As soon as Zhang Fei arrived here, he encountered the Wu Zhang case, and then the smuggling salt case. It was really a breath of fresh air. Although prosecutors and royal police were trained in these cases, the construction of the system was still delayed.
We have to catch up quickly. If the judicial office has no system, it will be a laughing stock.
After receiving Zhang Fei's guidance, Cai Jing and others immediately became busy, because according to Zhang Fei's requirements, they had to be divided into several courts. There was no doubt that they were the future court presidents, so how could they not work hard?
At the same time, the police station and the procuratorate are also expanding their influence.
The procuratorate is stepping up preparations for the law and litigation examinations, while the police station is stepping up the construction of branches and checkpoints in various streets in preparation for comprehensive takeover.
However, faced with the aggressive public security, procuratorial and judicial authorities, the other side was extremely depressed.
There is no way. These two lawsuits not only did not hinder the development of the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems, but instead made them a sensation. At least many people are very supportive of them.
It can be said that it has gained a firm foothold.
This made them somewhat passive, and at the same time, a senior official from the central government was parachuted into Hezhong Prefecture.
Yuan Jiang, the Transport Commissioner of Shaanxi Road, the Salt Commissioner, and the Academician of the Hanlin Academy.
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This power is really great, and it basically encompasses the control over salt, salt transportation, and other major powers.
Generally speaking, the Salt Release Envoy was placed together with the Criminal Justice Commissioner. At the beginning, Fan Xiang used facts to tell the court that in order to enforce the Salt Law well, it must have the power of criminal justice, otherwise, there would be no way to do it. Now that the public security, procuratorate and courts have come, the two positions are separated, and Wang Anshi merged the Transport Envoy with it.
Because the equal transportation system would be implemented soon, Wang Anshi could not afford to lose the position of transport envoy of Shaanxi Road.
Government office.
"Prefect Cai, Scholar Yuan, their powers are too great. They can control everything. If this continues, Hezhong Prefecture will be completely controlled by them. How can this be allowed? This is also against the laws of our ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty."
He Chunlin felt aggrieved and angry. When he saw Yuan Jiang, his immediate superior, he immediately started to complain.
He was humiliated by the commander who had given him the battle, and he remembered it in his heart.
Guo Xiaofa sighed and said, "Now that the public security, procuratorate and court have arrived, there is no need for me to exist as the Criminal Justice Department."
Wei Yingfang said: "In fact, there is nothing wrong with the imperial court's verdict in this case, but no one can check and balance their public security, procuratorate and courts, which is really disturbing."
Cai Yanqing said nothing, just looked at Yuan Jiang.
Yuan Jiang stroked his beard and laughed.
He Chunlin asked: "Why is Scholar Yuan laughing?"
Yuan Jiang said: "You guys are all still in the dark!"
"Kept in the dark?"
The officials present looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Isn't it?"
Yuan Jiang asked: "Do you know why the police, procuratorate and court suddenly came to Hezhong Prefecture?"
Wei Yingfang said cautiously: "We heard that this is because of the judicial reform of Sima Xueshi."
"You only know one side of the story, not the other!"
Yuan Jiang smiled and shook his head.
Wei Yingfang hurriedly asked, "What do you mean, Master Yuan?"
Yuan Jiang said, "It was because of this public security and judicial system and Zhang San in Kaifeng Prefecture that they had caused great trouble to the imperial relatives, prime ministers and censors in the capital, so they tried their best to send Zhang Fei and the public security and judicial system away. It just so happened that they encountered the case of Xuzhou's smuggling of salt, so they suggested implementing the public security and judicial system in Hezhong Prefecture, mainly to send Zhang San over."
"So that's what happened!"
Wei Yingfang suddenly understood.
The other officials all understood what was happening. No wonder they kept writing to them and asking them to be on guard. It turned out that it was you who couldn't defend yourself.
MD!
There isn't a single good person among these officials.
Yuan Jiang added: "So! I have heard all these complaints from you guys so many times in the Hanlin Academy that my ears are callused."
This was a coincidence. In his heart, he supported the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, but he could not say it out loud. By saying this, he was actually implying that those prime ministers could not do anything to Zhang San, so how could he deal with him?
He Chunlin said aggrievedly: "But the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs can control everything. How can we serve the court? We can't do anything."
"Why!"
Yuan Jiang waved his hand and said, "What He Yanjian said is an exaggeration. The imperial court can only judge whether it is illegal, but has no right to interfere with our authority. This is very clear."
He Chunlin said: "Mr. Yuan, in fact, we have our own difficulties. Take the salt farmers for example, no one wants them to starve to death, but we have no other choice. The money the court wants every year is increasing, but the salt production in Jiezhou is limited. If we don't take more, the court will blame us.
The salt officials also need to eat, and they don’t have any salary. If we don’t feed them, we won’t be able to collect salt. We have no choice but to let the salt households secretly sell some salt.”
"That's right. Zhang San is talking without any pain. They win the hearts of the people, while we get scolded. If he has the ability, he can make up for the financial loss. We won't care about it, and let him take care of it alone."
"You are all experienced officials, so it is better to say less of such emotional words." Yuan Jiang waved his hand.
Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "Master Yuan is right. This won't scare anyone. It will only cause trouble for yourself."
He Chunlin and others remained silent.
They also knew that they could not scare Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei had made it very clear that the court was so seriously overstaffed, and they still had to rely on you. What a joke. How many people are eyeing your positions.
Wei Yingfang said: "But how can we solve this problem? We only have so much money, and even a good cook cannot cook without rice!"
In the past, politics was law, and everyone could discuss things privately and turn a blind eye to many things. But it is different now. If you break the law you will be sued. However, the salt administration is a muddy place, and there are many illegal things happening!
Yuan Jiang first asked Cai Yanqing, "What does Governor Cai think about this?"
Cai Yanqing pretended to be silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't know what to do about this matter for now."
He knew that Yuan Jiang was asking out of courtesy, after all, this was the salt administration.
Yuan Jiang hesitated for a moment, then continued, "In fact, when I was the magistrate of Haimen County, I also encountered a similar problem before, but I had never thought of a solution. However, this lawsuit gave me some ideas."
Cai Yanqing hurriedly asked, "What brilliant plan does Yuan Xueshi have?"
"It's not a brilliant plan."
Yuan Jiang waved his hand and continued, "What the Salt Supervisor said just now makes a lot of sense. If the salt officials cannot get reasonable compensation, they will not be able to collect the salt. They can only find ways to ask for it from the salt households. It is not their fault."
After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The imperial court has not made a judgment, but the salt commissioner has the power to discipline the salt officials. This new official has made three big moves upon taking office. Before they came here, they were all feeling insecure. It's a pity that Yuan Jiang came at this time, and they can't hide their feelings even if they want to!
Yuan Jiang's words meant that he would let bygones be bygones.
Yuan Jiang added: "At present, almost all the profits from the salt trade are sent to the border, so that the salt price in Hezhong Prefecture is almost the same as that in Bianjing.
The previous lawsuit was about the prolific production of salt households. The court only stipulated that this part of the salt must be sold to the government, but did not specify the amount, and it didn't even matter. The court required 120,000 kilograms of salt.
In this case, why don't we use this part of the salt as local finance, cooperate with the salt households to produce salt, and then let our government be responsible for selling this part of the salt, and use the profits to pay the salt officials. This can not only encourage salt households to produce more, but also give them a good price, and also crack down on private salt. What do you think? "
Cai Yanqing's eyes lit up when he heard this.
This is a great move!
It really kills several birds with one stone.
Directly let the salt be managed by the government, and the profits will be counted as everyone's compensation. In this way, everyone will work hard and give the salt households a good price. The more they work, the more they will get.
Moreover, salt households are divided into large and small households. Previously, the large households sold much more private salt than the small households. With this change, the private salt of the large households must also be taken back.
This can also hit the private salt dealers. These profits belong to the officials, and selling private salt is competing with them for profits.
That definitely won't work.
A group of officials looked at each other, knowing that this new boss was definitely not a good guy but a powerful character.
Any official who supports Wang Anshi is good at economics, because Wang Anshi is good at managing finances. Those who don't understand financial management will definitely not support him. Yuan Jiang's approach is to directly nationalize the previous private salt. The routine is still the same, but the profit is counted as local rather than central, and it is directly linked to the remuneration of officials.
He Chunlin asked in a low voice: "Will the court agree?"
This could affect the military's finances.
Yuan Jiang smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. I will explain it to the court."
The boss is so powerful, there is no way they can object!
Everyone agreed.
Yuan Jiang nodded and said, "Okay, that's settled. Show me the salt production accounts then."
"yes."
"Besides that, there is one more thing."
Wei Yingfang suddenly asked, "Once the Royal Police arrive, many yamen runners will be redundant. How will we place them?"
Yuan Jiang hurriedly said, "That depends on how Magistrate Cai arranges it."
Cai Yanqing glanced at Wei Yingfang and asked, "What does Judge Wei think about this?"
Wei Yingfang said:
The police station is also short of people at the moment, so why not transfer them to the police station?"
Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "This is only natural, but are they willing to go?"
Wei Yingfang said: "If they don't want to, we can only let them go home."
Cai Yanqing said: "Then you go and arrange this matter."
"yes."
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After leaving the government office, He Chunlin found Wei Yingfang and said, "President Wei, you are not going to admit defeat, are you?"
Wei Yingfang said: "How could I admit defeat?"
He Chunlin immediately said: "If that's the case, why did you transfer those yamen runners to the police station?"
Wei Yingfang sighed and said, "Looking at the situation now, we can't drive them away for the time being. The auxiliary police in the police station are all former yamen runners. There is not a single one of ours. Instead, they are hostile to us. And the yamen runners in the mansion are all sons of wealthy gentry. How could they be on the same page with the police station? We have people among us too!"
He Chunlin's eyes lit up and he said, "That's a good idea."
As he spoke, he suddenly seemed to remember something, "Oh, by the way, some salt merchants and banknote merchants came to me and said they wanted to go to the imperial court to file a complaint."
Wei Yingfang was stunned for a moment and asked, "What are they going to sue for?"
He Chunlin said, "It's the salt notes. They were worth 200 kilograms before, but they have been given more salt notes in recent years. Now they can only get 120 kilograms at most. They want to sue the government."
Wei Yingfang was stunned for a while, and said, "Are you stupid? Aren't they just going to sue you, the salt official?"
He Chunlin laughed and said, "President Wei, it was not our idea to increase the issuance of salt notes. It was Vice Envoy Xue's idea. Now many officials want to find Vice Envoy Xue. Even if this matter becomes a big deal, it cannot be blamed on us.
In addition, if the imperial court decides that they win, the court will have to pay compensation. If the public security, procuratorate and court come, the court will have to pay compensation. How can the court feel comfortable? "
Wei Yingfang thought for a moment and said, "But it's not a good idea for Master Yuan to cause trouble just after he got here."
He Chunlin said, "Those merchants came to ask us because they still respect us. We may not be able to stop them. Merchants value money more than anything else. How can they give up? We should blame the imperial court. Who let them judge the government for breach of contract? That's why those merchants thought of suing our government."
Wei Yingfang wanted to calm down. The longer the lawsuit was fought, the more power the imperial court would have. It was a thankless task, but he also understood that it might not be possible to stop it. The key point was that this case would also make the imperial court feel uncomfortable. If it weren't for the previous smuggling salt case, he would never hesitate. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said, "Let them go. Let's do our own thing first."
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Royal Court.
"This piece of land belongs to our royal court."
A clerk pointed to a large piece of land outside the imperial palace gate and said.
"Are they all ours?"
Zhang Fei asked excitedly.
The clerk nodded.
"That'll do!"
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded.
Cai Bian, who was accompanying him, asked, "Teacher, why are you suddenly concerned about this?"
Zhang Fei asked, "Once we waive litigation fees, will the number of people filing lawsuits increase or decrease?"
Cai Bian said: "Of course it has increased!"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "So it won't be long before this will be the judicial center of the entire Hezhong Prefecture. All bookstores will be built here, and all the ear writers and tea makers will also squat here."
Cai Jing immediately asked, "Teacher, are you planning to turn these places into shops and rent them out to those tea and snack eaters?"
Zhang Fei said, "As for restaurants and hotels, you should have noticed that after the first two lawsuits, all the restaurants in the city were packed. Why go there? Isn't it better to stay close by? Then we can collect some rent to supplement the expenses of our imperial court."
Shangguan Jun and Cai Bian both had some doubts. We are all court presidents, so why are we doing business?
Only Cai Jing nodded and said, "This is a good idea. With this money, we won't be restricted by the government because of our finances."
You have to know that the finances of the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs belong to the local government!
"clever!"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Let Cai Jing handle this matter."
In the capital, with the emperor in place, funding for the public security, procuratorial and judicial departments is naturally indispensable, but here, it is not necessarily the case. One has to leave a way out for oneself in case of emergency.
Cai Jing bowed and said, "Teacher, please rest assured that I will do my best."
"Zhang San! Zhang San!"
A shout was heard.
I saw Cao Dongdong and Fu Shichun riding horses towards this side.
In a moment, he came in front of me.
"Why are you here?"
Zhang Fei said in surprise.
Cao Dongdong got off his horse and drove away the clerks without any hesitation. Then he said, "Just now, Judge Wei came to our police station and said that he wanted to transfer those yamen runners to our police station."
Fu Shichun said: "They may want to take this opportunity to plant some spies in our police station."
Zhang Fei frowned and asked, "Did you agree?"
Cao Dongdong shook his head and said, "Not really, but we can't refuse, otherwise, how are we going to accommodate those people?"
Zhang Fei thought for a while, nodded and said, "It is indeed difficult to refuse. The finances of the police station now also rely on the government. So, since you want to come, then come. Your police station can recruit people according to your own plan and reserve half of the quota for the army."
Cao Dongdong's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea. This army is also our Cao family's mother's home, and it belongs to us."
Cai Bian on the side suddenly said: "Teacher, Chief Prosecutor Su is here."
Zhang Fei looked up and wondered, "It's really lively today!"
"Why are you all here?"
Su Zhe walked over and found that Cao Dongdong and the others were there too. He couldn't help feeling a little surprised.
Zhang Fei just gave a brief explanation and then asked, "Mr. Su, why are you here?"
Su Che sighed deeply and handed over a document. "This is not the indictment from our procuratorate. It just means that those businessmen who want to file a complaint must first go to the procuratorate to file a complaint."
Zhang Fei opened it and frowned, saying, "This really is endless."
Su Zhe laughed and said, "It seems that they want to tire you to death."
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "This is a good idea."
Cai Bian asked: "Teacher, what is it?"
Zhang Fei handed him the document.
Cai Jing and Shangguan Jun also came over.
"Salt money?"
They both exclaimed at the same time.
Su Che said: "It seems that they have learned from the last lawsuit that the imperial court can judge that the government has breached the contract."
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