Normally, during the lunch break, these ministers would be very lazy. Plus with the beautiful autumn scenery, they would usually walk around and chat about which tavern to go to for dinner.
But today was different. When the court was about to close, these ministers came out one after another.
After leaving the imperial city, they dispersed in all directions, some got in carriages, some took sedan chairs, and some walked.
"Brother, slow down."
Su Zhe chased after Su Shi and shouted.
"We can't be slow. This is a big lawsuit and we can't let anyone snatch it away." Su Shi's pace became faster.
Su Zhe said anxiously, "Brother, this matter is not simple, don't be impulsive."
Su Shi said: "Why should I be impulsive? This is the duty of our procuratorate."
Suddenly, I heard someone next to me say, "This is clearly the responsibility of my Legal Aid Department."
"Um?"
...
...
Su Shi tilted his head and saw Fan Chunren coming out of the alley next to him. He immediately argued, "Last time I carefully studied the powers of our procuratorate. We are the ones who take the initiative to prosecute, and your Legal Aid Department is the one who is passively prosecuting. This matter has nothing to do with you."
Fan Chunren said, "If something serious really happened, I would immediately apply to return to the procuratorate."
"Go back... go back to the procuratorate?"
Su Shi suddenly remembered that Fan Chunren seemed to be his immediate superior, and suddenly an idea came to his mind: "Mr. Fan, this matter has caused such a big stir, and the number of people involved in the lawsuit may reach hundreds. Why don't we each take responsibility for a part of it?"
Fan Chunren said, "As the deputy prosecutor, you should assist me."
Su Shi said: "As a prosecutor, you should consider the overall situation and leave the litigation to me."
"I can't easily entrust such an important matter to you." Fan Chunren shook his head.
Su Zhe, who was behind, caught up and panted, "You two...you two, please stop arguing. This matter has not been clarified yet."
Su Shi hadn't even replied yet. Fan Chunren said, "They actually resorted to such reckless means. Even if they were right, it was not right."
Su Shi nodded repeatedly and said, "There must be chaos and blood flowing over there. If we don't stop it quickly, the consequences may be disastrous."
......
"Hurry up, hurry up, isn't it here yet? How come this carriage is slower than me?"
Sima Guang, who had always disliked riding in a carriage, shamelessly requisitioned a public carriage today and rushed to the densely populated area west of the Guanyin Temple with Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongzhe.
Seeing Sima Guang restless and sweating, Lü Gongzhe comforted him, "Junshi, don't worry. I don't think this is true. They did a good job before and everything was in order. Why are they so reckless all of a sudden? Is the news wrong?"
Wen Yanbo shook his head and said, "It's impossible that the news is wrong. There are reports of patrol police forcibly demolishing houses in more than 20 places at the same time. How can it be false?"
Lu Gong frowned and said, "If it is true, the consequences will be disastrous. The people will have to fight them to the death."
After hearing this, Sima Guang could imagine the scene in his mind: a group of patrolmen running to demolish people's houses, there would surely be wailing everywhere.
He clenched his right fist and hit the palm of his left hand hard, and let out an extremely annoyed "Aiya".
He was an insider. If something really happened, even if Zhang Fei didn't expose him, he would be to blame. He cursed Zhang Fei to death in his heart.
We must not let that kid off easily this time.
He really never expected that Zhang Fei would directly use force, because Zhang Fei had only used the same trick before: litigation.
After a while, the coachman sighed and the carriage slowly stopped.
"Your Highness......!"
Before the groom could finish his words, Sima Guang rushed out.
However, the scene before him surprised him.
There was no wailing in the deserted street, but a few men were seen cleaning the stove by the door.
Sima Guang turned around and looked at the groom, "Did we go to the wrong place? Where is this?"
Wen Yanbo came out later and looked around, "Yes, it should be here."
The groom scratched his head and said, "All the sheds outside have been demolished."
"All demolished?"
Lu Gong got off the carriage and looked at the empty street in front of him in surprise.
Impossible!
They just received the news, and it’s only been three hours, how could it be possible that everything was demolished.
Sima Guang hurried over and asked a man who was cleaning the stove: "Young man, what happened here?"
The young man saw Sima Guang in his official uniform and said quickly, "Sir, everything here has been demolished. Why don't you go somewhere else?"
Wen Yanbo, who came up next, asked, "Is anyone injured?"
The young man hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, no! We just asked a question, but... but you didn't resist."
Wen Yanbo was surprised. "No resistance?"
"Really not."
The young man said, "We helped to dismantle it, otherwise it wouldn't have been so fast."
"......?"
The three of them were stunned.
What is going on?
When did the people of our Great Song become so reasonable?
Lu Gong said, "Why don't we go somewhere else and have a look."
Maybe this is just a special case?
It's too exaggerated!
The three of them immediately got on the carriage and headed north to the residential area east of Ma Xing Street.
......
State Bridge.
"What?"
Su Shi, who had just arrived here, exclaimed, "They've all been demolished?"
The lady in front of him said, "Yes! They have all been demolished."
Fan Chunren asked: "How many of them came?"
"There are dozens of people."
“Only a few dozen?”
Su Che was confused. There were hundreds of people standing here. How could it be so easy? He wondered, "You just let them tear it down like this."
The lady saw that they were all officials, so she said, "We know that the patrolmen are doing this for our own good. They are also afraid that the fire will break out and they won't be able to put it out in time. Moreover, they have promised to compensate us for our stall, so of course we are willing."
Su Shi asked curiously, "Compensation for your stall?"
"yes!"
The old lady said, "A patrolman said that the government will open the Imperial Street to poor people like us and allow us to set up stalls there."
"You believe this?" Su Shi blurted out.
The lady was shocked and asked, "Are you kidding us?"
"No, no."
Fan Chunren hurriedly said: "We just came to ask if anyone was injured."
The lady hurriedly said, "One person was injured."
"Was it the patrolman who did it?"
"No, I sprained my ankle accidentally while helping to dismantle it."
"Help...help dismantle it?"
“We all helped to dismantle it.”
"Okay, as long as no one gets hurt! Sorry for bothering you."
Fan Chunren bowed.
After the lady left, Su Shi said, "They are lying! Even if the Imperial Street is open, there won't be enough space for so many people to set up stalls."
Fan Chunren first breathed a sigh of relief, then said, "Since they dare to say that, they must have their own plans. I hope no one gets hurt."
I looked back at the street again and felt like I was dreaming.
How is this possible?
......
Quyuan Street.
An old man and a young man were walking on the messy street, watching the people who were cleaning up.
These two people were Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi.
"The process was the same in all three places. First someone lit a torch and set the fire. Then the sheriff held the torch and threatened to die together with the others, in order to intimidate the people. Then he used the imperial street to suppress the people. He used both kindness and force to control the people until they were completely obedient."
"Needless to say, the man holding the torch must have been bribed by them long ago." Wang Anshi said with a smile.
Lu Huiqing nodded: "The students think so too."
"Zhang San's sword really hit the opponent's vital point." Wang Anshi said.
Lu Huiqing asked, "What do you mean, Master?"
Wang Anshi asked with a smile: "If you were asked to do it, how do you think those dignitaries would oppose it?"
"Of course I'll borrow from these people..." As soon as he said this, Lu Huiqing suddenly realized, "Master, what you mean is that Zhang San's strategy is to deal with these poor people first, and then deal with those powerful people?"
Wang Anshi smiled and said, "That must be the case, but we have to hurry. Even if it takes one night, with the power of those powerful people, this matter may turn around."
At this point, he sighed and said, "We can't use this trick."
He is carrying out a nationwide reform and it is impossible for him to win by speed.
Lu Huiqing said: "But now they have only cleared about twenty relatively densely populated streets, but there are still many street intrusions."
Wang Anshi said: "If the other side incites the people to cause trouble, they must concentrate their manpower to quickly make things bigger, and these places are the most dangerous. As for those scattered ones, they will not be able to make a big difference in a short time.
If I were Zhang San, I would tell those people that the stalls on the Imperial Street are limited and first come first served, and those people would immediately invite the patrol police to demolish them. "
Lu Huiqing nodded slightly, and suddenly thought of something, "Imperial Street really can't accommodate so many stalls."
Wang Anshi pondered for a while, "I don't know about this either, but I think since he dared to say so, there must be a way to solve it."
......
quick!
This is really too fast!
In just one morning, twenty-three densely populated areas in the urban area were demolished.
It was so much so that these court officials, who were used to being lazy, felt as if they were in a dream.
You young people have no moral principles!
When the General Police Headquarters was demolishing the neighborhood walls before, they were so calm and orderly, and everything was done in an orderly manner. To this day, those neighborhood walls have not been completely demolished.
The rhythm is very good and it suits them very well.
Moreover, it also fully demonstrated the fact that the General Police Headquarters is short of manpower.
At that time, they thought that the General Police Headquarters would definitely proceed step by step. Even if they wanted to carry out both at the same time, it would take a process. Judging from their experience, it would take at least three months.
As long as the General Police Station dares to demolish the houses, they will be able to incite the people to make trouble and fight for them against the General Police Station.
This is also their usual routine.
After all, encroaching on the street is indeed a violation of the rules. They can't just go and say to Zhao Xu, "I am violating the rules and I will not demolish it." On the surface, everyone still has to be reasonable and abide by the law.
As long as the people make a fuss.
It means competing with the people for profit.
It is disrupting people's livelihood.
Moreover, when they lost track of Cao Dongdong and the others, they were worried that they would be caught off guard, so they had already bribed some people in these densely populated areas.
As long as the patrol police come to demolish it, let these people just make a fuss, we will protect you.
But they never expected that the other party also arranged someone else, and that someone was even more ruthless than theirs. No matter how bad the situation got, no one dared to set fire to the house, and they would really end up destroying each other.
The key point is that the General Police Office did not use the existing patrol police, and they had been keeping an eye on those patrol police. They never expected that the General Police Office directly transferred three battalions from the Divine Guard, totaling 1,500 people.
This morning, 23 densely populated areas in the capital were renovated.
It was so fast that it was as sudden as lightning.
Although they now knew that the person holding the torch must be a traitor arranged by the General Police Headquarters, they had no evidence.
If no accident happened and the emperor was reported, he would only praise the General Police Station for a job well done.
Such a huge project was completed in just one morning without causing any public outrage.
Must like.
The die is cast.
What should I do?
Switch stalls.
Where are there so many stalls on your Royal Street?
Even filling up the entire Imperial Street would not be enough.
So they seized on this point and said that the General Police Department was a liar and everyone should not believe it, because they would not be able to provide so many stalls at that time.
Let’s not worry about the rest for now. Even the twenty or so residential areas that have already been demolished cannot be accommodated by Imperial Street.
......
"Come on, Xiao Ma, let's toast to Chief Inspector Cao. Chief Inspector Cao has made a great contribution to this mission!"
"Brother, Xiao Ma salutes you!"
"Where! Where! Do it!"
Cao Dongdong put the wine glass aside, wiped his mouth, and said: "Xiao Ma, you didn't see how powerful my brother was at that time. He took the torch and burned it, but he scared those people. Some ladies were so scared that they cried. Haha!"
Ma Xiaoyi was surprised and said, "This was not arranged."
Cao Dongdong suddenly became depressed. Is it possible that he can't drink and fart?
"Xiao Ma, you can't say that." Zhang Fei waved his hand and said, "This also requires acting skills. At that time, whoever's hands shake first loses."
Cao Dongdong immediately said, "Zhang San, I'll toast you a glass."
As soon as the cup was picked up, the door was pushed open.
Cao Ping stood in front of the door with a gloomy face, "Are you drinking now?"
“Daddy!”
Cao Dongdong said: "My son has made great contributions, so we should celebrate it."
Cao Ping glared at him and walked in.
Zhang Fei quickly stood up and said, "Chief Superintendent, please take a seat."
Cao Ping sat down with his horse and sword in his hand, "Although you have completed the task well this time, it is too early to celebrate now. You have only cleared those densely populated residential areas, but there are still many street encroachments.
Now, there are rumors that our police station is deceiving the people, and the Royal Street simply cannot provide so many stalls for replacement. You should act quickly, otherwise, once the people believe them, we will definitely have a hard time in the future. "
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Chief Superintendent, please rest assured. The Imperial Street is just a loophole I left for them to use to cause panic."
Cao Ping asked curiously, "Why is that?"
Zhang Fei said: "If we don't cause panic, people won't come to our police station to ask for demolition. The Chief Superintendent can wait one more day. After one day, our police station will be packed with people."
Cao Ping asked curiously, "But there really aren't enough stalls on Imperial Street!"
Zhang Fei said: "I plan to include the street from the west gate of Xiangguo Temple to Imperial Street into the Imperial Street area. Isn't this going to give us more land? Moreover, this street will definitely be prosperous in the future."
Cao Ping wondered, "When did you go to find Xiangguo Temple?"
Ma Xiaoyi was also curious and asked: "Third brother, my family has someone in Xiangguo Temple, why don't you ask me for help?"
Zhang Fei said: "I have never been to Xiangguo Temple."
"Then why do you requisition it?"
"I have checked many places in Xiangguo Temple and found that there are street encroachments, which is also one of our targets for rectification. I will also tell them that this street is specially used for the Queen Mother and officials to enter Xiangguo Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. It is only used for ordinary people to do business during normal times."
......
As public opinion fermented, this indeed caused panic among the people, including those whose houses had already been demolished, who were afraid of being cheated.
But since it has to be demolished anyway, they can only wait and see the results.
Just at this time, the long-lost news newspaper suddenly appeared in major restaurants.
The article in the newspaper was published in the name of the General Police Office. It first boasted about the great achievements of the General Police Office during this period, including how many sheds and walls had been demolished.
At the same time, he said that there were indeed not enough stalls on the Imperial Street, and that they had to find other places for the people to set up stalls. He also said that the entire street from Xiangguo Temple west to the Imperial Street would be included in the Imperial Street in order to supplement the stalls.
If citizens apply to the General Police Station and voluntarily demolish the buildings, it will be done on a first-come, first-served basis.
This Imperial Street runs through the north and south and divides the east and west, and Xiangguo Temple is the most prosperous place. Once it is fully opened, the commercial value of this street can be imagined!
If the General Police Department wants to conceal the truth, I guess no one will believe it.
But the General Police Department was so frank that the people immediately believed it.
Besides, they demolished so much in just one morning. Can we escape?
So the question is, even if we include the street that connects Imperial Street to Xiangguo Temple, it is definitely not enough. Where will it be placed in the future?
The newspaper didn’t say it, but maybe it’s just under the corner of the city.
It will be demolished sooner or later, so it’s better to go early and try to get a good seat.
The day after the news was released, all police stations were packed with people.
"Let me go! Let me go! The patrolman is beating people! The patrolman is beating people!"
After hearing a commotion, I saw two patrolmen dragging a man out, each holding one of his arms.
What is this for?
The people in the queue looked nervous.
"stop!"
I heard a shout and saw Fan Chunren coming over. "What are you doing?"
He was always staring.
He was willing to go to the Legal Aid Department in the first place just to keep an eye on the General Police Station.
The man seemed to recognize Fan Chunren and quickly shouted, "Mr. Fan, you must redress my injustice!"
Finally caught. Fan Chunren asked excitedly: "What's your grievance?"
The man said, "My house is also encroaching on the street, but they didn't demolish it. They are bending the law for personal gain. I will sue them."
Three black lines appeared on Fan Chunren's forehead. He bowed to the two patrolmen and said, "Sorry! Sorry! This is just a misunderstanding."
The two patrolmen continued to drag the man outside.
At this time, a patrolman suddenly came out and cursed: "What are you doing? Do you have nothing to do? It is written very clearly in the newspaper that only those acts that obstruct traffic, occupy ditches, or cause fire hazards can be applied for demolition here.
What are the people from Ma Xing Street and Bianhe Street doing here? Are you here to join in the fun? Those of you who are trespassing, go to the Si Lu Si to pay taxes, don't stay here, and still complain that we don't have enough to do. This is outrageous. Yeah... Mr. Fan, hey, you are so nice. "
The person who spoke was Zhang Fei. When he saw Fan Chunren, he immediately walked over and said, "Mr. Fan, if you have time, can you take these boring people over there to pay taxes? All kinds of people come here to ask for demolition, hoping to fish in troubled waters. We don't have so many stalls to give them."
When the people in the queue next to me heard this, they were shocked! What this meant was that as long as the application was successful, they could exchange their stalls. If the application was unsuccessful, they didn’t have to demolish the stalls, they just had to pay taxes. Ah... they had to pay taxes.
The line immediately became more compact, for fear of being cut in line.
Fan Chunren was so amused that he bowed and said, "Your Excellency is really a good man."
......
The man who had just been thrown out was still indignant and walked towards the alley next to him, cursing.
I saw a middle-aged man in Confucian clothes standing in the alley.
It was Nancy Feng.
“It’s a good performance.”
Feng Nanxi took out a bunch of copper coins from the bag beside her and handed it to the man.
The man smiled and said, "Brother Feng, if you have such a good thing in the future, please come to me again."
Feng Nanxi nodded and said, "There will definitely be a chance. If you can shut up, I'll come back to you next time."
"Don't worry, Brother Feng. I'm very tight-lipped."
"Let's go."
"yes."
However, Feng Nanxi never expected that this scene was secretly seen by two old men.
The two old men were Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo.
However, neither of them expected that Feng Nanxi was not actually serving Zhang Fei, but was using this incident to develop spies for the Commissioner of Taxation.
"This brat's devious methods are endless!"
Sima Guang couldn't help but curse.
Wen Yanbo stroked his beard and said, "But compared to the difficulty of this task, this little trick is harmless. No one was hurt. It is really a miracle!"
Sima Guang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Now that the water in the pond has been drained, those big fish have nowhere to hide!"
"This move is really brilliant! If we were to do it, we would definitely kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and start with the powerful and wealthy. However, he did the opposite and started with the common people, but it worked amazingly. If I were Wang Jiefu, I would definitely recruit this man under my command at all costs." Wen Yanbo gave Zhang Fei a very high evaluation.
Sima Guang smiled and said, "If Zhang San wanted to work for Wang Jiefu, he would have agreed long ago and would not have waited until now. That guy is very smart. Let alone the pros and cons of the new policy, Wang Jiefu's reform involves the whole country, not just Bianliang. No matter how capable Zhang San is, he only has two eyes and cannot take care of it all."
......
Police station!
People were still queuing outside, but Zhang Fei had already taken the next step.
His plan can be summed up in one word - fast!
We cannot give those powerful people time to react.
"Well! Now that we have confiscated all their swords, bows and armor, it is time to take revenge and complain."
"It's a pity that Han Pan went to Daming Prefecture, otherwise I would definitely want the Han family."
Cao Dongdong sighed with regret, "Forget it, I'll go to Gu's house."
Zhang Fei said unhappily, "You have so many enemies, just pick one at random. I want to go to the Gu family myself."
Cao Dongdong said: "I have to go with you."
Ma Xiaoyi hurriedly said, "Anyone who sees it gets a share. I was there at the time, so I want to go too."
"Okay! Then the three of us will go together. But!"
Zhang Fei suddenly took out two pieces of paper and said, "But before you take revenge, you two still have a task to complete."
"What mission?"
"Go collect the street infringement tax from these two families."
Having said that, Zhang Fei handed the two pieces of paper in his hand to them respectively.
The two took it and looked at it.
"Huh? This place looks familiar to me!" Ma Xiaoyi looked around and suddenly exclaimed, "Isn't this my home?"
Cao Dongdong also said: "This is my home!"
As he spoke, his eyes flashed with ferocity, "Zhang San, you want me to collect taxes from my family?"
Ma Xiaoyi also said: "Third brother, you are too unkind in doing this."
Zhang Fei consoled him, "Yanei, Xiao Ma, just a little bit of street tax can be exchanged for the position of deputy chief superintendent and chief of police, which is a real profit! The key is that this money is also used to subsidize our police station. Gu Shaoqing and his men are the ones who have lost both the wife and the army."
Deputy Chief Superintendent of Police.
Cao Dongdong groaned immediately.
When Ma Xiaoyi heard the police chief's words, his eyes flashed, but he said nervously: "But my father will beat me to death."
“That’s even easier.”
Zhang Fei snatched the paper back from their hands, crossed his hands, and handed it back to them, "Isn't that enough?"
Ma Xiaoyi's eyes lit up, "Brother, this is a good idea. I will collect taxes from your family, and you will collect taxes from mine, and neither of us will be beaten."
Cao Dongdong suddenly looked at Zhang Fei, "Zhang San, who will conquer your family?"
Zhang Fei couldn't help but look gloomy when he heard this, and sighed, "Don't say it, I do want to be conscripted, but...but I don't have a house."
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