"Oh my! There are so many people. Look at these people, they are all so tall and strong. Lao Tao, you are recruiting so many people this time, do you think we will be kicked out?"
A young royal policeman saw the crowded scene in front of the parade ground and couldn't help feeling worried, because he was just a yamen servant who was transferred to the royal police, and except for his family conditions, he was not as good as the imperial guards in many aspects. He asked Tao Yonghan beside him nervously.
Tao Yonghan laughed and said, "You silly boy, just wait for your promotion."
The young Royal Police officer was surprised and asked, "Promotion?"
Tao Yonghan asked, "When you came in, did your senior brother get promoted?"
The young Royal Policeman immediately showed joy on his face and said in surprise: "I understand......!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tao Yonghan suddenly grabbed him with one hand.
The young royal was stunned, glanced at Tao Yonghan, and then looked in the direction he was looking, but saw two old men just walking out of the parade ground, so they quickly stepped aside.
The two old men were Sima Guang and Wang Anshi.
Of course, they were not in the mood to pay attention to Tao Yonghan and the others.
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"Jiefu, what do you think?"
Sima Guang asked with a serious expression.
Wang Anshi sighed, "I feel wronged."
Sima Guang was stunned for a moment, "What are you aggrieved about?"
Wang Anshi sighed, "I forgot to eat and sleep, and worked day and night to formulate these new laws and regulations, hoping to improve people's livelihood while enriching the national treasury. For this, I have been criticized so much and many old friends have become enemies. But I never thought that I would make wedding clothes for you, Sima Junshi. Tell me, am I wronged?"
Sima Guang quickly said, "Don't make insinuations. This matter has nothing to do with me. I didn't instruct them to do this."
"Of course I know that, but you can't do that."
Wang Anshi nodded and changed the subject, "But you can refuse!"
"I...."
Sima Guang hesitated for a moment, then said in a serious tone, "Don't be sarcastic here. I know what you want to say. Let's see what Zhang San will do. If it adds to the burden on the people, I will oppose it no matter where the money is spent."
This stubborn old man. Wang Anshi's smile faded, and he said with interest: "You should arrange the people first."
Sima Guang snorted and did not answer.
This matter did make Sima Guang somewhat embarrassed. He originally did not agree with the conscription law, but in the end the money was spent on him.
Is there anything more outrageous than this?
Wang Anshi was of course unhappy, but the reason he did not care about it was because Zhao Xu was also involved.
After he returned, he immediately went to the Sinong Temple and explained everything to Han Jiang.
Han Jiang agreed to preside over the conscription law only because he supported the new law. However, the result was completely different from what he had imagined. Now Han Jiang doesn't even know who is in charge of the reform.
Moreover, Wang Anshi's explanation did not satisfy him.
"Jiefu! They are acting first and reporting later."
Han Jiang was very excited and said, "They have recruited everyone. Then we at Sino-Agriculture Temple have no way out. We can only raise the tax to meet their demands."
Logically speaking, it should be the Ministry of Agriculture that counts the number of dismissed yamen servants, then makes a budget and sets taxes based on the required manpower, and each department recruits people according to the order.
But the problem is that the police station is not under their jurisdiction, and the expansion was an order directly issued by the emperor. The two are collaborators, not superiors and subordinates, which leads to such a big deviation.
Wang Anshi said: "Don't worry about this. Just handle it impartially when the time comes."
Han Jiang smiled bitterly and said, "They make a budget first and then set the tax. How can this be fair? What else can they do?"
After Wang Anshi hesitated for a long time, he said, "They are the royal police. The government will give them some subsidies."
Han Jiang frowned and said, "You mean..."
Wang Anshi nodded and said, "But you have to give a reasonable tax item. From now on, many affairs will be under the jurisdiction of the Royal Police, and the savings they make must also be included in the tax."
Han Jiang nodded and said, "Don't worry, as long as the amount is reasonable, I won't make things difficult for them."
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Meanwhile, Zhang Fei stayed in the parade ground until the evening before leaving. After all, this was the first day and he had to keep a close watch. This time, the reform was to replace the mixed bag of police officers with professional talents, and the quality requirements for these auxiliary police officers were relatively high.
He also had to constantly adjust some standards according to the actual situation, and remind Cao Dongdong, Ma Xiaoyi and others what to pay attention to.
When he returned home, Zhang Fei was filled with happiness when he saw Mrs. Xu Zhiqian and Mrs. Gao Wenyin. He also saw Mrs. Xu Zun and Mrs. Xu Lingxiao sitting in the living room.
Zhang Fei whispered to Xu Zhiqian: "No wonder you went out to greet me today, it turns out that my father-in-law and the others are here!"
Xu Zhiqian rolled her eyes at him and said, "No, I'm waiting for you to come home for dinner. I've been chatting with Sister Gao at the door the whole time."
Zhang Fei hurriedly asked: "You haven't eaten yet!"
Gao Wenyin said, "You didn't say you wouldn't go home for dinner, so Mr. Xu said he would wait for you."
Since some furniture has not been completed yet, they have not moved into the big house yet. However, the two families are already eating together, which makes Xu Lingxiao and his wife very happy.
The two of them have been working as officials outside for the past two years, and their tastes have become a little salty. They are not used to the simple meals of the Xu family and prefer the meals of the Zhang family. However, they still give Gao Wenyin food expenses every month.
In fact, Zhang Fei in his previous life was relatively independent and left home very early, but now he yearns for a big family more.
Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "Next time if I don't come back on time, you can just eat, no need to wait for me."
Xu Zhiqian smiled slyly and said, "If I hadn't waited for you to come, how could we have a happy meal today?"
Zhang Fei said, "So you want some gossip!"
As expected, before the food was even served, Xu Zun asked, "My dear son-in-law, your performance is really confusing."
If Zhang Fei didn't say anything, he usually wouldn't take the initiative to ask, because he was afraid that he would not be able to help but interfere with Zhang Fei's decision. But now that the newspaper has been published, he can naturally ask.
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "In fact, I also know that both my father-in-law and Zhiqian thought that I would recruit a few people to replace all these officials."
Xu Zun smiled without saying anything, which was considered as his agreement.
They were really expecting a surprise, but it turned out to be so ordinary.
Zhang Fei said: "When it comes to lawsuits and business, you may be able to hope to turn decay into magic, but when it comes to the law, you can't play tricks. Having one more royal policeman will have a better effect. Kaifeng Prefecture needs so many royal policemen."
Xu Lingxiao said: "That's not necessarily true. Many county magistrates don't have royal police, but the public security is pretty good."
Zhang Fei said: "Brother, you are talking about public security, but what we are pursuing now is justice."
Xu Lingxiao asked in confusion: "What's the difference?"
Zhang Fei thought for a moment and said, "The quality of public security does not equal the quality of justice. Simply put, the county magistrates mentioned by my brother tell the people what they should do, while the justice system tells the people what they cannot do."
Xu Zun nodded thoughtfully.
Xu Zhiqian also frowned and thought.
Xu Lingxiao looked puzzled and said, "It sounds like the former is better."
"I was told to learn more about the law, but you didn't listen and just read and pondered those useless articles and poems."
Xu Zun looked at his son with a look of pity, and then said, "The reason why we only allow the people to do certain things is because we are afraid that the people will wander around and the county government will have trouble managing them. But the reason why we tell you what you can't do is that you can still manage the government well even if you wander around. Who do you think is stronger and who is weaker?"
Xu Lingxiao said: "But we can also prevent the people from walking around."
Xu Zun said angrily, "Since the Qin Dynasty, there has been no law like this. If the people have an emergency, they can't even leave the house? Can this be called a law?"
Seeing that his father looked unhappy, Xu Lingxiao dared not say anything.
Xu Zun shook his head and said to Zhang Fei: "That being said, it will cost a lot of money!"
Xu Zhiqian nodded: "According to the new regulations, all this money will be counted on the people in the future."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Under the judiciary, even if more taxes are levied, the people will not complain too much."
Xu Lingxiao opened his eyes wide and asked, "Is it so magical?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Xu Zun suddenly said, "Xiao'er, don't tell these words to anyone outside, understand?"
Xu Lingxiao nodded: "I understand, kid."
Seeing Xu Zun's serious expression, Zhang Fei couldn't help but ask, "Father-in-law, what's going on in the court?"
Xu Zun said: "He is cursing with his mouth, but he is laughing in his heart!"
Xu Zhiqian couldn't help but ask curiously, "Dad, what do you mean by that?"
Xu Zun sighed, "The Royal Police alone will have to recruit 10,000 more people, not to mention other expenses. If we calculate this, how much exemption tax will the court have to collect? How can the people not complain? As long as it arouses public resentment, they will have enough reason to ask the government to stop the new law. In fact, they have already submitted a memorial today, stating all the possible situations in the future. Then they can confidently say that their original suggestion was correct."
Then he looked at Zhang Fei and said, "My dear son-in-law, even if you are sure about this matter, you must be extremely cautious. After all, you only have one pair of eyes and you can't see everything."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I will keep your words in mind, father-in-law."
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Xu Zun saw it very clearly. This issue of the newspaper gave great encouragement to the conservatives. Although they appeared to be very angry, they were ecstatic in their hearts.
There is a saying that goes, if you want to destroy something, you must first make it crazy.
In their view, the expansion of the police station is an act of madness.
Even Han Jiang thinks so.
According to the specific process, the situation of the people's households should be counted first, the labor force to be recruited should be counted, and then the hiring standards should be determined.
The Sinong Temple is still counting the numbers, and the police station has directly expanded its staff by 10,000 people, and it is only limited to the judiciary.
What’s funny is that this conscription law actually has little to do with the judiciary, because the conscription law is aimed at the problem of yamen service, and the yamen service in the judiciary actually only accounted for a very small part and basically replaced the township service.
When the Regulations Office of the Two Prefectures was setting up to formulate regulations, the main expenditure was on replacing the yamen servants rather than the township servants. Although there were a large number of township servants, Wang Anshi and his colleagues believed that it would be enough to pay them two or three hundred coins per month, and to give tax-exempt village heads tax-exempt treatment.
This is a kind of half-employment and half-job nature. Before, you paid for everything yourself, but now you are given a little money and a few privileges.
If we do this now, the cost increase will be more than a little bit.
It seems that as soon as this new law came out, it deviated from the course.
You took such a big step and still went astray. How could you not get hurt?
Meng Mansion.
"It seems that Meng Zhiyuan made a wrong prediction."
Liu Shi, the doctor of Duzhi, said to Meng Gansheng with great concern.
Meng Gansheng, the chief judge of the court, asked with a smile, "What do you mean?"
Liu Shi said: "Before, Director Meng thought that the tax commissioners were just a few small people and were not a big deal, but now the police department has expanded its staff by 10,000 people, including the tax police. With so many people, they cannot be underestimated."
Meng Gansheng sighed, "I overestimated Wang Jiefu and his men, but it's not my fault. Who could have thought they would do such a stupid thing?"
At this point, he chuckled, "Yes, the more Royal Police there are, the more things they can manage. But the problem with my dynasty's bad policies is financial, not public security. They are hiring people at all costs, exacerbating the problem of redundant officials and making the finances even worse. Who do you think will fill this hole?"
Liu Shi said: "Of course it's the common people."
Meng Gansheng laughed and said, "If there is public discontent in the capital, the government cannot just ignore it. Let's just wait and see what happens."
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