Public security, procuratorial and judicial organs!
If one really understands these three words, one can actually guess Zhang Fei's plan.
The mystery is already written in it.
Why is it the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs, rather than the legal system, the procuratorial system, and the public security? The reason is very simple. If there is no "public", there will be no "procuratorial and judicial organs".
If the former yamen runners were to work for the current imperial court, the result would be predictable.
It is bound to fail.
This is because the entire law enforcement procedure may be wrong, and the imperial court's trial method places great emphasis on process, and the yamen runners will become defendants every day.
This is also why, after arriving in Hezhong Prefecture, Zhang Fei tried his best to take all the blame for offending people on himself, while the police station chose a more tactful way of dealing with it. Wei Yingfang asked the police station to accept yamen runners, and Zhang Fei also asked the police station not to refuse and not to offend them.
If everyone focuses their attention on the police station, the entire public security, procuratorial and judicial system will be unable to move forward.
The police station is like the tentacles of the imperial court. Wherever the police station has not yet reached, the imperial court is just out of reach.
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Although this lawsuit is of great political significance, Zhang Fei is also using it to create a more favorable construction environment for the police station.
From the current perspective, it is obviously quite successful.
At this time, no one cared about the police station, as if the imperial court was the concrete embodiment of the entire public security, procuratorial and judicial system.
This verdict overturned the civil and military officials' understanding of justice. They all rushed back as soon as possible to study carefully how to view this imperial court.
"You are simply putting the cart before the horse!"
Zhong Yan said to Qin Zhongshou excitedly, "You have to understand that we military commanders rely on military merit to gain wealth and glory, not on selling salt.
To put it another way, if you don't have military merit, you won't even be qualified to sell salt.
The Imperial Court will obviously help us achieve military merit, and this is the most important thing. If anyone is dissatisfied with the Imperial Court, let him come to me."
Qin Zhongshou said aggrievedly, "Deputy Envoy Zhong, don't vent your anger on me. I just said that many people in the army are afraid of the imperial court because of the salt banknote lawsuit. After all, the benefits of salt banknotes are very important to many generals."
"What are you doing!"
"Third brother."
Zhong Gu stopped Zhong Yan and said, "You should calm down for now. Commander Qin's worries are not without reason. The world is full of people who are all seeking profit. If the imperial court cuts off people's financial resources, it will naturally cause dissatisfaction among them. This is also human nature."
He suddenly changed the subject and said to Qin Zhongshou, "But those who think so are short-sighted. We, the generals, must rely on our military achievements to gain a foothold. From this trial, it can be seen that the imperial court clearly supports us generals and can make us worry-free on the battlefield. This is very important to us."
Qin Zhongshou nodded and sighed, "I understand this principle, but it is not enough to make those people give up the interests in their hands."
The Zhong brothers looked at each other, their eyes full of helplessness.
As the saying goes, this three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight.
The military and political system of the Northern Song Dynasty was extremely corrupt, involving a large number of gray interests. The mastermind behind Gao Wenyin's previous lawsuit was also related to the military.
The water here is too muddy, and the previous salt and money lawsuit has already made many people in the army angry and embarrassed. It was only for the sake of Zhong Yan's face that they refrained from making it public.
Although the final judgment is in favor of Zhong Yan, it will certainly scare many people. The way you judge the case has no hidden rules at all, and our financial resources will be cut off by you.
Zhe Jizu suddenly said, "Zhongshou! Which side do you choose to stand on?"
Qin Zhongshou was stunned and looked at Zhe Jizu in shock.
Zhe Jizu said very directly: "The children of our Zhe, Zhong, and Yao families fought for their lives at the border, not to allow those people to embezzle and accept bribes."
Qin Zhongshou couldn't help thinking, your Zhe Family Army has the prefecture as a base, plus the favor of the royal family, naturally you don't have to worry about wealth and glory, but others are different. He said: "Generals, of course I stand on your side, but it is too early to conclude that the royal court supports our generals based on this trial alone.
Besides, in the imperial court, except for Zhang San who was born in Erbi, the rest were all legitimate civil servants, which means that the civil servants are still in control.”
After these words were spoken, there was a slight hesitation on Zhong Gu's faces.
Yao Si suddenly said: "Although the Imperial Court and the Procuratorate are still controlled by civil officials, the police station is controlled by the Cao family."
Qin Zhongshou nodded and said, "That's right. The police station is indeed more inclined towards our military. I heard that most of the royal police in the General Police Station were transferred from the Fourth Army. Not long ago, Superintendent Cao also said that he wanted to recruit people from our army."
Yao Si asked again: "How much power does this police station have?"
Qin Zhongshou said: "According to what Cao Yanei said, their power is not small, and they are able to check and balance the Procuratorate and the Imperial Court, but it is not clear yet."
Several people looked at each other tacitly.
Zhe Jizu added: "Although it is just a judgment, for now, we will not go against the imperial court no matter what."
Qin Zhongshou said: "But I think we can't support the imperial court too ostentatiously. After all, we need the cooperation of various armies when we fight against Xixia."
Zhe Jizu, Zhong Yan and others also nodded slightly.
It is undeniable that the Zhe family is actually a warlord, because their prefecture and state are hereditary and their finances are very independent, which is also one of the reasons why the Zhe family army is so powerful.
But even if we put this aside, the Imperial Court still serves the interests of their Zhe family.
They are still very loyal to the regime and eager to make achievements. They are not afraid of not getting military merit. Those generals and officers in the army who take advantage of the situation will instead harm the interests of the Zhe family and rob them of their credit.
The same is true for Zhong Yan and others.
"Please rest assured, I will clarify the power of the imperial court after I return."
Then, Zheng Xie asked Lu Chen: "Brother Lu, what do you think about this?"
Lu Chen was startled, then he looked around at everyone, then he bowed and said, "Thank you all for coming here to support me."
Then he added: "But I support the Royal Court."
"What do you mean, Brother Lu?"
Several friends were surprised.
Lu Chen sighed, "Although our dynasty controls the military with civil officials, this is not always the case. Things like what the emperor did, or even worse, often happen, and we civil officials are often powerless to stop them. This is the source of this case. So we can also use the imperial court to check and balance those military generals in many matters."
Someone on the other side said, "But the imperial court obviously favors military commanders."
Lu Chen said: "That will depend on the future."
"See later?"
"good!"
Lu Chen nodded and said, "What I am most dissatisfied with in this trial is not that the principles are biased towards Zhong Yan, but that he did not bring them out in advance. Later in the judgment, he brought out a few principles from time to time, which is biased by favoritism!"
Zheng Xie nodded and said, "Yes! This is indeed a problem. Brother Lu, do you have a solution?"
Lu Chen said: "It's very simple. Let Judge Zhang announce the principles first, but don't add to them at will."
The most interesting thing about this lawsuit is that both Zhong Yan and Lu Shen felt that they were victims and felt very wronged.
Zhong Yan thinks that I have made such great contributions, but not only have I not been rewarded, I was even dismissed from my post, and this is brought up every day. When will it ever end?
But Lu Shen believed that in fact it was Zhong Yan who did not obey the order. I was acting in accordance with the laws of the court, but in the end I was considered to be a poor assist. Is there any law in this?
But such things were very common in the Song Dynasty, and the emperor often determined rewards and punishments based on his own likes and dislikes.
Zhang Fei said that war is the continuation of politics, but the emperor chose to control the military with civil power mainly to gain imperial power. This difference in concept will lead to many problems in implementation.
Sometimes military generals broke the law, but as long as the emperor believed that he was loyal, he would not bother with him.
In fact, the civil officials did not have much to do and could only make trouble with the emperor. This made people feel that these civil officials were targeting military generals every day.
It can be seen that things like this actually have many facets. We can only analyze each case specifically and cannot generalize.
Although Lu Shen was somewhat dissatisfied with the verdict, he felt that it was at least better than the emperor making the decision with his eyes closed.
As Zhang Fei said, at least this process is relatively fair, just and open.
This also led to both groups being more inclined towards the royal court.
But they only represent some civil officials and military generals.
It can be seen from this that the emergence of this third party will inevitably lead to division.
"I knew it!"
"What do you know?"
Wei Yingfang glanced at Cao Yi.
Cao Yi said: "I knew Zhang San would favor the military commander."
He Chunlin asked anxiously: "What do you mean?"
Cao Yi said, "Don't you understand? Zhang San wants to use this case to win over the generals, and then use it to deal with us. After this judgment, Deputy Envoy Zhong will definitely be grateful to the imperial court. In this way, it will not be so easy to go against the imperial court again."
"That's what happened."
Wei Yingfang also nodded slightly.
He was present and saw with his own eyes how excited Zhong Yan and the others were at that time.
He Chunlin asked anxiously: "Then how should we deal with it?"
Cao Yi said: "We must destroy the relationship between them."
He Chunlin asked: "How to destroy it?"
Cao Yi glanced at them and said, "The water in the army is much muddier than ours."
Wei Yingfang was surprised and asked, "Are you planning to inform on me?"
Cao Yi said: "It's possible."
Wei Yingfang immediately said, "Of course not. We are in the center of the storm right now. If something like this happens, Deputy Envoy Zhong will definitely know that someone is behind this. If they take revenge and report it to the imperial court, it will be like the fisherman taking advantage of the conflict between the snipe and the clam."
Everyone’s butt is dirty!
This kind of behavior is a double-edged sword.
He Chunlin also nodded and said, "President Wei is right. This cannot be allowed. We have common interests in these matters. We can inform on them, and they can also inform on them."
Cao Yi smiled and said, "We don't need to inform on each other. We can use a small case to lure the imperial court to investigate. By then, everyone's hatred will be focused on the imperial court. Not only will we not inform on each other, but we will become more united."
Royal Court.
"The government has already made arrangements. As long as the police station recruits people, there will be no problem with the finances."
The big dog whispered.
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Did the government say how many people to recruit?"
Big Dog said: "No more than 30,000 people."
"No more than 30,000 people?"
Zhang Fei was shocked and said, "It's hard to surpass this! If the police station expands to 30,000 people at once, they will be scared to death."
Big Dog said, "The government said that Judge Zhang can do whatever he wants."
Zhang Fei nodded and asked, "What about manpower?"
Da Gou immediately handed over a note and added, "The emperor also said to ask Judge Zhang to keep an eye on Cao Yanei and the others."
Zhang Fei took the note and took a look. There was nothing else on it, just a few names. He smiled bitterly and said, "I really have to be both a father and a mother."
In fact, there was another important reason for expanding the police station. Zhao Xu hoped to use the police station to reorganize the imperial guards. In fact, the Song Dynasty was unwilling to go to war with Western Xia. Finance was one reason, and on the other hand, everyone knew that the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards was very worrying and they might not be able to win.
Don't act as if you can win by just rushing forward.
Many civil servants are timid, which is also exported. If it is the same as in the early Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that civil servants will be more arrogant than military generals.
What if we lose the fight? Who will be responsible?
It’s not like officials haven’t been sent to rectify the situation before, but the results were only temporary solutions and not the root cause.
Zhao Xu had already made up his mind to fight, and he had to find a way, so he borrowed the police station to try and start a new operation.
But we must be careful and make sure no one can see it, otherwise it will end badly.
Because this will arouse the fear of the commanders of the border troops. You, the emperor, are setting up a new government. Is this aimed at Xixia or at us, the generals in the northwest?
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