Hebei has burst again.

Although the breach this time is not big, it will not be a good thing if you keep doing this.

I have to say, the people of Hebei are really suffering!

If you are lucky, there will be one disaster a year; if you are unlucky, there will be two or three.

No one should live.

But for now, the depressed atmosphere in Hebei is slowly dissipating, and the seeds of hope have been planted.

The reason lies in the arrival of the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs. Thanks to the efforts of Cheng Yi and others, the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs in Hebei have developed very well.

Of course, this is actually due to last year's disaster relief. The imperial court would never allocate so much money to Hebei in the past, so it would be good enough if you were asked to pay less.

But in the eyes of the people, this is all the credit of the public security, procuratorial and judicial departments, because the law of the legal system is to protect their legitimate rights and interests.

Nowadays, the people of Hebei actively support the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs.

Lu Huiqing came to a small hill and saw more than thirty people standing or squatting on the top, inspecting the flood below and drawing on the mud.

These people were none other than Hou Shuxian, the president of Daming Water Conservancy Institute, and his students.

"Envoy Lu is here."

When Hou Shuxian saw Lu Huiqing, he immediately came over and asked

: "How many people were affected by the disaster?"

Lu Huiqing said: "There are about 700 households. Fortunately, we had early warning, so most of them saved their lives, but their fields and houses were washed away by the flood. Fortunately, the court just allocated another 1 million strings of cash to Hebei, which can provide them with good relief."

Hou Shuxian nodded.

Lu Huiqing asked again: "Did the dean come to a conclusion?"

Hou Shuxian sighed, "The East Flow is silted up and difficult to clear. It is as difficult as climbing to heaven to get the river back to its east flow."

Lu Huiqing asked, "Should we still flow north?"

Hou Shuxian added: "But now the northerners are causing trouble on the border again. Will the court agree to change the river course?"

Lu Huiqing said: "Maybe he will agree this time."

Although he was in Daming Prefecture, he had been keeping an eye on the capital. He had also heard about the affairs of the Legislative Council. The party struggles were not so fierce, and even if he changed his route to the east, Wang Anshi would not be in too much danger.

In fact, he had been staying here just to wait for the final decision, whether to flow east or north.

To some extent, this burst of the dam can be said to be what they had been expecting.

Because after research, the water conservancy institute still believes that the North Flow is more stable, but the problem is that the East Flow has political and strategic significance, so they dare not easily choose the North Flow in case the North Flow also encounters floods.

Last year, during the disaster relief, they reinforced the eastward flow on the one hand, and dredged the northward flow on the other. However, since these river channels were provided with work in lieu of relief, there was no increase in wealth. That is why, only the Hebei region did not see a single bubble.

Now that the dam has broken again, the river water is still flowing north. That is the river's own choice and has nothing to do with them.

It’s not that they are irresponsible or dare not take this responsibility, but they have not been able to use science to prove whether it flows eastward or northward.